Hi.
I installed a starburst ROM for someone but they are not technically minded so I was wondering if there was a way to restrict the user to not give any app super user so it acts like stock ROM but with all the looks of the custom rom. I don't want them breaking anything unintentionally!
Thank you.
Tell them to not **** around with it? You can't do stuff like that with custom roms. That is the whole point. If you want it to be "idiot-proof" then install a stock rom or even an RUU. Prob defeating the purpose of what your asking but still.
Ok so I downloaded the most convenient rom from shared roms and it only comes as an exe. When I run it on my Windows 7 x64 machine I just get an error message. I get the same error message when i run it on the xp virtual machine.
I look in the temp folder and I don't get a zip but a folder with a bunch if .ini files and a .cab file.
How do I install this???
Thanks!
If it's not a rom designed specifically for your phone (and operator) then you'll need to make a goldcard - GIYF.
Would of been nice to have the error posted but seems like it is the CID issue. Just make a Goldcard but remember to backup the SD card first.
I know how to install zips but this exe is confusing me.
When I run this I get an error before I see any action, but looking in %temp% I do get the files I mentioned before so it looks like the files are being extracted but are not being transferred.
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Is anyone using the ROM version 4.01.12 on a T-Mobile XDA I in USA?
How has it worked out?
I want to cook a ROM from Stefan's great kitchen, using this ROM. The last one I cooked used ROM 4.01.16 (Official T-Mobilee version) but this ROM is really buggy.
define "buggy", cuase I want to cook a rom, and am not sure if I want 4.01.16 or not. Thanks.
1. With the phone turned on but PDA powered off, the PDA powers itself on every few minutes.
2. SD cards occasionally shows no files using Total Commander. When I pop the SD card into my PC's card reader, files are there?
There are a few other bugs that I can't put my finger on at the moment. If I could solve #1, the rest wouldn't bother me.
I should say that the ROM kitchens are great.
the PDA powers itself on every few minutes.
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I have the same problem and it really pisses me off. My battery is always dead because it just randomly turns on. I set my XDA to turn off after 1 minute of inactivity....this helped a little.
I'm also looking to see if 4.01.12 works on T-Mobile in the USA. I really want 4.01.12 for the wmodem application. I asked Stefan, I'll let you know what he says(unless he posts here first).
Only one thing I liked: The ROM made my XDA super fast. When I view web pages with lots of graphics, it moves smoothly now. I'm not exactly sure why this is, but it's deffinately faster.
The 4.01.12 should work without any problem in the US.
Just don´t touch the radio Stack.
Easiest is cooking your own rom.
Best way is cooking without any Autoconfig, because it includes only Conifig for european providers...
Stefan
Thanks for your help, I'll download it now and test it out.
I can verify that the 4.01.12 works great on T-Mobile USA!
I'm typing this from my cell phones connection. I finally got wmodem to work after 2 weeks. Thanks for all your help Stefan.
Thanks Iron & Stefan.
I'm going to cook myself a ROM using 4.01.12 in Stefan's great kitchen.
Iron, has this ROM fixed the random turn on problem?
Have you noticed any drawbacks or problems?
Joe
So far I havn't noticed any random turn ons or any problems. Seems to be a good rom! 8)
I can't load this ROM. Everytime I try to flash using the exe file I cooked, I get the following error message:
ERROR 011: EXECUTE REMOTE COMMUNICATION PROGRAM ERROR
Cannot execute the remote communicatin program. Please make sure the the USB/Serial cable is properly connected.
Any idea how to work around this so I can load this ROM?
I got the same error. It must be a problem with 4.01.16 or something. You need to flash it to a SD card. Ask me if you need help flashing.
Iron
Can I just copy the flashed exe file to an SD card, then use
bootloader on my XDA to execute the ROM file?
No, you can't. Just use XDAtools to make the required bootable SD. No, it doesn't matter what size, as long as it's 32mb+, and I feel as though I should tell you that you will loose all data off the card when you use the tools to put the image on. There is a certain format, and a header string, and bootloader compatability, and yada, yada, yada... XDATools OSImage takes care of all that.
I just hosed my MDA I with a 4.1.16 ROM by installing KSE truefax into the image. Had to use SD method to reload the same ROM recooked without KSE, and it works beautifuly!!!!! This [email protected] vibrate is the only thing really pissing me off right now, but I haven't found any known probs, except broken pins/burnt motors. We'll see when I take it apart to strip/paing the case.....Sorry, getting off thread subj.
Good Luck!
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Iron
Can I just copy the flashed exe file to an SD card, then use
bootloader on my XDA to execute the ROM file?
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I think your asking this so you don't need to download it again. As he already said the answer is no, but you do not need to download it again.
Download OS Image tool as he said, and there will be an English Folder. Extract the .exe that you downloaded and there will also be an English folder. Copy the .NK(I think its .NK) file from the ROM English folder to the OS Image tool English folder. Right click on the file and click Burn to SD card, and you will be set to go.
Last week I did a hard reset, but since then did not test the camera soft.
The camera is still working as I can use it with QCode. But camera.exe for the camera seems dead. I don't know if it is due to an other software installation since then.
Does someone have an idea to help me that would avoid me loose time redo a hard reset and install applications?
Given the titel you give this "Camera is not a valid Pocket PC Application..." I assume this is the message you are getting?
Can you check if the Camera.exe in /windows is in ROM or not? You can check with programs like Total Commander. If Camera.exe is not in ROM, delete (or rename) it. Also, Camera.lnk should be in ROM. If you delete the non-rom versions, the rom version should appear again (if you have Total Commander set to show ROM files)
If they are in ROM, do you get the message when starting Camera.lnk? Do you get the error when starting Camera.exe directly? Either way, you may need to not only hard-reset, but reflash your ROM as well. Are you using a custom ROM?
thank for your reply, indeed i have only one camera.exe file in the rom. I'll reflash the rom...
I did not flash my HD until now, that's the good time to do it ;-) I suppose that the problem appeared after I installed the Microsoft VB Runtimes for PocketPC.
Odd. If you did not flash yet and are still on factory ROM there is no reason why the build in camera.exe should be corrupted. It may indicate that above hypotheses is false, though I would not see how.
Do try a hard-reset before you reflash. If it is some other problem, like installing VB runtime, it should be gone after a reflash
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thank for your reply, indeed i have only one camera.exe file in the rom. I'll reflash the rom...
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Just so we do not miscommunicate: You will only ever see one Camera.exe. The question is: Does it have the ROM attribute. If you (or any installer) install another, it will be in flash, and the ROM one gets 'hidden'.
So, do you see it with the ROM attribute, or did you assume because you saw only one that it was in ROM?
Looking at their properties, they are marked as ROM.
I deleted and got : "impossible to delete" . (seems logical if this is rom)
Before I hardreset / flahs phone, just for testing, would someone be able to send me the camera.exe file?
I'd like to help, but that is not so easy, with these devices, not only can you not copy to rom, you also cannot copy from rom. So it would have to be someone who dumped the entire rom on a PC using one of the ROM kitchens.
Ok, I hard reset and the camera works now. i will consciously reinstall my apps checking which one may have cause the problem. I wish it is not one of the games I said were working on the HD.
So I finally found that I was copying a file HTCSensorSDK.dll which caused this problem. mistake from me, I thought it was necessary for the graphic api.
I have tried to find some things on how to, tutorials and so on but i cant find anything that has given me success, some of my must have apps are installed from the computer, and id want to see if i can just make them into a cab instead and just have them on the memory card for comfort and when flashing on the go from sd it is annoying not being able to have the "must have" app.
any help would be deeply appreciated and i would be most grateful.
if this is done in ten sec to a minute i added one of the desktop installers if some one would be so very kind to help me
http://www.e-sword.net/pocketpc/files/ppc2005setup301.exe
Thank you very much.
ps: another noob question, the program named ppc2005setup301 it runs in vga, and since most rom are qvga if i understand it right the program buttons are shrinked? it is usable but you got to be exakt with the stylys to hit them, kinda hard on the bus or subway if anyone could help me with that one id kiss ya!
Peace and a lot of love to you all!
Can you not just extract the cab using win rar?
Easiest way is to run the installer with your phone disconnected. Then go into the microsoft active sync folder in program files and you should be able to find the cab in a folder in there. I've done this several times to set up a back up folder on my sd card (just in case)
I put 6.1(same with the 6.5) on and i am geting errors from old files(pics,vids,everithing).i get there is no application associated with *filename* run the application first....
I get the same error if i install a app from a cab file and try to run it.
Didnt find anything with the search.any ideas.
Either the roms you tried don't have the proper software/codecs installed, or the files have gotten corrupted.
I'm guessing you flashed the at&t stripped rom between flashing cooked roms?
That's all I can think of.
yes i flashed at&t between roms.
You could try crc's full rom or my rom, I know the video and pictures work in them.
all the old files seem to be .denc endings now(*.doc.menc etc)
it seems i hade the encryption option enabled on my old rom, so all the files on my sd are encrypted.
Not too sure you will be able to recover from that, I never tried encryption.
well you can go back to wm 6.1 or 6 im not sure, those builds has the encrypted app for SD and decrypt them again and please dont use it again, or your apps will eat more ram than normal... and gives you some low ram or other issues.
Hey Guys,
Before I ramble on about my problems, I would like to thank all the amazing devs that work night an day to make our phones awesome. I have been reading these forums for a couple of weeks and have seen how helpful everyone in these forums are to us noobs.
I'm not new to Rooting (Rooted my G1 a while back and Jailbroke a 1st Gen iPhone way way back lol), but this is my first time Rooting my 3G Slide, which I have had since they were first launched.
I am attempting the No-PC Method described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896148
I have been trying since last night with no success. I have followed the process step by step, to the T, and continue to encounter the same error every time I try.
I succesfully flash the ESPRIMG.zip and then go to Recovery to apply the "update.zip" file so I can go into Clockwork Recovery, however instead of going into Clockwork Recovery it just gives me the following error:
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
I have searched the forums and none of the responses and solutions have been helpful as almost all of them are users who have already flashed a ROM on their phones as opposed to the Stock one, and a lot of them seem to be prior to this new AndRoot method.
Also, I am using this method as I do not have a USB cable for my phone or a PC for that matter, and havent really researched any Mac mathods of Flashing a Custom ROM to the phone.
Any help would be mucho appreciated!
i think you have to have the update.zip file in the root of your sd card
I reformatted the SD Card and only placed the necessary files in the root of the card. There is nothing else in the card at the moment except for the update.zip file, ROM, gapps, and radio updates. I have no idea why i keep ketting this error, from all the research I've done, this should be working, but clearly there is something I'm doing wrong :-/
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I reformatted the SD Card and only placed the necessary files in the root of the card. There is nothing else in the card at the moment except for the update.zip file, ROM, gapps, and radio updates. I have no idea why i keep ketting this error, from all the research I've done, this should be working, but clearly there is something I'm doing wrong :-/
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yeah, that's not good if that's all you have there. i was working with someone over at the tmobile forums who was getting the same error (http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/myTouch-3G-Slide/Easy-root-unroot-Froyo-for-all/td-p/649239/page/6) and it turned out they had the downloaded files in a different folder, and moving them to the root made it work... you may want to try using the files you need from this link instead: http://richard.gluga.com/2010/08/complete-guide-to-rooting-and-hacking.html
I'm a newbie to the whole programming side of computers, familar with using one though. I am going through the steps of the no pc rooting, and I read through step 6 and I thought it was confusing it says...
Install And Run Root Explorer then Copy and paste flash_img and mtd0.img to /data/local on android device multi-select copy then rm r/w in program in upper left on data local folder. I am confused with the rm r/w section there, I haven't gone through the steps, just want to have a general idea before I get in there and screw something up.
Yeah, that ones a lil tricky apparently. Root explorer can be found in the market for ~$4, but if you click the link for the tmobile forum, we found that another app (free) works just as good.
I managed to make it work last night. I'm pretty sure I kept downloading the incorrect ESPRIMG.zip file from several sites. I think I was getting the original stock ROM as opposed to the Engineering Build.
Anyways, mine's working now.
As for the step 6 on the instructions. It basically means that after you paste the files you need to go back to the android system (the folder where you can see everything thats on the android) and at the very top of the window you will see a button that says "R/W" next to something like "Mount as R/O". You just need to hit that button so you can write to the folders, then go back to /data/local and long press "Image_flasher" click on permissions and make sure everything is checked, then repeat on "mtd0.img" file.
I know its a long explanation for such a small step but I try to be as detailed as i can. Hope it helped.
Get
update.zip
Put iton ur SD card
and a ROM.zip that you like n the SD card as well..
see if that works
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I managed to make it work last night. I'm pretty sure I kept downloading the incorrect ESPRIMG.zip file from several sites. I think I was getting the original stock ROM as opposed to the Engineering Build.
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^ This
I just went through the same thing - I had restored my phone back to stock and then went to re-root it. I have 2 copies of ESPRIMG, file sizes as follows:
The one that was giving me problems: 145,045,641 bytes
The one that ended up working: 143,701,302 bytes
Once I used the slightly smaller ESPRIMG the process worked perfectly. When using the other one I was getting the same error as the OP.