treo 800w roms

[skeegcpp]

Originally Posted by lawmangrant

I have an extra treo800 that I will test with!
I have a diamond, so I am not using the treo anymore.

good man...cool..cuz i don't have an extra laying around, thats y i was asking for the specifics..but cool beans

[dannzeman]

Originally Posted by Malatesta

Ebag333, who did the popular 700wx WM6 ROMs, has a working version for the 800w.

Problem is: no one wants to volunteer to test! He can't afford to lose his phone during this peak time, so he hasn't done it himself yet.

But if anyone is interested, feel free to PM here or TreoCentral and volunteer.

Heck, I'll try it on mine! If something goes really bad I can just step back (well, more like a big jump back) to my Treo 650, or even my 6700.

**on my way to pm Ebag333...**

[skeegcpp]

please believe, if i cud i would..but i appreciate u guys stepping up..cuz i like this fone(contrary to popular belief)...and i was unsuccessful in modding the 700wx...so if its proven to work on the 800w...cool beans

[Malatesta]

yeah, I'll get Ebag over here see what he can do for you guys...

check back in the morning.

[dannzeman]

Originally Posted by Malatesta

yeah, I'll get Ebag over here see what he can do for you guys...

check back in the morning.

will do. gracias senior.

[Ebag333]

Originally Posted by Malatesta

Ebag333, who did the popular 700wx WM6 ROMs, has a working version for the 800w.

Problem is: no one wants to volunteer to test! He can't afford to lose his phone during this peak time, so he hasn't done it himself yet.

Whoa whoa whoa, hold on now. I never said it was working, just that I had one. BIG difference.


If someone wants to try a custom ROM, e-mail is the best way to get a hold of me. I would strongly suggest that you not try it unless you are 100% willing to take your phone and throw it into the garbage. This isn't "oops, guess I need to hard reset" stuff, this is "oops, guess my 800w makes a nice doorstop."

I have no idea if the ROM is working or not because I haven't tested it. While I do have the various bits and pieces, I have had no luck extracting the files from the XIP. That could simply be because there is a problem with the files in the XIP that the extraction program is choking on (like an unexpected file, two files with the same name, etc), because it's a form of XIP not supported by the current extraction programs (possible as it's Palm's and not HTC), or because it's a bad XIP.

I've grabbed the entire XIP partition multiple times, so I think it's okay and the programs just can't handle it, but I have no way of testing this without flashing it to a phone.


To give you an idea of how dangerous this is, I will not flash it to my phone. Working from an existing released official ROM is about 1000x easier (and safer) than working the way that I am.


Tell you guys what....let me play around with this some more and see what I can figure out. There is also potentially another method for just flashing the ROM part (and not the XIP) which should be much safer. Give me a bit of time and I will see what I can find out, and post up here.

I'm just really nervous about bricking someone else's phone. If it was mine....well....tough luck. But someone else's.....

[Ebag333]

By the way, Mal, are you so desperate for a custom ROM that you had to call me out like this?

[dannzeman]

I can wait until you're more comfortable with the process. If there is anything I can do on my end in the mean time please let me know.


**praying Palm releases an updated rom...**

[ott]

Great thread! awesome work dan. i'm going to stay tuned into this thread to see your progress.

[skeegcpp]

Originally Posted by dannzeman

I can wait until you're more comfortable with the process. If there is anything I can do on my end in the mean time please let me know.


**praying Palm releases an updated rom...**

im praying Palm does too, doubt it but hey...