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[TG01 General] fxdjacentyfxd:
Hi CrashMurdock.

I am afraid it may be a flash problem. Take into account You did master reset and it helped only for a small period of time. How do You think, how many times Your tg01 was flashed by You and by previous owners ? Such simple flash we have guarantee for few thowsands write operations and after it it become "weak". On the other hand ROM's guru - feropont - told some times ago that custom roms with simplified kernel ( Yes, I am afraid almost all cookers including me delete not needed modules from original kernels ) may do some unpredictable behaviour. In such case it could be good solution to upload any of original roms and after such operation one can upload custom rom.

Regards

fxdjacentyfxd
[TG01 General] CrashMurdock:
Greetings fxdjacentyfxd,

Nice to hear from you. :D When I bought this phone last August it was Orange branded and still had the original Orange ROM. While it's hard to tell, the phone appeared to be all original. And other than a bunch of soft resets, I've only installed Kevin's ROM once in the beginning, yours soon after, then reinstalled yours again last week. Of course just prior to that I had done a Master Clear/Hard reset because WM had gotten so corrupted because I carry this phone in my pocket while jogging, bicycling, and speed walking and had disabled the lock function early on. As a result, the phone suffered frequent random button presses and it just screwed up WM over time. Many times Task Manager would show a list of 10 or more random functions that had opened. Unfortunately I had done exactly the same thing to my previous WM6.0 phone.

I guess my point is that this phone doesn't appear to have a history of ROM installs, only 4 to date, as far as I know, since I did them. And like I mentioned previously, others have also had the same problem with the device.exe file running at 100% after clicking on the Restrict Sleep Mode, which I had also clicked on at some point, and again after reinstalling your ROM. Anyway their temporary solution works for mine also.

How many ROM installs before the phone gets unstable and requires reloading an original ROM? I guess installing an original Orange ROM will be next on my list. Everything else is working fine and speed is normal as long as I cycle BT & WiFi on and off every time I boot up the phone. Have to say this has been very frustrating!:eek:

Thanks for the tip!!! :D:D:D:D

Cheers!
[TG01 General] olyloh6696:
Hey Jim,

I think what fxdjacenty wants to say, is did you also do a hard reset after a ROM flash? (This is a must!)

Will lead to problems if you don't.

Also a tip I gathered to stop problems, is

1) Hard reset current ROM

2) flash stock ROM

3) hard reset

4) flash desired custom ROM

5) hard reset

6) soft reset.

And see how it goes! I had a few problems during my ownage with the TG01 (problems with sense .it loading)

I followed this procedure and it worked :)

The back story behind this is related to the HTC tool 'task 29' where data partitions on each ROM is different, therefore old files might be left and not overided and replaced properly etc.

Search 'task 29' ;)

Unfortunately we don't have such tool, therefore we use the method (posted above)

Good luck, I hope this post was useful to you! :D
[TG01 General] kevinpwhite:
Hi Oly, that's an interesting bit of information I wasn't previously aware of..... :) I'm just thankful that I've not encountered the SLOW phenomenon, despite a huge number of flashes over the last couple of years, although the majority have been my own ROM which was derived direct from the original.

Regards,

Kevin
[TG01 General] kevinpwhite:
Jim,

You didn't mention which File Explorer you are using - the native MS one which won't do the job or a 3rd party such as Resco or Total Commander which will. I suspect that it may be a .cpl file rather than an .exe. Where did you identify as an .exe initially ?

Regards,

Kevin
[TG01 General] kevinpwhite:
Jim,

There are two Registry entries as follows:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Bluetooth\HCI - contains a Key DisableSleep. DWord should be zero.

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Bluetooth\Transports\BuiltIn\1 - includes same Key as above

I think this relates to the Sleep mode you mentioned having activated originally. It may be that this Reg entry is proving persistent for some obscure reason..... could be a tie in with the behaviour you described of clearing the SLOWdown by toggling BT.

May be completely off-beam, but a possibility....

Regards,

Kevin
[TG01 General] CrashMurdock:
I've been using Total Commander for the reason you just mentioned but it was the excellent FdcTaskMgr (v3.3) that revealed that device.exe had absolutely run amok. FdcTM not only shows file extensions, but under CPU Usage also lists the percentage of CPU cycles for each entity/executable file and also shows a graph of overall CPU load. Until then I thought something was forcing the CPU into minimum speed in spite of me having set it for max performance, or that the phone's CPU was simply dying. Since FdcTM glaringly revealed that device.exe was continuously consuming between 95%-100% CPU cycles I realized the hardware was OK, it simply had no CPU cycles available to do anything else. I couldn't even make a call. There would also be a huge delay after clicking on any icon before anything would actually happen. And of course, my battery usage was all over the place. I now understand why.

Thanks again Kevin! :D:D:D Let me move to the next post.
[TG01 General] CrashMurdock:
Hi Oly,

I have only done one hard reset so did not do a hard reset after loading Kevin's or Jacenty's (twice) ROMs and the phone worked perfectly for a long time. But ooks like my work is cut out for me now!:eek::eek::eek:

Thanks so much!!!!:D:D:D
[TG01 General] CrashMurdock:
Thanks for the tip Kevin!!!:D:D:D I'll certainly take a look at these settings. The sad part about this whole fiasco is the phone has been working flawlessly except for this device.exe problem. Witnessing the fact that WM6.5 websites are slowing disappearing I've spent countless hours recently trying to snag the best WM6.5 apps and utilities and even a game or two that will show off the TG01's prowess, i.e., those with genuine 480x800 graphics, which are far and few between. I've also customized the SPB homescreens with my favorites. So I get the phone just like I want it and POW I've got to start from zero again because maybe I was stupid and pressed an option button that I had no idea what the functionality was (Restrict Sleep Mode). I only clicked on it because I've been using a stereo BT headset for a while now and didn't want the Sleep mode to interfere with my tunes while out bicycling, etc.

Again, thanks so much Kevin!!!:D:D:D:D With you guys great advice I'm sure I'll have this thing cruising again soon.

Cheers,

Jim

---------------------------------------------------------

Update:

According to this WM website:

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/32297/Visualizing-the-Windows-Mobile-Virtual-Memory-Mons

This means I haven't pinpointed the exact cause, just that it's something under device.exe's control. I'm more curious than ever now to know what EXACTLY is causing the malfunction! :confused::rolleyes::eek:
[TG01 General] kevinpwhite:
Jim,

This is where the idea I mentioned previously of saving your custom settings and then creating a .cab of the Registry entries come into its own. The trick is to identify where each key application stores its settings; set it up exactly the way you want it and then save into the .cab file. That means in order to restore the look and feel of your setup, including things like device Name, your name and address, email, wifi access point details, etc. You just need to execute the .cab and soft reset and everything is exactly as you want it. A whole bunch of settings can be combined into a single .cab, eg. jimsettings.cab.

That makes for interesting - but puzzling - reading. I don't have any specific new ideas but will continue to think about it. My son is coming home in a few days and I want to have a look at his TG01 which he's reported is having similar dead S L O W problems. He has been doing similar things to you in terms of a hard reset and then having restored which should be a 'good' master backup we made (Sprite Backup) when I did the original software build on top of my own ROM. I anticipate re-flashing and then trying a restore from the gold build again and seeing what happens. Also I want to replicate on a separate TG01 with the same backup as a control so we can try and eliminate the device itself from a hardware point of view.

Best regards,

Kevin
[TG01 General] CrashMurdock:
Thanks for explaining this process in more detail. Is this less work than 'cooking' a custom Rom with all my stuff?

Obviously after my round-and-round sojourn I recommend checking CPU Usage with FdcTaskMgr. It may not be device.exe causing the mischief, but FdcTaskMgr should reveal what is as it really is a great tool. I'm curious to know what you find out with your son's TG01.:eek: Good luck!:cool:

Cheers & THANKS SO MUCH for trying to help me get this mess sorted out!:D:D:D

Jim
[TG01 General] CrashMurdock:
Update - S-L-O-W mode is gone...

YAY!!! The slow mode has vanished.:victory: I was having to turn on Bluetooth before turning off the phone

every time

otherwise the next time I turned on the phone it would automatically go into speed of carpet™ mode. I did a gazillion soft resets and even two master resets. The problem would go away for a short time after each master reset but then would return within a few days.

I've just now replaced my custom dual Cameron-Sino soldered-together battery pack (initially a triple battery rig) as my charging meter has been getting progressively less accurate causing the phone to shut off in the middle of calls due to 'low battery' condition, which was false. I have just installed a genuine Samsung Galaxy Note 2500 mAh battery that required a start-from-scratch mod. Here's my post describing the mod with photos:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1889350

What to my surprise this morning when I turned on the phone and had forgotten to turn on Bluetooth before shutting down last night, but the phone is at normal speed. I've rebooted it several times and the slow problem is gone again. Sure hope it's permanent this time as I still like my TG01, although seriously want the Galaxy Note 2 when it comes out or may wait for the Galaxy S3 to come down in price a bit and pick one up.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] 8125Omnimax:
I have seen no thread and not one stitch of effort on any of these forums besides the ability to temp root. Half of the forums on the vivid are basically political ridiculousness and the other half are filled with complaints about at throttling. Locking threads hampers progress and discourages people from even bothering , this is why many devs are reluctant announce finds on this site anymore and post on the other sites. Nobody is putting their heads together to think in the think tank for root and you see nothing but pages and pages of off topic comments. Yet its still running.

As it stands the only useful thread running here is the accessories forum.

I've been with this site since 2006. Longer than most of the thread complainers here. I have watched many come and many go, I figured I would come out of the woodwork and put some juice back into Vivid development being that it's become a ghostown recently.

I have set up shop on "another site" with users who actually contribute, and a place that I've been on since 2003, all finds and the big announcement will be announced there. The level of immaturity growing here is getting ridiculous. People need to stop hating and get back to working.

XDA has always been a good resource but you can smell the double standard on these forums from a mile away as of recent.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] kxhawkins:
Wrong section
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] 8125Omnimax:
Try to contribute something for a change
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] kxhawkins:
That's interesting coming from you. Compare our amounts of "Thanks" (even with your four-year headstart), and take a look at some of the things I've contributed to the X10 forums. Spamming useless crap, opening multiple threads for no reason, and then posting this whiny rant (in the wrong section) is hardly contributing.

Have fun on "some other site".
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] 8125Omnimax:
You haven't done jack **** on this forum buddy, and you're a trolling snitch from the other boat. You went from a guy that had pretty good input on a crap phone to an overnight tattletale. But thank you for being a hater!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] kxhawkins:
LOL. Troll? Snitch? Tattletale?

Good game, dude.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] pstevep:
really man, the threads that you keep posting, arent horrible, the problem is you posted several, when you could have had all that information in one thread. whether you want to agree with it or not, there is a "think tank" where people can present the ideas on obtaining s-off. so creating another thread that i now have to lock, and move is just silly. i dont disagree with everything that you have said, but you arent really helping the situation either at the moment.

and as far as a double standard is concerned. i delete and move a ton of threads a day, if you want to go post crazy in the general section feel free. i have no one over here that i show favoritism to, and everyone gets treated the same. i'm sorry that you feel the way you feel, i am not a douche here.

and to whom are you referring to as little kids?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnyboy027:
Hi, I've jst bought my phone and want to root it. My phone is currently running firmware PDA:KK1;Phone:KJ3;CSC:KJ6. So please tell me which ROM is compatible for me or I can use any ROM such as Rocket ROM ,....

Thank you
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnyboy027:
Does anybody know pls help me because I'm going to root it tomorrow. thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnyboy027:
noone answer my question :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wonderwout:
Maybe you don't get an response because the answer is already out there if you search.

This:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1329360

Or this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1331784

I prefer the later from Chainfire.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leechoonhwee:
You can flash any ROM that you like after you have rooted your device and installed CWM as described.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnyboy027:
Thank you for your answer
[Motorola Droid 3] tspx23:
Thought I would share based on my experiences on trying to get this phone to work on t-mobile. It works on ATT 3g/T-mobile Edge, but still a pretty cool phone to have.

Also another note, this is a mod that will only go through on Windows. You will need ROOT EXPLORER app for this method to work.

1 - Make sure you are on the stock XT862 ROM, if you aren't flash it via this method found here: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/4370-sbf-droid-3-fastboot-files-55959-and-56890/

2 - Make sure your phone is rooted, if not download the following and follow the steps found here: http://www.psouza4.com/droid3/

3 - Unlock the phone. This can be accomplished by purchasing the unlock code, and later entering the code upon insertion of a sim card. (T-mobile ATT sim cards will work, but you will get an error saying UNLOCK FAILED, this is NORMAL do not freak out)

4 - Download the following files and unzip it to your desktop: http://www.mediafire.com/?y1wjw775v8itsx3

5 - Click Start and open cmd.

6 - Type in the following in cmd:

'cd desktop'

'cd fastboot'

'moto-fastboot flash radio radio.img'

ONCE it flashes, then enter:

'moto-fastboot reboot'

7 - Use root explorer to push the build.prop into the system folder

8 - Reboot, select GSM/UMTS in Network Settings.

AND BAM now it works. If there is any confusion please let me know.
[Motorola Droid 3] leobg:
Nice! Is that the XT883 radio you're flashing or a real unlocked (and signed) XT862 radio?

Also - change

ro.mot.phonemode.vzwglobalphone=1

to

ro.mot.phonemode.vzwglobalphone=0

in build.prop to get normal reading on signal strength indicator.

You can also change

ro.telephony.default_network=7

to

ro.telephony.default_network=3

so phone starts automatically in GSM/UMTS mode after hard reset.
[Motorola Droid 3] MeNaCe2s0cieTy:
Can anyone confirm that it's running on AT&T with 3G/4G?
[Motorola Droid 3] tspx23:
it has att 3g bands you can check for yourself over at gsm arena.
[Motorola Droid 3] tspx23:
Thanks man I'll reupload when I get back home with the edited bits :). It is the XT883 radio.
[Motorola Droid 3] fl4r3:
Nice Guide!

I've read some people have had trouble unlocking the D3....and apparently it could be due to it being used on the Verizon network who then alter the unlock code via some update.

Anyone know if there is any truth in this? (I'm awaiting the delivery of a used D3 so would be handy to know).
[Motorola Droid 3] tspx23:
Even after the update, if you restore it to the first link and then follow the steps, you will be fine. It can still be unlocked.
[Motorola Droid 3] :
Awesome! I am about to try this on my friend's droid 3. Are there issues with the market (as some have mentioned in a previous thread)?

---------- Post added at 12:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:00 PM ----------

I am stuck on <waiting for device> in the command prompt after telling it to flash the radio. What sort of USB connection should I be selecting?

EDIT: I'm an idiot.... I figured it out! :-p
[Motorola Droid 3] :
Is anyone else who is using this method on AT&T experiencing super slow data speeds? I have tried the sim card in an at&t branded phone and it seems to work ok. On the Droid 3, I am getting a ping of 2500~ ms, and speeds in the 15-60kbps range.
[Motorola Droid 3] eXecuter.bin:
I can't seem to add an APN and connect to the 3G network. Does anyone else have this issue? I am using a Bell SIM at the moment
[Motorola Droid 3] trer253:
Follow all the steps, no luck here :(

When I put the unlock code, phone shows for a sec "requesting unlock" and goes back to a subsidy lock message with a discard dialog box.

After that, I followed all other steps, and still enter unlock code appears :(

Any ideas?

I dont have an att sim card, Im just using foreign sim cards cause Im outside US.
[Motorola Droid 3] BenSWoodruff:
You can always call the carrier and make sure they are allowing your phone to connect. I'm not sure if this is the problem, but I read about another AT&T branded 4G phone (the D3 will never get 4G) getting only edge because the carrier thought it was foreign, and they just called in and gave the IMEI number to get access.

The customer service rep may not understand your problem, but just tell them the truth that you want to use your compatible device on your valid account and they should redirect you to someone who can help.

I can verify this works on T-Mobile and AT&T since I've tested it on both. Didn't test 3g on AT&T though cuz I didn't think about it lol. I know it allows the connection to umts in the settings though.

The OP poster helped me get it working on my phone :-) just make sure you follow the directions closely and it's pretty simple. If your unlock codes aren't working because you got them off the internet, you may need to have the phone put on Verizon temporarily to get them to give you a code. Just ask a friend with a valid account to help you out.

Good luck to everyone, this is a great hack that definitely saves some money while letting us use this cool phone. I will have to edit my build.prop as mentioned above to fix the reboot network loss problem, thanks for that as well!

Droid 3 with stock xt862 ROM working on T-Mobile via xt883 radio.img & custom build.prop
[Motorola Droid 3] trer253:
If verizon changed the codes while phones are connected to his network, changes could only be stored on a new bootloader.

There is no other unwritable part on the phone.

Wonder if the original poster used an ebay code or a verizon one...
[Motorola Droid 3] cellzealot:
Nice job! Pretty amazing what can be done with fastboot and signed radio images! :D
[Motorola Droid 3] koukobin:
Custom ROM

What will happen if somebody follows this procedure and unlock the phone for AT&T but afterwards flash another rom? Will the radio still be unlocked for AT&T?
[Motorola Droid 3] leobg:
As long as that ROM you're flashing does not have radio image in it, you should be fine. If you meant sim lock - once unlocked, it will remain unlocked forever.
[Motorola Droid 3] koukobin:
I was asking about radio unlock, i know sim unlock is permanent. But has anyone tried to install any rom after the radio unlock and if yes which one?

thanks
[Motorola Droid 3] BenSWoodruff:
Just as @leobg said,

Now, I haven't tried flashing another ROM since flashing the xt883 radio.img, because I really don't mind the stock ROM with some build.prop tweaks and the help of Zeam Launcher. I would assume that any ROM you flash would cause the build.prop and radio.img to be replaced with new ones, made specifically for that ROM. You should probably consult with the developer of the ROM you want to use, and ask them if the build.prop changes specific to this process will have issues with their ROM. The xt883 radio.img shouldn't have any conflicts, but I believe it will still require the custom build.prop file which is found in the OP, or at a minimum the specific changes which allow this tweak to work.
[Motorola Droid 3] gierso:
Aslongasyoukeeptheradioandbuild.propchnges

Yikesmyspcebarisfiling and some"a's"

Enviado desde mi DROID3 usando Tapatalk
[Motorola Droid 3] newshook:
Will loading XT883 radio undo the wifi-hotspot hack?
[Motorola Droid 3] nemiroG1:
Kind of figured that was what the problem was, once I saw what was going on. Still wondering if there is a way to extract the radio once it is on the phone.
[Motorola Droid 3] RWALEY:
The update is in the 60.3.250 OTA file. Problem is it won't install without the rest of the phone being recognized as an XT883

It is going to take a real expert to figure out either how to extract the updated baseband from the phone or figure out how to modify the OTA file to execute on a different device.

The only thing I can think of is perhaps the relevant files from the XT883 OTA can be moved into an XT862 OTA signed installer. I have a hunch the files that update the radio are in the META-INF folder.
[Motorola Droid 3] nemiroG1:
Well, I looked at that, and I cannot find a file in there that is big enough to hold the radio (11-14MB). I even looked inside the other img files with Hex Workshop to try to find it, and couldn't. However, I did find this link (60.2.200):

http://p.gokuai.com/index.php?m=Index&a=file&file=Sf4e288iwrEWwBVS

But am having trouble downloading it. I keep getting part of it, and not all of it. At any rate, there is a radio.img in that file. I wonder if that is it? I have tried downloading it a half dozen times, but my internet connection is awful (Hughesnet), and I cannot get it to come down. If I could get it down, I'd flash that radio, just to see what it was.
[Motorola Droid 3] RWALEY:
I looked at that 60.2.200 file a while back. It contained no adjustment to the original XT883 baseband. Same 16.18.16s that you have now.

The 60.3.250 file does not contain a new radio image entirely, just an adjustment to the existing radio. That is why you do not see a ~14MB file.

What the modifications exactly do are unknown but it does report itself as 37.18.16s.
[Motorola Droid 3] nemiroG1:
Ah, I see. Wonder if the changes are just the RILs, I can see those in there.
[Motorola Droid 3] RWALEY:
Here is one file that may help you and some others.

It's not the newest radio but it is close: 34.18.16

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/71053731/34.18.16 radio.img

Just flash it using the command line fastboot method in the first post.

Also, I have a new build.prop attached with some revisions from the newest XT883 build.prop

They changed the dalvik heapsize, wifi scan interval, and windowmanager events among other things. Chinese users claim an improved battery life so it might help our XT862s.