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I want to test some stuff before I want to cook a new Rom (that will be released to the community).
I'm gonna add some files to the Rom, but I also want to delete some files from the Rom. I already have some ideas of the files I am going to delete, but I want to delete as much as possible from the Rom that is not needed.
So I want to create a list here with files that can permenantly be deleted from a Rom (in my opinion).
For starters:
- Pictures in \My Documents\My Pictures
- Music in \My Documents\My Music
- Video in \My Documents\ My Videos
- Wifi_Init.lnk
- Init_Tray.lnk
- IA_Zip.exe
- Zip.lnk
- Help_Zip.lnk
- Zip_(ht).html
- Flower.jpg
- Waterfall.jpg
- Downloadagent.exe
- dlagent.exe
- Download Agent.lnk
- HTCABOUTLOGO.bmp
Who will make this list complete....
Molski
What for do you want to delete link files? Maybe there not needed but they are only few bytes...
ell82 said:
What for do you want to delete link files? Maybe there not needed but they are only few bytes...
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The Wifi_Init.lnk and Init_Tray.lnk are the 2 links I delete first after a hard-reset, on my Roms not needed (I dont need a taskbar with a battery meter or other shortcuts in it) and saves a little bit of memory.
The links for downloadAgent and Zip are removed because I want to remove the complete programs (Dont need DL-agent at all and rather use Pocket RAR instead of the WM5 Zip functionality).
I am also playing with the idea of moving Pocket Word, Excel and PowerPoint to \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\MS Office, so you will get an extra folder in Programs with these 3 programs in it (just like the Games folder in Start Menu).
Molski
molski said:
I am also playing with the idea of moving Pocket Word, Excel and PowerPoint to \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\MS Office, so you will get an extra folder in Programs with these 3 programs in it (just like the Games folder in Start Menu).
Molski
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Why not delete them completely, are there people who use this, specially ?Powerpoint?
Vilem said:
Why not delete them completely, are there people who use this, specially ?Powerpoint?
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Yea....your right with that
Molski
yes u can delete those files , but word exel and others have reg keys in .rgu/dsm files and need to be edited.no an easy task,if not done properly it may create problems in future.
removing the files will not increase storage in any way,unless u are mking space to other files.if u just want to remove those links simply remove the entrys in the initflashes.dat file.
you can remove all the clearvue pdf fonts if u dont want this app in the rom
u can also remove IntelliPad.dlls language files that u dont need.
faria said:
yes u can delete those files , but word exel and others have reg keys in .rgu/dsm files and need to be edited.no an easy task,if not done properly it may create problems in future.
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I am doing everything step by step, so I am not touching any .rgu/.dsm files at the moment
faria said:
removing the files will not increase storage in any way,unless u are mking space to other files.if u just want to remove those links simply remove the entrys in the initflashes.dat file.
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This was important for me, clearing out files does not increase the storage.
But can you tell me HOW to increase storage on Main Memory?
So for now I am just gonna change some things (links/themes and things like that) and don't delete things (except for the standard stuff in My Pictures, My Videos and My Music).
faria said:
you can remove all the clearvue pdf fonts if u dont want this app in the rom
u can also remove IntelliPad.dlls language files that u dont need.
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Sounds great, gonna check it out right now.
Thanks pal,
Molski
has anyone been able to expand on this list for WM6?
How
I am new t this but Love it I want to build in a kitchen But dont know how to cook....
thanks in advance
thanks CK
Hey guyz..the long awaited..please try this STk version..i hope it works or i will try some more stuff
Just download and install the CAB file..for advanced users i have posted only the files..but now i have attached a CAB file also
How do you make this work?
@ather90
Not working for me.
Installing .cab always results in "...the installation was unsuccessful".
Trying to reconstruct .cab .xml actions results in no action on running stk.lnk from Programs.
Maybe you can share some more info on how to organize file on Hima (what services should run, maybe files to startup, etc.)
Thanks in advance.
copying the file on the first zip file, still STK doesn't work.
and
cab won't succesfully install.
thanks.
Hi,
let's keep the rom development topic in here. Here is my romkitchen, from kaiserkitchen 0.3. There is no flash utility, but you can use customruu for that.
The included rom is a base for localisation, or customisation. Click on first step (prepare), make your changes, then click on step 2 (cook). You have a Signed_RUU ready for flashing.
In my experience, it is best to delete the RUU_Signed before creating a new one
Also, the custom ruu will not flash the new rom if you do not change the folder between each flashing on vista. I use a name identation (folder1 then folder2, etc...)
Happy cooking. Please use this to help finding stuff about drivers
Warning: you cannot add or remove from sys folder without doing a greloc. DO it before doing anything. Notge the value, then relaunch it when you added or removed something. Put back previous value then click on go!
http://rapidshare.com/files/142122071/shiftkitchen.rar.html
thank you.
thaihugo said:
Hi,
let's keep the rom development topic in here. Here is my romkitchen, from kaiserkitchen 0.3. There is no flash utility, but you can use customruu for that.
The included rom is a base for localisation, or customisation. Click on first step (prepare), make your changes, then click on step 2 (cook). You have a Signed_RUU ready for flashing.
In my experience, it is best to delete the RUU_Signed before creating a new one
Also, the custom ruu will not flash the new rom if you do not change the folder between each flashing on vista. I use a name identation (folder1 then folder2, etc...)
Happy cooking. Please use this to help finding stuff about drivers
Warning: you cannot add or remove from sys folder without doing a greloc. DO it before doing anything. Notge the value, then relaunch it when you added or removed something. Put back previous value then click on go!
http://rapidshare.com/files/142122071/shiftkitchen.rar.html
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Hi
Thank you very much.
Ram
Thank you for your hard work and dedication we put it. Best regards
thaihugo said:
Warning: you cannot add or remove from sys folder without doing a greloc. DO it before doing anything. Notge the value, then relaunch it when you added or removed something. Put back previous value then click on go!
http://rapidshare.com/files/142122071/shiftkitchen.rar.html
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you mean that we have to extract sys folder from RUU_Signed.nbh file... then execute greloc and take note of the value... then copy files in the sys folder like OEMAPPS and OEMDrivers... and when we finish adding files in the sys folder... before we execute cook process and NBHutils we have to run the greloc again and reinsert the previous values... then click doit! in the greloc?
davidgreen said:
you mean that we have to extract sys folder from RUU_Signed.nbh file... then execute greloc and take note of the value... then copy files in the sys folder like OEMAPPS and OEMDrivers... and when we finish adding files in the sys folder... before we execute cook process and NBHutils we have to run the greloc again and reinsert the previous values... then click doit! in the greloc?
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Make sure you keep your langugage specific folders intact.
Thanks
Ram
G'Reloc Situation
thaihugo said:
Hi,
Warning: you cannot add or remove from sys folder without doing a greloc. DO it before doing anything. Notge the value, then relaunch it when you added or removed something. Put back previous value then click on go!
http://rapidshare.com/files/142122071/shiftkitchen.rar.html
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Hi thaihugo
My G'Reloc posts the same numbers always before and after, and strangely they are same for kaiser and SnapVUE. Am I doing anything wrong there?
Slot 0: 01F90000
Slot 1: 03DD0000
Size of ROM: 83400000
Unknown: 00000000
These are the numbers I have seen in ImageInfo.txt under .VM folder in SYS
Thanks
Ram
Most of the time, greloc sees the same numbers, but is needed for the few DLL's you have added. So even if you (as me) get the same number everytime, just run it to make sure everything is in place.
If you put say a full sys from another device, you will get slightly different numbers. You will have to put back the value you posted here in that case.
Morality: If you add any dll folder or exe folder in the SYS folder (not a simple dll or exe), do a preventive g'reloc before cooking.
thaihugo said:
Most of the time, greloc sees the same numbers, but is needed for the few DLL's you have added. So even if you (as me) get the same number everytime, just run it to make sure everything is in place.
If you put say a full sys from another device, you will get slightly different numbers. You will have to put back the value you posted here in that case.
Morality: If you add any dll folder or exe folder in the SYS folder (not a simple dll or exe), do a preventive g'reloc before cooking.
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oh. Thank you
Ram
Help needed...
After all...i decided to cook my own rom...
Read alot , did everything i have read...
"cab oem" ing
"initflashfiles.dat" modification
but when it came to the end , buildos gives an error such as
The target file "temp\dump\mstscax.dll is a directory not a file"
Mind do wake me up for what i am missing ?
Safak
Help #2 for the noob
I have found out the problem about the previous tab... It was about wrong configuration of Remote Desktop...
I have overcome it but came a new one which is
Buildos gives this error
"Error building default.hv and user.hv"
and now , what ?
Help this poor lamer :-(
eh...
I ignored the latest error and have my own rom...and i m now flashing it to my Shift...
Will let yo know whn done...to be honest i m a little nervous about the result...
Urgent Help
I m in deep trouble...
I messed everything and now i m dead...Winmo side does not even boot...tell me what to do...tell me if there is a way to go back ?!?
how about flashing working rom to it?
omg
Recovered....thanks alot for your patience...
Average Joe
Hi guys,
I recently bought a HTC shift which SnapVue came out to be in Chinese, i really need to change the language and liberate it ASAP. I 've read so many replies on many different threads that i'm just completely confused right now. I barely understand all the technical words used out here. I need help please. Thank you.
What is the max size the rom can be?
I'm getting my Shift this week and I'm prepering for it with a cooked rom
EDIT: I saw that UDK's rom was 64mb in size so I know I'm safe if I'm within that limit
gullum said:
What is the max size the rom can be?
I'm getting my Shift this week and I'm prepering for it with a cooked rom
EDIT: I saw that UDK's rom was 64mb in size so I know I'm safe if I'm within that limit
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Welcome Gullum.
64mb is the limit IMHO. Some NBH files over 50 mb have problems, and I have to reduce them.
thaihugo said:
Welcome Gullum.
64mb is the limit IMHO. Some NBH files over 50 mb have problems, and I have to reduce them.
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ok first problem now ... I made my first atempt to flash a rom and now snap vue only gives a black screen what to do now?
edit maybe it should be added to first post that to recover from bad cooked flash then just flast the included rom
I now have a working own cooked rom on my shift just need to do some finetuning and I'll upload a rom for everyone to try... next step is to port a newer build.
i'm typing this on my snapvue side of my **** with opera mini
I have added some apps from blakstone and opal
google maps, rsshub, streaming media, calculator skined, thumbcal and some more
gullum said:
I now have a working own cooked rom on my shift just need to do some finetuning and I'll upload a rom for everyone to try... next step is to port a newer build.
i'm typing this on my snapvue side of my **** with opera mini
I have added some apps from blakstone and opal
google maps, rsshub, streaming media, calculator skined, thumbcal and some more
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Hi
Can't wait. Could you check whether you are able to attach to audio to notes etc.
Thanks
Ram
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IMPORTANT: Use my guide as your own risk. I am not responsible for anything if you device is bricked. Please flash only if you have hardspl installed.
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XPERIA ROCKS​**********************************************************************************************************************
I have been using Xperia's cooked roms from Jack and ITJE and they are good. However, there are some problems with working that and not working this. and also I found that either the roms are too light or too heavy.
My goal is making Xperia rom as light as possible and only using xperia original stuffs so that I don't have problems with bluetooth and other things.
And I found a way to taking out junks from Xperia X1 and increased X1's storage space to around 360 MB by using Kovsky Kitchen and working everything normal.
I found that X1i_GENERIC_UK_CDF1215-1832_R2AA010 is the best for me and I stripped out SE's junks from the rom using Kovsky Kitchen. You can do to any original rom for your need.
Preperation:
1. Download Kovsky Kitchen here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=477801 .
2. Download X1i_GENERIC_UK_CDF1215-1832_R2AA010 .
Start Cooking your own rom:
Step 1: Preperation
1. Extract Kovsky Kitchen to any where you want. (Preferrably C:\Kovsky Kitchen)
2. Rename APP_SW_X1i_GENERIC_UK_CDF1215-1832_KOV_R2AA010.image to RUU_Signed.nbh and copy to Kovsky kitchen's BaseRom folder.
Step 2: Extracting
1. Run KovskyKitchen.CMD
2. Type "e" to extract the original X1 R2AA010 rom
3. Type "a" to start extracting. (It will take around 2 or 3 minutes)
4. Wait until you see "Press Any Key to continue...."
5. Leave the CMD windows open...
Now Kovsky Kitchen is ready to cook...
Step 3: Cooking
1. Go to a newly created folder called " OEM" in the kitchen that where you do stripping out SE's Junks.
2. Go to "ConfigAP" folder. You will see config_AP.txt. Make file writable by changing read only attribute. And delete all links to CAB files that you want to delete. I delete them all as I don't want any of them.
CAB: \WINDOWS\bejeweled2SX1.PPC_2577.WM5_signed.CAB
CAB: \WINDOWS\FM-Radio_Panel_MR1_R19_32318_signed.CAB
CAB: \WINDOWS\GoogleMaps-ms-sonyericsson_emb.cab
CAB: \WINDOWS\GooglePanel_UK_MR1_R19_32195_signed.CAB
CAB: \WINDOWS\GoogleSearch_SEMC_1.1.40_RC3_signed.CAB
CAB: \WINDOWS\MxP_R19_MR1_RC2_32367_signed.CAB
CAB: \WINDOWS\WM6.1_PPC_dawn_Opera_2532_signed.cab
CAB: \WINDOWS\sudokuSX1.PPC_2577.WM5.CAB
Leave only "CFG: \WINDOWS\config_end.txt" line . I don't want any junk in the rom. I will install them later by UC config or manually install them.
And put the file back "Read Only"
3. Delete folders that you don't want in the OEM folder whatever start with "PACKAGE_". For example:
PACKAGE_Kovsky_Bejeweled2
PACKAGE_Kovsky_Bejeweled2_0409
PACKAGE_Kovsky_FMRadioPanel
PACKAGE_Kovsky_FMRadioPanel_0409
PACKAGE_Kovsky_GoogleMap
PACKAGE_Kovsky_GoogleMap_0409
PACKAGE_Kovsky_Googlepanel
PACKAGE_Kovsky_Googlepanel_0409
PACKAGE_Kovsky_GoogleSearch
PACKAGE_Kovsky_GoogleSearch_0409
PACKAGE_Kovsky_HandangoInHand
PACKAGE_Kovsky_HandangoInHand_0409
PACKAGE_Kovsky_MxP
PACKAGE_Kovsky_MxP_0409
PACKAGE_Kovsky_Opera_Browser
PACKAGE_Kovsky_Opera_Browser_0409
PACKAGE_Kovsky_Sudoku
PACKAGE_Kovsky_Sudoku_0409
4. Deleting files from ExtendedPkg (Musics and Movies)
Make config.txt writable and delete
"XML: \WINDOWS\fileoperations.xml" line and Make the file read only again.
Delete all files that are larger than 22 KB except "Xperia Black.tsk", because i like Xperia black theme.
You can delete other files if you want to but for me I leave them alone as they are small enough.
5. Deleting files from SYS folder (These are original WM stuffs)
Delete "AUTOUPDATE" folder
Delete "NetCF" folder (You can install NetCF 3.0 later)
Delete "SampleMusic" folder
Delete "WelcomeCenter" folder
Delete "WelcomeCenter_Lang_0409" folder
You can delete OneNote, Office, or WindowsLive if you would like to. But I leave them alone.
Now.. our rom has no more unwanted stuffs..
Step 4: Building OS
1. Go back to CMD window and
2. Type "C" cook a rom.
3. Type "A" if you want to use the old BuildOS.exe (I can't figure out the second one)
4. BuildOS windows will appear.
5. Just click on green "Play" icon and It will start building our rom. Wait until it finishs and closes the "Build OS" window.
6. Go back to CMD windows again and wait until you see "press any key to contine".. press any key..
7. It will do some stuffs and you will see os-new.nb in the kitchen folder.
8. htc rom tool windows will appear.
Go to Rom Builder TAB. Choose Kovsky * in device. It will fill all the infomation in other fields. Just change the version to anything you like.
9. Choose "os-new.nb" in the OS field. and click on "Build" button.
10. Save it as "RUU_Signed.nbh" in the kitchen folder. A new window appear and it will quit itself.
11. Now. you will see "RUU_Signed.nbh" in the kitchen folder.
12. An Hexa Editor windows will appear. Just close it.
13. You can close CMD window now.
Step 5: Flashing
Now you are ready to flash your own cooked rom. You can flash your rom with RUU Update Utility or just change "RUU_Signed.nbh" to "KOVSIMG.nbh" and put is in SD card and flash it.
For information on how to flash using SD card here .
You can get my sample rom here.
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FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO PUT CAB FILES IN THE ROM.
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Step1:
Put the line in Config_AP.txt the line "CAB: \WINDOWS\FM-Radio_Panel_MR1_R19_32318_signed.CAB" . It has to be exactly as the cab file name that you are going to put in the OEM folder.
Step2:
Make 2 folders "PACKAGE_Kovsky_FMRadioPanel" and "PACKAGE_Kovsky_FMRadioPanel_0409" in the OEM folder. Put your cab file in the first folder.
And now you are good to go.
Step3:
Open KovskyKitchen.CMD and start the procedures "Step 4: Building OS "from my guide.
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Step 4: Building OS
1. Go back to CMD window and
2. Type "C" cook a rom.
3. Type "A" if you want to use the old BuildOS.exe (I can't figure out the second one)
4. BuildOS windows will appear.
5. Just click on green "Play" icon and It will start building our rom. Wait until it finishs and closes the "Build OS" window.
6. Go back to CMD windows again and wait until you see "press any key to contine".. press any key..
7. It will do some stuffs and you will see os-new.nb in the kitchen folder.
8. htc rom tool windows will appear.
Go to Rom Builder TAB. Choose Kovsky * in device. It will fill all the infomation in other fields. Just change the version to anything you like.
9. Choose "os-new.nb" in the OS field. and click on "Build" button.
10. Save it as "RUU_Signed.nbh" in the kitchen folder. A new window appear and it will quit itself.
11. Now. you will see "RUU_Signed.nbh" in the kitchen folder.
12. An Hexa Editor windows will appear. Just close it.
13. You can close CMD window now.
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FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO PUT OTHER HTC DEVICE'S STUFFS IN THE ROM. (For example "Blackstone" HTC Touch HD)
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Step 1: Exact other device's ROM the same procedure as X1 rom.
Step 2: Simply copy folders from Blackstone kitchen's OEM folder to X1 kitchen's OEM folder. For example:
PACKAGE_Blackstone_AudioBooster
PACKAGE_Blackstone_AudioBooster_0409
Step 3: Follow the step 4: Building OS from the guide.
Working Stuffs:
Album
AudioBooster
AudioManagerEngine
Enlarge Startmenu
MP3 Trimmer
FMRadio
Manila
JetCet Print
LargeTitalbar
Volume Control
AdvancedNetwork
Not Working Stuffs: (May need shared files from other folders or tweakings)
Camera (I simply use X1 camera application . Copy \Program Files\CameraRunner.exe to \Windows and rename it to "Camera.exe".)
Youtube (You can simply install Youtube program that has been modified)
CyberonVoice Commander
Nice work!! Downloading at the moment, and see what your guide brings me
wow,that's what i'm looking for!
thanks for the work
How to cook rom 101.. This is what i've been looking for.. Thanks TS.
Brilliant, someone should sticky this.
Been wanting to try cooking my own rom for a while but didn't know where to start. Your example is pretty much exactly what i've been looking for in a cooked rom, strip out all the media junk but not mess with anything else.
What do I have to do to get UC working, is it just a case of having SDConfig.txt on my storage card or do I need to add something to the rom?
Any chance of a part 2 for how to add cab's to the rom? I would like to add a few light weight essentials such as blackstone dialer, fm radio & volume control to mine.
Nice Thread...I will try it later after work...
"Make config.txt writable and delete
"XML: \WINDOWS\fileoperations.xml" line and Make the file read only again.
Delete all files that are larger than 22 KB except "Xperia Black.tsk", because i like Xperia black theme."
One question...what do you mean "make config.txt writable?"
MykeChester said:
One question...what do you mean "make config.txt writable?"
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In file properties, untick "read-only"
Q
a good guide.Thanks!
thank you very much
Actually, I have never tried to use UC yet. I just install whatever I want manually. Using UC should be quicker to install things. Great chefs like ITJE and Jack should know better. Please search their threads for UC stuffs.
For putting the cab files should be relatively easy. We can do reverse exactly how we stripped them out.
For example , you can do the following if you want to put FM Radio panel back or any other cabs you wanted to include in the rom.
But for me, I want the rom as light as possible and to get the largest storage space, I don't bother to put them in the rom. If I want them, I just install them manually.
Step1:
Put the line in Config_AP.txt the line "CAB: \WINDOWS\FM-Radio_Panel_MR1_R19_32318_signed.CAB" . It has to be exactly as the cab file name that you are going to put in the OEM folder.
Step2:
Make 2 folders "PACKAGE_Kovsky_FMRadioPanel" and "PACKAGE_Kovsky_FMRadioPanel_0409" in the OEM folder. Put your cab file in the first folder.
And now you are good to go.
Step3:
Open KovskyKitchen.CMD and start the procedures "Step 4: Building OS "from my guide.
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Step 4: Building OS
1. Go back to CMD window and
2. Type "C" cook a rom.
3. Type "A" if you want to use the old BuildOS.exe (I can't figure out the second one)
4. BuildOS windows will appear.
5. Just click on green "Play" icon and It will start building our rom. Wait until it finishs and closes the "Build OS" window.
6. Go back to CMD windows again and wait until you see "press any key to contine".. press any key..
7. It will do some stuffs and you will see os-new.nb in the kitchen folder.
8. htc rom tool windows will appear.
Go to Rom Builder TAB. Choose Kovsky * in device. It will fill all the infomation in other fields. Just change the version to anything you like.
9. Choose "os-new.nb" in the OS field. and click on "Build" button.
10. Save it as "RUU_Signed.nbh" in the kitchen folder. A new window appear and it will quit itself.
11. Now. you will see "RUU_Signed.nbh" in the kitchen folder.
12. An Hexa Editor windows will appear. Just close it.
13. You can close CMD window now.
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Hope this help.
i_am_jon said:
Brilliant, someone should sticky this.
Been wanting to try cooking my own rom for a while but didn't know where to start. Your example is pretty much exactly what i've been looking for in a cooked rom, strip out all the media junk but not mess with anything else.
What do I have to do to get UC working, is it just a case of having SDConfig.txt on my storage card or do I need to add something to the rom?
Any chance of a part 2 for how to add cab's to the rom? I would like to add a few light weight essentials such as blackstone dialer, fm radio & volume control to mine.
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@htainlin
Thank you greatly for these posts - they are very clear and concise.
Most of all, they are explicit and very helpful. Trying to obtain a "road map" of ROM cookery is very frustrating - it's all a "big secret", where you are advised to read and read etc, but the multifarious references are truncated, incomplete, chaotic and contradictory. You've helped enormously in cleaning up this mess.
Straightforward now - generic RA3 versions will turn up sometime.
Re UC:
I use this to re-install most apps after a new ROM flash (see Jack Leung's thread for my posts). The only real hassle for UC are those apps that splatter files on installation to both the SD card and Storage. There is a huge thread on UC with most questions answered in one fashion or another, but it takes patience to sort through it. Having done it once, you need only update your sdconfig.txt as you add/remove apps over time.
Nice post!
However if you really want to make a streamlined rom use Ervius Visual Mulitlang Kitchen
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3147148#post3147148,
The GUI is pretty neat, and it uses Bepe's new kitchen system to get rid of extra gumpf in the roms (such as dsm files).
this then optimizes it a bit as /windows has less files in it. Ergo it does things faster.
this will also work with the newer format roms coming I think.
ianl8888 said:
@htainlin
Thank you greatly for these posts - they are very clear and concise.
Most of all, they are explicit and very helpful. Trying to obtain a "road map" of ROM cookery is very frustrating - it's all a "big secret", where you are advised to read and read etc, but the multifarious references are truncated, incomplete, chaotic and contradictory. You've helped enormously in cleaning up this mess.
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There's no "big secret" the reasons you've stated are the reasons people tell you to read. If there was one post to point people to then don't you think people would have done it?
It takes a lot of time to do the work that htainlin did, which is why most people dont get around to doing it all.
htainlin stick it in the WIKI.
Very rom cooking guide for beginner
Nice work. I did something similar for Asus P525 long time back and I know it's takes a lot of effort to bring everything together, and explain the subject clearly for beginner.
This is a very good starter "re-cooking" document for beginner. There is no "big secret" for rom cooking. All you still need to do is research and read a lot more to do some hardcore stuff for the next level. e.g. remove unnecessary driver/service/registry Welcome center / Customer Satisfactory ...etc, replace driver w/ other device to get more functionality. Then XIP/Sys port .....etc
Thanks guys. I am not really into cooking.
My goal is to take the "Unwanted Stuffs" out from the rom so that the storage will be larger and just a small guide to everyone who wants to make their rom lighter. Everyone should be able to do it themselves for their likings to any future rom versions.
There is "NO BIG SECRET" for rom cooking. But for beginners, it is really hard to figure out how to use "Kovsky Kitchen". Once you are experienced, it's quite easy.
But for advanced stuffs as Jack mentioned.. we need more research and skills. I might write a detailed guide later, how to edit registry and replacing better dlls and applications.
Everyone has his/her own preferences and I just want to show them even a beginner could do themselves.
Windows mobile is the best ever mobile os for me so far and you can modify anyway you like. Thanks to many developers who created kitchen and make things easy for us.
how to's...
here are some of the how to's i stumbled on ppc geeks. hope this enlighten some in modding/customizing roms:
1. how to's for developing
2. adding registry entries (rgu method)
twisted said:
here are some of the how to's i stumbled on ppc geeks. hope this enlighten some in modding/customizing roms:
1. how to's for developing
2. adding registry entries (rgu method)
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Thanks for the links. Very good.
There is no need to do such a hard job - to extract & rebuild all the ROM file.
Just take HTC Rom Editor, open your ROM there, clear all useless stuff and correct files
config.txt
config_AP.txt
config_operatior.txt
config_SP.txt (if exist)
fileoperations.xml
runlua.cc
Then save your rom and flash it. Easy way.
PS: My custom rom with cleared "stuff" (even SE Dialer) and some features is about 65MB, and makes about 360+MB free memory.
Great job! Big help to us new to WM and ROM cooking. Thanks, mate!
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great write up. got a couple questions tho.
what effect does deleting the \windows\fileoperations.xml have on:
ringtones? will you have to maually load your ringtone, like for my alarm, notifications (mail, sms)
internet explorer start page?
startup animation?
panels? will i still have the se1 and 2 panels? how about the today panel?
thanks,
claudio
Dear ALL Experties,
Please help me to find out Working wm6.5 theme genrator. I had used theme genrator in prious buid i.e. wm5 but in wm6.5 its not compatible.
Please help.
Thanx in advance.
there was a post about MS website that lets you do your own theme... search for it in this forum... I tried it and it's very useful, at least until we get a real theme generator
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/downloads/theme-generator.mspx
I Am Make The WM6.5 Theme But Do Not Save On My Computer.
same thing happened to me too. it's only deliver error msg when saving to pc. i've tried from my friend pc, success twice then error again. dont know why
capstation said:
same thing happened to me too. it's only deliver error msg when saving to pc. i've tried from my friend pc, success twice then error again. dont know why
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I have found through trial and error that it seems to work if you select one of the Phones which only supports portrait mode. On the ones which can rotate, although it lets you upload the image and set up correctly, it crashes when processing. That can be overcome by using the portrait only and then editing the .tsk when downloaded and saved - simply delete the exisiting image file and replace with the correct pair of .jpgs for Portrait and Lansdcape [ stwater_480_800.jpg and stwater_800_480.jpg].
Editing the .tsk is done by making a copy - rename the extension to .cab and then use WinCE CAB Manager to edit. Once done, save and rename back to .tsk