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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Xquizit:
I didn't panic, I left the room with the thing on, and I came back and it was still exactly the same. I didn't soft reset until I had an error on the computer that told me it couldnt proceed with the upgrade. I talked to a few people last night, and I just ran the 2nd download link. After trying that one it worked just fine and I seem to be running the new rom OK. One problem I'm having is when I copy my old pim.vol back to the main folder and then soft reset, it doesn't recognize my calendar.. Anyone else experiencing similar problems?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Xquizit:
Nevermind, newb corrects his own problem.

Pim.vol files from older AKU's are not compatible with newer ones, so only Active Sync calendar restoral is possible after a ROM upgrade.

Did I get it right?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] harlenm:
What happened to smart dialing? It doesn't work in this ROM.

nevermind. hard reset fixed it.

nevermind again, it's gone. Some program must be causing it, but I've never had this problem before.

Ok, Sleuth's PTT fix is causing it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] fanningb:
I'm having the same results on this ROM. The fix adds the PTT button, but smart dialing and the use of the scroll wheel to access Call History and Speed dial aren't functional.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] harlenm:
I just found another major upgrade to this ROM. If you put the phone into sleep mode, or it goes into sleep mode automatically, it does not turn off wifi like the old rom did. So, you can put the phone to sleep and still stay connected. That's a really nice feature.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] harlenm:
I pm'd slueth to see if he has any ideas on a fix.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Xquizit:
My signal after this rom upgrade is SO MUCH better. I get 3G around the majority of my house now, and before the upgrade I could only get it if I stood outside for like 5 minutes. The E helps now too.

And along with that, I've had my phone off the charger for 2+ hours and its still showing 100% battery. I dunno if its just gonna drop down to like 70% instead of going incrementally by 90, 80, 70, but I've never had this battery stay at 100% longer than an hour.

I don't mind the slow start-up at all after this improved signal, battery life, and X-Button make this rom worth it alone. When are they gonna make this official for everyone?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] sergiopi:
Just to be close to well know OSes.. boot sequence IPL= the BIOS, SPL= the boot area and system file on bootable disk, RADIO= OS for special hardware device connected, then OS with drivers = XP

Correct?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shogunmark:
I have heard they are suppose to make a public upgrade available next week... however, i doubt this will happen since since this one just came out and has a few bugs that need to be worked out... Not to mention cingular/ATT sucks with their deadlines and upgrades since originally the aku3.3 rom was suppose to have come out in february and never did..

Maybe one of these days if i ever get time i will strip this rom down and make all of the other stuff as cabs to install at the user choice.. but right now my time is limited, not to mention my main pc that i work from is messed up.

But the improved battery you are seeing has been reported by almost everyone who has loaded the 1.40 radio.. so this has seemed to have helped immensly.. but i also think the rom might have something to do with it as the people who have loaded this rom and radio are reporting better battery life than the people with other roms and this radio..
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Newb-Tech-Realtor:
I'm running Black v2.0 and flashed the 1.40 radio two nights ago. I am noticing only minimal improvement on battery life. I am a heavy user, 50-60 push emails a day, 3 POP accounts fetching every 30 minutes and about 10-15 5 minute calls and 4 30+ minute calls. I also use the internet quite a bit...you have no idea how boring sitting at a house waiting for a potential renter to show up can actually be.

Typically I am down to about 50% by lunch time. Today I was down to 60%, so some improvement but not like what everyone else is seeing.

I'll try to power cycle the phone today and see if that improves it.

Jim
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] disruptorx:
DOWNLOAD LINKS DOESNT WORK!!! rapid share says "requested file doesnt exist" moderators please see to this.and cant you guys use some other file hosts like mega upload or liveshare??(or any other easy to download sites)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Newb-Tech-Realtor:
Can you be a little more ungrateful????

Jim
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Gator5000e:
When I run download #1, the signed version, after I reach the update utility, it does not show either the Present Image version or the Version I am trying to upgrade to. Should I be concerned? I upgraded to SPL 1.40 to upgrade the radio, which I did successfully. Now I want to upgrade the whole thing and am getting this. Should I try one of the other downloads or give up completely.

Thanks.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shogunmark:
i just checked all 3 links and they all work..
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Gator5000e:
Never mind - Got it figured out.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] stukes:
You Have To See The Light!!!

You answered your own question. With heavy usage the battery is destined to drain. If I were you force it to use GSM. Unless of course you wan to make video calls. This way you can continue to PUSH and POP away...Cheers!!!:eek:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] mbn:
I upgraded only the radio to 1.40 on my 8525. I'm still using the stock ROM that was shipped with my 8525 and I'm only noticing probably a 10% improvement in battery life with the new radio. My battery life on an average day lasts about 8-9 hours as I'm a heavy push email / phone / IM user with Goodlink installed (no choice, work makes it so) and many, many apps. The pain of reinstalling everything I use is why I'm going to wait until the official Cingular release, which I hope will be free of some of the bugs I see people writing about. I'm in NYC and the UMTS signal is pretty strong here so I'm not sure about signal improvement from the 1.40 radio upgrade. I read somewhere that people are noticing the biggest improvement with the full ROM upgrade. Is that the case?

So is Goodlink the biggest contributor to my quick battery drain? When the 8525 was being released last year I had read here on XDA that excessive battery drain due to Goodlink was a main cause for the initial delay of the device, but that Cingular decided it wasn't worth waiting and that they would fix it with future ROM upgrade. Is anyone using Goodlink with the new ROM and noticing a significant improvement in battery life?

btw- LOVE this forum. So many posts on XDA have prevented me from throwing my previous phone (8125) and my 8525 against the wall.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] joel32137:
Just a heads up...

I believe there's a bug with this ROM and Palm SMS Threading beta 4.

After installing Palm SMS Threading, my radio and GPRS icons get corrupt and says that I don't have cellular service. However, I am able to send and receive SMS messages ...

Can anyone confirm?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shogunmark:
i dont have beta 4, i have the files directly extracted from a cheetah image and it works quite well... but i think i know of the problem you are talking about, i had a similar problem.. this is how i fixed it, i loaded the trinity comm manager, in the trinity comm manager i put the phone into flight mode, then disabled the Beam option (last icon at the bottom) then turned flight mode off.. and this worked for me... odd fix but it worked
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] teknics:
As far as my not being able to change themes, my digitizer is cracked (touchscreen - waiting on a replacement) so I can barely do anything with the phone right now. The only apps I have installed are VC 1.6, .net 2.0, total commander and Sleuth's PTT Fix.

Still, themes dont seem to change. Maybe I will do a hard reset.

Also, this new rom and the extrom cabs eat a ton of memory.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] joel32137:
Widcomm and USB Activesync bug.....

Thanks for the tip shogunmark :)

Tried the steps you suggested but it still doesn't work :( ..... Even tried to use the Phone settings and force my Cell Service but still no go.

Here's another weird bug I'm experiencing... this time with Widcomm Stack. It looks like once you install the Widcomm Stack correctly (making sure BT is turned off, install Widcomm, reboot, and then copy the new SD_PCM_Routing.dll, and reboot), Activesync via USB does not work.

I read in this thread that someone installed Widcomm....

Did anyone experience this problem?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shigeo:
small issues flashing on 8525

has anyone found that in pie some of the images are all pixelated on some pages?

has anyone figured out that some of the phones that have this rom installed show U when in an edge area instead of E? mine shows E and my co workers shows U. we both flashed from black v2.

i have more issues that were found on my coworkers 8525 and not mine... gonna reflash his tonight to see if it was just a bad flash. let hope so
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] joel32137:
Hey shigeo, Did you install the Extended ROM Cabs after you loaded the ROM?

I think I read somewhere in this thread that something in the Extended ROM Cabs screws with your GPRS/E/U icons. I'd try a hard reset... and during the time when it gives you 3 seconds before it installs the ExtROM cabs, do a softreset and see if that fixes your icons. If it does, you'll have to play around and see which ROM screws up the icons. Please post if you discover the problematic ROM.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] vua777:
there is the HTC realplayer for rtsp in the windows folder but not found in start menu
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shigeo:
fixed it

after flashing 2 other phones with no problems

reflashed my coworkers phone and all the issues except the PIE image issue

thanks shogun if you are ever in town we are taking you out for a few drinks
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] marcosjb1:
Cellular Video...

Ok, so this new rom finally includes Cellular (Cingular) video...for some reason, it still doesnt work for me. But yet I do have the dreaded PDA CONNECT UNLTD plan instead of a media net plan, which Cingular forced me to get (but I do enjoy using the isp.cingular apn)...I use Media Net and proxy when surfing the web on the phone itself...and still it says that I don't have a compatible plan...is anyone else who has pda connect unltd able to access CV?...or does anyone know if they are planning on making it compatible for the PDACNNCTUNLTD plan in the future?

-Marcos-
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shigeo:
more issues

we have found another issue with this release

is PIE some "submit/enter" buttons that are enbeded in pages dont work also there seems to be an issue with java?? i say this because some of the scripting comes up on the page.

as an example:

hotmail wont allow log in

ebay shows java scripts and will not allow log ins

does anyone know if there is a fix or update to the java scripts.

thanks in advance
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] joel32137:
I'm able to log on to hotmail without any problems using PIE.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] cmartino:
Updated again...

Since upgrading to this ROM, Internet Explorer seems to be getting stuck on 'Locating...' and eventually times out when using EDGE (wifi works fine). This happens MOST of the time (every once in a while it gets through). Opera, Google Maps, Pocket Weather, and other internet enabled apps all seem to be working fine.

I've tried switching to wap.cingular (MEdiaNet) from isp.cingular (MyISP) with no change. I also tried using opendns name servers.

I've searched around and found people who have had similar issues on other devices/WM versions, but no firm resolution yet.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] ezmike:
I have the same plan as you and connect with MEdia Net settings and I am able to use/see Cellular video. (wap.cingular). Try it. Cingular has a forum where you can search and get many answers related to your phone.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] LMaxwell:
Well I got my MMS problem fixed! :)

Seems after I flashed the new ROM and the phone was going through it's setup, at one point it asks if you want to set up your email account. I said yes, but half way through it started installing cabs and that must have screwed up the Messaging setup. This morning I decided to do a hard reset and just let it run without touching it after setting the time and date. Lo and behold, MMS has returned! :D

I wonder if this might be the cause of the "phantom" text messages people are reporting. :confused:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] margatenj:
Is anyone working on ripping the two apps, for Cingular Video and Audio/Music (XM) out of this? And making each a installable cab file(s)?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] mark720:
Bluetooth A2DP

Does anyone know if this ROM supports bluetooth stereo? Thinking about getting the Moto HT820 headphones and curious if I'll need to apply the hack or not.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shogunmark:
if no one else has done it yet, and when i get my computer back up and working as needed i can put that on my list of things to do...

yes it does
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Sleuth255:
@all:

It appears that PTTFix disables the smartdialer in this version.... I'm looking at it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] dnitram:
All Is Well Here!

I've flashed several ROMs on my Cingular Branded (but unlocked) 8525 recently and this one is working FINE for me. Solved the volume issues and I'm not having any issues I can complain about. I have noticed it seems to run a little slow, but it does run well, thus I have no complaints. :)

I suppose I'm gutless, as I've downloaded several WM6 ROMs, but just can't bring myself to "cross over." LOL!!! :eek: As a noob, I came awfully close to bricking it, but got some help and pulled it out of the fire. Since it's working so well, I'm going to TRY and be patient and wait for Cingular's WM6 version which will probably be out mid to late Summer (knowing Cingular it will likely be the Fall before it's out).

Just as a FYI, my other phone is a HTC P3600 (flashed to the latest WM5 ROM) and it is HOT!!! It's also on Cingular and works FINE. :)

This Forum is fantastic! However, a noob must know his/her limits. My pockets aren't "full," so I can't afford to be a "BRICK" mason, as it were! LOL :)

My hat is off to all of those folks who quite simply have forgotten more than I know about this stuff. What a GREAT FORUM and Site!!!

Thanks!!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] dnitram:
Meant To Add This...

Battery Life seems to be better, as I swapped my extended battery for the OEM one. Prir to flashing this ROM, I'd charge the phone overnight with it showing around 30% left. Now it usually shows 40 to 50% (and that could vary).

I heard someone mention that they could hardly get 3G in their home (had to go on the front porch to get a 3G signal). Prior to flashing this ROM my signal would vary from 1 bar to 3 bars and I would on occasion get a 3G signal. After flashing I get 2 to full bars. However, I don't get a 3G signal unless I'm in an area of the house with a strong signal to begin with. I find the radio is more STABLE and Edge signals seem to be stronger.

OK, talking about 3G (sucks a battery down - we're all aware of that :mad: ), does anyone have a FIX to temporary disable 3G with Cingular? (something that doesn't require Registry entries? Yeah 3G is great, BUT if you use the phone for business like I do, I don't have to have 3G enabled... battery life is MORE important to me.

Thanks again!!! :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] LiquidHonesty:
Has anyone found a reason for the switch to MediaNet only? With my previous ROM I could connect to both isp.cingular and mediaNet. I've been told that isp.cingular is better, thus I always used it. Since flashing this latest rom, Medianet is my only option, if I use isp.cingular it just gets stuck at "locating".

It seems to work fine, but mediaNet is supposedly worse than the other, so I'd like it back, perhaps.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] darksideImports:
Blackberry Connect on the new ROM????

I know some asked but there was no responds. Where is the Blackberry Connect on the new rom?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] leoiden:
anyone have a solution to Video Calling on the 8525?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] jfharden:
No Blackberry Connect...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shogunmark:
um you mean besides the fact its missing the front camera :confused:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] leoiden:
correct

yes i sawa somewhere that there is a cab from an extended rom that enables the video calling has anyone tried this?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] ernestm:
Is it possible to use back camera for videocall. I know it suppose to show your face, not other person, but putting that aside, is it possible to connect 2 8525 on ciingular for videocall (assuming both have dataplan) and get it working?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] spanky310:
WIFI connectivity question

I installed the new rom and all seems well until I set up the WIFI connection and try to connect.

When I start up WIFI it will connect right away and was assigned an IP. I then launch PIE and it will sometimes connect or just sits there showing 'locating'... I have also tried Opera and the same thing happens. When it does connect it will only be for 4 to 5 seconds then it just sits there.

I then tried turning off my radio leaving only WIFI on then it will connect but the strange thing is that it will only pull a few pages (4 or 5 seconds of connectivity ) and then will just sit there showing 'locating'.

Anyone experiencing the same symptoms and know of a fix for it?

Thanks!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] johnnyshu0129:
Problems

Is anyone else having problems with their media player. After installing the new ROM I can not use stereo bluetooth, and it will not play vid files. I keep getting error messages. Help! Thanks
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] kalrykh:
im a light user as of late. my paychecks aren't fat and i decided to cut the data plan to help lighten my load. as a light user, with the stock rom, i was lucky to get 2 days on a charge. after updating to this one (probably more to do with the radio) i've noticed a dramatic difference. instead of having to charge 3-4 times a week, i can go with 2. only issue i've run into so far has been with media player. i've got a 2 gb card loaded with music. after finding all the files, adding them to the library hangs at about 30 percent. the device itself doesnt hang, just adding them. this is similar to an issue present in the original rom where it would delete your library database and you'd have to readd them any time you used the camera to take pictures by deleting the msmetadata folder. if you tried to add them without deleting the folder, it would hang on finding the files, not adding them, however. so i dunno what's going on. just thought i'd throw that in.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] badwzrd:
PTT issue

Has anyone had issue witht the PTT. When I make a call it is fine but incoming comes in as calls. Anyone else having this issue or know a fix for it?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shigeo:
i didnt have an issue with ptt myself but one of my teams phones did, i dont know if it is like your issue but whenever a ptt came in or was sent out it would go thru and show as connected but the status screen never came up it just stayed on the today screen.

we fixed with a reflash everything worked fine after that.

might be a bad flash...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] johnnyshu0129:
Please Some Help Over Here

Is anyone else having problems with their media player. After installing the new ROM I can not use stereo bluetooth, and it will not play vid files. I keep getting error messages. Help! Thanks. I read the thread and found nothing. I'm a newb please help.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] moosefang:
Switch between GPRS, UMTS and auto modes

Try this app. Still in beta but works very well.

http://www.commmgrpro.com/,

forum here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=299070

john
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] moosefang:
Bigger storage

shogunmark - can this rom be run through toolchain to get more storage or is this it. I was very excited with The Cing Black rom with the cingular apps intalled but now he has removed everything except the settings. john
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] CUSTEL:
1. I am working on a compressed version of this wm5 rom atm

2. I didn't remove the files they are still there in cing black v2.0.2 which is also compressed, cing black v2.0 vanilla is the one without them.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] monkey28rb:
@ CUSTEL

is it possible for you to extract the real player that is in the cingular 2.06 rom or possibly this rom and add it in a newer version of black?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] CUSTEL:
already have but I can't play with it until later on next week. I haven't been able to work while cooking seeing I can't concentrate on the tables while fixing issues. my day job is only for insurance I play poker for primary income when I get home so I need to play catch up to pay the bills :) I'll play with it over the weekend and see if I can get cing vid woking.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] monkey28rb:
alright sounds good man.. pm me when you get it done if ya can ( just in case i miss it :) )
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] jyavenard:
Well, after running this ROM for a few hours, I will revert back to the Qtek 2.06 one.

For the following reasons (not complete list)

-PIE is set up to use a hard-coded proxy, even though I've changed the registry, in 2 hours it has reset itself 3 times. I'm not with AT&T with is a problem

-When a data connection is active, it shows as if it's always transfering data. And more special logo when using HSDPA. So you can't tell if the connection is idle and it's not showing anything with the signal level indicator.

-My fix for changing the user-agent string doesn't work anymore (worked in 2.06), so I can not connect to my usual WAP site (Telstra). And I couldn't be bothered finding a way around it again

-No video calls

-Couldn't manage to get Foxtel on my phone anymore

One thing I loved though is the ability to go to silent mode, simply by holding the commmanager button... Is there an easy way to have this behaviour on other ROM ?

Thanks

JY
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] moosefang:
Thanks

Thanks Custel: I really want to thank you for your work on cing black 2.02. I was there when you put out cing 1.0 . I am glad that you and jj got past that. I think more carrier roms is the way to go. thanks john
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] moosefang:
comm vibrate.

Try this cab. john
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] jyavenard:
Excellent, thank you for this.