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Hi folks,
I wasn't going to release these until I'd finish the help file, but as they've already filtered out - I thought I may as well; and this thread will contain the latest release(s).
Firstly, as always when playing with ROMs be careful as you may end up killing your device - use these tools at your own risk!
These tools are Windows GUI based and allow you to:
• View and modify ROM file header information
• Decode Extended ROM files (e.g. ms_.nbf)
• Extract FAT16 image from ROM files
• Extract embedded splash screens
• Remove extraneous data surrounding FAT16 images
• Encode FAT16 images to ROM files
• Insert splash screens into new ROM files
But you'll find not all functionality is available for all devices.
I'll post the help file (with a user guide) when it's ready, but in the meantime feel free to have a play and help me test the apps :wink:
Bal
We at here very proud of you bal666!
great job.....keep it up!
I'm not doing a Windows GUI again ... had to learn MFC ... and yuck!
But thanks for the vote of confidence!!
By the way, if anyone knows what the ROM header fields called Unknown really are, I would very much like to know.
And yes, I've recently realised that the field I call "Device ID" is actually the memory location the ROM should be dumped to (well that's my current thinking anyway)...
Cheers
Bal
Your a star Bal66
Thanks
great app!
thank you bal!!
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Hello bal666,
Thanks so much for this great program .. I tried it with my imate PDA2K and it encodes the files and decode it correctly .. The thing is , how I can modify the .fat file or edit it ?! ,, I found a program to unpack .fat files but not to pack it back again .. I hope you can tell us how we can manage the *.fat file m8
Thanks again m8 for this nice program and best wishes & regards :wink:
Great Tools
Great....great tools bal666!!!
hawk_mate
You can add or delete cab file and modified Ext ROM by your own using *.fat files, you can mount it using extra drive pro, and use lika other disk....
Is this a tool for exposing the Extended ROM on my magician? Sorry for the n00b question, but i dont get the start post.
Hawk_mate,
cornelius is right - use Extra Drive Creator Pro (you can download a demo version), or if you use linux then you can mount the file as a fat type.
If you use extra drive creator then turn off the recycle bin for the mounted drive - otherwise you'll have fun deleting files from it!!
I will finish the help file, and it contains all of this info...
Yzord,
nope, it won't expose the extended rom - it will allow you to modify the image file (ms_.nbf) that's used when flashing new roms to your device.
I think there may be a program around that will allow you edit the extended rom on your device (do a search, cause I don't really know!).
Have fun
Bal
Before Help file from Bal
Maybe before bal release the help file i'l post my experience while using his tool, ( I'm using for Magician and alpine ). I hope it will help newbie like me to learn more.Once again it newbie guide sorry if look basic but it's from newbie to newbie.
First, my own opinion say "THIS IS THE EASIEST WAY TO EDIT YOUR EXT ROM" thanks to bal!!! (even for newbie like me)
Maybe the tools you need is:
1. Bal's ROM editor (Ofcourse)
Tool to encode you EXT ROM ( Contains programs that installed
auto when we do hard reset.
2. Extra Drive pro
To mount ms_.fat file after we decode our EXT rom...
3. MaUpgradeUt_NoID
To update your ROM
For extra:
1. nb_image_converter_859_418
To create your own splash screen ( Only need 320x240, jpeg/bmp file)
2. comdlg32_901
Don't know what..but if you didn't run it,nb_image_converter_859_418
will fail to run
Now take a journey:
1. Just extract bal's ROM tool and you can run it....chose decode...
2. Browse your ext rom (ms_.nbf),press next
3. just leave option.... but if you want you can extrak the splash screen
(so you can keep the original, who knows you'll miss it)
4. Then run your Extra DrivePro...
5. Chose file to drive, browse your ms_.fat file, mount...
6. Turn of recycle bin on that drive!!!
7. Edit your Ext ROM...( add or delete app ) Don't for get edit txt file...
8. Cole it and dismount but dont delete container...
9. If you want to edit your splash screen go to step 14 first
10. Run bal's ROM tool again, chose encode
11. Browse your *.fat file, (and *.nb file if you want change splashscreen)
12. Run Encode, move your ms_.nbf to update file of ROM...
13. Ready to update using "MaUpgradeUt_NoID", first you'll get
"Country ID Error", DON'T WORRY JUST RUN IT ONCE again...
14. Get your image file, must 320x240 sized
15. Run "comdlg32_901" just one time only
16. Run "nb_image_converter_859_418" browse your pict
17. Save as nb....
18. Back to step 10
Hope those step by step will help newbie like me...
Yup even you newbie don't be affraid to try .if affraid, you'll never find something new....
My suggest just: Have a original ROM back up...so if you have a trouble just go to bootloader, and install the original ROM
Ok... have nice try...
Anyone tried this on the main rom yet, the nk_.nbf? I don't w
nt to sound dis-respectful, the tool is marvelous, but I'd like to hack the camera for instance with the updated one. I'm havin BS, so why cook my ext_rom as i'm not even using it. Just want to create a rom that can doesn't need any patches anymore. Know what I mean
Cheers, M
Excellent app :lol: thanks
Cornelius,
nice instructions! Always worth having a quick guide - thanks.
oltp,
you can use the tool to decode the nk_.nbf file - but the result isn't a fat image. I'm sure I've seen tools on this forum somewhere which allow you to extract and insert files into this file ... have a look around - please do post your results as we'd all be interested to know how it goes.
Bal
Bal I will, only not sure when. It can take some time & takes some serious amount of courage to flash my own magician with a cooked os-rom.
Cheers, M
Absolutely - I'm a coward at heart!!
Many thanks for this collection of excellent tools. Already use a few of them for my own cooking
hawk_mate said:
The thing is , how I can modify the .fat file or edit it ?!
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Use WinImage from here:
http://www.winimage.com/download.htm
Regards, NiTeSHiFT
Not working for me....Help....
I tried to open the .nba file with WinImage...
But it said "You are trying to open a hard disk image without a FAT or FAT32 partition"
Then wrror came up...
What shall I do then?
How can I add this Universal_CHT dump to the OS ROM..
And where to find this Universal_CHT dump?
Thanks
Re: Not working for me....Help....
parkertseng said:
I tried to open the .nba file with WinImage...
But it said "You are trying to open a hard disk image without a FAT or FAT32 partition"
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I tried it only with the extension ROM and that one worked. The OS-ROM doesn't work it seems. I tried that too and got the same error.
Sorry.
When I edit some MUI files (from SPV C550), for example "tshres.dll.04XX.mui" it looks ok... but not in phone.... it shows sometimes some mistakes like the one on the attachment I have uploaded.
Maybe someone knows how to fix it? It hapens only on few files but they are necessary to finish a langpack I create
I am looking forward for your help and thank you very much in advance!
Are you editing on your computer and then uploading it to the PDA (the normal way of developing apps)? If so then it has to do with your font & language pack. Your computer has probably got your languages of choice installed, and you also probably have the appropriate fonts on it as well - but are they on your PDA? If not, then that would explain the box that appears once you port it to the PDA (which basically just indicates that the font that is installed on the PDA does not have that particular character for that language). I don't know how you could overcome this, except to take your computer font and convert it/import it to the PDA. Hope that helps!
Black-wolf
The phone supports all Polish characters... this is not because of this....
It happens even when I open the original english mui file and just save it in ResHacker (or any other program).
Hi everybody
i just have my htc hero for some day now
i read a bit of your board, and it's very interresting !
i've installed deezer and i would like to change the path where there is the deezer folder on my sdcard !
by default it's "/sdcard/deezer" and i would like to change it !
i've found a line in the file SETTINGS.xml in /data/data/deezer.android.app/shared_prefs
but i don't know how to change it !
is there a file editor in android ?
with adb pull and push, i can't have access to this part of the system....
is there anyway to do what i want ?
thx for your help and sorry for my english (it's not my native language)
In order to work with my device I need Hebrew on it.
I need to put the font in the RAR file into the folder:
/system/fonts
Can someone help?
thank you
Ellad
Ehm... Just speak English
Nah, really, I thought Arabic works on Android.
Can't you just use UTF8 for your Thai?
Hebrew is not Arbic and NO if there where font that supported hebrew i wouldn't ask for help!!!
Yeah, system.sqsh is read only. Use this: http://code.google.com/p/androidstaysafe/ then you should be able to copy the files into the /system/fonts/ folder now that is is writeable.
Do you still need help with that?
if so, msg me.
majsh said:
Do you still need help with that?
if so, msg me.
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thanks i manged and even posted the solution on mobilityfreak .
in there i'm called nebarkay
thanks anyway
Friends, here I bring a breakthrough ... install the architect to achieve predictive Spanish (rom is for those with no alternative in English language).
It is very simple, install the xap (need to have the phone unlocked), after installing the program will touchexplorer to my ringtones folder and rename the file, sticking out the extension. wma
would file this name: dictionary.0409.dat I cut and pasted in the windows folder of the phone (asking whetheryou want to replace and say it did) .
Restart the phone and ready ... the Spanish dictionary ...
I can pick up other languages, but for now only supported by windows ...
I read his comments, I hope you find it helpful.
Greetings
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K57S49SR
Other languages?
Sounds fantastic. Would it be possible to make this for other languages than Spanish?
zyborg said:
Sounds fantastic. Would it be possible to make this for other languages than Spanish?
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The languages that I can add in this way are: English, French, Italian and German but that contribution is Spanish. Are those 5 for now ..
ooo man.. i simply... LOVE YOU..
tku
nice work ,
can we try this on Arabic langugae also , it is supported partly by WP7
Regards,
Hello good afternoon. I have a only two languajes in my phone: english and german, then when I try to install your application it doesn't appear any file with the *.wma extension in the ringtones folder. When I've explored the windows folder (with touchxplorer), and there are only two files with the name dictionary...-> one ...0407... and other ...0809... but not ...0409... Could you tell me what can I do?. Thanks a lot and great job.
higuangel said:
Hello good afternoon. I have a only two languajes in my phone: english and german, then when I try to install your application it doesn't appear any file with the *.wma extension in the ringtones folder. When I've explored the windows folder (with touchxplorer), and there are only two files with the name dictionary...-> one ...0407... and other ...0809... but not ...0409... Could you tell me what can I do?. Thanks a lot and great job.
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good afternoon
The application installs the folder / My Rintones / if you do not have is not correctly fitted. Has the phone unlocked? chevron to use it?
Hello again. Thanks for your answer. Yes the phone is unlocked with chevron and the folder name is 'My Device/My Documents/My Ringtones' (in the phone). But the problem is I don't have the archive 'dictionary.0409.dat' in the windows folder, I have 'dictionary.0407.dat' and 'dictionary.0809.dat' (maybe english and german), when I install the aplication the archive 'dictionary.0409.wma' isn't copied in the phone, nothing is copied... Thanks a lot
Hello. Excuse me I forgot to execute the program ChevronWP7 Ringtones, now I see the file 'dictionary.0409.dat.wma', but as I said to you I don't have the file 'dictionary.0409.dat'in the windows folder, I have 'dictionary.0809.dat' and 'dictionary.0407.dat', then can use the file ...0409... as a dictionary? Thanks again
Excuse me, I forgot a step ...
After installing the application, go to the menu of installed applications and CHEVRON RINGTONE appears and you click on ... doing that you add the file to the specified folder.
Sorry, did not understand your problem ...
Strengthen me you could do
Greetings
higuangel said:
Hello. Excuse me I forgot to execute the program ChevronWP7 Ringtones, now I see the file 'dictionary.0409.dat.wma', but as I said to you I don't have the file 'dictionary.0409.dat'in the windows folder, I have 'dictionary.0809.dat' and 'dictionary.0407.dat', then can use the file ...0409... as a dictionary? Thanks again
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rename the file, but that time the numbering indicates the language that replaces ... In your case you can rename the 0407 or 0809
example, the renamed file change 'dictionary.0409.dat' for 'dictionary.0407.dat' and overwrites
Now it works fine, I have english and spanish (instead of german). Thanks a lot
can anyone post the english dictionary? I forgot to back it up... Now i want it back since its only in spanish now.
omaropa said:
can anyone post the english dictionary? I forgot to back it up... Now i want it back since its only in spanish now.
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later they sent him ....
here it is
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P53A4TG1
manu81 said:
later they sent him ....
here it is
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P53A4TG1
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that link is not working, care to reupload it for me? THANKS!
edit: Now its working, thanks
Any chance of making with portuguese? We, here in Brazil, suffer with the keyboard.
Please?
Thanks!
Hi all, having some problems here...
when trying to deploy the app using the developer tool, get a message of phone to registered on market place or some thing like that, have tried to register the phone using the registration tool on win developer and doesnt work.
did you all had to register phone in order to load XAP files? is there a walk around?
I will try the windows phone device manager, cause i'm having probs on this PC.
Any help will be much appreciated