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New: SIS Tool SE-P - examine SIS files

3 replies · 17,906 views · Started 15 December 2004

SIS Tool is a PC program for examining sis files (designed with the Sony Ericsson UIQ phones in mind). It shows you information about the selected sis file (including the size it will use on installation, version numbering and more). Well worth a look if you use lots of third party software.

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Author's Description:

* Shows Relevant Information about any *.SIS file:
* Installation contents and installed space statistics.
* Intuitive (auto-corrected) version number.
* File size and creation date.
* CRC32 (Cyclic Redundancy Check), for easy comparison between two SIS files: Different CRC's meaning different files.
* Easy installation: Integrates with the SonyEricsson Installer.
* Opens multiple files at once: Drag and drop into the desktop icon, command line, ...
* Opens Zip and RAR files directly: Launches each SIS file found in a separate window.
* Easily explore, delete and rename: Handle SIS files or parent Zip/RAR file directly!
* Shows the all the relevant names: Use the files and folders found, for easy rename and search the web.
* Handles *.SIS files directly: Auto-open on double-click (configurable by the user)

There are plenty of utilities to extract the contents of a SIS file from the pre Symbian 9.1 SIS files. However, I could not find that kind of tool for the new SISX file format (specified in here). So, I wrote a small python utility that is able to parse the SIS file, print some information about its contents and extract the contained files.