Can I install a program in the ROM? so even after a hard reset the program stays, I want to install coreplayer.... Is it possible?
You need to cook your own rom.
no, but i heard something about making your own cab file filled with your programmes. (you can do it with WinCE cab managger) so if yu do a hard reset, you just installs this cab, and all of your favorite programs are ready to use.
However i install the main programmes into the storage, so if i have a hard reset, all my staff stays there, and i just have to make a link into the start menu for them. (you can do that with Total Commander)
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How to unlock the extend ROM of XDA Mini ?
I want to tailor made a modified backup, everytime when I hard reset the unit I can have the same config .. !
Thanks in advance !
do a hard reset, and before the ppc starts installing the software (there's a pop up box that says application installation begin in 3 second time), do a soft reset, and you will find the extended rom folder visible.
not sure if there's a command like "load_vdisk" or something to turn on the folder visibility w/o doing the hard reset.
You can run \Windows\LoadVdisk.exe
to make \Extended_ROM folder visible.
The command is hidden, you may need software like Resco Explorer and enable show hidden files in order to view it.
Note that \Extended_ROM will be hidden again after you soft reset.
just in explorer, hit open^ and type "LoadVdisk.exe"
noneed of installing other explorer-like apps
Hi,
I have my Extended ROM writeable and have installed software to it, but after the second or third app, it said 0kb free. I looked and I couldn't see my program folders. I soft-reset and viola' Nada... Everything's gone and I'm back to the regular ATT Carrier crap.
Any ideas? Did I miss something here that's different with the WM6 ROMS?
Thanks,
classic symptom of not having the ext rom open for writing.
Okay, can I ask steps to open the rom for writing?
It seems odd that progs can write to it at least for a little bit.
Thanks,
get the zip file from message 14 on this page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=343713&page=2&highlight=cappackage
run the first cab, do a soft reset.
run the second cab, do a soft reset.
write to the ext rom, do a soft reset. if the file you wrote is still there, your set. if not re-run the second cab till it "takes".
Hello!
I will receive my Polaris in a couple of days And I will probably load some new programs into it.
My question is: after a hard reset it will be back to factory settings right?
How do you load the new programs again?
Do you load them one by one, or is there a kind of backupprogram that will load all the programs for you?
Thank you.
And this is a excellent forum
jacob12 said:
Hello!
I will receive my Polaris in a couple of days And I will probably load some new programs into it.
My question is: after a hard reset it will be back to factory settings right?
How do you load the new programs again?
Do you load them one by one, or is there a kind of backupprogram that will load all the programs for you?
Thank you.
And this is a excellent forum
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Of course you can use a backup program. The best are SPB Backup & Sprite Backup.
There are some backup programs, but they only store the contact/mail/calendar data... I'm not sure if there is any that backups the programs... the best way is to install everything on the memory card, and backup the shortcut files on the memory card. After the HR you only have to copy those back in the StartMenu folder
Som program dont work whithout registry entries or other installed components, so these won't work whith the method above.
The Activesync, and the Device Center has a list of installed/installable apps that will install those on user request (mass install), but that will still intall them 1 by 1....
jacob12 said:
Hello!
I will receive my Polaris in a couple of days And I will probably load some new programs into it.
My question is: after a hard reset it will be back to factory settings right?
How do you load the new programs again?
Do you load them one by one, or is there a kind of backupprogram that will load all the programs for you?
Thank you.
And this is a excellent forum
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If you're getting a sim free polaris, then, it comes with a free HTC back up software and a complimentary Sprite Back up software. You can use either of them. Install either one of them on the main memory but make sure you put your back up on your storage card.
Side note: Load APPLICATION software one at a time and observed the behaviour of your device for a day or so. If it's working according to your expectations then make a back up and install another one.
Thanks guys
And my Polaris comes sim free so hopefully the software I need is included in the package.
jacob12 said:
Thanks guys
And my Polaris comes sim free so hopefully the software I need is included in the package.
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There have been complaints about the (old) version of Sprite Backup that is included in the CD of Polaris. I would suggest to install the latest version of Sprite Backup or SPB Backup.
The HTC backup tool is Sprite Backup 5.10 (P3650_BackupTool_5.1.0.b1450_HTC_WWE_20071102.exe)
And the included 'SpriteBackupEnglishPersonalSetup.exe' is the same as the HTC one, but it installs a PC suite aswell.
I made a bad change in shellres.dll.0409.mui and my device (Herald) cannot boot normally. It is frozen on the Windows welcome page (WM6.0).
So, Activesync cannot detect the device.
I would like to copy the good file from my computer to the device, or to copy the good file which is still installed on my device in \Temp, to \windows.
Is it possible to do that with mtty, with the bootloader mode, or with another tool ?
I'm afraid that a hard reset is not useful because shellres.dll.0409.mui is a "ROM file" (ROM property checked, is it considered as the ROM component ?).
And I don't want to flash ou upgrade the ROM. It is Ok except shellres.
Thanks for your help !
You don't need to flash again the rom. I had this problem a lot of times and with a hard reset solved. This file makes the translation for the main wm applications, so if its wrong the applications fail to start, and for this you cannot achive an activesync connection. But with a hard reset the device returns to factory settins and all windows files replaced with the defaults, so you can boot it again normally.
Possible without a hard reset ?
... because I didn't have a backup. So, I would prefer another solution.
Other question : when a file is marked as "ROM" in the properties, does that mean this is a real part of the ROM ? Or is the ROM stored elsewhere ?
Rom is "read only image like a cd rom. you can't change one file on the cd rom without rewriting the entire cd. When you flash a rom you are rewriting that cd.
In other words the actual "rom" is stored elsewhere and reloaded when you hardreset.
Would WM5torage be of any use?
no his phone won't load so therefore he can't install anything.
plus i don't think wm5torage is compatible with 6 or 6.1 (it may have been that it was just 6.1 ....i've seen people complaining about it, i may be wrong)
I made the hard reset but I have to do again everything...
... and I can't change the read-only property of shellres.dll.0409.mui.
I'm creating a new question...
Is there a way to turn a backup file into an OEM package that is automatically set up as part of the ROM?
For example, say I cook my own ROM that has nothing at all. I then install all my apps, enter all my serials and registration info into all the apps, get my WiFi set up with all my WEP keys, all my favorites, all that kind of stuff. Then I make a backup using some backup program.
Can I then take that backup file and cook it into the naked ROM so that all of my serials, settings, etc are all set up after every hard reset?
I know I could just put it on the storage card and restore after every hard reset, but I would rather have it cooked right into the ROM if this is possible.
If this is possible, what would be a good backup program to make the backup file with?
i was thinking that when the device is doing the customization or whatever you call it after the hard reset, it could be restoring from the backup file.
Has anyone done anything like this yet?
Even I am wishing that there is such a way.... You put in words what many of us noobs wish for.
I'm sure there is a way to do it. Hopefully someone will help us out.
I am by no means an expert, but I would guess you need to somehow cook the backup file into the ROM, and then edit the autoexec.bat file to run that backup file.
So what we really need to know is, which backup program makes the best backups, that restore without any user input. Something that all you do is tap it and it does the rest from there. And it would need to restore all installed apps, all settings, all internet favorites, all registration info for all the apps, all calendar, contacts, and tasks, and any registry tweaks.
If we can locate the backup program that does this with minimal user input we have passed step one. Step 2 would be to cook the self executing backup file into the ROM, and step 3 would be making the ROM run the self executing backup after hard reboot, during the automated customizations. And if you soft reset the device before it runs customizations, I would want it to start running the customizations immediately after the reboot (like the newer stock ROMs do).
That way if my phone gets stolen I can use Sprite Terminator to locate it, and whoever steals it will have to flash a new ROM to get rid of Sprite Terminator.
I would not want this backup file listed anywhere on the device either. For example, if you look in "Programs" (or anywhere else) you don't see it. That may or may not be the hardest part- I don't have any idea if it's even possible. But it's not an issue until we get the other steps done.
life would be much easier...I hope someone can make this real
Any UC compliant ROM can do that for you. They are meant to autorun any file which you users want to run after ROM upgrade. Good luck, check sleuths thread for more info.