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Modifying PDA2K Exended ROM

Hi,
I'm trying to add a couple of things to the extended rom of my PDA2K, I've unlocked the extened rom but can't find config.txt in it.
Has anyone else unlocked the extended rom of their PDA2K? If so is there a config.txt in it?
Thanx

There is definitely a config.txt in there. Since I have an XDA2S, it also has an autoconfig.txt file for carrier customizations.

Could someone post extROM cab files for XDA2s from O2

autoconfig.txt
whtrbt7 said:
There is definitely a config.txt in there. Since I have an XDA2S, it also has an autoconfig.txt file for carrier customizations.
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can you post that autoconfig.txt file here please, so i can take a look at it ?
thx

The isn't an autoconfig file. There is an autorun which reads and acts upon the Config.txt file. This is from imate

In Imate PDA2K there's no config.txt. The ExtROM is set up indifferent way. Imate has done that way since ROM 166 for XDAII. The setup.exe do the job

Sorry for the dis-information.

xda-rocks said:
The isn't an autoconfig file. There is an autorun which reads and acts upon the Config.txt file. This is from imate
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I stuck the config file into the PDA2K and did a hard reset but there was no effect to the setup process. The file was ignored
I had also put the Blue Tooth patch in the extended rom and it showed up in the menu of the InstallCabFile program where you choose your operator. when I chose the patch, it installed everything except for any operator settings.
hungdu said:
In Imate PDA2K there's no config.txt. The ExtROM is set up indifferent way. Imate has done that way since ROM 166 for XDAII. The setup.exe do the job
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So is there any way to modify the setup process?

Looking at the config text file not much different other than the Fax Cab file from the final .187 rom from o2. So looks like there is no real gain in it although would still like to have a play with the cab files if anyone has the external rom on their PC to upload.

Is the PDA2K the same as MDA3? I´m a little bit confused about this name.
If so, how did you unlocked the Ext. Rom? I just can made mine visible, but i can not write to it. The Unlock like on MDA2 does not work here...

Patrick said:
Is the PDA2K the same as MDA3? I´m a little bit confused about this name.
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Iap, it's the same, both are Blue Angels.
Patrick said:
If so, how did you unlocked the Ext. Rom? I just can made mine visible, but i can not write to it. The Unlock like on MDA2 does not work here...
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There is another post somewhere with two files, one to unhide the extRom and another one to unlockit.

Thank you!
I found the problem. i didn´t know that i had to use -xda3 as parameter.
Now everything is working fine.

Patrick said:
Thank you!
I found the problem. i didn´t know that i had to use -xda3 as parameter.
Now everything is working fine.
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patrick, can you kindly explain how do you use -xda3 as a parameter to unlock the blue angel extended ROM?? thanks a million

hi i used the above tool to unhide the ext rom but when i try to unlock it gives an error :
FL_IOCTL_BDTL_HW_PROTECTION - A device attached to the system is not functioning
can anyone please help
i have pda2k imate
thanks
ok it says itsunlocked ..but i cant change anything in it.. how can i do that.. there is alot of crap in there i dont want.. thanks

@guest:
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/vie...ostdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=unlock+xda3

ok i managed to unlock the rom in my pda2k imate but there is no autoconfig or config file there only autoexec file...
so the thing is i put the cabs in extrom but they dont get installed automatically.. how can i get over this problemo
thanks

Patrick said:
@guest:
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/vie...ostdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=unlock+xda3
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hi patrick,
i got resco explorer but how do i go about typing the argument
-unlock -xda3???
thanks for your help

Go to the file you want start. Then in the Contextmenu of the file click "Open with" and there you can enter the parameters.

Replying to the orginal post.
I'm fairly new to playing around with Ext-roms but here is what I have found so far.
Saqibj - It would seem that the models supplied by different Carriers have been created differently.
I've got 2 PDA2Ks. Which have been sourced in 2 different countries from different suppliers.
Both have
Rom version 1.12.22 WWE
Radio version 1.02.00
And seem to be identical hardware wise.
Device 1 has a std Imate config with no carrier customisations.
Device 2 has a modified extrom with preset network connections, splash screens etc.
Device 1 has a config.txt the other doesn't.
Most of the cabs are common to both devices
(I still don't know what half of them do - but I'm learning from other posts on this site).
Both have an Autorun.exe. - but they are different.
I suspect that the one that doesn't have a config.txt, has had the autorun.exe modfied to load the cabs etc - which obviously should prevent alteration/modification.
This could explain why you don't have a config.txt. If you are unhappy with your extrom contents, I think you can download the unmodified ROM contents direct from club-imate. But I've never done this.
Good luck

TomLin:
Thanx for the explanation, Would it be possible for you to post the autorunfile and the config.txt files, I want ro try to replace them on my ext_rom and see if it works that way.
Thanx

WM6 Cooking Lessons ;) ?

Hi!
I was wondering if the WM5 Rom editing tools still work with a WM6 Rom, I was trying to add some dll's to the WM6 rom to make it work on my Prophet (Sound dll is wrong). I first umpacked the rom with prepare_imgfs.exe then viewimgfs.exe I replaced the files in the dump directory and then tried to repacked with buildimgfs.exe but it displays one line of junk on the commandline and that's it. So the questions are:
1. Can the Rom editing tools be used on a WM6 Rom
2. What orther options are there to change files in a not flashed .nba file?
Thanks,
Ramon

ok how did you get that to work, cus i was trying it and the folder Dump was not getting made!!! i tried it so many time!

I don't have any problems at all... Everything works just the way it did with wm5...

extract OS.nb from nk.nbf using: typho5.exe -x nk.nbf
prepare_imgfs.exe OS.nb -nosplit
viewimgfs.exe imgfs_raw_data.bin
...modify "dump" directory as you need...
BuildImgfs.exe
make_imgfs.exe OS.nb -nosplit
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replace OS.nb with the name of the OS part.
do not forget the -nosplit option in prepare_imgfs and in make_imgfs.
bye

Just to clarify, I'm using
Code:
typhoonnbfdecode to get 80040000-OS.nb
prepare_imgfs 80040000-OS.nb -nosplit
viewimgfs imgfs_raw_data.bin
make the changes without removing any of the files created in the dumping process then
Code:
buildimgfs
make_imgfs 80040000-OS.nb -nosplit
after that use nb2nbf_tornado to make a new nk.nbf

_Nomad_ said:
Just to clarify, I'm using
Code:
typhoonnbfdecode to get 80040000-OS.nb
prepare_imgfs 80040000-OS.nb -nosplit
viewimgfs imgfs_raw_data.bin
make the changes without removing any of the files created in the dumping process then
Code:
buildimgfs
make_imgfs 80040000-OS.nb -nosplit
after that use nb2nbf_tornado to make a new nk.nbf
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I'm doing the exact same thing, but at this step:
make_imgfs 80040000-OS.nb -nosplit
It goes wrong it fails without an error message..

What exact file are you trying to integrate in the rom? is it a module?
btw. you never get an error message

_Nomad_ said:
What exact file are you trying to integrate in the rom? is it a module?
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Well I don't think it matters, because I also tried a makeimgfs and changed nothing.. no files.. but the file I want to change is "wavedev.dll"

Solved it!
I though the last step:
make_imgfs.exe nk.nbf -nosplit
But it had to be make_imgfs.exe 80040000-OS.nb -nosplit
I thought it was just going to create a new file..

That's odd... before rebuilding you didn't remove any files did you? such as imgfs_raw_data.bin?

rvbcrs said:
Solved it!
I though the last step:
make_imgfs.exe nk.nbf -nosplit
But it had to be make_imgfs.exe 80040000-OS.nb -nosplit
I thought it was just going to create a new file..
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Naa, no new file... the old one is used as a template...
Great to see you solved it
Good luck with the rest...

Just learning a bit of ROM-cooking atm. Got a little problem, hope someone can help me get further:
When I add files to the "dump" dir and try running "BuildImgfs.exe" it lists the files nicely, but "imgfs_raw_data.bin" doesn't change date or time, nor does it change size.
What am I doing wrong?

vippie said:
Just learning a bit of ROM-cooking atm. Got a little problem, hope someone can help me get further:
When I add files to the "dump" dir and try running "BuildImgfs.exe" it lists the files nicely, but "imgfs_raw_data.bin" doesn't change date or time, nor does it change size.
What am I doing wrong?
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It's NORMAL, go on. I don't know why the date doesn't change, i was confused too the first time i cooked a rom, but i can say it's completely normal.

Thank you Risidoro for the fast response.

is it possible to cook wm6 rom for G4 locked devices? thanks

risidoro said:
extract OS.nb from nk.nbf using: typho5.exe -x nk.nbf
prepare_imgfs.exe OS.nb -nosplit
viewimgfs.exe imgfs_raw_data.bin
...modify "dump" directory as you need...
BuildImgfs.exe
make_imgfs.exe OS.nb -nosplit
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replace OS.nb with the name of the OS part.
do not forget the -nosplit option in prepare_imgfs and in make_imgfs.
bye
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Thank you you are a star, i have it working now!!! the auto thing that was made does not work!!!

funman said:
Thank you you are a star, i have it working now!!! the auto thing that was made does not work!!!
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the autothing?!? Where is it? I've never heard of it!
BTW: i'm happy you succeeded in cooking your first(?) rom! Happy cooking!
bye

risidoro said:
the autothing?!? Where is it? I've never heard of it!
BTW: i'm happy you succeeded in cooking your first(?) rom! Happy cooking!
bye
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I forgot to thank you too risidoro You really helped me out here! I suceded to cook my first rom hehehe.. nothing special some extra files.. but still hehe.. Now I like to know how I can change registry settings, do I have to change them from the extended_rom or is there a way to do it in the ROM?
Thanks again to all who helped out!

rvbcrs said:
I forgot to thank you too risidoro You really helped me out here! I suceded to cook my first rom hehehe.. nothing special some extra files.. but still hehe.. Now I like to know how I can change registry settings, do I have to change them from the extended_rom or is there a way to do it in the ROM?
Thanks again to all who helped out!
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Now you need to learn how to create cabs and autorun them from ext_rom. That's what does all that AFAIK. Chefs -- is there any other way? Can you modify the seed hives directly?

I would like to know how to modify the hives too. I saw a tutorial somewhere, but I can't find it now.

extracting nk.nbf

hey
I am using windows xp on my desktop so when i try to extract the nk.nbf files using dumprom a window opens like that of cmd prompt and closes immediately. can anyone tell me of a software that works on xp since i dont know linux,unix and other stuff expect windows.
I searched the forums but I could't find such programs.
can anybody help me plz since I am trying to cook rom on my own using the procedure given by faria .

I found that the batch files that are included in the ROM cooking tools don't work, but typing the commands that are in the batch files work fine. Try that, it worked for me.
Not got around to cooking my own ROM yet though
HTH
Andy

try looking here

THANKS it worked

Still need help
Ok I must be missing something.
I probably found it but just did not know it.
most things need a nk.nbf file to start with.
Where do I get one ?
Does it make a differance what it is ?

stainlesspc said:
Ok I must be missing something.
I probably found it but just did not know it.
most things need a nk.nbf file to start with.
Where do I get one ?
Does it make a differance what it is ?
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It makes ALL the difference
The RUU files are compressed pakages with the various files used in the update process one of which is the nk.nbf (always with that name)
So no matter if the OS is WM5, WM6, cooked or official, a radio only, a splash image only, it is ALWAYS named nk.nbf since it will be looked by that name by the updater application.
hope it was clear enough
cheers

_Nomad_ said:
try looking here
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I looked at this, but it extracts .nba files. I need to extract files out of .nbf
So i can start cooking my own ROMs

freeyayo50 said:
I looked at this, but it extracts .nba files. I need to extract files out of .nbf
So i can start cooking my own ROMs
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use typho5.

peter petrelli said:
use typho5.
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OK, so i just downloaded typho5 through the ftp, but i dont have the dll file for it. I get error: LoadLibrary p2x587.dll failed
Where can i find the file?

just get it from shelltool.

I found another typho5 and it works. After dumping the files with typho5 which one is the extended rom so i can extract the cab files??

freeyayo50 said:
I found another typho5 and it works. After dumping the files with typho5 which one is the extended rom so i can extract the cab files??
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Use my tool (Wizard Service Tool) as it extracts all the files in a nk.nbf without command lines and without any hassle
cheers

Thanx. Worked great. Why doesn't WinImage want to open the .nb files??
Im tryin to extract cab files from faria's Crossbow Reloaded v1.5. After using Wizard Service Tool, I get the 3 .nb files.

freeyayo50 said:
Thanx. Worked great. Why doesn't WinImage want to open the .nb files??
Im tryin to extract cab files from faria's Crossbow Reloaded v1.5. After using Wizard Service Tool, I get the 3 .nb files.
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Winimage only handles the extension_rom.nb since it is an image of a HDD formatted with FAT16; the other files are encrypted/packed and can only be handled with kitchen tools spread all throughout the forum
cheers

Ok thanx. I'm going to start my search

NBH Generator

I made small program which can merge .NBs into .NBH. Generated .NBH, of course, is not properly signed but enough for feeding SSPL.
Give small script which contains .NB filenames, model name, CID and so, to the program. Output file is RUU_signed.nbh.
Sample script included.
C:\>nbhgen sample.txt
NBH Generator ver0.1 by bot
00_IPL.nb
01_SPL.nb
02_MainSplash.nb
03_SubSplash.nb
04_ExtROM.nb
05_GSM.nb
06_OS.nb
Completed.
enjoy,
bot

Hi
Sorry, but your tool didn't generate an .nbh file.
I've tried to run this script:
HERM300
HTC__001
1.23.707.6
USA
100,00_IPL.nb
200,01_SPL.nb
600,02_MainSplash.nb
601,03_SubSplash.nb
900,04_ExtROM.nb
300,05_GSM.nb
400,06_OS.nb
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Your tool starts, but there is no .nbh. edit: It's my mistake.Ignore my post.Sorry.
What's the use of "100,00_IPL.nb ?

Great work, it is the missing link for using SSPL with RadioBoorloader 0108 for the Hermes!
Thanks a lot!
Really Great work!

Great work!
Where I can find tools for sign *.nb?
Can you made patch for mamaich tools? Now addfile.exe not working

I confirm this tool as working. Just had breeze radio successfully flashed (one more time). And it is much more handy than manual assembling
thanx.
ps 2scorpio16v:
What's the use of "100,00_IPL.nb ?
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http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_NBH

Des said:
I confirm this tool as working. Just had breeze radio successfully flashed (one more time). And it is much more handy than manual assembling
thanx.
ps 2scorpio16v:http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_NBH
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Thanks, now I understand

Hi bot
Thanks !I think you may do universal NBF generator .
You may add in sample.txt one parameter packet size ( Trynity Hermes 64 ) in Atremis 1024 etc

Great tool and very useful, thanks!

does nbhgen work on Artemis and Herald?

wlinsong said:
does nbhgen work on Artemis and Herald?
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On Artemis the singature size is 1024, no idea about Herald.... i think it will not work but haven't tested it.
To make the signature 1024 you can do it like this (at least until bot releases a version which allows you to modifi the sig. size):
Code:
nbhgen.exe file.txt
perl nbh2dbh.pl RUU_signed.nbh RUU_signed.dbh
ImageHash.exe -raw RUU_signed.dbh RUU_signedNEW.nbh 1024
It will popup a window asking you to select the proper certificate to sign your file, if you don't have one you can import for example a test certificate from windows mobile SDK.

Any one guide for artemis...so that many people who hv bricked their Orbit can make them alive..

is there a possibility to use this nbhgen.exe for making a backup of the current Excalibur ROM?
I have a german XDA Cosmo running the original XDA Cosmo ROM.
And I also managed to make a backup with bkondisk
BUT what I have not been able to find out so far:
how to make an installable package out of that?
this nbhgen sounds good but how (if ever) can I use it for the Excalibur?
Do I have to sign the resulting .nbh or maybe will it work unsigned with the engineering SPL 1.11???
I want to have a backup before flashing other ROMs - and believe me I want flashing the Dash ROM (or the german MDA Mail ROM) sooo bad since I've heard that TomTom 6 runs perfectly on it (unlike on Cosmo ROM where it's nearly unusable )

I'm sorry, but I stil don't get it and can not find anything inside the wiki. How is this tool supposed to work when I have an OS.nb for example?

Do you leave fields blank if you don't want to perform that part of the upgrade? For example if you were not going to upgrade anything other than the OS would you leave everything except the last line blank like this (sample sample):
TRIN100
HTC__001
1.23.707.6
USA
400,06_OS.nb
Also, can the the first lines be anything? I assume they are descriptors on line one and two followed by your own version #.

hdubli said:
Any one guide for artemis...so that many people who hv bricked their Orbit can make them alive..
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I second that thought.

It seems to not work on Windows vista.
Any idea ?

Hi,
I have a nb0 file that I want to turn into a nbh. Is a nb0 file simply a nb but the OS part?
Can this tool do what I am looking for? The problem is I don't want to add a IPL, SPL etc - nor do I want to go to SP1.01.
thanks!

@daveh85: nb0 is the same as nb. Yes, you can convert it to nbh using this tool.

Hi,
I don't understand how to make the sample.txt.
I'm trying to create a Big Storage of the last LVSW's ROM.
I have the following files :
00_MainSplash.bmp
00_MainSplash.nb
01_SubSplash.bmp
01_SubSplash.nb
02_ExtROM.nb
03_OS.nb
How do I create a sample.txt file to create the RUU_signed.nbh file to flash on a Hermes 200 ??
Thanks for enlighting me

This would be your "sample.txt":
Code:
HERM***
SuperCID
Murcielago
WWE
600,00_MainSplash.nb
601,01_SubSplash.nb
700,02_ExtROM.nb
400,03_OS.nb

Building Wizard ROMs with mamaich tools

I had posted this to the mamaich's thread. posting here as well since it is wizard specific:
I've been trying to use the tools for building an HTC wizard ROM. Now, before starting out on any modifications, I simply tried to break apart and rebuild it. So, I extracted a ROM using typhoondecode_v5, then followed this:
1. prepare_imgfs.exe OS.nb -nosplit
2. viewimgfs.exe imgfs_raw_data.bin
3. BuildImgfs.exe
But then my imgfs_raw_data.bin is not rebuilt and stays at its original self. The buildimgfs tool does not give me an error, however the last 3 lines of its output reas something like :
total sectors: 0000
used: <some number>
free: <some number>
I searched the forums but couldn't find an answer. Saw a couple of posts having the same prob but no answer. Since I havent done any modifications to the ROM and have tried with both AKU2.3 and AKU 3.3 (and custom ROMs as well as official Qtek ROMs), the ROM that i am using is also not an issue.
Now, since there are so many custom wizard ROMs out there and ppl swear by mamaich's tools so there must be a solution. Please help me out or let me know if there is no way out and I ve to use some other way to make ROMs, i also found bepe's kitchen post but couldn't find how to use it for wizard..
Thanks in advance.

for the wizard, this line:
1. prepare_imgfs.exe OS.nb -nosplit
should be:
prepare_imgfs.exe 80040000-OS.nb –nosplit
see if that helps...

prepare_imgfs.exe 80040000-OS.nb –nosplit
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I used that one only, and I have no probs with the "prepare" and "view" commands. I correctly get the bin files as well the modules/files are correctly extracted. I have problem with the "build" and "make" commands.

side question. should have thought of this earlier. how do you know its not updating? its been stated that this file will for some reason not change date/time and size.
hopefully that helps.
see this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1110892&postcount=13

see this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...2&postcount=13
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oopsie I am sure I read that post some time ago when I was collecting all the info for ROM cooking, but somehow forgot abt it when I started. Thnx for reminding
But There's another problem after this. When I run make_imgfs command it gives me some weird characters, however, a couple of posts above the one that you pointed at, there is a comment that I've to give the name of the old file only instead of new one. Will try that tonight when I go home and report back.
Thnx for the help dude
Anyways, another question:
This one is about the "universal id" part (dont remember the name of the app correctly, smthing like genuuid), for which all packages do we have to use this app? I mean if I wanted to add an executable (say a.exe) to the ROM, is it enough to simply add it to the "dump" directory and follow the build/make path or do I have to use the genuuid app path, or is this app used for some special kinda apps?
Thnx in advance. I'm not a newbie by any means in programming, GSM, and programming for GSM etc (I work in a Nokia GSM BTS project ) but am cooking a ROM for the first time.

yupz, worked...I was able to rebuild the rom. (Though the size/date-time stamp of the final 80040000-OS.nb also remains the same as the older one. I take that to be OK like the same thing happening with img_raw_data.bin. Haven't flashed the ROM onto my phone to see...)
Moreover, about the uuidgen program, I found out that it is bepe's way of doing it. We can do it the mamaich way that is simply add the programs that we want to the /dump folder and rebuilding. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Now that I've tested the waters, I'm on to making a custom ROM myself...
Thnx xda-dev...

shantzg001 said:
yupz, worked...I was able to rebuild the rom. (Though the size/date-time stamp of the final 80040000-OS.nb also remains the same as the older one. I take that to be OK like the same thing happening with img_raw_data.bin. Haven't flashed the ROM onto my phone to see...)
Moreover, about the uuidgen program, I found out that it is bepe's way of doing it. We can do it the mamaich way that is simply add the programs that we want to the /dump folder and rebuilding. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Now that I've tested the waters, I'm on to making a custom ROM myself...
Thnx xda-dev...
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Hi shantzg001
i too am doing similar steps and all gone well ( i.e breaking/rebuilding).
but im surprized why dump dir size is extremaly different in compare to
imgfs_raw_data.bin . I tried some OS.nb and got the size of dumb approx
456kb or 368 kb or some MBs. Also dump dir contains only some modules and
some files.
Am i doing some mistake or u too r getting similar result
reply ASAP
thanx
nandlal

That seems strange, because in my case the dump folder is even bigger than the bin file (more than double the size)..
Can you list out the exact steps that you are following, and which ROM were you breaking apart?