yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] famewolf:
If you decide to install the optional 10 button Comm Manager you will need to find the thread that has the Schaps Advanced Configuration 1.0 in it and download that also or Schaps will no longer work. The 0.9 version does not work with a 10 button comm manager due to a bug in schaps. The 1.0 corrects this among other things.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] fcp85:
Good job here. One of the features that call it's attention its the Contact Manager. Ever seen an iPhone scroll up & down. Well, this one works better. The full edition makes my Wizard a couple seconds longer booting it if i have other software installed like SPB Pocket Plus & Weather, plus Windows Live. Anyway, i used the previous versions of it, and took them off. But this one i'm keeping it. NICE!!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Mr17:
Findings

Its been a while since i installed this and i figured i would post my findings. my standard app install looks like this:

Google maps

Weather panel

Mort player

TCPMP Core media player

Green Dialer Skin

system has been running great, i love the preinstalled apps, they are very useful. Its been stable, under low-medium use (im not on it constantly) and high music playing use. The battery life has been great, im using a standard 1250 (oem) battery, i was able to play music for 3 hours with only a 13% drain, used to be 10%/hour, so that has been great!

one issue i came across was a comm manager rendering issue (i also came across this in r2, but it resolved itself). This is purly cosmetic and doesnt bother me at all becuase its still functional, but since it was in the last release as well i figured i would bring it up. the words on the comm manager look like they have been bolded. here is a picture
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
THis is most likely (99% sure) due to weatherpanel. If you switch weatherpanel to a Theme other than the default (like Chameleon-240-QVGA) this problem will go away. The other option is to go into the WeatherPanel folder and remove the two .ttf files found in there (but it will probably screw up some of the looks of Weatherpanel itself, but will fix the CommManager look).

I have no idea why the CommManager picks up WeatherPanel's fonts but it does (and I've seen it do it with other apps that use fonts too).
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Mr17:
Strange. Hmm. and I'm guessing that installing another comm manager wouldn't fix it since they all have the same base coding?

Edit: I am using the default theme, but I am using a different icon set and layout. Would I need to soft reset my device if I made changes in weather panel, to see which option was causing the problem? I tried changing the each setting(icon set, layout, theme, cleartype fonts) and checking the comm manager to see if it fixed it, but none of them did. I do it again only soft reset after each and report what I find.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
You don't have to soft reset, but you have to kill CommManager. Clicking on the X (even with pBar or X-Button) does NOT kill the CommManager. To kill it, go to Start > Settings > System > Memory > Running Applications and then find the CommManager and kill it there (or use TaskManager and kill it from the Processes list). Then restart it after you make your changes to see if it worked or not.

Oh, and its only the Touch style CommManager that has this issue (that I'm aware of). So going back to the Default 8 / 10 / 12 button style will avoid this problem.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Mr17:
Ok, after a few well placed soft resets I was able to narrow down a viable workaround for the rendering issue. It is definetly tied to weather panel but for me it wasn't based on the theme (thanks mfrazzz for pointing me in the right direction). How I got it working was by getting weather panel set up the way i wanted it, disabling weather panel from the today screen, then doing a soft reset, once the device finished rebooting, I reenabled weather panel and the correct rendering for the comm manager was back. However, the rendering for the comm manager would get messed up again after the next soft reset. Originally I was tinkering with delaying the weather panel from starting up for a few moments, automatically pulling up the comm manager (so it would grab the right settings) and then the automatic process for weather panel would drop it into the today screen, but I havn't gotten this to work yet, I'll test a little more and let everyone know what I find.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Mr17:
ahh

ahh, the problem can be resolved without soft resetting then, weatherpanel just needs to be disabled before comm manager is opened...so then it would be easy to do in mortscript...hmm
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] famewolf:
If you delete the two *.ttf files mfrazzz mentioned in the weatherpanel folder the problem will be permanently fixed.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Mr17:
yea I tried that originally, but it made my weather panel's rendering a little goofy.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] famewolf:
Try the chameleon skin...thats what mfrazzz uses and I installed it.have come to really like it and it doesn't use those fonts at all.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] lkmda:
SD Card Stability

Glad to see reformatting the card worked for you. Have you tried to check if the effect is permanent? I.e., if you soft-reset now, will your card be still recognized or not?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
Just an FYI, I've updated the 2nd post with new links to GPRS / MMS settings stuff. Specifically there are links now to Lurch's CABs for T-Mobile US and Rogers Canada. Also added a link to the Call for Operator Settings thread where about every cell operator settings is being posted, and its first post has a link to an automated procedure that is being developed to set them up.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] nic2mit:
Thanks for the great release!!!

I have been using this rom since the date it was release and let me tell everyone that this is one that i will keep 4 ever.

It has been almost a week with total of 2 resets !!!! the most stable rom ever !!!

This is not the fastest, but sure is stable.

my sincere thanks mfrazz and others for the greatest rom ever!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Mr17:
I used chameleon originally for a couple weeks, i really like it but the only complaint i have is that its not finger friendly. do you know of a way to make the menu bar for it larger? that would be sweet. if not thats fine, i got a viable workaround for the comm rendering issue, using delay executions and startup commands.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Sallala:
Buttons and PocketCM

I tried this ROM on G3 Wizard.

- PocketCM very-very slow for me, and show only the first half of my contacts. How can I disable PocketCM and use a simple contact list?

- Soft keys doesn't work

- Volume button doesn't work!

Can somebody help me?

(And I feel the whole system slow compared the T-mobile 2.26 ROM that I used previously)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
PocketCM is slow just on the initial load (first run) but after that should be quick. But since you are saying you have all those other problems, I question if you have a bad flash (Soft Keys and Volume definetly work, and this rom is not slower than the default T-Mobile 2.26 rom IMO).

How long have you been running XM6r3? Have you done an soft reset since your initial flash of the rom? What extra apps have you loaded onto your device?

As for disabling PocketCM, please look up the information on www.pocketcm.com . I don't have it in front of me here (and famewolf has already posted the registry entry to change in this thread a few pages back), but the information is found in the faq for pocketcm.

Sorry you are having problems, but what you are describing is not normal behavior of this rom.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
Have you looked over on PPCgeeks.com (I think all of storyr's themes are on ppcgeeks.com) or at the unofficial WeatherPanel forum at the other themes that are available? Chameleon-240 is nice and small (what I like). If you install the WP-Pilot then you can use the D-Pad to access all the functions on that small area pretty easily IMO. But there are many really nice Themes for it available that may be better suited to your tastes (I think I even saw one that mimics the HTC Home plugin look if you want a really big one).
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Mr17:
Sweet. Thanks, ill have to go check that out. I was using the default-large2 since it had a couple days worth of weather info and the moon phases. ill have to take a look at wp-pilot it sounds like exactly what im looking for.

Thanks again for the great ROM, I'm really enjoying it, r2 was the first rom i ever flashed and then i tried NBD 8.2 but didnt like it as much as r2 and when i went looking for a new release of XDAMobile i found r3 and absolutely love it. keep up the great work mfrazzz :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Sallala:
Thank you for the fast reply.

Yes, loading contacts in PocketCM is slow only for the first time. But scrolling contacts still slow after loading. I have ~600 contacts. And I see only the names from A to P.

...

I observe again, but now, everything works well. I made some softreset as you recommended.

But I found the uninstalling method by editing the registry. Reversing the manual installation method here:

http://www.pocketcm.com/faq.php

Installing:

# Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell\Rai\:MSCONTACTS

# Change "String 1" value from :MSPOUTLOOK contacts to "\Program Files\ContactManager\ContactManager.exe".

Uninstalling:

# Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell\Rai\:MSCONTACTS

# Change "String 1" value from "\Program Files\ContactManager\ContactManager.exe" to :MSPOUTLOOK contacts.

SoftKeys and Volume key:

I clicked on "Settings->Smartskey". That was the reason of the unworking keys.

Wifi doesn'T worked me on Tmobile rom. But with this WM6 ROM fine. :-)

Now, I fight with ActiveSync. I tried several versions, but I can synchronise only on IRDA. With the T-Mobile 2.26 ROM, v4.1 was good, but the others aren't worked. So this problem maybe about my WinXP.

I find some useful application in your ROM. "WM5Storage" for example.

Thank you,

Gábor
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] xfooser:
SD memory

So far so good. It has been very stable and much faster then before when loading SD data. I think defrag helped.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] itzwolf:
I've been using r3 ROM for a few days and so far everything is running very smoothly. I must say great work mfrazzz!

Still trying to get used to PocketCM (i've updated to 0.10 and then 0.11b) and it has a few quirks but everything in the ROM is perfect. I'd love to see what the 1620 WM6 ported release turns out to be like if you release a ROM for that build. I hope you continue to cook for us, I can't believe I waited so long to start flashing my 8125. r2a was my first...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Sallala:
Probably this is a little bit offtopic, but I solve my activesync problem.

Now AS 4.5 works with WM6.

- uninstall actual version

- install 4.1

- upgrade to 4.2

- upgrade to 4.5

And now, there is a working 4.5 AS.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] HUSSQTEK:
hi I want 2 delete the palm threaded messaging

i installed this bad program palm threaded and I didnt like it

i want 2 return 2 the old wm6 messaging

i cant uninstalling it

any help 2 delete it completly??????l
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] rrstx:
I get the error listed in the attached pics when I attempt to load setupvoip.exe. I also have sporadic issues with Live Search closing with no errors. :( I searched in the forums but could not find where this issue has been addressed, as well as reading within in this thread. Not sure if any one else is having this problem. Otherwise the rom has been extremely stable and I have enjoyed tinkering on it. I am running an unlocked 3g device which I flashed with the Tmob rom, prior to flashing this rom. I hope this is enough info. I have installed WeatherToGo, Remote Display, Live Search and Google Maps.

TIA,

rrstx
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Quiyaro:
If you had read the thread, you would have seen that it cannot be uninstalled, so you've won a free HR! Congrats!

:D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
Yep... As far as I know the Palm Threaded messaging and the wizard RETOUCHED dialer are both one way. If you decide to install the cab, then the only way back is to Hard Reset or reflash the rom.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
Not sure what to tell you on this. Setupvoip works just fine when I click on it. Have you switched the CommManager (I know this breaks the version of Schapps Advanced Config, so might impact this app too)?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] diablo9:
Hi, first I would like to thank mfrazzz for providing such a great ROM.

I have a weird problem to report here.

I was always using Live Messenger in this ROM on WiFi. Yesterday I added feature of PDA connect from ATT and can connect through GPRS/EDGE. The first time I log into Messenger it failed and told me it's connection problem. But when I got somewhere with good signal, I tried it again, it asked for account info. But I think I already have my name/pwd saved there already... :confused: anyway I try to input my login name, but area where I am supposed to input the login name (step 2/5, input email address), both of the boxes before and after the "@" was grayed out??? I can input anything in those boxes. I am not using hotmail email as my Live account so I have to change that. But even the box before @ is gray. I can't log in any more. any idea why????

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! :o
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] rrstx:
I have not done anything else, the system remains the same. I will re-do the roms again and see if it behaves properly. Unless that is a recommendation, then I can install a different CommManager. Thank you for the prompt replies.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] pulsorock:
Just install it. Everything is excellent. Love the new apps. PocketCM is great! Many thanks... this is the best rom I've used.

Just one thing. I need to do some option changes to my contacts app. But I can't seem where to launch the old contacts app. It always launches PocketCM.

Any idea where I can launch the regular contacts manager?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] hotmail:
Anyone seeing any issues with bluetooth A2DP playback? I have a couple of bluetooth headsets that I've tried for playing music on my 8125 (MP3's, constant bit rate max of 128). I get mixed results like skipping and variations in playback speed. I can reproduce it if I tax the processor with multiple applications open and running at the same time. But even with JUST the player open it still happens sometimes. I checked through some of the other forums and haven't really found a definite fix.

I use the Jensen WBT212 and BlueAnt X5i bluetooth headphones. I've tried WMP, Mortplayer, GSPlayer, and the included HTC Audio Manager. Same results. Could this be WM6 only issue? I don't recall having the issue using the Cingular WM5 ROM with the A2DP enable patch. Any ideas?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] edde:
In PocketCM if you select the contact that you want by pressing it, and then press on the top half of the screen a menu will drop down from the top which will include an option for "Edit Contact", press that one and it will take you into the familiar contact screen which can be edited as required.

(I'd supply a screenshot but I'm not at home at the moment).
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] pulsorock:
Yeah, I noticed that. But what I need to change is the default area code, that is located in the normal contacts manager options, but can't seem to find a way to find it. Anywhere else where I can change it?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] pulsorock:
Since installed XDAr3 last night I noticed that my touch screen gets decalibrated constantly. I've had to re-align the screen like 8 times. That didn't happened when I first installed XDAr2a, but is happening constantly with XDAr3. Any ideas on how to fix this?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Loukanov:
What is the right way to update the apps already included in XM6r3 ROM?

E.g. PeekPocket 1.3 and PocketCM 0.11b are already available and I want to replace the older versions 1.2 and 0.9 included in ROM.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] pulsorock:
Seems to be that I'm not the only one. having the same issues with the screen alignment.

I haven't sync my contacts yet to my PC, but I did restore from PIMBackup, so lets see if it doesn't happen the same to me of duplicated contacts.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] pulsorock:
I just downloaded the PocketCM 0.11b .cab file and run it. It updaded the old one to the new one.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Loukanov:
Are you sure, updated or created a new installation in /Program Files/?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] famewolf:
COpy any existing .lnk shortcut to another dir and rename it "Oldcontacts.lnk"..you can do this is total commander...hold down stylus to get to the properties of the shortcut...go into where it links to an exe... replace whatever is there with ":MSPOUTLOOK contacts" without the ""'s....save it...you now have a shortcut to the OLD contact Manager.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] famewolf:
It doesn't "update the rom" but programs installed to phone storage and/or storage_card take priority over versions in the rom so the net effect is...it runs the new version. I have pocketcm 0.11b, the new keyboard and peekpocket 1.3 all "updated"
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] famewolf:
Try cleaning the screen really well before doing the alignment..pay particular attention to the edges...someone recommended using a business card to go along the edge and remove buildup which can be an issue.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
Here's the registry entry for it:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\AddrBook]
"Default_Area"="719"

I keep a file in my setup folder on my SD card that is called Owner.reg. This registry entry is in there, as well as exports from:

HKCU\ControlPanel\Owner

HKCU\ControlPanel\Backlight

HKCU\ControlPanel\Backlight\LockLevel

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Bluetooth\Settings

HKLM\Ident

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\AddrBook

Then when I reflash my phone, I just double click on this file and it gets imported in, and some of the trivial things are all setup for me :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] diablo9:
any idea about my question? :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] pulsorock:
Thanks... I'll try that.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] pulsorock:
I can't find that key on my registry.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\AddrBook]
"Default_Area"="719"

Do I need to create it? How? Coping that text to a .reg file?

Also, how can I do that thing you do for the Owner.reg? I'm interested in doing something similar.

Thanks,

G
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] pulsorock:
Thanks, that worked...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
Yeah, if thats not there, then you can copy the above lines to a file with .reg for the name and then double click on it to insert it. Or you can use the Registry Editor and add it. If you aren't familiar with adding registry entries, you may not want to go that route ;). Its not hard, but if you do it wrong you could have problems.

Ok, here's how I did mine...

Open up the registry editor, and in the top area, drill down to the registry key you want to save / export. (So for the first one, drill down to HKCU\ControlPanel\Owner) Now press and hold on that item (Owner in this case) and in the popup menu choose Export. Now choose where to save it (like \Temp) and give it a filename so you know what it is. Now do the same thing for each key you want to save off (making sure the filenames are unique for each).

Once you get them all saved, you'll need to combine them into a single file. So either move them to your PC to do this, or use notepad on your phone (cut and paste works, but can be tedious on the phone). Once you are all done, save the file back on your phone's SD card in a setup folder and now you can use it to easily import these registry settings.

One thing I'll warn you about is be careful doing this for some applications. BatteryStatus is a good example. I've saved off the registry entries for BatteryStatus in the past then upgraded to a new version, and found the old settings caused my phone to crash due to incompatibilites. So I don't combine app stuff in my default setup reg file (I keep seperate reg files for some of the apps I use).

Happy RegEditing! ;)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
Sorry, I don't use Windows Live Messanger, so haven't experienced this. Maybe someone else can respond to it. But I will say that just hving your provider turn on PDA Connect shouldn't cause that behavior.

Also if you want to save yourself some money, if you use the WAP MMS setup file I provide in the 2nd' post, you can just use AT&T's MediaMax for unlimited net access for a lot less than PDA Connect.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] peremayol:
Changing PocketCM for the normal WM6 Contacts App

I don't like PocketCM that comes with XDA M6 r3, I would like to launch normal WM6 Contacts instead.

How do I do this?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
Read the 3rd post where I document this
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] diablo9:
really? :D

Will that Internet access work on checking IMAP email, browser, Google MAP, and Weather? :eek:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] jonflow:
I've had a problem 2 or 3 times now, where my phone has frozen up. I soft-reset the phone and it stays stuck on the 3rd boot screen (the blue-ish one) and won't go any farther (I left it on for 15 minutes and it still didn't get past there). I finally gave up and had to hard-reset..annoying but necessary.

I was changing some setting in pRSSreader and suddenly I got a phonecall. I hit answer, but they hung up (or my phone hung up on them, I'm not sure which!) but the strange thing is, my radar icon was still in the "phone mode" as I call it, and the screen still had the popup at the bottom with "incoming caller" and the choice to answer or ignore. If I hit either answer or ignore, nothing happened, and nothing would get this popup to go away including resizing the screen, opening/closing programs, etc. I finally decided to reboot the phone and it never came back...! aaahhhhhhhh

Anyone else experiencing problems with the phone freezing, and not being able to get back your boot screens?

Also people you better be sure to keep some kind of backups on your SD card... backups of your contacts (PIM Backup), your reg entries (so you won't have to change 10 different settings every time your phone borks/you reflash it), your regular list of CABs you install... it's a great time saver, because you never know when you might be away from your computer and have to hard-reset your phone. I actually carry my second mini-SD card around in my pocket (it has my music on it) but they have 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB cards so you can't tell me saving this stuff takes up too much space!