yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Peter Poelman:
Yihaaaa!!! Itsme RULEZZZ !

( I'll say it if nobody else does, even though I was almost in the room when it happened. What's the matter with you people? Don't you know how to properly motivate cool hacks? :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] samvds:
Hi Itsme,

This stuff really sucks!!

Thanks!!!!!!!!! :D

Sam
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] qtzar:
Thank you thank you thank you

This is going to make life so much easier to designing and testing custom extended roms. No more 1 hour reflash wait to do testing.

Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] JaToAc:
igor, it's working ;)

thanks dude...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] yann:
GREAT WORK!!!!

It works so well thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] yann:
Could you give us tech details on how the XDA makes the rom unrewritable?? (reg settings?)

I'm realy curious because i was trying like many othters to figure out the process of locking/unloking it but with out any success :(

regards,

Yann
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] itsme:
I found the password to unlock the DiskOnChip device by looking at the bootloader.

the diskonchip is somewhat documented on the m-sys.com website.

but not very well, and incorrectly, I figured out the correct packet formats for the deviceiocontrol functions by comparing the trueffs.dll and bootloader code.

for the functions used look at the source, it is only 2 functions : insert key + change protection.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] peter_altherr:
i am with you all in giving compliments to itsme. that tool makes arranging of my own roms so simple n easy.

keep up the excellent work :-D

peter
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Rabia:
thats cool man, i wish i can use it fir XDA 1 but tough luck for me, thanks again am sure when i buy my XDA 2 this will be my first hack applied to my phone, XDA rulez & ITSME you are cool :D :D :D :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Panja:
Great work m8!

Little late reply :-)

But thanks a lot!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nargalzius:
I thought this was a late april fools since i've been wanting this forever!

Thanks itsme, you finally turned all the XDAII users' dreams into reality.

You're the ABSOLUTE BEST!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] widder:
Does that work with a german MDA II too?

8)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cats:
Quelqu'un pourrait-il me dire à quoi ça sert ... in french ?

Ca retire le paramètre région ??? J'ai du mal à suivre !!!

Merci
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] unapproachable2kx:
Yeah,good job man!!

now ill send you 1000$.. Lol
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] unapproachable2kx:
But first tell me how do I enable Write (-unlock) using this command on debug..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ilvanni:
Great job!

It's a wonderful application!

I just add the cab to ext rom and modify the config.txt from my xda2.... ehehehh

thanks!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mdkia:
if you want to run it on an ITA device you need to create a "program files" directory and to cut/paste the folder "ExtendedROMunlocker" there
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mdkia:
i forgot: itsme > you rock! :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tenzin:
Cela permet de modifier ton "Extended ROM", tu peux non seulement "read"(=lire), mais aussi "write"(=écrire), bref, tu peux ainsi en faire ce que tu veux ...

Thanks a lot ITSME !!!! wonderful job ! :wink: :mrgreen:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cats:
Si j'ai bien compris, ça permet "simplement" d'avoir de la mémoire supplémentaire ? ... Ou c'est plus rusé que ça, et j'ai encore pas compris !

Ca sert à des choses que l'on ne peut pas dire sur le forum ???

Désolé pour ces questions de débutant !
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cats:
J'ai eu la réponse sur un l'excellent site pdafrance
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xtinc:
Great Work!

I was tinkering with my extended ROM.. then it hits me. I could slim down the extended ROM to the minimun and use the space for additional storage :twisted:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cr_lb1:
Writing to ExROM

Hey Guys,

I have installed the ExROM Unlocker App- and it seems to run okay. But my question is- now how to you go about writing software/apps to the ExROM so that it will survive a hard reboot?

Cheers!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Xant:
What do you mean by survive a hard reboot???

Nothing happends to the files when they are simply put in the ext-rom.

If you add them to the config.txt script they will get installed automatically, but remember to write-protect the cab-files, otherwise they will be deleted after install.

Alex
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pbelcl:
errormessage at start unlocker

Hi Folks :-)

i installed unlocker today and it did not work!

so i copied the files from "programme" to "program files" on my german machine. after this my shortcuts got icons, so far so good.

after starting the "unlock" link i get some error messages!

first

"ERROR: Unterminated commandline"

then

"debug error"

then

"error in commandline"

then

"- Diese Funktion ist nur im Win32-Modus gültig"

are this messages normal?

does this unlocker run on german devices?

please let me know what i did wrong ......
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] itsme:
yes, that may very well be, there are some fixed pathnames in the .lnk files.

you should change those to 'programme' too then.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hshortt:
Hullo,

Probably what's not clear is that you have to use arguments to run the file.

The cab installs an exe into the program files folder. You then supply the arguments to run it.

-unlock is probably going to be most used.

Cheerio

Howard
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cr_lb1:
EXROm script?

Ok, cool.

Where is this config.txt located? And what is the easiest way to write-protect a cab file? Sorry- I am a little new to these processes. :oops:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raptorz:
htc wallaby

hey just wondering will this work with htc wallaby?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ednap:
So after you run the app with the -unlock argument, will the extended Rom then show up in Resco file explorer or how do you access it?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] JaToAc:
it's four commands

-unhide

to make the extended rom visible

- hide

to hide the extended rom

-unlock

to unlock the extended rom

-lock

to lock the extended rom

so first you have to unhide the extended rom and perform a softreset to make it visible...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lukasz:
lock / unlock error messages

Hmm, I have successfully unhided and unlocked ext rom (on the 1.72 rom) but during unlock and lock procedures I keep reciving an error if I want to execute lock (by clicking the icon) for example I receive:

ERROR if I click OK

FL_IOCTL_BDTL_HW_PROTECTION if I clik OK

A device attached to the system is not functioning if I click OK

extrom locked

but if I want to delete any file from ext rom I still can do it without any problems !! is this ok? are the cab files protected ? Will they be protected if I hide the rom? BTW hide and unhide work ok without any error messages !

Lukasz
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ednap:
Thanks, that makes a lot of sense. Unhiding first to make the ext rom visible and then unlock for access.

ED
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] iggy:
Anyone have an answer to this question? Does it work with XDA I????
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Peter Poelman:
No. The XDA a.k.a. Wallaby doesn't have a flash-disk, so there's no extended ROM to unlock there.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] super654:
OK..... can anyone please explain what this unlocker does exactly...with an example if possible of a possible application...

Many Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
It allows you to modify the programs that are auto installed at each Hard Reset, without having to enter the realm of flashing your device and cooking your own External Rom, which is inherently dangerous as many have come to find.

An example of practical use: If you do not want / need a program that the OEM decided that you must have (like in my case, I don't like the Caller ID app), you can remove it from the list of programs and it will not be installed on the next hard reset.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Bigbo1010:
Hi All,

May I ask a simple. Just how you rum this command? I try to do it in the Open from the file explorer, but it did not work. Give me a funny "Unable to connect" error??? :oops:

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
Actually, to your point (and other posts here on this topic), I am a bit baffled as to the questions people have about commands to run, "- unlock" commands, and the like.

Reason: FOr me, I just installed the program and then click on the icons in the program files area under the "Extrom Tools" icon.

Has everyone "installed" the program or just partially done so?

FOr the reason above, I cannot answer the questions as I don't really understand the issue (how you are attempting to use the unlocker)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] aabarakat:
I copied the cab, it installed on the device. Now I have a directroy under program files named extendedromunlocker that contains a file named unlockextrom. when I click on it I get a debug message usage: unlockextrom [-lock | -unlock] [ -hide | -unhide]. I do not know what to do next and if I clicked ok on the degug box it closes and nothing happens. Can you please explain to me how to use this state of the art utility.

will it work with any rom other that the tmobile 1.72
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Tekflow:
It seems to me that the program installs in 2 different ways. In my device, in Programs, I have a folder named Extrom Tools, containing 4 icons: hide, lock, unhide and unlock. Each icon does its job. First I clicked on the unhide, then I made a soft reset and then I clicked on the unlock. That's it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] aabarakat:
I am running i-mate rom 1.66.131. it contians the following files

autorun.exe

custsetting.exe

default_broadcast.cab

default_caller.cab

default_camera.cab

default_imate.cab

default_midi.cab

default_mms.cab

default_oem5.cab

default_version.cab

setup.exe

I could not find config.txt on both the the rom nor on the xda2. if I tried to add some more cabs now, how can I change the config.exe or .txt? Also, how to make the cabs right protected to prevent their deletion after excusion.

your help is appreciated, thanks in advance
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Tekflow:
config.txt is in Windows directory
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] aabarakat:
Tekflow, thank you very much. I think it was stupidity of me not looking for it in the windows directroy. Sorry for this silly question. :oops:

I hope the other question is not so silly, the one you did not answer..... how can I make the cabs write protected to prevent their deletion after excution. thanks in advance.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Tekflow:
Using File Explorer, tap and hold on the file, choose Properties and make it Read only. I think that's it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Asterix:
adapted the paths in the cab file for german devices, so unlocker works fine after install :D

lg

Rainer
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ronald2oo2:
Such a super tool and so humbly posted

at least allow me to shout GREAT WORK THANKS
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cr_lb1:
Auto-install?

Hey,

Is there any way to make your apps that you have saved to the ExROM auto-install after a hard reboot? Currently they are saved to the ExROM, but you have to install the unlocker app to access them.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nargalzius:
include the unlocker in the extrom.

as well as the ppcw registry settings that sets your extrom as viewable

the second mentioned is really redundant, but you'll see AFTER you do this, on the next hard reset then you'll find your extROM visible on the onset WHILE having the unlocker installed to.

but before that, load up your extrom and modify the CONFIG.TXT as you see fit. make sure you have a RST command at the end.

on the next hard reset, it will do whatever you put on that txt file, and assuming you included the first two i mentioned (as well as your other apps) then you can count on seeing the extrom when you're done hard resetting

hope this helps.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] othman:
Thanks itsme, it's GREAT WORK and keep it up.

Othman
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] NightmarE:
eh!! :?

sorry, i'm late.... yo itsme, it's awesome work, you made a great tool!!

thanks for that :D

ThE NiGhTmArE :twisted:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] freelockuk:
hi guys new to all this

unlock tool worked great.

:idea: can just replace all my extended rom files with the orange extened rom files i have.

great work keep it up:-)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] belaten:
ROM UNlock

I cant use it.

Belaten
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mecci:
imate 2

:oops:

This is one great tool, I have tried it on the xda II and it works a treat, but when I use it on the imate2 it does not reveal an extended rom folder.

I am somewhat puzzled...any ideas?

mecci
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] JoseF:
Hi,

I have unlock the extend rom .

Today I install the i-mate rom 1.72.00WWE with ExtROM version 1.60.21

After installing and running the cab ExtendedROMUnlocker the extended rom is stil locked.

Unabel to see or change it. Anyone have the same problem?

Any suggestions?

Regards

JoseF
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Rayan:
It works great on my MDA2!!!

Thanks so MUCH Tekflow!!!!!!

V E R Y W E L L D O N E ! ! !
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] beecher:
Good job!!!

ITSME, thanks!!! Your are my life-guard!!! :mrgreen:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] itsme:
belaten and josef:

you did both run 'unhide' and 'unlock' ?

what bootloader version do you have?

- to find out, you will lose all data on your device.

press the big action/navigator button, together with the power button, and while holding those down, reset the device.

you should see 'serial' and a version number.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] SP:
Wazzza

Thanx for the tool itsme!

Guys who want to customize their extended rom directly from their device can try this tool ConfigCreator: http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=9333 (it checks for the cab files placed to the ExtendedROM & creates Config.txt with all these files; ps: manual editing of new config might be required in case of keeping special cab installation order)

PS: how to lock ExtendedROM back?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] psxsnake:
I correct use ExtendedROM an switched ON, but when try to write or delete somthing, appear message said is impossible because write protect.

Help ME
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] oneall:
very good...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] garry:
Anyone can pass me the Asian AutoConfig.txt file for ExtROM version 1.66.165? I accidently remove some settings. :(

Anyone use this tool to unlock the ExtROM, remove the unwanted CAB, add their own CABs, reconfigure the config.txt & autoconfig.txt, and successful getting it work?

How is this compare with the ER2003Edit tool?

Wonderful job, itsme!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Carlos:
Very nice tool. Two questions I don't think have been discussed...

1. Is there any reason not to leave the ROM visible/writeable at all times?

2. The most obvious application of this seems maybe too obvious or maybe I'm missing something. Why not copy EVERYTHING out of that space and thus make it usable as storage? Then if you want to install any of the built-in programs you simply copy the .CAB to memory and run it. Any reason not to do this?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] friend007:
Hi there,

great tool but i also have another question:

currently i can only use 'non-interactive' cab files for the extended rom, i.e. the cab files that don't ask questions/confirmation... Is there a way you can use interactive cab files too, maybe with a batch file or something like that (for instance SPB Pocket Plus asks a question about zip-support, if you try to include this in the ext-rom then the installation hangs)

TIA
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Tors_TOZ99:
Hello,

at my device were only one icon installed named unlockextrom. There aren't any other icons like hide, lock and so on. If i run unlockextrom there are the errormassage "debug: Usage: Unlockextrom [-lock | -unlock] [-hide | -unhide]".

Any idea, why the programm installed at some devices in this way? I unistalled it and installed it again. There is the same Problem again.

Please help us (there are some others with the same Problem).

Is there a way to unlock the extrom without this Program? Maybe over registry?

Thanks for Help and best regards,

Torsten
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] itsme:
friend007: you have to remove the 'TPDisable.exe' from config.txt.

then you can interact with the cabs.

TPDisable is 'touchpanel disable'

torz: my installer does not work well on non english roms.

create a file 'hide.lnk' in \windows\Startmenü\Programme' with the following contents:

#"\Programme\ExtendedROMUnlocker\unlockextrom.exe" -hide

and also for unhide, lock, and unlock, replace the '-hide' string with the corresponding command.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Tors_TOZ99:
Thanks a lot. It works this way.

I copy the extrom of the german o2 version in the extrom after unhide and unlocked it (and after deleted the old files in the extrom). After a reset, there are some german files but generaly it is still the english version.

I don't stop trying to get my device in german.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mario50:
H6315

any one know a software for unlock saftly hp h6315?/

i got one for my girl frind and i cannot unlock

Thank you
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] friend007:
thanks for the tip itsme. I'll definitely try it out when i have to do a hardreset...

greets
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] AndrevanW:
ExtendedROM unlocker doesn't function for latest Ex. ROM

Hi Itsme,

I use the unlock tool on all sorts of version of the Qtek.

But on one of the latest Qteks with ROM version: 1.72.00 WWE and ExtRom version: 1.60.21 it doesn't function.

I get the following errors:

1. ERROR:

2.FL_IOCTL_BDTL_HW_Protected

3. -The parameter is incorrect

4. extrom unlocked

The last message is not correct.

The bootloader of the device is:v1.06

Can you update the program so that it also works for this ExtROM version?

Thanks,

André van Wieringen.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pierre:
only cab files are allowed to be installed to it??

there are several software which i would like 2 include into it unfortunately i was unable 2 extract the cab file...

how can i solve this??

how do i write-protect the cab files in order it wont be erased after a hard reset

many thankx....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sidrum:
Is it posible to use this Extended Rom Unlocker on my O2 XDAii mini......??

I also want to make some changes on my O2 XDAii mini.

Thanks~!~!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] aureus:
Yup want to remove some stuff from the Mini's ext rom...

Does this work on the mini?

You guys know what ROMs are safe to remove from the mini?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Pocket Me:
I've tried this great tool on my XDA Mini but it doesnt work! :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] heliod:
Just tried it also on a PDA2k. Hide and Unhide work, lock and unlock don't. After the previous success with my iMate I thought this would be a piece of cake.

:cry:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouldy:
Reboot problems

Hi

In trying to load the IIWPO I have encountered a problem. I installed the Extended ROM unlocker and successfully unhid and unlocked it however, there were no files visible and I also couldn't find config.txt

Erring on the side of caution, I decided not to proceed. I didn't copy any files across - just locked and then hid the ExtendedRom again and soft reset. All seemed OK and has been for a few weeks.

This week I have had to do a hard reset but after doing this, the auto installer does not run meaning I am missing the camera function etc.

Is there a file I need to replace, a setting I need to change or a command I can issue that will recover the situation?

Thanks

Paul
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kapger:
IIWPO for ipaq 6340

Official update ROM from HP for ipaq 6340 is in two variants:

1. HP iPAQ Pocket PC h6340 ROM Update (24 Mb)

This package contains the ROM Update Utility (RUU) and ROM image for the HP iPAQ

Pocket PC h6340. The ROM Update Utility replaces the current ROM image on the

handheld with an updated version.

2. HP iPAQ Pocket PC Inbox Attachment XIP Update (9 Mb)

This package contains an "execute in place" (XIP) firmware update file that

replaces the Miscellaneous OEM region of the ROM Image on the listed iPAQ Pocket

PC models. This is a permanent update to the flash ROM.

My task is edit the ROM on ipaq 6340 and save to ROM the IIWPO and other programs.

What item from this upgrade I can select for solve my task?

And what programs I can use for this task?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] RichDem:
Extended Rom Unlocker

I have successfully shown and unlocked my extended rom on my qtek2020 and I am now ready to play....... My question is are the only files that can be copied and automatically run on hard reset CAB files?

Best regards

Richard
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dmc874:
I know this does not work on the iPaq 6315 but was hoping you could point me in the right direction. I would like to a) be able to unlock the extended ROM on that device to update the info in there b) be able to edit a nbf file I have to flash the extended ROM with the hp RUU utility. Also, I can put the device in bootloader mode but cannot communicate with it. I have tried mtty but get jibberish so I am assuming it is using the wrong terminal emulation. Can anyone tell me the correct emulation and possibly a proggy to use. Thanks greatly.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pringle:
can i use it for xda IIi?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dendler:
Thanks for this nice tool ... but I´m using a german MDAc having patched it to the actual WWE (english) JAM firmware 1.06.xxx ... and I always get (with WWE and GER unlocker!!!) these errors while trying to unlock the extended ROM "debug" informs me about the following:

1.) "Error"

2.) "Open"

3.) "- The specified network resource or device is no longer available."

Any idea why this happens? When I pushed the "button" and afterwards tried to delete the files in my extended ROM to swap them with a german TMO ROM this didn´t work. So the whole tool didn´t work at all. Any idea?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Gech:
Hi everyone.

I've tried to use Extended ROM Unlocker on XDA2i.

It dosen't work.

-HIDE --> \Storage folder disappear.

-UNHIDE --> \Storage folder appear.

-LOCK --> \Storage folder is locked.

-UNLOCK --> error

error dialogs popup:

1) debug ERROR:

2) debug FL_IOCTL_BDTL_HW_PROTECTION

3) debug -A device attached to the system is not functioning.

4) debug extrom unlocked.

and now, I can't write Storage folder.

anyone has any idea?

PS. I upgrade ROM (v 1.10.124) last night.

http://www.my-xda.com/xda2i_soft.html

Storage come ba-----ck!!! :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mlngroup:
yes u got same problme anyway got same error

Error

oPEN

tHE spesifes network resurece or drive is no longer available

anyone please help
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] moghisi101:
Hey

Wot are the reg edits that the unhide and unlock do?

and If they dont do reg edits, wot do they do?

I need to know these, as I am integrating them in my VS.net Project.

Cheers

Bye
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Chatty:
@itsme:

Could you please add the according protection key for the Magician? I'll then try if it works if you don't have one yourself.