Hello all,
Thanks to that make this site available to people like me.
I have a Cingular branded phone (IPL 2.25.0001) that is considering using the shelltool. But before I do I want to make sure I don't lose functionality. It is my understanding that the Ext ROM is untouchable even if you pay to have the CID lock removed. How does this affect the new ROM put on the phone? It is my understanding that there are register tweaks etc that are placed there by vendors?
Thanks in advance
seacoug
Hi there,
First of all, welcome
Now, the CID lock has nothing to do with the Ext Rom. The Ext Rom is sometimes part of a ROM. Shelltool only flashes OS part of the ROM, so your already existing ExtRom is not modified.
And yes, the vendors put there all the .cab and fixes needed (which might not be all the fixes there is )
Aight, here is my other question for the day, does the Wizard have a seperate Flash partition or chip that a ROM gets flashed to, or does it all just go onto the same flash chip? reason I ask of course is becausea I want the maximum availible ROM space for programs and such, I also asked this same question over at the Excalibur forums, and no-one seems to know the answer over there...://
I would like to try some cooked ROMs.
But I fully personalized all the settings in my actual shipped ROM.
I lost so much time to personalize it.
Is there a way to do a full backup or a "dump" of the internal memory as it is now?
Or there is a good backup program that FULLY backup all settings? (not only documents, contacts, messages, etc... but also registry, program settings, etc...).
So if I want to go back to my actual ROM, I reflash it then I restore the "dump" to get back all my old settings?
Thanks to all for your help!
Read here for instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=424805&highlight=Dump
And please search in the future.
Ta
Dave
I'm sorry Dave, I read the topics about,
but I wasn't sure if the dump of the ROM creates only an image of the ROM's zone where there are the first WM installation/boot files (just like after an hard reset), or if it saves exactly the actual state of internal memory of the device.
parallel666killer said:
I'm sorry Dave, I read the topics about,
but I wasn't sure if the dump of the ROM creates only an image of the ROM's zone where there are the first WM installation/boot files (just like after an hard reset), or if it saves exactly the actual state of internal memory of the device.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It save's the current state IIRC.
Ta
Dave
No, it doesn't save the current state, only the installation files of the ROM.
I created the dump and I created ruu_signed.nbh.
I flashed ROMeOS, then I flashed back my created ROM.
All settings and programs are gone.
I think I didn't well explained what I would like to know.
I mean if it is possible to create a flash nbh file with the ROM backup (and this can be done, there are many thread about, I tried too and I succedeed), but also a full backup of ALL INSTALLED PROGRAMS IN THE INTERNAL STORAGE (programs I installed, no default ROM programs), all settings (TouchFLO3D settings and customization, phone settings,etc...), registry and system data.
As SBP Backup does.
And also avoid hard-reset restart after flashing that nbh file.
So the phone starts directly the first time normally.
What there is in the Part03.raw which is 330Mb?
The dimension is near the available internal storage.
I dont think it quite works like that.
I think your best bet is to build your own rom with your own settings and apps, AFAIK this is the only way to have the phone exactly as your want it after first boot.
Also have a look at SASHIMI, you may be able to get the results you want using that, although something seems to have happened to the thread pro tem.
Thank you dabs!
I will learn to build my own ROMs.
I used other's cooked ROMs for a long time.
I would like to be able to cook mine.
I downloaded and tried Sashami 7.5. It's a great and powerful program!
Also documentation is simple and complete.
Just in case you you havnt seen it:-
What you want the Raphael Kitchen, its an awesome package that lets mere mortals build their own perfect rom.
parallel666killer said:
Thank you dabs!
I will learn to build my own ROMs.
I used other's cooked ROMs for a long time.
I would like to be able to cook mine.
I downloaded and tried Sashami 7.5. It's a great and powerful program!
Also documentation is simple and complete.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
SASHIMI 7.7 is now available. The new location is here
Hi everyone,
I have root and the latest Modaco ROM which I'm well please with. However, I would like to be able to store apps on my SD card, am I right in thinking the latest ROM is embedded with this facility? Any help would be very much appreciated.
Am a Noobie, go easy with me.
Cheers
The Modaco Custom Rom (MCR 2.0) has inbuilt Auto Aps2SD, but it requires you to create an EXT3 Linux partition on your SD Card before you flash the Rom
There's an easy walkthrough here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4416361&postcount=117 with some methods of creating EXT3 Partition.
Dayzxxx
Thanks Dazy
Assuming to get to this stage I've already flashed the ROM.
I don't mean to be thick but when you say "before you flash the Rom" does that mean I need to reflash my ROM?
cheers
of course theres also the opportunity to have apps2sd (a2sd) without that modaco rom (fortunately)
just search a lil bit via google for a2sd and use the help Dayzee provided, thats really very easy!
greetz
thanks, i'll give it a shot
oh..........I am already using the new custom ROM which has the apps2sd inbuilt?
Hi guys,
I have a question regarding installed apps on EXT partition. I understand how it works, but what I want to know is if I were to flash to a new custom rom, would I still be able to see the apps I installed on that EXT partition?
I ask this because I've been flashing new roms a lot recently and it's becoming a hassle to reinstall all my apps over and over again. I've looked up ways to make this process easier or perhaps automated, but they aren't really helpful.
So after doing some research about how EXT partition works on Android, I thought maybe this might work.
By the way, I already have Titanium Backup installed but I'm looking for an easier method than that. I want to simply install all my applications and its application data in one go, like flashing a .zip file from the recovery or something like that. Just simple and straightforward.
And I would like to do this on any rom, not just between different versions of the same rom made by the same developer.