UPX exe and dll files to speed up your TG01 - TG01 General

Its been very quiet in these forums recently, probably because everyone has bought a Galaxy S2 or a HTC Sensation!
I recently came across UPX, this is a compression utility that can shrink exe and dll files quite dramatically, saving space and increasing application launch speed quite dramatically.
I am currently using Mirom8 and even though this Sense 2021 rom is protected have decided to list exe and dll files that can (I think) be UPXed for speed
Here is a list of exe and dlls from the \windows folder and their UPXed size:
AdjustMotionSensor.exe 109k
AdobeReaderLE.exe 1050k
AlarmPopUp.exe 105k
AlbumSearcher.exe 135k
AudioBooster.exe 87k
AudioManager_Eng.exe 76k
BackupRestoreUI.exe 220k
Camera.exe 161k (nice increase in launch speed here)
CommManager.exe 152k
ConnectionSetup.exe 112k
ConnectionSetupAuto.exe 115k
ContactEditor.exe 66k
EmailSetupWizard.exe 97k
Facebook.exe 206k
HTCAlbum.exe 400k
HTCAppointment.exe 105k
HTCBookmark.exe 123k
HTCDRMEngine.exe 949k
HTCMsgEnhance.exe 110k
HTCPhotoPicker.exe 358k
OneNoteMobile.exe 268k
PPCPimBackup.exe 147k
PPT.EXE 687k
PushClient.exe 137k
PWORD.EXE 128k
PXL.EXE 291k
RSSHub.exe 266k
ServiceMode.exe 160k
SettingImprovement.exe 90k
SIM_MGR.EXE 82k
SimLockP.exe 49k
SimMgr.exe 117k
SPMC.EXE 117k
StreamingPlayer.exe 165k
Uploader.exe 97k
WiFiNetwork.exe 67k
wma9prodecoder.dll 236k
wmv9decoder.dll 258k
WMVDMOE.DLL 238k
YouTube.exe 145k
And other useful savings
Opera 10, 2 largest files can be UPXed, flashlite, the large dll can be UPXed
S2U2, all exe's can be UPXed, makes the unlock screen quite smooth to use
Its not worth UPXing files less that 200k although it might help a slow launching app around the 150k size, and normally its not worth UPXing files that stay resident in ram all the time, as it can use quite a lot more ram than normal, but if you launch apps a lot, then it can really make a difference to the speed of opening your favourite applications. Apps that use .net cannot be UPXed either, so that is a limiation otherwise more files could be UPXed.

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Very good work!!! Have you send me all the files? I will over weekend swap the files and re cook mirom8.

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mirolg said:
Very good work!!! Have you send me all the files? I will over weekend swap the files and re cook mirom8.
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Hi Miro
I will send you a rar file again via email today at some point.
This can be done to other rom releases too you know, i am unsure of total rom savings space wise, possibly 20MB-30MB, not huge but we are talking a whole 20MB plus of internal storage free for something else.
Also it would be useful to know whereelse in the rom there are exe files i can try to upx, must be other places.

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(InsertNameHere) said:
Its been very quiet in these forums recently, probably because everyone has bought a Galaxy S2 or a HTC Sensation!
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Yes, it seems that only few person are on the forum. Maybe drupad will show up after return from vacation. It is over
Regards
fxdjacentyfxd

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(InsertNameHere) said:
Hi Miro
I will send you a rar file again via email today at some point.
This can be done to other rom releases too you know, i am unsure of total rom savings space wise, possibly 20MB-30MB, not huge but we are talking a whole 20MB plus of internal storage free for something else.
Also it would be useful to know whereelse in the rom there are exe files i can try to upx, must be other places.
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miROM1 and miROM8 are good ROMs and if we can save 20 - 30 MB Storage, then will be much better! i try it and give you a feedback!
good work, tnx

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mirolg said:
miROM1 and miROM8 are good ROMs and if we can save 20 - 30 MB Storage, then will be much better! i try it and give you a feedback!
good work, tnx
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How about coking this with latest manila u had in mind??

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thanks for this!!!

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nikola92 said:
How about coking this with latest manila u had in mind??
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Miro is working on it for us

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hi, a short statement:
my sense 2021 package i have compressed with cfc.method the result is sense and sense tabs starts quicker and works really faster. ok. miROM1 and mirom8 are in the lastest relases also fast, but all starts 0,5 sec. quicker. UPX method compress the exe + dll files and the result is from app to app different- but i mean the most works better and we save few MB storage. miROM8 has now 270 MB and miROM1 has 256 MB free Storage.
Both ROMs are with all fixes and updates incl. cam-button and toshiba power + wifi settings.
I would test it and will upload it next days
cheers, miRO

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mirolg said:
hi, a short statement:
my sense 2021 package i have compressed with cfc.method the result is sense and sense tabs starts quicker and works really faster. ok. miROM1 and mirom8 are in the lastest relases also fast, but all starts 0,5 sec. quicker. UPX method compress the exe + dll files and the result is from app to app different- but i mean the most works better and we save few MB storage. miROM8 has now 270 MB and miROM1 has 256 MB free Storage.
Both ROMs are with all fixes and updates incl. cam-button and toshiba power + wifi settings.
I would test it and will upload it next days
cheers, miRO
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Good news and sounds quite exciting, i am glad you found a way to get CFC working with 2021, i had read it was somewhat more difficult than previous versions like 2012, and UPX saves some space, thats good too.
270MB user storage is incredible i would say!
Great job!

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Which version of UPX did you use ?
can i have a link ?

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lesscro said:
Which version of UPX did you use ?
can i have a link ?
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Any version above 3.03 supplied with this batch utility works fine, but i used the latest version 3.07
Best to do all compression on your pc rather than use a PPC version, it can take quite a long time to compress a large exe file.

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thx for all... i will test myself on my TG !

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Actually i tried this files to perform a speed test :
Code:
Explorer.exe 268 288 2010-09-07 20:46 -a---
GoogleMaps.exe 2 354 176 2010-06-25 19:47 -a---
iGo.exe 8 613 376 2011-05-08 09:07 -a---
iManager.exe 356 352 2011-02-21 17:00 -a---
InfoTrafic Trains.exe 319 488 2010-03-17 23:28 -a---
Opera10-armv4i.exe 623 400 2010-03-15 20:48 -a---
PhotoManPro.exe 1 108 480 2010-04-26 16:29 -a---
player.exe 1 894 672 2009-09-17 11:14 -a---
RCapture.exe 90 112 2010-04-26 16:28 -a---
s2p.exe 364 032 2010-07-17 05:35 -a---
SKTools.exe 2 657 208 2010-03-02 15:09 -a---
ThemeChanger.exe 113 912 2007-04-18 07:43 -a---
Weather-iGo-PPC-v2.exe 264 192 2010-11-11 17:49 -a---
And only a few Exe seems to be work like my old test with my P535 long time ago...
it appear too somes EXE manage in .NEt/win32 are not supported actually !
But when it work... it s soooooooooooooooooo fastest !
Working file compression :
Code:
Explorer.exe 252 928 2010-09-07 20:46 -a---
GoogleMaps.exe 855 040 2010-06-25 19:47 -a---
iManager.exe 203 264 2011-02-21 17:00 -a---
Opera10-armv4i.exe 246 568 2010-03-15 20:48 -a---
PhotoManPro.exe 499 712 2010-04-26 16:29 -a---
RCapture.exe 53 248 2010-04-26 16:28 -a---
then i have seen on Mirolg ROM thread you manage a complete suite with standard TG exe... can you share this package, i think system files (*.exe) is universal...
And maybe you win when i will finish my new SKIN in test !
other nice idea to still use this tool always updated... i forgot it ! but it s very usefull !

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lesscro said:
Actually i tried this files to perform a speed test :
Code:
Explorer.exe 268 288 2010-09-07 20:46 -a---
GoogleMaps.exe 2 354 176 2010-06-25 19:47 -a---
iGo.exe 8 613 376 2011-05-08 09:07 -a---
iManager.exe 356 352 2011-02-21 17:00 -a---
InfoTrafic Trains.exe 319 488 2010-03-17 23:28 -a---
Opera10-armv4i.exe 623 400 2010-03-15 20:48 -a---
PhotoManPro.exe 1 108 480 2010-04-26 16:29 -a---
player.exe 1 894 672 2009-09-17 11:14 -a---
RCapture.exe 90 112 2010-04-26 16:28 -a---
s2p.exe 364 032 2010-07-17 05:35 -a---
SKTools.exe 2 657 208 2010-03-02 15:09 -a---
ThemeChanger.exe 113 912 2007-04-18 07:43 -a---
Weather-iGo-PPC-v2.exe 264 192 2010-11-11 17:49 -a---
And only a few Exe seems to be work like my old test with my P535 long time ago...
it appear too somes EXE manage in .NEt/win32 are not supported actually !
But when it work... it s soooooooooooooooooo fastest !
Working file compression :
Code:
Explorer.exe 252 928 2010-09-07 20:46 -a---
GoogleMaps.exe 855 040 2010-06-25 19:47 -a---
iManager.exe 203 264 2011-02-21 17:00 -a---
Opera10-armv4i.exe 246 568 2010-03-15 20:48 -a---
PhotoManPro.exe 499 712 2010-04-26 16:29 -a---
RCapture.exe 53 248 2010-04-26 16:28 -a---
then i have seen on Mirolg ROM thread you manage a complete suite with standard TG exe... can you share this package, i think system files (*.exe) is universal...
And maybe you win when i will finish my new SKIN in test !
other nice idea to still use this tool always updated... i forgot it ! but it s very usefull !
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I know .NET files cannot be UPXed, i did say this in my other post about UPX, but this thread was to state what i found could be done on mirom8.
Also bear in mind small files less than maybe 100k are not worth doing, because there is a latency involved with getting file off of storage, and then decompressing it in ram.
Also there is a downside, files UPXed have a higher memory footprint than files not compressed, so for instance, Imanager.exe that would always be resident in ram, is a bad idea, it will use more ram than it would if it wasn't compressed, its more useful for the config program, as that would make it open faster, any program that starts with the phone, don't bother UPXing it, any program thats always running, don't UPX it.
Glad you found the post useful.

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then i will try to tes Mirom8 Rom and extract desired system files compresses based on your discussion with Mirolg...
thx for all !

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lesscro said:
then i will try to tes Mirom8 Rom and extract desired system files compresses based on your discussion with Mirolg...
thx for all !
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Mirom8 cfc is a beta and is not protected, so you can either ask Miro for what can and can't be done, or dump it in a kitchen and use it as a guide as to what to UPX and with what settings, not everything can be -Brute compessed, especially dll files, i believe there is a -Best switch, you will have to do a lot of trial and error, Miro has made leaps and bounds in finding what can be done, if you find things he has missed, let him know, anything to get a smaller, faster rom. My favourite example is the camera application, it fles, it opens in about 3 seconds.
Adding to your list of what you found could be done, i can tell you both of the largest files in the Opera application can be UPXed, so thats the exe and the largest dll file, in flashlite the largest dll can also be UPXed.

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i will tru one by one Windows Exe files...
but i repeat i m pretty sure system base system is same on all rom especially system configuration files...
and All TG tool file, like camera and more other indispensable application...
You know what i m looking for... that's why i ask you to send me a package with already identified files system 'UPX transformed'...
I will won lot of time...
indeed, i will report your technic 'UPX' to a French Rom Cooker...
Actually my ROM, maybe it will try it himself too... and more tester more report !
have fun !

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lesscro said:
i will tru one by one Windows Exe files...
but i repeat i m pretty sure system base system is same on all rom especially system configuration files...
and All TG tool file, like camera and more other indispensable application...
You know what i m looking for... that's why i ask you to send me a package with already identified files system 'UPX transformed'...
I will won lot of time...
indeed, i will report your technic 'UPX' to a French Rom Cooker...
Actually my ROM, maybe it will try it himself too... and more tester more report !
have fun !
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Some components cannot be UPXed, cprog.exe, unless you first compress the png files, and gwes.exe, will eat more memory than ever if upxed, however if you found a technique to make it work postively on memory usage, please share how you did it.
I read some of this thread, maybe useful to you.
Only files i have are the ones listed in the first post, better off looking at miros roms as he has a lot of files upxed there.

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Damn ! Beautifull... all your idea is awesome !
All your link is so cool...
i will try to test some new files... another tester is in place now... we will report all files we can test here !
Thx...