as you know, sidekick has the option to download themes from the phone. ringtones. games. apps. etc. pretty much the way they made their money. it is impossible.. as far as i know.. to get ringtones and things without purchasing them. well there is a way to get themes! my friends have the sidekick slide and sidekick lx and they are able to go to this website and download the themes. place them on their desktop.. upload through the usb onto their memory card.. then they're able to view and select the downloaded theme from their phone. well i tried the website with my phone and it didnt work! boyfriend told me to have patience.. the phone just came out so soon enough they'll allow you to do it too.. they have this website for sidekicks and then another for the sidekick lx 2009.. specified for my phone and everything.. well if anyone knows any tips or tricks.. please help! i feel so lost.
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Sidekick Slide Skins
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Sidekick Slide Gel Covers
Gel Skins for Sidekicks
Sidekick Skins Shop
Sidekick Repair Parts and Guides
Themes:
1.) Check out a site like http://www.sklxthemes.com/ and pick out a theme you like.
2.) You want to click on the theme to download it, a dialog box will pop up, now click “Save”
3.) Save them somewhere you are familiar with like My Documents (I made a folder in My Documents called “LX Themes” I just throw them all in there).
4.) Once you have a few downloaded, go ahead and head to the folder you saved them to to unzip them. If you are unsure of what unzipping is, you are going to need a program that can unzip files. I use Winrar, just head to http://www.download.com and type in “Winrar” into the search box, download it and install. Now, head BACK to the themes folder and double click on each theme you have downloaded. The Winrar will program will open up, choose a folder where you want to unzip the files, and click unzip at the top (Make sure you grab ALL of the folders in zip file when before you unzip) I usually just unzip the files to the same folder that I saved the original zip files to so I can find them later.
5.) Now go ahead and connect your LX via a USB cable. Open your LX from My Computer (I think mine is the F drive, not sure).
6.) Now, you need to create a NEW folder called “Themes” once you do this, open it up.
7.) Go grab one of th e theme files that you have saved in My Documents. COPY each theme (The ENTIRE folder) and place them into the “Themes” folder in your LX.
You’re done! Now when you unplug your phone, JUMP > MENU > THEMES > ENJOY!
Ringtones:
Now for ringtones you are going to have to find ringtones first. I usually don’t use the online ringtone sites, but if you want to, feel free. I actually create my own ringtones using a program called Cool Edit. You basically take an MP3 file and chop out the part you want as a ringtone and save it as an MP3 file. If you are interested in making your own, I am sure you can find some tutorials online, just head to google and search away.
As far as actually getting them on your phone, there are two ways to do this:
eMail: Just log into a an eMail account on your computer, and attach a ringtone to it and mail it to your tmail account. Now head to your device, open the eMail and scroll down to the bottom. You will see the attachment (MP3) file down here, just go ahead and click it, and you will have two options: Listen or Save as Ringtone. I think we know what the obvious choice is ^.^ It will save your ringtone and you are good to go! To set a ringtone just head to PHONE > MENU > SETTINGS > GENERAL SETTINGS > SET RINGTONE > ENJOY!
The only downfall I have seen to the eMail route is the fact that you can ONLY send attachments of 100KB or less . . . This makes some crappy ringtones. So if you have a larger ringtone, like I do (Mine are usually 250-350KB) there is only one choice for us . . .
MMS: Simple stuff here, almost the same steps as the above. Go ahead and get into your eMail on your computer, attach the ringtone and send to PhoneNumber@tmomail.net Now when I say “PhoneNumber” I mean YOUR phone number. Make sure it is 10 digits, so include your area code. Example:
5598124931@tmomail.net (This is a fake number, do not attempt to call) LOL!
Send! Once you get it, head to your device. Go into your MMS (Picture Messaging) menu and open the message you just sent. In the same manner as the eMail save the ringtone to your device and set as your ringtone the same way as well.
The ONLY downfall I see to MMS sending is the fact that no matter what you name the file, your device will rename the file the moment it is received by your device with a random 3 digit number. No biggie, just means you have to listen to them before you assign them.
Enjoy!
you should go to http://www.sklx.com and you should see the video provided to get the theme or what not onto your phone they provide you wuth a video on how to.
You need to create a “Themes” folder on your memory card & then place the theme files in that folder in order for them to work.
It works for mine, just make sure your doing the steps fine. It should upload right away.