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[HTC 7 Pro] captainchris:
Okay, haven't yet flashed the beta but I have another bug I also had with ansar's rom. When I receive a multimedia message, it fails to download. I have to reboot phone to download message. Happened all the time with ansar's, but it has only happened once with this one. May not be anything. Anyone else able to confirm this one?
[HTC 7 Pro] haramzee:
Captaincrunch, ive noticed the same thing, i almost never am able to receive mms messages without having to reboot on ansars and have heard that leads has mostly fixed this annoying issue
[HTC 7 Pro] captainchris:
Thanks for the reply! Like I said, I've only seen it happen once on leads rom one time, not sure if it was a fluke or a bug.
[HTC 7 Pro] IM0001:
MMS Message Downloads can sometimes be hit and miss. I had the same problem going back to the DFT roms, odd for sure.

Ok similar to Asnar's Rom, has anyone noticed how the built in dictionary seems to be missing a ton of normal English words when typing? Things like “definitely”, “poop”, “apparently”, etc all fail to be recognized and end up red squiggly (yet sometimes the plural or other version of the words do exist?!). Any idea why this is completely missing/broken since DFT? I am guessing it may have something to do with the language selection but as I haven't been a chef since the 6.5 days, I cannot comment outside of that lol.

I also have run into that WiFi issue once or twice, but it is much less of a headach then the DFT problem where it would not work if WiFi and Cellular were on at the same time. I can live with this.
[HTC 7 Pro] leadpoizon:
Ok, I have been testing the final beta and the following are what I have worked on:

- Wi-Fi not turning on on first try seems to be a driver or OS build issue and I can't do much about it.

- Texts from carries having call back numbers should be gone now. This might also fix MMS downloading issues.

- Dictionary for words now seems to work as it did in previous builds.

- OS is more stable with better battery life. XIP was rebuilt from scratch.

- I could not do anything about LED notification customization as it seems to be an OS and driver limitation.

If there is anything I have missed, please let me know so I can try to fix it before the RC is released for public testing (in a few days). If you want to test the beta before the RC release, PM me.
[HTC 7 Pro] iknowsingh:
This wasn't something you missed, just something I was wondering about. In Internet Explorer, when typing in a URL, I've noticed on your ROM that in the '.com' long press, it delivers '.co.uk' instead of '.net' as on the standard Sprint Arrive ROM. I figured since us Sprint customers are all US-only, would it be possible to revert that to .net?

My language settings are English US and all United States-centric, unless I'm missing something!

Thanks in advance for all your hard work, great ROM! :good:
[HTC 7 Pro] leadpoizon:
I didn't think anyone had noticed, lol. This was a slight mishap with my packages, and I have this fixed in my most recent beta.
[HTC 7 Pro] iknowsingh:
Haha, very cool! I visit a few sites with .net, even my personal site is a .net, so I was curious when I saw .co.uk pop up. I double checked all of my settings just to be sure I didn't tweak something.

Thanks for the quick response!
[HTC 7 Pro] dandrayan:
LOL, all this time I thought I had selected the "wrong" English on first installation because I had the ".co.uk" shortcut showing up too! I went to the region+languages control panel, changed it to "real" English (US), and the normal web shortcuts showed up again.
[HTC 7 Pro] captainchris:
got another bug report that needs confirmation. When I slide out my keyboard it stops any music that is playing. Have tested with stock music app and iheartradio and it does the same on both.
[HTC 7 Pro] graycorgi:
Here's some of the problems I've noticed with most/all Tango ROMs (including this one)

+Annoying callback # at the bottom of every text I receive

+MAC address changes on every phone reboot (likely a driver problem as was mentioned earlier)

+My phone won't do data roaming. The Sprint tower went down here due to a storm, and I know that the tower I am roaming on right now used to give me data. It will only do 1x on the Tango ROMs when roaming.

The MMS download problem happens often even on normal ROMs. If you switch Airplane mode on and off, you will be able to get/send MMS again. This problem was acknowledged by Sprint at the beginning of the year and never fixed. See the last post on the page here: http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=225375
[HTC 7 Pro] leadpoizon:
Are you using the beta or are you using latest release? I can confirm that I am unable to reproduce this with the Music+Videos Hub and Radio Controlled application in the unreleased beta. Issue should be resolved in the next release.

I believe I have fixed the callback issue in the latest beta(unreleased). I need someone to test the MAC address issue as I have no issues with this in this beta(PM me if anyone wants to test the latest beta). As for the data roaming, the default setting in this ROM is set to not to data roaming, so you have to go into settings and enable that option. Thanks for the input!
[HTC 7 Pro] graycorgi:
Sorry, forgot to mention that I tried enabling the data roaming. (I turned it on right after I installed the ROM, but I tried turning it off and on again to try just to be sure). It doesn't roam even when it's on. This is the same behavior I have noticed in DFT's ROM. Edit: To clarify, if data roaming is off I cannot use any data at all (search, IE, etc). If it is on, I only get 1x but I can use data (at 1x speeds). It should be connecting to EVDO as the roaming towers here support EVDO, but it's not.
[HTC 7 Pro] leadpoizon:
Btw, all those having the issues with the Wi-Fi not working on first try. It's now fixed, yaay.

Ah, I see. I have noticed this as well. I wonder what causes the phone to now allow EVDO in roaming. I'll see if I can look into this. I wish I could compare this against the Verizon Trophy settings (Though that is still different sine it's a World Phone).
[HTC 7 Pro] captainchris:
That issue on the latest release. Never flashed the beta cuz I'm a slacker. :(
[HTC 7 Pro] Questman1000:
This is normal behavior, I work for Sprint so I should know, only special business account are eligible to EVDO roam as it is very costly, and a special PRL is needed to do so
[HTC 7 Pro] haramzee:
OK however I have 3G roaming in my plan and its a non business plan. i find it odd that so many have these issues.
[HTC 7 Pro] Questman1000:
It may be area dependent as well, where do you live?
[HTC 7 Pro] captainchris:
I know it is possible to load custom prl's on android devices that most definitely let you roam on 3G. I wonder if we can find a way to load them onto these phones. If all it takes is a chance in prl, I would think that would be easy enough. But I'm not a dev so I don't really know, just going off how easy it is to flash a prl on android.
[HTC 7 Pro] graycorgi:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_Nextel#CDMA_network

Anyone in an ex-Alltel area that had Alltel 3G should be getting EVDO roaming until 2016 as part of the conditions of the Verizon and Alltel merger. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_Nextel#CDMA_network

It looks like in the PRL files, EVDO is not activated for my area roaming on Alltel towers, only 1x RTT. Nearly all the other areas with Alltel towers in the PRL seem to have EVDO roaming, so that kindof sucks. Seems to not be a problem with the ROM though but rather it's either me remembering wrong, or the data icon being stuck in the old custom ROM I was using (since the Sprint signal here is so weak, it usually switches back and forth from roaming to native all day). Or possibly the old ROMs ignored the PRL restrictions on EVDO roaming and the new ones are fixed. Who knows :) I can't wait for Sprint to fix the tower by my house so I can get 3G data again :/ With how long it's been down, they should really update the PRL and allow me to get 3G roaming until they get around to fixing it.

This is not a problem with this ROM, though.
[HTC 7 Pro] IM0001:
Man the new beta sounds nice. Though I am gettin really sick of reinstalling all my apps each time lol.

The EVDO Roaming works fine in my area as it hops onto Verizon networks. It is hit or miss on what towers elsewhere support it though.

And the Music Pausing when the keyboard is extended is a hit or miss issue. Sometimes it happens and others it doesnt. No idea what causes it or why it comes and goes, but every custom rom I have had has this happen at one point or another. :/

What was the "Fix" for the callback SMS issue? Is it some registry fix we can do ourselves or more built into the rom? PM me a link and I can give it a whirl this weekend. (Please kill mediafire with fire and use DropBox or Skydrive for your host. Pretty Please :) )
[HTC 7 Pro] haramzee:
Lead, I dont know how difficult this might be but it would be wonderful if there was a way for us to have access to the Nokia apps in the Marketplace without us having to do separate registry edits.

Thanks
[HTC 7 Pro] captainchris:
there is an app for that called marketplace config. I think you can get it from the bazaar marketplace. Do a quick google search, if you can't find it pm me and I'll hit you up with a link when I get back to my computer. Marketplace config will let you set your marketplace to Nokia or lg or whatever marketplace you want. It will also allow you to get carrier spacific apps. I will go ahead and tell you Nokia drive 3.0 and camera extras will not work strait from the marketplace. You have to find a cracked version of drive. They have one for drive 2.0, but I haven't found it for 3.0 yet so if you find one and want to pm me that would be great. Don't post it here though, xda doesn't want us sharing that one for some reason. And I haven't seen anyone to get camera extras to work on the arrive. Nokia maps works strait from the marketplace I think. You will just have to test which ones are compatible. Hope this long post was helpful.
[HTC 7 Pro] haramzee:
Thanks for the info captain. I was really excited to try that Drive 3.0 too. All in good time.
[HTC 7 Pro] captainchris:
no need to thank me. Just hit the thanks button! :p

I know! I read about 3.0 yesterday and was all "i want it!" but i never really used drive much anyway. Its pretty, and i love the surfer dude voice, but it doesn't work very well where i live. I have been using navigon for some time and am really happy with it.
[HTC 7 Pro] dandrayan:
The cracked version of 3.0 showed up quickly after the release. Unfortunately, the "My Commute" feature that everyone wants won't work for us because we don't have a SIM card in the Arrive. It gives an error that reads: "The country of your SIM card is not yet supported by My Commute".
[HTC 7 Pro] captainchris:
lame. Could you pm me a link? Id like the update anyway so I won't have the little "1" on my marketplace tile.
[HTC 7 Pro] leadpoizon:
Update on the ROM development:

I'm in a bit of a bind. The drivers that work for the GOLD_C with internet sharing seem to be the cause of the MAC addresses changing every reboot. I have not found a ROM that has IS and does not have this issue. Ansars latest has the MAC address issue and the latest DFT ROM has the IS not working because they probably use the other driver. Has anyone seen a ROM that has both IS working and no MAC Address issue?

I'll have to revoke the update about the SMS issue, because even though I think I know the cause of the issue, I can't test it since I have none to text myself and It'll be troublesome for someone else to keep reflashing constantly, unless someone is willing. Someoen mentioned that the issue is still present. :(
[HTC 7 Pro] captainchris:
so... Call me a noob but I don't know what the issue is with the max adress. I understand its changing with every reboot, but what issues does that change? What's it matter? Internet sharing is a must though if you ask me. Then if no one else will flash to test the text message callback numbers, I can flash to test out. But if its okay id like to wait until your almost finished with the final release. Then I just will not redownload my apps again til the final version.
[HTC 7 Pro] turdsamich:
There may be other issues as well but I assume for most it is if they use MAC filtering.
[HTC 7 Pro] Questman1000:
I would be more than happy to test, I almost never keep anything important on my phone, you just have to tell me what I am looking for exactly and I'll be you test guy
[HTC 7 Pro] captainchris:
Just saw this on another thread, any possibility we could get Nokia baked into this amazing rom?
[HTC 7 Pro] IM0001:
Really think ICS is worth the MAC problem. What issues does this cause outside of issues with Mac filtered router settings?

Sucks about the SMS issue not being fixed. Lately it seems that the issue has almost disapeared on its own.. Weird...
[HTC 7 Pro] iknowsingh:
I found my first Arrive sitting in my room (has a broken hinge so the slider doesn't work properly), it's not activated but works just fine otherwise. Is there any testing I'd be able to do for you? (without having Sprint service) I'd use my current Arrive, but having to keep reinstalling all of my apps and such is a bit of a pain currently :P

Let me know and I'll crack it out and charge it up :)
[HTC 7 Pro] captainchris:
I have a feature request, not sure if it is possible. I would like for the volume of the keyboard clicks and the system volume to be seperate. I like the clicks, but would like to be able to make them quieter without making the rest of the system quieter.
[HTC 7 Pro] leadpoizon:
I MIGHT be able to release an app that takes care of this issue. The current ROM has quieter keyboard clicks and you can still go into settings and disable the clicks all together, but I guess you want more control.
[HTC 7 Pro] IM0001:
Easy on the Baked In request guys. A lot of this can be done with simple easy to get apps (windowsphonehacker.com) as well as basic registry tweaks (if only they were kept in a more easy to find thread, but for the most part they are findable). The more that is baked in for 1 user will tend to piss off others since I do not want my HTC to think it is a Nokia (outside of the easy to swap WPTweeks app) and other workarounds for sounds and such that aren’t native can cause other issues.

Keep Lead Rom clean and as close to bug free as possible. If there can be apps and other things, let them be released as a .xap here in your original post for people to get to on the phone, and just sideload from the web. Easy Pease.

So far Lead, the rom has still been dang good. Fixed my keyboard issues (defaulted to UK keyboard that I didn't notice but saw another user had the same problem) and the callback number issue is decreasing as I tell the users sending it to turn it off.
[HTC 7 Pro] captainchris:
Thanks for the reply! I just always get a lot of heat from my wife for the loud clicks. I personally like them, they are just so loud! Excited for the next release. If I make requests that are unreasonable or are going to cause issues just tell me no. Lol. Or ignore me. I'm not a dec, I don't know what consequences certain changes will make to the rom.

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My bad. lol. Nokia just offers the best stuff. I just have this urge to try the camera extras app and don't kno of a way to make it work on my phone. But if you know a way, do tell!
[HTC 7 Pro] haramzee:
Yes, I have to agree with the captain. Nokia appears to be offering the apps that would be most useful for me.

It would be nice if they are able to have My Commute updated to work on our phones soon.

Thanks again lead for all that you're doing.
[HTC 7 Pro] IM0001:
http://windowsphonehacker.com/

Get WP Tweeks and have at it. Just change the OEM market for your phone and reboot. You will not be able to get all the Nokia apps to work (Like Nokia Drive without getting it..... other ways) but most other apps work fine.

I hear that if you try to actually make your phone fully Nokia or LG, etc, that it can break your Live account and make all the apps you actually purcahsed not work on that device or something along those lines. Sounds like way too much of a headach to want to deal with it.

This little app works great though, you can even get the Nokia Only games like Mirror's Edge which looks and plays pretty great on the Arrive. :D
[HTC 7 Pro] captainchris:
THanks for the info. I'll check it out.
[HTC 7 Pro] Bigrob55:
In regards to using the "SearchKeySettings.xap" file.

Can someone please overview the setup process for this to work correctly?

Thank you in advance!
[HTC 7 Pro] leadpoizon:
You can simply download the file from the internet off your phone from the first post. You'll be prompted to install it, so do that. Afterwards, you will have a "search key" option in your settings menu that will let you select the behavior of your search key.

Install the latest SearchKeySettings.xap that I just uploaded to the first post. This one should work with the current ROM. Let me know your results.
[HTC 7 Pro] da1stprince:
well guys,I've been using this ansar 8773 rom without fail for quite some time now but its starting to act a bit jittery probably due to all the apps and registry settings I've made to it. I can only make calls with the speaker phone enabled, because no sound comes through the earpiece/mouthpiece but all other sounds work (hope its software related issue). It seems I will have to wipe the phone and get going on this leadrom sooner than I would like right now..I've got about 250+ apps and actually use/test a fair amount of them at different times and hate going through the process over and over again without real backup options but comes with the territory at this point. I'm hopeful that the wp8 backup feature found in the recently released sdk will be ported over to our devices to make life easier after flashing. one can only hope right?
[HTC 7 Pro] leadpoizon:
RC Released

For those that are curious, the RC for the latest ROM can now be found in the first post. Questions, comments, opinions, and usual banter welcome.

Minor change log:

[<] Went to OS build 7.10.8773.98 for stability and lack of new features in 7.10.8779.8
[^] Updated Haptic Feedback app
[+] Added SMS/MMS size app
[+] Added app to allow disabling/enable interop unlock at will
[!] Fixed issue with Wi-Fi not enabling from off state on first try upon boot. (Thanks ultrashot)
[!] Changed camera driver for stability
[!] Changed compass driver/related
[!] Added CAB update capability (Still need to figure out a few kinks about how I'm going to release my own cabs, though)
[+] Added additional tweaks
[?] MAC address is still not static, because driver for Internet Sharing is not meant for this phone. It's either this or no IS
[HTC 7 Pro] captainchris:
So, can you give a change log so we know what we are flashing or will you only do that for the final release?

Edit: sorry. Didn't see the change log before. Was using my phone. Thank you.
[HTC 7 Pro] captainchris:
Thank you! What is CAB?

And IS is a must. So... Yup.

And sorry for being a noob, but why would you need to/ want to toggle off interop unlock?
[HTC 7 Pro] leadpoizon:
CABS are packages that contain files and settings that can be installed into the device. In our case, we can update parts of the ROM without having to re-flash the entire ROM. This means: ROM updates that don't require re-flashing!

Interop unlock might be turned off for safety so side-loaded apps don't cause problems on your phone. Just a feature I thought people might want. Btw, this ROM is "Fully unlocked" not just interop unlocked. It's a step above what you have in your signature. ;D
[HTC 7 Pro] pdawg17:
The cab updates would be fantastic! Any testing help you need I am ready!
[HTC 7 Pro] captainchris:
Sweet! Being able to update without starting from scratch will be awesome, thank you for the hard work.

This is my first windows phone, and I thought interop unlock was a full unlock. I've been schooled. Haha. I'll fix my signature. Thanks again.

So if I go ahead and flash this rc, will I be able to update to the final release without doing a full reflash?
[HTC 7 Pro] iknowsingh:
This ROM RC so far has been BLAZINGLY fast! My WiFi connection and overall speed of the animations and OS just seem VERY quick and smooth. Were there any optimizations done or am I just going nuts? lol :silly:

This is a VERY nice ROM. I love the developer unlock/network options in settings, they are very helpful to have.

One pick I had with the older 8779 ROM is that it would crash on me very frequently and have the phone randomly reboot, so far the RC has not crashed once. Switching to 8773 was a very good move it seems.

Great work, lead! I think this is a very close to final edition of your next release, can't wait to see whats included in that!
[HTC 7 Pro] atm153:
The RC is fantastic. Great work. So far, I've only had one minor quibble, and I think it may have been something I did. I had the Marketplace refuse to open until rebooting at one point.

EDIT: I've noticed my screen freezing up occasionally, not sure if it's my hardware or the ROM.
[HTC 7 Pro] iknowsingh:
One bug I found that was not on the standard Sprint ROM or a force update to 8773 is that after using the slide out keyboard and sliding it back in, the phone freezes and reboots. Its happened a few times today, and is a bit annoying as I tend to use the keyboard often.

Whenever I flash a ROM, I always do a hard reset after flashing just to clear everything to be sure. Not sure what the issue may be, but I just wanted to make this known.
[HTC 7 Pro] da1stprince:
what rom are you using?
[HTC 7 Pro] iknowsingh:
The RC... I never noticed this issue in the stock Sprint ROM or the force updated version of 8773 (which I had before Lead's original 8779 ROM).
[HTC 7 Pro] IM0001:
Might you try one of the other Lead roms or Ansar's just to make sure it is a software issue and not a hardware one. That sounds a bit strange.
[HTC 7 Pro] leadpoizon:
Exciting news folks: The release will now contain static(your real) MAC address along with Internet Sharing!

I did notice freezing if I push the phone really hard, like download 30 apps at once, while playing music, and then trying to do something. This would happen occasionally. I'll still look into this.

An odd bug indeed. I have yet to see this issue, but then again, I don't use the keyboard very often. I don't see this issue at all. Please keep me posted if you try different ROMs or the last build.
[HTC 7 Pro] captainchris:
Today I couldn't access YouTube.com and it would not let me sign into xda. Don't know if it was a bug, but clearing all internet data fixed it. :D

this was on the latest release, not the rc.
[HTC 7 Pro] iknowsingh:
Excited for the MAC address fix! How did you figure that out?

As for the bug I noted, I will keep tabs on it. I will download the final edition of your ROM and continue to make notes. I haven't come across the bug so far today, but it was quite rampant yesterday. Will keep you updated... keep up the great work and I look forward to the final release! :good:
[HTC 7 Pro] captainchris:
Threads been pretty silent lately...

Just had a weird issue where phone switched to 1x. Had to switch off data connection and back on and 3G popped back on. Not sure what that was all about.
[HTC 7 Pro] killerkhatiby009:
Any ETA on the new release? Running your 8779 ROM and its been going great. My main issues are that music stops playing when I slide open the keyboard to respond to a text message sometimes not sure why and I've had a few random reboots, otherwise going great!
[HTC 7 Pro] leadpoizon:
New release is up. Have fun, folks. People on the RC will find the final release to be more stable. Feedback is welcome!

P.S.

This is the first GOLD_C ROM to have working Internet Sharing with static MAC address.
[HTC 7 Pro] iknowsingh:
Will be flashing within the hour and will give my thoughts. You are awesome, Lead... great work!!! :good:
[HTC 7 Pro] pdawg17:
So far, so good for me with the new ROM...only flashed it last night but no problems to report at this point...