Extended ROM questions

[bilclintonsdaman]

I'm just getting into ROM cooking, so I'm still a noob at this (can't quite get packages working yet), but I figured the extended ROM would be a relatively easy place to put some stuff I need every flash\HR, as it seems you just mount the ExtRom, clear it out, and add the files you want, then dump it using the same instructions off the wiki for dumping an OS.

So I have my ExtRom mounted, using the HERMES_MountExtROM_v2 cab, the security is definitely disabled according to M$'s Security Configuration Manager, and I've loaded the Development Certificates, but I still can't delete anything. It gives me a read-only\write protected\in use error.


So I'm obviously in over my head here, but you gotta start somewhere. I'm using Black Magic with the hope of cooking my own ROM based off the official ATT release using Pandora and Core Pro.

Here's the config file i want to put into the ExtRom (obviously with associated .cab's and the AutoRun file)

LOCK:Enabled
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Cingular_8525_keyboard_patch.cab
CAB: \Extended_ROM\CommButton-Toggle-Vibrate-Fix.cab
CAB: \Extended_ROM\HERMES_MountExtROM_v2.cab
CAB: \Extended_ROM\A2DPFix.cab
LOCK:Disabled
RST: Reset

(feel free to tell me I'm being an idiot, as long as ya tell me why I'm an idiot :p

[todd_jg]

Try using a tweaker like HTweakC. You can find it here or at fit4cat.com. You will want to mount unlock the ExtROM - it works for me - should work for you.

Also, try disabling the lock BEFORE you install the cabs. It won't hurt anything - just locks out keyboard input AFAIK.

[bilclintonsdaman]

tried the tweaker, at first it said it wasn't unlocked so I unlocked it but i still can't delete anything, also tried the newer HERMES_MountALLExtROM.cab.

i thought it might be because i had the ATT ExtRom so i extracted the one from Schap's 3.30c, flashed it and tried everything again, but still to no avail.

i'm gonna hard reset and try everything again, but is there something i'm missing?

[bilclintonsdaman]

after a hard reset i installed the dev certs, ran olipro's patcher (which i don't think did anything), then ran the cab, and now i can delete everything. awesome!

so before i continue, is this what you meant with the config file? or should i just use my original?

LOCK:Disabled
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Cingular_8525_keyboard_patch.cab
CAB: \Extended_ROM\CommButton-Toggle-Vibrate-Fix.cab
CAB: \Extended_ROM\HERMES_MountALLExtROM.cab
CAB: \Extended_ROM\A2DPFix.cab
RST: Reset

[parrothead2567]

Maybe its your username thats the problem. lol (j/k)

[mikecarlone]

after a hard reset i installed the dev certs, ran olipro's patcher (which i don't think did anything), then ran the cab, and now i can delete everything. awesome!

so before i continue, is this what you meant with the config file? or should i just use my original?

LOCK:Disabled
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Cingular_8525_keyboard_patch.cab
CAB: \Extended_ROM\CommButton-Toggle-Vibrate-Fix.cab
CAB: \Extended_ROM\HERMES_MountALLExtROM.cab
CAB: \Extended_ROM\A2DPFix.cab
RST: Reset

whats that "olipro's patcher"

my extended rom is visible now but i cannot either write or delete it

[tony.wheeler]

whats that "olipro's patcher"

my extended rom is visible now but i cannot either write or delete it
Mike,

On WM6 ROMS the various tweakers cannot, alone, unlock the extended ROM. With an WM5 OS it is possible to use the many tweakers alone and they simply change the registry. The tweakers will indicate both unhidden (visible) abd mounted (writeable) but in fact the extended ROM can only be seen (read only) on any WM6 ROM.

So to get around this problem you will, on WM6, have to either use pofs SuperCID and SIM unlocker (here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=293665)) first or run olipros patcher being referred to above (here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=297085&highlight=olipro+patcher)). BEWARE! If you run pofs Super CID sotfware you will remove Hard SPL (and so risk, during this change, bricking your device) - so do not forget afterwards to re-install HardSPL. This Super CID change will also allow you to use any providers SIM card in your phone so it will be 'unlocked'.:)

Personally I used pofs solution but the downside of that is that you have changed your device so that any original supplier might not allow a warranty claim. But of course many of us have already accepted that by using HardSPL and other changes to the device installed ROM software.

Regards

[bilclintonsdaman]

Maybe its your username thats the problem. lol (j/k)

lol i've had the same handle since aim in freshman year of highschool (which dates me... in a good way :p )