i'm trying to edit the ext rom using total commander and having some trouble. First when i tried to remove the ext rom, i get errors said something like could not delete 12 of the files, or something like that, then it renames all the files into random folders and files all named by some type of jibborish. Then when i try to paste files into the ext rom, it asks me if i want to overwrite the files... theres nothing there, i removed all of them. so i tell it its ok to overwrite and then it gives me an error.
anyone succesfully edited the ext ont he new kjam rom?
i had the same thing
after reflashing rom again all went ok
i reflashed and hard reset several times but nothing
is there a new total commander? what app did you use to edit your ext?
i try to delete anti virus software with total commander. when i hard reset the device all the files r missing from ext rom. wtf? anyone else have this happen. i never had this problem happen with the old rom
I had this problem too. The way i managed to remove the anti virus was to
1. Reflash with new ROM
2. Load Total Commander and Copy the EXT ROM to a foler in My Docs
3. Take the CAB from My Docs to your PC
3. In the EXT ROM delete the unwanted CABs
4. Hard Reset (EXT ROM should be empty and no CAB were auto installed)
5. Copy wanted CABS from PC to device and run them
6. Now you should have what you want and an empty EXT ROM freeing up some space.
can i use that method to copy all of the ext rom from the t mobile version to my phone to make it like the ones from tmobile
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I'm trying to copy all of the files from my K-JAM \Extended_Rom\ to my storage card so that I can then remove selected files from the Extended ROM and then hard reset.
When using Total Commander and selecting all files in the \Extended_Rom\ directory, after the copy command seemingly completes with no errors, there are only 5 files copied to my storage card:
Autorun.exe
Default_P_CSD_Setting.cab
Default_P_UA_Profile.cab
Default_Signed_Version.sa.CAB
Install_Tsk.exe
How can I copy all the files to my storage card to serve as a backup before I remove some from the Extended ROM and hard reset? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.
mychal said:
I'm trying to copy all of the files from my K-JAM \Extended_Rom\ to my storage card so that I can then remove selected files from the Extended ROM and then hard reset.
When using Total Commander and selecting all files in the \Extended_Rom\ directory, after the copy command seemingly completes with no errors, there are only 5 files copied to my storage card:
Autorun.exe
Default_P_CSD_Setting.cab
Default_P_UA_Profile.cab
Default_Signed_Version.sa.CAB
Install_Tsk.exe
How can I copy all the files to my storage card to serve as a backup before I remove some from the Extended ROM and hard reset? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.
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Is it possible that you're actually 'cutting' the files and not 'copying' them?
I ask this 'cos you cannot remove (or cut) any file from extrom; if you do, the extrom filesystem will go to hell and so will do every file in it.
I don't remember how i successfully copied those files; it was looong ago. I only know i used total commander as you did.
Anyway, don't worry, there's a way to extract the extrom content without even using the phone. You 'only' need: a PC, a copy of winimage (a shareware software), the executable (installer) of the rom you want to extract the extrom from, winrar (another shareware) and the great extractor 'typho5.exe' (that you can find in this forum).
Another, simpler, way is to use the total commander PC version together with the wince plugin. After connecting the phone via activesync and launching total commander, you'll be able to browse your phone as if it was a drive.
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Hi guys. Here's the deal. Can you flash a WM5 ext rom in a WM6 device. I have a wizard and i'm just wondering. is it possible? or do I need a wm6 ext rom? OH and ive searched my head off and i cant find anywhere with the aforementioned ext roms..........any help? Thanks in advance.
You can (However you may need to use itsutils yourself), however note that software and settings in WM5 ext rom may not be fully compatible with WM6.
btw, you can just use Total Commander and navigate to \Extended_ROM and make a backup to files there to your SD card, then install what you need after flashing WM6, that's the same unless not automatic.
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You can (However you may need to use itsutils yourself), however note that software and settings in WM5 ext rom may not be fully compatible with WM6.
btw, you can just use Total Commander and navigate to \Extended_ROM and make a backup to files there to your SD card, then install what you need after flashing WM6, that's the same unless not automatic.
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sorry to butt in but WST allows to copy all files (or just some) to the Hard Drive in an easy manner
btw, WST can also be used to flash an extended rom in .nb format (decrypted as a partition image)
Hi,
Was wondering; if after I run a cab install, does the .cab file need to be left on the phone; or can I delete it?
Alemaker
You may not have a choice. Most Phones automatically Delete the cab file after install. I always keep all my cab files on my Storage Card so if I have to I can do a Hard Reset then just reinstall everything off the Storage Card. But to do this you need this cab file that prevents other cab files from being automatically deleted.
you can delete it. i keep all of mine on my card if i ever need to reset the phone
For the past week or so, I cant install any cabs, everytime i di it says theres an error in the setup file. maybe a registry or something. any suggestions?
hello, i have had this problem before, but i recopied the cab files from my computer back on to the card again, oh delete the cab from the card first. worst case you can reformat your card, also try to copy a cab from computer to your device main memory and try to install.
Lupe
Hey guys,
some time ago I've tried to free some space from my internal memory, so I've chosen several files to remove in my \windows directory, like ringtones, 007 trailer and some .cabs of default installed programs. Overall size was about 90MB, what is pretty nice while I had like 100MB free space on internal. I know these files can't be just deleted, so I've prepared fake files with the same name, but zero size and I did these steps:
1. backup of chosen files
2. rewrite old files with new files of zero size using Total Commander
!! BUT !! when I did so, free space of internal memory was always the same (even after restart)
3. so, when I saw it had no effect, I restored original files from backup back to the \windows folder and I was shoked when I saw 10MB of free memory
4. as a last step, I've changed these files again with those zero sized and I had the free space back
Now I have the same amount of free space as I had at the beginning, but with zero sized fake files instead of original files.
I want to ask:
a) why my method did not work??
b) how can I really free up some space?? (by removing those useless files)
c) where is the "ROM image" located?? I mean .. if I'll change those original files with fake files and I'll do hard reset, what will happen? Will be those original files restored from some hidden ROM image or are they necessary to keep (for any reason) in \windows folder?
Thank you for any ideas.
FYI I am using stock R3A ROM.
C'mon ... I am sure somebody knows the answers. I've already read several threads about deleting files in windows folder, but all of them were about overwriting files with new, fake files. There were nothing about free memory. And also I can't find the answer on my third, probably most important question
c) where is the "ROM image" located?? I mean .. if I'll change those original files with fake files and I'll do hard reset, what will happen? Will be those original files restored from some hidden ROM image or are they necessary to keep (for any reason) in \windows folder?
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Any help is appreciated.
on wm there is a flash area
devided into 2 places 1 is storage
1 is rom
rom is read only after one flash the firmware
you can overshadow files in the rom flash with empty files
but they don't mean they are not still there
but it's don't matter because files on rom don't take up storage space at all
they take up rom space it's 2 seperate "partitions" if that makes something you can understand better
only way to truely remove files from the rom flash is to cook a rom without them
and even if you do that that will not give you more storage space as it's 2 seperate spaces
so basicly you're barking up the wrong tree for more storage
Thanks man. This answer is absolutely enough for me, now I understand it much better.