yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] summiter:
Sorry I'm a little late with this..wanted to thoroughly test it out before unleashing it on the masses. Here's the ROM with fonts, themes, ringers, and Omapclock added to the OS so as not to take up storage space.

This ROM contains the following

--Calibri/Segoe fonts from Vista/Office 12 installed in Windows directory(You'll need to use a 3rd party app to change the system or other font)

--Approximately 15 .wav ringers installed in \Windows\Rings

--Origami themes from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=45605

--Omapclock.exe installed in \Program Files\OmapClock

--Customized links to 3 OmapClock clock speed settings: 200Mhz, 240Mhz, 252Mhz (You can select these by going to START->PROGRAMS. You will see "Clock200, Clock240, Clock252. These can be mapped to a hardware button)

--Removed the extended ROM customizations that add Express mail and Good mail

Link to file:

ftp://xda:xda@xda-developers.com/Wi...lar_RUU_WIZARD_217_AKU2_WWE-RINGRS-OCLOCK.exe

Enjoy.

--------UPDATE------->

I've created the same customization using the 2.08 Qtek test ROM which has A2DP. I don't have BT headphones to test A2DP, but I did verify the installation and functionality of the ROM. By the way, I can confirm that flashing your Wizard up to 20 times does no harm...with my luck, the 21st time will kill a flash cell or two. haha

Here's the link:

ftp://xda:xda@xda-developers.com/Wi...r_RUU_2080701_101_11310_WWE-RINGRS-OCLOCK.exe

Enjoy pt. deux
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] darkjedi:
could you make a 2.8 rom with A2DP? thanks :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] summiter:
Yep - I'll work on that tonight and probably have it uploaded before the night is over. =)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] darkjedi:
thanks buddy, you rock :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] philly fan:
Amen
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] w5ttx:
ooooooohhhhh, and I was JUST about to flash. Glad i clicked refresh on the ol internet.

Patiently awaiting the next release.

And duud, u r da-MAN!

Thx,

Kevin
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] wyldwayne:
New to the boards so exscuse me...

Do you plan on making a version like this with the Cingular exstensions simular to the one you already posted?

Cingular_RUU_WIZARD_217_AKU2_WWE.exe

Just wondering.

DJE
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] summiter:
This is the same as the Cingular customized ROM you mention. The only things missing are the "Get Express Mail" today screen item and the "Get Good mail" item from programs. It retains all of the Cingular customizations including the splash and MMS/gprs settings.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] wyldwayne:
Thanks for the reply, you are a very reliable asset to this community.

I have installed the update to see if this will correct my continual lock ups with the original cingular 8125 rom.

I will let you know how this turns out.

Thanks

DJE
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] w5ttx:
darkjedi, just for (my) clarification do you mean 2.18 or is 2.8 for a different device. I'm assuming the 2.18 would be for Cingular and the 2.8 could be for something else being that the current version is 2.17.

Sorry for the confusion.

Thx,

Kevin
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] wyldwayne:
I installed the above file and not too sure what has happened.

1. I looked in \windows\rings and there is only one ring there which is the default.

2. Under device information I have the following

ROM Ver: 1.8.11.1 WWE

Radio Version 2.07.10

are these versions correct?

3. No additional themes nor is OMAP Clock present.

Did I do something wrong?

From reading i thought you didnt need to unlock device prior to running the rom update.

Thanks

DJE
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] darkjedi:
the 2.8 rom as in the leaked qtek rom that included A2DP.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] w5ttx:
Thx, man i can't wait...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jse75:
Question about ROM update use

Since I just last night updated my new 8125 to the last summiter-posted ROM update and then stayed up til 2:30am working on installing all my apps...

If I do a ROM Update (like using the new rom summiter posted), will it wipe all my applications and settings? Can those be easily reinstalled eg using SPB Backup, or do I need to reinstall everything from scratch using ActiveSync?

Sorry for the FAQ. I'm a new convert from Palm land.

thanks,

jse
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] summiter:
Re: Question about ROM update use

Sorry about the timing.. =/

Since both ROMs are based off the Qtek AKU2 release, there's a chance that a full backup of your current setup can be restored onto this ROM. I don't know what is backed up by SPB Backup, but if it includes all the files that are typically in ROM, then it could break things. A major component in creating the directory structure at boot time is a file called initflashfiles.dat...if you're old copy of this sytem file is restored onto this ROM, you won't have the proper directory structure to use the ringers and omapclock as designed. If only your user-installed files and associated registry entries are backed up, it might work.

All ROM-based files are located in the \Windows directory in the raw OS ROM. At boot time, subdirectories like "Program Files" and "My Documents" are created and the appropriate files are "linked" into the directories they belong in. If you look at the hidden files in the Windows directory, you will see the files that also appear in the various subdirectories.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Dr Puttingham:
Initial response is that this is most unbelievable! Out of the box this is so very fast. Normally I have to skip the exteneded ROM setup, mod the registry, etc. Most impressed!

Thanks summiter! Great job as usual.

Steven
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] philly fan:
I'm just waiting on the one with the a2dp so I can get the Moto H820 headset.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] risidoro:
hi, i'm a soon to be wizard owner (i'm a magician owner) and i'd really like if u could explain me how can i create my own customized wizard rom, i'd really love being able to put whatever i want in extrom to have it ready on every hard reset. Can u explain to me how to do? Or can you point me to a link where i can find info on extrom? For example, is it possible to completely remove extrom like we do in magician with bigstorage? thank you very much!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] summiter:
I've created the same customized ROM using 2.08 w/ A2DP. See the first post in this thread for linkagization and whatnot and stuff!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] philly fan:
Haven't tested it but Thank you.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] bgoldstein:
How about some apps in rom?

Summiter your great, and we all appreciate the work you've done!

Any chance of getting some key apps put into the rom? My thoughts are:

LVMTime

PHM_Traylnch

flash7

Pocket informant

Pocket Breeze

SPB Pocket plus

of course I am not asking for licensed versions, but it would be great for those of us with licenses!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] darkjedi:
again, summiter, you are a VERY valuable asset to this site and many thanks :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] crosbyme:
Please Help!

I tried upgrading, but got stuck at 98%. Upgrader said it had a communication problem. I selected the "recover" button, but the program crashed. My 8125 is stuck at the bootloader screen and shows IPL 2.17 and SPL 2.17. I had previously upgraded successfuly to the other 2.17 ROM posted by sumiter. PLEASE HELP!!!!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] dmelton75:
Stuck at 98%

Mine got sorta hung at 98% for SEVERAL minutes but finally went on through....
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] summiter:
Re: Please Help!

Get back to the bootloader - hold the camera button and press the soft reset...keep holding the camera button until you get the 3 color bootloader screen. Re-launch the upgrader. There is always a lengthy pause at 98%..let it do its thing and it will eventually make it to 100% and reboot.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] summiter:
That's odd. The radio upgraded but not your OS. Try to flash again, and if it's not successful, CID unlock your device.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] summiter:
Ext ROM on the wizard can be accessed and set to read/write on the older 1.x ROMs. New 2.X ROMs have Ext ROM locked and any attempted manipulation will cause problems.

ROM creation is done with the standard tools... imgfs_tools, and the creat_nknbf tool. Everything you need to do and know is captured in the dev forum.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Dr Puttingham:
I've got the exact same problem on a new phone summiter. I've unlocked, CID unlocked, downgraded to the original 1.08 and then reinstalled, no change. DL'ed a fresh copy from the ftp on another pc and ran the setup from there, no change. I SEE the customization cabs being executed but I have no extra ringtones, themes or the omap in th program group. Most confusing!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] crosbyme:
RE: Please Help!

Thanks! It was

stuck

at the bootloader screen and I was trying to run the upgrader. Finally, I realized that I had to stop "wcescomm.exe" on the PC since there was no ActiveSync connection; once I did that, I was able to run the upgrader to install the ROM. Thanks again - your help is much appreciated.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] summiter:
Hmm. OK this is strange. Are you running the 2.08 upgrader w/ A2DP and ringers etc., or the 2.17 upgrader w/ ringers and whatnot?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Dr Puttingham:
I tryed BOTH, same result.... and get this ... I had access to another Cingular 8125 ... same thing! I redid my 8125 just to be sure ... no problems at all. I even flashed one to the T-Mobile for fun and then back. So strange. I'm putting both the new phones back to your 2.17AKU and calling it a night! The ONE thing these phones have in common is that their both brand new, under a month old. Not sure what that means though...

For fun I also forced the phones into bootloader mode and killed all the AS processes.

Thanks for your help!

Steven
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] summiter:
Although I never make mistakes (ha ha), there's a slight chance I grabbed the wrong file when building the installer package. I'm heading home now and I'll run the upgrader from the package I put on the ftp site to double check. I did a successful install of the customized 2.08, but I may have run it prior to packing things up.

Gimme an hour or so and I'll have things sorted out. Unless this turns out to be something unrelated to the package itself.. =/
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] summiter:
I just successfully installed the custom 2.08 ROM on my device. I'm not sure why your devices are experiencing problems. It could perhaps be a CID lock issue. Did you use lokiwiz or awizard to unlock? Did you get the locked and unlocked save files? I've heard from others that they were able to successfully install my original 2.17 ROM without unlocking though, since I removed the carrier code when I built it.

If you still have a failed 2.08 upgrade on one of your devices, can you see if there is a hidden file in the Windows directory called Avrcp_MPplugin.dll?

Has anyone other than me successfully installed this custom 2.08 ROM?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] w5ttx:
YES, well I say yes,

I flashed mine (8125 less than a month old) this morning with this file ftp://xda:xda@xda-developers.com/Up...r_RUU_2080701_101_11310_WWE-RINGRS-OCLOCK.exe

When i go to Device Information,

ROM: 2.17.7.2 WWE

ROM Date: 2/10/06

Radio Version: 01.13.10

Protocol Version 4.0.13.24

But I do not have any of the fonts, themes or overclocking, or am i looking in the wrong place.

I did not unlock either cid or sim. My unit came new straight out of the box. One note though, i had flashed the 2.17 version before this one if that makes any difference.

I havent had a chance to check everything out yet but I'm working on it.

Thanks a million summiter for all your help and contributions.

Kevin
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] w5ttx:
Just looked in my windows directory and no Avrcp_MPplugin.dll file there.

Kevin
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] summiter:
Your flash wasn't totally successfull. Did you use the 2.17 or 2.08 upgrader? If 2.08, your ROM should show 2.08, not 2.17. If you used the 2.17 upgrader, your radio version should be different.

Either way, flash again and let me know what you get.

EDIT:

OK I see you were using the 2.08 upgrader. If it is successful, your ROM version should indicate 2.08.7.x. Can you flash one or two more times to see if it takes?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] w5ttx:
I used the latest one you posted on this thread which I guess is the 2.08 (correct?). Should I try the unlock before re-flashing or just go ahead an re-flash.

Thanks,

Kevin
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] summiter:
You can try to unlock, but I'm not sure lokiwiz or awizard will have any success while a 2.X ROM is installed.

If you're up to it, try this:

run the 2.08 or 2.17 installer linked to in the first post of this thread. If you don't plan to use stereo bluetooth headphones, use 2.17. 2.08 was created becasue it has A2DP in it. if you get the additional ringers and whatnot, then it was successful. if not, go to the next step.

flash back to stock Cingular using either the stock ROM from the HTC site or the one I put up on the xda-dev ftp.

run awizard or lokiwiz and CID unlock

run the 2.08 or 2.17 installer linked to in the first post of this thread.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Danno:
Almost everything works great

Loaded the 2.17.7.2 WWE ROM version and like the speed improvements, retained Cingular WAP settings, and other 'stuff' that was included. I will echo all the other comments of poster's that summiter is a benefit to the HTC wizard community.

The only thing that is broken for me is the CommonTime application that provided Lotus Notes email and SameTime UDP push functionality on a PPC device. Most of it works but for some reason the locations part is 'broken'. I don't like getting work emails anyway so.....Hey I am good with it. The POP mail apps work great as well as SMS. :P
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] w5ttx:
Ok, I'll let you know if successfull or not and the steps i took to get there..... more as i get closer.

Kevin
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jse75:
Any other apps for custom rom?

Summiter,

Many thanks for your help, again.

So far I have not been brave enough to try to overwrite my prior ROM upgrade with the new one, but maybe this weekend :) I was wondering, how hard would it be to put other extra applications (such as a tray launcher, PHMtray or SPB PocketPlus), etc, into the ROM upgrade? How much space is left in the ROM after your current customizations?

Thanks,

jason
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] summiter:
Re: Any other apps for custom rom?

It's fairly complicated. I've put some thought into what to add to the ROM that would make it useful while reducing build complexity. I am pretty sure I will avoid adding commercial apps (even in an unregistered state). I'm talking about the read-only OS ROM here. I don't want to get myself into a postition where I need to recreate new OS ROMs every time an application is updated. Right now it takes me over an hour to build and test an OS ROM. If I added software that required complex registry entries and directory creation the build time goes way up. I'm setting up my "build environment" to be a little more efficient, but there are so many steps involved that the potential for making an mistake is high. I don't want to risk bricking anyone's device.

I can probably be convinced to create some custom extended ROMs with popular software, especially since it's much easier to created Ext ROM than it is the OS. The only upside to adding stuff to extended ROM is that installation is automatic on a hard reset. There's no storage space savings like there is with adding stuff to the OS portion of the ROM, because all extended ROM does is automate the process of installing things into storage.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Dr Puttingham:
I upgraded my 8125 last night from my laptop with no problems. Using the same laptop with the same download on the two new 8125's... ain't working. I don't think you build it with the wrong file. Something with the new 8125's, though how new could they be? Mayhaps there's SOMETHING different, strange ...

Thanks summiter!

Steven
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] summiter:
Indeed. Well, it's going to bug me not knowing what's preventing the upgrade from taking. I don't know how motivated you are to dig into it, but if you are, I'd start with triple confirming that the a CID unlock is successful. The devices would need to have the stock 1.X ROM installed to do so though. You say that my original 2.17 (with just the custom Ext ROM) was successful? Strange.

I don't imagine there were any hardware changes (new revs and whatnot) that would affect this, but anything is possible I suppose. HTC doesn't appear to take any aggessive action to prevent unauthorized ROM changes.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] w5ttx:
Ok, here we go.

1. Tried to re-flash the 2.08 again over the 2.17 and nothing changed.

2. Ran unlock (enablerapi.cab and lockwiz.bat with "C" option)

3. Flashed back to "your" 1.18 Cingular Rom. everything went ok. (man it was nice to see the ol clock in the upper corner :D )

4. Tried to flash up to your 2.08 (w/oclock a2dp, fonts, etc...). did not work. Not a complete flash, no oclock, ad2p, fonts, themes, etc...

5. Re-ran unlock with "C" option

6. Flashed "your" 2.17 (the one at the top of this thread). and BINGO. I have all the fonts, themes, oclock shortcuts, etc...

I'm now trying everything out to see how this flash works.

I have not tried to flash the 2.08 since this last flash worked. I'm going to check this one out first.

Device Information:

ROM version: 2.17.7.2 WWE

ROM date: 2/10/06

Radio version:02.07.10

Protocol version: 413.1.03

Booting up

IPL 2.17

SPL 2.17 (this i noticed hasn't changed since the very first flash i performed, strange?)

GSM 02.07.10

OS 2.17.7.2

Kevin
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Dr Puttingham:
I returned the two phones to their owners so's I'll have no more access.

One thing however. After the first phone failed to fully install I used lokiwiz to unlock the CID. It gave a write error but continued. I didn't initially unlock the CID as your Cingular 2.17 AK2 went on just fine on these phone a couple of weeks ago or so. I did unlock my CID origianllt as I got it a couple of months ago and had to. I don't remember getting a write error when I unlocked mine.

tia

Steven
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] summiter:
Ok. Based on scattered posts, I came to the conclusion that CID unlocking was not necessary to install the 2.17 ROMs I created. When building the ROMs, there is a field where a carrier ID is specified, and I left them blank per advice from someone who had built ROMs previously. I'm now wondering if the folks that reported not having to CID unlock had in fact CID unlocked at some point in the past and were merely reporting they didn't have to unlock again just prior to installing 2.17.

Regardless, I'm sorry you couldn't get the new ROM onto those devices. I've found the built-in Omapclock and ringers to be a nice little addition.

I'm always up for problem-solving, so if you have the opportunity to try installing on another device, let me know how it goes.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jse75:
Well, like I said, I still did not try the newer 2.17 custom ROM, but I installed your prior 2.17 custom ROM basically immediately after opening my new from the store 8125. I did nothing other than run your ROM updater, no CID unlock or any other mods applied, and it worked fine.

Regarding the above (integration of applications into the ROM), maybe it would be nice to have the PHMTray, but I guess you would not want to add applications that change frequently since the build process is difficult. I can't think of too many apps that *everybody* would find essential (ie so many people like Wisbar vs PocketPlus vs PHMTray, etc). Maybe if there was some way to automate the build like on the online custom XDA rom builder they had before, but until then...

jse
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] summiter:
Thanks for confirming the CID lock issue. Now that I think about it, I do recall you or someone else saying that 2.17 installed on a fresh 8125.

I think the online ROM kitchen thing is an awesome idea, but as it exists for the other HTC device, it's too specific to be easily extended to other models. The ideal would be to build the ROM application from the ground up so as to use configuration files (xml, plain text, etc) which could be created for each new divice that HTC introduces. I don't have the bandwidth to take on a big development like that, but perhaps we can organize some key folks and piece it out. I'll think about some ideas and throw them out in the dev forum.

As for apps..yeah you got it. The next thing I might attempt is the compact framework 2.0. That thing is beastly as far as registry changes and file placement though so it may take some time. It's about the only other thing that I believe would appeal to a large group of folks.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jse75:
I had read on the original Custom ROM Cingular thread that someone had done it on a fresh from the box, non CID unlocked 8125, so it has been done at least twice!

"Compact" Framework 2 would be a nice addition. Maybe also a registry editor, or Total Commander, or some other similar types of utils that would appeal to those who bother with custom ROM upgrades :)[/quote]
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] philly fan:
Silly me I did not read that 208 did not have direct push in it. Back to the other ROM change.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Dr Puttingham:
I'm one of those folks that reported that they didn't need to unlock the CID. In the last 3 weeks I've done 3 brand new phones literally right out of the box straight to your 2.17 AK2 with no prep. My older 8125 took this upgrade quite nicely, and yes I like the ringers and themes. I do personally however prefer loading omap with water's SmartsKey, but that's me.

Great work summiter!

Steven
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] philly fan:
I love the ringers I live the SMS one especially. Why won't the system allow you to use the ringers as notifications for other items like sms or new mail, etc.?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] darkjedi:
Whatchu talkin' bout Willis???? the 2.08 ROM HAS push e-mail, and i've used that.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] madrascafe:
Hi

Great work..

I have installed TMO ROM on my 2125 and it works great....

Any luck of getting Total Commander from the TMO ROM? How do i do that?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jrinco11:
i have a question -- i am currently w/tmobile and did the cidunlock thing so that i can use the 8125 w/tmobile - if i do your rom upgrade, will it re-lock the phone to cingular? (I hope not!!)