yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] masr1979:
Bug it is not my friend, I think most, if not all, custom roms hide the sim contacts. It's actually a registry edit, if I'm not mistaken it's HKCU\ControlPanel\Keybd\Showsim you need to set that to 1 it should be 0. Or you could just open up Registry Wizard and uncheck "Hide Sim-Contacts" on the first "tweaks" page.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] golfernutnflorida:
You can copy from the sim manager to your contacts, just click around in the sim manager and you can select all and then copy to contacts.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] golfernutnflorida:
Have you tried reflashing? Or upgrading your radio rom? This happens to me after a soft reset or a hard reset but soft resetting fixes it every time.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] d0ug:
Yeah i know that i can do that, but i dont want to do that. I dont want my SIM contacts to be outdated. I on occasion use my SIM in a normal phone when i dont want to bring the pocketpc.

This worked proper in my original 2.17 firmware. This page shows how the contacts list should look, listing both "outlook" contacts and SIM contacts

http://msmobiles.com/news.php/5857.html
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] saeba:
Yes, I've noticed this in both versions of the ROM. I've found that when this happens, if I then soft-reset the phone, then WiFi will either come on when it restarts or I can restart it manually.

There was mention that there was some WiFi integration done in this ROM to get AES encyption for the WiFi stack. Small price to pay to get my home systems back on AES again :-)!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] creative_vitamin:
this is great piece of work!

thks thks faria!!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] d0ug:
I just made a screenshot of my 2.17 firmware showing the contacts. the SIM contacts obviously have the sim card next to them, and the 3 at the top are "outlook" contacts
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] d0ug:
Sorry i missed your post masr1979. Registry Wizard fixed it. Thanks for the help
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] j3d1n4s7y:
custome background

Has anyone tried using a custom picture as their background? I'm trying to get this to display correctly...is this a lighting or a transparency issue?

Well I'll be messing around in the registry...let you guys know what I find...

Faria...the ROM is lovely...us wizard owners will genuinely miss your cooking and support...thanks for all you have done
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] lsnizzle:
First of all, I think this was one of the best roms i have tried. It was very speedy, had useful apps, and had more memory than any previously rom I used. BTW I tried both the 6mb and 8mb page pool. The only downfall for me was the major battery drain. Sometimes when I pick up my phone after not using it for a couple of hours but had at least 40% of power, it was dead. I never had this problem with the 2.26 rom. The 2.26 rom would last me for days. Which is why I will switch back to the t-mobile 2.26 rom. But I still encourage other people who havent used farias roms to still try them. There might be more other glitches that he may want to know so he can fix in more future roms. For me, his roms were perfect just the battery I had problems with. but overall was great. thanks faria.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] chan_x:
Battery drain

sadly I have the same problem, battery drops about 50% overnight. The only apps I added are tom tom 6.030, skype and spbtoplay from the extended rom (skype from the extended rom did'nt work for me). I find it odd that most people don't seem to have this issue, guess I must be doing something wrong.

very unfortunate because I love the rom in every aspect other than my problem, I'll be sure to try the next version to see if it persists.

thnx for the work you put in

MDA Vario

WIZA200

IPL 2.26

SPL 2.26

Radio 02.25.11 Cingular
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] prestonmcafee:
Did you try turning off infrared?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] andersh:
I've not noticed any problems with battery drain earlier (using both versions of the 3.3 ROM), but this morning my device had turned itself off during the night and the battery was completely empty. I know for certain that the only things running were some Today plugins (PhoneAlarm, iLauncher, PocketWeather, and Pocket Breeze), and the phone was turned off.

I will investigate this more during the next couple of days and report back.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jocool:
With a new ROM the batter drain could be bogus. When installing a new ROM you should let your battery drain to less than 10%, and then let it charge for a full 12 hours. After that it will tell you the true battery status and stop the strange stuff. It might be what is happening to you and it might not, but I think it is at least worth at try.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] chan_x:
thnx for the input guys, I've turned off incoming beams and will recharge it fully (although I always do this) and report back later.

p.s. I really like this forum, so many helpfull people :)

MDA Vario

WIZA200

IPL 2.26

SPL 2.26

Radio 02.25.11 Cingular
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] masr1979:
Also be sure not to have your device overclocked while charging, I think I read somewhere that your battery doesn't charge properly while your cpu is overclocked which kinda makes sense, so to be on the safe side try that as well.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] melvynadam:
Do you have a source for this? I'd be very interested in seeing the "somewhere" and a quick google search turned up nothing relevant.

Faria, any ideas about this? There are many reports about battery problems with v1 and v2 of this ROM. I'd be interested to know if you or the other chefs have any thoughts. Perhaps you can suggest some further tests that others can carry out to help with diagnosing the problem?

Actually, he hasn't "ignored" them - he has announced that precisely because of people who have upset him, he will be leaving the Wizard forums. If anything, he has "ignored" the overwhelming majority of posters in this thread who have said "thanks so much, I really appreciate all of the effort you put into these ROMs. We really value your input." If you read back through the 26 pages there are about a hundred posts saying "thanks, you're the best!". It's Faria's choice what to do about things that upset him but personally I think that blaming the users for lack of appreciation is a very unfair slander to throw at a large group of people who on the whole seem to be showing an enormous level of gratitude.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Taomyn:
This ROM and SPB Plus

Firstly, my heartfelt thanks to Faria for what is in my opinion the best ROM I've had running since I first got my QTEK 9100 9 months ago. Yes, it has a few niggles, don't they all, but I can live with them until I can get them sorted and the many extras with this ROM more than make up for it (especially now having WPA2 for WiFi - yay!!). :D:D

Anyway, to my question. :confused:

Has anyone installed SPB Plus onto this ROM? I had an AKU 3.2 ROM on the phone before this one, and installing the application would hang the phone on the first soft-reset needing a full hard-reset to get back into the phone (everyone had the same issu). Obviously after spending a few hours getting this one running almost how I want, I'm hesitant to try installing it in case I lose it all. :eek:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Matt2741:
Calender

reloaded rom again before sync calender works fine no problems after sync still no good. 141 appointments synchronised e-mails moved to storage card34.73mb free in storage and 21.64mb free in programs. wonder wether it is a memory issue! is there any way of sync appointments to memory card?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zivke85:
Baterry drain

Maybe the battery drain has something to do with the WiFi problem that some of the people here have encountered (not being able to turn it on or off). In my expirience, the battery is drained the most when Wizard is trying to connect to a network. I don't have this problem myself, and this is just an idea...

I also think that all people with this problem should drain and fully recharge the battery a few times before making any assumptions...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Insane Devil:
HI all, Is it possible to have all these small apps within this rom as a seperate list of cab files? i want to install a few apps from this rom to my Artemis. Please help me...

else if someoen can guide me how i can extract the apps from this rom, then i will download this rom and get going.

thanks a lot!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] masr1979:
Don't know how much of a difference it makes, but have you tried to set the "Power Mode" under "Wireless Lan" to "Best Battery"? don't think that's it, but hey who knows.

As I said "I think" I read that, as far as "Somewhere" right here on this forums since I don't really frequent any other ppc forums.

He's already stated he's going to do another rom, and quite frankly I don't know how him or any of the other devs put up with all the drama here. Saying he's ignoring the people that have thanked him is uncalled for since anyone that has been for a few months on these forums has seen faria responding and helping people.

In any case, forgive me if I sound disrespectful or ungrateful, faria isn't indispensable and if he decides to have a life and not answer all our questions then let's not judge the man since he's literally doing all this out of the kindness of his heart.... I think..... why do you guys put up with all this anyway??????? you people are weird LOL.

Anywho you can be sure that if faria steps down someone will take his place, maybe the next person won't be as good as he is or maybe he'll be better, we'll know when and if that time comes.

I hope he sticks around though, because with each release he keeps getting better and better, but if he does decide to chill, Godspeed to him and I could only say thank you for all the help.

*edit* melvinadam do a search within the forum for "omapclock", "battery", and "drain" or the later two an "overclock" set it to show results by posts, personally I saw it in the batterystatus thread *edit*
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] esselite:
Battery

This is exacly what everybody should try.

I have experienced this many times after upgrading the ROM.

I have noticed also that charging in USB doesn`t give the same effect like with the original charger.

Wizard always gived better battery stability after 5-7 full discharge cycles.

In case of the ROM, I know myself as a very demanding person. After trying this version PP 6mb I can say it is most suitable for me and for application running on my Wizzard.

But the most important to Faria:

You make me able to discover my Wizard every time as new device. Thanks to the people like you, I`m still satisfied from using the Wizard without any complex when watching news about another PPC relases.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] faria:
try what other user suggest ....myself i got no such issue.

you can also try the folowing; note this has no been tested.

Power Management for- Increase Battery life

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\AsyncMac1\Parms]"DisablePowerManagement"=dword:1Change to"DisablePowerManagement"=dword:0[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\Irsir1\Parms]"DisablePowerManagement"=dword:1Change to"DisablePowerManagement"=dword:0[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\PPTP1\Parms]"DisablePowerManagement"=dword:1Change to"DisablePowerManagement"=dword:0[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\L2TP1\Parms]"DisablePowerManagement"=dword:1Change to"DisablePowerManagement"=dword:0

it is said that it runs fine if you desable....safe mode

dear friend...

your comment is untrue...i have not ignored any people....if you read back you will find that a said thanks for you support...now if i m to say thanks to every post that then the tread will become giant.....i believe i expressed my gratitude when i said that i will update the rom....please take into account that i got a live,i also posted that I'm will be not as much in the forum because of personal reasons....this is very time cosuming.....you also may noticed that no other rom cookers are not supporting this rom much anymore.....[wonder why?!...i have also emailed privately most of the people that have donated saying thanks.bear in mind ....i do this for free and if your carrier provided as much support as i do we would not require this site.

in short...i do not owe anything to anyone here....im also a mod...but also a rom maker and a person.

i hopes this closes this matter.

for those that fell ignored ...here it is.....thank you

ps;

a will be only ansering questions from now on on weekends only.

today is my day off....how would you like to spend your day off answering questions.PMS? seriously man...give me break.

this is not in any way a flame.....this is becoming rather tiring.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Paladin27:
I just wanted to say thanks to everyone involved with making this ROM! I flashed it onto my Imate KJAM and it's like having a new device again! I am a developer so I appreciate how much time you must have spent getting this working and getting it debugged. I don't know what we would do without the xda-dev community and their relentless pursuit for the best mobile device and software. Thanks so much!

Faria, don't let a few whiners get you down, there are so many more people who greatly appreciate all the hours you spend deving and testing these firmware releases so that our devices are faster, better and more fun!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Taomyn:
Thanks Faria - I installed the 3.2 beta from their site and made sure to disable the "Safe mode" modules before restarting the phone. Seems to be running fine.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] faria:
this comes as default....in previous rom people wanted the option of having the phone in the start menu rather than other items ...so i left it.it is a use choice.

m afraid i dont know the solution as i dont use the app...sorry.maybe someone else can help you?

can you elaborate please?

xnvew is running from the extende rom only on g3 devices....i will lock into the issue.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] aminsamizadeh:
Does anybody have Activesync problem which were in Previous build of this ROM?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Taomyn:
WiFi issues

Except for maybe the original 1.x ROM I got with the phone, each new ROM has had various issues with WiFi.

When the ROM is first installed it detects the access points and connects first time (whether using security or not). However subsequent connections to the same access points at later times take longer and longer to connect and most of the time complete refuse. The screen states they are "available", I connect, it says "connecting", then after 10-20 seconds says "unavailable".

Like I said it varies from ROM to ROM as to how long I have to wait for a connection and it never matters how far or close to the access point I am - I can be right next to it and never connect. Sorry to say, but this ROM is certainly not the best in this issue, I had one that was worse, but I can live with it short term.

Are there any tweaks I can use to get more reliable connections? Is there a

way to log the connections so I can see any problems?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] prestonmcafee:
Great ROM

This ROM is best yet. It is much snappier than 3.0.0.0 and all my software runs flawlessly. (I put the software on the wiki.) It responds great and looks great and because several of the programs I already used -- batterystatus, wm5newmenu -- were already included, getting back to fully configured went quickly. I keep finding easter eggs, like wififofum, programs I wasn't expected installed. Good show! Great ROM. Great splash! Thanks!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] azapa:
Just A Huge Thanks

Works 100% on a unlocked G4. Thanks so much for all your hard work...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Zzan:
Calibrate your battery. Rechargable batteries lose capacity over time and in order to maximize their life you should fully discharge and recharge at least once a month. If you frequently change roms you should let the battery fully discharge after flashing and then recharge with the wall charger. If you do this you should find that your battery doesn't drain significantly faster or slower than any other rom. I do this every time and have never had a battery drain problem that many others have complained about.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] esselite:
I`m having the same starting from my first upgrade for non-carrier ROM.

I`ve noticed it happens only with some AP and unfortunately with my at home, also :D Everytime when trying to connect WLAN I have to repeat the proces few times independently if the network is encrypted or autentication is opened.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] mikey411:
I used iGuidance v3 and now v3.0.1 and they both worked flawlessly on v1 and i will try v2 when i use it today

btw Thanks to Faria for the best ROM ever!! :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zivke85:
Maybe this will help with your home WLAN (go through it step by step):

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_02april08.mspx
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] esselite:
Ohh come on...these are the basics and my router is well configured, at least my laptop doesn`t complain ;)

ad-hoc connection is not what I`m interested about, but thanks anyway for your link.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] i5lee8bit:
sorry I have to ask this, but I just spent the last 2 hours searching for this, and i can't find a simple straight answer. i would also like an answer out of someone with personal experience with the same situation, i don't want to risk bricking someone else's phone. I ALREADY INSTALLED THIS (v2) TO MY OWN G3 CING8125 SIM/CID Unlocked, but my friend has a G4 model that has not been unlocked at all. so i really need to know this one thing really bad...! please!

WM5 AKU 3.3 ROM v1

directly from that forum post, it says "Apparently G4 Devices do need to be CID Unlocked."

WM5 AKU 3.3 ROM v2

now it says "ALL DEVICES DO NEED to be CID Unlocked IN ORDER TO INSTALL THIS ROM"

so what is it in v2 that's not in v1 that makes it so you MUST CID Unlock? forget the little details actually, can someone just tell me if AKU3.3 v1 really does work with no problems on a CID-LOCKED G4? And I guess that v2 does NOT work on a CID-LOCKED G4? I'm just confused cause v1 apparently worked on cid-locked G4's, but now to install v2, you must CID unlock? I'm confused. =(

mostly, i would like to know:

on a CID-LOCKED G4, will v1 install without problems (2.x bootloader, 2.x radio already on phone), and v2 is totally out of the question without first cid-unlocking? THANKS FOR ANY HELP!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] faria:
all devices whether g3 or g4 need to be CID unlocked in order to install any custom rom or any rom from any other provider other than yours.

as far as i know there is no issues arising from the rom.....delete the partnership in the PC and device then try again
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] underneathurclothes:
I agree. I have tried this ROM and Faria Aku3 V1, both have the same issue with Wifi. Does anyone else have the same issue or may know how to solve it. If Wifi problem is fixed then this rom is the best i've known.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] faria:
go to wifi settings and remove all the connections ....reboot...and conect again..this happens if u got wrong password etc.

this is because certain carriers include extra settings in the XML files to personalise the phone.....of course all the relevant files are not there because that would mean i have to put those files in the rom,from every carrier....plus i also changed the today default background....im afraid it is just a minor side effect.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Tsuioku:
Looks like I forgot the most important part... I actually LIKE this side effect... hehe... In V1, I liked how the today background would be Cyclic_blackbars and the Start Menu would show my gf's pic :D . V2 has bliss and just doesn't match :p

I was just wondering if it would be possible to tweak it in such a way that it can become an actual feature or at least be able to customize the today background by replacing a certain file (and not install any carrier settings).
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] g0dblissyou:
Update Rom

Hi, faria

It's great to hear you are going to a update rom, but just one question I wanted to know is it going to be a patch or another new update rom, cause that would mean when the time comes I might have reinstall all the programs I have on my currently setting.

Awesome kiddo, I read you posts and know you help alot of people on this rom, wish there was more rom cooker like you on the wizard. Peace out.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] rpodos:
Same concern, but I had a thought: After installing another release of this ROM, V3 I guess, wouldn;t restoring a backup work just fine? SPB Backup, in my case (but I'd use whatever if it made a difference).
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] rpodos:
Some observations:

* Soft resets: I'm seeing freezes too. Have tried built-in app, iLauncher, and psShutXP... all sometimes freeze, requiring manual button press. ALWAYS freeze from soft reset whilst plugged in for USB ActiveSync... this is a problem, as I like to run a back-up and reset whilst plugged in overnight.

* Media: Audio is slightly out of sync in PocketTV. TCPMP is stuttering a bit on high-bandwidth. WHAT DID YOU DO TO MEDIA VOLUME??!! :lol: Nearly busted my eardrums! :twothumbs:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jocool:
Just one comment. If you charge to 100% it will not help your new ROM learn the battery status. You need to drain the battery before.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] rpodos:
I haven;t done this yet. When you say drain, do you mean 0% and the Wizard shuts down, or is ~5% enough?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jocool:
under 10% is usually good enough.

This happened to me in previous ROMs and that fixed it.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] ClassicalDonkey:
Faria

Will you be private contacting for rom after you have gone??
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] faria:
sorry ..what do you mean?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] faria:
yes I'm aware of this...but the setting for some reason behave different one installed in the core of the rom.....anyway i believe i found a compromise for the next update.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] XSIVSPD:
hi, im hinking of upgrading the the 2.47.11 radio from the cingular 2.25... has anyone run this rom with the 2.47 radio? if so any problems? i get crappy reception in my house and hopefully this will fix it

thanks
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] RichiePL:
Hello ! Good rom, but with one exclusion - sound quality by BT Stereo Headphones (A2DP) in my opinion is not aceptable. This problem not happen in case of use normal (wired) headphones. Why ?

Thanks - Richie
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] golfernutnflorida:
Same thing for me.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] ClassicalDonkey:
Will you be a private contacter, so your follows will be able to get the new roms for a fee!!! LOL hehehehe
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] kerrkj:
Quality is likely where it needs to be, but the default setting is for mono rather than stereo. Check my post earlier in this thread for a simple registry fix to turn on stereo A2DP, also on the WIKI