Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

You might save your current work and start new. Unarchive a clean kitchen, then run prepit on a new .nbh. Then you can copy your OEM's back into your new kitchen until you find your error. That's what I do. Just last night as a matter of fact, I was seperating the different components out of the stock rom, and somehow I ended up with 2 different DSM files in the oem I made for tf3d. It took some time to find those with all the 89383f_manila files in there and the non-descriptive error message! :)

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

man i dont know what you mean by that im sorry i really just wanted to use someone else rom cuz they have done all the registry hacks and have it very stable i just want to add some of my own oem and kinda just make it my own with some diff oem and some new splash screens and things like that so can you give me a stupid proof direction on how to take it from here and what exactly i need to do cuz im trying to make this happen but dont know which way to go at it

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

Which rom? I can take a look at it tonight. Most of the roms I have seen in the diamond forum have rom protection so you can't decompile them.

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

got the touch pro and it is JD's ROM the newest version he says it has no protection on it

Dump a ROM
 

Ok a sorta backwards question but is there a tool to dump a ROM from a phone? If so what is it? I got a replacement 6900 and want to dump the stock ROM before I go messing around.

Thanks,
Steve

Re: Dump a ROM
 

d2s. search xda for a tutorial.

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

Any ideas yet man? Im running JD 2.0 since he just came out with a new one

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

Sorta got tied up...Hang out, click some ads, and I'll see if I can't get to it in the morning...

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

no problem thanks a lot really appreciate it

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

I had trouble downloading the rom in this thread in the first post...

If it's jd's 3.0, I couldn't download it. Please link me to a post or a link to the download.

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

I have same issue, but mine is even bigger, I just PrepIt => BuildOS => BuildIt
And I did not change any thing. The original .NBH file is 148 MB and the result 109 MB!!
I even tried to flash the new small nbh file and after going into the boot loader the process start and just stops on 1% with the following message:
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error 244 invalid model id

the update utility cannot be used for your PDA phone, please check your update utility.

N-DJCP5567-SQEVc568-DJCP956
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Device details:
Rom Version 1.93.415.4 WWE (same i am trying to cook)
Rom Date 09/04/08
Radio Version 1.00.25.05
Protocol Version 52.29.25.12H

By the way I already run the Unsigned-Hard-SPL-Diamond-OliNex at earlier stage.

I hope if you can help
Thanks

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

I found the problem, I flashed the RUU_Signed_1_93OliNex_HSPL_UnsignedEdition and every thing went fine, and I am really amazed how the file size reduced that much! any idea?
Now I have 2 questions:
1 can I change the room name?
2 If I make OEM with the OEMizer which needs a serial number, is there any way to include the serial so that it will be a registered software? do have a tutorial for that?

Thanks

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

Some roms are built with newer/different tools. Quite a few kitchens now-a-days are slightly modified versions of kitchens that were found elsewhere. This method usually doesn't work if your donor rom was built with ppckitchen's. Thus the shrinkage. A good indicator without flashing is check to see if the registry hives are in ..\kitchen\SYS\MetaData. Your looking for user.hv and default.hv..

1. http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...658#post609658
2. You'll need to find where the program puts the registration information. Either a registry entry or a data file.

Make sure you are using the correct kitchen for your device. I haven't verified the tp identifier. If you are using the right kitchen and are still having problems, post the first line when you goto Startmenu-Settings-DeviceInformation -- IdentityTab. It should say like DIAM500 or RAPHxxx or something... This information is in this kitchen @ ..\kitchen\tools\vogue_nbh.txt

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

can anybody upload the kitchen needed because i go into the download page rstoguy posted but cant download it, press the link, but there is nothing in the folder

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

so this tutorial doesn't work with roms created with ppckitchen?

i am trying to deconstruct groove and mightyrom and omj to try and pick and choose the programs that I want from each (imho each has pros and cons, so I am trying to get at a compromise between the three)

i'm guess each has some sort of "rom protection" since when I run prepit i end up with an oem folder containing a folder named "BETA, create your own rom"

during the dump process, all the files are created in the dump folder, but they are not placed into an oem or sys folder; then all the files are deleted when the dump finishes

is there any way to deconstruct these roms?

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

I think they all use protection so you can't see whose parts their using? OMJ doesn't on his.

pm on the way...

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

edit: yah didn't

i was able to find a grove oem base at the least -- so thats a start

i just wanted to be sure that i included tweaks from mightymike/omj into whatever custom rom i built; reading through all the registry options/tweaks looks like it would take forever

thanks for a great tool

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

Apparently not. No particular effort has been made to make them not work, however.
Yes, that is the sign of having stripped information used to deconstruct the rom.
There are ways. None so easy as working with an untampered rom, however.

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

I've figured out how to take a cooked rom uncook it and put it into a basic kitchen now what I would like to do is upgrade the os with the latest updates. How would I do this while preserving everything else? Oh I also would lile to update system apps like HTC Comm manager etc. I understand how to cook the rom how to add oems etc just can't figure out how to UPGRADE an excisting rom "I have permission from the chef"

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

After you have deconstructed the donor rom, grab the OEM that you want to upgrade and put it in your OEM folder. Then what I do is open the side-by-side explorer windows with your kitchen OEM directory on one side and the new OEM on the other. In your .\kitchen\OEM side, search for the files from the new OEM and delete them. When you search, they will show up twice. Check the location. You want to delete the one out of OEMAPPS, not out of NEW_COMM_OEM. Once you get all you can, run buildos and it will find the other duplicates for you....

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

As you've noticed from RStoyguy's description, upgrading is a complete pain in the *** with bepe kitchens. It's trivial w/ ppckitchen though, so work on rstoyguy (and eveyrone else) to upgrade :)

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

Is this a hint that using ppc kitchen would be easier?

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

As a general statement, making a base is easier in PPCk. Swapping parts between ppck bases is trivial. This is because PPCk strongly encourages chefs to package their customizations seperately from the bases. Bepe style kitchens (old and new) require chefs to make most changes directly to the bases, so you have to essentially ferret out whatever the kitchen base maker's changed, merge the bases, and then reapply the changes. In PPCk, because the customizations are encapsulated like one or more OEM packs (chefs choice), it's as simple as picking a device, WM build, and picking oem packages (of which chef so-and-so's tweaks are just another example of).

Of course, the first step to making everyone's life easier is getting chef's to quit making their changes directly to whatever base they are working on - and that means getting them to quit using old bepe tools at a minimum.

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

this is a great tutorial...i was looking for this!!! Thanks!!

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

Im probably havent searched hard,but the question is how to decoplete/edit NB file?

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

That's an advanced topic, and in here I wanted to stick to K.I.S.S. theory and put folks on the basic path. You may want to search for that topic on xda-developers.

K.I.S.S. = Keep It Simple Stupid...for those raised in a bubble.

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

i am trying to do this with one of of dcd's roms, but cant get it to work (it is v4.1.2). when i use buildos, it says that boot.hv is missing. so what i do is get it off of his 4.0.0 kitchen (build 20081218) and put it in the XIP folder. the rom builds fine and everything but when i try to program it in my phone, it does not want to boot up, it just stays in the second splash screen. (dont think boot.hv is just a coincidence on why the phone doesnt boot)

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

lol...

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

heyy guyss gotta question. Still trying to build my own roms. I'm so close to finishing to. Everytime i build it in buildos it works great, compiles it great, then i click on buildit...seems like it works okay...i go to ruu to flash it and i look at the ruu_signed.nbh and its only 1kb. Its like nothing is in there. I even try clicking on the update utility and it errors out, probably because there is nothing in the file. Anybody know why it's doing this. I get no errors in buildos, it creates the temp file as well. i assume that the problem lies around the buildit part.

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

This kitchen unfortunately has a size limitation. (it was built back in the apache days...) Can't build anything over ca. 125 meg's

I have migrated over and use calcu's kitchen now, a brief 15 line tutorial/how to can be found here. I'll create a new tutorial soon. Or convert this kitchen.

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

i'm trying to decompile yay4jug's rom, and remove touchflo. do you which folder do i need to delete or it's more complicated than that?

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

The easiest approach would be to find an OEM for the program you want to delete. Search the ..\OEM and ..\SYS folders for the files in that OEM and delete them. Then drop the OEM into ..\OEM and use buildos to find the remaining duplicates. Then once you get a complete build, delete the OEM you used to find the duplicates with.

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

i looked thru the folder, but can't figure out which ones are the touchflo oem

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

Download ppckitchen_oem_vga.rar from ppckitchen.org. There is an OEM inside for tf3d, extract it, then search your rom directory for the same files and delete those. Ensure that in your computers file explorer that you have it set so you can see system files. "Show hidden files and folders", otherwise the bulk of the *_manila files won't show.

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

i dl, and extracted the ppckitchen_oem_vga.rar, and saw the manila folders (they were Manila, Manila_raphael, Manila_sprint, manila_sprint_raphael, and Manilla today theme), but for the yay4jugg custom rom, i can't seem to find the manilla folders. yes i have set my computer to show hidden files. can u see which ones they are?

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

Got a link to the rom your using?

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

You'll need to provide a working link for me to help you havier...

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

hmm, that link works for me... its yay4juggs ROM... its prolly 'protected'
here's the download link (with Opera)

Re: How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
 

any way on how to use calku's kitchen for the titan?