Hi!
As we know the Himalaya has 128MB RAM. On the other hand the HTC Universal/Exec uses 128MB ROM. Can WM2005 itself creates an equivalent ROM in the Himalaya?
My question is if I upgrade to WM2005 for my Himalaya does a hard reset wipes everything off my RAM/Big Storage and default to factory settings?
If I'll to install programs into the ROM of the Universal/HTC will a similar hard reset wipe the info from my ROM?
Thanks
himalaya use the extentedrom and storage as the persistent memory which will not be deleted on a hardreset
check out buzzdev.net for more info
universal and other devices made for 2005 only use flash for storage so it dont loose data on nobatt or hardreset
RE
Hi Rudegar,
Thanks for the info.
So, in the case of upgrading to WM2005 for the Himalaya the storage area (RAM) has been effectively enlarge to form the persistent storage, right?
Well, in both cases (Himalaya and WM5 devices) how to remove programs (not just cab files) that are installed in the persistent storage? Go into the persistent stoarge and manually remove them or is there an easier way?
Thanks again
RE
Hi Rudegar,
I think I did not elaborate my last sentence. What I meant was after a hard reset am I suppose to go into the persistent storage area (for the WM5 upgraded Himalaya and the WM5 device) and manually remove all the installed programs?
Many thanks
yes depending on which buzzdev rom you use the extentented rom and storage will be merged into a persistent space
and you format the persistent space from inside the 2005 bootloader
Related
Ciao,
I've a question about the ext rom, maybe it's an old question, but i tried to search and i didn't find anything...
The progs in the ext rom where will be installed? In the rom (where the OS stay) or in the ram ?
And if is it possible to install progs in the rom..how is it possible?
Thanks
Fabio
The programs will be installed in the default location of the CAB file (ie. RAM).
You can get the Ext ROM unlocker tool and it will show up as a 16mb Storage card; however, don't see why you would want to install application here. It's only 16mb
Somebody knows what happen after the "soft" o "hard reset"?
A soft reset is just like a reboot, it clears memory but doesnt affect installed programs or stored data. A hard reset clears memory and also clears all installed programs and data, the data on sd memory card remains unaffected.
Are there anywhere than we can installed our program that when doing hard reset it cannot be cleared? I know from other post, you can installed in memory cards but it will take ur battery life compared installed in memory especilly in XDAII.
Your Pocket Pc have other 2 memory blocks:
Storage and Extended..
You can install there permanently your programs
Yes you can install to ram disc/storage, memory however any adjustments made to the main files in the xda will be lost on hard reset which will render the programs inoperative.
Here is an interesting method I discovered while I was fooling around with my phone. You can apply Buzz's patch ( Hima_DOC_Tool ) on your existing wm2005 v1.6a without having to downgrade to wm2003 and then upgrading again to wm2005. And the best part is that u get one unified storage mem of 30.04 Megs and a Program mem of 120 Megs :shock:
Follow the following steps carefully ...
WARNING : Before doing anything, Back up all your data by reading Buzz's new article on how to back contacts and appointments from wm2005. www.buzzdev.net
1. Download the Hima_DOC_Tool v1.0 from www.buzzdev.net
2. Download the Extended_ROM_Unlocker_wm2005 from www.buzzdev.net
3. Download the Storage Control Applet from www.buzzdev.net I think this applet was designed my mamiach
4. Download StorageTools For HIMALAYA WM5.0 (ExtROM to Storage) from www.buzzdev.net
5. Install the Storage applet in your windows folder
6. Install the Extended_ROM_Unlocker_wm2005
7. Unhide your extended rom and unlock it, u should have the extended storage showing up on your device after soft resetting
8. Then install StorageTools For HIMALAYA WM5.0 (ExtROM to Storage), this will rename your Extended Storage Drive to Storage, so you will end up with a Device mem of 14 Megs and a Storage of 15.05 Megs and Program mem of 120 Megs
9. Install the Hima_DOC_Tool v1.0 by copying it on your SD-Card and running it from there after reading the instructions. Once you run this, it will merge Device 14 Megs and Storage 15.05 Megs to one Drive as Storage 30 Megs. If you run the Hima_DOC_Tool v1.0 before doing the previous steps, the software will fail to do anything.
10. Do a soft reset, this reset will initialize a hard reset as a result of the new merged drive.
11. Restore your data by reading Buzz's article.
Happy Upgrading, Derek
Special thanks goes to Buzz
I decided to have a go at ROM upgrade, originally had WM2003.
upgraded to the WM2005 and everything worked ok, but memory was reduced from 128 to 64.
I then had problems installing tomtom 5 and also would no longer communicate with a PC,
Decided to go back to WM2003, but could only find a 2003SE ROM.
anyway installed that, and when it booted, memory was back to 128 and it also started installing all of the T-mobile programs again,
Is there any way to remove this installer? or remove the programs, as most came up with a message that they were for an older version of windows.
they did not install on WM2005 though, which probably explains the missing memory.
this has cured the problem of communicating with a PC, now detects the device correctly and starts activesync.
I have looked in the remove programs to try and uninstall the T-mobile data, it would be good to get rid of it and free up more memory, does anyone know how to do this?
wm2005 beta that you used
use the FLash of storage and extented rom for data
and all the ram on the device as normal ram
because devices not made for 2005 only have 32MB storage
people cant install much on their device
on 2003 ram is devided between normal ram and Data ram
where you install programs
ppl made it so they use some of the 128Program ram as a ram disk
so they have more storage space then 32MB
this is why your device only had 64MB because the rest was made into a ramdisk
when a 2003 device hardreset some of the storage called extented rom have programs which are auto installed
on 2005 that space is used for normal storage
so programs dont auto install on 2005
if you unlock your extented rom Look Wiki.xda-develoers.com
you can remove cab files you dont want it to auto install when you use 2003 you just unhide and unlock the extented rom remove the cab files you dont want remove their entry from the config.txt and lock and hide the extented rom again and hardreset
HI All
I need help....My HD2 doing same problem....i installed game in HTC HD 2....i play this game...mobile freeze and reset. then i open hd2 and uninstalled this game. But freeze problem not solve. then i hard rest hd2 and solve freeze problem...
But now hd2 show low internal storage space....before hard rest i remember my storage space more than 200 MB now is show only 80 MB.....i don't know why lost internal memory.....
HTC HD2 windows 6.5
PLZ tell me....How fix it......
Thanks...
Did you really perform a hard reset?
Sounds more like a soft reset to me.
But then again, if it was a hard reset, something with your device might be wrong.
And, what kind of ROM is on your device, stock?
Yes, I did hard reset ....and soft reset also but my internal memory is not back....
My HTC HD software Information
OS version 5.2.21892 (21892.5.0.89)
Manila version 2.5.20121412.2
ROM version 2.13.531.1 (90963) WWE
Radio version 2.10.50.25
Protocol version 15.39.50.07u
Seems to be just an older TMOUS stock ROM.
If you didn´t alter anything else but installing some apps, the error you have to face is somewhat strange - lack of memory even after a hard reset.
Did you try a hard reset without your SD card inserted? Sometimes, the system puts correct and/or corrupt data into the "app data" folder. You actually can delete this very folder, it will be recreated automatically with fresh data.