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Has any one managed to expose the extended rom on the XDA2i for custom instalation on boot.
Also Vodafone Instalation cab works fine on XDA2i with all functions working.
I'm trying to do the same thing - has anyone managed to expose the extended rom on the XDA2i?
It was dumped a long time ago. The 3900 build of Bluetooth drivers comes from there.
Qtek 2020i problem
hi mamaich
I have bought Qtek 2020i before 2 days, can you please direct me how to unlock my extended rom? I will be very thankful to you if you help me in this issue
note: I tried the extended rom unlocker that was prepared for Himalaya and the one for Blueangel too and didn't show even my extended rom folder after soft reseting.
Re: Qtek 2020i problem
I don' have 2020i, so I cannot help with extrom unlocking.
Is there an Extended Rom Unlock Utility for the 2i?
We are desparately in need of a way to unlock the extended ROM of the XDA2i. The reason for this is that our application--for whatever reason--is not compatible with the 3900 bluetooth build, but IS compatible with earlier builds such as that found on the XDA2s.
If it is true that the ROM has been unlocked to gain the 3900 bluetooth build--then can someone please post a link to the way in which this was done and any utilities or software used to do it?!
Re: Is there an Extended Rom Unlock Utility for the 2i?
You can manually edit extended ROM image (NBF file) with extended ROM editor tool (I'don't remember its exact name, look into WiKi), delete CAB file and reflash. But I don't think that downgrading to build 3501 would help. You'd better fix your app.
I've tried this, used ER2003Edit_1_4_26. I have the nbf but it is telling me I can't open them because the password is incorrect. I have looked around quite a bit for a solution but have found none.
Is there a password which will allow one to gain entry to (ie edit and repackage) such that I can truly update the extended ROM of an XDA2i?
ERROR, ERROR ERROR
Sorry for my english
Since April i search a way to edit ExtRom on Qtek 2020i, but it seems that is to complicate for developers.
Status at this day
1) You can see extrom and by this way copy and save cab on other place. To do that you must reset just after steep 1 of hard reset and use your explorer. Other way, with your explorer, go to windows folder and simply run LoadVDisk.exe
2) You can't write into ExtRom
3) You can't edit rom with actuals tools (ER Edit, Dump ....). Passwords is unknow and i think memory adresses are differents
4) Also If you can't write in your Storage, because looked after used differents tools proposed by many peoples who know, to unlock your Extrom, flashing rom do not return Storage in normal status. It's my case and somebody with apparent good intention, but totaly incompetent, can you push to make an fatal error, thank's to all.
I'm am ungry when i read some absurbity (exemple in this forum). When we don't know, we must no speak
so is it impossible now to get the Srorage folder as before, I have this problem now in my 2020i, I cannot write into Storage HELPPPPPPPPP
It's exactly tha i said
DON'T USE FOR MOMENT ANY EXISTANT TOOLS TO UNLOK QTEK 2020I
Any progress in unlocking the extended ROM on XDA 2i anyone?
if somebody can povide me with valid source code I may try converting it for xdaIIi, I have one source now but missing some header files which I couldnt find like Pwinuser.h
I have free time these days, and I am sure that we have many good people here but maybe we need more effort, so let us share our experience on what we found so far, and try to solve this problem ASAP, what makes me more angrey these days is the Storage which also cannot be unlocked back...
so common guys, let's rock it out!
Hi
About storage i have unlocked mine. This lock Storage was appear after trying to unlock Extrom. Pls read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=23154&highlight=
For me Storage locked is finish with this simple action.
For Extrom what header do you need ?
I put here registry and files extract from 2020i about Extrom that is nammed VDISK and use VDISK.dll. We can see ExtRom without reset to run LoadVdisk.lnk or .exe directly
I have also original installation of French ROM 1.11.02, Extended 1.11.115 and Radio 1.02 FRE.
Thank's for your support
I need the C header file not the registry information, read my reply to your post about the Storage, I explained there how does these things work out, at least for the 2020i a far as I could find out, if there is anyone on this forum who can add something or correct me, that would be nice, because we want all to work together to solve this problem ASAP.
I am now trying to find out the functions indside the dll file and find out how do they work, then I will try the password that is provided in this forum to unlock the extended rom. what happens to the Storage is that the old program has 2 parts: lock and unlock, when we tried to unlock, nothing happened because the password and device type was wrong, and when we tried to lock, the code didnt check the device name niether the password and directly locked the diskonchip drive which is in our case the Storage folder. I read the source code and this is what I understood, so I am trying to modify it to unlock one of these folders, and since it was not put completely on the FTP (missing header files) I couldnt compile the code!
EMU, i write respons about Storage in http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=23154&highlight=
Let me know if it's ok for you
Désolate for header file, i don't have it
I have an XDA2i. Is there any way I can provide the header files you're talking about? If so, please provide detailed instructions for how I would do it.
Hi Guys,
there is already a new version of ER2003Edit (not published yet!!!) which can open .nbf files of Qtek 2020i. The only problem is with checksum calculation. I am using Itsme's Perl script, but it has a problem calculating the checksum and he didn't have time to fix it yet.
Anyone else...?
Hi EMU
What are the status of your trying to unlol Extrom. Can we help you ?
softworkz said:
Hi Guys,
there is already a new version of ER2003Edit (not published yet!!!) which can open .nbf files of Qtek 2020i. The only problem is with checksum calculation. I am using Itsme's Perl script, but it has a problem calculating the checksum and he didn't have time to fix it yet.
Anyone else...?
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PLs if it has been updated then let us know we are eagerly waiting for it.
thx a lot
jeet
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!!
s
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.
Hi all!
This is my first post here.
I have upgraded my 2415 to wm6 (PDAVIET version) and it is grade!
But I still want to make some modification of it, to delete some build-in tools, to get Chinese support and ....... I want to cook my own rom base on this rom.
However, I can not dump a full pdaviet rom folder when I used all the tools I can find in internet.
The command I used:
"prepare_imgfs nk.nbf"----------->break the nk.nbf file into two BIN files
"viewimgfs imgfs_raw_data.bin"------------>can not finish the procedure and pop up the error (Unknown header type and some address issues)
I suspect that some passwords or others should be add after the command of "prepare_imgfs nk.nbf".
Anyone can help me to fix it?
Hello,
You need first to convert your nbf file to nba with HP2000_tool.
Tutorial here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=330034
Laurent
Thanks a lot !
Actually,I have followed that tutorial and downloaded the tools, but also failed.
Now, with the help of you lucky man, I did it.
Hello everyone.
I have a very big problem, I've created my own rom, and is steadly on a BIG problem, in my eyes.
The idea is that when you go in and edit on how much light you will have have on the screen, then this come (look in the picture)
I have made so much on this rom, so I am totally lost, do some1 have experienced with something like this?
/ Danny
----- EDIT -----
The problem is solved, I have deleted powerexe.exe.xxxx.mui , i added it, and it did the trick.. ^^
Thanks Lost in translation
Hi,
this is typical for a missing mui-file. If I remember correctly, the control panel's file is battery.cpl, so the right mui should be battery.cpl.xxxx.mui - xxxx depending on your country's code.
This file should be part of a package which contains several localizations.
If the mui-file is present in the windows-folder, then it's probably an incompatible version which does not work with the release of battery.cpl that you have cooked into your rom. You can test a new version for compatibility by replacing the current version with a new one. This is best done with Total Commander CE which is freely available from ghisler.com
Have fun!
I have looked everywere in the orginal rom, and i can't find' it?
Can you upload maybe the english file of the battery ?
Lost_in_translation said:
Hi,
this is typical for a missing mui-file. If I remember correctly, the control panel's file is battery.cpl, so the right mui should be battery.cpl.xxxx.mui - xxxx depending on your country's code.
This file should be part of a package which contains several localizations.
If the mui-file is present in the windows-folder, then it's probably an incompatible version which does not work with the release of battery.cpl that you have cooked into your rom. You can test a new version for compatibility by replacing the current version with a new one. This is best done with Total Commander CE which is freely available from ghisler.com
Have fun!
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I think i found out, what my mistake was. The name of it is powerexe.exe.xxxx.mui .. I will try to cook the files down now, and see if it works
Hello. This is my first post here so please take me easy
I've just dumped 6 raw images from an Asus P552w:
2 of them have in the header some "ECEC" string and I guess those are some ROM images from that phone (just like other ROMs I've seen)
1 of them has some "XPR Rf" string in header and I guess is related with Radio ROM (I've saw inside other strings like: GSM, BLuetooth...)
2xFAT16 raw images with files. I can mount Fat16 images (using DaemonTools or from Linux) to see what is inside and I saw is the main FS of the phone and another one has only a few configuration files.
My problem is with the last image EXTROM (it has 16MB and is full with phone operator string "Orange" and operator settings):
1xFAT32 raw image which I cannot mount. This image has the FAT32 structure:
- MBR (end with 0x55 0xAA)
- File System Information Sector (begin with: 0x52 0x52 0x61 0x41 and end with: 0x55 0xAA)
and then after ~3000 bytes is the MBR (ended with 0x55 0xAA) again then only 0x00 and after ~6000 bytes is the MBR one more time , then some 0x0 bytes and then I think there are some files.
Here you have a diagram how it looks:
---MBR
---FileSystemInformationSector
---0x00... 0x00 (~3000 bytes)
---MBR (identical with the 1st one)
---0x00... 0x00 (~6000 bytes)
---MBR (identical with the 1st one)
---0x00... 0x00 (~37000 bytes)
---RAW FILES (I saw a lot of strings there)
Can someone explain to me what is with that ExtROM ? I've searched on this site and I didn't find some tools to dump files inside that image.
I've tried to mount this images with DaemonTools and under linux with no luck. (I've even tryed to do some edit inside that image)
Question
Hi.
This is my first post here too. If I don't bother you too much can you send me on private message how you did the backup for the p552 phone? I have one too locked to orange. I have also got from another forum a P552w rom image that the user I got it from Asus site. The update is no longer available from Asus and this is very strange. I didn't want to put that image on the phone yet because I want to do a backup first (ROM backup).
Check this tutorial: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_HowtoDumpRom
I have tried following the tutorial but I was able only to dump the data from the extended ROM. When I was trying to save the other partitions I first checked for their length with -t parameter and I always got an error. It only worked for the EXT Rom (partition DSK4 and for the SD card.
By the way, you have dumped the rom from the ASUS P552W (the one that it is NOT sold by Orange) and has the wifi or you have dumped the ROM of P552 (that do not have the wi-fi ... or it is disabled by Orange)? Can you share your rom? If you want I can upload the Ext ROM from my device. I have a Asus P552 (from Orange Romania). It does not have wifi ... or it is disabled.
I have been able to make the firmware from Asus run on my phone ... but I don't want to use it until I can backup my ROM ... and find a way to put the original ROM back if I break something during upgrade.
I gave you a PM with my contact detalis. Talk there
eusuntdexter1 go to downloads extROM p552w
http://asusmobile.ru/board/viewtopic.php?p=201255#201255
You must be registered at forum for download
Filelist_ExtROM_p552w_ROU00:
- GM2WiFiDriver.CAB
- CABforLauncher.CAB
- CallFilter_0409.ARMV4I.CAB
- Disable_NITZ_registries_signed.CAB
- EnableSL.CAB
- EnableTATHidenMode.CAB
- install.OBM.NetworkSetting.CAB
- install.OBM.NetworkSetting1.CAB
- Micco_Battery2.cab
- MoveGettingStarted.CAB
- NVMProxyPatch_Signed_20081009.CAB
- PwrBtn_1022.CAB
- SetDefaultTheme.CAB
- shsettingsCountryCab.CAB
- StartupNetworkSetting.CAB
- Update_MSSIP_size.CAB
- BSP_GM2_MSLRIL_1028.CAB
- BSP_GM2Audio_570_1024.CAB
- ASUSTekBookmarksList.cab
- 1008CameraPatch.CAB
- CLENBOOT.GIF
- PWRONANI.GIF
- Installer.xml
- language_pack_ROU00
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where?
I didn't see any thing.It's P535 ROM, not for P552w.Please check again.thanks
oh,are there all parts to cook a ROM? how to packet them to new ROM?
hpdefalcon said:
I didn't see any thing.It's P535 ROM, not for P552w.Please check again.thanks
oh,are there all parts to cook a ROM? how to packet them to new ROM?
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extROM_P552w_WWE.7z - its attached file in to my post , available for downloads registetred users in attached file in to my post , for not registered users can not see file
process of preparing/dump/cooking for 552 ROM described previously posts on forum Asusmobile.ru
We users P535 dumped rom P552 to pull the new Asus Glide end etc. from OEM P552
so,mirror for download ExtROM http://upload.com.ua/get/900647107/
Hello,
Can any one of you share the "broadcom xxx.cab" .
I have an O2 Xda Zest that is made by Asus, but this phone has the microsoft stack and i think that Broadcom is a lot better.
Thanks.
Hi everyone, this is my first post on this forum so please, be cool as i'm kinda newb to windows mobile device
Has anybody been able to download the extended ROM provided by pak1to?
The upload.com.ua link does not seem to work...
thx.
ok, just forget it...google translation works fine, after all.
btw, same file, new link :
http://rapidshare.com/files/190571370/extROM_P552w_WWE.zip.html
Someone try out this archive? especially the "GM2WiFiDriver.CAB" file that is relevant to my interest..?
FYI, i recently get a p552 (without w, delivered by Orange France) and my aim here is to see if it's possible to activate wifi (and asus glide).
lezioul said:
ok, just forget it...google translation works fine, after all.
btw, same file, new link :
http://rapidshare.com/files/190571370/extROM_P552w_WWE.zip.html
Someone try out this archive? especially the "GM2WiFiDriver.CAB" file that is relevant to my interest..?
FYI, i recently get a p552 (without w, delivered by Orange France) and my aim here is to see if it's possible to activate wifi (and asus glide).
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EXTROM is very easy to reach. The hidden partition name is ASUS_ROM. You type in TotalCommander the path \ASUS_ROM and there it is. It can be copied, deleted, writhed!!!
The GM2WiFiDriver.CAB is an updated driver (sdio.dll) for wifi, but the file is existing also in P552 Orange but is disabled by provider. I haven't find a way to enable it, yet.
i wasn't aware of that, thanks.
btw, even if you install the update for the wifi drv, it won't enable it 'cause if think the device is disabled from bootloader.
Can someone upload the p552w to mediafire filehost.
or send me this file 1008CameraPatch.CAB to test on wm6.5.
here you go :
http://meuhfolle.free.fr/asus/extROM_P552w_WWE/1008CameraPatch.CAB
lezioul said:
here you go :
http://meuhfolle.free.fr/asus/extROM_P552w_WWE/1008CameraPatch.CAB
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Thank you!