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Olipro
19th February 2007, 06:55 PM
ok, here's a thought for those of you hellbent on updating your Radio ROMs but are afraid of it going wrong and hence bricking Windows from booting;

before you update; use Resco or something else to overwrite serial_cmd.dll, ril.dll and rilgsm.dll with some unsigned files (like from a trinity) or simply rename a random file for each and chuck it on; resultantly the radio will *fail* to load in Windows and therefore if during flashing you somehow get an error, it won't matter since windows will still load.

obviously after, if it succeeds, simply delete all 3 files and reboot the device and the radio will load again since the ROM .DLL's will be loaded.

later on I'll code an app with two buttons to allow you to do this automatically on your PDA... but for now, there's my theory.

Lurker0
19th February 2007, 07:45 PM
WARNING: There are ROMs that install new versions of rilgsm.dll from Extended ROM. Also, I use rilgsm.dll from another ROM (see fieldtest thread for details).

Bear it in mind if you still plan to write an app to hide those DLLs.

Olipro
19th February 2007, 08:28 PM
ok, the app is done; if you use this it will allow you to disable your radio from working and will also allow you to state whether you have a custom rilgsm.dll or not.

the idea is to protect the radio before you flash, then unprotect afterward (if successful)

cheers!