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how can a Xda cosmo flash the wm6??

i have a unlocked xda cosmo . when i flash the tmobile wm6 beta , the programm says that the model id is invaliad. i've tried first flashing the tmobile wm5 and than the wm6 , but it doesn't work. does anyone have any ideas?? thanks a lot!

WM6
Hello,
do you have a download link for WM6 ?
Thanks, Newchurch

Newchurch said:
Hello,
do you have a download link for WM6 ?
Thanks, Newchurch
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take a look at here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1151069#post1151069

james_xl said:
i have a unlocked xda cosmo . when i flash the tmobile wm6 beta , the programm says that the model id is invaliad. i've tried first flashing the tmobile wm5 and than the wm6 , but it doesn't work. does anyone have any ideas?? thanks a lot!
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Had the same problem with the Cosmo, look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1151863&postcount=85

Xunil2006 said:
Had the same problem with the Cosmo, look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1151863&postcount=85
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yeah!i have emailed imeicheck and they rplied me in 5 minutes!i have successfully flashed my cosmo!!
this is the way to flash it!
Tools you need:
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- HexWorkshop from http://www.bpsoft.com/downloads/-
the ROM of your choice
- Winzip or Winrar
- a valid UNL file for YOUR phone
Preparation:
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a) install HexWorkshop and Winzip or Winrar on your pc
b) in explorer on pc, RIGHT click on the ROM of your choice and use: "Extract files to folder ..." from conext menu Now it will unpack all the files
c) in the new folder you will have ONE file like "HRUU_signed.NBH" (*.NBH) RIGHT click on the .NBH file and use: "Hex Edit with Hex Workshop" from context menu
d) You'll see on the 5th row EXCA20000 ==> !!! make it EXCA***** (5 stars) and save the file
e) Now RIGHT click on ROMUpdateUtility.exe and use: "Hex Edit with Hex Workshop" from conext menu
Search for word "BsaD5SeoA" (without quotes, case sensitive)
You'll find it around address 0x3FC6C ==> !!! replace "BsaD5SeoA" with "IMEICHECK" (without quotes) and save the file
ROM-Update:
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1) take SIM card and SD card OUT of the phone
2) Connect the phone running windows ce to the pc (normal way).
3) Completely Unlock your phone using our unlocker <== REALLY IMPORTANT
4) After phone is unlocked run unlocker (again) BUT when the unlocker ask for UNL file, remove the USB cable from the phone THEN press "Cancel" on the unlocker select file window (unlocker will close on PC). NOTE: The screen on the device will not show something usefull when in this mode. Most probably it is complete WHITE. !!THIS IS NORMAL!! Don't touch phone, let it like it is!
5) After you closed the unlocker, attach usb cable again (phone has still white screen) 6) start (the modified) ROMUpdateUtility.exe
7) when update finished and device started you will get a message: "Data Crashed, contact service provider" (!NO PANIC!) ==> Simply fix this problem by running the unlocker again and this time select the key file normal way (full unlock process again). In case you have problems please indicate the step letter/number which is not clear/not working for you. If you REALLY do it STEP by STEP exact like described you will have no problem.
a thousand thanks to IMEI-CHECK~!!

James_xl: Could you please be so kind to share your edited files?

BrumBrum74 said:
James_xl: Could you please be so kind to share your edited files?
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http://rapidshare.com/files/18907094/ROMUpdateUtility.exe
http://rapidshare.com/files/18907427/RUU_signed.nbh
just unzip the rom you downloaded and replace these two files

It says update utility is too old now.

I read the instructions again and now it worked.
Thanks for the help.

OMFG it worked on my S620! Thanks IMEICHECK!
Nice interface, and you can sync files now!

i tried this several times with no luck. i downloaded the two files and when i tried to run the romupdater prog nothing happens. the program will not start no matter how many times i try. any suggestions?

i think i got it to work now. i had downloaded the two files but had not copied them into the folder that had the extracted rom in it. i was getting stuck at the point where you pull cable out instead of selecting the unlock file. once i had already copied the files over i started all over again and when i got to the step where you disconnect and run the new romupgrade.exe i opened the file where the rom was and clicked the upgrade.exe file and the rest went very smooth and quick.
thanks to everyone that helped out!

but the beta rom is indeed unstable. i hope the final version will soon out!!

james_xl: what problems do you have with the rom?

"4) After phone is unlocked run unlocker (again) BUT when the unlocker ask for UNL file, remove the USB cable from the phone THEN press "Cancel" on the unlocker select file window (unlocker will close on PC). NOTE: The screen on the device will not show something usefull when in this mode. Most probably it is complete WHITE. !!THIS IS NORMAL!! Don't touch phone, let it like it is!"
I've been looking, but where is the unlocker program?

Hello,
you'll get the unlocker program with your imei-unlock-file from imei-check.co.uk.
Newchurch

How to Unsign a dll file?

I am trying to unsign a bronzeres.dll. How do you do that. I have Ricky's Rom tools with the unsigner.exe, but when I click on it on my pc, it opens the DOS window and closes it in like 1 second. I don't know how to work this thing. Please help, someone?!?

You got the right tool, you just need to use it the right way. I take it you've never used DOS applications ?
What you do is, you go to the start menu and go up to run. Type "cmd". Using the command "cd c:\xxxx" (where xxx is the name of the folder you want to go to), go to the folder the unsigner.exe tool is located in. It might be easier to move it to a simple folder on the c drive like "1" and then just type "cd c:\1".
After that, just type "unsigner bronzeres.dll" and it will give you a message saying it removed the certificate

IIRC, you can also drag the desired .dll onto the unsigner icon. Try it. ?

He's right, that will work also. You just don't really have to time to check the confirmation message whether the dll was unsigned or not, or if it was already unsigned...

I tried that, but it was unsuccessful. I did get it to work though. I had to get a file called unsigned.bat and drag my file into that folder and the unsigner to that folder, click on the bat and viola,it worked. I guess it must be a Vista thing. Oh yeah, by the way to Organic, I have used DOS, but man, it's been a while I must admit. I have almost forgotten how extremely simple of a program it really is. Kinda made me want to start using it again to do some simple programs, anways, thanks to all of you for the input. Without your help, I would have given up on this and said F**K it. Now my screen looks sharp as hell. I'll post my dll and screen pics and cpr files soon, in case anyone would like my mods that I have made. Holla!!

outerdepth, DOS is a not a program, it is an operating system. Of course now a days all you get is a modified version of MSDOS 5.0 in a virtual machine, but it is still not a program.

Certificate copy
Hello Folks,
How can i Copy Certificate from ORIGINAL MUI file to my own made UnSign MUI file?
How can i use ORIGINAL MUI file on WM ?
(Not by cooking new one, making a cab for it)
Thanks!

Changing the Start Button Icon

I've seen a lot of people asking how folks have changed the Windows logo to the HTC one and so on. I am one of those people!
There's a thread over in the Diamond Forum here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=437307, that discusses altering the taskbar icons.
I've had a read of that but it doesn't appear to discuss the start button. I've currently got a cab installed that gave me coloured icons on the taskbar but also the 3d MS Office style start button. I like the icons but not that start button.
Is there anyway someone could provide an idiot/noob style guide for altering that icon. I'd love to have the Vista start button on my HD (attached image) but have no idea how to go about it aside from I think it has something to with .dll files.
Can anyone explain this? Anyone? I know there would be a lot of people grateful for it! I've Googled and used the search but just cannot seem to find anything!
I've attached a mock-up of my ideal; I've got the coloured icons, just the start button to go!

I think....
the explanation is to edit the shellres.192.dll file here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2791169&postcount=3
using the process here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2791165&postcount=1
No?
EDIT: I am going to try myself this evening with your very nice icon...will let you know how it goes, if you don't beat me to it!

I believe you can do it with Wisbar.
Wisbar is not free.
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/
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sk806 said:
the explanation is to edit the shellres.192.dll file here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2791169&postcount=3
using the process here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2791165&postcount=1
No?
EDIT: I am going to try myself this evening with your very nice icon...will let you know how it goes, if you don't beat me to it!
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you had a chance at it yet? did it work?

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This is the thread I used to alter the Windows logo to a HTC logo among other things in this thread. It's dead easy,
1) Unsign the file using Unsigner linked to in the thread further up (on page 2 of the Unsigner thread there's a .bat file that I found gave a better idea of whether it had worked or not).
2) Open the file in Reshacker and go to Icon on the left hand side and click it to expand it. Go to number 292, click it and it will expand to show 1033. Click 1033 and it should be the start menu icon. Right click on 1033 and select Replace Resource. Select Open File With New Icon and find your new (resized) icon. Double click it and it will show a preview of new and old. Click Replace in the bottom right corner.
3) Save the newly modified file.
4) Sign the modified file using Ssigner linked to in the thread above. CHECK THE TEXT FILE IT CREATES TO MAKE SURE IT SIGNED OK. Don't forget this bit as it will mean a hard reset if you do (as I learnt).
5) If you've not installed SDKCert.cab some time in the past. download it from here, copy it to the phone and install it.
6) Copy the file to the Windows directory on the phone using Resco Explorer or Total Commander.
7) Reboot the phone.

how did you copy shellres.192.dll? it says "Acces denied" even with resco. No chance to renaming also

To get the file in the first place you need a program called ROM Extractor on the phone to get the file from ROM. There are also different varients of the ROM for different locales. There's a description in the link above.

thanks for your efforts but seems a little complicated TotalCommander did the trick, resco seems to have some security check problems
anyway, unsigner doesn't work so i'm stuck

guap said:
anyway, unsigner doesn't work so i'm stuck
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Try the .bat file in the second page of the Unsigner thread. Copy Unsigner, the .bat file and the file you want to unlock to the same directory and double click the .bat file. Also, because the file is from ROM make sure it's not marked as Read Only when you get it to your PC before unsigning it. If it's from ROM they're usually Read Only for a start.

frostywrath said:
you had a chance at it yet? did it work?
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Not yet. Just got back from work. I need a different job...
I will try tomorrow. I have been meaning to give this s shot for a while now, and the icon you posted is what I have been looking for.

the bat only automize the process... It doesn't work anyway as it still use UnSigner

Do you have the cab to change the other icons? I had a quick look on the diamond thread but couldn't find the exact ones you have! Thanks.

guap said:
the bat only automize the process... It doesn't work anyway as it still use UnSigner
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True, but when I tried Unsigner on it's own it didn't give any feedback as to what it was doing (or if it did I missed it) so I changed 150+ icons only to find it hadn't been unsigned and therefore couldn't be resigned. At least with the batch file I can check it's been properly unsigned before making changes.
Does it give you any error messages when you try Unsigner?
unclesomebody said:
Do you have the cab to change the other icons? I had a quick look on the diamond thread but couldn't find the exact ones you have! Thanks.
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Do you mean me or someone else?

Prof. Yaffle said:
Does it give you any error messages when you try Unsigner?
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that's the point: no errors from unsigner, but resourcehacker can't open my file (not valid bla bla bla)

In which case I'd say the file hasn't copied across properly from the phone. Reshacker should be able to open the file and allow editing even if it's still signed. I'd try ROM Extractor to copy the file from ROM to elsewhere on the phone and then copy that across to the PC.

unclesomebody said:
Do you have the cab to change the other icons? I had a quick look on the diamond thread but couldn't find the exact ones you have! Thanks.
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Do you mean this cab?
http://cid-b6b1a627fbae21e5.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Colored Top Bar.cab
Don't forget you'll need to install this first:
http://cid-b6b1a627fbae21e5.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/1SdkCerts.cab
Hope this helps.

Prof. Yaffle said:
In which case I'd say the file hasn't copied across properly from the phone. Reshacker should be able to open the file and allow editing even if it's still signed. I'd try ROM Extractor to copy the file from ROM to elsewhere on the phone and then copy that across to the PC.
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uhm seems reasonable
but I don't want to extract all my whole rom for a stupid dll... I extracted with total commander, isn't supposed to work this way?

Nope, certain ROM files can't be copied using normal file copy programs. I've found that they try and copy, then say the "File already exists, do you wish to replace?" and then whatever you select you're left with a 0k file with nothing in it. The ROM extractor doesn't copy the whole ROM. When you launch it you get a list of all the ROM files. Double click the one you want to extract, give it a location (\ usually for the root directory of the phone) and a name and click Extract.

Ok, I will try. But how to replace when modified? If I can't even read it, how will I replace it?

ROM Cook Start Menu problem

i am tring to cook a spanish version of 6.5 23016.... i was able to traslate the whole os to spanish!
but my start menu its messed up, i got two folder in Windows, Start Menu and Menu Inicio (Start Menu in Spanish) and the .lnk files are there, but when i hit Start on the top bar... the Start menu just show "Hoy" (Today)
Any ideas?
Regards!

wolframio74 said:
i am tring to cook a spanish version of 6.5 23016.... i was able to traslate the whole os to spanish!
but my start menu its messed up, i got two folder in Windows, Start Menu and Menu Inicio (Start Menu in Spanish) and the .lnk files are there, but when i hit Start on the top bar... the Start menu just show "Hoy" (Today)
Any ideas?
Regards!
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Check your initflashfiles.dat and remove all the scripts that create the 'Start Menu.' Also, look at all of the provxml files in the kitchen. There is probably one that creates the 'Office Mobile' folder which may screw with you. There could be some other ones, too (like for task manager or for widgets). The easiest thing is just to organize your \windows folder by file extension and copy all the .provxml's and the .dat file to your pc. Some of the provxml's will be hidden.

ok i found my problem i search for initflash.dat file for 6.5 in spanish and replace the original english one... start menu was fixed, but now i am tring to edit that one (the spanish one) with notepad a when i cook the rom with the file modifed... start menu and part of the rom goes to hell... i have to hex edit or something the spanish file after i edite ir????

Adding Cities to Touch Pro 2 (Revised for Time Zone Issue)

I modified this post because I kept getting the wrong time zone. And the Conflipper solution failed due to server failure. This is a more reliable way of adding cities.
Follow these steps and you should be fine:
1. Install Microsoft.NET Compact Framework (the current version is 3.5)
2. Install Total Commander
3. In Total Commander, navigate to the Windows directory and find 2330fc3c_manila. Go to the properties of that file and uncheck "Read only". Click ok to save your changes to the file.
3.5 Copy the file out of the windows directory, change the permissions, then copy it back.
4. Download Weather Database Editor (attached in this post) and install. Launch the app, go to your Country> click "Edit" > click "Cities" > click "Edit" > click "Add City".
5. Add your city using the Accuweather code. Example: |NAM|US|NJ|PARAMUS
6. Click OK to save
7. Download and Install sqllite admin (http://sqliteadmin.orbmu2k.de/)
8. Copy 2330fc3c_manila to your desktop
9. Edit 2330fc3c_manila with sqlite
10. Check last fields (timezone and msid) in cities section for your town and copy them from nearest one to your town (geographically)
11. Commit changes to file and copy back to the \Windows directory on your TP2
12. Soft reset your phone.

I'm unable to remove the ReadOnly checkbox from this file, using Total Commander... Do I need to shutdown Touch Flo 3D first?

amcq1010 said:
I'm unable to remove the ReadOnly checkbox from this file, using Total Commander... Do I need to shutdown Touch Flo 3D first?
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Copy the file to your storage card first. Then remove the read-only property and move back to the windows folder. That should work.
Teddy!!! Thanks a million for helping me resolve my timezone issues.

Great Suggestion. Was definitely able to remove the Read Only once copied over to storage card.
Also, I've now completed the rest of your procedure and have successfully added in the two cities that I needed.
THANKS!

I'm confused. I know, I know follow the directions exactly...
This is for getting custom cities for weather right. Not sure about the time zone stuff.
I used Resco to move/copy/change read only of the 2330fc3c_manila. All worked fine there. Then I used sqllite to edit the file and replaced it. The weather app now recognizes my added cities but gives me the following error,
"There was a connection error while attempting to download weather data. Retry?"
I figured I might have to try Pockethosts as per this post http://www.htc-touch-info.com/en/weather/ but it is not clear if this app works with WM 6.5. Ugh, something so simple is made so hopelessly complex. Thanks in advance.

Solved. Needed to install .NET v3.5 (as the prerequisite for) and the Weather Database Editor. In my case the latter only redirects the location the Weather app is looking for its data.

When I try and edit 2330fc3c_manila with sqllite I get an error. Something like this:
"error: can't perform the operation on a closed dataset"

Thank you very much for this. This fixed this annoying problem!

Maybe someone in HTC should do this for us all. Just a thought.

I was not able to copy/move/paste/change read-only status in any of the ways available to me (including using my computer to remotely copy/move/paste, using total commander, shutting down TF3d etc). I just plain couldn't do it. I have the stock rom for verizon CDMA Touch Pro 2. Anyways, just to let you know, there is another program available on here that did the trick (already in a cab). Here is the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=546141
I hope i saved some people half an hour of trouble at 2am (like me)
FYI, you can also rename the city in the weather tab by typing what you want in the appropriate box. For example, "Dream Vacation in Fiji"... just as long as you leave NAM|***|**|***** the same

How ?
teddy333 said:
9. Edit 2330fc3c_manila with sqlite
10. Check last fields (timezone and msid) in cities section for your town and copy them from nearest one to your town (geographically)
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I don't mean to complain but I find these directions difficult to follow... extremely frustrating giving the frustrating nature of the issue at hand: this "bug" has driven me CRAZY since I flashed.
"EDIT" how? specifically???
"Check last fields in cities section for your town" what last fields? where is the option for my/nearest town?
in which cities section/in which pop-up hierarchy? indexes > citiesAccuweathercode OR indexes > citiescountry?
I'm not a programmer or a chef so unfortunately nothing in SQLite seems readily intuitive to me.
It would be great if someone who understands this well updated this to be a little more newbie friendly.
THanks
PS-- WHEN I TRIED TO DO THIS PROCEDURE AS DIRECTED HERE I COULD NOT COPY THE EDITED 233... FILE BACK INTO THE WINDOWS FOLDER B/C I GOT "CANNOT COPY/ACCESS DENIED" MESSAGE