OKTA Touch ROM Kitchen

Right, now if you are like me you would really like to know HOW to create your own ROMs but wouldn't know the first step in going about it?

Well now you can do it with this linky here --> : linky

The package that you are wanting to go and download is Linux ROM Kitchen (linuxromkitchen_20080806-1_i386.deb)

Once you have downloaded it head on into your Terminal and tpye in the following

Code:

cd Downloads (I'm assuming here that this is your default download directory)
sudo dpkg -i linuxromkitchen_20080806-1_i386.deb

Now you MAY need to download some more dependencies I'm not sure. I didn't have to but whatevs.

Now I have no freaking CLUE how to use this BUT the cool thing that you can do is extract an .nbh of the ROM that is on your OKTA Touch (HTC Vogue) and see what is installed in it and what you can remove. If you need help I'm pretty sure that the guys and girls at the XDA-Devolpers forum would be more than happy to help you out.

lUbuntu

Now I know I post alot of useless shit that no-one will probably never read BUT I feel as though I have to share this magnificent distro with the rest of you who care :) I present to you.....

Now my first impression upon looking at this was "Oh god, another bunch of losers fucking with Ubuntu like Peppermint OS did" BUT after the 500MB download and burning it on a CD-R and actually trying it, I have to say that I am inpressed. Not only is lUbuntu lght enough for my underpowered laptop to handle but its really quick and rather simple to use.

Sure you have to sudo apt-get install alot of different things e.g. gparted, amarok, wine and use the Synaptic Package Manager to get VLC but out of the box it's nicely setup.

Want the download link? Well because you asked so nicely then you shall have.

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How to Flash your HTC Vogue in Ubuntu

I take no responsibility if you brick your Vogue

Right now I thought that I should put something like this up so that my fellow Linux users can flash their Vogues without having to try and resort to using WINE or installing Windows, like I tried and failed

For this guide I am using Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat 10.10 so if things differ from your setup then I apologise.

Right on to the guide at hand.

1) Go to the following link and download HTCFlasher: Link
Now the it is a .deb file type so if you aren't using a Debain based Linux Distro then you can get the source code here and compile it from there

2) Now you also need the following file to get HTCFlasher to work properly: Link. Again this is a .deb file and I don't know if you can get the source for it or not but oh well.

3) Right, now that you have those two files you can now install them so to do this you need to go and launch the Terminal and do the following

Code:

cd Downloads (I'm assuming here that this is your default download directory)
sudo dpkg -i htcflasher_20080806-1_i386.deb

once you've done that enter your root password - you won't have to do it again
now for the gtkdialog - again do the same as above but with the gtkdialog

Code:

sudo dpkg -i gtkdialog_0.7.20-4_i386.deb

Right now after all that is all installed HTCFlasher will be able to be used properly now. Now on to the fun part, flashing your chosen ROM.

For this part I used NFSFAN's WM6.5 Custom ROM although you can use whatever ROM you want.

1) so once you have your ROM all nicely downloaded and un-RAR'd you need to to into Applications -> Accessories -> HTCFlasher

2) click on the little circle next to the option that says "Get Device Info", plug your Vogue in and click ok. Once it's done it's thing a new window will popup, close out of it and next to the Get Device info line will be soomething similar to this

Code:

CID : [TELNZ001] - ModelID: [VOGU001]

3) Put your phone into bootloader mode by pressing and holding the power+camera button while pushing in the soft reset button with your stylus. This can be awkward to hold but just find your own way to get it done.

4) Now click on the "Flash NBH file" little circle and click ok. Navigate your way to where you extracted your rom, double click it and a little message will pop up saying flash file '/home/user name/Downloads/RUU_signed.nbh'?

Click ok and let it rip. Should only take a couple of minutes. Once the ROM has been flashed click ok on the popup and then you are back to the main HTCFlasher menu do the next step BUT MAKE SURE YOUR VOGUE IS STILL PLUGGED IN!

5) Right so you are back to the main menu, click on the little circle next to Bootloader cmd prompt and click ok. MAKE SURE YOUR VOGUE IS STILL PLUGGED IN OR THIS WILL NOT WORK!

6) Once the Cmd Prompt has opened which is basically instantly type the following code. Please note that when I write {enter} you press the enter key.

Code:

set 16 0 {enter}

task 3 {enter}

Now soft reset your phone and VIOLA!! You have just flashed your Vogue on Linux Give yourself a pat on the back and enjoy your shiney new ROM!

A big thanks goes to mrkite38 from the xda-developers forum who gave me that last bit of code. Without his help my Vogue would still be in bootloader mode