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WM6 ROM Cook Guide for Novice[EN]

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WM6 ROM Cook Guide for Novice
Cook a ROM is easier than you thought.
By challhsu
2007.08.03
Translated from Chinese
Take my WM6.EN.Build.AnniversaryofP.L.A.Special.SP for example.
All tools needed prepared, except the copyright protection software.
Copyright Tools needed:
EmEditor
UltraEdit
And this may help you advanced:
WinCE CAB Manager
Steps:
ONE Decompress the ROM
1.Put the file nk.nbf to the folder where this guide in.
2.Run the TyphoonNbfTool.exe on the folder T。Like this pic,click the文件 (File).
3.click 打开NBF…(open NBF…),find nk.nbf.
4.select nk.nbf,and click打开(Open).
5.right-click on the OS,choose Dump decrypted.
CAUTION:
Not all the ROMs only have OS, still have others like IPL SPL GSM Splash Screen,this guide这only have how to cook the OS.
6.just click 保存(S)(save(s)).
7.If it successed, you will see:
8.back to the folder where nk.nbf is, and you will find a new file OS.n_d.
8．rename OS.n_d to OS.nb。
9．run decompress.bat,to decompress the ROM. You will see a cmd windows,just wait for the windos disappear. And then, you will find a new folder and 6 new files. OK, the ROM is decompressed.
Dump this folder contain all files of the ROM, If you just want to add or delete some files, now you can.
default.reg and user.reg formed the registry of the ROM.
initflashfiles.dat we called文件发行表,
we do not need to edit the other 3 files dump_MemoryMap.txt imgfs_raw_data.bin imgfs_removed_data.bin.
TWE Edit the ROM:
10.Add or Delete files:
Enter the folder dump,you can see many folders and files. Folders contains modules（模块） while files means files of ROM.
If you do not choose the Hide System Files(隐藏受保护的系统文件),you can find more hide folders and files. They are all system files, do not edit them unless you know what you do.
Example:If we want to cancel the STK_UISP’s English support, we can find the file STK_UISP.exe.0409.mui on the forlder dump, and delete it.
Similarly, you can also add or delete other functions by add or delete the right folders and files. But advanced functions may need several files and need to edit the reg and initflashfiles.dat（对于高级功能，往往需要删除多个文件，并且需要同时对注册表和文件发行表进行操作。
Be sure you know what you are doing.
11.Edit the registry:
At this step, you need EmEditor UltraEdit and Notepad2.exe.You can also take other tools to instead them.
Back to the folder where default.reg is.
（1）code fo .reg(注册表编码):
Open the default.reg by EmEditor, and choose file(文件)—save as(另存为), you can see a window like the pic below. chooseUTF-16LE 添加Unicode签名(BOM) 无更改, and save.
After save, the size of the fils approximately twice that before.
Take the user.reg to UTF-16LE too.
（2）Edit the registry:
Open default.reg and user.reg by Notepad2.exe.
Notepad2.exe can use more eye-catching to see all keys, it is not easy to confuse.使用Notepad2.exe可以比较醒目的看到各个键值，不容易混淆。
And then, you can edit the reg.
Strongly recommends the novice take some simple operate for test.
There list some simple keys can be used for pracise:
Bluetooth name:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Ident\Name
Automatic check time(自动对时)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL下NITZEnable 0 means close while 1 means opern
Change the operator name:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\RIL\OPERATORNAMES
中国移动的网络号"46000",value data随便填你要显示的字符，联通的网络号为46001
12.edit initflashfiles.dat文件发行表的修改：
文件发行表名称为initflashfiles.dat，open it by Notepad2.exe or other. And add or remove what you want.
Example：
root:-Directory(“My Documents”) means MD My Documents
Directory(“My Documents”):-Directory(“My Ringtons”) means MD a folder My Ringtons on folder My Documents.
Directory("\Windows\Start Menu"):-File("Speed Dial.lnk","\Windows\scut.lnk") means copy the scut.lnk on \windows to \windows\start menu, and rename it to speed dial.lnk
Three compress the ROM:
13run compress.bat，when you see press any key to continue… ,do it,until the cmd windows disappeared. If no error, you will take the new OS.nb.
But if you find error, you must check and fix it.
@ECHO off
set _FLATRELEASEDIR=.
copy default.reg boot.rgu /y
t\rgucomp.exe -b
pause——this is the first press any key to continue…,if you see error before there, it means there must be some errors on default.reg
copy boot.hv default.hv /y
copy user.reg boot.rgu /y
pause——this is the second press any key to continue…,if you see error before there, it means there must be some errors on user.reg
t\rgucomp.exe -b
pause
copy boot.hv user.hv /y
del boot.rgu
del boot.hv
copy default.hv dump /y
copy user.hv dump /y
copy initflashfiles.dat dump /y
pause
t\buildimgfs
pause
t\make_imgfs os.nb –nosplit
Example:
Though the text, we know, this error appears before the first press any key to continue…so,we know there must be some error on default.reg.
Go on, within a few lines of 3.means the error is on the 3 line of default.reg
Open default.reg by UltraEdit-32，you will see”***DOS**?”,click”N”.
Then, you can see a test like the pic below.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pkg]
@=“package”——there should [email protected]=”package” 这里和其他对比可知，引号应为半角，这里错用全角。应为@=”package”
Fixed the error, and run compress.bat again, till no errors appeared. And you can take the new OS.nb.
14enter the folder T, and run nb2nbf_tornado.exe.
Steps:
1.Model ID;
2.Language;
3.CID;
4.Output file;
5.Click;
6.Find the OS.nb;
7.Choose OS;
8.Click at here, it will take a number, it’s important, be sure don’t change it;
9.click Translate, build the new nk.nbf。
You will see:

``╭⌒╮ ..','， ',',','
╱◥██◣''o┈┄o.'',,',.
︱口︱ 月 | '',,',.o┈-┄o
╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬-

支持一下，不过兄弟忽略了一点，你用的rom定制工具都是中文版的，在老外的电脑上未必能正常显示，例如“打开”，“文件”等菜单很可能都是显示"??"，其实这些工具都是国人汉化得来的，让老外们用原版好了，可以免不少麻烦！

bluehanson said:
支持一下，不过兄弟忽略了一点，你用的rom定制工具都是中文版的，在老外的电脑上未必能正常显示，例如“打开”，“文件”等菜单很可能都是显示"??"，其实这些工具都是国人汉化得来的，让老外们用原版好了，可以免不少麻烦！
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但是有图片啊，位置总看得见吧。。。。。这个教程是从我的中文教程翻译过来的。。
we talked about that EN users may can't understand it. And I said,"They can follow the pics.'

challhsu said:
但是有图片啊，位置总看得见吧。。。。。这个教程是从我的中文教程翻译过来的。。
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no offense, but might i ask that we keep this thread, and maybe this entire forum readable and understandable by other people also?

bogdi1988 said:
no offense, but might i ask that we keep this thread, and maybe this entire forum readable and understandable by other people also?
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Yeah, at least TRY to also translate your q's / posts into English. No problem if you aren't a native English speaker and make mistakes.

wm6 bin
What if you a wm6.bin file to start with?
How can we get the nbf file from there. I assumed that nbf file maybe in the wm6.bin But I can not explore the bin file (tried virtual drives, creating a cue file and mounting it, even tried to convert it to ISO..nothing seems to work).
directly: how do we go from wm6.bin to os.nbf
thanks for any advice

Menneisyys said:
Yeah, at least TRY to also translate your q's / posts into English. No problem if you aren't a native English speaker and make mistakes.
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Can they also post the chinese version of their question, in addition to the Englishm so chinese speakers can help when their English doesn't work?
Some things don't always translate well, so it could save some frustration.

When using the tools, Chinese becomes gibberish even if I enable non-unicode support for it.

challhsu said:
但是有图片啊，位置总看得见吧。。。。。这个教程是从我的中文教程翻译过来的。。
we talked about that EN users may can't understand it. And I said,"They can follow the pics.'
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不要乱发废帖， your englsh is misleading !!!! please respect XDA-developer site and do not copy others!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!thank you and wellcome to the site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hermes and others] few questions about Manila2D

Hi, i'm new on this forum, and i have few questions about Manila (big thanks for authors ).
1. Where can I find description of files (I mean what file is for what )
2. It's all in XML?
3. How can I get Manila files?
4. How can I edit these files? Can I edit in 'on the fly' files from my PDA (I mean directly in Hermes or copy few files into PC, edit, upload to PDA and SR) or do everything in PC and compile?
5. Finally, software for that
Thanks for answers, regards
Sory for my English, i'm from Poland.

Here is a very detailed explanation of the settings file (HTCHomeSettings.xml):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427531
try to search for the others, there is a lot, especially themes.

hmmm, thanks, but i found this too. But I think about edit tabs or something like that. So I want to know much more than only HTCHomeSettings.xml. But it's better than nothing.
'try to search for the others' - do you mean use search to find descripson for every files one by one? :/ themes? I think about deeper editing

You can only edit resourse files, we don't have the source for the program.... in other words, just about everything you can edit is in the the htchomesettings .xml (and the files it calls)

joel was right,.
until now, we need to edit the HTCHomeSetting.XML,. and the file it calls,.
like modifying clock, etc,.

Thanks, this exactly is that what i want read

dificulty locating themes

greetings all,
i've attempted to search this site and have read the wiki. i saw the sticky on not starting threads until exhausting other options, but i didn't find the answer to my particular question.
i installed teh Tf3d config, but none of the themes i've installed are showing up in the drop down menu under appearance. i've tried relocating them to various spots on my device and storage card, but nothing seems to work. in one tutorial, i read to creat a new folder named Internal Storage/Themes/ but my device would not allow this as a folder name and i've tried slanting the slashes in both directions.
one of the themes was a zipped file, the other was not. the zipped file was DL'd to my PC first, then i extracted the files to my device.
the TF3D config seems to be, otherwise, working fine. i've deleted a tab and rearranged the others.
any help would be greatly appreciated.

injunwil said:
greetings all,
i've attempted to search this site and have read the wiki. i saw the sticky on not starting threads until exhausting other options, but i didn't find the answer to my particular question.
i installed teh Tf3d config, but none of the themes i've installed are showing up in the drop down menu under appearance. i've tried relocating them to various spots on my device and storage card, but nothing seems to work. in one tutorial, i read to creat a new folder named Internal Storage/Themes/ but my device would not allow this as a folder name and i've tried slanting the slashes in both directions.
one of the themes was a zipped file, the other was not. the zipped file was DL'd to my PC first, then i extracted the files to my device.
the TF3D config seems to be, otherwise, working fine. i've deleted a tab and rearranged the others.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
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for ease of use several people have create cabs out of their themes.. simply install the cab file. look for a thread created my mobile matt (username mchapman) it has several themes and mods in it.

one of the themes i've installed is a cab. however, it does not show up. that's what the problem is.
i guess the title of thread could be a little misleading. i'm not having trouble locating themes to install - tf3d config is having trouble finding them, after i do.
ETA - i searched for the thread you mentioned, but it says "mchapman" is an invalid username
ETA - i've found this instruction to be a little confusing. if somebody could PLEASE give me a little clarity on exactly what they are telling me to do:
- Create the root of internal storage of your HTC Touch Diamond a folder named: Themes
thank you

can someone just explain this one sentence, please.
- Create the root of internal storage of your HTC Touch Diamond a folder named: Themes

injunwil said:
can someone just explain this one sentence, please.
- Create the root of internal storage of your HTC Touch Diamond a folder named: Themes
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Means create a folder named Themes. no sub folder (or folder inside a folder).

injunwil said:
greetings all,
i've attempted to search this site and have read the wiki. i saw the sticky on not starting threads until exhausting other options, but i didn't find the answer to my particular question.
i installed teh Tf3d config, but none of the themes i've installed are showing up in the drop down menu under appearance. i've tried relocating them to various spots on my device and storage card, but nothing seems to work. in one tutorial, i read to creat a new folder named Internal Storage/Themes/ but my device would not allow this as a folder name and i've tried slanting the slashes in both directions.
one of the themes was a zipped file, the other was not. the zipped file was DL'd to my PC first, then i extracted the files to my device.
the TF3D config seems to be, otherwise, working fine. i've deleted a tab and rearranged the others.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Go to here for find themes, wallpapers, everything you need....please read and read some more before posting....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=470023

slawcop` said:
Means create a folder named Themes. no sub folder (or folder inside a folder).
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is this something that requires a registery editor? i ask because, i've attempted making a folder with that name in several locations then placing the file in it. it still won't show up in the drop down menu.
exactly where do create the folder named "themes"?
thanx

injunwil said:
is this something that requires a registery editor? i ask because, i've attempted making a folder with that name in several locations then placing the file in it. it still won't show up in the drop down menu.
exactly where do create the folder named "themes"?
thanx
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Maybe this will help. If you were to create this folder on your pc instead it would look like this:
C:\themes <- C:\ is your root directory.
so on your phone the folder should appear in the list with windows and program files and document and storage card. It should be \themes NOT something like \Program Files\themes

Where are the files ?

Hi guys, I have this ambition to change the symbols in call history with ones that are colored.
I know that for this some Manila files should be changed, but I don't know where to start the search and what exactly to look for, so any advises would be more than appreciated. thanks

Hi there, files you're looking for are into windows directory, unfortunatly are marked as "read only" and the easiest way to replace them using Resco Explorer. Althought you can find .cab file here here.
Installing this you can keep original files into backup folder end restore when needed.
Bye

The cab is also on XDA forum but it replace the icons on phone menu not in the history...so I assume that the file for history is another one...this file I'm looking for but don't know how to find it...

You have to find and change some graphic file in windows directory. I'm using dutty's R5 so can't help you better.

Those files are located in phcanOverbmp.dll

ArtieQ said:
Those files are located in phcanOverbmp.dll
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Are you sure ?

muntos said:
Are you sure ?
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I'm sure, but you need Unsigner.exe and ResHacker to replace/extract those files.

Ok, I found the dll and the resource files inside but I believe that this is for WM phone call history not the Manilla call history right...?

I found the files (Manila files) who is interested in replace them look for :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4774690#post4774690

[REF] Greek Document tab + Howto find manila file names for all language

Hi all
I am not a manila guru.. and this is my first dive in to the manila naming ocean...
I started this thread when some person that i asked for the filenames to have Greek language
in the documents tab he refuse to tell me EVEN the filenames.
So when i figure out how it works i deside to put together this Howto for other people.
This is a tutorial, a howto find the manila file names for the varius language,apps and tabs.
You will need
a) ManilaHASH.exe
b) Manilafiles.txt
Files are provided in the end of this post.
In his tutorial we will try to find the manila files and filenames to have the document tab in
Greek Language.
The same way works for any tab and any language...
So lets start.
The manila files that holds all the strings are the xml ones...
1. Open the manilafiles.txt in a text editor you will see lines like this one
5bb3a45f_manila \windows\htc\album\assets\images\btn_camera_press.qtc
The first part its the actual filename.(You will find that file in the windows folder)
The second one its a virtual path that refers to that filename.
(I dont know how and why they just are linked and the manilahash app use this to produce the
actual filenames.)
Lets find now the filenames for the document tab.
2. Search the Manilafiles.txt file for the string 'document' and when you find the first instance
scrool down to find the lines with the xml files
in our case the lines are :
35bfc9f0_manila \windows\htc\docexplorer\locales\en-us\docicons.en-us.xml
4e4ebb4e_manila \windows\htc\docexplorer\locales\en-us\documentexplorer.en-us.xml
43326f20_manila \windows\htc\docexplorer\locales\en-us\documentexplorerbrowse.en-us.xml
4db93f9f_manila \windows\htc\docexplorer\locales\en-us\documentexplorersettings.en-us.xml
1a93e5c6_manila \windows\htc\docexplorer\locales\en-us\expandeddocument.en-us.xml
The first part of those lines is the actual filename.
Those are the files that we need to find them in the \windows folder of the device and copy
them for editing. So find them and copy them from the device to your pc.
Before go to the next step, lest do a test now just to see how the manilahash.exe and the manila
naming works.
3. Open the manilahash.exe and copy and paste the "\windows\htc\docexplorer\locales\en-us\docicons.en-us.xml"
to the manila file path textbox.
Then press the "get manila" button ... you will get the 35bfc9f0_manila witch is refered in our text file.
The same goes for the others files... just check them.
4. Now lets go for the other language - the greek
In the filepath for the first file "\windows\htc\docexplorer\locales\en-us\docicons.en-us.xml" change
the language code from en-us to el-gr the greek language code, and now the path string its like this :
"\windows\htc\docexplorer\locales\el-gr\docicons.el-gr.xml".
(Here you can find all the language codes to letters for each of the 2 parts, the Primary language and Sublanguage)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms776294.aspx
5. Copy this to the manila file path textbox of manilahash.exe app and press getmanila to get the name
of the file for the greek language witch is this: 7139AFEE_manila.
So now copy the file 35bfc9f0_manila and rename it to 7139AFEE_manila.
Follow the same procedure for all the files.
The open the all files with a text editor and change the first line the string en-us to el-gr and save.
Transfer all the files to \windows folder of your device and after a softreset you will have greek (or any other lang
in the document tab.
The procedure is generaly the same for any other set of files or tabs... and for any language...
I dont now if the text file with the names covers all the manila files... i did some try and find attemps
and all the files where there.
If i can help you with your search just post the question here.
Thanks to metlwater, he was the first that answer my question about manila file names in the facebook tab
greek translation.
colossus

Greek files for Document tab
Those are the greek file name dor the document tab .
Unrar them and copy to \windows folder ....
Allways keep a copy of the originals ....
ps: the translation is not finish but i put the files here for anyone who wants to use them.

Many thanks...
thanks for sharing...actually the guy who didn't helped you did you a favor, now you are a manila guru.
Χαιρετώ

myfoka said:
thanks for sharing...actually the guy who didn't helped you did you a favor, now you are a manila guru.
Χαιρετώ
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LOL Thanks alot (Ευχαριστώ)

I just read this today, very useful! Any idea how this works for custom tabs?
Cheers for any pointers.

Hola Colossus ;-)
I know this thread isn´t "warm" anymore, but doing some research for "FullThemSwitch" witch CHTS (or manually ) I stumbled across this one
Guess we both encountered the same "attitude" when asking "certain" people for information , guess not everybody is into sharing knowledge - since information is power At last let me also congratulate you, because you actually "practice what you preach" Love your signature

I'd all but forgotten about this thread and there was no thankyou meter last time I posted. So, your thankyou meter just went up by one.
Without you I wouldn't have been able to find out which manila files to have translated, for those wanting other localisations of my ROM series.
Cheers again!

THX great work (ευχαριστω)

colossus_r said:
Those are the greek file name dor the document tab .
Unrar them and copy to \windows folder ....
Allways keep a copy of the originals ....
ps: the translation is not finish but i put the files here for anyone who wants to use them.
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Thanks a lot my friend. May i ask you something - My documents tab <bar> at the top of the screen is empty without writing <Documents> (from the begining). Do you know perhaps how or what file makes it appears again? I have an HD2 with the latest Greek Rom.

Interesting informations, I think you are a manila guru!!