Debian Swirl Theme for Sony Ericsson z520/z525 Models
I’ve just recently attained a Bluetooth Dongle for my PC and couldn’t resist creating a theme for my SE z520a. Below are some screenshots, and the theme can be found here.
As the title suggests, this theme is based on the Debian swirl and you might have guessed that’s the system I created theme on. Sony Ericsson’s Theme Creator is only available for Mac OS and M$2000/XP, so I knew I had to look into things on my own.
I discovered pretty quickly after inspecting an existing .thm file on my z520, that these are just tar archives by another name. So I untarred it and found everything I needed to know to create a theme of my own ( ie, dimensions of all the necessary images and the XML file that dictates the configuration).
From there on out, I created images with GIMP and Emacs (my Text editor of choice) was used to edit the XML file for the theme.
Without further ado, let there be images. These are three of the main images you’ll find in this theme.
Above is the Main Wallpaper for the theme and the default standby wallpaper as well as the external wall paper.
Just below you’ll see the desktop image for the main menu.
And the following image is the image for lists. All the necessary images are, of course, available in the Deb.thm itself.
December 8, 2006 at 8:36 pm
Sorry to post this as it’s kinda off-topic, but…can you post the make/model of Bluetooth dongle you bought and the software-side procedure you followed to be able to get at the files on the phone from your Debian install? I have a Z525a, but hopefully the instructions will be the same (the theme works great on this model, thanks by the way).
December 9, 2006 at 12:16 am
I’m not sure of your configuration so I’ll save some of the details for more extensive blog entry.
WRT the Dongle I used, it’s a Kensington. I’m not sure of the model, but it’s fairly common. It was a gift and I think it was purchased at an Office Supply store. It worked no problem. I just needed to find some appropriate software.
See post for more info on software.
December 13, 2006 at 6:45 pm
My configuration, FWIW, is Kubuntu 6.06/6.10 on an old HP laptop and a high-end frankenbox I built myself. I didn’t mention it since I figured I’d save you trying to do the work of figuring out implementation details.
I just wanted to get a bead on a piece of hardware that I know works before I go mucking about with the software. Your post particularly caught my eye since I prefer external devices to provide wireless networking (802.11x, Bluetooth, etc) so I can physically unplug them. 
If you happen to come across the model name/number, that’d be great, otherwise I’ll just grab something by Kensington and take it for a spin. In any case, thanks for the information (and the obexftp post, which I already read part of :p)!
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