yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] beowulfs:
don't know if anyone else has had to do this, but to get the voice speed dial to work, i've had to copy (not cut) the shortcut out of

\windows\start menu\programs

and paste it to

\windows\appbuttons

then it works

just fyi
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] chamelion:
WIKI UPDATED with vanilla downloads

MIRROR TO VANILLA.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] sacosta74:
Thank you very much for mirror link

This is great for people who are at work behind a firewall and where rapidshare and similar sites are blocked because company policy.

Thanks again
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] hitch:
Strange, I'm unable to access the windows folder using Active Sync

Black "Cing" 2.0.2 . Using active sync the windows menu is not there. So access to all of the folders within windows is not available. I can use file explorer on the TyTN and see all of the folders, just not using active sync. Other than that, Black 2.0 is great.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] minhaferzz:
Actually, when you select a song from a SD card, WM6 copies the song to the /My Documents/My Ringtones folder.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] johnburn:
Whoa!! Slow down buddy. I am on your side. First of all, I am not a n00b, I don't rack up my post count with dumb posts like "I'm downloading now, will let you know if I like the taste..." to get to Senior Member status (and I am not suggesting in the least that you did either, but there are some here that do that :(). I want to help out the next guy as much as you do. However, if you are going to post sarcastic comments, at least put a ;) in the post so those of thus that "aren't in the know" get your drift, if it was your intention to be sarcastic. I am sure that had Custel made the major move of going to a different ROM source he would have said so more clearly.

We're all getting a little hot under the collar with real n00bs posting dumb repetitive questions, maybe we should all just chill a bit. Peace, brother?

John
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] CUSTEL:
Vanilla is a term used, not a rebranding. It being vanilla meaning all it contains are cingular initial settings, a few cingular icon changes, as well as cingular enable/disable proxy function, all executables were also compressed to gain storage. It is still black 2.0, people asked for it therefore they got it, but I see the direction this is going and will probably go back to lurking from now on....

When were you ever able to?

He asked a simple question and got attacked when he was one of the roles in bringing the wonderful black 2.0 to us, the response was justified. Yes, it is still black 2.0, I wouldn't use any other wm6 rom...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] hitch:
When were you ever able to?

Every version of PPC back to my Casio e11 and up to WM6 XL live that I took off yesterday.

I've always found it easier to create shortcuts and place them using the file explorer in active sync, old eyes you know. Now the access is not there in the A/S file explorer. FYI, I just had to replace my laptop HD on monday, perhaps I've got something messed up when I loaded Active Sync.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] CUSTEL:
Windows directory was never accessible on neither my treo 750 nor my hermes
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] monkey28rb:
guys cant we all just get along :).. haha but you all are awesome putting all this work in
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] djaladin:
Just a quick question for Custel or anyone else with the knowledge and/or an interest level high enough to do it...

Are you going to try to rebuild the Cingular Black 2.0 to get Cellular/Cingular Video to work? I was looking forward to it initially, but I know some stuff was really deeply integrated in the rom and gave issues. I, like anyone else who's tried I assume, can get to the CV site (most previous official roms couldn't) and try to download the .ram file to play. But even with Realplayer installed, the video always errors out. I did try the Realplayer link in this thread that has worked for some users in the past as well as grabbing the cab file after trying to use the broken EXE from Real.com. No luck either way, even after hard resets and reinstallations.

Anyways, I can certainly live without CV and will gladly exchange the ability to use a WM6 rom in lieu of Cellular Video. But if it can be made to work, that would be all the better. :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] CUSTEL:
It will be working in 2.0.3 this weekend or next week.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Bibto:
Windows Directory

I am using Black 1.2 and can open the windows directory on my 8525 with no problems using Activesync. Have always been able to. I have not yet flashed CUSTEL 2.02 which was my next step to test Pro 6 and the speed of the new ROM.

Will let you know if there are any differences accessing the windows directory via the activesync explorer.

Rick

oops, need to update my sig.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] todd_jg:
Custel: Also posted this in the Black 2.5 tech discussion, but I think these are two separate dev threads now.

Check out this black Comm Mgr app - I already use the Trinity 10 button CommMgr - works well. This looks NICE!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=1224761#post1224761
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] johnburn:
It depends on how you set up your Windows folder options. If you have "Show hidden files and folders" selected, you will see and be able to open \Windows on your device. If you have "Do not show hidden files and folders" selected, you won't even see \Windows appear in the Windows Explorer window.

John
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] CUSTEL:
ty, I didn't see that, I will play with it for the next release.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] hitch:
Thank you Johnburn. I just loaded the OS to the new HD on Monday and never thought to check the folder settings. I feel like a complete dumbA..! I did not think that folder options would affect the file explorer in Activesync. Guess I've asked my allocation of dumb questions for the month.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] johnburn:
You're right, Custel. I overstepped my bounds. walshie, please accept my apologies. My original comment to you and even my response to your (in hindsight, quite justified) outburst, were unacceptable for a site of this calibre. Where would we be without the excellent work that people like yourself, JJ, Custel, pof, Sleuth255, etc. etc. put into this site? Waiting for HTC/M$ to get off their high horses and do something, I know! ;)

I like to think that I spend a lot of time on these pages, but it is probably nothing compared to you guys. Keep up the good work, and let's move on...

Regards,

John
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] derek.melton@gmail.com:
Keyboard and COMM toggle

I cannot get the keyboard and comm toggle fix cabs to work. I've tried them on Black 2.0 and now Custel Black 2.02.

Am I missing something? I know I used these fixes on the LVSW roms and they worked fine for me. When I install them now they do nothing....its like they're not even there....
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] chymmylt:
I think you have to have the Hide Protected System Files option unchecked too (at least on Vista) - I always have it show system files and never had it show the Windows folder over activesync until last month on an unrelated thing I had to enable viewing protected system files and I noticed all of a sudden I could view the Windows folder.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] lpsi2000:
I am glad this thread is coming back to Black Vanilla:cool:, Black Almost Vanilla, Black Cingy, Sh** Black everything:D. Just think about it "Black Vanilla" (wow that's like having your cake and eat it too). Anyway....

Once you go Black you'll never look back.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] frugger:
Diddo this on the keyboard cab. I'm having the same problem on a Cingy 8525 with 2.0.2 Vanilla.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gtmaniak:
If you are talking about the Keyboard fix... I'm using this one and it works fine.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] aius0c:
optional applications for the wm6 2.0

How do I install the optional files you have posted. I dl the files but where do I click the .exe? I am having issues with the keyboard mappings on my Cingular 8525. BTW WM6 is awsome!!! Thanks!:)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gtmaniak:
To install a cab file you need to copy it to your device or Storage Card and run it via the File Explorer on your device. It will launch the installation.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mobiledad5:
Keyboard cab

Remember that you have to soft reset after the cab is successfully installed.

Cheers,

Chris
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gtmaniak:
Oh yeah.. left that out :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] spicer:
rapid share is down are there any mirrors for 2.02?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gtmaniak:
Always check the WIKI before asking that question :) It's usually most up to date...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] egypt123:
Has anyone loaded iLauncher with this ROM? It worked fine for me on the standard Black 2.0 ROM, but when I loaded it on this ROM, my phone basically locked up everytime it booted and tried to start iLauncher. I finally had to Hard Reset using the soft buttons.

Also, is there anyway to get rid of the "Video" calling button on the dialpad? I don't think that feature works here in the states (or does it?)...

EDIT: BTW, Custel, thanks for the ROM. It's nice having a Cingy-based ROM. :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] spicer:
muh bad

it's on the wiki
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gtmaniak:
I do not run iLauncher, but to get rid of video call buttons... goto:

START>PROGRAMS>HTweakC

... Then Tweaks>Phone>More Tweaks

... Check Disable Phone Skin
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] darling2790:
[thanks for sharing:)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] todd_jg:
I run iLaunher on this ROM and did on Black 2.0 as well. I have no problems on either. I should specify that I am running the "original" Cingular Black 2.0.2, not the Black Vanilla. (LOL - I love that name. It's like the opposite of White Chocolate.)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] akarandomjames:
Hmm I'm still using 2.0.1 because I have all my Cingular Stuff working and I don't mind using it when I'm bored at work (Like Cingular Video)...but I'm looking at the thread with the new 2.5 screens people are making and I wanted to merge that with the ROM I'm using now...which is possible through a splash flash. Haha...rhymes.

However, when I try to replace the welcomehead.96.png file...I can't do it because it says the file is in use or theres no room...which I don't believe to be the case.

Anyone have a solution to replacing the welcomehead.96.png file?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] neorder:
i am not sue but i think the problem is with the png format.

i remember i was reading something about it the other day, check the WIKI or do a serch on it, i am sure you will find it...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] todd_jg:
You need a file explorer that lets you set file permissions - I use Total Commander by RESCO. You just select the welcomehead.96.png and view the properties and untick the read-only setting. Then you can replace it. I am not sure if this is possible in the standard WM6 File Explorer app. I did not see it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] jacky820:
Thanks for your sharing.

Good job.... I like this so much!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] akarandomjames:
yes i got it workin using that. wm6 file explorer is really limited. now if i can just find start clean and get it to work...my rom will be perfect until one with ptt comes out
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Symba:
hello guys! I had downloaded this wm6. but archive is corrupt! i try to download all archives.... and had result: corrupt... please, give me link on working archive! and last question: how i can setup russian hard keyboard to my tytn? is nessesary any driver?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mantrius:
When you replace welcomehead.96.png do it from your PC exploring the windows directory on the phone, otherwise you'll get the problem you're experiencing now.

As for flashing splash only it is indeed possible, just read mrvanx's guide
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] sacosta74:
Problem making calls in 3g areas, ok on Edge or GPRS

Hello there,

I just discovered something very rare after upgrading to Cingular Black Edition v2.0.2.

I am unable to make phone calls in 3g areas. It is very weird because when the icon changes to E I am able to make phone calls.

Any ideas???
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] egypt123:
Excellent, thanks!. BTW, I did get iLauncher to work. I guess my first install got corrupt and whacked out my phone.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] egypt123:
One other thing I noticed - and I can't say it's the ROM because I don't use this feature much and I haven't paid much attention to if it was there on other cooked ROMs (Black, XDA Live, etc...) I've loaded - , but I used Exchange Direct Push and I seem to have lost the ability to do "Global Online Contact Lookups" of our Exchange GAL.

The feature/option is just not there from what I can tell... I just got the phone recently so I haven't had time to play with or use that fetaure much, but I know it was there on my factory Cingular ROM because I played with it when I first setup my phone and thought it was pretty cool how I could lookup the users in our GAL.

I tried installing Microsoft Global Contact Access ( http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/global/smartphone.mspx ), which I think performs the same function, however, I can't get it to connect and it's certainly operates differently than the factory O/S did. Before, I would just go create a new message and when I wanted to add a new recipient my Contacts would come up. From there I'd have an option to search online and it would stay within my Contacts panel and bring up our GAL. This app takes me to some funky MS web interface, and as I said, I can't even get it to work...

Any thoughs???
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gtmaniak:
Glad to help.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
<Company Directory>?

How about the "Company Directory" menu option in Contacts? I can search our GAL with it. In the short time I had WM5 on my Hermes I never used that feature, therefore I neither know how it used to work nor if this happens to be the replacement for it. But, it's worth a look.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] aius0c:
Other functions and features missing. Is there a fix?

I found on this verson of rom that the on board two mb pixel cam will only take one mb pix photos. Also the flash function is gone. PTT function gone as well. :confused:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] fone_fanatic:
Have you checked your camera settings? I just took two pictures and both came out to 1600x1200 which is 2 megapixels (technically its 1.9 but hey) and the flash is working fine. So check your settings...

As for PTT, its not even included in this rom.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] egypt123:
Gee, somethng so simple... Thanks a bunch!! I can't tell how many times I hit on that Company Directory option but since I didn't see any names listed on the alphabetized listing, I just assumed it wasn't working. This whole time all I needed to do was type in a name and click "Search". :cool: :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] uncleshizzle:
since upgrading my phone to this version I get the ! beside the signal strength meter. I cannot seem to get it to connect to the cingular network. anyone have any ideas?

did I brick this unit? everything else seems to work just fine.

thnx in advance
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] CUSTEL:
try soft reset, if that does nothing try a hard reset, if that doesn't work reflash it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] GermanGuy:
I just flash Vanilla 2.0 (previously had regular Cingular Black 2.0). Couple of issues i noted and i wonder whether other people here in this forum have had the same experience.

1. button for comm manager no longer toggles vibrate mode. I subsequently installed vibraswitch but cannot assign vibra mode to long press of comm manger button using AE button plus. Has anybody found a work around?

2. Strangely WM5Storage stopped working again. It did not work on WM5 but worked on Cingular black 2.0 non-vanilla version

Just wondering if anybody else noticed the same issues and possibly found a work around
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] uncleshizzle:
I have tried re-flashing and it does the same thing every time.

Like I said it doesnt make sense cause everything on the phone works just fine, except it will not connect to the network. Even wireless works :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] BUMP THAT:
I just starting rading in these section, so dont chop me for my question. :)

I may be getting a Hermes varient, its the Cingular 8525. Now I will surely want to get WM6 on it. And this seems to be a good rom choice. However is this WM6 based of a beta CE of WM6 and and if not are there any WM6 ROMs that are not beta that I can choose fom?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] dny238:
Pretty sure that they are all beta right now. Microsoft is still working on the full release. These are just leaks.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] BUMP THAT:
AH ok. Thank you. So its just like my Exec. All leaks. :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] johnburn:
Black 2.0 and its variants are based on a leaked RTM (Released to Manufacturing) version of WM6. This is NOT a beta version. Some of the other cooked ROMs are based on beta versions of WM6, but that will change as the source ROMs are distributed.

John
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] dny238:
Cool, where'd you that info? Good to know either way. Guess that means they are getting closer to a 'Gold' release.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] johnburn:
By reading the posts in this forum! ;) There is already a WM device that was released this week in the UK (I don't recall which one) with WM6 "Gold" on it.

John
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] BUMP THAT:
DOes that mean the XDA Exec will be able to ge the 'GOLD' as well?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] CUSTEL:
ROM is no longer supported as to I released my own rom based on later build.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] johnburn:
Don't know. Probably...

John
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gtmaniak:
No, this is a Full WM6 release. JasJamming extracted an official release of WM6 and created Black 2.0 from that. All other ROMs are based off the beta releases. Even Black 1.2 and previous.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] xSoNiCcRaCkErSx:
Try this cab.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] monkey28rb:
has anyone else noticed with this rom when using IE, it wont allow you to click on the second page of somethings, ex when i am on myspace it wont allow me to view the second page of pictures or things like that.. it worked with wmxl 2.0 when i was using it? any help would be great.. thanks
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mgriffith01:
If you haven't done it already, you have to reinstall the Cingular settings. When you upgrade this ROM, it doesn't automatically connect to the Cingular network. I think there's at least one thread that has a .CAB file that will install the settings for you. If you don't want to do that, just google "cingular GPRS settings" and it'll walk you through how to reinstall them.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] muoichuk:
Everything works great. However, I have a problem. I can't open webpage. When I connected to my Wireless Lan by WiFi, it says "Locating..." and then "The page cannot be displayed or downloaded because the coonection was lost. Check the connection and try again later." Please help me to fix it.

On other hands, I still can open webpage when I connected by GPRS.

:) :) :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] muoichuk:
Now I can open webpage. Thanks.

In the 'Settings' I can't click to the 'Voice Speed Dial' . Please help me.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] CUSTEL:
check the thread title, "decomissioned", rom is no longer supported newer versions have been released based off of later builds.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] SDA1979:
Hi there..

i cant remember why, but some days ago i downloaded the file "Keyboard_Symbols_8525_Fix" and installed it on my "mda vario 2".

is there a way to remove/uninstall the installed tool/fix without making a hardreset?

i used to have a german keyboard layout for my mda vario 2 and this fix seems to be only for english keyboard layouts.

the whole layout is now completely disordered....

thats bull***
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Shadowmite:
It's just a registry edit... Easiest way to change it back, go find the HTCustom.exe program here in the forum (down a page or so) and use it to adjust the keyback back to german...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] SDA1979:
exactly what i needed.

thanks a lot.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] neorder:
SMS Sounds minor problem

:) :confused:

Fastest ROM I tested by now.

Only one problem, lost my SMS sounds, and cant get them to work back again.

I enable them via Sounds&Notifications but after I exit from settings it gets "off" again.

any idea?

BTW, i am using PhotoContactsPro version 5, maybe it has something to do with that.

Other than that, I LOVE IT!

:D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] xultar:
Dang... well I'm gonna post my favorite beefcake anyways just cuz I can. I wish Cingular users would become more sophisticated in their "rom-age" and explore the beauty of true rom personisation. We've been craving and asking for the abilty to forego the revenue generating crap cingy uses to corrupt the rom...the moment we get a rom that takes it all out a swarm wants it all put back in. To bad they can't see the advantage of a squeaky clean rom. Come on Cingular Users...explore individuality...escape from the Borg.

Oh and here is my beeeeeef cake. I'm hung up on this cuz the boy is RIPPED.

Ladies (I know there are some boys out there too) if you want me to RUU one up for ya just let me know.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Newb-Tech-Realtor:
The ROM on page 1, is that the newest with the XM fix?

Just wanted to check before I reflashed.

Thanks,

Jim
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] CUSTEL:
ROFL if anyone would like xultar's beefcake splash lmk I'll make an ruu for it and add it to first post :)

Yes it is
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] xultar:
I've had some issues with 2.0 changing the settings back to defaults in some areas. One way to override them is to install PhoneAlarm and set all notificaitons using that program. Does Photo ContactsPro have SMS notifcations? If it does set them there.

Can you test a few things for me?

1. Does your PhotoContactsPro Caller ID screen show when someone calls you?

2. Change your external power off and external power backlight settings and see if they go back to the default of 1min for each after a soft reset.