I trying to find how to install a new rom through sd-card.
If anyone can give me the link of a post explaining this or if anyone can explain i will be very pleased.
I copy a nk.nbf to SD Card. It's a Rom kitchened.
Other doubt is the version of the rom of my ppc. I have a Pw10B; ENG - 4.01.16 and in the kitchen the number is PW10A-ENG-4.01-700... How do i change this?
Copy the NK.nbf file to the SD card using your device and XDAtools ... go to the boot loader by soft reset while pressing power ... if it recognizes the ROM it will ask you to press action ... when flashing is done, press hard reset ... wait 60 sec and press hard reset again
Thanks for the information Biso007, but I have this ROM "OTP v7.7 Manilla 2D Biggy.nbh" and I just noticed that you wrote .nbf for the extension but you see this one has .nbh, and XDAtools does not recognize it and what I wanna know is it possible to install this one from the SD card, do I hav econvert it to .nbf or whatever supported by XDAtools? I have Herald or Wing still confused about it and one more thing I managed to install Hard_spl and after I installed Touch It Vista Cube, it is cool but I am trying to learn different ROMs and I am stuck with the one above. Do I need to Hard_spl again?
Edit: I figured out how to install from SD card, you copy the image (I think the name of the file is important) to the card, power down the device, start it up while pressing the camera button then it searches the card for appropriate file, if there is one it gives the warning to slide down the volume button to install.
plz mention full detail......i want to try this......what should be the name that will recognized by the dash........i'm stuck on tri-color(bootloader) mode...
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Just a little info -I discovered at the weekend. I have been playing with the wm5 1.60a for a while and in orfder to save space in the storage i have installed a lot of programs on the extended_rom partition. I renamed this via the registry. Don't do this !as it really screws things up. You end up with two extended rom plabels in explorer and you can not rename them back. I have had to reinstall wm5 1.60a
I dont see any problem installing program in Extended ROM. All you have to make sure is you have to rename the Extended ROM BEFORE you install anything.
If you rename it AFTER then surely you are going to be screwed. Because the program installed in the extended ROM is registered in the registry as whatever name the extended ROM when the program are installed.
Can you please be more specific with your problem. If not I think your post is "misleading".
True
In summary you are correct. I should have renamed Extended_rom before installing programs to it.
However when you reset the machine the operating system creates a new folder called extended rom and puts the renamed extended rom data and programs in it.
The original renamed folder with the memory chip icon is also present in the directory view so the data appears twice.
odd to say the least
I dont have the problem that you described.
When I install WM5 v 1.60a. I immediately rename it to "STORAGE" then install program in it. I have been using version 1.60 for more than a week now and I have countless Soft Reset even Hard Reset(Persistent memory right?) and no double folder and anything.
Just follow my advice and rename it at the beginning. I am sure you wont have the problem.
Hi,
This has most likely been covered but can someone tell me how do I rename storage areas. I have WM2005 1.60a Rom Thanks to Buzz.... and I as defalt run out of storage memory really quick and my program memory is massive, I am really sorry if this has been cover so even if you could point me to where it is discussed.
Thanks Heaps.
where can i download wm 2005
where can i get the latest wm 2005 rom?
found a link but the files is corrupted?
can anyone of you help me to have this latest rom.
seal said:
Hi,
This has most likely been covered but can someone tell me how do I rename storage areas. I have WM2005 1.60a Rom Thanks to Buzz.... and I as defalt run out of storage memory really quick and my program memory is massive, I am really sorry if this has been cover so even if you could point me to where it is discussed.
hi Schen i try to rename the ext_ROM but it say can not rename it tell me what should i do pls
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Re: where can i download wm 2005
arquizon said:
where can i get the latest wm 2005 rom?
found a link but the files is corrupted?
can anyone of you help me to have this latest rom.
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U can get it at buzzdev.net
Goodluck....n rgds
Leslie Lee
I tried download 1.6a at buzzdev.net but is" index" only ,can u help
HI, SCHEN
Can u help me how to change the ext_rom to storage step by step?
I am new user , I don't even know where can i find the ext_rom to rename and someone told that i can't rename the ext_rom.
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Leslie Lee
I tried download 1.6a at buzzdev.net but is" index" only ,can u help
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u go to site http://buzzdev.net
U need to register. registration is free.
u can then download.
there r 5 versions of wm2k5 for himalayas there
regards n best wishes
Thank! Leslie Lee I had download successfully
So is there a way I can do this on my G4 8125? I've been trying, but have not been successful.
Extended ROM basically consists of large number of CAB files. Go to the ftp and get hold of some of the ROM packages in ZIP format and unzip the EXT rom. Unlock your EXT ROM and replace everthing with the one you've downloaded. Done.
Personally, I don't use Ext Rom. Upon hard reset, I just skip the Ext Rom installation and I install my stuff manually, which I think gives more flexibility. I had my phone backup-ed into an EXE file which I can use when I hardreset next time.
I don't know how to unlock it, and I can't even stop my Cingular one from installing every time.
To stop it from installing, upon hardreset, softreset your phone just after the security option (eg when it asked you to set your PIN for the phone). It should skip installing the EXT ROM.
I'm not sure if it is read only or not, but you can try. Download and open Total Commander (for PPC), at the top section of TC, enter this
Code:
\Extended_ROM
It will show you stuff in your Ext Rom. See if you can overwrite it.
If the extended_rom is protected like in G3 >2.xx SPLs then you have no luck there. Even if you change something and it looks like it worked you'll get bad checksums on next soft-reset and all data in extended-rom will be deleted
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If the extended_rom is protected like in G3 >2.xx SPLs then you have no luck there. Even if you change something and it looks like it worked you'll get bad checksums on next soft-reset and all data in extended-rom will be deleted
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exactly what happened to me.
after it had bad checksums, strange characters and folders, i formatted the extemded rom using wizard service tool ver 4.2.1
now my extended rom is empty... but i have a copy of it on the PDA in a different folder and on my PC.
Is there a way to restore it?
royorlev said:
exactly what happened to me.
after it had bad checksums, strange characters and folders, i formatted the extemded rom using wizard service tool ver 4.2.1
now my extended rom is empty... but i have a copy of it on the PDA in a different folder and on my PC.
Is there a way to restore it?
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Absolutely. Simply use WST and select the "Write ROM" option. Then select "Extended ROM" and upload the backup from your PC.
Hi All,
Is there any way to build own ExtROM?
Thanks
I'm in the process of reverting my Hermes back to a T-Mobile UK ROM for Windows Mobile 5 using My Vanx guide but I can't exrtract the entended ROM from the ROM I have. Can anyone help me out?
I have a rar file of the contents of the t-mobile uk ext rom, if thats what you need?
Yes please, that would be great. Is that what I need to revert back to WM 5?
Well, ideally I think you can just overwrite the ext rom contents then do the rom downgrade, then hard reset and the ext rom contents will install.
I havent done it myself though.
Here's the zip, rar's not allowed apparently.
Thanks, I'll give it a try this afternoon and let you know how it goes.
That would be appreciated, just in case I have a warranty issue......
I'm trying to get it back due to a warranty issue (white appears as yellow).
Anyway, the extended ROM downloaded okay, however it didn't contain the Herm_extendedRom.nb as stated here. I've got the PrimarySplash.nb, SecondarySplash.ng and Windows.nb files from decompiling the NBH file, and now I'm stuck in a dead end.
Oh. you're doing that, I dont have the nbh file im afraid, what I was doing was leaving the extended rom alone when flashing rom updates so the original contents will work.
The main reason I didnt bother deleting the original ext rom is that the files dont actually run under wm6 and I dont really have any use for the ext rom.
Theoretically if you replace the contents of the ext rom with the contents of the zip then do the downgrade stuff wthout selecting the ext rom nbh file it might work. since I seem to recall that the ext rom contents were run by a prompter file in the windows directory from the original t-mobile OS rom after you first hard reset.
Might be worth seeing if anyone can clarify this though, as I said, I havent downgraded as yet.
Sounds like it might work, or just trying to flash without the Extended ROM, and then running the cab files seperately afterwards, but I'd like to seek clarification before doing so.
Greetings,
Here is a simple step-by-step method for taking a virgin Hermes to HardSP-V7 and fully upgraded radio and ROM of choice. This method is especially usefull for those on Vista and Mac machines, it's also somewhat safer and MUCH faster than using RUU to flash your device. From initial download to completely upgrade device took me about an hour, all done before my first phone call.
This is intended for those who HAVE READ the Wiki and the forums, but don't know what to do first, and for those who don't want to use the old-school USB cable methods. All of this is simply gathered info from other posts and guides written by people much more clever than I, and is IN NO WAY meant to be a substitute for reading the Wiki and the forums. I spent days reading everything on this site and so should you. If you jump into something you don't understand and brick your phone, it's not my fault.
FROM BOX TO ROCKS SD-CARD UPDATE GUIDE
[1.]Read the WIKI and as many forum threads as you can, at the very least read all of the stickies.
[2.]Start by gathering all of the files you will need in one place for easy access. For bookeeping purposes I recommend that you put each one in it's own folder. You will need:
Hard-SP-V7
Radio Upgrade- XDA-Dev has a great list of extracted radio ROMS here, I use 1.43.00.00
ROM of Choice (I used Shaps WWE 3.0C, he's got a lot other languages for this ROM as well, chck the thread)
[3.]Use WinRar to open each of the compressed files you downloaded, in each one there should be TWO files, take the filed called "RUU_signed.nbh" and extract it to the same folder. Be sure not to get these mixed up as they all have the same file name, hence the individual folders.
[4.]Use a card reader or your laptop's SD slot to format an SD card, make sure you select FAT32. After formatting do a disk check and select the "fix errors" option.
[5.]IF your SD is healthy, move the unzipped "RUU_signed.nbh" file from the Hard-SP-V7 folder to the root of the SD card.
[6.]Turn on your phone and put the SD card in.
[7.]AFTER transferring the file and putting the SD in your phone, use the phones file explorer to change the name of the "RUU_signed.nbh" file to hermimg.nbh (be sure not to add a superfluous .nbh when you do this, DO NOT change the .nbh extension..ever). The flash is much more reliable when you change the name ON THE PHONE, I have no idea why, but when i do it this way it works everytime.
[8.]After changing the filename and exiting the file manager you'll need to enter the bootloader. To do so, simultaneously press the left-side OK key, the power button, and use the stylus to press the reset button on the bottom of the phone. This open the bootloader, the screen will go white and say "loading," then it will ask you to press the power button to confirm the upgrade, do so.
[9.]About one second later you get confirmation and have flashed Hard-SP-V7
, your phone is now pseudo-SuperCid and much more resistant to bricking. Do a soft reset to exit bootloader by pressing the reset button on the bottom of the phone.
[10.]Pop out the SD and put it back in the card reader and delete the "hermimg.nbh." Now on your PC navigate to the folder where you extracted the radio upgrade, copy the unzipped 'RUU_signed.nbh" file to your SD card, put it back in the phone, and use the phones File manager to change the name to HERMIMG.NBH.
[11.] Repeat step 8. The radio upgrade is the slowest, and takes about 5 minutes, it may appear to hang, but don't worry, the progress bar is a bit jumpy, everything should be OK.
[12.] You have now upgraded the Radio, confirm by checking the radio version in the System INFO tab of the setting menu.
[13.] You guessed it, delete "hermimg.nbh" from the card, replace it with the extracted "RUU_signed.nbh" from the ROM version zip you downloaded, put the SD in the phone, change the name to HERMIMG.nbh, and enter the bootloader VIA method in step 8.
[14.] Congratulations, you have now upgraded the SPL, the radio, and flashed a new ROM, all without installing drivers, using cables, running .exe's or anything else, all in about an hour.
[15.] Follow onscreen instructions to set up the phone.
[16.] pop out the SD and delete the .nbh file, otherwise it will try and flash your phone next time you enter the bootloader.
[17.] Load your new phone with Apps and enjoy!
MANY, MANY thanks to all who make this place what it is, too many to mention. Sites like this one are examples of how the Internet has changed the world forever. I'll be making a full tutorial with screenshots and better instruction over the next day or so and will put it in the WIKI.
Very nice writeup Mlalahoi.
Coud have used this i was a flash virgin
Props to you.
Thanks Charon
unable to install Hard-SPL-V7
Hi
I done all the steps you mentioned but i am still unable to install the Hard-SPL-V7.
After copying hermimg.nbh to card and going to boot loader it shows loading ... and then again comes back to boot loader without installing the Hard-SPL.
Please advise....
Thanks,
Malik
Format card FAT32, hermimg.nbh must be how its spelled...
1. you will need No2chem's basekit 5048.
2. you need DCD's kitchen 2.3.1
Then the fun part....
Go into No2Chem's OEM/OEMDrivers directory and copy the OEM_FLASHDRV.DLL folder.
Paste it into DCDs kitchen OEM/OEMDrivers directory.
Then go to DCDs ROM/XIP directory and edit the boot.rgu file.
Add these lines to the bottom of the boot.rgu file.
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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\EXT_FLASHDRV]
"DefaultFileSystem"="FATFS"
"Name"=""
"PartitionDriver"=""
"MountHidden"=dword:0
"Folder"="Extended_ROM"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\EXT_FLASHDRV\FATFS]
"FormatTFAT"=dword:1
"EnableWriteBack"=dword:1
"EnableCache"=dword:0
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\AutoLoad\EXT_FLASHDRV]
"DriverPath"="Drivers\\BuiltIn\\EXT_FLASHDRV"
"LoadFlags"=dword:1
"Order"=dword:12
"Bootphase"=dword:2
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\EXT_FLASHDRV]
"Profile"="EXT_FLASHDRV"
"Index"= dword:1
"Dll"="OEM_FLASHDRV.dll"
"Prefix"="DSK"
"Order"=dword:13
"IClass"=multi_sz:"{A4E7EDDA-E575-4252-9D6B-4195D48BB865}"
*******************************************************************
Then get the no2chem_nueExtROM package and put it into the DCD OEM directory.
BUILD - BURN - ENJOY!!!
P.S. Thanks No2chem and DCD for the awesome work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.P.S. There might be an easier way but this worked for me.
Extended Frustration
Is there a purpose for having the Extended Rom? With older devices you were able to unlock the extended rom and use it like an internal memory card but afaik there is no way to unlock the extended rom, right?
gimpdog said:
Is there a purpose for having the Extended Rom? With older devices you were able to unlock the extended rom and use it like an internal memory card but afaik there is no way to unlock the extended rom, right?
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With No2Chems nueEXTROM you can unlock and write to the Titan extended ROM. Just like the 6700.
http://www.weienterprises.com/nue/
How much space is in the ExtRom?
Slightly less than 10MB
thanks dude...i've been working on a custom rom for myself and no i can include this....whooottttttt
so is this like another 10mb to put things onto, or 10mb for programs to use?
Is the extrom cleared with a hard reset? If not, it could be cool to store CABs in there to reinstall your programs after flashing. Isn't this what happens when the Sprint customization runs?
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Is the extrom cleared with a hard reset? If not, it could be cool to store CABs in there to reinstall your programs after flashing. Isn't this what happens when the Sprint customization runs?
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its like having a 10mb sd card inyour phone, it doesnt get cleared unless you run a stock rom ruu or delete files from it. nice to have in case you have to hard reset out on the road, you can get all your cabs installed without an sd card
The EXTRom is copied from ROM during a hard reset. So anything you put in there will get erased and copied over from the ROM. There should be a way to create a .nb for the ExtROM and flash your device with it to pre-populate the cab's you want in there tho.
jrebeiro said:
The EXTRom is copied from ROM during a hard reset. So anything you put in there will get erased and copied over from the ROM. There should be a way to create a .nb for the ExtROM and flash your device with it to pre-populate the cab's you want in there tho.
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hmm. thats not how it worked on the apache. a hard reset just touches the os rom, not the extended rom. otherwise it would erase the carrier info and programs on a hard reset... that would defeat the purpose of it.
hello, I followed the guide exactly and was successfully able to unlock the extrom and erase /write to it, but i now have Extrom and Extrom2 in the file explorer. they are both the same 9mb memory allocation ( i wrote files to both,, different files, and soft reset. Both drives ended up showing the 2nd file i wrote to whichever extrom, so they are the same drive. anyone have any ideas how to correct this?
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hmm. thats not how it worked on the apache. a hard reset just touches the os rom, not the extended rom. otherwise it would erase the carrier info and programs on a hard reset... that would defeat the purpose of it.
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Ummm... no it restores the OS and Extended Partitions. Your carrier info is not located in the Ext ROM it's located in .provxml files in the OS. Customization programs are located in Ext ROM and during a hard reset are restored.
You also basically just retyped what I explained in my post. The Carrier provided files in the Ext ROM are restored during a hard reset. But anything you have put in there by unlocking the Ext ROM and making it read/write will be gone after a hard reset.
Feel free to try it yourself.
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its like having a 10mb sd card inyour phone, it doesnt get cleared unless you run a stock rom ruu or delete files from it. nice to have in case you have to hard reset out on the road, you can get all your cabs installed without an sd card
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After reading some of these posts I wanted to clear a few things up but then I noticed Fallingup had it exactly correct!!!!
Only two ways to wipe your extended rom...
1. unlock it and erase it yourself OR
2. Install a custom .nbh file specifically designed to over right the extended rom.
If you uncompress an OEM rom.exe file you will probably find thee .nbh files.
1. is for the rom itself (like what DCD and No2chem put together)
2. is the Radio!
3. Contents of the extended rom.
Since we our content directly to the rom through OEM packages it is unnecessary to have cabs there for a custom rom install. Therefore, no one wastes there time building custom .nbh files to write to the extended rom. ALSO, if you have it unlocked, when you build your custom OEM packages, you can specifically target the extended rom just like you target the windows directory. NOTE: this last bit is for completeness all that is really needed is an emphatic statement... The Extended rom DOES survive a hard reset AND it survives a CUSTOM rom install as well. (unless you build a custom .nbh file to write to it)
atomclock said:
After reading some of these posts I wanted to clear a few things up but then I noticed Fallingup had it exactly correct!!!!
Only two ways to wipe your extended rom...
1. unlock it and erase it yourself OR
2. Install a custom .nbh file specifically designed to over right the extended rom.
If you uncompress an OEM rom.exe file you will probably find thee .nbh files.
1. is for the rom itself (like what DCD and No2chem put together)
2. is the Radio!
3. Contents of the extended rom.
Since we our content directly to the rom through OEM packages it is unnecessary to have cabs there for a custom rom install. Therefore, no one wastes there time building custom .nbh files to write to the extended rom. ALSO, if you have it unlocked, when you build your custom OEM packages, you can specifically target the extended rom just like you target the windows directory. NOTE: this last bit is for completeness all that is really needed is an emphatic statement... The Extended rom DOES survive a hard reset AND it survives a CUSTOM rom install as well. (unless you build a custom .nbh file to write to it)
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theres actually a third way, which is when the xip specifies to format the extended_rom partition, which would cause your extended rom to be empty on boot, even if you wrote to it during a flash.
also, you don't need to download the entire basekit, i posted the necessary files to insert to oem on my website. also, stroths has developed a cab so you don't have to install it to rom.
jarmenti said:
hello, I followed the guide exactly and was successfully able to unlock the extrom and erase /write to it, but i now have Extrom and Extrom2 in the file explorer. they are both the same 9mb memory allocation ( i wrote files to both,, different files, and soft reset. Both drives ended up showing the 2nd file i wrote to whichever extrom, so they are the same drive. anyone have any ideas how to correct this?
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I am getting the same results here. Something is duplicating.
no2chem said:
theres actually a third way, which is when the xip specifies to format the extended_rom partition, which would cause your extended rom to be empty on boot, even if you wrote to it during a flash.
also, you don't need to download the entire basekit, i posted the necessary files to insert to oem on my website. also, stroths has developed a cab so you don't have to install it to rom.
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Do we still need to modify the file in XIP. Because I tried your files (not from basekit) and I added the code from 1st post. I ended up with 2 ExtRoms. both duplicates.
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