Big Storage rom

[monkeyphonix]

I was reading through some posts, yesterday, where it was mentioned there is a ROM on the FTP already with the Big Storage hack, so essentially you just flash the lot. I've been reading how to do Big Storage, need it as want to put Voice Command in Storage (won't work off mem card, no space on phone mem) and the room I have at moment on Storage about 5mb says not enough room.

Is there a pre-cooked up Rom anywhere ? How hard is it exactly to do the thing yourself, when I keep reading it, its completely over my head.

[oltp]

Hi,

try the magician wiki, link upper right on the board. It's all explained there with a shippe-rom as a basis. Or go for the sd-flash method, there's a nice 1.13 on the ftp (:-) mine).

Instructions:
- download the 1.13BS rom from the ftp
- get ntrw.exe from the ftp
- Download romupdate from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/download.php?id=7510- Download the Hexeditor from:
http://www.hhdsoftware.com/hexeditor.html
- get a SD-card > 64MB
- make backup of everything you want to keep from your magician & SD-card. everything will be wiped!!
- fully charge your magician
- uncheck usb connection in Act.sync on your PC
- put your magician in Bootloader (camera & power & soft-reset at the same time for a few seconds) wait till screen fades & reads 'serial v1.0x'. Screen is very dark since backlight is of.
- connect usb, now the screen reads 'usb v1.0x'
- start romupgrade on your pc
- pick the magician connection in the listbox, wces something I belief
- now a screen pops up
- type d2s in this screen
- follow progress on pc & magician
- wait till checksum finishes
- get SD from the magician & put it into a cardreader. DON'T FORMAT!!!
- put ntrw in C:\
- start a command window
- type on commandline: ntrw read myrom.nb1 [sd driveletter]:
- follow progress
- error at the end is normal
- make a copy of myrom.nb1
- open myrom.nb1 & the BS rom with the hexeditor & replace the first 416 Bytes of the BS rom with the first 416 bytes of myrom.nb1 & save it to mybs.nb1
- type on commandline: ntrw write mybs.nb1 [sd driveletter]:
error at the end is normal
- put the SD in your magician
- now it should read 'press power to flash'
- press the power button
- watch it reaches 100% - checksum will always fail
- reset & hopefully enjoy the new rom

Cheers, M

[me7710]

After "watch it reaches 100% - checksum will always fail " , I reseted but the Magician not restart.
Please tell me How Can I Fix this problem.
Big thanks

[oltp]

Download a shipped-rom from the ftp. Put the device in bootloader, connect usb (magician should read USB now). Then start the shipped-rom.

Regards, M

[seanyleng]

i have tmob rom update is that enuff? i have to edit it dont i

[oltp]

Yes you need to edit it according to the wiki description. Though on the ftp is an edited NK.nbf available in ftp://xdaupload:xda@xda-developers.com/HTC%20Magician/BIG_Storage_NK.nbf/BIG_Storage_nk_for_rom_1.13WWE.zip

Cheers, M

[seanyleng]

thank you thank you... the hex editor wont open the file i created and i was drawing near to the bin. then i heard my yahoo. you have saved a mint condition t mob compact with grey facia from recycleing. i will send you an update when i install the rom

[seanyleng]

i got the rom ntrw to sd card... done
reset, pwr, camera .... i get serial v1.02
i am follwoing the big storage route. how do i get nk,nbf ontophone?
this is fun even tho i may mess up the phone

[oltp]

Yup you're mixing things up ;-) The nk.nbf on the ftp belongs to this method http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=MagicianRomUpgrade in which you do a shipped-rom update to BIG Storage.

The ntrw & SD-card method is described here http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=MagicianSDflash & needs another rom image.

Read it once again pls & don't hesitate to react when it's still unclear. The wiki descriptions can still be improved.

M

[seanyleng]

i have big storage rom from ftp but the method 2 put it on the phone doesnt wok with me. i tr putting it into boot loader mode but i just get serial or usb and when i put in the card nothing happens is it my 1gb sdcard. how do i get it onto the phone. i aint going sleep till its done. i may be tired, that could be the prob :)

[seanyleng]

type on commandline: ntrw write mybs.nb1 {sd driveletter) ... i get here and it says write fail parameter is incorrect. also in hex editor the max filesize is nearly 1gb like my memory card. i am going for a quick nap now to rest up. will be back on it later. will post results when i get back to it

[oltp]

One question: did you transfer the first 416 bytes of your own rom-dump over the first 416 bytes of the downloaded rom image?

If you've dumped your own rom on an sd & wrote it to your pc with:
ntrw read myrom.nb1 <sd drive>
then do not format the sd when you put it into your card-reader & yes the image written to your pc will be the same size as your sd.

Complete instructions begin to end:

- download the 1.13BS rom from the ftp
- Download the Hexeditor from the ftp
- get ntrw.exe from the ftp
- get romupdate http://forum.xda-developers.com/download.php?id=7510
- get a SD-card > 64MB
- make backup of everything you want to keep from your magician & SD-card. everything will be wiped!!
- fully charge your magician
- uncheck usb connection in Act.sync on your PC
- put your magician in Bootloader (camera & power & soft-reset at the same time for a few seconds) wait till screen fades & reads 'serial v1.0x'. Screen is very dark since backlight is of.
- connect usb, now the screen reads 'usb v1.0x'
- start romupgrade on your pc
- pick the magician connection in the listbox, wces something I belief
- now a screen pops up
- type d2s in this screen
- follow progress on pc & magician
- wait till checksum finishes
- get SD from the magician & put it into a cardreader. DON'T FORMAT!!!
- put ntrw in C:\
- start a command window
- type on commandline: ntrw read myrom.nb1 [sd driveletter]:
- follow progress
- error at the end is normal
- make a copy of myrom.nb1
- open myrom.nb1 & the BS rom with the hexeditor & replace the first 416 Bytes of the BS rom with the first 416 bytes of myrom.nb1 & save it to mybs.nb1
- type on commandline: ntrw write mybs.nb1 [sd driveletter]:
error at the end is normal
- put the SD in your magician
- now it should read 'press power to flash'
- press the power button
- watch it reaches 100% - checksum will always fail
- reset & hopefully enjoy the new rom

Hope this helps, M

[seanyleng]

great i have now got to the stage where i put the sd into the magician but it still says serial v1.02 theres no press power. any tips

[oltp]

When the message isn't shown, your image isn't recognized. So either the ntrw write failed or you formatted the sd & ntrw wrote the image after the MBR. The image should be written right at the start of the sd over the MBR. You can solve it by dumping your current ro again, put the sd in your card reader [b]don't format [\b] & write tge BIG Storage image with ntrw to your sd. The romdump destroyes the mbr & ntrw should write the image at the correct place. Now the bootloader should recognize your image.

Remember you don't need to save your dump to your PC this time.

M

[seanyleng]

i have finally got the rom flashing from my sd card to the phone. i guess this is gonna work if i did everything poperly. why isnt there a fingers crossed emoticon

[seanyleng]

well it didnt work. i must have pasted the hex when i should have replaced the 416bytes. i am now flashing t mob web n walk and will try again :cry:

[seanyleng]

do i replace the 416bytes from te mda copact rem with the ftp one...? or the other way round. the how to says paste the 416 from ftp on top of mda one and the earlier post says the other way. isnt there a big storage tmob uk rom patched and ready to ntrw? my missus is upset at me fiddlin with the "phone" all night

[oltp]

Is your phone still booting normally after this trial & error or :-(:-(

M

[seanyleng]

i am back at it with ny 512mb card took me all night to find it. update will follow shortly.

[seanyleng]

where do i get the big storage nb1 from? i keep getting an nbf file. could this be where i am going wrong

[seanyleng]

finally, after a sleepless weekend and after flashing my rom 20 times i have finally done it. i now have big storage. but i have lost my extended rom from my device. so i am about to flash it again with tmob uk rom and save my extended rom on pc. then i will upload it for all tmob uk users. thanx to all who helped me. sean :D

[seanyleng]

i now have big storage and radio 1.13. t-mobile webnwalk 1.13 rom. bluetooth hack for stereo haedset (which i aint got yet) file transfer etc. 84 tsk themes. adobe reader ppc, skype ppc, pocket streets, prss reader, tom tom 5, tcpmp, ms gamespak, appian game pak...... grey mda compact 2 housing. all thanx to this site and the people in & around it. i have found u all patient, if blunt sometimes, extremly helpful (which i dont seem to see in uk regularly (hardly)). My MDA compact has been through the ringer this last 2 months. i dropped it broke the screen and damaged the case. then some1 sold me a mda compact 2 (charmer) which i used as salvage. then after all that i turned to you. thank u all sean

[seanyleng]

i am uploading my completed magician tmobile webnwalk uk version big storage patched rom files onto the ftp its called Leng Tmobile UK ext and Big Storage it has the ext rom for my device and the rom is the last update available from tmob for the compact. i think u would call it thewiki version but you dont have to do no hex editing just run maupgrade and its done.

[oltp]

Hey Sean,

That upload looks very familiar ;-)

M

[seanyleng]

its all down 2 u oltp. i feel klike i am a genius now

[oltp]

Sean,

I guess you are a genius now, since you experienced so much trouble in upgrading.

Glad you're helping others too.

M

[kuya84]

Halo, please help me
i'm stuck in step 7
Replace the byte pattern for bigstorage in hexeditor (in file nk.nb1): locate the 02 00 00 80 00 20 and change 80 00 to b8 01 in the nk.nb1 (use binary search for this!!). You'll find the pattern twice & both occurences need to be changed.

how to replace the pattren?
using find button?
can you guide me with picture, because when I trying use find and insert 02 00 00 80 00 20 in ASCII text box (in find button) it's always show no occurence.
Please help me

[seanyleng]

when u do the replace the byte pattern bit at the start click the 1st number (top left) to highlight it then do the serch.

when u have done that to edit just use the mouse to highlight the numbers u need to change (2 at a time is best) and just overwrite. i think

[kuya84]

5. To decode nk.nbf -> nk.nb1 start a command window, go to the directory where you stored nbfdec & the other files & type: nbfdec -d nk.nbf nk.nb1

is this the right result for step 5, if i'm using NL_11300_131_11200
and nbfdec -d nk.nbf nk.nb1, size of the nk.nb1 = 73,729kb

I still confuse...
Thanks

[seanyleng]

i cant tell you about sizes but if u follow it word for word it will work. if you saved the files in the right place you should follow the instructionsto the letter. if you think u have gone wrong then start again. it took me 3 days to do mine and all i did wrong is put the fles in the wrong place

if u put them in c:\ it should be a case of follwing the text. good luck..

[seanyleng]

have u got the right phone and rom?

[kuya84]

I tried with two ways, one from Mr. oltp and Mr. ampda.
in Mr. ampda ways, I stuck in step 4 backing up yor exisiting ROm to PC, i use MMC and shows initialize fail, i think must use SD card.
Mr. ampda give more simple ways, but i must get Sd card first.

thannks
for your attention, I must go to sleep first.

[kuya84]

Mr. sean
I made it, now my storage 26mb..
heheheh
Thanks to you and Mr. OLTP

the problem is hexEditor, must use the lates version 3.x
if use version 2.x I cant find the 02 00 00 80 00 20

many thanks to uou all

[seanyleng]

well done did u make sure you saved the extended rom with the files for the bluetooth and mms settings

[bg8]

I can`t do it...
I tried in thousand ways, i tried thousand ROMs, but after last flashing from SD to device, after reset device is in bootloader-mode... I don`t know what a ....ck I made wrong...