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Need to get back to WWE!

I made quite the mistake yesterday. I have an MDA compact that came from T-Mobile Germany and originally had german as the default language. It was easy to change to english by going to regional settings & selecting english.
So I didn't think twice about using a German T-Mobile ROM upgrade - and now I'm stuck with GERMAN!!! Regional settings doesn't change the language any more! what the heck?
Sooooo, I need a WWE .exe ROM that will load - I tried a UK WWE and I was told by the installer that I had the wrong language and install could not continue. Is there a way to go back to WWE? I don't care at this point what version.....
Also, I have downloaded from the FTP server other ROM versions but they are all .nb1 files and, despite my best efforts, I can't understand the proper way to install these. I've looked thru lots of posts and found one set of instructions but they were very hard to understand. HELP!!

funkynugget,
I have been in your shoes, in the exact situation as a matter of fact. I am very familiar with PPC but had never flashed anything in my life( well there was this one time a few years back but uuhhhh.. thats for another story) Anyways just down load the preferred WWE, I am using the latest Jam rom which works great with my German Tmobile. You will also need to download the MaUpgradeUt.exe file as well. Do a google search to find that one by just typing in MaUpgradeUt.exe Now unzip or unrar (whatever) the rom that you choose to use so it breaks down the files seperately. In it you will see the MaUpgradeUt.exe file. Remove that one a replace it with the newly downloaded one. Click on the and enjoy. You may come up with langauge or country error. dont worry if that happens just restart, it will work the second time.
Todd

thank you sooo much for the advice. i will for sure give it a try. i've downloaded another version of the ROM from orange and i'll probably end up just using that BUT i would prefer to use the i-mate ROM, from what i hear it fixes all kinds of little bugs. only problem is it isn't available on the FTP server and i have no other access. do you have it? can you post it to the FTP server here on xda?
once again, thanks for the help!

i've done some research to find a downloadable 'maUpgradeUt.exe' file and i'm starting to wonder if it matters where i get it & what type. you suggest downloading one to replace the one that comes with the WWE ROM but how do i know i found the correct 'maUpdateUt.exe' language/file?

funkynugget,
I tried but it said I do not have permission to upload file. Do you have an FTP I could upload to, it would be my pleasure as I also have received help from this site and would be lost without it.
Todd

'maUpgradeUt.exe'
funkynugget,
I am trying to attach the 'maUpgradeUt.exe' file, Im not sure it will work and I hope its OK to do this, we will see.

Now unzip or unrar (whatever) the rom that you choose to use so it breaks down the files seperately. In it you will see the MaUpgradeUt.exe file. Remove that one a replace it with the newly downloaded one. Click on the and enjoy.....
todd (or anyone else who can help!) when i unzip the files they either come out as an .exe or an nb1 file, not a series of files. how do i get the files separated? and when you say 'click on the and enjoy' click on what?

Installed Programs after ROM Change

Hi,
newbie question:
I'm looking to change my French ROM to English on my S200 but am I wondering does it overwrite all of the installed software on it (i.e. Excel Mobile, Word Mobile, etc)?
If so, where does one reinstall these from? It is not obvious that I received a CDROM with all of that with the phone....
Thanks,
Jeff the OilGuy
P.S. I would appreciate an updated link to the Qtek200 WWE archive file that I cannot open with WinZip or WinRar..

These progs are in windows mobile. When u install a different rom, them proggies stay in. So, no need for any CD.

thanks!

Changing rom version display

Hey,
got a short question:
I installed WM6 and want to install an application which needs to recognize i'm running a WM5 device.
How can i change rom version display info to fool it into thinking im running a WM5 device? any ideas?
thx

Another way to solve this possibly...
Anyone know how to extract out of a .dat file with an installer the cab file which installs the software on the smartphone??
waiting for replies,
thx.

Need URGENT help with ripping arabic out of arabic HTC ROM

So i would do my research and properly learn how to extract all the files out of the rom but i'm on a time limit and have to ask!
I'm sending my AT&T Tilt to my dad in saudi arabia noon tomorrow. (the tytn II is $850 over there and the tilt is $400, same thing just no front camera) so he needs arabic on it and i'm loading the HTC arabic rom on it now and sure its gonna run like crap. SO i want to cook arabic onto sleuths 6.1 rom.
I got the kaiser kitchen, put the .nbh into base rom, ran !begin.exe and it extracted the rom for me.
I went through the files, i found ARA_IN4_Arabic.cab and ARASIPSetting.exe
I installed the cab and seems to put arabic on the device but the SIP isn't working, i tried to ruch the ARASIPSetting.exe on the device but nothing would happen, i put it in the windows folder but still can't use the arabic SIP or edit its options in the Input settings... any help would be great... as i said i'm trying to figure this out tonight hence i ask for help rather then read all the rom cooking and dumping readmes (although i've already read a couple, i still can't figure out how to trace which files are needed)
Thanks in advance.. heres to hoping. x

fone_fanatic said:
So i would do my research and properly learn how to extract all the files out of the rom but i'm on a time limit and have to ask!
I'm sending my AT&T Tilt to my dad in saudi arabia noon tomorrow. (the tytn II is $850 over there and the tilt is $400, same thing just no front camera) so he needs arabic on it and i'm loading the HTC arabic rom on it now and sure its gonna run like crap. SO i want to cook arabic onto sleuths 6.1 rom.
I got the kaiser kitchen, put the .nbh into base rom, ran !begin.exe and it extracted the rom for me.
I went through the files, i found ARA_IN4_Arabic.cab and ARASIPSetting.exe
I installed the cab and seems to put arabic on the device but the SIP isn't working, i tried to ruch the ARASIPSetting.exe on the device but nothing would happen, i put it in the windows folder but still can't use the arabic SIP or edit its options in the Input settings... any help would be great... as i said i'm trying to figure this out tonight hence i ask for help rather then read all the rom cooking and dumping readmes (although i've already read a couple, i still can't figure out how to trace which files are needed)
Thanks in advance.. heres to hoping. x
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The best thing to do is flash with 1.2Sleuth ROM. It is a 1.60 ROM and works great. use also 1.27.12.17 Radio. After unzipping the attached In4Mobility Package, copy the exe file onto your SD card, and open from there. Install all three files on your DEVICE MEMORY... NOT THE SD CARD. After that do a soft reset. Go to In4mobility in the settings folder and enable Arabic. Then enable Arabic Language and enter location.. etc..in the other in4mobility folders in the 'Programs".
Good Luck.
Sorry I am not able to load the In4Mobility File. PM me your email address and I can email it to you.

How to downgrade with official desktop updater!?

Hey,
I tried to pot my Treo back to WM6 from Vodafone with the original updater, but it keeps telling me that my device is not supported because of language issues (Right now there is WM6.1 working on it in english and I need to flash the German WM6). when I open the installer with WINRAR I can see a couple of *.nbh files (cheeimg.nbh and cheeimg_fw.nbh). Is it eventually possible to just take one of them and flash it? or do they anyway require to have a preinstalled stock ROM to update with them? And why are there so many other files in, when i usually actually just need one nbh file as a rom?
Thanks for helping me understand my phone

bump
i d like to know that aswell. did you fixed the issue by now?

If you want to use the official updater you need to modify the payloads.xml file.
You can find it by opening the official updater, but don't start the upgrade. Opening the updater will extract a bunch of files to your TEMP folder. The payloads.xml file will be in one of the subfolders. The folder is called something random so you'll have to seach for it, but you'll see a bunch of Palm icons in it so you'll know you're there.
You can edit the payloads.xml file with any text editor. Notepad works fine.
If you are changing carriers as part of the update, you will probably need to change the carrier code to the one matching the currently installed ROM. This is AT&T, for example.
Code:
<carrier_codes>CNG,ATT</carrier_codes>
I think Vodofone is VF, but you'll have to do some searching to confirm that.
Then you need to change the revision range to allow the downgrade.
Code:
<revision_range>
<low>1.13</low>
<high>3.00</high>
</revision_range>
Save it when you are done, and then start the updater. It should work. If not, there are plenty of posts here about downgrading ROM's, so search around until you find something that works for you.
And yes, you can extract the ROM's from a desktop updater and flash using the SD card method, assuming of course you have successfully HardSPL'd your phone. You need the CHEEIMG_FW.nbh file, but must rename it to CHEEIMG.nbh before putting it on the SD card.

You don't need to Hard-SPL in order to flash official Palm WM ROMs from a MiniSD.