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modifiying s100 ROM

as the title, I'd like to modify the ROM of the S00, I mean i'd like to take the original ROM and add some new software in it so that if i have some problemes with it later, i can reinstall with all my sofwatres and documents. How can i do that pliz ? I'm a newbie...pliz help me !!!

I don't think anything like rom kitchen has been done yet; so far i think the best we've got is big storage hack. I guess there may be some extensions of big storage/extended rom that would work, but I've not looked into it further.
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No sorry, there is a sof or sthg for this. My BOSS told me that he saw someone doing this one day but he can't remember which soft it was with. The guy did that on a Qtek 2020. I'm looking for how to do it on a XDA II mini pliz ??

prashanth said:
No sorry, there is a sof or sthg for this. My BOSS told me that he saw someone doing this one day but he can't remember which soft it was with. The guy did that on a Qtek 2020. I'm looking for how to do it on a XDA II mini pliz ??
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For the Qtek 2020 it's much simpler, as the "Storage" area can be made writable. But it's true, it can be done for the XDA mini also. The procedure was something along the following lines:
- dump the correct portion of your ROM to an SD card - which portion that is I can't remember right now
- copy it to your PC, using ntrw
- move it to a Linux PC, and mount this binary file as a FAT file system
- copy whatever you want into that file system
- copy the binary back to your Windows PC, back to your SD card, and flash it back to your mini's ROM.
This has been described in more detail elsewhere, in one of the threads dealing with BigStorage. You can find it using the Search function. I do not think there's an easier way than that at the moment. Qtek 2020 and XDA mini are just too different.
Cheers
Daniel

- dump the correct portion of your ROM to an SD card - which portion that is I can't remember right now
I didn't understand this line...I'm such a newbie so i'd like to have it step by step if possible pliz...and another question : Do you really have to move the binary files to linux ? I have only windows and I don' t like LINUX that much. Can you explain step by step pliz and what is the soft ntrw, gimme a link to download it by PM pliz, so nice thanks a lot !!
ps: and if you can tell how to it on a Qtek2020 it will be very nice too.

Like i said prashanth, it's not really userfriendly yet. It's best not to be a newbie and try something so involved; there's not really much reason to do so anyway. I find it most convenient to make a self installing backup of my working PPC, and Keep it on storage and/or storage card. That way, even if there's a hard reset, everything can be up and running within 3 minutes. However, installing all software from a hard reset, registering all software, sorting your startmenu, setting everything up etc - it's quicker just to backup and restore!
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vijay555 said:
Like i said prashanth, it's not really userfriendly yet. It's best not to be a newbie and try something so involved; there's not really much reason to do so anyway. I find it most convenient to make a self installing backup of my working PPC, and Keep it on storage and/or storage card. That way, even if there's a hard reset, everything can be up and running within 3 minutes. However, installing all software from a hard reset, registering all software, sorting your startmenu, setting everything up etc - it's quicker just to backup and restore!
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I'm not a newbie like you think. I mean in this field I am coz I have neevr operate. I worked for an HTC society for 2 weeks. It was a training. So I will understand if someone can be mroe precise. Thanks for your helps though. I really need to know (step by step if possible) how to add some files or soft ina ROM. Thx

Flash ROMs with Wine?

I am an Ubuntu user, and would like to know if anyone has tried running the Kaiser RUU with Wine?

red or white..? Sorry had to be done, have no idea what "Wine" is if its not the stuff you drink...

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red or white..? Sorry had to be done, have no idea what "Wine" is if its not the stuff you drink...
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Wine is an emulator that allows Windows apps to run under Linux.
As far as flashing goes, I remember seeing a few other threads around asking this question, and the general consensus was no.

Wine IS Not a Emulator
as far as I know wine does not work for drivers so the activesync serial driver will mostlikly not work...
you can alternatively find a windows pc to flash hard spl and then use the sd card flash method for any further rom flashing.

pof has an open source ROM flahser. U could try that for nothing. I cant post a link cos im on Opera Mini but its in the Dev and Hacking forum, shouldnt be that hard to find.
Ta
Dave

Read this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=399762&highlight=linux

I know that this technically doesnt answer the question...but is there a reason one would be against SD card flashing? (assuming that you have one)

ok, yeah, I did try pof's before, but it said "wrong architecture", so I overrode it with
Code:
sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture htcflasher_20080615-2_i386.deb
Now it appears to be working fine

ajmoncrief said:
I know that this technically doesnt answer the question...but is there a reason one would be against SD card flashing? (assuming that you have one)
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Well, ROM flashing from a SD Card would be OK. The problem arises when you need to flash an SPL or the like. It's been reported that flashing an SPL from SD is possible, just not recommended.

Correct, but in the life of my blue angel, hermes, and now kaiser...I've had to do hardspl maybe 4 times. A windows pc is easy to come by imo.
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Well, ROM flashing from a SD Card would be OK. The problem arises when you need to flash an SPL or the like. It's been reported that flashing an SPL from SD is possible, just not recommended.
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I am a mac user and I use Parallels to virtualize windows xp.....
up until now I didn't have a problem with it....even if it's not running natively i was able to flash roms , radios and change spl many times
not sure about wine....but you can always try with VirtualBox on linux

RUU uses active sync to transport the image to the device as far as I can tell, so beside the installer at least active sync (or working equivalent) should run

lightest rom

what rom is the lightest english rom?

josefcrist said:
what rom is the lightest english rom?
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Would be the rom produced from Ivan's Justme kitchen. You got to choose what basic apps you want and end up a lite rom that only contains what you needs exactly.

thank you now can you point me to it?

josefcrist said:
thank you now can you point me to it?
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Here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408502
But you can search better next time

sorry about 2 minutes after i posted that i found it. thanks for your help but i am getting an error when i run the bat file to build the rom. later i will post what it is on the thread for that rom.

josefcrist said:
sorry about 2 minutes after i posted that i found it. thanks for your help but i am getting an error when i run the bat file to build the rom. later i will post what it is on the thread for that rom.
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What does the error say? Make sure you've installed the required components. (.NET2.0 and the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package.

thank you for your hard work and patience. ok it worked after i installed those two programs. now what do i do? i ran the bat file with out errors and now what?

You build the ROM all the way through? (BuildOS, compile, nb->nbh and all?) Then open your ROMBUILD_JustMe folder and transfer the HERAIMG.nbh file into your cell phone's SD card. You have to HardSPL first before using it. Then reset the phone while holding the camera button down and press the down volume and wait until it tells you that it's done.
On a side note: I didn't realize that I had THAT many posts...

thank you so much for all of your help. i ran the bat file now i have no idea what to do. this is the first time i have done this. what is the next file i have to run? how do i compile it? what spl do you recommend?

You HAVE to HardSPL. As far as what to do, follow the bat file. It's a script. Just follow the steps that are on the screen.

i have no idea what was going on with it but i ran the bat file and it crapped out about halfway though before my nbh file was built. but then it all of a sudden started to work. i just finnished hard spl on my device no i am coppying the 4 files in the storage card

4 files? shouldn't there be only one?

sorry my post got cut off but thank you so much it works very well. i kinda wish the wing had more ram but the rom is not going to change that. i only had to install 2 things that you did not have. windows live for hotmail and a good battery meter. thanks again for all of your help

More RAM? How much are you getting? (The phone only has 64mb so with having Windows Mobile running, you can only get so much free.)

my phone says total 43.78 and with just windows running i have 12.42 free what about you?

HELP 730v HELP trying...... to get to WM6.1

Assistance required by a Guru.
USB + Power + active synch (MDC)
I’ve used
Herm Unlock v3
Magic Unlocker
CheetahUnlocker
They all run ok
I’m pretty sure the device is unlocked!
SD card is FAT32, CHEEIMG.nbh resides at the root.
Reset + left button
Rainbow screen appears
CHEE100
IPL-0.20
CHEE100
SPL-1.40.01iNex
And that is as far as It gets!!!!
it just sits there and does nothing can anyone assist ?

a011528 said:
Assistance required by a Guru.
And that is as far as It gets!!!!
it just sits there and does nothing can anyone assist ?
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Actualy you should first understand that even if your Trëo is compatible with wm6.1 you must be sure that it is compatible with the rom that you are trying to install,
Next you should try to download the rom again so you can be sure that the rom you are trying to load is not corrupted...
and if all this is done you will probably need to try out the USBcable install mode!
Realy hope that you can solve your problem
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ROM, is the third different source (same version) to ensure no corruption.
USBcable install mode, can you provide any further details?

a011528 said:
ROM, is the third different source (same version) to ensure no corruption.
USBcable install mode, can you provide any further details?
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strange that you can't install that, it's usually very simple and fast...
let me see if I understand, you are saying that you are trying to install the file when it is connected to your computer but the "cheeming" is on the SD card?!
If that's what you are doing just unplug the USB cable, you can't sync and use your SD at the same time... Just use the POWER cable and repeat all the process...
If that doesn't work for you, you should create a folder on your computer desktop and copy the "cheeming" to that folder, next copy whatever program you have used to change the SPL to that same folder.
Make a backup of the original files from your mobile, I hope you wont need them, but you should backup anyway...
then run the program and "cross your fingers"...
in about 5 or less minutes it should be done, and your treo should be runing your new WM6.1
This is the "risky" way, because you can "brick" your Treo, and I can assure you that it isn't easy to "unbrick"!
Hope you can do it with the SDcard method.
If I can help in any other way, please post or add on msn.
[email protected]

how i flash with usb
couple things to do. download a kaiser custom ruu. unrar or unzip your new rom you want to flash. best to have seperate folder to do this. rename the rom file to RUU_signed.nbh then run the kaiser ruu and follow the steps. very simple to do. make sure active sync is enabled before doing this.

A Problem after installing a ROM - RESCUE Options

A couple day ago I've installed a new ROM (Touch FLO Manila 2D) on my Herald using "FLASH CENTER". It has worked for some time, but after one rebooting the system didn't start any more - after turning on it appears a green screen for a pair seconds, then my Herald goes automatically down. And it repeats again and again... And it is not possible to restore the system though ActiveSync, because the Herald doesn't start at all.
I have looked through in this forum for possible rescue options. one of them seemed to be FLASHING FROM SD CARD. But this had no effect - a tricolor has appeared, but it happened nothing more. Probably there is possible to install a ROM this way on working WINDOWS MOBILE' s and not at broken.
I thought - may be it is possible to install a Windows Mobile on SD CARD (something like portable version) and so boot a system from SD Card ???
I hope you can help me.
Thanks.

radjapost said:
A couple day ago I've installed a new ROM (Touch FLO Manila 2D) on my Herald using "FLASH CENTER". It has worked for some time, but after one rebooting the system didn't start any more - after turning on it appears a green screen for a pair seconds, then my Herald goes automatically down. And it repeats again and again... And it is not possible to restore the system though ActiveSync, because the Herald doesn't start at all.
I have looked through in this forum for possible rescue options. one of them seemed to be FLASHING FROM SD CARD. But this had no effect - a tricolor has appeared, but it happened nothing more. Probably there is possible to install a ROM this way on working WINDOWS MOBILE' s and not at broken.
I thought - may be it is possible to install a Windows Mobile on SD CARD (something like portable version) and so boot a system from SD Card ???
I hope you can help me.
Thanks.
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This is the wrong forum for this. I have written a few guides on how "unbrick" the Herald.
You can flash just fine from the tricolor screen. (That's where the phone takes you automatically when you flash "from" windows mobile.) So no worries, you aren't out of luck. Worse case scenario, you search for the GoldCard method if nothing else works.

Hello!
Thank you for your help.
You say, I am on right way with my "tricolor screen". But why doesn't happen anything? May be:
- should I just take another SD Card? My is 1 GB - is it OK, too big, too small?
- did I something wrong with "flashing" methods? I did it 2 ways:
- just with any ROM-File in NBH-Format, which was renamed to HERAIMG.NBH and placed alone to the formated SD Card
- in addition to HERAIMG.NBH also other files (like "EnterBootloader.exe"), which are often inclusive in ROM- ZIPs.
- I should be more patient and wait more than 1 hour with a hope that anything will change?
Could you give me the links for "unbricking" the Herald?
Thanks a lot.

You misunderstood me. You don't flash with the SD card through the tricolor screen. You flash through the regular flash center. If you're not hardSPL you have to flash the stock ROM.
As far as the flashing through SD goes, it should give you a countdown before the tricolor screen appears. If it doesn't, or if it's too fast to read, then your SD card is too slow.

As it loads this tricolor screen I see the following data:
IPL 1.08.0001
SPL 1.08.0001
Perhaps it means, that I indeed need a GOLDCARD method.
You don't flash with the SD card through the tricolor screen. You flash through the regular flash center.
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But the FLASH CENTER works only on WINDOWS. So I can't use the regular flash center, because my Herald doesn't start up and ActiveSync doesn't see him.
If you're not hardSPL you have to flash the stock ROM.
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Where do I get the original ROM, may be even WM5? In your FTP- server I have found some "ship.exe"- Files, but I can't extract ".nbh" files from them.
it should give you a countdown before the tricolor screen appears. If it doesn't, or if it's too fast to read, then your SD card is too slow.
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May be that is the point!!! My SD is too slow. Will be in this case "GoldCard" an ideal solution for me?
Thanks.

radjapost said:
As it loads this tricolor screen I see the following data:
IPL 1.08.0001
SPL 1.08.0001
Perhaps it means, that I indeed need a GOLDCARD method.
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This means that you attempted to flash a HardSPL or another SPL when your SPL did not meet the state requirements. You NEED to create a Goldcard.
radjapost said:
But the FLASH CENTER works only on WINDOWS. So I can't use the regular flash center, because my Herald doesn't start up and ActiveSync doesn't see him.
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No, the flash center doesn't only work in Windows. It works on the bootloader mode. ActiveSync's icon turning green doesn't mean that activesync saw the phone, it means that it can synchronize your information with the computer.
radjapost said:
Where do I get the original ROM, may be even WM5? In your FTP- server I have found some "ship.exe"- Files, but I can't extract ".nbh" files from them.
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If you broke your SPL like I mentioned above, you will have to use the Goldcard first then you will be able to flash any stock Herald/Tmobile Wing ROM.
radjapost said:
May be that is the point!!! My SD is too slow. Will be in this case "GoldCard" an ideal solution for me?
Thanks.
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I don't know if it will be too slow for that, too. But if you broke your SPL, the goldcard is the ONLY way to fix it.

The problem is - for GOLD Card I need a working WINDOWS Mobile Handy... and I don't have such one at the moment.
Is it possible to become a standard GOLD Card, which would be suitable for most of Heralds?
Thanks

radjapost said:
The problem is - for GOLD Card I need a working WINDOWS Mobile Handy... and I don't have such one at the moment.
Is it possible to become a standard GOLD Card, which would be suitable for most of Heralds?
Thanks
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You don't need a windows mobile phone. You can also create one using linux.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=485364
Obviously, make it for the Herald not the Dream.

Hi.
You don't need a windows mobile phone. You can also create one using Linux.
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I've installed Linux on my computer, but i can't find a correct command to read a CID of my SD Card. My SD is located in Linux under "/media/disk-1" and I try to write something like "cat /media/disk-1:*/cid", but the Linux doesn't recognize CID command at all.
Actually, I hope, that after getting CID it will not be difficult to obtain a goldcard.img through QMAT. Am I right?
Thanks.