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OEM supplied by Schaps. This version already integrated in his last ROM.
Not like previous version, this version Profile Tab already work correctly. No need to do anything. I have use it for several days and I dont notice any notifications queue issue or wild vibrate at all.
But I do change the following:
-Installation directory change to \HTCHome instead of \Windows
-To get Brightness shortcut working, the same patch as previous version applied.
-The same patch applied to enable the Tab Setting through registry.
Other than that Nothing. Much better version than v1.5
Color version uploaded!!!!
If you are ROMcooker, download the htchome.dll for rom cooker .
Install sdkcert.cab if you have not done so.
There are about 100 pages of discussion about v1.5. Lets not repeat what have been discussed over there like: Clicking left most mail icon will take you to MMS, how to change music tab tolaunch HTC Audio Manager, and so on and so on. I dont plan to follow up closely on these thread as I think this version is very good already. Should there be any fix, change, etc please refer to the respective post.
Enjoy
Is this better than the one you had released with your kaiser skin?
Currently i am using that, is it worth me updating?
Thanks
Bennec, the one you are using is v1.5.xxxx. Very earlier and uncomplete version that has been tweaked to make it reliable enough to be used. This version is a new build with the profile tab working and additional features in the contact tab thatenable you to select what number ina contact for the speed dial. Definately worthed.
Can you post a version where the files do go in the windows directory? I want to cook this in, but not have duplicates.
TooSharp said:
Can you post a version where the files do go in the windows directory? I want to cook this in, but not have duplicates.
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you can, just use windiff on the SYS and OEM folders of your kitchen, the dump folder is created by processing these 2 folders, so any file dups will be in there BEFORE you run buildos.exe.
add you package, then run windiff ont he SYS and OEM folders, it will find the file duplicates, and delete the ones that ARE NOT from your new package!!
bennec83 said:
you can, just use windiff on the SYS and OEM folders of your kitchen, the dump folder is created by processing these 2 folders, so any file dups will be in there BEFORE you run buildos.exe.
add you package, then run windiff ont he SYS and OEM folders, it will find the file duplicates, and delete the ones that ARE NOT from your new package!!
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Maybe I should have been more clear.
When creating a rom, all files will be placed in the windows directory, if you need files in a different directory like the cab posted above you will have to use initflashfiles which just copy the files to a new folder, then you will have duplicates. I just don't want 2megs of photos in two spots.
Garphical Anomolies
@schen you need to swap some of the icons for my fixed ones!!
please Download this Original Icons Fix and add it to you package. 2 of the black and white icons (Music and People) dont react properly when you select them.
that link fixes them!! (it is not just yours, it is a common problem with all htc home plugins!!!)
TooSharp said:
Maybe I should have been more clear.
When creating a rom, all files will be placed in the windows directory, if you need files in a different directory like the cab posted above you will have to use initflashfiles which just copy the files to a new folder, then you will have duplicates. I just don't want 2megs of photos in two spots.
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Your question makes no sense then!
When you COOK this in obviously you would remove the version you already have in the ROM therefore you would not have the duplicates.
Also if you just created an package out of the cab above you will get NO initflashfiles therefore the package will install to the windows directory!!!
bennec83 said:
Your question makes no sense then!
When you COOK this in obviously you would remove the version you already have in the ROM therefore you would not have the duplicates.
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You still don't understand. My problem is NOT buildos failures. I don't want duplicates when the rom is complete. Any time you use a initflashfile you will have duplicates in the finished rom. That is what they are for. Again the problem is not with duplicates in the OEM and SYS. If you go back and check my posts you will see I helped you with this exact problem. I know how to create a rom!!!! What I don't know how to do is edit the dll file to redirect it to look in the windows directory for the png files. Hence why I'm posting.
bennec83 said:
Also if you just created an package out of the cab above you will get NO initflashfiles therefore the package will install to the windows directory!!!
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Yes you do get a initflashfile that copies all the png files to HTCHome. See attached.
schen, installed & everything working fine, except for one, am unable to use the hardware navigational pad when accessing music tab, from there u can't proceed to go up, go to ff, rw or play button.
Touchscreen function (for all of the above ff, rw & play tabs) in music tab is working though.
thanks anyway.
TooSharp said:
You still don't understand. My problem is NOT buildos failures. I don't want duplicates when the rom is complete. Any time you use a initflashfile you will have duplicates in the finished rom. That is what they are for. Again the problem is not with duplicates in the OEM and SYS. If you go back and check my posts you will see I helped you with this exact problem. I know how to create a rom!!!! What I don't know how to do is edit the dll file to redirect it to look in the windows directory for the png files. Hence why I'm posting.
Yes you do get a initflashfile that copies all the png files to HTCHome. See attached.
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Funny, i created the package and i didnt get that!!!
il have to look into the flashfile generator in using (im not using the core one that you are!!)
Thanks for the heads up and apologies for the confusion!!!
bennec83 said:
Funny, i created the package and i didnt get that!!!
il have to look into the flashfile generator in using (im not using the core one that you are!!)
Thanks for the heads up and apologies for the confusion!!!
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No problem. Thanks for the help. Sometimes it's hard to convey what you are thinking in words, especially about something so confusing.
TooSharp said:
No problem. Thanks for the help. Sometimes it's hard to convey what you are thinking in words, especially about something so confusing.
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Well then my answer to your question would be to remove the initflashfile, then everything would get installed to the windows directory and since you have no need for shortcuts, this would be fine!!!
been using this for a while and saw the new version a while ago. has option of more when u go to the 4 day detail in weather. fonts seem nicer and all. looks like a good upgrade to 1.5 Bennec83 irc bro
schen said:
OEM supplied by Schaps. This version already integrated in his last ROM.
Not like previous version, this version Profile Tab already work correctly. No need to do anything. I have use it for several days and I dont notice any notifications queue issue or wild vibrate at all.
But I do change the following:
-Installation directory change to \HTCHome instead of \Windows
-To get Brightness shortcut working, the same patch as previous version applied.
-The same patch applied to enable the Tab Setting through registry.
Other than that Nothing. Much better version than v1.5
I will create a separate Cab based on Schaps color version as well in a minute after a few try this cab with no problem.
Enjoy
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Thank you for the new version, and tab setting is essential. Thanks again!
bennec83 said:
Well then my answer to your question would be to remove the initflashfile, then everything would get installed to the windows directory and since you have no need for shortcuts, this would be fine!!!
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Just tried that. It doesn't work without the png files in the HTCHome directory. I guess we can't have everything.
The special dll for installing n Windows directory uploaded. Use that dll.
On the subject of weather plugin.
I am not sure why is there a need for a pre-configured xml file. Anyway, you need a gui to choose the city. Why not have a gui where you could enter the data which is stored on xml file. I suppose rather than sending an entire xml line when communicating with xml service, build an xml file base on the data entered via gui.
As I understand it, the DLL was just edited using a hex editor as \HTCHome and \Windows has the same number of characters, it sounds like it wasn't a decompile thing or something like that.
I'm not at home at the mo so I can't check but if you load the DLL up into a hex editor (winhex?) then replace all the \HTCHome text with \Windows, you should be good to go.
This is just my uderstanding though of what I've read in the previous....saga
Smiffy.
schen said:
The special dll for installing n Windows directory uploaded. Use that dll.
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Thanks for the fix!!
THIS IS MY WM6.1 ROM KITCHEN
≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈
{REMEMBER IM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRAKE YOUR PHONE}
{REMEMBER IM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRAKE YOUR PHONE}
{REMEMBER IM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRAKE YOUR PHONE}
{STEP 1}
EXTRACT ExcaliburKitchen.ZIP TO C:\
{STEP 2}
DOWNLOAD MY ROM FROM HERE:- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=387355
IF YOU DONT WHAT TO DOWNLOAD MY ROM THEN DOWNLOAD KAVANAS FROM HERE:- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=374890
{STEP 3}
EXTRACT THE ROM FROM THE .ZIP OR .EXE
{STEP 4}
PUT RUU_signed.nbh IN TO C:\ExcaliburKitchen\SOURCE
{STEP 5}
NOW CLICK ON (1) DumpOS.bat
{STEP 6}
NOW GOTO WORK FOLDER AND YOU'LL SEE A FOLDER CALLED DUMP GO INTO IT
{STEP 7}
NOW IN THIS FOLDER YOU CAN ADD WHAT YOU WHAT AND YOU CAN TAKE THINGS OUT OF THE ROM
{STEP 8}
IN THE DUMP FOLDER YOU'LL FIND A FILE CALLED InitCmd.ccs IN THIS FILE IS WERE YOU PUT THE START MENU LINK AND THE REGISTRY SETTING FOR YOUR SOFTWARE
IF YOU OPEN IT WITH NOTEPAD IT WILL LOOK LIKE THIS FOR THE LINKS:-
------------------------------------------------------------------
LINK %M\Messaging.lnk,:MSINBOX,,:mailapp
LINK %M\Settings.lnk,:MSSettings,,:settings
LINK %M\Contacts.lnk,:MSCONTACTS,,:contactsapp
LINK %M\Calendar.lnk,:MSCALENDAR,,:calendarapp
LINK %M\Internet Explorer.lnk,:MSPIE,,eapp
LINK %M\Windows Media.lnk,wmplayer.exe,,:mediaplayerapp
LINK %M\Pictures & Videos.lnk,:MSPIMG,,imgapp
LINK %M\File Explorer.lnk,:MSFEXPLORE,,:fexplore
LINK %M\Speed Dial.lnk,:MSScut,,:scutapp
LINK %M\Call History.lnk,:MSClog,,:clogapp
LINK %M\Voice Notes.lnk,:MSTVNOTES,,:notesapp
LINK %M\Tasks.lnk,:MSTASKS,,:tasksapp
LINK %M\ActiveSync.lnk,:MSSYNCAPP,,:syncapp
LINK %M\Camera.lnk,Camera.exe,/i,:cameraapp
LINK %M\Video Recorder.lnk,Camera.exe,/v,:videoapp
LINK %M\Welcome Center.lnk,:MSWelcomeCenter,,:welcomecenterapp
LINK %M\Windows Live.lnk,WLMLauncher.exe,,:WLMLauncher
LINK %M\Messenger.lnk,WLMMessenger.exe,,:WLMMessenger
LINK %M\Text Notes.lnk,TextNotes.exe,,:textnotesapp
LINK %M\Java VM.lnk,jbed.exe
TO ADD YOUR LINK TO YOUR START MENU ADD YOUR LINK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LINKS EG:-
LINK %M\Video Recorder.lnk,Camera.exe,/v,:videoapp
LINK %M\Welcome Center.lnk,:MSWelcomeCenter,,:welcomecenterapp
LINK %M\Windows Live.lnk,WLMLauncher.exe,,:WLMLauncher
LINK %M\Messenger.lnk,WLMMessenger.exe,,:WLMMessenger
LINK %M\Text Notes.lnk,TextNotes.exe,,:textnotesapp
LINK %M\Java VM.lnk,jbed.exe
LINK %M\XXXX XXX.lnk,XXXXXX.EXE
AND FOR THE REGISTRY IT WILL LOOK LIKE THIS:-
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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Layouts\e0010409]
"Ime File"="et9ime.dll"
"Layout Text"="eT9 IME"
"Keyboard Layout"="00000409"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tegic\eT9]
"AvailableLanguages"="0109,0105,0113,011B,011F,0108,0115,0116,0118,010E"
"DefaultLanguage"=dword:00000109
"InstallFolder"="\\Windows"
"ShowExactKeyStrokeThreshold"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tegic\eT9\IME]
TO ADD YOUR SOFTWARE REGISTRY ADD IT TO THE REGISTRY PART AT THE BOTTOM EG:-
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\CHome\DefaultSettings\Settings\Launch]
"GUID"="{4B998C14-3801-4a8e-9B20-5DFE58B19C39}"
"PLUGINICONNAME"="CHomeGeneric_Settings_PluginIcon.png"
"PICTURES"="\\windows\\CHome_settings_launch.png"
"SK2URL"=":MSSettings;home_setup.cpl.xml"
"TITLETEXT"="Settings"
"TEXT1"="CHome Settings"
"TEXT2"=""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\CHome\DefaultSettings\Settings\XXXXX]
"GUID"="{4B998C14-3801-4a8e-9B20-5DFE58B19C39}"
"PLUGINICONNAME"="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
"PICTURES"="\\windows\\XXXXXXXXXX"
"SK2URL"=":MSSettings;XXXXXXXXX"
"TITLETEXT"="XXXXXXXX"
"TEXT1"="XXXXXXXXXXX"
"TEXT2"="XXXXX"
THEN SAVE IT
{STEP 9}
CLICK ON BUILDOS.DAT WAIT TO ITS FINSHED THEN IT WILL OPEN htcrt WHICH CONVERTS THE NB TO NBH
1 CLICK BUILD
2 CLICK DEVICE
3 PICK Excalibur
4 CLICK OS THEN FIND 02_OS.nb IN C:\ExcaliburKitchen\Work AND CLICK ON IT
5 CLICK SPLASH FIND 00_MainSplash.nb IN C:\ExcaliburKitchen\Work AND CLICK ON IT
6 CLICK ON RADIO THEN FIND 01_GSM.nb C:\ExcaliburKitchen\Work AND CLICK ON IT
7 ENTER ANY VERSION NUMBER YOU LIKE THEN CLICK BUILD A WINDOW WILL OPEN GO TO C:\ExcaliburKitchen\FLASH ROM\ AND SAVE AS RUU_signed.nbh
THEN FLASH YOUR PHONE WITH YOUR NEW ROM
REMEMBER IM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRAKE YOUR PHONE
By RickWyatt @ xda developers
heres the link :- http://rapidshare.com/files/119437757/ExcaliburKitchen.zip
What if there is no InitCmd.ccs file? Trying to use TMO WM6 ROM. This is the same problem I had trying to use the other kitchens (I thought it was me).
Boo Boo looks almost like a clean ROM:
Tried anyways only removing the handango in hand links (two files) from the rom and built RUU_signed.nbh with os only. Flashed fine with no issues, but most T-Mobile specific apps/settings did not load and do not show in the startmenu. TMO homescreens, ringtones, favorites, etc did not get placed/installed correctly. MyFaves (HTC App) seems to have installed correctly although it tries to load TMO homescreen which is now in the Windows directory, TMO Internet Settings loaded, but the startmenu is laid out differently. Most TMO Customizations just got installed in Windows directory where they will not install (homescreens, ringtones, etc. don't work under Windows directory). The files are there, but the phone runs as if they are missing (almost like running the Brightpoint ROM). The only TMO customizations Visible are the Startup and Shutdown screens, and winwap. Somehow the TMO customizations did not get loaded, but everything seems to work fine.
Recommend the following changes to make the kitchen more universal.
added command to DumpOS.bat
ren *os.nb os.nb
changed filename in BuildOS.bat to os.nb
Just an idea since not all ROM's have the same XX_os.nb filename.
ROM Cooking Hints?
Hi Ricky, and thanks a lot for such a good work, and sharing your knowledge !!!
A couple of questions around ROM cooking ...
- How does ROM size affect WM? I mean, adding files, apps, etc. to the rom makes WM having less memory to run programs or store files, or run slower, for example?
- I guess adding more and more files might create a ROM that does not fit in the Excalibur and might break it if flashed. How can we know when to stop adding stuff?
Thanks!!
EarthQ said:
Hi Ricky, and thanks a lot for such a good work, and sharing your knowledge !!!
A couple of questions around ROM cooking ...
- How does ROM size affect WM? I mean, adding files, apps, etc. to the rom makes WM having less memory to run programs or store files, or run slower, for example?
- I guess adding more and more files might create a ROM that does not fit in the Excalibur and might break it if flashed. How can we know when to stop adding stuff?
Thanks!!
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if you add stuff to the rom it will slow down the rom but not to much & if you take things out of the rom it will get faster
and if you add to much software then the kitchen will crash
How do you remove programs? What all do you need to delete to safely remove it from your phone?
Did my first attempt at cooking. IT was successful, and I am using it know, but some changes, such as files I added to the InitCmd.tgz worked, and were extracted fine. Other tweaks, such as changing a CPanel's contents and adding media to the windows folder did not work, and came out as if I hadn't changed anything at all.
Do I need to make Cpanel changes in two places (Initcmd and somewhere else?) Is there another step to making files "stick"?
you also have to edit user.hv and default.hv
rickwyatt said:
you also have to edit user.hv and default.hv
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Thank you!
rickwyatt said:
you also have to edit user.hv and default.hv
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Ok, I don't get it. Rick, or anyone, can you explain the work flow a little more? I can't find a user.hv, or a default.hv in the dump contents, nor do I know what to do when I do find them. I see there is a assembler/disassembler toolset in the kitchen, but it fails to find any .hv's either. Is there anything missing in the steps above?
Profezza said:
Ok, I don't get it. Rick, or anyone, can you explain the work flow a little more? I can't find a user.hv, or a default.hv in the dump contents, nor do I know what to do when I do find them. I see there is a assembler/disassembler toolset in the kitchen, but it fails to find any .hv's either. Is there anything missing in the steps above?
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you have to unhide system files what you have to do is move user.hv and default.hv to to edit user.hv&default.hv folder press disassemble.dat it the make to more files called HKCU.reg and HKLM.reg now download emediter freeware and save HKCU.reg and HKLM.reg UTF-16LE Now move HKCU.reg to notepad2.exe edit it then press save do the same for HKLM.reg then what you do is make a dump folder then press Reassemble.dat if there is no errors in the hv files then you will find user.hv and default.hv in the dump folder that you just made if the is an error it command prompt will tell you were the error is once dont move the hv files back to you dump folder
I think I got all that! Thanks a bunch.
Rickwyatt,
When I run Disassemble.bat it tells me it can't find the default.hv and user.hv file and then it tells me that there is no regedit4.txt file in the Resources directory.
I checked the locations of the files, and there isn't a regedit4.txt file but the default.hv and user.hv files are right where they are supposed to be. Any ideas?
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Nevermind... unchecked the "hidden" box on the two files... it still doesn't find the regedit4.txt that it's claiming is missing
Ok, so I successfully was able to use this to mod the 1.6 Rose ROM, but I noticed that the InitCmd.ccs looks far different. How do I edit the menu items in this ROM?
Specifically I am wanting to remove a bunch of stuff I don't use from the ROM:
- Orneta Calculator
- OMAP Clock
- Getting Started
- SMS Tool Pack
- Light Config
- Messenger
- Streaming Media
- Windows Live
- Resco Explorer
- CHome
Also if anyone can post the list of files that I would need to delete out of the exploded ROM for the above, that would be great... especially CHome.
I do want to give this ROM serious props. I love it! I just want to pare down the things I personally have no interest in using, but I don't want to delete the wrong files, and/or not remove the menu items in the ROM for them.
Rickwyatt,
The Disassemble.bat file keeps crashing. It tells me that regedit4.txt not found in the Resources directory. It creates a hkcu.txt and an hklm.txt file though.
open hkcu.txt hklm.txt then add REGEDIT4 to the top line then save rename hkcu.txt hklm.txt to hkcu.reg hklm.reg
New HTCRT.exe version 1.1.4
windows media player playing not smooth.
One bug in my own rom (base on your kitchen): Windows media player playing not smooth. How can i fix it, what reg can i edit?
travis.garrison said:
Ok, so I successfully was able to use this to mod the 1.6 Rose ROM, but I noticed that the InitCmd.ccs looks far different. How do I edit the menu items in this ROM?
Specifically I am wanting to remove a bunch of stuff I don't use from the ROM:
- Orneta Calculator
- OMAP Clock
- Getting Started
- SMS Tool Pack
- Light Config
- Messenger
- Streaming Media
- Windows Live
- Resco Explorer
- CHome
Also if anyone can post the list of files that I would need to delete out of the exploded ROM for the above, that would be great... especially CHome.
I do want to give this ROM serious props. I love it! I just want to pare down the things I personally have no interest in using, but I don't want to delete the wrong files, and/or not remove the menu items in the ROM for them.
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Looking to dump a lot of the same things. If I remove them from the "dump" folder, is that the end of it or do registry settings need to be removed as well. First time doing something like this, thanks for the help and patience.
Instead of going through this tedious process.. why not start with a very light version of the ROM and just add what you need ?
- Michy's Installer -
Have you ever got an "Installation Unsuccesfull" message? Or a "Uninstall failed" message? Or worst thing an "Missing privileges" while installing a cab?
Now this messages are gone. With my installer, which is a complete Wceload and uninstaller replacement, any installation will complete without any problem
Main features:
Full repleacement for winceload
Select if you want or not to run setup dlls
Avoid failing for missing privileges
Get the space that an'installed app consumes after installing too
Search within your device the cabs you have and select what you want to install
Analyze FB_Install folders
Batch cabs installation
Installation processes can be aborted any time
If you are overwriting exes, they will be automatically terminated before installing
Advanced cab analyzer (view files contained, shortcut, regs, extract them......etc)
- MichyPrima_UC -
This system will let you to install:
.reg
.cab
.rgu
.xml
.provxml
.exe
Putting them in your SD/Microdrive/Diamond internal storage in the folder FB_Install. And them will be installed at first boot.
Information about files you can install:
- Files .cab -
For a base installation of cabs you can put them in the folder FB_Install. Setup DLL will not be executed to avoid setup freezes. Anyway, there are ways to customize how your cab will be installed:
Installation to SD
Installation to MD
Activating Setup DLL
Possibility to use wceload to install (not advised)
For using them:
If your cab is mycab.cab and you want to install it to sd, simply create a file called mycab.tosd. if you want to install to MD, the name will be mycab.tomd, if you want to enable setup dll, the name will be mycab.enabledll. If you want to install using wceload... use .old extension.
- Files .reg, .rgu, .provxml e .xml -Simply put them to FB_Install directory
- Files EXE - For a simple execution put them in FB_Install folder. If you need command line arguments, simply put them in a file called as your exe, but with .arguments extension.
- All files - All files can be skipped using .skip extension. eg if your file is mycab.cab , create a file with mycab.skip and it will not considered
- Other special functions: -
File/folder structure restore
Creating the structure on SD it will be reversed into storage. We have more than only one folder where we can put our files (in FB_Install):
CopyInWindowsFolder (\windows)
CopyInProgramsFolder (\windows\start menu\programs)
CopyInProgramFilesFolder (\program files)
CopyInFavoritesFolder (\windows\favorites)
CopyInFontsFolder (\windows\fonts)
CopyInStartupFolder (\windows\startup)
CopyInRootFolder (\)
So, for copy/overwrite files in windows folder, only thing you need is to create a folder in FB_Install with name CopyInWindowsFolder. This is a recursive copy, so all subfolders will be copied.
Shortcut restoring
You can specificate the shortcut to create in shortcuts.txt file and put it in FB_Install folder. Each line will be a shortcut to create. The first part of the line contains where the shortcut will be, 2nd where the shortcut will point. The two parts are separated by ":".
We have ids there to:
%SD% (\storage card)
%PROGRAMS_STARTMENU% (\windows\start menu\programs)
%PROGRAM_FILES% (\program files)
%STARTUP% (\windows\startup)
%MYDOCUMENTS% (\my documents)
Example line:
%PROGRAMS_STARTMENU%\Test.lnk:%SD%\myprogram.exe
This line will create a "Test.lnk" in programs which points to \storage card\myprogram.exe.
Possibility to avoid final reset (not advised)
Just create a file with name NoResetAtEnd without extension in FB_Install folder.
Possibility to temporarily skip customization
Just create a file with name SkipCustomization without extension in FB_Install folder.
Do you want to process config lines to runcc?
Create a file with name AddToConfig.txt and there put your config lines.
Possibility to delete files or folder
Create a file with name Delete.txt. Each line is something to delete. You can use IDs as shortcuts
All I have to say is
Wow, sounds extremely "will have it now"!
Cool
Michy,
This shold be a nice addition to the tool box.
cheers
BR
Attempt of graceful recovery from dbl post
Cool
Michy,
Very nice work. I can't wait to see this released.
Cheers
BR
Michy, you are great!!
Wow, this must have been a LOT of work. Tnx a lot for your efforts!!
Sounds great!
Sounds very useful for those of us that change roms often.
Good work.
PS
My personal holy grail would be an APP that records changes as apps are installed to a point where I am happy then be able to gather all of the changes and build an install routine! Am I dreaming?
Wow sounds awesome and a gui, can't wait & thankyou
SIMPLY AMAZING!!!! cant wait...this should save me tons of time, and unlike other appz this seems easy 2 use and great!!!....thanks for ALL the hard work! ..waiting patiently
ehi my friends! good job, I'm sure that this program is excellent as the other your developments!
Put it online
This sounds amazing!!!
Italians do it very well!!!
Translators needed!!!
Please if anyone interested translating my application, this is the english file to translate and post back:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16" standalone="yes"?>
<Language>
<FormMain>
<ListviewColumn1>File</ListviewColumn1>
<ListviewColumn2>Dest</ListviewColumn2>
<ListviewColumn3>Instl.Size</ListviewColumn3>
<ReadyMsg>Ready.</ReadyMsg>
<AbortSoftKey>Abort</AbortSoftKey>
<InstallingMsg>Installing </InstallingMsg>
<AddItemBtn>Add item</AddItemBtn>
<RemoveItemBtn>Remove item</RemoveItemBtn>
<InstallSoftKey>Install</InstallSoftKey>
<MenuSoftKey>Menu</MenuSoftKey>
<MenuItem1>Exit</MenuItem1>
<MenuItem2>About</MenuItem2>
<MenuItem3>Clear list</MenuItem3>
<MenuItem4>Enable setup dll</MenuItem4>
<MenuItem5>Get cabs from storages</MenuItem5>
<MenuItem6>Load FB_Install folders</MenuItem6>
<MenuItem7>Uninstaller</MenuItem7>
<MenuItem8>Cab Info</MenuItem8>
<Msg1>Not enough space for this cab: </Msg1>
</FormMain>
<SearchCabsForm>
<Title>SearchCabs</Title>
<ListViewColumn1>File</ListViewColumn1>
<OkSoftKey>Ok</OkSoftKey>
<MenuSoftKey>Menu</MenuSoftKey>
<MenuItem1>Refresh</MenuItem1>
<MenuItem2>Select all</MenuItem2>
<MenuItem3>Unselect all</MenuItem3>
<MenuItem4>Invert</MenuItem4>
<MenuItem5>Cancel</MenuItem5>
</SearchCabsForm>
<SelectCabDialog>
<Title>Select cabs</Title>
<OkSoftKey>Ok</OkSoftKey>
<MenuSoftKey>Menu</MenuSoftKey>
<MenuItem1>Up</MenuItem1>
<MenuItem2>Select all</MenuItem2>
<MenuItem3>Unselect all</MenuItem3>
<MenuItem4>Invert</MenuItem4>
<MenuItem5>Cancel</MenuItem5>
</SelectCabDialog>
<SelectDestinationDialog>
<Title>SelectDestinationDialog</Title>
<OkSoftKey>Ok</OkSoftKey>
<CancelSoftKey>Cancel</CancelSoftKey>
</SelectDestinationDialog>
<Uninstaller>
<Title>Uninstaller</Title>
<ListviewColumn1>App</ListviewColumn1>
<ListviewColumn2>Mem.Usg.</ListviewColumn2>
<UninstallSoftKey>Uninstall</UninstallSoftKey>
<RefreshSoftKey>Refresh</RefreshSoftKey>
</Uninstaller>
</Language>
the filename should be Installer_CID.xml where cid is your cid. eg for italian: 410, english 409.
Edit: of course the italian one is already made by me
Thst is a great tool, anxiously waiting for release! Thank you sooo much!
Looks like a great tool ,and tools like this make other phones look primitive
Russian?
I might do a Russian translation. as soon as I have the time. in any case, I wanted to subscribe, so I made a post.
Looking forward to the release. when is it?
looks like an awesome tool... is it gsm specific or will it run on cdma phones?
Wow, nice release!! simple but powerful =)
benoahriz said:
looks like an awesome tool... is it gsm specific or will it run on cdma phones?
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Should work fine on CDMA devices. A CAB's a CAB, CDMA or GSM
Dave
***CHANGE LOG START
2009-09-23
- New:file preview (please note that cou can even preview manila encoded images inside cab file, since they are converter internaly!)
- in preview you can choose to extract manila file or PNG image.
- bug fixes, cosmetic changes... new bugs ...
- you probably realized that I publish versions I got at the moment - raw, not too much tested, relative big changes from day to day, version is detected by the pub date... so expect new staf soon...
- !!! IMPORTANT !!! Please download cfc.exe and put it at c:\windows\ "c:\windows\cfc.exe" !!! Download last version from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2798441&postcount=1 !!!
(without cfc.exe app won't be able to decode mailla images)
2009-09-22
**IF YOU HEVE BEEN HERE PLEASE READ THE WHOLE POST SINCE IT IS ALL UPDATED!!!
- "Cab Album" support:
A Cab Album is collected information about many Cab files in one place.
Application will here "create" a new Cab Album by scaning folder. (It is possible to include subfolders in search path.)
Since creating a "Cab album" could be time consuming (depends on how many files it has to scan),
collected information - an "Album" can be saved (in xml structured file).
So next time, you can just use the same information by "loading" a saved album from disk (without scaning again).
Creating album is the process that will
a) detact all *.cab files in scaning folder (and subfolders)
b) for each found cab, program will try to locate "_setup.xml" within .cab file and extract information about real / target file names and paths
c) all information will be collected to memory
After that you will be able to
a) browse an album by cab files (from the tree)
b) browse an album by target file names (also from the tree where these files are grouped an counted)
c) search / filter the album by target file names
Also you can
a) click on "save" icon to save the album.
b) double click on cab file (lef side - tree) to open separate window tith that cab info
c) double click on file on the right side to extract it on disk
2009-09-21
- new version suports drag & drop files (from windows explorer)
- small cosmetic changes
2009-09-19
- first published version
***CHANGE LOG END
DID you ever try to find some fine resource (manila file, bmp for phone skin ... or whatever), which you know you have seen somewhere. And you are sure you got it somewhere on your hard or stick or ....
DID you ever wanted to create a new skin based on a few existing skins in some cab files.
DID you ever ask yourself - what will that XY.cab install on my device? Will it remove parst of my customization that I don't want to be changed?
In case you didn't this app is probably NOT for you.
But if you DID then you probably know that
a) most cab extractors will NOT extract files with the correct filenames on your hard disk.
Instead of some "5acc5861_manila" that will be installed on your device, what you get on your pc is some file named "0CABA635.001".
The real target file name "5acc5861_manila" is actually set in _setup,xml which is part of cab file for mobile device.
b) it is hard to find all "5acc5861_manila" resources on your hard disk without decompression of all cab files, and fixing a problem described before - see a
What do you think about a new point of view - an "Album" view.
Album view will help you to "scan" your hard disk folders, searching for cab files, extacting information from them (without extracting cab files on disk), and collecting all important information in one Album list.
That's not all.
Since "scanning" or building an album could be time consuming, you can "save" the album (xml file structure) so next time you just open existing album and you got all information very quick.
You can search albums - for example "Assets*.bmp" will find all files located in album containing dialer skins.
With another few clicks you can extract found files on disk and use you favourite tools to view or edit them.
Prease note tha this application is extended version of
"[APP][v2009-09-17] Cab utility - RENAME cab content/files to normal target names" located at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=561533
Requirements: .NET framework 3.5 on your PC
BTW: If someone know some good .NET library for converting / previewing or updating _manila files please do let me know.
Also if someone would like to use some of functionality of this app in other projects ... I will be glad if I can help providing details about my libraries.
I hope you'll like it...
Weeeeeeeeeeell
Awesome thank you!
UPDATE
Missing drag & drop support was anoying, so I add it to v2009-09-21.
You can find / download new version in fist post
cablib error
I get an error when opening a cab-file:
FileLoadExeption
Could not load file or assembly 'Cablib, version 10.3.0.0 ... or one of its dependencies. This application has failed to star because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. (Exception from HRESULT:0x800736B1)
cc62 said:
I get an error when opening a cab-file:
FileLoadExeption
Could not load file or assembly 'Cablib, version 10.3.0.0 ... or one of its dependencies. This application has failed to star because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. (Exception from HRESULT:0x800736B1)
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Yes in some systems you can get this error. On my laptop I have no problems but on my home PC I had exat the same error.
What I did to solve this problem is to replace version of CabLib, and also I put 2 dlls in the same folder where is application.
You can find CabLibFix in additional attachment in first post. Just put those files in the same directory (replace existing CabLib + additional 2 new files).
Please do let me know if that helps
Could not load file or assembly 'Cablib
Please note that v2009-09-22 should fix problems with error "Could not load file or assembly 'Cablib.." on some systems.
"FIx files" are included in that version, so I removed "fix..." archive.
However if you still have problems please do let me know,
thanks
v2009-09-22
v2009-09-22 works like a charm.
Thank you again
v2009-09-23 now has image / text preview + info about manila type of file (xml, SQLite, Lua_Script, Mode_9 ...)
Also you preview manila IMAGE files (decoded using cfc.exe to png)
The only inconvinience is that I manage to hardcode path to cfc.exe ( "c:\windows\cfc.exe").
Sory!
Error on win64 with an 'any CPU' build
Hi
We are using your CabLib.dll v2009-09-23 to load cab files inside our c# application. It works really well, except for one case.
When we build the application for target 'any cpu' and then install on a windows xp64 machine, we get an error message:
System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'CabLib, Version=10.3.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5c838b77b53f84a0' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.
File name: 'CabLib, Version=10.3.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5c838b77b53f84a0'
Everything works fine when we change the target to 'x86', but that then causes problems with our test suite. The 'Any CPU' build only fails in x64 machines.
I was wondering how you build your DLL and if you have any ideas to help us fix this problem.
Here's my config:
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
Version 9.0.30729.1 SP
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 3.5 SP1
The build and test is on an xp64 SP2 machine.
-- update --
I've also found that aiCabExplorer.exe has the same problem on my win64 machine. I see you are including the 32 bit C run time DLL's which you provide in the release - that appears to be the problem, as the OS is trying to dynamically link against the 64 bit version of MSCOREE.DLL, KERNEL32.DLL, OLE32.DLL and OLEAUT32.DLL and doesn't like mixing them up.
So the solution, I think, is for you to build without explicit dependencies on the 32 bit libraries. Is there any chance of getting a version like that?
Thanks,
Mark
Hi,
I use this app all the time.
Super duper.
Thank you very much.
Keith
Seems great Gonna try it
HOW TO COOK ROMS USING SPOCKY'S KITCHEN
1. Download the kitchen and unzip it.
2. Download the eXpo or IQ base rom and place it in the folder BaseRom\GW820 (the file will have a dz extention)
3. Launch Start.bat and enter 7 and press enter. This will allow the kitchen to know you are building a rom for the for the eXpo/IQ.
4. Press a then enter. This will extract the files you need to build a rom from the .dz file.
5. Press b then enter. This will extract the files from the flash.bin file. It will also create a xip.bin file in
TOOLS\XIPPORT. If you are not porting a new build don't worry about the xip.bin file. If you are porting
a new build we will get to that soon.
6. Press c then enter. This will extract the sys files and the oem files into the temp\dump folder.
7. Now you are going to arrange your files that are in temp\dump into two separate folders OEM\GW820
and SYS\YourBuildVersion (eg. SYS\23563). Here is what you will put in each folder:
*Note: If you are porting a new build (such as a 6.5.5 build) you will be downloading the files that
match your build and will not find them in the temp\dump folder.
a. You will see a folder named OEM. Take the contents of that folder and put it into OEM\GW820.
b. Now you will create 3 folders within SYS\YourBuildNumber. DPI_192, dpi_192_resh_480_resv_800,
and SHARED.
c. Now within each of those folders you will create two folders; 0409 and COMMON.
d. Now go back to temp\dump (I recommend having two windows open. One for temp\dump and the
the other for SYS\YourBuildNumber.) Go into the temp\dump\SYS\0409 folder. Now copy every folder
ending in Lang_0409_DPI_192 into your DPI_192\0409 folder.
e. Next copy all files ending in DPI_192 from temp\dump\SYS\COMMON folder to your
DPI_192\COMMON.
f. After that copy Base_Lang_0409_DPI_192_RESH_480_RESV_800 and
Themes_Lang_0409_DPI_192_RESH_480_RESV_800 from temp\dump\0409 folder to
your dpi_192_resh_480_resv_800\0409.
g. Next copy base_dpi_192_resh_480_resv_800, MediaOS_dpi_192_resh_480_resv_800,
MediaOS_dpi_192_resh_480_resv_800, and Redist_dpi_192_resh_480_resv_800 from
temp\dump\SYS\COMMON to dpi_192_resh_480_resv_800\COMMON.
h. After that copy all files ending in Lang_0409 from temp\dump\SYS\0409 to SHARED\0409.
i. Finally copy all the rest of the files from temp\dump\SYS\COMMON to SHARED\COMMON.
*Note: If you are porting a build then do all of step 8. If you are rebuilding the stock rom do steps 8,
8d, 8e, 8m, 8n, and 8o. For some reason the kitchen won't build the rom properly if you don't.
8. Go back to the windows launched by start.bat. Press 9 and enter. This will bring up the options you will
use to port.
a. You will need a xip.bin that matches your build. It should come with the build files you downloaded.
b. Go to tools\xipport and rename the xip.bin that is in the folder. (eg. xip.GW820.bin) You will need this
file later.
c. Copy the xip.bin file you downloaded to tools\xipport. (Make sure it is named xip.bin)
d. On the start.bat windows press j and enter to launch xipport.
e. Click dump xip.bin
f. Click "make pkgs".
g. Now, you've got a "out" folder with files and modules separated in different subfolders.
Rename the out folder into something else. (eg. OUT.235xx).
h. Delete the downloaded xip.bin (or rename it if you want to save it) and rename the original
xip.bin back to xip.bin.
i. Repeat steps 8d-8f.
j. Now, you've got a out folder with files and modules separated in different subfolders from eXpo/IQ
base ROM.
k. Now replace modules\msxipkernel and files\msxipkernel with the ones from the newer xip.
(folder OUT.235xx)
l. Click "undo" to flatten out folder again.
m. Bring up the start.bat windows agin. Press k and enter. When a message tells you so, click "realloc
p", "write maps", "build xip_out.bin (ignore error messages in reallocp part). And finally, hit a key on
the dos prompt to finish this step (DO NOT HIT A KEY BEFORE BUILDING XIP WITH XIPPORT ELSE IT
WON'T WORK).
n. Bring up the start.bat windows and press "l" and enter to use the new xip in the kitchen
(xip_out.bin).
o. In the start.bat window press 9 and enter to go back to the normal options. (Now you have
everything you need to port. Proceed to step 9)
9. Bring up the start.bat windows and press d and enter. This will dump your xip.bin file.
10. Go to the ROM\GW820 folder. You will see a XIP folder. Go into that folder and then go into the
WinCENLS_WWE folder and copy the wince.nls file. Now go into the OEMXIPKERNEL and paste wince.nls in
there. After that copy the OEMXIPKERNEL folder. Next create a folder in ROM\GW820 and name it your
build # (eg. 23563). Now paste OEMXIPKERNEL into that folder. After that copy MSXIPKernel from
ROM\GW820\XIP. Go to ROM\SHARED and create a folder and name it your build # (eg. 23563). Paste
MSXIPKernel into that folder. It is important both folders are named the same.
*Note for those that are porting:
If you are porting a new build you need to go to TOOLS\XIPPORT\OUT.235xx\FILE\MSXIPKernel
and copy 723fb954-d931-4348-b672-82a188e587b5.dsm
After that paste the file in ROM\SHARED\YourBuildNumber\MSXIPKernel. This will allow the correct build
number to show in the about screen on your device
11. Bring up the start.bat window again. Press e and enter to launch the ervius visual platformrebuilder.
(Note: If building with vista or windows 7 you will need to right click on erviuskitchen, select
properties,choose the compatibility tab, check Run this program as an administrator, and click ok).
Once it is launched you will need to set a few options on the top bar of the kitchen. First select
GW820 as your device. Then select your rom res. Choose dpi_192_resh_480_resv_800. After that
select your XIP and SYS Builds. Finally you can select to leave out certain SYS files from your rom, but
do be warned that leaving out some SYS files can result in a rom that won't boot. Once you have
made all your selections click create rom. The kitchen will now build your rom. When it is done it will
launch a flashing program just exit it and the visual kitchen. Go back to the start.bat prompt.
12. Press f and enter. This will build the new imgfs.bin.
13. Press g and enter. This will build the new flash.bin.
There is an additional step for IQ owners. Download this ADD-ON FILE and place it in Baserom\GW820. Without it
you won't be able to repack the rom into a dz file.
14. Press h and enter. Then enter a name for your new rom (no spaces) and press enter. It will then create
a new dz file for you. You can find it in BuiltRom\GW820. It will be called rom.dz. This is the file you will
use to flash your phone.
Your rom is now built. Good luck and I can't wait to see what you guys cook up.
Here is the link to Spocky's Kitchen:
Spocky's LG Multidevice Kitchen 2.2
eXpo Add-on Package:
eXpo Add-on Part 1
expo Add-on Part 2
IQ Add-on Package:
IQ Add-on Part 1
IQ Add-on Part 2
Note 1: To use an add-on download all parts to the same folder and extract Part 1. Part 2 will extract automatically. Once they are extracted move the folders to your kitchen, overriding the existing folders.
Note 2: IQ users - If you are using the add-on package; remove fwua.mbn from Baserom\GW820 and place it back in there when after step 13.
Note 3: If you use the add-on only do steps 1-3, 5, 8, 8d, 8e, 8m, 8n, 8o, 9, and 11-14. If you are porting arrange your folders like in step 7 and also do all of step 8 and step 10.
Note 4: Step 9 needs to be done because there is a process in step 9 other than dumping the xip.bin that allows the ervius visual platformrebuilder to build a rom correctly.
Reserved for future use.
Awesome Tutorial Dark, thanks.
I hope questions are OK in this thread (being a sticky and all)
In the process of cooking my own ROM, I figured I would start by dumping and building a stock Telus IQ ROM.
I was able to get it to build and flash, but for some reason none of my mxip*.provxml files were processed. I don't mean user created mxip*.provxml files, I haven't changed anything in the ROM yet.
This is immediately apparent because if mxipupdate_metabase_001.provxml is not processed, themes do not work.
As a test, I renamed it to mxipupdate_metabase_001.xml and loaded it with FdcSoft Taskmanager and themes started working again.
They are all there in \Windows, they just didn't get processed.
Any ideas?
Note that I used Platformrebuilder to process my packages, not Visual Kitchen.
trueg said:
I hope questions are OK in this thread (being a sticky and all)
In the process of cooking my own ROM, I figured I would start by dumping and building a stock Telus IQ ROM.
I was able to get it to build and flash, but for some reason none of my mxip*.provxml files were processed. I don't mean user created mxip*.provxml files, I haven't changed anything in the ROM yet.
This is immediately apparent because if mxipupdate_metabase_001.provxml is not processed, themes do not work.
As a test, I renamed it to mxipupdate_metabase_001.xml and loaded it with FdcSoft Taskmanager and themes started working again.
They are all there in \Windows, they just didn't get processed.
Any ideas?
Note that I used Platformrebuilder to process my packages, not Visual Kitchen.
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Use the visual kitchen. LG roms are weird. They are built differently than those from HTC.
But isn't Visual Kitchen just a front end for Platformrebuilder? I would prefer not to use Visual Kitchen if at all possible.
Hmm, I'm having the same problem when I use Visual Kitchen.
trueg said:
Hmm, I'm having the same problem when I use Visual Kitchen.
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Idk if its the same issue, but im having problem with kitchen handling modules :\
I used WinDiff to compare the dump folder created by Visual Kitchen and the one created by just using Platformrebuilder and they were nearly identical. The Visual Kitchen dump had an empty folder called \build, a file called config.old and somehow a thumbs.db snuck in there. None of these would have made a difference, which explains why the resulting ROM behaves the same.
So, I'm not sure what to look at next.
It is something to do with the XIP.
Initially, I wasn't doing anything with the XIP. I just wanted to build a stock ROM, so I dumped the OEM & SYS and then built it back up with the original xip.bin. This mostly worked except for the mxip files not running.
Then I tried using the xip.bin created by Platformrebuilder (found in \temp), but that would cause my IQ to keep rebooting.
Finally, I did all of the steps involved in porting a new XIP, even though I wasn't actually porting any new code, and that worked.
Just wanted to post an update..
The issue with my provxmls not running was due to redundant DSM pointers. When Platformrebuilder creates the dump folder, it mergers all of the DSM files from the XIP & IMGFS into a single file in IMGFS. When I then used the stock xip.bin, it created redundant pointers since the same files were being referenced by the XIP and IMGFS. To correct the issue, I had to dump the XIP, delete the DSM files and then build a new xip.bin. Now all is well.
trueg said:
Just wanted to post an update..
The issue with my provxmls not running was due to redundant DSM pointers. When Platformrebuilder creates the dump folder, it mergers all of the DSM files from the XIP & IMGFS into a single file in IMGFS. When I then used the stock xip.bin, it created redundant pointers since the same files were being referenced by the XIP and IMGFS. To correct the issue, I had to dump the XIP, delete the DSM files and then build a new xip.bin. Now all is well.
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Awesome, glad you got it worked out. Now u need to help me get Sense2.5 work on our expos xD.
This Device have only one Cookers??
And You do not want more?
Cheers
Nokser said:
This Device have only one Cookers??
And You do not want more?
Cheers
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Dark's ROMs don't leave much to be desired.
I have a private build running (I know, I should share, but I cooked in stuff I "shouldn't" have .. another one will be forthcoming) and there's definitely other people over on lg-expo.com cooking.
I'd expect we'll see more in the coming weeks. Most of the (vocal) community is fairly new to cooking; and because of a number of factors, fairly small compared to others (lg-expo.com only has about 525 registered members at the time of this posting)
Understand.... thanks
I have been working on my own ROM since a day or two after I received my GW825. It's working very well, but it will probably be a little while before I post anything.
trueg said:
I have been working on my own ROM since a day or two after I received my GW825. It's working very well, but it will probably be a little while before I post anything.
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same here, ive been working on getting sense to work on my expo...its being a b%$# lol.
At one point I started porting pretty much all of the HD2 code over to my IQ. Most of it worked fine. I got bored and switched back to just LG code before I made it to SenseUI. What problems are you having?
HTC stuff not linking liking my expo lol. s2.5 can get up and working minus 2 things active desktop(pictures, weather animations work) and my locations, both things i can live without. BUT its causing my internet to not be able to connect. Ital work on first boot then after that it wont. Then if i plug my phone into my computer and it establishes a async connection after that it can connect to internet fine....
very odd lol.
xdapants said:
Dark's ROMs don't leave much to be desired.
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I would just like to clear up something about this statement. My roms are bare bones. I leave practically nothing in them so people can customize them the way they want. Some people don't like that. Apparently xdapants is one of them. Also those that want to use HTC software such as their UI, I have found that there is a lot of HTC stuff that isn't friendly with LG. There are cabs out there for those that want HTC's UI, but not all features may work. Finally, I posted the files for everything I removed so people can make cabs for any of the removed software.