How to upload anything to your A900 - Yes, you love me :)

ibri · 02-22-2006, 01:00 PM

So I got bored last night and started exploring my a900's file system to see what I could see. I didn't realize it when I first used QPST, but you can in fact use QPST to upload files, this made me very happy. So what follows is how to fill up the 11mb of allotted space on your A900 without having to use uploading sites

First head out to http://www.samsung.com and search for A900 drivers. Download and install them, then reboot (Yes, you must reboot)

Next, download and install QPST if you don't already have it (seriously, just search google for QPST2_7.zip, you WILL find it)

Call Sprint (*2) and ask a rep for the MSL for your phone. They will give it to you with no problems, if you get an ass on the line, thank him/her for their time, hang up and try again.

Once you have your MSL, start up QPST from your start menu and click the "Ports" tab. Click "Add new port" and type in COM3 for both fields. If your phone doesn't come up on that one then try also adding COM4.

Once your phone shows up in the Active Phones field click the "Start Clients" menu and click "EFS Explorer"

Put your MSL in the SPC field and click OK. Let EFS explore traverse your file system.

Now comes the fun part which I'm going to copy and paste from notepad, hopefully it will be nice and complete for you

Browse to /brew/mod/obione/jas/index/ In there you'll find a bunch of .txt files, these files are references to all the custom files on your phone. 1.txt and 2.txt are OnDemand and Sprint Music Store, respectively. The rest are the various demos sprint has put on your phone from the factory.

What you want to do is find the .txt file for what you want to upload. If you want to upload an app grab 8.txt, which is the Weather Channel reference file. If you want to upload a game, grab 3.txt (tetris demo). im or email app - 10.txt. ringer - 12.txt. screen saver - 13.txt.

Once it's on your computer, save it to the next available number for that directory (the largest number in mine is 15.txt, so i would rename 8.txt to 16.txt).

For games, apps and IM/Email apps:

Open up your .txt file and change JARF to 16 and JADF to 16 (in my example). If you don't have a jad for the file I think you can leave the number field blank.
Right click on the jar you want to upload and put the size in bytes of the file into MSIZ
The PERM field is what you would find under settings. there are six menu items when you view settings on a file using your phone, and coincidentally there is a 0 based array of 6 fields in the PERM field with different values:
0 - Network
1 - Location (GPS)
2 - File Connection
3 - PIM
4 - Sprint Extensions
5 - Bluetooth
If you want you can change the download URL (DURL), but it's not that important.
You'll obviously want to change the NAME and VEND fields to their respective values (JAMDAT Bowling, JAMDAT Mobile, Inc. - for JAMDAT bowling)
After you've done that find the .JAD and .JAR you want to upload and rename them to (in my example) 16.jad and 16.jar
Click and drag your .txt file into the /brew/mod/obione/jas/index/ directory, and click and drag your jad and jar files into the /brew/shared/jas/content/ directory
Check your games or apps directory for what you've just uploaded and rejoice in knowing that you don't have to pay for data rates anymore

For Ringers and Screen savers:
*I haven't actually done either of these, but judging by the layout of the reference file it would be pretty easy.*

Open up your .txt file and change CONF and CONH to the next available number (16 in my example).
As for TYPE, the sample video ringer has video/3gpp and the screen saver has image/x-pmd. I'm guessing these are just your standard mime-types, so feel free to put whatever you need in here to get it working.
Right click the file you are uploading and put the size in bytes into the SIZE field
Change the path to shared/jas/content/16.gc (in my example)
And then of course you can change the NAME and VEND fields to suit your needs.
Change the name of the file you are uploading to 16.gc (in my example).
Click and drag your .txt file into the /brew/mod/obione/jas/index/ directory, and click and drag your media file into the /brew/shared/jas/content/ directory
Check your respective folder on your phone to see if it works.

The CATE (category) field is described as follows:
1 - Games
2 - Ringers
4 - Screen Savers
8 - Apps
16 - IM & Email
256 - Sprint stuff

If there's anything that's confusing or if you just have any questions, please let me know and I will update this accordingly.

***Lord Bricks*** · 02-22-2006, 02:04 PM

is this very dangerous info for the noob to be messing with?

ibri · 02-22-2006, 02:07 PM

Not unless you start messing around with other stuff that I haven't mentioned

Ramon197B · 02-22-2006, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ibri

Not unless you start messing around with other stuff that I haven't mentioned

Yea but you know how people are. Always curious.

autoprime · 02-22-2006, 04:13 PM

nice.. good job figuring that out. i have unlimited vision so i hadnt yet gotten around to figuring that out.. i knew it was just a matter of configuring the index files tho...

everything looks good except that fact that you use #'s (8.txt for example) that may or may not be there... and also might change. You won't ALWAYS be adding 16.txt 16 .jad/.jar.. which I'm sure you know.. but other may not get that. Always use the lowest number that hasnt been used yet... if the numbers start at 2.. then use 1..

also.. try not deleting apps/games this way.. do it through the phones interface if you can.. just to avoid any possible errors.

now we just need an easier way to edit these index files... whos writing the auto-indexer app?

sluggerx5 · 02-22-2006, 04:41 PM

wow you guys are very smart

ibri · 02-22-2006, 05:27 PM

autoprime: True, but what if someone's downloaded a few games and ringtones, etc? Then their indexes are likely to be up in the 20's. I'm not really sure there's any easier way of indicating that the numbers I used are only for example and that they should use the next available number.

autoprime · 02-22-2006, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ibri

autoprime: True, but what if someone's downloaded a few games and ringtones, etc? Then their indexes are likely to be up in the 20's. I'm not really sure there's any easier way of indicating that the numbers I used are only for example and that they should use the next available number.

well when you uninstall a game or something... your next install game/app will use that next number.. theres only so many games/apps you can fit on at a time. So say for example 2fast2furious demo was number 7... but the highest number is 12. The next game/app you install you go to 7... not 13.

I'm not sure if it HAS to be like that or not.. not sure what the index # limit(is any) is either.

I was just pointing out a minor issue that may or may not come up later.

This is a GREAT trick for those without data plans.. but I feel the site uploaders are the fastest solution. Also.. for ppl who have JUST the .JAR files.. they will now have to make their own .JAD to go along with it. All minor things tho.

ibri · 02-22-2006, 06:39 PM

Excellent points

autoprime · 02-22-2006, 07:09 PM

[QUOTE=autoprime]So say for example 2fast2furious demo was number 7... but the highest number is 12. The next game/app you install you go to 7... not 13.
/QUOTE]

woops.. i meant to say "The next game/app you install IF YOU WOULD UNINSTALL 2FAST2FURIOUS... you go to 7... not 13.

abem3 · 02-22-2006, 07:54 PM

Wow, thanks for the info guys.. nice job..

One dumb question, I still haven't had any luck getting 3gp's to play by throwing them in the same dir that mp3's go in. Any tips on how to get them over? Is it necessary to use QPST?

Thanks

autoprime · 02-22-2006, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abem3

Wow, thanks for the info guys.. nice job..

One dumb question, I still haven't had any luck getting 3gp's to play by throwing them in the same dir that mp3's go in. Any tips on how to get them over? Is it necessary to use QPST?

Thanks

im not taking credit for any of this.. ibri took the time to write all that out.

anyway... I'm just assuming on this.. since i dont use my mass storage AT ALL... mp3s go in the music folder.. right? 3gps would go into the MEDIA folder. Also.. you're just trying to watch them with the media player right? not use them as a video ringer or anything..

abem3 · 02-23-2006, 09:13 AM

Hmm, maybe the 3gp file I tried the first time was hosed or I dumped it in the wrong directory. Thanks for the tip autoprime.. works flawlessly now...

And thanks for the app packs .. very handy!

Anyway, back OT!

handsdown · 02-23-2006, 09:22 AM

thanks for the info guys. i mite have to look into this. itll give me something to do.

ibri · 02-23-2006, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by autoprime

Quote:

Originally Posted by autoprime

So say for example 2fast2furious demo was number 7... but the highest number is 12. The next game/app you install you go to 7... not 13.

woops.. i meant to say "The next game/app you install IF YOU WOULD UNINSTALL 2FAST2FURIOUS... you go to 7... not 13.

I see, see I just assumed it would delete the stuff you told it to and then move all the numbers above it back down. *shrug*

02-22-2006, 01:00 PM	#1
ibri Satellite Radio Hater Join Date: Feb 13, '06 Location: Pullman, WA Posts: 26 Phone: Samsung A900 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post SU$: 414	How to upload anything to your A900 - Yes, you love me :) So I got bored last night and started exploring my a900's file system to see what I could see. I didn't realize it when I first used QPST, but you can in fact use QPST to upload files, this made me very happy. So what follows is how to fill up the 11mb of allotted space on your A900 without having to use uploading sites First head out to http://www.samsung.com and search for A900 drivers. Download and install them, then reboot (Yes, you must reboot) Next, download and install QPST if you don't already have it (seriously, just search google for QPST2_7.zip, you WILL find it) Call Sprint (2) and ask a rep for the MSL for your phone. They will give it to you with no problems, if you get an ass on the line, thank him/her for their time, hang up and try again. Once you have your MSL, start up QPST from your start menu and click the "Ports" tab. Click "Add new port" and type in COM3 for both fields. If your phone doesn't come up on that one then try also adding COM4. Once your phone shows up in the Active Phones field click the "Start Clients" menu and click "EFS Explorer" Put your MSL in the SPC field and click OK. Let EFS explore traverse your file system. Now comes the fun part which I'm going to copy and paste from notepad, hopefully it will be nice and complete for you Browse to /brew/mod/obione/jas/index/ In there you'll find a bunch of .txt files, these files are references to all the custom files on your phone. 1.txt and 2.txt are OnDemand and Sprint Music Store, respectively. The rest are the various demos sprint has put on your phone from the factory. What you want to do is find the .txt file for what you want to upload. If you want to upload an app grab 8.txt, which is the Weather Channel reference file. If you want to upload a game, grab 3.txt (tetris demo). im or email app - 10.txt. ringer - 12.txt. screen saver - 13.txt. Once it's on your computer, save it to the next available number for that directory (the largest number in mine is 15.txt, so i would rename 8.txt to 16.txt). For games, apps and IM/Email apps:* Open up your .txt file and change JARF to 16 and JADF to 16 (in my example). If you don't have a jad for the file I think you can leave the number field blank. Right click on the jar you want to upload and put the size in bytes of the file into MSIZ The PERM field is what you would find under settings. there are six menu items when you view settings on a file using your phone, and coincidentally there is a 0 based array of 6 fields in the PERM field with different values: 0 - Network 1 - Location (GPS) 2 - File Connection 3 - PIM 4 - Sprint Extensions 5 - Bluetooth If you want you can change the download URL (DURL), but it's not that important. You'll obviously want to change the NAME and VEND fields to their respective values (JAMDAT Bowling, JAMDAT Mobile, Inc. - for JAMDAT bowling) After you've done that find the .JAD and .JAR you want to upload and rename them to (in my example) 16.jad and 16.jar Click and drag your .txt file into the /brew/mod/obione/jas/index/ directory, and click and drag your jad and jar files into the /brew/shared/jas/content/ directory Check your games or apps directory for what you've just uploaded and rejoice in knowing that you don't have to pay for data rates anymore For Ringers and Screen savers: I haven't actually done either of these, but judging by the layout of the reference file it would be pretty easy. Open up your .txt file and change CONF and CONH to the next available number (16 in my example). As for TYPE, the sample video ringer has video/3gpp and the screen saver has image/x-pmd. I'm guessing these are just your standard mime-types, so feel free to put whatever you need in here to get it working. Right click the file you are uploading and put the size in bytes into the SIZE field Change the path to shared/jas/content/16.gc (in my example) And then of course you can change the NAME and VEND fields to suit your needs. Change the name of the file you are uploading to 16.gc (in my example). Click and drag your .txt file into the /brew/mod/obione/jas/index/ directory, and click and drag your media file into the /brew/shared/jas/content/ directory Check your respective folder on your phone to see if it works. The CATE (category) field is described as follows: 1 - Games 2 - Ringers 4 - Screen Savers 8 - Apps 16 - IM & Email 256 - Sprint stuff If there's anything that's confusing or if you just have any questions, please let me know and I will update this accordingly.

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02-22-2006, 02:04 PM	#2
*Lord Bricks* Hardstyler Mood: Join Date: Nov 13, '03 Posts: 1,150 Phone: EVO Thanks: 19 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts SU$: 2,287	is this very dangerous info for the noob to be messing with?

02-22-2006, 02:07 PM	#3
ibri Satellite Radio Hater Join Date: Feb 13, '06 Location: Pullman, WA Posts: 26 Phone: Samsung A900 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post SU$: 414	Not unless you start messing around with other stuff that I haven't mentioned

02-22-2006, 04:13 PM	#5
autoprime i like phones Join Date: Jan 18, '06 Posts: 2,811 Phone: diamond/curve Trades: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 9,376	nice.. good job figuring that out. i have unlimited vision so i hadnt yet gotten around to figuring that out.. i knew it was just a matter of configuring the index files tho... everything looks good except that fact that you use #'s (8.txt for example) that may or may not be there... and also might change. You won't ALWAYS be adding 16.txt 16 .jad/.jar.. which I'm sure you know.. but other may not get that. Always use the lowest number that hasnt been used yet... if the numbers start at 2.. then use 1.. also.. try not deleting apps/games this way.. do it through the phones interface if you can.. just to avoid any possible errors. now we just need an easier way to edit these index files... whos writing the auto-indexer app?

02-22-2006, 04:41 PM	#6
sluggerx5 Telegraph User Join Date: Feb 2, '06 Location: Maryland Posts: 50 Phone: a900 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 115	wow you guys are very smart

02-22-2006, 05:27 PM	#7
ibri Satellite Radio Hater Join Date: Feb 13, '06 Location: Pullman, WA Posts: 26 Phone: Samsung A900 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post SU$: 414	autoprime: True, but what if someone's downloaded a few games and ringtones, etc? Then their indexes are likely to be up in the 20's. I'm not really sure there's any easier way of indicating that the numbers I used are only for example and that they should use the next available number.

02-22-2006, 06:39 PM	#9
ibri Satellite Radio Hater Join Date: Feb 13, '06 Location: Pullman, WA Posts: 26 Phone: Samsung A900 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post SU$: 414	Excellent points

02-22-2006, 07:09 PM	#10
autoprime i like phones Join Date: Jan 18, '06 Posts: 2,811 Phone: diamond/curve Trades: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 9,376	[QUOTE=autoprime]So say for example 2fast2furious demo was number 7... but the highest number is 12. The next game/app you install you go to 7... not 13. /QUOTE] woops.. i meant to say "The next game/app you install IF YOU WOULD UNINSTALL 2FAST2FURIOUS... you go to 7... not 13.

02-22-2006, 07:54 PM	#11
abem3 Telegraph User Join Date: Sep 27, '05 Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 98	Wow, thanks for the info guys.. nice job.. One dumb question, I still haven't had any luck getting 3gp's to play by throwing them in the same dir that mp3's go in. Any tips on how to get them over? Is it necessary to use QPST? Thanks

02-23-2006, 09:13 AM	#13
abem3 Telegraph User Join Date: Sep 27, '05 Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 98	Hmm, maybe the 3gp file I tried the first time was hosed or I dumped it in the wrong directory. Thanks for the tip autoprime.. works flawlessly now... And thanks for the app packs .. very handy! Anyway, back OT!

02-23-2006, 09:22 AM	#14
handsdown Telegraph User Join Date: Nov 3, '05 Location: Louisiana Posts: 95 Phone: Touch Trades: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 2,211	thanks for the info guys. i mite have to look into this. itll give me something to do.