Newbee: Modifying Ext. Rom with ER2003 Edit - MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General

Hi ,
Just downloaded the ER2003 EDIT utility to modify the Extended ROM in my XDA2.
Previously I also downloaded some ROM files available from this web site. Like the RUU15283wwe_cdl.exe
What I am missing now is how to create my own Extended ROM.
The question is the ER2003 Edit asks for an NBF file.
What I have is only EXE file that when I install, automatically decompress and they try to install directly on the pocketPC.
Am I missing something?
Is it possible to have the Extended ROM .NBF file of the Imate version?
Thanks and regards,
Claudio.

Claudio,
Just extract the ROM image (the exe file) with Winzip to a new folder.
Then you can open the ms_.nbf file with er2003edit.
Grtz,
Jos

Thanks for your prompt reply.
I unzipped the file and it comes out an EXE file. When I double click on the EXE file it does not decompress into files, but it starts an InstallShield Wizard, and it begin an installation process.
Can I modify this?

Claudio,
Just unzip this file again with Winzip in a new folder.
You should get 6 files:
- HimaClearJumpCode.exe
- HimaGetDeviceData.exe
- HimaUpgradeUt.exe
- ms_.nbf
- NK.nbf
- Radio_.nbf
The extended ROM is contained in the ms_.nbf file.
When you change the ROM, you should also modify the config.txt file in the ROM.
The ROM upgrade of the XDA can be started with HimaUpgradeUt.exe.
Grtz,
Jos

Hi,
alternatively: When the Installshield setup starts, browser to your temp folder and you will find the extracted files in a sub-folder. Just copy the files to another folder and close the Installshield wizard (which will delete the original extracted files)

Password
It asks me for a password so i can open the rom file..... Can someone help?

I'have got the same problem asking me for a password
HELP ANYONE??????????????????????

me too , all passwords not working. Ive got the lastest release ..
someone asked me to specify the type from the Open Dialogue option
i mean choose :
1- File -> Open Rom Image
2- from the opened box change the drop down option from :
[ WM2003 Auto-Detect ROM *.nbf ] ---> to [WM2003 Extended Rom (ms_.nbf) ]
and it should solve the problem ..
I've tried it but it gave me same password error ...
any help

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What's wrong with the SE ROM??

After downloading Jeff Summer's rom (.exe file), I tried clicking on it to extract the files...no good.
Then I used Winzip and extracted to C:\windows\temp.
Next I click on start.bat and the dos window comes up stating NBF directory not in the C:\windows\temp directory?
I move the nbf file to this directory and the uprgrade process starts.
Next I get Error 012
"Rom image that you are trying to upgrade is not compatible to your Pocket PC.
Your device
ModelW10B1
Rom version 3.14
Lang: english
Your upgraded image information:
ModelW10A1
Rom version 3.17
Lang: english
Please download comaptible utility."
What the hell went wrong??
:? :?
Sound like you extracted everything in one directory instead of in the directories mentioned in the self-extracting exe. Or something similar.
Not exactly. Here's what I did as best as I can remember.
When I clicked on the .exe file, a dos box opened, gave me an error message that it could not find the nbf directory.
Then I used winzip to extract the files into the same directoy as the .exe file.
From there I tried running the start.bat file. Still no good.
What finally worked was a strange combination of clicking on the .exe file and then immediately clicking on start.bat. This was after I moved the nbf file from the \english subdirectory to the subdirectory that had the .exe file.
It was a strange work around, but it work and the rom loaded and seems to work well.
I am getting the same problem here but I havent been able to work around it. I tried what worked for you without success.

Converting EXE to CAB for Extended ROM Auto-Install?

Hey Guys,
I have been customising my extended rom so when I hard reset I get all the applications I want (Resco file explorer etc). I have been doing this with .cab files fine.
The problem is that I have files which are .exe setup files (e.g Flash player 6). These have to be installed on the PC, and the cab is copied to the XDA and run. I would like to just have e.g a flash CAB file to put on the extended ROM.
is there a way to convert the PC EXE into a XDA cab file, or some way to run the PC exe on the device automatically in extended rom?
I know some .exe setup files can be extracted using winrar which then give you the cab file, flash player isnt one of them though.
Regards,
Jez.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=10058
Jez said:
is there a way to convert the PC EXE into a XDA cab file, or some way to run the PC exe on the device automatically in extended rom?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Use Windows Registry Editor (regedit.exe) to look for the path where your Desktop Exes are extracted to PocketPC Cabs:
Look for this value:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows CE Services]
"InstalledDir"="k:\system\hardware\pda\imate\ASync"
Now, open your Windows Explorer and go to the path. You will find your cabs in corresponding folders (e.g, folder MacromediaFlash shall contain Flash6.arm.cab and etc...)
If you need to do more complex restoration, use Restorator tool. It restores your directory and file structure, registry settings, installs cabs, writes boot screens and does everything nice...
Oh my god, you are both bloody geniouses!!
This is wicked, cheers guys!
Regards,
Jez.
Any other ways to xtracting & repacking to cab?
Renaming the file format (exe to any formats) & exe xtractor software doesn't work.
I can compress any data to .cab, but how to xtract perfectly exe files?
Convert EXE to Cab online without having to download any software
If you have an EXE file that you would normaly run on your PC to install a sofware... it looks like this online converter work to have it converted into a cab file for your cell phone!!!
try it!
1- first you need to compress your EXE file into a ZIP folder... that will create a ZIP file on your desktop.
2- then you go to http://media-convert.com/convert/
3- browse on the first field to determine witch file on your pc you want to convert .. select the ZIP file you just created...
4- on the second part of the page you will be ask what format you want to convert your ZIP file to .. on the scrolldown menu select . CAB... and hit the convert button .. the online service will do the rest ..
Basicaly will upload your file onto their server , process it and render it to you on a file download link ...
There you go you have now a CAB version of your EXE file to upload on your phone with ActiveSync...
My problem
how to say... the site is cool ,and i get my file converted. However, the nature of that file hasn't been changed into a cab. it is still an exe. I dunno if i have done something wrong when converting.

Zip Method

A Type of COMPRESS EXTENDED ROM that uses the Plain Zip File created by any Zip Program in PPC or PC, make it possible to install during hardreset thru XdA2JoJo.v3.2zt.CAB, just include the cab in the config.txt then it will extract one by one the cab inside the ExtROM.zip and then it will run it (no need to state the cab inside the extrom.zip in the config.txt)and after installing the cab, the cab program will automatically delete the cab file in your device(but not in ExtROM.zip)
To see some of the Example Click here

Unpack ROM

Hi all
I have a problem with unpacking the ROM file.
I've downloaded the file NL_11300_131_11200.exe and in the tutorial it says right click and unpack. Now I allready have Winrar but all I can choose is Add and Compress options no Unpack option.
Am I missing something?
thanks in advance
If you don't succeed with WinRar, try WinZip or just execute the exe-file & search in your temp folders for the .nbf files. Don't close the program before you copied those files to a save place.
M
Yes i tried to search the file *.nbf and *.nb1 on my computer while the setup is still on but it can't find any files.
I have 2 hardisc and i've allso search on the other one but no results.
i haven't tried winzip yet i'll try it now
Right-mouse click on the exe file and then select extract here. Files will be automatically placed in the same place where the exe file is.

How to extract nk.nbf from Prophet RUU

Does anyone know to extract the nbf file from the romupdate utitlity of the prophet?
or where can I find the nbf file for the prophet in this forum? I need to make a rom image on my sd card..or can i do it using just the nba file in the customized rom upgrade?
When you run the exe, it puts all it's files into a temp dir, probably your %temp% dir.
I'm sure there's an extractor of some kind if you can't find the file you want just by searching your harddisk for the file you're after, after you run the installation executable.
Get winrar (http://www.rarlabs.com) and once its installed right click onthe .exe file and select extract to (it will provide a foldername the same as the original file) winrar will extract the contents of the exe file to a flder for you.
yup! i 've done it, but don't know how to download the nk.nbf to my sdcard so that it can be flashed from there? anyone know?

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