Apache WM6 Kitchen CE OS 5.2.1908 (Build 18508.0.7.0) - UPDATED 20071217

[turvy06]

I tried that an it worked, however i got a windows error saying "RUU has stopped working" when the update started, then "Error downloading ROM". Any ideas?

[Eturnulrs704]

I got the same error at first til i figured to remove my device, place it in boot loader mode and just wait for the cue to place the device back in... sometimes I soft reset the device before..

[turvy06]

Originally Posted by Eturnulrs704

I got the same error at first til i figured to remove my device, place it in boot loader mode and just wait for the cue to place the device back in... sometimes I soft reset the device before..

I am still getting the same errors even after trying that. Any other ideas guys?

[Spey]

lmi 20071117
Device: Apache XV-6700
IS: WM6
RUU: NoID
Carrier: Verizon
Bootloader V-2.02
PPCGeeks_OEM.rar


Problem: Ringtones are not in correct folder after ROM Flash.

After successful ROM flash, Ring Tones are not in the correct location on device. Selections in the build for Module\Customization included Additional Ringtones, Themes, Sounds. In the USER_OEM file I had previously placed my custom Ring sound files into the Additional Ringtones & Additional Sounds folders and deleted the one's I did not want. (I used the Ringtones folder for phone-ringtones & the Sounds folder for alarm sounds, etc.). All of the sound files that I added to these two folders were placed into the My Device\Windows folder, after ROM Flash. This makes the Alarm sound files accessible from the device o.k., but the Ringtone files need to be in the My Device/My Documents\My Ringtones folder on the device to be accessible by the Phone Settings.

I know that I can work-around by copying the Rintone files from the Windows folder to the Ringtones folder on the device, but I had assumed that considering the USER_OEM folder has a specific folder for Additional Ringtones that they would be correctly placed/located after a ROM Flash.

In the buildlog.txt for the Flash I did notice some things of possible interest relating to Ringtones (see below – file was 120kb – too large to attach copy). Additional Themes & Sounds both appear to have loaded properly. BTW, I removed the majority of the Additional Themes from USER_OEM.

Scanning USER_OEM\Additional Ringtones
Compiling Device Manifest
Compiling Files
skipped C:\Documents and Settings\Chris\Desktop\Helmi 20071117\USER_OEM\Additional Ringtones\option.xml
Scanning USER_OEM\Additional Themes
Compiling Device Manifest
Compiling Files
skipped C:\Documents and Settings\Chris\Desktop\Helmi 20071117\USER_OEM\Additional Themes\option.xml
Scanning USER_OEM\Additonal Sounds
Compiling Device Manifest
Compiling Files
skipped C:\Documents and Settings\Chris\Desktop\Helmi 20071117\USER_OEM\Additonal Sounds\option.xml
Scanning USER_OEM\MultiStatus_Plugin
Compiling Device Manifest
Compiling Files
skipped C:\Documents and Settings\Chris\Desktop\Helmi 20071117\USER_OEM\MultiStatus_Plugin\option.xml
Scanning USER_OEM\Small_Today_Clock
skipped because 63096325-8cd5-11dc-8314-0800200c9a66 in exclude list
Scanning USER_OEM\World_Clock
Compiling Device Manifest
Compiling Files
skipped C:\Documents and Settings\Chris\Desktop\Helmi 20071117\USER_OEM\World_Clock\option.xml

FYI, I did "copy" the Additional Ringtones, Themes, Sounds folders from a previous Helmi20071108 folder on my computer.

[luv2chill]

Originally Posted by Spey

Problem: Ringtones are not in correct folder after ROM Flash.

It is a limitation of the imgfs file system that these devices use that absolutely everything you pre-build into your ROM goes into \Windows. It can be copied automatically to other locations but the original will always be in \Windows.

Microsoft had to find a way to work around that limitation for ringtones that came preloaded with the device (to prevent all the notification sounds from appearing in the ringtone list) and that solution was to enumerate all of the ringtone files located in \Windows inside a registry entry. If the ringtone files are not listed in that registry entry then they will not appear in the ringtone list.

So that is the reason your ringtones aren't showing up--you did not edit the rgu file inside the "Additional Ringtones" folder to include their file names in the list. If you open up that rgu file in a text editor it should be fairly self-explanatory how to do it.

Barring that, you can use initflashfiles to copy your ringtones to the Ringtones folder where they'll be enumerated automatically--but that negates the whole point of building them in the ROM in the first place--as they'll take up twice the space. You might as well put them in a cab file or copy them after the fact and save your ROM space for other stuff.

I realize that's not intuitive, and it's not really documented for the WM6 kitchen (it was for the last WM5 kitchen though). Unfortunately, none of us really likes writing docs so there probably won't be any until someone takes the time to write up stuff like this.

[Spey]

luv2chill, thanks for the reply

Originally Posted by luv2chill

... you did not edit the rgu file inside the "Additional Ringtones" folder to include their file names in the list. If you open up that rgu file in a text editor it should be fairly self-explanatory how to do it.

?? So if I edit the rgu file to include references to the Ringtones that I want the ROM to automatically load to the Device Ringtone Folder and I have the sounds files in the kitchens USER_OEM Additional Ringtones Folder, will I still need to have these files in the Windows folder on the device? Hopefully, not.

My goal is to not have duplicate copies of the sound files on the device (except for sound files that I want access to from different programs like Alarms, which appear to be located by default in the Windows folder of the device).

[jhonny11]

Originally Posted by Spey

luv2chill, thanks for the reply

?? So if I edit the rgu file to include references to the Ringtones that I want the ROM to automatically load to the Device Ringtone Folder and I have the sounds files in the kitchens USER_OEM Additional Ringtones Folder, will I still need to have these files in the Windows folder on the device? Hopefully, not.

My goal is to not have duplicate copies of the sound files on the device (except for sound files that I want access to from different programs like Alarms, which appear to be located by default in the Windows folder of the device).

Yes and no - if you look into that rgu file in the additional rintones folder you'll see where to add your rigntone file names. Yes, they will be in the windows directory, Yes, they will be able to be used as ringtones, even though they are not in the my ringones directory, No, they will not take up any space on the internal memory, since they are in ROM. You don't need duplicates in any other directories, as they will work just fine in the Windows directory.