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[Touch Cruise General] Johny1fin:
Polaris project

Hi guys,

I understand the frustration some are having but as has been said 'enjoy' your polaris.

I have Beeps rom and it is fine until something better coms along.

I would soner have something but free than fast and buggy.

I would though like the Orbit 2 release rom to be avaialable just in case I **** up.

John
[Touch Cruise General] S0ylentK:
Confirmation number: 3H9057213H02871**

I hope that helps

:)

Going back to sleep.
[Touch Cruise General] ouioui01:
Thx for your response :D

Cheers,

ouioui
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
thank you. yes it did.
[Touch Cruise General] LargePig:
Here, have some money :p

4T1306038523760**
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Oh thanks....feels like it was thrown at me. LOL

Seriuosly, thanks. With the addition of another cook to the project, bepe.....things are bound to get very interesting around here.
[Touch Cruise General] LargePig:
Heh, I was just trying to be funny. Hope I didn't cause offense!

Anyhow, hope you get enough to get the 'nuther Polaris soon!
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Nah bro, no offense taken. It actually was funny. :D

Thanks again for your donation. PK is going to be updating the total's thread as we got two donations today.
[Touch Cruise General] kutonglupa:
Yeeeaaahhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whhhhhhhhheeeerrreeeee??????????:cool:
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
:cool:

Working on the project of course....duh! :p
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Thank you.
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Let's re-align the community and determine the next goal...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1960716&postcount=28

Please read and comment. Don't only look at my post though...read a few before and anything that comes after. This is your time to be heard Polaris Community.
[Touch Cruise General] Jimbo9:
Just got my Polaris 2 days ago so I'm donating $15 to the bright future of the project (confirmation number 7AH29727VY0805815).

Jimbo
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
thanx for the donation and thanx to everyone else.

we are currently at 624.30 USD meaning about 200USD max to read our goal. nice job and thanx to everyone.
[Touch Cruise General] finesse:
I am sure olipro will get the funds needed but the problem is finding the a TC to buy. Most of the shops are out of stock....

So you guys promise a sim unlocker?
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Olipro already has his device. That`s how the unlocker for CID got released. The team is currently working to release added functionality for SIM unlocking.
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
btw bepe has told me he can get a german orbit 2 for me for about 500 euro(i believe that was 750 usd) at any time if needed. just need to add in the shipping to that cost and thats how i know 200 more is needed. the device is available there so no problem really with stock.
[Touch Cruise General] BigKuri:
Good on you guys, and best of luck for the cooking about to start!... :)

$10 donated.
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
On behalf of the core team and the entire community, thank you for your support. We're almost there!!!
[Touch Cruise General] hawk eye tim:
Confirmation number: 4H075397JW589752U.

I have used olipro hardspl whiched worked great so have just donated.

Thanks
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
thanx. got the donation but im focusing on finishing this 4.0 of my athena rom as fast as possible to get back to work on polaris. i hope to start beginning of next week. only reason im on here is to say thanx for the donation and to have a note on here to update the post whenever i get one sec. we are very close people. on ebat the htc touch cruise is about 720USD and i decided to go the cheepest route and get the htc version. i believe about 40 left.
[Touch Cruise General] wsei:
Looking forward to the new ROM.

Donated.

Confirmation number: 9PT074778E2855701

Good Luck.

W
[Touch Cruise General] fayfay:
Looking for ROM modificatioins with features that we need

Thanks for your works and contribution.

Confirmation number: 65V43329TR7868143

Raymond
[Touch Cruise General] kaefers:
Some more British paypal donut for you guys...

Getting my Tom Cruise next week and can't wait to use a happy cooked rom!

Thanks!

kaefers
[Touch Cruise General] Hiznibz54:
Looking forward to all the great things you will be able to do.

Keep it up!!

Confirmation number: 5VR51006G94739901

Best of luck, Niall
[Touch Cruise General] geomall:
no polaris yet? is the project active?:confused::confused:

you need more donation?
[Touch Cruise General] raskell:
The project is still very much active. First unit went to OliPro to do the HardSPL and SIM Unlock. Second unit will be for the head cook, nearly there and then ROM tuning will be expedited. Another week or so (perhaps). this is my estimate, not a commitment from the cook. Just want to assure you that there is something great in the oven!
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
sry, been waiting for ltxda to make a formal announcment about whats going on. we have enough though so no more donations needed.
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Device ORDERED!

Well, as PK mentioned...we have enough for the last device. The device is ordered and on the way. THANK GOODNESS!

While PK waits for his device, he'll be fixing up a few things on the Athena Project 4.0 ROM in hopes that we can jump onto the Polaris Project ROM as soon as it arrives.

If you'd like to donate to PK for his great work, etc. Feel free. Otherwise, thank you all on behalf of the core team AND community for your contributions.

MAY THE COOKING BEGIN!!!! Not going to be like mamma used to make but we're sure you'll LOVE IT! :D

EDIT: Just to clarify...a device was ordered a while back but there were issues with getting it delivered. We sourced it elsewhere, was a little more money and now it's all in the past. Again, thank you and you guys should thank yourselves!
[Touch Cruise General] victoradjei:
Finish haaaarrrrrrdddddd

Can we have the first rom for Christmas? Not Easter :rolleyes:
[Touch Cruise General] geomall:
please specifie the year..........:p
[Touch Cruise General] TPXX:
Stupid Question?

Just what kind of benefits do a cooked rom give us? This is my first phone with these capabilities and was just wondering what the cooking does?
[Touch Cruise General] gnick666:
In most cases cooked ROMs contain newer versions of the sw included in the original, some are stripped down to the bare minimum so that the users can install their programs maximizing the free space available.

In some cases, there are cooks (like the people in the Polaris Project) who make optimizations in the WM stack, so the device can operate on a higher level, and modify the default programs (update, add/remove), so that it becomes more user firendly.

I think that should sum it up in general :rolleyes:
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Good question actually:

- Faster performance

- More stable

- Optimized in ways that the manufacturer or OEM neglect

- Added functionality through hacks or installed software

- Some come with special utilities allowing the end-user to tweak the device themselves

- New versions of software or utilities. A good example is newer version of Office Mobile verus the stock ROMs. Another example would be newer versions of HTC Album, etc.

- Newer versions of radio and other components like BlueTooth stacks. Typically cooked ROMs can run way ahead of the curve in this and other areas.

- etc.
[Touch Cruise General] logan602041:
Rom Comparison Question

I've been watching this thread since it began and It seems like there's more than one person working on this project, and i'm probably showing my ignorance here but Bepe's new Polaris Roms seem to already do everything proposed here with regular updates and bug fixes.

I've got so much respect for you people that can create and manipulate this stuff and i'm not trying to detract or criticize in any way from what your doing, and i will be donating to whichever Rom I settle on, i'm just wondering what possible differences/advantages there are likely to be over for example Bepe's Rom?
[Touch Cruise General] Olioaglio:
AFAIK bepe is proud member of the Polaris project so

maybe we should take his ROM also as part of the project.

Olioaglio
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Official Project Update...

Cooking has started for the project. We should be testing an Alpha quality ROM shortly. This ROM won't be released for general testing as it'll be extremely buggy. We will work out many of the issues and try to get to a Beta quality ROM ASAP. So you guys know, Alpha quality ROMs are crap. These are the ROMs where bluetooth doesn't work properly, device locks up, performance may or may not be adequate, etc. Not something for users to test yet. Progress is being made and we wanted everyone to know what the latest was.
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
If you use the Athena Project as a reference, we've released 3 versions of the ROM. Each with more enhancements, tweaks and they got better as we released newer versions of the ROM with later builds of Windows as well as updated drivers, applications, etc. We are working on another ROM that will be released soon. Just working out the bugs.

For example, on the Athena Project we released 3 total and are currently finalizing version 4.0.
[Touch Cruise General] victoradjei:
I hope the TC project ROM would be different from the Athena, at least the first two ROMs released. Where you have to install the rom, and then tweak it to get half baked results :eek: I am refering to all the VGA switches etc. which could have been add-ons instead of being cooked into rom and not work until you spend another hour to tune. If a program does not work as installed on rom, leave it out so those who want it can install later. Not so many links that litter the program directory :rolleyes:
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
and u just show ur ignorance. if u knew anything, u would go to ur windows folder and remove the links in program files for the programs u dont use. then u dont worry about the amount of stuff in there. also u would know that cooking in apps makes them more stable than just adding them on later and is better for the devices resources.

i wont get too deep into this so let me just ask u this..... where is ur athena rom?????

also those stars dont make u any less of a idiot.
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Guys let's be nice. We bring experience to the table and lessons learned. No one/cook/team is perfect. There were more people that loved the ROMs than not. We can't and won't make everyone happy and that's just a fact of life. For those that didn't like it they can always cook their own. For those that loved it, and it seemed to be the majority, they used ours. As for tweaking the ROM yourself....wow...give me some insight...i would love to have a list of additional tweaks we can implement for the next version. So please provide them if you have any recommendations. :)

As for the VGA stuff, i think you're a little confused, unless I totally misunderstood you...the reason I say confused is because for numerous times we've stated that the realVGA is NOT our product...we neither wrote it nor helped develop it. Nor were we going to spend the time to modify it with the exception of maybe some bug fixes related directly to the ROM. If you have gripes about tweaking VGA let us know, this is the first I've heard or it and if it's not I totally forgot. :D

Thanks for your opinion also. We value everyone's feedback, even if it sounds like you just rammed a razor up your ass. LOL , sorry but had to say it bro :p

Now let's all stay nice to each other but if anyone wants to step up, i welcome a good fight :cool:
[Touch Cruise General] pehun:
Hi!

Could it be possible to include a bluetooth manager like this one :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=353774&highlight=perfect+bluetooth

in your project, to natively include the possibilité to ear windows mobile sounds/tomtom sounds throught bluetooth?

many thanks

:)
[Touch Cruise General] raskell:
To Those Awaiting PPT ROM Release

Please bear in mind that the Polaris Project Team, (aka Athena Project Team) and others have real day jobs and other obligations beyond XDA-Developers. We (the community) have delivered for the 'Team' with enough donations to seed the project. OliPro and cmonex have already produced the HardSPL after much hardship.

The ROM for Polaris will come and it will not disappoint. Bear in mind, as time passes and more updated applications get released into the wild, the PPT will roll them in. Our ROM will be unique to our device and you will not be dismayed. Please allow the process to run it's course. We all will benefit.
[Touch Cruise General] victoradjei:
Ouch!!!! That hurts so much especially being a fan of yours :mad: I may be ignorant, but at least I also know enough to realise that there are more artefacts left behind than what you see in the windows folder :) :rolleyes:

Please don't **** on me again. :eek:
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
How about poop?

EDIT: Also, glad you didn't take it personal. He was in a bad mood yesterday. He should be better today after a good night's rest. :)
[Touch Cruise General] rockscientist01:
I don't mean to bug you guys..

But seriously- when will the first ROM be published ???

I remember a line sth like "...will be there before christmas" xmas 2007 I thought you meant, didn't u?

cause if it takes much longer im seriously thinking bout selling my Orbit2

thanks for any insight thoughts...

AO
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Well, you seem confused as hell. Go back, read a bit then sit back and relax. Im sure you`ll come across something you`ve seriously misunderstood. There is a ROM out is my point and another on the way. You should go back and review a few things. Did you even unlock your device yet? lol
[Touch Cruise General] TPXX:
HardSPL

I got my TC factory unlocked, which means I can use any carrier that uses sim cards. Will I need to use the HardSPL? I hope it is not to stupid of a question, just bear in mind I admit to being a newbie! :)
[Touch Cruise General] raskell:
If you want to flash a custom ROM, then you need HARDSPL. Receiving your device factory unlocked only means SIM FREE. You need to become CID unlocked too. (Flame-FREE response) That's your one for this decade!
[Touch Cruise General] gnick666:
Dear Polaris Team!

I'd like to ask if you would be so nice to us, and take a look at the HTC Sedna's ROM, because it has something in it that boosts the graphics performance... be it the drivers or the fix HTC promised..

Here is the link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=381254

I hope you guys can come up whith something :D
[Touch Cruise General] :
Exciting news - it looks as though swtos has got the Sedna video driver working with his Touch Cruise: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2072587&postcount=364

I understand that there are still some bugs, but with all the amazingly talented people already involved in the Polaris Project, maybe this is starting to sound like a great opportunity for the first major release!! :D
[Touch Cruise General] boart:
and its absolutely SURE that the p6500 has 3d accleration enabled?????
[Touch Cruise General] geomall:
if someone want to take back the donation is it possible?

2 months wait for no project

where is the project?:mad::mad::mad:
[Touch Cruise General] Jibreil:
Anxiously awaiting the release!
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
First of all, one of the best avatars I've seen. Love it. LOL

Second, will be getting with PK tonight to see where we stand on this. Will be updating soon people. :)
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
feedback?

One more thing...

Any feedback for those of you that have installed and are running Bepe's ROM? Bepe is part of our team so this ROM is a project release. Please provide feedback and suggestions/recommendations so we can take this and apply what we can do the next ROM.

Thanks to all of you in advance for your time and help on this.
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Much appreciated and great on keeping an eye out. We've already been testing and trying a few things. Will keep everyone posted if something becomes of this.
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Well, the devices have been purchased. An unlocker has been released as promised. A ROM is available on the site per Bepe. PK is working on another ROM and has been running and testing it on his device for days now. Please understand that we have normal lives, are trying to help with other items on the forum and are actually going to be focussing on releasing a final Polaris ROM in the next two weeks, if at all possible.

If you'd like a refund just PM me the details and we'll try to arrange something.

Meanwhile, have you unlocked your device with the tool released by the project and have you flashed Bepe's ROM to check it out and provide feedback to the team for improvements and/or enhancements on the next ROM released?

Also remember, this isn't a business. It's a community helping a bunch of people with spare time develop a superior ROM for a device you purchased. Let's keep it friendly and be as impatient. No offense is meant by this but let's do keep this friendly and work together towards this common goal.

If you still want your money back, and i'm sure you will still use the ROM once it's released and most likely have already used the unlocker, let us know. We'll figure something out since the devices have already been purchased.
[Touch Cruise General] rhov23:
Well put.

As long as I'm writing this, is wm6.1 less "snappy" on the notification-bubbles on your devices? They kinda paint slowly on my screen.

It's 3 seconds faster opening the keyboard "triangle" though, and scrolling is much smoother. Performance elsewhere is the same, and I love the basic version where you don't have the touchflo taking up much needed memory.

Most of us really appretiate the effort you put into the project :)
[Touch Cruise General] Jibreil:
@ltxda

Firstly thanks for liking my avatar :-) It's been my favorite since quite sometime now.

Please get things moving at your earliest, the donators and myself seem very eager to use the ROM. I've two Polari's with me, please let me know if I can be of any help in BETA testing the ROM.

There have been quite a few bug's on BEPE's ROM which myself and other members have pointed out. Please take a look at this thread.

Also, would like to point out towards the new SEDNA Radio 1.58.21.23. The folks at the Kaiser forum says, it's the best Radio yet! Is there a way to port it for the Polaris?

Thanks in advance! Keep up the great work!
[Touch Cruise General] wonderiuy:
Yes and all bugs are constantly reported down to bepe's ROM thread and i think that is the good place since bepe's ROM is a release (not the only i hope) of this project.
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Thanks and we're on it. I've been so busy I forgot to check Bepe's thread. Will do this tonight when I get home from work and after putting the kids to bed. We will do our best to ensure these bugs aren't present in the next release. FYI, if it's an OS related bug we sometimes can resolve them regardless but sometimes not. Don't want any unrealistic expectations.

Thanks for your feedback.
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Not the only release for sure. Like I mentioned, PK is actually running a ROM he cooked up for this project on his device purchased by this project. I'll talk to him tonight when i get home from work and see where we stand on this.

As mentioned in my other response, I've been so busy that I neglected to check Bepe's thread. Duh!

Thanks to you guys for pointing that out.
[Touch Cruise General] athanaso77:
Strange things happen here!!! Polaris Project lives in his own world! Thank god someone reminded you to check Bepe's thread, otherwise you would still be waiting here for donations!!! Months have passed and Polaris Project still lives in his mystic unknown world. :confused:
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
i mentioned its coming once the athena project's 4.0 rom is done in bepes thread. u actually already have a rom from us. bepe is part of the project for those who can't read. i help him constantly with the releases. thats why we are sharing right now a kitchen for the polaris and stuff like that. i have graphics for the polaris pretty much done.

the rom will have a blue look, same program versions as bepes latest rom unless theres newer ones, adding my own programs, and will fix any bugs. first release will be a beta followed by non beta versions. i have the polaris in hand.

have it for a bit now and it has a invisible shield on it that i purchased with my own cash. im waiting on a 8gb microsd from ltxda since hes sending one of the ones he aint using. most preliminary things are done. once athena rom is complete ,maybe even today, ill get to work on rom and have something done quick but still a very good rom.
[Touch Cruise General] Jibreil:
One beta tester waiting right here.

Suggestion: See if you can invite ASerg to your team. You should checkout his ROM Polaris.ASerg.WM61R.WWE (Russian edition)

- It's the fastest

- Been rigorously testing it since over an hour, haven't found any bugs, especially the one's found pointed out by the members in bepe thread.

- He's got some amazing set of addons

- Flawless, amazing and overall perfect!
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Confused? Do you have any specific questions or anything to contribute to the project other than donations to help keep things moving along?
[Touch Cruise General] wonderiuy:
Happy to hear this words. Plz check bepe's Thread since beginnin cuz some bugs are still in last release. since .64 with basic ROM the TC go in standby during boot be4 finishing boot..it takes too long.
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Thanks, will do. About to leave for home in another hour and should be available after i take care of the kids with the little lady and get them to bed. Been a looooooooooooooooooooong day fellas....but I guess I shouldn't expect any less of a Monday. :(
[Touch Cruise General] ouioui01:
bepe released his first rom before he was a member of the team...

kitchen are already shared by udK and swtos...who are not in your team :p

hey guys, wake-up!!! :D

cheers!
[Touch Cruise General] logan602041:
Based on the reccomendation of Jibreil I went and tested ROM Polaris.ASerg.WM61R.WWE (Russian edition), changed it to English and have to say it's a fine piece of work, well worth a look.

Thx for the heads up Jibreil and thx for an superb ROM ASerg.

Get this guy onboard!
[Touch Cruise General] Jibreil:
My pleasure friend :-)

BTW, he has released the English version of his rom, check it out here
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
we were working together already before the announcment. the 2nd rom he made though was really where we stepped in an began working together.
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
What build did he use for the ROM? I dont have a Polaris so cant test or check.
[Touch Cruise General] Jibreil:
I don't have any details on how he built it... he seems to be a man of less words... his ROM's are quality ROM's as DuTTy's in the Kaiser forum.

You can PM him and talk to him.
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Yes I'll PM him. FYI, the builds that our team has are the latest and greatest. I doubt anyone else will have what's in our hands. Not bragging, just informing.

I'm curious what build he used for the ROM because he might also be interested in what we have :)
[Touch Cruise General] Jibreil:
I'm not aware about your kitchen, but if his can do such a fantastic job and your's seem to be the latest, then bring it on... till then ASerg ROM is for keeps.

There's nothing better than great minds working on one goal "The Ulltimate Polaris ROM"

I am sure we are gonna see the best ROM's this forum has ever seen. Good luck to you all! Don't forget me as a beta tester. I have a neck for bugs ;-)

Please bear the following while cooking:

- Include QuickMenu 2.7 it's a very handy tool

- Port SEDNA's ATi Drivers

- Port SEDNA's 1.58.xx.xx Radio pls!