yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile] At0mAng:
Thanks for your Input Que PPC.

Is there a way to turn off the Implant functions of kitchen. I would rather not have the kitchen touch my payload/xip after I set it up manually cause I believe it is causing me problems...

I am having this nagging issue and maybe you are someone reading this thread can help. It might be long so I hope you can bear with me. It might be a problem with a simple answer but I have not found it yet.

My issue is that with Visual Kitchen my ROMs do not feel as smooth or feel as snappy. Also, I seem not to gain any free memory when I reduce payload and write new XIP size into MBR. I don't know if this a 6.5 issue cause this is my first real go with 6.5, a kitchen issue or going from Touch Pro to Touch Pro2.

In the previous ervuis kitchen (legacy) and with Touch Pro (Raphael) I would do all my paylod/xip stuff with XIPPorterEX. If I was porting or just using a new payload/xip I would go through all the options. Modify the ROMhdr, change pagepool and date, write new xip/bin into payload, pagepool pathcer, reduce payload and from ROM Tools I would write the new XIP into the MBR. Everything worked great and my ROM was very smooth and quick. One of the biggest changes is when you would browse folders with large amounts of files in them like the windows folder. With file explorer it would take like 7 seconds to read all the files before you can begin viewing. After the changes to payload/xip it would take like 2 seconds and the overall feeling of the ROM was very smooth.

So now I get a Touch Pro2 and have to use new Visual Kitchen.

I reluctantly make the switch cause of the native kernel and the way legacy kitchen will not handle it.

I do all my same tweaks using XIPPorterEX, now I am using the one that comes with visual kitchen. I set the ImgStart and PP settings to what they are in XIPPorterEX and what I want them to be. I leave uldr option as is cause I am not 100% sure what the equal value of it is when using XIPPoterEX so maybe that is my problem. Anyways, I cook the ROM and it just does not feel the same as my 6.1 ROMs and I do not think the difference is because it is 6.5. The windows folder takes as long as it does with no XIP/Payload tweaks in my 6.1 ROM and it does not feel as smooth as my 6.1 ROM. Also, it appears that I gain no program memory as I did with 6.1 and old kitchen with the older xiporterex. So I am thinking there is a problem with the Implantxip functions in Visual Kitchen or I am not setting the right value for uldr or something totally different but I am leaning towards that the ImplantXIP functions are changing some of the settings from doing things manually. Maybe it is even the XIP is different for native 6.5 kernel and writing to MBR makes no difference? I am not sure and I can not find an answer anywhere.

Any help or suggestions would be highly appreciated.

Also is there a way to use legacy kitchen with 6.5 native kernel/ROM?

Thanks for taking the time to read this long post!
[Windows Mobile] mike1986.:
quick question about modules. I'm not sure if I understand it well. Converting file into module gives me more free RAM space or ROM space?
[Windows Mobile] 12aon:
Modules will eat up you virtual memory, and it becomes a problem when you don't have enough left, so it has been advised to keep your slot0 empty, since WM6.1 has only one other slot (slot1) open for modules, people have been recmodding the modules that filled slot0. Best thing is to leave the apps your device relies on the most as modules because will be availeble quicker to you, 12
[Windows Mobile] mike1986.:
ok. I have wm6.5 but still nk.exe from 6.1 this is my log

SLOT 0: 0x02000000 - 0x01830000 (END: 0x00060000, 45 MODULES)

0x02000000 - 0x01fe0000 - ROM 0

0x01fa0000 - 0x01da0000 - ROM 1

SLOT 1: 0x04000000 - 0x02020000 (END: 0x02020000, 303 MODULES)

RAM IMAGE: 0x80000000 - 0x80279f74

RAM: 0x8027a000 - 0x80304000 - Used for kernel modules

0x80304000 - 0x83000000 - 44 MB free

So you advice that SLOT 0 remains empty, 0 modules?
[Windows Mobile] 12aon:
I believe that is best as some problems seem to be caused by having modules in slot0. Check da_G's WM6.5 thread for more info on the slots, 12
[Windows Mobile] mike1986.:
thanks. one more thing... is it possible to make 62MB free RAM instead of 0x80304000 - 0x83000000 - 44 MB free?
[Windows Mobile] + Que PPC:
What? 62? i guess you have a 64mb device so... i think is not posible! :o

You know and the other process where should it tooks RAM? :p think about it and read the forum told you.
[Windows Mobile] + Que PPC:
Yes, BTW doyou heard something about a FWupdate dummy package??? i want to try it but im fine with the one by default,

My problem is due a EXT package, I tho the modules inside cant! be modules cause that EXT packages in OLD style OEM packges works fine... Are Touch dialer, and USBtopcpopup.

No problem dude you must to pm ervius and or Da_G they can point you in some directions about the kitchen and about Virtual Memory in WM6.5
[Windows Mobile] ivanmmj:
Yea, I use the FWupdate Dummy package as an EXT package. And EXT packages CAN have modules in them.

Are the modules being moved to the correct place.
[Windows Mobile] mike1986.:
yes, 64, sorry for that mistake ;)

It's possible. Once (I don't know how) I did it and I had 64MB FREE. I posted somewhere (maybe in this thread). But I don't know how I made it and how to have it again...
[Windows Mobile] ivanmmj:
How would that be possible?
[Windows Mobile] ivanmmj:
You know what would be a great idea?

Make it so that if you DON'T choose the native 6.5 nk.exe, the kitchen automatically recmods all the modules that are troublesome into files AS it cooks (automatically detecting which ones need to since microsoft keeps making more and more of them with each build...) This would eliminate the need to find which files need to be recmoded and all the hours of testing needed to double check if any more recmods are needed.
[Windows Mobile] + Que PPC:
Nice Idea for those that dont has Native kernel... jajaja.

well, I dont know if the modules in problem has been set to the correct place... so I leave that ext packages as OEM cause i cant get it to work in other ways...

Do you have that dummy EXT and can share it? maybe i can grab 1Mb more for rom :o
[Windows Mobile] ivanmmj:
The modules go into the files folder inside the thread.

Here is the dummy fwupdate.
[Windows Mobile] + Que PPC:
So... yes, :p all my EXT packages has the same structure. LOL i think you were talking about in the OS.

Thanks for the FWupdate DUMMY
[Windows Mobile] At0mAng:
Thanks, what I did was download the standard bepe kitchen and with those files I overwrote all the files in visual kitchen. Worked like a charm :D

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile] iznogoooog:
Download failed

Please upload somewhere else, sendspace.com is not working for me.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile] netson99:
visual kitchen for atomlife ...

just want to share ...

Hi all, after reading the Platformrebuilder thread and this thread and also all available tutorial on this forum for cooking (thank's to all that has been wrote the tutorial).. finally I can get working kitchen base on latest Ervius visual kitchen (1.8.0) for xda atom life device...

thank's bepe and ervius for the great tools ...

if anyone interested with my setup for atomlife ... will share / upload it ...
[Windows Mobile] imblfmstr:
Kitchen for OPAL

Can any one make a kitchen for OPAL....

Please i need to see all latest builds on my OPAL...

please guide to set a OPAL Kitchen...

One of my friends did bu the ROM gave flash error on 100%....

Any body out can help please....
[Windows Mobile] iznogoooog:
Please upload the app

Please, somebody, upload the application to some place where I can grab it.:)
[Windows Mobile] alncool:
Hello guys,

I can't change default language (0409-EN) to French (040C-FR) one.

I have manually copied all localized files from Da_G 's last 23034 build post in SYS folder. I followed the 0409 folders content to make 040C ones. But when i run the visual kitchen and then select build 23034, i don't have 040C present ... only 0409.

Did i miss something ?

I also found a bug when trying to dump the following official rom:

_HTC Touch Diamond_MR_RUU_Diamond_HTC_FRA_2.03.406.2_Radio_Signed_Diamond_52.51.25.26_1.09.25.23_Ship.exe

The visual kitchen were freezed during after IMGFS' dump when copying files to right places in the kitchen....
[Windows Mobile] ivanmmj:
Do you have a 040C folder in your OEM, also? (OEM\Diamond\040C\)

If you're not seeing the 040C, you did something wrong. Without seeing what's on your kitchen, it'd be hard to tell what that was. I suggest you double check everything, again.
[Windows Mobile] Captain_Throwback:
WM6.5 Old-Style ROM?

Has anyone been able to successfully create a bootable "old-style" (i.e Image-Update Ready) 6.5 ROM with this kitchen? I'm able to get one built & flashed, but the ROM gets stuck at the boot splash. I believe the issue is because g'reloc & wmreloc are not properly allocating modules to slots 60/61 when building an old-style ROM. Can someone verify this?
[Windows Mobile] Angel_Hranitel:
Under what devices this kitchen?
[Windows Mobile] alncool:
Hi ivanmmj,

I have double checked everything as mentionned by Da_G here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4268147&postcount=4

I'm still searching for a solution but i think it's a kitchen related bug ...

EDIT:

I'm wondering if it's possible to make a multilanguage ROM with Ervius kitchen, i mean both english and french locales ... ?
[Windows Mobile] alncool:
One more question:

I'm wondering about app.dat file... When it contains someting like :

Directory("\myFolderDestination"):-File("myFile.ext","\Windows\_myFile.ext")

What does it really do ? Files located in \MyFolderDestination are duplicated or is it a virtual mapping to files located in \windows (something like shortcuts) ?
[Windows Mobile] ivanmmj:
I have a kitchen for the Herald with 13 different languages, with English and French amongst them.

You downloaded a French SYS and a French ROM to extract the OEM from?
[Windows Mobile] ivanmmj:
The app.dat file duplicates things into different places, since all files are located inside the windows folder by default but some files need to be in other places to work.
[Windows Mobile] alncool:
Thank you for your replies ivanmmj !

It sad to waste spaces by duplicating files from windows to other folders ... Then it's better to embbed cab files (that can be compressed) and then install them by the means of config.txt ... right ?

For the visual kitchen sure you can prepare many languages but you can only select one lang at a time .. I would like to construct a ROM that contains 2 locales.
[Windows Mobile] l3v5y:
It's generally better to use cabs, though if you can get the files in a cab to run from \Windows, that's the best option...
[Windows Mobile] ivanmmj:
It depends, if the files can be used FROM the windows folder (minus shotcuts), then I cook them in so they can be compressed. If the programs need to be somewhere else, I might use a cab, instead.

And yes, my kitchen lets you create a ROM from 13 different locales.
[Windows Mobile] svprm:
I done all things.

While i installing a Rom.

It stuck at Smart Mobility.

WM6.5

Any Help?

Pls
[Windows Mobile] Captain_Throwback:
If you don't have a native 6.5 kernal for your device, you likely need to recmod some modules. What does your build log say about your slot allocation?
[Windows Mobile] alncool:
I found a solution to take in account french locale : i modified a saved rom and put 040C

instead of 0409. If i touch the lang combobox i still only see english language though ...

But i managed to create a french localized rom by this mean.

Ervius could you confirm if this bug is linked to your kitchen or not ?
[Windows Mobile] gardee005:
VIRUS...?

I tried to download the first link at the start of the thread... and my anti virus... ESET NOD32 says its a virus and wont download it

http://www.sendspace.com/file/fxzdka

I dont know just thought id pass on the info...

does it contain a virus..?
[Windows Mobile] svprm:
Build:WM 6.5 21234

First i checked the Real WM6.5 AKU check box.(not Work stuck at Smart Mobility).

Now i Unchecked the Real WM6.5 AKU.

It boot well, but when it goes to Welcome Screen(welcomehead.96.png)

Touch sensor not working...

What are the things done:

Light downing to dim when i touch the screen no response.

At last light off.

To power on, I pressed Power on(In the device top button) button no response.

After a minute,Light automatically on

And showed “Touch the screen to Continue installation”

Now Touch sensor working…

After finished Alignment,Time Zone, and Password.

Windows Installation is going on.

During this,when I press Power off button

Light off.

But not again to light on.

Windows installing is going behind this problem.

I don't Why?

Once all worked properly.

I don't what mistake i done?

Asked by Captain_Throwback
[Windows Mobile] ivanmmj:
040C works fine on mine.

This is how your file structure should look like:

OEM\

%DEVICE%\

.VM\

0409\

040C\

COMMON\

ROM\

%DEVICE%\

%buildversion%\

SHARED

%buildversion%\

SYS\

%buildversion%\

%dpi%\

040C\

0409\

COMMON\

%dpires%\

040C\

0409\

COMMON\

SHARED\

040C\

0409\

COMMON\

If it's not like that, then it's not a bug, it's just not set up properly.
[Windows Mobile] svprm:
Please,

i don't know what mistake i done?

see http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4409109&postcount=1693

Any body help me.
[Windows Mobile] alncool:
This is exactly what i have so... it might be a kitchen bug !
[Windows Mobile] mike1986.:
My Eset Smart Security is also detecting a virus in kitchen. I think this is a file resposible for making the "dotation" shortcut...
[Windows Mobile] aeroflyluby:
Any idea how to dump NBF file from himalaya into this kitchen?
[Windows Mobile] farukb:
hi everybody

a simple question....which payload (*.bin) do i need to load to change the date and the version of a rom

thanks in advance
[Windows Mobile] Captain_Throwback:
Thanks for posting the Slot allocation. You have WAY too many modules in Slot 0. You need to recmod about 100 modules (you could probably do 80, but 100 to be safe). That should get you working okay. Here's a link to Da_G's post about Virtual Memory; hopefully it'll help you understand why having over 135 modules in Slot 0 (using a 6.1 nk.exe) is no good.
[Windows Mobile] Captain_Throwback:
self-bump

Just thought I'd re-ask this. I know Da_G mentioned that there's a version of WMreloc that works correctly to allocate modules, and I found one posted by conflipper over at PPCGeeks for 6.5 kernel, however it appears to be the same one that's included with this kitchen. Anyone have an idea on this? Or do I just have to wait for Da_G to finish the new tools?
[Windows Mobile] dancer_69:
I have a very little experience in rom cooking, and I just start to use this new way of cooking.

I try to make a 21054 rom for lolite and I have the resaults below:

....................................
VersionInfo_1_0_18182525_0
WLANSettings_2_4_3_0
PKG_1_1_0_0
SIM_MGR_exe_6_57_0_0
LargeTitleBar_4_48_0_3

Here I take a visual c runtime error, and after I close this dialog...

Aut

platformrebuilder.exe Executed successfull!!!

done!!!
Wait some seconds...

Executing: kitchen_build_rom.bat.....
Copying OS.nb.payload...
1 ˜¨®œε˜ ˜¤«*š¨α*ž΅˜¤.
1 ˜¨®œε˜ ˜¤«*š¨α*ž΅˜¤.
† ©η¤«˜¥ž «ž œ¤«¦Άγ ›œ¤ œε¤˜* βš΅¬¨ž.
ImgfsFromNb 2.1rc2
Sector size is 0x800 bytes
ImgFs partition starts at 0x006e0000 and ends at 0x00700000
Dumping IMGFS at offset 0x006e0000 (size 0x00020000)
Done!
ERROR! (errorlevel: -1073741819)

ERROR executing: kitchen_build_rom.bat

ERROR!!!
Wait some seconds...

No ''SVN'' folders present...

Restored Original config.txt...
Temp config.txt Deleted!!!

I take the above errors.

Any help on how to fix this?

Thanks in advance
[Windows Mobile] BesFen:
It seem error while dump imgfs from OS.nb.payload, or the result of imgfsfromnb process is not correct, os.nb.payload can get from dump the official ROM.

how if you replace os.nb.payload?

you can rename os.nb to os.nb.payload and apply payload reducer.
[Windows Mobile] dancer_69:
I use the official rom as base rom. So the OS.nb.payload is from official rom.
[Windows Mobile] BesFen:
Sorry i don't read your post corectly

Maybe the packages after " LargeTitleBar_4_48_0_3" in the EXT folder, test it by remove the package and create the ROM again.
[Windows Mobile] dancer_69:
I suspected this too, but when I disable this package, I took same error in another one and when I enabled all packages, I took this error again in a different package(audio manager). And I use the ext packages from official rom without to change, remove or add anything.

EDIT:

I think that it isn't related to ext packages. I disabled all ext packages and I had again this error
[Windows Mobile] aeroflyluby:
I have a problem with kitchen.

My device supports only NBF files, so I created all EVK packages manually, but it should work (I found some NBH roms, dumped it with kitchen and it looks same).

When I want to Create ROM, EVK throws exception 'Runtime error' while executing platformrebulder.exe. It looks like:

(...blablabla...)
Redist_Lang_0409_DPI_96
base_dpi_96_resh_240_resv_320
MediaOS_dpi_96_resh_240_resv_320
Phone_dpi_96_resh_240_resv_320
Redist_dpi_96_resh_240_resv_320
Base_Lang_0409_DPI_96_RESH_240_RESV_320
OEM_Lang_0409
... done!

Processing extended packages...
... done!

and then Runtime error.

What could be wrong?
[Windows Mobile] + Que PPC:
MMM but do you have Native kernel?

Dont check the oldstyle box, just cook as is... it boots ask to Kane159 i made one for him in oldstyle cause he dont has native kernel 6.5... and boots

@ BTW all who knows why my 1.6 kitchen cant read other lang but 0409...? I set lang in every sys folder as 0409... set oem lang as 0409 but no other lang can be displayed... this is sad!!!

I think you need to switch to another NBH tool another that makes nbf instead nbh and change the bat file to run the NBFtool
[Windows Mobile] dancer_69:
Where can I find a link for a previous version?

I cannot rebuild even the official rom without to change anything.

NBMerge.exe crashes

....................................
Preparing payload to be resized.....
....................................
Before:
XIP.BIN Target Size: 003329C0 AdjSize: 0033FFFF
ULRD in Payload Start:00000400 Size:0001F3FF End:0001F7FF
XIP in Payload Start:0001F800 Size:003527FF End:00371FFF
IMG in Payload Start:00372000 Size:06B4BFFF End:06EBDFFF
FAT in Payload Start:00000000 Size:00000000 End:00000000
After:
XIP.BIN Target Size: 003329C0 AdjSize: 003527FF
ULRD in Payload Start:00000400 Size:0001F3FF End:0001F7FF
XIP in Payload Start:0001F800 Size:003527FF End:00371FFF
IMG in Payload Start:00372000 Size:06B4BFFF End:06EBDFFF
FAT in Payload Start:00000000 Size:00000000 End:00000000
XIP PagePool Patched!
XIP PagePool from: 6 Mb, to: 6 Mb
Payload resized and XIP Inserted into: OS-new.nb.payload

here...

and after I get this error:

ERROR! (errorlevel: -1073741819)

ERROR executing: kitchen_build_rom.bat

ERROR!!!
Wait some seconds...

No ''SVN'' folders present...

Restored Original config.txt...
Temp config.txt Deleted!!!

EDIT:

I found and used Sous-Chef's Guide to Da_G's Ervius Visual Kitchen 9.7 version

and the rom built completed successfully. I flashed the rom and works without problems.

Is this a bug of new version?
[Windows Mobile] empds:
Hi guys,

Did anyone tried to cook a Rom with 23034 or 23037 and Manila 2.0 or 2.1 successfuly?

I using ervius visual bepe´s kitchen 1.8.1 and I have manage to cook a Rom with WM6.5 23037 standalone but if I add Manila packages, the rom frezzes in the first start screen.

Device: Diamond

It works well with 23017 build. :confused:

Anyone? I am missing something?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile] try:
yes,

build on Touch Pro several time without error.

Make sure all dependency are chosen also. and check for duplicate file/module.

That usually a pitfall, I usually put z in front to make the manila put at last to avoid the conflicting file/module.

Cheers,
[Windows Mobile] Captain_Throwback:
I can build new-style ROMs just fine. And yes, I have a native 6.5 kernel. Building an old-style ROM is necessary for Image Update support. I just wanted to try and get it working.
[Windows Mobile] l3v5y:
Have a look in TOOLS\Kitchen_build_ROM.bat

Look for a line that starts with

REM **************** TOOLS\platformrebuilder.exe

The line after it is "if not "%errorlevel%"=="0" goto error". Put REM in front of that one as well, and then save and rebuild the ROM.
[Windows Mobile] aeroflyluby:
Nothing changed. I tried:

REM **************** TOOLS\platformrebuilder.exe
REM if not "%errorlevel%"=="0" goto error

and

REM **************** TOOLS\platformrebuilder.exe
REM **************** if not "%errorlevel%"=="0" goto error
[Windows Mobile] l3v5y:
Okay...

It may be a module error (PRB can't handle broken ones well). Make sure all of your modules are correctly formatted...
[Windows Mobile] avengerpenguin:
All

Sorry to ask stupid questions but hopefully its a quick one, how long does it take to dump a stock rom usually?

I have tried a number of times and it always seems to freeze/crash when creating packages, I have left it for a couple of hours and still nothing.

I am running windows 7 if that is a problem? but it seems to build roms ok from pre-built kitchens
[Windows Mobile] + Que PPC:
for me a full dump tooks me ate least 30 minutes... XP pentium3 1.4mhz 380mb ram.... old PC isnt it?

Captain i think you must to talk to da_g i think the image update was forgotten... da_g and ervisu has made it to work but i dont know how.

I had the same problem as you with the platformrebuilder line at the bat file... i delete it... and rem*******, and nothing works so im stack with 1.6.
[Windows Mobile] avengerpenguin:
Thanks for the reply, maybe I will try running on one of the xp machines I have kicking about, in the hope that its win 7 thats causing some compatability issues.
[Windows Mobile] l3v5y:
Mine takes less than 5 minutes to dump a ROM (XP SP3, 3GHz dual core, 3GB RAM). Haven't tried on W7 recently, but some time ago I did and it all went wrong! :o
[Windows Mobile] + Que PPC:
@Ervius....

Do you know why my kitchen cant read other Langs but 0409... im trying to make some roms in another lang not 0409...

but the kitchen, even if i have another OEM_lang_XXXX within the XXXX folder... it cant accept them the kitchen just likes the 0409... any ideas?

you see i have a backup copy of 1.6 version kitchen, its clean just have the EXE tools and mytools folders... so i set 0c0a, 0410, 0409... and that kitchen clean CAN read all the langs in oem_lang xtrange isnt it but thta kitchen clean cant open the payload... weird isnt it?
[Windows Mobile] avengerpenguin:
Have tried dumping rom on an xp machine, and still no joy, screen is sat on

Creating: BETA, make your own rom... Package...

Adding files to package...

And has been for over an hour now, anyone got any ideas before I give up?
[Windows Mobile] Mach2003:
You are dumping a user [protected] rom (made by a member here)

You can only dump a factory rom (made by a cell phone company), or a user rom that is not copy protected.
[Windows Mobile] ervius:
you 're trying to dump a rom protected with my old kitchen (allinone package) or built with last bepe tools and allinone package.
[Windows Mobile] alncool:
I have the same issue and have reported that problems few post ago...

One tip is to modify a saved rom and change manualy the language. Then don't touch the language combobox anymore from the GUI. Just build your rom ;)
[Windows Mobile] ervius:
visualkitchen can read all languages, maybe you lost something into rom structures
[Windows Mobile] svprm:
How to create a Package for The External packages(EXT)?

I have already EXT package.

I copied the package to EXT/Devicename/Common/

It not work.

I don't know why?

It work in Elfin Kitchen.
[Windows Mobile] ervius:
you have to copy the package into:

EXT/Devicename/Common/packagegroup/

and into packagegroup\ folder insert the package
[Windows Mobile] svprm:
Not Working.

I uploaded one my EXT package.

Please check it is work for VS Kitchen or not?

But it work on ElfinKitchen.