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I have been using a small utility to SHOWS MY PHONE NUMBER on the today screen AND SWITCH SIMS. The utility has a 15 day trial. This software was "modded" to work in WM5. The official version only works in 2003SE. While it works OK in WM5, there are many bugs. Unfortunately, the company no longer is working on this utility, so no WM5 compatibility.
What I did was install the utility. The 15 days counts down. After 15 days it stops working. Very normal.
Because I need this utility, I want to install and reinstall it. Here is what I tried to do:
1) I installed a clean ROM. Made a registry backup using SKTools right away.
2) Installed utility
3) When 15 days is up, I uninstall
4) Tried restore original registry using SKTools
5) Reinstall utility
Unfortunately, the utility is still expired. How can this be? Normally, a program puts "keys" in the registry to indicate status. If I restore the registry to before the utility was ever installed, all traces of the utility SHOULD BE gone. What else can the utility be reading that is not unstalled? Another registry somewhere? Am I missing something?
Please help because I do use this and would buy it if it was ever made to work with WM5 by the developer. Until then I have to find a work around.
Thanks for any help.
Could the begining date from which the countdown started have been imbedded in the software at the time of the download from the website to your PC?
APK-1 said:
Could the begining date from which the countdown started have been imbedded in the software at the time of the download from the website to your PC?
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I don't think so, because if I flash a new ROM and install the software, it goes back to 15 days trial. I don't want to reflash my ROM every 15 days. So it must be reading the original install date from somewhere other than the registry. Any ideas where?
any ideas?
which software are you talking about - SIMName?
DoctorT said:
which software are you talking about - SIMName?
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WiVit Sim Switcher
often some software hides such data crypted in the registry, someone never find it or doesnt know hot to change...
Ricci82 said:
often some software hides such data crypted in the registry, someone never find it or doesnt know hot to change...
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You only need to make a WinDiff comparison - or, use SKTracker. I've published a complete tutorial on this: http://forum.brighthand.com/showthread.php?t=215073
Nevertheless, it's not only the Registry that can hold such files / info, but als the file system (mostly under \Windows) and the WinCE databases.
Menneisyys said:
Nevertheless, it's not only the Registry that can hold such files / info, but als the file system (mostly under \Windows) and the WinCE databases.
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if this is the case, there is no way to know where the info is stored then?
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if this is the case, there is no way to know where the info is stored then?
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Sure you can - just keep track of what has been changed upon installation / first start. SKTracker is an excellent tool in this respect.
I think this FM Radio is improved as far as reception concerned. Less interference noticed overall. Back up the current library (just in case you don't like this one) from the Windows directory and replace it with the files in the zip.
Where does it come from ?
plopplop said:
Where does it come from ?
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From udk's latest ROM
Is there a possibilitie to change the fm radio with a working wm6.1 rom already flashed because when i try to copy the files over the files on my device i get a error that i cant override them.
Ajacied410 said:
Is there a possibilitie to change the fm radio with a working wm6.1 rom already flashed because when i try to copy the files over the files on my device i get a error that i cant override them.
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use total commander or resco explorer. Either will over-write the libraries.
It would be great to make a cab file out of it. Could anybody help with it?
mffu said:
use total commander or resco explorer. Either will over-write the libraries.
It would be great to make a cab file out of it. Could anybody help with it?
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That depends - what are all the needed Registry entries ? It's simple enough to have all the files in the zip CAB'd to install in \Windows, but are there Registry entries needed beyond these ?
i tried it yesterday.Copy all files in Windows folder with resco,check version and see version number is ok.I listened to radio all night and havent a problem
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That depends - what are all the needed Registry entries ? It's simple enough to have all the files in the zip CAB'd to install in \Windows, but are there Registry entries needed beyond these ?
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This library is complete. You can unzip it to the storage card, tap on the FM Radio.exe and it will work. I believe we need a cab maker. That type of program writes everything into the registry during the installation.
Thanks. I will try this one tonight ... ;-)
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I believe we need a cab maker.
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Here you go.
Tested. Works.
Sascha
The PDAViet rom also has version 1211.721 which also has better reception than the one on the stock rom. Now I can use my favourite headset which had poor reception, maybe due to shorter length than some crappy one I had
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Here you go.
Tested. Works.
Sascha
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Doesn't work on my Cruise. Stock ROM. The App doesn't want to start.
Neither the cab not the zip works. I thought that my sprite backup would have the original Files from the rom,it does not. Does anyone have the stock radio files to get my radio working again?
TIA!
EDIT: It looks like I have lost the ability to launch the radio app. At this point, I really don't want to do a hard reset. Don't apply this update unless you are willing to lose this function.
victoradjei said:
The PDAViet rom also has version 1211.721 which also has better reception than the one on the stock rom. Now I can use my favourite headset which had poor reception, maybe due to shorter length than some crappy one I had
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this is the default version that i have on my HTC Polaris/Cruise.
I'd like to backup my files before copying the new one but can't copy fms_api.dll, even using Resco explorer...
Doesn't work on my Cruise. Raramomo ROM. The App doesn't want to start.
Has somebody a cab of the original radio ?
LIPA said:
Doesn't work on my Cruise. Raramomo ROM. The App doesn't want to start.
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What application doesn't start?
The CAB can only be installed if you turn certification off.
I don't know if this is possible with all stock ROMs.
Sascha
SaBo said:
What application doesn't start?
The CAB can only be installed if you turn certification off.
I don't know if this is possible with all stock ROMs.
Sascha
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The FMRadio.exe does not start. The cab was installed properly without issue.
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That type of program writes everything into the registry during the installation.
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Yes, I know that - it was the point of my post.
But what I asked is: "Are there any other Registry entries that need updating ?"
The answer seems to be - apparently not, since another post reported it as working by just copying the unzipped files into \Windows ... but other posts reported this as not working.
Generating a CAB is easy of course, making sure it actually works may be harder.
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this is the default version that i have on my HTC Polaris/Cruise.
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The FM Radio I posted is better than the PDAViet's one. I have less interference or static after I upgraded to it. I am on PDAViets's 06 build and I get a clear and crisp signal off the stations I had the crappy static with the original build.
And YES, you got to have the security policies changed in order to overwrite some files in the Windows directory. Search for the SDA Application unlocker. That should fix the problem with upgrading.
In my first post I mentioned about backing up the original files. If you happened to fail doing so, try to find Dutty's FM Radio cab.
Thank you!
Hi Guys,
I'm using the Dusk theme and bars etc.. Once I'd installed I noticed that the Pop Out scroll bar had vanished. This I thought was an extremeeeeeely useful setting....
So I hard reset and dumped the today reg from HKCU, after a little messing about figured that I'd just import the reg keys from the original settings. Here are the keys
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today\ScrollBar]
"ScrollBarThumbThemeImage"="\\Windows\\HTCblack_scrollbarThumb.png"
"ScrollBarThumbThemeImageBottomMargin"=dword:00000022
"ScrollBarThumbThemeImageLeftMargin"=dword:00000008
"ScrollBarThumbThemeImageRightMargin"=dword:00000008
"ScrollBarThumbThemeImageTiled"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarThumbThemeImageTopMargin"=dword:00000022
"ScrollBarTrackThemeImage"="\\Windows\\HTCblack_scrollbarTrack.png"
"ScrollBarTrackThemeImageBottomMargin"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarTrackThemeImageLeftMargin"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarTrackThemeImageRightMargin"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarTrackThemeImageTiled"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarTrackThemeImageTopMargin"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarUpArrowButtonDisabledThemeImage"=""
"ScrollBarUpArrowButtonDisabledThemeImageBottomMargin"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarUpArrowButtonDisabledThemeImageLeftMargin"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarUpArrowButtonDisabledThemeImageRightMargin"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarUpArrowButtonDisabledThemeImageTiled"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarUpArrowButtonDisabledThemeImageTopMargin"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarUpArrowButtonSelectedThemeImage"=""
"ScrollBarUpArrowButtonSelectedThemeImageBottomMargin"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarUpArrowButtonSelectedThemeImageLeftMargin"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarUpArrowButtonSelectedThemeImageRightMargin"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarUpArrowButtonSelectedThemeImageTiled"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarUpArrowButtonSelectedThemeImageTopMargin"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarUpArrowButtonThemeImage"=""
"ScrollBarUpArrowButtonThemeImageBottomMargin"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarUpArrowButtonThemeImageLeftMargin"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarUpArrowButtonThemeImageRightMargin"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarUpArrowButtonThemeImageTiled"=dword:00000000
"ScrollBarUpArrowButtonThemeImageTopMargin"=dword:00000000
I'm sure there is a genius in here that could turn this into a cab. Otherwise, copy the text save in a text file add "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00" as the first line of the text file.
Rename as a .reg file. Import with your preferred reg tool.
In recent posts I've been berated for my efforts to help. I'm no genius, but I have tried this and it's working on my o2 device.
BACKUP BEFORE TRYING. EITHER THE REG ENTRIES OR THE ENTIRE DEVICE
Hope this helps someone
remove .txt from the attached file.
BIG Thanks to johncmolyneux for the cab.
It doesn't work for me. I changed the theme to one of the other pre-installed ones and set the registry values as described above, but there was no change (after a soft reset).
I have made a cab file, but I'm not gonna upload it till we know why it didn't work and I've fixed it.
Did you import all of the values or change a few?
I tried the change a few initially and all I got was the original original (i.e.wm5) scrollbar.
When I imported the file in the first post it worked. These were the only changes that I'd made.
Do you have the original ROM?
The Pop out images are in the windows directory named "01THUMBxxx"
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Did you import all of the values or change a few?
I tried the change a few initially and all I got was the original original (i.e.wm5) scrollbar.
When I imported the file in the first post it worked. These were the only changes that I'd made.
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The Dusk theme isn't one of the pre-installed themes is it? Did you try it with one of them?
I didn't..... I only used the HTCBlack theme (Which I think it set by default).
I therefore also don't know if the Pop Out Bar is present in the other themes.
I'm going to do a backup and try another theme.
Confirmed working on the DVF Green Theme
Confirmed working on the Classic Blue Theme
Works perfectly, thanks!
There's a lot of misplaced spaces in what you posted, after removing them, it works.
Nvm: comment removed.
That's how it pasted. they shouldn't be present in the txt file.
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Confirmed working on the DVF Green Theme
Confirmed working on the Classic Blue Theme
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Okay - I'll recheck the cab file then. It must be doing something wrong.
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Okay - I'll recheck the cab file then. It must be doing something wrong.
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Did you do it from the text file or copied from the screen... reference freyberry's comment...
Neville.Holland said:
Did you do it from the text file or copied from the screen... reference freyberry's comment...
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I just read it from the screen - it's the simplest way to then recreate the structure in Visual Studio. I've already had spaces in my posts before now, so I was aware of that issue.
Anyway, I've fixed the cab file and it works a treat now, so I'll send you a link to it so you can download it and attach it to the 1st post, rather than have it here on the second page.
The Cab?
Could you you create a cab or still having error?
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I just read it from the screen - it's the simplest way to then recreate the structure in Visual Studio. I've already had spaces in my posts before now, so I was aware of that issue.
Anyway, I've fixed the cab file and it works a treat now, so I'll send you a link to it so you can download it and attach it to the 1st post, rather than have it here on the second page.
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gsidhom said:
Could you you create a cab or still having error?
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I've created the cab, uploaded it and sent a link to Neville.Holland so he can post it in the first post, rather than have it in the middle of the thread.
But I guess since people may want it straight away (and he's not currently online), I can post it here and just remove it when he does his thing later.
Thank You For Effort
Thank you very Much,
By the way I'm Still An HD User But I will Try it on mine
johncmolyneux said:
I've created the cab, uploaded it and sent a link to Neville.Holland so he can post it in the first post, rather than have it in the middle of the thread.
But I guess since people may want it straight away (and he's not currently online), I can post it here and just remove it when he does his thing later.
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gsidhom said:
Thank you very Much,
By the way I'm Still An HD User But I will Try it on mine
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I think this is a windows 6.5 thing, so if you're still on 6.1 it probably won't do anything, but I'd be interested to know what happens
Prted HD2 Rom
I 'm Working on Wm6.5 Ported Hd2 with manila 1921,
But Yet It didn't work,
I don't know why: Probably the images files for the popup button aren't included...
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I think this is a windows 6.5 thing, so if you're still on 6.1 it probably won't do anything, but I'd be interested to know what happens
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I 'm Working on Wm6.5 Ported Hd2 with manila 1921,
But Yet It didn't work,
I don't know why: Probably the images files for the popup button aren't included...
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Check the windows folder for a series of images starting 01Thumbxxx. I suspect that it's a little more in-depth than a few images.
gsidhom said:
I 'm Working on Wm6.5 Ported Hd2 with manila 1921,
But Yet It didn't work,
I don't know why: Probably the images files for the popup button aren't included...
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That can soon be fixed
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The second one is there - it's just a bit hard to see
Thanks for the .cab, johncmolyneux!
Hope you don't mind if I add it to the add ons for my ROM?
I have a quick question, I was wondering if the changes we made to the registy would change when we change our roms. I was planning on updating my rom, but have done alot of registry changing. Just wanted to know if I had to do it over again when I change/update my rom. Thank you
all changes gone. phone completely reset to whatever tweaks the chef cooks in.
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I have a quick question, I was wondering if the changes we made to the registy would change when we change our roms. I was planning on updating my rom, but have done alot of registry changing. Just wanted to know if I had to do it over again when I change/update my rom. Thank you
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Yup. And don't even think about backing your current registry up to use it on a different build or you will be forced to reflash/hard reset. You could, however make a provisioning xml cab with registry settings, cab it, and run it post flash.
Also, you can make a back up in case you decide to go back to this rom. PHM Regedit can do this for you.
help..... how to dump my hd2 rom so I can flash it later. so everything stay the same and I don't have to install all cabs again and setting. I'm a noob, I'm also trying to find out how to make my own clock and icons. thanks
i don't think it is possible to back-up your current rom n settings.
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help..... how to dump my hd2 rom so I can flash it later. so everything stay the same and I don't have to install all cabs again and setting. I'm a noob, I'm also trying to find out how to make my own clock and icons. thanks
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Check the Energy ROM thread. There is some talk of it in post #5.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591784
i did it with my o2 rom just to see how to do it, but in all honesty i won't be doing it again. No point when the rom is available to download, and it doesnt save settings anyway. Ive posted teh how-to just because you asked about 'dumping the rom' so it will no doubt get hits from epople wanting to know how, and not just people like you wanting to backup, not dump.
dump the .raw partitions, reading step one in THIS first post will help.
Then set up ervius visual kitchen and use the 'raws2nbh' function to rebuild the raw files into the .nbh rom file.
BUT, it wont save your rom as it is now, with all your settings and such, it will only dump the rom as it was when you first ran the phone.
Far easier to just download the stock rom from somewhere.
Plus the rom you create even though it is stock will still be seen as a cooked rom by teh phone, so you would need hspl installed to flash it.
So, you need to look more into backup software, like sprite backup, PIm backup, or sashimi/makisu, or the like.
thanks very much. I guess I stick with backing up the settings and flashing the stock rom... thanks for the feedback again... ps: the point was to have the rom just how out was when dumped...
corlygunnz said:
thanks very much. I guess I stick with backing up the settings and flashing the stock rom... thanks for the feedback again... ps: the point was to have the rom just how out was when dumped...
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Yea, i know what you mean.
I found a cooked rom that i liked, and the chef also offered the kitchen with it. (which means i run the kitchen, press 'build' and fifteen minutes later the rom is created, ready to flash.)
Then, knowing i have a rom that i already like, i can start to make small adjustments. Progs that i normally have to reinstal every time i have converted to cookable packages, various registry tweaks that i used to instal from cab every time i have now cooked in.
A great way to get an easy intro into cooking, but because it's already built you aren't starting from a stock rom, facing weeks of tweaks. Instead i know i already like the rom, and i can slowly apply extra tweaks as i learn.
Look out for rom threads who offer 'comes with kitchen'.
ChuckyROM is the one that comes to mind, but there are others too.
I now have cookies home tab mod pre installed, and right from the start it has my layout, and all my quicklinks already there, as well as most of teh cabs i used to instal manually already built in, owner name pre set, home location/timezone etc etc all pre set, my own lockscreen, i've removed tons of unused images and language files, and such like.
My rom is down to around 145MB. (Stock is around 200MB+).
Best of all, i cooked in 'remotetracker', so if my phone gets stolen/lost, , even a hard reset wont stop it being trackable.
Fun stuff, if you dont mind spending a few hours at a time cooking/flashing/re-cooking/flashing/re-re-cooking, , , hehe
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I now have cookies home tab mod pre installed, and right from the start it has my layout, and all my quicklinks already there, as well as most of teh cabs i used to instal manually already built in, owner name pre set, home location/timezone etc etc all pre set, my own lockscreen, i've removed tons of unused images and language files, and such like.
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how can I pre install, the layout and quick links on cookie too my rom, I'm a noob, I got this new rom I like and a want to tweak it, its going to be my first rom. can you or someone direct me to tutorials for cooking and tweaking.... I'm a quick learner. lol
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how can I pre install, the layout and quick links on cookie too my rom, I'm a noob, I got this new rom I like and a want to tweak it, its going to be my first rom. can you or someone direct me to tutorials for cooking and tweaking.... I'm a quick learner. lol
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well its not that simple. when a chef cooks the rom, it is usually protected, so you cant just dump a cooked rom. Thats why you have to get a pre built kitchen for that rom.
Sadly there is no simple step by step for all this.
THIS thread is for OSKitchen, which is pretty good, and fairly straightforward.
I suggest you just get a kitchen, dump a stock rom into it, and just have a look around it for a while first, so you get the idea of what you are facing.
Follow posts 1 - 4 and that should give you an evenings tinkering to get started.
Or there is ervius' visual kitchen, which isn't quite so straight forward, but works really well for me.
Reading HERE and HERE and HERE
and lots of reading in 'Chef Central'
However, to get immediate results, i found it far better to start with a pre built kitchen.
HERE is the one i first started to tinker with.
I gave up on kitchens a half dozen times in the past months, it just seems so overwhelming, which is why a ready made rom i could make minor tweaks to came in so handy.
thanks allot, I'm going to get to it right away. I'll post if I hit a wall.
how do i cook cooki home tab. is not working, is the anything i got to do?
corlygunnz said:
how do i cook cooki home tab. is not working, is the anything i got to do?
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convert it to an ext package, which will generate a folder with various files/subfiles, one of which is a reg file, edit that, add your registry entries (extracted from your currently running phone, using ceregistry editor ((if you dont already have them, immediately you finish reading this go get wincecab manager, ceregistry editor, and look up CAB_Converter too.)))
Use cab converter to change the cab into an ext.
as always, the best advice is to read everything, then read it again, hehe.
A working example.
connect your phone to usb, open ceregistry editor, click connect, browse to HKLM\software\HTC\manila\Home There are 80 or so numbered folders, Thats for the quicklinks.
In the tree view on the left, right click the folder Home and choose 'export'. A file save dialog will open, call it something like home, OK. You should get something like '81 keys exported'
Now, browse to the folder where the converted cookies EXT is, find the file 'app.reg'. Double click to open it in ceregistry editor, you will see a similar registry view as you saw on the phone, except with loads less entries. Find HKLM\software\HTC\manila\Home, select the home folder, hit delete, confirm, its now gone.
Go to top of ceregistry editor - hit Edit - Import registry keys from file.
Now, by default it will be looking for .reg files, but we exported ours as .cereg, so change the filetype dropdown to 'all files'.
Find your 'home.cereg' file we exported, click it, you will get a 'sucessfully imported,....blahblah', hit save, and now, when you cook the rom, your quicklinks will already be there as soon as the phone first boots.
Use SPB backup
Use SPB backup. Works wonders. I have a backup for the 3 or 4 roms I run. So all I have to do is load the rom, load spb backup and restore the backup and all my settings, email accounts, facebook and the such is ready to go.
fhaines
fhaines said:
Use SPB backup. Works wonders. I have a backup for the 3 or 4 roms I run. So all I have to do is load the rom, load spb backup and restore the backup and all my settings, email accounts, facebook and the such is ready to go.
fhaines
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i just got me the spb backup, and is working great for me. thanks.
The simple solution here is SPB Backup...
EDIT: oops, jumped the gun. was already suggested. xD
glad you got it figured out
samsamuel said:
use the 'raws2nbh' function to rebuild the raw files into the .nbh rom file.
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This step is much more complicated than it sounds. Any possibility that you could include instructions for this?
Thanks!
ohiosux said:
This step is much more complicated than it sounds. Any possibility that you could include instructions for this?
Thanks!
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sure you want to bother? it wont save your settings as they are now, so you are essentially dumping the stock rom as it was when you got the phone (Assuming you're running a stock rom that is, if its a cooked rom it probably wont convert anyway)
All (most) of teh stock roms are available to download, so its an accademic task only, , , ,
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sure you want to bother? its an accademic task only, , , ,
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Actually, yes. I realize its redundant work, but I don't see how I could ever become a proper "chef" if I can't even manage to dump a ROM.
ohiosux said:
Actually, yes. I realize its redundant work, but I don't see how I could ever become a proper "chef" if I can't even manage to dump a ROM.
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hehe, well, ive only done it once, so you know as much as me, , get ervius vis kitchen (im sure other kitchens can do it too, just i use evk) click extra buttons, top left button is raws2nbh, follow the prompts.
You dont need to do this to cook, you know that? the kitchen will import a downloaded stock nbh, no need for the dump to get a kutchen working.