Copying Rom & Reloading onto another device

[Noodleman]

Hi,

I am currently looking into purchasing 750 XDAIIi Devices from o2. (after o2 release the new firmware version hopefully next week to solve the battery problem and release the blackberry client)

However, I will need to configure each device with a set of custom in house applications, and set it up in a certain way.

The easiest way i can think to do this is to get 1 device how i want all of them, then to take a copy of the rom, and to copy that rom to all the other devices.

What utilitys are available to do this? Ive so far found tools to copy the rom from the device, however im stumpted on how to re-flash the rom with the copied version.

any help/sugestions etc greatly welcome! :)

Thanks in advance,

Noodle.

[CarlnAdele]

Hi,

I am currently looking into purchasing 750 XDAIIi Devices from o2. (after o2 release the new firmware version hopefully next week to solve the battery problem and release the blackberry client)

However, I will need to configure each device with a set of custom in house applications, and set it up in a certain way.

The easiest way i can think to do this is to get 1 device how i want all of them, then to take a copy of the rom, and to copy that rom to all the other devices.

What utilitys are available to do this? Ive so far found tools to copy the rom from the device, however im stumpted on how to re-flash the rom with the copied version.

any help/sugestions etc greatly welcome! :)

Thanks in advance,

Noodle.

What you need is SPB Clone great little app but expensive for my uses with you buying so many I guess it would prove affordable

http://microsoft.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=75&platformId=2&productType=2&productId=150895&sectionId=0&catalog=1&

More info at the link above or

http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/clone/?en

[Noodleman]

Ah great info there, thanks.

However it says its compatible with the XDA, XDAII and XDAIIs, not the XDAIIi.

Its exactly what im looking for though

[CarlnAdele]

Ah great info there, thanks.

However it says its compatible with the XDA, XDAII and XDAIIs, not the XDAIIi.

Its exactly what im looking for though

I'm sure you will find it does the XDA IIi drop SPB a mail and I guess they will confirm that!

[Noodleman]

The demo works on the XDAIIi so i think its time to spend some mulleh

:mrgreen:

This could save me a long long time :o

[CarlnAdele]

The demo works on the XDAIIi so i think its time to spend some mulleh

:mrgreen:

This could save me a long long time :o

Thats good news please tell us all how you found the app a nice little review would be good!

[Noodleman]

Sure.

I think firstly i will explain the situation i have, then it might make things clearer.

I could possibly have 750 XDAIIi devices, and 750 Bluetooth printers within the next 2-3 months.

This is to be used for a mobile, in house application. I am currently looking for a quick, and easy method to setup all of the devices.

I currently have a mangement solution, using Mobi Control. Its a VERY VERY good piece of software, and the new version is out next week which will offer some SERIOUSLY good features such as device lock down etc.

The issue i have is that the XDAIIi will require a certain config before I install the Mobi Control Client. (certain bluetooth settings and application settings)

So, for my base device, i have installed the Mobi Control client (removed from cradle before it is named by the mobi control server) , and also setup the relavent bluetooth settings etc. I have also tweeked some device settings to help out the battery life, and also changed things like the mappings of the buttons.

Then i used the SPB clone tool. I installed it onto the device and ran it. The wizard is easy, it has about 3 steps. The first step is to choose where you would like to save to. I chose the SD card, however you can also use ro storage.

Then, you can choose to password encrypt your device, and also choose if you want to copy the storage area of the device. Then, is builds your image.

The image takes about 5 mins to build to the SD card. and its done.

Now all you need to do is to drop the SD card into another device, it auto runs the wizard and will build the device EXACTLY the same as the master device. It will prompt you for the current time, as the time of the master device is also in the image.

This is a great solution for me, because all i need to do with each new device, is drop it into a cradle for 2 mins at most. The mobi control server auto names the device with my naming scheme, and then installs and configures our in house applications.

So intsead of it looking likes it going to take me about a month to build all the devices, i might be able to do them in a few days.

Thanks for the recoendation of that application :D