I want to learn how to cook a rom

[FCW]

I want to learn how to cook a rom but i dont know where to start. whats the best programme to use? any tutorals? please help:confused:

[adavis99]

Search for Kitchens.

You use kitchens to cook roms.

The wiki has lots of information to ramp your base knowledge.

[spastico]

I second the suggestion to Search for Kitchen, both in the forums and the wiki. It's all here.

Then the easiest place to start is with matts Pandora Kitchen.

Then as you get more comfortable , I like Core Kithen, he even includes a tutorial.

A great search tool that I use:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298893
It keeps me from asking questions that have been asked a thousand times.

[ai6908]

Best kitchen documentation is available in Wizard forum. Download Faria's kitchen (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=303406) and read the instructions with it. Cooking concept is the same for both the devices, just the OS is different.

Once you have the knowledge, you can try matt's Pandora (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=316881) or RomDonald's (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319970&highlight=romdonalds)

PS: Do not use wizard kitchen to cook a hermes ROM:D

[FCW]

is there any progamming language you need to learn before starting or is it all part of the kitchen?

[mattk_r]

is there any progamming language you need to learn before starting or is it all part of the kitchen?

no, it's moving files around, running applications, and clicking checkboxes. Super easy once you get rolling.

[FCW]

is there a good tutoral for these things or is a lot of it just trial and error. any good tips? dont want to risk bricking my device more than i have to.

[FCW]

im also running windows vista will that limit my choices?

[spastico]

im also running windows vista will that limit my choices?

What kind of personal research have you done so far?

[spastico]

is there a good tutoral for these things or is a lot of it just trial and error. any good tips? dont want to risk bricking my device more than i have to.

Again, what kind of reading in the wiki, or the kitchen threads recommended in the above posts?

[FCW]

is there a kitchen that runs on vista? i was tring to downgrade the reinstall to dual boot with xp but it says theres no hard drive whe i try to install so i need one comatable with vista

[mrvanx]

Download the pandora kitchen....give that a bit of a play with.

[Mixa84]

I am interested in where can I find base OS roms. I would like to cook my own rom and for example to use build 5.2.2000 WM6. Where can I find it?

[ai6908]

I am interested in where can I find base OS roms. I would like to cook my own rom and for example to use build 5.2.2000 WM6. Where can I find it?

I dont think .2000 has been ported yet for hermes...if you can port it for hermes, then you are a chef (like faria or Schap's, etc)...but for us cooks, find the ROM you like (eg. Schap's 4.0 or Pandora's, etc), extract OS and start playing with it.

[FCW]

so far ive read up on the pandora kitchen post and the others suggested in this post. it seems like the easyest to use it the pandora kitchen but it dosnt seem to run. the build os programme stops responding. im currently downloading the latest .net but it might be because i have vista. i cant downgrade to xp due to a problem with my hard drive. should be getting a new one this week but would like not to have to dual boot to save hard drive space plus i like vista.

[mattk_r]

so far ive read up on the pandora kitchen post and the others suggested in this post. it seems like the easyest to use it the pandora kitchen but it dosnt seem to run. the build os programme stops responding. im currently downloading the latest .net but it might be because i have vista. i cant downgrade to xp due to a problem with my hard drive. should be getting a new one this week but would like not to have to dual boot to save hard drive space plus i like vista.

To ensure you have configured the kitchen correctly (ie put the components in the correct location after downloading), try downloading the Pandora Naked kitchen from it's rom thread (in my sig). It's a complete package - so extract it into a folder and try running BuildOS. If it fails - it's your PC. If it works - it's the way you assembled it.

[FCW]

To ensure you have configured the kitchen correctly (ie put the components in the correct location after downloading), try downloading the Pandora Naked kitchen from it's rom thread (in my sig). It's a complete package - so extract it into a folder and try running BuildOS. If it fails - it's your PC. If it works - it's the way you assembled it.

Cheers got it working finally. Now i can have some fun. once im happy using this one ill try your other suggestion. Thanks again

[FCW]

what do you do when theres an error creating the shadow order file and that part of the xip is missing but its all there as it was unziped