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How to extract WM5 .nbf?

Anyone know how I can extract .nbf files? I need to see what is in this nbf file. Refer to this thread if you are curious
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=250201#250201

Use the tools made by Buzz on this page:
http://buzzdev.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=1
To see the contents of the nbf (converted to nba using the above method) file, you need to use these tools:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=WM5EditROM
Its rather simple and hardly takes about 5 minutes for the whole thing
Cheers!

Thanx for the fast response. I gave it a go and it dosent seam to work. I get the .nba from the .nbf then when trying to
"prepare_imgfs.exe nk.nba"
I get this
"Searching for IMGFS start... Not found!"
I think that the .nbf is password protected. If anyone more gifted than me can help out with this one I know we will find a way to change the splash screen on all the newer (2.17 an so forth) ROMS.
Thanx again; Lew

then how do you extract NBF file from 8125 instead of NBA file ? Is there a way to do this ?

I would like input on this as well. I think we are missing a password here or something.

universaldoc said:
Use the tools made by Buzz on this page:
http://buzzdev.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=1
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I don't believe this works with (newer?) wizard nbf's.

Is there anyone here that could crack this would be "encryption" on the .nbf in question? I tried encoding my splash backup from aWizard using the project file from the "decoded" nk.nbf from "ruu_forcedalias_splash_245_425.exe" and it was a no go. It said that my storage was the wrong size for this ROM update (or something to the effect of NO). So it looks as if this nk.nbf from "ruu_forcedalias_splash_245_425.exe" is the key to unlocking the ability to change splash screens to custom images.
Later; Lew

u can try the tools in the attachment to extract files from image file.
the typho2 can extract parts from a SD card image, and the typhoonnbftool_04 can extract parts from a NBF file. they work well while do with the 1.x ROM, but I've never experienced it in extracting a 2.x ROM.
any exciting info, pls let me know,

Ok, good news, thanx to BrightMoonHeart I have been able to extract the BMP from the NBF using "typhoonnbftool_04.exe". The bad news is so far I can't seem to add an image (bmp) to the nbf or remove the current image. So this was a great step forward, just need a little help to get r done. I tried "typho2.exe" but I couldn't get it to do anything except give me the same info "typhoonnbftool_04.exe", It says it can extract the ".NBF" to an ".SPL" and that may allow us to edit it but I was not able to get it to convert. Any ideas guys? Always appreciated
Thanx; Lew

Ok I'm even closer now. I am using "typhoonnbfdecode.pl" and I can extract the ".nb" from the ".nbf". I can create custom splash using "nb_image_converter_859_418_826.exe" and make a ".nb" but when trying to put it back to ".nbf" i get this error
Code:
read 00030000 for splash from 92000000-Splash.nb
no sm signature at 0 in Splash
If anyone can help me out with any of this I would really appreciate it. I keep getting held up with all these conversions. I think some out there must know how to do this already, and I'm close but I keep hitting road blocks.
my head hurts; Lew

ROM upgrade headaches

Im trying to upgrade my jammin with the latest dopod rom ..Ive got hold of the romupdateutility.exe which bypasses the vendor id but now when i run the .exe it comes up with the error
'ERROR [240] File open'
As anyone got any ideas as to solve this problem?
Ive also tried the awizard tool but my jammin never seems to reset?
Any ideas would be great.
Thanks in advance

Ive managed to get the awizard tool to work and does reset the jammin but when i go then to install the dopod rom update in bootloader mode it comes up with ivalid provider id error ...... :? :? :? :?

Download and install WinRAR
Right click on the ROM you downloaded,
Extract the files to one folder.
In this folder, you will find 2 folders. You need to copy the files from both folders into one folder only.
Replace the RomUpdateUtility.exe as needed.
Double click on it and go.

27 said:
Download and install WinRAR
Right click on the ROM you downloaded,
Extract the files to one folder.
In this folder, you will find 2 folders. You need to copy the files from both folders into one folder only.
Replace the RomUpdateUtility.exe as needed.
Double click on it and go.
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I try to update I-mate with the last Dopod ROM using this method and it doesn't work. I get invalid vender ID error.

OK.
You want this ROM
http://www.dopodasia.com/download/RUU_Prophet_2151327_21513121_021921_DOP_ASIA_WWE_Ship.exe
and this utility
http://forum.xda-developers.com/download.php?id=10811

27 said:
OK.
You want this ROM
http://www.dopodasia.com/download/RUU_Prophet_2151327_21513121_021921_DOP_ASIA_WWE_Ship.exe
and this utility
http://forum.xda-developers.com/download.php?id=10811
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Oh, thank you... I was trying to use romupdateutility from I-mate pack. Now it works.

27 said:
Download and install WinRAR
Right click on the ROM you downloaded,
Extract the files to one folder.
In this folder, you will find 2 folders. You need to copy the files from both folders into one folder only.
Replace the RomUpdateUtility.exe as needed.
Double click on it and go.
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Brilliant thanks alot thats where i was going wrong i wernt extracting both folders into the 1 ...Updating now
Thanks alot been pulling me hair out all day

You should expect the process to pause at 80% and 95%. Fear not, it will run its couse to 100%.
The new ROM is a lot faster. Try starting and stopping Blutooth. You'll notice the change in speed.

hmmm seem to have a problem where it stops at 46% and comes up with communication error 302 and wont go no further telling me to try a recovery :?

J273 said:
hmmm seem to have a problem where it stops at 46% and comes up with communication error 302 and wont go no further telling me to try a recovery :?
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Hmm.
Are you using the ROM and Utility I told you to?

Im just downloading them agai nmate and ill post back.....ive just read the info that comes with it and error 302 is pretty serious i think and may need to send it to imate...hope not

so u know how you said extract all the files to 1 folder ....Ive got 2 folders when i unrar them :
1 called Output file with the NBF file in...... and the other is called RUU_Tools -> Prophet -> WWE ->and then after WWE i reach all the other files with romupdate utility all these files in here do these need to be in 1 folder along with the nbf file and does it matter what i call the folder i copy them all into?
If you get what i mean
So ill have all in 1 folder
Enterbootloader.exe
Readme.doc
Romupdateutility.exe
RUUgetinfo.exe
RUUResoource.dll
nk.NBF
Thanks
Jamie

J273 said:
so u know how you said extract all the files to 1 folder ....Ive got 2 folders when i unrar them :
1 called Output file with the NBF file in...... and the other is called RUU_Tools -> Prophet -> WWE ->and then after WWE i reach all the other files with romupdate utility all these files in here do these need to be in 1 folder along with the nbf file and does it matter what i call the folder i copy them all into?
If you get what i mean
So ill have all in 1 folder
Enterbootloader.exe
Readme.doc
Romupdateutility.exe
RUUgetinfo.exe
RUUResoource.dll
nk.NBF
Thanks
Jamie
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Yes, you'll take them all and put in one folder.
You'll replace the utility from the ROM with the one in my link above.
It doesn't matter what the folder is called.

ok mate yea done that and its still doing the same hopefully ill figure it out

J273 said:
ok mate yea done that and its still doing the same hopefully ill figure it out
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VNC?

Ive managed to flash back to the latest jammin rom....Ill have another go wit h the dopod rom
Whats VNC :?

J273 said:
Ive managed to flash back to the latest jammin rom....Ill have another go wit h the dopod rom
Whats VNC :?
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Login to the forum and check your messages.

I have a JAMin with a DOPOD AKU2 image on it.
I want to put an imate ROM back on it.
I extracted the JAMin files into one folder, replaced ROMupdateutility.exe with the one in the link but it fails at 95% with this error:-
ERROR [326]: INVALID COMMAND
This NBF file cannot be used for your PDA Phone. Please check your NBF file.

yea im tryin to get back to imates rom and have exactly the same problem get to 95% then get the above error

Custom ROMS Possible?

Given that crossbow is now floating around out there I was wondering if its possible to cook your own ROM for the Herald? I would happily start researching cooking ROMS etc. if it is. Or are we faced with a situation similar to that of the hermes where we need to find a bootloader that allows the flashing of unsigned code?

Hi,
i think the Problem is that Herald is not so popular as the Wizard and Prophet by now....
Let´s ait and see when someone is getting this nice one unlocked !

you are in the same situation as the Hermes.
AFAIK all devices using NBH for rom upgrades, need the upgrade file to be signed, otherwise bootloader won't flash it.

pof said:
you are in the same situation as the Hermes.
AFAIK all devices using NBH for rom upgrades, need the upgrade file to be signed, otherwise bootloader won't flash it.
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thanks for the answer (not the one i was looking for though!), i noticed in your hermes thread that you managed to get your hands on the bootloader from a pre production hermes. has this helped? should i be looking for the equivelent for the herald?

It helped because it has the commands to flash unsigned code... i don't know if preproduction bootloaders in Herald will have the same "feature", but it may be handy if you can get one too

I can try looking but i wouldnt know where to start! any advice would be appreciated.

Bootloader of Herald is similar to that of prophet and wizard.The only differrence now is the nbh format.One needs to check if awizard work or not?Then we canthink of debranding.I am working on the Bootloader of herald.Will post everything in Wiki.Pls wait for some time

hdubli said:
Bootloader of Herald is similar to that of prophet and wizard.The only differrence now is the nbh format.One needs to check if awizard work or not?Then we canthink of debranding.I am working on the Bootloader of herald.Will post everything in Wiki.Pls wait for some time
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ok thanks. If you need any assistance please ask me.

Here you go..
s4vva said:
ok thanks. If you need any assistance please ask me.
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Thanks to aWizard v 1.3 beta2 and POF for making NBH extract..
I was able to flash my herald from 1.7 dopod asia to new HTC 1.8 without changing/touching IPL/SPL.Here is how to do :
1)Use POF's NBH extract and extract the ROM parts.
2) Copy the OS.nb to awizard ROM folder and rename it to.nba
3) From the Lib folder of awizard, transfer enable rapi and certsps cabs to yr device and install them.
4)Now run the batch file and select "e" to enable rapi.
5) Then you can directly choose the option "w".This will give you the option to choose the ROM u want.Select and wait till awizard finishes.
One can also back up the Extended ROM, Splash image, bootloader, Radio and OS ROM with awizard.
It is very interesting that the size of the .nb file extracted from NBH file and the size of the wizard ROM(80040000.nb) is exactly same.
I tried to put crossbow image into it..but I clouldn't boot the herald.The boot screen showed "OS 10.1.00.88
So if some one can extract the things from both the .nbs we can think of having crossbow in herald..and I think POF can do it.
I hope, this helps the members to upgrade and play with their toys.

You Rock
Finally !!!! Did it. followed the instructions and wallaa finally dutch rom Bye bye bye and Hello English Rom.
Thanx Guys you rock
Look'n forward to crossbow soon.

Very nice discovery hdubli!!
Unfortunately I don't have Wizard nor Herald, and I have not much experience in ROM cooking... you should ask the real gurus here if you want to port the Wizard's xbow to Herald.... I saw it was ported to Prophet, but I don't know about the internals of Herald and Wizard enough to say if this can be also done here or not.
Anyway, kudos for your finding!
P.S. You should add this info to the wiki!

well done hdubli, this is serious progress!

I have no experience of ROM cooking, however I have both a Wizard and a Herald, so if I can help in any way just let me know.

Can I update the page pool? I want more free ram I now have 24 mb, nut I really want al least 32mb

Can you help out how to extract my rom, is there any tuttorial? I tried XDA tools but it apears an error.
best regards

1. NBHextract
2. mamaich imgfs tools to extract OS.nb, if it does not work try tadzio's make/prepare imgf with "-hermes" switch.

thanks a lot
i'll try to get the portuguese rom for xda
best regards
pof said:
1. NBHextract
2. mamaich imgfs tools to extract OS.nb, if it does not work try tadzio's make/prepare imgf with "-hermes" switch.
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looking for a bit of guidence here
i have the herald 1.8 ROM as .nba (taken from device using awizard)
and i have the wizard OS I want to use as .nb (extracted using typho5)
now my understanding here is i need to extract the herald drivers from the herald OS and replace the wizard drivers in the wizard OS, rebuild the OS.nba and write it to the herald using awizard. Am i heading along the right lines or am i way off? any help would be appreciated.

i really don;t know but if you have a rom with more ram I would like to have it lol

hdubli said:
Thanks to aWizard v 1.3 beta2 and POF for making NBH extract..
I was able to flash my herald from 1.7 dopod asia to new HTC 1.8 without changing/touching IPL/SPL.Here is how to do :
1)Use POF's NBH extract and extract the ROM parts.
2) Copy the OS.nb to awizard ROM folder and rename it to.nba
3) From the Lib folder of awizard, transfer enable rapi and certsps cabs to yr device and install them.
4)Now run the batch file and select "e" to enable rapi.
5) Then you can directly choose the option "w".This will give you the option to choose the ROM u want.Select and wait till awizard finishes.
One can also back up the Extended ROM, Splash image, bootloader, Radio and OS ROM with awizard.
It is very interesting that the size of the .nb file extracted from NBH file and the size of the wizard ROM(80040000.nb) is exactly same.
I tried to put crossbow image into it..but I clouldn't boot the herald.The boot screen showed "OS 10.1.00.88
I do the same thing as you did, tried to put crossbow image into it, and it boot up and freeze at the start screen, so now I have the problem, how to put the old OS back?
I have back up the OS ROM, but my machine can only boot into the tri-color screen, how did you do on your machine, please tell, it will hellp me out.
Thanks
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Where can I get RUUpdater

I'm so sorry about this. I really have spent over an hour searching and Googling and reading the Wiki but I just can't seem to find this simple thing.
My O2 XDA Orbit is dead so I thought I'd try one last attempt to rescue it by re-flashing the factory ROM (WM5). I found this thread via the wiki http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=306904 and am following the instructions for bricked devices. I downloaded the O2 Orbit WWE Wm5 factory rom from rapidshare, I have my device in the bootloader and it shows "USB" in the bottom left and the PC reacted and recognised the device when I plugged it in (but doesn't see it in Activesync).
The step I'm stuck on is that Meschle's instructions say "flash factory rom. (run rom executable or RUU updater from pc)". The rom is an nbh file so I suppose I need the RUU updater for PC. Where do I get this from? I just can't find it.
- Julian

dude if you downloaded the file the ROM you are talking about then you got ur self sorted - the package u have has the RUU or ROM Update Utility
when u go to bootloader, plug ur ppc to the pc and when u see the usb sign in the ppc screen just start the package u got from rapidshare it will do everything auto!!
let us know how you get on?
best luck with your 'surgery' it will be fine just dont worry

Maybe he downloaded simply a ROM file and not the complete package as usual. Download one of Meschle's or Tom's ROMs for example and delete the .nbh file inside the folder and replace it with yours.

Registerme said:
Maybe he downloaded simply a ROM file and not the complete package as usual. Download one of Meschle's or Tom's ROMs for example and delete the .nbh file inside the folder and replace it with yours.
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true - Download any rom and delete the .nbh file inside the folder and replace it with yours. if u have ur rom on *.exe u can extract the ruu using winrar by right clicking and following the extraction!!

Direct download - a RUU
http://www.zshare.net/download/657626275df642/
this is a rom update utility - i got it from my files its only the ruu no rom is included so add ur *.nbh file to the extraction folder
BTW why dont u get artemis touch 3.01 rom its the best
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=342298

need stock nbh

i need a stock nbh file for the tmobile hd2 to remove hardspl, i have looked throughout the forums and cannot find one that is not in an exe.

metaltorizo said:
i need a stock nbh file for the tmobile hd2 to remove hardspl, i have looked throughout the forums and cannot find one that is not in an exe.
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right click the .exe, choose extract here, which will dump 9 or so files, one of which (the big one) is ruu_signed.nbh
Thats what you are looking for.

awesome thanks so much man