I am interested in any possible solutions to my problems. I would like to be able to 'reflash' an HTC Artemis or XDA Orbit device (From the SD Card) with a modified NBH file (mods to the extended ROM section). Has anyone been able to figure out...
1) How do you reflash an Artemis device from the SD Card (if possible - I assume it is)
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2) Is there any way of modifying the extended ROM section of the NBH file. Can you for example, extract the Ext ROM section using the NBH Extract utility posted on the site - modify it, recompile all parts back into NBH and then reflash device (from SD preferably, although via activesync better than nothing). I expect it will require a modified bootloader and possibly a Super CID device.
Many Thanks to anyone that can help.
no need of flashing etc.! simply edit it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=290132
look post 8
Thats OK if you only want to modify one device. Not so great if you want to change 100 say. Flashing from the SD card is the way forward there.
@ace,
pardon me, i wasnt aware of you running a business on our knowledge
greetz
p.s. how about donating to the forum?!
thormdac said:
@ace,
pardon me, i wasnt aware of you running a business on our knowledge
greetz
p.s. how about donating to the forum?!
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L.O.L. ;-)
I might just do that if I get a solution
(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.
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.
I installed the radio stated by energy rom and replaced rilphone.dll....now the radio doesn't work....what am i doing wrong?
the phone boots up fine, i just cant make calls...help please
thanks!
rilphone_2.07
Leo_RADIO_2.07.50.27_2
did i brick it?
remove rillphone and reboot so the original comes back from rom. should be ok then.
no one has shown any benefit or even much success messing with rillphone.
samsamuel said:
remove rillphone and reboot so the original comes back from rom. should be ok then.
no one has shown any benefit or even much success messing with rillphone
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Not entirely true.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=494632
If you want to make .cabs for the rilphone.dll files just use Chainfire method for creating .cab for windows mobile internal or driver .dll's
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=495145
true, it can be cooked in, or cab installed, but you cant just copy it over, like most people try to do, and to be honest, anyone seen any difference when matching it to the radio? (cos if they HAVE, then maybe ill have a go!)
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
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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.