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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sanjay1951:
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Ramsses / PhamQuang,

I've been away a few days moving computers from one that died. I am now catching up and adding your ROMS to post 1. Please let me know if I've missed any of them.

Edit: have added PhamQuang and Ramsses roms to post 1.

Regards,

Sanjay
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sanjay1951:
Welcome Back!!

Kozhura!

It is wonderful indeed to see that you are back. We have missed you.

Regards,

Sanjay
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jwy2k2:
Kozhura,

приветствуйте назад !

or maybe is it

Добро пожаловать назад !

PhamQuang,

sự chào đón !

We can't speak your languages but, we really appreciate your hard work. Thank you very, very much !!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Harrie45:
What are the main differences between:

pdav61kbd and PV_RAMSSES_19209A_4

Which resembles most the M$ version?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ramsses:
PV_RAMSSES_19209A_4 is later build 19209, also has RDP client integrated. Has a number of small apps (regedit, timesync, xpshut) added. It also has the HTC USB drive application. Otherwise, they are much the same. The later build is the same as the M$ emulator, in that respect, it is most similar, but has one or two small apps. I am going to release a lite version without these soon!

Andy
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ramsses:
Cleaner version in about an hour...

RDP Client and Windows Black them remain (standard M$).

USB HDD, XPShut, Regedit and Timesync removed.

Registry tweaks:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS]

"Paging"=dword:0

CHANGED from '1' ... for stability

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS\Filters\CacheFilt]

"Order"=dword:00000002

"Dll"="CacheFilt.dll"

REMOVED - not necessary and slows down flash/card access three fold!

Please update your own registry if you do not wish to update right now.

Andy
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cook:
Update from previous pdaviet

The people have very bad habit to restore spb backup from previous version (like me, it's very bad, don't do it) can be interested by a little PC application, RegSnap wich can compare and made change .reg file.

The (bad) way I use is :

1) Hard reset,

2) export registry via resco registry (software + .lnk on CF card),

3) update ROM, Hard reset, export registry again via resco registry,

4) transfert 2 exported registry to PC, compare via RegSnap and generate change .reg file,

5) restore old spb backup and finally,

6) import chang .reg file generated in (4) via registry explorer of sktools (for some reason resco registry fails to import but I don't care, in (5) sktools was restored and works.

Once again don't do it, prefer reinstall all application but if you are lazy ...

Thanks for all your work around ROM

Question: why not update internet explorer to last version 6.1 in this last pdaViet based rom ? I think browser.dll, browsres.dll, iexplore.dll and webview are outdated.

regards.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ramsses:
Better still is to extract the ROM and compare the default and user hives...

Good point about the browser dlls. I'll update these before I repost the latest version!

Andy
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sdjudge:
did anybody find out, how to fix the battery .. i try the battery with booted linux (not flashed ... booted from sd-card) ... and hey it says "cant read battery device" but the battery works, i mean under wm6.1 it works just 1-2min but under linux hours ... only problem battery is still 100% remaining ...

i think it is necessary to fix this bug .. or rewrite the values ..(small application? under wm6 or linux) ..

sven
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ramsses:
Okay, here we go

Release Ramsses 1.0B

- As 1.0A

- USB HDD, XPShut, Regedit and Timesync removed (RDP Client and Windows Black theme remain - standard M$)

- CacheFilt filter removed: not necessary and slows down flash/card access three fold! This involved removing the following reg entry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS\Fil ters\CacheFilt]

"Order"=dword:00000002

"Dll"="CacheFilt.dll"

- Registry Change:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS]

"Paging"=dword:0

Changed from '1' ... for stability

- Updated Pocket IE to latest version (same as Sanjay/Algasystems ROM)

Release Ramsses 1.0A

- As 1.0

- WPA connection fixed

Release Ramsses 1.0

I have taken PhamQuang's latest 19209 ROM and made a few tweaks:

- cleaned the registry / filesystem:

HKCU\software\HTC - removed - HTC task manager not used

HKCU\software\Illium - removed - Dockware not used

HKCU\software\WebIS - removed - PocketInformant not used

HKLM\software\RhinoCode- removed - TodayPanel not used

Today items with no DLL - removed:

HKLM\software\microsoft\today\"internet calling"

HKLM\software\microsoft\today\todaypanel

HKLM\software\microsoft\today\Pocket MSN

This service has no DLL - removed:

HKLM\services\taskmanager

Entry returned to standard:

HKLM\Comm\TcpIp\Parms

"ResolverRetryCount"=dword:00000003

The following device drivers have no DLL associated with them (removed):

HKLM\drivers\builtin\audiogateway

HKLM\drivers\builtin\ledmgr

HKLM\drivers\builtin\MIX

HKLM\drivers\builtin\RemoteKit

HKLM\drivers\PCMCIA\SRAMDisk

File \windows\create alarm Note.lnk removed

- Rebuilt/tweaked the XIP so it now caches the on-board flash ROM (although you still can't see the \replstor database - weird - I've asked about this to Kozhura), added cachefilt filter, removed fsdspy filter

- Replaced the keyboard with the VGA one

- Added the Windows 'Black' theme

- Integrated the Windows Desktop client (the latest one that can also share the PDA cards to the PC)

- Changed the boot screen to the standard HP one.

Release Ramsses 1.0B download:

4 Mb PP for 64Mb Devices: http://rapidshare.com/files/110651973/PV_RAMSSES_19209B_4.zip.html or http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WII23F2E

8 Mb PP for 128Mb Devices: http://rapidshare.com/files/110651975/PV_RAMSSES_19209B_8.zip.html or http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PCSYMZEO
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ridolfo:
Just a minor detail: there are still the CWTimeOut.exe, CWTimeOut.lnk, and Blocklist.txt files in the ROM. These files belong to Dockware, and can be removed.

Ramsses, haven't flashed your previous ROM's, but I'll probably try the B-version in the coming days. Does the zoom function in PIE work for you? In Algasystems ROM it didn't work for me.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cook:
If you use not english system you must copy and rename english rescource dll in your language rescource dll name. (If PIE apears in a not English langage, zoom will not work because language rescource dll is outdated. I was unable to find an updated not english language PIE rescource dll, If someone can please post it ...)

these version works for me :

browser.dll 283648 bytes.

browsres.dll 29184 bytes.

browres.dll.xxxx.mui 20480 bytes. xxxx = langage code 0409 = english

iexplore.exe 17920 bytes.

webview.dll 1114112 bytes.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] toines04:
Hallo,

Thanks for all the new great roms, but still no support fot SDHC cards?

Tia
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] alan sh:
I installed 1.0A - everything works, but it all feels "slow" and "clunky". Not sure how to explain this, but key presses seem to take a second to be implemented. I was using PDaviets 6.0 before and I have another 4700 with HP's v5 (fixed).

I'll try 1.0B and see if that works better.

Alan
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ramsses:
That's because of the cachefilt issue - either delete the registry key as per my description or upgrade to 1.0B

Andy
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ramsses:
I think it will NEVER work. The SD host drivers come in two flavours - SDbus.dll (for SD 2.0 hosts) and SDBusdriver.dll (for SD 1.x hosts). I have never got any v2.0 driver to work with the hx4700 - let alone SDHC. It is my (and others opinion) that the hardware just cannot do it.

Andy
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] alan sh:
Thanks - I'll get 1.0B and try again (I get all the other advantages too!).

cheers

Alan
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ramsses:
The zoom works, but see Cook's post above.

Thanks for the info on the extra files

Andy
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cerebros:
Ramsses, thanks for the rom update. It feels really fluid and fast.

Just flashed your 1.0.B version but I'm seeing some weird things with wi-fi. In the past enabling wi-fi brought up a dialog window which would let me connect to the wi-fi spots windows mobile found. It doesn't do that anymore, it only shows the icon in the top bar, and I need to go through the manual config under wi-fi settings to get it to work.

*update* the wifi notification window does display but is not Drawn correctly over the today screen, just sows the outlines and doesn't display contents.

Also get random freezes/reboots of pda! no idea why,full clean install with no s/w installed..

(Also the windows mobile 6.1 boot & today theme screen don't seem to be using a VGA image background, or is it me?)

/sent from my hx4700 w. ramsses 6.1 1.0B
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ridolfo:
It is not just you; I had the exact same problems: notification windows only display their title bar, but not the contents; notification bubbles (the ones below the top task bar) don't display; the VGA background for the WM6.1 theme is double-pixeled, and therefore only diplays the top-left quarter of the image.

I haven't noticed random freezes/resets, though (not yet anyway).
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Huck33:
thanks Sanjay

i installed your rom and everything seems to work well
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] GSX600FMAN:
Some problems that need a cure.

I have found in some programs in WM6.1kbd that when you change setting and tap okay the programs finish and the settings are lost. An example is Internet Explorer...I type in google.com it goes to the mobile version as expected, but when I go to 'Menu' 'Tools' then 'Options' to make the current page the default (Home) page. When you press okay it closes IE the change in settings is lost and the WiFi icon on bottom right disappears, even though it is still on. You have to work it from the top line icon (the 2way arrows) to dsconnect. :( A similar problem Visual IT's 'Simple SMS' when you are trying to set the port to Bluetooth instead of serial, the programs stops no changes are saved.

Wordlogic keyboard works fine after you apply the patch you get from wordlogic and the cure for the number display to work with VGA. :) I connected via BT to mobile (o2) and collected mail (@tiscali.co.uk) and browsed internet, also on WiFi (WEP) too.

I have no battery drain problem for all previous (WM6 x) versions. Do you all turn off the receive all IR beams?

The cure:- for the turning off of programs as mentioned above, I suspect other types of programs too, ..Turn off the 'X' closes the program setting. This is found by tap & hold top right icon, go to 'Button' and unselect 'Enable 'X' to end etc etc.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] alan sh:
Has anyone else tried TomTom 6 with this release?

It just hangs on me with the splash screen. Bit of a problem.....

Al previous releases of 6.0 have worked OK for me.

Alan
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] GSX600FMAN:
With WM6.1kbd, TomTom works fine (6.03). :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] alan sh:
OK - I'll try that (I had been trying 6.01)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] alan sh:
Yes, 6.03 seems to work OK. I wonder why 6.01 hangs?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jwy2k2:
6.03? Did I miss something? I thought we were only at 6.01

edit: oops, confusing with the tomtom version number similar. never mind.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] GSX600FMAN:
If the 'Tom Tom 6.01' doesn't cause problems on your 4700, no need for the 6.03. The 4700 WM6.1kbd ROM is doing fine. I use IGO because it's better & more flewible as the fonts are bigger & easier to read quickly when doing 120 (on a foreign road of course). Skype (2.2) works fine too. No problems encountered yet. :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] chatter:
Hy i am a German people an i have on my hx4700 wm6.1 (pdav61kbd).

I have some problems :

first : WLAN connection doesn´t work

(withe the kozhura rom 6.0 R4 works all fine)

second: can i translate the wm6.1 in german ? (german language pack ?)

thanks

chatter
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bulesz:
enough memory?

Hi!

Thanks for all who want to expand the great potential hx4700 pda's life! :)

But, I dont know, that is the adobe reader could run, and the pocket plus, agenda fusion could setup and use on the normal (64 RAM version) 4700s?

Because I am running with Kozhura wm6 r3, and cant install the pocket plus, and agenda fusin, and cant run the adobe reader neighter..:(

So its the hardware problem, or jus simply change the wm6 kozhura r3 version??

Thanks for your help!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sanjay1951:
Your apps should work on a 64MB RAM 4700. Generally however to avoid filesys.exe slowdowns, it is recommended that you put as many apps as possible on either the SD or CF card, and keep them OUT of memory. Although filesys.exe does not yet appear to be an issue for me in WM6.1, I'm still wary of it.

Regards.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Huck33:
i'm using tomtom v6.203 without any problem
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] GSX600FMAN:
I do notice that the first time you start WiFi after turning on the 4700 you have to do it twice. I, personally, install important programs into the default locations (on the PPC) These are SPB Pocket Plus, Wordlogic, Adobe reader, MS Reader, Simple SMS and Skype. However all other programs like Navigation, Dictionaries, Encyclopedia's and documents are on either the CF or th SD cards. I have never had any issues or problems. I have done this from 2002, 2003 WM5 (short period, what a waste) and now these fantastic WM6.x's. No excessive battery drain that I have ever noticed. Everything I use is working okay. :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dkutopia:
Upgraded to Sanjay Rom (6.1) From KOZHURA 6.0R4

Hi,

I'm not sure whats causing this issue, But when i use this rom and only have SPBPocketPlus4 + SPBBackup, Installed the total backup using SPBBackup is taking around 5-11mins, But under the "KOZHURA 6.0 R4" it only takes around 1min or so.

I'm using the latest release from SPB which are installed onto the PDA not on any of my Cards.

I've also got the 128MB Memory update and using a 4GB CF Card with a 512MB SD Card.

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] GSX600FMAN:
Same here with me, the SPB Backup (4) does take some time, compaired with how fast it was a week or so ago. So only do it when your not busy or expecting to use it soon. Sometimes newer program always seem to slow or take up more space. See 95 to 2000 to XP to Vista consuming more & more memory requiring faster & faster CPU's etc. :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dkutopia:
I can't understand why using the other rom its was fine, And this roms its very very slow. Do you think it maybe a bug in SPBBackup with version 6.1 of MobileWindows.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ridolfo:
I've had this one briefly installed, and it seems to be a good effort overall, but it needs some reworking on the details.

The HTC Taskmanager only showed up after the initial flashing, but after the first soft-reset it never showed again (had this same problem on WM6 as well, but there, it wasn't included in the ROM, so I could uninstall)

In half an hour of using Wi-Fi, I lost the connection twice, which has never happened before on WM6.

I couldn't figure outthe zoom factor in PIE (maybe it's because I'm not sure what is supposed to happen); zooming out seemed to destort some forum sites, and there was no frame visible to pan around the page.

All in all, it didn't feel as stable yet as Kozhura's WM6 rev. 4. I'll surely try again if PDAVIET comes up with a new version, but for now I'm back to WM6.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Braggus:
Hi there,

I can only get terminal services to work when my 4700 is attached to my pc by cable. By wireless it doesn't work. Wireless is working for email and inet.

I'm trying to solve this problem.

Ciao
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ramsses:
It was okay over wireless for me. I connected via the IP address of the machine, not the name, though. I have configured my PC to have a static IP address as it also serves other things.

Andy
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dkutopia:
Connecting to Mobile Device Center (VISTA)

Hi,

I'm also having a problem connecting to Windows MobileDevice for Vista, Using Kozhura Rom, I have no problems but using this rom it doesn't find my PDA, Its listed under Device Manager has Unknown USB Device.

The build of Windows Mobile Device Center i'm using is 6.1.6965, Which is the latest version i can find on the Microsoft Website.

I'm i doing something incorrect?

Cheers
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sanjay1951:
Ramsses,

Great work! I have replaced the links to your rom in post 1 with these.

Regards,

Sanjay
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ramsses:
Did you Hard-Reset after flashing? This is very important...

Did you also have this issue with 1.0A? (As you can see from the change log, 1.0A and 1.0B are very similar)

I'll take a look in the mean time.

Andy

Edit #2: Also, use 4Mb PP version if you have a 64MB device

Edit: The HP boot screen starts off QVGA, then goes VGA briefly (this is normal), the green loading screen is then VGA.

See my own screen shot of the radio notification (note the QVGA wireless config screen has always been QVGA) - this is after removing my own wireless settings, soft-resetting the PDA and turning on the wireless via the tray icon:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ramsses:
Confirmed - the other themes seem okay, besides, I use my own background...

I'll take a look for a better default theme.

Andy
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Attis:
Same with me :(

I have a similar problem with Ramsses' 6.1 1.0B.

Upgraded from WM2003SE ( ;) )

At first I had no popups and notification bubbles (ones that you get when clicking clock or connectivity icon) at all - exactly as others have described it. Then, after a hard-reset (calendar+itask+reset) I had them running correctly for like 10 seconds :(

Now they are empty frame with titlebar (one that says "Conectivity" or "Time and Next Appointment") with no text inside - a content of today screen below is shown in its place...

I really like your version, but this seems like a major issue for me :/
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cerebros:
Thanks for the feedback. Never ran 1.0a and I did a full hard reset after loading 1.0b. Still no content in dialog/notification windows. They appear empty, also after switching my today theme, in case that was the culprit...

Still no notification dialog s with 1.0b 4mb /64mb pp version.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ridolfo:
Ramsses, just for the sake of cleaning things up: the following lines in Initflashfiles.dat refer to .lnk files that don't exist in the ROM:

Directory("\Windows\Start Menu\Programs"):-File("Download Agent.lnk","\Windows\dlagent.lnk")
Directory("\Windows\Start Menu\Programs"):-File("Terminal Services Client.lnk", "\Windows\mstsc.lnk")
Directory("\Windows\Help"):-File("Transcriber.lnk","\Windows\Transcriber.lnk")
Directory("\Windows\StartUp"):-File("ChgDfLnk.lnk","\Windows\ChgDfLnk.lnk")
Directory("\Windows\StartUp"):-File("Usbcnect.lnk","\Windows\Usbcnect.lnk")
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ramsses:
I don't think you Hard-Reset!!

In WM2003SE, it was indeed correct to use calendar+itask+reset... For WM5 and later, it changed to being contacts+mail+reset... Then you must press calendar to confirm clearing all data. The problem is that I cannot replicate the issue you are having on my own device, so I would suggest trying another hard reset first.

BTW, it is always recommended to upgrade to WM5 first rather than go straight to WM6.x from WM2003 - (although I'm not sure that is necessarily true with the 'Chris' bootloader).

Andy
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ramsses:
Thanks!

Andy
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ramsses:
Okay, here we go... again...

Release Ramsses 1.0C

- As 1.0B

- Cleaned initflashfiles.dat

- Removed green theme (which wasn't as VGA as it should have been!) - now defaults to windows 'default' with the option of the Black theme

- Tweaked XIP imgfs mount options to speed up booting/general speed

- removed CWTimeOut.exe, CWTimeOut.lnk, and Blocklist.txt files in the ROM. These files belonged to Dockware.

Release Ramsses 1.0B

- As 1.0A

- USB HDD, XPShut, Regedit and Timesync removed (RDP Client and Windows Black theme remain - standard M$)

- CacheFilt filter removed: not necessary and slows down flash/card access three fold! This involved removing the following reg entry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS\Fil ters\CacheFilt]

"Order"=dword:00000002

"Dll"="CacheFilt.dll"

- Registry Change:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS]

"Paging"=dword:0

Changed from '1' ... for stability

- Updated Pocket IE to latest version (same as Sanjay/Algasystems ROM)

Release Ramsses 1.0A

- As 1.0

- WPA connection fixed

Release Ramsses 1.0

I have taken PhamQuang's latest 19209 ROM and made a few tweaks:

- cleaned the registry / filesystem:

HKCU\software\HTC - removed - HTC task manager not used

HKCU\software\Illium - removed - Dockware not used

HKCU\software\WebIS - removed - PocketInformant not used

HKLM\software\RhinoCode- removed - TodayPanel not used

Today items with no DLL - removed:

HKLM\software\microsoft\today\"internet calling"

HKLM\software\microsoft\today\todaypanel

HKLM\software\microsoft\today\Pocket MSN

This service has no DLL - removed:

HKLM\services\taskmanager

Entry returned to standard:

HKLM\Comm\TcpIp\Parms

"ResolverRetryCount"=dword:00000003

The following device drivers have no DLL associated with them (removed):

HKLM\drivers\builtin\audiogateway

HKLM\drivers\builtin\ledmgr

HKLM\drivers\builtin\MIX

HKLM\drivers\builtin\RemoteKit

HKLM\drivers\PCMCIA\SRAMDisk

File \windows\create alarm Note.lnk removed

- Rebuilt/tweaked the XIP so it now caches the on-board flash ROM (although you still can't see the \replstor database - weird - I've asked about this to Kozhura), added cachefilt filter, removed fsdspy filter

- Replaced the keyboard with the VGA one

- Added the Windows 'Black' theme

- Integrated the Windows Desktop client (the latest one that can also share the PDA cards to the PC)

- Changed the boot screen to the standard HP one.

Release Ramsses 1.0C download:

4 Mb PP for 64Mb Devices: http://rapidshare.com/files/110992450/PV_RAMSSES_19209C_4.zip.html or http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NE7GKNX8

8 Mb PP for 128Mb Devices: http://rapidshare.com/files/110987686/PV_RAMSSES_19209C_8.zip.html or http://www.megaupload.com/?d=33Y7AJ50
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cook:
Could you please give more information :

Tweaked XIP imgfs : what change you made exactly ?

CacheFilt filter removed : I do not have any speed issue with it (with 128 MB ram)

"Paging"=dword:0 : I do not have any stability issue with 1

Nota: I use Ramdisk http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=2152392 and I think it should be a good idea to include this great little application in the ROM (ok it's not pure M$ but it's based on M$ sources and it's a system application) This Ramdisk can be configurate to be reset (hard/soft) persistent, it can automatically backup/restore it's content to/from CF/SD Card.

I use 8 MB Ramdisk (not persistent) for :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]

"History"="\\Ramdisk\\History"

"Cookies"="\\Ramdisk\\Cookies"

"Cache"="\\Ramdisk\\Temporary Internet Files\\"

(not persistent so cookies and history deleted at each reset)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\FileSys]

"TempPath"="\\Ramdisk"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Filters\fsreplxfilt]

"ReplStorePath"="\\Ramdisk"