Hi,
I guess this is one of the top5 most answered questions arround, but i seemed unable to find any useful answer by searching myself and so i guess i should ask before i damage my phone in any way ;0)
Well, what do i have in mind? Ah yes, i wanted to upgrade my ROM to Windows6.5 using Billabongs rom in the rom section (ok, i say ROM one more time just because the previous sentence had so many ROMs in it.. hmpf).
Yet i would like to retain a copy of my original rom just in case that i have to send the phone to the company when it breaks (still have warranty). From what i figured out i need 'only' to dump the 4 Raw files using the 'Dump my phone' package. Currently i am doing this, but i am on Part2 for now about 15 minutes.. filesize not changing.. then as the next step i understood i had to use kaiserkitchen - which seems at first look to be something you have to have a diplom to use it.. wow, what an exciting challange ;0)
Now when that is done i should be able to upload the new rom, right? or did i miss something? Is there maybe a 12-step program i missed somewhere for upgrading roms? Years ago on the prophet it all seemed so easy.....
*edit* in the meantime my files were created. I have two RAW files at hand which i can 'decompress' with viewimgfs - so dumoing seemed to work.. now the question is how to make these RAW things become flashable roms again?
Thanks in advance
Currently I am trying to backup the original ROM too using dumpmyphone. The HardSPL unlocker worked but before I continue to install billabongstaffs ROM. I want to backup the original ROM.
Currently I start up dumpmyphone (downloaded from billabongstaffs post). A dos window opens with the message 'CopyTFFSToFile(0x0, 0x3c0000, Part01.RAW)', then the next one CopyTFFSToFile(0x0, 0x7800000, Part02.raw). I get 2 RAW files (after a long time) one small one (about 4 mb) and one big one (about 128 mb). Then DOS says: push a button to continue. Dos window closes. Is it done now?
*edit*: same question, when needed: how do I install the original rom again?
hey, does anyone know this? Before I update my phone I would like to know how to backup the original may anything go wrong. I tried searching the forums but I cant find a clear explanation.
sorry that I bump this topic but does anyone know this???
What is the rom you have? There are already flashable stock roms here in Rom Development forum. If you have a european or an asian rom for sure you can find them here.
If you have another language rom, then you can use the raw file that you have already dump(the larger is the rom). You can reconstruct it to an nbh flashable file with Ervius Visual kitchen, which have an option to create nbh file from a raw.
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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
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...
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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,
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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.
(sorry newbie question)
I would like to try some of these ROM's, but would like to be able to switch back to my main device ROM easily.
Is there any way to backup my ROM and make it as easy to reinstall as these new ROM's seem to be (i.e., just booting in bootloader mode or whatever and running an exe)?
I looked through the forum and there seemed to be a way to easily back it up on a memory card, but no instructions for now to restore it...and the backup program seemed to create a .bin file not an .exe file.
So is there any way to backup and restore the original ROM?
No, all wrong.
You'd have to dump your ROM, which means: read it out over a wired connection onto your PC. Then you'd have to convert, pet and feed that dump to make it become a NBH file. The NBH file can then be flashed back onto your device.
No, there is no BIN files, it's either RAW or NB or NBH, while only the last one can comfortably be flashed using a ROM Updater Utility.
So yes, there is, but I don't recommend you to try, you'll fail and most probably brick your device. First read the wiki, read the forums, spend some hours per day for maybe two, three weeks reading those forums and at some point you will know yourself if your're ready or not. And I'm not joking. Once you know when you get a RAW file, where the NB files come from and what an RUU and NBH file is, then you know enough to get it done...
Sidenote: restored ROM dumps in all kind of languages can be found here in the forums. If you have a Touch Cruise, the shipped ROM is on the Xda-dev ftp server. If you got an o2 orbit 2, it depends: I could provide the original German ROM, while for UK o2 customers, I dont know, you'd have to search the forums.
BTW: it sounds very frustrating, I know. But I promise, it's worth it. Spend those two weeks and in the end they'll be well spent two weeks because its all the same with all devices. Once you know it, you know everything.
How to dump your rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=371533
It refers to a wiki link halfway through the first post, but it's not linked correctly.. this is the link: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_HowtoDumpRom
What I do wonder myself still is, how to dump the radio rom.. Haven't managed that one yet.
I actually have two HD, one of them (HD1) is running Miri's rom which I downloaded in early Sep, and I failed to keep the rom now.
But I'm desperate to have the same rom on my HD 2, if there anyway I can duplicate the OS from one onto another? kind of like copy and paste in dos mode?
I've tried to run spirite backup from HD1 to HD2, but it failed to restore the same OS on HD2, particularly the Touchflo settings.
I've tried to copy and paste one of the OS files into another one with win explorer, but i knew that's not going to work, because those system files are in use and cann't be replaced. I also tried to boot in bootloader mode, but then I couldn't figure out where to copy the files as they don't show and disk in windows.
I'm wondering if there's any tools can do the duplicate, or any tools can recognize the phone in bootloader mode and able to copy the internal disk. and my last hope is if I could make my own rom based on my current OS in HD1?
This is a long question.
freewalker said:
I actually have two HD, one of them (HD1) is running Miri's rom which I downloaded in early Sep, and I failed to keep the rom now.
But I'm desperate to have the same rom on my HD 2, if there anyway I can duplicate the OS from one onto another? kind of like copy and paste in dos mode?
I've tried to run spirite backup from HD1 to HD2, but it failed to restore the same OS on HD2, particularly the Touchflo settings.
I've tried to copy and paste one of the OS files into another one with win explorer, but i knew that's not going to work, because those system files are in use and cann't be replaced. I also tried to boot in bootloader mode, but then I couldn't figure out where to copy the files as they don't show and disk in windows.
I'm wondering if there's any tools can do the duplicate, or any tools can recognize the phone in bootloader mode and able to copy the internal disk. and my last hope is if I could make my own rom based on my current OS in HD1?
This is a long question.
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install the rom which u have on hd1 to hd 2.
take a backup of ur settings of hd1 on ur sd card using sashmi and restore the same on ur hd2.
for cooking ur own roms go thru the threads of the kitchen in the rom development section...
Thanks, guy.
I couldn't get the old rom, the latest version of rom comes with the new icons for touchflo, those colored taps. That's why I'm trying to duplicate the old version OS.
I'm trying Sashimi now, hope it could change the touchflo setting as well.
Otherwise, maybe need to cook the rom.
Will post up if it works.
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Thanks, guy.
I couldn't get the old rom, the latest version of rom comes with the new icons for touchflo, those colored taps. That's why I'm trying to duplicate the old version OS.
I'm trying Sashimi now, hope it could change the touchflo setting as well.
Otherwise, maybe need to cook the rom.
Will post up if it works.
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which rom version do u want??
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cvchetan said:
which rom version do u want??
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the problem is I forgot which version I had, Miri update very fast, and I couldn't find the old rom links he put.
I think it was around early September, ard Sep 2, 3, probably.
Don't SPB have some kind of ghosting software for Windows Mobile? SPB Clone I think it's called. Not sure if that will work for what your after.
Hi Guys,
I found the rom, it's V26.3 Premium, there was a mirror links in middle of the post. I digged it out, and then use Sashimi to copy all of the rest setting from HD1 to HD2. cools.
Thanks a lot for all your reply.
Will try the ghost if need next time.
does anny one knows where I can dl a program that can open nbh files?
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does anny one knows where I can dl a program that can open nbh files?
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What are you trying to do? Unless you are cooking ROMs, you have no reason to open one. Even then, you wouldn't be able to use the file without the original kitchen.
nbh files contain the ROMs that are flashed to your device. It is flashed by way of a CustomRUU.exe or via the bootloader from your SD card. I suggest reading up on flashing HERE before going any further.
Is this what you're looking for?
No, based on his other posts, this is what he is looking for:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550540
I think he was trying to do what I was trying to do. I wanted to easily edit a couple different pieces of the NRG ROM. There were a couple things I was looking to edit, but I think it was actually repoint (or airextreme or someone, anyways its not important) who told me I would have to get what kitchen that NRG himself used and try to recompose his ROM from what he told me.
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I think he was trying to do what I was trying to do. I wanted to easily edit a couple different pieces of the NRG ROM. There were a couple things I was looking to edit, but I think it was actually repoint (or airextreme or someone, anyways its not important) who told me I would have to get what kitchen that NRG himself used and try to recompose his ROM from what he told me.
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You can't edit a custom ROM without access to the original kitchen. Most chefs aren't going to give you access to that, so you can either build your own or see if they would make a special ROM just for you. They might do it for a small donation.
The OPs posts AFTER this thread are ones asking how to HardSPL. He is most almost certainly just learning how to flash a ROM, and didn't know what to do with the files; and not trying to cook a ROM.
ondo hardSPL
HardSPL! ok now i net to try undo HardSPL! can anyone help? please!!!!????