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FAQs: Kitchen

FAQs

Kitchen:

The right order to flash: :)

Make sure your phone is plugged to an AC or at least charged at 50 percent!!!

HSPL: Flash HSPL first. The provided version is located in "_PREREQ" folder.

See http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2710548&postcount=1 for help flashing HSPL and most recent versions.

Radio: Flash after HSPL! (it should meet the "rilphone.dll" version in "EXT\SHARED\MY_Drivers\DRV_Rilphone_(VERSION)". The radio is

provided in "_PREREQ\Radio_(VERSION)" folder. Radios can be flashed via microSD card. (See below for instructions)

ROM: Should be flashed last! Your custom ROM will be placed in "RELEASE_Blackstone" folder after hitting the create

button in ervius kitchen. ROMs should be flashed via microSD card. (See below for instructions). Remember to hardreset after flashing

new ROMs.

Flashing via SD Card:

Make sure your phone is plugged to an AC or at least charged at 50 percent!!!

Rename any file (e.g. "ruu_signed.nbh") you wish to flash to "BLACIMG.nbh" and copy it to the root of your microSD folder.

Next start the OlliNex Bootloader: This is best achieved by shutting your device down (or remove the battery), hold down the

"volume down" hard button and SHORTLY press the "Power switch". As soon as the "tricolor bootloader" appears, release the

"volume down" hard button (or else the process will be cancelled). The loader automatically searches for the "BLACIMG.nbh" file

in the root of your microSD card. When the bootloader is prompting to flash, hit the "Power switch" and wait for the progress to finish!

It will say, that everything has been flashed o.k. HARDRESET after flashing a new ROM!!! (See below for instructions)

Hardreset:

Make sure your phone is plugged to an AC or at least charged at 50 percent!!!

If you just flashed your new ROM and the loader is halted, saying everything is fine, remove the back cover and the battery (Unplug AC

also, if plugged in). After putting everthing together again, hold dow "volume down" and "volume up" together and SHORTLY press

the "Power switch". As soon as the "tricolor bootloader" appears, release the two volume buttons (or else the process will be cancelled). The

bootloader will prompt you to press "volume up" to proceed the hardreset. After the process has finished, press "volume up" again to boot your ROM.

Phone freezes during initial boot:

There are several reasons, why the phone sometimes freezes during boot:

The most obvious one: Be patient! :D Stay cool! :cool: Keep calm!

Due to the new Windows mobile 6.5 release and the fully loaded packages (HTC and custom features) ROMs will need a bit more time for the initial

(first) boot! Just be patient! Drink a coffee!

If the bootloader doesn't switch to the Windows mobile logo and freezes while displaying the ROM version (smart mobility screen, with orange

infos), you forgot to check "Real WM 6.5 AKU" in ervius kitchen options.

If the initial boot stops during the customizing screen, this is an issue of the OEM files, mostly some missing app in

"OEM\BlackStone\0407\ConfigAP\config_AP.txt". So remove the lines containing an app, you removed from the selection in ervius kitchen

(e.g. Opera).

Many things don't work (like installing cabs):

There could be several reasons, why some programs and apps don't work:

Windows Mobile customizing dind't start: If this happens hard-reset and be PATIENT on first (initial) boot. Wait some additional minutes

BEFORE calibrating the screen and "first use" of the phone. Due to the new Windows mobile 6.5 release and the fully loaded packages

(HTC and custom features) ROMs will need a bit more time for the first (initial) boot! Just be patient! Drink a coffee! :D

You missed some packages, when building your ROM. Check that the packages marked "KEEP THIS!!!" are not set to "FALSE" and

doublecheck, that there are no duplicated packages!

Future system builds:

A merge will be easily possible, Ill also provide a batch script for that. (But that is one of my last tasks...) By now you only have to copy

the new system files and folders into SYS directory (e.g. "SYS\23009") and copy all the language specific folders from the old release to the

new one. (e.g. "\SYS\23003\SHARED\0407\" to "\SYS\23009\SHARED\0407\". This is not a difficult task. Be sure to get the system files of

a WVGA release. All modifications needed to make WM65 builds run on BlackStone devices will be put in "MY_Drivers", "MY_Packages",

"MY_RegTweaks", ... folders in "EXT\SHARED". So new system builds should directly work without great changes. Im still working on the

folder structure. If you got any improvements, let me know.