Can I flash a differnt devices ext rom to my BA

[interestingfellow]

Hey ya'll, I have a simple question.

I want to know if I can flash the ext rom from another HTC device onto my BA ext rom?

I just installed the 142 Tmo Uk rom, and was curious if I can grab the ext rom off of another Tmo USA device, so I have all the right settings and stuff?

TIA!

[cerjam]

i wouldn't think so. may be able to do it, i wouldn't attempt it. i stripped my extrom, they don't actually have anything useful in them. just horrible themes and bad software.


you however could probably extract the extended rom from another device and copy the files and manually install them. that'd be easy enough i think.

[Chef_Tony]

yeah, flashing a rom from another device is not such a good idea, but since you are using wm2003, you can visit -=this tutorial=- (http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blueangel_WM6_WizzardUpgrad e1_WM2003SE0) and gain another 16mb of storage space and then just copy cabs that you want to the device or maybe even build you own extrom, to be copied to the sd card and installed automatically. to find out how that is done (actually pretty easy!) just use forum search and look for "cfg.txt" and Chef_Tony. i wrote some pretty long tutorials about that.
basicly it is just making an automated install routine for your most commonly used programs, so whenever you hard reset your device, the programs YOU want are installed, not those ridiculous t-mobile customizations, their pink dialer skin and things like that. ;)

EDIT: btw. you should never take an entire extrom of another device. you never know, if maybe some of the things installed by the extrom are dependant of the display resolution or use device specific interfaces or mess around with device specific hardware buttons or drivers, you should extract the cabs and google their names, if you are not sure, what that actually does, so you can be sure, it will work on your blueangel!

have fun with that.

and @cerjam: don't be offended, your answer is completely right, i agree, just wanted to add a few little things ;)

[interestingfellow]

Perfect answers!

So, chef_tony, your telling me that it's ok to merge my extrom and storage in wm2003se? and then copy my cabs and write a cfg.txt of my own for an sd card?
I realize that I should do all the reading, but I'm the kinda guy who needs a generalized big picture before I start ripping apart all the details, so I'm looking for dick and jane/oversimplified answers.

Thanks, guys (and gals, if you are one)