ROKR E6 Skin Install Guide

[JedixJarf]

By JedixJarf

This Guide will help you install skins onto your new ROKR E6.

1)Download the following files.
iPhone Skin
.system files

2)Plug your ROKR E6 into your computer and make sure it is set to Memory Card.


Now unzip the following files to and then place the themes folder to the root of your SD Card.


Then take the folders in the .system folder and replace them with the folders on your SD cards .system folder.



(To veiw .system files you must go to the control panel>folder options>veiw. Now click on Show hidden files and folders. Next UN-CHECK Hide protected system operating files.)



3)Now eject the ROKR E6 from your computer and reboot your phone.





4)Now in the main menu of your ROKR E6 click on File Manager>Memory card>themes. Now click on iPhone.lin and hold the stylus down until you get a prompt that says OPEN WITH. Now click on OPEN WITH and a list of programs will pop-up, Click on LOADER then OK.

Now just wait 1-2 minustes for the skin to install then reboot.

Congratulations, you have just installed your first skin.

[Kyle Matthews]

Thanks, looking forward to screenies!

[JedixJarf]

I will have them up in a couple of hours.

[jenciv]

This may be a lame question, but should you use Eakrins' Skin installer to change to the next skin? I have heard horror stories that Loader doesn't remove the skin properly when changing it therefor overloading the E6 internal memory (a folder that hold the startup themes as well) if you run Loader twice in a row. It freezes the phone on startup? I used both Eakrins' and Loader for my skins and it works great. I'm a little hesitant to use Loader 2X in a row unless somewhere has verified it works fine.

JenCiv

Posted by Caligula today on *****************:


"uh. oh.

it finally happened....after 8 months i manged to render the phone inoperable. and it happened just like you said it would: i ran linloader 2x in a row by accidentally double-clicking on the iphone.lin file. i heard the "dingdong" and as i hit the button to power off, the second "dingdong" confirmed my double tap.

now the phone only boots as far as the "iphone system loading..." page that pops up after the motorola boot screen.

so i am wondering if there is a way to free up enough memory so the phone can boot and i can uninstall the extra files without having to flash my phone. i am loathe to flash for a few reasons, among them that i am on a mac which makes flashing quite a process, and being on a mac i am unable to backup my phone with MPT. the other reason being that i was running 53P generic and it is my understanding that if i indeed do need a flash, i will have to change firmware, as there is no download available for the firmware i am currently running.

can anyone help with either freeing up memory or some way to get the phone to boot without a flash? and am i correct to assume that eventhough i am running 53P Generic i would need to download another copy of the same firmware if i want to continue using it? (i.e., there is no 'disk doctor' type app that can fix broken firmware without flashing it entirely).

anyhow, thanks of a clever theme; i enjoyed it for about an hour or two....

ps. and i have tried unplugging the battery for about 15 minutes and restarting, with no luck."


I'm not going to run Loader twice. Hell no.

JenCiv

[JedixJarf]

screenies added

[Kyle Matthews]

Posted by Caligula today on *****************:


"uh. oh.

it finally happened....after 8 months i manged to render the phone inoperable. and it happened just like you said it would: i ran linloader 2x in a row by accidentally double-clicking on the iphone.lin file. i heard the "dingdong" and as i hit the button to power off, the second "dingdong" confirmed my double tap.

now the phone only boots as far as the "iphone system loading..." page that pops up after the motorola boot screen.



I'm not going to run Loader twice. Hell no.

JenCiv

That sucks. Hmm. Need to know more about this. So can we update and make a guide with the other, safer method then?

[alihashemi2002]

the loader just doesn't want to work on my phone!! I have a vista theme that i'm trying to install on my E6, and it never works. I followed all of alpha's and your instruction with your system files and it just doesn't work!!! what can i do?

[jenciv]

Poetic, My writeup says this about running LinLoader 2x. (as does does Alpha43's) See below for his write up on the issue during install:

"There are several ways described in the various threads to change themes/skins. Some seem to work for some people and not for others so it is hard to write a general set of instructions. Two of the methods that I tried are (1) using a skin/theme installer program written by eakrin; and (2) using the linloader script. I froze my phone twice just using the linloader method requiring me to reflash it (see caution above), but found that that Eakrins’ method only changed the status and scroller bar colors and did not change the Global Navigation Bar (GNB) icons at the top and the shortcut icons at the bottom. After a lot of experimentation I found that using a combination of the two methods appears to be a successful (and safe!) way to install skins. At a high level you need to do the following (detailed instructions for each step follow):
1. Download the skin you want and install the skin using Eakrin’s Skin Installer program.
2. Turn the phone off and on
3. If only the status and scroll bar has changed, but not the icons, then use linloader to run that skin's lin file to complete the change
4. Turn the phone off and on and the skin should now be complete.

If you want to change the phone to another skin then use Eakrin's Skin Installer to install the next skin (which will delete the old skin). When you turn the file back on, you will notice the icons have returned to the grey default. It is now safe to use linloader to run the next skin's lin file. Using this method I have successfully changed over a dozen skins.

NEVER RUN LINLOADER two times in a row without running Eakrin's skin installer first to clear out the old skin - otherwise you run the risk of filling up the memory and freezing the phone. Eakrin’s program is a mpkg program that changes the phone to the selected skin or theme, by first deleting the old skin/theme before installing the new skin file into /ezx_user/download/skin and the theme file into /ezx_user/download/theme - so it does not fill up the memory."

Ali - Can you tell me what contents you have in your skin folder? Or rather, how do you have it set up in the theme folder? It may be the skin (as it was in my case) or just a location issue.

JenCiv

[JedixJarf]

Well i am pretty sure the vista skin comes with an MTF file. you must download and install MTF loader to install an mtf type skin.

[alihashemi2002]

this is my Themes folder attached, and i had the .mtf Vista skin installed, but when I upgraded to the .08p F/W it wouldn't install anymore, so i tried another vista skin that is install with the .lin file. I first made a themes folder in the root of the SD, then in the folder there is a folder called Vistanew which is the theme name, then right below it the .lin file. i first used skin installer to install my .pskn file. then reset phone. I got a changed scroll bar look, but the navigation bar, and shortcut bar, and the wallpaper where not changed, so then as alpha said i had to install the .lin file. I then made a folder called install in the themes folder as the first folder in the themes folder as said to do in the guide created by alpha. then i used loader installed on the phone from your system files i installed the .lin file. i waited 3 mins and then restarted the phone. nothing changed from the skin install. so what can i do from here. I wasn't able to attach the file to post for somereason, so here is the rapidshare link, http://rapidshare.com/files/26577604/Themes.zip.html

[Kyle Matthews]

There are size limites to post attachments. Should be fine though with a 671 kb file... dunno.

[alihashemi2002]

no, the pop-up for the attachment wouldn't come up, i disabled my pop-up blocker and still nothing, i think my comp was doing something wierd.

can anyone help me?!

[JedixJarf]

just try to do exactly as my first post says, if you do that you shouldnt have any problems.

[alihashemi2002]

That's really, wierd, now that I installed the iphone theme Jed provided us with it worked! Now but if I want to now find another Vista theme, what should I do to install it? I don't want to risk running loader 2wice in a row. It seems that it can crash your phone. Should I run eakrins installer to clear out all themes? how should i then do that? any help?

It was just a bad theme, I installed another vista font using theme installer with .lin loader and it worked great! Thanks a bunch jed for the guide! Great addition to the guides section!

[ihatevirus]

i am newer to roker E6. please help me with alternative for slower Real Player and Document editor if any exist.