I want to learn how to cook a rom - 8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development

I want to learn how to cook a rom but i dont know where to start. whats the best programme to use? any tutorals? please help

Search for Kitchens.
You use kitchens to cook roms.
The wiki has lots of information to ramp your base knowledge.

I second the suggestion to Search for Kitchen, both in the forums and the wiki. It's all here.
Then the easiest place to start is with matts Pandora Kitchen.
Then as you get more comfortable , I like Core Kithen, he even includes a tutorial.
A great search tool that I use:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298893
It keeps me from asking questions that have been asked a thousand times.

Best kitchen documentation is available in Wizard forum. Download Faria's kitchen and read the instructions with it. Cooking concept is the same for both the devices, just the OS is different.
Once you have the knowledge, you can try matt's Pandora or RomDonald's
PS: Do not use wizard kitchen to cook a hermes ROM

is there any progamming language you need to learn before starting or is it all part of the kitchen?

FCW said:
is there any progamming language you need to learn before starting or is it all part of the kitchen?
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no, it's moving files around, running applications, and clicking checkboxes. Super easy once you get rolling.

is there a good tutoral for these things or is a lot of it just trial and error. any good tips? dont want to risk bricking my device more than i have to.

im also running windows vista will that limit my choices?

FCW said:
im also running windows vista will that limit my choices?
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What kind of personal research have you done so far?

FCW said:
is there a good tutoral for these things or is a lot of it just trial and error. any good tips? dont want to risk bricking my device more than i have to.
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Again, what kind of reading in the wiki, or the kitchen threads recommended in the above posts?

is there a kitchen that runs on vista? i was tring to downgrade the reinstall to dual boot with xp but it says theres no hard drive whe i try to install so i need one comatable with vista

Download the pandora kitchen....give that a bit of a play with.

I am interested in where can I find base OS roms. I would like to cook my own rom and for example to use build 5.2.2000 WM6. Where can I find it?

Mixa84 said:
I am interested in where can I find base OS roms. I would like to cook my own rom and for example to use build 5.2.2000 WM6. Where can I find it?
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I dont think .2000 has been ported yet for hermes...if you can port it for hermes, then you are a chef (like faria or Schap's, etc)...but for us cooks, find the ROM you like (eg. Schap's 4.0 or Pandora's, etc), extract OS and start playing with it.

so far ive read up on the pandora kitchen post and the others suggested in this post. it seems like the easyest to use it the pandora kitchen but it dosnt seem to run. the build os programme stops responding. im currently downloading the latest .net but it might be because i have vista. i cant downgrade to xp due to a problem with my hard drive. should be getting a new one this week but would like not to have to dual boot to save hard drive space plus i like vista.

FCW said:
so far ive read up on the pandora kitchen post and the others suggested in this post. it seems like the easyest to use it the pandora kitchen but it dosnt seem to run. the build os programme stops responding. im currently downloading the latest .net but it might be because i have vista. i cant downgrade to xp due to a problem with my hard drive. should be getting a new one this week but would like not to have to dual boot to save hard drive space plus i like vista.
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To ensure you have configured the kitchen correctly (ie put the components in the correct location after downloading), try downloading the Pandora Naked kitchen from it's rom thread (in my sig). It's a complete package - so extract it into a folder and try running BuildOS. If it fails - it's your PC. If it works - it's the way you assembled it.

mattk_r said:
To ensure you have configured the kitchen correctly (ie put the components in the correct location after downloading), try downloading the Pandora Naked kitchen from it's rom thread (in my sig). It's a complete package - so extract it into a folder and try running BuildOS. If it fails - it's your PC. If it works - it's the way you assembled it.
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Cheers got it working finally. Now i can have some fun. once im happy using this one ill try your other suggestion. Thanks again

sorry to be a pain in the ass
what do you do when theres an error creating the shadow order file and that part of the xip is missing but its all there as it was unziped

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6.1 Elf ROM for play/butchering

Not sure where to put this because it is not WM6 nor for the Hermes, but here's a link to the Elf 6.1 rom as provided by Pumpiron579.
I haven't tried to extract it yet - but it might be interesting to see what apps are included.
RapidShare Link
Mods feel free to move / delete as necessary.
Elf Rom OEM and SYS
Hi Matt,
If anyone is interested in trying whatever new apps are in this rom, I've made it a bit easier to experiment by breaking it down into the constituent OEM and SYS folders.
As the experienced know, Bepe's package tool doesn't always do a 100% job of isolating individual packages, but often you can get away with directly replacing the folders from one rom into another.
Elf Rom 6.1 OEM and SYS
Have fun!
Thanks! I wanted to poke around in it, but have too many projects burning to learn the scoop on dumping the 6.1's yet.
Say - do we have a good tool yet that I'm clueless to? I tried HyperCore, but with no luck. I'm curious how the image is constructed differently, and why / what benefit it is in these changes.
There's lots of nifty new stuff popping up and, well, dumping and discovering can be fun sometimes (better than corn in poo for a 2 year old!)
You can dump it easily with imgfs -kaiser command.
Is this officially final version from HTC without need of being cracked?
PaY87 said:
Is this officially final version from HTC without need of being cracked?
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seems like its an older build, 19521... not sure if its official
PaY87 said:
Is this officially final version from HTC without need of being cracked?
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Pay87, email123 is using this base for a wizard Rom he is cooking up, I do not know if it is the final or not but it works and runs pretty smooth on my Wizard http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=364066,
Pumpiron579 said:
Pay87, email123 is using this base for a wizard Rom he is cooking up, I do not know if it is the final or not but it works and runs pretty smooth on my Wizard http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=364066,
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Thanks for the information

6.1 kitchen

Im looking for a rom kitchen that will work for wm6.1 does anyone know what would be the best one that'll work with vista?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=363721
I think that's the only one.
Matt took his down.
here's matts: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=365604
ive tried both and they dont work ive been using the earlyer versions of the pandora kitchen but even that wont work now
Maybe it's because of this forums current ftp issues, see the "Announcement: FTP Problems!" at the top of this Hermes Mobile 6section.
I've created a basic rom with Matts on Vista Pro. You need to make sure you have the re-distributables installed
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I've created a basic rom with Matts on Vista Pro. You need to make sure you have the re-distributables installed
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When you say that do you mean the 3.5 .net framework and visual c++ express? if so i already have those. they were the 1st things i installed on this new hard drive after vista home priemium

usefull rom cooking repossitory

As ive only seen a thread for oems and a few people have messaged me about what ive used for my roms i thought id start this thread. Its for anything usefull for cooking roms. this incudes Kitchen tools, OEMs, package converers, themes, comprssion tools in fact anything you find useful for any cook out there or anyone considering starting out. If you have anything you feel should be added to this please feel free to post a link on this thread.
Heres what i have to start off:
Cab to oem (a package creation tool): http://rapidshare.com/files/227331849/Cab2OEM.exe
pagepool changer (for editing the balance of storage and program memory):http://rapidshare.com/files/227716297/PagePool_Changer_v2.21.zip
themegen ce (for creating themes): http://rapidshare.com/files/227716709/ThemeGenCEEnglish.zip
my oems (programs ready of adding to your rom): http://rapidshare.com/files/227730590/OEMs.rar
Lzx compression kitchen v2 (josh's great rom kitchen with the added bonus of up to an extra 10Mb storage!) http://justkitchen.info/TheOthers/hermeslzx2.7z
swipeing a post if you don't mind so i can put some cool stuff up
Good idea man.
LZX compression. The kitchen is based on joshkoss's kitchen, but with modified to allow LZX compression and XPR compression.
Hermes LZX Kitchen v2
joshkoss said:
swipeing a post if you don't mind so i can put some cool stuff up
Good idea man.
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thats what i started the thread for so everyone can add something
ivanmmj said:
LZX compression. The kitchen is based on joshkoss's kitchen, but with modified to allow LZX compression and XPR compression.
Hermes LZX Kitchen v2
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Is this the new one youve been working on?
FCW said:
Is this the new one youve been working on?
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This is the new one. (Not the newest one that will be multidevice, but the one I had made a while back for this device.) It fixes that memory leak bug while cooking and and simplifies the process a little.
ivanmmj said:
LZX compression. The kitchen is based on joshkoss's kitchen, but with modified to allow LZX compression and XPR compression.
Hermes LZX Kitchen v2
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What kitchen is this based on? If it's 6.5, when should we expect a 6.1?
Or, could we get instructions on what all needs to be moved and replaced to get it working with another kitchen? I would really like to try it on my kitchen, just because I have it just how I like it.
boog321 said:
What kitchen is this based on? If it's 6.5, when should we expect a 6.1?
Or, could we get instructions on what all needs to be moved and replaced to get it working with another kitchen? I would really like to try it on my kitchen, just because I have it just how I like it.
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Its based on josh's 6.5 kitchen.
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Its based on josh's 6.5 kitchen.
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Ok, but I'm sticking with 6.1 for now, till there is an official/stable non time limited 6.5.
So hopefully we can get instructions on putting lzx into a 6.1 rom (my kitchen is based on josh's 20931).
I could see that as being very useful here.
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Ok, but I'm sticking with 6.1 for now, till there is an official/stable non time limited 6.5.
So hopefully we can get instructions on putting lzx into a 6.1 rom (my kitchen is based on josh's 20931).
I could see that as being very useful here.
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It's the same kitchen, isn't it? Just change the OEM, SYS, ROM and EXT folders with your folders.
ivanmmj said:
It's the same kitchen, isn't it? Just change the OEM, SYS, ROM and EXT folders with your folders.
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It's slightly different from what I looked at on the last one. I'll grab this one and give it a go again
Thanks!
boog321 said:
It's slightly different from what I looked at on the last one. I'll grab this one and give it a go again
Thanks!
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i doubt you would have a problem using this kitchen for wm6.1 as long as you have the right files for the rom.
In my signature you can find a link to my 4shared account - and in it there're some OEM packages of mine (apart from many other things).
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hmmm... or not it's not in the sig!
here it goes:
http://utak3r-wmstuff.4shared.com/
just wondering if anyone has a dump for the 21501 build for use with josh's kitchen. ive been trying to do it for the past 2 days but vista isnt being nice and some of the apps with it arent working properly for me wanted to add it to tis post and use myself of course. grr i hate vista never had trouble when i had xp and now i cant downgrade either. id get a cheap second laptop just for rom cooking if i could afford it.
I now have the newer build and ive added it the the lzx kitchen ill add it to the first post once its uploaded and add everyone elses additions so no one can miss it
ROm upgrade using Kitchen V2 cooked rom
My MDA VARIO II CANNOT PROPERLY AFTER INSTALLING THIS COOKED ROM BY JOSH. i HAD WINDOWS MOBILE 6 BEFORE INSTALLING THIS RUU.
WHEN IT BOOTS I ONLY SEE WINDOWS MOBILE MICROSOFT INTERNAL USE ONLY.
THEN AFTER THIS IS THE EXACT MESSAGE I GET
"THIS CONCLUDES THE BETA TEST OF THIS SOFTWARE.THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN HELPING FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT TO MAKE THIS A GREAT PRODUCT FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
TO OBTAIN A NEWER RELEASE OR FURTHER INFORMATION REVISIT THE WEB SITE THAT YOU USED TO OBTAIN THE BETA RELEASE."
PLEASE ASSIST ME BECAUSE I CANNOT DO ANYTHING ON THE DEVICE
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I have soughted myself through series of hard reset.
I am now enjoying the wonderful piece by Josh.
I am hoping to meet him personally to discuss more pressing issue.
Thank you for this privillege.
Oh what a wonderful upgrade windows mobile 6.5 Professional with more Storage.
Thanks once again
Romeo
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My MDA VARIO II CANNOT PROPERLY AFTER INSTALLING THIS COOKED ROM BY JOSH. i HAD WINDOWS MOBILE 6 BEFORE INSTALLING THIS RUU.
WHEN IT BOOTS I ONLY SEE WINDOWS MOBILE MICROSOFT INTERNAL USE ONLY.
THEN AFTER THIS IS THE EXACT MESSAGE I GET
"THIS CONCLUDES THE BETA TEST OF THIS SOFTWARE.THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN HELPING FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT TO MAKE THIS A GREAT PRODUCT FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
TO OBTAIN A NEWER RELEASE OR FURTHER INFORMATION REVISIT THE WEB SITE THAT YOU USED TO OBTAIN THE BETA RELEASE."
PLEASE ASSIST ME BECAUSE I CANNOT DO ANYTHING ON THE DEVICE
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Put the phone into bootloader, and flash another rom. Hold the side ok key + the power key and hit reset. you should then be in the tri colored boot screen, & you will be able to flash a different rom.

Updating Nataly ROM

Hi there, I am after some advice, im currently running Gen.Y R2 D2 but am looking to move back to a more practical ROM rather than a graphically superior ROM.
Im going to miss a few of the features and wondered what will work with this ROM as being older (unsure of build as not stated and not currently running to check if 21xxx+).
1) The HTC notification enhancement (if would work, which files would be needed - cab file available?)
2) Most up-to-date working Youtube app (bearing in mind ROM build)
3) Most up-to-date camera & album builds (bearing in mind ROM build)
Many thanks for any advice given
youu have diaduit rom..it is based on nataly kitchen!!
benko286 said:
youu have diaduit rom..it is based on nataly kitchen!!
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Hmm I may look at that but im not someone who has time to flash frequently so I have to do so carefully and do my research. Ive used Nataly before and was very impressed, even after all this time, its still benchmarked as the fastest ROM for day to day life. RAM and program memory is outstanding.
My issue with trying the Dia Duit ROM is that although based on the Nataly ROM there is no documentation of changes or new RAM % etc....
I know its updated to TF3d2 but im moving back to Nataly to get away from this as although its nice graphically is to thirsty for my little diamond lol
If I was going to stay with TF3d2 I would stay with Gen.Y as this is by far the fastest and most stable rom available so far IMO.
This is why I thought if I could just add the few things I wanted to take to Nataly ROM then I know thats all Ive added.
Thanks for your swift reply
Why don't you try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=527935
As well, there's kitchen with many extra options and new drivers - only problem that it is in russian, but you can always download the kitchen and swap the drivers around. I did it, and it improved memory a bit, as well as overall feeling
http://finalek.narod.ru/3.html
kitchen itself
http://narod.ru/disk/13305568000/2.10.1_MODX_KITCHEN_WM61.rar.html
you might consider BSB 6.5 L, once again version L, as i have tried all the others and this one is by far the best, Ram on startup 42%, seldomly goes over 50%, very fast, very stable, and with m.carroll pure2 black vga u get the most exquisite graphical appearence in tone with the diamond, youtube working, camera working, bt and sms thread not working on default install but fixes provided, radio 1.15 recommended
This is the answer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=527935&page=3
good luck
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This is the answer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=527935&page=3
good luck
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This IS the answer but if you study my first post I was asking what files need to be cooked in for notification enhancement etc....
But people keep suggesting ROMS lol
Im trying to find BSB 6.5L but can only find BSB 6.5R and 6.5.1A at the moment, doubt i'll go for this as Ive tried 6.5 before and the honeycomb menu is horrible, its just to messy!!
Thanks for all of your suggestions though
Actually, above are links for kitchens, so there you go.
BTW - you can download kitchen for diadiut too.... Try some cooking, it's fun
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Actually, above are links for kitchens, so there you go.
BTW - you can download kitchen for diadiut too.... Try some cooking, it's fun
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Thanks again, maybe im making hard work of this lol
Im happy to try cooking but im after the files to include in a package. I cant just download a kitchen as the packages are broken up into all different directories so trying to figure out what belongs to what is almost impossible.
I was just hoping someone could indicate what files would need to be in a kitchen to enable the new notification enhancement for example.
Nevermind ill probably just stick to Nataly. Its simple but powerful, and more importantly - I know whats in it....
Thanks anyway
bsb 6.5L:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=506533
under older releases, currently only kaiserrom link working:
http://customroms.com/BsB65L.zip
honeycomb? don't think it is used anymore in this version, but i might be wrong.
if u would like to try it and need the Jocani folder sorting (in English) pm me and i can send it to u per email (the cab i downloaded seems to install it only in Spanish so I had to modify it).
it is an excellent rom for daily usage, gps working wonderfully (igo and miomap)... hope i been able to help u a bit
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Thanks again, maybe im making hard work of this lol
Im happy to try cooking but im after the files to include in a package. I cant just download a kitchen as the packages are broken up into all different directories so trying to figure out what belongs to what is almost impossible.
I was just hoping someone could indicate what files would need to be in a kitchen to enable the new notification enhancement for example.
Nevermind ill probably just stick to Nataly. Its simple but powerful, and more importantly - I know whats in it....
Thanks anyway
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ah, sorry, i haven't read your post.. have fun with nataly !

Share Your Internet Connection As A Wifi HotSpot

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538874
has anyone gotten this to work with their Uni? need something like this. tried WMWifiRouter but its not free.
Tomals V10 n V12 have it,
+ it works
Hey thanks alot. I cant run those roms as my 64MB Uni cant handle them but they are nice. I was hoping to get it working on one of these other ones.
I have been playing with Thing's and Tomal's latest kitchens trying to make the rom for me. Need more info on cooking though.
Simon_WM, would you be able to provide a cab file for the software to enable the UNI to act as a Wifi Spot please? Thanks.
er....,
i think i've got the package...
ill hav a look for it and upload later
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Hey thanks alot. I cant run those roms as my 64MB Uni cant handle them but they are nice. I was hoping to get it working on one of these other ones.
I have been playing with Thing's and Tomal's latest kitchens trying to make the rom for me. Need more info on cooking though.
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I have installed Toma V10 and works all perfect, of course not as fast as a 6.1 but it´s very stable
I also have 64Mb Uni
orb3000 said:
I have installed Toma V10 and works all perfect, of course not as fast as a 6.1 but it´s very stable
I also have 64Mb Uni
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I have just installed Tomal's V10. So far its working for me. Previously I was experiencing random lockups say if I was using my stereo headphones and playing a game at same time or sending texts. After some changes (ex. disabling the windows default today plugin) I now have 18.95MB free program and 40.20MB storage. The built-in software works great for making Uni a wifi spot. Did Tomal release a kitchen for this rom? Or is it built on his V2.0 kitchen? Either way I seem to have been missing out on a great rom.
Now if I can somehow combine Cotulla's doc format, Thing's optimizations especially TCPMP and Opera being the default programs, and Tomal's great features I may never flash again.
Also for those not using Tomal's V10 but still need this feature check the 1st post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=588099
It worked for me and says its the full version. Im not positive of it but it did work whereas the other cab I was using says trial expired. Thanks all for the help.
Simon_WM, were you able to compile it into a cab file?
@boxchevy
Yeah Tomal release a kitchen:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=476544 (thread)
http://www.mediafire.com/?wzymtfmzjvm (download)
@Final5k
Although i've been around a longtime, i cant create a CAB, although i can uplaod the files direct from tomal's kitchen if you want?
I've added it in a ZIP format, you will need to then drop it into either:
OEM packages
or
EXT Packages
if it dont work either: PM me or Tomal and we try to sort it out!
thanks simon. im looking at trying to combine the kitchens if possible for a best fit for me. like i cant play warcraft2 with tomals V10. i tried adding the files for wireless modem to things rom but it didnt work. didnt add the comm manager option. ill keep trying. thanks though.
kwl,
you could try pming tomal for more help,
althouth depending on the kitchen:
Luca16thebig - Visual Kitchen
Thingonaspring - V2.31
Tomal's - V2 Uni kitchen
Hey thanks Simon_WM! I'll see if it works on my rom!
if it does... you could upload it for every1 else to use=]

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