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Hi,
I'm trying to get around the problem of the quiet sound with the AT&T rom, I have another XDA running the latest T-Mo rom and was hoping to mess around with some dll's from the TMo rom to see if I could sort the problem, but the drivers used for the sound are protected somehow in the rom, so it won't let me copy them to my SD card or PC (which means I can't try it on the AT&T rom)
Is there any way of copying these files out ? and then into the AT&T rom ??
Cheers
Neil

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No good for me then, I only have Windows Machines here..

Ok, I have thought of a possible work around, but I need someone with the T-Mobile WM2003 Rom (Pref 4.01.16) & Linux/Unix to copy the wavedev.dll & waveapi.dll from the \Windows folder and send them to me so it can try it out..
I'm sure its not only me that this "feature" annoys. it makes Tomtom especially useless on the voice prompt side of things.
Cheers
Neil

?? I don't see the problem, dumprom is a windows tool.
in case you had not found it yet, I added the link to the binary to the wiki page.

Ah right, excellent.
Sorry I assumed it was the same as the makerom tool which states its unix/linux.
-=edit=- I just tried the link on the dumprom wiki page, and get the dreaded 404 error
Thanks
Neil

oeps. a common wiki error, I forgot to '~'-escape the '~' in the url.

Thanks mate, it seems to be working now
I'll have a play about with it when I get home.
Cheers
Neil

Back again :lol:
The dumprom app crashes (tried on two machines) when I try to execute it. I have tried it with various command line configuations but the little windows xp error box pops up saying that the program must be closed

dumprom crash
Hi Swifty
Yeah I got this too - until I realised that I was the problem. I was omitting the myrom.nb1 filename (or whatever you have called yours) from the command line! D'Oh! What is your exact command line that you use?

it is known to be buggy and crash on certain roms.
I am working on an improved version in perl - dumpxip.pl
but it does not extract files stored as 'xip' yet.

:lol:
Silly me I done the same thing as you and omitted the rom file.. thanks
I have now extracted the AT&T and TMobile roms and compared the files, the AT&T's wavedev.dll is larger in size, I think this is where the modifications were made.. but I can't rebuild the TMo version into the AT&T rom because I don't use linux
Hopefully someone can help me out and we will finally have a perfect WM2003 Rom -=edit=- IF it works :lol: :roll:
Cheers
Neil

Carefull!
i fearbthat just swapping in the new dll may not help... it may have other dependancies that also need changing. The interface / entry points may also have changed and you may need a whole slew of other stuff and some other registry settings too. But pls go ahead and try... let us know!

Carefull!
i fearbthat just swapping in the new dll may not help... it may have other dependancies that also need changing. The interface / entry points may also have changed and you may need a whole slew of other stuff and some other registry settings too. But pls go ahead and try... let us know!

Swifty said:
:lol:
Silly me I done the same thing as you and omitted the rom file.. thanks
I have now extracted the AT&T and TMobile roms and compared the files, the AT&T's wavedev.dll is larger in size, I think this is where the modifications were made.. but I can't rebuild the TMo version into the AT&T rom because I don't use linux
Hopefully someone can help me out and we will finally have a perfect WM2003 Rom -=edit=- IF it works :lol: :roll:
Cheers
Neil
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Neil,
Use CYGWIN it's an excellent "Linux running as a command line in Windows" environment. It's easy to install, start and run commands. It comes up as a DOS box-like interface and Voila! You have Linux, stable, clean and fast, including the ability to build ROMs.

Aplication to patch any Magician ROM to bigStorage ones!!

If you want to patch any ROM like the one of Alex Anansky...
...download my aplicatión and do it now!!
It's so easy... read the instructions in the file "HowTo.txt".
Bye ;-)

Something tells me that something's fishy here.
Some guy from nowhere with only 4 posts comes up with a "breakthrough" utility and doesn't give any explanation but "download my aplicatión[sic]... Bye!"
The attachment's removed now (not by me).

OK... you lose it...
If somebody want's it... Follow this...
http://www.todophonedition.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=4808#4808
It's a spanish site about PhoneEdition PDA's... I moderate the programing forum.
Bye

MKS,
could you explain more on how it works!

I apologize if I sounded harsh, but this site has gone through a lot of problems from individuals repeatedly deleting things off the FTP, spamming or advertising for porn in the threads, and more.
This site needs to be moderated or protected a little better if it's going to thrive. It needs good people with good understanding, patience, and the willingness to share so we can get things that our manufacturers are not providing properly.
So, thank you for the attachment and link as I will test it out shortly.

Now come on, tell us something about you and how you did it. Or did you only find it yourself? If so: where?

So with this i can add and remove any Ext rom i want?
If that so, then its great!! now i can add IIWPO and Ext rom?
Can i?

the strange thing is if i rename any file to rom.nb1 and run the program, it will create a file with the size of 63MB rom file... is that normal MKS?

Just remember that the NB1 file will have to be 64MB since your Magician/JAM's ROM size is 64MB and it will SD-flash everything, from the CE portion to the Radio to the Extended ROM and Storage area.

Oh! it is necessary to obtain a Microsoft Certificate to upLoad some aplicatións here? :lol:
OK... I do not send many mensages in this forum... but I have been reading it for a long time... watch my date of registry. :wink:
Well, first... The size of the file is correct. Magician ROM does not occupy exactly 64Mb.
When you download the ROM to one 64Mb SD card, a few bytes at the end are single to fill the SD size. But these bytes are not necessary.
The ROM really finishes in the string "HTCE" before arriving at the 64 Mb.
I have trimmed the resulting file to do it easier to handle.
OK...This is everything at the moment. This weekend I have much work... In the next week I tell more to you.
It is possible that I even sends the source code to you too :wink:
Bye.

thanx alot for the HOWTO-method on "bigStorage" 8)

you have compared between original nb1 and the hacked one then you figured out the Anansky's code

NightmarE said:
you have compared between original nb1 and the hacked one then you figured out the Anansky's code
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Yes, something similar to that... But it's not so simple. I need some info from the xdaDevelopers WIKI's too. And a lot of tests over my Magician with diferent ROM versions & languages.
Probably in the next week I will upload the source code.
Bye :wink: .

Great job dude :wink:
I'm downloading the file now... and I can't wait to create my own BIG-Storage ROM
cheers

MKS said:
Yes, something similar to that... But it's not so simple.
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i have some tips to get the code in 5 seconds :wink:, but the hard part is to get the idea... 8)

Hi MKS,
I tried yr program on my Imate w/ Traditional Chinese "Dopod818_1110_153_11100_Ship" Rom and it doesn't work.
Steps that I did
1. Back up the Dopod TC rom to my 256mb SD using romupdate.exe w/ d2s command
2. use ntrw to write the rom on my hd
3. using yr program to modify the rom
4. write the modified rom back to the SD
5. The Jam report Section = 1 error and doesn't start the flash
6. Therefore, I copy the first 416 byte from the original Dodpod TC to the modified rom
7. The Jam start flashing. But after it reach 100%, it report download error and checksum error.
Now, I need to roll back to my original rom.......
Rgds,
Jack

Has anyone successfully used this to make a bigstorage ROM?

im having trouble backing up my original rom. after the the check sum ok part i took the sd card out of the phone and into a card reader. i run the ntrw read backup.nb1 f: and it gave me an error. it says "cyclic redundancy check" i see that on drive see it has created a file called backup.nb1 but it is 0 bytes. does anyone know what im doing wrong?

dacmo said:
Has anyone successfully used this to make a bigstorage ROM?
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Just to let you know that I have successfully used this to make a bigstorage for the new O2 ROM I downloaded from seeo2.com last night. Nice splash screen MKS Many thanks.

test123456 said:
dacmo said:
Has anyone successfully used this to make a bigstorage ROM?
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Just to let you know that I have successfully used this to make a bigstorage for the new O2 ROM I downloaded from seeo2.com last night. Nice splash screen MKS Many thanks.
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Also just to let you know that I forgot to patch 416 bytes from O2 ROM into MKS ROM but it worked OK (cuz this is the first time I flashed ROM for my O2 mini ). Now I will do it again after patching 416 bytes from O2 ROM. Will let you know how I go...

Please Post English ROMS !!!

If you come across any english ROMs for the HW69xx units, please post the ROMs or let me know. I have a corrupted ROM image and have tried hard resetting, but to no avail. Would apprieciate it!

I'll second that.
I have a HW-6915 ( Vodaphone branded ) and would like an unbranded firmware thats ideally alot newer.
Anyone have anything ?
Si

I have 6940 1.48NA.00 ENG.
This is actually 6910 but HP repaired it and made it as 6940. Dont know how and why. Is there anyway I can take backup of ROM and post it?

nuzbabu said:
Is there anyway I can take backup of ROM and post it?
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I am not sure if the process is the same for the 6900s as it is for the 6500s, but it should be, so you should give this a shot. The method used for the 6500s is pretty much the same as the method that is used for the Magician. See this thread for that info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=235734
More info can be found here:
http://mobilitytoday.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8248
although the info is buried in the middle of that thread.

Cingular has released hw6925 and HP hw6945 !!!! ROMS!!!!
Somebody has to have a ROM for one of these by now! hw6925 (Cingular) or hw6945 (HP). Or can someone do a Sprite CLONE image of their so I can try to restore it on mine? Mine is corrupt and I am stuck waiting for my phone to be functional since I don't want to send in for re-imaging from HP.
HELP!

When I run d2s I get the following errors - the hw6915 shows "Cal checksum." and no longer responds.
USB>d2s
SD:Waiting for card insert.........
CMD3 for SD, it's OK, ready to get RCA from response.
SD: Detected one card
SD: ready for transfer OK
d.total_lba=1EB000
d.block_size=200
d.RCA=8F7B
d.drv_type=40000000
d.busWidth=1
Total card size=3D600000
Read singal error D3
Read singal error!
SDCARDD2S+,cStoragePlatformType=FF
What is "Read singal error D3"?
signal error after unlock CID and EnableRapi

prepare_imgfs for ipaq HW69xx

Hi, after some research (German and Spanish ROM from HP, and dumped ROM from spgi), I present you a modest modification of prepare_imgfs which works with the ROMs is it supposed to.
Of course, the dumped ROM from spgi doesn't need it to be correctly extracted since it's a dump (and dumps are not encoded!)
to use it:
prepare_imgfs.exe CEOS.nbf -i (or -ipaqHW69xx)
and then to extract the content (a dump directory will be created):
viewimgfs.exe imgfs_raw_data.bin
Modifications "should" work but I cannot test it (I just did it for pleasure).
Of course: thanks itsme, mamaich and all gurus who share source code.
Modifications: rate=0x10089; step=0x10000; skip=0x89;

and now make_imgfs
USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK...
make_imgfs.exe YOURROMFILE.nba -i (or -ipaqHW69xx)
Should work (tested by comparing a ROM with a decrypted and re-encrypted ROM => no change).
As addfile/delfile/buildimgfs works only in nosplit mode, the imgfs_removed_data.bin file could be invalid, so keep a safe backup of these data (just in case) and restore it before using make_imgfs. That way, the imgfs_removed_data.bin file will remain as valid as possible (if it's a CRC or sth like that... it could not work).
Try to make a very small modification (like a background image) to see if it works before cooking.
Good luck!

Need more info
Try to explain with more details.
Drahtman

I don't know!
drahtman said:
Try to explain with more details.
Drahtman
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I don't even have a 6915!
All I know is:
-nobody made it for 6915
-based on a correct imgfs_raw_data.bin + correct imgfs_removed_data.bin + correct ROM (for bootloader and headers), you obtain a valid ROM
now you have to find how to create a correct imgfs_raw_data.bin and a correct imgfs_removed_data.bin. More informations are available on ROM kitchen making guides (all along the threads) and one of the already found methods may work (with small modifications)
I tried to make a buildimgfs, it should work but some things in the source code are obscure to me, and doesn't permit me to validate the tool...
But you can find it by yourself... I made those tools without having the device... you have the device, you could try WITH MASSIVE PRECAUTIONS! read all ROM problem threads to be sure you cleared every possible problems! Reading is the only thing important in such operations... Then try to create a ROM, see if this ROM can be dumped as an official one...
You need to try to use USB Monitor during an upgrade to see if more informations are needed (if we could be sure imgfs_removed_data.bin is useless, it would make the thing easier)
Read, Read, Read!
Many others problems (CID Unlock) seem to have be done, but nobody shares the how to, same for ROM Dump from device...
It's just sad the 6915 community doesn't try to solve their problems by themselves... I mean the community as an ensemble...

bumpity bump

Will Try Soon, And Post Results
I have did this about a 8 months ago, and got some error, my data cable is broke, so once my new one gets in I will post the results

This doesnt extract the ROM right? This lets us play with it after? We still need to find a way to extract the ROM without errors.

Backup Everything
Please man, If you want me to port a rom, I still need this with the errors,
mdelleman said:
This doesnt extract the ROM right? This lets us play with it after? We still need to find a way to extract the ROM without errors.
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I have backed up everything I can with awizard. It is posted in your WM6 port thread pg 3. Awizard won't let me backup the radio but I have a copy of the OS. I'm not sure how we can get all of it, no one has had any luck getting a complete backup.

mdelleman said:
I have backed up everything I can with awizard. It is posted in your WM6 port thread pg 3. Awizard won't let me backup the radio but I have a copy of the OS. I'm not sure how we can get all of it, no one has had any luck getting a complete backup.
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Try this one also, post that, in the meantime I will work with your awizard os backup.

In need o a little assistence.

Hello,
It's already a long time ago since i needed a Dutch ROM for the HP 6xx series, i can't ind this anywhere but now i finally have a Dutch device.
so now i heard something about ROM Dumping, i also understood that this has something to do with pdocread.
but as the rookie ( maybe even ''noob'' ) that i am, i want to ask the following question, how do i dump my dutch rom, what programs do i have to use or that, and is installing a Dutch rom the same thing as flashing it to your device? or do i have to convert files to .dio format?
all help is welcome!
post scriptum,
i got the 614 in every language available right now, so if you do me the favour for guiding me through this dumping, ill upload all the ROMS of any language you want, i got almost every language.
sincerley, alex

ok, i used DUMP TOOLS now and in the ''manual''of dump tools
it says i have to copy dump_gene_os_extrom.exe
to my device, i did this.
it also said that i needed a minimum of 70MB.
after like 5 minutes the device copied data to the storage card
im using a 1 gb micro SD of kingston.
now, it already copied 716mb on the SD card and growing.
i cant imagine a rom any bigger then like 120MB.
i tried alot of things so could someone please help me?
im willing to donate if anybody wants money for their time, no problem.

you are not using the correct dump tool, there is specific dump tool for 61x here. You need to connect to computer with activesync to use it

keyx said:
you are not using the correct dump tool, there is specific dump tool for 61x here. You need to connect to computer with activesync to use it
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Thank you very much for this, it really helped me, i retreived the following files now from my device :
- diskimage_Ver.nb0
- part2.nb0.payload
- part2.nb0.payload.part1
- part02.raw
the files standing above, are the files that where retreived from my Dutch hp 614, now i want this rom, on my other 614 that ain't Dutch.
i already tried to rename the diskimage_Ver.nb0 to > flash.dio, then flashed that file into my 614, after that whas done it got stuck at the startup screen.
so is anybody prepared to help me out and tell me how i can get it to work.
P.S. for the ones that are going to link me to the thread where someone links to a Dutch ROM, that one doesnt work, it doesnt go any further then the start up screen.
if there's people that want money for their help thats absolutely no problem.
i just want my pda restored and dutch.
thank you in advance.

that is weird...it should work
anyway can you flash custom rom like my 6.5 or sergiorus 6.1 without problem?
also post your result from executing this command when your device is running a working rom:
pdocread -l
and
pdocread -t