I am a noob when it comes to XDA's but not in a general techy sense, I can turn my hand to most things.
For the last 2 days I have been working on porting .17913 to Wizard(from universal), currently I have it booting fine (in 96dpi, with touchscreen precalibrated) but I have some rather large issues remaining.
1. Wifi = Dead
2. Bluetooth = Dead
3. Startmenu is blank (when populated by hand, it works :S )
4. Activesync wont sync (rumoured to be OneNote related)
5. Under device information, all info is either blank or has obscured ascii char. (I assume something RIL related)
6. Forgot to change the pagepool...WHOOPS, So program has 100% of the memory, 0.03mb allocated for storage ehehe.
7. "My network card connects to" is a blank drop down....Ive missed something important somewhere...
So yes its fairly useless currently, however the phone works fine, landscape works fine, speaker works fine, just working through each thing.
My main concern is WHY it doesnt write the start menu folder, others should just be a matter of messing around with drivers.
you need to replace all .MUI files with 96 dpi ones...but also you need to replace dlls that are currently maped to vga.... that should take care of the menus etc.... in short it is a mammouth task....
Hi Faria,
Thanks for the speedy reply, I forgot to mention that I had already done this (replacing from mUn's Trinity rom).
Cheers,
EDIT:
Right, it looks like initflashfiles.dat isnt being 'executed', this would explain no shortcuts and no startup folder,etc.
EDIT2:
Looks like it was a dodgy package txt file saved in unicode, just going to check it out....
Whiterat said:
Hi Faria,
Thanks for the speedy reply, I forgot to mention that I had already done this (replacing from mUn's Trinity rom).
Cheers,
EDIT:
Right, it looks like initflashfiles.dat isnt being 'executed', this would explain no shortcuts and no startup folder,etc.
EDIT2:
Looks like it was a dodgy package txt file saved in unicode, just going to check it out....
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have you replaced the res.dlls files to?
Sorry to buzz in ...i also need a little help porting and i thought that this may be the right place.
I have an official 5.2.17740.200 and i am having some trouble passing the second boot screen. With other modifications it even stops flashing at 91% exactly(tried it many times) ..i mean that the RUU simply shuts down and the Wiza doesn't seem to notice, because the bar is still blue...
This may be more complicated than i thought. or than it should.
Any help from the big bosses is welcome. Be free to pm me if anybody wants to help.
I am just a noob at this, so don't laugh, ok ?
faria said:
have you replaced the res.dlls files to?
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Only those that contain 192 in the filename or are located in a folder with that filename.
Looking at others (e.g coreres, shellres,etc) there are no dialogs or images which exceed the size limitations of QVGA.
anichillus:
This is interesting news, is this for the wizard (or any other QVGA HTC device) ?
The only legitimate WM6 rom I can get is for the HTC S710 (Should get my hands on it early this week)
My only thoughts about your problem is the XIP section, maybe worth extracting the originals from this new build and comparing the modules / boot.hv with that from Core 2.0 ?
On a side note, I am really quite enjoying this stuff, I am taking a break from general reversing for the time being so this really is a welcome change.
Whiterat said:
Only those that contain 192 in the filename or are located in a folder with that filename.
Looking at others (e.g coreres, shellres,etc) there are no dialogs or images which exceed the size limitations of QVGA.
anichillus:
This is interesting news, is this for the wizard (or any other QVGA HTC device) ?
The only legitimate WM6 rom I can get is for the HTC S710 (Should get my hands on it early this week)
My only thoughts about your problem is the XIP section, maybe worth extracting the originals from this new build and comparing the modules / boot.hv with that from Core 2.0 ?
On a side note, I am really quite enjoying this stuff, I am taking a break from general reversing for the time being so this really is a welcome change.
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It's not for the wizard, i cannot tell you where i got it either ...
I received an .nba ...well actually 2 nba ...one is about 57MB and the other about 62MB .. anyone of them can be dumped using the PKGTool and no errors. Both appear to be complete. What i have notice is that the start for imgfs is 00 62 00 00 and i noticed that for my Core 2.0 it was 00 61 00 00
I get the feeling that second is too big to fit only the OS ..so that's why when i try and flash it it hangs at 91%
And as i were saying ...i am total noob at this, but all things have to start somewhere, right ? So ..i was suspecting that it has to do with the XIP only i don't know how to get it. I have the XIP for my Core 2.0 ..and i could build it for this new rom too using dumprom.exe, but i cannot get it to show me the correct the boot.rgu I only have boot.hv and the rgucomp gives me a 10 KB boot.rgu and i know that's just not right. Either i didn't obtained the correct XIP or i should not use rgucomp to create the boot.rgu , which is needed to compile the rom back into .nb. Yes, i know...it's confusing...i'm almoust out of ideas.
Thanks for answering
hehe I know better than to ask, thus I didnt
The boot hive isnt usually a great size unless it has some certs embedded in it.
However I am quite suprised that you tried to flash the larger rom when the IMGFS offset was so much higher.
If the build version is the same then maybe worth using the smaller one (AFAIK anything under 60mb for the OS is all good), or failing that using tadzio's updated IMGFS Tools on the larger rom.
Its monday again though and I imagine like most here, its hard to dedicate the time towards projects during the week, we all need our phones to be working!
But I can tell:
It is the official German WM6 Rom from XDA terra (aka HTC Herlad).
And because both systems are nearly similar - I wanted to share to the wizard Forum.
So here you are.
I took pdocread to dump the rom. WIth pdocread -t i got:
real nr of sectors 126976 - 62.00MB (0x3e00000)
and got this:
http://rapidshare.com/files/29690810/terra2.nb.html
The other taken by awizard. Pruduced this.
http://rapidshare.com/files/29318018/terra.rar
But i got errors when trying to get the spash and the radiorom.
So good luck.
Btw: herald is using signed. nbh - perhaps we can try NBHextract to get all out of the 62MB one.
@anichillus: thanks for not releasing info.
This is - what i get from NBHextract when i use an official herlad.nbh.
SO we have to find out the REAL adress to get pdocread the whole ROM. NOt only OS.
Lets work together.
At least i treid to set teh dump from 0 to the store of teh official ROM.
But no succes. I got an 63MB big nbh - but i cannot open with NBHextract.
We have to find the right disksize from herald to dump teh herald rom.
Papamopps, can you attach a reg dump? I'm having a hell of a time with rapidshare, and there's really nothing else I want right now. Can you use RegistryDump(PPC) program and just attach it in a .txt file?
Thanks
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Papamopps, can you attach a reg dump? I'm having a hell of a time with rapidshare, and there's really nothing else I want right now. Can you use RegistryDump(PPC) program and just attach it in a .txt file?
Thanks
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Here you are. ANd if someone can tell me the right adresses for dumping the hole rom - i would share.
Thank you very much.
Papamopps, what is the build number on this ROM? I notice the AKU is 2.1.
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Papamopps, what is the build number on this ROM? I notice the AKU is 2.1.
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This is what you get with PKG Tools
Code:
[Core OS]
Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs
[Versions]
SYS: 5.2.17740.200
SYS: 5.2.17741.201
OEM: 4.11.0.0
NET: 2.0.7045.0
OEM: 12.6.411.207
OEM: 12.2.411.207
OEM: 12.3.411.207
OEM: 0.0.1.0
[Language]
0407 - German (Germany)
[DPI]
96
[Certificates]
CN=Microsoft Windows Mobile PCA, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
CN=OEM_UpdateCert
CN=O2___102
[Missing Manifests]
d92a4f0a-378a-4482-8fd3-bd127a05e4de.dsm
723fb954-d931-4348-b672-82a188e587b5.dsm
1b79a4ad-1c4b-c6d9-92fd-a668dcd6450e.dsm
I finally made some progress, now it passes the second splash screen but it frezes at the 3rd splash screen when you should "click the screen to continue". It doesn't show that but the top bar with start, connections and gsm is shown...of course they're all off.
anichillus said:
I finally made some progress, now it passes the second splash screen but it frezes at the 3rd splash screen when you should "click the screen to continue". It doesn't show that but the top bar with start, connections and gsm is shown...of course they're all off.
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Thanks for the data Anichillus.
If you can set the welcome value in the registry to zero, you may be able to get to the screen alignment. I think it's currently set at 128. I'm not sure if that will help, but give it a shot.
Should be:
(HKLM/Soft ware/Microsoft/Welcome)
Disable=0
BTW:
IPL 4.11.0002
SPL 4.11.0000
Radio 2.85.90
ROM: 4.11.207.1 Ger
ROM Date: 3/19/07
Protokol: 4.1.13.39
And when someone finds the exact adresses - I will dump all.
Well this is all getting rather interesting
papamopps:
If you can find any legit update (wm5 or 6) for the terra, then you can find the address and size from that.
anichillus:
Yeh same with mine, Screen calibration data is stored in the registry so I just placed that into my regfixes rgu so I could atleast navigate through.
Anyone have ANY idea about why initflashfiles.dat isnt being executed on my rom?
(Its nothing about the 2 byte header or blank lines,etc it just isnt touched. Even a known working default one still wont)
That appears to be the MAIN problem I am facing, others are just driver related.....
I would love to post my rom so far here but I would imagine a noob would see it, flash it and probably brick their device at the same time, but if anyone would like to see/discuss it then just drop me a PM.
maybe it doesnt see the extended rom or its corrupted or its not even there
or most likely the pointers to this diskarea are missing .. filerights not set correct
my 2 cents..
Related
Hi,
I've created another ROM for the Prophet
This is based on the Qtek 2.20 WWE ROM (thx mwiberg)
This is a very clean and stable ROM, it has the standard Qtek 2.20 WWE ROM, with the qtek links/images/junk taken out, and it has some patches in the ExtRom to enable MMS/GPRS/A2DP
This ROM will upgrade your SPL to 2.20.000
This ROM will upgrade your Radio to 02.47.21
This ROM will upgrade your OS to the Original Qtek AKU 2.2 OS (2.20.7.34 WWE)
This ROM contains my own version of the Qtek ExtRom (2.20.7.114)
This ROM has a patched installer, so it will not check your CID
This ROM has both splash screens changed (the white HTC one and the next one with the IPL and SPL info)
This ROM has a standard page pool of 12MB
My ExtRom:
A2DP_Cert_Signed.cab = Certificate to install the A2DP patch
A2DP_Patch.cab = A2DP Patch
AutoRun.exe = Needed to start the ExtRom Installation
Cert_SPCS.CAB = Certificate for SPCS
Config.txt = config file for the ExtRom
MP-Shorcut-MMS1-Java5xx-CyberonVoice-CV-04Nov05.CAB = Voice Speed Dailer
MP_Customization_Prophet_Qtek_WWE_051205.CAB = Various Prophet/MMS/HTC registry setting
MP_CVSDcpl_20060220.cab = Voice Tag installer
MP_mHub_WWE_060124-2.CAB = WWE language
MP_MMSAutoDisconnect_060106.CAB = MMS Auto Disconnect Patch (stops GPRS after getting MMS)
MP_MMS_Patch.CAB = MMS Setttings
MP_SmartDialing_enable_0915_signed.CAB = Enable Smart Dialing
PP_DisconnectButton_16.CAB = GRPS Disconnect button
PP_ExtVersion.CAB = Set Ext Rom Version
PP_OperatorName.CAB = Populate the Operator Names Database
PP_Prophet-UAProf_AKU2.sa.CAB = registry setting for HTC prophet
prophet_a2dp.cab = A2DP Stereo Patch
P_ECall_112_911_QTEK_Wizard.cab = Set 112 and 911 as emergence numbers
P_PT_EnableSPN_Wizard_20060109.CAB = Enable download of Operator name (OTA)
Just download, run the file and after the upgrade is done, hard reset your Prophet (hold down both the camera and comm manager buttons on the side while pressing the reset button, hold the two buttons untill the screen comes up, then press the left green phone button)
Enjoy !
This is ONLY for G3
download G3 here
This is ONLY for G4
download G4 here
And yes, before you ask, I will release a splash screen updater for the people who don't like my Jester Splash Screen (Shame on you ! )
The Black HTC Logo's
This will ONLY replace both Splash Screens, it will NOT install or change anything else !
1. The White HTC logo will be replaced by a black image (nothing on it)
2. The Second Splash Screen will be replaced by a nice HTC Logo.
Download Here
Again, just download and run the file.
Thanks jester, another fine release im sure.
How does this differ to the b1 of the same description? Just want to know so i can decide if to go from the b1 to the r1
dannyoneill said:
Thanks jester, another fine release im sure.
How does this differ to the b1 of the same description? Just want to know so i can decide if to go from the b1 to the r1
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go for this release, the other one is a beta, this is the release version
I contains some patches that were not in the beta (mainly MMS/grps/ad2p patches that didnt work correctly)
Jesterz,
After trying lsvw's roms, you finally came out of beta, so i am ready to try your rom.
My question is does your rom have the latest (8 button) comm manager, Sim manager and HTC's task manager? (lsvw's aku2.3 has that, which is useful for me, so i don't have to install extra-ware).
secondly, does do these two cabs do? PP_OperatorName.CAB and P_PT_EnableSPN_Wizard_20060109.CAB. I know you put in a short description, but what exactly does populate operator name do? and what exactly does download operator name do?
lastly, Does your rom have those so called "optimized" registry settings? such as increasing file cachse, disable animation, blah blah. Basically i'm asking if your rom is just a CLEAN rom or CLEAN and OPTIMIZED rom.
finally, there seemed to be flavors of 8 mb pp size and 12 pp size. based on your expertise, is having bigger pp size faster? lsvw claims his 8 mb pp is faster, which confuses me and seems to contradict definition of pool size :S
i've been following your work closely, so thanks for all your work, and dedication. i am diligently waiting for your aku3.3 results
Jesterz,
I have been using LSVWs 2.3 ROM and found it very stable, but not stable enough to not want to try this one
So I just installed this ROM on my G4 M600 and first impressions were great, very clean but also very very fast (interestingly I had used the 8MB page ROM as advised on other threads for the LSVW install???)
However I've hit a big problem, for me anyway. On registering my iTechS38 headset it correctly reports the device to have both "Hands Free" and "Wireless Stereo" services. Ensuring both these are checked I'm disappointed to find A2DP doesn't then work (Windows Media Player, Mort Player etc). In addition on returning to the Bluetooth configuration and holding on the iTechS38 entry I'm only offered to "Set as Hands-free" no "Set as Wireless Stereo" as I was previously offered with LSVWs 2.3 ROM. Editing the entry and both services are shown and are checked.
In an effort to check I hadn't just forgotten some basic step I reflashed my device with LSVWs new 2.3.1 ROM. Once again I was immediately able to add my iTechS38 and start listening to music.
Now that I've seen how clean and FAST your ROM is (along with other peoples comments on stability) I'm very keen to get it running with A2DP. Given the very prominent A2DP modules (which I saw being installed) and refinement comments for the R1 release am I just missing something really simple something here?
Can anyone else out there confirm they have A2DP working, ideally with an iTechS38 headset?
Thanks in advance
Jeff
PS I'm more than happy to have your artwork appear on each reset (it still does following LSVWs 2.3.1 update!) in my eyes it's the least acknowledgement we owe to you for all your efforts. I await your AKU 3.3 release with anticipation and would be happy if the only significant improvement was a resolution of the A2DP quality issues.
Jesterz said:
The Black HTC Logo's
This will ONLY replace both Splash Screens, it will NOT install or change anything else !
1. The White HTC logo will be replaced by a black image (nothing on it)
2. The Second Splash Screen will be replaced by a nice HTC Logo.
Download Here
Again, just download and run the file.
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If you install this new logos, do you have to hard reset you device? i didnt understand exactly.
Thank you!!!
no, just run the logo update and thats it, it only flashes the parts of the rom which holds the pics.
dobbing said:
Jesterz,
I have been using LSVWs 2.3 ROM and found it very stable, but not stable enough to not want to try this one
So I just installed this ROM on my G4 M600 and first impressions were great, very clean but also very very fast (interestingly I had used the 8MB page ROM as advised on other threads for the LSVW install???)
However I've hit a big problem, for me anyway. On registering my iTechS38 headset it correctly reports the device to have both "Hands Free" and "Wireless Stereo" services. Ensuring both these are checked I'm disappointed to find A2DP doesn't then work (Windows Media Player, Mort Player etc). In addition on returning to the Bluetooth configuration and holding on the iTechS38 entry I'm only offered to "Set as Hands-free" no "Set as Wireless Stereo" as I was previously offered with LSVWs 2.3 ROM. Editing the entry and both services are shown and are checked.
In an effort to check I hadn't just forgotten some basic step I reflashed my device with LSVWs new 2.3.1 ROM. Once again I was immediately able to add my iTechS38 and start listening to music.
Now that I've seen how clean and FAST your ROM is (along with other peoples comments on stability) I'm very keen to get it running with A2DP. Given the very prominent A2DP modules (which I saw being installed) and refinement comments for the R1 release am I just missing something really simple something here?
Can anyone else out there confirm they have A2DP working, ideally with an iTechS38 headset?
Thanks in advance
Jeff
PS I'm more than happy to have your artwork appear on each reset (it still does following LSVWs 2.3.1 update!) in my eyes it's the least acknowledgement we owe to you for all your efforts. I await your AKU 3.3 release with anticipation and would be happy if the only significant improvement was a resolution of the A2DP quality issues.
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I will have a look at this, mind you, I don't have a headset like yours so it's hard to test, also I don't want to "mess around" too much with these patches as I want to keep things stable and in their original AKU 2.2 state as much as possbile
for the other people, no this does NOT contain the "new" comm manager (which is WAY to slow and unstable if you ask me) or the task manager (as that is an AKU 3 feature) I don't want to mix AKU features with this release as I want at least this release to be stable and as close to AKU 2.2 and as clean as possible.
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Jesterz,
secondly, does do these two cabs do? PP_OperatorName.CAB and P_PT_EnableSPN_Wizard_20060109.CAB. I know you put in a short description, but what exactly does populate operator name do? and what exactly does download operator name do?
lastly, Does your rom have those so called "optimized" registry settings? such as increasing file cachse, disable animation, blah blah. Basically i'm asking if your rom is just a CLEAN rom or CLEAN and OPTIMIZED rom.
finally, there seemed to be flavors of 8 mb pp size and 12 pp size. based on your expertise, is having bigger pp size faster? lsvw claims his 8 mb pp is faster, which confuses me and seems to contradict definition of pool size :S
i've been following your work closely, so thanks for all your work, and dedication. i am diligently waiting for your aku3.3 results
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the cabs, the first just puts two operator names in the registry (telecom operator names, like Orange,KNP etc) to create the entries as they are not there to begin with
the second cab enable OTA reading of the operator name (it will read the name of the telecom operator that is being transmitted from the GSM tower) and it will update the previous entry with the correct name
This ROM is clean, i didn't add the optimize reg setting you describe, you are welcome to do so on your own
the standard page pool is 12 mb, you would think the bigger to PP the better, however, if you decrease the pp to 8 mb the OS will have more memory available for programs, which might speed up your prophet, so it depends which software you run.
I believe the 8mb is a little faster, however it's not much.
hi Jesterz. My phone is O2 Neo with no CID Unlock. Can i upgrade my phone to your rom ??
Thanks for your answer !!
FYI, i have installed this rom for a week now...and i cannot be more satisfied with its performance. If you are looking for a rom that is stable, fast and capable of receiving calls, do not look further! This is by far the best rom i have tested...and i have almost tested every single rom out there regarding AKU2.2 and AKU2.3 by Jester and LvsW...
Hi there,
I've not yet tested your updaten just installed.
Your boot screen scares me ! !
illanz
hi Jesterz! my phone is g4 cid locked, and has a dutch version of windows mobile. can i upgrade it with your rom?
tomas
jester cooked Rom
first jester, greetings, one hell of a job.
i tested your rom on Pro application (i develop security solutions and now i enter the Xda applications) and remote video takes lots of resources , but your ROM deal with it the best. no clogging gagging what so ever.
how ever i have a question: is it possible from you to allocate more memorey
for running programs and less for storage, or there is physicale barricade?
thanks for your replay
xmanmaster: yes, there is a phsical limitation because of WM5. Programs & data are stored in internal flash memory (on the remaining of the 128MB ROM after the windows installation). The RAM is 64MB and the free amount remaining does not depends on the ROM used, unless the cooker plays with the pool size. Standard pool size of 12MB leaves about 24MB free, 8MB pool size leaves 28MB accordingly.
jester: Tried standard release with 12MB pool since 2 days and today i'm trying 8MB beta version. The only issue which surprised me in these 2 versions is that RESCO KEYBOARD doesn't want to become default input method anymore. Registry key doesn't change and if i force manually, Prophet doesn't boot, ending to hard-reset. That was ot the case with previous Qtek 2.09 ROM, imate 2.13 ROM and Dopod 2.15 ROM. Do you have a comment on this?
I did not yet notice any visible gain over Dopod ROM but maybe time will show.
By the way the boot image is very cool and won't change it. I would srongly welcome ALIEN as well.
CID Locked or not
Can anyone tell me how come I can find my O2 Xda Neo G4, is CID locked or not???
Also can I load this ROM, regardless it is CID locked or not?
Sorry for such basic Q's...
MMS Missing
Hi Jesterz, I have a XDA Neo. I had uploaded yr Beta version which worked fine. Today I have uploaded the latest version r1.
Have not checked everything but i fidn that in messages switch accounts option MMS in missing.
can u help ??
thanks in anticipation
Jesterz said:
The Black HTC Logo's
This will ONLY replace both Splash Screens, it will NOT install or change anything else !
1. The White HTC logo will be replaced by a black image (nothing on it)
2. The Second Splash Screen will be replaced by a nice HTC Logo.
Download Here
Again, just download and run the file.
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This Logo File Replacer works on other ROMs?
Thanks
/FiShBuRn
Well I believe I have found the offset for the Kaiser PagePool and it is set at the standard 6MB. here is the copy from HexWorkshop 4.2
FFFF FFFF 9B4F FFFF 64B0 0000 6400 0000 C874 0480 0000 6000 0000 0000
As you can see its almost the same as the Hermes which makes life easy if Oli or Pof would like to confirm my findings that would be great! The Offset is 21963880.. This should make for easy adjustment of the pagepool once we have the Imgfs corrected
seems correct, but the pagepool offset may vary from one rom to another, see here how to find it.
Cool thanks for the confermation Pof. I have also spoke with Taz on getting the imgfs tools modded to work with the Kaiser. It will be a great day in Kaiser History when that happens!
austinsnyc said:
Cool thanks for the confermation Pof. I have also spoke with Taz on getting the imgfs tools modded to work with the Kaiser. It will be a great day in Kaiser History when that happens!
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Great news mate I cant wait to flash
Coming from a Wizard background where to me a 6mb page pool was my optimal, what size page pool is recomended with the128mb memory on our Kaisers. I must admit with the larger memory on the Kaiser I have stopped closing apps and just minimise most apps and let Windows get on with managing resources. It works much better than my Wizard in this respect.
wizzzard said:
Coming from a Wizard background where to me a 6mb page pool was my optimal, what size page pool is recomended with the128mb memory on our Kaisers. I must admit with the larger memory on the Kaiser I have stopped closing apps and just minimise most apps and let Windows get on with managing resources. It works much better than my Wizard in this respect.
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I am honestly not sure I might go down to a Zero PagePool and test that since there is so much RAM to be used Untill someone does some benchmarks with different page pool sizes I would have to say that 4MB and 12MB would probably be the fastest since that seems to be the case with most devices
Hey austinsync...
I'm not finding it at the offset you have above... For reference I'm finding it here:
0x003A6F80
That is the same location for both the ATT and HTC ROMs. Can you confirm? (or set me straight).
Cheers.
yes give me a minute ok. Also are you just opening the OS.nb in Hex editor or the whole .nbh?
austinsnyc said:
yes give me a minute ok. Also are you just opening the OS.nb in Hex editor or the whole .nbh?
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no worries, already extracted the NBH so just dealing with the OS.nb.
Thanks.
Oh and I'm using Hex Workshop v5 (beta)
okay guys....hold on let me put on my flame suit.
so i've been readying this post and i can't for the life of me figure out what the hell you guys are talking about. coming from the 8525, i know when i flash there are two files...and one of them is the file you guys refer to. How do i edit these files? where are you guys getting these tools? Where can i read up to better understand what does what.
rzanology said:
okay guys....hold on let me put on my flame suit.
so i've been readying this post and i can't for the life of me figure out what the hell you guys are talking about. coming from the 8525, i know when i flash there are two files...and one of them is the file you guys refer to. How do i edit these files? where are you guys getting these tools? Where can i read up to better understand what does what.
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For better understand of the PagePool, take a deep reading in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=295932 by Pof...
Sure helps you.
what the factory set RAM? I set mine to 4MB and forgot what it used to be someone check there untouched Kaiser for me please thanks
can no one look at there phone real fast and tell me what the Memory RAM is total??
On my Vario III, the total program ram is 101.38. That help?
thats perfect thank you!
I did something similar! I edited the OS.nb to 4mb pagepool and then flashed it but when I checked the total program RAM I didn't have a reference from the standard ROM, so I flashed back to check! jeje!
Anyway... I've noticed that there's no change in my total RAM after I changed to the 4mb pagepool..? Anyone else noticed this? Thanks....
dan13l said:
On my Vario III, the total program ram is 101.38. That help?
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Same on my HTC TyTN II: 101,38 Mb memory and 134,29Mb Storage.
jcespi2005 said:
Same on my HTC TyTN II: 101,38 Mb memory and 134,29Mb Storage.
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On my virgin AT&T Tilt it's 101.38 MB Program and 124.91 MB Storage
Yes I have noticed this also guys no matter what you change the PagePool to in Hex it always reverts back to 6MB so this is some very interesting stuff. Maybe that offset isn't for the Kaiser or maybe the Kaiser doesn't have a Pagepool given the amaount of RAM it has from the factory I'm not sure myself until more testing is done.
austinsnyc said:
Yes I have noticed this also guys no matter what you change the PagePool to in Hex it always reverts back to 6MB so this is some very interesting stuff. Maybe that offset isn't for the Kaiser or maybe the Kaiser doesn't have a Pagepool given the amaount of RAM it has from the factory I'm not sure myself until more testing is done.
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Perhaps the PagePool is fixed parameter in Kaiser?
XDA Mobile 6 Release 4 Cooking Pack
Build your own flavor of XM6r4
By popular demand, I'm releasing the XDA Mobile 6 Release 4 (XM6r4) Cooking Pack. Basically, this is just a the ROM / SYS / OEM folders that I used to build XM6r4. Those so inclined, can download this and build their own flavor of XM6r4 and customize it to their heart's content.
NOTE: This is NOT a Kitchen, but is "guts" of the kitchen. I personally used anichillus' HyperCore Kitchen to build XM6r4, and recommend this kitchen. But since most all of the Wizard kitchens I've seen are almost all alike, these folders will probably work in the majority with only minor changes.
How to Use the Cooking Pack
First you need to download a kitchen and install it per the instructions for that kitchen. NOTE: This thread is NOT for supporting kitchens, and is NOT for general questions on cooking. It will be for the usage of this Kitchen pack. I'll reserve the next post or two and will add specifics that are posted about how to make this work with other kitchens if there are changes needed.
After you get your kitchen setup, then download the XM6r4 Cooking Pack. Unzip the file and place the ROM, SYS, and OEM folders under the kitchen directory where it belongs (for HyperCore, these folders will go under the Build folder).
At this point you are basically ready to cook.
Where are the options.xml files???
My style of cooking may be a little different than what some are used to. For me, rather than having a BuildOS that is loaded with lots of options, I personally prefer to have an OEM directory which (in most cases) is what is going into the rom, and another directory for things that won't go into the rom (OEM-Hold or somesuch. Call it what you want). Then all I do is take OEM packages I don't want in the ROM from the OEM folder and move them to the OEM-Hold folder. By doing this, they won't be part of the rom (and you don't have to deal with checking and unchecking things in BuildOS). If you don't like this style, then feel free to create options.xml files for each of the OEM packages and you can then check and uncheck to your heart's content. Some of the packages do have options.xml, so you can use those as examples on how to set that if (if thats what you want).
If you want to add things to the rom, you'll need to create the OEM packages and drop those in the OEM folder.
Final Notes
This is an exact copy of the folders I used in building XM6r4. I have not upgraded or changed anything (so the same bugs and features in the built version will be in this cooking pack). A lot of the pieces originated from mattk_r and theloon's kitchen work for the 318 ROM. Then I've made changes to those bases to create the XM6 series. Most OEM folders found in theloon's kitchen work will probably work with this cooking pack (but no guarantees).
Official Download Sites for XM6r4 Cooking Pack
HTTP Download
Happy Cooking!
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Extras
Splash Screens
Attached are the BMP and PNG files used for the splash screens on XM6r4. While the graphics are not mine originally (I've found them here in the forums but asked permission for their use) some modifications are by me. If you are using HyperCore, there are tools for building splash screens in that kitchen.
NOTE: For me, the first splash screen (the so called HTC Logo, which I used the Cylon image for) tends to be the trickiest one. If the file size and complexity of the graphic isn't just right, the screen will not show up properly. If you are trying to build your own htc logo splash screen and having problems, use a graphic editor to convert it from BMP to GIF. Then close the image completely (important) and then reopen it, and then convert the GIF back to BMP. This will sometimes work. If not, then convert the image to a jpg and increase the compression level to be below 50% (the image will start to get grainy and not look as good so you'll have to play around with this). Then close the image and then reopen the jpg then convert it back to a BMP and try again.
Corrected Arcsoft MMS Folder
You can download the Corrected Arcsoft MMS Folder from HERE. Then just extract the contents of this zip file to your OEM folder and it will replace the existing Arcsoft MMS folder. This will fix the bug that was in the original XM6r4 rom. Note that due to filesizes in this patch, you will NOT be able to rebuild a full XM6r4 with this patch. You will have to remove something else as the patch makes the entire rom too big.
Basically this patch is an example of the dangers of compressing things. I had compressed some of the larger MMS files, and it turns out that this broke parts of the MMS application.
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Thanks...
downloading the cooking pack right now...
love your work...
and thanks for sharing the pack and the roms...
Do these folders have the mms folder fix that was an addon cab in the R4 thread?
thx mfrazzz,
this is the best "Sinterklaas kado" (it's typical dutch) I could get. I've alway great fan of your rom and customized to my own settings.
one question, your three start up screens, are they included? because there are nice.
I just hope this doesn't mean you're not going to develop for the HTC Wizard anymore ...
I am convinced that this is a great base ... so ...this means you're Santa and you came early this year
Take Care !
anichillus said:
I just hope this doesn't mean you're not going to develop for the HTC Wizard anymore ...
I am convinced that this is a great base ... so ...this means you're Santa and you came early this year
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Lets just say that "Santa" hasn't come yet (its only 8-Dec after all!!!)
I meant to do this after XM6r3 but just never got around to doing it. Wanted to release this now before I started doing anything else.
famewolf said:
Do these folders have the mms folder fix that was an addon cab in the R4 thread?
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Nope, they don't. I'll update the second post with the replacement files for the MMS folder. Thanks for reminding me. Watch for this later today / tonight (US Mountain Time).
daheufster said:
this is the best "Sinterklaas kado" (it's typical dutch) I could get. I've alway great fan of your rom and customized to my own settings.
one question, your three start up screens, are they included? because there are nice.
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Thanks for that! And thanks for the reminders of the splash screens. I'll upload those later too.
The second post has been updated with a file containing the splash screen graphic files, and a download link for the XM6r4 patch (which is just a replacement of the Arcsoft MMS folder in the OEM packages).
Are the splash screens just BMPs with the extensions changed?
I've tried several times to make a flash that JUST changes the splash, and what I get simply won't load - it goes to 90% and freezes....... 320x240, BMP, 24 bit color depth - which should be right.....
Genesis3 said:
Are the splash screens just BMPs with the extensions changed?
I've tried several times to make a flash that JUST changes the splash, and what I get simply won't load - it goes to 90% and freezes....... 320x240, BMP, 24 bit color depth - which should be right.....
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No, you have to "cook" the splash screens. In HyperCore there is a script to help you do this. Or the old tried and true way that I've used in the past is from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=284006&highlight=splash
But its not just changing the extensions... You have to build the .nb files that then get built into an .nbf file.
Aha! Grabbed the other package... thanks.
BTW, the Hypercore Kitchen is flagged as having a nasty Trojan embedded in it by my antivirus software..... your R4 kit doesn't work with the 1933 kitchen..... it appears to, but doesn't build the image - it looks like there are some missing pieces......
Oh, it also doesn't work with Faria's kitchen..... hmmm.... are there things missing in general?
Genesis3 said:
Aha! Grabbed the other package... thanks.
BTW, the Hypercore Kitchen is flagged as having a nasty Trojan embedded in it by my antivirus software..... your R4 kit doesn't work with the 1933 kitchen..... it appears to, but doesn't build the image - it looks like there are some missing pieces......
Oh, it also doesn't work with Faria's kitchen..... hmmm.... are there things missing in general?
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Try the following:
Grab the r4 rom...extract the rom to the kitchen of your choice then replace the folders using the r4 kit provided...then replace the mms folder (fix) then tweak.
Uh, what tool do I use to extract the rom?
That one's a new one for me
your roms is very nice and thanks for sharing the pack !!!
Genesis3 said:
BTW, the Hypercore Kitchen is flagged as having a nasty Trojan embedded in it by my antivirus software..... your R4 kit doesn't work with the 1933 kitchen..... it appears to, but doesn't build the image - it looks like there are some missing pieces......
Oh, it also doesn't work with Faria's kitchen..... hmmm.... are there things missing in general?
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I haven't downloaded the HyperCore Kitchen lately, but there was no Trojan or Virus in it previously (a few months ago). What antivirus software are you running? I know in the past some kitchens (I believe Faria's did this too) were flagged with virus and stuff when they really didn't have them.
As for the 1933 kitchen, why does it now work? Can you give more specifics? Sometimes some of the kitchens just require the os.nb file to be named differently in the ROM folder.
BuildOS appears to run normally but the CreateROM program fails with an error.
I will see if I can figure out what's up with it....
If its just a naming problem that's easy enough to fix.
Genesis3 said:
BuildOS appears to run normally but the CreateROM program fails with an error.
I will see if I can figure out what's up with it....
If its just a naming problem that's easy enough to fix.
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Is the error near the end of task? When CreateROM fails with an error normally this is caused because the amount of extra OEM packages exceed the maxium ROM size. When this occures CreateROM gives an error.
No, it was right up front, but it appears that I found the problem - it was a rename on the original OS file that was required.
It builds now..... I need to sort out the size issues (they're still there) and then play with this .vs. my 1933 custom hack job to see what I prefer.
The only "gotcha" I have open on my 1933 build right now (a mix of V1 and V2 which appears to work very well in general) is that the camera won't record video - there are obviously some DLL problems somewhere, and just stuffing the Camera 3 package in there from some of the other kitchens does not fix it - so its in the base OS somewhere.
dang I been trying to figure this out all day.
I copied the oem and sys folders into the hypercore build directory, put in files that I did not want into the package folder, but I dunno how to build the os from there
Updates
Mar 24, 2008 - All ROMs: Updated to 5.2.1629 (Build 18136.0.4.8), upgraded Smartdialing, removed registry hack for menu sounds. On AT&T 8125 ROM only: replaced Westtek ClearVue PDF with AdobeLE PDF Reader 2.0, Intent Tao Java with Esmertec Jeodek, and HTC PhonePad with HTC Touch keypad.
Jan 28, 2008 - Added vanilla ROM in kitchen form (see below).
Dec 20, 2007 - Original T-Mobile and AT&T releases.
Here is a ROM so boring, it looks like a run-of-the-mill carrier-branded OEM ROM with all the same apps and equally as bloated! This was my first effort at ROM cooking, so please don't judge too harshly!
I currently have 2 boring versions for USA devices, one for the AT&T 8125 and one for the T-Mobile MDA. Both are built on the latest shipping version of WM6 I could get ahold of: 5.2.1629 (Build 18136.0.4.8) from the Sprint Mogul (HTC Titan) which was released on Mar 10, 2008.
Why 5.2.1629?
This is possibly the newest real WM6 available right now. 19xx builds that are "AKU 0.7.0" are older eval ROMs. If there is a newer shipping build out there, let me know about it and I will update accordingly.
I believe PagePool is 8MB.
Your device must be SuperCID to use these ROMs.
1. For AT&T 8125
This ROM was originally based on a port from the 8525, but I've changed a few apps since companies of some of the apps are no longer in business (i.e. Intent Tao).
Apps:
ArcSoft MMS 3.5.1.24C
Cyberon Voice Speed Dial v1.2 Build ??????
HTC SmartDialing v2.5 (Build ??????)
HTC Zip v1.20 (Build 27216)
Esmertec Jeodek (replaces Intent Tao Java - no longer in business)
AdobeLE PDF Reader 2.0 (replaces Westtek Clearvue PDF)
HTC Task Manager (X-Button) v1.51 Build 30470.
HTC Camera v3.00 (Build 23027).
HTC SIM Manager v6.31.
HTC Comm Manager v1.8.1.0.
Windows Live (because 8125 had MSN Messenger)
Remote Desktop (because 8125 had Terminal Services)
HTC Touch Dual Keyboard (replaces PhonePad, it's a big improvement)
VoIP
Registry modifications:
10-buttons in Comm Manager.
SAPSettings moved to Control Panel (never tried it, but looks interesting).
KNOWN BUGS:
Wifi notification always says "Turn on Wi-Fi" even when it's already on. This is a WM6 bug that even the 8525 shipping ROM has (at least, according to threads I've read on another forum).
AddContacts.exe in ExtROM doesn't actually add any contacts for some reason.
AT&T 8125 ROM Download (OS only)
The extended ROM is not included in the above download. The ROM should work fine with the Cingular extended ROM. However, I have 2 flavors of ExtROM available. Both ExtROMs will change your splash screen to the 8525 AT&T logo and give you the AT&T theme, HTC default ringtones, and other AT&T settings.
Basic ExtROM+Splash - Rebranding from Cingular to AT&T, just basic CABs to set the theme, etc. NO TRIALWARE.
Full ExtROM+Splash - Contains all the trialware from the OEMOPERATORS of the 8525. You will get a bunch of trial software that expires in 30-days like XMRadio, MobiTV, MusicID, and other stuff.
2. For T-Mobile MDA
This ROM is virtually a direct port from the latest shipping T-Mobile Wing ROM. Basically, it is the 5.2.1622 core OS and merged it with the OEMAPPS from the Wing. The ExtROM is INCLUDED with this ROM and if allowed to customize, will install T-Zones and all that. HTC default ringtones were moved into ExtROM to make room. It seems to work okay, but there are some things I can't test like MyFaves - it doesn't even show up, but I don't subscribe to MyFaves and the Wing manual implies you need to subscribe to it for it to even show up.
Apps ported directly from Wing:
ArcSoft MMS 4.0.31.15
Esmertec Java 20070124-113964.2.1
Adobe Reader LE 2.0
Bluetooth Explorer
Symbol Pad
MyFaves 2.0
Apps upgraded/changed from Wing versions:
HTC SmartDialing v2.5 (Build 27526)
HTC Task Manager (X-Button) v1.51 Build 30470 (original was 1.5).
HTC Camera v3.00 (Build 23027) - Wing camera wouldn't work on Wizard.
HTC SIM Manager v6.31 - Original was 5.something.
HTC Zip v1.20 (Build 27216) - Original was 1.11.
Registry modifications:
Start menu sounds.
Items removed:
LockStream DRM (caused problems, had to remove it).
KNOWN BUGS:
AddContacts.exe in ExtROM doesn't actually add any contacts for some reason.
T-Mobile MDA ROM Download (OS+ExtROM only)
3. Vanilla ROM
This is a "vanilla" ROM using the 5.2.1622 core. It's nothing more than SYS, OEM, and ROM folders (it is NOT flashable as is). Just drop into the Build folder of your favorite kitchen, put your packages into the OEM folder, and cook your own custom ROM. It comes with only the camera (in the HTC folder) and CODECs (in the Default folder), although you can remove that and use your own if you wish. It does come with the necessary drivers and base control panel apps.
Vanilla SYS, OEM, and ROM folders for cooking (OS only, this is NOT a flashable .nbf file)
BUG REPORTS - Please list exact steps to reproduce any bugs that are found.
Sorry for the crappy screenshots, I don't have a good free program for that.
ALL FILES REMOVED. I'll explain later.
glad to have some fresh builds... thanks for your hard work, i'll post up any issues i find, flashing the nbf first then i'll pull it apart later. since you have both, have you found that only differences between the two are the installed apps? or have you found major differences in the default and user rgus? i'll report what i find after i pull them apart...
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Mirrors:
AT&T 8125 ROM Download (OS only)
Basic ExtROM+Splash
Full ExtROM+Splash
T-Mobile MDA ROM Download (OS+ExtROM only)
4MB Page Pool Versions
ATT (OS Only) - Originally 6MB
With 4MB, reported 32.94 free
TMO (OS Only) - Originally 8MB
With 4MB, reported 31.53 free
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A little bit stripped ATT Version:
what I got: 33.9 free with no sim/card, 32.6 with
it's still not the fastest rom, but its as stable as 318 for me and shows promise
StillStrippingATTUS_5.2.1622.rar
Pulled:
autorun (no ext_rom config!)
transcriber
clearvue pdf
windows live
voip
sqm
task manager (xbutton)
voice speed dial
ia_zip
java
autoupdate
catalog
realplayer
ring tone plugin
changed button 4 to ok/close, was voice dial
still to remove:
sqlcemobile
start menu sounds, and some reg mods
some lockstream drm stuff
office
rdp
ussd Service
camera
comm manager
phone skin
gps
arcsoft mms
tray
intellidialer, phone pad
smart dialing
obex
sapsettings
consolidate rgus and hv entries, cleanup the duplicates reg entries
reduce bmp, gif, jpg sizes and remove extraneous
remove most sounds and rings to the least amount needed
keeping enterprise
remove dlls from memory map and clean
remove netcf and replace with 3.5
if you have any input about going further with this, please pm me, i would appreciate help or suggestions.
the current challenge for me is how to remove the dlls from the memory map so that i can remove the camera and netcf, etc... i have no idea how to do that and can't seem to find any pointers how to figure it out.
i've been trying to get the oemdrivers to extract with the missing files, but i can't seem to get it to work. ive tried builddsm in many ways, hand editing the dsm several times, and merging with the format of the tmo version. i dont understand what all the gibberish is before the file listing... it will build just fine, but i get a viewimgfs error on extraction. i have one more thing to try, but if anyone knows more about the dsm structure, i'd love to know how the system dsms are laid out...
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Here is the aio radio, ipl/spl, and splash screens that i use after every flash after tmo 2.26, just makes it a little easier...
2.19.11_3.08_WM6Splash_BlankExt.rar
from the following files:
IPL_SPL_3.08
T-Mobile-UK_2.19.11_Radinly
WM6_Splash_Wizard_NOID
Blank Extention Rom
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in case anyone would like to try it out, here is radio 2.71
i used it for a about a week and i like it better than 2.69. the performance is probably similar, but it seemed to be a little quicker for signal, little better call volume, and a little less battery drain. i did say a little, it's probably all in my head. i don't know about any missed call issues, but i rarely get phone calls, just sms and email.
radio_2.71.rar
2.19.11 works for me with good batt life, i guess i just feel better running the proven one...
I ended up using the same default and user rgus for both the AT&T and TMO. I did go through each to see if there was any customization and there was, but it was identical to the customizations in the OEMAPPS rgu so it was unnecessary to have them also in the default.rgu. Most of the other customizations especially for the TMO ROM are in provxmls.
so far, the stinkular one seems like a very decent base. after flash i had i bit more that 29mb free, which for a 6mb page pool is very good for a stockish rom. also seemed very responsive and fast when using file manager. the glyphcache is 8192 and auto and 0 for the file system caches. i did try to pull it apart, but imgfs craps out, much like tnt 1933 official. so ill see if i can get the thing to extract and then mess around with it.
the tmo one is, well tmo with ext rom running, 27.5 free and without 27.58 . whee! i hate tmo.... anyways, looks to be a good base after stripping it and it doesnt have problems being dumped. maybe i will see what can be done with comparing the two, and paring down the wing version... the att version at least has still has sqm, so i have to take that out...
looks good gnat, very good for your first port!
Your awesome dude. This is great. I will flash tonight and see how everything goes. Thanks
ndn715 said:
the tmo one is, well tmo with ext rom running, 27.5 free and without 27.58 . whee! i hate tmo....
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ok, i lied... didn't check... tmo one has 8mb pool, so change to 4 (the best) and 32.5 mb free!!! time to start stripping
Sorry about that, for some reason I was sure they had a 6MB page pool, but it was a long time ago that I checked and I guess my memory isn't what it used to be! Both ROMs should have the same page pool so 8MB for both.
Mirror download, please
anyone can mirror the donwload? Thx
5 Star Rom (T-Mobile) Finally My Myfaves works, Thank YOU
Best Rom Period, maybe not the fastest so what cook your own, Thank You finally for this rom, I finally have myfaves on the today screen, settings, etc,
All my myfaves numbers right there, Perfect,
Thanks Again
is it losing rgu's after dumprom?
Best Rom Period,
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rofl.
nothin said:
is it losing rgu's after dumprom?
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if i use the normal core pro, viewimgfs crashes but it looks mostly there... i just don't trust imgfs anything crashing
i flashed it and the extracted the os.nb with WST then generated the nbf and extracted again. Plenty of missing files (so no dsm or rgu is how that happens right?) but easy to fix... not sure what the original problem was, but i can play now
Why does the data connection to edge/gprs connect when I want to send/receive email through wifi?
I tried going into the command manager but there is no settings for data connection.
Is there some kind of setting to stop edge/gprs from connecting
and thanks for the rom
voip setup
Is there a friendly way to setup internet calling with this ROM?
I tried wm6voip.cab but it didn't work
ndn715 said:
if i use the normal core pro, viewimgfs crashes but it looks mostly there... i just don't trust imgfs anything crashing
i flashed it and the extracted the os.nb with WST then generated the nbf and extracted again. Plenty of missing files (so no dsm or rgu is how that happens right?) but easy to fix... not sure what the original problem was, but i can play now
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patt1234 said:
Why does the data connection to edge/gprs connect when I want to send/receive email through wifi?
I tried going into the command manager but there is no settings for data connection.
Is there some kind of setting to stop edge/gprs from connecting
and thanks for the rom
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Is that not typical? For some reason I thought the original WM5 did that too, but I can check on that later.
I did have a program to stop the GPRS connection over WiFi, I think it was Modaco NoData. You can get it here:
http://www.modaco.com/content/Pocket-PC-Software/246171/New-FREE-Utility/
Is there a friendly way to setup internet calling with this ROM?
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Schap's has a VoIP setup utility. I don't use VoIP so I haven't tried it. You can find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317070
Glad to hear the MyFaves works! That's something I couldn't test myself.
Sorry to hear about the difficulties some people are having pulling the ROM apart. I'm not sure why there are problems, I can try to fix it when I get back to work. I might be as simple as I need to rebuild some dsms. Better yet, if there's demand for a vanilla ROM, I can make one of those too. I just need to know what most people want and don't want in a vanilla ROM. Probably best to leave the vanilla ROM in kitchen form too?
I'm on vacation from work where all my files are so the soonest I can get to it is in 2-weeks (Jan 7).
Vanilla Rom
My Faves, Extended Rom, Keep the wing ...., what you need to get the myfaves i their.
GnatGoSplat said:
Is that not typical? For some reason I thought the original WM5 did that too, but I can check on that later.
I did have a program to stop the GPRS connection over WiFi, I think it was Modaco NoData. You can get it here:
http://www.modaco.com/content/Pocket-PC-Software/246171/New-FREE-Utility/
Schap's has a VoIP setup utility. I don't use VoIP so I haven't tried it. You can find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317070
Glad to hear the MyFaves works! That's something I couldn't test myself.
Sorry to hear about the difficulties some people are having pulling the ROM apart. I'm not sure why there are problems, I can try to fix it when I get back to work. I might be as simple as I need to rebuild some dsms. Better yet, if there's demand for a vanilla ROM, I can make one of those too. I just need to know what most people want and don't want in a vanilla ROM. Probably best to leave the vanilla ROM in kitchen form too?
I'm on vacation from work where all my files are so the soonest I can get to it is in 2-weeks (Jan 7).
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alexanderi said:
anyone can mirror the donwload? Thx
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MegaUpload
Link, Tomorrow Uploading
This rom is anything but boring.
Great Work GnatGoSplat.
Alternate Download Link
alexanderi said:
anyone can mirror the donwload? Thx
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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0VKI5JKH
Are these rom's compressed or not (cooked with Tadzio's toolchain)?
Latest Update (25 June 21:07 GMT8)
Now that Beasty is offering "official" help and expertise on the VC component, we can look forward to improve the VC even further. I understand that you may encounter odd bugs while using the VCs and this is to be expected. The intention is to gather inputs for a more stable release soon. Cheers.
25 June 2008 - MAJOR Update
Version: EF 2.40 WWE WM6.1 Build 19900.1.0.3 + VC Ready Components
Pagepool 6.5MB for 64MB Unis (G4/G3)
As per advised earlier, the rom now offers Video Call option which can be enabled if you wish to use Video Telephony. BUT please consider this as a beta Release (on the VC part) because, like Beasty and Laurentius before me, I only managed to get VC running up to 70-80% with so many other possibilities unexplored. In fact after many sleepless night and red eyes, I am running out of ideas on how to get the VC build up to 100% - and with regard to this, I am sharing the very same Kitchen that I use to cook the roms with all the contents to those interested in doing further development on the VC part. The Kitchen is based on ThingsOnASpring and all credits should go to him.
Background:
The VC components have been ported over from Dopod 900 official rom 1.30 release in WM5 flavor. Apparently, our Uni will not aknowledge the later versions of Video Telephony dlls and drivers which I took from the official Athena WM6 and Tytn. I have tried all combinations to no avail (with the later version VC dlls).
Only with proper arrangement of WM5 VC Dlls, Intellidial and Camera components will the VC work properly on our Unis.
So, the end result is a forced entry of WM5 dlls into WM6.1 build. And because of this it is expected to behave somewhat oddly on certain functions (more about this later)
So how does it work:
Download the rom here:
Version: EF 2.40 WWE WM6.1 Build 19900.1.0.3 + VC Ready Components
After the first boot, to enable VC, go to Programs and click on Enable Video Call icon which will run a cab installer automatically. YOU NEED A SOFT RESET to activate the changes
IMPORTANT:
- Making a VC will trigger self dial (dial onto itself), just click answer and the dialer will continue to make the VC. Once connection is establish, if the VC interface is not shown to you, click on "Call Status" and you should see the two windows of both caller and recepient
- Ending a call or unable to establish 3G VC due to signal or other issues, the screen will show "Connected:" but do not panic, this is a small display bug and does not mean that you are connected to 3G network unecessarily
- Should the dialer pads become sluggish after a while, a soft reset may be required. But this happens very rarely.
And finally, for those interested to cook your own custom rom based on this build, please download the kithen here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?lecmcgmmmz2
The kitchen is ready to cook EF 2.40 release.
Again, thank you for your support and hope you guys will have fun beta testing the VCs. It's not perfect but at the very least provide a glimmer of hope of what to come.
PS:
If you find my handiwork to be useful and feels like buying me a drink, please PM me for Paypal ID.
UPDATE:
Video Telephony has been successfully integrated into the build I am using now.
In the next 24 hours I will be testing it extensively to see if there's any bug or issues.
We all know that previous efforts by WM6 chefs was fraught with difficulties, I expect mine to be no different. But at least the indication has been good so far. We shall see how this will fare later.
On the other hand, I may remove the inclusion of Ext Rom as usable drive due to the issue of storing email attachments.
Hope to get some good results soon.
Latest Update:
A friend of mine is using Uni G4 and he has been able to flash this rom successfully
Important UPDATE:
I just found out that my Uni is ACTUALLY A G3!. So this Rom will definitely work on all G3. Silly me, I didn't read the Wiki thoroughly enough to differetiate a G3 and G4 LOL!
If you are keen on 19900 WM6.1 in Vanilla flavors, please read on. I have just recently micgrated from O2 Xda Flame to Dopod 900 (HTC Universal) and have ever since been looking for a "stock" looking WM6.1 WWE. The readily available Vanillas seems to suffer from "excessive parts removal" to make them light and have suffered from odd behaviours on my aged G3. Since I am not new to Rom Cooking (my previous work can be found at www.xdaflameusers.com), I decided to cook my own WWE and the one I am using now seems to be quite a performer.
This ROM is build on four separate instances:
ThingsOnASpring Kitchen ->
Tomal's 7.7 19900 nk.nbf decoded and extracted ->
OEM Components deconstructed and removal of extras ->
SYS Components revised and HTC Official Kaiser WM6.1 WWE was used as filler to restore missing components ->
Reg Mods all over for performance and stability ->
Additition of minor HTC OEM components & drivers ->
Mo3ulla 2.15 (19588) nk.nbf used as target donor host ->
ThingsOnASpring XIP as the base XIP donor ->
RESULT:
EF 2.22 WWE 19900.1.0.3 Vanilla for G3 Universal (G4 not tested because mine is on G4)
Main attributes:
- Very stock looking
- 7.5MB Pagepool for 64MB Unis and FF Pagepool for 128 Unis (need someone to test this)
- Upon first boot, 40.XXMB of Storage and 26.XXMB of Memory
- Extended ROM already unlocked and ready for use - renamed as 10MB_Store. Update: I am looking into preventing clashes of SD card and Extended ROM for mail attachments
- Includes native support for both normal SD and SDHCs, SD Settings has been removed in favor of static SDHC components which will read/write both normal SD and SDHC. This has been rigorously tested with my 8GB Sandisk MicroSDHC (with SD adapter) and Kingston 4GB SDHC Class4. Both performs flawlessly tested using Windows Media Player with over 1000 songs on high bitrate MP3s. Using the old SDHC drivers, pause gaps between songs was around 5-6 seconds but now the gap has been reduced to 3-4 seconds
- Includes HTC Network Wizard for easy 3G/GPRS setup
- Grayscale BG for CommManager with all Stock features restored
- Runs perfectly with Radio 1.18
- Exchange Push Mail fully tested on 3G/GRPS - worked flawlessly
- Excellent synergy with SPB Mobile Shell 2.0 and Pocket Plus 4
- .NET CF3.5 installed and confirmed running perfectly
- Games, Transcriber, Schap VOIP, OneNote & Windows Live etc removed
- Registry cleaned of excess traces
- No FDISK/RAMDISK included for stability sake
- Proven stability with 3G/GPRS always on & Activesync in background with Microsoft DirectPush. On top of that with SPB Shell, SPB Finance, Windows Live and Pocket Plus running back to back
Downloads:
EF 2.22 19900.1.0.3 64MB Unis (Pagepool 7.5MB)
EF 2.22 19900.1.0.3 128MB Unis (Pagepool FF)
Note:
Before you flash, it's a good idea to blank out your Extended ROM to avoid complications. Default HTC Autoinstall from extended rom has been known to cause system freeze on first boot
If you are new to flashing, I highly recommend reading the Universal Wiki - the Wikis has been a great help to me when I first started over 2 weeks ago
Credits:
Of course, this has been possible due to the the hard works of Tomal, Mo3ulla, ThingsOnASpring and many more before them. They deserve all the credits where applicable.
Disclaimer:
There's always risk with cooked roms flashing. Do this at your own discretion and do it only if you are absolutely certain of your intent
Thanks & enjoy!
MMS
Hi there org kampung
before i flash this ROM just want to confirm if you haven't excluded the MMS because i used it alot since VC is not applcable for WM6. Thank you.
**ohh before that do you know where i can upgrade my UNI to 128 RAM here in KL & how much shal it cost me??
nyok80 said:
Hi there org kampung
before i flash this ROM just want to confirm if you haven't excluded the MMS because i used it alot since VC is not applcable for WM6. Thank you.
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Alo bro. Yes MMS from Acrosoft is included....forgot to mention
PS:
I am in the process of looking for supplier for the chips first. most likely Farnell Newark in PJ will have them (or can bring them in)
This rom for G3?
Many thanks!
0979720384 said:
This rom for G3?
Many thanks!
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Pal....EFN indicated his Vanilla build support G4 only.
Maybe works for G3
bramblyrose said:
Pal....EFN indicated his Vanilla build support G4 only.
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what I understand is "not tested on G3" which doesn't mean "not supported", the ROMS used for cooking this one are both G3/G4
EFN said:
Alo bro. Yes MMS from Acrosoft is included....forgot to mention
PS:
I am in the process of looking for supplier for the chips first. most likely Farnell Newark in PJ will have them (or can bring them in)
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Good to see that are more Malaysian developer. Looking forward to have a Malaysian shop that can solder/upgrade our UNI to 128mb + reasonable price. Keep us posted dude.
0979720384 said:
This rom for G3?
Many thanks!
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Why dont u just try it? u can always revert back to your trusty old rom if failed.
Yes, the base roms used to construct this one has been known to support G3. I see no reason it should not work with a G3. BUT I have never tested this build on a G3 because I don't have one. Any takers?
Thanks
Wow, let me check this one out then i will tell you what will happen to my exec G3. Anyway, thanks a lot for a new cooking that makes me so curious.
Important UPDATE:
I just found out that my Uni is ACTUALLY A G3!. So this Rom will definitely work on all G3. Silly me, I didn't read the Wiki thoroughly enough to differetiate a G3 and G4 LOL!
satanisme:
All we need to do now is get the 128 chips. There's a lot of handphone repair shops at Lowyat plaza that can do hot blower soldering with the proper tools. Of course we will have to tell them precisely which chips to take out and what to solder in
Can you confirm how you got you email attachments to the storage card. The messaging options only sees the 10_MB storage?
wow, what a great rom. i'm using it right now....
DanT said:
Can you confirm how you got you email attachments to the storage card. The messaging options only sees the 10_MB storage?
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DanT, thanks for the feedback. I may have made aq mistake here in this particular regard. You are right about attachments getting saved in Ext rom (10MB_Storage) instead of SD card. But no worries, I am in the process of working a fix on this. Stay tuned
madmonkey & the rest:
Thanks buddies, ping me if you see any issues okay. I am gathering feedbacks now for an upcoming update to this version.
EFN said:
DanT, thanks for the feedback. I may have made aq mistake here in this particular regard. You are right about attachments getting saved in Ext rom (10MB_Storage) instead of SD card. But no worries, I am in the process of working a fix on this. Stay tuned
madmonkey & the rest:
Thanks buddies, ping me if you see any issues okay. I am gathering feedbacks now for an upcoming update to this version.
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Thanks, apart from that issue it looks like a great ROM. I eagerly await your update.
EFN said:
DanT, thanks for the feedback. I may have made aq mistake here in this particular regard. You are right about attachments getting saved in Ext rom (10MB_Storage) instead of SD card. But no worries, I am in the process of working a fix on this. Stay tuned
madmonkey & the rest:
Thanks buddies, ping me if you see any issues okay. I am gathering feedbacks now for an upcoming update to this version.
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If you renamed the extended ROM to anything whose first letter was alphabetically greater than capital S (from "Storage Card") wouldn't do?
Just a thought...
Cheers!
Carlos
Quick question
Does the ROM contain the RGUs?
If it does, this may be a better base for me to use with the Diamond addons, rather than Ranju's 19900 build...
-PJC
pjc007 said:
Does the ROM contain the RGUs?
If it does, this may be a better base for me to use with the Diamond addons, rather than Ranju's 19900 build...
-PJC
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The rgus are not included in the rom itself due to over 1.15MB size added if they are not deleted. But I can share the ones still in OEM & SYS of the kitchen I use. Anyway I am in the habit of modifying the output hv files (Default.hv & User.hv) directly just before cooking so the rgus may only reflect 80% of the actual mods done. If you extract this rom, just before you pkg them into SYS and OEM, grab the hv files and convert them into master rgus.
casouzaj:
Yes I am thinking of testing this out. Thanks for the input
EFN said:
The rgus are not included in the rom itself due to over 1.15MB size added if they are not deleted. But I can share the ones still in OEM & SYS of the kitchen I use. Anyway I am in the habit of modifying the output hv files (Default.hv & User.hv) directly just before cooking so the rgus may only reflect 80% of the actual mods done. If you extract this rom, just before you pkg them into SYS and OEM, grab the hv files and convert them into master rgus.
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OK - thanks - I'll download & extract & give that a go...
-PJC
A very nice and stable ROM. I am using it now happily. Even the phone hangs once in an outgoing call and i have to soft reset. Gazak Allah Khayran dear EFN.