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Hi all,
I'm happy to report that I am another sucessful Magician upgrader after reading all the guides on this site, with a 1.13 Magician + Radio + BigStorage ROM chugging away nicely on my O2 XDA II Mini.
Anyway, I decided to help in what way I can and compile a COMPLETE guide on upgrading the Magician to the highest-level ROM at the moment - the 1.13 ROM + 1.13 Radio, BigStoraged! This guide is basically a compilation of ampda's excellent guide, kta's brief 1.13 + 1.13 Radio guide and this thread here that tells of how to BigStorage hack ROMs on the SD card (instead of having to rip the ROM, hack it, and write it back onto the SD). All of these sources are also credited in the actual PDF .
Why this guide? Because all of the above guides, when combined, make for a quicker way to get 1.13 and BigStorage .
Hope someone finds it useful!
EDIT 1st March 2007: Due to the removal of Windows Mobile ROMs of this site (as explained here), the link to the T-Mobile ROM used in this guide no longer works. The removal of said ROMs from this site pretty much outlaws the linking to or distribution of these ROMs, hence I cannot help you find these ROMs either. Sorry . As such, please refrain from posting requests for ROMs on this thread. Do not PM me either asking for ROMs.
For clarity, the BigStorage update gives you a total of 26.72MB in Storage (ROM), with about 1 to 3 MB used up, most likely reserved for the 'Permanent Storage' feature found in Settings (this is not certain). The BigStorage update does not give you more 'Main Memory' (RAM) to use, however you may have more free Main Memory since operator files (eg. IntelliDialer, MMS support) are not automatically installed (as they usually are when your device is first 'Customized' after hard resets).
By the way, the link to the file is located UNDERNEATH THIS LINE. If you don't see a file here, then you're not registered or logged in. You must register and log in to the forum to see any attachments in posts. Please do not PM me about the file not being here unless you have done both of the above! (yep, I've recieved countless PMs on this)
Thanks! Will soon give it a try.
Thank you!
I was also trying to piece it all together through various threads and guides and getting confused by it all.
This guide is exactly what I needed, and it all worked fine.
Glad to help!
EDIT: Nuts, six seconds and I've already found an error Embarassed . Page 2 lists ntrw.exe and romupdate.exe as required, but the link there should be http://members.iinet.net.au/~apmoon/ppc/bs/AM BIG ROM Tools & Files.rar
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That's it, I'm giving it a go, and first thing I tried this link, but it does not work.
Hi,
I could eventually manage the bigstorage rom, but no way to change the radio rom.
Your instructions do not mention the possible country error ID (like I'm getting), so I stil got 1.12, and no way to find how to upgrade.
.. no instruction; no tips/hints; no files
Ok, I am a recent m500 (HTC Magician) owner ..
Its a bog standard phone at the moment, I'd like to upgrade; BUT there are no files on this topic!!
Can anyone help?
WOOPS .. my mistake .. NOW I SEE THE INSTRUCTIONS
WOOPS .. my mistake .. NOW I SEE THE INSTRUCTIONS .. they weren't there a few moments ago! ..
I swear!
Re: .. no instruction; no tips/hints; no files
mrplatypus said:
Ok, I am a recent m500 (HTC Magician) owner ..
Its a bog standard phone at the moment, I'd like to upgrade; BUT there are no files on this topic!!
Can anyone help?
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Hi, you will find plenty of files and instructions on this forum. Just do a search with "bigstorage" or simply take a look in the forum "Magician upgrade"
Prerna said:
Hi,
I could eventually manage the bigstorage rom, but no way to change the radio rom.
Your instructions do not mention the possible country error ID (like I'm getting), so I stil got 1.12, and no way to find how to upgrade.
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By the way, people are not too helpful, but I was able to find the information after a few hours search:
Just rename the file "HTCRuu.dll" to "Ruu.dll", and launch the "NoID" updater.
Prerna said:
By the way, people are not too helpful, but I was able to find the information after a few hours search:
Just rename the file "HTCRuu.dll" to "Ruu.dll", and launch the "NoID" updater.
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Oh gee, thanks :wink:
Well the link not working isnt really my fault... I just triple checked the thing and it appears as though ampda's site has actually disappeared! I'll attach the file required (Complete with ROM and tools required) to the first post shorty.
toomuchdogfur said:
Prerna said:
By the way, people are not too helpful, but I was able to find the information after a few hours search:
Just rename the file "HTCRuu.dll" to "Ruu.dll", and launch the "NoID" updater.
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Oh gee, thanks :wink:
Well the link not working isnt really my fault... I just triple checked the thing and it appears as though ampda's site has actually disappeared! I'll attach the file required (Complete with ROM and tools required) to the first post shorty.
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Thanks for that! And sorry for the comment, which is not at all directed to you, but more like a general impression as I keep coming accross dozens of unanswered quetions all around the forum. It shows actually that the forum is more for true techies, who in turn are not too keen on supporting newbies (with lots of exceptions of course) ;-)
OK the first post has been updated with the tools required for the update, as well as a direct link to the 1.13 ROM and Radio on the FTP.
As for the Radio Country ID error, I admit this is probably an oversight of mine. I initially used MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe with the radio on my Magician only to have it angrily spit out an error 150: incorrect device. Renaming the HTCRUU.dll to RUU.dll gave me the same error! I then ran the original MaUpgradeUt.exe and oddly enough it worked. After doing the same thing with my uncle's Magician, I concluded that the noID thing was not needed for the radio and hence I didn't mention it at all!
So really I don't know what to say about this other than if the country-ID upgrade fails, consult this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=30717
Maybe depending on which original rom. Mine was Orange.
That kinda makes sense I guess. As for the lack-of-replies thingy, I think that could be due to the fact:
1. No one knows the answer
2. Whoever asked the question skimped too much on details or doesn't punctuate their questions or spellcheck\grammarcheck them or... well you get my drift!
3. The question has already been solved, and\or its a question about something impossible. Forum search!
The most irritating thing is that 2. and 3. seem to almost always go hand-in-hand :lol:. Granted, I know that it is a bit tough to find the right solution to a problem, but remember that this is a forum, a developer's forum mostly, and an unmoderated one at that! All the information is there, but its everywhere, so be thankful for those willing to spend time to gather it up into something digestible!
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...I then ran the original MaUpgradeUt.exe and oddly enough it worked...
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Hi,
each time I heard about the NoID_MaUpgradeUt.exe, I read that you have to run it twice to make it work : the first time it gives the famous Country Error ID but the 2nd time it works... Hope this helps...
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toomuchdogfur said:
...I then ran the original MaUpgradeUt.exe and oddly enough it worked...
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Hi,
each time I heard about the NoID_MaUpgradeUt.exe, I read that you have to run it twice to make it work : the first time it gives the famous Country Error ID but the 2nd time it works... Hope this helps...
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Heh yeah I heard that too, but I got away with not using NoID at all! In fact NoID was paining me with code 150 errors instead of the country ID 120 errors, but I hope with this suggestion and also the link above people will be able to figure out the problem.
And also, does having not so many posts on your guide a good thing or not? It could be good because almost no-one has a problem, or it could be bad because no-one uses it . Or I could just be placing too much of my self-esteem on the balance of a forum thread .
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toomuchdogfur said:
...I then ran the original MaUpgradeUt.exe and oddly enough it worked...
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Hi,
each time I heard about the NoID_MaUpgradeUt.exe, I read that you have to run it twice to make it work : the first time it gives the famous Country Error ID but the 2nd time it works... Hope this helps...
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Actually, as long as you do not rename HTCRuu.dll to Ruu.dll, the .exe will not even start (because it searches for "Ruu.ddl and can't find it)
Now I got no idea whether there are many versions with different attributes or what.
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And also, does having not so many posts on your guide a good thing or not? It could be good because almost no-one has a problem, or it could be bad because no-one uses it . Or I could just be placing too much of my self-esteem on the balance of a forum thread .
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Must be a mixture of both :lol:
+ the fact that this model is quite old now and most people have upgraded.
Hi,
since I've had serious problems after installing o2 active crap, I needed to hard reset the magician.. but I decided this time to proceed with a bigstorage installation!! And the guide u provided is just great I've done bigstorage succesful, and now I have 26,72mb of total memory.. Anyway, is that normal that even if it's empty, it displays 1,12mb of memory in use?? Maybe I should format it.. :wink:
MANY THANKS!!
MocciJ
Okay, so I'm sure google pulled this just to mess with people who have rooted phones? Otherwise why would the RC29 to 30 updates be the only ones missing off the site? Anyhow, I've searched this forum, and only find old links linking to the site where it was released?
Surely somebody has mirrored this? I found a link on zshare, downloaded it, and tried to install, but it just fails.
Anybody have this?
http://android-roms.googlecode.com/files/signed-RC30-from-RC29-fat.1582cace.zip
Hello all,
I am trying to make an application that will detect what actual hardware a user is using and then go out to google and download the official update for the device extract the google apps and install on the device. Right now I was wondering if someone could point me to an ota link for the MT3G and G1 for T-Mobile just for a starting purpose. I already found away to get hardware id and match so I am good there. Any help would be really appreciated.
I don't have them handy but I recommend you contact @wesgarner on here or Twitter and if I recall @Haykuro has them too. If @wesgarner doesn't hook you up right away let me know and I will look them up.
TheArtiszan said:
Hello all,
I am trying to make an application that will detect what actual hardware a user is using and then go out to google and download the official update for the device extract the google apps and install on the device. Right now I was wondering if someone could point me to an ota link for the MT3G and G1 for T-Mobile just for a starting purpose. I already found away to get hardware id and match so I am good there. Any help would be really appreciated.
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Hi TheArtiszan,
I can tell you that the "OTA" update links change and are (of course) specific to the carrier in question. So for G1 and MT3G, we're talking T-Mobile, in which case I can inform you that the links and locations of the OTA updates rotate and change. By any specific pattern ? That eludes me completely and I would suggest it could/would be hard to track.
Also (and possibly even more challenging to what you are trying to accomplish), the OTA updates typically provide "patch sets" instead of the full blown system image you seek to extract "pure" files.
I'm sure not the answer you wanted, but I hope it helps.
~enom~
yeh I am starting with just T-Mobile ones first since they are my carrier and go from there. even a basic one would be good. I already have an app that will extract files from a file downloaded from my site (minus progress bar still working on that part lol) and extracts files so i have a good start I think. Just stinks that is not in C# would be done already.
Didnt get a response yet from them for thefiles. got app semi working from a rom on a private server any one know about google hosted packages
TheArtiszan said:
Hello all,
I am trying to make an application that will detect what actual hardware a user is using and then go out to google and download the official update for the device extract the google apps and install on the device. Right now I was wondering if someone could point me to an ota link for the MT3G and G1 for T-Mobile just for a starting purpose. I already found away to get hardware id and match so I am good there. Any help would be really appreciated.
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I think you are taking the hard way to accomplish your goal. Farmatito has already developed a backup script that backs up the necessary files from your phone <HERE>. And redmdc already has a script that will take a backup file and insert the files into an update.zip file <HERE>. There is no need to go out to the providers to get these files. We all already have them.
I am finding myself currently trying different roms lately and each time I have to re install all my cabs...I was wondering if there is an app which can install multiple .cab files ? Or is there some kind of technique I am missing ?
If the above is not possible, is there a way to install a group of .cab files with the new rom installation ? (would that be the auto installer thing I have read about ?)....
If there is no such way to do this, maybe we can work together on something of the like...
please advise
erebusting said:
I am finding myself currently trying different roms lately and each time I have to re install all my cabs...I was wondering if there is an app which can install multiple .cab files ? Or is there some kind of technique I am missing ?
If the above is not possible, is there a way to install a group of .cab files with the new rom installation ? (would that be the auto installer thing I have read about ?)....
If there is no such way to do this, maybe we can work together on something of the like...
please advise
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i was going to ask the same question can someone help. i know that for the Android phones there a program that intalls the apk that you want.
check out sashimi. it has a auto mode to install multiple cabs, though i haven't had much success with installing to the storage card. it also has many other features.
there is also UC, i believe. I haven't tried it.
i would be very interested in to know about other alternatives, as well.
I tried the 'vip' thing but it seemed like it worked half way...I also think the one I downloaded was just someone elses which they already setup for themself and left a few of their files in because there were files for 'cingular' and another phone in there as well...
I could only find 3 links related to that vip thing I am talking about and one had the download link the others were just discussions...
Well it depends on what rom you are downloading, if you are going with NRG for example he uses XDA_UC. Basically you create a folder on your sdcard called XDA_UC, place your cabs in that folder and when booting after a fresh flash they will auto install for you. Very easy to do
sashimi. search for sashimi demo on youtube.
Seems like it was taken down due to legal reasons? Anyway, I'd really like to be able to play this again so any help on how to install this would be much appreciated. When trying to install the wad error comes up as Invalid or missing libdoom_jni.so.
im having the same problem, load a wad, 'missing libdoom_jni.so downloading'
But it doesn't download, anyone have a link to this file? Not the Google code doom page, i haven't been able to access it for the last few weeks.
I have the file....
Hi. I have uploaded the file to 4shared. Search for libdoom_jni.
I tried put in the doom folder, don´t work.
Anyone has a better guess?
AlexMartini said:
Hi. I have uploaded the file to 4shared. Search for libdoom_jni.
I tried put in the doom folder, don´t work.
Anyone has a better guess?
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couldn't find it :/
Not sure why it was taken down, doom was released under the GPL.
you'll have to drop the file into /data/data/android.game.doom/files
if you don't have root, you're basically stuck right now =(
Got the libdoom_jni.so but whenever I try and start playing the shareware wad it tries to download libdoom_jni.so again into /data/data/android.game.doom/files/ and leaves a 0KB file there that does nothing.
Tried overwriting that file, no dice either. Ideas?
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Got the libdoom_jni.so but whenever I try and start playing the shareware wad it tries to download libdoom_jni.so again into /data/data/android.game.doom/files/ and leaves a 0KB file there that does nothing.
Tried overwriting that file, no dice either. Ideas?
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yeah same problem :/
Could someone please either post here or on rapidshare etc the file libdoom_jni / libdoom_jni.so.gz or whatever it is ??
As I cannot find it anywhere its not on 4shared or anywhere ??? I have found only one site but its in russian and I can type in the letters for their spam check as I have UK keyboard.
Anyone please have the heart and upload this file or post a link if allowed.
Huge thanks in advance.
ATB
I got the file, and used root explorer to paste it in the appropriate folder but still get the same error when alunching the app. Not sure why, but figured I would share.
Any update on this?
I just got a G2 and would love to play this again. I had it working perfectly on my G1.
I get the same libdoom error
I'm getting the same libdoom_jni.so error. I've downloaded the file and placed it in /data/data/game.android.doom/files/ and still nothing... The game keeps looking for the file when I try to launch it. I even placed a copy of the file under /lib/ just in case and I'm still coming up empty handed. I checked the permissions of the file and it's readable across the board. Does anyone have any ideas?
yeah, getting the same error here. anyone know a work-around?
worked perfectly on my nexus 1. Now I regret switching to a mytouch 4g. didn't know I would have to lose doom
maybe someone could completely re-port it haha
after all, isn't doom freeware?
I've been out for a while but as the person responsible for the google code site and the google group site for Doom for Android (FREE) I've gone ahead and modified the project to include the library in the .apk file.
The library is now included and will be copied to the correct spot when the game is ran for the first time. You can download this updated version @ Doom.for.Android.1.33.666.apk
There is plenty of work to still be done to make this a bit more playable on devices without a hardware keyboard so I'll try to get things back up and running. Feel free to join the google group for all the updates.
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I've been out for a while but as the person responsible for the google code site and the google group site for Doom for Android (FREE) I've gone ahead and modified the project to include the library in the .apk file.
The library is now included and will be copied to the correct spot when the game is ran for the first time. You can download this updated version @ Doom.for.Android.1.33.666.apk
There is plenty of work to still be done to make this a bit more playable on devices without a hardware keyboard so I'll try to get things back up and running. Feel free to join the google group for all the updates.
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just tried it out and i couldn't get it running :/
it was same something about a java io exception
same here, getting the same java io error.
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hang on...working now. I uninstalled the new version you posted, and reinstalled my old version. Then I clicked "upgrade" but it said upgrade failed. So I uninstalled the old version and installed your new version again and it is now working great.
don't know what finally made it work in all that mess, but thanks so much!
Ok, someone help a noob. I've installed the apk from this thread but can't get the WAD install to work. I get some java exception error. I've tried following the help me link but it takes me to a forbidden Google page.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
I installed the old doom then the one from here and in the doom folder rename the doom1.wad to freedoom.wad and that worked but i cant start the game i get the menu fine but. There isnt a button to select new game in the menu i have galaxy s
^ you need to use a Bluetooth gamepad. Like a wiimote or classic controller
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