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Firstly, thanks have to go to Dude and Manderin who gave me lots of help with this. Cheers guys.

THIS GUIDE WILL ALLOW YOU TO REPLACE THE ICONS AND BACKGROUNDS TO YOUR 535/545.

This guide is for 535 but it should also work with 545 as they are the same unit just different size screen. Just make sure you change the 535 for 545 in this tutorial and download 545 firmware via link at the bottom.

Firstly you need the following.

Inside you will find :- hxfToolSetup.exe and :-removeHXFToolFromMenuTool.exe, also there is a smile.dll which you have to place a copy of inside your system32 registry.


Firstly you double click on hxftoolsetup.exe and select yes to both boxes that pop up.

now goto the folder that contains the firmware that you wish to modify and right click on the hxf.
you have to select the top line of chinese and it will then create an out folder of the firmware.
double click on the out folder and navigate to system/res - inside here are where all of the files that you can edit are placed.
for example if you goto desktop/desktop1, you will see the original icons like this
now if you download the vx545hd metal themed firmware from http://rapidshare.com/files/218506274/V ... 1.2_MT.rar and do the previous steps I have shown you, you can get to it's desktop folder and it will look like this.
Now all you have to do is copy all of these files and write them over the ones in the 535 desktop folder.
Once this is done you exit out of the folders until you get back to the folder containing the Out_hxf_VX535HD folder. you then right click on it and select the chinese writing option like this.
It will then do it's business and after a couple of minutes get to this
Once you have got here you need to rename the OUT_HX~1.hxf back to VX535HD.hxf

and then place it into the root of your 535 and then disconnect from the computer shut the 535 down and then restart while holding the vol- key. It will update the firmware and then it will load up and you will have a new display. like this


Now you can also edit any of the images in the res folder but YOU MUST MAKE SURE IT IS OF THE SAME RESOLUTION

This whole process is quite simple once you have done it once. Don't worry about bricking your player as it is unlikely but if you do I have another thread viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12594 that has a guide to unbrick your player. It worked for me (Thanks to Dude for this )

Also you can only do this from a lower firmware if you are running 1.2 you need to downgrade to 1.1 or 1.0 first, otherwise you will need the other guide
Please find the firmwares here http://www.onda.cn/pro/product/product.jsp?Id=13358

Now here are some backgrounds for you to play with

There is also a new version of the hfx tool ver.5.4. but I haven't used this but it seems like a drag and drop version.

If you search the forums and google you can find icons to download and resize to the desired size for the player. Let's try to make this UI look a lot more apealing. Also this should hopefully cross over to the OS72HR as it is also cc1600 chip, the possibilities are endless.

Well enjoy and I hope to see a theme section on the forums for both of these players.

Dan. A proud VX535HD Owner

You can find a load of new themes for this guide on this thread:- viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12651

Enjoy Dan

P.S I don't take credit for these designs I am finding them on ondabbs.cn

Sorry to step in but I want to teach you how to take this to the next level.
What's the next level a no text mod.
When you decompile the firmware, in the system folder you see a folder called nls.
It contains around 12 files. 11 of those are language files. the 12th one named У׼Ìáʾ.dlx is the file that shows when you choose a language on the player screen. With a hex editor you can modify the files and create a no text mod. To do this you of course will keep the English file but you will copy the contents and open another file and paste over to wind up with 2 English languages. Then in the second file remove the words from the menu that appear on the screen. In the file I named you will change that language name to no text. I hope this makes senses.

Thnx for your input Dude.

I will try this later when I finish work. The menu will look a lot nicer minus the wording. Don't forget a lot of us have had a menu with no words!? unfortunately it was all of the menu's

Is it possible to add own (or modifite) laungage? If it is, how?

thanks for the guide on theme modding. i also want to learn how to use other brand's cc1600 firmware with another cc1600 device, just like the imp3 guys did to ainol v6000hda using gemei x690hd firmware.ainol has not yet updated they're cc1600 firmwares.

You can use the tool to edit other CC1600 firmwares also (well only retheme them and not mod them with this tool).

why it can't be done on V.1.2?and where's the other guide?

any updates on theme modding? can someone discuss what files are for?thanks.

Well today I tried it with the latest version (V2.2) for the VX545 and it looked like it worked! But after the player is updated, you see the icons but no support text and opening a menu gives you only a grey/black screen with lines. You can't do anything with your files.

My machine is using XP, is this because of the XP system or is this the firmware version thing?

Okea, so there are tool issues. Also with XP you can change your themes on later firmware.

Use this older tool that maderin1 pointed out in another topic:
download/file.php?id=2736

For this tool to work it wil create in the same folder as the hxf file, when unpacking, an output folder 'out_hxf'. If you want to repack, just make in the same folder as the out folder is and the hxf file is, a folder named 'in_hxf'. The programm won't do it always by itself.
The programm also asks you to name the file and opens a window you normally get to open files. Write up there the filename, but name it different from the hxf file there already is; it won't overwrite. The other option is also to remove the hxf file first before making an new one.

Sorry cookie 259, Either my english is so bad that I cannot understand. Can you make a tutorial specific for me ? please ? I can even send you my email. But Im in trouble changing the desktop. My firmware is v2.2 July 20th the Onda is VX 545HD. Thanks
please explain steop by steo because I cannot follow

You are working with vista I need XP. you say ..."for 545 in this tutorial and download 545 firmware via link at the bottom.

" did not find it. In case I have the lastest version of forware what should I do ? I have done hxfToolSetup.exe and :-removeHXFToolFromMenuTool.exe, also there is a smile.dll which you have to place a copy of inside your system32 registry
so what what shoud I do ?

thew tool used in this tutorial is not very good and sometimes does not work so i would not look to using that one, cookie has not been online since June so they will not see your plea for help

you need to download tool in the post from Mr. Dj M.

and use this guide as its exactly what you need to be doing, and of course use the files for the vx545
viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3129

thats what Imkeping writtig to you guys and yu dnt understand. You gave me one address that is for the 747 and not 545 and I need this firmware ad I dont speakchinese ogto onda se e ecreer em rties sera ue voc entnde ? vcentene um sit e porytugfue s?
The same as me I cannot download the firmware. Im notstupid. Im engeneerwitha mste degee but I ont speak chinee !!!!