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NinjaDuck

03-06-2010 11:51 AM

Learn UC / XDA_UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-12-15}

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This is in response to a request by Neudof to help him get started using UC.

Disclaimer: There are many tools and methods for using UC and this is just my way. I welcome ideas and in no way consider what I do the best or only way.

What the hell is UC anyway?

UC is an application that silently install .cab, .xml, .mscr, and copies over files to your phone based on the instructions found in a file at the root of your storage card called SDconfig.txt.

The idea behind it is to be able to customize your phone settings and application the way you want it immediately after a new ROM flash without having to spend hours getting it back to the way you like it. For me, I have it down to simply waiting for my sync with exchange to complete after I flash and I am back where I left it.

PART 1
I use a tool called SDConfigGen to generate the config.txt file for me.

Read this thread: CLICK HERE

Unzip SDConfigGen.0.6.zip on your computer and you will have a directory structure created that looks like this:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/attachment...1&d=1267890144

Simple steps:

Place your cabs in the cab folder - you can organize in to subfolders.
- ** Make sure the cabs do not have prompts or you will have to customize them (I have done many) or write a MortScript to click the buttons for you (More on this later)
Place any files you want copied to your device in the Files folder recreating the target tree structure on your device.
- If you want to put files in the windows folder, create a subfolder called Windows and drop the files in there.
Place any MortScripts you have in the Scripts folder.
Drop Reg files or PROVISIONING XML documents in the Settings folder.
Do not put anything in the Sys folder. This is where SDConfigGen will convert all your REG files and file copy requests to XML PROVISIONING files. This folder gets cleared out each time.
Run SDConfigGen.exe found in the root folder.
Copy the Config.txt file (generated when you run SDConfigGen.exe ) and the entire SDConfig folder that is to the root of your storage card.
Flash a ROM that supports UC and watch the magic.

I will expand with more details on each section in later posts.

Converting from UC to XDA_UC

Many ROMS now support XDA_UC and some have stopped supporting UC. All of the topics I cover in this thread are totally applicable still.

Scroll down to post #6 to learn about the basics of XDA_UC and converting to it.

NinjaDuck

03-06-2010 11:52 AM

Sharing how I do UC (User Customization) - Handling Cabs with Prompts

Handling Cabs with Prompts

With the process I use, there are two ways to handle cabs with prompts:

Option #1

Create a MortScript file with the exact same name as the CAB file except with a MSCR suffix. The MortScript file must be put in the same folder as the CAB.

Example:

Opera Mobile.cab
Opera Mobile.mscr

MortScripts are just text files and not very hard to learn.

Here is an example of a script that would handle the prompts in Opera Mobile's installer:

Code:

windowTitle = "Opera Mobile Installer"

WaitFor(windowTitle, 120)

SendOK(windowTitle)

Opera Mobile Installer is the caption on the message box. It is that easy. Don't be scared.

Option #2

Cabs that prompt the user have a setup.dll enabled that executes some custom code after the install completes. In many cases, these can be disabled without a problem by editing the _SETUP.XML file in the cab and setting the following paramater to 0:

Code:

<parm name="SetupDLL" value="0" />

Be careful because some cabs actually do work during this phase. An example is Opera. It sets all the registry entries necessary to use it as the default browser. Editing the cabs takes a bit more work.

You can extract the cab I made for Opera to examine what I did HERE.

I will provide detail instructions for editing cabs in a later post. The intent of this section was to introduce you to your options so you can make a choice to stop learning here and use MortScript, or continue on in your quest for knowledge.

NinjaDuck

03-06-2010 11:53 AM

Sharing how I do UC (User Customization) - Exporting your Registry

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Exporting your registry to the Settings Folder

This is probably the most important section for minimizing the amount of time you have to spend setting up your device after you flash.

Tools

First thing you need is some tools to browse and export registry keys.

My two recommendation (there are many others) are:

Total Commander
- cecmd.arm.cab is the beta WM 6.5 verion
Resco registry editor: HERE

Since Total Commander is free, I will use it for demonstration purposes.

Select \\Plugins --> registry
Navigate to the appropriate key
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Manila\Home is for example where the shortcuts on the Manila home screen are stored. Exporting this entire key will restore your shortcuts.
Press and hold on the key and select Copy/Move http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/attachment...1&d=1267929910
Save the file to your storage card.
Copy to your computer in the Settings folder.
- Edit as needed - I recommend reviewing it to make sure you only carry forward what you need and avoid problems.
- Rename if you like
- You can also arrange settings in sub-folders.

Here are some keys you might be interested in:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Manila
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Manila\Configurati on
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Manila\Home
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ageye\G-Alarm
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\HTCAnimation
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Ident
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\KeyboardConfig\Keys
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Notifications
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Setting s
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\BootLauncher\Servic es
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Owner
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\PHONE
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\QuickGPS
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\TaskManager
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Voice Command\Extensions
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Splash Scree

NinjaDuck

03-06-2010 11:53 AM

Sharing how I do UC (User Customization) - PROVISIONING XML

Provisioning XML
Provisioning XML documents are simply a set of instructions based in an XML document that tells your phone what to do. This is actually the same structure used in CAB installation files.

Provinsioning XML 101 - Learn XML

First a couple of pieces of information for those who are completely new to this.

XML is simply a text file - don't be afraid
XML is a structured hierarchical documents consisting of opening and closing tags.
XML must be well formed - for every opening tag you need a closing tag.

Code:

<XML>

 <ELEMENT>

 </ELEMENT>

</XML>

Elements refer to the tags with <> around them and a preceding / before the element name is used to close the tag.
An element can self terminate by having a trailing / implying there is no data.

Code:

<XML>

 <ELEMENT/>

</XML>

Comments can be made in XML as follows:

Code:

<XML>

 <!-- EXAMPLE OF AN ELEMENT WITH AN OPEN AND CLOSE -->

 <ELEMENT></ELEMENT>

 <!-- EXAMPLE OF AN ELEMENT THAT SELF TERMINATES -->

 <ELEMENT/>

</XML>

Attributes can be contained in an Element and would look like this:

Code:

<XML>

 <ELEMENT SAMPLE="See what I am saying"></ELEMENT>

</XML>

Provinsioning XML 102 - wap-provisioningdoc

A wap-provisioningdoc is an xml document that opens with the <wap-provisioningdoc> tag and contains elements with the charachteristics you want to set.

Some charachteristics you might be interested in:

Bluetooth
Clock
DeviceEncryption
Email2
FileOperation
FileSystem
Home
Registry
Sounds
SpeedDial
Sync
WI-FI

Since recreating MSDN is a bit out of scope, here is a reference:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb737536.aspx

Provinsioning XML 200 - Common examples

ActiveSync (exchange) - These are the settings I use, your settings may be different.

Code:

<wap-provisioningdoc>

   <characteristic type="Sync">

   <characteristic type="Connection">

   <parm name="Server" value="{your domain}"/>

   <parm name="AllowSSLOption" value="1"/>

   <parm name="User" value="{your username}"/>

   <parm name="Domain" value="{your domain}"/>

   <parm name="Password" value="{your password}"/>

   <parm name="SavePassword" value="1"/>

   </characteristic>

  <characteristic type="Settings">

   <parm name="PeakStartTime" value="0800"/>

   <parm name="PeakEndTime" value="1800"/>

   <parm name="PeakFrequency" value="-1"/>

   <parm name="BodyTruncation" value="-1"/>

   <parm name="SyncWhenRoaming" value="1"/>

   <parm name="MIMETruncation" value="51200"/>

     <characteristic type="PeakDays">

                            <parm name="Sun" value="0"/>

                            <parm name="Mon" value="1"/>

                            <parm name="Tue" value="1"/>

                            <parm name="Wed" value="1"/>

                            <parm name="Thr" value="1"/>

                            <parm name="Fri" value="1"/>

                            <parm name="Sat" value="0"/>

                          </characteristic>

  </characteristic>

  <characteristic type="Mail">

   <parm name="Enabled" value="1"/>

   <parm name="MailBodyTruncation" value="-1"/>

   <parm name="MailFileAttachments" value="-1"/>

  </characteristic>

  <characteristic type="Calendar">

   <parm name="Enabled" value="1"/>

  </characteristic>

  <characteristic type="Contacts">

   <parm name="Enabled" value="1"/>

  </characteristic>

       <characteristic type="Tasks">

          <parm name="Enabled" value="0"/>

       </characteristic>

   </characteristic>

</wap-provisioningdoc>

ActiveSync (gmail) - These are the settings I use, your settings

Code:

<wap-provisioningdoc>

   <characteristic type="Sync">

   <characteristic type="Connection">

   <parm name="Server" value="m.google.com"/>

   <parm name="AllowSSLOption" value="1"/>

   <parm name="User" value="{email address}"/>

   <parm name="Password" value="{password}"/>

   <parm name="SavePassword" value="1"/>

   </characteristic>

  <characteristic type="Settings">

   <parm name="PeakStartTime" value="0800"/>

   <parm name="PeakEndTime" value="1800"/>

   <parm name="PeakFrequency" value="-1"/>

   <parm name="BodyTruncation" value="-1"/>

   <parm name="SyncWhenRoaming" value="1"/>

   <parm name="MIMETruncation" value="51200"/>

     <characteristic type="PeakDays">

                            <parm name="Sun" value="0"/>

                            <parm name="Mon" value="1"/>

                            <parm name="Tue" value="1"/>

                            <parm name="Wed" value="1"/>

                            <parm name="Thr" value="1"/>

                            <parm name="Fri" value="1"/>

                            <parm name="Sat" value="0"/>

                          </characteristic>

  </characteristic>

  <characteristic type="Mail">

   <parm name="Enabled" value="1"/>

   <parm name="MailBodyTruncation" value="-1"/>

   <parm name="MailFileAttachments" value="-1"/>

  </characteristic>

  <characteristic type="Calendar">

   <parm name="Enabled" value="1"/>

  </characteristic>

  <characteristic type="Contacts">

   <parm name="Enabled" value="1"/>

  </characteristic>

       <characteristic type="Tasks">

          <parm name="Enabled" value="0"/>

       </characteristic>

   </characteristic>

</wap-provisioningdoc>

IMAP4 - same disclaimer

Code:

<wap-provisioningdoc>

   <characteristic type="EMAIL2">

  <characteristic type="{bef6bd14-cdcf-403f-a7a7-f4aa9055bdf8}">

   <parm name="SERVICENAME" value="{Name the service}" />

   <parm name="SERVICETYPE" value="IMAP4" />

   <parm name="INSERVER" value="imap.gmail.com" />

   <parm name="OUTSERVER" value="smtp.gmail.com" />

   <parm name="NAME" value="{Your Name}" /> 

   <parm name="REPLYADDR" value="{your email}" />

   <parm name="AUTHNAME" value="{Your username/email account}" />

   <parm name="AUTHSECRET" value="{your password}" />

   <parm name="DOMAIN" value="" />

   <parm name="AUTHREQUIRED" value="1" />

   <parm name="LINGER" value="0" />

   <parm name="RETRIEVE" value="-1" />

   <parm name="KEEPMAX" value="0" />

   <parm name="DWNDAY" value="3" />

                        <parm name="SMTPALTENABLED" value="0" />

                      <parm name="SMTPALTAUTHNAME" value="" />

                      <parm name="SMTPALTPASSWORD" value="" />

                        <parm name="SMTPALTDOMAIN" value="" />

                          <characteristic type="TAGPROPS">

       <parm name="8128000B" value="1"/>

       <parm name="812C000B" value="1"/>          

     </characteristic>

  </characteristic>

   </characteristic>

</wap-provisioningdoc>

POP3 - The example used here is for checking hotmail using POP3 (your settings may be different)

Code:

<wap-provisioningdoc>

   <characteristic type="EMAIL2">

        <characteristic type="{618a7a2b-d44e-4069-9df0-c7aa69038a37}">

            <parm name="SERVICENAME" value="Hotmail" />

            <parm name="SERVICETYPE" value="POP3" />

            <parm name="INSERVER" value="pop3.live.com" />

            <parm name="OUTSERVER" value="smtp.live.com" />

            <parm name="NAME" value="My Name" /> 

            <parm name="REPLYADDR" value="" />

            <parm name="AUTHNAME" value="{your account}@hotmail.com" />

            <parm name="AUTHSECRET" value="{your passowrd}" />

            <parm name="DOMAIN" value="" />

            <parm name="AUTHREQUIRED" value="1" />

            <parm name="LINGER" value="120" />

            <parm name="RETRIEVE" value="-1" />

            <parm name="KEEPMAX" value="-1" />

            <parm name="DWNDAY" value="3" />

                        <parm name="SMTPALTENABLED" value="0" />

                         <parm name="SMTPALTAUTHNAME" value="" />

                         <parm name="SMTPALTPASSWORD" value="" />

                        <parm name="SMTPALTDOMAIN" value="" />

                          <characteristic type="TAGPROPS">

                <parm name="8128000B" value="0"/>

                <parm name="812C000B" value="0"/>          

              </characteristic>

        </characteristic>

   </characteristic>

</wap-provisioningdoc>

WI-FI - Other authentication methods exist that you may need to set based on your router - see MSDN link above

Code:

<wap-provisioningdoc>

    <characteristic type="Wi-Fi">

        <characteristic type="access-point">

             <characteristic type="{YOUR SID}">

                 <parm name="NetworkKey" value="{YOUR KEY}"/>

                 <parm name="Authentication" value="0"/>

                 <parm name="Encryption" value="0"/>

                 <parm name="KeyIndex" value="1"/>

                 <parm name="KeyProvided" value="0"/>

         </characteristic>

        </characteristic>

    </characteristic>

</wap-provisioningdoc>

CLOCK

Code:

<wap-provisioningdoc>

   <characteristic type="clock">

      <!-- COMMENT - EASTERN US - SEE MSDN -->

      <parm name="TimeZone" value="35"/>

   </characteristic>

</wap-provisioningdoc>

FAVORITES

Code:

<wap-provisioningdoc>

<characteristic type="BrowserFavorite">

  <characteristic type="PPC Geeks">

    <parm name="URL" value="http://m.ppcgeeks.com/"/>

    <parm name="Order" value="0"/>

  </characteristic>

</wap-provisioningdoc>

** Just save these to a text file in your settings folder with an XML file extension.

NinjaDuck

03-06-2010 11:54 AM

Sharing how I do UC (User Customization) - Removing the thi

Advanced Customizations - Removing the things I don't use...

For me, removing stuff from a ROM falls in to only a couple of categories:

Shortcuts I will never use
Hiding features to optimize the device to how I use it
Disabling Service / Devices to save memory and battery life
Got other suggestions, I am all ears...

Removing / Moving Shortuts
One could argue that you should just figure out how to remove the application, but as long as it is not memory resident, who cares...
I am demonstrating this with XML since the poll shows more interest for this. This can also easily be done with a MortScript.

In example #1, I will show how to remove a shortcut you do not want:

Code:

<wap-provisioningdoc>

<characteristic type="FileOperation">

<!-- DELETE A SHORTCUT YOU DO NOT NEED --> 

<characteristic type="%CE11%\7-Zip.lnk" translation="install">

<characteristic type="Delete">

<parm name="ForceDelete"/>

</characteristic>

</characteristic>

</characteristic>

</wap-provisioningdoc>

In example #2, I will show you how to move links from one folder to another (reorganize)

Code:

<wap-provisioningdoc>

  <characteristic type="FileOperation">

    <characteristic type="%CE11%\Other" translation="install">

      <!-- MAKE THE DIRECTORY IF IT DOES NOT EXIST -->

      <characteristic type="MakeDir" />

      <!-- FIRST PICK THE DESTINATION -->

      <characteristic type="Resco Update.lnk" translation="filesystem">

        <characteristic type="Move">

          <parm name="Source" value="%CE11%\Resco Update.lnk" translation="install"/>

          <parm name="RemoveAttributes" value="HRS" />

        </characteristic>

      </characteristic>

    </characteristic>

  </characteristic>

</wap-provisioningdoc>

**I tend to use MortScript for this because you can easily test if the file exists and avoid errors

Hiding Manila Tabs

Easy Easy REG file for this one. Just set the last number to 2 in order to hide a tab:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Manila]

"Manila://album.page.hidden"=dword:00000000

"Manila://calendar.page.hidden"=dword:00000000

"Manila://docexplorer.page.hidden"=dword:00000002

"Manila://email.page.hidden"=dword:00000002

"Manila://footprints.page.hidden"=dword:00000002

"Manila://home.page.hidden"=dword:00000000

"Manila://inforwidget.page.hidden"=dword:00000002

"Manila://reader.page.hidden"=dword:00000002

"Manila://internet.page.hidden"=dword:00000002

"Manila://messaging.page.hidden"=dword:00000000

"Manila://music.page.hidden"=dword:00000000

"Manila://people.page.hidden"=dword:00000000

"Manila://settings.page.hidden"=dword:00000000

"Manila://twitter.page.hidden"=dword:00000002

"Manila://weather.page.hidden"=dword:00000000

Removing a File / Folder Sample

Code:

<characteristic type="FileOperation">

 <characteristic type="%CE2%\NinjaDuck" translation="install">

  <characteristic type="%CE2%\NinjaDuck\Entropy.txt" translation="install">

   <characteristic type="Delete">

    <parm name="ForceDelete"/>

   </characteristic>

  </characteristic>

  <characteristic type="%CE2%\NinjaDuck" translation="install">

   <characteristic type="RemoveDir" />

  </characteristic>

 </characteristic>

</characteristic>

Disabling Services and Devices

Coming soon....

NinjaDuck

03-06-2010 09:01 PM

Converting UC to XDA_UC

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Using XDA_UC

Q: What is the difference between UC and XDA_UC?

A: Not much really. You can do many of the same things except XDA_UC is script based and uses a flattened structure for XML, REG, MSCR, and CAB files. It does other things as well and applications can vary. I am just going to cover the basics here. FYI - UC does not support REG, so this is a clear advantage.

Getting Started with XDA_UC

Create a folder on your storage card called XDA_UC
Dump your XML, REG, MSCR, and CAB files in it and you are ready to go.
Pretty easy right?

The best place to find out what other things XDA_UC does is here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?p=3611692

Converting from UC to XDA_UC

You could just dump your files in the directory and go. Me personally, I like to keep my files organized on my computer the I used to do it for UC.

For that reason, I created the attached old school CMD file to create the XDA_UC folder on my computer so I can just copy it to my phone.

Unzip the file to your SdConfig folder right below the "Storage Card" folder.
Edit the file to represent your folder structure.
Run the CMD and it will delete and recreate the XDA_UC folder for you (Warning - it will delete any files you put directly in the XDA_UC folder).

Please ask questions and I will try to add content to the post.

NinjaDuck

03-06-2010 10:55 PM

Some additional information you might fined helpful

Some additional information you might fined helpful

There are variables to use for folder paths

%CE1% \Program Files
%CE2% \Windows
%CE4% \Windows\StartUp
%CE5% \My Documents
%CE6% \Program Files\Accessories
%CE7% \Program Files\Communication
%CE8% \Program Files\Games
%CE11% \Windows\Start Menu\Programs
%CE12% \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories
%CE13% \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Communications
%CE14% \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Games
%CE15% \Windows\Fonts
%CE17% \Windows\Start Menu

Learn how to create or repack cab files without buying a program

I was going to write this, but there already is a great thread that talks about how to build cabs (old school style).

Check out this thread (and give thanks!):

CLICK ME

neudof

03-07-2010 01:22 PM

Re: Learn how to use UC (User Customization)

This is AWESOME!
Thank you for creating this for all of us UC n00bs!!
This is exactly what I was looking for!
:)

Whotahn

03-09-2010 10:59 AM

Re: Learn how to use UC (User Customization)

Quote:

Originally Posted by neudof (Post 1612916)

This is AWESOME!
Thank you for creating this for all of us UC n00bs!!
This is exactly what I was looking for!
:)

NICE WORK!!! Oddly enough I have sahimied, I have PIM, I have SPB, I have XDA_UC, and Ziggy back up before......but never have I taken the time to learn UC. Now I am going to, you have done a great job at putting this together for peeps to understand. Looking forward to more info! kudos!c:headbang:

briggs

03-09-2010 11:20 AM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-08}

sticky this

ebb	03-09-2010 12:00 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-08}

Just want to add my thanks for putting all of this in one place, and making it easy to understand. Great work!

Agree on making this a sticky.

NinjaDuck

03-09-2010 12:16 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-08}

What I find interesting is how many people have chosen to read this.

If I posted a thread that said, "I quit: Trading in my TP2 for an I-Phone", I would have several thousand reads and a hundred responses instead of 300.

I am doing it anyway because someone asked for help, and I love all that this site and community has taught me. I am happy to be able to give back and would have loved a post like this when I started.

All good and I am glad people are appreciating it.

neudof

03-14-2010 10:42 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-08}

Quote:

Originally Posted by NinjaDuck (Post 1617523)

The point that you made above is the exact thing that drives me nutz on this site. 90% of people would rather spend their time bitching and ripping on people who do not know as much as they do, rather than sharing the information they have.......

THANK YOU, for being a part of the value add 10%!!

twe90kid

03-14-2010 10:49 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-10}

would you say this is better than sashimi?

NinjaDuck

03-14-2010 11:23 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-10}

Quote:

Originally Posted by twe90kid (Post 1630514)

would you say this is better than sashimi?

Sashimi happens after the initial install of the ROM. This to me is an extra step and I find that things like Favorite people (synced with Exchange) do not take once the ROM is loaded.

Sashimi is more flexible (you can install to storage card), but I found it more difficult to manage over time if for no other reason than I have to click a button or two.

Most custom ROMs support UC or XDA_UC right out of the box. XDA_UC will also run UC, so I find it to be the most universal and makes it easy to jump from one ROM to the other.

They are all great tools and I would never argue for one over another. I just have my personal preference.

No matter which one you pick, the concepts in this thread should serve you well.

bsarlo

03-15-2010 10:12 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-10}

8-[ This is exactly what I needed. That you so much! I hope you are ready for me to pick your brain about this.

NinjaDuck

03-15-2010 10:19 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-10}

Quote:

Originally Posted by bsarlo (Post 1632587)

8-[ This is exactly what I needed. That you so much! I hope you are ready for me to pick your brain about this.

Pick away. I can always add more info to the posts.

fishingmedic

03-15-2010 10:46 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-10}

Quote:

Originally Posted by NinjaDuck (Post 1617523)

I can't thank you enough for this, very informative and very helpful. We need more people like you

Quote:

Originally Posted by twe90kid (Post 1630514)

would you say this is better than sashimi?

I used Sashimi as a fallback if the ROM doesn't have XDA UC built it, but IMO you can never learn enough, so learn and master as many and as much as you can.

Quote:

Originally Posted by NinjaDuck (Post 1632613)

Pick away. I can always add more info to the posts.

Again, thanks for sharing your knowledge, this definitely needs to be a sticky!

Blackcircle

03-15-2010 11:17 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

Thank you very much for this. Amazing job.=D>=D>=D>

bsarlo

03-18-2010 02:42 AM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

Do you know a way to add my Opera settings including my home page web sites to UC?

Can I just copy your xml code into a new text file and use it as is (adding my personalized entries of course)? Why are some enable values 1 and some are 0? What do each mean or are they specific to the attribute? For example do some attributes use 1 and -1 while others use 1 and 0? Or do they all use -1, 0, and 1? If they do what does the zero mean?

Dumb Q : what is hotmail? IMAP4 or POP3? I set it up using Makisu as a POP3 account and that worked. Do you have a sample code for POP3?

Can I just use the xml file created by Makisu in UC or is that only set up to run with Sashimi?

More Qs brewing...

badwolf

03-18-2010 07:29 AM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

I have been using an xml to set up gmail imap. now on uc run it sets up the account like before but I still have to set it up again for use of the inbox softkey? I have to run email wizzard otherwise it says set up email or sms/mms

NinjaDuck

03-18-2010 10:18 AM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

Quote:

Originally Posted by bsarlo (Post 1637939)

Hotmail is HTTPMail, but I think they have pop3 and SMTP server.

Try this. I will add it to the front page if it works.

Code:

<wap-provisioningdoc>

   <characteristic type="EMAIL2">

        <characteristic type="{618a7a2b-d44e-4069-9df0-c7aa69038a37}">

            <parm name="SERVICENAME" value="Hotmail" />

            <parm name="SERVICETYPE" value="POP3" />

            <parm name="INSERVER" value="pop3.live.com" />

            <parm name="OUTSERVER" value="smtp.live.com" />

            <parm name="NAME" value="My Name" /> 

            <parm name="REPLYADDR" value="" />

            <parm name="AUTHNAME" value="{your account}@hotmail.com" />

            <parm name="AUTHSECRET" value="{your passowrd}" />

            <parm name="DOMAIN" value="" />

            <parm name="AUTHREQUIRED" value="1" />

            <parm name="LINGER" value="120" />

            <parm name="RETRIEVE" value="-1" />

            <parm name="KEEPMAX" value="-1" />

            <parm name="DWNDAY" value="3" />

                        <parm name="SMTPALTENABLED" value="0" />

                         <parm name="SMTPALTAUTHNAME" value="" />

                         <parm name="SMTPALTPASSWORD" value="" />

                        <parm name="SMTPALTDOMAIN" value="" />

                          <characteristic type="TAGPROPS">

                <parm name="8128000B" value="0"/>

                <parm name="812C000B" value="0"/>          

              </characteristic>

        </characteristic>

   </characteristic>

</wap-provisioningdoc>

NinjaDuck

03-18-2010 10:19 AM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

Quote:

Originally Posted by badwolf (Post 1638110)

Pick a path. UC or Wizard.

badwolf

03-18-2010 11:25 AM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

Quote:

Originally Posted by NinjaDuck (Post 1638360)

Pick a path. UC or Wizard.

I use uc. for some reason when i first hit mail/inbox the choices are create or sms/mms.
I want the gmail inbox to appear when I press the inbox, for some reason I have to run menu account set up for it to work...

NinjaDuck

03-18-2010 12:21 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

Quote:

Originally Posted by badwolf (Post 1638517)

Tmail.exe has startup paramaters so you can create a link to a specific account. I don't know them off the top of my head, but I use them.

The way it works is it will open up whatever you opened last or display the account picker based on your settings.

You can always just swipe the screen horizontally to get to the next account.

PM me if you want more help as this does not appear to be a UC issue.

bsarlo

03-18-2010 12:25 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

I added your Hotmail code and am almost ready to flash. I was looking through my registry and there is an Activesync folder with all of the Exchange settings. Have you ever tried just copying it instead of xml? Or do you need xml to set up the account?
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Activesync

badwolf

03-18-2010 04:08 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

New question, which file is the opera passwords in so i can copy it over... i no longer need to copy my .adr for opera 9.

Thanks

bsarlo

03-18-2010 05:22 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

Quote:

Originally Posted by NinjaDuck (Post 1638358)

Hotmail is HTTPMail, but I think they have pop3 and SMTP server.

Try this. I will add it to the front page if it works.

Code:

<wap-provisioningdoc>

   <characteristic type="EMAIL2">

        <characteristic type="{618a7a2b-d44e-4069-9df0-c7aa69038a37}">

            <parm name="SERVICENAME" value="Hotmail" />

            <parm name="SERVICETYPE" value="POP3" />

            <parm name="INSERVER" value="pop3.live.com" />

            <parm name="OUTSERVER" value="smtp.live.com" />

            <parm name="NAME" value="My Name" /> 

            <parm name="REPLYADDR" value="" />

            <parm name="AUTHNAME" value="{your account}@hotmail.com" />

            <parm name="AUTHSECRET" value="{your passowrd}" />

            <parm name="DOMAIN" value="" />

            <parm name="AUTHREQUIRED" value="1" />

            <parm name="LINGER" value="120" />

            <parm name="RETRIEVE" value="-1" />

            <parm name="KEEPMAX" value="-1" />

            <parm name="DWNDAY" value="3" />

                        <parm name="SMTPALTENABLED" value="0" />

                         <parm name="SMTPALTAUTHNAME" value="" />

                         <parm name="SMTPALTPASSWORD" value="" />

                        <parm name="SMTPALTDOMAIN" value="" />

                          <characteristic type="TAGPROPS">

                <parm name="8128000B" value="0"/>

                <parm name="812C000B" value="0"/>          

              </characteristic>

        </characteristic>

   </characteristic>

</wap-provisioningdoc>

Worked like a charm! I love you man!

Other than one minor issue with **EDIT** [the way I edited] your exchange code, I'm now at the point where I got UC to do everything I had Sashimi doing. Now I need to look into getting UC to do some program settings.

For some reason, **EDIT** I typed my domain name where it is clearly marked Server] your exchange code set my server name the same as my domain name. So instead of mail1.domain.com it set both to domain.com. Once I changed the server name, I synced right away.

Any luck with the Opera 10 settings/Home screen websites? This takes me the longest to do on a new flash (since I now know UC).

Thank you. Thank you.

NinjaDuck

03-18-2010 09:38 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

Quote:

Originally Posted by bsarlo (Post 1639395)

I think you just need to backup this entire tree to the root of your files folder for the UC process to restore your favorites:

\Program Files\Opera Mobile 10\profile\datastorage

Folder 6 is actually the favorites.

bsarlo

03-19-2010 12:04 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

Quote:

Originally Posted by NinjaDuck (Post 1640039)

Thanks. I will be flashing again tonight so I'll let you know if that works.

The best part about all of this, in my opinion, is you really can't mess things up too badly. If something doesn't work with your programs when you make a change to the Config file, you can just re-flash and you are right back where you started.

raidzero

03-19-2010 12:58 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

Duck, great information! Do you know of a way to UC'ize bluetooth pairing? I would love to not have to pair every time I get in the car (only because I am always flashing lol) Seems to me the way bluetooth works this would not be possible but you never know. I have old BT technology that uses the same PIN over and over. (not MS Sync that generates PINs on the fly)

For my PC, it does generate a PIN on the fly, so I accept there is probably no way to automate pairing with that...

bsarlo

03-19-2010 04:38 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

Would you help me understand this line in your Exchange xml code:

<parm name="MIMETruncation" value="51200"/>

I looked for this here but it only shows one digit for the value setting. What's up?

Then I found this page that is really cool daigram of Exchange characteristic to use. I see that the 5120 sets the allowing incoming message size to 5K and a value of -1 allows all of the message to be synced. I still don't fully understand the extra 0 on the 51200. Is this just a combination of the two link pages explanations? So you are allowing the incoming message to be 5K large with the 5120 and the zero at the end lets it truncate all body text? So let the whole body in but only if the entire message is under 5K?

If I didn't want any limit would I put -10 there instead of 51200?

NinjaDuck

03-19-2010 09:55 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

Quote:

Originally Posted by bsarlo (Post 1643008)

Simple Answer = Defect

Thanks for picking it up...

NinjaDuck

03-19-2010 10:01 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

Quote:

Originally Posted by raidzero (Post 1642173)

There is no Configuration provider to do the pairing, but I think you might be able to simple export your registry:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\BlueTooth\Devices

It may not work since it takes two, but worth a try....

mlambert77

03-20-2010 02:12 AM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

Two Questions:

1) How do you set up scripts for cabs that allow you to choose whether to install on device or storage card?

2) With cabs where it prompts you to restart after installation, is it ok to install several of them (or all of them) at once, then restart?

O'Neil Mitchell

03-20-2010 08:41 AM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

Sticky

NinjaDuck

03-20-2010 01:51 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

Quote:

Originally Posted by mlambert77 (Post 1644640)

Two Questions:

1) How do you set up scripts for cabs that allow you to choose whether to install on device or storage card?

If this is important to you, I recommend using Sashimi as a second step to install these cabs. Only install the cabs you want on your primary flash using UC. XDA_UC may be different.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mlambert77 (Post 1644640)

2) With cabs where it prompts you to restart after installation, is it ok to install several of them (or all of them) at once, then restart?

You should be fine to wait for the end of UC to reboot.

finalone

03-21-2010 02:05 AM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

Awesome job! I was trying to mess around with UC on my own and you made it so much easier for me!

Maybe you know if these few things can be found in the registry (and where):

Login information for Facebook
Login information for Twitter
The order of your Manila tabs

NinjaDuck

03-21-2010 10:57 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

Quote:

Originally Posted by finalone (Post 1646777)

I do not use Facebook or Twitter, so I am not really sure if it will work, but this key seems promising:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\HTCAccountManager

Let me know if it works and I will add it to the front post.

Tab order in Manila is easy:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Manila\Configurati on

Be careful as writing this data can cause problems when new tabs or when you switch ROMs. You will know there is a problem because when you go to reorder them through the UI, some may be missing.

finalone

03-21-2010 11:58 PM

Re: Learn UC / Registry / XML Provisioning / CAB Editing {2010-03-15}

Quote:

Originally Posted by NinjaDuck (Post 1648561)

Hey, I'm going to try that HTCAccountManager key next time I flash and I'll let you know.

I'm already using the Configuration key and that selects which of the tabs are activated, but not the order. This is really an easy thing to manually adjust each flash, but I'm trying to see if I can get it to a point where everything is 100% ready to go right when I flash.

To pick your brain a little bit more, any idea which key turns on "Auto Adjust Backlight"?

Also, I know this isn't exactly the perfect thread for this...but it's related. I'm using a bunch of your cabs to turn off services/devices that I don't use. Once they are installed, is the effect permanent? Or do they need to stay installed on the device and uninstalling them reverses it?

Again, thanks for the great work. I'm sure I speak for a lot of people when I say you made my life a lot easier :)

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