[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] Chef_Tony:
This is a still to be extended list of all the good stuff that is to be found in the community right now, kinda like xplode's iolite stuff thread (but newer). I have not programmed/cooked any of the material here and credit goes to their respective chefs. I merely wanted to share the stuff, I think, everybody should have. If you are having trouble with any given rom, it should also be discussed in their respective threads, unless it concerns downloading (broken link etc.). I am trying to get a clean list, so please refrain from posting here until I am finished with my post. All suggestions for additional apps are to be posted by PM for now.

1. For first time upgraders:

Take your device and go to Start -> Settings -> System -> Memory. If it shows 60.30MB like the screenshot

you can skip the first two procedures and proceed with "Upgrading a WM5/6 device", if not, you should follow this procedure:

THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE SUITABLE FOR WINDOWS XP COMPUTERS ONLY!!! If you use Windows Vista/7, please refer to d-two's tutorial here

ONLY FLASH YOUR DEVICE WITH A FULL BATTERY!!!

If you want to flash d-two's newest release, you should use his RUU and you don't need to resize the storage in advance, please look here.

For people running WM5/6x but with 43MB of storage or a non-English version of Windows Mobile 2003SE:

You have to downgrade to WM2003 and here's how to do that:

1. Download an english Windows Mobile 2003 SE rom from www.xplode.tk and the Chef_Tony RUU from my signature.

1.b extract them both and copy the nk.nbf, ms_.nbf and radio_.nbf from the downloaded rom to the RUU.

2. (If not already done) Connect the Cradle/USB Cable to the PC

3. Remove both the the SIM card and the sd card

4. Put the device into Bootloader Mode, pressing power+record and reset

5. your device display shows Serial v2.0x

6. on the pc (running Windows XP!) open the Task manager, go to the 2nd tab (Processes) and kill "wcescomm.exe" and "WCSEMgr.exe"

7. Now let's start the actual Upgrade:

8. Connect the Blueangel to the PC using the Cradle/USB Cable from Step 2. On the display "Serial" must change to "USB"!

9. Navigate to the Upgrade folder

10. Start Maupgradeut_noid

11. If in the 2nd window the rom version is not shown, something went wrong, start over!

12. Then start the upgrade and you should see a progress bar, also look at the device's display, it should also show the progress.

13. After it finishes perform a "WM2003 hard reset" by pressing power and reset

14. wait for the extrom to finish

15. now you can re-insert your sim and sd card (if you are planning to go on from here, you can also leave them out).

16. proceed with "For devices running wm2003"

For devices running an English version of Windows Mobile 2003SE:

1. Copy repart_doc.exe and the unlocker cab to the device and install the unlocker. In the start menu you will find a folder named "Extrom Tool".

2. Click "unhide" (if you are getting an error message, proceed with 2.a, else with 3.)

2.a the unlocker installs into the standard folder for program files, which depends on the rom language can be "\programme" or "\programmes" etc.

2.b the link in the start menu always points to "\program files"

2.c the easiest way, to solve that, is to rename your program files folder to "\program files"

2.d that destroys parts of the system, but doesn't matter because it is just needed for unlocking

2.e since now the link location should be correct, proceed with step 3.

3. Click "unlock", maybe a soft reset is needed.

4. Start repart_doc.exe

5. Set the future size, if not pre-entered, to 128kb (smallest possible partition size on this file system)

6. Click "Format now!"

7. Soft reset

8. Go back to the Extrom Tools

9. "Lock"

10. "Hide"

11. Now proceed with "Upgrading a WM5/6 device"

Upgrading a WM5/6 device

1. (If not already done) Connect the Cradle/USB Cable to the PC

2. Remove both the the SIM card and the sd card

3. Put the device into Bootloader Mode, pressing power+record and reset

4. your device display shows Serial v2.0x

5. on the pc (running Windows XP!) open ActiveSync, go to connection settings, and disable USB connections, alternatively open the Task manager, go to the 2nd tab (Processes) and kill "wcescomm.exe", "WCSEMgr.exe" and "rapimgr.exe"

6. Now let's start the actual Upgrade:

6.a copy the downloaded nk.nbf to any given folder, let's call it "Upgrade BlueAngel"

6.b copy the contents of this package to the same folder: MAupgradeUt_noID

6.c Connect the Blueangel to the PC using the Cradle/USB Cable from Step 1. On the display "Serial" must change to "USB"!

6.d Start MAupgradeut_noID

7. If in the 2nd window the rom version is not shown, something went wrong, start over!

8. Then start the upgrade and you should see a progress bar, also look at the device's display, it should also show the progress.

9. After finishing, take the device out of the cradle take out the battery and insert the SIM card

10. copy the EXTROM folder to the sd card and insert the sd card (optional, if your rom does not come with an extrom, you can also install cabs later manually)

11. BEFORE WINDOWS BOOTS, perform a Hard reset the device, pressing reset+power and record+camera (on devices w/o cam, use the wmp button instead!) and in the menu, that appears (if it doesn't come up, try again immediately, interrupt the boot!) set:

Enable_Kitl: NO

Clean Registry Hive: YES

Format Storage: YES

using the camera and record buttons.

12. press the mail button to confirm your selection.

13. your device starts for the first time, you align the screen and let the extrom install (if you have one), it soft resets and your device is ready to use.

Once you have a cooked rom on your BlueAngel,

DON'T

set a password, you won't be able to unlock the device again and you will have to re-flash the rom!