You never told anybody how to do it and then you complain of constant requests
I don't want to cook Wm6 I just want to change some files in my current WM5 Rom!
Could you please tell me how can I do it?
It does not need to be told how to do it, but told how to search ! A lot of people here know how to do it, just GOOGLE it !
sorry, I've already searched... Maybe I'm searching badly!
Could you please help me?
Basically you need to extract the ROM installer, you will find an nbf file in it, then get an NBF file converter, to convert it into some sort of editable format, then you start cooking the ROM, placing whatever you want, and in the end, convert it back into NBF
Hello,
You might find something useful here:
http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=255064
It would be more helpful if people genuinely try to help others instead of directing them to Google.
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hey
if you can wait a day or two, i will write up a nice simple guide for everyone and have it stickied
i will also provide links to the tools required. it really isnt as difficult as some people thing! it just LOOKS difficult!
and we are a community here, so lets just help rather than-use the fricking search!lol. we were all n00bs once!
duke_stix said:
hey
if you can wait a day or two, i will write up a nice simple guide for everyone and have it stickied
i will also provide links to the tools required. it really isnt as difficult as some people thing! it just LOOKS difficult!
and we are a community here, so lets just help rather than-use the fricking search!lol. we were all n00bs once!
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if all were like you ...
I know it isn't but in so much amount of infos it's not easy to find ones that apply to your device or even thing you wanna do!
Need help too
Yea, Please..my probs are the reconverting my data into a .nb->nbf file...after flashing My phone hangs in First Bootscreen...please help!Only Reflashing helps...i really want to cook a rom by myself.
Ive used THIS kitchen...but it is for Wizard-devices only....but i think,it can be used for Tornado,too.
as far as we tried we could not make a proper dump of the wm5 tornado...
but i did manage to build a rom kitchen with wm6 for the tornado...this was a whileago and the base rom is the same as the current available...if ther is enougth request i may be inclined to update the RK and release it.
to get you started here is some pointers.... you can use the same tools from the wizard, imgfs tools.
When I use nb2nbf_wizard.exe, is this created nk.nbf flashable for my Tornado (german XDA Phone aka HTC Douton)?
There is an nb2nbf_Tornado File out there,too, but my Phone stuck in first BootScreen.If i use the Wizard-Tools here and use the nb2nbf_Tornado,(by retyping the Start Adress from 8004000(for Wizard) to 8204000 (for Tornado)) it works well fine, Flashing works well,too,but stuck in first Screen every time.Ive only delete the Solitaire-Folder,but it dont work for me..maybe you have more luck!Or...faria may Post a RomKitchen exclusive for our lovely Tornado..
Have you removed the first two bytes of the initflashes.dat? When not, it can't be booting correctly! That was my mistake when I started to cook my own ROM's for my HTC Prophet (XDA Neo)!
What?
really?I may think,it is only needed after a Registryedit....thank you.!
edit:did not work...
arpy said:
There is an nb2nbf_Tornado File out there,too, but my Phone stuck in first BootScreen.If i use the Wizard-Tools here and use the nb2nbf_Tornado,(by retyping the Start Adress from 8004000(for Wizard) to 8204000 (for Tornado)) it works well fine, Flashing works well,too,but stuck in first Screen every time.Ive only delete the Solitaire-Folder,but it dont work for me..maybe you have more luck!Or...faria may Post a RomKitchen exclusive for our lovely Tornado..
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i have the same problem like you.
I've made a nk.nbf from the *.nb files with nb2nbf_tornado.exe.
I've also extracted *.nb (OS, IPL, SPL, etc) from nk.nbf from windows mobile 6 alpha and then 'translated' those nb files with nb2nbf_tornado.exe. Same result: succesfull flash, stuck in first screen every time..
so not the "initflashes.dat" file is guilty..
...and nobody out there may help us?
arpy, it seems that if I include only OS without IPL & SPL in nb2nbf, all are OK..
But still with my modified OS does not get over the first splash screen.. maybe i've done smth wrong. In dump folder, I've added some files (some overwritten), i've removed some files, modified initflashfiles.dat (last line blank, + removed the two first bytes with winex), modified the hv files (saved in unicode standard, first line REGEDIT4, last line blank.. complied: no errors). replaced carrier_splash and shutdown
that's all what I've modified ...
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arpy, try to translate only the OS module with nb2nbf_tornado. and tell me the result. also, tell me what changes you've made
edit2: found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298327 . improved tools
edit3: i've dumped my modified OS module with tadzio's ImgfsTools and discovered that initflashfiles.dat had the two bytes that i've removed with win hex.. what the?!
i've removed again, and run the whole build rom process again , but this time with tadzio's ImgfsTools.
Same result.. (stuck in first screen)
Maybe i've modified something wrong.
edit4: i've repeated the whole process and OS module flash and work ok . I haven't tried yet with all modules, only OS. I think I've made some mistakes when trying to replace drivers.
@DSF
Can you post a Step-By-Step Solution?I want to figure out my prob...which tools do you use?And how?May you Post your ROM?
well, i will post summary. i hope to release a "tornado romcook kitchen" and more detailed steps these days.
here is my OS module:
http://rapidshare.com/files/45915194/RUU.rar.html
right now i'm trying to figure out how to make the sd driver from iphone/other roms to work on my custom rom. every time i try other sd driver, i cannot view the card.
i'm using the tadzio's ImgfsTools (see link in my previous post).
steps:
- download typho5.exe, ImgfsTools, nb2nbf_tornado (you can get them by searching via gogole)
- copy all those files in the same folder, eg: ROMDEV
- copy nk.nbf in ROMDEV
Commands:
1) typho5.exe -x nk.nbf
2) imgfsfromnb.exe 82040000-OS.nb imgfs_raw_data.bin
3) imgfstodump.exe imgfs_raw_data.bin
Now the OS files are dumped in dump folder. Do the changes (delete, copy, modify, etc). When editing registry and initflashfiles.dat file, perform the important steps describeb at http://www.molski.biz/romcooking.html (turn off word wrap and use UNICODE in notepad, etc). If you're dune with those things do next:
4) imgfsfromdump imgfs_raw_data.bin imgfs_new.bin
5) imgfstonb imgfs_new.bin 82040000-OS.nb 82040000-OS_final.nb
if no error occured in the whole process, run 6) nb2nb_tornado.
There, chose the nb files, OS will be 82040000-OS_final.nb and not 82040000-OS.nb. Don't forget to use the correct image name. (eg: for 82040000-OS_final.nb chose OS)
The language, oem, operator version, cid can be left blank.
When you're done, press translate.
Copy the generated nk.nbf file in the rom update folder (RUU), execute ROMUpdateUtility.exe and follow the normal flash steps..
That's all.
Thanks to all those ppl that made this possible
PS: if you flash only the OS module (without IPL & SPL), even if the update proces crashes, you will not 'brick' your phone . Mine happen to crash on 2%.. i transpired instantly
kartam said:
You never told anybody how to do it and then you complain of constant requests
I don't want to cook Wm6 I just want to change some files in my current WM5 Rom!
Could you please tell me how can I do it?
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Actually, I have some files about how to cook a rom, but they all Chinese, and may be useless for you.
DSF: the way you describe works with the tornado. thx. ive testest
an usefull app to edit initflashfiles.dat and the registry files is "notepad2".
Hi all!
Downloading custom ROMs is VERY cool, but a bit of a pain sometimes because the downloads are huge. I have a suggestion about how this could be resolved.
To explain my idea, let's look at how you would flash a ROM using the new method being suggested. You'd need the following things...
- USPL (as usual)
- Custom RUU (as usual)
- 'Control' ROM NBH
Here's the first difference. The control ROM in my proposal is the widely circulated HTC ROM NBH, which can be found here. You'd keep the NBH from this ROM (RUU_Signed.nbh) named as HTC.nbh, and it would be used by all subsequent updates.
So let's imagine that I have a device (USPL'd of course) that I want to flash to the T-Mobile ROM. I'd make sure I had a directory with the Custom RUU and Control ROM NBH in, then i'd download the file from the ROM creator. In this file would be a batch file, a ROM patch and the patcher. The batch file would patch HTC.nbh to T-Mobile spec, then run Custom RUU. The beauty of it? The download would be very small!
Would it work? YES! And to prove a point, please check out this post - where you'll find Orange, T-Mobile and Tilt ROMs in tiny downloads based off the control NBH. ROM chefs - let's start using this system, which i'm calling 'Kaiser TLR ROMs' for obvious reasons.
ROM chefs, to create the patches you just need to use bsdiff, which can be found here. Use the syntax 'bsdiff HTC.nbh YourROM.nbh YourRom.patch'. You can see a sample batch file in my link above.
So... what do u think?
TLR
I don't get it once your HTC is HardSPL'ed then there is no CID lock and you can flash any rom to your device. Most rar files containing the RUU_signed.nbh are only 40-50MB thats pretty small and can be deleted when your finished flashing. To me this seems like a lot of extra work for the cook(sometimes me) and more support issues I find it easy just to upload the ROM i made to rapidshare or some other file hosting site and people can download as they like.
40-50MB is a lot bigger than 6-7MB.
It's not a lot of extra work at all really, it's running one command line, and distributing a couple of files.
I think patching definitely has potential, not least that they are a lot easier (and a lot less illegal?) to host.
TLR
theloanranger said:
40-50MB is a lot bigger than 6-7MB.
It's not a lot of extra work at all really, it's running one command line, and distributing a couple of files.
I think patching definitely has potential, not least that they are a lot easier (and a lot less illegal?) to host.
TLR
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Sounds interesting about the legal hosting capability for diff ROM files instead entire ROM. The ROM archive goes down in the past for the M$ pressing . If we can archive only diif ROMs, this can be one solution to take back the ROM archive into the FTP at XDA.
One offtopic question, where did you get the Orange Shipped ROM for Kaiser?
Cheers.
I didn't, it's a dump and repack, as is the T-Mo one.
TLR
Ok I need a few opinions.
I am wanting to find out who has the easy and the best Kitchen.
I want to take a "nk.nbf" and edit it.
I want to remove packages that are in there and add others.
I have "TNT.1933_Professional___HTC_Home_Wizard" Rom I have tryed to use "HyperCore Kitchen" but could not get the rom to work.
I took the original ron, extracted it and then re made it (With out changing anything) to see if I was doing it the correct way, but after I loaded the rom it locks up after it posts the ver screen.
Is this the rom I am using or the way I am using it. Or is it the kitchen.
I really want to learn to make my own. So if some one has time to walk me though it I would be ever so greatfull.
I have searched and search the site and most walkthroughs apply to old vers of kitchens. I still tryed to follow them but cant get a rom to work. I know I must be missing something somewhere.
- Albert
I don't think you have the .rgu's
If the chef deletes the .rgu files you can't rebuild his rom the easy way. You should either seek a rom that has all the files or ask the maker to share them.
Ok thank you
Yep, a lot of the roms have the .rgu files removed. You can use my cooking pack or I recall that there was a Lite version of TNT that was meant for cooking that would still ahve the .rgu files (but then you'll have to get the packages to put in it what you want). Then of course there is theloon's kitchen stuff which has tons of packages and all.
Hi. I'm trying to make a dump of the HPImage.nbf file, contained in the update for the HP iPAQ 110: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...Id=3544496&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=4014
I tried using the tools already available for other devices, but unfortunately they didn't work. I was wondering if anyone has had any success with this, and if not, if anyone with experience with .nbf could atleast take a look at that file and maybe give me any hints/pointers from previous experience, and hopefully i'd be able to make my own tool for extracting this.
Thanks
edit: my goal using this is to upgrade to WM6.1 or 6.5. From what I understand, if I can get a dump of the files in the .nbf, and replace the appropriate files from another wm6.1/6.5 ROM, and use the installer that came with the update, then i'd reach my goal (obviously, much easier said than done)
Is anyone here familiar with flashing WM roms using DMTool? I have a device (I can't say which, sorry), that uses this utility for flashing ROMS with a .hex extension (3 files, for radio, OS and ExtRom), and I'm wanting to see if I can update the OS build (comes with WM 6.5 build 21840, which is OLD!).
It's not exactly an uncomplicated process to flash this thing, but I'm fully familiar with it; I just have I've no idea how building the OS .hex file differs from the more common .bin or .nbh files use with EUU/RUU flashing utilities.
Google isn't being very helpful either...