yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] siliconaddict:
FAST!

Man this ROM is F A S T ! ! ! I am a big fan of Schap's ROMs, because they are always fast and stable. But this ROM, this is really is the fastest I have used so far. No question about it. Can't say much about stability yet, although the installation went smoothly.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Radimus:
I'm not getting any love from MMS.

I can send them, but not receive them. I've sent to other phones and to email addresses and they can view them fine.

I have Arcsoft 4.2.8.1 installed and configured to use Cingular MMS (wireless.cingular.com:80, http:\\mmsc.cingular.com) Shogun_cing MMS fix

I've also tried ATT Internet n MMS settings which used AT&T server names with the AT&T same results.

I assume there is something wrong with the client or possibly in the ROM that needs a tweak... I will eventually try a hard reset and reinstalling, but would like to avoid that if possible.

I'm using faria.R-32 lite on radio 1.47.00.10
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Radimus:
I've found something unusual... I did do the hard reset, just to try and resolve the MMS issue

If I send a MMS to the phone it will "wake up" but the message never arrives nor does a "downloading mms" alert come up.

It does send them fine. using settings from: http://www.wireless.att.com/answer-...le=en_US&_dyncharset=UTF-8&solutionId=KB71325

and mms clients versions: 3.0.7.19, 4.2.81, 5.0.something...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Radimus:
hmmm... it worked when I installed it all via auto setup.

Oh well, as long as it works :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] molesaied88:
is it possible to install the commanager config program on a diff rom? thanks in advance
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] siliconaddict:
back to Schap's 4.31

I have been using this ROM for 1 day. I have had no issues with it, it is fast and stable. All the important apps I use work fine, like Pocket Informant 8, Textmaker etc. No hangs, crashes or whatsoever. Large Start Menu did not work BTW.

I did reset the threaded SMS back to the normal SMS with a reg hack I found here, because I think this threaded SMS is an annoyance.

However the lack of MMS makes me go back to Schap's 4.31. If that were fixed, I would definitely use this ROM.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Radimus:
I have fixed it for me... see about 3 posts up
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] thvoss:
MMS

I have the same problem. I can send MMS but not receive them.

Another small issue is that the date is in wrong order for Germany. Instead of dd.mm.yy there is mm.dd.yy.

Everything else on this ROM is fine. Excellent work - Thank you!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] marcelol:
Have you used IRDA ?

So far no fix for IRDA from CommMgr ?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Trashman:
easysetowner not working

First i want to thanks faria and dr p for this exelent rom, i had the faria rom on my old wizard and now the same on this one, and im really pleased with it...

It had the HR problem the first day but i solved it installing the AT&T and then again faria rom...

But im trying to use "EasySetOwner" and it dont work, dont know exactly why, it open a small window with some options but when i try to set it up going to "settings" it just closes, the app in question:

http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/EasySetOwner-22650.shtml

I know that this is not entirelly related to this rom, but id appreciate any help any of you can give to me...or maybe suggesting an alternate freeware doing the same...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] rod555:
Fast &stable

Sure, i agree the best rom but the best developer too ;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] eric982:
Thanks for the rom. I flashed my at&t 8525 and my keyboard is messed up. ~!@;-_?: keys are mis-placed. I am getting !@?_":-; on the screen when I type ~!@;-_?: Am I missing something?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] MrDSL:
yes a lot..check out the wiki in the top links, you can find a lot of useful information there.

run advanced config and change your keyboard layout to at&t/cingular and click done and let it reset device.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] dy2592:
You have to change keyboard layout to Cingular/AT&T using Schapps Advance Config Tool.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ndcart:
Problem is, it doesn't seem to have the symbols installed. Can't get to special characters through the keyboard.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] siliconaddict:
Doesn't work

I CAN install Arcsoft MMS later on, sure, no problem. I then have a mixed SMS/MMS mailbox. Don't really like it, but I can live with that.

However, after the install I do not have a MMS account which I can configure... And THAT is a problem!

Tried to solve this issue via some registry tweaks, but was unsuccessful unfortunately.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] testman3d:
thanks a lot to Faria and Dr. P.:)

very fast, may be the the fastest one, at least the feel.:cool:

best regards

testman
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Dr Puttingham:
Update

Joe and I would like to thank everyone for the kind words. We both agree that the Clean ROM is one of the most stable to date, he's been using it for 3 weeks with no HR's or other issues. I've been testing some of the others but just went back as I lost all sound yesterday, not good.....

This 6.1 is worse for us than Crossbow in the Wizard days, you can't believe the work Faria did to achieve his "magic".

As for IR in comm manager, I've seen no 6.1 ROM with that working.

MMS, no experience, my plan doesn't allow for texting, sorry!

@eric982, I'm on an AT&T 8525, as you, on Cingular. Your issue is indeed correctable by changing to Cingular. The attached cab will resolve that. Later I'll include my latest cab for the Clean, is my Tweaks cab except I turned off saving PIE temp to SC as it slows my Outlook down on all the 6.1's. I also turned off auto network enabled in phone as that's the kiss of death here in Florida with DST....

Enjoy.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] MrDSL:
For those of you who want a working MMS/SMS threaded arcsoft version that allows you to edit MMS settings etc then use the in this thread

It works fine for me and maybe someone can figure out how to get the voice record to work. That would be cool to create a voice message and send it to the person via MMS.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] tnwake:
Please make a huge note if you're going to provide a download link that goes to AdultFriendFinder.com!!! Some of us are at work where we can't have crap like that popping up! Better yet, DON'T HOST ANYTHING ON A PORN SITE!!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] tnwake:
Flash gets to 95% and gives an Error [262].. if I get my phone back (won't connect to activesync now) I won't be flashing it with this again. The faria roms for the 8125 were the best, but apparently not so with the 8525.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bharatiya:
first cooked rom update ever

For all the noobs like me out there: You pros can ignore this, I got another one coming for you.

So finally I bit the bullet and did it!!! YES!!!

After reading many-many posts I found that so far Faria-32 is the most stable/ risk free rom to go to. I have been using it for past 24 hrs and so far it seem to do everything I want to that is:

1) Threaded Texting

2) BT Headset: I got Jawbone

3)Remote Desktop

4) WiFi (Still go tto test against WAP-PSK2)

5) Phone calls (had to add that)

6) Audio player

7) TomTom 6 with external Bluetooth

8) Calendar

9) Notes

10) Alarm

11) Tasks.

So if you are a noob who just want to try and go ahead and don't use too much of the features provided on WM6.1 go ahead, you gonna love this rom.

Thank you to Faria, Dr. P and MrDSL and all the others for great info and discussion.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bharatiya:
quick question to the pros...

Not sure if this is the right place to ask but I will:

1) Is it possible to change the ATT Logo at startup to something my personal? If so how?

2) Can I install BBconnect on this ROM? Has anyone done it?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] tnwake:
I would NOT recommend this rom! 2 hours after the first attempt I'm still in the process of getting back to my original rom. First the flash utility is corrupted and has to be replaced with one attached to a post on page 2. Then it hangs at 95% which WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE if you're not using hard spl. Even with that, the phone will not connect active sync after that.

The only option is to use an SD card to flash and even that option won't work with this one. So I've wasted 2 hours, nearly bricked my phone and I have the same rom that I had when I started. Now I can go spend a while installing all the apps that I already had. Bottom line, this rom is CRAP unless you want to waste a lot of time and accomplish nothing.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Trashman:
Man, you surelly have a virus or some computer problem, there is no link to adultfriendfinder that i can see, the installer never gave me any error and i dont see a lot of ppl with so many problems as you...and for a final note, if you spent ONLY 2 hours working with this rom it means that you didnt read the WHOLE thread as suggested (including mentions to other threads), i spent nearly a week reading be4 risking to do the flashing, and it was ONLY a week because i had a wizard before so i was kinda used to flash this style of devices...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] tnwake:
The adultfriendfinder link was not from the installer.. it was from downloading the .rar from the mirror site listed in post #1.

I've flashed the Hermes at least 10 times before and my Wizard before that even more. It's not a matter of not knowing what I'm doing when it comes to flashing. When I first started I did research for a week or so before risking it, but I'm past that point now. It's a matter of the nbh file not working, via the installer or from an SD card. Other roms like vp3g and Black Satin install just fine both ways.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Trashman:
U mean rapidshare/megaupload? blame that to microsoft, they asked to xda-dev to remove the roms from the ftp arguing copyright issues...

And again, are you sure you dont have a virus or a troyan or something like that? i didnt have major problems flashing mine, the pc utilityes allways worked fine? maybe you have vista? ive heard that vista is a PITA for this tasks...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] tnwake:
It was megaupload. I understand M$ is the reason why it has to be there, but it would be nice if there was a warning that the mirror may pop up porn.

Yes I'm sure there is no virus, trojan or anything else on my laptop. For one it's hooked up to the network of a fortune 100 company running God knows how many monitoring apps. It's running XP (although my Vista box at home has flashed the same phone several times with no problems) and it flashes other roms without a problem. I've tried to take anything on my side out of the equation and that leaves me with the conclusion that it's the rom (especially after I was unable to flash from the SD card).
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Dr Puttingham:
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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Dr Puttingham:
@tnwake - man I'm so glad I was driving when I read your (count them) 7th post on XDA and couldn't reply. One person had a problem and it's Faria's ROM that's too blame<sic>. Yes the installer was corrupted in the first post and Joe posted a working one on post 13.

As for being attached to a Fortune 100 company, big deal, I'm not impressed. I support the IT department for such compamies and their IT departments are amazed at how insecure I show them they are.

As for the download site, no one else complained that they got bit.... and no one has had a 262 error which has NOTHING to do with the ROM itself but with one's computer and ActiveSync, google it my friend.

In the meantime, please flash someone else's ROM and leave me in peace.

(Criticizing Jose Faria.... man I've heard it all!):eek:

ciao.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] agovinoveritas:
Noob. I work for a major corporation and you should be able to see how you can get around some things if you know how and a bit of inside information. Anyway, that is beside the point and really irrelevant.

You are bound to get an error from time to time from even the best ROMS, generally it is activesync setup that fries and generally, a few resets fixes them. But you have tons of people running it without any problems and just you complaining. Chances are that the problem is on your end.

Instead of b*tching (7 posts of real?), had you done some research --how about looking up the error, for example? You Fortune 100 guy? Oh, looky here, a whole list of errors on XDA-Developers.com oh, and it tells you how to fix it, who knew? And that it only took 5 seconds to look up: http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-298516.html

By the mere fact that you come out telling everyone that the ROM is just bad tells how much of a noob you are. You should be a little more respectful as you are using some else's work. Or at least do some research before trashing other people's work. How old are you, again?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bharatiya:
Hey,

I really feel sorry about that and not sure what to say, this is my second ROM update and firt with any cooked ones. And tell you teh truth it worked like a charm, no glitches or any thing. I followed teh instructions to first upgrade to HARDSPL 2.10 something and then this ROM. I used teh full version not the clean one and thats about it. I really don't browse much so not sure about Flash but I will test it and let you all know.

Hope ur phone gets back online.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] tnwake:
No problem, already flashed S64's rom perfectly the first time and it's fantastic.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bharatiya:
Hey Guys,

I need to bring back teh attention to some real deal .......... enough thrashing and hey tnwake, if you work for 100 fortune company go get another phone, may be pick up a tilt or something and leave thsi forum alone for us real noobs!!

So back to my issue, Dr. P please enlighten us (or at leats me)

Can I install BBConnect on this rom?

Can I change the ATT logo to my custom logo?

Thanks
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] tnwake:
I did look up the error and since it was related to ActiveSync I proceeded with flashing from an SD card (which my other posts said). That also failed and it had nothing to do with ActiveSync. I'm not trying to trash Faria personally, I just don't want anyone else to go through hours of frustration with a rom that ultimately may trash their phone. If I didn't have an SD card and adapter handy my phone would still be dead and I'd hate for anyone else to experience the same thing. Don't worry, I found a better rom that was flashed and setup in 5 minutes so I won't be bothering anyone here any more.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Dr Puttingham:
If you'd read the WIKI you'd know that you can almost always revive a PDA by entering bootloader mode and then flashing an official (such as the AT&T 6.0) ROM. (I typically also reboot my PC, just for fun). This exact thing has happened to me probably close to 10 times with my Hermes (lost count with my Wizard)

Your problems had nothing to do with this ROM.

Have fun!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Dr Puttingham:
I know nothing about BBConnect, sorry. As for Splash Screens, that's easy!

Follow mrvanx's most excellent The HTC Guide: Hermes (aka MrVanx's Hermes Upgrade Guide) - (08-02-08)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] svauz:
hi there....

this rom is great...i'm trying the light version...and....i love his speed and stability..CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!....but i've 3 question

1 why i'ven't the mms section ????is normal?????i've only outlook e-mail and sms sections...:confused:

2 can i disable the "chat mode" in sms???

3 where i can found to download the utility advanced tools???

thanks a lot
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] MrDSL:
1.) Its the clean version so your gonna have to install a arcsoft .cab for MMS

2.) Yes easy to find with the search. Sorry I'm too lazy to do it for you.

3.) Yup its a sticky post in the Developement and Hacking forum by Schaps.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vactor:
been using it a few days. VERY fast and stable. however, some minor quibbles:

that HTC Home plugin SUCKS! you cannot get it to minimize the open tab. that means it takes up about 1/2 of the screen real estate. this is really abd as i want to use the HTC speed dialer. but if that is the only htc plug in i have selected, then all my speed dials are open ina a large 2 row swath across the screen. this would be ok if i could add the HTC Home or HTC Speed Dialer as a tab with pocket plus, but pocket plus cannot find it as a plug in. so it's in effect, useless. i love the speed dial, and it does a much needed imprtant thing for me, i set a speed dial for my local police department. that way, if i need to call, 2 button presses (normally) and BAM, i am on the phone with the police.

second, the weather HTC Home plugin will NOT update with my city. Chicago IL is a pretty big place, yet no matter the format (US|Chicag|IL|60601) etc ... nothing will get it to update. not good.

PIE: terrible program overall, but MS does not care. However, in this version, i am unable to set my own homepage. GRRRR!!

also, some programs are listed twice, like the calendar, contacts, adobe acrobat, etc in the prgrams list when i want to add a program to an SPB Tab. the tabs are what, IMHO, allow one handed thumb use of this device and are things that IMHO are pretty much required in order to maintain this as a useful communicator. these changes would help a lot in getting there.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vactor:
been using it a few days. VERY fast and stable. however, some minor quibbles:

that HTC Home plugin SUCKS! you cannot get it to minimize the open tab. that means it takes up about 1/2 of the screen real estate. this is really abd as i want to use the HTC speed dialer. but if that is the only htc plug in i have selected, then all my speed dials are open ina a large 2 row swath across the screen. this would be ok if i could add the HTC Home or HTC Speed Dialer as a tab with pocket plus, but pocket plus cannot find it as a plug in. so it's in effect, useless. i love the speed dial, and it does a much needed imprtant thing for me, i set a speed dial for my local police department. that way, if i need to call, 2 button presses (normally) and BAM, i am on the phone with the police. i tried using the photo dialer, but it wants a photo. i have no pictures on ym phone of the people i call (many are also businesses) and i also do not want them displayed. i'd much rather have it just list the name of the person i will call if i hit the button. very useless.

PIE: terrible program overall, but MS does not care. However, in this version, i am unable to set my own homepage. GRRRR!!

also, some programs are listed twice, like the calendar, contacts, adobe acrobat, etc in the programs list when i want to add a program to an SPB Tab. the tabs are what, IMHO, allow one handed thumb use of this device and are things that IMHO are pretty much required in order to maintain this as a useful communicator. these changes would help a lot in getting there.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Pumpiron579:
Just go to Settings /Home/items and uncheck HTC Home, it's gone. Put whatever you want on the Home screen. Weather works fine for me. I also ran Memaid and cleaned up quit a bit...so far it is still working.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Trashman:
No1 have any idea? maybe is a general netcf problem? should i ask on the general forum?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vactor:
unplugged it from the sync cable today and the phone was unresponsive. restarted it hard reset itself.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vactor:
how does one change the long key presses on this rom? in the settins/advanced/key mapping screen, the long key presses are not selectable ?? :(
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vactor:
anyone been able to get a larger dialpad to install? i cannot seem to get any of them to take hold, and vibrating phone pad will not work either ...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] A7LAS:
I just flashed this rom on my friends hermes. i have a kaiser and i cannot get the internet working. does anyone know the settings?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] A7LAS:
Never mind... After i stopped being a noob i found the cab for the settings. Sorry.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Wam7:
Your problems have NOTHING at all do with the ROM. So please don't spout that nonsense. I only use a MicroSD card to flash ROMS but I always check the file for consistency. Hundreds of people have installed this ROM why would a single problem with your installation indicate that the ROM is some how defective?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Dr Puttingham:
I run a PaulyA ETEN dialer myself with no problems.

BTW, to all posting, please indicate which ROM you're referring to as they are "slightly" different.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vactor:
i think including a better dialer in a rom would be lauded by all. the paulyA site seems to be down. anyone got a big dialpad that works with this rom they can post a link to?

using FARIA.R-32 BIGSTORAGE rom
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Dr Puttingham:
his is the one I use. Doesn't use SmartDialer, which I don't like anyway. No Video Dial, which I also don't use. Works really nice with Smartskey, but most of you are probably too young to remember that app :)

This is a Big Button Grey Dialskin that I modified to install without prompting so I could install it in a script.

Actually, for reason I can't upload.... :(

A Collection of PaulyA's I found on my hard drive :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vactor:
awesome! thanks!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Trashman:
Ok, another netcf application that dont work on this rom (or maybe my own device?):

http://www.wefi.com/app/downloadmobile.html/page/Download/wicket:pageMapName/wicket-0

Can any1 confirm this?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vactor:
my phone crashes every morning. soft reset hangs at spalsh screen. only fix is hard reset. i have installed nothing else other than google maps and kevtris.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vactor:
mine hangs every morning. soft reset then hangs at splash screen. hard reset requred. only thing installed is googlemaps and kevtris