[Touch CDMA Windows Mobile ROM Development] rstoyguy:
I have decided to open up my Kitchen and my Rom that I am currently using to the community! Even better, I've already customized a Kitchen specific to your Carrier! Below you will find instructions on how to install the pieces. This is a test to see if you are ready to work with a kitchen!

This Thread is open to questions concerning developing, I will answer any questions I can.

So lets get started!

*Before Using this Kitchen/Rom....*

You MUST be:

- Unlocked with the 2.31 unlocker,

- Upgraded your devices RADIO to at least v3.42.xx

My Tutorials you may want to check out...

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The following are links to tutorials on Customizing Custom Rom's:

Customizing Rom Sounds - Sound Themes Tutorial

Customize your StartMenu for PPCKitchen.org's - BuildOS - Tutorial

Customizing Your Rom: Adding Personal Files & Other Stuff

How to Customize a Custom Rom: Adding/Removing Programs

Customizing your Rom: Adding your E-Mail Accounts <--Pending Tutorial

Tutorial: Adding Registry Entries to your Rom (RGU Method)

Yes, all these are used to almost their full potential in this rom!

Here are the following files you will need.

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1 - Dogguy's Kitchen for the Vogue. (my Kitchen of choice) http://www.sendspace.com/file/44mfsl

2 - Your stock rom. Preferably direct from HTC!

3 - Your carriers OEM directory from the above links to add into the kitchen.

Here are the steps needed to get up and running...

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1. Download and install my kitchen, well, ok, it's DogGuy's Kitchen!

2. Extract and decompile your donor Stock ROM

3. Run Prepit.bat to create kitchen files.

4. Delete the ..\Kitchen\OEM directory

5. Insert my ..\Kitchen\OEM directory

6. Perform some optional modifications in the ..\Kitchen\SYS directory.

7. Start having sleepness nights packed with fun!!!!!

1. Download and install my kitchen, well, ok, it's DogGuy's Kitchen!

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Extract Vogue_Kitchen_Tools.rar to it's own directory. Create a directory, and extract the contents to that directory. It will create the kitchen structure when you extract it. I will refer to this directory as "..\kitchen" throughout this thread.

If you need help...Are you ready for this???

2. Extract and decompile your donor Stock ROM

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Download the above file from this link to this thread. Right click on it and open w/WinRar or WinZip. Inside the archive there should be two different *.nbh files. Copy the larger of the two into the directory where you extracted the kitchen to. Now close your archiver of choice.

3. Run Prepit.bat to create kitchen files.

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Click on PrepIt.bat from file explorer to decompile your carrier ROM of choice. This will take a couple of minutes, and when it tells you that it is finished, close the window and now you have your base rom. You can start here, but I have made many of the modifications for you already.

4. Delete the ..\Kitchen\OEM directory

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That's right. Delete the ..\Kitchen\OEM directory. The one you will insert in Step 5 will have all the components/modifications you will need to get started. This is gonna marry up all the OEM modifications I have done for you into the SYS portion of the stock rom.

5. Insert my ..\Vogue Kitchen\OEM directory

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Extract my OEM from the link into the ..\Kitchen directory.

6. Perform some optional modifications in the ..\Vogue Kitchen\SYS directory.

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Here is what I did to the ..\Kitchen\SYS directory on my machine.

I delete the following Directories:

..\Kitchen\SYS\WelcomeCenter

..\Kitchen\SYS\WelcomeCenter_Lang_0409

..\Kitchen\SYS\SampleMusic

In order for the custom Today Theme to work, you MUST DELETE: ..\SYS\Shell\mxipcold_wpc_2.provxml

7. Start having sleepness nights packed with fun!!!!!

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To start, run ..\Kitchen\BuildOS.exe, and then ..\Kitchen\BuildIt.bat to create your flashable RUU_Signed.nbh in the ..\Kitchen\RUU directory. Now you are ready to flash, check out your new base rom to see the modifications you would like to make!