ŃŐŐß questions for newbie rom cooking

[danielhtc]

Hi guys. I have flashed many great roms from xda to my Kaiser but I am keen to make my own...

I have done allot of reading through the rom cooking wikis and watched the screen casts for the Kaiser Kitchen program. But I have a few questions I hope someone can help me with.

The first relates to the latest roms that members of this forum are using to construct their latest builds. No one seems to be using the roms in Alex's Megaupload folder so should I disregard those roms, oem packages and seek the latest roms that are being used on xda :confused: If so are these roms available for download prior to customization on this forum? I have used the search function but cant find them. :(

Ive noticed that people are porting roms from other HTC devices for use with the Kaiser? Is this something I will need to do to make a latest os build?

Also is there one location for all the latest apps like opera 9 camera drivers ect for me to cook into a rom?

I have many more questions but ill save them for next time. I am sure questions like this get asked all the time so ill be greatly appreciative of anyone that can help.. Cheers.. :)

[RizwanKhan]

The first relates to the latest roms that members of this forum are using to construct their latest builds. No one seems to be using the roms in Alex's Megaupload folder so should I disregard those roms, oem packages and seek the latest roms that are being used on xda :confused: If so are these roms available for download prior to customization on this forum? I have used the search function but cant find them.

you can use the newer builds that are available here at xda. plus you can download official builds from htc and than use the official build as your base and modify, tweak and improve it.


Ive noticed that people are porting roms from other HTC devices for use with the Kaiser? Is this something I will need to do to make a latest os build?

not necessarily the latest os build. Reasons roms are ported from other devices is to take advantage of the features available on those roms that don't exist on our official or standard rom. check out this tutorial on porting sys and xip:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=437264


Also is there one location for all the latest apps like opera 9 camera drivers ect for me to cook into a rom?

I have many more questions but ill save them for next time. I am sure questions like this get asked all the time so ill be greatly appreciative of anyone that can help.. Cheers..

depends on what you are looking for. Here are some of the opal cab/packages compiled by mbarvian:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=430354
I don't think they are all in one location but most of them are all available here at xda for you to cook in. You have to do a little bit of hunting and scavaging :) Just don't forget to credit whoever created the cab/package you use ;):)

Good luck.

[danielhtc]

Thanks for your help thesire :)

you can use the newer builds that are available here at xda. plus you can download official builds from htc and than use the official build as your base and modify, tweak and improve it.

So by this you mean download a latest build I can find, flash it and then dump it from my phone and customise it in the kitchen? Or is there some tool that will extract the os from the rom without having to flash?


Thanks again :D

[RizwanKhan]

Thanks for your help thesire :)



So by this you mean download a latest build I can find, flash it and then dump it from my phone and customise it in the kitchen? Or is there some tool that will extract the os from the rom without having to flash?


Thanks again :D

you can use the kaiserkitchen to dump contents of rom

[danielhtc]

Ive followed the steps to extract a rom from a rom file but the oem folder is empty.. This is suppost to contain the operating system yes? What step have I missed? thanks

[GSLEON3]

Ive followed the steps to extract a rom from a rom file but the oem folder is empty.. This is suppost to contain the operating system yes? What step have I missed? thanks

You need to download a cooking kit, not just a kitchen, unless you build your own. They usually include OEM Folde, SYS Folder, etc...

For a noobie migh I sugest PPCKitchen.org where you'll find the PPCGeeks KaiserKitchen.

There are also a few screen shot videos by DoctaJay. They are available in the wiki & in the start here thread.

[ai6908]

Ive followed the steps to extract a rom from a rom file but the oem folder is empty.. This is suppost to contain the operating system yes? What step have I missed? thanks

Which ROM did you dump? Depending on the way it was cooked, you might not be able to get OEM and SYS files in tact. Find a ROM that was cooked with all dsm and rgu files, then you will be able to dump and create packages.

[aruppenthal]

Kaiserchef is also a very good kitchen for beginner chefs. It runs each .bat in order automatically. All you have to do is download the kitchen, put the stock rom you want to dump in the base rom folder and run the runme.bat. Select use the rom in base rom folder as base and it will extract it. Packages are all over the forum. Just rember that camera and dialer packages are sometimes device specific so be sure to read up. I have some oems in my 4shared and starbase64 has almost any oem you could ever want in his 4 shared. just do a search for starbase64 and click on his 4share link in his sig.

[danielhtc]

Thanks for the suggestions so far guys. Downloaded Kaiserchef.. Looks like a cleaner or newer version of Kaiserkitchen?

Ok, downloaded Version5.9RRE20748manilla.rar rom from aruppenthal's 4shared folder as it seems like this is the latest build I can find and I want to build a rom based on the latest build.

Followed the steps in Kaiserchef and it extracts the SYS, ROM folders but the OEM folder remains empty :confused: I downloaded a rom package from Alex's megaupload folder, but if I use that ROM folder from Alex's rom it will be an older OS I'm building correct? Where would I find the latest?

And can someone kindly explain what the ROM, SYS and OEM actually folders do.

Thanks guys :)

[aruppenthal]

Thanks for the suggestions so far guys. Downloaded Kaiserchef.. Looks like a cleaner or newer version of Kaiserkitchen?

Ok, downloaded Version5.9RRE20748manilla.rar rom from aruppenthal's 4shared folder as it seems like this is the latest build I can find and I want to build a rom based on the latest build.

Followed the steps in Kaiserchef and it extracts the SYS, ROM folders but the OEM folder remains empty :confused: I downloaded a rom package from Alex's megaupload folder, but if I use that ROM folder from Alex's rom it will be an older OS I'm building correct? Where would I find the latest?

And can someone kindly explain what the ROM, SYS and OEM actually folders do.

Thanks guys :)
If you want to cook it get the rom from my 4 shared that has this name

RUU_Kaiser_CINGULAR_WWE_3.57.502.2.rar

Mine (Version5.9RRE20748manilla.rar rom )has no oem folder because after v5 i started combining dsms which makes it lose the oem.