[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] saulo866:
Dear All

I am very disattisfied from WM05 compares to my (XDA) WM03. I wish you can share some suggestions and advices.

PROBLEMS with Wizard T-mobile Vario (=Qteck 9100) and Windows Mobile 2005, version 2.17WWE:

1. Memory limitations:

Only 47 MB of Storage and only 44 MB for Program! Total 91MB

At startup, after hard reset, even with pressing soft reset within 3 secs, you have no more that 25MB of storage and 30MB of Program, very little!

It should be 128MB ram to 64MB rom, totale 192MB

Not only we are missing 101MB, what is worst is that the new OS don't let you allocate RAM or ROM

In my case some application (for example Chinese fonts) are heavy (8MB) and cannot be installed on mini-SD card. Simply you cannot choose, they install in main memory.

After a minium batch of required software are installed I end up with a super slow machine, with just 11MB Storage memory and 16MB Program memory

2. Memory cannot be re-allocated

I would be more that glad to get rid of most native applications (like intellidial, skype, etc). But it seems NOT possible.

Nobody was able to cook External ROM

3. TotalCommander

Even cooking external rom, what benefit?

By using TotalCommander it seems that cab istalled to external rom are very little in size.

So my question again: where is all the 192 memory gone? Who uses it, which programs? How can the OS be so large?

4. MS Contacts Problem

If you filter by using categories, the filter is NOT retained!

In wm03 it was (until next software reset, of course).

I mean if you filter using "business" categories, then you (without soft resetting) make calls, or do something else, at next time the filter is gone. You must re-select it

5. Installing application with Active Sync

Very funny: I have tested all my apps and they are ALL compatible with WM05. Also the software house confirmed to me.

Now look at Spb Backup V1.1.2. It is compatible to wm05, right?

Or Lingvosoft dictionaries 2006

Or Slovoed Dictionaries 2006

These sfw are fully compatible and in fact no problem with them.

But if you run low in memory (for example Storage free 15MB and Program free 16MB, like now) what happens is:

5.1 either the program install and then NOTHING appears in startup memu. Simply they are not there, even if no error messages appear.

or

5.2 the desktop active synct installation sees that your internal memory is too short and ask you where to install. You choose STORAGE CARD and INVARIABLY AFTER INSTALLATION THE RESULT IS: INSTALLATION IS UNSYCCESFUL!

Then you can free memory or erase previous software: YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO INSTALL THE FAILED APPS ANYMORE!, UNTIL YOU MAKE A FRESH HARD RESET.

After a fresh hard reset the application can be installaed without problem!

CONCLUSION: IF ACTIVE SYNC ASKS YOU WHERE TO INSTALL, THEN SURELY THE INSTALLATION WILL ABORT.

5.3 Active sync DOES not ask where to install the application.

The installation completes and then a message says: installation unsuccessful, because it WAS NOT digitally signed!?!

If this is the case, NO WAY to install the application, until next HARD RESET

After hard reset, the application may install and work flawlessy!

6. Installing application from mini-SD card

I tried with TomTom 5.21

Don't even start!

7. Zone Alarm

I still have to shut down Zone Alarm 6.1.744 in order to Active Sync to sync with Wizard. No way to accept the virtual LAN network. Do you know a solution?

8. OmapClock

how yo make omapclock to retain the new speed (say 240MHz)?

Sometime it will retain. Sometime after few minutes the speed reverts to 180MHz. I did not make any soft reset in between.

Please let me have your suggestions on some of these strange behaviours

Thanks and waiting

saulo866