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exe/dll files from Blue Angel

Now i am transrating all of exe and dll files to Jpanese for my Blue Angel.
But most of them can't read and copy to PC from ROM due to locked.
Anybody can do that?
Of course i tried to use many tools from Xda developers com, but still not succeed it.
Pls let me know how to do, or up load all of the exe/dll files(the best is the Chinese WM2003 Phone, because easy to edit chinese one to jpananese, the chalactors of japanese and chinese have very near width of each dialoge. English alsp welocme!)
You can find my work here(japanese only) http://asukal.seesaa.net/article/1486286.html
Transrated [Backlight controle panel] to jpanaese

Asukal said:
Now i am transrating all of exe and dll files to Jpanese for my Blue Angel.
But most of them can't read and copy to PC from ROM due to locked.
Anybody can do that?
Of course i tried to use many tools from Xda developers com, but still not succeed it.
Pls let me know how to do, or up load all of the exe/dll files(the best is the Chinese WM2003 Phone, because easy to edit chinese one to jpananese, the chalactors of japanese and chinese have very near width of each dialoge. English alsp welocme!)
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I suppose you need to build the ROM, using modified DLLs and EXEs. If the files are XIP and in ROM, you can't just copy it out from your /Windows.
Even if you managed to copy the files from a DUMPROM of a Blue Angel installation ROM, it is not permanent. When you perform a hard reset, your copied files will be gone.

Hi Asukal,
all you need to translate are the .mui files. Don't mess with .exe or .dll files directly.
Search the Micro$oft site how MUI works on WM2003.
Check out this thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=13714
Good luck
buzz

thanks guys!
to henrylim>>
yes i knew it will be gone after hard reset.
so i am planning to make Original Japanese ROM afer all of exe/dll were modified. but it will be long way to compliete!!! how many exe/dll must be edited!!!
but now i need all of exe/dll s from ROM at the first step!!
to Buzz_lightyear>>
i tried to modefied MUI and also did it exe/dll direcly and rename MUI, both can be works<seems to be worked>>
Any way, check the thread you mention and study more! thanks!

How to Change Bitmap in Software Keyboard?

All the nordic user wich have åä and ö in there keyboard often uses "scandivaisktastatur5.cab" (se attached file) to replace the orginal software keyboard in a WM6 ROM. Tho its very ugly and has the old WM5 design I would like to change the bmp picture in the dll:s inside the cab. How do I do that? I can extract the Cab file, and replace the bmp file in the dll:s but how do I make a Cab out of it again? I have tried to change the BMP picture inside the dll and then copy the dll file in the windows directory (where the dll files are extracted by the cab file) but that will not work. Can anybody help pleas??

Hi
I have already tried what you suggests with no luck. This is what I did:
1) Extracted the dll from the cab
2) Extracted the bmp from the dll with resource hacker
3) Edited the bmp in Photoshop (see the attachment)
4) Inserted the new bmp into the dll with resource hacker
5) Replaced the original dll in the cab with the new one
6) Installed the cab
...and it did not work. Maybe it has something to do with signing of the dll or something, I don't know. If someone wants to try another shot, feel free to us the attached keyboard skin.
Regards,
PK

You would have to sign this dll etc, and even then it may not work - if you cook your own rom it might, but have a look at the new app that came out recently to change the Wait cursor. See how that's been signed and the certificates it uses, with an mui file. A similar technique may help here.
V

paalkr said:
Hi
I have already tried what you suggests with no luck. This is what I did:
1) Extracted the dll from the cab
2) Extracted the bmp from the dll with resource hacker
3) Edited the bmp in Photoshop (see attachment)
4) Inserted the new bmp into the dll with resource hacker
5) Exchanged the original dll in the cab with the new one
6) Installed the cab
...and it did not work. Maybe it has something to do with signing of the dll or something, I don't know. If someone wants to try another shot, feel free to us the attached keyboard skin.
Regards,
PK
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Okaj...I did the similar thing.....but i guess that you need sign it with a certificate...I hav watched a little on that maybe making your own root certficate and sign the Dll with it, but it seams to be very complicated :-(

vijay555 said:
You would have to sign this dll etc, and even then it may not work - if you cook your own rom it might, but have a look at the new app that came out recently to change the Wait cursor. See how that's been signed and the certificates it uses, with an mui file. A similar technique may help here.
V
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Do you have a link to that??

Found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=321236
So someone know what his doing....i must be possible to do a nordic keyboard them

vijay555 said:
You would have to sign this dll etc, and even then it may not work - if you cook your own rom it might, but have a look at the new app that came out recently to change the Wait cursor. See how that's been signed and the certificates it uses, with an mui file. A similar technique may help here.
V
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Hi
Thanks for the info Vijay! BTW: I use many of the free tools you have developed for the XDA's! Thanks for the effort!
The wait cursor thing was done on WM5, right? Could we use the same certificates or does WM6 need others?
Regards,
PK

uffe6 said:
Found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=321236
So someone know what his doing....i must be possible to do a nordic keyboard them
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Hi!
I don't think the German keyboard is excactly the same thing as we try to achieve. the German one installs as an separate SIP. The SkandinaviskTastatur.cab changes the inbuilt default keyboard SIP, but there is definitely possible to learn something from the German one.
Regards,
PK

Custom Smartphone ROMS

Does anyone know how to make custom roms for devices like the Excalibur or other Smartphones. I want to remove a lot of the clutter and add some applications of my own.
JAmerican

Not there yet AFAIK.

The closest I have gotten is extracting the rom components and mixing them. I took the HTC Splash, the HTC Radio, and the T-Mobile OS; made a custom ruu and flashed successfully. Now my Dash shows HTC Screen when it boots and I have the updated Radio. I managed to dump the T-Mobile OS, but haven't been able to rebuild. HTCRT by Dark Simpson will create the ruu_signed.nbh for use with the uspl though. NBHEXTRACT will break the nbh into its components. Tried the HYPERCORE tools, that's how I got the dump of the OS, but cannot do the xip parts with these tools for some reason. PKG Tool works. Have the OEM and SYS folders, but XIP comes up empty.

This is something I hope to see... I mean why even bother with getting the HTC unbranded version if we can remove all the clutter ourselves?

momentarylapseofreason said:
This is something I hope to see... I mean why even bother with getting the HTC unbranded version if we can remove all the clutter ourselves?
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Bug fixes! Even if you build a custom rom, you would want to start with the latest available OS to get in on whatever bug fixes have been added. Then you would rip it apart and add/remove whatever you wanted. Sometimes the new OS would also have added/improved features, but the bug fixes is the main one.

mar11974 said:
The closest I have gotten is extracting the rom components and mixing them. I took the HTC Splash, the HTC Radio, and the T-Mobile OS; made a custom ruu and flashed successfully. Now my Dash shows HTC Screen when it boots and I have the updated Radio. I managed to dump the T-Mobile OS, but haven't been able to rebuild. HTCRT by Dark Simpson will create the ruu_signed.nbh for use with the uspl though. NBHEXTRACT will break the nbh into its components. Tried the HYPERCORE tools, that's how I got the dump of the OS, but cannot do the xip parts with these tools for some reason. PKG Tool works. Have the OEM and SYS folders, but XIP comes up empty.
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Thanks for the insight. I reached as for as extracting the .NBH into .NB files with OS, GSM etc. How do you extract these. The PKG Tool didn't work for me and the Hypercore tools aren't working right either.
JAmerican

Hey all,
I was able to downgrade to WM5 and I am starting to understand a few things regarding ROM building but I still don't know how to edit the Windows.nb or OS.nb file. Can anyone offer suggestions. I am trying to optimize it so that there is less clutter.
JAmerican

I was able to extract the the OS.nb before and edit it, but unfortunately, it was not fully extracted as i was hoping, at first i thought i was able to fully extract it, but when i tried to reflash again the OS, it was flashed normally but not as functional as normal one, many were not included, the Start Menu seems to be incomplete, no keypad lock, no quickapp etc... so i came up with a conclusion that it was not fully extracted..even the initflashfiles.dat were not present on the dumped files, i thought that file was the only one missing and i tried to manually copy it from /Windows/ directory and put it on the dumped files folder..but it wasn't a success.
Anyone successful to fully extract the OS? I'm slowly compiling a kitchen for Excalibur and the full extraction of the OS is only the missing part of the kitchen and i'm stuck with it. Once it is up and found a solution, then we can come up with cooked roms for Excalibur.

da_mayhem said:
I was able to extract the the OS.nb before and edit it, but unfortunately, it was not fully extracted as i was hoping, at first i thought i was able to fully extract it, but when i tried to reflash again the OS, it was flashed normally but not as functional as normal one, many were not included, the Start Menu seems to be incomplete, no keypad lock, no quickapp etc... so i came up with a conclusion that it was not fully extracted..even the initflashfiles.dat were not present on the dumped files, i thought that file was the only one missing and i tried to manually copy it from /Windows/ directory and put it on the dumped files folder..but it wasn't a success.
Anyone successful to fully extract the OS? I'm slowly compiling a kitchen for Excalibur and the full extraction of the OS is only the missing part of the kitchen and i'm stuck with it. Once it is up and found a solution, then we can come up with cooked roms for Excalibur.
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Cool. I went back to WM5 to see if it was more efficient but with all the lack of features (email instant search, alpha-dialing, file syncing, etc.) It was not worth it. I went back to WM6. I hope we can get some cook ROMS soon. I really want more usable RAM. Could you give me the exact steps you used to extract the ROM? I tried HyperCore but it doesn't work for me for some reason.
JAmerican

JAmerican said:
Cool. I went back to WM5 to see if it was more efficient but with all the lack of features (email instant search, alpha-dialing, file syncing, etc.) It was not worth it. I went back to WM6. I hope we can get some cook ROMS soon. I really want more usable RAM. Could you give me the exact steps you used to extract the ROM? I tried HyperCore but it doesn't work for me for some reason.
JAmerican
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Try this mate:
Aserg's Imgfs Tools, attached on THIS thread
Place OS.nb on the same folder then execute !UI_wwe.cmd
Choose P - Unpack OS.nb <for Herald-Prophet> to dump-folder
the ROM will be dumped on the "dump" folder, but i don't think it's a complete dump, if there's anyone knows how to do the complete dump, please share

da_mayhem said:
Try this mate:
Aserg's Imgfs Tools, attached on THIS thread
Place OS.nb on the same folder then execute !UI_wwe.cmd
Choose P - Unpack OS.nb <for Herald-Prophet> to dump-folder
the ROM will be dumped on the "dump" folder, but i don't think it's a complete dump, if there's anyone knows how to do the complete dump, please share
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Thanks for sharing! I was finally able to dump it. Now to see if I can mess around and get it to build! Wish me luck .
JAmerican

You can easily build it again, but the question again is, are the files on the dump folder complete? i wish you luck mate! keep us posted.

da_mayhem said:
You can easily build it again, but the question again is, are the files on the dump folder complete? i wish you luck mate! keep us posted.
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I deleted some files from the ROM and rebuilt it but it was in .NBA format. I don't remember exactly what I did but I think I renamed the file to .NB and made a .NBH file out of it. Then Flashed my device. I got as far as the WM screen and was stuck there. I reflashed with the Standard WM6 ROM from T-Mobile. .
I'll try some more messing around. I really want to get some cooked roms for Smartphone edition.
JAmerican

Your right about files missing. I was able to extract the ROM and its packages and get two folders (ROM and SYS) along with other packages. The program I used (Package Tool) states that I am missing the following files:
[Missing Files]
SYS\MSXIPKernel
MODULE: busenum.dll
MODULE: cachefilt.dll
MODULE: certmod.dll
MODULE: coredll.dll
MODULE: device.exe
MODULE: devmgr.dll
MODULE: diskcache.dll
MODULE: encfilt.dll
MODULE: fatfsd.dll
MODULE: fatutil.dll
MODULE: filesys.exe
MODULE: fsdmgr.dll
MODULE: fsreplxfilt.dll
MODULE: hd.dll
MODULE: imgfs.dll
MODULE: mspart.dll
MODULE: osaxst0.dll
MODULE: pm.dll
MODULE: regenum.dll
SYS\WinCENLS_WWE
File: wince.nls
OEM\LangDB
File: initflashfiles.dat
File: mxip_lang.vol
OEM\OEMXIPKERNEL
File: boot.hv
File: boot.rgu
MODULE: cecompr.dll
MODULE: ceddk.dll
MODULE: HtcFsdspy.dll
File: mxip_initdb.vol
MODULE: nk.exe
MODULE: ONDisk.dll
and these files are in the Windows folder as well as other locations on my device. The only problem is that the device denies me access to these files. Is there a way to access these DLLs with a powerful file manager. I tried Resco and Total Commander to no avail. Anyway to trick the device into allowing me to copy these files?
Thanks.
JAmerican

I believe there is a need for a simple ROM cooking procedure on devices such as Excalibur and Vox. I'm thinking of a "Norton Ghost" procedure to backup and restore the entire OS and User Filesystem partitions.
The ROM cook procedure would then be something like this:
1. customize the device (all changes stored on device memory of course)
2. backup OS partition (using special USPL)
3. backup User File System (using special USPL)
And a user would just do this:
1. restore OS partition (using RUU)
2. restore User File System (using RUU)
3. personalize device
Does that sound acceptable?

Ok so I was able to extract the T-Mobile WM6 ROM, I was able to use the Package Tool to get it seperated into a SYS and OEM folder. I deleted things like Live Messenger and Windows Live. I put the updated version of Live Search in ROM. I only added one other application, CeleTask. I didn't want to put too much work into tweaking this thing and find it not working. I am downloading the CreateOS.exe and CreateROM.bat files and will try to compile this thing. Wish me luck.
JAmerican

jockyw2001 said:
I believe there is a need for a simple ROM cooking procedure on devices such as Excalibur and Vox. I'm thinking of a "Norton Ghost" procedure to backup and restore the entire OS and User Filesystem partitions.
The ROM cook procedure would then be something like this:
1. customize the device (all changes stored on device memory of course)
2. backup OS partition (using special USPL)
3. backup User File System (using special USPL)
And a user would just do this:
1. restore OS partition (using RUU)
2. restore User File System (using RUU)
3. personalize device
Does that sound acceptable?
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Hey friend. I know this is not appropriate place to post this, but since you know my situation on the wifi of my phone. Would it be possible to put a working reverse flash of a tmobile dash onto mine and fix the wifi. I have tried everything. And you have been very helpful and it is much appreciated.

keep up the progress guys, i can't wait to try some of the cooked roms from users on this site

Good luck, i can't wait either....

Hey guys,
I used a tool to try and convert my unpacked ROM back to a packed (one folder ROM) and it deleted all my progress. Go figure. So I have to basically start all over again. This time though, instead of making all the changes. I am just going to remove like myFaves, update LiveSearch and add one of my own applications as well as one of my favorite applications and see if I can flash my Dash with it.
Somewhat but its my fault for not backing up.
JAmerican

NBH Util - Build, Sign & Extract NBH Files.

I like Dark Simpson's tool, but I always wanted an integrated tool to do the business... so here it is.
It lets you build an NBH, and sign it... if you untick the box then it will prompt you to select a certificate from your certificate store to sign with, otherwise it gets signed with the developer test cert... useful for testing of course.
Extraction of an NBH is quite fast since it just keeps portions cached in RAM until you want to dump them, this also means you're free to just extract constituent parts of the NBH as you desire rather than having to dump the whole thing.
the device configurations are in an XML file, it'll get extracted to the dir you run it from on first launch... eventually I'll make it possible to edit this from the app itself, for now, close the app and use your preferred text editor.
the beauty of the XML file is that you can list as many items as you like for constituent NBH parts, but please bear in mind they will go off the screen if you add a silly amount, but thus far I don't know of any devices in existence that could cause that.
UPDATE: found a small bug with the XML parser, fixed now
anyway, have at it:

thanks you very much

It's now my intention to begin introducing a shared certificate for everyone to utilise... I will slowly be replacing Hard-SPL with new versions that require the usage of a public signing certificate.
I will also be updating this so you can re-sign an already signed ROM

Thank you

Hi Oli,
In order to using your new certificate we should import your .pfx file into our private cert store. Am I correct? If I want to test another cert, it should be in the form of pfx file (including private and public key)?
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It's now my intention to begin introducing a shared certificate for everyone to utilise... I will slowly be replacing Hard-SPL with new versions that require the usage of a public signing certificate.
I will also be updating this so you can re-sign an already signed ROM
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Excelent thanks

This looks useful.
Downloading.
Thank you

Rhodium version?

what´s the dependencies os NBH Util!?? i try on windows 7 and the program don´t convert the os to nbh!! framework??
tks

HI all
how can i extract the rom of my pda Airis T483, is there a log ? because mine is spanish and i need an english or frensh one ...
thanks a lot

Yup, seems windows 7 doesn't like the NBH util. And making the .exe run in XP SP3 mode makes no difference...
No new boot screens for me now.

TF3D config and .theme files question

This post has 2 questions.
Intro: I have a HTC HD flashed with Dutty's 3.7 XT ROM MSVC. I have used HD tweak as the tweak tool.(I am not sure this is relevant).
1) I downloaded Diamond tf3d config and installed it. I tried running it and get an error as soon as it starts. I tried the standard fixes including deleting the tweaks file as well as ensuring the "PressureThreshold" key is a DWORD. It makes no change, the program still gives an error. Could anyone suggest a fix.
2) I want to use tf3d config only for installation of .theme files. Is there an alternate app to do this? Also I know that i can just extract the .theme file as a zip file into the windows folder and restart touchflo for changes. However how do I remove the theme? I read somewhere that I can just delete the replaced files and the original files will be self re-generated. Is this true?
Please respond.

I Dont Believe That Diamond TF3D Config Functions Properly With New Manila Someone Feel Free To Correct Me If I Am Wrong

Well, now that you mention it I remember that tf3d config worked for the stock rom which has old manilla, and doesn't work with dutty's rom with new manilla which I am now using.
So if I cant use tf3d config does anyone know an alternate way of installing .theme files other than tf3d config.

Yeah I'm interested in alternative ways to install themes aswell, can't get TF3D Config to work at all

Yeah, I finally found out that tf3dconfig does not work with the new manilla. to install the theme, change the file extension of the theme file to zip, extract and replace the contents in the windows folder. Am not too sure how to uninstall.
All this information was found after 4 days of searches in xda. the search function on the site does seem to be strange as I ended up with the relevant result on the last page.