I want to create a ROM image of my wizard (cingular 8125), im not sure how to go about doing this....I want to do it in such a way where no program is installed on the phone.
i found this on dumping an apache ROM http://www.geekzone.co.nz/inane/1119 but it was not working correctly for me....
any ideas how to get a rom image?
also, once I have the rom image, i need some sort of utility that can read that image and find things such and address book contacts, calls, etc...
anyone?????
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I recently got an i-mate K-Jam after migrating from the Palm OS and found this useful site. Sounds like everyone here is doing some great work. After looking through this site as a guest for the past 2 days I do have a suggestion: someone set up a sticky post with some basic information?
Some initial suggestions:
In addition to the FTP sticky post: ( ftp://xda:[email protected]/ )
Cooked ROMs available/version/developer
Useful programs:
Backup your roms and the directories where they are located
View your rom and extended rom - e.g. Total Commander and the link to download
How-to: backup your rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=36574
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=57611&highlight=backup+guide
I haven't been able to find Wizard_Service_Manual.pdf on the FTP site but if you Google that specific file name you can download it.
How-to: backup your extended_rom
Overclocking utilities etc.
I know this post sounds like a noob post but with a sticky post like this most noobs will not have to spend hours/days sifting through all the posts to find some basic stuff before asking questions to which they should know the answer.
Now to my noob question (haha) I haven't been able to figure out: Can/should I update my K-Jam with the new T-mobile mda rom, or will my K-Jam start looking like T-Mobile.
I have a SIM unlocked phone (don't know how to check if the CID? is unlocked?), I like the default theme and colors that come with the K-Jam and WM5, and I'm not with any plan providers as I need to switch sims quite often depending on where I'm travelling.
Thanks,
WnG88
As far as the stickey, that is out of my leauge. As far as loading the new t-mobile ROM, however, it will change to look like T-mobile IF you allow the extended rom to run. The trick I believe is to load the rom, wait for it to boot up. It will show "customizing in 3..." at which point soft reset the device. This stops the extended rom from installing. Now, you can install the extended rom from your other device manually. Before you upgrade your rom, install total commander and use it to copy the extended rom to your pc (based on your previos post I am assuming you know how to do this...) Then once your new rom is up and running simply copy all of the cab files to your device and run them (by going to them in file explorer and clicking on them...) You can also customize by only installing what you want from either rom. Or, a more advanced way to do it would be to create your own rom with its own extended rom, and load that, but that is harder and more technical I believe. Also, it is easy to change the theme of the device, to whatever you want. I use ThemeGen CE on the PC and Schemechanger on the ppc to tweak colors, both are freely available on this board somewhere. If changing the theme is all you want this is much easier, the reason that I would install the other extended rom is for the custom stuff, for example it auto installs t-mobile network ect... However since you change providers all teh time you probably know how to change most of this anyway, and so it may not be as big of a deal to you. So you know, I have T-mobile and I am running the 2.26 ROM, and although I have only had it for a day or two, I like it. Let me know what you decide to do, or if you have any more questions, want to know about the best (In my opinion, of course!) software or settings, ect... Also, sorry for rambeling so much
Thanks for the reply Starcruiser, I'm still doing a bit of reading on the ROM portion of stuff before I do anything. As for keeping track of searches and not having to spend hours trying to repeatedly find the same topics I'm pasting the following useful link as backup info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=37386&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
WnG88: we're trying not to litter the forum with stickies.
We have the Wiki for a much more effective way to distribute this kind of info.
Set up a wiki page, and I'll sticky your wiki if you want
PM me if necessary.
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hi i have been looking through this formu but cannot really find what i am after. sorry in advance but if it was covered in other threads please give links.
i would like to upgrade my rom (current i am using pre-installed tmobile mda pro rom) to something batter. the problem is there is so many things in this forum that makes me conufused.
Is it possible (probably it is- but how) to upgrade my ROM by creating my own ROM eg take the best radio rom and extended rom with the stuff i want eg some application i am using right now - instead of normal keyboard get resco keyboard and instead of file explorer get resco explorer and so on and on and put them to the extended rom .
is there any soft to do it ? can someone provide me with links where i can find out something more about ROM cos wiki isnt really helpful and seems to be out of date.
any help wanted !
cheers, cudo
ps. or put tomtom to the extRom...rom that would feauture all the good stuff.
what a pity nobady is willing to help me..maybe u vac just point me to some accurate threads within this forum, if ther are some.
cheers, cudo
To put another Radio ROM in is trivial.
Take out the other two (ExtROM and OS) ROM images and just flash in the Radio file. I did this and didn't even need a hard reset.
To put TomTom into your ExtROM is easy too.
Once you have done your hard reset with your new ROM images and the ExtROM has loaded, you have 10MB of space that you can reclaim. There are instructions at the top of this forum for unlocking the ExtROM and making it appear as another memory area.
Please use backup software regularly so that you don't have to reflash the unit until the next OS upgrade.
Creating a ROM image is more hard work, and I don't know for sure that all the information is accurate. This is only my understanding of the process.
Install the programs that you want in your ROM to your PDA and make a note of the locations of all files and registry entries that are installed.
Take a recent ROM image and unpack it to your desktop.
Delete the programs that you don't want to install, and then search through the hives for the entries that relate to those programs. Delete those too.
Put the files and registry entries of the programs you are putting into your ROM into their post-installed locations.
Rebuild the ROM image.
Flash it in.
Hopefully this won't break your PDA if you get it wrong, I'm guessing that this is very much a trial and error process.
I haven't tried this.
Use this information at your own risk, it could break your PDA.
how do i separate the rom images from each other..i mean radio, os and extended roms ? when i unzip the UNI_TMUK_130114_130232_11003_WWE_BL101_Ship i am getting loads of files but cannot see the right ones.
cheers, cudo
I need to a ROM image for the M600 model. I won't be able to install QTEK or I-Mate image because it's vendor specific. Before I can unlock the CID to install other images, I first need to re-establish the M600 ROM.
Has anyone got the ROM for this unit?
Thanks,
JJ
No one?
No one? Looks like phone is done for
I have an extract of my ROM via both the aWizard tool and can also grab one via the SD card extract method but I have zero, that's ZERO knowledge of what if any use these are to you.
If you want to make somewhere available to receive them, you're welcome to them.
David.
PLease
Yes please.
I have sent you a PM with my email.... can you not FTP to this sites FTP space?
Probably but because I don't know what's contained in the backup in the format it's dumped, i'd rather not make it completely public without knowing that first.
David.
I haven't got a clue what to do with the ouput files from aWizard or grab_it but many thanks either way!
So no one has a clue how to do this... ok or got an Orange ROM within one of those really nice .exe files which does everything for you :-(
Is there a way to image the state of my phone as it is into a ROM or something similar? I wasn't sure if this is what is called "dumping the rom", just wanted to make sure. Appreciate the help!
dumping the rom will output the contents of the rom, but not your personal files into a raw file that you can then play around with.
If you want to transfer your sms or something use a backup program like SPB backup or pim backup
Mmm not worried about the personal stuff, more the apps I installed/personalization work I have done on top of the cooked rom. I tend to screw up my phone a bit so having that already personalized rom would be sweet. Is that what dumping the rom will do for me?
Cheers
theoretically yes. I've never tried it but the "undumping" part is really complicated and takes so long that you might as well just recustomize your phone.
dumping is typically used on clean roms to extract the base of the rom (the "purest" part of the rom like the kernel and stuff) to use in cooking. Although its reasonable to think that you can dump your rom, rebuild it, and reflash it, you'd have to reflash EVERYTHING, including the system files.
For this reason, theres not really any point in doing so, because if you wanted to upgrade your rom build with a newer one, this method would not do so.
Hi everyone. I'm so sorry that this has to be a "dummy" question...
I have been running the WM6 Black & Blue v5.0 for a few months. I managed to unlock CID and flash the ROM etc thanks to the very useful step-by-step posts I have found here (THanks!!).
However, the phone function seems to be playing up, e.g. phone appears to be on but unable to receive incoming calls. Therefore I would now like to upgrade the ROM in the hope that it will solve my problems (mine is currently at manufacturer's v.02.67.90). I have downloaded the files for v.03.21.90.
So here's my dummy question.... what am I supposed to do with the files? Do I just run the RUUUpdateUtility file and follow the onscreen instructions? Or do I need to do something with the NBH file or with the other files?
I have tried searching the forum, but have not found anything....
Thanks so much again!
Radio Rom
Hi Racquelle
You only need to run the RUUUpdateUtility
But before you do did you perform a hard reset after flashing the new rom?
as this will generally solve most problems
Also it would be a good idea to do a search for POF the god of all things unlocking and USPL. The information and programs you can find from him are priceless.