XDA mini (MDA compact) with German ROM to English ROM

[darkblue.gr]

Pls provide me with a simple answer to the following question:

I bought a XDA mini (O2) from Germany with german rom! I would like to change the rom to english.

Which files (rom) is the best suitable for my device? I have read through this forum, but i have to admit to have gotten quite lost due to the excess information provided!

Also: Should i do any other changes on my XDA? like bigstorage or so? I noticed, that in the ftp server there are different rom (i.e. big storgae, shippment, modified etc.) WHAT SHOULD I USE?????

Pls advice me on this one! Thanx for all your help.[/b]

[oltp]

All steps:


- get nbfdec from the thread 'upgrade to rom 1.13...'
- get maupgradeut_noid.exe from the ftp

Download the shipped rom from:
http://www.t-mobile.nl/zakelijk/htdocs/page/service/mda_compact_upgrade.asp
Download the Hexeditor from:
http://www.hhdsoftware.com/hexeditor.html

1. Unzip NL_11300_131_11200.exe (or any other shipped rom)
2. Put NBFDEC in the same directory as the unzipped shipped rom files
3. Copy the getdevicedata.exe to your Magician and execute to write DeviceData.txt
to \Windows and view with notepad
5. Decode nk.nbf -> nk.nb1:
nbfdec -d nk.nbf nk.nb1
6. Hexedit header to correct ID from DeviceData.txt
(probably only if using a rom from other provider)
7. Replace pattern for bigstorage in hexeditor:
locate the 02 00 00 80 00 20 and change 80 00 to b8 01 in the nk.nb1
(use binary search for this!!)
7. Encode nk.nb1->nk.nbf
nbfdec -e nk.nb1 nk.nbf
8. run maupgradeut_noid.exe to upgrade CE image

Also, this way you will save the contents of increased \Storage folder if previous rom was bigstorage one

Usage sample (must be run from the same folder as nbf files or specify full path):
nbfdec -d nk.nbf nk.nb1
nbfdec -e nk.nb1 nk.nbf

Regards, M