A question for the cookers

[NRGZ28]

Say I downloaded "frauhottelmann"'s GUI kitchen and I grabbed the original, unmodified S740 SYS and OEM folders from a thread here.

What would I need to replace in order to build a ROM that will bootup on an Excalibur ? I have the "dump" of the original 6.1 ROM from the Excalibur. Some drivers maybe ? Any help ? Thanks :)

[frauhottelmann]

Oh, so you got it already. You should start with the OEM folder of the Excalibur. Then you might have to add some of the *.cpl.xml from OEMMISC to get all settings to work. The new packages are a bit trickier to use. You need more files from the new OEM. And don't use the new Connection Setup, it doesn't work. You should be able to use the whole SYS folder though.

[NRGZ28]

This is going to be difficult then. The only kitchen that exists for the Excalibur, dumps the contents of the ROM in one folder and doesn't seperate the foldes out to OEM, SYS, etc...

So is the SYS folder where all the drivers are then ? :)

[frauhottelmann]

No. There are two main folder. SYS is for the general Windows Mobile OS part. OEM is what the manufacturer or you add. The folder for drivers is on OEM and is called OEMDrivers. If you have a dump, you can make "packages" with PKGTools. There is no official 6.1 ROM right? So I guess this will be a problem, because then it doesn't sort the packages right. You'll have to try. Maybe send me a screen shot of the files or the result!

[NRGZ28]

Well the original 6.1 ROM for the Excalibur (the ONLY one) was made by this guy Kavana. I'm pretty sure it was based on the files from the MS emulator and drivers from the OEM WM6. IS PkgTools included in your kitchen ? Should I try to dissassemble the ROM with your kitchen ?

[akumalol]

yes pkgtools included.
give it a try and post if it worked!
good luck mate... i saw your prog for the weather! really nice!!
htc sliding plugin also rocks! anyway keep it up!

[NRGZ28]

Well I managed to make an excalibur ROM that works (partially) with the VOX GUI kitchen, and replacing the OEMDrivers with the drivers from my official WM6 ROM. Problem is, the center button on the keypad doesn't work. Everything else is fine... although WI-FI and BT don't turn on. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong ? Oh and the startup screen is all skewed and in 4 pieces, right after the splash screen, bu before the usual winmo 6.1 splash screen.

[NRGZ28]

Well I'm over that road bump now, and I'm trying to port the S740 XIP and SYS over to take advantage of the new CHOME ;)

So far, so good... ;)

[NRGZ28]

Thanks guys for the support. I was able to make a new ROM based on the 20279 core from the S740 ALL by myself. Reading these forums for a few days is what did the trick... heh. THe ROM runs great and I have to say that BuildOS+package tools is my best ROM cooking friend right now...

[Hikey]

Well the original 6.1 ROM for the Excalibur (the ONLY one) was made by this guy Kavana. I'm pretty sure it was based on the files from the MS emulator and drivers from the OEM WM6. IS PkgTools included in your kitchen ? Should I try to dissassemble the ROM with your kitchen ?

There is no rgu file in the rom you dumped.

and the one is not official 6.1.

You can dump the
moto q8 WM6.1 rom
s740 official rom
C810 official rom for your resource.

[NRGZ28]

I know.. that was my original problem. No worries though, as I used the SYS folder from the S740 and all is well now :)