PLEASE USE THE ATTACHMENTS PROVIDED IN THIS POST [Updated 14-MAY-08]
Dear iPmartians! What we were all waiting for is finally here, thanks to mighty FCA00000 and discoveries made after his platform hack, Zorn has managed to make a ROMPatcher. Big THANKS to FCA00000 and to ZoRn for all their effort in empowering us with the ultimate freedom to customize & improve the functionality of our phones. We will never find the right words to thank them and will be always grateful to them!
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What is ROMPatcher?
ROMPatcher is an amazing piece of code, application allowing you to patch the ROM in a very easy and secure way. We are only limited by our imagination when it comes to the number of uses for it. There is no real danger in using it because it maps the ROM into RAM and then modifies it, so the patch is not permanent and a phone restart will clean all changes made by the patcher. After restart, you have to manually enable the patches again.
What is the difference between the FCA's hack & Zorn's hack?
 FIRST STEP
The first step involves hacking the phone from PC to gain access to the system folders. For FCA's hack you have to install Metro TRK and a dummy application called HelloCarbide on the phone. Only Metro TRK is required for Zorn's hack.
For FCA's method you are required to install python & related libraries on PC.
Based on the work of FCA, Zorn simplified this process by using Windows API. In short no need to install python & extra stuff.
SECOND STEP
For FCA's hack you have to install CapsOn/CapsOff to toggle the phone security. This is done by manually installing the SIS files.
Zorn simplified this process too by giving us an option in the first step itself to install the ROMPatcher. In ROMPatcher options you get the same functionality to enable/disable phone capabilities.
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LET US BEGIN
PLEASE NOTE THERE IS NO HACK AVAILABLE FOR N93/N93i YET
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Update:14-MAY-08
If you have already applied Leftup's root certificate as mentioned HERE, then you can directly install the ROMPatcher from this SIS file and then skip to the Patches section below, otherwise proceed through the tutorial.
Those who have already installed ROMPatcher (any version), can again install from the SIS file. This will give you the option to uninstall ROMPatcher from App. manager  first restart your phone. Then try installing the SIS file 2-3 times. First few tries will fail with error "Update failed!" But last try will always succeed.
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Download the applicable RAR file for you phone and extract the contents to a folder. You can check out your phone model HERE. Transfer the TRK SIS file to your phone and install it to phone memory. Make sure Nokia PC Suite is not running. Now connect your phone to PC using the USB cable in PC Suite mode.
By default TRK starts in Bluetooth mode, cancel it. Then go to Options->Settings and set then as shown below. When done TRK will show connected.
Now find out the port number of your phone USB connection from the device manager. (Tip: Start Menu->Run->devmgmt.msc). In the following image it is COM4 for my N73.
On the PC now run RPInstaller.exe and enter the COM port number. Now click on Install Button (do not tick the box). If successful, you will see something like this:
If no errors occured, you will find a new application ROMPatcher in your phone's Applications folder (Do not start it yet). Now close the RPinstaller application on your PC. Exit from the TRK on your phone and then disconnect the cable and reboot your phone.
HOW TO APPLY PATCHES
Make the folder E:\Patches on your phone. All the supplied/future patches should be copied into this folder. Patch files are simple text files you can open in any text editor.
The application lists all the patches available in E:\Patches. You can simply enable or disable a patch as shown below:
You can download the available patches from the next post below. After ownloading, just copy them to
E:\Patches on your phone.
Using this ROMPatcher:
To disable caps (same as CapsOff): Select Options->Disable caps
To enable caps (same as CapsOn) : Select Options->Enable caps
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Update [01-MAY-08]: DumpTools has been updated (Works faster now)
Zorn has also released a tool to create a ROM dump for debugging. It is not useful for the noobs, but if you are interested you can download it from HERE. Just install DumpROM to phone memory and run it (Note: The process takes a lot of time).
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Attachments have been updated on 14-MAY-08
ROMPatcher with new icons released...