yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] larsuck:
bad blocks in extROM

Olioaglio pointed out to me that some Hermes devices have bad blocks in their extROM, which could cause problems such as yours, i.e. problems with superstorage ROMs but not with regular roms (which apparently don't actively use the extROM).

This situation is really a bummer, because although it is probably due to defective hardware, the only way to discover said defecive hardware is to install an unsupported ROM. Catch 22.

PS, did you try Hypercore's Second Edition (SE) ROM?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] a8yss:
larsuck

yeah just read it, he made release candidate 2 alraedy isnt..

have u got similar problem like me, and tried Hypercore's Second Edition (SE) ROM?? if not, i better wait, instaling all the application make me sick haha
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] larsuck:
Well, no actually ab8ss, I don't have any problem at all. I am using SuperD-Lite and loving it for months now. Try Hypercore's SE, I haven't read through the thead, but he seems to have made it in a different way. Perhaps it will fix your problem.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] edhaas:
Bad blocks, superstorage

a8yss: Thanks for the update. I'd like you to try putting in half of your programs, then stopping, then resetting, then adding some more. If you could note where exactly in the process you get the inability to reboot, that would be great. Keeping backups to each stable point will also help you not lose your work.

larsuck: I suppose it could be bad blocks, although usually those are compensated for by the hardware. I personally think its usually a software issue though. There have been over 700 downloads of my superstorage roms, (more with mirrors I can't monitor) and really only 1 or 2 people have cited any issue with my roms and the reset issue. I think I had it once also, but cured it by the process I noted above to a8yss. I have also definitely run across software that didn't like the superstorage. Anyway, I'm disappointed its not working great for everyone. :confused:

Thanks for everyone's help,
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gerald_s:
Now its more or less official because Karhu updated the Rom Benchmarks:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=320370#post1651968

Although this Rom is not using the newest Base its one of the fastest. And its running without any issues!!!!!

So once again congratulations, Mr. Edhaas.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] edhaas:
It's good.

Hi gerald_s,

Thanks for the comment. Nice to see the speed is just as good as the later builds, and with the proven stability and smaller size. I'll take it! :)

I know its been quiet on this thread, but that's how it should be really. Once people settle down to actually using the rom instead of flashing for variety's sake (of course you can change the look and feel in other ways), you begin to see the benefits.

Best wishes everyone,
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] klabton:
This rom is like Land Rover Defender :D There are many other roms, with newer builds, but this one is still the best. I've changes roms like 2-3 times in a month. Until i've installed this one :)

Thank You Edhass again, for Your job. :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] larsuck:
Like a guilty husband who keeps stepping out on his wife, I keep coming back to this ROM after forays to try other ROMs. Until this last time she kept taking me back with no issues.

However, after a long stint trying different Pandora builds and different 6.1 builds I started experiencing the hard reset problem mentioned by Olioaglio a few posts earlier.

First, I apologized profusely - but she wasn't having any of it.

Then I checked for bad blocks, but mtty couldn't find any.

Finally I flashed with a stock ROM (as suggested by Edhaas), flashed back with SuperDLite and all was well again.

The moral to this story is when you have found a ROM you like and have settled down - stay faithful. The other moral is that this ROM still rocks.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] shunsai:
larsuck, i hesitate to ask, but i figure you might have some good suggestions.

i'm in japan too. using a 1.14.10 sim-locked x01ht. i used to check these boards more often, until the flaming got so bad i just decided to stop visiting as frequently (not flaming towards me... i'm not in the habit of asking questions without prior research). but now i guess i'm a bit pressed for time. spent hours i really don't have trying to catch back up with what's changed in the past 6 months or so. i'm leaving japan for about a month in just a few days and am trying to get everything ready in time. one of those issues is my softbank phone.

i've been contemplating whether to just suffer whatever unknown charges softbank will lob at me for international roaming (in both N and S America), or whether to just go ahead and sim-unlock my phone. before i sim-unlock though, i kinda want to upgrade to a nice lite, fast cooked ROM.

the reason i'm asking you larsuck is because, like you (i think), i use my phone both for japanese and english. i've been researching which english OS/ROM would allow me to input and output japanese characters without too much trouble. i have several kanji/japanese study apps on my phone, a kanji/edict dictionary, and also tend to send mms messages with japanese every now and then. currently, i'm on the official softbank ROM with Asukal's MUI installed... but i feel i'm finally outgrowing the limitations of this ROM. i don't use half the apps on it and am tired of a slow, increasingly unresponsive phone with no free memory or storage space.

can you tell me some of the issues i can expect when changing over to an english ROM? i think i don't mind keeping the softbank external ROM if it will make japanese keyboard issues a moot issue. and also, as much as softbank's MMS program aggravates me, i'm not feeling adventurous enough to try and setup the other thing. the ROMs i've been contemplating are Shamanix ULTIMATE, some variation of Schap's Lite, or maybe the D-Lite Dopod ROM i see in your sig. any suggestions/input you can give me from your japanese/english hybrid experience?

and the reason i put this in public as opposed to a PM is because i would like anyone's ideas who has faced this particular japanese/english ROM dilemma.

i'll keep doing more research while i await your responses. :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] edhaas:
Thanks!

Hello larsuck!

It's nice to hear your eloquent voice again. I've watched your sig evolve over time, and can't say I haven't been a bit jealous of those other roms at times, but it's nice to have you back. ;)

I do keep seeing steady downloads of this rom, and very little comment on the thread, so I'm assuming others continue to be attracted to, and happy with, this plain-Jane though subtly sophisticated rom as well.

Having said that, if you've seen any recent innovations that really should be put into an updated version (not promising anything), let me know. I kind of hate to do it though, because I've been really lucky with these two roms, and its nice spending time doing other things.

Best wishes,
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] azmie67:
Using SDHC on Ed's ROM

Hello to all,

I installed V1.0 and has been enjoying zippy performance on my device for the past two months. I must say that I was tempted to try out Shap's. However, considering the fact that the performance is good, I don't see a reason to try out other ROMs. I guess my next progression would be the V1.2 before settling on S/DLite. Thanks Ed for your hard work.

I do have one question for all of EdHaas' fans. Read in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=360637

that SDHC works on WM6 base ROM. Since Ed's ROM is based on WM6 stock ROM, I am wondering if anyone has installed any SDHC on and if there is any compatibility issue in recognizing the card. Thanks everyone.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] alancstan:
Edhaas,

Nice to see that you r still around. Busy with any projects lately? I am still using the rom that you have made eventhough it is very tempting to change to newer roms around! But why change when it is not broken?!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] shunsai:
hey edhaas, i installed your d-lite 1.2 ROM yesterday, and all seems to be going well so far. i decided that i wasn't ready to get rid of my Extended ROM partition yet, so i just decided to try out v1.2 (just in case i needed to switch to another ROM soon after). this is the first ROM i've ever installed, so i have to say, i was a bit worried. but it looks like i made the right choice.

so i decided to forego sleep last night and try and get my X01HT back to my previous customizations. i installed japanese fonts and IME without a problem. still have others of my programs to reinstall, and haven't setup my Softbank AP yet. also, still looking around for a manner mode solution (i'm keeping the Vibra switch as a last resort). otherwise, yeh, great job on the ROM! i'm looking forward to breaking it in even more (once i get some sleep)... thank you!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] larsuck:
Oh ho! What is this? Have I awoken the beast?

Yes, when I was out philandering with other ROMs, I noticed a few nice things:

3.62 Superstorage

(from RanDomIze's Storm using Schaps' 4.31 innards)

First, the icons are revamped and look a lot nicer - especially the comm manager icon in the taskbar which switches depending on what connectivity you have turned on and off.

Also, (and this could be pure speculation) but the Wifi seems to connect faster, be more reliable and draw much less power than 3.60.

All 3.62 builds I used were very stable, but the apps are not as snappy or responsive as SuperDLite. They obviously suffer from a severe lack of EdHaasification.

WM6.1

(builds 19716 and 19199)

Very snappy, but lots of buggaroos. IMHO, 6.1 is not ready for prime time yet - but when it finally is ready, lookout!

The one thing that is worthwile in 6.1 is the new PIE. It doesn't look like much compared with slicker alternatives like NetFront 3.5 and Opera 9.5, but it is a major advance in its own right. There is a .cab install that allows it to work quite well on 6.0, but I figure that if someone (cough) were to cook an optimized version into a 3.62 ROM then that ROM might stand out from the pack a bit.

Trolls

The last thing I have noticed lately is the rapidly increasing amount of "my keyboard doesn't work right after I flashed your ROM" and "can I use (program x) with this ROM?" posts. I don't mind people who don't know what they are doing - we were all that way at one point or another - but the sheer volume of people not doing their homework before posting is something else you may want to consider before diving back into the kitchen. However, if you do decide to cook another Edhaas ROM, you can count on me to police your thread as much as I am able to.

@shunsai: The above Troll comments were totally not aimed at you. I've PMed you regarding your questions.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] shunsai:
actually, yeh i meant to ask that very same question. i never found it expressly stated, but is SDHC compatibility built into this ROM? have people been able to use 4 gb and higher cards (i mention 'higher' because i hear that some 8 gb cards work on some cooked ROMs... but it only recognizes data up to a 4 gb limit). can anyone give some clarification on that pertaining to this ROM? firsthand experiences?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] jdc:
By the spec, a 4 gig MicroSD card is SHDC.

I know mine says it is.

I've never seen nor heard anything about an artificial 8 gig limit.

And for the record, I just installed this ROM as nothing else was as lean. Pay's WM6 Lite, while was pretty stripped down, did have more than I really wanted.

So far, so good. Very fast ROM, good amount of storage and free memory, just have that annoying activesync issue (have to disable advanced network functionality to get the connection to stay working). I don't believe that I had the this issue with Pay's, but I did have it with the stock ROM that shipped with the phone.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] shunsai:
thanx for the response jdc. yeh, i agree on the lean factor. and so far, i'm really enjoying this ROM, as this is my very first jump into WM6 (previously stock softbank wm5).

can anyone personally vouch for sdhc cards on this particular ROM higher than 4gb? a 6 or 8gb maybe? i would just like to be absolutely sure before i purchase one.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] edhaas:
Replies:

Hi All,

Nice seeing some activity here.

azmie67 and shunsai: Thanks for trying the rom. Hope you enjoy it. The downside to this rom seems to be that once people load it they are done, and tend to not hang out on the forum as much as folks who flash constantly. (alancstan and larsuck being noted exceptions) I suspect the reason no one has responded to the 6mb or 8mb SDHC card question is that the people who have pm'd me in the past with this question don't frequent the forum that much. I personally have not filled up my 2gb card, so can't be positive, but there is no reason a 6 or 8gb card wouldn't work in this rom if they work in any rom. I've told people this by pm in the past (actually I just told them it would work) and no one has come back to say it didn't work, so I assume its not an issue. If you could leave a message on the thread when you get yours, that would help "document" things for the next person. Thanks.

jdc: Welcome, and thanks for helping out! I agree, I think an SDHC is an SDHC, and if one works they likely all work.

larsuck: Thanks for your suggestions. Real Life is busy right now, but it might be fun to dust off the zip files and have a go at cooking again. I looked at 3.62 back when it first came out, and didn't really see much of a reason to change. As far as the icons and wifi, I'll try to check out the Randomize rom you mentioned. The new IE "should" be easy enough to cook in though.

Best wishes everyone!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] edhaas:
Jbed Java, thoughts

Hi All,

I updated the second post to include a link to Cloudyfa's modified Esmertec Jbed Java cab. This has been working for a good while but I neglected to update the post. This is a nice, fast, smaller alternative to the Tao Java for those of you using the Java-stripped versions.

Also, when I have a little time, I plan on updating one of the first posts with suggested registry mods. The only one I can think of off hand is the one to turn off the beep when a call connects. Most others are more a matter of preference. But I'm open to other suggestions.

Larsuck: I checked out the Storm rom you mentioned. Seems like a nice full rom. I didn't use it long enough to notice any problems with it. Nice eye candy, and a useful selection of applications. Battery drain is a bit high, but that may be because there is lots of internet data access built in by default. The data access is nice and smooth, but again the battery drain may be the trade-off.

I think an efficient approach might be to wait until Faria or Schaps or one of the other cooks here with more experience and time on their hands works out the kinks in 6.1, then I can take their work and do the "edhaasification" bit. :p Maybe Randomize's rom is getting close?

Take care,
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] claymen:
Updated links

Downloads
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] azmie67:
UPDATE: I recently purchased a Sandisk 4 GB SDHC (CL 2); couldn't get any faster card locally. It works fine out of box. No problem whatsoever in reading and writing (note: I've so far filled up to 1/2 GB only). Hope this info may help others. TQ
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] jdc:
Camera goes into 8-bit colour?

I've looked around in the forums and I can't seem to find anything close to this.

Randomly, when I'm taking pictures with the back camera, the colour depth in the preview window drops to what appears to be 256 colours (aka 8 bit colour).

Some further experiments when it does this show that saved images are also in the same low colour depth.

Occasionally it will jump back to normal, but more often than not, I have to exit the camera app and fire it up again.

Obviously, this is somewhat annoying.

Does anyone have any ideas?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] edhaas:
Camera, SD

azmie67: Thanks for the report!

jdc: Sorry about your T-Mobile issue. :mad: With respect to the camera, I can't say I've ever had that happen, but then I only use it once in a blue moon. :confused: Some things to check: 1) Make sure you're saving your pictures to SD card. I wonder if a low memory condition might force the camera to "Basic" quality. For that matter if you are clipping pictures rapidly maybe the SD card can't save them quickly enough? Think about a faster card if that seems to be a factor. Or defrag or reformat your current card. Different cluster sizes (larger) might help. Are you using the 4mb page pool or 6mb page pool version? 2) Make sure your quality settings are set to fine or superfine. Let us know if you can figure out how to reproduce the problem. Although I'm not sure I'd be able to fix it, at least we'd know how to avoid it! :o

Best wishes,
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] abid885:
HELP !!! .. My Dopod wont bootup

After I successfully flash this ROM, I installed Netcf3.5 and schap's adv conf 2.1 then my Dopod hang .. after a while I soft reset manually it hang and wont bootup.

Pls help.

-/Abid.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] abid885:
Hard Reset also has no effect .. pls tell me what to do!

thanks in advance.

-/Abid.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pcboyy:
Successfully flashed the ROM and some tweaks using Schap's Adv .. now my Dopod 838 Pro is very light :D .. thanks so much.. i like it!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] abid885:
OK .. Problem solved .. after hours of thinking/trying on how to get the my pc connect to my pda suddenly I remmembered the "mtty" method .. so I press ok button + power button + manuall soft reset (at the bottom) .. then i managed to flash to my official Dopod WM6 ROM without the active snyc connecting.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] jdc:
OK, let's see...

1- They are being saved to the SD card

2- I don't think it's low memory. I reproduced this issue with coolcam, and the free memory amount was around 20 to 23 megs. Nor the SD card. It's a SanDisk class 2 card, and I was not taking/saving pictures rapidly. Also, I looked at the settings and I didn't even see a setting for changing the colour depth, just the jpeg compression (basic, fine, super fine, etc)

3- Defragmenting the card... While I've never thought to try this, I'm not seeing how that would affect the live preview.

4- Wow, you know, I don't recall what version I flashed. Is there a way for me to tell?

5- Quality settings are at fine.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] edhaas:
Camera issue?

Hi jdc,

Is this a coolcam issue? Or does the same thing happen with the built-in camera app? If you have a good back-up utility, you could try making a back-up, then doing a cold reboot. Then test the camera without anything else installed. Sometimes with extended usage "bugs" get into the system and muck things up. Also, with a cold reboot you can check your free memory to see if you have the 6mb or 4 mb page pool versions. (The first post has the numbers to expect.)

Every so often I have to do a cold reboot and reinstall all my apps and data (not from backups!) to get my PPC back to full functionality. Rarely, now, but when I used to experiment with lots of things I had to do it more frequently.

I agree the SD card is not the most likely issue, especially since you say you weren't shooting rapidly.

I hope you get it figured out!

Regards,
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] jdc:
Hello edhaas! :)

Coolcam: No, this happens with the built in camera app as well. I tried coolcam, hoping that it was just the HTC camera app, but no joy, both camera apps exhibited the 8-bit colour thing.

Page pool- I have, according to the memory applet:

74.80 MB total storage memory

48.77 total program memory

This would point to a 4 meg PP, correct?

And really, I'm not sure if this particular issue is worth a hard reset. I rarely use the camera, much less for anything serious, so I'm willing to live with it if it comes down to a hard reset.

This, of course, doesn't mean that I don't want to figure it out. :D

Bah, I have to deal with this enough with desktop windows. :p

I hope so as well. It's in no way a show stopper bug, but it is semi-annoying.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Nescafem:
Same Here !

My Jasjam has the same problem Edhaas.It happend 2 or 3 times.Just hangs and only boots up with hardreset :( At the end I flashed to Dopod Official Rom.And works again like a charm.For ur info...

Need ur Help
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] edhaas:
Replies

jdc: I can understand your reticence about a hard reset, but if you have a backup program that works well, you can always just restore, and you're back where you started 10 minutes earlier. (Actually perhaps better, there's some controversy about fragmentation in the storage memory area.) I use Spb backup and it works well. You'll need to do it to check for the "free memory" after a hard reset, which is the only way to check the page pool you've got installed. I just did it and I show 29.68 mb free program memory, and I'm running the 6mb page pool. With the 4 mb page pool you'll show 31+ mb free.

abid885 and Nescafem: My only guess is that Netcf3.5 or Schaps config 2.1 are sensitive to there not being an extended-rom partition. I'm using the built-in Netcf 2-something with Schaps 2.02 I think, and it works fine. You can try the D-Lite 1.2 or lower and they should eliminate that problem if you absolutely need the netcf3.5. Flash a stock rom first (as you've done) to restore a stable extended-rom, then flash one of the lower versions.

Have fun!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] abid885:
Already did I'm using D-lite 1.2 now... and it works like a charm .. when is the next realease ?

thanks again :)

-/Abid.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] edhaas:
Great

Actually, right now I'm not sure there will be one. My interests are drifting into other areas, and the compulsion to tinker with my Hermes is fading. When there is an "official" 6.1 or greater released, which looks stable, I may try my hand at it again. I'm glad you resolved your problem. Enjoy the rom. :)

BTW, those of you using the Super D-Lite: Don't tinker with extended-rom stuff in Schaps advanced config (or any other tweak app). You will get hangs. There is no extended rom to hide or unhide in that rom.

Best wishes,
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Nescafem:
Problem Solved :)

I flashed back to D Lite v1.2 and there is no issues :) Working perfect....

Thnx:D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] abid885:
Great .. maybe you can do WM6 3.62 and WM6.1 19209 together .. atleast i can play around a bit ;) :)

or Non-Bigstorage and Big-Storage ... I always like Non-bigStorage btw...

-/Abid.

p/s: hope not asking too much :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] shagratt:
When I press HANG KEY (the one with the red telephone) I hear the sound of "dpadctl.mid" , I want to disable this, but I removed it from all the registry and still is activating.

Someone know how to disable that please?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] edhaas:
Quiet hang-ups

Nice! I like this one... :)

Using your favorite registry editor, go to HKCU > ControlPanel > Sounds > Ending. In the Script key, delete the value "p". Exit the program, do a soft reset using the power off method.

Enjoy,