How To's For Developing.

[jakdillard]

First off I want to make a tutorial thread for potential rom developers.
I do not intend for this thread to become a question pot for noobs please if you are not familiar with rom creating or comfortable with the idea of royally messing up your phone please do not post here search first ...........

Fellow Developers if you have a tutorial that you want to share please post it here .........

Edit by: budney

Any post that is not tutorial will be deleted. ***Wideawake's post will stay to encourage all who can to contribute to this great thread!!!***

If you want to thank the person who helped you or who originally did the tutorial, please give them !!!

Questions about these tutorials can be asked in the link below.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...039#post217039

[jakdillard]

Alright this first lesson is how to port a SYS folder from another device

The tools you will need for this is G'reloc your kitchen OEM folder and SYS folder and SYS folder from other rom.

Ok Step 1
Decompile your donor rom in your kitchen so that you have a SYS folder OEM folder and Rom Folder. Once you have this done place the G'reloc tool in the kitchen folder, run G'reloc , what this tool does is relocates the modules in the SYS folder using the info from the .vm imageinfo.bin, there are three important slots that you will need to get the info from they are slot 0: slot 1: and size of rom . What you will need to do now is write down those numbers exactly how they look for each slot.

Step 2

Move your Donor SYS folder out of your kitchen to a safe place (ex C:\desktop\Kitchen move donor to C:\SYS) then you want to get your new SYS folder from other rom (ex Kaiser SYS) and place it in your kitchen . Run G'reloc again and this time fill in the slots metioned above with the values of the last G'reloc run (ex slot 0: from 1st run value 01F30000 replace with new value slot 0 : 01FDE0000) then on G'reloc press the "doit!" button let it run until its done . Now on to building, add your oems in your donor OEM folder then build............(in some cases device may not boot because the new SYS will need the WINCE_NLS folder from donor SYS)

Troubleshooting

"Device will not go past HTC screen "
You must make sure the the WINCE_NLS folder is in you new SYS folder ........

"Bluetooth does not work"
In your new SYS folder delete the Bluetooth folders the replace them with the donor Bluetooth folders

[soicy423]

Originally Posted by jakdillard

Alright this first lesson is how to port a SYS folder from another device

The tools you will need for this is G'reloc your kitchen OEM folder and SYS folder and SYS folder from other rom.

Ok Step 1
Decompile your donor rom in your kitchen so that you have a SYS folder OEM folder and Rom Folder. Once you have this done place the G'reloc tool in the kitchen folder, run G'reloc , what this tool does is relocates the modules in the SYS folder using the info from the .vm imageinfo.bin, there are three important slots that you will need to get the info from they are slot 0: slot 1: and size of rom . What you will need to do now is write down those numbers exactly how they look for each slot.

what kitchen should i download and use to decompile my donor rom into a sys folder oem folder and rom folder?

[indagroove]

Originally Posted by soicy423

what kitchen should i download and use to decompile my donor rom into a sys folder oem folder and rom folder?

Just use prepit.

[Wideawake]

Dude I have so been waiting on someone to share this info with the community! You are the man. Hope we get alot more tutorials in this thread! Thanks for sharing and posting.
~mike

[jakdillard]

This is a really easy task

Tools:
NBHTOOL

Alright heres how its done

Using the NBHTOOL break down your donor nbh file (ex if you want to use a titan radio get a titan rom)

In NBH TOOL you will see 3 tabs

1st tab NBH TO NB .....
This is the option you want to use to break down your donor rom it will be broken down into NB files .... select a destination for you output folder (ex C:\rom\titannb) there you will find your nb files

Next what you want to do is after you have your rom broke down open the nbhtool and use the 2nd tab NB TO NBH you will find that is has spots for each part of the rom find the spot for the radio click the browse button next to the radio spot and find the radio.nb file ...... open it to that spot then in the device ID for a vogue you would type in VOGU100 for a titan TITA1000

Next type in what you want to call the rom (in the version box you can type titan_radio1.12) or whatever then press the generate button and WHAM your done .....

DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANY OTHER BOX BESIDE DEVICE ID OR VERSION EVERYTHING ELSE DOESN'T MATTER FOR THIS .......

[dereknjenny04]

This how to will allow you to change the boot splash screens.

Download the attached file and unzip to a folder ( assuming C:\splashtool for this tutorial )

There are 2 images you can change. The first image is displayed with all the versions, etc.. and then the second.

Find 2 image files that you want to use and resize them to 240w x 320h. I have done in both JPEG and BMP format.

1. ) Once you have those 2 files, copy them to the C:\SplashTool\ folder.

2. ) Open the tool nb_image_converter_859_418_826.exe and press the "Load..." button to select the first image from C:\splashtool\.

3. ) Click on the "Save to .nb" button and save the files as 01_MainSplash.nb. It should produce a 150Kb .nb file.
*** Files should be saved in the C:\Splashtool\ folder.

4. ) Repeat for second image, but name it 02_SubSplash.nb. If you forget to rename, you can always just rename later.

5. ) Run "MakeBootSplash.bat" This will generate a RUU_signed.nbh file that you can flash.

***** This will hard reset your device ******

I found the tool "nb_image_converter_859_418_826.exe" over in XDA. Not sure who developed it, but many thanks to whomever it was.

[PapaDocta]

say you want to extract the OS from an official shipped released and then flash it to your phone (note your phone should be unlocked before flashing) here is the steps how to do it..

1. get NBHextract.exe and NBHgen.exe.
2. create a folder (anywhere you want) let's create one in C:\test_rom (any name you want)
3. download any shipped ROM you want (hutch, Sprint, Bell, or etc) and extract the content of the shipped rom. copy the RUU_signed.nbh file to the C:\test_rom folder.
4. open the command line (start menu>run>cmd) and go to the folder you create (cd C:\test_rom)
5. type NBHextract.exe RUU_signed.nbh it will now extract the content of the ruu_signed file into 4 parts ( 00_SPL.nb, 01_MainSplash.nb, 03_GSM.nb, 04_OS.nb) in this case we'll take the 04_OS.nb.
6. create a simple text file and type the following:
VOGU100 <=== model of the device
HTC__029 <=== CID
1.12.470.1 <=== version info
USA <==== Language
400,04_OS.nb <=== header info

now save the text file after you inserted the above info (without the <=== and text after it) and name it anything you want.. in this example i named it file.txt
7. still in the CMD (command prompt line) type NBHgen.exe file.txt and hit enter.. now it will convert the .nb to nbh and it's now ready to be flashed to your phone..

8. use http://rapidshare.com/files/88767429/RUU.zip.html and put the new nbh file to flash..

hope this helps and special thanks to ImCoKeMaN for his help. i have tried it on Bell's rom and flashed it to my phone without a problem.

i attached the files along with the file.txt.

p.s i haven't seen this posted anywhere here so i posted.. and also this would apply if you want to extract the radio by itself and flash it.. just change the last line in the text file from 400,04_OS.nb to 300,03_GSM.nb..

[AceszHigh]

How to integrate custom registry settings into a ROM via a ProvXML file and OEMizer. No prior knowledge of coding required!

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=26698

[rstoyguy]

The following are links to tutorials on Customizing Custom Rom's:

[TUT] Creating OEM's for your ROM
This tutorial will help you create OEM's for your Roms.

Creating Today Theme OEM's for your Custom Rom - Tutorial
This tutorial will allow you to include a custom Today Theme in your customized rom. Again, written to help the aspiring Chef of tommorrow!
PPCKitchen.org BuildOS Friendly!

Tutorial: Adding Registry Entries to your Rom (RGU Method)
This Tutorial will allow you to include your registry entries into your rom. I wrote this for the aspiring Chef of tomorrow! After all, Subtle Tweaks make all the Difference!
PPCKitchen.org BuildOS Friendly!

Customizing Rom Sounds - Sound Themes Tutorial
Have you ever wanted to customize the Sound Theme in your ROM? This tutorial will show you how to customize the Sounds in your Custom Rom!
PPCKitchen.org BuildOS Friendly!

Customize your StartMenu for PPCKitchen.org's - BuildOS - Tutorial
Have you ever wanted to customize the Start Menu in your ROM? This tutorial will show you how to customize the StartMenu, even those pesky ones like Help, Internet Explorer, Phone, Contacts, and Calendar that show up when you tap on the Start Menu!
PPCKitchen.org BuildOS Friendly!

Customizing Your Rom: Adding Personal Files & Other Stuff
Do you have certain files that you must have with a new flash or hard reset? Ringtones, Office templates for work, or others? Ones you can't lose if you have the dreaded "Corrupt Storage Card" issue, then this tutorial will show you how to insert your files into your rom and copy them where you want them so you will always have them!
PPCKitchen.org BuildOS Friendly!

How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs
Does your favorite Chef include files/programs that you don't use? This will show you how to delete those programs you don't use and insert the ones that you do use! (This method doesn't always work with a PPCKitchen.org custom rom).

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