System>About Screen.. adding custom string? [SOLVED]
 

I have never seen this before nor did I know it was possible: (well, ANYHTING is possible..)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...da2_haseeb.png

WM 6.5.1 build 23075 from da_g's xda thread.

This is done somewhere in SYS, not shell32.exe. it must be a modified file somewhere as there is no registry entry for this (plaintext at least), nor any plaintext in any of the SYS files. this must have been added to the source and then compiled into one of the files in SYS?? Does anyone know what file(s) controls the system>about screen? It is not in the XIP as I have changed XIPs to test.

edit: I am not trying to steal anyone's work here, I will gladly release with this in my kitchen. I am just looking to learn. It is pretty ugly though ;) I don't know why someone would do this to something. I put my name on my stuff too but it all done in a simple EXT that can be changed by the end-user if they wanted..

Edit 2: I am talking about removing or changing the "Provided by Xda2_Haseeb" string.

he hex-edited shellres.dll.0409.mui\S000 to do this.

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This is a simple reg edit, that can be done in several ways.

Much info here:

http://www.everythingdiamond.info/showthread.php?t=11

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thanks for the info, I already know about HKLM\System\Versions\Aku. I just change mine to RZ (as you can see in the screenshot) and include it into the branding EXT in my kitchen. Maybe I did not look hard enough but before posting but I searched my registry for "haseeb" and came up with nothing. I also searched all provxmls and rgu's,m well every file in the SYS for the string xda and haseeb and came up with nothing.

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Did you look in the xip?

Also, windows grep is your friend.

EDIT: Oh, now I see what you are talking about. Pretty sure that is a hex edit.

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thats got to be in a dll, some one edited a dll or exe or something.

there is no way they have source, Microsoft will take a dump on your back and sue ur pants off if u got that.


Look what happened when juicy leaked 6.5 source in his rom. PPCG got personally contacted by MS

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lol yeah I kinda forgot windows was closed-source. hah. I was thinking it is a hex edit, any ideas what file, probably dll, that has those strings in it? How about general ideas, like Shell or OS modules? I guess I will recmod shell and OS and look in all the dll's till I find it. I will report back.. (in a long time this is gonna take forever... oh well I am sure I will learn a lot about where various strings are defined.. I dont think MS would hardcode very much.. or then again maybe that contributes to why they have 50 patches for their desktop OS every day... :twisted:

anyone wonder where the solitaire cards are kept? pegcards.dll lol so far not what I am after though..

ok its not in any dll in OS or SHELL.

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ANSWER: hex-edited shellres.dll.0409.mui\S000 to do this.SOHKis on xda thanks

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could you tell us what to search for before the provided by whats his face because my sys doesnt have it in there

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I still do not know how haseeb did it, (well obviously he just hexed it in - but how he knew where... I don't know) you do not have a shellres.dll.0409.mui in your sys?

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I have one could you share yours so I can take a look at where to hex

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I got rid of that sys long ago. Let me see if I can find a link to it in da_g's thread.

http://rapidshare.com/files/29637164...P_0409_VGA.rar

I think that is the one that has the branded shellres.mui in it

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thanks ill see what i can find

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hey sbr, if you do find anything about how this was done, can you let us know?

read: hex offset?

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sorry rapidshare has been a pita and i havent even been able to download it yet.

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also are you sure he hex edited it my hex isnt returning his name in it anywhere

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check in the file with a resource hacker... also can you upload it here? I also havent been able to download the whole sys again

edit: nevermind I am downloading it now..

if he did not hex it he must have done it in a resource editor. if he did, I will do the same to many different versions of the file and see if there is a common address. hopefully there is, then I can add a xvi32 script to my kitchen that could do this to my rom's automatically when I add a new SYS... hmmm
I found it:
look in shelres.192.dll.0409.mui\S000 with a hex editor, simply search for Haseeb. you'll see it at
address 10C06

simply inserting your own string at that address does not work on 23506. I do not think there is a reliable way to do this on future builds without more pieces to the puzzle. meaning a simple goto address and insert will not work... 23506 and 23075 are slightly different at this address

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It wasn't hexed after all! It is simply a resource edit. recmod and edit shellres.dll.0409.mui, dialog 14368. (I used PE Explorer) then just reversemode it back and put it wherever you want in your kitchen.
screenshot:

after looking at this I realize there is no reason to replace the AKU number with RZ anymore :)

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thank you very much for the information I will try when I get time I am on my way back from vacation so maybe tonight or tomorrow I will be able to play with.