Custom ROM Howto *Advanced Devs Only*

[DogGuy]

Originally Posted by nerdstrap

Thanks for the tutorial man. I don't get the need for the automated bat files. If you want to learn how to do this stuff, you need to go step by step! I'd like to see the next step in this from you or one of the others making roms. Maybe an example of removing Live Messenger or Office from the ROM and then flashing it to the device.

The point is precisely what was said in the readme / first post of that kitchen, for people to basically be able to open the .bat file and see exactly what is going on (a step-by-step much like Zeurx has written out, but more involved because it has lots of cleaning up and moving of files). Some people do better deconstructing a working object and understanding the process that way. I also mainly wrote the scripts for myself because I found myself breaking apart every custom and stock rom out there to compare and learn how different things were added, removed, and modified. Thats a process I encourage anyone getting into this to do.

Definitely not a bash or anything on Zeurx, quite the opposite actually. The more opportunities and approaches offered for folks to learn the ins-and-outs of the process, the better. Nice job Zeurx!

After reading the steps I do have a question on your process ... what BuildOS are you using that doesn't need a ROM\XIP directory with a pulled boot.rgu from the original nbh, or a renamed os.nb.payload?

I go through a mess of processes with RomMaster and DumpRom to pull the right boot.rgu, but if you have a way of eliminating that step, I'm all ears.

Keep up the good work,
- DogGuy

[zeurx]

crap i left that out :$ well anyways i pulled the XIP extracter from HyperCore i think