Now that I figured out the BigStorage, I wanted to build a rom with Bigger Storage and a Smaller Ext_ROM.
I need about 12.5 Megs for my Ext_rom, so I decided to make it D00000h (=13 MB)
This leaves E00000h for the Storage-folder, thus I changed 80 00 into E0 00 at locations 7E32h & 211E32Eh
Next I had to make my own 13MB Ext-rom.
For this I copied the location 2BC019Ch till 3EC019Ch (the location of the 19 MB ext-rom) from the dump of my original rom into a file.
Next I cut off 6MB from that file, so the size of the resulting file was exactly D00000h.
After that I changed the "Sectors on Drive" in the bootsector of that file.
Sectors on Drive = total size of drive / Bytes per sector, i.e. D00000h/200h = 6800h, so I had to change it from 9800h to 6800h
"Sectors on Drive" is located at 14h in that file. At that location change 00 98 into 00 68. (the values are least significant byte first)
To wipe it clean, I filled the location 210h till D00000h with zero's
Finally I mounted the file as a virtual harddisk, using totalcommander, and copied the Ext-rom files to it.
After unmounting, the file is ready to be copied into the rom.
The Storage-folder starts at 23C019Ch. 23C019Ch + E00000h = 31C019Ch so I copied the file into the rom, so that it occupied location 31C019C till 3EC019C
After flashing this custom-rom back into my phone, the Storage folder had increased to 14 MB (like expected), but the Ext_Rom was nowhere to be found.
After changing the following registry-keys and running LoadVdisk.exe, my 13 MB Ext_Rom appeared (and I could execute autorun.exe)
HKLM\Drivers\Vdisk\size had to be changed from 1300000h to D00000h (thus E00000h smaller)
HKLM\Drivers\Vdisk\windowbase had to be changed from A2C00000h to A3200000h (thus E00000h bigger)
So the "only" thing I still need to figure out to make this thing work, is at what location in the ROM those 2 registry-keys are stored.
Suggestions anyone?
Hello DrChair
Nice that you have found the way to make it Is it possible to do the same with external rom on sd card? I mean to change rom registry to execute autorun and all stuff from sd card after hard reset, I really like 27MB storage and don't want to make it smaller What do you think about it?
Hi Doc,
really interesting stuff!!!
That's something similar to what i'm doing now on XDA2...
I'd like to join ExtROM+Storage into single partition.
Could you please tell me, how do you mount with TotalCommander?
I mean do you use any plugins?
What exactly do you mount?
buzz
shamus said:
Nice that you have found the way to make it Is it possible to do the same with external rom on sd card? I mean to
change rom registry to execute autorun and all stuff from sd card after hard reset, I really like 27MB storage and
don't want to make it smaller What do you think about it?
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The changes in the registry are not done to execute autorun, but are done to be able to access the smaller ext-rom.
What u could do to have bigstorage + (semi)-autorun, is the following:
Place the extended_rom folder on your SD-card.
Edit config.txt and replace all occurances of "\Extended_ROM" with "\Storage Card\Extended_ROM"
Make sure that the contents of that folder are read-only (otherwise the cabs are deleted after installing).
Now, if you ever need to hard-reset your device, all you need to do afterwards, is browse to that extended_rom folder, and tap on autorun.
buzz_lightyear
Mounting ExtROM in TotalCommander is simple you just need to cut out ExtROM from device ROM and after that using this plugin http://ghisler.fileburst.com/plugins/azeimg.zip you can open files with *.img extension
DrChair
I did exactly what you are telling few days ago but autorun didn't want to execute and I don't know why... is the name of folder "Extended_ROM" important?
buzz_lightyear said:
Hi Doc,
really interesting stuff!!!
That's something similar to what i'm doing now on XDA2...
I'd like to join ExtROM+Storage into single partition.
Could you please tell me, how do you mount with TotalCommander?
I mean do you use any plugins?
What exactly do you mount?
buzz
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I might be wrong, cause I don't know anything about the XDA2, but if you just want to join ExtROM+storage into on big storage folder, you don't need to mount anything.
The way it's done in the magician is by patching the rom at 2 locations (check my posting about Bigstorage explained). I think those locations are in (or related to) PSMFSD.dll, which seems to be the driver for the storage folder.
Another tip: according to the wiki, the storage folder in a XDA2 is 14.5 MB, which is 00E80000h. So you could try a search for 00 00 e8 00 and try to change it into 00 00 20 00 (00200000h = 32 MB).
The mounting is only needed for the ExtROM, which has the format of a FAT16 partition. That partition can be copied into a file, and that file can be mounted using totalcommander's VirtualDisk-plugin.
shamus said:
buzz_lightyear
Mounting ExtROM in TotalCommander is simple you just need to cut out ExtROM from device ROM and after that using this plugin http://ghisler.fileburst.com/plugins/azeimg.zip you can open files with *.img extension
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Oh, thanx... )
how do you obtain the ROM dump?
Standard SD way?
THANX
buzz
shamus said:
I did exactly what you are telling few days ago but autorun didn't want to execute and I don't know why... is the name of folder "Extended_ROM" importand?
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just tried it myself and indeed it doesn't work...
I'll look in to it tonight..
buzz, yes standard old fashion sd card method
shamus said:
I did exactly what you are telling few days ago but autorun didn't want to execute and I don't know why... is the name of folder "Extended_ROM" important?
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Just had a look at autorun.exe. Unfortunatly it has \Extended_ROM\Config.txt hardcoded. I tried changing it, but then it doen't work anymore.
So the only way this autorun can be used, is when you have Extended_ROM folder.
Hi!
Is it possible to run the autorun.exe, if the storage card´s name is Ext_Rom?
this is possible with Pocket Mechanic.
What do you think?
Pam
i read this post and very interest too i knows he need to put cab install into EXT rom but few Cab only
can u make your Rom and sent to me i need to Try useing your Rom
NTRW Error "Could not lock xxxx.nb1 -- access denied&qu
Hi,
Wanted to save original Qtek s100 ROM 1.11 before upgrading to 1.12
followed steps: Romupdate OK, D2S OK but
when after inserting my SD into the integrated card reader and running
NTRW, I get the error "could not lock...."
I tried a different a different (non NTFS drive),
I tried a smaller (256Mo instead of 1Go) SD.
I am logged in as admin, disabled antivirus
Any Ideas ?
Thanks
Pamela said:
Hi!
Is it possible to run the autorun.exe, if the storage card´s name is Ext_Rom?
this is possible with Pocket Mechanic.
What do you think?
Pam
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doesn't matter what's the name of storage card.
Once you have a folder named 2577 in the root of it, you can place autorun.exe into that folder. It will be executed on insert....
buzz
Can you tell me how to mount the Ext_ROM from my O2 mini ?
Jackie
[email protected]
DrChair said:
buzz_lightyear said:
Hi Doc,
really interesting stuff!!!
That's something similar to what i'm doing now on XDA2...
I'd like to join ExtROM+Storage into single partition.
Could you please tell me, how do you mount with TotalCommander?
I mean do you use any plugins?
What exactly do you mount?
buzz
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I might be wrong, cause I don't know anything about the XDA2, but if you just want to join ExtROM+storage into on big storage folder, you don't need to mount anything.
The way it's done in the magician is by patching the rom at 2 locations (check my posting about Bigstorage explained). I think those locations are in (or related to) PSMFSD.dll, which seems to be the driver for the storage folder.
Another tip: according to the wiki, the storage folder in a XDA2 is 14.5 MB, which is 00E80000h. So you could try a search for 00 00 e8 00 and try to change it into 00 00 20 00 (00200000h = 32 MB).
The mounting is only needed for the ExtROM, which has the format of a FAT16 partition. That partition can be copied into a file, and that file can be mounted using totalcommander's VirtualDisk-plugin.
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shamus wrote:
I did exactly what you are telling few days ago but autorun didn't want to execute and I don't know why... is the name of folder "Extended_ROM" important?
Just had a look at autorun.exe. Unfortunatly it has \Extended_ROM\Config.txt hardcoded. I tried changing it, but then it doen't work anymore.
So the only way this autorun can be used, is when you have Extended_ROM folder.
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A small Howto how I fixed this problem you can find here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=138064#138064
Hope its needfull...
Enjoy the day
Greetings everybody,
I am new here and I have been following all your posts with great interests, especially on the Big Storage. I have an Xda 2 Mini and I have successfully apply Big Storage using the method suggested by Dr Chain. Thank you very much.
I have one question. Is it possible to merge the Main Memory with the Storage memory to create ONE BIGger STORAGE (57MB usable + 26 Big Storage = 83MB) ? If that's possible then can you point me in the right direction on how to achieve this ?
Thanks a million.
dewnay said:
I have one question. Is it possible to merge the Main Memory with the Storage memory to create ONE BIGger STORAGE (57MB usable + 26 Big Storage = 83MB) ? If that's possible then can you point me in the right direction on how to achieve this ?
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No!! Storage is on ROM and Main Mémory is on RAM... And ROM & RAM chips are physically separated.
MKS said:
dewnay said:
I have one question. Is it possible to merge the Main Memory with the Storage memory to create ONE BIGger STORAGE (57MB usable + 26 Big Storage = 83MB) ? If that's possible then can you point me in the right direction on how to achieve this ?
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No!! Storage is on ROM and Main Mémory is on RAM... And ROM & RAM chips are physically separated.
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Thanks for the fast reply. As I am not technically knowledgable, sorry for asking such a dumb question. Anyway, you guys here are the greatest. Since following all your posts, I have been learning something new everyday. Keep up all the good work.
I was running AKU 3.3 Asburg or whatever it's called. For some unexplained reason my phone is now bricked... I only get the "HTC Innovation" screen. I can enter into bootloader and when I plug in It says USB on the screen, but no ROM updater will recognise it and my PC does not even recognise it.
I'm wondering is there anyway to flash a rom from the SD card, at least enough to get it going? I've looked everywhere, I know you could do this with the Magician, can it be done with the Prophet? My phone is IPL 2.13.0001 and SPL 2.20.0001.
The 3.3 ran fine for ages and just today stopped working I just don't understand!
Flash from Rom ... i am not sure, but this only work with CID unlocked devices.
yes my phone is cid unlocked.
reinstall activesync and try again to flash in bootloader
You need:
A terminal program that can speak over the USB port. (Download ftp://xda:[email protected]//Uploads/Prophet/Prophet-tools/TeraTermPro_WinCE_USB.zip)
A CID-unlocked device (it will NOT work if it's NOT CID-unlocked!)
A SD card of 128MB or larger (buy a 128MB for just this purpose, as its a great backup device)
To Dump the ROM:
Get into the tri-color screen (bootloader) (hold CAMERA, reset) and plug into the USB port.
Kill wcescomm.exe from Windows XP using the Task Manager (CTRL-ALT-DELETE) (this is the ActiveSync driver for the USB port)
Start Tera Term
Hit "return" to insure you have a command prompt.
Make sure your 128MB SD card is in the slot.
Type "r2sd all" and hit return.
The loader will dump the entire ROM (including extended ROM) to the SD card.
Note that this is NOT a file on a FAT filesystem - its a RAW data dump with a signature and checksum. As such you CAN NOT read it onto your computer - you need a tool like "psdread" to read it from the card to a file on your PC.
Stick the card somewhere safe.
To Restore the ROM:
Insert the SD with the power off in the Prophet, then power on while holding the CAMERA button.
Press the Comms button on the side when it tells you.
Note that the prompt only comes up for a few seconds and then it will continue to enter the bootloader.
Its from Wiki ... its not a FAT Format ... this means ... i cant tell you how to Flash over SD-Card, if you havent make a own Dump.
i have the same problem
i have the same problem i can get into bootloader,
i have orange rom
IPl 2.10.0001
spl 2.20.0001
gsm 02.47.21
os 10.2.0.0
only what i see now is the Orange screen
how can i fix this?
TIA
i forgot
mine device is locked
I have orange spvm600
when i type 'format binfs', it prompts' format binfs: [os hex size]'. then what kind of format shall i use to format my phone?
did you write BINFS with caps? I don't know if it matters, but you could try.
yes it matters, must type exactly the same
what if my c600 is already running on wm6? can i still use this command? btw, my spl is2.00.0011.
Thanks a lot. problem solved.
He guys,
I've updated a S710 for a customer of mine but he forgot that he had some notes on the internal memory that he really needs.
Anybody know a way to do this. Already tried a normal data recovery program but this doesn't see a smartphone....)-;
I'm afraid that hard reset formats the nand flash and all data is really lost.
I'm not sure though. You can try to use the "pdocread" program to dump the windows and extrom partitions and see if you can still find customer data in them. Check out the Vox wiki for a howto.
Don`t bother in that matter. If notes was in internal memory, then after reset is lost for good, taft.
hey guys i was using JW rom from last 1 year and few hrs back i tried upgrading it to tomals latest rom but was unsuccesful and now my device is not working . my device is showing just USB and Version 2.01 below i tried everythng . I am using windows 7 ultimate on my pc . please help me guys i am also attaching the error i am getting ( plz see the images ) please help me out and rep me asap
Hi japun,
Have a read of this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=313001&highlight=flashing+vista
thanx for the rep simon but i have tried it my device is in bootloader i tried this but still its giving me those error the 1 i showed through pics . have no idea what to do reply if u have any other method
Errrrr.....
have u tryed flashing with rhe SD card and Simc ard taken out?
becuase the SD card can trip up the flashnig sometimes
Try to do a doc format and reflash without sim card and sd card
Hope it helps,
i tried flasing without sd and sim card still no sucess
hey what is doc format > can u tell me hw to do that thanx
HI JAPUN
japun said:
i tried flasing without sd and sim card still no sucess
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DO this ... but you need windows xp for this I don`t think you can do on vista or windows7 ... anyway good luck.....
1. Stop Activesync USB connection
2. Uni : Reboot Bootloader then Connect USB
3. PC : Run mtty1.42.exe
4. Choose USB in "Port" (Reconnect if can't find/reconglize USB and try remove sim and sd card)
5. type : task 28 55aa
6. Press Enter
7. Cause DOC reformatted, so there's no rom in DOC ,try reflash any rom that you like.
mtty is here >>
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=32963&d=1168450223
japun said:
hey what is doc format > can u tell me hw to do that thanx
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Have a read on the Wiki and you´ll find it
Most likely will fix the prob
ramtajogi said:
DO this ... but you need windows xp for this I don`t think you can do on vista or windows7 ... anyway good luck.....
1. Stop Activesync USB connection
2. Uni : Reboot Bootloader then Connect USB
3. PC : Run mtty1.42.exe
4. Choose USB in "Port" (Reconnect if can't find/reconglize USB and try remove sim and sd card)
5. type : task 28 55aa
6. Press Enter
7. Cause DOC reformatted, so there's no rom in DOC ,try reflash any rom that you like.
mtty is here >>
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=32963&d=1168450223
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ramtajogi is right, u need Windows XP to flash on (either upgradeing or Downgrading)
THANKS!!
I'm not sure about the original poster, but you guys saved MY ass... I tried to upgrade my Universal from Vista, and got stuck in bootloader screen. Using the mtty tool and the explanations in the wiki I managed to re-initialize the rom upgrade process on my other pc running windows XP....
Thanks a million!!