regarding the extrom...

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hello everyone!
i am running wm06 for a while now and have to admit, its fckng great!
i upgraded from wm2003 directly to wm06, so its like two different worlds...

but when i was upgrading, i did not manage to merge the extrom with the rest of the storage, the unhide and unlock thing just didn't work!
but as i am now sure, that i wont need to roll back to 2003 again, merging the extrom with the rest of the storage would only make it better, no disadvantages, am i right?
or am i needing the extrom in wm06?
how is it used in wm06?
or is it just wasted space....?

as u can easily see, i am still a little confused about all that....

here are some specs from my device:

ROM Version: 5.60.00 WWE
ROM Date: 03/02/05
Radio Version: 1.15.00
Protocol Version: 1337.45
ExtROM Version: - (nothing here...??? is that bad??)

STORAGE:
total: 42,92MB
in use: 28,26MB
free: 14,66MB

PROGRAM:
total: 109,12MB
in use: 40,23MB
free: 68,90MB

thx for any help,
regards,
krz

ExtROM: Extended ROM - is the section of the ROM which the distributor of the phone (eg O2, T-Mobile, iMate, etc) store their customization (eg Today theme, ring tones, extra software) data.

In WM2003 you may found your phone having hardreset quite often - thats because WM2003 use RAM as program-storage (RAM lose everything when battery is drained)

In WM5/6 you are not using RAM as a storage anymore thus not performing hardreset often (typically once during flash)

By performing ExtROM merge, you're going to have extra MB in storage. There is NO DISADVANTAGE.

Those who prefer to have an ExtROM for whatever reason (they may HardReset their phone quite often because of testing/developing/whatever) place the "ExtROM" folder in Storage Card (Memory card/SD/MMC) and after HR it gets installed as usual. Or you can install fixes and addons "one by one".

Read more information here : http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index...ERK_Understand
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To sum it up :
You dont need to merge your ExtROM (it cost you some MB)
* How to merge / is here : http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index...M6_WizzardMain

thx a lot for your answer, kerio...!!

if i understood you right, the EXTROM is of NO USE at all in WM06.
so if not merged before upgrading, it will be just invisible and unused space.... am i right?

if so, i would of course prefer to merge the EXTROM with the rest of the storage to gain more free megabytes....
will the total storage size be 60,3MB after merging, like i have seen in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=326515 ?!?

is it possible to merge the EXTROM after having WM06 installed?
can i merge EXTROM without reinstalling WM06 and all programs?

btw: unhiding and unlocking is NOT working on my device....
when clicking UNHIDE, nothing happens,
when clicking UNLOCK i get the following error:

ERROR: FL_IOCTL_BDTL_HW_PROTECTION - The parameter is incorrect.

what am i doing wrong??


i know, that are a lot of questions, but i would be very thankful if someone could help me with that...
thx in advance!
regards,
krz

bump bump

I would also be interested if somebody suuggests new solutions for "big storage" as my device does accept unlock and unhide, but when using "repart_DOC.exe" it gives me errors and eosn't repartition the ROM...

Downgrade to WM2003 , play da game and flash to wm6

Xeon's got the idea. You will need to to downgrade to WM2003, unlock, unhide and repartition the extrom. Once complete then flash up to the WM6.

I had to do the same thing, as I had not correctly repartitioned the extrom when I moved up too WM5. Good luck.

hello and thx a lot for all your ansers!

how many MBs will I gain from merging EXTROM?
and is there a way to use that space without merging?
anyone knows??

i have wm2003 and i can't unhide , unlock, or format doc, cos everytime i'm trying i can see , FL_IOCTL_BDTL_HW_PROTECTION the parameter is incorrect, can anyone help me?

Originally Posted by Nicolfa

Xeon's got the idea. You will need to to downgrade to WM2003, unlock, unhide and repartition the extrom. Once complete then flash up to the WM6.

I had to do the same thing, as I had not correctly repartitioned the extrom when I moved up too WM5. Good luck.

We got the point now.

Advise the wiki should be revised as so many people are confusing about the ExtROM.

Thanks