[ROM] [HP iPAQ 900] [WWE] BR's "Motherload" WM6.1

[benjaminries]

coming soon... Motherload 1.5 update
- added UCWEB Browser
- fixed Windows Live Messenger
- reverted to working Office & Onenote packages from stock ROM
- updated Backlight Controller to v0.9.5.1

In addition to my parallel series of "vanilla" ROMs for the iPAQ 910c/912c/914c, I have decided to begin a new series of pre-loaded ROMs called "Motherload". Why? Because I got sick of spending hours setting up my phone after each new ROM flash, that's why.

Once Celio Corp. decides to release working Redfly drivers for WM6.5, you'll probably see this ROM move to that OS. For now this is based off my earlier custom WM6.1 release (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=500549) (and seems to maintain the same speed).

Base OS: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional build 21042

included: IE6 Mobile, Office & OneNote, Enterprise & VPN, .NET CF 3.5
excluded: Entertainment (games), Transcriber, Welcome Center


HP Factory OEM changes:

original GoogleSearch and GoogleMaps removed
Cyberon VoiceCommander removed
all startup apps disabled (moved to StartUp_bak folder) except iPAQ Data Configuration
most HP apps included (see below)


Accessories:

CCDialer 2.0
ClearVue PDF 2.42.513
HP Photosmart Mobile 2.11.5.37


Browsers & Clients:

ceSnipURL
ceTwit 2
Facebook IM 2.15
Facebook (client) 0.14
Iris Browser 1.1.6
Skyfire Browser 0.9.0.9333
Windows Live Mobile (with Messenger) 10.6.0046.0800


Maps & Search:

Basic GPS 2.60.5
Google Maps Mobile 3.0.1.4
Noni GPS Plot 2.80c
GPS Viewer b1210
iPAQ GPS QK Position
Windows Live Search 4.5.3129.0


Utilities

A2DP Toggle 1.1
AppToDate
61x/91x Backlight Controller 0.9.1.7 (suggest you map this to VoiceCMD button for quick indoor-outdoor changes)
Call Firewall 1.4
Default InputMethod
HP PrintSmart Mobile 1.1.0.9
NoData 3.08.04.10
PIM Backup 2.8.0.0
pmClean 1.07
SUN Java 2.0.1.0.07
Total Commander 2.51
WiFiFoFum 2.2.12
WinRAR 3.80
WM5torage 1.8


Miscellaneous & OS tweaks:

Adobe Flash Lite 3.1
Single-line date
ObexInbox 0.947
GPRS disconnect button & timer
Battery 100
TwitToday 1.3
GPS Toggle 1.9


The ROM file weighs in at 73.1 MB, and takes a while to Clean Boot the first time after flashing (so be patient). It starts you off with about 100 MB of free storage memory and over 70 MB of free program memory.

Known bugs:

A2DP Toggle settings will not launch from Control Panel; must be accessed by running "\Program Files\Teksoft\A2DPToggle\Settings.exe" directly


Download here (http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=74a2724b488681d37432d3c9683f450ae04e75f6 e8ebb871)!
(Note: uploading ROM to Mediafire at time of this post...)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FLASHING:
1. Get a microSD card sized 2 GB or lower (SDHC won't work) and format it with regular FAT filesystem. Copy my FLASH.DIO to the root of the card. Insert card into your device.
2. Put your device into SDLoader mode by holding VOLUP+OK(button on right side) and pressing RESET. Make sure your battery has a decent charge (over 50%) and isn't connected to any USB charge or sync cable (or else your device will just go into RUU mode).
3. Watch the magic... SDLoader will check the file integrity, flash to your device ROM, do a clean reboot (can take a minute longer than usual) and then go into the "Welcome to Windows Mobile, tap here to continue" stuff.

Feedback welcome. If you see an updated version of anything here, post a link and I'll include it the next release. I'm trying to keep the software selection on the legal safe side too.

Credits:

cooked with keyx flex kitchen - the author of which is awesome
original vanilla build ported from sergiorus
numerous resources on xda-developers, ppcgeeks and pdaclan

[Montecristo]

Wow, great jobs!!!!!

[jaim3lo]

It is amazing how fast is this ROM. benjaminries thanks for this ROM, very complete!!!

I found some littles bugs:

1. After soft reset, the START menu show a text called Call Firewall.
2. Windows Live doesn´t work to me, I have to install it again.

[benjaminries]

It is amazing how fast is this ROM. benjaminries thanks for this ROM, very complete!!!

I found some littles bugs:

1. After soft reset, the START menu show a text called Call Firewall.
2. Windows Live doesn´t work to me, I have to install it again.

Yeah I don't get the first bug at all. Strange. But you're right about the second one.

[G-yan]

Hello, benjaminries

Thank you for this ROM. It seems to be very fast than original.
Now I am setting up my ipaq914c.
But I can see same bug as jaim3lo with my ipaq914c.

> 1. After soft reset, the START menu show a text called Call Firewall.

[jaim3lo]

Hello, benjaminries

Thank you for this ROM. It seems to be very fast than original.
Now I am setting up my ipaq914c.
But I can see same bug as jaim3lo with my ipaq914c.

> 1. After soft reset, the START menu show a text called Call Firewall.

I, found the problem, Call Firewall.lnk is inside the folder Windows\Startup.

[tcortinag]

Great work!! I can't wait to try this!!

[G-yan]

Thank you for your information, jaim3lo.

I deleted link in "Start Up", then it was not happen again.

[surfer]

Could anybody upload it to rapidfire? Mediafire is acting up one me and I can't seem to download from them.

[AbsolutBenz]

way to go BR!!
can't wait the update 1.5 too bro..

[tcortinag]

Could anybody upload it to rapidfire? Mediafire is acting up one me and I can't seem to download from them.

Same here I can't download thru mediafire.

[tcortinag]

Can anyone please upload this to Rapidshare or another site??? Mediafire is not even openining.

[G-yan]

I have used this ROM for 5days.
Compare with original ROM, it is stable and quite faster.

But under my setting(to use Japanese),
unfortunately, there is still freeze sometime.
But I think this is not due to this ROM but my setting.

[G-yan]

I forgot to say one thing.
Thank you very much for your work, benjaminries.

[jk999]

Ben, thanks for making my Ipaq usable again.

Now if only we could fix the Cell Tower ID blocking (in Google Maps, etc)...

[genesea]

i'm checking this post for few days now, and can't decide which one gonna flash (either base os 6.1 or 6.5)

Ben, sorry to sound pushing you here, but what date is coming soon? in weeks or in months?

cheers and good luck!

[cool_recep]

Hi dude. I am also waiting for the update. Hope you finish it soon.

[cutom]

:D : "Hi dude. I am also waiting for the update. Hope you finish it soon."

[genesea]

Hi dude. I am also waiting for the update. Hope you finish it soon.

you should check Ben's this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=501068 it is wm6.5 based os, i've used it for few days, just one word: amazing good!!!;)

[comtech2005]

Hello benjaminries,

Thank you very much for this new rom, it works great for me.

Best regards, Andre.

[dangit]

coming soon... Motherload 1.5 update
-

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FLASHING:
1. Get a microSD card sized 2 GB or lower (SDHC won't work) and format it with regular FAT filesystem. Copy my FLASH.DIO to the root of the card. Insert card into your device.
2. Put your device into SDLoader mode by holding VOLUP+OK(button on right side) and pressing RESET. Make sure your battery has a decent charge (over 50%) and isn't connected to any USB charge or sync cable (or else your device will just go into RUU mode).
3. Watch the magic... SDLoader will check the file integrity, flash to your device ROM, do a clean reboot (can take a minute longer than usual) and then go into the "Welcome to Windows Mobile, tap here to continue" stuff.

Feedback welcome. If you see an updated version of anything here, post a link and I'll include it the next release. I'm trying to keep the software selection on the legal safe side too.

Credits:

cooked with keyx flex kitchen - the author of which is awesome
original vanilla build ported from sergiorus
numerous resources on xda-developers, ppcgeeks and pdaclan



I have a rogers 910C and can't seem to reset it so that it goes into boot mode. I have a 4gig plain micro SD card and formated it to FAT32 and put the FLASH.DIO in it. Every time I hit the volumeup+OK+reset, it just seems to reset the device and that's it.

Could it be something with my phone being locked? Or do I really need a 2Gig card or am I missing something else that I'm not realizing.

thanks

[comtech2005]

I have a rogers 910C and can't seem to reset it so that it goes into boot mode. I have a 4gig plain micro SD card and formated it to FAT32 and put the FLASH.DIO in it. Every time I hit the volumeup+OK+reset, it just seems to reset the device and that's it.

Could it be something with my phone being locked? Or do I really need a 2Gig card or am I missing something else that I'm not realizing.

thanks

Press reset, release reset button but keep pressing the other two until u see SD loader written on screen.
Thats should do it.

key combinations:

Clean bOOt - Voice Commander + OK + Reset
Download Image - Volume Down + OK + Reset
Calc Checksum - Volume Up + OK + Reset - disconnected, SD card out
RUU - Volume Up + OK + Reset - UsbConnected, SDcard out
SDloader - Volume Up + OK + Reset - USB disconnected, SDcard in
Modem_CAL - Voice COmmander + Volume Up + Reset
Diagnostics - Voice Commander + Volume Down + Reset

[smokin_nic]

I have a rogers 910C and can't seem to reset it so that it goes into boot mode. I have a 4gig plain micro SD card and formated it to FAT32 and put the FLASH.DIO in it. Every time I hit the volumeup+OK+reset, it just seems to reset the device and that's it.

Could it be something with my phone being locked? Or do I really need a 2Gig card or am I missing something else that I'm not realizing.

thanks

You need a "normal" 2 gig card a non-sdhc, 4 gig are sdhc.

[dangit]

Thanks, both of those things did the trick. Rom loaded up great, then I went and put another rom on there from someone else and now all I get is a white screen after the HP boot up and even tried to put this rom back on and same thing :( That'll teach me to mess with things too much.

[comtech2005]

Thanks, both of those things did the trick. Rom loaded up great, then I went and put another rom on there from someone else and now all I get is a white screen after the HP boot up and even tried to put this rom back on and same thing :( That'll teach me to mess with things too much.

Try another rom and flash it again.

Format de Sd card with fat first and place de new rom on it.

Press reset, release reset button but keep pressing the other two until u see SD loader written on screen.

[benjaminries]

for those who posted on the page before this one: I am currently travelling overseas and will release ROM updates late next week after I return home. I had meant to put out a 1.5 update to this build before I left for my trip, but I ran out of time with finishing school and packing :)

suffice it to say I have had ample opportunity to test the ROM and look forward to making a few tweaks...

[comtech2005]

for those who posted on the page before this one: I am currently travelling overseas and will release ROM updates late next week after I return home. I had meant to put out a 1.5 update to this build before I left for my trip, but I ran out of time with finishing school and packing :)

suffice it to say I have had ample opportunity to test the ROM and look forward to making a few tweaks...

Okay, Thank you benjaminries... good work man. :):)

Edit: @benjaminries there is also an new rom on the HP site, look here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3766607&postcount=53

[parkhaus]

Often asked but never really answered:
How can you save the original ROM before upgrading? Just in case you want to have your original ROM back? Mine is not available from the HP support page :(
is there a way to save it, e.g. as a .nbf file or raw data on a microSD card?

Currently, I have the original German Rom on, but would like to try the WWE update by HP, and BR's of course :)

[parkhaus]

Often asked but never really answered:
How can you save the original ROM before upgrading?

Thanks to keyx, he pointed me to a tool called pdocread.exe.
Plenty of tutorials exist, e.g. this one in the wiki:
How to dump a ROM (http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_HowtoDumpRom)

if you do the dump where you get a file called diskimg_ver.nb0 with 80.920kB, you can rename it to FLASH.DIO and flash it back using the SDloader and a microSD-card (not a microSDHC-card)!

[tcortinag]

Ben, is it possible to include YouTube client on the new version?? It would be nice.

[charlie71]

Is this update out yet? If so, I can't find where to download it.
Thanks.

[vreynav]

Hi my friend:

I did everything you said and I got these results in my screen (maybe I got any mistakes because of the velocity of the screen):

MIDL ...... [-]
EBOOT...... [-]
IPL........ [-]
DIAGPDK.... [-]
DATA....... [-]
IPAQFIE.... [-]
OS IMAGE... [ ]

- Check SD File
- Writing FLASH.DIO
- Calculate CheckSum

After the last line, I got stuck. The messahe I received is "Update Error! Pls Check!"

Could you help me with this PLEASE?

Thanks in advance.

Victor

[rockdamic]

Great ROM except that incoming OPP just won't work.

Anyone else having problems with this?

[Sachy_Andy]

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WHERE IS FLASH.DIO ? There is a folder named June 2009 and all the files with Tz extension like 21042BR0609.7z