I would like your input on this...

Soul_Est · #1 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 10:11 PM

I'm currently working on porting a 21109 XIP and SYS that I found earlier this year. I got the XIP ported and working with the SYS of the original ROM that I had previously flashed onto my phone. The problem I've run into now is getting the ROM with the ported SYS working. I'll start doing extra reseach into this but as I've done so much already on xda-developers as well as here on PPCGeeks, I'm currently near my wit's end. Here's what I've done so far:

Removing uneeded folders (AdobeFlash, AutoUpdate, FWUpdate, etc...) No Boot
Translate all remaining .rgus in folders and replacing .mui files to english No Boot
Use 21109 SYS with edited .VM No Boot
Replace 21109 OEMDrivers with original OEMDrivers No Boot
A few other attempts which also resulted in a a Non booting ROM

I've made sure to G'Reloc everything so that the file in the SYS falls in the correct places but to no avail. WINCENLS_WWE is in the SYS as well

If anyone can help me with this I'd greatly appreciate it.

**boggsie** · #2 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Soul_Est

I'm about to start producing a series custom ROMs based off of Sprint's leaked WM6.1 ROM. As to what I'll call them, I currently don't know but I'll think of something (Soul_ROM or SuulROM maybe?). What I'll really need from this community are suggestions on what programs (whether OEM or need conerting to OEM) or regedits to include in these ROMs. I'm currently working on converting Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta into an OEM myself. The ROMs will come in three versions: ULTRA-LITE (completely bare), LITE (most commomn and useful programs included), and COMPLETE (almost every option-box checked). Your help will be most appreciated on this project.

I think an interesting approach would be to create the ROM as a bare, or with a minimum of items and then cook the CABs of the available applications into the ROM and finally, cook Tier Autoinstall into the ROM so that the first time the ROM boots up, the user has the ability to select which CABs they install.

So, the base you select can be customized each and every time it is installed and is only limited by the number of combinations of installable CABs that you build into the base.

**jakdillard** · #3 (**permalink**) 05-18-2008, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Soul_Est

I'm about to start producing a series custom ROMs based off of Sprint's leaked WM6.1 ROM. As to what I'll call them, I currently don't know but I'll think of something (Soul_ROM or SuulROM maybe?). What I'll really need from this community are suggestions on what programs (whether OEM or need conerting to OEM) or regedits to include in these ROMs. I'm currently working on converting Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta into an OEM myself. The ROMs will come in three versions: ULTRA-LITE (completely bare), LITE (most commomn and useful programs included), and COMPLETE (almost every option-box checked). Your help will be most appreciated on this project.

This project sounds very familiar ........... Hmmmmm

**No1ustad** · #4 (**permalink**) 05-18-2008, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by jakdillard

This project sounds very familiar ........... Hmmmmm

haha. i was thinking the same thing

Soul_Est · #5 (**permalink**) 05-18-2008, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by boggsie

I think an interesting approach would be to create the ROM as a bare, or with a minimum of items and then cook the CABs of the available applications into the ROM and finally, cook Tier Autoinstall into the ROM so that the first time the ROM boots up, the user has the ability to select which CABs they install.

So, the base you select can be customized each and every time it is installed and is only limited by the number of combinations of installable CABs that you build into the base.

Thanks boggsie for that great ideas. It made me think of implementing something you'd normally see in Unix-like operating systems: software repositories. Think pacman for Arch Linux or apt for Debian. I'll definitely look into Tier's AutoInstall and Paul's AppToDate to see what they can do for the user.

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Originally Posted by jakdillard

This project sounds very familiar ........... Hmmmmm

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Originally Posted by No1ustad

haha. i was thinking the same thing

You're both right. These were just ideas I was throwing out there to gather interest and see how popular they would be. Thanks for the input.

I'm currently working on ironing the bugs out of a ROM I'm building for helping with developing OEMs. I'll release that ROM this week under the codename RL (RegistryLogger). AppToDate and UC are slated for the next version of this ROM. Once I figure out a way to get the two to work together like pacman or apt, users and developers would also have the option of not using their computers for everything except flashing a new bootloader, radio or producing software or ROMS.

**bedoig** · #6 (**permalink**) 05-19-2008, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by jakdillard

This project sounds very familiar ........... Hmmmmm

No offense, but you weren't the first one to make clean/loaded ROMs either

**jakdillard** · #7 (**permalink**) 05-20-2008, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by bedoig

No offense, but you weren't the first one to make clean/loaded ROMs either

ok who was ?

**No1ustad** · #8 (**permalink**) 05-19-2008, 12:14 AM

That sounds like a good idea. Though I prefer to use my computer more, i'm sure that would fill a niche

soccerman821 · #9 (**permalink**) 05-19-2008, 01:37 AM

It's a really good idea and i'm glad other cookers have done it this way.. but my only thing against it is that i always have to search high and low for all the *.cab's i want to install and once i finally get it all set... like last time something went wrong and i went into a constant reset or the fact that there is a new update every 5 days... i'm not blaming anyone .. simply wondering if there is a better way to do this... maybe have a cab sticky with all the latest cabs or sumthing.. at least it will make the search a lil less tedious.

this might just be me..and i guess im too picky with what is on the full ones.. which is why i have cooked my own lately but i miss a lot of the tweaks and things that the experts here know

**boggsie** · #10 (**permalink**) 05-19-2008, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by soccerman821

It's a really good idea and i'm glad other cookers have done it this way.. but my only thing against it is that i always have to search high and low for all the *.cab's i want to install and once i finally get it all set... like last time something went wrong and i went into a constant reset or the fact that there is a new update every 5 days... i'm not blaming anyone .. simply wondering if there is a better way to do this... maybe have a cab sticky with all the latest cabs or sumthing.. at least it will make the search a lil less tedious.

this might just be me..and i guess im too picky with what is on the full ones.. which is why i have cooked my own lately but i miss a lot of the tweaks and things that the experts here know

There seem to be quite a few people who could do without the entire PPCKitchen. The suggestion I made, would cater to their (individual) needs, in that a ton of CABs would be built into the actual RUU_signed.nbh file and on first boot, Tier Autoinstall would fire up and list all of those CABs. Then, the user could select only the programs that they wanted.

Of course, this isn't my project, but I think the idea has merit, too. Unfortunately, because it would (potentially) contain so many CABs, the RUU_signed.nbh file would be H-U-G-E.

Best regards,
-boggsie