Tutorial to upgrade your ROM to WM6 - Page 3

tonirea · #21 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 01:24 AM

I just cooked my first Kitchen as per your directions and everything went well so far except my contacts. Is there a way to get them from my computer to my phone? Thanks.

Nevermind, I think I just got it. The option wasn't available for me before to sync the contacts and somehow it just became available after checking again. Who knows. I have one more question though, What if you don't want to pay for some of the things that were downloaded like games for instance. Do I just delete them with file explorer somehow?

**gguruusa** · #22 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by tonirea

I just cooked my first Kitchen as per your directions and everything went well so far except my contacts. Is there a way to get them from my computer to my phone? Thanks.

Nevermind, I think I just got it. The option wasn't available for me before to sync the contacts and somehow it just became available after checking again. Who knows. I have one more question though, What if you don't want to pay for some of the things that were downloaded like games for instance. Do I just delete them with file explorer somehow?

Things in the ROM can't be deleted. You'll have to rebuild your ROM to remove them. On the plus side, unless you want to build something else into your ROM, you won't gain anything by removing them. If you just want to get rid of the icons, you can navigate to windows\start menu and delete the icons you don't want to see anymore.

**gguruusa** · #23 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 05:56 PM

The following basic definitions are needed to load ROMs/use the kitchen:

HTC - the manufacturer of the 6700/6800/Touch/Tilt/et al.

Apache = PPC6700 = 6700

Titan = PPC6800 = 6800 = Mogul

(soft) Reset - there is a small whole on the bottom of your PPC, just to the left of the usb connector - it's the reset button. Use your stylus to push it. Your screen will go dark, then about 3 seconds later will show the boot splash.

Hard Reset - hold the left and right - buttons in (located just above the connect/disconnect phone buttons) at the same time as you push the reset button. It helps to hold the phone upside down in the hand that's pushing the - buttons, and use the stylus with your other hand to push the reset button.

Bottloader Mode (APACHE) - power+cassette/notes+reset - the power button is on/off button on the top of your phone. The cassette/notes button is the top button on the left side of your phone - it has a picture of a cassette tape on it, if it hasn't been worn off. Hold all three buttons in for about a 1/2 second, and the screen will go dark and stay dark. If you look closely, preferably in a well lit environment, you'll see some Serial or USB in the middle of the screen. Below that is a version number. You are in bootloader mode, and the version number is your bootloader version. YOU MUST KNOW YOUR BOOTLOADER VERSION BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO FLASH OR BUILD A ROM.

Bootloader Mode (TITAN et al) - power+camera+reset - the power button is on/off button on the top of your phone. The camera button is the bottom button on the right side of your phone - it has a picture of a camera on it, if it hasn't been worn off. Hold all three buttons in for about a 1/2 second, and the screen will go to a tri-colored screen. You are in bootloader mode. You must unlock your phone to load custom ROMs (it is necessary to unlock your phone only once during the life of your phone).

ROM - there are 4 types of Roms, but the two most commonly referred to are the OS ROM and the Radio ROM. Unless explicitly stated, ROM refers to the OS ROM. The OS ROM has WM5/WM6 on it. It is the OS ROM that gets updated frequently. Radio ROM updates are rarely needed, ExtROM updates are never needed, and bootloader ROM updates (updates that change the bootloader version) are discouraged heavily - bootloaders are a rare case where older is usually better than newer.

Ext ROM - this is a extra partition that contains carrier branded software. If you are using a custom ROM or the kitchen, you do not need anything that the carrier installed here - you may use it as extra storage. This storage area is not erased by a hard reset, but it is normally "locked" (hidden, read only). Some software does not behave as expected when the Ext ROM area is "unlocked".

nbf/nbh - these are different ROM encoding methods. Your phone REQUIRES a specific method. Most people do not need to know anything about nbf/nbh or encoding methods.

RUU - this is a piece of software from HTC. The kitchen includes it, as do many ROM distributions.

Kitchen - the place to make your custom ROM. The kitchen is a collection of various software tools that assemble your ROM and start the flash process. There are currently two flavors of kitchen, the original Bepe .9 version, and the newer .9.5 Bepe/PPCGeeks version. The .9.5 version currently only supports the Apache/6700 - it will not work properly for other phones.

Custom ROM - a particular OS ROM, almost always built from the latest kitchen. Distributing custom ROMs is discouraged - it is easier and less costly to distribute the kitchen modifications necessary to build a given ROM.

PagePool - cache for executing programs. This is an advanced subject. There's little reason to mess with it for most people.

OEM (module) - add-in programs to the kitchen and/or add-in customizations. There are lots and lots of OEMs - the most common freeware ones are in the PPCGeeksOEM.rar distributed as a kitchen add-on.

.NET 1.0/2.0/2.0SP1/3.5 - various flavors of the PC .NET package from Microsoft. Available from Microsoft as a free download. .NET 2.0SP1 or later is required to run the newer BuildOS (v .9.5)

.NET CF 1.0/2.0/3.5 - the PPC equivalent of the PC versions of .NET. Require by some PPC applications.

DO NOT LOAD A ROM FROM ANOTHER DEVICE ON YOUR PHONE.

DO NOT UNPLUG THE USB CABLE WHILE FLASHING. It's best to not touch anything at all while it's flashing. Don't run other processor intensive software (like games) while it is flashing, either.

Fresh2Death · #24 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 07:40 PM

i have a question for u GA. Medic, what do u kno about page pools if anything. and what is the best setting to build for ur custom rom?

**gguruusa** · #25 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 10:01 PM

Please don't cross post.

**GaMedic** · #26 (**permalink**) 01-06-2008, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Fresh2Death

i have a question for u GA. Medic, what do u kno about page pools if anything. and what is the best setting to build for ur custom rom?

I know absolutly nothing about pagepools. Look in the post above your. gguruusa has a short definition there. He is the expert.

**GaMedic** · #27 (**permalink**) 01-06-2008, 03:06 PM

Gguruusa thanks so much for you additions.

**GaMedic** · #28 (**permalink**) 01-10-2008, 01:53 PM

I updates post number 3 on this thread with the definitions.

GoatDweller · #29 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 04:36 AM

Hi GA.Medic I have a minor detail of a problem...
When I hit the greeen arrow to cook the Rom I get this message asking me to overwrite the PPCgeeks.rar file, the one that is the 2 of 2 download on the kitchen WM^ page?
I clicked overwrite..is this correct?

**gguruusa** · #30 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 10:46 AM

That's not what the message said. There should have been an OEM and file listed, in addition to PPCgeeks.rar. The message was informing you that you selected two OEMs that are both trying to put a similarly named file in the ROM. Only one can have the name, so you have to choose which one...the first (cancel) or the second (overwrite/ok).

If you have further questions about using the kitchen, please post them in the buildos or kitchen threads stickied at the top (choose one, not both).