Help with 1.72WWE ROM for Orange M1000 I've created

[NinjaDonkey]

Hi all...

Could some clever chappie confirm the modifications that I've done to the ROM below and let me know whether what I have done is correct, and that my device should be flashed withouth (too many) problems and work like a charm...

I've downloaded the iMate 1.72 ROM from here:
http://www.mtekk.com.au/browse/page423.html

I also downloaded the ROM off of the Orange UK site here:
http://web.orange.co.uk/story/sm_1047574.html

I used ER2003Edit to open the old ROM and extracted all the files from ms_.nbf to my HDD.

Using ER2003Edit, I opened up the new ms_.nbf ROM and removed:
3_networkname.CAB

I then added the following files to the new ms_.nbf ROM:
ClearTypeFonts.sa.CAB (nice ClearType fonts...!)
ClearVue233_WWE.sa.CAB
cttune.cpl.CAB
homepage_Notes_UK.CAB (not sure what this is for - any ideas?)
MIDI56.sa.CAB
Orange_network.sa.CAB
Orange_UK_customization0608.sa.CAB
OrangeUK_AP.sa.CAB
UKORGCustomize.CAB

The last four files I presume are all to do with setting the phone up with the correct settings for Orange - if not, could someone let me know what they are all for...

I didn't add one file as I thought it might be specific to the 1.66WWE ROM and that was:
MsSkinFix.sa.CAB

I have no idea what this does, but can try to guess from the filename what it does... Is this needed with the 1.72 ROM?

I also modified the startup splash screens to those of the Orange 1.66WE images.

I updated the config.txt file and is listed below:

EXEC:\Extended_ROM\TPDisable.exe
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Broadcast_WWE.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\CameraRC132_WWE_1.5.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\CallerIDRC12_WWE_1.5.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\ClearVue233_WWE.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\MIDI56.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\MMS1.6.0.14WWE.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\cttune.cpl.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\OrangeUK_AP.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Version_AKU1_16600.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\UKORGCustomize.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\frontlight_wavedev_dim.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\homepage_Notes_UK.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Orange_UK_customization0608.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Orange_network.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\MsSkinFix.sa.CAB
EXEC:\Extended_ROM\TPEnable.exe
RST: Reset

Right... now that's all out of the way... Could some clever person let me know the following:

1) Have I done this all correctly?
2) Will my device upgrade without any problems?
3) If I have problems, will re-flashing it again work (I had to flash mine twice when upgrading from the non-MMS ROM to the MMS enabled ROM)?
4) Is there anything else I have forgotten?
5) If all the above are ok, is anyone interested in trying out this ROM? - if so - PM me :)

Hopefully someone can help...

[edsub]

why do yu wnat to create a new ms_nbf file?
Just unhide/unlock the ExtROM and change it as you like!

I miss in you config.txt a cab named WWE......CAB. This file usually contains some settings you need.

Why didi you remove 3_networkname.cab? This file contains the correct network names of 3 operators that obviously are not in the 1.72 OS/radio ROM

If you do want to create a ms_.nbf, try to open the nbf using xda2nbf.exe
Using ER2003edit you might have corrupted the header!!!!
Use xda2nbf.exe too to update the checksum!

[johntheo]

Could I ask you a big favour please.

Could you post on here or send direct to me the following cab file you listed in your text:

ClearTypeFonts.sa.CAB (nice ClearType fonts...!)
ClearVue233_WWE.sa.CAB
cttune.cpl.CAB
homepage_Notes_UK.CAB (not sure what this is for - any ideas?)
MIDI56.sa.CAB
Orange_network.sa.CAB
Orange_UK_customization0608.sa.CAB
OrangeUK_AP.sa.CAB
UKORGCustomize.CAB

I have lost my orange settings when upgrading.

Many thanks,

Johntheo

email address johntheo@orange.net

[NinjaDonkey]

why do yu wnat to create a new ms_nbf file?
Just unhide/unlock the ExtROM and change it as you like!


I've currently got 1.66WWE ROM and want to upgrade to 1.72WWE - hence the need to get everything in the ms_nbf file first.

I miss in you config.txt a cab named WWE......CAB. This file usually contains some settings you need.

Sorry, I must've opened the wrong config.txt file..! Here's my updated one:

EXEC:\Extended_ROM\TPDisable.exe
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Broadcast_WWE.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\CallerIDB31_Hima2_WWE.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\CameraRC132_WWE_1.5.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\ClearTypeFonts.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\ClearVue233_WWE.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\cttune.cpl.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\homepage_Notes_UK.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\MIDI56.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\MMS1.6.0.14WWE.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\OEM_WWE_04042201.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Orange_network.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Orange_UK_customization0608.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\OrangeUK_AP.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\UKORGCustomize.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\3_networkname.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Version_AKU2_172.sa.CAB
EXEC:\Extended_ROM\TPEnable.exe
RST: Reset

Why didi you remove 3_networkname.cab? This file contains the correct network names of 3 operators that obviously are not in the 1.72 OS/radio ROM

I removed it as I thought they were of no use to me as I'm using the phone in the UK... I've since added it to the ms_nbf file now.

If you do want to create a ms_.nbf, try to open the nbf using xda2nbf.exe
Using ER2003edit you might have corrupted the header!!!!
Use xda2nbf.exe too to update the checksum!

Oh right... I've not searched on people having problems with ER2003Edit but I will do.

One last thing, what might this file do (as I'd left it out from my original post)...

frontlight_wavedev_dim.sa.CAB

Thanks in advance...

[anildahiya]

Hi

I had upgraded to i - mate 1.72 wwe rom downloaded from i mate club in the month of April 2004. Every thing worked very fine. Now my i mate has started hanging, some times even hard and cold reboot also stops responding. At this time I have to remove my battery for about 10 sec. and replace i mate hard resets. I have even purchased another battery to check if it is a battery rpob. but same things are repeated with the new battery also. Please help me in resolving my prob. :roll:

Regards

anil

[findus]

Just realised that a load of posts from this thread are part of what got lost. I downloaded the ROM you posted and have just set it up - it works really well, thank you so much, I have wanted 1.72 for so long and I don't think Orange will ever get themselves sorted and update it themselves. Nice work Ninjadonkey, thank you for your efforts! :D

[Anonymous]

One more comment.
Please look at the post by dcs on avoiding future country code errors because:
You seem to have used the iMate ms_.nbf file.
This will get you into trouble with next upgrade because the device the thinks it is an iMate (country-code set to CDL), where as you will assume it is an Orange.
Regaring Ext. Rom files (ms_.nbf) its always best to use the original (in your case Orange 1.66) one and just change all the files / other contents . . .

[NinjaDonkey]

Yep, you will get that problem if you use that ROM and want to upgrade in future.

I have created a new ROM using the method dcs documented in his post which I could upload if needed.

As far as I know, there is not going to be another ROM upgrade for our device so that might negate the need to use the new ROM I've made.

[findus]

Just to check, NinjaDonkey, I noticed by checking the Extended ROM details in ERedit, that it was set to Orange, not i-mate, so does that still mean we won't be able to upgrade officially, or does that solve any country code issues? Not that I'm too bothered, I've read all dcs's stuff on sorting country code problems anyway and I'm sure I'll figure it out if I have to (in the unlikely event that Orange ever do release a 1.72 upgrade in the UK!) Thanks again for your hard work!

[NinjaDonkey]

As you've read the post by dcs, you'll know that EREdit only sets the operator code in one place - the place where the software looks. The other one is coded into the device (don't ask me how).

I had no problems using this ROM while I had it installed (about 2-3 weeks). The only problem I did have was re-flashing with a properly edited ROM (with both provider codes set to Orange). After I got the first country code error, I set the "software" provider code to CDL then tried flashing. I got the country error code, but as stated in dcs' post, just edit the country code in the rom to Orange (with EREdit) and it flashed fine.

[findus]

Out of interest, what ROM did you change to?

[NinjaDonkey]

I changed to the O2 1.72.187 (either 187 or 181 - the one without BlackBerry).

Can't see any difference between the OS ROM from O2 and i-Mate. The only differences are in the Extended ROM as far as I can tell...