yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Darkguy:
Just a quick suggestion for v3.0 or the 3.0 add-on. I came across a TCPMP plugin which allows for playback of FLV-files. FLV, or Flash Video is what is used by most video portals like YouTube or Google Video, and there are numerous tools to download the videos froom those platforms. Otherwise, the video would have to be converted, only to suffer in quality (another compression from an already compressed format) and probably still be bloated in size.

The plug-in can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=196939 (also in case anybody else is interested in this).

Regards,

Darkguy
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Darkguy:
Another heads-up:

v1.3.4 of pRSSReader has been released, which works fine in 96dpi, but kills services.exe during startup (prssrsrv.dll seems to be the culprit). I am still experimenting on what causes this behaviour - maybe it's happening because v1.3.3 could not properly be uninstalled on my device and I decided to go forward with installing v.1.3.4 anyway.

I'll experiment around a bit more and let oyu know what I find out. I'd like to use pRSS in 96dpi, but I don't want it to provide to the instability of the system.

Regards,

Darkguy
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Confucious:
Or just use the excellent vtap to view videos....

But I'll probably try this plug in anyway as vtap doesn't search YouPorn....
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] wgary:
Radios and Battery Drain

I have been dealing with battery drain since upgrading to WM6 (x7501 upgrade, then PK2.0). I previously ran the Battery Fix cab and got no relief... Some people have reported some improvement using earlier radios. So I gave it a try.

However, after flashing 1.45 radio, I am at pretty much at the same spot as before. I get a little more than 10% battery drain per hour, pretty much the same as with 1.50 radio. See attached screen shots from System Monitor 1.21 -- http://www.celab-mobile.de -- as you can see I went from 100% at 6:13 to 20% at 1:13. That's 80% drain in 7 hours, about the same as the 1.50 radio. While the drain accoring to BatteryStatus is slightly lower (about 10%) with 1.45, but this isn't adding up to any real improvement in battery life.

I plan to try 1.47 radio tonight. Otherwise, I guess I'll hope for some relief with PK3 and just try to watch for outlets throughout the day in the meantime... I really don't want to go back to WM5.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] beginner:
Me too, at this stage if you really use the athena hardly you need to carry on aditional batteries and a charger. It is crazy.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] FlipB:
Today I turned off my bluetooth radio (at least while I am at work) and I maintained an excellent battery life. I don't use the device as my primary phone so I can live without an active BT connection. Wifi was on all day. And tonight I am 70% charged.

I, like many would can't wait for PK 3.0

Thanks.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] sabes143:
Hi

I am bit curious about the battery drain. Is it may be the bluetooth device which is connected to the Athena makes the battery to drain. Because i did had a Jabra Bt headset and that time my battery lasts around 9 - 10 hours. Now i changed the headset and installed Battery fix. upto now around 13 hours from last charge still my athena showing about 70% battery( BT on but not broadcasting).

Other thing you have to remember whatever you instal to show on your today plugin it should be installed in the main memory. It will save more battery because if you install a plugin on the micro drive it will have to spin all the time. it may drain your battery.

Good luck guys. I hope you will resolve this issue soon.

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Device: X7500 with PK2.0 + Addons, Radio 1.50

RealVGA @128 DPI

Network : Virgin300/300

Softwares: SPb Phonesuite, Spb Backup, Spb Diary, Spb Traveller, Spb Wallet, Spb Finance, Core Player
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Johnston411:
version info

Can anyone tell me what the rom version says for this rom in settings/about?

(Is it this? CE OS 5.2.1238 (build 17745.0.2.3)-PK

Also what the tmob wm6 says if possible?

Reason i ask is because i am investigating the battery issue when using 1.5.

I discovered that using the tmob wm6 with it the battery life is fine yet with this rom it is not.

I have just ran sprite backup that i took from ap touch 2 on the tmob rom to see if it would restore everything and it pretty much did. No errors anyway. Got the teksoft sip to.

Had to manually add the ap touch .tsk but thats no chore.

Battery life good and i have a touchy snappy finger friendly rom again with the best radio for calls and surfing for my neck of the woods.:D

Don't know why it worked it just did!!!!!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] sabes143:
Hi

My Athena says

CE OS 5.2.1437(Build 17944.0.3.1)-PK

My battery works great and it gives atleast 24 hours normal usage with BT on.

Good luck with the tests

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Device: X7500 with PK2.0 + Addons, Radio 1.50

RealVGA @128 DPI

Network : Virgin300/300

Softwares: SPb Phonesuite, Spb Backup, Spb Diary, Spb Traveller, Spb Wallet, Spb Finance, Core Player
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Johnston411:
Cheers

Cheers for the quick response. (saved me flashing back).

Well the versions are definitely different (it was the -pk bit that threw me)

Thanks again
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] LTxda:
That's PK putting that in there. LOL

Little bastard! :-p
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Johnston411:
Thought i'd better mention that if you require the rom specific programs from ap touch 2 and are thinking of doing what i did with the tmob wm6 and sprite then make sure you have, or can get, the cabs to reinstall them.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] jmdrizen:
Can the latest version of Windows Live (10.6.0033.0600) [as of 08.09.2007] be integrated into version 3.0? The CAB is available online. Features include:

Windows Live for Windows Mobile includes:

Integrated contact list (Windows Live and phone contacts) and option to not sync contacts

Windows Live Messenger

Windows Live Mail

Access to Windows Live Spaces (and capability to upload photos on some devices)

Windows Live Search (web search, location based search, etc.)

... just a thought... :)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] jsosow:
battery issue

I had previously posted that my battery problems had vanished. This was only true for about a day. since then I have been waiting for an update. I have tried everything from raido versions to the patches to any other suggestions. nothing worked. I still hac the 7 hour battery. I then tead something about turning off the bluetooth. I got to thinking of what has changed. I removed the bluetooth icon from statup. (btIO). At this time this seems to have worked. my phone has been on for 12 hours andi am at 50%. the phone has been under heavy use today as well. It would be helpful if all that are still having the battery issue would try this and let everyone know.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] famsanr:
battery issue

Thnks for the tip. Coul you be more explicit about the way you removed the blue tooh icon for trying myself solve battery drain?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] eagle 1:
I also found that for me, the battery fix seemed to help some. But it still was not acceptable until I removed the BTIO from the startup. Now that I removed that and just turn on bluetooth normally, my battery is back to normal. (actually, i never turn off bluetooth. so the icon and startup were just a waste). But it really seems to have helped me. Others may disagree, but it works for me!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] jsosow:
Battery Drain

Go File Explorer, windows/startup and remove BTIO. Restart the phone.

This is what is working for me also. If you just leave the bluetooth on it works just fine. Battery is back to being similar to the official HTC Release. Use with stereo headset all day as phone and music headphones
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] lpsi2000:
I think you guys found issue. Great job finding the BT Icon.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Pawel062:
hehe its already in the rom ;) was there from beginning. please no more questions about this comment
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Pawel062:
ok guys it seems we have confirmed the issue with battery drain is btIO. any objections from removing it for 3.0? btw 3.0 is in the works and is awesome and so is the athena ;)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Mahmood:
no problem ! if thats the problem remove it but hoop that Bluetooth will function normally !!!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Johnston411:
I removed it a couple of weeks ago as it was taking up valuable real estate without doing anything in particular. It had no effect on battery life (1.50 still drained too fast).

Removing it has not affected how my bluetooth has functioned at all.

I've flashed a stock rom and am gradually adding apps and tweaks to catch the culprit out as i can't imagine the improved 3g/hsdpa reception with 1.50 is whats causing the massive shift in power consumption, a ltitle more would make sense but not this much.

If i suss it out in the next couple of days i'll let you know
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] wgary:
Yes, take it if that is the issue. I did find it useful for managing bt connections. Is there an easy alternative for opening the audio gateway? Note this is without using the A2DP profile, just to route streaming talk radio to my ear. Found BlueTooth Audio v1.0 and will try that...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] LTxda:
btIO is an addon so BT won't be affected...the convenience provided by btIO may be missed by some but in that case they can install themselves. We're still running tests but I think the initial report that btIO may be causing this seems correct. We'll know more in the next few days.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] apd:
Interstingly, I had to hard reset the other day. I had removed BTIO on my previous installation. After hard resetting this time, I installed the battery fix and the batter problem was still there. Have this minute removed the BTIO and will report back later today as to whether it cures the battery issue.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] docraj:
I have btdwake.lnk in my startup, not BTIO. I also found that on removing it (and rebooting), the power drain increases by 10mA.

This shortcut points to \windows\btdwake.exe.

AFAIK, I have not installed any BT related program.

In any case, after installing midget's battery fix, I found that it has improved the battery performance by about 50%. That is to say, before my battery would last about 12 hours (100%->5%) and now it lasts about 25; everything else being equal in both cases.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] sergiopi:
Suggestion for a real smart Rom

I am trying since a copule of weeks CallCalendar http://www.kingfetty.com/Downloads.html .

It simply (17 Kb) add a calendar entry for calls, being sincronized with outlook. Freeware

Good in a .biz environment also to have all calls recorded into outlook, even if you use 2 phones, easy to edit to add to the call some elements, reminders ecc
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] graybip:
New ROM recommendation

My request is for a vanilla version as I have plenty of 3rd party apps.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] marka2k:
Did the battery fix also reverted to Radio 1.45 which helped some, remove btIO and there is a significant increase in battery life now even running with 3G active and push email on about 20m of calls using BT. I lost 20% of battery life after 6hrs which has been unheard of before.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] apd:
Seems to be better - only dropped 10% during the course of the rest of the day. Will keep an eye on it.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] LTxda:
Thanks for the recommendation. Going to give this a try right now and make a few calls. :-)

Man you've been recommending some very useful apps. Keep it up bro!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] LTxda:
We'll look into this upon the release of 3.0. Thank you for your request. :-)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] LTxda:
Not to discourage you but the only type of integration we've done in this ROM is installing Tobias' VGA program as anyone else would. We didn't include language packs as the user can download those as needed. The best advise I can give you is post this exact same thing to the Tobias forum and see if anyone else had the problem and may have resolved it. I'm sure if anyone else here has this problem they will respond. I don't have enough information to help atm.

Also, since no one on the team wrote the VGA program it would be advisable to refer to Tobias. See what he says and go from there. If you can get Tobias into meet up with us on IRC we would be more than happy to discuss the issue if he feels it's a ROM related problem. Not trying to pass the buck but we only "installed" the package as anyone else would have with the exception of it being "automated" through the ROM flash process.

Another thing, we used 1.1 which is the latest confirmed version in 2.0. The previous version had too many issues. Also, after reviewing your post again, and this is just speculation, it sounds like the language pack is the root.

Let's see what other people on this thread and also Tobias' thread have to say and go from there.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] wgary:
Found BlueTooth Audio v1.0 seems to provide the same functionality but doesn't run all the time. It does put an icon in the tray when you run it.

See http://www.trianglepowers.com/PPC/Apps.aspx?app=PPC

There are a few other interesting apps there as well.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Pawel062:
nice app we'll have to try it and discuss if it should be in 3.0
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Pawel062:
i can make a vanilla rom and originally did BUT the storage space does not change on the device as this is a DOC(disc on chip) device and the rom partition is partioned so it is a certain size. this means making a vanilla will not give u more storage space to install applications. the space will not be used up therfore wasted so we got together and decided on what to put in the rom. if u have suggestions for apps to cook in then please feel free to post them here.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Darkguy:
Thanks for the fast reply, you also answered my most basic question, which was if the latest version available was used, and if there was any special way of integrating the app into the ROM. I already posted a slightly-modified post into Tobias' thread and hope to get ananswer there.

To me, this also seems to be a langauge-pack issue, which hopefully can and wil be resolved. The problem seems to be that Tobias' is a very competent experinced and helpful, but at the moment, also very busy guy, who seemingly has a demanding day-job and only very little time on his hands for supporting the app. At least that's my guess, since he has not posted here in a while.

Hopefully he will soon pop back up and help out with the few remaining isues that still persist with TrueVGA, since this is one application I cannot imagine using my Athena without.

Again, thanks for your quick reply and the heads-up on how you intgrated RealVGA - maybe anybody with similiar issues can still speak out, just to reassure me I am not alone with this.

Regards,

Darkguy
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Darkguy:
I somehow got it sorted out now, maybe this is helpful to anybody having this issues or anybody on the Athena Project Team or Tobias (who might be able to fix things up). At least the stuff about some applications not working when in German localization (Excel still isn't working, but I'l live with that for the time being) is fixed, items are mostl translated into German, the rest works fine in Englsh.

Here is what I did, it seems to be basically how you go through the DPI and langauge changes (I remebered that I had tried 128 right at the start, out of curiosity):

English/192 dpi --> English/128 dpi --> (during this change you get the prompt that someo the 407.ui files are missing, which must be acknowledged) German/128 dpi --> German/96 dpi.

For now, things sem to work fine.

One more question: Which version of Office 2007 did the developers use? In this post Tobias stated that there is a problem with his localizations, if a different version of Office 2007 is being used than the one that comes with a stock Windows Mobile 6 (and there's a simple workaround for that case).

Regards,

Darkguy
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] spacecat:
I have been noticing a lot of problems with internet explorer stopping working , i thought ti was my connection but now i realise others have this same problem.

does anyone know about this and is there a way to fix it?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Darkguy:
Excel Mobile issue resolved as well - it seems there is a newer Office 2007 Mobile version in this ROM, which causes problems with the current German localization provided by Tobias. Just deleted the officres.dll.0407.mui after installing the German langauge pack (before switching). Office is in English now, but working well.

Seems things are looking up for me now, just have to get everything back on the device that should be ther. And then I'll back up! ;)

Regards,

Darkguy
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] jmdrizen:
Apologies... post not relevent as incorrect...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] jmdrizen:
MSN - Windows Live....

oops sorry!!!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] skoop99:
Hey, it won't let me install the Comm Manager? Insufficient rights or summat?

Beautiful ROM, btw. Cheers, you very clever man, you...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] LTxda:
I had this problem once. Not sure what caused it. If the CAB is on the SD card try moving it to the MD and installing from there, see if this helps any. Another reason this comes up is due to .net framework issues. If your other .net applications are working then .net is probably ok. See if moving the CAB to another physical location works for you and please report back. I've seen this issue in stock WM6 so it's not specific to the ROM.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] LTxda:
Thanks for reporting back! Yes, we do strive to put in the latest and greatest into the ROM which in turn sometimes causes these little issues. :-)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] marka2k:
Had the same issue, make sure nothing is accessing the comm manager(Phone Alarm etc) soft reset and try to re-install.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Darkguy:
It seems my trouble have no ends these days. ;)

Just got finished re-installing everythign and getting set up. the (very!!!) last thing I wanted to install was JGUI My|Phone SE 1.0, which is a signal-strength indicator on the today screen.

Did it as always (through ActiveSync), this time it said the cellular network was down (it wasn't, and the app had worked without any problems before on the Athena).

I grabbed the CAB out of the install folder on my PC, ran it on the Athena... and now the Athena gets stuck after a soft-reset after a few seconds. Of course I have no safe-mode-tool installed and of course I wanted to make a back up just after getting My|Phone set up, so I could easily go back to a perfectly working device if something ever got wrong.

Argh... seems like re-installing my complete Athena will become part of my daily ritual. :confused:

Regards,

Darkguy
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] famsanr:
Thanks for helping me. I just deleted BTIO and will be testing the battery status. I hope this works. Thanks again.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] jsosow:
Battery Issue

I can confirm that the removal of BTIO has fixed my battery. It has been 3 days now and I am on vacation today. While working outside I listened to music using Windows Media Player for 5 hours non stop through a bluetooth stereo headset. Also the MP3 are on the Microdrive. I had the GPRS on with Push email running on a work day (50 or so emails). I also had about 20 min of phone usage. This is better than some mp3 players and most other phones that I have had. Also the MP3 are on the Microdrive.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] saa044:
Ok any chance of getting that nice htc home plugin ported to jasjar? :D
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Pantaloonie:
Yup, removing BTIO has also sorted my battery problems, standby time is now several days, instead of 6 hours.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] afico:
hi guys i cannot install the PK COMMman VGA i have error "Not enough system autorizations" what i have to do??
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Confucious:
You mean you can't even be bothered to read the reply to the same question on the previous page of this thread?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] afico:
oops sorry mate i didn't see it...

anyway i fixed this but remains the problem when opening the quick gps screen..all the text confused..
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] orinoco:
Corrupt image file

Hello: I am trying to get the PK 2.0 ROM loaded up to my HTC 7501. The ROMUpdateUtility starts the process OK, but then hangs after 1% saying "Error 270: Update Error. The image file is corrupted. Please check your update utility".

I have downloaded the versions in rapidshare and in megaupload, but I get the same error in both cases.

Is there a non-corrupt PK 2.0 version out there that I can download? Is there anything I may be doing wrong?

Please help.

Thanks !

Fernando
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] sabes143:
Hi

First of all hard reset the Aheena, then connect and establish the connection then try update. This error was happen several time then after the hard reset it worked.

Good luck

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Device: X7500 with PK2.0 + Addons, Radio 1.50,

CE OS 5.2.1437 (Build 17944.0.3.1)-PK

RealVGA @128 DPI

SDHC 4 GB Micro SD with Mini adapter

Network : Virgin300/300

Softwares: SPb Phonesuite, Spb Backup, Spb Diary, Spb Traveller, Spb Wallet, Spb Finance, Spb Insight, Core Player, Resco explorer 2007 6.16, Tomtom 6.030.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] fards:
Is your 7501 unlocked?

also try the SD Card method.

This is what I use. So much less aggro!

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Athena_SD_Card_Flashing

Rename the .NBH file to ATHEIMG.nbh and copy it to your miniSD card. Press camera+com manager+soft reset to bootloader and wait for reading ATHEIMG.nbh from SD. Remember, the miniSD card must be formatted with a FAT32 filesystem before copying the file ATHEIMG.nbh to your miniSD. After finished, do a soft reset.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] ruyzalim:
hello how can i remove BTIO? I tryed to delete but , it says i can't i eaven stoped it before delete it :(

many thanks in advance
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] marka2k:
You can't just remove it from the windows/startup folder and soft reset.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] ruyzalim:
thanks, home it doesn't come with nex rom version;)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] orinoco:
Hello, I tried this, bit I get a quick message that shows saying "No Image File" and then the 7501 goes back to the color stripes screen. Any clues?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] jmdrizen:
I did all three to get it fully unlocked...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] LTxda:
Comm Manager for 128/96dpi's...temporary

We're putting a temporary 10 button Comm Manager in the addons so you can use it under 128 and 96 dip. Not 92 ;-)

This shouldn't be installed by those using regular 192dpi because it doesn't display properly on some devices. It displays MUCH better on higher res, 128 and 96, than the stock even though it's not perfected yet.

PK is preparing this now and will upload it shortly.

:-)