yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] gr8hifi:
My upgrade took 10 minutes (probably less actually) and went off without a hitch. My 8500 is a vanilla phone. Haven't had any other ROMS on it. To install this one, i just double clicked the .exe file and away I went.

There is a LOT more crap on this one though. I had the stock one before. now I have probably 6 new icons in my programs and settings folders. Some are cool (such as HTC X-button), some are useless (such as cellular video, I'll never use it). overall the phone has taken a hit in speed. Its probably 10-15% slower than it was pre-flash AND my signal seems worse (based on bars)... haven't tried using the phone, but kept getting disconnected trying to sync express mail. We'll see after work how the reception REALLY is. I'm not holding my breath though. overall I'd say I'm less than enthused about switching... perhaps this will be the kicker for getting me to install a cooked ROM... we'll see...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] LMaxwell:
You could just open the .exe with winzip or winrar, extract RUU_Inside.exe, open that with winzip or winrar and extract RUU_Signed.nbh
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] pharoahwen:
Anyone figure how to disable the intro sound on Cingular's new ROM?

This sound is loud, obnoxious, and just generally sucks. If you're in a jam and need to boot your phone on the Low, you are in trouble. This is SOOOOOO stupid.

Please tell me one of you geniuses has figured out how to turn that crap off...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] jbartlett777:
Tried that first, renaming to a .zip file and letting XP try to open it. It failed. So I went with the method I described.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] {ISV-K}SVX:
I am a Cingular/AT&T customer and have the Orange SPV M3100 version of the 8525. Is there a way to get this ROM to install on my phone? When I try it bombs out at 1% indicating incorrect carrier. Any advice would be appreciated.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] diaftia:
This is a WM5 ROM right?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shigeo:
yes you can remove it just use a regedit program like taskman and search for startup animation and delete the key for the wav file. and poof its gone nice quite start up... or you can edit the key to have it point to a custom wav of your choosing ;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shigeo:
yes sadly wm5 is still being used... i hope to have some info on an offical wm6 cingular rom after my meeting tomorrow. cross your fingers and i'll cross mine.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shigeo:
is your phone cid unlocked?? that will probably fix your issue if it is not. the unlocking allows you to use any carriers rom.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] jfharden:
I've been running 1.41 on the official ROM and my signal strength has never been better. My phone used to constantly switch from 3G to EDGE and flop between 1 and 2 bars at my home in San Diego, but now constently 3G and never fallen below 2 bars...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shogunmark:
RTFW ... Hint.. its in the reg tweaks of the Hermes wiki.... please dont post useless crap like this unless you have read everywhere and cant find the answer
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] papasha:
About Speed after upgrade

I turned off "X button" settings and phone fast again. And it is stable on 3G.. No E og G... But web access looks slower.... How to see, what slows it down?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Mindflayer:
Turn off hard coded proxy into IE

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet Settings]

The default setting (that uses the proxy) is:

"EnableAutoDetect"=dword:00000000

Change it to:

"EnableAutoDetect"=dword:00000001

Or simply delete it. It's more of the fact that if it's there and =0 it's used. if it's missing it's not used. But changing it to =1 will also make it disable. This way you can simply change the value back without re-adding the seting back in.

For some reason, the registry entry above will occasionally revert from =1 to =0, causing IE's proxy to be active again. Deleting the registry entry prevents this from happening.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] nguyenbh:
Disable Hardcode Proxy programe

some feedback after use this rom for about 12 hours

- I downloaded .3 from .net ( .com I downloaded .1 very slow)

- Flash 2.15....3 took me 10 minutes only compare to 25 minutes for Rom version 1.34

- To disable annoy startup pls read wiki as shogunmark mention

(link http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Registry)

sorry for repost here if someone lazy to read

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\StartupAnimation

Enabled - change from 1 to 0 to turn everything off and permanently fix the volume issue

- disable proxy now you dont need hack registry that will come back to the default value, the program was built into ROM

go to program-> Proxy Manager->Disable Proxy (Bravo AT&T for this software they might read from our forum)

- I dont have any problem with the speed ( as X-button close all program so open it will take little more time but it will save you more power, you have your choice to disable X-Button as well)

So far Radio 1.40 didnt drop any call from me yet, I made like 7 calls so far each 15-30 min. Wireless work fine, didnt

test other function yet.

*Theme At& T has problem in this ROM

Change theme to Guava Bubbles and apply it.

Then change it back to AT&T Theme Red bar persist even after soft reset or power down and up.

(this is small buggy I think)

So far I am happy with new ROM.

I am waiting for others feedback about new Rom as well.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] pharoahwen:
Thanks....

Thanks for the info on removing the boot sound, Shigeo. Shogunmark, I understand about reading the Wiki, but you didn't have to bash me like that. I read this board several times a month, and it can take hours to find something, even in the Wiki. I figured since the official ROM just came out (from cing/htc, that is), this hadn't been thoroughly researched and might be a 'new' problem. I apologize for waisting your time with 'useless crap'.

FYI, it took Shigeo less time/text to answer the question than it did for you to bash me for asking it...

Thanks again.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] fone_fanatic:
well, from the time of your post to the time of Shigeo's reply, you could have easily found the answer in the Herme's Registry Tweaks section of the wiki. Just scroll through it and glance at the BOLD font and you would of found it!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shogunmark:
First we have had roms with the animated splash months before this official release, so the reg tweak has been there for a while. 2nd searching the wiki for this info wouldnt have taken hours, a quick google search on the wiki would have yielded the results immediately

See this link here:

http://www.google.com/search?as_q=startup+animation&hl=en&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.xda-developers.com&as_rights=&safe=images

Its the first hit.....

Here is another link on directly searching the wiki....

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q= +site:http://wiki.xda-developers.com&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all

The reason i didnt give you the answer and gave you a hint was so that you could use the wiki.. thats what its there for
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] c0wb0ycliche:
So...

So this conclusively is or is not the same as the 2.15.502.3 dated 4/09/07 leaked here already? Or is it still being researched?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shogunmark:
if no one gives a definitive answer i will flash it later today and give the answer... I can say that the .1 rom that was accidentally released was actually faster than .3, but some of the apps werent working, like the xm stuff... hmmm makes me wonder if that specific bloatware is slowing the current release down....
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] spastico:
So in another words;

Stop asking for handouts and learn how to fish.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] pharoahwen:
I think yall just like being mean...

I've found many helpful things on this site without asking. I ask one question that has been previously answered and get slammed. I think you guys just get a thrill out of telling people that they're stupid because they haven't searched and read the wiki. I've seen you guys do it to other people, and never thought I'd get flamed because I am usually pretty good about reading / searching first.

I understand that you don't want to continuously answer questions that have been answered before, but you could at least be polite; you know, "You can find that answer here: <weblink>". Short, to the point, and points the person to where you want them to go without being an asshole about it. We're all human; even you geniuses with all the answers. I'm sure you don't like getting **** on any more than I do, so why do it to others?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] rsolomon:
No, apparently you don't understand because you immediately go on to equate politeness with answering the question. How is giving you the weblink NOT "continuously answering questions that have been answered before"????

You learned several useful things (wiki, specific answer, etc). Your feelings got bruised. Get over it.

Richard
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] papasha:
Problem in IE in new ROM...

After upgrade my ROM, I have interesting problem in IE:

When I'm opening page in Default view, it gives me scroll bars on the side and on the bottom of screen. I like One Column view and switched to it.

I still have scroll bars on the side and on the bottom... Is it a bug? I had no problems with old ROM.....

If somebody knows, how to fix it- Thanx!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shogunmark:
no actually i dont think you understand.. When people post redundant questions it becomes harder for other people to search the forum to find the answer. It also gives example to newer members that they dont need to search or read the wiki just post a question and someone will just give them the answer, this also clutters up the board. All in all, redundant questions do more harm then good...

We are done hijacking this thread, no more replies needed on the lack of searching problem... searching is a rule of the board, we can either follow the few rules xda has or go elsewhere. ;) its that simple.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] pharoahwen:
It may be...

That giving a link answers a question that has already been asked. So what? If this site is truly to help people, and not just to stroke your own enorous egos, then answering a question that has been previously answered should not be a ****ing tragic occurance.

I do support for a living. Answering questions that have been answered before and where plenty of documentation already exists is part of the job. So is curtesy and politeness.

"I'm not doing this for a living". I know you aren't, and with the attitude and tone generally displayed by you geniuses, you could not. But again, if this site is to help people and not just to stroke your own egos, then you should expect that sometimes you will have to answer a question that you've answered before, and that is well documented. That's a part of helping people.

I am a person, and all of the people who have been flamed for asking a previously asked question are people. We are not computers, we are not inanimate objects. Not everyone blogs every day, nor searches blogs, or the internet for that matter.

Just one more thing. Being smart is not about what you know; it is about how you share what you know. Interacting with people is different from interacting with computers/machines. 'RTFW' is not sharing; it is being an asshole. "Find the answer here:<weblink>" is sharing, without being an asshole. If being an asshole is something you take pride in, so be it. But I would contend that being an asshole is not something to be proud of.

For the site moderators who do this regularly, if you would truly like to help people, and are in any way concerned about the PEOPLE that you are helping (not just the people's response and adulation of you for your achievements here), might I simply suggest a notepad text file that contains one line boilerplates, where you can copy/paste pointers, instead of flaming the hell out of people because they didn't 'RTFW'.

That would be a curteous thing to do, and wouldn't hurt you a bit.

And for those of you who prefer to flame rather than to help, FU2.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] jbartlett777:
Next week on "As the WIKI turns"...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] spastico:
More 'Useless Crap!' ;)

You Bungholieo! :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] jbartlett777:
Odd thing just happened. I docked my 8525 with the new ROM so I could copy the PHM Registry editor cab onto the SD card to disable the startup animation and when I browsed to the storage card in Explorer, all the subdirectories were empty.

Odd.

I browsed it on the device itself and they were still empty. I reset the device and everything's back.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] migsims:
Man seriously he was a little on the harsher side of giving info but you are definitely too easily hurt to be on a tech forum on the net. RTFW & RTFM are standard answers on these type of forums and not to be taken as rude, get some tougher skin bud.

Now back to the TOPIC:

Anyone installed this that actually likes it on their 8525?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] jbartlett777:
The internet connection program seems to be a hell of a lot easier to use than the previous modem app.

From inital use - you enable Internet sharing, plug your USB cable into the phone (assuming it's also plugged into the laptop), and surf away.

The geek in you will miss the activity "LED's" though.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] pvs:
jbartlett ... You might want to check here ...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=294324&highlight=disappearing

... or do a more thorough search for "disappearing Storage Cards". This is/was a known problem with this and other WM5 Roms (usually associated with 2GB SD Cards).

Although the aforementioned thread talks about a "fix", the only fix that worked for me was WM6 ;)

Hope this helps,

-pvs
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] jbartlett777:
You're my new favorite person for the next five minutes.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] LMaxwell:
I'm pretty sure it is the same file. I dug into both as far as I could yesterday, down to extracting the NBH files, and everything looked identical. Not knowing enough to dig any deeper, I wouldn't know what else to look at.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] dechutes:
When I put my phone on silent (vibrate) after upgrading it gets an icon in the system tray. Does anyone know how to stop that from happening?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] remo74tg:
I have an Unlocked HTC Tytn that I use with Cingular, I was wondering if I could install this update on my Tytn or this update is just for 8525. If I can't install this update can someone tell me how can I update my Tytn to the latest firmware.

I appreciate any reply.

Thanks.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] pvs:
Yes, this will work. I used the leaked version weeks ago. Not much improvement, if any, over the stock ROM. Several new and interesting bugs to get used to as well.

I've since upgraded to WM6, and find it a definite improvement, FWIW.

-pvs
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] pvs:
No. I simply accept this since I rarely put the phone on vibrate for anything more than to shut it up in a quiet environment. As soon as you take it off vibrate, the icon in the tray disappears, so it's really not a biggie for me.

-pvs
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shogunmark:
the vibrate icon is a new feature, which is something we had integrated into most of the cooked wm6 roms... this new feature will allow you to hold the comm manager button for a few seconds and it will put the phone into vibrate.. if you dont want to utilize this new feature you can go into windows\startup and delete the link for TrayIcon_mannermode, this will keep the icon from showing up, and also disable the press and hold comm manager for vibrate.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] xxbackoffxx:
can anyone help guide me through getting my 8125 set up with wm6??

i followed a few directions so far, and its led me to nothing but problems, please somebody help!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] dechutes:
Cool, Thanks for the info shogunmark. I have been using the .1 rom for the last day or so and was thinking it was going very quickly. I haven't used .3 so I have no real reference. I know you have used both and I was wondering if you have had the same experience? Also, I did notice that when I go to phone under settings it locks my phone completely. Are you experiencing the same thing?

Thanks again for the info.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shogunmark:
mine only froze for a few seconds.. try removing your storage card and trying it again... i think it freezes while looking for ringtones on the card.. and i am also still running .1 .. im debating on going back since its faster than .3, but some of the apps dont work (doesnt matter to me, i dont use them)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shigeo:
its 9:36pm and i am beat.

wow i go to a meeting off island and am gone for 24 hours and look what i find.

anywho on to the task at hand i have been running the 502.1 hard since i flashed it and although it does seem faster then 502.3 i found tons of bugs in almost all the att installed aps (mobitv, cellular vid etc.) they either don't run at all or crash just as you get it going...

so to 502.3 i go or maybe to one of the wm6 roms... have to see how the night goes after waking up at 4am to catch a flight our and having my flight delayed for nearly an hour for the ride home and finally landing at 830p i am beat.

did find out the cingular had no plans for the near future for wm6 as we all expected, we can still all hope.

i did also find that the 1.41 works better then the 1.40 at least for us non 3g area att peps. battery life and over all signal definite improvement. oh and using opendns settings works great.

going to reflash my phone with something and test it at wrk.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] isomaniac:
Is this ROM good for softbank x01ht?

Is this ROM good for softbank x01ht?

It is HTC officially released!

http://msmobiles.com/news.php/6307.html

http://www.htcamerica.net/support/8525/software-downloads.html
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Killbillprime:
need to stop device switch to 3g and sticking with GSM

good post

i miss the option of being able to select a network band

for example on the other roms- i can go into phone > menue >option > network tab > then there will option to select BAND either GSM or CDMA

If you slect GSM then youl only get the GSM part of the network (no 3g services)

i know the first question will be WHY WOULD YOU WANT THAT OPTION?

simple answer is where my office i located I have really poor 3g recpeption on the three (uk) network, on GSM band i get full network bars on 3g its only 1 bart, i know in an ideal world the network is suppose to switch between 3g and normal gsm when the reception is low ( 1 bar) but hey in an ideal world we wouldnt be spending billions on a war effort when people are starving on the streets (but hey thats another subject for another topic)

So does anyone know of a reg hack i can use to stop it using 3g?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] todd_jg:
Check the wiki for this reg hack. I am pretty sure it is in there under WM5 tweaks or somewhere. A good Google search will probably turn it up too.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] compudds:
Ok, I've been trying to update my 8525 for hours...here is my problem. First I tried to HardSPL-v7 but I keep getting an "Error [240] File open". I think this is preventing me from doing any ROM update. When I try to run the Cingular ROM update activesync shuts down and I get a connection error, I think it is "error [260]". I have wiped or cleaned out my 8525 so that I am back to day one. I have tried this on 2 separate computers and I get same error messages on both computers. I have searched the "FW" so please help.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] compudds:
I should add, my present ver. ROM AKU 2.3 (1.34.502.7018.01H) SPL 1.06 IPL 1.01. Radio is 1.16.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] jbartlett777:
Check on page 4 of this thread, I posted instructions on flashing from SD.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shogunmark:
im at work and limited on what i can do, so i cant be much help right now.. but can tell you to do a search in the hermes boards for "BandSwitch"
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] rsolomon:
Or worse, search "TFW": http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Registry

Richard
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] mthomas:
data connection responding irregularly

Has anyone else noticed That both the internet sharing, and regular data connections seem to be performing iregularly? I seem to be experiencing wide variations in connection speed on both proxy and non proxy connections connecting via wap.cingular. I can no longer access isp.cingular as they do not provision it on my current data plan(pdapersunl1500). The internet sharing utility is also erratic, in that it will randomly not allow me to make an initial connection. This can be overcome by repeatedly trying to load a page, or, strangely, usually by loading the cingular olam page.

I wonder if the wap.cingular apn is currently overloaded with multiple hermes users trying to access with newly upgraded phone.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] one hand high:
I can say with certainty that where i am there is no slow down in any of the internet connections I use on my 8525. I consistently run between 350-450kbps/sec around here and it's still running that speed, so I wouldn't think it's their servers.

Yes, I'm such a geek I test my internet speed at least once a day :rolleyes:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shogunmark:
i had made a cab before to enable the band settings for cingular.. but danielherrero (i think thats how its spelled) has a nifty little app to do it all. As sometimes the phones doesnt like to be manually switched, it complains about it :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] weinson:
For folks who did not yet find it .. the bandswitch app is here
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Killbillprime:
guys appericate the replies back just been snowed uinder with buying a new house,

im feeling emotional so i just wnt to say i love you all!!! lol ;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shogunmark:
How many times do i have to tell you... NO i wont sleep with you :D at least not for that amount of money..
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Stiletto:
Proxy Disable & Connection

I have noticed with this ROM that I am constantly having to run ProxyDisable. What is reenabling the proxy so that my internet connection won't work until I run proxy disable? It seems like just connecting my Edge/3G connection is enabling the proxy. I am using mMode unlimited, so I don't have anything that uses the Cingular proxy.

I have also noticed that the Edge/3G connection is not auto-disconnecting. I had noticed poor battery life, and when I clicked the 3G connected icon on the top it said that it was online for 13 hours overnight.