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I have a few questions about this cooking stuff. Yes I searched and watched the videos. Maybe I can't find the proper wording for the search to work for me. But if I'm in the clear in that department, then maybe I can get some help.
1. If I have a radio that is an NBH file, the BuildOs wants an NB file. How do I convert?
2. How would I get someone else'e rom, say the Hyperdragon roms, and get it to the oem, sys and rom folder. I already did the dump and I end up with the temp directory that has some stuff like what is in the oem, sys, and rom folders. Am I missing something?
3. Is there any easy way to find one of the Packages after doing a dump? Say i am looking for the registry entries in the Hyperdragon roms, where would those be and how would I get them?
I have the basic idea of how to do this stuff, just need some assistance in the stuff that I feel was not covered very well. I already made a few roms with Manilla and without and some with HTC home. They all work with some bugs here and there. I have never been much of a person on reading on how to do stuff, just tell the "simple" explanation and I experiment from there.
Any help, please!
Hi there I don't know if this thread really belongs here (mods will tell ) but here are some answers to your question:
1/ use the search function... ok, not SO funny
1 bis/ use NBH extract http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=289830
2/ Download a good Kaiser kitchen (Alex's or the one on PPCKitchen) and follow the first steps that will extract your OEM/SYS folders
3/ Registry entries can be found all the place, under varied forms: basically, .rgu files, initflashfile.dat, and .provxml files. You'll have to take some (like in a lot) time to figure out which modifies a given reg key
Hope this shed some light
Best regards
Ok, I was missing the Extraction tool for the NBH files.
I thought I was right on the reg files but I was thinking, maybe even hoping, for an easier route but I guess not.
I have everything I could find on the kitchen stuff and have tons of packages and cabs. Now, like you said, time to spend a lot of time experimenting.
But again, where do I get a radio*.nb file from?
whitehooptie said:
Ok, I was missing the Extraction tool for the NBH files.
I thought I was right on the reg files but I was thinking, maybe even hoping, for an easier route but I guess not.
I have everything I could find on the kitchen stuff and have tons of packages and cabs. Now, like you said, time to spend a lot of time experimenting.
But again, where do I get a radio*.nb file from?
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You have download the radio you want, and extract it using nbh tool.
You'd better not include the radio ROM into your final .nbh package: it will be easier to later test different radio roms without having to reflash the radio in case you flash the main (OS) rom again, and will make your packaged ROM lighter. If you later want to share it, you can still zip your OS and Rasio roms together for people to flash separately...
Remember that the efficiency of a radio ROM is more or less closely tied to your phone service provider, location, Kaiser build, color of your socks and so on... People most often have a prefered radio ROM they'll tend to stick to.
When I cook roms I want to share, I get 3 .nbh ready: one for OS, one for radio, and one for splash, so people can choose to flash whatever they want.
So NBHextract works on everything. Who would've thought. I think maybe I am reading too hard in this. My biggest deal on the radio was I want to make one for myself where I can put my phone back to how it is exactly. If I try a cooked one and need to change a few things then I can load my stuff back on without spening 30 minutes doing it.
Thanks for the answers guys, I appreciate it.
Another question. Is there any other way than flashing to your phone to test these roms? I know microsoft has that "emulator" to try out WM6. Any way to change those files?
I have a sprint vogue w/ NFSFANs custom 1.09 ROM. i have the htclogo animation.gif and then the welcomehead.96.png. now i was searching and couldnt find a direct answer, is it possible to change the welcomehead.96.png to welcomehead.96.gif? or convert something to make it possible? the reason is i like the splash screen of the htcanimated.gif but i also like the spcs_startup.gif, if i could have both and not have the original welcomehead.96.png that would be it.
thanks for your help
in short.... no you can't
not the answer i was hoping 4 but thanks
THe short answer is no, he is right.
The long answer is yes you can.......
Do a search...I know this exist in the Diamond forum because I actually did it to my device. Dont' give up the search...there is hope. If i find it, I will be back with it.
Look here for [TuT]......http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=412796
Some ROM chefs post a list of what they have cooked into their roms, some don't. But if I like a certain application/software cooked in and I don't know the name, like for example a battery meter that looks cool, how do I find out what it's called to get a cab of it on my own? This brings me to a point, is there a way to decompile a ROM and get a list of pre-installed/cooked applications, and then from there either find a cab for that particular application or make your own from the ROM you just decompiled? Just wondering, sorry if this has been posted already. Thanks.
Reverse engineering is what we do here in XDA LOL. Anyhow, if you like something, go to explorer and look for file name u think it might be! Its a WAG, but it works, and then go to the link in my sign and search! Good luck.
Yeah well I tried searching for it via explorer, no luck finding it lol. Thanks however. Plus I would want the version number on the app too. Is it possible to decompile a rom and get a list of installed apps? Like the chefs post when they release?
Short answer is yes, as a ROM contains a collection of various packages. Grab any one of the kitchens and give it whirl.
What happens if the rom I want to decompile doesn't have its kitchen released?
Use dumprom, however I think youre best shot is to use the ROM tread and ask there.
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What happens if the rom I want to decompile doesn't have its kitchen released?
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No worries, most any kitchen can dump a ROM. ImgfsTools is actually what you seek, but the kitchens paint a bigger picture if you're not already familiar with the cooking process.
Ok so I dumped the rom however, how do I tell out of all the dll's and exe's in "dump_imgfs" folder which one is the battery icon OEM. Also, how do I make a cab out of it?
There isn't going to be a big, flashy "This is the battery monitory" sign.
Your first step would be to guess, based on the names of the files. Something that includes "Bat" and "Mon" is a great candidate. Put your guesses in google and see what you find.
If that doesn't work, you're gonna have to guess based on some other criteria. For example, MS will often set the operating system DLLs to the same date. If that date was preserved when the ROM was cooked, you can eliminate all the OS ones and google the rest.
Now, there's 2 methods that may be a lot easier and get you a faster response:
1. PM/email the author of the ROM and ask. Be polite and thankful, and let them know you appreciate their work.
2. Google "Windows CE Battery Monitor" and look through the results.
I found out by looking up an OEM package for another battery and found out the registry settings for it and went to my registry on my ROM and found out what DLL it pointed to. Then I created a CAB and flashed a new ROM and then installed the CAB and it worked . However, is there any way to edit the DLL and change how it looks? I tried hex editing but that's no luck for a picture.
kickindrummerkid said:
Ok so I dumped the rom however, how do I tell out of all the dll's and exe's in "dump_imgfs" folder which one is the battery icon OEM. Also, how do I make a cab out of it?
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Now that you have figured out the details. Can you please write step-by-step procedure how new ones in this arena can accomplish this?
hi.
everytime i install a new ROM (every couple of days) i need to install around 5 cabs on the new ROM.
is it possible to package those cabs into 1 cab that will install them all?
how do i do this?
this is a great idea
would be great as a back to install all you apps in one go..
dvdscr said:
hi.
everytime i install a new ROM (every couple of days) i need to install around 5 cabs on the new ROM.
is it possible to package those cabs into 1 cab that will install them all?
how do i do this?
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Never mind 5 cabs, I have 80 or so programmes on my TD2, mostly in cab format, some .exe's and some manila! This is an excellent idea. It takes me half a day to flash a single rom.
mitsi said:
Never mind 5 cabs, I have 80 or so programmes on my TD2, mostly in cab format, some .exe's and some manila! This is an excellent idea. It takes me half a day to flash a single rom.
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80!
Come on give us a list, what am i missing out on
I have 252 cabs installed in main storage, why my device is so slow?
Just joking
Ok, ok - I deserved that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=524224
udK talks about 'autoinstall'
Marco2009 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=524224
udK talks about 'autoinstall'
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and this is good only for guys that uses the UDK ROM.
i remember in the past when the manila was just release and composed from 12 cabs, someone archived all of them to 1 cab and then i could install them at once, i wonder how to do it myself.
I am looking forward to the answer too!
I don't know. But I have an idea........
Use Winrar to unrar the files in the cabs.
Put all the files from the cabs in one folder.
Make one big cab file from that folder.
Good luck and do it on your own risk!
would it really be that simple ?
take a look in here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=366337
thanks to sleuth
there is 'UC' and there is 'sashmi' (spelling could be wrong) - but for me the most easiest seems to be using the feature of SKTools - I have to admit though, have not used any of them...
I think, here is solution for you. And youtube link with video.
That looks like the business, has anyone tried it out yet?
I would but got everything I need installed at the moment, don't think installing a cab or two would test it!
Certainly looks the simplest solution, no text/config files to change.
the thing I think sounds nice with SK is - it creates cabs from installed programs (including settings made stored in ini-files or registry settings) - although this I guess would not be good when changing ROM-languages or doing huge version-jums with WiMo.
I am thinking about this as I would like to change my ROM again - guess as soon as I find something suitable I will go for a combination of SK and Install Express.
Steeve24 said:
That looks like the business, has anyone tried it out yet?
I would but got everything I need installed at the moment, don't think installing a cab or two would test it!
Certainly looks the simplest solution, no text/config files to change.
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so finally i've tried it with three cabs and works well
I am just curious if there is a way to edit your screens offline for Android?
I am not new to modding, I am currently on CM10 for Skyrocket. I know when I had another phone that shall not be named, I was able to edit my screens on my computer then update them (push changes...) to the device...
So I can make folders, put files in them, etc....
If someone knows of a way to do this, please let me know... I would love to know about it....
For everything else from my Mac to my phone, I use AirDroid... (Love it!)
Thanks!