yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] kalrykh:
Exchange

No one's responded to this post yet, so I don't feel bad completely rewriting it. I gave up my 8525 for an iPhone a little over a month ago. Before that, I often spent many long hours here, reading wikis, faqs, howtos and random posts about tips and tricks. You guy are the best support forum I've ever seen. This site helped me unlock back when unlocking was a pain, and I experimented with a few ROM's, even bricked my 8525 (thank God Cingular had no idea what the bootloader screen was, nor the text displayed on it, or my warranty exchange would have never worked :P). Even though my iPhone is my main device, I put this ROM on the old 8525. I'm very very impressed. The speed differences are amazing (I never tried the previous WM6 cooked ROM's, as I wasn't in the mood to play guinea pig). With the help of my boss, whom I just found out has been a long time visitor here as well and has an 8525, I got Exchange working (one thing I definitely miss on the iPhone). The call quality, reception and data speed are phenomenal (More qualities I miss). In the end though, ease of use, simplicity and style win out over the much better feature set of the 8525, but I feel good knowing that if I ever come to my senses, you guys will be here pumping out quality software and a level of support that money can't buy. My hat's off to all of you who have put so much into something so small.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] nihmrodd:
Answered my own question, though I'll post my own fix in case it helps someone else. On the WM5 ROM that shipped with my 8525, the kb light came on when I slid the kb open. Here it only illuminates once a key is pressed. Anyway, thanks again for a great ROM!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] kwheaties:
Hmmm... sounds like I'm screwed. I give up... re-flash time. :mad:

Thanks for the responses.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ericc191:
I think I've already said it vp, but this is by far my favorite Rom for my phone. I have tested every one I could find and just keep coming back. The other roms are great too, really, but yours is exactly what I needed for my phone. Thank you so much!

PS: Any plans for a 4.0?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] GldRush98:
Sorry but I think that is a foolish statement.

You're giving up a device that has about 1,000 x more things it can do for a device that is "prettier" and "trendy".

I know a couple people with iPhones and have been 100% unimpressed with anything they do, including the apple "style". It can be replicated on the 8525 easily if you must have the "looks".

I would take a $20 Nokia over an iPhone.

Enjoy Edge.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] cirial:
I too have noticed that back when I ran WM5, it lit up once the kb was slid out, and now it only comes on when you press a button..
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ddevling:
Memory Usage

vp3G,

This is not a question specific to your ROM but maybe is inherit in all windows platforms.?

In your ROM cooking, do you put emphasis on what I would call memory leakage? After several days of running my 8525, my program memory gets quite low. I never leave programs running but when shutting a program down, there always seems to be less memory available. after some time this all adds up. I clean out emails, caches, etc..

Great ROM and keep up the good work.:D

(I was going to change my signature to show another ROM, just for fun)

Dan
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] MSHampton:
Here's a strange one...

First of all, I have my phone set to run SPBbackup at 3am every night and then reboot. What I have noticed thorugh is that when it comes back up from that reboot, not all of my programs load if the device is locked. They start to, but seem to hang. When I wake up and take the phone off the charger (4 hrs later) I can unlock the phone and then everything continues loading.

Ever seen anything like that before? :confused:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] s4mb4:
just to add my 2 cents here.

i run this ROM with no today screen enhancements except for PocketWeather and metrix.

I have run under this config for over 3 weeks now. I have never had to reboot. It is very solid for me. You may want to check what sorta stuff you are trying to load. maybe it has some issues with WM6....
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Scrog:
Regarding SPB, i've not been able to get the scheduled back up to run at all. Regular backups manually work fine (no errors) but the scheduled ones just don't happen.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] IraSeigel@hotmail.com:
Excellent update - but why Radio 1.40?

Hello, newbie to this great forum here.

Thanks vp3G for this excellent work. My download and install went flawlessly. But just curious as to why you chose Radio 1.40, as is indicated on your screenshot. Is there a problem you've discovered with the later versions? Or should a Radio update (v1.50?) be downloaded and installed by the user separately?

Thanks very much,

Ira Seigel
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mviana:
You can use whatever radio you want. Some radios work better for some than others. For example, where I live Radio 1.40 works best for me. I've tried the others and there is no comparison. For you it could be 1.48 or 1.50. You can flash each one and see which works best for you.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ericc191:
I'm still trying to find the radio with the best battery life :(
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] s4mb4:
my battery life got better over time. I know this has been discussed, but after about 3 weeks and using exchange push, i get 36 hours before it dies.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] drbowden:
Regarding Battery Life

I have found the best battery life on non-3G ATT networks to be 1.50. (I am not in a 3G area frequently enough to assess it's impact on battery life.)

Dean

Cingular 8500

vp3G WM6 v3.0.0 ATT

Radio 1.50.00
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ericc191:
I am starting to think I might have a bad battery.. it dies too quickly and always overheats.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] jdsemler:
Total newbie to the forum here, but thank you for the ROM. I bought a refurb Cingular 8525 from AT&T today and put it on from the start, and I LOVE it. Thank you.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Harold Brown:
My battery will last the day as long as I don't use it too much (down to about 50%). Sometimes I get the battery low warning after 15 hours if I have a day when I am talking on the phone more. I have 1.4 radio and I live on the fringe of a 3g network area.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Dr Puttingham:
I'd drop down to the 1.40 as several of my 8525's had the same problem and now are happier. I'm seeing how the 1.51 is now, we'll see.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ChrisFB:
Weird, I'll tell you I ran into what might be this same issue SPB Time and the alarm wake up. When the phone is locked and the alarm goes off the screen comes on and it sits there with no noise (it will sit like this for a long time - no sound ever). If I then touch the screen it flashes and all of a sudden it all goes off again and I get the screen and alarm.

I tried reinstalls and hard resets. Same exact thing (note that if the phone is not locked and the program is on, the alarm will go off fine).

Given that this sounds very similar and is from the same software maker, they may have an issue with this flavor of WM6. I'll also say that I haven't run into a single issue with any other program, just SPB Time. I actually had to get a different alarm which sucks because SPB Time is a great program for me. Maybe we should bring this to their attention and they can look into it for the next update.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ChrisFB:
BTW - vp3G - I absolutely love this ROM. I am historically not an adopted of unofficial builds or new builds on a device I depend on for business but after 90 pages I decided your's was a flavor to try. I started reading tutorials and learned enough to do this without turning my device into a brick. I could not be happier.

Sincere thanks for all your work on this.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Gator5000e:
Little off topic, but since most people here who are using vp's ROM are Cingy/AT&T customers, has anyone tried the new radio, 1.51.10? A number of people from Canada and Europe have tried it but have not seen many US based reviews. If anyone is brave enough to try it, please post your thoughts. Thanks.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] MSHampton:
You have to uncheck the option for SPB to kill all running programs, then it should work. That's the official "fix" I got directly form SPB.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] buffalosolja42:
Sorry I am new to this, I put wm6 on my 8525

And I am just trying to figure what exactly I will loose for adding ptt? This site is awesome and it is excellent resource even for beginners.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ChrisFB:
The PTT button is dead so the only thing you lose is the ability to remap it if you use the non-PTT add on cab in Post 2. However, PTT is a significant part of the dialer so I just opted to add it anyway even though I don't use it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
\o/ ...someone understands it! :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] reitjam:
vp3G when can we get a new build

i want to try your new build, 3 is so far the best work, i want to see how you top it, i cant wait. can you tell us when we can get our hands on it?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
Soon enough... :)

And it shall be topped...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] reitjam:
my eyes are bleeding from the lack of sleep

yours too but i have to go to bed, unless tonight is the night, can you at least say that much.... please

also i am having a problem maybe you can help me with, i need the cabs from a program called pocket islam, can you see about how to get them from the exe, i cant do it in win rar.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] taj786:
i was installing this rom upgarde, after it self detect my boot loader, it went fine asking me some stuff to make sure about the connection and battery charged, but after it went to verifying information, it gave me a 260 error, that connection could not be established, make sure the usb cable is connected and all and now i have this red, green, blue color stripes with USB written on the white strip at the bottom, i have vista on my machine and i have the HTC 8525 by cingular, i downloaded the official AT&T vp3g 3.0 file, can someone please help, i dunno what to do now, just looking at my phone, thinking if its a brick now...HELP.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] fmg9800:
A soft reset should get you back to normal. Have you installed the Vista patch that allows you to flash using Vista? you can find it here http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_UpgradeFAQ#Q24

good luck

Mark
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] buffalosolja42:
Ok I'm new to the xda site but I have a quick question

I purchased this rom vp3g raido 1.16.00.00 off ebay and if the money didn't go to vp3g I am going to be mad. I am a data sneed for the new at&t and trust me I bring up alot of discussions at work when either in the store or on conference call about the release of wm6. I just wanted to take time and thank vp3g again, the location I work at for the new at&t has 3g and I don't have it at home but this rom has been nothing less than flawless. I have read over 57 pages on this discussion topic and I want to make sure that I read enough to enable the ptt since I have to demo it in the store. VP3G I hope to goodness that you work for at&t wireless because I think that your contributions to us says enough. I have had customers come in my store and I have noticed that they have your rom as well and that says alot to void a warranty for a $600 phone (the rom that is better than the wm5 out of the box). Sorry to type so much but I think that it was due, I have been talking about wm6 since I purchased my 8525 and I am glad that you took initiative to do what needed to be done. I hope the 19.99 I paid for your rom went directly to you. Well time to read more I need to enable PTT!!:)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] aadadams:
That is not vp3g's style I doubt it was an auction he had any ties to. Donations are made via paypal for his ROM because it is free.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
Uhh no, these ROMs aren't to be sold on eBaY or elsewhere, and it certainly isn't me. :mad:

Please PM me a link to the auction. There's nothing to guarantee you've got the genuine article either, btw.

To enable PTT you just need to install the appropriate cab from post #2.

EDIT: Found the auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200142985069, and there are 4 others. I'll try to have them shut down.

Wouldn't mind if ya'll bombarded the seller with thoughts of what a plagiaristic bastard he is. :mad:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] buffalosolja42:
I have it now and it is awesome

Your great!!! Vp3g!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/Windows-Mobile-...ryZ38331QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem as I will be delighted to make donations to you. Because I clearly paid 19.99 for a rom that you created and it didn't even have ptt. I am sure if people are swamped with trying to manage time that this guy has made quite a good bit.:mad:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] buffalosolja42:
another quote

Had I known that I wouldn't have left him with good feedback!!!!!:mad:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
I suggest you contact eBay security and the seller and tell them you discovered that you purchased copyright infringed material. Maybe you can recover your $20.

I was on the virge of releasing something new, but now I'm pissed so maybe I'll just keep it to myself. It only takes one jackass to ruin a good thing.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] buffalosolja42:
I didn't mean to ruin it.

I love your work and like I said I installed it and it works great, You remind me of a guy on another forum I'm on they call him Guru (or Godfather). Don't let one person ruin it, if it wasn't for my customer coming in the store and giving me htc home. I wouldn't have known. And I remember seeing this on one of the post and I am sorry to re-ask the question and its really not that important but does any of your updates have the com manager as the previous version I had. If not its cool I am completely satisfied.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] rotohammer:
I wouldn't let it piss you off. Its sad that the best someone can do to make money is to rip off someone else's work. In the end, he is the scumbag, folks will still value your hard work though. I encourage folks to directly support the effort of the ROM cooks that they use releases from. I'm doing so right now.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] buffalosolja42:
Just contacted ebay and when I receive my refund it goes straight to vp3g!!!

that fixes that so maybe all the roms that are for sale that members have made may be subject to reinbursment of ebay??
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] rotohammer:
buffalosolja42:

Thanks for bringing it to everyones attention. Hopefully this thread will be a warning to anyone else who tries to pawn off an XDA Developers piece of work for sale.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
Let's see what happens. Maybe if enough people contact the seller it will shame him into shutting down the auctions. He's been reported for ToS violations.

Don't get me wrong buffalosolja42, I'm glad you said something. XDA has enough trouble with M$ without stuff like this going on. I just don't know what makes a person think it's "acceptable" to sell something that's otherwise free and not even their own work. It's a real motivation killer for the author, that's for sure. :(
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] buffalosolja42:
hopefully ebay will tell him to refund me and I will make annual donations

I know the price to keep a site running and I like this site, since I only use pda's.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ddevling:
ebay

vp3G, I sentr email to each buyer of the software directing them to this site and asking them to contact ebay.

I also sent ebay a notice that the seller is infringing copywrite laws.

Hope it stops.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] rotohammer:
On the positive side, out of all the ROMs available to pawn, he chose vp3G. I'd feel a little ego boost myself.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] wpbear:
I reported to ebay the 4 current auctions he had.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] parleyp:
VP3G--theft is a very sincere form of flattery.

Seriously--don't let scumbags like this discourage you. Pirates are leaches on the bowels of creativity and most of them get it in the end. In my former position, I spent my whole time dedicated to shutting down pirates--and there are many on ebay.

In my experience, most software offered there is pirated. Some of it is so good that the producers of the legitimate software have to really examine it before determining it is fake!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] wyldtek:
Just left you a little something in the tip jar. Thanks!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] jdsemler:
To Gator5000e, yes, I'm using radio ROM 1.51 with vp3G's WM6 v3.0 with ROM, and it works great. I'm about 30 miles outside of Austin, TX, and there were parts of my home that did not get the high speed connection (it would drop to EDGE), and now the whole house gets at least 2 bars of the good stuff. I walked around the house using my Slingbox client as a test, and life is good. :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Gator5000e:
Thanks for the report. Thought my question got lost in the shuffle, or worse..ignored!! LOL. Anyway, I have been hesitant to try 1.51 given the problems people have reported with internet connections, but I guess I can always flash back to 1.50 if it gives me problems. Thanks again, jdsemler!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] kalrykh:
trendy? I like the look and feel. I like the screen interface a hell of a lot better. I've seen your "replicated" BS and it's sluggish. "i know a couple people with iPhones." well, here's something for you. i _own_ both. you _own_ one. i have the ability to compare both of them side by side and give my opinions. you're basing your opinion on the opinions of others, rather than personal experience. if you have no personal experience on which to form an opinion of a product, hold your tongue until you get some, because otherwise it looks like you just want something to ***** about. if you want to flame, do it elsewhere. i use my phones for 2 things: making calls, and entertainment. since both can make calls and give you access to personal media, is it not the best solution to use the one which makes accessing said media easist and looks the best? ok then.

so yes, the 8525 has more features and is more functional...for things i don't typically need or use. for what i do use on a regular basis, the iphone is a better fit. at the moment, im using exchange, so im using my 8525. if i decide i don't need to be so obessed with my email, i'll go back to the iphone. so take your flaming and shove it up your ass :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] parleyp:
I don't know what the prior message added to the discussion

I thought we were talking about vp3g's rom in this thread. Seems like ipod bashing and the other flaming isn't really adding anything.

I have tried many roms and vp3g's is the best so far. Doesn't mean it is perfect but it lets me get done the things I need to do.

My point is let's contribute or STFU!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] jlopez0978:
Work perfect

Good rom, stable and all funtions work fine. Work better for me with the Rom 1.50.

AT&T 8525 (Hermes 100)

ROM: vp3G's WM6 v3.0 -- [The official "official" AT&T ROM]

Radio: 1.50.00.00

IPL: 1.04 | SPL: 2.10.Olipro (please practice safe flashing!)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] fmg9800:
"Bitter, party of one. Bitter, party of one" Geez lighten up fella.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gabrielstan:
I am honestly not trying to waste your time, but I was not talking about the splash screen, I was talking about the windows startup sound, you know the MS WM6 sound that the phone makes after it finish booting right when the today screen loads up.

I think it is accurately called the startup sound by analogy with Other Windows versions.

It is not a big deal I am trying to offer some feedback, if you find it unfounded please feel free to ignore it.

Thank you one more time for a kick *** ROM.

It makes me wonder how stupid ATT engineers can be if in 6 mo since the WM6 was out, at least that I know off for Cingular 8525, that even today they cannot fix the old one (WM5) ?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
No worries... I'd genuinely like to figure it out as that's my nature, however I'm afraid I still don't know the sound... never heard one as such on my Hermes and it's had many, many ROMs flashed to it. Anyone?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] reitjam:
Sound

Maybe the brrring sound the first time you set the device up

Sorry for the childish language but I can’t describe the sound.

It’s been so long since I have flashed, thanks to vp3G I can’t remember the last time I heard it
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] DSP316:
You have my accolades and my $$

Hi Vp3G:

After a month almost of having the 3.0 ROM you cooked-I am really happy to report that it is working great. I even took it overseas-surfed, texted, talked and it IS really a piece of art! Thanks for all the hard work you have put into this. I dropped a little something in the cookie jar. You deserve it!:)

This is a great site-and thanks to all who contribute here...

PS: I am sorry that someone is trying to sell your work. The best things in life are free and yours is certainly one of them. Perhaps imitation is the best form of flattery-as long as you don't ask people to pay for it!

AT&T 8525 (Hermes 100)

ROM: vp3G's WM6 v3.0 -- [The official "official" AT&T ROM]

Radio: 1.48.00.00

IPL: 1.04 | SPL: 2.10.Olipro
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Iridious:
VP3G Junkies

You know we are all junkies. I think we might go into some kind of withdrawal if you did that.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
Eh, you're right...

NEW ROM
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Nioc:
I have noticed with this rom that the windows dir. takes forever to pen through file explorer. Also, if I open an mp3 it takes forever to open WMP. Is there a fix for this?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mien916:
Cant, its your phone... Everyone's phone is like that when you go to the windows dir on file explorer...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] cirial:
Mines not.. it takes about 2 seconds to open.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] deach01:
I think there was something earlier in this forum about this and, if you have that HTC Today thing loaded browseing the Windows Dir takes forever.

its usualy NOT the "ROM" at fault for things like this, its the programs that you are running interacting badly.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Nioc:
do you have the HTC Today screen running?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] parleyp:
I do NOT run HTC Today and opening the windows directory takes less than 2 seconds.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] cirial:
no, I do not..
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] chipsxj:
thanks this was great.