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advice required to assist in upgrade to xda developers 1.2

hi - i have downloaded the XDA-developers-SER-v12.exe from jeff summers post at http://cuba.calyx.nl/~jsummers/XDA/XDA-developers-SER-v12.exe when i run the program it says that it cannot find the ROM image to upgrade your pocket pc please download and try again. i think my question is - how do i make the download from jeff see the rom image i have to enable it to make the modifications and then install it to my device....... many thanks in anticipation of some assistance. :?

Have you looked at the file size? I would try downloading it again, it maybe you have a corrupt or partial file.

hi thanks for your reply - i have now checked the file size - the download is 15.4 meg and the file i have is also 15.4 meg .... i will however download the file again just to eliminate the corrupt file issue and will post to this thread the results of trying to run the newly downloaded version. thanks for your reply.

i have done as i said but i still get the same error message.... 007 cant find the rom image ... can you or anyone tell me the procedure for using this developers program as per the above link from jeff... i need to know where to place the rom image so that the program can find and adjust it.

Just to check whether it's the file contents and not something else, change the file name to .zip and use Winzip to check the file. You should find a directory named \english that has a file named NK.nbf with a size of 32 MB
In that case if you have SD card and reader/writer, just move this file to the SD card and use the bootloader (power button + soft reset) to flash your XDA.

Hi thanks for your reply – I have done as you asked and yes the file does exist….. the only card reader writer I have is the xda its self via activsync – will this be suitable ?? – I have read lots of info of this site and wondered do I run the risk of destroying my xda by being of limited ability and not using a “.exe” self installing method. ?

Hi ...
If you can extract the NK.nbf file, then you can use the XDAtools from this site. Use the OSImage tool to copy the file contents to your XDA flash ROM. I would recommend taking a backup first using the same tool but with the opposit source/destination.
If you still get the error message then you are stuck to the SD card method. Up to my info (didn't try it tho), copying the file through the XDA will not work as the card will be formated during the the copying, you must use a PC reader\writer for this.
You better be very careful as YES there is always possibility to turn your XDA into a very expensive paper weight!! ... but by following the instructions it will go very smoothly.
Good luck ...

thanks i will give it my best shot and return here with the results....and possibly an expensive paper weight
many thanks.

RomDump to SD card possible on Artemis

This is a long shot, but there was a cab file knocking around the forums, I remember it from the days when i had a HTC Blue Angel. there was a cab file or file that was installed on the SD card that could take a ROM image from the device and then you could install back onto a device if the upgrade failed.
Im just wondering if this is possible and it would help those people out who have bricked there devices.
What im saying is, if i can find this cab file, i could try and get my rom dumped and maybe someone could use this to get an original o2 uk rom back onto there devices.
what do you guys think ?

joey jojo said:
This is a long shot, but there was a cab file knocking around the forums, I remember it from the days when i had a HTC Blue Angel. there was a cab file or file that was installed on the SD card that could take a ROM image from the device and then you could install back onto a device if the upgrade failed.
Im just wondering if this is possible and it would help those people out who have bricked there devices.
What im saying is, if i can find this cab file, i could try and get my rom dumped and maybe someone could use this to get an original o2 uk rom back onto there devices.
what do you guys think ?
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this would be great if you would manage.. would save my orbit!!!!!
please let me know how you get on!...

joey jojo said:
This is a long shot, but there was a cab file knocking around the forums, I remember it from the days when i had a HTC Blue Angel. there was a cab file or file that was installed on the SD card that could take a ROM image from the device and then you could install back onto a device if the upgrade failed.
Im just wondering if this is possible and it would help those people out who have bricked there devices.
What im saying is, if i can find this cab file, i could try and get my rom dumped and maybe someone could use this to get an original o2 uk rom back onto there devices.
what do you guys think ?
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hey joey jo jo... done some searches on this and came up with this link.. don't know if it's what you're thinking of - the instructions aren't for the artemis - but maybe a start?
http://www.modaco.com/Backup_your_Typhoon_ROM-t201334.html

i found this on the Hermes wiki
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_HowtoDumpRom
not sure if this is anything that will/can work, im going to have a look but im still trying to locate that cab file that i used on my years old xda 2s/ Blue angel.
i hope it does work for all you people that have paper weights
any comments from the guru's ??

Try this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=279446&page=3 talk about 3 programs...

Pocha said:
Try this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=279446&page=3 talk about 3 programs...
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interesting,
ill look at this, cheers.

i only have a 256 mb card and i need someone to let me know if that is big enough for a rom dump....... any one help with this?

seemed ok, just backing rom up now.... will try and put it into a format that can be uploaded, mine is the original rom that came with the o2 uk xda orbit, and will/should help bricked devices back to original rom.

im, currently uploading my dump to the ftp, for anyone who knows how to convert this into something flashable.
i have no idea how to do this, so if anyone knows, please do this or pm me with instructions or link and ill do it tomorrow after work.

What program you use to make the dump? I used WM5 test, and I could make a copy of active ROM, but where this progam saves the files? I can't find any folder with these copied files.

Pocha said:
What program you use to make the dump? I used WM5 test, and I could make a copy of active ROM, but where this progam saves the files? I can't find any folder with these copied files.
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i used grab_it.exe from your prev link mate, i now have an image of the rom, but now need to work out how to turn it into something we can upgrade from.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=238945

In which form grab_it dump ROM file?, I could only used WM5test and this program copy file per file, doesn't create nb or nbh file or something like that...

all it created for me was dump.bin i have no idea what to do with it, but im searching the forums for help.......

joey jojo said:
all it created for me was dump.bin i have no idea what to do with it, but im searching the forums for help.......
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hey... i found this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-256380.html
hope it helps!

joey jojo said:
all it created for me was dump.bin i have no idea what to do with it, but im searching the forums for help.......
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hope this helps too..
http://buzzdev.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=1
i'm totally new to this but maybe if you use the htc wm5 rom as a base and then decode that to put your image on top, then encode, it will work?
see for nbh format of decoded roms..http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=289830

chickyd said:
hey... i found this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-256380.html
hope it helps!
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on that link, there is a coment,
Please use the SEARCH button as this has been discussed already.
ANyway to help you do the following:
1. Download the latest T-Mobile ROM (the exe file) from the XDA Dev FTP site. Then extract this to a folder, say EXPERIMENT
2. Put the BIN file there
3. Go to Buzzdev.net nad follow the procedure to ENCODE/DECODE ROM. This will change the original nk.nbf (the OS) with your BIN file. using HTC64 Extended ROM Tool.exe
4. Then just put the MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe file into this directory also.
Now you have your OS backed up ready to install to a device in the EXPERIMENT directory. Now just make sure the T-Mobile ROM you downloaded has the same radio ROM. If not, download a verison with same radio rom and replace the radio_.nbf file with the downloaded version.
Backing up the ExtendedROm has to be done manually. Just transfer all contents to a alternate directory in the PC then just put it back to replace what's already there.
Hope this helps
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i think this will only work with an original o2 rom, which isnt available, and i doubt it would work using another operator rom , will give it a go though.

joey jojo said:
on that link, there is a coment,
i think this will only work with an original o2 rom, which isnt available, and i doubt it would work using another operator rom , will give it a go though.
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problem is also that the encode / decode is discussed re nbf compressed files... and the artemis uses the nbh format. this is what the second link was i posted.
looks tough!

chickyd said:
problem is also that the encode / decode is discussed re nbf compressed files... and the artemis uses the nbh format. this is what the second link was i posted.
looks tough!
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it is tough, i have no experience in this, and i tried, ive pm'd a couple of people and awaiting some responses, but i cant see it happening in the sense that it may not be possible to do the upgrade while in bootloader..
but . . . . the mission continues

hi!
Currently there is no way to make a backup other than with pdocread.exe from itsme (istutils). You can make a backup of the OS, SPL, GSM and Extended ROM with it. The problem begins with flashing it back, I'm still trying to figure out how to do it when the phone is fully functional, there is no way to do it when you r phone is stuck in bootloader mode. The only way would be by reconstructing a .nbh file. The problem is that none of the tools that can make a .nbh file work for the Artemis, because the use a wrong signature size. The one who can help us out here is pof but he is a VERY busy man.

rvbcrs said:
hi!
Currently there is no way to make a backup other than with pdocread.exe from itsme (istutils). You can make a backup of the OS, SPL, GSM and Extended ROM with it. The problem begins with flashing it back, I'm still trying to figure out how to do it when the phone is fully functional, there is no way to do it when you r phone is stuck in bootloader mode. The only way would be by reconstructing a .nbh file. The problem is that none of the tools that can make a .nbh file work for the Artemis, because the use a wrong signature size. The one who can help us out here is pof but he is a VERY busy man.
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Then how is possible that bepe could make a custom ROM for arthemis? I thought if you use nbhtool you can make custom ROM for arthemis, btw I posted a msg in original nbhtool post, about what parameters I need to introduce in order to make a fully operational ROM, because when I entered in bootloader mode, and using putty's tool to comunicate with PDA, my device return this msg:
cmd: getdevingo
ARTE10000 HTCE... (and in nbhtool, parameters are only ARTE1000 or ARTE1100)
Signature size when you decompresing a original NBH file is 128 (in original post some people talk about 1024, but when I cooked ROMs with 1024 I have an upgrade failure, and I must reboot PDA), but I really need to know if in nbhtool on Device I Must enter "ARTE10000" and in CID type "HTCE" or not...

WM5/WM6 Application Package - Rapid Installation using CeleSetup

Guys,
Enjoy the best breeds of PPC applications, now in one single click without installation. All of the applications will run directly from SD card.
Filename: VibranzePPCAppsV1.zip
Download URL: http://www.esnips.com/doc/52a3bbb4-97b1-4f7a-8643-0a72423f3c06/VibranzePPCAppsV1
MD5Sum: 614F6731BAE0246B455C199ECE627C53
Installation Instruction:
1. Extract the zipped file and move it to \SD Card\
2. Execute CeleSetup.exe
3. Soft Reset
4. Find the applications under "Start - Programs - Tools"
Note:
- If your SD card volume name is not "SD Card" then you need to edit the file CeleTool.ccs and CeleTool.reg and replace "SD Card" with the proper name, eg. Storage Card, etc.
- To not install the applications that you don't like, just delete the folder of the application name under \SD Card\Tool\.
- Do backup before you try.
- All the software provided is for educational purposes only, if you like it please purchase the copy from the original author.
Many thanks to Yonsm for creating this great tool!
Cheers,
Vibranze

Can't open the link. Maybe just because the campus network sucks!!!

Follow the steps and executed CeSetup.. somehow after restart couldn't see tools in Programs.. any idea why?

satriani25 said:
Follow the steps and executed CeSetup.. somehow after restart couldn't see tools in Programs.. any idea why?
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Hi,
I'm not sure what happened with your installation, but make sure that under your Storage card you have the Tool folder and CeleSetup.exe like the one shown in attachment.
Cheers,
Vibranze

okies.. trying it now.. btw the file should be in .rar extension and not .zip extension right??
and with regards to editing the css file..
BEEP
IFEX %C\Jeodek
LINK %P\Tools\Java.lnk,%C\Jeodek\Jeodek.exe
IFEX
IFEX %C\ClearTemp
LINK %P\Tools\Clear Temp.lnk,%C\ClearTemp\ClearTemp.exe
IFEX
IFEX %C\Metro
LINK %P\Tools\Metro.lnk,%C\Metro\MetroSP.exe
should i replace all instances of %C and %P with "Memory Card"??

okies.. follow the steps and tried again.. this time it worked.. without editing the css file.. think the problem was i restarted the PPC even before i get any popout so this time i waited for a longer period of time till i get the popout. kudos to vibranze for this wonderful set of applications!

satriani25 said:
okies.. follow the steps and tried again.. this time it worked.. without editing the css file.. think the problem was i restarted the PPC even before i get any popout so this time i waited for a longer period of time till i get the popout. kudos to vibranze for this wonderful set of applications!
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Side note.. if you have the same applications already installed.. it is preferred if u use the applications from the Tools folder.. The setup kinda deregistered some files in the original application installed thus resulting in it not working probably especially in TCPMP..
Regards...

Archive file is bad!! - Corrupted!!

gesamgr said:
Archive file is bad!! - Corrupted!!
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Hi,
It's not corrupted as I downloaded it many times.
Anyway, here is the new version and the new link.
http://www.zshare.net/download/3943298f4821e7/
Cheers,
Vibranze

help plzz!!!

I need a video tutorial or a beter way of explaining how to get 2.1 on the raphael 800.
* Extract the latest Android filesystem to a ext2 partition on the internal Storage
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Extract the latest kernel and modules to the root of the windows partition
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Copy Haret.exe and a default.txt for your mobile to the windows partition (fat) and rename the text file to default.txt
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Run haret.exe from WinMo, and you are on the way, to a better system!
I found this and downloaded the files to my computer but what next??? plz help

The method you seem to be describing is the ext2 method NOT the "typical" or normal method of using sqshfs...
I'm sure that's just mumbo jumbo, but what you need to do is this...
Download this package. That is the base package - you can just run with that if you wish. Make sure to copy the STARTUP.TXT for your device to whereever haret.exe is - either at the root of your SD or in /andboot folder on your SD card typically.
Now if you want to update your system, first download this - system.sqsh update. Extract & copy to where haret.exe is again. Overwrite the file currently in there.
Then you need to grab the newest zImage/modules, and rootFS. Note - you will need to rename the zImage file to just that - zImage. Also, the rootfs should be titled "rootfs.img" - nothing else.
Please do some reading next time as well. It seems you just went to the first thread you could find and got horridly lost. The ext2 method is more advanced, and IMHO the benefits on the RAPH are not that great. Vogue maybe, but that's a completely different device.

as mentioned in the main android for tp thread:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=104276
this is the thread for the raph800. alot of info, specifically for the raph800 (sprint touch pro).

hamagc said:
as mentioned in the main android for tp thread:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=104276
this is the thread for the raph800. alot of info, specifically for the raph800 (sprint touch pro).
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And if you get packages from the first post in that thread, all you have to do is extract them to your SD. They're ready to go in every way for your RAPH800.
**Note - that ONLY applies to packages downloaded from the first post of that ppcgeeks thread...**

update your link
hey arrggggg.
the link for the z images was not working cuz u didnt update it
update your links on anapnea.com cuz they changed it.
glemsom.users.anapnea.net/android2/htc-msm-linux/ **do this**
glemsom.anapnea.net/android2/htc-msm-linux/ **instead of this**
its on the anapnea homepage
ty for the walkthrough though!

Gmail and Market blocked in China

Hi All,
I'm one of the unlucky ones stuck in the middle of the power struggle between the Chinese government and Google, and having my Gmail and Market rights rescinded (I only bought the damn phone yesterday!). Having scanned the forums here, it appears that one way in which I can log into the Gmail service and Market on my phone is to edit my hosts file. However, despite the fact my phone is rooted, and that I can pull, and edit, the hosts file, I CANNOT push it back onto the device. It just doesn't appear back in the folder, and after I have reset the device, the original, unedited hosts file makes an unwelcome reappearance. I've tried the adb stuff through Terminal on my Mac, editing it through Astro and through Estrongs File Manager, and it fails each time. I'm just stumped. I would love to get this sorted out if anyone else can help me?
Cheers!

Sorry, but bump!
Anyone out there help? In a similar boat?

me too!
I am having the same exact problem.
hxxp://hiapk.com/bbs/thread-278678-1-1.html
maybe this is a solution but I can't read chinese!

I could weep....
I can read Chinese, and have followed the instructions TO THE LETTER (it says to use Root Explorer, mount the file system as read/write, change the file, mount again to read only, and reboot). Every time I do, the hosts file just simply vanishes from the file list. I reboot the phone, connect to Wifi, and the damned original hosts file reappears again. Can anyone help??????

Try this one...
it just fixed my phone!
thread-279911-1-1.html

Could you post that link again? It didn't come through properly.
Thanks

Same problem here .
Live in shanghai . Stuck with my desire phone.

It works!!!!!!!!!!
Stick this file I've attached to this post on the root of your SD card. Boot into recovery. Install the zip (no need to wipe). Reboot, and your phone works!
edit: oh, and thanks ensup for pointing me in the right direction!

Thanks !!!!! it works for me also

is there someone in shanghai who can help me in this booting stuff of htc desire phone .
not good in this new mobile tech. world .

Pls can u tell me how do u stick the file into the boot of the sd card . Thx
I just figured out how to boot recovery by some other site .

I have android 2.1 in my desire . how can i root it just to change hosts files?

Cocytan said:
It works!!!!!!!!!!
Stick this file I've attached to this post on the root of your SD card. Boot into recovery. Install the zip (no need to wipe). Reboot, and your phone works!
edit: oh, and thanks ensup for pointing me in the right direction!
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What does this file exactly do?

LOL ... The GREAT WALL of China ...

Gmail and Google services are workable from this thur in China

Cocytan said:
It works!!!!!!!!!!
Stick this file I've attached to this post on the root of your SD card. Boot into recovery. Install the zip (no need to wipe). Reboot, and your phone works!
edit: oh, and thanks ensup for pointing me in the right direction!
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Can anyone help? how to install the zip if I boot into recovery module and I only see update.zip and NOT FIX_hosts.zip?
Thanks in advance

vennstrom said:
Can anyone help? how to install the zip if I boot into recovery module and I only see update.zip and NOT FIX_hosts.zip?
Thanks in advance
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you go to install .zip from sd card, then choose .zip from sd card

Managed to find how (I'm using GOT OR)
Just put the file in update folder of Open Recovery, boot to GOT OR go find miscellaneous and find the update file there...run it.
and it gave "error (status 4)"
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Tried manually replacing the host file using root explorer...doesn't work as well.
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using WiFi without the host file is fine, everything work normal..but not through mobile network..
GFW huh...