yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jonazen:
Any skinning differences with this ROM?

Since items like the clock are in different places, will this affect the way various skins work with the new ROM?

Also wondering about tools such as Wisbar Advanced 2, and the choices it gives you for items in the title bar and task bar, reordering them, skinning, etc. Will this all work the same with the new ROM? I imagine it should, just wondering if anyone has tried it out...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] gilbreen:
Re: Any skinning differences with this ROM?

I just upgraded to this ROM last night and had some of the same questions. I use Wisbar Advance 2 and any selections you make through your skin of choice show up as expected and you are able to reorder them as you like. I believe the way WA2 works is it draws itself over the title bar not in lieu of it.

Thanks for the efforts to put this ROM together. My MDA (T-Mobile USA) is running better than ever.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jonazen:
Re: Any skinning differences with this ROM?

Thanks - sounds good....getting more encouraged to give this a try...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Pmavrovic:
Upgrading T-Mobile MDA

Hi I am new to this forum and I have read through all the posts regarding backing up and unlocking the HTC Wizard / Tmobile variant.

I have already backed up my phone using the aWizard utility and I have unlocked it.

Just wondering if the latest firmware posted here is really worth the upgrade from the original firmware loaded on the phone?

Also, for those that have already upgraded with success, did you loose any of the factory installed apps with the modded firmwares available here.

I only ask this due to some of the unsucessful posts in this thread.

Thanks in advance,

Paul Mavrovic :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Pmavrovic:
Re: 1 day with T-Mobile USA 2.17 ROM (Custom)

Just read this post and I see that the new ROM is faster!

HMM food for thought!

buidoi2023, can you confirm that you have not lost any of the features that came with the phone?

Thanks in advance. ( Chompin at the bit to flash! )
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] buidoi2023:
Re: Upgrading T-Mobile MDA

to me it is worth it. not anything that i would missed. the only factory installed app that that i notice missing is the instant messaging package. Is it in the old extROM? if so which one is it? Could some one please let me know?

Thanks

Update: Just answered my own question. it is in the old extROM called Signed_OZPocketPC.Cab.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Pmavrovic:
Thanks for the quick reply!

I think I am going to try out the flash this weekend when I have some downtime!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] DungKHoang:
2.17 Upgrade

Hi,

I successfully upgraded my T-Mobile MDA to this ROM. Evetyrhong looks great so far. I have only few questions:

a) How do you reboot the device into bootloader? When I turn off the phone and use <Power Button> + <Camera button> nothing happens. No boot. It seems like the <Power> Button stops working. To power on I have to do a soft reset. FYI, powering off using this button seems to work

b) I can't find the Pocket Outlook utility. It is replaced by the T-Mobile My-Email utility. How can I get it back?

c) In the Comm Manager, the icon representing the E-mail push is grayed out. How can I enable this? I'd liek to get this mail push thing

d) Finally, how do you configure the GPRS/EDGE connection?

Thanks for your great work and help,

/Dung
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] buidoi2023:
Re: 2.17 Upgrade

Hi Dung,

hopefully I can answer some of your questions.

a. to get to the bootloader turn your phone on (not off) with the power and camera buttons

b. when you are in outlook email. instead of selecting setup my Email, select new account. I think this is what you want though I am not sure

c. for push email to work the email server has to be exchange 2003 with sp2. on the WM5 side you just need to do an exchange sync and put in your exchange sever hostname (exchange external host name). On exchange server side you need to configure outlook mobile access for the account you are using. there will be some complications if your exchange server is configure to use form based auth and SSL for exchange HTPP (OWA, OMA). I am posting this message from my MDA so I can't post up some helpful links regarding about this exchange issue. just let me know if you need help further. after you are done configuring exchange active an successfully perform an exchange active sync, Push Email should start working and the push email button will no longer be grayed out.

d. this ROM should automatically configure GPRS/EDGE if you have Tmo as your service provider. to manually configure it go to Connections in Connections and click on manage existing connection in Tmobile GPRS.

Chúc b?n thành công

Chào Dung
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Pmavrovic:
To add to the previous post with regard to the GRPS/EDGE option:

There is NO way to individually manage EDGE. It is under the GPRS settings of your phone.

On mine I can tell I am on EDGE when I see that the K/sec download is in the right range. Pages come up faster.

I hope this helps. :wink:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] DJSinCity:
Removed pointless IM software?

Please tell me that when you say 'I removed all those pointless IM software' you were only referring to Yahoo and AIM ... because If this rom doesn't have MSN Messenger then I won't want to put it on my phone...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] buidoi2023:
Re: Removed pointless IM software?

Meaning that Yahoo, AIM,and MSN. Just because of that suckie package and you want to pass on a beeter ROM????? You can always load Instant Messaging software back from your backup extROM. You do back up don't you? it's called signed_OZPocket... something. but it sucks anyhow, even with Push Email meaning that EDGE/GPRS is always on. I think i was designed to work with your text messaging rather than data. i was very good when i didn't have the data plan. My Yahoo buddies seem to have lost their patience while waiting for me to answer their IM...... the one I never got hehehe. suckie. Maybe there is a beeter third party IM out there. Does i anyone know? Thanks
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] smstoops:
Battery indicator seems to be stuck

I installed this ROM yesterday and since then my battery indicator seems to be stuck on 100%. Well so I turned on wifi and all power saving features are off just to see if it will move.

After about a half hour it droped to 99% then another 20minutes or so it dropped to 98%.

WOW the battery life has realy improved in this ROM!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Pmavrovic:
Re: Removed pointless IM software?

Here is one that I used to use on my Symbian Phone that was quite good.

They also support Windows Mobile.[/url]www.agilemobile.com/agile_messenger.html[/url]
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] j007w:
Thanks!

I just wanna say thanks! This was the easiest firmware upgrade I've ever done to any phone. Sure beats covering pins with scotch tapes on a Panasonic GU87 and waiting for 45 minutes. :lol: By contrast, this took just 8 minutes and all is well so far.

Thanks again
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Pmavrovic:
After reading all this positive feedback, I am going to flash mine today!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Pmavrovic:
I have one newbie question:

After reading the previous posts and backing up my factory setup, I can see all the .CAB files int he EXT rom backup on my PC.

I am wondering how would I install a specific cab file back to the phone if it is NOT included with the custom ROM given above.

Since I have not yet gone through the process of flashing I am not sure how to install a CAB file onto a pocket PC device...

Is it as simple as copying the CAB to the device and then running it from the UI of the phone?

Thanks in advance, and sorry for the simplicity of the question...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] johnwman:
I flashed my phone with this rom yesterday. It was quite effortless and the installer program took me through all the steps. It took about 10 minutes. All seems well. but to be honest, the phone does not seem any more or less responsive than before I flashed the rom.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] buidoi2023:
Yes just copy the cab file to your storage card or the phone and use file explorer of the phone to run it.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] DJSinCity:
Yes, you are perfectly correct, Is it as simple as copying the CAB to the device and then running it from the UI of the phone
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] DJSinCity:
Yes, you are perfectly correct, It is as simple as copying the CAB to the device and then running it from the UI of the phone
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] buidoi2023:
Re: Removed pointless IM software?

Tried that, It crapped out on me serveral times - so trashed it went. it used to work really well on my MPX220 but maybe it is not WM5 compatible. Thanks anyway. Any one else who had success with agile on their wizard or has a better IM client please let me know.

Thanks

buidoi2023
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] rrryan:
First for the firmware, just upgraded and everything is working perfectly so far.

Just one little thing that I wish can be changed, if anyone can help it will be great.

Is there anyway to have the default battery icon back in the system tray? I usually have mine date/time mod on the taskbar and like the original battery indicator.

Thanks.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Pmavrovic:
I have a full backup of the original shipping EXTROM files.

If someone could direct me as to which one of these CABs contains the battery indicator, I can make it available if needed.

I still have not flashed my phone with the new ROM yet.

I am goign to wait untill a can figgure out how to get the battery indicator back as well.

I tend to think that it may be part of the Connmanager cab, but I am *NOT* sure.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] stormryder:
Ok

help me out here. I've gotten a pretty good understanding on how to do a custom ROM of my own, but I'm pretty much stuck at the converting a nbf file to an nba file so I can dump it and muck around with the files.

I've checked out the nbf to nba tool, but it gives me a "bad password" error when I try to convert the file to an nba. Does the QTEK WWE rom need a password? The tools for dumping the ROM don't recognize the file as is.

I'd like to do a Cingular version of this if at all possible.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] fleshball:
forgot to backupp....

The new rom is lighting fast. Ver ynice...

I just did not back up the extended rom...

.

would someone be willing to give me a c.cab file of the instant messenger?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jonazen:
Even the scaredy-cat is happy!

ROM upgrade was truly painless -- fantastic job - thanks!

What's funny is that the ROM upgrade was the easy part. Now I'm trying to get all my apps reinstalled, themes back in place, and it's the apps that are giving me problems! (nothing to do with the rom -- just need to configure everything). Hopefully it will all be back together soon...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] DungKHoang:
RE: 2.17 Upgrade

Hi BuiDoi2023,

Thanks for your replies. I was able to have DirectPush working with my Exchange server.

Many thanks for all your help!

This rocks!

/Dung
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jonazen:
Re: Even the scaredy-cat is happy!

Ahh well...a few oddities to work out. I seem to have a permanent "Notification" message on the lower left of my screen, my PocketBreeze somehow disappeared (very weird) and I have one or two other oddities to resolve. I'm confident, but this is tedious!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Pmavrovic:
Has anyone been able to get back the battery icon on the front page tray?

I have NOT flashed my MDA vario yet, but I DO like the fact that I am able to see the battery icon on the front tray of the screen.

Thanks.

PS: I have a FULL backup of the original software on the MDA, just wondering if the Battery icon is an EXT ROM thing or part of the OS NBA file.

Also: what util will allow me to open / view the contents of the NBA file?

Thanks in advance.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] xelencin:
3 Things:

1.) There is a cab that REMOVES the old battery meter which I put in the extended rom, this same cab is standard in the qtek and imate versions of these roms. The reason being is that there is NO WAY to remove the battery icon at the top of the screen. What's the point of having 2? This seems to be standard now in the new roms.

2.) The built-in T-Mobile OZ Instant Messaging client is complete garbage, it is also SMS based. Use the alpha version of Agile Messenger for WM5. It can be found in the forum.

3.) I went through testing ALL the Qtek and T-Mobile cabs in this rom. Some of the T-Mobile default cabs WILL MESS UP your WM5 setup and you will have to do a hard reset to fix it. I didn't include any of the undeeded t-mobile customizations including the hotspot utility. This was not included because you can log into a hotspot just by trying to visit a website in pocket ie, it will bring you to the login page. The hotspot utility uses extra memory and is just a waste. Also I do not have a list of what cabs do what, I just grabbed what I needed and combined them into a single cab.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Pmavrovic:
Thanks so much for clarifying this! My default build from T-Mobile does NOT include a battery indicator at the top of the screen, so I was under the assumption that the battery indicator was missing from the front page totally.

As far as the other apps, I agree that I can do without them.

Thanks so much for all you effort on this!

Here is an screenshot of my phone's default screen with the battery indicator @ the bottom.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Pmavrovic:
Just flashed mine!

All is good.

The default battery icon is sufficient in the standard top right.

It would be nice to get the original one back pictured, but that is just a whish list item.

Everything is running bettter and the volume on the phone is slightly better.

Thanks for all the great work all!

:D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] ghostrida:
Hey guys. seen some good reviews of this ROM and am really considering flashing my MDA because I have had so many problems and constantly having to soft-reset to get things going again.

My question is that I have heavily modified my MDA already with reg hacks, applications, overclocking etc. What happens to all this stuff? Do I back it up? Is it unaffected after the update? Does the update wipe this stuff clean?

If so can I just backup to my SD using Sprite or something and restore afterwards or will this cause some conflicts because of the switch in ROMS? Not really too much of a pain to reinstall stuff, but a little annoying i guess, thanks!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Pmavrovic:
actually the flash is just like a FRESH install.

All of you INSTALLED mods will need to be re-applied. ( Based on my experience so far )

It is worth it however.

You can put the CABs of the files you wish to install on your flash card to make the install process easier.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] j0nkatz:
Just flashed! Everything is great so far.

WHat are the extra icons for in Comm Manager? Like the one with a envelope?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jonazen:
Success!

My last post mentioned some troubles I was having. The flash itself went well, but I ran into trouble reinstalling all my apps. I think now that it wasn't totally necessary (there might have been workarounds I missed), but I wound up doing a hard reset today, and reinstalling apps again.

Anyway - net of all this is that my phone is running beautifully now with 2.17 -- thanks SO much for this ROM installer. The ROM really was the easy part -- it's just getting the apps, tweaks and skins all right that I had to be careful about. But now I've got a bunch loaded up, it all works beautifully, looks great, is faster than before, and takes up less memory.

Fantastic! Thanks again!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] lanwarrior:
I've flashed to this new ROM, but now I want to REMOVE the battery icon on the top right bar, because it's covering the date/time icon. The date/time icon is now showing ONLY when I open an application, not on today screen.

Can anyone tell me how to do this?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] summiter:
Unfortunately you can't. It's either hard coded or set via registry. If it's set via registry, the key has yet to be identified.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] lanwarrior:
I think it's set via the registry and not hard coded. Before I flashed my MDA to the ROM 2.17, I was using T-Mobile original ROM and the battery icon was NOT shown. Instead, the time (and later the date via registry change) was shown.

I am mucking around the registry, but couldn't find it so far. I think it may have some funky key name, much like the registry hack of showing the date and time (TBop).
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Pmavrovic:
If you manage to find some way to remove the battery icon from the top of the screen and get the original one to show up on the bottom as in my picture above, please post up the fix!

It is NOT a major issue, just a wish list item.

I am very impressed with this ROM compilation.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Pmavrovic:
BTW:

I found the answer to my battery icon issue from this post

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=42913&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=75

I managed to get back my battery icon on the lower tray.

There are also many other tray solutions there!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] lanwarrior:
Thanks for the info, but it doesn't show anything about changing the battery icon on the top. It seems that there is a way to remove it by using WisBar advance, but I don't want to install a software just to remove the battery bar on top.

It's true that this is not a critical matter, but it hampers my ability to look at the time just by glancing at the Today's screen, much like if I have a regular phone, I can look at the time.

BTW, speaking of battery, I am using SpB Pocket Plus and I can see the battery bar at the very top of the taskbar, in forms of multiple strips that goes down as the battery goes down.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] pinhead:
Is there a way to avoid installing Total Commander with this ROM? I am fine with the other customizations, but that program is annoying in that some of the .cab files I try to install from the storage card don't want to open. It is like Total Commander completely takes control and makes things NOT work.

I uninstalled it but all of it's "commanding" is still there.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] pinhead:
Is there a way to avoid installing Total Commander with this ROM? I am fine with the other customizations, but that program is annoying in that some of the .cab files I try to install from the storage card don't want to open. It is like Total Commander completely takes control and makes things NOT work.

I uninstalled it but all of it's "commanding" is still there.

Btw, thank you very much for doing this Ext ROM setup...it really makes things easy for the rest of us!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] lanwarrior:
Is there a way to tunr on BT without going through Comm Manager? With this ROM, pressing "Exit" on the Comm Manager interface does NOT close that app. I have to go to "Memory" and kill the app manually. Otherwise, It'll take almost 1 Mb of my precious memory.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] MadMDA:
Comm Manager Answer and One Question

I have just flashed my MDA with this ROM and it is working great so far. No problems yet.

In answer to the questions about the Comm Manager icons (decided to answer because I have a related question) the icons (top to bottom - left to right) are:

Phone

WiFi

Stop Data Service

Bluetooth

Microsoft DirectPush (requires Exchange Server 2003 w/SP2)

Vibrate

Active Sync

Some of the above icons are not available all of the time eg. when you "Stop Data Service" the icon is no longer active and cannot be used and DirectPush requires syncing with a server be setup to be available.

However, the question I have is that the icon/button for ActiveSync is never active or usable for me. This is not a huge issue for me as I have setup a schedule for syncing. Am I missing something here? Let me know.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] xelencin:
The only way is to not allow customizations to install and install them yourself manually from the extended rom. I don't see how total commander is affecting you, it does nothing with cabs at all, it is just a file manager/registry editor.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] ghostrida:
Hey, just flashed to this new ROM and all went well. device is functioning properly for the most part.

For some reason the phone is no longer going into standby/sleep mode. The settings are set correctly but no sleep. Screen dims properly, and I can manually sleep using power button. Soft-reset didn't help. anyone have this problem? TIA.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] ansonkemp:
Belkin pre-n

My MDA Vario would not connect with the original Rom. I was hoping this ROM update would allow it to connect but it will still not. I used registry wizard to update the registry settings for Wifi G, but it still will not connect successfully. It seems some rom will work with the Belkin Pre-n. Does any one know which specific rom works with this particular router.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jonazen:
Re: Belkin pre-n

Anson -

I have the belkin pre-n -- actually one of the first they released, ver 1001 (sticker on bottom of unit). Works beautifully with my T-Mobile MDA -- I had it working with the original shipping ROM, and it connects even faster with the 2.17 ROM.

With original ROM, even though I had the 802.11g hack in the MDA, I also had to put the Belkin into "mixed" mode, accepting both "b" and "g" connections. Now with the new ROM, after I put in the 802.11g hack, I can run the Belkin "pre-N" in "g-only" and the MDA still sees it and connects almost immediately.

For security, I'm using WPA/TKIP (note that it must be the same on the router and the phone!), and of course the "psk" (pre-shared-key) must be identical on the router and phone too.

Anyway - the combo works perfectly - MDA with 2.17 ROM, 802.11g hacks and Belkin "pre-n" router set to WPA/TKIP in "mixed" or "g-only".

Note: I've read some posts to the effect that WM5 seems far more compatible with WPA than with WEP...which is ok anyway, since WEP is a seriously compromised "security" standard these days since it's become so easy to crack.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Pmavrovic:
I may have to look into that software for my MDA too. But I have already spent a bunch of $$$ on addon apps, and I am trying to budget myself before my Fiancee makes me buy her something to balance out my spending. HEHE :P
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] HazChem:
I have been enjoying this new quicker ROM for a week and just noticed yesterday that the left soft key is now linked to Phone whereas with the original T-Mobile ROM it was linked to Calender.

Is this just me or do you guys also have this change? Is there a way to remap it to Calendar?

Thanks.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jonazen:
That's pretty weird. I'm using the 2.17 customized ROM, and my left soft-key is still the Calendar key...