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EXT Package builder for new bepe kitchen

Hi all, little app to build packages usuable with new bepe kitchen:
howto:
is a prompt application, use it with:
a complete rom (dump filder builded by bepe "packagebuilder")
a \OEM folder
or a unique package
You'll have finally the pachage/s goos to use with new bepe kitchen, enjoy!
last vetsion here:
translates new and old packages and has check inside for yet translated packages!!!
bye!
http://ervius.altervista.org/others/index.html

ervius said:
Hi all, little app to build packages usuable with new bepe kitchen:
howto:
is a prompt application, use it with:
a complete rom (dump filder builded by bepe "packagebuilder")
a \OEM folder
or a unique package
You'll have finally the pachage/s goos to use with new bepe kitchen, enjoy!
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revision 2 here:
added support for old packages that contains initflashfiles.txt and option.xml
it if recognize an old package:
rename initflashfiles.txt into app.dat;
delete option.xml
and build new packages' structure!!!
try it!!!
bye!

try to do the package twice
little fix needed m8 if the pckg has been done already

anryl said:
try to do the package twice
little fix needed m8 if the pckg has been done already
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yes, you are true.....
done, at first post, follow the link to download newest version with check for new packages inside

how does this handle modules in the same folder? I just try it, and it place it outside of the files folder. so i am not sure how that would work or not. I didnt build yet because I have no time to test right now. but curious to know this.
also any plans on making a GUI kitchen off Bepe latest? Would love to see it, with you all packages to one trick you have in there.

how does this handle modules in the same folder? I just try it, and it place it outside of the files folder. so i am not sure how that would work or not. I didnt build yet because I have no time to test right now. but curious to know this.
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I was just about to say the same thing
When you try to build in that way(with the modules outside the "files" folder) the modules are excluded from the rom...
No problem though, I just recmoded the modules and it's ok,
but I'm sure ervius is somewhere around with a new version lol
Regards!

Could someone upload this util - seems that ervius page is gone ...

Adding HTC Sense to Custom Rom

Hi cookers!
I'm looking for a tutorial on how to add Sense to roms I've cooked.........
Is there in the forum or somewhere out there some kind of instructions?
Thanks a lot!!!

Hi,
Welcome to Chefs Central
Could you tell for what device you are cooking?
It's requested in the 'Welcome to chefs Central' anouncement here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=612
It's important because if people don't know what resolution your device is it's impossible to give you the correct answer.
Also some info about which kitchen you are using would help a lot.

Laurentius26 said:
Hi,
Welcome to Chefs Central
Could you tell for what device you are cooking?
It's requested in the 'Welcome to chefs Central' anouncement here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=612
It's important because if people don't know what resolution your device is it's impossible to give you the correct answer.
Also some info about which kitchen you are using would help a lot.
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Sorry
I'm cooking for the Xperia X1 with Ervius VK....... but I'm just trying the OSKitchen right now....
I'm trying to add Sense 2.5 to my roms (WM 6.5.5 build 23563 or 23568)

Allright so that's a wvga device, thank you
Do you know how to dump a rom?
If so dump the rom which contains the Manila you want to cook in.
After dumping search in dump for initflashfiles.dat and open this file with a text editor.
Search for all Manila entries and copy them in a new .txt document.
Save this document as app.dat to a location you remember.
Next copy all Manila packages into your kitchen.
app.dat you can copy to the Core package of Manila
Done
Samhain77 said:
Sorry
I'm cooking for the Xperia X1 with Ervius VK....... but I'm just trying the OSKitchen right now....
I'm trying to add Sense 2.5 to my roms (WM 6.5.5 build 23563 or 23568)
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Very simple!! I'll try! Thanks a lot!

Ok man, offcourse some other packages are depended too but this is a good start.
Run through all the Manila entries of the corresponding packages in the app.dat you create and don't forget to add them all.
After that you can cook and check how everything works.
Probably you need to update a lot more packages but that's a case of trial and effort.
Other packages you probably need are:
StartIconLoader
Settings_Improvement
Contact_Utility_Engine
HTCFramework
Menu_Enhancement
Well that's just quesing, you need to find out yourself.
Before you start make a backup of your kitchen and then start updating the packages step by step and test.
A reminder, all the packages you add extra in your kitchen in most cases also have initflashfiles.dat entries, don't forget to check that.
You can do the same with them by placing a app.dat file in the package or adding the line to initflashfiles.dat in your kitchen.
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Very simple!! I'll try! Thanks a lot!
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Anybody knows if latest Manila files are the same for all devices?
If aren't the same which would be the best choice to port it to X1?

Any Senior Chef who is kind enough.....kitchen for Omnia Pro B7610....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have searched a lot everywhere but couldn't find any good kitchen for Omnia II or Omnia pro b7610. On every forum there are numerous threads asking for custom roms but nobody is willing to share, so it is our request to all senior chefs to kindly make one good kitchen for us so that we can cook our own roms instead of begging here or there.
Please provide us a good illustrated tutorial for the same, what tools are required, can we use any of the kitchen already available here or can somebody please modify any of it to make it compatible with Omnia Pro b7610. Also if we want to add manila 2.5 to the rom, what we have to do, as b7610 is wvga device, can rhodium manila can be used directly without porting or do we have to make some changes to make it work.
I can help in any way possible but we need somebody senior who can get us started.
Hoping for the best
Regards,
Inder

Ask somebody who knows how to use OSBuilder to adapt it to your phone: with a few batch files it should work perfectly.

anybody, Please, who can make b7610 omnia pro compatible OSBuilder and we also need a tutorial for the same

Airxtreme,,,,,please help us.........I know you can
airxtreme said:
Ask somebody who knows how to use OSBuilder to adapt it to your phone: with a few batch files it should work perfectly.
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Please modify that for us and make it ready to go for our device........and help us understand what all is required and how to do it from scratch.
Need help ....!
Regards,
Inder

inderbrar said:
Please modify that for us and make it ready to go for our device........and help us understand what all is required and how to do it from scratch.
Need help ....!
Regards,
Inder
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Sorry but that requires way too much work because it's not just the kitchen but it's reconstructing the original ROM that is a mess because as you probably know that phone has a multilanguage ROM that requires additional work to get working (dumping the fat, extracting all the multilanguage archives, unpacking the archives and putting back all the missing SYS and localized OEM packages, etc.).
For the kitchen I can tell you from what I remember that the final flash ROM format for that phone is NB0, a template NB0 can be obtained by using o2tool -mst_to_nb0 on the original MST file. To convert the nb0 to NB (that OSBuilder can work with) o2tool -nb0split must be used (and all the files created must be kept as copy for building), then in the OSBuilder build cmd file you insert the new partitions with osnbtool -c in the old NB file and run o2tool -nb0build to obtain the final NB0 file.

thanks airxtreme for the start....lets hope somebody else is willing to do it, no multilanguage rom is required, English only will do just fine. Till then I can start experimenting with OSBuilder

inderbrar said:
thanks airxtreme for the start....lets hope somebody else is willing to do it, no multilanguage rom is required, English only will do just fine. Till then I can start experimenting with OSBuilder
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The multilanguage partition includes everything, even english so you can't have any working ROM if you don't get those files out.

Have you looked at:
This Link

Yeah been there, infact regularly checking any updated info regarding this particular device. Thanks mach2003 for providing the link, lot of good info there.

[Q] Problem: No changes take effect in cooked ROM in EVK!

Hi pals
I Cooked a WM6.1 19971 Official ROM for OPAL in Ervius Visual Kitchen. The cooked ROM seems quite alright except that:
1.The original ROM was about 100MB while despite the fact that I added a lot of packages, the cooked ROM is about 80MB.
2.None of my packages exist in the cooked ROM when I flash it.
Can you tell me what the problem is?

The smaller size is fine.
What do you mean packages not there?
Are the files not in the windows folder or are you just missing shortcuts?

mnvoh said:
2.None of my packages exist in the cooked ROM when I flash it.
Can you tell me what the problem is?
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What?!...EVK generates a build_log...look at this, and u'll see, what's in your rom.
Cannot belive that u've applied packages in EVK they wouldn't cook in....strange.

It is happened to me too in the beginning when i was cooking for kaiser and tried to cook inside HTC Mega packages with Manila 2d...i solved it using OsKitchen,lol.

af974 said:
.i solved it using OsKitchen,lol.
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Sorry...but usin' OSKitchen is still hard work in my opinion. Maybe others think similar to me, and please forgive me @airxtreme!
But still the best kitchen in my opinion is EVK....

Its not true,
OsKitchen compared to any other Kitchen is much more easy to use expecially for newbie users.
EVK it is much complete.
Which is the best between one and another its only a personal taste.
icke said:
Sorry...but usin' OSKitchen is still hard work in my opinion. Maybe others think similar to me, and please forgive me @airxtreme!
But still the best kitchen in my opinion is EVK....
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Kitchen
I can`t understand that someone say the os kitchen is to difficult
I work with these kitchen hours and days and no problems whatsoever and easys`t do use, if someone got problem to use this kitchen,live the finger from cooking

af974 said:
Which is the best between one and another its only a personal taste.
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And that's what i said!
For new's, maybe OSKitchen is easier to use...but still beta.

Speak is free and give opinions too...but please people dont start flaming about kitchens.
I mean about what in red....its not nice.
lumisab said:
I can`t understand that someone say the os kitchen is to difficult
I work with these kitchen hours and days and no problems whatsoever and easys`t do use, if someone got problem to use this kitchen,live the finger from cooking
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While EVK was building the ROM I checked the log it was generating. I saw all my packages. But when I used osKitchen it had problems with the *.dsm file in the packages and said that it's corrupt. I think it's the problem but I used package-creator-v2.7 to convert *.cab files to a package. So obviously the problem is with the package creator.
But on thing that's for sure is that newbies (like me) should stick to osKitchen.

FYI, Barin's OSBuilder has a .dsm autocorrection option.

Well, OsKitchen has its own package creator so all you need is to import your original rom and convert all your cabs again plus it has an auto mui converter,thats mean if that you have some 0410 mui's and you are cooking for 0409 oskitchen wiil rename all the mui for you.It worth a try.
mnvoh said:
While EVK was building the ROM I checked the log it was generating. I saw all my packages. But when I used osKitchen it had problems with the *.dsm file in the packages and said that it's corrupt. I think it's the problem but I used package-creator-v2.7 to convert *.cab files to a package. So obviously the problem is with the package creator.
But on thing that's for sure is that newbies (like me) should stick to osKitchen.
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Let's state this once for all: Ervius kitchen is basically a GUI to create _skip files that launches a giant batch file that does all the cooking and that needs to be customized for every device: if you created your own _skip files by hand and used a batch file to cook there would be virtually no difference. OsKitchen has a simple GUI by design but that doesn't mean that it isn't orders of magnitude more complete and advanced than ervius kitchen: it does everything from detecting all device/ROM informations without asking anything (the list of supported devices actually has nothing associated to them but the alternative names: no customized fixed, no customized settings, nothing) to cooking with all sorts of checks to prevent bricking or unbootable ROMs and even parsing all the files in the package: if I had proper relocation code (that I was waiting Da_G to write since he knows that stuff better than everybody else) the kitchen could already natively cook its own ROMs. I'm already using all the code I wrote to replace platformrebuilder to implement all sorts of cool stuff like complete validation of all package files and installing packages directly on the phone trough activesync (to avoid having to reflash any time you want to test something) as you can see on the alphas thread, things that on ervius kitchen, where cooking just means running a giant batch file, you could only dream of.
I hope that finally clears the minds of the people saying that ervius is more advanced or complete: it's not, it's just a simple batch file-based kitchen with an unnecessarily complex GUI. It may have some bundled tools that oskitchen doesn't include (like xipporterex, that while works on some NK.EXE wreaks havoc on unofficial native kernel and latest kernels) but having a dedicated button to launch a tool doesn't make a kitchen "more advanced" or "more complete".

No offence and I do appreciate and use your work, but aren't all kitchens just fancy GUI's around a set of batch files and same old imgfstools and platformrebuilder from yesteryear?

pkoper said:
No offence and I do appreciate and use your work, but aren't all kitchens just fancy GUI's around a set of batch files and same old imgfstools and platformrebuilder from yesteryear?
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Not really, I process all the files before feeding them to platformrebuilder hence the recmod/upx/tweaks/ordering/manila compression/etc without touching any of the original files. I also only use the newest tools available like libnb and osnbtool that the kitchen calls directly and checks the output to warn of any error and to get informations about the ROM format indeed it can import any proper BIN/NB/NBH file and cook it without even knowing what device they come from. The only original imgfstools I keep are nbmerge and nbsplit because I was waiting Da_G to finish his BuildNB function but osnbtool can probably replace both (nbsplit for sure with the -sp parameter).

@OP, it sounds like your package structure is wrong. Are the packages in EXT format (not OEM)? If they're in oem format, none of the files will be included. Just make the packages manually, it's a lot easier.

Can you please post the build log file?

pkoper said:
No offence and I do appreciate and use your work, but aren't all kitchens just fancy GUI's around a set of batch files and same old imgfstools and platformrebuilder from yesteryear?
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My kitchen (OSbuilder) uses it's own engine to process packages, build dsms, rebase modules, merge dsm and build ROM file. The only external tool i use is "TurboImgfs" by airxtreme.

Yes , when i wrote that EVK ,maybe, its more complete then OsKitchen i was referring to this, only some tools.
airxtreme said:
It may have some bundled tools that oskitchen doesn't include
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airxtreme said:
Let's state this once for all: Ervius kitchen is basically a GUI to create _skip files that launches a giant batch file that does all the cooking and that needs to be customized for every device: if you created your own _skip files by hand and used a batch file to cook there would be virtually no difference. OsKitchen has a simple GUI by design but that doesn't mean that it isn't orders of magnitude more complete and advanced than ervius kitchen: it does everything from detecting all device/ROM informations without asking anything (the list of supported devices actually has nothing associated to them but the alternative names: no customized fixed, no customized settings, nothing) to cooking with all sorts of checks to prevent bricking or unbootable ROMs and even parsing all the files in the package: if I had proper relocation code (that I was waiting Da_G to write since he knows that stuff better than everybody else) the kitchen could already natively cook its own ROMs. I'm already using all the code I wrote to replace platformrebuilder to implement all sorts of cool stuff like complete validation of all package files and installing packages directly on the phone trough activesync (to avoid having to reflash any time you want to test something) as you can see on the alphas thread, things that on ervius kitchen, where cooking just means running a giant batch file, you could only dream of.
I hope that finally clears the minds of the people saying that ervius is more advanced or complete: it's not, it's just a simple batch file-based kitchen with an unnecessarily complex GUI. It may have some bundled tools that oskitchen doesn't include (like xipporterex, that while works on some NK.EXE wreaks havoc on unofficial native kernel and latest kernels) but having a dedicated button to launch a tool doesn't make a kitchen "more advanced" or "more complete".
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Don't let them get you down man. Ervius's kitchen is a piece of **** in my opinion. The GUI blows and it crashes on the smallest thing that's not exactly right with a package. Did I mention the GUI is horrible ?
I will say it as well, erv's kitchen is NOTHING but a glorified GUI for platformrebuilder which is the real workhorse.
p.s. I made my own kitchen GUI, based on platformrebuilder as well. Mine's designed to cook for 12 devices at a time though... so I can't exactly share it. PM me if you'd like the details necesssary to make Samsung Omnia 2 ROMs with prb though, it seems nobody else seems to know what the "secret" is... I just think they didn't try hard enough. lol If anything, you can add 4 more devices to your already impressive collection of supported devices

ROM Kitchen based on Osbuilder (See Post 2)

So,i don't get the time to cook rom's anymore
the next few days i will release a Rom Kitchen based on Osbuilder which is the most fastest and easy tool for rom cookling
Plz just wait

ffboy2009 said:
So,i don't get the time to cook rom's anymore
the next few days i will release a Rom Kitchen based on Osbuilder which is the most fastest and easy tool for rom cookling
Plz just wait
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pls check you payPal donte it work not! i´m willing to donate for your new kitchen

OSBuilder
ffboy2009 said:
So,i don't get the time to cook rom's anymore
the next few days i will release a Rom Kitchen based on Osbuilder which is the most fastest and easy tool for rom cookling
Plz just wait
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Sorry my bad English
The best tool for OSBuilder, I can assure you, the more we are together with the Barin many of the functions of OSB for TG01 adapted, in particular the initialization FAT32 sections.
I can give his version of the kitchen, with support multibild in the kitchen is two build 21687 and 21916
Instructions for Multikitchen:
1 install OSBuilderSetup.msi
2 to start the kitchen open the file OSBuilder.osb
3 select your build (21916, 21687.... also allows you to use the mode multilang)
4 mark / unmark ext package
5 click on start button (play)
wait...
6 look inside the PRG folder
download the necessary radio and put in a folder TOOLS
to change the radio used respectively cmd script.
XIP porting:
very simple, change only these folders:
-Donor\MSXIPKernel;
-Donor\MSXIPKernelLTK.
The kitchen itself, the ROM and Radio to find my public folder on 4shared.
MY Shared folder
To purchase the full version osbuider, contact by Barin
Special thanks to:
1. Barin for perfect rom-building tool and a lot of friendly advices
2. Cedesmith for cool TGtool program
3. Alexx~ & AndrewSh for friendly support
Attention in Resco Keyboard not registered by default, setting it as a major get a brick, installs with standard keyboard.
Thanks))))

feropont said:
Sorry my bad English
The best tool for OSBuilder, I can assure you, the more we are together with the Barin many of the functions of OSB for TG01 adapted, in particular the initialization FAT32 sections.
I can give his version of the kitchen, with support multibild in the kitchen is two build 21687 and 21916
Instructions for Multikitchen:
1 install OSBuilderSetup.msi
2 to start the kitchen open the file OSBuilder.osb
3 select your build (21916, 21687.... also allows you to use the mode multilang)
4 mark / unmark ext package
5 click on start button (play)
wait...
6 look inside the PRG folder
to change the radio used respectively cmd script.
XIP porting:
very simple, change only these folders:
-Donor\MSXIPKernel;
-Donor\MSXIPKernelLTK.
The kitchen itself, the ROM and Radio to find my public folder on 4shared.
ROM_&_Multikitchen
To purchase the full version osbuider, contact by Barin
Special thanks to:
1. Barin for perfect rom-building tool and a lot of friendly advices
2. Cedesmith for cool TGtool program
3. Alexx~ & AndrewSh for friendly support
Attention in Resco Keyboard not registered by default, setting it as a major get a brick, installs with standard keyboard.
Thanks))))
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tnx for sharig! BUT 4shared folder ROM_&_Multikitchen is empty

mirolg said:
tnx for sharig! BUT 4shared folder ROM_&_Multikitchen is empty
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Fixed link... MY Shared folder
4Shared today buggy
Topics of discussion OSbuilder are here and here
The kitchen is not the final release, as development under the TG01 together with the Barin still underway

Hello,
The link to the Osbuilder TG01 does not work. Could someone give me?
Thank you in advance.

chdeul said:
Hello,
The link to the Osbuilder TG01 does not work. Could someone give me?
Thank you in advance.
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For the next hour, upload an updated version of OSBuilder with a new algorithm for assembly fat32 partition
Link fixed MY Shared folder
I'm hope the answers to the questions will help me fxdjacentyfxd he has sufficient experience with OSBulder
I'm have difficulty communicating in English literacy. Sorry

feropont said:
I'm hope the answers to the questions will help me fxdjacentyfxd he has sufficient experience with OSBulder
I'm have difficulty communicating in English literacy. Sorry
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feropont, in my oppinion if someone starts to cook he should not use osbuilder.
It is powerfull, professional tools with a lot capabilites. Me myself only know some options I needed, but before I use it I have many hours spent with l3v5y and ffboy kitchens to analyze their work.
People saw more ROM and "go on !". Let They learn some basic steps from leston2379 tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804529
I hope nobody felt insulted
Regards
fxdjacentyfxd

Thanks you very much for the kitchen tool. I dont speek english very well, too. I'm French Google Translator is my friend!
I already know l3v5y kitchen tool, I have make some French ROM with this tool. I want to try other method.
Osbuilder allow me to take care a bit.

If possible, I'm will support and answer questions

Thanks!

Great tool!! Easy to use! Nice work
I managed to create my French ROM build 29007 without problem. In total I 323.42mo ROM (normally it's not 350Mo?)
While creating the SE CE is now 5.2.0 whereas before I had the SE CE 5.2.29007. How to fix problem XIP?
Again, this is a great tool!

chdeul said:
Great tool!! Easy to use! Nice work
I managed to create my French ROM build 29007 without problem. In total I 323.42mo ROM (normally it's not 350Mo?)
While creating the SE CE is now 5.2.0 whereas before I had the SE CE 5.2.29007. How to fix problem XIP?
Again, this is a great tool!
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For autoport xip to the donor in a folder create a folder with a new portable xip and invest packages MXIPKernel and MXIPKernelLTK or xip.bin of build 29007.
The amount of free ROM depends on the size of the newly created IMFGS and tg01os.nb.payload.
Sorry my bad English
Thanks

Thank you for your reply.
I have put the files in the folder Donor/29007. I'll try again.

It's work. My dsm file into Mskernel have not the correct build version.

Nice work Feropont !!! I'll try now your kitchen !

@ feropont very good tool, tnx for share. exist a way to settings that make the ROM possible to full dump? without cleaning of dsm and rgu files after ROM create?
i like to re open my ROMs (made with osbuilder) for re cooking by other chefs
many tnx, miro

Go to "Settings" -> Build Dump and Rom -> Unmark "Merge all packages to one"
Create your ROM
For a dump
Extract os.nb.payload with Tgtool (-sp command)
Go to Dump mode in OsBuilder and open os.nb.payload
You can see your packages and extract.
Sorry for my poor english

chdeul said:
Go to "Settings" -> Build Dump and Rom -> Unmark "Merge all packages to one"
Create your ROM
For a dump
Extract os.nb.payload with Tgtool (-sp command)
Go to Dump mode in OsBuilder and open os.nb.payload
You can see your packages and extract.
Sorry for my poor english
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tnx, mate!
.... how make you FRA miROM7 ROM?

chdeul said:
Go to "Settings" -> Build Dump and Rom -> Unmark "Merge all packages to one"
Create your ROM
For a dump
Extract os.nb.payload with Tgtool (-sp command)
Go to Dump mode in OsBuilder and open os.nb.payload
You can see your packages and extract.
Sorry for my poor english
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And in the settings porting xip do not remove dsm and rgu files.