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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] enovak:
saving phone no. from history

I have had the VP3G 3.60.2 running for a while and its great, except for one thing. If I try to save a phone number from history of calls, the only information you can save is the name and assign the type of number it is. You cannot add any other information, and you cannot select how you want the name filed. In order to do anything extra with this contact info, you have to go out and edit through contacts. It is really annoying. I have also had the phone freeze a couple of times when I did attempt to save a number in this manner. Ay ideas?

Keep up the great work you are doing!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] hangon:
this is an excellent rom's as always from you, I have upgraded and not issues while flashing ably to active sync and all my contacts etc.,

but, I'm having a very quirky issue with contacts tab.. when I go to the phone I can look at my contacts but when I click on "contacts" soft button from the main menu or "start" ->"Contacts" nothing happens.

How do I fix this...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] singrysweets:
Can someone tell me how to get the time on the HTC home to show AM,PM instead of 24hour?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Jayman007:
Under settings/system/Regional Settings goto the time tab and change it there hh is 12h and HH is 24h.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] singrysweets:
Thanks alot... it worked....
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] peace942:
Problem with Audio manager software

For some reason my audio manager software says that I am out of memory everytime I try to launch a song. I have a 8525 AT&T with the vp3G software installed. everything else works flawlessly and I am quite impressed. Any ideas as to what I need to do to correct this. For the time being I just removed the audio manager from the HTC quick launch.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Steelpreacher:
First let me say thank you for this ROM. Absolutely fantastic, it is exactly waht I was looking for.

My only issue is that the Comm Manager link in the Today screen has disappeared. I don't know how but to avoid the "issues" could someone please guide me to a registry string or somehow to put it back?

Thank You

Steel
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] kparikh82276:
Trying it out

OK!...

i'm back w/ 3vp... well i started out with the 3vp 3.0 and then i upgraded to various other ROM's.

But i could not forget how stable the 3.0 was but then 3.6 was troublesome. So i decided to check out other ROM's.

Schap's 3.60a has been the most stable of all rom's.

I'm going to take this one for a spin, i noticed a 3.62 BETA version available but i'll check this one out in the mean time.

It seems pretty responsive. I'm now downloading programs and so far it is handling it well.

Will post again once i'm done.

Thanks again.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
Looks like 3.62 BETA will become 3.62 FINAL. I'd go with it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Superion:
Back with a report...and more questions!

OK, I've tried vp3g's ROM for a few days now. So far it's hung-up/crashed on me only a couple of times, and that's far less than my previous version...so this one's a winner, in my book. ;-) But some questions/issues persist:

1) My battery life hasn't improved that much; I suspect it's a certain weather application I'm running, although I've turned off the auto-update feature. But I've also noticed my internet (3G/H) active even after my mail download is finished...I think that open connection is hurting battery life, too. Is there something in this OS (or another app I can get) that will close the 3G/H Internet connection after so many minutes of no activity?

2) I keep having problems with my bluetooth and/or phone connections. At my home, I get a signal strength of two bars...enough to talk. But sometimes I can talk with someone and it'll just disconnect and force me to call back. What could that be?

3) Also, my bluetooth earpiece disconnects at random sometimes. That happened on the old ROM, so that's nothing new; but I thought that the new ROM would fix it. Is it an issue with my earpiece? (Plantronics Voyager 510).

And finally: What are the differences in 3.62? Just curious. ;-)

THANKS, all!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] walts:
I'm back with my report on battery life.

To begin:

AT&T / Cingular 8525 vp3g 3.61, radio 1.48, running EAS for Exchange, Wi-Fi and bluetooth off.

If you want to skip the details, the bottom line is:

In a good signal area after 39 hours, 50% charge remains.

In a bad signal area, after 16 hours, only 20% charge remains.

The details:

I didn't think this was necessary but I "conditioned" my battery by turning on every power-consuming thing I could think of, and leaving the 8525 for about 12 hours, long past the final gasping warning about the battery going out. then I turned everything off and charged it for 12 hours. Then the test begins.

I have only the cellular radio on, and have only Exchange set up for e-mail and calendar, using EAS.

Day one - 10/7/2007 at home, 3-4 bars signal

0645 100%

Day two - 10/8/2007 still at home, but some driving around in "good" signal area

0645 70%

1630 50%

2130 50%

Put on charger overnight

Day three - 10/9/2007 in office, 0-1 bars signal

0600 100%

1100 90%

1400 70%

1600 60%

(went home)

1800 50%

2000 40%

2200 20%

Put on charger overnight

That is considrably better performance than I had with the 1.51 radio, where it would get down to 40% after 10 hours in the office.

It also bears out the analysis I did with EAS on a 6700. Briefly, in areas with poor cellular signals, EAS loses the persistent connection with the server, and then starts a very power-hungry cycle of trying to re-establish the connection. With the 6700 it would NEVER re-establish the connection until you did a soft reset. With the 1.51 radio, it would sometimes re-establish the connection, and when it did not, restarting Active Sync did the trick. With the 1.48 radio, it seems to re-establish the connection as soon as you move into a stronger signal area.

bottom line

- vp3g's recommendation to use the 1.48 radio with 3.61 id a good one.

- EAS requires a strong signal.

Walt
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] EQUiLiiBRiUM:
I have the Plantronics 510 And I have been using this rom for a FULL MONTH !

No crashes.... hangups and Most of all No BT Disconnects OFF ANY KIND !!!

This is the Most stable WM6 I"ve been on in a Long time. Try a hard resett See if that helps or upgrade from a Clean rom .
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Jayman007:
I have this problem as well. I have a plantronics discovery 640 and sometimes during a call the earpiece disconnects. I'm running Voicecommand 1.60 with the VC BT fix. That is what I suspect to be the culprit. Are you running that by chance?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] rgb-rgb:
Voice Command 1.6 BT problems

Flashed vp3G's 3.62 Beta ROM to my 8525. First time using a cooked ROM and so far, it looks great. I installed Voice Command 1.6 and as expected, it does not transfer the announcements to BT headset. Also, I was not getting the caller ID thru the speaker either. I installed VC 1.6BTFix.cab from ZaJules and and it did not work either on the caller ID but it did seem to make everything else with BT and VC1.6 work correctly. I read in some other threads that caller ID would not work on WM6 due to a Microsoft problem. I then found another BT fix wm6msvcannouncefix.zip at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=1545566. I reflashed the 3.62 beta ROM installed VC 1.6 and then instelled BT fix wm6msvcannouncefix.zip. Now, caller ID works throught the speaker boes does not transfer things to the BT headset as it should.

I was wondering if there was anyone out there that might be able to combine the 2 fixes into one that works with WM6, or is there already another fix that someone is using. I have searched a lot of threads to find out.

Great work vp3G.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Jayman007:
That combined fix would be too good to be true. I'm using the ZaJukes fix and can't live without the BT transfers but it would be really nice to have the caller ID play through the headset as well. Well, we can dream.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Steelpreacher:
Can anyone tell me how to put the Comm Manager Shortcut back on the desktop? Not sure how I lost it but would appreciate the tip.

The only thing I tweakes was to use the HTCustom utility but I didn't see anything about it in there.

Thank You,

Steel
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
[HKLM]\Services\WirelessMgr

Keep = 1
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Steelpreacher:
Thank you:D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] frobie:
Power problems

Has anyone come up with a solution to the power drain when using this rom? I was running ver 3 for quite some time and had no problem now after 24 hours 4 of them on a plane with airplane mode on I have < %50 power. Should I just go to 3.62 ?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] walts:
See my analysis about 9 posts back. The 3.61 ROM with the 1.48 radio performs about the same as the 3.0 ROM with the 1.40 radio. The 1.51 radio with the 3.61 ROM was a disaster.

Based on my experience in a GOOD signal area (3 bars+), the battery should last up to 40 hours before getting down to 50% charge.

If you're in a weak signal area expect about 12 hours to get down to 50%

HTH

Walt
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
Gah... looks like that package didn't make it in somehow. Crap.

EDIT: I think Schaps cabbed that thing at some point... might look there so you don't have to reflash...

EDIT #2: Just added a cab to Post #2. I'm going to just add it to the Add-Ons RAR and handle it that way in lieu of recooking the entire ROM. It's a storage savings of ~1.5mb for those who don't use it anyway...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
I'm going by this post, and I'm pretty sure I tried it myself. No reason it should work in this ROM if it works in the official. :confused:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] N2A:
Argh, did you have to release this when I was just setting up your old one as a base to cook my own flavour? ;) *laughs*
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gregross:
very strange - just tested agian - works fine for me ... who knows why
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] cirial:
Much thanks :cool:

Edit: the java cab installer works perfectly for anyone else wondering :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
No, wait... you're right... it DOES work on this ROM. :o

I guess I went by that post and didn't check it myself. Shogunmark has a TyTN, though, so maybe it's only fixed for the 8525... :confused:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gregross:
Nice! I thoght I was going crazy
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
Yeah, sorry about that. :o OP updated.

Trust me, the misinformation alone surrounding this one issue has about driven me EFFING INSANE. :mad:

Glad HTC/AT&T fixed it, and I'm betting it's thanks to this forum! :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gregross:
if they don't watch these forums they're stupid - free testing they could never do themselves.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
Yeah, that's another tweak that seems to be causing some problems. Also any apps that have a startup component and are installed on the Storage Card. I'd recommend installing those to Main Memory as well.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] naveen:
this one seems to run faster than the previous version
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
Agreed, and I think it's due to the 6mb page pool. How it compares to vp3G 3.0, I don't know... but perhaps a little tweaking of the GLYPHCACHE would get it there. In my experience I'd recommend leaving the FS cache alone (auto).
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] winnebago:
Excellent! Downloading now for an afternoon of fun flashing and customization!

Thanks again for the excellent work!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] naveen:
I dont know if it is really faster or it is in my head but the ptt seems to connct much more cleanly and faster as well.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] sonkameja:
I have one only problem with this rom , It's quicker and more stable than the last rom at first glance I need more testing to confirm. The older rom had a lag time when you tried to wake your device up from standby.

The problem I have is when you go to the dial pad, USUALLY there's a minny box where you can scroll to see who've you've recently contacted last.

Can you make a quick fix for this of some sort would REALLY appreciate it as I don't want to have to go back to the previous roms.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] winnebago:
My experience with VP3G ROMs:

3.0 - Great

3.60 - Very good

3.61 - Out-DAMN-standing!

Seems to be faster and maybe smoother. Options included in ROM and Add-ins is pretty much perfect. Slow reboot definitely fixed.

Definitely a keeper!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] jlopez0978:
All working perfect. Thanks

Boot Problems Fixed..

Freeze Problems Fixed..

Keyboard in call problem Fixed..

Excellent work vp3'G, this one is my favorite..

Only one question: I need to find 10 bottons black comm manager with 3G icon. I have the 12botton with 3g but dont work.

Thanks...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
That is actually a long standing issue with the Hermes in general, not a ROM-specific thing.

The absence of the box is actually the result of the Smart Dialing working correctly on this ROM regardless of whether PTT is active. Hitting "up" on the dpad as soon as you launch the dialer will display the call history, which I think should be sufficient... ??
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gregross:
Just a note - HTCustom has the "remove battery and com manager icons from today" ticked by default. Changing other items in htcustom without unchecking this will removie the icons. (it would be nice if shadowmite made thest two different options ...)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] deenice:
Kaiser like dialer...Can I go back???

Kudos vp3G! Awesome rom. I just don't like the Kaiser-like dialer. I'm trying to find a cab to replace this. Can I get some suggestions on where I can find the previous one?

I like the idea of pressing dial and going to the call history to choose some of my last contacts to dial. Also when I press the d-pad left/right it doesn't change the contact's phone number like in the previous.

Any hints to the dialer's location that performs like the above is appreciated.

thx
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] frobie:
ok with that said is that problem resolved in 3.62 ? I did not have this issue with the 1.48 radio in 3.0
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] firepro:
Message.lnk broken

Does anyone have any idea why when you press "message" button or press message shortcut in start menu it just ignores me. I can't get to my email or text messages.

It appears that message button runs tmail.exe, but on my phone it appears broken. tmail.exe has date of 9/22/07, my last email was from 10/9/07.

I am confident this problem is self induced I just don't know how.

Thanks for any suggestions
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ljinsane:
much like yourself....:cool:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pow_bearman:
Steelpreacher asked about the camera with 3.61. There are a couple of us that noticed that since the 3.61 upgrade the camera has become fuzzy in the photos.

Is there an updated cab file for the camera? I have the phone set pretty good and not sure I want to go to another phone wipe.

Can anyone help out??:confused:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mcshrike:
Windows Live account menu greyed out

I went to use windows live and saw that when I select menu the account and options are disabled.

I've hard reset to make sure it's not some add-on but that's not the case. Is anyone else seeing this problem?

I'm using vp3G's 3.61 ROM.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] kparikh82276:
This is my ROM!!!!

I've tried all of them.. including the vp3.62 etc.

But i've switched back b/c this was the smoothest running one w/ all the programs that i have.

I have one question. There is an extra battery icon on the today screen on top. I installed a new battery icon with colorful indicator and it changed one battery icon.

how do i remove on icon? is there a way to keep just the one's i want?

please let me know.

I which i had a screen shot to show you, but if you need further description i'll provide.

Thanks in advance for a great piece of ROM!!!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Superion:
Dropped phone calls when data tries to connect...

Hello again all (hope this isn't a dead forum QUITE yet!)

I've been having a persistent problem with this ROM. I have applications (like EMail) that use the data connection periodically. It SEEMS that when the data tries to connect, any phone call I'm on gets dropped: the phone goes silent, even though the screen says I'm connnected, but about 5 seconds later, the call is disconnected.

I did some research: I looked in this forum; most people seemed to be concerned about the data call being suspended when a voice call is made. I know that "lower" versions of cellular internet (non-3g?) do this by design; only higher versions (HSPDA/UTMS) can work simultaneously with a voice call. That's no problem with me; I think your voice call SHOULD outrank/suspend a data connection...but it looks like I'm getting the reverse. I've even had my voice calls cut when my internet indicator displayed "H" or "3G".

I looked on separate forums, and I saw that someone mentioned having this problem with an AKU Rom, but I didn't find where anyone provided a conclusive answer.

Here's exactly what I'm running:

ROM: vp3g 3.61.0

Radio Version: 1.48.00.10

Someone let me know if more information is required. I'd appreciate any help: I like this ROM and I really don't want to switch because of the hassle involved. Thanks!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] firepro:
Hi Superion, I have the same radio and os as you do, but i have not seen that problem. I use push email. Other than that everything is normal. 4 or 5 times a week I have my laptop tethered and will get a call but have never noticed the phone call getting dropped. My Data connection drops often but I just figured it was bad reception.

Ray
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Superion:
I don't use push EMail; However, I'm not sure if that's where the problem is coming from.

Also: I think if the Internet connection would close automatically after it was done, that would help a bit...but I generally wind up shutting it off manually. Is there some sort of setting (or app) that does this?

Another question (and I'll admit I didn't research this one quite yet): Does anyone know if there is a way to back up your text messages? That seems to be the only thing I lose from upgrades.

THANKS!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] aadadams:
If you uncheck 3G dialer in HTCustom does it revert to the standard dialer that you are referring to? Please check, because I like that dialer more for the same reason you do. TIA
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] aadadams:
Duplicate... Ooops.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] sonkameja:
I tried this , and verified it with 3g dialer OFF

then with 3g dialer OFF + Smart Dialing off , DOESN'T WORK

I want my old dialer with the scrolling bar on top !!!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] aadadams:
That sucks. When you figure it out please post up. I will sit on the hybrid until then, because I love this stock dialer that much.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] MHC48:
In 3.60.2 the new dialer was in the RAR, by not installing that cab you were left with the old dialer you (and I) prefer.

I haven't yet taken a good look at this one yet but it appears to be the same. If you don't install the Kaiser dialer you get the old one.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] aadadams:
I hope you're right. Can anyone verify this?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] MHC48:
Man, I love all these ROMs VPG, but started with them a few back and I'm just getting used to 3.60.2.

Now I have to spend another morning installing programs and customizing again?

I know you've counseled against it before but given the similarity, is there any chance this time, of doing a back up (using SPB Backup or Sprite), flashing and then restoring?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
About the Dialer...

OK, people, I'm gonna say this once. This ROM comes with the friggin' stock AT&T dialer and the Kaiser dialer is included in the Add-Ons RAR. Neither of these represents a fundamental change from the last two iterations of my ROM.

The only difference with the dialer in this ROM is that the Smart Dialing (also AT&T stock stuff) works properly regardless of whether PTT or Button-5 reassignment is active. I didn't "change" the dialer whatsoever.

With vp3G v3.0 and v3.60 the loss of the stock Smart Dialing when PTT wasn't active is something some folks complained about, but there was no way around it because it's all wired together and PTTFix was only good for WM5 at the time. I actually delayed the release of 3.61 in order to incorporate Sleuth's new PTTFix for WM6 and make things work like the "official" ROM.

Sheesh... you just can't win with some folks. :rolleyes:

EDIT: If you really can't live without the old dialer behavior, you may be able to remove PTTFix from this ROM and install the PTT_Reassign cab from the prior versions. I think it will overwrite the PTT services that are cooked in and revive the old dialer stuff. I don't have time to test it right now, so someone step up and take one for the team. :)

EDIT #2: It works. Old-style Smart Dialing & PTT button reassignment both work. See post #58.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] cirial:
I guess many people thought that was the way the dialer was supposed to act like default (the "broken" one in 3.60.2) due to the PTT fix. However, the official roms have the same one as vp3g's. I myself was confused at first also, but I do believe the "fixed" way is much better :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] aadadams:
Oh come on now, you know you win with us. I run your ROMS cause they are very stable and this is with the gobs of 3rd party stuff I add to them. The hybrid is on mine now and it has not required a reset in over a week. Kudos to vp3G.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] sonkameja:
One more kink , Whenever you text someone , the text automatically scrolls down a lil bit so the name isn't showing , kinda annoying. Also when someone texts you , their name isn't bolded.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] TurboX2:
dude.. this doesnt feel leik the same phone anymore.. it goes SOOO FRIGGEN FAASSSSST.. dang.. this is the best rom i've seen.

anyway.. i think that this ROM defaults the 3G to

CHAP

authentication and the 3.60 defaulted to the

PAP

.. and thats not right.. at least for ATT

i dunno.. someone should doublecheck me on that statement, but my phone was flippin out on me until i changed it.

i was just letting ppl kno that being that this is pritty much the ATT rom.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] jetski:
great dialer

Kudos vp3G! Awesome rom never posted but I have been using your rom’s since I took the leap to WM6 and I posted to state that I love that the dialer Finally works as it was built to. Keep up the great work, and I could not have got this far or had as much fun without all your hard work Thanks