[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] eaglesteve:
A newer version has just been released today. Same link as above.

http://bbs.pdafans.com/viewthread.php?tid=572113&extra=&highlight=u1000&page=1

Looks like it has TouchFlo!

Thank you xiumutou. I'll watch out for Trojan and virus this time.:p

Here is a commentary on what I see in this ROM as I install it:

The initial set up is very fast. As soon as you calibrate the screen, without any other auto set up files , you are presented with a working system, without another reset. This is unique.

No realVGA. Good call. With the trend of finger flicking, 192dpi is probably my most favoured resolution now.

It has auto-rotate.

I see HTC Home. The same one that you see on Diamond!

I see the com manager used in Diamond.

Looking at the telephone skin now. Wow it's pretty. The same picture from PK ROM's today theme as background, but the beautiful black on green telephone skin with video call. Very very pretty.

The contact application is the newest, with alphabetical scroll bar on the right. Yes, it scrolls with sound, which means HTC TouchFlo is working perfectly.

Clicking on the contact, it brings up the summary page allowing you call, text, etc. So, NO blank screen.

Clicking on HTC album, the system kind of frozes. May be trying to index all my pictures? Okay it comes back now. I can use finger gesture to zoom in and out, go to next slide, etc. Respond to auto-rotate.

Input software keyboards included are: a) A4 (has a few skins allowing Ping Ying Chinese input as well as English input. However inputting English with this will be a bit challenging although the skin is so incredibly pretty).b) Symbol pad c) A chinese handwriting system.(hwpen) However, I'm unable to change it to either symbol pad or the handwriting system. I will try using SIPchange later on to do it.

Then there is this MP3 editing software. I think it lets you cut out a part of your song and make it your ringtone.

Window media player has the most pretty skin I've seen. It's supposed to be able to play real video.

Now I'm installing Wktask. Wait, it says I'm able to install into "extended_ROM2". What is this? Never seen this before. Looks like it lets me install my own program into ROM!!! But when I selected it, it had an error message. Will do it in device for the time being, and look into this more later.

As I activate my wktask, I noticed something very interesting. The Start/program has an icon on the taskbar!! This is great enhancement, allowing me the option to immediately get back to selecting another program to run. Let's see if it does the same for Start/settings. Nah, it does'nt have an icon for Start/setting screen.

Then there is this what looks like something similar to IMPlus, but I've no idea what it is.

Now moving on to the setting screens.

In the setting system screen, there is this program that perhaps lets you turn on and off the auto-rotate, but clicking on it does not evoke any program, so I guess it's not working.

Then there is the HTC TouchFlo setting screen. Clicking on it shows a blank screen. It is supposed to show an option to turn on and off the trek trek trek sound on scrolling, if my understnading is right. But it is not possible to do so in this ROM, unless this little bug is fixed.

In the setting/system/about screen

The OS version is shown as follows:

"CE 5.2.19949 build 20226.1.3.00 by Xmutou"

Device name is shown as "HTC_X7510"

Going to the memory info, so far I have iGO8 and wktask installed. I see 132.4 MB in storage memory, and 55.4MB in program memory.

Next, test WIFI:

Signal is full bar. Connection is quick. Pocket IE has no program surfing.

Next, test bluetooth:

Testing sending to phone: Result- Success with default file explorer

Testing sending to phone with Resco file explorer : The other phone indicates that something is going to come in but on the Athena side, there is an error saying "Cannot connect to the OBEX device. It is eiher not accessible or does not support selected services" . This has been the case with all ROM that I had tested with Resco File Explorer (mine is 2008 version 7.02)

Testing receiving from phone: result - success

Testing sending to PC: Result -Can't be done with default file explorer.

Testing sending to PC with Resco File Explorer: Can't be done. Error Message" Cannot connect to the OBEX device. It is eiher not accessible or does not support selected services" This is the case with every ROM that I have tried with Resco File explorer.

Testing receiving file from PC: Result - success

Next, test GPS's cold fix. Will not use the QuickGPS. Just go to iGO 8 and see how it goes.

Time tested is from the moment I set the com port to 4 and click on connect GPS in the iGO 8 setting screen.

Result: 1 minutes 44 seconds to see satellites in the form of red dots on the screen.

1 minutes 58 seconds to have the first two red dot turns yellow.

6 minutes 46 seconds to have a high accuracy 3D fix. Without using QuickGPS.

Not bad, but not exceptional. Clear blue night sky today. It was freezing outside.

It is worthwhile nothing that I did not have to disable HTC home or anything in order to use IGO8.

Speed before I install my usual sets of programs: AWESOME. VERY RESPONSIVE AND FAST.

Since there is no facility to exclude applications for HTC TouchFLO, I need to investigate if it causes problem to the following:

1) Resco File Explorer has its own "TouchFlo". If I enable this, then it seems to conflict with HTC TouchFLO. The scrolling is no longer predictable and smooth. Action: I need to disable the scrolling in Resco File Explorer. This means no more alphatically scrollbar on the right, unfortunately.

2) How will that affect Opera and NetFront 3.5's scrolling action? Will find out. Unlike FtouchSL, there is no facility to exclude applications. So, some investigation is warranted to see if any impact on those applications.

Effect on software licences: To be investigated.

It's too late now. Need to go to bed. Will finish this tomorrow.

Reset the system for my many software to take effect: Reset time, from the moment I poke the hole o having today screen fully displayed: 47 seconds.

Not a single instant of device hanging yet!! I'm almost done with my 60 software. Many are no longer needed with this ROM I guess, such as FtouchSL trial version.

Oh boy, THIS IS THE BEST ATHENA ROM!!! Almost no error, none significant one. Superfast. Every connection works. Beautiful. All the latest DIamond software. What else do you want? ENGLISH of course. Hey cooks, use this as starting point please. Looks like I'm going to stick with this, even if it is in Chinese. This ROM gives me very good reason to use it. I'm in love...

It is starting to lag...as all my applications get installed. TouchFlo is now highly unreliable. The auto rotate is driving me crazy but I do not know how to switch it off.

I don't like HTC home. I can launc so few applications only. I am bringing back my iLaunher,spb time, and SBSH pocket weather.