[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] finalzero:
Finally Cooked...

Okay,

I have completed my version of the Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition Upgrade.

This upgrade is specifically aimed at UK O2 users who want to a personlised version of the upgrade to suit their network (and remove the annoying Test Screen at boot time).

Right a brief explanation of what I did:

I took Mysterman's ROM as a base install as I found it much more stable than the DCS version with my particular apps and I found the camera behaves itself as well.

To this I added some files from Extended ROM DCS posted on this thread including the 1.18 Radio and IntelliDialer (full details of the files below).

I modified the Splash screens by taking the screens from the 1.72.00WWE UK O2 ROM and replacing the For Test Purposes Only screens.

I added some extra apps to the Extended ROM which include the O2 OEM_WWE cab file (contains O2 network stuff I think), TotalCommander (File Explorer), Java Midlet, Black Berry Software (taken from the 1.72.00WWE ROM), Blue Tooth Update (doesn't seem to work on my phone), Video MMS (taken from 1.72.00WWE ROM).

I found the MMS app supplied with Mamaich's Extended ROM didn't work with this update so I included the MMS app that came with Mysterman's ROM - this version also failed on mine however it worked fine on another XDAII I zapped. I got corrupted MMS Icons (VideoMMS worked fine) and when I clicked on the MMS icon I got a garbled message (possibly a CHS export?).

I am not bothered as I simply compose the MMS message via my Inbox (I prefer this as I sync with my MS Exchange 2003 box allot). If anyone finds the included MMS app is not working please let me know and I will replace the one in the Extend ROM with the version found in the 1.72.00WWE ROM.

Here is a list of the files found in the Extended ROM I cooked:

29/05/2004 20:06 898,730 activex.cab
01/03/2004 12:54 7,680 AutoRun.exe
03/11/2004 14:19 9,728 BTPSKeyUpdate_003.exe
01/03/2004 12:54 894,224 CallerIDB10_Hima25_WWE.CAB
01/03/2004 12:54 3,079,953 CameraB10_Hima25_WWE.CAB
06/11/2003 23:02 227,724 cecmd.arm.CAB
01/03/2004 12:54 1,868,475 ClearVue3.4.381WWE_0616_Ozonup.sa.CAB
28/12/2004 23:51 979 Config.txt
27/09/2004 16:21 93,271 CprogHook.WM2003_2577.CAB
01/07/2004 13:22 416,953 EmailWiz_v1.01.0003_NL_1027.CAB
29/12/2004 02:47 0 extromlist.txt
01/03/2004 12:09 849,889 HTC_PocketPC_1.2.4.19_O2_England.cab
01/07/2004 13:23 784,016 IntelliDialer_T-Mobile_WWE_RC10.CAB
01/07/2004 13:23 1,215,679 IntelliPad_TMO_WWE_B12.CAB
01/03/2004 12:09 1,402,476 JAVA_PPC_10.1.0.17_HIMA_WWE(unremovable).CAB
03/11/2004 14:20 78,426 Landscap_WarningMsg_A_220112.sa.CAB
03/11/2004 14:20 68,996 LoadDialogInit_MS_10150402.sa.CAB
19/12/2004 04:41 369,088 MemMaid.armrel.CAB
03/11/2004 14:20 114,903 MIDI561.sa.CAB
01/03/2004 12:54 2,622,328 MMS15024_WWE_Hima_OzUp.sa.CAB
01/03/2004 12:10 419,499 OEM_WWE_04071402.sa.CAB
01/03/2004 12:54 4,608 TPDisable.exe
01/03/2004 12:54 4,608 TPEnable.exe
01/03/2004 12:54 46,755 Version_OU.sa.CAB
01/03/2004 12:10 72,114 VideoMMSB21.sa.CAB

I have also included in the zip file a Today Screen theme I created which will give the upgrade a more O2 feel, its mostly blue so should give a neutral feel to the phone and works well in both light and dark. To install the theme ensure the upgrade completed successfully, dock your XDAII with your PC to start ActiveSync (please note, if this procedure fails you need to download the latest version of ActiveSync from Microsoft, its the same version but a different build i.e 3.71). Drag the O2.tsk file into your XDAII's My Document folder and then click on Start, Settings and Today - from here you should be able to select the O2 theme.

TO DO:

I need to complete the skin for IntelliDialer, at the moment its the stock T-Mobile look but I should have an O2 version ready in a couple of days, all you will have to do is replace some image files in the \Windows directory of your XDAII and your good to go.

*In Use*

I have found my version to be the most stable and I don't know if thats just down to the way I upgraded it (I would recommend all UK O2 users to first ensure their XDAII is running the latest 1.72.00WWE ROM so that you replicate the upgrade process exactly as I did) but it runs very fast now and works a treat.

Allot of people complained about the Start menu not displaying icons but I can confirm that this is how the WM2003SE menu works (I compared it to my XDAIIs phone) and the recent apps are actually listed below the default apps in the Start menu.

Also I have noticed some areas are access via different route now but to be honest I can't see anything missing that I need so I am happy with the end results. It is deffintely more stable and the IntelliDialer is a welcome add-on regardless of WM2003SE being installed, so much easier to dail now and puts the phone app on par with Nokia phones.

I have also found the networking to be much more mature, I connected my SanDisk WiFi card and connected to my WiFi network immediately where as with the WM2003 I had to fiddle about with various settings before I could sustain a healthy connection and I am pretty sure the WiFi speeds are much faster now (and less of a drain on the battery). Bluetooth works well but I never really use it except for Sat Nav which works well and so far I have not had any issues.

As I said, I am very happy with this version now and it should suit any O2 UK XDAII owner. For the future I am hopeful someone rips the WM2003SE verison from a XDAIIs phone, in the mean time I am going to try and get my hands on one of those XDAIIi's (a XDAII running WM2003SE).

Good Luck!

*didn't have the time to upload this to the XDA-Developers FTP so if someone can do that I would be grateful*

Download:

http://www.finalzero.com/uploads/wm2003seo2uk.zip

By the way I used a patched version of ER2003Edit to edit the ROMS:

http://www.finalzero.com/uploads/Patched_ER2003Edit.zip