Great post, the 3D buildings show up nice within the downtown Phoenix area. ![]()
3D Building and Quicklaunch Button How-To
Well... I was so appreciative of this very topic plus the help of my friend Robb, that I wanted to see if I could help out with screen shots of what lobelsteve posted about
First - Prep SD Card with hacked files
- Start with a fresh FAT formatted SD card
- Take the contents of the first downloadable file and put it into a folder "Copy 1st" on the root of the SD card (you don't actually have to, but it helps keep it organized)
- Additionally (not shown in following screenshot), grab "Branding.zip" and add it to this "Copy 1st" folder, leave the zip file intact like "Data.zip" is

- Take the license file in the second download and put it into a "Copy 2nd" folder on the SD root

- Take the files for the buildings and put them in a "Copy 3rd" folder on the SD Root

Second - Get and unzip Testmode file
- Download "testmode.zip" (in this topic it's the link right under the text "To enter Testmode, follow these instructions"). Unzip the contents of this file right into the root of the SD card

The SD card will now have the structure of this

Third - Boot into Windows CE
- Out to your car! Insert the SD card with the car off, then turn the car on (people have been posted "start the car", no need, just get the radio to turn on).... Your splash screen should come on, then black out, then eventually come up to this screen with says "Copy" in the top left

Click the "X" in the top right corner to get to the desktop of Windows CE (it's MUCH easier using something plastic and pointy for the remaining steps)

Fourth - Copy all files
- Double click the "My Device" icon twice to get into the storage areas (in this screenshot, i switched mode to "Detailed" view)

- Navigate into the "Storage Card" folder, then the "Copy 1st" folder (EZrider.exe, DATA.ZIP, FINALNEW, FINALOLD, SYS.TXT, TAHOMA1, and Branding.zip if you got that), and click "Edit" / "Select All" to select all the files, then "Edit" and "Copy" to get these into the clipboard
- Hit the "Up Folder" icon a few times to get back to all the storage areas, and navigate into "My Flash Disk/APL2/iGo"
- Click "Edit" on the top, then "Paste" and say "Yes to All" to copy the files into that folder
- Repeat the above except copying the contents of "Storage Card/Copy 2nd" into "My Flash Disk/APL2/iGo/License"
- Repeat one more time copying the contents of "Storage Card/Copy 3rd" into "My Flash Disk/APL2/iGo/Content/Buildings"

Fifth - Enjoy!
- Remove SD card, turn off car, turn back on and enjoy your new features!

I'm absolutely ecstatic that I can see the clock in Map mode now..... the whole process took less than 10 mins
Thanks to "lobelsteve" for this topic... hope this helps make it even easier to understand