so i decided that i needed to hack my new phone the other day, its a RAZR v9 (04.C1 R263311_U_9C.13.37R3) for multiple reasons:

a) fuck you att, i am not a walking billboard
b) the default themes are crap
c) anything in the media-net-mall-whatever is even worse
d) i can’t be seen with a piece of equipment that is not modified in one way or another. that would be unacceptable. just unacceptable.

so luckily theres a huge community already developed around hacking moto devices and i gravitated towards modmymoto.com. They pretty much had everything i wanted. Here’s what i did.

I downloaded the following tools / file and basically followed this.

Seven 2.2a MP - Megapack for my version phone (Complete Firmware Replacement)
Moto Drivers - drivers needed
Flash & Backup 3 - to…flash…and…backup firmware
P2K_Commander - file manager and then some
RAZRv9 FB3 Profile - stuff you need for FB3 to see the v9

You put the phone in boot loader mode by starting with the phone off, then holding *, #, and the power button. It shows you the BL version and Firmware that is currently on the phone. If you want to transfer files or flash it, you change the usb connection mode to default to the data connection and plugin the usb cable to your phone and computer prior to turning it off. Fairly simple.

For some reason i was looking at stuff for the V3xx when i first started modding it. I was wondering why my flashes just rebooted the phone. heh. glad nothing bad happened.

So yea, just put the phone in BL mode, fire up B&F3 and load the v9 profile. Backup everything. Flash the file to the phone. Done. Use P2K Commander to look inside and add stuff (ringtones / pics)

Thats pretty much it, it was an interesting few hrs of learning. If i find anything really cool, i’ll put it up here.

Now i’m going to think about why i had to even go through this in the first place, and why cell phone companies make shitty themes.