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BlueAngel DOC repartitioning tool

I've attached a program that can repartition our devices. You can enter the desired size of your "Extended_ROM" in kilobytes. Min - 128 Kb, Max - 64 Mb. The remaining part would become your "storage".
After formatting the device should be rebooted. Of cause you should backup the contents of Extended_ROM and Storage folders. If you use "Permanent Save" feature, during first boot OS would ask to recreate files in your "storage" folder.
I'd recommend to use 128K extended ROM with only theft prevention program in it, and all other space leave a "storage".
Usage:
unrar Repart_DOC.rar archive to any directory on your device and run it. Enter the desired Extended ROM size, press "Format now" and reboot. If the program outputs format error - round your size to the next 128 Kb boundary and try again.
Theoretically this program can run on other devices that use DiskOnChip(R) TrueFFS(R) driver, but this is not tested.
In the case of hard reset the extended ROM would be hidden, but it should remain writeable forever - my program resets unlock password to zeroes.
and:
Use this program at your own risk!!!
P.S. I've also attached the source code of this tool. It should be compiled with VS 2005 beta 2.

Thanks
Mamaich Thank you for the tool !!
I just added a Default Button to the tool in which will revert back the amount of the EXTENDED_ROM to the original size
How To:
-Run the tool and press Default!
-Soft reset
Ps: Don't forget that this tool will wipe your Data on the Storage and the Extended_Rom, so remember to make a backup for the stored data!
***Use it on your own risk!!***

One more favour needed
Dear Mamaich
SInce there is no WM2005, I sincerely request if you can alter the file system in such a way that windows folder is in the storage......That would be gr8...Pls Pls do something about it....and I know that you can do it.

Tool works fine....one has to first unlock the Ext ROM

This tool is working like a charm :lol: Thank you mamaich :twisted:

and which tool is it for unlocking the external rom? anyone, anyone Buller? I want to try this out.

szamot said:
and which tool is it for unlocking the external rom? anyone, anyone Buller? I want to try this out.
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Here is the unlocker
install it to PocketPC, then use "unhide", "unlock". After reboot the "Extended_ROM" folder would become visible and writeable.

It is a very great tool, mamaich. I can select myself any size of the \Storage.
I would like to request (if it's not that difficult) if you can have an option to select for Factory Defualt Setting.
I used this tool to repartioning my XDAII (WM5). It work fine, but I can't unhide the \Extended_ROM folder. The Extended ROM Unlocker I used is the modified one for WM5 by toenailed. I do any thing wrong?

I don't have 2K5 so I cannot help you here.
And I don't remember the "factory default" settings so I cannot add them to the program. You may select something about 15Mb as a size.

So I can install the application and I can unhide the folder. Reset to complete. However when I try to unlock I get the following:
Error:
FL_IOCTL_BDTL_HW_PROTECTION - A device attached to the system is not functioning.
I press OK then I get another window Debug and the message says extrom unlocked, press OK.
I start Repart_DOC and I try different sizes anthing from 128K to 10 mb. I get another Error Window.
FL_IOCTL_FORMAT_PHYSICAL DRIVE failed.
Thoughts anyone.
I tried variations of doing one command at the time and soft resetting the device but it all produces the same error messages.

Results with the Alpine.
Using BA DOC tool, it is opposite. If I put in 128 for ext ROM it makes .11 Storage. If I put in 61000, I get 59.11.
Ext ROM stays the same. After running loadvdisk, it becomes visable and is 23.96 13.96 in use and 10 free.
Ext ROM must be on other chip or is read only or???? You will know better than I!

Ohhh ya,, THANK YOU !!! YOU ARE A GOD! 8) :lol: :wink:

Sorry, can I ask which storage will be memory added?
We have the 128 RAM with program and "storage", and the "storage" folder that we can see under file explorer.
And do we need to do a "hard" reset for this?
Many thanks for your reply.
Cheers,

chris_khho said:
Sorry, can I ask which storage will be memory added?
We have the 128 RAM with program and "storage", and the "storage" folder that we can see under file explorer.
And do we need to do a "hard" reset for this?
Many thanks for your reply.
Cheers,
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Chris,
This is for the storage memory which is 47 mb and then you can combine your extended rom to make one big storage of 64 mb. It has got nothing to do with the default memory or storage.
Hope this helps.
Hemant.

Worked flawlessly. Thank you, mamaich!

no ideas for my little device not found issues? As per above.
Thanks

harrier
Harriers use different passwords.
Use superdave's unlocker exttools.exe
http://www.myehud.com/xv6600/cabs
(The password is ReIrRaH, not LeGnAeUlB)
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ah, that worked like charm, thank you very much.

Slightly confused here guys..
If you remove extended rom - how do you re-install the required apps after a hard boot? directly from the storage card ? I have tried various options and it did not work for me..
1. Changing Registry to run Autorun directly from storage card (guide from xda-dev) - did not execute ! god knows why..
2. Creating a Batchinstall script - (guide from xda-dev) - did not run..
3. cloning - was a very expensive option - so dropped out.
Would love to increase by Storage also - but need a solution to this...help me out guys...
rgs/DD

devdarshan said:
Slightly confused here guys..
If you remove extended rom - how do you re-install the required apps after a hard boot? directly from the storage card ? I have tried various options and it did not work for me..
1. Changing Registry to run Autorun directly from storage card (guide from xda-dev) - did not execute ! god knows why..
2. Creating a Batchinstall script - (guide from xda-dev) - did not run..
3. cloning - was a very expensive option - so dropped out.
Would love to increase by Storage also - but need a solution to this...help me out guys...
rgs/DD
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1. just create a Folder in your Storage Card.. Name it .. 2577 <-- very important
2. Place the AutoRun.exe and ExtROM.zip in the Folder \Storage Card\2577\
3. During a Hardreset, after the Screen Aligntment and GMT settings(Welcome.exe) make sure you will see the notification .. just like in the pic .. then tap YES
4. Then it will start to install everything in ExtROM.zip ..
5. After it install all application it will asks to reboot ..
PS:
in case you didnt see the notification .. just remove the SD/MMC wait for at least 15 seconds then put it back on the Slot
you can add or remove some files in ExtROM.zip .. just use Winrar or Pocker Rar .. and always check for Archive Error .
>>Writen By Toenailed<<
Here's the autorun file as well!

Gain extra space in ROM for cooking.....

Today I just tried this, I compressed my softwares which I have cooked in my ROM using UPX4PPC and cooked them in the ROM. As I have a small 32MB ROM, if this is possible to do with the default OS dll & exe files, it would be very useful. As I noticed, there is no big difference in the loading time of compressed files & the original. I searched the forum, but found nothing on compression of system OS files. Is there anyone who have done this before? Is this ok to do with .net CF dll & other large dll & exe files in ROM...?

making a smaller rom dont give more storage you know?
so compressing it will just give you more empty rom space nobody an use

Yeah..and most of the time the ROM won evenstart..blv me i tried to UPX the whole DUMP folder but the rom didnt even start

Rudegar said:
making a smaller rom dont give more storage you know?
so compressing it will just give you more empty rom space nobody an use
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Actually I meant, If you can compress the originam OS files in ROM, there would be more free space in rom. We can use that free space to add more OEM packages.... Sorry if my english is not clear.

ather90 said:
Yeah..and most of the time the ROM won evenstart..blv me i tried to UPX the whole DUMP folder but the rom didnt even start
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Try to use UPX only in exe files. More safe to be use in EXEs that are loaded after the booting & intended only in doing the settings (backlight.exe, MicAGC, Device info, CSD line type, CommManager, faxView.......) and on OEM exe files. Try not to use on dll files on first shot. But because already these files are very small, you will gain only a very small space. It works. If we can do the same on large dll files, it would be cool.....

shiranmotha said:
Actually I meant, If you can compress the originam OS files in ROM, there would be more free space in rom. We can use that free space to add more OEM packages.... Sorry if my english is not clear.
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You are right. Thats how I had been able to pack so much extra stuff (many dont like that) in the ROM since a long time. But you have to be very carefully choosy about the files you have to UPX.
And, of course this method is for cooks only...

c_shekhar said:
But you have to be very carefully choosy about the files you have to UPX
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What files can we compress. What I found ws, when I compress certain dll files, some items in menus related to them are blank. But when clicked they still work. Compressing Today dll files work, but if they have option configuration, they show some nunsence text. DLLs related to the .NET CF are the largest files i find in the ROM, can we compress them?

shiranmotha said:
What files can we compress. What I found ws, when I compress certain dll files, some items in menus related to them are blank. But when clicked they still work. Compressing Today dll files work, but if they have option configuration, they show some nunsence text. DLLs related to the .NET CF are the largest files i find in the ROM, can we compress them?
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use the option for not compresing the resources

androidupdate files

for weeks i have been making my own androidupdate.tgz files by using the formula system/app-font-framework and compressing it with stuffit changing the name and then just do the update normally.
when i flashed to incubus rls12 i added some .apk's and re-compressed. at this point stuffit expired so i went and found 'tarpit'
now i am unable to use my update file.
my questions
what are the size parameters of an update file? if any
what would cause an update file not to install?
any other idea why i am all of a sudden having problem?
thanks in advance

You probably exceeded the capacity of system partition with your update. Your best bet is to put more applications on the data partition (data/app).
Or you can increase the system partition at the expense of data partitions (be careful!)

[Q] Where does file created by fopen() resides ?

In Windows Phone 8 Runtime component (C++/CX) we can use fopen or CreateFile2 to create/open a file. For example
Code:
fopen("hello.txt", "w");
You see, I don't explicitly specify any path. And I can't figure out where this hello.txt resides? It can't be in Installed Location, and it isn't in Local Folder. Where is it?

Well, you could try the following:
_fileno() to get the integer file descriptor from the FILE*
_get_osfhandle() to get the Win32 HANDLE from the fd
GetFileInformationByHandleEx() to get the file name from the HANDLE.
I *think* those are even all supported on WP8, though I haven't checked except for the last one.
APIs like GetFullPathName() would make it easy, but may not be supported. CreateFile2 would let you skip the first two APIs in that list, if it works.

I inspected the WP8 .vhd file, and saw that my file was created in the Install folder. It looks like native code does not conform to the rule (Install folder is read-only location)

Whaaaaaat?!? That's... um. Serious. I'll look into it.

onmyway133 said:
I inspected the WP8 .vhd file, and saw that my file was created in the Install folder. It looks like native code does not conform to the rule (Install folder is read-only location)
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Are you sure it does not create it on the root of the isolated storage space? That's rather unexpected to have the file in a read-only folder...

The install location is read/write to the app.
What
the
hell?
I can send test code if anybody wants, but it's easy enough to check yourself. You don't even need native code to do it, the .NET APIs work well enough.
I am somewhat confused.

mcosmin222 said:
Are you sure it does not create it on the root of the isolated storage space? That's rather unexpected to have the file in a read-only folder...
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You can create a simple project to test this. In the C++ WP Runtime Component project, just use fopen or CreateFile2
Then use Hyper-V manager and Disk Management to easily inspect the WP .vhd file (I'm using Emulator)
You can use some things like IsoStoreSpy to see that the newly created file does not reside in the Local Folder (in WP8, they rename Isolated Storage to Local Folder)

I wrote a small app to test it; I can share the source if you want. It's really simple. I used the native APIs to create the file and write to it, then used the managed APIs to confirm it was there and read it, then used the native APIs to delete it, and the managed ones to confirm it was gone. Very simple. I then used the managed APIs to create the file myself (await Package.Current.InstalledLocation.CreateFileAsync("hello.txt")) and it worked.

Have you tried to create a xap file in the Install folder and reboot?
My 8X is freezing after creating a xap...

@spikedviper: No, I haven't tried anything like that. I don't seem to have write access from my app to the folder where pre-installed / OEM XAPs reside.
I did try editing the manifest; I was able to edit it with no problems but changing the capabilities didn't *do* anything, so I'm pretty sure it's still only parsed at install time.

hm...so what is the default path if no path specified?

looks like it stores it here: ms-appdata:///Local/ anyway check out "Data for Windows Phone" at msdn

maps to SDCARD found on microsoft.com a intersting xml code file any ideas how use?

Hi Im having a htc windows phone 8s with windows phone 8.1 think (gdr1) and unlocked it to get accsess to the phone via windows phone power tools 2.8.3 . Is this "real rooted" or not?
Im searching for a solution to get maps to sdcards ...
Im finding two things
first the lumia storage check
and that you can change the regestry . But the tools sawapu are for samsung phones only and a regestry editor can't edit the regestry of dwords ..
I have found follow interesstings maybe can anyone make a xap out of this??
the code i found on follow adress
https://dev.windowsphone.com/en-US/OEM/docs/Customization/Map_data_on_an_SD_card_and_map_preload (of juli)
there is followed i found:
Map data on an SD card and map preload
Customization and runtime configuration > Customizations for maps
July 22, 2014
Applies to: Windows Phone hardware development
Map data is used by the Maps application and the map control for third-party applications. OEMs can choose to store this data on an SD card, which provides the advantage of saving internal memory space for user data and allows the user to download more offline map data. Microsoft recommends enabling the UseExternalStorage setting on phones with less than 8 GB of user storage and has an SD card slot.
UseExternalStorage can be used whether or not an SD card with preloaded map data is included on the phone. If no SD card is present, the system uses internal storage until an SD card is available and then automatically switches to using an SD card for map storage. The user's ability to download map regions is disabled until an SD card is available.
Important note
SD card performance can affect the quality of the Maps experience when maps are stored on the SD card. When an SD card is used, Microsoft recommends that OEMs test the Maps experience and the speed of map downloads with the specific SD card part that will be used on retail phones to determine if performance is satisfactory.
Sample: UseExternalStorage
Use the customization samples
Constraints: None
Instructions:
Microsoft recommends enabling UseExternalStorage on phones with less than 8 GB of user storage and has an SD card slot.
Create a customization answer file using the contents shown in the following code sample or use the sample UseExternalStorage.xml file.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ImageCustomizations xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/embedded/2004/10/ImageUpdate"
Name="PreloadedMapData"
Description="Use to preload map data on an SD card."
Owner=""
OwnerType="OEM">
<Static>
<!-- Enable external storage for map data on an SD card -->
<Settings Path="Maps/Storage">
<Setting Name="UseExternalStorage" Value="" />
</Settings>
</Static>
</ImageCustomizations>
Specify an Owner.
Set the Value to one of the following:
Value
Description
0 or No
Do not store map regions on an SD card.
1 or Yes
Store map regions on an SD card.
If including an SD card with the device, add the preloaded map data to the SD card. Unzip the appropriate map variant data package and copy the “diskcache” folder onto the SD card under the d:\MapData directory.
Note
When unzipping the appropriate map variant data package, you must use a file compression/decompression utility that preserves the file attributes and timestamps. If the utility does not preserve this information, the map(s) will be treated as invalid by the OS.
Testing:
Flash a build that contains this customization on a phone.
Launch the Maps application and open Settings from the application bar.
Click on the Download Maps button and verify that the expected region displays under downloaded maps.
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what says this ? i don't check what we have to do to use this solution.

Informations
to use the *.xml file you need a zip and visual basic 2013???
https://dev.windowsphone.com/en-US/OEM/docs/Customization/Use_the_customization_samples
Use the customization samples
Customization and runtime configuration
July 22, 2014
Applies to: Windows Phone hardware development
Partners can download and use the sample customization answer files to get started with customizing Windows Phone 8.1.
To obtain the sample customization answer files
Download the WPBlue_Customization_Code_Samples.zip file from the Connect site. This .zip contains sample customization answer files for the majority of customizations documented in this section.
For a list of all customization samples, see Customization samples index.
To use the sample customization answer files and build a custom phone image
Ensure that you have an updated kit installation, and that you can build a phone image using it and flash that image to your engineering device.
If you have not already done so, create a folder for your packages in %WPDKCONTENTROOT%. Name the folder OEMCustomizationPackages or give it a similar name so you know this folder contains all your customizations. Note that this folder can include many subfolders.
Copy a sample customization folder from WPBlue_Customization_Code_Samples.zip to the OEMCustomizationPackages folder.
Open the sample XML customization answer file and modify it to optionally change the values from the sample customization answer file and provide any required values:
Note
The values used in the root customization answer file (or the one you specify as the input customization answer file during ImgGen.cmd or CustomizationGen.cmd in Step 6) is used to determine the package owner so it is important to provide these required values.
Name
Description
Owner
OwnerType (in the customization samples this is typically already set to 'OEM').
Any files, assets, or other settings specific to the customization. See the corresponding topic in the Customization and runtime configuration section of the documentation for more information about what to change and how.
You must also update or replace any additional files included in the sample folder. Instructions are provided in the customization topic in the documentation.
Note that you’ll be using the customization answer file as one of the inputs when building your customization package or OS image.
Open a Developer Command Prompt for VS2013 window (if you have installed Visual Studio 2013) or a Command Prompt window (if you have not installed Visual Studio 2013) as an administrator. Configure the environment variables in this window as described in the Set up environment variables section of Preparing for Windows Phone development.
Depending on what you want to do, you can use the customization answer file to create a package containing your customization(s) or use the answer file as one of the inputs to create an OS image.
To use the customization answer file to generate a package without building an OS image, see Generating customization packages without creating an image in Building a phone image using ImgGen.cmd to find out how to use CustomizationGen.cmd.
To build an image as an .ffu file using the customization answer file as one of the inputs, see Using ImgGen.cmd to generate the image in Building a phone image using ImgGen.cmd to find out how to use ImgGen.cmd.
Flash the .ffu file to a phone. For more information, see Use the flashing tools provided by Microsoft.
See the Testing steps section in the corresponding customization topic to verify that the customization has been configured properly.
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hmmmmm im searching for it this one hmmmm WPBlue_Customization_Code_Samples.zip
maybe we have a solution don't know

ah ok microsoft flashing tool for wp phones maybe interesting but complicated
https://dev.windowsphone.com/en-US/.../Use_the_flashing_tools_provided_by_Microsoft
and you have special drivers hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm very complicated