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Cab files....

Im pretty new here and just got my BA not tooo long ago...I used to be a trreo user now im hooked on my BA.
I see alot of software that comes in a form of a cab file...does anyone know how I can load that software on my BA? thanks alot!

hey mate and welcome!
if you put the cab file in your pc folder; you'll see that the description is "zip file"....that's because it's the only format microsoft recognizes...in a way its also true as the cab file is a compiled program ready for installation. what you do is DON'T unzip the file in your pc; rather cut/copy and paste it directly in your ba (via activesync or in your sd card). put it in a folder that's easy to find; say "my documents...personal" (or you can make your own folder to put in cab files). use your ba's file explorer and go to the folder...from there double click (via stylus) on the cab file and it will automatically install itself. btw, if you copied the cab file in your sd card you can also execute the installation there....no need to paste it in your my documents area.
if you're using wm2005; upon execution the unit will ask you if you want to install it in the sd card or internal memory....that's really up to you depending on the size of the file you're installing.
hope that helps
rob

thanks alot Robson.
Ive always looked past cab file programs b/c i couldnt install it. I hope this thread helps other newbies too. I searched and couldnt find an answer.

is there anyway that can install cab files direct from pc to ppc?

sorry for the late response; was in china for a week.
unfortunately, no. i don't think there's a way to install cab files via pc. if you do unzip a cab file; you'll notice that the files are something like:
0000124
009890
or something like that....can be as many as 20 lines of code...but scanning through the entire zip will not give you any .exe files which can be executed via pc. if you have a card reader installed on your laptop, simply copy and paste the cab file on your sd and from there install via your ppc
hope that helps
rob

I can't open .zip files on my phone

Hello everyone, here is my question there is a couple of cool apps but they are .zip folders and when i download them and put them in my phone it says "there is no application associated with this file. run the app first and then open this file inside the application". But i don't know how to run the app.
Please help me, it is driving me crazy!
Thank you

Perhaps if you could be more specific as to what kind of applications you are trying to install. You may need to install a driver in order to open said apps.

did you save the file to your storage card? if you did then open it up there first, then run it on your phone.

Did you download a .cab or a .zip file to begin with?? Sometimes your PC will identify a .cab file as a 'Compressed (Zipped) Folder'. (1) If you downloaded a .cab file, then just move it to your device or storage card, then execute it from there. (2) If you downloaded a .zip file, then you will need to extract (unzip) the file on the PC first, if it contains a .cab file then follow step 1 above.
Sometimes program files are zipped up for transport (e.g. an RUU packages), those files need to be extracted on the PC and then executed from there. Hope this helps!

y wont it FLASH FROM SD

ok so i flashed be i have a radio 4.49.25.57 using phonex 2 ROM
i saw a new ROM downloaded and renamed rhodimg.nbh. put it on FORMATEED FAT32 SD CARD MAIN MEM hit the try color and just states 0068002 am i missing sometrhing. can i not have a custom ROM While i DL a new 1? i just wanna try somethign new cause this ROMS freezin with every txt.... thabnks for ur time

gplock said:
ok so i flashed be i have a radio 4.49.25.57 using phonex 2 ROM
i saw a new ROM downloaded and renamed rhodimg.nbh. put it on FORMATEED FAT32 SD CARD MAIN MEM hit the try color and just states 0068002 am i missing sometrhing. can i not have a custom ROM While i DL a new 1? i just wanna try somethign new cause this ROMS freezin with every txt.... thabnks for ur time
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Have you flashed hardSPL?

i thought i did
i have had to right cause im running custom ROM now
hit bbotlegger SPL-0.85.olinex

what is your problem exactly? your first post isn't very descriptive

i keepp getting 0068002
once i downloaded the NEW ROM on desktop i renamed it rhodimg.nbh. put that on my FAT32 SD card main mem just cleked and dragged took a lil time says 149 mb then it was done copying. so i took trhe SD and placed in cell phone hit tri color so it could pick it up but it just stated those #s and wont let me boot up the new ROM from the sd.........

149MB? that's quite small for the rhodium, was it a *.RAR or *.7Z? if so, those are zip archives, you need something like 7ZIP to open them
Badwolve1

Could it be its not in capitals like RHODIMG.nbh not rhodimg.nbh?

piplewis said:
Could it be its not in capitals like RHODIMG.nbh not rhodimg.nbh?
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Nah, it's not case sensitive

Try a different MicroSD card, preferably a different brand. I remember with the Kaiser, some MicroSD card models from specific manufacturers (I believe Kingston) would just not flash from MicroSD.

It happens when you have these hidden files on the storage card, for example a file name .Rhodium.nbh exist on the storage, then Rhodium.NBH wont be executed.
If you check "Show all files", you'll see alot of these fragmented files starting with a ( . ), so just delete them and flash away.

THANKS @ EVERY1 for the HELP
- valkyrie.ftp v6.0.21892LEO-F5 wm6.5 24th feb (with footprint\doc)
thats what i was downloading
i tires 2 SD card (both fat32) also checked to SHOW ALL FILES
im not sure if it was RAR or ZIP
i just downloaded to the desktop and renamed it was an icon of 3 books with a belt(cab i thought) once i renamed it the icon changed to a paper
but still no luck
thanks for tryin

gplock said:
- valkyrie.ftp v6.0.21892LEO-F5 wm6.5 24th feb (with footprint\doc)
thats what i was downloading
i tires 2 SD card (both fat32) also checked to SHOW ALL FILES
im not sure if it was RAR or ZIP
i just downloaded to the desktop and renamed it was an icon of 3 books with a belt(cab i thought) once i renamed it the icon changed to a paper
but still no luck
thanks for tryin
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That's a RAR file, not a cab. Besides, cab files don't contain ROMs, and won't flash from SD. It sounds like you already have a RAR extracting utility, but if you don't, download any RAR extracting utility (I use 7-zip and Universal Extractor). Then, rename the file extension of the file you downloaded back to .rar (so its icon is 3 books with a belt again), extract it, and rename the nbh file inside the RAR to rhodimg.nbh, if it isn't called that already. Take the NBH file and place it on your sd card, and all will be well

D Bo/ AWSOME !!
i download Universal Extractor
n "Then, rename the file extension of the file you downloaded back to .rar (so its icon is 3 books with a belt again), extract it, and rename the nbh file inside the RAR to rhodimg.nbh, if it isn't called that already. Take the NBH file and place it on your sd card, and all will be well"
Well Said.!
THANKS EVERYBODY !!
Cant wait to try this ROM !!

Cab editing to install on SD Card

How can I edit my cabs to change their default installation folder to SD/program files, for example, instead of their default installation folder which is usually somewhere on the device memory ?
I have got an app on my PC called WinCE Cab Manager. I used it to edit a cab file, changed the installation folder to \StorageCard\program files......but what it did was created a folder & subfolder on the device memory & named them StorageCard\program files

yassero said:
How can I edit my cabs to change their default installation folder to SD/program files, for example, instead of their default installation folder which is usually somewhere on the device memory ?
I have got an app on my PC called WinCE Cab Manager. I used it to edit a cab file, changed the installation folder to \StorageCard\program files......but what it did was created a folder & subfolder on the device memory & named them StorageCard\program files
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Should it not be "Storage Card" - with a space?

go in the CAB information properties,
edit installation directory,
add folder "Storage card" on root
add program files there or whatever.
for files then keep "install dir"
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remember that installing on sd is not standard install.

papo said:
go in the CAB information properties,
edit installation directory,
add folder "Storage card" on root
add program files there or whatever.
for files then keep "install dir"
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remember that installing on sd is not standard install.
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Yes. I did that & the result was that it has created a folder on the device memory called Storage Card & installed the app in a subfolder in that folder.
It neglected the physical Storage Card completely. My objective is to change the default install dir of all my cabs so when I use XDA_UC, it automatically install them to the SD Card. What XDA_UC currently does is semi-auto install whatever I put in XDA_UC/SD, meaning that it runs the installer & asks me to select where to install the app.

oh.. And other thing is, if your card is not plugged in/initialized when UC will start, it may just create a folder Storage Card and then initialize SD as "Storage Card2" ... happened to me pretty messy.
You can make cabs which don't ask to ask:
wceload.exe "%1" /askdest
but there is no param. for default=SD
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5090353&postcount=74
I reckon you need a wceload.exe replacement, or to make a mortscript to click on SD option every time for you.
Anyway advice on that link above, that SD apps usually don't need re-installing is right too
Other option would be forgot the cab. make a zip file of all files and reg file and use mortscript to import them.

papo said:
oh.. And other thing is, if your card is not plugged in/initialized when UC will start, it may just create a folder Storage Card and then initialize SD as "Storage Card2" ... happened to me pretty messy.
You can make cabs which don't ask to ask:
wceload.exe "%1" /askdest
but there is no param. for default=SD
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5090353&postcount=74
I reckon you need a wceload.exe replacement, or to make a mortscript to click on SD option every time for you.
Anyway advice on that link above, that SD apps usually don't need re-installing is right too
Other option would be forgot the cab. make a zip file of all files and reg file and use mortscript to import them.
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It is easy to zip all my cabs in one zip file. How do I create a reg file & how do I import them with mortscript & what do I do after importing them ?

yassero said:
It is easy to zip all my cabs in one zip file. How do I create a reg file & how do I import them with mortscript & what do I do after importing them ?
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you got it wrongly, the last option was not using CAB at all.
I don't know what you are trying to do. Hard to guess. Why would you want to install on SD on the first place?
In my case, I am placing maps and files which programs can only use from SD, I have them in zip and unzipping with 7zip which accepts plenty of arguments.
You know that CAB is something like zip. You don't need to use CAB and can have the same results. And if you creating those cab yourself, why not just create zips. And you have it compressed better too.
- what is reg? file containing registry entries. if you don't have any you don't need that.
- nothing to do after
- for files:
you place all files in folders in this zip file, starting with "Storage Card"
this will check SD card, if it's present and then unzip file "file.zip"
I have this file and 7zG.exe files in ROM-windows folder, but you can change that below.
for this script to run you need mortscript.exe and 7zip programs, they are free
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SetMessageFont(17, "Tahoma" )
While( not DirExists("\Storage Card"))
SleepMessage( 99, "Insert SD card", "SD card missing", false, DirExists("\Storage Card"))
EndWhile
RunWait("\windows\7zG.exe"," x \windows\file.zip -y")

I am not that knowledgeable technically. I do not not create Cabs. All I am trying to do is figure out a way to have the cabs I have installed silently on the SD after I flash any new ROM. I place all my cabs on Storage Card in folder XDA_UC/SD. This is not a silent installation. It needs user intervention as on each cab installation, it prompts me to select where to install to (device or SD Card). I am very humble when it comes to reg files & stuff like that. I do not know how to write them or how to use them afterwards.
I have always wanted my settings saved aswell to be applied on the next ROM installation. Thanks to NRG, his ROMs come with Settings Export app that simplifies things but exporting all settings to Storage Card in folder XDA_UC & accordingly it is applied at new ROM installation.

why do you want to install to SD card?
What pda you have? Are you low on internal memory?
I only put an app on SD if I had less then 5MB internal free.
You should use your internal memory for programs as it's faster and better protected against lost clusters and unfinished writes.
And to use SD for personal data, as pictures, mp3 as it's easier to make backup of it and access speed doesn't matter there so much.
There is no reason keeping more then 5MB free of internal memory.
A time ago I put update of opera on SD, once when it crashed, it damaged file structures and I lost half of my data on SD.
You can have silent installs to internal memory.
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Other thing is, as someone wrote before, for most of the apps you don't need to install again on SD card if they are still there. Before you reflash, backup
folder \windows\Start Menu and after reflash, copy it back.

Black Notes Hybrid problem to extraxt files?

Hello,
thats my first Post here and my English is not so good.
I downloaded the New Black Notes Hybrid but when i want to extract both files with winrar or 7zip it says Hybrid2.part1.rar
crc false at system.ext4.tar.Unexpected end of archive.
I downloaded the both files for a 2 times cause i thought it's about bed download.
What are you think?
I'm already running Kezra's Value Pack.Should i back to stock before i restore this with cwm5?
Thanks a lot.

With the two files you downloaded, put two of them into a new folder. Then open winrar and find the folder you put the two downloaded files into. Now just extract part1.rar and it will automatically extract part2 for you as well. Then copy the backup to your phone and use CWM to restore the backup

Just the same thing.
Hello snwman
it was my Kaspersky internet security.
He clear some data from rar archive.
i disabled him and downloaded again
no problem.
everything right.
thanks

Using Avast, i had the problem that in every custom rom i downloaded probably a root- or systemfile caused a virus-alert and the av software tried to manipulate the folder extracting the potentially infected file out of the zipped container.

Hi,maybe i have the same problem..I'm trying to install the black notes Rom second generation,I've download both 2 parts; and extract the first one in my sdcard with 7zip,but when i try to extract the second part the computer say: error damaged file.. Why?

Anyone know how i can do?

mrko== said:
Anyone know how i can do?
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Hello,
disable first your internet security or antivirus program or whatever,
then download both files AGAIN and put into new folder.
then mark and unzip only the part1.rar it would be unzip both files.
then put into cwm/backup folder and restore after fullwipe.
let me know if does work.

hi,thanks now it works