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Rom Modification (Cooking)

Hi everybody,
I would like to cook Artermis rom for my own Dopod P800W. How can I do this and what about the tools for rom modification? Please suggest me and put the link for download.
Thank you very much.

Everything you need is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=310076

The steps that I am using
1. Select the ROM that you want that has nbh extenstion
2. use nbhtool to extract the .nbh rom to nb files. Remane the os.nb to RUU_signed.nb
3. use the above link to get the tool to extract the RUU_signed.nb. This tool will extract all files in the rom and put them in folders--->There is a word doc in there that tells you what to do. It is a bit cumbersome but just follow it you will be fine.
4. in Sys folder, remove or add the folder you want--becareful here because there are folder interdpendent to each other so make sure you know what to add or delete.
5. use the Core tool again to build the new os.nb file. Make sure you follow the procedure in the work doc...
6. To build the nbh rom to load back to your device you will need htcrt tools. Copy the new os.nb and other nb files to the htcrt folder--this is what I do. Then run the htcrt program to build the new nbh romfile.
I hope the above will help you. I am building my own rom currently by using some component from B&Bv3.7 and the official wm6 v3.7 as the touchflow ROM. I have been playing with the above tools for sometimes now but still do not know what exactly what is required in each folder yet. Hard but fun...hihi.
attached...nbhtools and htcrt...just to save you sometimes. The core kitchen is in the above link. All programs run in DOS mode, BTW.

Thank you very much, I will try to use it for my rom cooking.

[Q] How can i change icons in modules?

Hi all!
Im triying to make a complete mokup of the system by changing every icon but...
When i change a icon inside a module (folders like files as fexplore.exe or iexplore.exe) the kitchen replaces the modified exe with the original exe in template (OS.NB) into ROM folder.
Im using Surface Kitchen. Trying now visualkitchen from ervius but errors, tryed mu kitchen from adwinp, flashed correctly, working, but no luck...
What kitchen allows me to do that?
There is another way to change the original icons from dll's, exe's and cpl's in modules?
Is there a software to edit the final nbh ( like htcRIE ) and replace the exe's and dll's with the mopdified ones? (htcrie extract the modules as modules and doesn't allow to replace entire modules)
I dont want to add cabs to operatorpkg
Thanks in advance,
Driskol

1: convert module to file (download app pack from my sig; the tool's called module2file)
2: unsign file (exe,dll)
3: change your icon with resource hacker or equivalent
4: resign dll
5: if need be, reconvert to module with file2module
6: don't forget to use a reduced payload (try payload reducer)

Modification of the On the Road panel for X2

Hi guys, i tried to modified the mui file for the italian language as in the beta panel downloadable from the SE site i found lots of translation errors. I was able to modifiy it with Res Hacker then put back on the cab file. The problem is when i install the panel it says the panel cannot be install because the program dones't have a digital signature with a realible certificate.
And if i install the original and then substitute the mui file in the folder, when i launch the panel it apears in English. Is there a solution for this and be able to make run the modified panel? Sorry guys this is all my knowledge, i'm not able to program or doing more difficult things. Just wanted to try some modifications by myself.
Sorry i forgot to say that it runs on my X1. And the original panel perfectly runs without the activeX or other X2 stuff. Just the translation is terrible

Nobody knows if there is a way to sign the file, as it seems ResHack removes some something on the file when i modify it

Use any signer for wm All work )

Hi, I'm not sure if it works with .mui files, but you can try using this package, which helped me translate some .dll files recently:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=432041
It contains Reshack and two small tools for unsigning and signing files.
However, the certificates of the included file have expired so you will have to replace them with the ones from this .zip archive:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5312209&postcount=37
Please note that you might have to do your work all over again with a fresh unsigned file. I don't think you can re-sign a file without unsigning it before.

What did I do wrong while using pkgtool?

OK, I'm a novice and I'm trying to learn how to make a customized rom on my own. Here's what I'm doing and the error I'm seeing:
1. I downloaded Emrulez's ROM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566595;
2. Use nbhtool.exe to decompile the .nbh file and get the Windows.nb file;
3. Use ImgfsFromNb.exe to get the imgfs.bin file;
4. Use ImgfsToDump.exe to dump from the imgfs.bin and get dump folder;
5. Use PKGTool.exe with the dump folder selected, then I click the "Build Packages" menu.
What I get is a long list of "[Missing Files]", something like this:
SYS\MSXIPKernel
File: busenum.dll
File: cachefilt.dll
File: certmod.dll
File: coredll.dll
File: crypt32.dll
File: device.exe
File: devmgr.dll
File: diskcache.dll
File: fatfsd.dll
I don't believe this is the ROM's problem, cos I've tried other ROMs but got the same error. So could anyone tell me what I did wrong please? Could it be I missed some files in the same directory, or I missed some steps?
PS: I don't want to use the visual kitchen to learn, although they're great works, because I believe what those tools do behind the scene is still some invocations to these basic tools. And I think learning what happens under the hood is good to me.
I appreciate for any clue/help.
Thanks...

Have you tried to dump a stock ROM? I think it is a general problem for cooked ROMs

nicholas_yin said:
OK, I'm a novice and I'm trying to learn how to make a customized rom on my own. Here's what I'm doing and the error I'm seeing:
1. I downloaded Emrulez's ROM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566595;
2. Use nbhtool.exe to decompile the .nbh file and get the Windows.nb file;
3. Use ImgfsFromNb.exe to get the imgfs.bin file;
4. Use ImgfsToDump.exe to dump from the imgfs.bin and get dump folder;
5. Use PKGTool.exe with the dump folder selected, then I click the "Build Packages" menu.
What I get is a long list of "[Missing Files]", something like this:
SYS\MSXIPKernel
File: busenum.dll
File: cachefilt.dll
File: certmod.dll
File: coredll.dll
File: crypt32.dll
File: device.exe
File: devmgr.dll
File: diskcache.dll
File: fatfsd.dll
I don't believe this is the ROM's problem, cos I've tried other ROMs but got the same error. So could anyone tell me what I did wrong please? Could it be I missed some files in the same directory, or I missed some steps?
PS: I don't want to use the visual kitchen to learn, although they're great works, because I believe what those tools do behind the scene is still some invocations to these basic tools. And I think learning what happens under the hood is good to me.
I appreciate for any clue/help.
Thanks...
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Hi!
Usually you can't decompile the cooked roms, so if you want to cook i recommend a ready-for-use kitchen or you have to decompile a stock rom first then modify that.

Shady313 said:
Hi!
Usually you can't decompile the cooked roms, so if you want to cook i recommend a ready-for-use kitchen or you have to decompile a stock rom first then modify that.
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Hi Shady, I don't know exactly what a "stock rom" is, but I guess it is the one that comes along with the phone when I buy the phone, right? So where can I find such one? Also, I tried doing the same step using the "original microsoft edition" you provided and got the same error. So your "original" one is also not the "stock rom"?
Plus, I took a look at the kitchen you provided, but couldn't find a .nbh file to decompile. And the visual kitchen tool is not user friendly at all. So I want to learn the how-to and do it from scratch.

[Q] Question about apps_compressed.bin

Hi,
Is there any tool to compress apps compressed.bin and also for editing the file?
I know wave remaker can decompress and winhex is used for reading the bin, but are there any other tools

What exactly you expect to do?
Their are no Pictures to extract or to replace...
If you know what ELF, Binary, IDA and HEX Editor is and you have some ARM knowledge...
Then you have all incredients.
Only Compression Algo is missing...
Best Regards

adfree said:
What exactly you expect to do?
Their are no Pictures to extract or to replace...
If you know what ELF, Binary, IDA and HEX Editor is and you have some ARM knowledge...
Then you have all incredients.
Only Compression Algo is missing...
Best Regards
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I had some knowledge of Hex Editor,Elf when I was using my old sony phone, but I forgot most of it now. I am ready to learn, could provide me the materials to start

old thread but...
decompress app (well, only a part of it) >> rebuild QMG >> phone works
tested