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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] slimshadee:
A few small bugs

Matt:

For the sake of helping you make this the best kitchen ever, I have identified two small bugs that have been prevalent at least since v3b1. These aren't biggies, so I haven't mentioned them in the past.

1. The wireless today item reg entries are not included in the build, even though the option to disable it from showing on the today screen is in the kitchen. If you want this to be included, below are the proper reg edits:

[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\"Wireless"] <--(this is a new folder)

These are the items in the folder:

"DLL"="netui.dll"

"Order"=dword:1

"Enabled"=dword:1

"Type"=dword:4

“Flags”=dword:0

“Options”=dword:0

2. Even when "Cleartype in Landscape" is selected in the kitchen, it does not make the correct reg edit. The edit should be made to:

HKLM\System\GDI\ClearTypeSettings\OffOnRotation=0

These are REALLY insignificant, but I know you are striving to make this thing near perfect. Thanks again for your great effort.

shadee
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
Inline....

Appreciate the help!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] chrisvor:
@Mattk_r:

I just downloaded ver 5.1a.... and until I unrarred it on my pc, I found out that 5.2 was released...

I'm currently on holidays at a place where there is no DSL. Downloading such big files is a TOTAL PAIN in the A**E ! :)

Wouldn't it be better to release an additional file, like a PATCH file, which will update the "previous" release (whatever it is) to the "latest" by applying a patch with the differences? There are tools in the market, I found a lot of commercial and I imagine there are lots of freeware as well, that take 2 binary files (like .rar) and create a patch.exe which will turn #1 into #2.

With the kind of fixes that you are doing now that the kitchen is mostly stable and up-to-date, these patch files would be in the range of 1kb - 1mb at the most...

Could you please consider?

Thanks for listening, and a BIG THANK YOU for all the efforts you're making for the help/pleasure of all here :)

Chris
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] slimshadee:
HA!!

I think this is a bug in WM6. If you turn off cleartype in the settings menu, the setting for landscape ALSO reverts to 1, shutting off cleartype on rotation. If you then re-enable cleartype in settings/screen, cleartype remains OFF in landscape.

Nothin you could have done about that, bud.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
So should I get a consensus on if I should post v5.3? ;)

I have a working combo of AdvancedConfig, added in a few more options, and a few fixes that were requested.

I'll hold off till tomorrow in any case. I gotta get some sleep. Let me know if it's a big enough deal to upload :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] slimshadee:
I'm sure the Advanced Config guys will be clammering for 5.3, lol.

Get some well deserved rest, it can be posted tomorrow, IMO.

This kitchen is damn near perfect. Between all the ROMS I have installed on my Wizard (8125) and now the 8525, the one built with 5.2 is the fastest, most stable thing I could imagine. Albeit, I run a very "vanilla flavored" device...

As far as I'm concerned, stick a fork in it....it's done.

Let me be the first to congratulate you on a great job.

shadee
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] TaurusBullba R.I.P.:
Hey Matt. I wanted to check out 5.2 today and am quite impressed. Super job. Here's just a short list of a few minor bugs that I didn't see mentioned. Maybe it's just me, but I flashed a couple times to make sure.

- Sliding Keyboard Sounds (not working)

- Syncing Animation (not working)

- FILTERFS still shows up (despite ROM change?)

You are a dedicated man. Keep it up! :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] chrisvor:
1st of all, yes DO get some sleep. You surely deserve it ! :)

2nd, I was NOT complaining in any way, I was just making a suggestion, to make life easier for your (for uploading) and for those with slow connection or without a rapidshare/megaupload account. Up/Downloading a 1MB file is much easier than 65Mb, in any case.

Just my 2 cents.

And please feel free to post 5.3, 5,4 and 6.0 any time! You have my OK ;)

All the best

Chris

Just found this and currently downloading to test, maybe you feel like you want to try it out as well... http://www.patchwise.com/download.php?site=1&filename=PWFSetup329r.exe

(and again I want to stress, I am NOT complaining, I *DO* appreciate VERY MUCH your efforts for the good of all of us. I'm just trying to help... )
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] zomig:
Is the beam issue fixed with v5.2 as it is now not stated on the known problems page ?

keep up the great work.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pietrucci:
read the first post: beam issue fixed...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] zomig:
sorry missed that..... not enough sleep.

thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this to make this a truly fantastic rom.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pietrucci:
Yes, do! (sleep and post 5.3). In the mean time playing with 5.2...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Aeneas:
Thanks very much for this, its easy to use and works great, i made and flashed a rom in less than half an hour

Just a little question that I can't seem to find,

How can I add my own OEM apps; i.e. if I have the *.cab file what do i do?

Thanks and sorry if this is stupid and impossible
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gr8hifi:
here's a quick question: can the rgu and dsm files be deleted from windows on the device after its' been flashed?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pietrucci:
Hi Math,

Using Schap's latest AdvancedConfig.exe (in ROM 3.54c) solves the problems with this tool. Don't know if Schaps allowes you to use this version (? hope so).
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bennec83:
Check your PM for an answer to this, this question does not belong in this thread, but i will answer it privately if you like. (its not stupid and it is possible!!)

bennec83
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
Schap's has been very supportive of his tools / utilities / software being distributed. As long as the author is referenced, of course ;)

I actually flashed his newest rom and pulled the AdvancedConfig from the extended rom last night (and found that it worked :))
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
I'm gonna see if I can get the sliding keyboard sounds working, then post 5.3. I'm not so sure about syncing animation, as it may be dependent on the phcanoverbmp.dll.

Edit: pulling sliding sounds and syncing animation. I'll put them in post #2 for future use.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] fiendz:
what happened to adding mms 4.2?

Or can you give me an idea how to get around the 'such and such file already exists' error that occurs when you add other packages to this one. I attempted following the .dsm files as buildos produced them so i could change the uuid of the mms3.5 package from phk4 to match the uuid of the dsm file in this base rom to match to no avail.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
Once this build has a chance to be thouroughly evaluated, I'll venture back to splitting out 3.5 and having them as options.

There were just too many issues before, and I had to get to a stable postion before major surgery.

I'm thinking it won't be too much longer :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] fiendz:
ok so can you give me an idea how to do it myself then?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pvs:
Donation sent!

Hi Matt,

Wow, I've been following this thread for weeks now, managed to create (several of) my own ROMs, am still venturing into the world of creating one of my own packages (for XpressMail), and am having a world of fun as I learn how to actually do this stuff myself!

FWIW, my XpressMail package ALMOST works 100%, but I am still working on getting all the REG entries into the RGU. But the amazing thing is, I never had a HINT about how to do this stuff before your thread hit the forums.

So I just wanted to say THANK YOU for all your hard and incessant work on this, and I hope my little monetary contribution gives you a little incentive to keep this work up. I also want to thank bennec83 and others for their wonderful contributions to this educational thread.

Best regards, always,

-pvs
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bennec83:
CHECK YOU PM DUDE!! YOU GOT MAIL!! REG ENTRIES into RGU? NO PROBS!!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bennec83:
Can i just ask what this is? (i dnt wana install it n find out my phone has contracted a plastic eating virus or something lol!!)

thanks chris
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gr8hifi:
I'm having issue with sending text messages to email addresses again. I chose a different x-button program this time than normal. I didn't pick the latest as i figured the older one would be smaller and I dont really care about the icon on the today screen. other than that, everything else has been my standard stuff. got any ideas?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pvs:
Thank you, sir. PMd you back :)

I think this package requires something more, but I'll check my work against your procedure and see if there's something I neglected to do.

You guys amaze me! Thanks so much for taking the initiative to help this newcomer!

-pvs
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
Strange, because i just sent a text to my wife's phone, and a text message to my hotmail account, and both worked fine.

I've never seen X-Button 1.0 cause issues like this. Are you getting the message sent confirmation? Can you send messages to yourself?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bennec83:
in a PM you can send me the CAB over rapidshare and i can have a look if you like?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bennec83:
can i ask what sms software is in this rom? im asking because i noticed that there was no options for arcsoft v3.5, v4 or v4.2.

thanks in advance
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
right now it's 3.5.

Next week I'm planning on seperating out 3.5 and having it and 4.2 as an option. I just want to be sure everything else is done first.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gr8hifi:
i can send to myself no problem. message being sent to email address is stuck in drafts. If I try to send I get an instant error saying it can't be sent.

only other thing I did different than my normal build using the kitchen was the streaming player. I had forgotten about that. That and the older x-button are the things different from my last working kitchen build. This was NOT built with your latest. It was built with the one you released prior to the one you have out now. Hoping to try this latest later today.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
the only time I've seen this is if your WAP / MMS settings are not applied. Are you on AT&T? Do you use the preconfig settings?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] over2land:
Am I the only one who doesn't see the home clock colors or the other keyboard skin or the other battery indicator options in the build OS?

The download says it is version 5.2...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gr8hifi:
i used the wpbear pre-config cab. I havent used the one in the kitchen as i figured it was more stuff left over on the phone. i haven't had trouble with it before, but, there's a first time for everything. I'll try re-applying his cab to see if that fixes it. incidentally, the reason for me using his is because the one in the kitchen does not set up the restore/disable proxy folders. I need those from time to time. If you want to see his cab, its located here: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=41374&d=1181665475
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bennec83:
yes you are, alot of people have been working hard on these so they can be ready for posting, if you dont want to use them dont select them dont, all of the original (crap) ones are there use them.

the idea of this kitchen is that it is the most complete in every aspect. and it is
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
Post 1 has 5.3, which has those options :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bennec83:
yes it will work for the trinity
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] twist:
This is very exciting, becoming the be all end all in ROM kitchen cooking! And this an allready impressive package offering, once we have the newest rom all stripped down and ready it will just be a matter of collecting packages and playing around with diffrent combinations! Thanks everybody for there hard work on this!!!

I am excited to play with the new Beta with the final rom integrated! Great work Matt your the shizilator!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
so once again I have to ask. Pardon my ignorance over here, but I thought the os we've been talking about was for the Hermes hardware platform - but it seems the dopad is a different device :confused: or is the hardware identical?

Can someone breifly enlighten me on the pro vs con of running the dopad version vs waiting for HTC?

I'm sure it's easy answer, but I'm about to flash the first rev of v2.0 Beta 1, and am wondering if I spent all day cleaning up this version to re-do it again in 2 days :rolleyes:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] twist:
I was under the impression that the dopod is what all the cookers are using because it is the newest and so far the best. I could be wrong but this is the understanding I have from all the reading I have done.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] jeffreycentex:
The Dopod is one of the variants of the TyTn/Hermes/8525... The same thing applied for the Wizard/8125/etc...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Madcap180:
The rom is for the Dopod 838pro .. which is a Hermes Matt.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
gotcha. thanks.

First flash went ~ok. keyboard still has mapping issue - you press the dot then say "_" but you get a ":" even after running the "fix" cab. Strange.

summary...

Working:

Camera

Kaiser Home Plugin

Phone pad vibrate

BT_Explorer

Audio Manager

Streaming Video (opens anyway)

Task Manager

X-Button 1.5

Voice Speeed Dial

Voice Recorder

black keyboard

Clearvue PDF

MMS Send/Receive

3G

Issues (most should be related to .rgu's just cleaned up):

Dialpad buttons not correct - can't dial Edit:touch dialpad now working. need to test OE. OE isn't quite rite, but not gonna worry about it just yet.

Keyboard mapping using dot screwy - need fix

Comm Manager not opening - didn't install correctly Edit: button isn't getting mapped correctly - comm manager works fine.

Windows Live didn't install correctly Edit: fixed - just needed an initflashfile entry :o

Funny thing? I'm not used to hardware running this fast. It's a strange feeling ;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Madcap180:
Thats what happens when your processor is twice as fast. ;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Silverexp:
keyboard
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Johnston411:
My eyes!!!!!!

Just spent 4 hours at work trying to use core pro kitchen (which is one clever piece of kit) to discover i didn't have a clue what i was doing when it came to removing the packages and adding the ones i like, (my lack of knowledge/learning time).

So as i say after 4 hours messing about and flashing i began to give up as my eyes were hurting somewhat. Accidently stumbled upon this kitchen which couldn't be simpler to use.

Looking forward to the beta version with the dopod rom and the kaiser gubbins added.

I downloaded this half hour ago and now i'm running my own custom rom.

If i can do it it must be easy.

Cheers Matt

You've cheered me up no end
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Johnston411:
Splashes

What size do the splashes have to be that can be added in nbhtool?

Do they hae to be bmp?

Apologies if this has been asked before but i can't find the answers (cabin fever setting in on night shift)

Cheers

PJ
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] twist:
fiending for that beta when i saw the thread name changed to beta i got all excited but alas coming soon :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] twist:
uploading !!! on the edge of my seat hehe everytime i get back to the first page on my pda something new happens hehe
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] spastico:
Which cab did you try?

Earlier you asked if ShortString_Keypad_XML .CAB from the extended rom was it.

I might have missed if someone replied,

because there's a few different cabs floating around.

The one I always used ShortString_Keypad_XML .CAB from the extended rom.

But now I just use Shadowmites HTCustom 1.5.

But you're right it's just making the reg change.

You can find the actaul regedit in the wiki.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
I just got the reg key, and am flashing it now to verify the fix - thanks Dr P!

Since there appears to be a few waiting on this, here's the rundown:

Dopad OS

New Windows Live package from cab - works great

Added 9 button comm manager - works great - though I want to make button 10 beam, but I need images!!!!

Added new home theme (with new images) - works great

Added keyboard fix - testing now

Changed temp in Home plugin from C to F (sorry guys ;) )

Still outstanding:

Fix default dialpad theme (included)

test / fix voice (or is that video?) dialer (included)

fix QuickGPS (not included)

fix SlideSounds (not included)

fix TouchFlo (not included)

fix 3G icon (apparently the icon is a less than desirable version)

that's all I can remember right now, posting link now... :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] spastico:
Just in case;

Not sure which comm mgr reported issues.

In sleuths thread:

Quote:

"ok, so I'm stressing about CommManager in the new ROM. There are reports that direct push isn't working correctly with this ROM. Specifically, this relates to direct push automatically establishing a data connection when the network becomes available. In fact, I've noticed myself that sometimes Direct push doesn't automatically open the data connection after phone service is established. Going into activesync shows it waiting for a network connection.

Sooo.... do I downgrade CommManager in the new ROM? I can still offer block style with the older comm manager but we will loose the phone option in the settings softkey function.

Thoughts?

He later says that everything works fine as long as connection is maintained, but, ,..clip... "I have seen issues when the radio goes to searching then back to connected though as have others. I notice this the most in our RFI shielded computer room.

Thanks for the Kaiser cab; commanger.exe is indeed different from the RTM version in my current ROM. I'll start testing it as soon as I get back to a location with cell coverage. Northern VT is hell on technology...

End Quote.

http://forum.xda -developers.com/showpost .php?p=1362746&postcount =408
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Huey85:
just been testing out the beta.. i'm getting errors whilst trying to compile the OS.

Error: The file 'temp\dump\Bolero.wma' already exists.

occurs while "Processing: OEM\OEMDrivers"
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
I've seen some provxml files / cabs on proxy's, but never looked into adding / making them options...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] chrisvor:
Hi Bennec83,

it's a PC application, not a PDA application. It is supposed to create PATCH files, so for example Mattk_r could post a Patch5.2_to_5.3.exe which would take your already downloaded 5.2 kitchen and apply all the changes (at BINARY level) to create a 5.3 kitchen on your pc.

In other words, something like this could save Mattk_r 55-60mb of uploading and each one of us 55-60mb of downloading each time there is a new release.

I haven't tested it yet, but it should work as "advertised".

Oh, and by the way this is FREEWARE. There are lots of others, possibly much better commercial apps at a cost of course ;)

Talk 2 u l8r

Chris
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bennec83:
oh cool, sounds like a good idea!! send me a link to some of the commercial ones,

ill see if i can get a copy!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gr8hifi:
re-ran the wpbear proxy cab. still no dice on txt messages to email addys. i am going to grab kitchen 5.3 later on today and try creating a new rom with it and see how it goes.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] chrisvor:
scrap the freeware I posted before. Not a good choice....

Commercial apps examples:

http://www.magpiesoft.com/products/patchbreeze.htm

http://www.agensoft.com/patchfactory.html

EDIT: http://www.indigorose.com/visual-patch-express/introduction.php --- This is EXCELLENT.... from 5.1a to 5.2 with 850KB exe file.....

Google for more :)

Chris
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
In a few I'll have a link in post 2 for an OEM folder that has both MMS 4.2 and 3.5. I need volunteers to try it out...

Please PM me your results, as I'd like to keep the thread on the released kitchen.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] over2land:
Ah, my mistake.

I read through and thought it was version 5.2 that had them...

As always, thanks Matt.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] reitjam:
can you pm me the same info too, thanks
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] over2land:
I'll give it a whirl, and let you know...

On edit: I'm downloading at 51 kbs... so don't expect an answer soon! LOL.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Oppressa:
Matt, fantastic build 5.3. Working great so far!

Any thoughts on adding Microsoft Reader to the list of apps?

Something else that would be great is screenshot tooltips so that we could see what each of the HTC Color options looks like when we hover over it, or see how the battery icons will appear.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bennec83:
for battery screenshots Click Here
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pvs:
You have a PM, sir ... Thank you very much!

-pvs
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] reitjam:
How do i do this

This has escaped my grasp of understanding for 3 months now, i need a way to extract the cab files from pocket islam

http://www.pocketgear.com/downloads.asp

you dont have to log in or anything to get the d/l

my wife and i are regular flashers and need the cabs, i want to cook these into my own rom too

thanks to anyone who can help us
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] over2land:
Prelim PM sent
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Oppressa:
Bennec, I had seen them thanks :D

But I just think that it would make for a more functional and friendly program if screenshots or more detailed tooltips were included in the kitchen to help people who are creating a ROM, rather than having to search xda-dev or the internet to see exactly what each utility does/looks like.

EDIT: Then again, I guess it is a community tool and not a commercial program so the users can be expected to do a bit of searching themselves!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] over2land:
I dunno... if I don't know what something is, I cook it in. Then, play with whatever it is, and if I don't like it, cook another ROM... no searching needed. Between activesync and PIM backup, its a snap for me to get back where I was before (like 15 minutes, tops)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
As dynamic as this is, it'd be really hard to keep up with too. Seems like there is always something to update or fix ;)