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Help request - setting registry (owner info etc) from a cab

Hiya, I've been playing about with the extended rom and have the system in great shape, apart from some registry settings, such as the owner info and device name. It would be kinda handy to have these setup automatically but I am totally unable to do it... I'm presuming it's because there is something else that has to be done other than simply set the keys.
I'm using PHM reg ed to export keys as well as simply creating them manually and am using WinCE Cab Manager to make the cabs. I'm on the original O2 Exec rom (well, most of it )
When I run the cab (automatically from a hard reset or manually), I can see the values in the registry but they never appear on the today screen. I've tried a variety of power cycling, soft resetting etc but the today screen is never updated - it always says "Tap here to set owner info". If I do that, the registry keys are cleared out...
If anyone can shed some light on this I'd be grateful - for a small problem it's taking up a lot of time! :?
Cheers!

I've not gone down the .CAB route, but just import these and other settings from a .reg file and have never had this problem.
When I have to install from scratch, the first install is Resco's Explorer (which contains a Registry Editor), then execute the .reg file.
Almost sounds as if the registry changes are not being saved. Is it only these particular settings or are other changes not registered?

Well, I have created loads of CAB files in WinCE CAB Manager to set up my phone, tomtom, etc.
I Used the same method as you. The only difference being that I reset (automatically) after I install them. Could this be it?
Ahh, which WinCE CAB Manager version you running? You need the new beta 1.2 version to be able to create WM5 compatible CAB Files. Can this have something to do with it?

moghisi101 said:
... The only difference being that I reset (automatically) after I install them. Could this be it?
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Probably the cause. I know I've read and experienced that I must allow the device to flush after changes before I reset it. I usually turn it off, then wait a minute or two before I soft-reset.
Ahh, which WinCE CAB Manager version you running? You need the new beta 1.2 version to be able to create WM5 compatible CAB Files. Can this have something to do with it?
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As yet I'm not using CABs/Cab-Manager. Couldn't find one when I looked - except at ridiculous money, which I wasn't prepared to waste - so I'm just using the .reg-files manually

Guys, many thanks for the replies!
I'm using my 15 free goes (and hibernating ) on version 1.1 of WCM at the mo, it's too expensive to buy as I would only use it for this as far as I can see - I'll head off and look for the beta next.
I have tried power cycling, pausing while off and resetting as well as soft-resetting from software, but not doing it automatically 'cos I don't know how!
@moghisi101: Out of curiousity, how are you automatically performing a soft-reset and thanks for the heads-up about beta 1.2!

I have written an Autorun.exe file, much like the one in the extended rom. It does not however read a config.txt file. It runs the CAB files (with my apps and settings in) and then resets.
I don't remember where I put the code, so I can't compile one for you. It only needs a slight change from the Autorun sample Microsoft Supply.
At the moment I can set up pretty much everything on the phone. Button Lock, GPRS Settings (including GPRS Auto Attach, etc), Owner Info, Default Volume, Today Screen Plugins (order and enabled/disabled), Date/Time, Screen Config, Infrared off by default.....the list goes on. When I Hard Reboot, It skips the welcome screen (all the time settings etc) and I've got it to ask me which Operator Settings to Install (eg Vodafone, o2, Orange, Tmobile Splash Screens and GPRS connections).
It's much better than the default Qtek, i-mate, and (definately) o2 ROMs...

Just a thought!
Are you annotating your .reg files with semi-colon at the start of a line?
With the PC, I've always annotated my .reg import-files, so that I could remember why I'd done something later on, but found that *no* lines after those annotation would be imported on the Exec (Universal). Don't know if this is specifically a WM5 issue or not. If you put the annotations at the end of the .reg file, all the preceeding key/value content lines *are* imported.

@astage: Interesting about the annotations, that must have caused some pain before you figured it out! I don't have annotations in my reg files as I'm not really using reg files I'm building keys in WinCE Cab Manager by both importing reg exports and typing them in manually.
Unfortunately, the beta version is only available to registered users, so I'll have to abandon that one for now.
@moghisi101: It sounds like you're sorted! That's basically what I had in mind myself, except that I was thinking smaller
Thanks for the thought about compiling an exe, I was thinking I may have to ask a mate to make something like that so if you do find the code and feel like posting one, I'm sure the community would thank you!
I've been looking for something that would just install cabs etc then reboot but not found one yet on the web... I'm a UI designer and so am wary about going down the visual studio path for fear I may start to favour all-grey interfaces :twisted: .
Which autorun sample are you referring to though? I guess I may have to get my hands dirty after all!

No, I don't annotate them, so I haven't come accross this. But, if you save some Keys using a Reg Editor and then use Import in WinCE Cab Manager...ahhh, I think i may know the problem!
1. Don't put Comments in Reg Files
2. Don't use import in WinCE CAB Manager! If the reg key has data above a certain length it will split it to next line using a ";", but WinCE Cab Manager assumes this is the end of the data. So, your Owner Info could be being entered in incorrectly as a result. You have to copy-paste the reg key into a new dword, etc into WinCE Cab Manager. i.e. DONT IMPORT
I hope that vaguely made sense

Yup! Clear as a bell, thanks! I'll try that in a mo, just rebooting. Import is *sooo* tempting though, so simple... Curse my weakness for the easy path!

Hi. Here is Microsoft's Autorun Code (I have that)
You have to make slight changes to allow for reboot at end. It's fully annotated if you dont understand what it means. BTW, you dont need Visual Studio. Infact it's probably the worst root. Use Microsoft's eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0 to compile this for Windows CE, Mobile 2003SE, (or Mobile 5?). It's Microsoft but it's FREE!?

Sweet! Two terms you don't hear very often in the same context are Microsoft and free! Nice one, thanks! I'm downloading Microsoft's eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0 as I type.
You actually solved the problem already though, in a way, pointing out that WCM truncates "strings". I opened an exported key in Textpad and tidied it up (removing the end of line "\" and the "\n\t") then saved it and imported the file into WinCE Cab Manager, made my cab, installed it and soft rebooted from SPB PocketPlus without going back to the Today screen. It worked!
I'm a big fan of Textpad and will use that to make a macro to tidy up exported reg keys so I can import them easily (another triumph for the easy path!).
You, Sir, are a DUDE!
Edit: 16.4 kbps from MS... :roll: For anyone else who decides to go down this path, the killer bit is to make sure your key values don't get truncated! Open the .reg in a text editor and make sure any really long values, like binaries, are all on one nice long line! It doesn't seem to make any difference if you soft-reset from an app or use the stylus btw.
Shame the baby kept us up all last night! I've *got* to get some sleep or I'll end up doing god knows what to my device by accident!
Thanks for the help moghisi101!

Hehe, Gee Thanks. And btw, Textpad r0x!
If you want to do that autorun thing.....familiarize yourself with the whole 2577 method (search it and you'll understand). If you don't want crappy o2 Customisations, etc on your device then you are better off just editing the extended rom, edit the config.txt, add your configuration CABs, and then every time you hard reset all your customisations will appear! NO programming involved. If you then add "welcome.not" file to SD Card, the Welcome screen at hard reset wont appear (if you code this in your autorun file it will work on ALL devices, not just a few including HTC). BUT only do this if your CAB files contain stylus screen settings, and time settings. However, as this is not viable in all situations the 2577 method can be much better. Especially when selling a piece of software, etc (automatic installation and configuration), as I do.
I might email you, later on, a video of what happens when I hard reset my device to give you an idea of what you can do (at the least) and hopefully you can go on to improve on that.

Thought I will give you a kick start. Here are some Regedits I could make for you. Took me a short while, but there are loads more for inbuilt apps (e.g Messagig, etc) but I coudn't remember where the reg values where.
Please note, I couldn't find any of the WM5 ones...completely forgotten them. But these should give you and idea as to where they are. Also, look here in the Wiki
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BA_Hacks_WM5
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BA_Hacks
Some of the ones I have given are from here, but many more I found myself
Hope it helps you (become a millionaire - don't forget me )

You can see the solution here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=34525
Thanks to Bayondthetech for the CAB file.

Hehe. I feel like a n00b now (which I am really). I hadn't seen that. But I think mine does a couple of extra things that he didn't post....?
Bye

Wow! Holy Cr*p! Thanks for all those reg files! :bows:
I'd looked at BTT's post before and was hoping to use his cabs as a guide. Unfortunately, they aren't currently available (from what I've read, he generated so much traffic with his downloads that his host yanked his connection and he's in the process of moving sites).
Thanks to moghisi101 and a few other posters on this forum, I don't need them any more!
@moghisi101: I had already edited my extendedRom's config file to load and run cabs I store on the SD card (to keep the extRom below 10mb) and realised last night that that already does the auto reset for me, so life gets another bit easier These reg files rock though! Shame you're not running tomom5 yourself, I'll have to sort those out myself!
The next thing to try is to export the BT settings for my paired devices - I'm hoping it will be possible to restore those automatically too.
Attached is the TextPad macro (although it is too simple to call it that really!) that I'm using to tidy up the reg keys for import into WinCE Cab Manager, hope it helps someone!
Post that video!

Hey
Actually, I have TomTom 5....up until 5.10 I edited TomTom's Cab itself but I just haven't had a chance with 5.21 (need to use CabWiz now, not WinCE Cab Manager - no full WM5 support lol).
The TomTom 3 Today settings is same for TomTom 5 if you want to change order/hide/unhide. Most of the other settings are in a .cfg file on SD card for Home Address, etc. Only a couple other settings use Registry...
Anyway....glad to be of some service

moghisi101 said:
... (need to use CabWiz now, not WinCE Cab Manager - no full WM5 support lol). ...
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Had a brief conversation this afternoon with a friend who uses Microsoft's CabWiz to produce .cab files for bespoke software.
He mentioned that (with CabWiz) if you use the .cab to apply registry entries, then the .cab must also install something, a text file or similar. I can't recall if he said it would otherwise not create the .cab correctly, or that the reg entries may not be applied correctly.
Not yet tried it myself - will have to wait until after the bloody Tax Return is finished!

Strange, It works fine for me? Was his the newer CabWiz that you can use with WM5, like mine?

How do I turn a .reg file into a .cab?

Hi everyone,
I have an XDA Exec and my current project is to customise my extended rom to install resco, magic button, some ringtones into the windows folder, batti and not have O2 Active (just dingo's connections cab). I have sorted the above, but now I would like to export my whole registry with just these applications installed, along with all my settings 9owner information, MSN, camera settings etc...) If I export the whole registry through Resco, can I then convert that into a CAB using WinCE CAB Manager or soething similar? Is it a good idea? How do I imprt a registry file successfully into WinCE, as I have tried it in the past with previous devices and never got anywhere. I would be extremely grateful for any help, even if its just someone telling me not to bother wasting my time if it won't work!
Cheers,
Fin

WinCE CAB Manager will allow you to make a cab from a reg. However, there are limitations I think, and whether it's wise to do the whole reg is another question. Some of it is volatile. If you pick and choose relevant user settings, you should be safe.
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vijay555 said:
WinCE CAB Manager will allow you to make a cab from a reg. However, there are limitations I think, and whether it's wise to do the whole reg is another question. Some of it is volatile. If you pick and choose relevant user settings, you should be safe.
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D'oh! I just found out the hard way that importing your whole registry doesn't work for quite a few reasons! Thanks for your reply, I still can't work out CAB manager though. Is there anything particular you have to remember when importing a REG file into a CAB?

There's some issue I read somewhere that it breaks some lines or something in the imported reg. Not sure how or why...
I'd suggest just get the relevant sections, control panel, software, gwes etc... you'll have to glance through your whole reg, try it in individual sections, then compile the lot into one functional bunch.
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i have been using WinCE cab manager a lot and i have found that importing small sections of 'code' is more reliable than huge chunks, and i have used this methood succesfully to create customised cab file settings (see my theme+ringtone+dialler post) where i extracted parts of the registry and posted into WinCE cab.
thanks

Determine what CAB's do what!?

Hi all,
I did a "Clear Storage" today on my MDA, and then reset it before it ran the T-Mobile rubbish.
I was left with an extremely clean device, but the T-Mobile settings were absent.
It would be nice to have this clean interface, but have the best dialer (Qtek version?), best voice command, and all the T-Mobile operator settings after a clean install.
Would it be possible to create 1 CAB file for t-mobile's settings (GPRS,MMS,SMS etc) to run after a hard reset?? Ultimatley leaving the MDA in a minimal state, with a smaller EXTENDED ROM??? :idea:

I dont know if this helps - but Ive kind of just done this using the new tmob rom in the xda ftp. Though I havent actually created a CAB.
The one in the xda ftp has a good set of stuff / different dialer etc, and the crappy tmobile branding isnt there either.
Though it does have a couple of things in it, eg the i-mate email program, that arent much use to me.
I updated to the latest tmob rom using the files in the XDA ftp space
Used Buzz's extended Rom unlocker to remove the unused customisation files (and that stupid backgammmon game
Hard reset again. And let it do the full thing, incl tmob customisations. I think all it adds is the network info.
Then went here : http://www.mphone.co.uk/mms_wap_settings_t_mobile.html
to get the GPRS settings, which were missing. Though other network / mms settings were fine.
Theres a bit of i-mate branding and that email prog in the progs list to ignore forever, but apart from that its sweet.

One other point though - this doesnt actually make the space used up by the extended ROM any smaller. Dont have a clue if its possible to change the partition size. Search the forum for that because if its possible its bount to be around here somewhere.
Though if you use the extended Rom unlocker again once youre all set up you can write to the free space in the extended rom if you want. SOme progs even give you the option to install there.

Extended rom you can 'crack' and use as disk storage, but you can't resize (yet - as far as I know, although please tell me otherwise if you can!)
For cab info, i'd suggest here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=32839
Very useful. I use exclusively t-mobile stuff, as it actually seems pretty good. for me, even running voice command, xcpuscalar and magic button in my startup, i kick off with 20-25mb free at startup, which is pretty good.
hth

Lost camera application
I have a brand new Exec (7 days old)
Having done a corporate install and then set up connections manually (I will try Dingo's connections CAB next time), I don't have a working camera - the spinning wheel goes round and round for a minute then reports missing components. Also, I have no MMS account in Messaging.
Can I install these components from a CAB without doing a hard reset and starting again? If so which CABs?

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[APP] T-Mobile USA Visual Voicemail for QVGA Smartphones [Ripped from Dash 3G]

I saw a Visual Voicemail .cab that was ripped from the (touch screen) T-Mobile HD2's ROM and it got me curious...
I did some googling and found that T-Mobile's official 6.5 upgrade for the Dash 3G (non-touch QVGA, just like our beloved Excalibur) also came with visual voicemail. TMo's update was actually good for something, ha.
I extracted the VVM package from T-Mo's official Dash3G 6.5 ROM and compared those files with the files in the HD2-ripped .cab.
The registry settings and .dll's (down to the MD5 checksum) are the same. The only difference is, of course, the .exe.
Attached are the QVGA non-touch Smartphone vvm.exe from T-Mobile's 6.5 Dash 3G ROM and the .cab from the HD2, which was originally posted in thread #613855 (can't post URLs sorry.)
DIRECTIONS:
Install the .cab, delete /Windows/vvm.exe & replace it with this non-touch vvm.exe, then soft reset (reboot.)
For Visual Voicemail to work, you must have Visual Voicemail on your plan. You have to call 611 (say "tech support") and tell them to add Visual Voicemail (free) to your plan. If they struggle with that, tell them you have a Dash 3G. Others have had success by logging into My T-Mobile, temporarily changing their phones to Dash 3G/Bold 9700/Android, and then adding Visual Voicemail to their services. (You can then change back to a Dash if you'd like.)
ISSUES:
1. Getting CHome plugin to open Visual Voicemail app instead of dialing voicemail (Not sure if that's normal behavior. In any case, opening VVM instead would be the preferred behavior. Registry/dll edit hints?)
2. Dual Voicemail notification icons. It keeps the greyscale/standard one and adds its own colorful icon. See screenshot in post below... I'd like to disable one.
Just my small contribution to the community that's given me so much.

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One of the cool features is you can save the voicemails locally as .amr files.

If somebody wants to make a cleaner .cab, here's the EXT package extracted from the ROM in a .zip... Lemme know if you need any other files.
\EXT\Captain\21854\Captain_External_Packages\VVM_1_0_9_RAW1\
Next project: HTC Youtube, much better than Youtube's official app.

This is pretty cool, good job OP!

Hmmm...I would LOVE to use this with my DASH, unfortunately, I don't use T-Mobile voicemail...I have Google Voice.
BUT THIS GIVES ME AN IDEA...
If i have time, I'll try to see if it is possible to make a Visual Voicemail for GoogleVoice! *Now i am off to google like crazy!*

question about this....
notreally said:
I saw a Visual Voicemail .cab that was ripped from the (touch screen) T-Mobile HD2's ROM and it got me curious...
I did some googling and found that T-Mobile's official 6.5 upgrade for the Dash 3G (non-touch QVGA, just like our beloved Excalibur) also came with visual voicemail. TMo's update was actually good for something, ha.
I extracted the VVM package from T-Mo's official Dash3G 6.5 ROM and compared those files with the files in the HD2-ripped .cab.
The registry settings and .dll's (down to the MD5 checksum) are the same. The only difference is, of course, the .exe.
Attached are the QVGA non-touch Smartphone vvm.exe from T-Mobile's 6.5 Dash 3G ROM and the .cab from the HD2, which was originally posted in thread #613855 (can't post URLs sorry.)
DIRECTIONS:
Install the .cab, delete /Windows/vvm.exe & replace it with this non-touch vvm.exe, then soft reset (reboot.)
For Visual Voicemail to work, you must have Visual Voicemail on your plan. You have to call 611 (say "tech support") and tell them to add Visual Voicemail (free) to your plan. If they struggle with that, tell them you have a Dash 3G. Others have had success by logging into My T-Mobile, temporarily changing their phones to Dash 3G/Bold 9700/Android, and then adding Visual Voicemail to their services. (You can then change back to a Dash if you'd like.)
ISSUES:
1. Getting CHome plugin to open Visual Voicemail app instead of dialing voicemail (Not sure if that's normal behavior. In any case, opening VVM instead would be the preferred behavior. Registry/dll edit hints?)
2. Dual Voicemail notification icons. It keeps the greyscale/standard one and adds its own colorful icon. See screenshot in post below... I'd like to disable one.
Just my small contribution to the community that's given me so much.
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ok, I downloaded both files and ran the cab file and then deleted the vmm.exe file and replaced it with the QVGA non-touch screen one. Then changed my phone from a regular Dash to a Dash 3G on the t-mobile site. I then added the free voicemail to my account.
Does it take a while for this service to activate? When I hit the vmm icon it tries to activate the service and I see the little circle thing working and I get a text message with a bunch of gibberish I am not sure what it is... some technical stuff.. The circle thing keeps coming up and eventually says my account has not been upgraded and asks if I want it to upgrade the account.
I say yes but it tries and cannot even access it even though I have the WiFi active... It says I do not have access to Visual Voicemail. Please upgrade your phone... it has an upgrade option that shows up in the bar on the bottom left of the phone I hit that and it tries to go the web site but cannot.. Do you have to have a data plan for this service to work? I just use WiFi and do not have a data plan or want one... please help if able, Thanks!

Did you reboot after installing the cab?
I got a text like that from "129" before I rebooted.

yes I did reboot after installing the cab and what I stated is what happened after I rebooted..

Can you try grabbing "sms_setup.dll" from "EXT package VVM_1_0_9_RAW1.zip" (its inside the "files" folder) and placing it in /Windows
The HD2 cab doesn't seem to include that one, hmm.

notreally said:
Can you try grabbing "sms_setup.dll" from "EXT package VVM_1_0_9_RAW1.zip" (its inside the "files" folder) and placing it in /Windows
The HD2 cab doesn't seem to include that one, hmm.
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I did what you stated and still cannot get the rascal to work..

ramfan43 said:
I did what you stated and still cannot get the rascal to work..
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In case anybody cares, I figured out what was causing the issue: you need to temporarily disable SMS Bubbles to complete the initial setup. It's intercepting the 129 text before VVM.exe can read it.