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Killing My5 files...

I'm working on my ROM and I know how to disable My5 from starting, but what about the My5 files? Do they need to stay there? Which files are My5? How much space are they taking? Which can I take out? Etc.
Also, is there a CAB with My5 on it? That would allow me to set an option on my kitchen to either install or not install it...

I think the only way to do this is to cook the ROM yourself and delete these files prior to building it. I'm waiting for ITJE to upload his cooking folders so I can do this myself and free up about 1.5M of space.

mikenaustin said:
I think the only way to do this is to cook the ROM yourself and delete these files prior to building it. I'm waiting for ITJE to upload his cooking folders so I can do this myself and free up about 1.5M of space.
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You dont have to wait.
Extract the stripped version
using my tutorial
Thats the version you are gonna get either by extracting it, or wait for me to upload folders, witch might take awhile.
cheers

But which files are safe to delete from the extracted folders? My kitchen would warn me of the files, if I could just get a cab with My5 n it... (It checks for duplicate files.)
I don't have the time right now, but I have to hunt down all the files I need to kill on your ROM in order for it to work on my kitchen. (The Comm manager for example (as you can choose between 4 or 5 different comm managers on the kitchen, but it'll give you an error if the ROM already has its own because of duplicate files.) And I still don't know what the differences between the Wing and the Herald are. Is it a simple registry entry that changes the keyboard layout? Any files change?

[REF][TUT] UPX Squeezer BATCH --> Improve program launch times

Going through some posts in the blackstone forum I discovered an interesting thread by Sir.B...
He talked about an old trick used for older devices to fit WM6 onto them with the side effect that load times of applications is much faster and tried this on his Blackstone.
I just gave it a try and it's impressive. So far I only tried it on HTC Album and Navigon Mobile Navigator 7:
HTC Album now loads in about 1 sec (previously about 4-5 sec)
Navigon MN 7 loads in about 2 sec (previously about 6-9 sec)
Seems to work flawless on any WM Device ;-)
I'm loving it!!!
Many thanks to Sir.B and everyone else at XDA-DEV!
I attached version 1.1 (which worked fine for me); 1.0 can be found on the original post.
Here's the quote and the link to the original post...
Sir.B said:
this is an old trick that was/is used for older devices to fit WinMo 6 on them
but a side effect is faster application load times
i figured i'd try it on the Blackstone and difference is noticeable
HTCAlbum loads in about 1 Second, before it took about 4
so i'm sharing this with anyone who is interested
The batch file is kept as simple as possible for everyone's ease of use
but this is pretty advanced tweaking, so all common warnings apply
and/or
if you are not comfortable with getting files from/to your PocketPC
and/or
can't figure out how to extract this zip and read the "read me.txt"
and/or
don't know what “any key” is DO NOT TRY THIS!
(read the forum and the wiki a bit more, and you'll gain the knowledge)
Version History:
v 1.0 - initial release
v 1.1 - no icon compression switch added to the batch, for more general compatability
to get you started
a short list of EXEs that i have UPXed and work well for me
AdobeReaderLE.exe
ASyncKiller.exe
BCR.exe
Camera.exe
FMRadio.exe
GoogleMaps.exe
HTCAlbum.exe
iContact.exe
KeePassPPC.exe
kinoma.exe
Labyrinth.exe
LongPressEndKeyApp.exe
MP3Trimmer.exe
MusicID.exe
Opera9.exe
OperaL.exe
QuickGPS.exe
RSSHub.exe
s2p.exe
s2u2 Settings.exe
s2v.exe
StreamingPlayer.exe
TomTom Navigator.exe
USBtoPC.exe
WMRegOptimizer.exe
YotaCenter.exe
YotaCenterUpdater.exe
YouTube.exe
and here is a list of things NOT to compress
manila.exe
cprog.exe
thumbCal.exe
calculator.exe
wt5jetpr.exe
any DLL
Please share your findings so that others can benefit from it
(SEARCH this thread for your application name or EXE filename)
note: you'll have to repeat this proses after upgrading your applications
thanks to;
edhaas - for the original simple to use batch file More info in this THREAD
UPX Team - a lot of technical info on the Website
kwbr - for a great ROM
and especially XDA-DEVELOPERS as a whole
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LINK

amazing!! It works! Thanks very much.
I tryed successful SecondToday.exe , iDialer.exe , Destinator.exe

this looks quite interesting..will try it with all my programs after i backup the exe files

Giannis86 said:
this looks quite interesting..will try it with all my programs after i backup the exe files
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It backs up the exes automatically. I did it on my device, Didn't notice any difference. Then again, it might be because my rom is already fast

List of EXEs that WORK / DON'T WORK
sosimple said:
amazing!! It works! Thanks very much.
I tryed successful SecondToday.exe , iDialer.exe , Destinator.exe
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I guess we should start a list with Applications that work / don't work.
EXEs that WORK
AdobeReaderLE.exe
ASyncKiller.exe
BCR.exe
Camera.exe
Destinator.exe
FMRadio.exe
GoogleMaps.exe
HTCAlbum.exe
iContact.exe
iDialer.exe
KeePassPPC.exe
kinoma.exe
Labyrinth.exe
LongPressEndKeyApp.exe
MobileNavigator.exe (Navigon MN7)
MP3Trimmer.exe
MusicID.exe
Opera9.exe
OperaL.exe
QuickGPS.exe
RSSHub.exe
s2p.exe
s2u2 Settings.exe
s2v.exe
SecondToday.exe
StreamingPlayer.exe
TomTom Navigator.exe
USBtoPC.exe
WMRegOptimizer.exe
YotaCenter.exe
YotaCenterUpdater.exe
YouTube.exe
and here is a list of things NOT to compress
manila.exe
cprog.exe
thumbCal.exe
calculator.exe
wt5jetpr.exe
any DLL
...to be continued

I compressed with the above methode 105 .exe files of the windows folder (of a htc diamond). I compressed every exe file that i found in windows. I deleted all that had 0 kb file size as probably those files does not compressed corectly or something is wrong. So the exe files that left, was 105 exe files. I puted all those to windows folder ,overwriting the originals . I saved 15 Mb or more of space, the phone was extremely fast ,but cant run manila. I try to find which of the files must changed to the originals to run manila. I am sure it must be 2 or 3 files , but how can i find which 2-3 of the 105 files must be changed?
If i make it , i will give the full list of files that can be changed to earn max space and max speed

I compressed 104 files of windows folder without problem!
So i found the file that caused problem and manila didn't start. It was _mpman.exe By changing all the 104 others , no problem until now. I giving all the list with the 104 files of window folder of a diamond running manila 2.0.3 if anyone else want to try. Here is the list :
catalog.exe
CommManagerLink.exe
LaunchMSItem.exe
MobileCalculator.exe
tdsserver.exe
WelcomeCenter.exe
AdvancedConfig.exe
__cusTSKTEMP.exe
_mp07.exe
_mp08.exe
AdvancedNetwork.exe
AlbumSearcher.exe
ArcMC.exe
arinvalid.exe
AudioBooster.exe
AudioManager_Eng.exe
AutoAttribute.exe
AutoFormatMoviNAND.exe
AutoRun.exe
AutoShortcut.exe
Biotouch.exe
btdwake.exe
BTFtpClient.exe
btlauncher.exe
btrenamedir.exe
CheckAutoRun.exe
ClearStorage.exe
CommManager.exe
ConfigureDevice.exe
ConnectionSetup.exe
ConnectionSetupAuto.exe
DataDisconnect.exe
DeviceInfo.exe
EndKey.exe
EngInfo.exe
eT9MyWords.exe
FaxView.exe
felvop.exe
FieldTest.exe
FMRadio.exe
GAlarmWakeup.exe
HACSetting.exe
HTCMessage.exe
HTCStartUp.exe
HTCUSBToPCPopUp.exe
IA_Zip.exe
JBlend_AMS.exe
JBlend_VM.exe
KeyLock.exe
Labyrinth.exe
LongPressEndKeyApp.exe
ManilaActivateToday.exe
ManualFormatMoviNAND.exe
MicrophoneAGC.exe
MP3Trimmer.exe
NewMailAccount.exe
OneNoteMobile.exe
PhoneAgent.exe
PlayShow.exe
Powerexe.exe
PowerOffWarning.exe
ppt.exe
pword.exe
pxl.exe
QuickGPS.exe
Recorder.exe
Redial.exe
RegistryCSPTool.exe
remote.exe
RUpdate.exe
saplaywm.exe
SAPSettings.exe
sdpready.exe
SignatureReplace.exe
SIM_MGR.exe
SIMLock.exe
SIPGT_app.exe
startkey2.exe
StartUPBioTouch.exe
STK_UIPPC.exe
StopEvtSnd.exe
StorageLow.exe
StreamingPlayer.exe
TaskManagerApp.exe
TaskManagerLite.exe
TFSettings.exe
TmAppLauncher.exe
Transport.exe
USBtoPC.exe
VCDaemon.exe
VocabSetting.exe
VoiceCommander.exe
voicemail.exe
VTKey.exe
wcsan.exe
WLANSettings.exe
WLMImageUpdate.exe
WLMLauncher.exe
WLMMessenger.exe
WLMSetup.exe
WMADBG.exe
xT9Settings.exe
YouTube.exe
ZipView.exe

This works really well on my Verizon TP, but when I did it on all the .exe's in the Windows directory, it messed up the HTC volume control program. I'm not sure which .exe it was but afterwards, when I hit the volume up/down hard keys, only the Windows volume pop-up would come up. I've had to do a hard reset to get it back.
I agree that a list of .exe's that it works well on would be really helpful.
My 2 cents

Hi, I think it's a bit useless to do all exe files: If you compress a 16 Kb exe file to 12 Kb the loading time will not make a huge difference. Also, after two or three reads from the storage memory the program should actually be cached in memory assuming that you have made the cache performance tweaks. Furthermore this seems only sensible for exes that you use often; why would you want to do "ClearStorage.exe" which basically does the hard-reset from the control panel?
The big performance gain and space safe comes from large exe files that are cut to about 1/3 in size. Here it does make a huge difference. I am currently trying and running:
Opera9.exe and OperaL.exe << Edited after comments of PierreDiamond which is very right to leave the Pre alone.
Googlemaps.exe
HTCAlbum.exe
Camera.exe
HTC_GPStool.exe
TomTomNavigator.exe
ScummVM*.exe
The biggest effects were seen with Opera (6MB), Tomtom (7MB) and ScummVM (4.5 MB)(!!! : -) ). For Camera.exe and HTC_Album.exe I am not 100% confident that I am going to keep these. The speed gain is very little, and it does seem to affect the Manilla stability a little bit when more stuff is running. However I am not sure whether this is fully related to compressing the programs. So for now I am still trying.
Another thing I noticed is that it does not like exe programs which are still linking to outside files / sources such as 3.5 Net. An example of this is the Lightsaber program (Saber.exe).

I tried with some prog (MP3Trimmer, Powerpoint, Opera, Acrobat Reader)
Works great! But NOT for Opera! Because there's a OperaPre which launch Opera after SoftReset while Boot... and it seems to be, that the driver for decompress needs much time to load and needs additional RAM when its needed while boot. I had a CPU consumption around 6 % more.
Also - never pack something which is started automatically after soft reset. The other programms like Acrobat Reader or Powerpoint - everthing's fine and are really a little bit faster to start and less need in main storage.
Thanks for this Tweak
Pierre

dlee83 said:
This works really well on my Verizon TP, but when I did it on all the .exe's in the Windows directory, it messed up the HTC volume control program. I'm not sure which .exe it was but afterwards, when I hit the volume up/down hard keys, only the Windows volume pop-up would come up. I've had to do a hard reset to get it back.
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Why did you do a hard reset? Squeezer makes a backup of the original file in the folder "2_Backup". Therefore you could just copy those back to the device.

maybe I better ask this question here:
i tried this method and copied the file in to the windows folter with total commander - over active-sync I could not overwrite the files. But now even less space is available..
aand.. when i copied all the files it asked me only about 5 times if i wanted to overwrite this file... so my explanation is that these are files which are stored in the rom.. so they got not overwritten but only doubled...
is this possible? and what can I do about it?
=> the problem is of course the data-memory and not the programm-memory
=> it really seems that the files are doubled...

the part of compressing exe at the PC gone well but i can't copy/paste the compressed exe back at touch pro , original files place is windows...i think this folder is a ROM folder...help.....please...

chaelli said:
maybe I better ask this question here:
i tried this method and copied the file in to the windows folter with total commander - over active-sync I could not overwrite the files. But now even less space is available..
aand.. when i copied all the files it asked me only about 5 times if i wanted to overwrite this file... so my explanation is that these are files which are stored in the rom.. so they got not overwritten but only doubled...
is this possible? and what can I do about it?
=> the problem is of course the data-memory and not the programm-memory
=> it really seems that the files are doubled...
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massoh said:
the part of compressing exe at the PC gone well but i can't copy/paste the compressed exe back at touch pro , original files place is windows...i think this folder is a ROM folder...help.....please...
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It should work with Total Commander. The files should not be doubled, but overwritten. Therefore overall storage (data memory) should decrease.
If I'm not mistaken (please correct me If I am) ROM storage for extended ROM etc. and data memory (flash chip) / programm memory (RAM) is separated. (?)

you can copy the apps with activesync but if you wanna put them back into the windows folder then your going to need totalcommander

I did copy it with total commander.. and it only overwrote about 5 exe files.. the others where doubled (I tested it - I deleted one of the exe files... and when the list reloaded the file was there again - but there was no error)..
do I have to use special settings in total commander?

Any chance to improve the tool so it has a list of known-NOT-to-work-after-compression EXEs?
It would be more foolproof as it would skip the problematic files automatically.
Edit: actually I might do it myself, I know how I can code this.

That would be a great addition!
snark_be said:
Any chance to improve the tool so it has a list of known-NOT-to-work-after-compression EXEs?
It would be more foolproof as it would skip the problematic files automatically.
Edit: actually I might do it myself, I know how I can code this.
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snark_be said:
Any chance to improve the tool so it has a list of known-NOT-to-work-after-compression EXEs?
It would be more foolproof as it would skip the problematic files automatically.
Edit: actually I might do it myself, I know how I can code this.
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yes please, when you are done
share with everyone this great addition
it would be a great help for many people
but who is going to maintain that list across so many ROMs and versions?

chaelli said:
I did copy it with total commander.. and it only overwrote about 5 exe files.. the others where doubled (I tested it - I deleted one of the exe files... and when the list reloaded the file was there again - but there was no error)..
do I have to use special settings in total commander?
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Same here. I've actually lost some space, after copying the compressed .exe files to Windows dir using Total Commander. The file sizes of new files are correct and smaller than before...
It seems like it keeps backup copies of the replaced files somewhere?

A method for more speed , more free memory on the phone.

Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=493628 is a method for compressing the .exe files of the phone. I successfully have compressed 104 .exe files of windows folder . By doing this, every program run faster (smaller loading times) and you save space because every program is smaller . I earn about 12 mb. Untill now everything seems to work ok. This is the list of the 104 .exe files of windows that i successfully have compressed. The phone has been extremely fast. If you want to try it , do it on your own risk..
catalog.exe
CommManagerLink.exe
LaunchMSItem.exe
MobileCalculator.exe
tdsserver.exe
WelcomeCenter.exe
AdvancedConfig.exe
__cusTSKTEMP.exe
_mp07.exe
_mp08.exe
AdvancedNetwork.exe
AlbumSearcher.exe
ArcMC.exe
arinvalid.exe
AudioBooster.exe
AudioManager_Eng.exe
AutoAttribute.exe
AutoFormatMoviNAND.exe
AutoRun.exe
AutoShortcut.exe
Biotouch.exe
btdwake.exe
BTFtpClient.exe
btlauncher.exe
btrenamedir.exe
CheckAutoRun.exe
ClearStorage.exe
CommManager.exe
ConfigureDevice.exe
ConnectionSetup.exe
ConnectionSetupAuto.exe
DataDisconnect.exe
DeviceInfo.exe
EndKey.exe
EngInfo.exe
eT9MyWords.exe
FaxView.exe
felvop.exe
FieldTest.exe
FMRadio.exe
GAlarmWakeup.exe
HACSetting.exe
HTCMessage.exe
HTCStartUp.exe
HTCUSBToPCPopUp.exe
IA_Zip.exe
JBlend_AMS.exe
JBlend_VM.exe
KeyLock.exe
Labyrinth.exe
LongPressEndKeyApp.exe
ManilaActivateToday.exe
ManualFormatMoviNAND.exe
MicrophoneAGC.exe
MP3Trimmer.exe
NewMailAccount.exe
OneNoteMobile.exe
PhoneAgent.exe
PlayShow.exe
Powerexe.exe
PowerOffWarning.exe
ppt.exe
pword.exe
pxl.exe
QuickGPS.exe
Recorder.exe
Redial.exe
RegistryCSPTool.exe
remote.exe
RUpdate.exe
saplaywm.exe
SAPSettings.exe
sdpready.exe
SignatureReplace.exe
SIM_MGR.exe
SIMLock.exe
SIPGT_app.exe
startkey2.exe
StartUPBioTouch.exe
STK_UIPPC.exe
StopEvtSnd.exe
StorageLow.exe
StreamingPlayer.exe
TaskManagerApp.exe
TaskManagerLite.exe
TFSettings.exe
TmAppLauncher.exe
Transport.exe
USBtoPC.exe
VCDaemon.exe
VocabSetting.exe
VoiceCommander.exe
voicemail.exe
VTKey.exe
wcsan.exe
WLANSettings.exe
WLMImageUpdate.exe
WLMLauncher.exe
WLMMessenger.exe
WLMSetup.exe
WMADBG.exe
xT9Settings.exe
YouTube.exe
ZipView.exe

Intersting concept, i assume the speed gain is from the extra memory?
Is there a downside to this? Do the compressed applications take longer to load when you wish to use them as the device would have to decompress the file before using it?

And what method have you used for compressing?

Interesting
Yea this does seem interesting.
I'm gonna watch this one.
i can't see how compressing the files could make the device faster though, 12 of storage is nothing, you would need system memoryto make the device run faster???
if the files where to be compressed and still be able to execute with out a decompressing of the files then hay thats cool, but im not sure if thats possible.

The phone IS faster when you press some things. My english isn't good enough to describe it but , many things are faster. It is not my imagination . For example camera is loading faster i think, and when i press start-settings-system , it opens almost immediately. First it needed some seconds. I believe that the loading times are smaller because files are smaller , and the reading time is not the best by the storage memory used by the phone. By making files smaller , loading times are better even though the files are compressed . I am not sure for the theory but the phone works better. Look and at the link i gave. I only posted here so you know about the link. Also you earn storage space without loosing anything!

i did the same some time ago. i also compressed dll-files. now the diamond IS FASTER.
i used "upx mobile". try it yourself.

beginners question
i tried this method and copied the file in to the windows folter with total commander - over active-sync I could not overwrite the files. But now even less space is available..
aand.. when i copied all the files it asked me only about 5 times if i wanted to overwrite this file... so my explanation is that these are files which are stored in the rom.. so they got not overwritten but only doubled...
is this possible? and what can I do about it?
=> the problem is of course the data-memory and not the programm-memory => it really seems that the files are doubled...

i tried to move the packed files back to the diamond, but its nearly impossible....
the file listing is slow, i cant move them back because the diamond doubled the files, it doesnt ask to overwrite...
i tried it with total commander
so now i copied all files to \windows\
and now i have only 1mb of space free.....................
something must have gone wrong...
can someone please post a guide how to copy the packed files back to the diamond
€dit: so now ive rebooeted the diamond, and its very fast and i have 3mb of storage free now, but its not enough... something is wrong

hi
today i tried this method, too. packing was no brob, but copying back compressed files into windows folder failed with nearly every file of 105 because of displayed write protect error message. only 2 or 3 files worked in the end.
also i compressed tomtom.exe. but after that loading time did not increase. was more the other way arround!
in the end i replaced all compressed files by originals again...

sm4rty said:
i tried to move the packed files back to the diamond, but its nearly impossible....
the file listing is slow, i cant move them back because the diamond doubled the files, it doesnt ask to overwrite...
i tried it with total commander
so now i copied all files to \windows\
and now i have only 1mb of space free.....................
something must have gone wrong...
can someone please post a guide how to copy the packed files back to the diamond
€dit: so now ive rebooeted the diamond, and its very fast and i have 3mb of storage free now, but its not enough... something is wrong
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I imagine you only had 3mb of storage left because the files you were trying to overwrite were stored in ROM...which you cann't overwrite. Instead Windows stores your new compressed version in storage. Effectively you have two copies of each of those files on your device; 1 copy in ROM and 1 copy in storage. This technique for compressing exe's is probably only useful for new applications installed on your device (like Opera & TomTom) or if you were to cook a new ROM with the compressed exes.

Error
This sounds great! But i get this, when trying to compress: upx: 3_Compressed\MobileCalculator.exe: CantPackException: .NET files (win32/net) are not yet supported.
Any idea?
Edit: hmm.. i only get the error with these files for now: MobileCalculator.exe, tdsserver.exe, WelcomeCenter.exe, AdvancedConfig.exe...
Other .exe's compress just fine..

[FILES] Compressed EXE Files for Duttys 2.3 EXTREME

Hi, I've compressed all the exe files in the windows folder. (used the upx suqeezer) The feeling is nice! More faster! About 50 percent!
NO WARRANTY FOR ANY BUGS OR CRASHES!
Only overwrite the files to the Windows folder.
Soft Reset.
Enjoy!
Update 24.03 - I have uploaded a second package which is named Compressed EXE Files for Dutty's 2.3 EXTREME (secure). These files should be save =)
The faster start of programs should you feel by larger applications like Opera.
Download @ Wohoo.eu!

what??
Compressed the exe files to improve speed can indeed improve performance, but only when cooked in. Now you'r placing files on top of the ROM wich is significantly slower to load as directly from ROM.
I dont think this will help anything, but hey, i didn't try it.
If it's really faster, how fast will it be when dutty cook this files in?
Gr. Bram

if i overwrite incooked files they are not any more incooked?
the low speed factor of the touch hd is the slow flash memory. if the exe files are more compact they will start faster.

Its seems faster to me
Q1 can I put these smaller exe's into other roms
Q2 why dont the cooks cook the smaller exe's into there roms?

cowdar1 said:
Its seems faster to me
Q1 can I put these smaller exe's into other roms
Q2 why dont the cooks cook the smaller exe's into there roms?
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Q1 i dont think so. because other roms uses other custom programms. some programs will be work, but other wont work
Q2 i dont know

deepinside88 said:
Hi, I've compressed all the exe files in the windows folder. (used the upx suqeezer) The feeling is nice! More faster! About 50 percent!
NO WARRANTY FOR ANY BUGS OR CRASHES!
Only overwrite the files to the Windows folder.
Soft Reset.
Enjoy!
Download @ Wohoo.eu!
UPDATE: PLEASE DO NOT OVERWRITE ALL FILES AT THIS TIME! IM ALREADY TESTING!!!!
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Should we overwrite or you are still testing?
Thanks!

i think u can overwrite files like opera.exe but be careful with files like biotouch.exe.
im still testing but tomorrow i think i will upload a new package.

Ok Thanks!

Thx you!!
My HTC HD speeds up!! I have overwrite all files and all runs fine!!
Greets Kevin

really? no problems with the volume control? no problems with the task manager?

Dejavu
"All this has happened before, and all of it will happen again."
it's a noble effort by the OP, but a bit misguided
it happened here
here
and even here
and in this thread

Sir.B said:
"All this has happened before, and all of it will happen again."
it's a noble effort by the OP, but a bit misguided
it happened here
here
and even here
and in this thread
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what is misguided about it?
It does seem to work on some off the exe's
or am I missing somthing

cowdar1 said:
Its seems faster to me
Q1 can I put these smaller exe's into other roms
Q2 why dont the cooks cook the smaller exe's into there roms?
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1. I wouldn't do that - some of the files may have been changed
2. Because, while it does speed up startup, it sometimes takes up more RAM. This is especially evident in programs that are always running, like opera.exe
I used to UPX most of my exe files but I stopped doing so because the risk of doing irreparable damage to the OS outweighs the gain in speed. So what if I have to wait another 2 seconds for Garmin Mobile XT to load?
Keep in mind that UPXing the exe files may also lead to problems if you install other third-party software that is meant to interact with the now-altered exe files. Some programs won't be too happy with that...

harrispo said:
1. I wouldn't do that - some of the files may have been changed
2. Because, while it does speed up startup, it sometimes takes up more RAM. This is especially evident in programs that are always running, like opera.exe
I used to UPX most of my exe files but I stopped doing so because the risk of doing irreparable damage to the OS outweighs the gain in speed. So what if I have to wait another 2 seconds for Garmin Mobile XT to load?
Keep in mind that UPXing the exe files may also lead to problems if you install other third-party software that is meant to interact with the now-altered exe files. Some programs won't be too happy with that...
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i personally think your views a slightly hard lined,
a few choice apps can be replaced with great benefit (ex; HTC Album, TomTom, S2P, and others)
but the general sentiment of just replacing everything i do agree with that, not the right approach, misguided
UPX is a great tool, and just needs to be used responsibly

Worked wonders on my system. So much more fluent now.
Thanks, man!!!

ok if someone has really a problem with my files here then send me a pm with the reasons and i will take these files out.
but at first I've updatet my download page....look post #1

Hi.
Thanx for your work...i will try it when i am at home. Can you please upload a package with the Original files. Then we can change if something goes wrong
Thanx Uro

Compressing smaller files is useless, as reading these dont take so much time anyway. Bigger .exe files (several megabytes), such as Opera.exe this is useful.

I know this is a very lame question but how do you actually copy these files to the windows folder?

zsilak said:
I know this is a very lame question but how do you actually copy these files to the windows folder?
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Use total copy to do that
so get the zip file, push it into your storage card
unpack it
copy all exe to windows with the phone using total commander for exemple (it can override the exe in the rom file)

how to extract cabs from NBH file

im trying to extract some cabs from a NHB file...can anyone guide me in the direction on how to do this

I'd say the best way to do that is to extract the ROM into regular files.
You need to download a bunch of EXE files: NBHextract.exe, NBSplit.exe, ImgfsToDump.exe, and ImgfsFromNB.exe
You need to extract the NBH with NBHextract.exe. This will yield a .nb file
You need to use NBSplit (use the "-kaiser" parameter) to split the .nb into a .nb.payload file and a .nb.extra file
You then need to use ImgfsFromNB on the .nb.payload file, which will create a file called imgfs.bin
Use ImgfsToDump on imgfs.bin, which will create a folder called "Dump". When it finishes, All of the ROM's files will be there. You will probably want to search the folder for .cab files, since there are thousands of files in the average ROM dump.
That should do the job for you.

Or just use Visual Kitchen to Dump the ROM, and then rebuild the OEMs to CABs.
Dave

could u walk me through the visual kitchen program?

Hmmm look for htcRIE_0.4.0.47 and extract what you want.

im trying to extrct the streaming media player cab...the one thats in most of the 6.5 roms that has a look a like HTC ablum look to it, but i cant find a cab using "htcRIE_0.4.0.47"

little help will might ...
You do not search for it at you WM ROM,
Search at the site...
Anyway i have been find it for you !
A newer version of htcRIE, enjoy!
michealmyers said:
im trying to extrct the streaming media player cab...the one thats in most of the 6.5 roms that has a look a like HTC ablum look to it, but i cant find a cab using "htcRIE_0.4.0.47"
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i have that program, but im unsure on how to properly use it to get the cab files.....can u help me?

michealmyers said:
i have that program, but im unsure on how to properly use it to get the cab files.....can u help me?
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With Visual Kitchen, just click on the Dump button at the bottom - and then browse to the NBH file .
Dave

i guess all nbh files dont have cabs because in the dump folder it creates...its only a couple of cabs and whole lot of systems files

michealmyers said:
i guess all nbh files dont have cabs because in the dump folder it creates...its only a couple of cabs and whole lot of systems files
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Yeah, you have to rebuild the EXT packages to CAB's I don't know if there is a tool for that actually. Might be better dumping it the Dave (TyTNII) way, that will give you OEM's. There are tools for OEM 2 CAB.
Jason8 is working on a tool to convert all 3 all ways IIRC.
Dave

the nbh extract file launches for a quick second...it doesnt stay on the screen, as well as a lot of other files such as nbh split....do i need to update something in order to have these programs run properly?

michealmyers said:
the nbh extract file launches for a quick second...it doesnt stay on the screen, as well as a lot of other files such as nbh split....do i need to update something in order to have these programs run properly?
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You have to run them from the windows command line (CMD.exe). If you really want me to, I'll upload a batch file I made which automates most of this. You just put the NBH and tools in certain folders and run the batch file and it does the rest.

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You have to run them from the windows command line (CMD.exe). If you really want me to, I'll upload a batch file I made which automates most of this. You just put the NBH and tools in certain folders and run the batch file and it does the rest.
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that would be so helpful

Alright, I fixed all the bugs in it (it was still in progress) and added some new features I had meant to add for a while, such as renaming the processed files by date processed (though you probably won't need them if you're only extracting one ROM). Hit [WINDOWS KEY] and R on your keyboard at the same time to open the Windows Run dialog, and type "%USERPROFILE%" without the quotes. Simply unzip the file and drag the folder called "Flashing" in the user folder (it's vital to have the Flashing folder in the correct spot. Otherwise, the entire script will fail). Place the NBH file you want to extract in the NBHDUMP folder (in the Rhodium folder, which is in the Flashing folder), and go to the IMGFS folder (in the Rhodium folder, which is in the Flashing folder). Now, run RhodiumRomDump.bat and the dump should commence, and a folder with your dump should appear in the same directory.
If anything should go wrong, please tell me so I can try to fix it.
EDIT: Please redownload, all issues I could find are fixed in this version. If you get errors about needing MSVCr71.DLL with this version, google is your friend.

maybe im not doing something right, ive been at it for days now...i put the "flashing folder" in C:\Documents and Settings\Sean (sean's my name..haha), put the nbh file in the NBH folder, ran "DumpRhodiumRom", i got 2 folders named "and" and "Setings"....when i run "dumpRhodiumRom", its just stays on the screen for half a second

ive extracted the rom before using visual kitchen...im trying to get some of the programs into cabs...the problem is that in the dump file, i see the programs i want, but they arent in cabs, so i cant just take its "exe" file and put it into another phone (well at least that didnt work for me)

michealmyers said:
maybe im not doing something right, ive been at it for days now...i put the "flashing folder" in C:\Documents and Settings\Sean (sean's my name..haha), put the nbh file in the NBH folder, ran "DumpRhodiumRom", i got 2 folders named "and" and "Setings"....when i run "dumpRhodiumRom", its just stays on the screen for half a second
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That's odd. Can you tell me two things?
Where do these folders ("Settings" and "And") show up?
Hit [Windows Key] + R and type "CMD" (without quotes), then hit okay, then type "cd %USERPROFILE%\Flashing\Rhodium\IMGFS" (without quotes). Now, type "DumpRhodiumRom" (without quotes), and tell me exactly what is says (you don't actually have to include all the formatting and everything). Also, if you could tell me what color it's in, that would help.
I'm going to test it in a virtual Windows XP environment and see if it's compatiblity with XP that's the problem.
EDIT: So the problem seems to be the fact that it doesn't like the spaces in the folder name "Documents and Settings", hence the creation of the "and" and "settings" folders. Unfortunately, it's an important folder, so renaming isn't really possible. However, I think I know a simple fix to the original script, so I'll test that and post it shortly.

michealmyers said:
ive extracted the rom before using visual kitchen...im trying to get some of the programs into cabs...the problem is that in the dump file, i see the programs i want, but they arent in cabs, so i cant just take its "exe" file and put it into another phone (well at least that didnt work for me)
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Try downloading cabtools V 0.3 and use pkg2cab to build the package back into a .cab file. I've never done it myself, but this looks like what you want.

DaveTheTytnIIGuy said:
That's odd. Can you tell me two things?
Where do these folders ("Settings" and "And") show up?
Hit [Windows Key] + R and type "CMD" (without quotes), then hit okay, then type "cd %USERPROFILE%\Flashing\Rhodium\IMGFS" (without quotes). Now, type "DumpRhodiumRom" (without quotes), and tell me exactly what is says (you don't actually have to include all the formatting and everything). Also, if you could tell me what color it's in, that would help.
I'm going to test it in a virtual Windows XP environment and see if it's compatiblity with XP that's the problem.
EDIT: So the problem seems to be the fact that it doesn't like the spaces in the folder name "Documents and Settings", hence the creation of the "and" and "settings" folders. Unfortunately, it's an important folder, so renaming isn't really possible. However, I think I know a simple fix to the original script, so I'll test that and post it shortly.
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This is What i got....where the "and" and "settings" folder apear is "untitled2.zip"