Is there a tutorial for installing WM6.1?
 

I'm brand new to all of this and I can't seem to find a good place to start. I have a 6700 and I'd like to upgrade it to WM6.1. I don't know what a 'Kitchen' is or how to use it, and the Kitchen website does little to explain. Can anyone please point me in the right direction?

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Not that I know of but you can copy this from WM6. I do not take credit for the rightup.

Tutorial to upgrade your ROM to WM6 (pt.1)

Many people have requested a tutorial on how to upgrade or flash a new ROM. This is my best effort to create a “how to“. I am not a web developer or a windows mobile guru of any kind so there may be mistakes. Use this at your own risk. If you have questions do a search or post them in this thread and someone will attempt to help you. If I am wrong on any of this documentation, don’t worry someone will point it out and I will be glad to edit my post.

Edit: This is for Apache 6700 phones only.

The first thing you need to do is to setup. You will need to do or have the following items before you flash your ROM. Some are common sense things but I will list them anyway.

1. A computer running Windows XP or Windows Vista. I run XP so I don’t know how to instruct those of you running Vista, but there is plenty of reference to it in the forums. Make sure that your computer has an open USB port. I wouldn’t try flashing with your USB cable attached to a USB hub. No technical reason that I can give you, I just wouldn’t do it personally.
2. Active sync version 4.5. No other version will work for this process. It can be downloaded here as a free download.
3. A mini USB cable. One end should fit in the USB port on your PC and one end in the mini USB on your PPC.
4. Check for your boot loader version. To do this you simply Press the power button, the record button and the reset button at the same time. (Screenshot )You will notice that the screen gets dark. If you take a small light or flashlight and look at the screen you will be able to see the word USB at the top of the screen. At the bottom of the screen you will see the version number. Example: 2.02, 1.02, 2.04 or 1.04. You will need to make a note of which version you have so that you can select it during the build process. To exit boot loader hit the reset button only.
5. Download the latest version of the kitchen found here.
6. Download the OEM folder call PPcgeeks_OEM.rar from the same post as above and leave it in the rar format. Place this file in the root folder where you stored your kitchen. If you did not change the default location for the kitchen when you downloaded it then it should be C:\Buildos.
You should now have the setup portion complete. The next post will be for the actual selection of items to burn into your ROM.

After you have downloaded the kitchen and placed the rar file in the correct folder you are ready to start “cooking”. Just click on the icon that looks like a chef. This will start the kitchen program. When you start the kitchen for the first time you may get an error because you have not selected the carrier. This in normal. You will select it in one of the steps below. (Screenshot)
Follow these steps:
1. Select you boot loader in the dropdown menu marked RUU on the top bar. If you have 1.02 or 2.02 select Standard. If you have 1.04 or 2.04 select X.04+. If you find that you get an error later then come back here and select NoID.
2. Select you carrier in the carrier dropdown menu.
3. Select the items you would like to place into you ROM, meaning programs, games, etc… that you want on your PPC. You can select a section tab in the left hand pane to go to that particular section or you can start on the right pane making selections and work your way down the screen. Be sure to select your carrier again under the module called Carrier Customize. The sections with a circle selector mean one of the items in that section must be selected. If it has a square box selector, these are optional. Don’t worry this will make sense later. Be careful not to select too many programs or you will get an error when you build. You can start with a few items and then add later to figure out how much you can stuff in. I recommend starting small just to get the feel of the process. If you are not sure what one of the programs are you can select the item and right click with you mouse. Go to visit homepage or OEM info and out will find the program information.
Edit: If you chose to do so you can use the default selections. They are loaded for you when you start the kitchen. They are saved in the C:\buildos folder as Apache_Helmi_WM6 Selections. All you would need to do is select your RUU, Carrier in dropdown and carrier in the Carrier Customize section. If you choose to make your own selections, after making all you selections use the file tab located in the top left corner and navigate to Save as. Save your file using whatever name you like. This will preserve the Apache_Helmi_WM6 Selections default settings and also give you your own base selections to work from.
4. Once you have selected all your items click on the green arrow in the top left of the kitchen. This will start the build process. You will see the build process in a separate screen called build status. Don’t do anything while this process is working. It will take a couple of minutes. If you have made too many selections you will get an error similar to this one:
Compiled Size (0x395ffc0) greater than Max Rom Size (0x38e5800).
Just close it out and remove some selections. Then start the same process again by clicking the green arrow. Once the build process is complete you can simply follow the onscreen prompts.
5. The update utility will start. At this point place your phone into boot loader mode and plug your USB cable to the computer and phone. Edit: Don't worry about the instructions that say to reset your phone, just hit next. Once you hit next your phone will be found. Just click update and wait. Do not unhook you phone during the process. You will see another screen with a progress bar as the ROM is flashed. After the process reaches 100% you will be notified that the process is complete. When it says to do so, unhook your phone and perform a hard reset. This is done by holding down the 2 soft keys(located above the Send/End keys on the front of your PPC) and pressing the reset at the same time. A white screen will come up asking to confirm reset. Open your keyboard and hit the Y key. Than hit the spacebar. Your phone will reboot. Do your screen alignment and other items as prompted and you are set. At this point you should have your phone upgraded.
As you can see the process is pretty easy. You can repeat the same process to “tweak” your phone with whatever you want to have on it. As stated earlier this thread will be updated with any corrections the moderators or senior members point out. Moderators feel free to edit this post as you see fit. This is a very basic tutorial but I hope it helps some of you.

If you want to save your selections for a later build select file in the top left corner ans click save as. I usually use the date I cooked the ROM, example 122907, as my save file so that it references the date I cooked it. I also recommend looking into the OEMizer by tierman so you can save your personal settings and they are cooked into you ROM for you so that you don't have to re-enter it every time you hard reset. This is very handy especially for email settings.

Re: Is there a tutorial for installing WM6.1?
 

Tutorial to upgrade your ROM to WM6 (pt.2)

Definitions
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.

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Thanks bb2ppc! If I were a moderator I would sticky this. It'd make it easier for newbies to get started if they could see everything they needed to know right at the top of the forum.

So the Kitchen is used to "cook" your own custom ROM with all the ingredients that you have a taste for. One question though - couldn't ingredients (more commonly known as programs) be added after you flash the ROM? Then that would make cooking the ROM more of a convenience (install everything at once as opposed to adding it all separately), right?

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Yeah, Thanks bb2ppc.
I had general nfo before but that does spell out a clear process.

C-ya

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heh, i thought this was pretty simplified now.. just a download and a click or two.

good luck everyone :)

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It was stickied. We unstickied it because 90% of it doesn't apply anymore.

Download http://ppckitchen.org/downloads/buildos.msi
Run it.
Run the Updater (you can also manually downlod the .rar files from http://ppckitchen.org/downloads)
Run BuildOS
make sure the dropdowns on the toolbar are set correctly
pick your add ons in the listview (start very small...till you get the hang of it)
Push the play button on the toolbar.
Follow the prompts.

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also make sure you have internet connection, yada yada....

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You kind of have to have one to download the .msi and run the updater (if you expect it to work, anyway)

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Yeah, but you hafta log in everytime you use the kitchen. before you could just download the files and save 'em, then u could run it from your laptop (or whatever computer) without internet connection. With the required login, comes required internet access each and every time you want to cook. That was my point, still loving the kitchen though ;-)

Re: Is there a tutorial for installing WM6.1?
 

You are wrong.

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thanks for pm explaining the details...

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This was helpful :D thanks, every time I forget how to get into boot loader mode :D

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You would have been right a week earlier :)

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Just wondering, but being a noob in PPC's, once you put the phone in bootloader mode to check the version number can you just soft reset the phone to bring it back into operation? Great phone so far and am looking forward to tweaking.

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provided prior to putting it into bootloader it was operational, then yes ;-)

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Thanks for the quick reply, seems that I have bootloader 2.05. I'll have to work up the nerve to flash to a different version or only be able to cook a mini-rom. Again thanks for the help.

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Okay, next noob question. I see in the sticky that you do not have to make any extra selections when putting together your custom ROM, you can use Helmi's pick or the Vogue I suppose. Would just not selecting anything give you a phone with the same types of program given say on a new phone with 6.1? Again, thanks for all the help.

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wow cant say i've ever cooked up a rom without picking ANYTHING from the kitchen, i suppose it would produce a bare bone ROM with nothing but the basics. Of course if you dont like the result you can always cook up another one and so on......

Best thing to do is just pick stuff you want/like and put one together (esp if it's your first one) and flash it and try it out for a day or two. Then if you not satisfied and want to add more, or different programs, then cook again. Repeat this process as often as you like, and however many times you think you need to get the perfect ROM. Some users flash new ROMs daily, others flash hourly, and some of us only flash maybe once or twice a month. Just depends, YMMV (if you see this Nickles - Meow !!!)

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Yes. We generally try to make the default close to what a "stock" phone would have (minus crap-ware).

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>>If you take a small light or flashlight and look at the screen you will be able to see the word USB at the top of the screen. At the bottom of the screen you will see the version number. Example: 2.02, 1.02, 2.04 or 1.04. <<

<panic>Mine says "SERIAL" at the top, not "USB"!</panic>

Problem? Not a problem?
NoazDad

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And I'm getting "Server Unavailable - Unable to connect to remote server" when trying to run the Kitchen...

I'm behind my company's firewall, and I'm guessing that the NetworkNazis have probably blocked the traffic. Can someone verify that the server is indeed up and running??

Thx,
NoazDad

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If you plug the USB to your phone then PC it will change to USB. It says serial when nothing is hooked up and USB when it is connected.

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That is probably because of the fiewall. When I am at work I just use my phone as a modem before I get ready to flash it. I hook up the phone, connect my laptop to the internet through my phone and viola! Works like a charm for me.

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My bootloader version appears to be 1.00 should I upgrade this 1st before going to WM6. I am a severe noob and have *!@*+ up my phone before and do not want to do it again.

Thank you in advance

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The only downside to v1.00 is Vista will not connect when you are in bootloader mode.

So, if you're using Vista and don't have access to an XP machine, I'd upgrade to 1.02. Otherwise, stay with 1.00.

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How do you upgrade a bootloader?

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Thanks I am using Vista so it looks like I will be upgrading.

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Follow the bootloader downgrade/reversion sticky. You'll end up w/ 1.02/2.02 no matter what you started with.

There is also a 1.02 bl_03.nbh file floating around that you can just flash like a regular rom flash when you are upgrading from 1.00.

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I guess this is as good of a place as any to post my question. When I installed BuildOS, it says to run the updater on the first run. I use XP 64 bit, so the updater won't work. Following the instructions, I do a manual update, and download the files(PPCGeeks_OEM, 000_Shareware, Apache_Helmi_WM6.1). Unfortunately, no where(that I can find at least) does it say where to place these files. My best guess was to extract PPCGeeks_OEM and 000_Shareware into USER_OEM(which seems to work alright) and I placed Apache_Helmi_WM6.1 into the Kitchen folder. Everything seems fine when running the program and making my selections, however, when I go to build, after the donations window it gives me the error "ROM folder does not exists. ROM\XIP\". Of which, the only information on the error would suggest that I am using a selection.txt from an older buildOS, which I am not. And as always, much appreciation for any help rendered.

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Nope. The easiest method is to delete everything you've done, put the selections.txts in the projects folder, and put everything else (.rars and readme.txts) in the kitchens folder. No need to extract anything (without further modifications, it won't work if you do extract).

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Thanks! Did the trick.

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So, if I understand this correctly in order to upgrade your ROM on the Apache you must actually create (cook) your own, correct? It seems as though other devices (like the Vogue) have pre-made ROM's that have been cooked by others that you can just install... But that's not the case here? Please straighten me out if I'm not understanding this.. thnx!

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That's pretty much true. Premade roms really aren't satisfying once a good kitchen is available. A long time ago, kitchens were fairly daunting - they've come a long way in the friendliness department.

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I've successfully used the BuildOS to create and flash my own ROM but where is this new ROM that I created stored? What folder is it in? How can I get to it and reuse it like the older style pre-cooked ROMs floating around with the .nbf file type? I may not always be able to use BuildOS every time and I would like to save my stable ROM creations.

I'm sure this is obvious but I've read many threads and I must be missing something. Thanks.

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u can find the nbh in a temp folder
C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\hIq Inc\PPC-BuildOS\9.05.2.6Temp (may vary in Vista)

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Also, if you find a setup that you like, you can click the save button, next to the play button and it will save that for you. Next time, you just open and you are all ready to cook, or modify. One thing I would suggest, is to rename it by going to file>Save.. then, rename it to something you'll understand.

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I just flashed my phone to 6.1 using the instructions provided. Obviously things are different, but I have a problem with texts. It says that my account is locked and that company policy prohibits messaging on this device. Did I mess something up?

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I think I know what I did wrong, nevermind.

I tried to recover my contacts and appointments using my old backup file from 6.0 and it messed everything up. I hard reset and used PIM backup to get everything back.

This was my first flash and right now it seems a bit laggy, so I think I will go back and fix a few things to get it right. I miss my HTC Home more then anything else so far. I need the big clock and the little bar that shows missed calls, MMS, and SMS.

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Yesterday i downgraded my boot loader from 2.05 to 2.02 in the hopes of being able to have more space for my rom. After downgrading the size still seems relatively small. i can't get what i want into the rom and have it fit on my apache. Can someone post the max size that can be used and the requirement to be able to flash that size rom. a few saved presets with a good app set and maxed rom size for BuildOS would be helpful. Thanks SOO much for all the work here keep it up guys.