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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pvs:
Actually, you may want to check HERE instead: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=323269 This looks WAY cool! I can't wait to try it one day when I get a chance to play around with Pandora again.

I've been having difficulty keeping up with things here at XDA lately. I see a few posts back, talk about slowdowns, maybe due to certain regedits that moved stuff to the Storage Card. I had a similar (I think) problem when I used the following code to ensure email and attachments were moved:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Inbox\Attachments]
"Moving"=dword:00000000
"AttsDir"="Inbox"
"TopDir"="\\Storage Card"
"MiddleDir"="Inbox"
"BottomDir"="Mail Attachments"

This was in Pandora v3, btw. My symptoms were that once I opened any email message, forwarding, closing, opening or saving attachments all led to a 45 second wait before the device was responsive again.

It took me a while to figure out that this was my problem...but I put it back at (almost) defaults (below), and voila, no more delays.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Inbox\Attachments]
"Moving"=dword:00000000
"AttsDir"="Inbox"
"TopDir"="Program Files"
"MiddleDir"="Connections"
"BottomDir"="Mail Attachments"

FWIW, "Inbox" is on the root of my Storage Card, so I CAN successfully put the attachments there.

Again, don't know if this is the same issue others are seeing, but I thought maybe it would help to share my solution.

-pvs
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] slimshadee:
Maybe we have multiple issues in the 3.60 ROM

Well, as gr8hifi has indicated, it appears there may be multiple issues that are creating the slowdown in the 6.0/6.1 builds. All I know is that I must have just bumped into one of them, which I am becoming increasingly more confident was related to pointing files to the storage card OR unlocking/mounting/using extended ROM for a few post build software installations (TCPMP and TOTAL COMMANDER). Once I reverted to use device memory for my software installs (except iGuidance, which I load to the storage card still), and quit mounting extended rom, the performance of 6.1 has been stellar.

I see two potential opportunities to help solve this issue...

1. Wait for the official release of the t-mobile rom (3.60) and HOPE someone else fixed it, or,

2. The group here beta tests this sucker to help narrow down the causes and we solve it ourselves. In the least, we may be able to narrow down what OEM package combos and/or reg tweaks might be leading to the slowdown issues. This means we don't just toss 6.0/6.1 aside quite yet, just because 5.4 seems to be pretty solid.

Someday, we will all want to move forward with newer builds of the OS, and, as Matt has indicated, unless we deal with this sooner, we MAY be forced into dealing with it later. Sooooo...let's test away...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
Is there a version that currently supports that? If so, I'm sure it can be done.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
I'll go ahead and work on updating post one with the latest build (6.1a) and add some different page pool sizes for 5.4.

As for which to "keep" and move forward with? Uh, you asking me? I just work here ;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] chunkymonkey:
Hard to say... Found more problems with 6.0/6.1 than 5.4, but now I have an ultra*-clean install of 6.1 I have no issues.

*Only non-vanillas are Resco (own OEM), RAR and shutXP left in now. (No diff between with and without Resco.)

In either case, the only file I've had on my card for about 4 or 5 days is HERMIMG.nbh so (I think) the card itself is not suspected, though any drivers trying to (successfully I think) mount it may or may not be an issue.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] over2land:
Here's one I just discovered-

I can't connect to the internet through my wifi with the 6.1 build. But with Sleuth's 3.2 I can, with no problems at all.

Well, that isn't exactly true... it says I'm connected to the network, gives me signal strength and everything... but I can' actually open any web pages. Just says locating on the bottom bar.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pvs:
Matt,

Don't know if you saw my post a few up, nor if you saw this that I linked to: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=323269

But maybe you can save yourself a lot of trouble and only post one page-pool size (or do you have reservations about the verasity of the app in that thread?)

Looks like others are saying it works well, and it must be a lot of work to post all those versions like you have been (I know it's difficult to DL them)

Best regards, and thanks so much for continuing dev work on this amazing kitchen,

-pvs
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
Did you note if 5.4 worked fine for wifi?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pvs:
This sounds like the old proxy issue to me. Have you tried ensuring that you have proxy disabled?

-pvs
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] over2land:
No, didn't think of it when I was running it.

I've not had much luck with the wifi for quite a while now. Then, last night, I decided to flash Sleuth's new rom, and on a whim, checked it. Suprise, suprise, it worked.

Went back to pandora 6.1 and it didn't work again...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] over2land:
Where do I look for to ensure that? Sorry for the nooB question, but I've fished around and not found it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bilclintonsdaman:
network icon prob

hey guys, i cooked my own rom with Pandora 5.0 Beta 1, and since then the network indicator icon is stuck on U, even though (as in the pic) the network is clearly EDGE. anyone know how to fix it? or at least what i should be looking for? :confused:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pvs:
***Start->Settings->Connections

******Then choose the Connections Icon

*********Edit my Proxy Server

Once in there, I won't be much help, since I don't use it ... but there is stuff that might be pointing to MediaNet (which I also never use, nor set up). This was known to cause PIE connectivity issues when using WiFi.

FWIW, if you used one of the CABs to set up your Cingular Settings (since you're on Cingular/AT&T), it could very well have set up a Proxy for you. I typically enter this stuff manually, and only add what I'm going to use.

Custel (remember Custel?) used to offer two CAB's ... one to Disable Proxy, and one to Restore Proxy, so you could easily switch between the two. I am not sure if those CABs are still avaliable, nor if they would work OK with Pandora ... but it might be worth a shot. Try doing a search for Custel 2.5 ... the CABs might still be around someplace.

Good luck,

-pvs

[EDIT]OK, I can't get it re-uploaded, but look for the link named CWS_Proxy_Manager_Group.cab near the bottom of this post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1268288&postcount=1

That might do it for you (hopefully). Please post back and let us know how it went.[/EDIT]
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] over2land:
With Pandora I didn't use the cab to setup the settings... I had pre-cooked it in. I posted the cab I was using on Sleuth's rom (and used on this one that connects) a while back here so Matt could see the settings and maybe incorporate it into Pandora.

I'm at work now, and won't get to mess with it for a while, but I think what I'll try and do is put Pandora back on the phone and then hit it with the .cab that I used on the Sleuth ROM and see what happens from there.

@pvs- thanks for the link
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
here's the cab from the original AT&T dump
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Oppressa:
All I could find was the CAB in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=260453

But it's for WM5 for Wizard and won't install. Are files like this able to be tweaked to open in WM6?

The new TNT Windows Mobile ROM here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=324053 has the feature implemented. You can see it in use in one of the screenshots.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] slimshadee:
Just reporting in with an update on the 6.1 build:

36 hours strong, not one lockup, decent battery performance, phone calls coming through, internet, wifi, etc. seem to be working as well as any build on the 3.57 ROM. I have re-booted the device a couple of times, but this is pretty much how I normally use the device.

I am VERY encouraged...at least for me, eliminating the storage card pointing has resolved ALL issues.

I will continue to test...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] michaeljames_a:
How to remove unneeded rgus?

matt how could we remove the unneeded rgu's in our cooked dump to increase the speed of our cooked roms?

Also, how do we know if they're needed or not? and could you provide us with a list of the rgu's we could simply remove?

thanks!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
Disclaimer: I have not tried this, nor have I read much about it...

You need the .rgu files to run the BuildOS operation, so they must be present in the kitchen. Once the hive files are built (successful BuildOS operation), you can go into the /temp/dump folder and remove all of them, as well as any other files that are not needed in the final rom. Then you would run the CreateRom to generate the nbh.

Anyone feel free to correct me should I be wrong, but I'm pretty sure this is correct.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] over2land:
I re-installed the cab I used on Sleuth's ROM to give me the Cingular settings... no dice.

Found the cab you were talking about and installed it. Started wifi, then tried to connect. No dice. Shut off wifi, SR the phone, turn on wifi, no dice.

I still get the "The page cannot be displayed or downloaded because the connection was lost. Check the connection and try again later". When I go to the connection, it says I'm still connected to the wireless network.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] over2land:
I did the same as I did in the other post...

Instead of saying locating, and not connecting, it was saying connecting, but never connecting. I ended up with the same error as in the above post.

BTW, I tried this both with stuff moved to the storage card and without.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] over2land:
Here is what I've got selected for the Build OS

Transriber

HTC Phone Pad

Symbol Pad

Enterprise Utilities

OE Games

Office 2007

Internet Sharing

Windows Media Player

ArcSoft MMS 4.2

HTC Today Music Plugin (add if using 6B Home Plugin)

HTC Touch Audio Manager (gray/black)

Modem Link

Adobe Flash Lite

HTC QuickLink

HTC GIF Animation

HTC X-Button

HTCustom 1.7

PIE 5-Way Nav

PIM Backup 2.4

Pocket RAR

Pocket Screen Capture

Task Manager

Zip

Disable PTT Function

1-Calc

Disconect Button- GPRS

Lunar Calender

Time Sync Tab

Date Single Line

Disable Security Warning

Enable 802.11g

Increase File System filter cache

Increase font cache

Increase Ring Volume

Limited Clock- Enable

Make reminders show only once

Make WM6 ask where to install a program

Prompt Before Overwriting

SD Battery Fix

Show Battery on Title Bar

Show slide-out keyboard capsdot

Adobe Reader LE

mUn Grey/Green Keyboard

BlackBerry

BtCrawler

Calender

Date

Device Lock

Internet Calling

Messaging

Owner Info

Tasks

Wireless

HTC Kaizer 9 Button

Stock Dialer- ATT

Flash Light

Glossy Black Bars

Notepad

SuperBright Screen

Total Commander

WM Storage 1.75

Red Glow

HTC Kaiser Today Plugin-6 Button

PHM Registry Editor

PreAutoRun Custom Settings- ATT

updated White Battery Indicator

ATT 3G Startup

Voice Speed Dial
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
I believe this to be true and although I haven't proved it in practice, I've seen it done by some chefs (who shall remain nameless). I leave the rgu's in my ROMs so people can deconstruct them if they're so inclined. Without the rgu you've got a worthless package, something upon which I frown. :mad:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pvs:
Don't know if you tried this...With Custel's, installing that CAB gives you a folder with two shortcuts in Programs Menu. Before turning on WiFi or opening PIE, click the shortcut to Disable Proxy. Then start WiFi, then start PIE.

If you need to restore the proxy, use the other shortcut, but same basic procedure.

HTH,

-pvs
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] over2land:
Yes, it did give me a folder (which, no I didn't realize last night)

And, Yes, there is a thing to disable proxy in there. I tapped it, it installed, and then, low and behold I could get to the net.

Thanks much, that did the trick.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gr8hifi:
Matt,

do you have any tricks up your sleeve for a new release anytime soon? Just curious as I haven't flashed my phone in almost a week... : )

anyway, in your next kitchen, perhaps adding the proxy folders back in may be helpful for those ATT users amongst us that like to use WiFi to browse the net... just a thought!

Thanks for all the hard work...

maybe its just time to call it... "perfect"...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Phantisy:
New version of PocketCM OEM on my site for download. Version 0.10 can be found at http://www.phantisy.com/Mobile/
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
Yeah, I need to get some time on the wifi issue. I've been really busy with my day job :(

I do have a couple tricks up my sleeve - but I can't say what they are yet ;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Oppressa:
You have a day job? :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
I wonder some days... :)

I posted a new CreateROM.bat in the post #2 that gives you the option to delete .rgu files from the dump before building the ROM. Please heed the notice with it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] DvTonder:
Matt,

One more addition for your next Kitchen release.

Regards

David
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Oppressa:
And something else to add as an option:

http://www.pocketcm.com/

Download link: http://www.pocketcm.com/download.php?f=PocketCM-0.10.zip

Allows you use your finger to quickly scroll to contacts starting with a certain letter or move your finger quickly up or down and it will continue to scroll quickly before slowing down and stopping. Fantastic app that has now found a home on my phone.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gr8hifi:
Matt,

I did notice that the streaming media broke again with 5.4. It was broken in 5.2 i think, then you fixed it for 5.3 i believe Now it seems to be broken with 5.4.. weird. I install it and it gives me a "appicatoin can't be opened" along with some 'either it's not signed or something is missing" stuff...

any ideas?

can't wait to see your tricks!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] drodri18:
Yeah that useless, pesky day job :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] hwpeter:
Office problem

There seems to be problem putting 'Office 2007' with antivirus program running.

If there's guy out there having problem putting 'Office 2007' in your ROM try unabling your antivirus program first...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] over2land:
I guess I had my first sleep of death today.

Put it on the charger last night.

woke up this morning to, instead of a green light telling me the phone was charged, a red light... pull it off the charger press the power button to wake it up and nothing. Touch screen, press power button a few times... finally had to SR it.

Came back on fine. Turns out it was fully charged too.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Oppressa:
That's a sleep of death? I would have thought you couldn't soft reset from a state with a name like that. That was just a crash.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
has anyone tried the new CreateROM.bat in post 2? I'm curious how it works :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] over2land:
hmmm. Good point.

I really dunno... call it what you will, just mentioning it happened.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] over2land:
Ok, I did it.

Before using it, I had 47.23 MB total of Storage, 11.28 Mb in use, and 35.96 Mb free. I had 46.76 MB of program memory, 25.17 Mb in use, and 21.59 Mb free.

After using it, I had 47.60 MB total of Storage, 11.28 Mb in use, and 36.32 Mb free. I had 46.76 MB of program memory, 25.09 Mb in use, and 21.67 Mb free.

Both are on fresh builds from the buildos.exe run.

Sounded like a good idea at the time anyway... .37Mb?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] christonge:
Gave it a try in the v5.4 kitchen and works great. I seem to have gained around 0.6-0.7mb in storage...

I´m really happy with the kitchen results although I prefer the OS 3.57 ROM, thanks for the support on that build!!!;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pietrucci:
Yes tried it also in 5.4: perfect!

I noticed there are also lots of .bmp files in the same directory (in my case 336!), do we really need all of them???

Not that I care that much, I'm not exploring the \windows map all day.

But I can imagine that some programs that use these bitmaps search the map and that might slow them down...

Perhaps I could make a ROM without all the bmp's and see what it does...

Pandora 5.4 still is the greatest!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pvs:
I don't think the point of removing the RGUs was really to save storage space, but, because there are so many of them, to speed up the device by eliminating entries from the Windoze directory. Have you noticed any appreciable increase in speed of the device? If so, then this might be a useful step in the kitchen.

Got to be careful with the BMP's. A lot of them make up parts of the UI. But you CAN save about 1.4MB of space by removing the following if they exist in the ROM you're working with:

Alouette.mid -> 13.2KB

Bolero.wma -> 73.4KB

Capri.wma -> 114.0KB

Die Zauberflote.wma -> 93.0KB

Dogbark.wav -> 41.3KB

Flight of the Bumblebee.wma -> 69.6KB

Halloween.wma -> 47.1KB

Happy.wma -> 59.3KB

London Bridge.wma -> 57.4KB

Mozart Alla Turca.wma -> 68.7KB

Pizzi-cato Polka.wma -> 81.8KB

Pour Elise.wma -> 62.1KB

Trout.wma -> 76.2KB

X'mas song.wma -> 99.6KB

1-nature_15fps.mp4 -> 207.0KB

Birthday_gift.gif -> 39.0KB

Flower.jpg -> 40.0KB

Guava Bubbles.tsk -> 91.8KB

Heart.gif -> 35.8KB

Photo.gif -> 36.0KB

Pond.jpg -> 26.0KB

Utah.png -> 8.5KB

Depending on the particular ROM you're starting with, you might find others, as well.

-pvs
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] over2land:
Haven't really noticed a speed increase to be honest.

Then again, hasn't slowed it down any either.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] DvTonder:
HTC Home Kaizer v2.0 - working?

Has anyone managed to get the new HTC Home V2.0 working with Pandora? I tried the .zip file I found on this thread but it does not seem to work.

or maybe I am doing something wrong ...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] TooSharp:
Try this one.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Phantisy:
New PocketCM OEM version located at http://www.phantisy.com/Mobile/

Here is a list of what's new and changed:

Version 0.11

- SMS character counter

- Contact with unread SMS appears on top

- Tapping on an SMS change read/unread status

- You can create contact when you receive SMS from an unknown contact

- PocketCM handle incoming SMS: bring the window to top and highlight the contact (Note that it doesn't affect the way the message is stored, standard messaging application is still responsible for storing the SMS, also a soft-reset may be required for it to work)

- Contact caching: will load contact from cache, so a lot faster (note that obviously the first start ever is still slow)

- Update touch theme with background

- Transparent Edit boxes for note and SMS

- New setting to allow more number to be recognized as SMS number

- Bug fixes

- CAB: Uninstall should set WM default contact manager as contact manager
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Oppressa:
Any release date yet for the new Pandora Matt? Not pushing for a rushed release, just asking!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
No worries :)

I'm still debating the validity of a new build, since there are so few updates to add.

Other than additions already posted that were requested to be included, are there any other requests?

Basically, this is all I have:

Add packages in the last few posts

Seperate out black theme from dialpads and add as optional

Strip out excess bmp, wma, wav, and png files

Strip out unnecessary and bloated .dsm files (big impact on space consumption)

Add new CreateROM.bat that allows removing .rgu files from build

Add updated Today Home pluging v2 that TooSharp posted

I'm getting ready for a huge career change, so my play time is hit-and-miss right now. But if there's enough need, I'm happy to put together a new setup.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] DvTonder:
Matt,

I have managed to piece together a pretty complete 6.1 and 5.4 from your core, the bits and pieces I did as well as those posted by others.

It would however be nice to have an 'official' trimmed down release (.bmp etc removed) as I lost track of how far I managed to get with the various tweaks people posted (e.g. Comm button vibrate fix - I have it for 5.4 but not 6.1)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] slimshadee:
I agree. A new cleaned up version that incorporates the latest requests would be a nice way to issue PK 6.1 in "official release" form, supplanting the beta.

Since I cleaned out some of the storage card options for e-mail, my documents, etc., 6.1 has been a peach. Fast, smooth, no lockups...a keeper in my book.

Matt, best of luck on your career change, and don't feel obligated to finish this at anyones pace other than what YOU want. This stuff is for fun / freetime, of which you have dedicated plenty to the benefit of all of us. Thanks for the opportunity to ride along and learn a little.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Oppressa:
Yeah, as slimshadee said, at your pace.

But the additions mentioned above sound great. Especially the removal of all of those random BMPs, WAVs and other bloat files.

I've been suffering a speed loss after moving temp IE to the memory card and don't want to go through the hassle of flashing and reinstalling programs until the next release comes out so I can include the latest programs (including MS Reader which you added at my suggestions :D)

Waiting with anticipation!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pvs:
All the best in your career change, Matt. As the others have said, a formally released super-clean version would be nice, but only if/when you want to. As for removing the garbage files, hey, we can really do that ourselves, I think ... you've kinda given us all the tools we need to do that (THANKS!)

The other stuff might be a little bit harder for us beginners.

But I really just wanted to say "Good Luck". I hope this new career is in something tecchie like the stuff we follow here ... it's SO nice to be able to do your hobby and get paid for it.

All the best,

-pvs
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] TaurusBullba R.I.P.:
Good luck Matt! :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] v3patel:
After 3 or 4 SOftreset phone does not boot

Is it only me doing somthing wrong or some issue with my build but after few Softreset or may be after few days when ever I do SR phone hang on second green screen and does not get booted up. It happend with all ROM version 5, 5.1, and 6. DOes this version of WM6 needed to be activated? or may be Auto update need to be On?

Can you please look into this or guide me what am I doing worng.