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How to unlock/unhide the Extended Rom in JAM/qtek s100

hi everybody, i am kinda newbe here
i hope everybody is fine and having good tiem wid their jams/qtek
can any body tell me How to unlock/unhide the Extended Rom in JAM/qtek s100
thanks
raheel

From another post (just search before asking )
Even Resetting is not necessary, just locate the file in your Windows folder ( it may be hidden, so don't use File Explorer on your PPC, but from your Desktop PC or Total Commander on your PPC) and tap on it. In File Explorer the Ext Rom folder wil be visible without any need to reset. Once you have done that, the next time you reset ( hard or soft) the extended rom will be hidden again. To counter that, just copy loadVDisk.exe from your Windows folder to the Sart-up folder, it will be loaded after every reset and the Ext Rom will stay visible.

Ok for the unhide, what about the unlock to delete and write to it ? ;-)

There is a full thread about this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=18677
Si même les français ne cherchent pas :wink:

Hum...did you read my question ? As I fasr as I ca can tell, this thread deals with UNHIDING the Extended ROM or does your link mean it is not possible to UNLOCK the ER on the Magician, you might as well have said so instead of posting a link.

I also see many people talk only about UNHIDE.
I search the wiki.xda-developers.com and found that The Magician doesn't have Disk On Chip like XDAII. The ExtROM of the Magician is not locked Read Here
What we need is Somebody to write a program to deal with the ExtROM.

i need to unhide as well accessible Ext rom as it has some free space i think round about 10MB, i want to use this space as JAM has very less memory to install other sofwares, soo is there any utility yo unhide and then can made accessible read/write ext rom.

I don't see any software to do such thing.

thanks for the link, "writing to this flash memory can be done in way very similar to how pnewbootloader flashes the bootloader. use extreme care when doing so. one typing mistake may destroy your device. there are no safeguards" doesn't sound too good does it !

wm2003 4.01.12 deleted my files?

after installed it on my t-mobile mda n' passed several difficult trouble on radiostack, this os such a great thing that i expect to figure on my pda. but, later i realized that the os didn't fit my expectation when its began to erase my files on the sdcard 'misteriously'.
a thing that make me become so so bad, the size of files doesn't match with the used area on the card, what kind of trouble is this? they erased my files but the space didn't change..
is there any idea to get my files back before i'm goin' to format it?
how to avoid it in the future?
thx for read it..

The only way to avoid it is to write protect the memory card by moving the slider switch to lock position.

slider switch...
thank's for ur answer, it migth be useful, but can you point the position of the slider? whether it's.on the pda or on memory? l'm using visipro mmc 256mb, n' i don't see any slider on lt.
thx.

Re: slider switch...
cep said:
thank's for ur answer, it migth be useful, but can you point the position of the slider? whether it's.on the pda or on memory? l'm using visipro mmc 256mb, n' i don't see any slider on lt.
thx.
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Only SDCard has a write protect slider, and U'r using MMC not SDCard.
I have a same problem before, my SDCard erased, it happened twice, and I run the SD_Fix registry file, since 2 months this problem never happen any more.

How do I run this file?
Thanks

I'm glad to find oud this thread, i've faced this problem since i upgaded my XDA to 4.01.16, i've lost all data in my MMC card as you had.
I downloaded the "SD_fix" files but how do i run it to solve the problem ?
Thanks!!!

How to Run SD_fix.reg
sonie_vespie said:
I'm glad to find oud this thread, i've faced this problem since i upgaded my XDA to 4.01.16, i've lost all data in my MMC card as you had.
I downloaded the "SD_fix" files but how do i run it to solve the problem ?
Thanks!!!
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just copy the .reg file to your PPC and run it. CMIIW...

Re: How to Run SD_fix.reg
dharma said:
just copy the .reg file to your PPC and run it. CMIIW...
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Yes, but how? I have it on my PPC and when I click it, it says: "There is no applicationassociated with SD_FIX (working)". Run the application first then open the file from within the application".

Re: How to Run SD_fix.reg
Deke Martin said:
dharma said:
just copy the .reg file to your PPC and run it. CMIIW...
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Yes, but how? I have it on my PPC and when I click it, it says: "There is no applicationassociated with SD_FIX (working)". Run the application first then open the file from within the application".
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Sorry, I forgot to advise you to install Registry Editor Program on your PPC first. (e.g. PHM Reg edit)

hi,
it's quite good, i alo thought that but i had installed "regeditce" prog so the file doesn't associate .
I'd installed the PHM as u mentioned above and ran the SD_fix but it didn't react (install or import..ect), it just opened the PHM program. Hence, i dont know whether it's imported to the registry or not now i'm waiting and hope the problem will be solved.
Thank you all

Unfortunately, it doesn't work w­ell, after running that file, i installed two programs on storage card (HandMap and E-dictionary). Then I tried to soft reset and my MMc card was erased. oh, what can i do now ?

sonie_vespie said:
hi,
it's quite good, i alo thought that but i had installed "regeditce" prog so the file doesn't associate .
I'd installed the PHM as u mentioned above and ran the SD_fix but it didn't react (install or import..ect), it just opened the PHM program. Hence, i dont know whether it's imported to the registry or not now i'm waiting and hope the problem will be solved.
Thank you all
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I don’t know exactly what the problem is, if another one who had the same prob and been solved please share how to solve this.
Sorry sonie_vespie I can’t help you better than I did.

Where is the SD_fix.reg file
Hi,
How can I get the SD_fix.reg file? Thanks

hi,
the file is above
I think that the .reg file is exported form a key in REGISTRY, but when i run it, it isn't imported to the defined key exactly so the card is still erased
Help me, thanks 'coz i like the 4.01.16 of T-Mobile

hi all,
Let use "Resco registry" to import SD_fix to Registry. It's okay now

sonie_vespie said:
hi all,
Let use "Resco registry" to import SD_fix to Registry. It's okay now
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I glad to hear that, good luck than..

hi,
Many thanks for your help, darma
hope we have chance to share our xp
best regards,

Tom Tom, I dont want to remove it.

Hello All,
Recently i have installed tom tom 5 with gb map and voices as well, but for some reason its slows down the magician, i guess the memory does'nt allow
heavy programs. All i want to know, may somehow i can upgrage ram or rom ? OR transfer whole tom tom into my sd card its 1 gb anyway. I copied tom tom cab files and
gb map plus voices in to sd card and run them from there, i thought its gonna be installed in sd but may be it did'nt.
Does anybody came with this experience before please let me know.
Regards .
Thanks

woolies said:
All i want to know, may somehow i can upgrage ram or rom ? OR transfer whole tom tom into my sd card its 1 gb anyway.
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You can do both. There are companies who offer to upgrade RAM from 64MB to 128MB. I had this done by a company in Germany (can't find the link right now), and there are others in other parts of the world.
However, you can also just move TomTom to your SD card, which is quite a bit cheaper
Plan A: It's been a while since I installed TomTom on my Magician, but I really think ActiveSync asked me if I want to install it to the default location. If you chose "no" there, you'll get a list of alternative locations, including the SD card (must be in the PocketPC at that time, of course). Maybe someone can confirm this - then all you'll have to do is to uninstall (from the PocketPC only, not from the PC), then re-install TomTom.
Plan B: If Plan A doesn't work, you can copy the .cab files to your PocketPC. But then, instead of just opening them, get cabinstl (http://www.s-k-tools.com/util.html). Run it once, and tick "associate cabinstl with CAB files". After that, you can just double-tap .cab files as usual, and cabinstl will appear. In the "Path" line, enter a directory on your SD card to extract the cab to it.
Additionally, there are a few other things you can try:
- there is a registry settings that contains the DLL path, i.e. a list of directories Windows Mobile will scan to find DLLs. If you add a directory on your SD card to that, you can move most of the big DLLs (not only TomTom's) to that directory. Use Resco Explorer for moving. If you don't want to da that manually, try MemMaid (http://www.dinarsoft.com), which can do that automatically.
Note: I found that moving Today Screen DLLs may cause problems, so you should leave them where they are.
- your Magician has more memory than you think. Try searching the forum for "Big Storage". This allows you to gain an internal flash area of 27 MB - large enough to install most programs there, which is exactly what I did.
Hope I could help you. My MDAc is as fast as ever, even with TomTom.
Cheers
Daniel

thanks
Thanks Daniel, really worked for me.
Regards

thanks
Thanks Daniel, really worked for me.
Regards

Extended ROM; How can it be made useful?

Hi there,
I made visible the extended ROM of M600 with registry tweaks seen in this forum. I dont use any of the programs on the extended ROM, coz I dont like my phone to be customised for my service provider. (I soft reseted while it was trying to customize after the hard reset).
Now I have a 10MB of Ext ROM on "My Device". My qustions are;
1) Is this Ext ROM just like another 10MB SD Card?
2) WOuld this space make the my handheld run faster? or can this be made available fot programme memory?
3) Is there any advantage of installing programmes on it compared to on th SD Card?
Currently I have about 3MB of Orange CAB files on it. None of them I use.
How can I use this space efficiently?
Thanks in advance for any comments
ps: Another thing I just remembered is that, after I made this Ext ROM visible, I cant save the camera pics to SD card. The options on the camera settings are to save it on Main Memory or Ext ROM! it doesnt recognise SD card! funny! Any way around?

Anyone please..?

I order:
1) Yes it is exactly like a 10MB SD card, you just can't remove it from the device. If you need to hard reset it will become hidden again but the data will not be lost.
2) No. Program memory is RAM and this is FLASH. You can only use it for storage.
3) It is mounted before the SD, so if you have an app that needs to run on start up, you can put it on the ext ROM but not the SD.
4) I suggest you move the Orange cabs to your PC. Having the i-mate variant I had 9MB filled with stuff out of which all I needed were Skype and Voice speed dial. Then use this space for the basic and most needed apps. Also some apps like TCPMP can be used with content from different SD cards so ext ROM would be a good place for them. I try to keep main memory free for outlook stuff.
5) Yea, the camera app only seems to recognize the first storage card it sees. Don't know about a fix for that.

levenum said:
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5) Yea, the camera app only seems to recognize the first storage card it sees. Don't know about a fix for that.
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Thank you very much, Levenum!
I finally understood a bunch of things about the ExtROM.
About this 5th point, I would add something.
The same identical problem raises when the \Network path created by Resco Explorer is shown on the main memory root.
The internal camera seems able to access only to the first two objects in the mountpoint list (you can see this list when installing some apps, as the dest options radio button)
So, question comes out: what about hiding ExtROM again after installing startup apps on it ?
I mean: are those apps still runnable, when staying on a hidden mountpoint ?
Thanks for any answer
..._

Sorry to butt in on this topic, but I have also been thinking of doing this.
I would just like to know though once the Extended Rom has been unlocked as described in many past posts, can you lock it again?
I am just asking this because, what happens if I have to return the phone? Surely messing with it would void any warranty?
I would need to restore the CABS back to Extended Rom, and then lock it before returning it.
Thanks

Val3r10 said:
So, question comes out: what about hiding ExtROM again after installing startup apps on it ?
I mean: are those apps still runnable, when staying on a hidden mountpoint ?
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Interesting, I never tried it. Perhaps if you don't change the MountHidden flag, but only the MountOrder.
NewSPV said:
I would just like to know though once the Extended Rom has been unlocked as described in many past posts, can you lock it again?
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I don't know about other devices, but in case of the Prophet it's just a matter of changing back the registry values and soft resetting.

Thanks for that.
I have already backed up my Extended Rom, as Total Commander let me copy the CABS without unlocking the Extended Rom.
Orange has only added 1.95 MB which seems such a waste of vital memory.
I have heard that approx 10 MB is set aside for this. Is this set physically in manufacture by HTC? Can the extended Rom be merged into main memory like partitions can be merged on a PC?
Thanks

I read somwhere that removing things from the extended rom gives the device more storage available and shown int he memory part of settings. This however is not true, the extended rom is a seperate partition, full or empty the device will work the same.
I use mine to store the cabs of installs I use when I hard reset. Saves me copying them over each time.

Thanks very much Levenum and others who contributed. That was very informative and I am glad many others have benefited with this thread.
Cheers

One note:
I made a little experiment this Friday, which require a me to restore my Jamin to it's original state. (Hard reset + restore ext ROM).
I didn't check the CAB attributes when I copied them so even though the ext ROM was in it's original state all cabs that were used after first hard rest were deleted and didn't install after second hard reset.
So when restoring your ext ROM make sure you mark all CABs 'read only'.

I unlock ExtRom and put mein cab, edit config.txt.
But after HardReset mein cab didn't installiert.
I think, dieses cab need to signen.
Help me please signen mein cab or any cab theoretically.

you also need the modified autorun.exe, the config file isnt read by the default one.

dannyoneill said:
you also need the modified autorun.exe, the config file isnt read by the default one.
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dannyoneill, wie kann man das machen? :shock:
..Sorry, how kan das make?

See this thread for more info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=38957&highlight=autorun

dannyoneill said:
See this thread for more info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=38957&highlight=autorun
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I have renamed the file so:
my_file.cab -> Default_my_file.cab
All the same it is not installed!
There it is spoken about Wizard, i have O2 Xda Neo.
Where it is possible to take patched file Autorun.exe?
Can somebody to lay out it if it´s have?
Please, help me.

as the thread says, you cant just rename the file as it needs to be signed and designed for wm5 for it to isntall. To do your own cabs you need to have a special autorun.exe that reads a config file.

Messaging Problem, Please Help.

I have problem to access messaging, Email n SMS.
Even I click SMS and Email icon on HTC 6 tab. and also start\message doesn't work at all.
Until this morning WM6 Helmi works flawlessly. Still receive 8 email from gmail, (I set to retrieve it per 1 hour). After I close that message then I cannot access it again.
I think windows\tmail.exe was broken.
Anyone can help please ?

Storage card error
I've a similar problem.
If you have checked the option to storage the attachments on the storage card maybe the attach file is corrupted. Try to delete this file with the file explorer/total commander from the storage card (it's a file like inbox.*****) It works for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1569070&highlight=messaging+problem#post1569070
Regards
P.D: sorry for my english

Problem Solved
jambolero said:
I've a similar problem.
If you have checked the option to storage the attachments on the storage card maybe the attach file is corrupted. Try to delete this file with the file explorer/total commander from the storage card (it's a file like inbox.*****) It works for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1569070&highlight=messaging+problem#post1569070
Regards
P.D: sorry for my english
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Thanks for your attention.
I think you're right, the problem appear when I set the attachment to be stored in Storage Card.
But, I already Hard Reset my BA, when I set that option again, then the problem came again.
Then I did hard reset again, I didn't check that option and no problem at all.
Until today my BA with Helmi WM6 still fast and stable, even with so many installed application.
I Love This ROM.