Branding Question

[viennacivicep2]

Hi!

sorry, if i´m in the wrong thread and please excuse my english ;) :?

i´ve got a "n00b" question concerning the branding of a MDA Pro/QTek 9000/HTC Universal.

Please correct me if i´m wrong: :roll:

The branding is performed after a hardreset and can be interuppted via a softreset after rebooting.
the branding also includes the network parameters for UMTS/GPRS/MMS/SMS/etc...

Is there a *.CAB file where all these configuration information is stored?
if not - how is the configuration done?

why i´m asking this:
i want to update my ROM, but i don´t want to enter all configs by hand...

Thanks in advance for your help :roll: :D

[Bartjan]

there is indeed a cab file for this
i dont know which one it is for your provider... i only know which one it is for the dutch t-mobile settings

you could find wich one it is:
1) copying the current extended rom to your SD card
2) hard reset and soft reset before the custimazation or update to new rom (incl. extended rom)
3) start the 1st cab file and install
4) check if settings are made
5) go to step 3 and use the next cab file, until you found the one that does the correct settings you want.
6) use it in the new rom (put it in extended rom or keep it in SD card)

alternatively you could install the new rom without the extended rom

[edit]
gprs and mms probably have different cabs, they do in the t-mobile rom, so search till you know which cabs you want

[viennacivicep2]

hi bartjan!

thanks for your reply. i also got t-mobile. could it be that there is a naming convention for the files ?
do you know which one(s) did it for you?

i want to get the brand out of the MDA - thats the main reason why i want to flash. would it make sense then to flash without the ext_ROM ?

thanks

[Bartjan]

cab-customization-tmnl-universal-01-03-04aug05.cab
signed_uni_tmonl_conn_112101.cab
signed_uni_tmonl_set_111101.cab

these are the ones i use for my tmnl (T-Mobile NetherLands) settings
one is for my internet, one for MMS and i dont remember what the tird one for is. dont remember which does which also :wink:

if you want the brand out you shouldnt flash without the extended rom indeed.
you could remove the extended rom in this rom (and keep warranty) or flash entirely and use a better and faster rom with aku2 and a2dp support if needed.

[JasperJanssen]

Depends also on which bits of branding you want to get rid of.

First, there's the physical printings of tmobile on the alu plate and next to the screen and keyboard. The one on the alu plate can allegedly be removed with a sugarcube without damaging the alu underneath, but that doesn't work for the others.

Second, there's the "t-mobile" screen that pops up as, as it were, the BIOS screen, which is a special part of the OS rom and which you can change using some utilities found around here. Comes up before windows is booted, and then it will get the rom version superimposed on it, and only then you move on to the next bit:

The t-mobile screen while windows is booting, which is also part of the OS ROM (I think) but in the regular filesystem somewhere (?).

Then fourth there's the t-mobile 'theme', pink and white everywhere and a special today screen. That can be turned off in settings>today. The actual presence of the theme is again in OS rom, but the extended rom as its first action actually turns it on. You can easily edit that out of the config.txt in the extended rom if you want (it's the exec cusTSK.exe line).

Then there's the t-mobile Today screen plugin with the 5 icons. Not entirely sure when that comes on. I think it should be extended rom but I can't find it in any of those cabs. Experiment.

And then there's a whole load of other subtler stuff.

[viennacivicep2]

hi!

many thanks for the replies!

going to sync. my mda tomorrow - maybe the files are the same (except the language part)

removing the branding on the plates doesn´t interest me 8)
just software branding is what i get rid of.

going to get the qtek rom (1.3x.xx) but first of all i have to check which bootloader i got. don´t know at the moment.

thanks for the tips removing the "branding screens and themes" maybe i´ll need it for the qtek rom?! :roll:

i would like the rom because of speed, i don´t want to listen to "stereo" music via bluetooth and at the moment i don´t need push email (especially looking at the battery times when using it)

thanks and have a nice day

[JasperJanssen]

The Qtek rom doesn't have numbers 3, 4, and 5, just number 2 (except that it says QTEK, of course), but that's relatively easily rectified and also a fairly minor problem, given that it only shows up for 10 seconds or so, only after a reset.

[viennacivicep2]

thanks!

didn´t have time this weekend to sync. maybe i´ll get it this week.
thanks for the replies!

[viennacivicep2]

thanks!

didn´t have time this weekend to sync. maybe i´ll get it this week.
thanks for the replies!