ROM Cooking for beginners - manual attached

[phnikola]

Hi all,

I made this manual in order to help people like myself to better understand ROM cooking basics.
It was ment to be used for Prophet ROMs, but since it uses HyperCore Kitchen, it can be practicaly used for any WM6 ROM.
Please be free to post your comments and/or suggestions.

NOTE: This manual reffers only to "old" way of ROM cooking (first downgrading to WM5, and then flashing to WM6)

If you find it useful, please vote.

Thanks to:
Gullum (for great ROMs)
Anichillus (for great Kitchen)
Cloudyfa (for Step1 ROM)

[rondol1]

Hi all,

I made this manual in order to help people like myself to better understand ROM cooking basics. Hope you will find it useful.
It was ment to be used for Prophet ROMs, but since it uses HyperCore Kitchen, it can be practicaly used for any WM6 ROM.
Please be free to post your comments and/or suggestions.

Thanks!

No, thank you!! I will look into it.

[maxniper]

me too ;)
i like this

[mcupurdija]

Thanks for your effort, this is a really good guide.

I just wanted to ask is there a difference between ROMs built this way and ROMs that we flash using new Hard/SoftSPL method.
I saw nb2nbf tool, so is it possible to just convert OS.nb file and flash it using new method or is there some more work that needs to be done?

[Behzad Varedi]

thank you
I really need it !

[whizz]

Ill check it out this weekend! Seems like fun to me :)

[rondol1]

I have red this guide and it is very clear, very thourough and a big help to anyone starting to cook! THANKS!!

(@ allothers that are missing some extra's: it is NOT an advanced course! So, don't complain but take an example and publish your own knowledge and experience this way. Then everyone can benefit)

Initiatives like these are giving back the original gaoal of this website, it isn't called "xda-developers" for nothing.

Perhaps someone can make a tutorial for skinning standard OS-parts (commanager, dialer, calculator, etc...) Or how to translate your favorite ROM to your own language?

[varanusvincent]

you can't use this way to create XIP from Shadow's ROM, Crystal V5. ROM or from Korand's ROM.
If someone can make this XIP.. Could anyone share the file...
with that file. I can make a new ROM based on new OS..:D

[phnikola]

you can't use this way to create XIP from Shadow's ROM, Crystal V5. ROM or from Korand's ROM.
If someone can make this XIP.. Could anyone share the file...
with that file. I can make a new ROM based on new OS..:D


Never flashed any of these ROMs you specified - so if their XIPs can't be dumped using Dump XIP tool from the HyperCore Kitchen, than I won't bother with them. Let me add that ROM cooker can also remove RGU files from ROM before posting, making it very difficult for someone to modify it. Then I'll skip such ROM too.

But...

FACTS
- This manual was intended for beginners.
- When you are a beginner in ROM cooking you don't like to be confused, but want it all to be clear to you before you do anything to your expensive device.
- I see that you are using modified Touch ROM, which can be dumped with this method.
- I also use modified Touch ROM, but I will not post it - there is enough good ROMs out there already

Cheers!

[PhiloPhunk]

Hi All - my first post :)
Thanks for this Phnikola, I'm brand new to all this (smartphone) stuff and need a place to start. Looks good so far.
My TC500 never was in the shops, has no support and no official upgrade path (hmmm...) but there are a few cunning points concerning SIP and home landline "awareness" in the original ROM I'd like to take with me up into WM6.1 (got Cloudyfa's Shadow 2.0 TE ready to go).
Any1 have any good advice for me?

Thanks again :)

_________________________
TC500 G4 HTC Prophet
IPL: 2.58.0001
SPL: 2.58.0001
GSM: 02.19.21
OS: 2.58.20.21

[black_shadow69]

Work on dopod 818 pro wm 5?
i want to upgrade rom and wm6
thanks...

[rondol1]

Work on dopod 818 pro wm 5?
i want to upgrade rom and wm6
thanks...

Yes it does, but you don't have to cook your own ROM. Just wonder around a bit on this forum and pick a ROM that suits you.

[mGforCe]

Dear phnikola

Thanks a lot for such nice guide... I was trying to use HyperCore kitchen for last 4 hrs but was not able to pass step 1 of extractiong Os.nb

Your guide is really good & helpful

[clustered]

hi phnikola,

just wanna said that nice guide n great contribution. Maybe more images would help the word "for beginners", hope in your next version of manual..

your contribution really apprieciated... ;)

thanks

[mGforCe]

Maybe more images would help the word "for beginners", hope in your next version of manual..

believe me..if one just read this guise patiently.. he won't find any need for pictures...

I was complete beginner.. and this really helped me in extracting 2 ROMS and cooking a customized taking best from boths.

[Jbazt_katuforzs]

hellow sir i want to make sure if my pda is G3 pls.. Reply
IPL:1.00
SPL 2.g3.4pda
GSM 01.13.20
OS 7.0.0.7