[P3300, MDA Compact III ROM Development] Johny1fin:
4.1 Testing so far

Notes on Toms 4.1

Please do not ask Tom or others for a link.

Tom will release when he is ready.

Tom. Excellent Rom and the best yet.

XDA Orbit cid locked

SPL = 1.11.0000

This is a summary of what I did to install and customise Toms 4.1.

This may be bread and butter for you with good knowledge but may help those with less experience. There have been many questions around installation and customisation and if possiblw we should help to cut those down, not stop them as we have all been there, but just assist others when we can.

I would prefer to see some form of scripting of installations perhaps on a sticky where known issues have ben resolved and we could then point to those when questions are raised.

Others are testing 4.1 vanila but I am testing what typically others may install and check any install/compatability issues. This is not therefore intended to show base vanilla issues but more like day to day users installs and any issues after customisation. I use a mixture of XP and Vista by rebooting my PC. Normally burn Rom with XP and install apps with Vista. I have not managed to get Vista drivers to work with bootloader but I am not too fused about it. That’s an issue on my PC.

I normally go through this installation checking at each stage that the functions I normally use on the phone are working OK.

I have listed applications below.

Using Windows XP PC

Ensured 60%+ battery

Note: I did not use USPL but would encourage this to be done to be safe (It works for me without , on my Orbit and with 4.0 installed, but may cause you problems. Be warned)

Put into bootloader mode

Ran Toms 4.1 RRU exe file

Aligned screen as prompted

Date and time screen defaulted to GMT-8 pacific US so changed time zone to GMT London, Dunlin (my local time zone)

Skipped password screen

Changed device name in settings/system/about/device ID/ from HTC-Artemis to some thing personal and that I can use to sync in activesync (As activesync will now try to sync using HTC-Artemis when activesync usb is enabled)

Rebooted PC to Vista

Connected Orbit to PC

Windows mobile device kicked in and connected to Orbit

Changed device name to personal activesync name

Windows mobile device set up partnership OK

Vista sync centre then synchronised PC to Orbit

Installed batterystatus cab to speed up cpu speed to 247MHz

Installed HTC home customiser to make home clock blue flame.

Enabled activesync USB and sync with PC

This then restored my contacts from PC outlook.

Installed SBSH pocketbreeze

Put shortcut to Copilot GPS in HTC home launcher

Used Biotouch program to set up Copilot launch from Cube

Cube working fine and very fast

Memory now – Storage 32.98Mb & Program 11.52Mb

Applications

Batterystatus 1.04 beta 4

HTC home customiser v8b

SBSH Pocketbreeze V5.2.10

Good points -

OS build now 5.1.1620 (Build 18125.0.4.2)

Existing splash screen still on Phone, do not have to re-install (Family photo)

Pocket CM best version yet. Still a bit slow to load but now supports catagories. No need to update this.

Copilot GPS still works.

Bad points –

Only problem I have found is that I cannot change the screen brightness from the HTC home launcher. This is not a major problem but something I use every day. It may be the install on my phone or my customisation.

Weather – I have never had this working but at least Chesterfield UK can now be selected without having to do any other installs. It simply says – unable to retrieve data for selected city. Not a Rom issue as such and I will try to figure out. I probably will not use it anyway if o2 charge me for the privilege.

No other problems so far as I got to where I need to be with no hastle at all.

Obviously Tom has done sufficient checking to minimise any issues.

I will do further checking as I use the phone during the coming days.

? Points

I do not know what the Black Bars program does?

Not Tried –

Traylauncher

Any bluetooth functions