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[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] HeartOfDarkness:
No problem really. And I know that wile the forum is so rich in terms of information that it is the single place where you can find pretty much anything you want to know about the Athena, this information is so disseminated that it can be overwhelming. :-)

Of course. Easiest way to do that is:

- to find your current ROM on the internet and download it to your PC for "safekeeping";

- use Sprite Backup that is provided free of charge with the Athena and backup your entire system (you don't absolutly need to back-up what's on the microdrive as it is left untouched by ROM upgrades. Of course, it is always best to backup as often as you can whetever data you deem important) to the microdrive, and then put that on your desktop 'puter along with the original ROM for safekeeping. You can make a self-restoring archive so that you don't even need to reinstall Sprite Backup if you go back to original.

All you'll have to do in order to go back to your current setup will be to flash the original ROM back and then restore the Sprite Backup back-up.

There are thousands of items to download free of charge for PocketPCs, and hundreds of sites to download them from, that's the beauty of Pocket PCs (Windows Mobile-based PDAs). :-)

A place I like as a "starter" is www.pocketpcfreeware.com, one of those I've been using for years. It doesn't ave them all, but it has the essentials, and it's an excellent "point of entry" into the fabulous world of PocketPC (PPC) freeware.

A good freeware launcher is cLaunch. It's not as pretty and customisable as iLauncher (which displays the small iPhone-like buttons on my screenshot), but it is still very good. And there are a number of things that ressemble PocketBreeze (the bottom plug-in that shows my appointments and stuff). The HTC Home plug-in is provided with the Black Dual by PK ROM, and requires little customisation effort.

Well, depends on what you do, how much you customize, etc. But mainly:

- 3 minutes to hard-SPL your Athena (which allows you to flash any ROM you want to your Athena - this is mandatory);

- 5 to 10 minutes to flash your new ROM, I'd say;

- 5 minutes to go through all there is to go through when you hard-reset your device (what you did when you first turned it on: setting the date, calibrating the screen, etc.);

- 15 Minutes to install the Black Dual by PK ROM add-ons.

And then, it all depends on what you install, and how much you tweak. :-)

With practise, in less than an hour, you can have flashed your Athena to a new ROM, and installed 30 applications with a little bit of "tuning".

Not many how-tos, alas. First of all things you should do is to read through the Athena Wiki, which will at once let you know many things about your Athena and get you familiar with the "terminology" (most people here, myself included, have forgotten that you don't learn what a "soft key", for instance, is at school :) ).

Then the stickies in each forum.

And keep posting here. Dunno, maybe that thread COULD become a "beginner's walkthrough"... :)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
WOW!!! that's a lot to absorb and digest. I will take small bites and work at it. Again, the wealth of information is present. And thanks to people like yourself, I can learn somke things that I didn't know. thanks for the education. I will post with my results and potential questions in the next few days.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] LTxda:
I used the cooked ROM on my Athena with TMobile without any issues. I've since changed over to AT&T for the 3G but you shouldn't have any problems with TMobile. If you use their VPN Internet plan you'll just have to change the settings a little but nothing a little searching or a call to TMobile tech support won't resolve in an instant. Any time support tries to tell me they don't support my device, I return with a question of "What, you don't support Windows Mobile 6?"...that shuts them up quick and give me what I need. Good luck and you'll be flashing to a superior ROM.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
Changing settings scares me a little.....

it does appear that this ROM is superior in many aspects....

thanks for the support ;)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
Well guys, I already encountered my first hurdle. The ROM upgrade attempt was unsuccessful. The ROM update returned a message that my rom image is corrupt. I downloaded the original "shipped" ROM from the HTC site and will attwmpt to load that to start "factory fresh" and try the cooked ROM again......
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] LTxda:
Make sure the unlocker took effect. You can check by going to the BootLoader screen and checking the version on there.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
My phone was unlocked when I recieved it. Is there another unlocker I need? Where is the bootloader screen?

Did I say I was a newbie? lol
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] LTxda:
Unless you purchased the phone used, it's only SIM unlocked. This means you can use it with any carrier that supports the technology. If you purchased the device new you'll need to run Olipro's unlocker to CID unlock it. CID unlocking the phone allows you to flash any ROM to the device without a problem. I think you should reflash with a factory ROM to get your phone up and running and take this weekend to do some thorough reading. I don't want to see your next post being that you bricked the device and the only thing you see is a red LED. Get your phone back up and running, take the weekend to educate yourself further so you can regroup and tackle this with a new perspective.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
I have it up and running at the factory ROM level from HTC.....
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
I got the Dual Black to load. It appears to be working. Thanks for your patience. NO BRICK YET. lol.

I tried to use the add ons but I don't know what to do to install the .cab files.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] LTxda:
Well if you got the ROM installed, you won't brick it. CONGRATS! and welcome to the club.

Move the CAB files to your device and double click/install from there.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
THANKX to you and the other posters. I couldn't have done it without your guidance!!!!

BTW, what is the blue bar ticking across the top of the screen?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] LTxda:
You could have. Go enjoy your "new" device now. :)

You should notice it runs smoother, faster, and probably likes you a lot better now. hehehe
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] HeartOfDarkness:
You're welcome ! Glad to count you as a follow Black Dual by PK ROM *power*-user. :-)

There are two bars on each side of the "taskbar" (the bar that has the "Start" button).

The top one shows the battery charge status. It is the program "dcibattery", which a link in the \Windows\Startup launches everytime you start your Athena (soft reset).

The bottom one shows the RAM status, available for the running programs. It is also launched at startup using the link "qwertymemory" in the \Windows\Startup directory.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
I don't see the bottom bar. But it really doesn't amuse me either way. I am, however, trying to find the ilauncher file and pocket breeze. I think these woulr complete my challenge (for now).

Meanwhile, I'm going tp play with my new toy and see where the tweaks are.:D
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] HeartOfDarkness:
iLauncher and PocketBreeze aren't included in the ROM as they are commercial software (not freewares). As I said, cLaunch is a good freeware launcher, and there are many today plug'ins that have various features ressembling PocketBreeze.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
Thanks....I will search around for some of the freebies for now. I'll look for the clauncer first.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] HeartOfDarkness:
Hehehe, ok. And you already have your plate pretty full with all the tools installed wih the Black Dual ROM. :-)

Enjoy ! This ROM really makes a big difference in usuability compared with officials...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
After have played with the new ROM, I find that I'm not liking the contact application much. There are four white boxes at the bottom of the screen that I have no idea what they are or what they do. I'll be searching for some other contacts application. Also The start button and the clock are dark and illegible on the backround. I'm still playing with some of the other features. I did find that this ROM has customizable "soft buttons" which I used one of as my one-touch phone button. This was one of the things I was after with the change.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
more use of the ROM shows other faults. I seem to have lost my voice dialer also. Maybe I need to install some of the add ons? What is a good voice dialing soft that is available for download?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] LTxda:
Read the list of items within the ROM. No voice dialer was included in the ROM. We left it up to the individual to install what they like.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
What is a voice dialer that you would recommend? Also, is there a phone book contacts manager that wil overwrite the existing one? I have read that the CM in the rom is a very well liked one, but it doesn't seem to agree with my device. I am seeing four white boxes at the bottom of the screen. I like the original manage that was in the previous ROM. Is it avaialble somewhere?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] LTxda:
I prefer Microsoft Voice Command. No training required and works very well for me but I'm also extremely lazy. hehehe

Some people who speak English as a second language and have a thick accent don't like Microsoft Voice Command because it won't recognize their speech properly.

I guess I would say give Microsoft Voice Command a try and if you don't like it go with the one that HTC includes in their stock ROMs.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
I DO like the voice dialer that came with the original HTC ROM. If I could relinstall it, that would be great. I still can't pick out anyone from my contact manager though to assign a voice tag even if I had a voice dialer. :(
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
I found a voice dialer called VOICE_TRI in a .cab file that seems to work. Now I need to find a contact manager like the one that came with the original ROM on my 7501.

BTW, your experience seems to be helping me learn this new device. I don't feel like such a newbie after all that you have offered.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] CRU2008:
congrats on the upgrade!

guardm, congrats on the upgrade. May i ask which unlocker did you use?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
I used OLIPRO's unlocker found here under the unlocker banner.http://http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=315831

I read in one of the threads that if you use this unlocker, you must complete all THREE steps, otherwise, the GPS features won't work. Good uck. It worked for me.

THANKS OLIPRO
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
I used OLIPRO's unlocker found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=315831. Look for the blue "click here".

I read in one of the threads that if you use this unlocker, you must complete all THREE steps, otherwise, the GPS features won't work. Good luck. It worked for me.

THANKS OLIPRO
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] CRU2008:
Great! I download this unlocker. Now I do have an Unlocked x7501 advantage, do I need to do all 3 steps?

From reading your post, once it is done, I might get a black screen maybe not, if I dont I can go ahead and flash the PK 3.0 ROM? If I do, just do camera+volume down and reset to go into the bootloader right?

I dont think I want the 1.50.0 Radio!

Thanks buddy! I will flash as soon as you respond!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
I am, in no way, an expert at this. I understood that the 1.50 radio is part of the ROM upgrade. It works on my device using Tmobile in the US. I read the threads through. Sometimes there is stuff later in the thread that will clear up something that was posted earlier. Don't get excited and do something with thoroughly researching and being clear. there are some people here that are great at helping, but patience is the best thing you have to help yourself in this endeavor. If you read this post from the very beginning, you will see what I went through to get it done. I just followed the instructions posted AT MY OWN RISK. I can only tell you what I did and that it it worked for me on my unlocked Advantage 7501. Your results depend on you and how much you trust yourself. If you brick your device, it's on you. All the posts tell you that this is at your own risk and, from what I have read, a few people did not follow instructions and ended up with a useless device. I am not trying to convince you not to do it, but AGAIN, THIS IS DONE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Some of the other people that read the posts are much more experienced and will offer some advice. This thread is everything that I have done to get my upgrade done. Tweaking on my device is still in progress. Good luck and post with your results.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] CRU2008:
Upgraded and Happy!

Well, I would like to say that following your thread the people that assist (of course, three days of reading) I am happen to join the PK 3.0 team. This is a very quick and response ROM. After customizing all of my stuff, themes, programming, it moves as if nothing is on it.

I havent found anything wrong with it as of yet. Though i'm only 12 hours into it (barely any sleep). I have to read up on some the software with in the ROM. there is a lot to learn.

Thanks guardm. I really appreciate this thread.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
Congradulations and welcome to the forum. I, however, don't deserve any thanks. The credit goes to HeartofDarkness, ITXDA, Olipro others in the backround that contribute; these are the members that pointed me in the right direction and supplied the knowhow and softs. All I did was start a thread. But I'm glad it worked out for you. I hope that this will help any others that need to do the same thing. At some point, perhaps someone will create a how-to and sticky it.

Keep reading and learn from the "pros" and I will do the same.:D
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] Kenjari:
HeartofDarkness, How did you get Pocketbreeze to adjust to 128dpi? I have went into the settings and checked the two boxess that correlate to VGA Hack, yet I still get the same size 96dpi. What do I need to do to get it like your?

Thanks in advance!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] HeartOfDarkness:
HI there !

Actually, I didn't, lol. I'm running RealVGA @ 96 dpi. Problem with 128 dpi is that it is the "middle-man" resolution, and PocketBreeze is way to big when the "vga hack" option boxes are checked.

I personnaly run it with a specific skin, @ 96 dpi, with the "vga hack" option boxes left UNchecked.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] Kenjari:
Ohhhh. Makes sense. Thanks for the clarification. I guess if I want it like that .... I should use 96dpi. Thanks HeartofDarkness!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
I don't see any difference. Is it because you are displaying portrait screen? What is the gain for using real vga?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] HeartOfDarkness:
Hi !

Difference with what ? 192 dpi ? If so, the difference is paramount, you can display 4 times as much information on the screen of the Athena when using 96 dpi resolution.

In 192 dpi, top and bottom bars would be twice as wide, fonts would be twice as wide and twice as high, etc.

Actually, I couldn't fit all there is on my today screen on the screenshots, on a 192 dpi Athena.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
Is real VGA what does this? If so, is it in the PK black ROM? I'll give it a try.

Also, I STILL can't get PocketCM off my device. HELP?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] HeartOfDarkness:
RealVGA allows you, indeed, to go from the default 192 dpi (which is the "standard" WinMo mode, and basically uses the VGA screen as a "big QVGA") to 96 dpi, yes, where each pixel on your screen is used as a *real* pixel (basically, at 192 dpi, a pixel as seen by the software equals 4 pixels on the screen, which is called doublie-pixeling).

RealVGA indeed is included in the Black Dual by PK 3 ROM. :-)

Don't use PocketCM, but I'll have a look at the related thread. :-)

EDIT: actually, didn't find the thread, were do you talk about PocketCM ?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
I did try the real VGA plugin. I think that I will stick to the 192dpi view. For my purposes, the 192dpi works best when I customize my today items. When I use the other settings, my paassword page is awkward as well as my radio display. So, its 192dpi for me.

I did not post a thread for the pocketCM issue. I added issues in THIS thread only. I was hoping that someone has a homebrew solution for this. I was tinkering with attempt to remove pocketCM and my device froze to the point that I had to re-load the ROM completely along with ALL my other plug-ins. I used several suggestions, but everything has failed.

I want a generic, "plain jane" contacts manger like in the shipped ROM. I NEED POCKETCM OUT OF MY DEVICE.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] guardm:
ok.....tried and fried. My device has locked up and frozen several times in my attempts to harmaony with it and the ROM with pocketCM. Now my caller id is blank and my ring tones are garbled. No blame to anyone but myself. I don't have the patience to keep up with the kitchen. I'm going back to my shipped ROM at least for a while until I learn a little more . I may have jumped into deeper waters than I can handle right now. I will still lurk in the shadows of the forum but I will also read and learn as much as I can before I attempt it again. Thanks to all the member who helped me in this adventure.:o
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] marthynovak:
need I a unlocked device for this ROM?because i bought athena two day ago and i dont know if its unlocked or not.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] LTxda:
If you are not sure if your device is unlocked, please go to the Unlocker thread, read the entire thing and give the unlocking a try.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aleskucer:
Hi, im trying to root my Huawei Y6 ii, and after unlocking bootloader, when i try to flash TWRP, i get this message

target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes

error: cannot load 'recovery.img': No error

Does anyone have solution for this please? Thank you
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] nuserame:
Very often I get a 4G signal showing on my A7 while my friend's iPhone 6+ shows LTE on the same network.

Sometimes my phone shows 4G LTE, but not nearly as often. And when it shows 4G, it's definitely slower.

Are there settings I can change on the A7 to fix this?

Also my A7 never shows 3G, only 4G LTE, 4G, and E. Is that normal?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Hamburgle4:
Unfortunately I don't have a solution for your main issue... But it sounds like your device is not the G variant?

You can use something like LTE Discovery to verify the type of signal you're getting. I'm guessing 4G refers to HSPA+ in your case.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ewingr:
As you will notice from my signature, I had tried a move to a LG V20, but I came back to the Note 4. So, I'm tracking my attempt to have a happiness with the Mate 9. Putting my notes and info here.

I'm in U.S., and so have North America version. Received it this afternoon, and have had a SIM card set up in it.

I'll document as I go for my results on setup. Not starting off great:

Restoring Data

Phone Clone

Tried this first. On the Mate 9, all I could get was the spinning hour glass (or whatever it's called). Would never come up with the QR code that is needed to mate to the old phone.

So I moved to...

Hisuite

So, I installed Hisuite on my laptop. Below are instructions followed with results:

Instlal Hisuite on Laptop - Success

Plug Huawei device to the computer, and touch restore data in Hisuite. ... Well, first thing I was wondering was how was the laptop to be able to ge the data from teh old phone? So, I proceeded

So my device is found, as the PC came up with a box to select how to use the device. But I see no option to restore data. I noticed a note at the bottom that it will not connect if charging only for usb is selected. So the instructions say...

Touch Settings - success

Then touch Security and Privacy ... There is no Security and Privacy specifically to touch, but there is a category called Security and Privacy, and a Security option to touch. But, I did find the Security option, and clicked it and found the option to allow Hisuite.

So, now, having done all that, I see the phone connected. But I see absolutely no way to get my data: messages, phone log, etc from my oldphone to the new one.

Pretty unimpressed at this point.

Tried Phone Clone again. Nothing.

If anyone has any suggestions...it's appreciated.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ewingr:
I managed to get my SMS and call logs by using SMS Backup and Restore. Had to move files around via dropbox.

Observations

I'm finding that as I run apps, the common pop-up about needing rights often freezes and I need to go into Settings/Apps and assign priviledges. Not sure if this is a common issue for others or not.

Phone, of course, is performing well.

Screen resolution is fine for me

Fingerprint reader is very fast. I had come to really like the finger print reader on the back while using the V20. I'm having to get used to it not also being the power button.

I am finding that various things that fill the page and are white hides the on-screen buttons. I don't recall that as an issue when I was trying out the V20.

The email app is going to take some getting used to. I am very used to the Samsung email app, which I liked better than Gmail.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] def-g:
Stick with it. This phones menus and ways of doing certain actions is different than Sammy or LG. But I really like that. Once u use it for a bit. You'll love it!!!

G
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ewingr:
I plan to. Liking it so far...but...

The GPS is getting zero satellites. Not working. I do have high accuracy turned on (Use GPS and Wifi). Loaded GPS Test, and no sats visible.

Another issue with first drive...when the screen goes off, intermittently it shuts down Pandora. I checked the Battery Optimizations to make sure Pandora is NOT set to close when screen is off, and it is not.

I'm on hold now with B&H Photo. I'm guessing I'll be exchanging it. PITA...but I'll l give one more a try.

Obesrvations (other than above issues)

Battery is looking like it will be great

I like that the icon in the noti bar shows what AP I'm hooked to

Volume is very good. Sound is OK (better for sure than Note 4)

I'd like to have dark notifications. Haven't checked to see if ther is a way to do that yet.

[EDIT]

I just checked. I was on FW 138. There is an update to 183. I'm downloading it now. If GPS still doesn't work, my next task is to call Huawei support...then if no good, exchange.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] wase4711:
Battery is awesome on my mate 9 pro; your should be too

There are lots of themes you can install to get your notifications dark; check the apps/themes thread