Removing Orange Startup Logo

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OK, so I was asked by kevinpwhite to write up a guide on how I made a ROM with with Orange logo, so here it is.

Also, i'm sure some of this isn't needed, but I tried to be thorough. I'm not much of a guide writer so if you find this hard to follow or think its missing something, please let me know and i'll try my best to fix it.

Now before I begin, I should warn everybody that flashing unofficial software is unsafe, I followed this guide myself before posting but I can hardly guarantee safety by just using it myself.

Files Needed:
TGTool 1.3.19 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=650075
tg01_sddl+ - http://www.4shared.com/dir/18687254/...Phone_65.htmla
TG01WP_6.5_Orange_UK_Update - TG01WP_5005000176.tsw
TG01WP_6.5_IT_Update - TG01WP_5005030076.tsw

For ease of use, I renamed my ROM's ITA and UK respectivly, and I will be refering to them as ITA.tsw and UK.tsw in this guide.
So for starters, put your UK.tsw and ITA.tsw in the same folder with TGTool. Run 'Command Prompt', navigate to your chosen folder and then we can begin.

Step 1 - Take the English software out of the UK ROM.

tgtool -sp UK.tsw UK.nb0

Step 2- Insert that into the Italian ROM.

tgtool -mp UK.nb0 ITA.tsw TG01WP_00.tsw

Step 3 - Copy TG01_SDDL+ to your 'Storage Card' if you haven't already done so, and copy TG01WP_00.tsw into a folder named 'prg'.

Step 4 - Run TG01_SDDL+ and let it flash.

Now as far a I can tell, this only removes the Orange logo from bootup, it still has an Orange logo on shutdown and still contains all Orange apps and settings. So you will still also need to follow kevinpwhite's "Soft De-Brand Procedure" to remove the majority.

Da Mafia - thank you very much - practically an instant response !

I can follow the logic now and think I understand this process better. The next will be to try doing it....carefully

Do you think any more steps can be taken beyond wrapping elements of one ROM within the shell of another or does that then immediately get into the realms of 'proper' cooking such as the experts are currently grappling with ?

I don't know of any easy way to make further modifications, so anything more than this will need a 'proper' cook. I've tried to look into this myself but the TG01 is my first Windows Mobile phone so I have no experience and don't know how much of the guides for other phones transfer to the TG01.

Hmm.. I've just tried the process and am getting an error message

" Upgrade image not found, copy an image to 'prg' folder of the storage card."

The TG01WP.tsw file generated OK (apparently) and I have copied to the prg folder (file size is identical to original).


To be repeated tomorrow

TG01WP_00.tsw

Thats what was wrong. Will update the first post.

thank you da mafia that's brilliant :)

i got this far

but i'm going to wait till tomorrow, as it's a bit late to start a new adventure

TGTool v1.3.19 copyright(c) 2010 cedesmith

Checking ITA.tsw complete
Creating TG01WP.tsw complete
Checking TG01WP.tsw has completed without warnings

Originally Posted by Da Mafia

TG01WP_00.tsw

Thats what was wrong. Will update the first post.

Many thanks for the amendment. I am pleased to report that I have now succeeded with the re-flash.
One additional point to mention - changing the filename of the output .tsw file did NOT work. It was necessary to re-generate with the correct filename structure - evidently cedesmith's TGTool does something internally with that information.


Initial Toshiba splash screen, then few seconds dark period and then the normal Windows orange-coloured screen cal screen. Following the full 'soft-debrand procedure', apart from the residual .cab and other files dormant in the ROM \windows, etc. the device is now as 'clean' as I suspect is possible.

Brilliant stuff Da Mafia - thank you for taking the first 'great leap' !

Brilliant stuff cedesmith - thank you for providing the TGTool. I am sure that it will lead to much greater things, but even this apparently modest step needs to be seen as really significant

Next question is how can the UK OS Payload .nb0 file be filleted to remove the unwanted .cabs, etc.....

On a second tack, I have made a Registry archive post-debrand using CeRegEditor, but at present cannot figure how to be able to write that back to the device on top of the original Registry. Does anyone reading this have any expertise with that side of things they can share please ?

morning guys,

YES

this method worked great

to confirm what Da Mafia & Kevin have said...

this mod will basically re-create your standard oragnge phone - but with no orange boot up screen

sensational - can't thank you both enough

cheers
Adam

I guess I have a method to avoid orange cab's to install at all. But here is nothing sure at all... I'm flashing a working ROM now because i have to leave. I failed so many times flashing a 6.5.5 non bootable (im starting to get used to the pin method lol). By the way, I would work faster if you can tell me if that procedure works properly once I come back to house:

tgtool -sp tg01uk.tsw tg01.os.nb.payload
osnbtool -d tg01.os.nb.payload 2 imgfs.bin
imgfstodump imgfs.bin
imgfsfromdump imgfs.bin imgfs-new.bin
osnbtool -c tg01.os.nb.payload 2 imgfs-new.bin
tgtool -mp tg01.os.nb.payload.new tg01uk.tsw tg01uk-new.tsw

If it works I'm 90% sure I can build a debranded 6.5.0 ROM.

Originally Posted by adzman808

morning guys,

YES

this method worked great

to confirm what Da Mafia & Kevin have said...

this mod will basically re-create your standard oragnge phone - but with no orange boot up screen

sensational - can't thank you both enough

cheers
Adam

Hi Adam,

Glad you have been successful too ! I've now pasted in the Welcomehead and Shutdown screens and just soft reset a few times in the course of installing various basic software ... whole effect is just what was needed !