I've recently flashed my diamond and its working great.
I would like to try other roms but it takes so long to reinstall all my programs and settings etc each time.
This dissuades me from trying other roms. How do you guys who flash all the time do it?
Thanks, Dean
search for threads about "UC" or "UC compliant ROMs".. lets you store cabs, registry settings, etc, and automatically have them install after a flash..
or do a search for SASHIMI.. a program which automates the same
racerx_ said:
search for threads about "UC" or "UC compliant ROMs".. lets you store cabs, registry settings, etc, and automatically have them install after a flash..
or do a search for SASHIMI.. a program which automates the same
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Nice one racerx, I'll check out sashimi.
Thanks
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Just that wanted to ask what ppl have found to be best ways to install all your favourite apps/settings if u are changing roms offten?
I just started recently and have tested some 3 or 4 roms now, but already i find that doing all my customizing and app install is tedious, so i was looking for some method to make it easier.
* i have seen an app that could roll multiple cabs into one - that would make reinstalling all cabs at once after new rom easier, but i cant find the app any more. any ideas on this one?
* backing up rom differences after doing customizations - what app could handle that? propositions?
If we can work some method to do this fast and easy we would get a lot more beta testers hence a lot faster development cycle could be achieved. (=
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Just that wanted to ask what ppl have found to be best ways to install all your favourite apps/settings if u are changing roms offten?
I just started recently and have tested some 3 or 4 roms now, but already i find that doing all my customizing and app install is tedious, so i was looking for some method to make it easier.
* i have seen an app that could roll multiple cabs into one - that would make reinstalling all cabs at once after new rom easier, but i cant find the app any more. any ideas on this one?
* backing up rom differences after doing customizations - what app could handle that? propositions?
If we can work some method to do this fast and easy we would get a lot more beta testers hence a lot faster development cycle could be achieved. (=
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There are no shortcuts my friend. Some apps are installed to main memory and some to storage card, when installng apps there is interaction involved, therefore no universal solution.
Look here - you can integrate the new sys folders (apps) by building your rom in the kitchen (klick it on). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317866
You can do a backup with spb backup. This way you can keep all installed programs and changes. You can restor your backup in different roms too but you have to be aware that this would mess up a few thins.
Tryed this http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/pocketpcinstallationcreator.shtml one out - managet to create install with multiple cab files - so far so good.
But when i installed this merged install on my wm5 emulator it ended up adding links to cab files in programms folder - so much for instalation - useless.
Gues the search goes on.
Make your own extended rom with all your cabs in, this will do the trick. Its quite easy - its not like cooking a rom - i could do a simple tutorial if people wish - it only requires 2 apps
Meschle - yes, please, a tutorial for extrom making would be good, as i am still a bit green to start cooking roms - extrom would be nice way to start i suppose.
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Make your own extended rom with all your cabs in, this will do the trick. Its quite easy - its not like cooking a rom - i could do a simple tutorial if people wish - it only requires 2 apps
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I would be very interested in this as well.
Cheers
Ok i'll post something tonight then in the artemis upgrading forum.
I'll keep it simple - the last tutorial posted by someone was way too complex - in the way i describe you'll make your own in 10 minutes
meschle said:
Ok i'll post something tonight then in the artemis upgrading forum.
I'll keep it simple - the last tutorial posted by someone was way too complex - in the way i describe you'll make your own in 10 minutes
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You are one dedicated dude. I like it.
That's the spirit!
meschle said:
Ok i'll post something tonight then in the artemis upgrading forum.
I'll keep it simple - the last tutorial posted by someone was way too complex - in the way i describe you'll make your own in 10 minutes
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That is a super solution! I would love it!
Hey guys one downside to ext rom way - when installing cabs it does not give you option where to install (main memory or storage card) so everything installs to main memory.
This is ok for the programs you normally install there and registry entries. You can make a new cab that installs directly to storage card but that is a different story
OK, now i am a bit confused. As i understand there is a ROM memory on Artemis(128MB) which is divided in multiple areas - IPL1, IPL2, SPL, Splash, Radio, OS, ExtRom.
This ROM memory is writable by way of flashing. There is also storage area(not microSD) in device and operative memory.
So, as i unterstand it, putting apps in ExtROM is a pure saving, cus ur storage memory is not wasted.
Do i understand it correctly?
With the artemis rom, if you omit extended rom in your nbh building you get more storage memory (an addition of roughly the size of the omited ext rom) Likewize if you include extended rom then you loose equivalent memory from storage - so there is no advantage to having apps (i.e executables) in extended rom but for convenience sake to have cabs and settings can be useful. I suggest keeping extended rom small (2mb) so you dont loose much storage space.
Extended rom tutorial added here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327203
well maybe not 10 minutes then
meschle said:
Make your own extended rom with all your cabs in, this will do the trick. Its quite easy - its not like cooking a rom - i could do a simple tutorial if people wish - it only requires 2 apps
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For people who do not have an extended ROM - would'nt it be similar if they kept all the Cabs in 2577 Folder in the Storage Card with Autoexec and config files to execute them sequentially? I remember doing something like this when I was using the XDA IIs - but then now -
In my case, I rarely need to install anything except TomTom and Fullscreenkeyboard from SPB. The rest - I peek into the Cab using WinCE Cab Manager, then export the contents and now have made one big Cab (appx 4MB in size) with all my registry entries, tweaks, executables, shortcuts and copying relevant files into directories.
That way I execute only three cabs after a Hard reset and moreorless everyting is in place.
Yes dev - i used to have that in my orange spv - an autorun.exe in \2577 folder - last time i tried didnt work as i wanted - but i agree worth looking into.
With the ext_rom - the purpose was to add one for those that dont have.
Ok, was trying a quite a few roms that i had today, extracted em, but did not get the extrom.nb )=
Tried to open os.nb with winimage, but it kept saying something about wrong fat etc.
Is the extrom.nb different form os.nb and other *.nb? Why cant winImage open other nb files? Or is there something else i am missing?
Also, tiried SKtracker(didnt find any free app) demo - made snapshots before and after installing apps, then tried to export relevant registery subtrees.
That brings me to that there is no import functionality in phm regedit, but i found other free regedit app called TRE which can import/export edit etc.
Maybe this TRE tool is worth including in roms, if any cookers are reading.
Any better way to hack registery?
Hidden regedit
kakainis said:
That brings me to that there is no import functionality in phm regedit, but i found other free regedit app called TRE which can import/export edit etc.
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Any better way to hack registery?
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I mentioned this on another thread, but I discovered that FdcSoft's understated Task Manager v2.8 has a supperb regedit built in. It does everything that PHM Regedit does, but it can export and import really easily, just like Windows regedit. As meschle pointed out, PHM's is faster, but I still use the bloated Task Manager just because its regedit; and it also has lots of other stuff that comes handy on occasion.
Oh, great! So many stuff to fiddle with in meschle's PremiumPlus rom that I must have missed this one.
i want to cook base original hermes rom,but i want to install some programs in rom...any one can explain from beginning till end ??? thx,all my friends ...
You have to specify what program you want to install. Different program, have different way of setting up.
i want install resco explorer, sk tools for example...
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i want install resco explorer, sk tools for example...
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You need to utilize the search button above because we are not here to spoon feed you. Cooking a rom is not an easy task I recommend downloading an all in one kitchen such as pandora's and start there seeing you are a beginner. You have a lot to learn before you even attempt to cook a rom.
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You need to utilize the search button above because we are not here to spoon feed you. Cooking a rom is not an easy task I recommend downloading an all in one kitchen such as pandora's and start there seeing you are a beginner. You have a lot to learn before you even attempt to cook a rom.
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Start with Wizard Forum Kitchens, there is manuals out there that teach you how to cook your own package...
its all trial and error my friends...scary at first, but then you will get used to it..LOL
Hey guys.
I am not very into the topic cabs, but is it possible to create one cab that installs all the cabs of my favourite applications ? This would make the post-flashing process much much easier.
Thanks in advance
Tobi
Cant be done man, sorry. You cant mass install like 5 cabs in one hit. All you can do is create a cab to extract 5 cabs to a location
You can get a program to install them consecutively after one another (like Sashimi), however as luckyluke1137, that's probably not possible. If it were, WIN CE CAB Manager would be your best bet for manipulating/playing with CABs.
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You can get a program to install them consecutively after one another (like Sashimi), however as luckyluke1137, that's probably not possible. If it were, WIN CE CAB Manager would be your best bet for manipulating/playing with CABs.
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What's the story with Sashimi? It looks like it's been pulled whenever it gets posted (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=392983) and I can't find a developer's website (Google failed me). Any ideas? I presume it's a paid app and the developer is prohibiting distribution...
okay thank you for your answers...unpacking the cabs to one folder is not nessecary because they are all in one folder on my sd card. Just thought if there was an easy opputunity to install all of them "one-click". but seems this is not possible.
Most rom are UC compliant and it's very easy to write a quick script to install all your favourite apps as part of the customising process just after the flash takes place.
I've a script to install a few apps and also to setup my email account. You can also do loads of other stuff to if you want to such as setting power settings etc.
Take a look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=366337
thank you very much crankshaft. i will have a look at it. only have to find out if the roms i use (leos) are UC compatible. but this would be exaxtly what i was looking for !!!
tobi1984 said:
thank you very much crankshaft. i will have a look at it. only have to find out if the roms i use (leos) are UC compatible. but this would be exaxtly what i was looking for !!!
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No worries mate. Most roms are UC compliant, having said that though I've just seen that Dutty's forthcoming rom will not be but I'm sure he'll get round that eventually.
Hello,
its possible with commercial software or trialware. but it's time consuming because you have to extract each cab merge the install setting files merge the registry settings file then rebuild the cab test the cab etc... i have done it one but with uc it's not important enimore.
i suse this method only to incorporate custom settings in cabs file.
@ tylwith okay sounds very hard to do. i think i will stay with UC then. Even if i will test dutty´s new rom because it looks great
Well, I've seen many chefs who use this tool to install various programs. How can I utilize this tool? I have searched all over to no avail
I'm assuming you mean the User Configuration (UC) feature. If not, then I apologise. I did a search and found an old thread explaining it here.
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I'm assuming you mean the User Configuration (UC) feature. If not, then I apologise. I did a search and found an old thread explaining it here.
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Nah thats not it, but thanks for trying =P
What i'm looking for is how to use the customization tool that comes up after flashing a rom. In several roms after the first boot it will say Wait a few minutes for customization to complete or something like that. I'm looking for a tut explaining how to use this tool to cook certain programs into my rom without converting them into ext, Thanks for your help though Stevie.
ok, I thought that was it, UC can be used to run cabs and stuff. But sorry for my misunderstanding, hope you find it soon !
husker91 said:
Nah thats not it, but thanks for trying =P
What i'm looking for is how to use the customization tool that comes up after flashing a rom. In several roms after the first boot it will say Wait a few minutes for customization to complete or something like that. I'm looking for a tut explaining how to use this tool to cook certain programs into my rom without converting them into ext, Thanks for your help though Stevie.
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I'm not sure about your kitchen, but when I used the JoshKoss/TwoPumpChump Kaiser kitchen to cook ROMs, you would place all the applications in a special folder and create a text file called config.txt in that special folder pointing to the location of all your .cabs. You would then cook the ROM, and all the .cabs in that folder would end up in \Windows on the device after a flash. On first boot, it would install all of the .cabs you'd referenced in that file.
I would check in your kitchen's thread, as there will probably be questions from people like you. Try searching for config_operator.txt, config_PT.txt, or config_AP.txt in that kitchen's thread. Alternatively, you could very politely PM a ROM cooking veteran like NRGZ28 or joshkoss (or another chef) and ask how to do this. Sorry I couldn't be more specific to your, but hopefully that'll point you in the right direction.
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I'm not sure about your kitchen, but when I used the JoshKoss/TwoPumpChump Kaiser kitchen to cook ROMs, you would place all the applications in a special folder and create a text file called config.txt in that special folder pointing to the location of all your .cabs. You would then cook the ROM, and all the .cabs in that folder would end up in \Windows on the device after a flash. On first boot, it would install all of the .cabs you'd referenced in that file.
I would check in your kitchen's thread, as there will probably be questions from people like you. Try searching for config_operator.txt, config_PT.txt, or config_AP.txt in that kitchen's thread. Alternatively, you could very politely PM a ROM cooking veteran like NRGZ28 or joshkoss (or another chef) and ask how to do this. Sorry I couldn't be more specific to your, but hopefully that'll point you in the right direction.
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exactly what I needed to know, Thank you very much. I'm using ervius visual kitchen but the config.txt and such work in a similar manner. Thanks again
Hi,
I am trying to learn mortscript. I was wondering if someone could send me the code for an accompanying mortscript to NoPushInternet.cab, as I think with a sample like this I could make some good progress. (I intend to use this with XDA_UC if that matters).
This cab comes up and I want to select the radio button for \Storage Card, then press Install. Is there an easy script for this? I haven't found anything that seems to help with this in the documentation but I have probably overlooked it.
Thanks!
OK, maybe a better question is this - for those of you who use the XDA_UC features in custom ROMS to update your preferences of cabs etc. after a new flash, how do you auto-update the nopushinternet cab file? Is there another way to do it that's easier and automatic? I know many don't just manually install all their cabs, I appreciate your advice.
Thanks for your help!