yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] NeilM:
Radio 1.57 is the latest.

This is simply a problem we all face- that 3G drains the battery very fast. 3G isan inherently weaker signal, so the phones radio switches to a higher power receive mode when it detects 3G. This is particularly bad if you are in a weak 3G area- the phone will spend a lot of time hunting between GSM and 3G, draining the battery further.

If you are not using it for streaming/downloading large files etc, you would be better to keep it on GSM to conserve the battery.

Go toe Phone/Menu/Options and hit the Band tab; switch the top Choice Box from Auto to GSM.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] bluerecap:
Thanks ill try today

Yep i'll try today, because i really not needed 3g, tariffs it's so hot jejejeje about 1 usd minute videocall in prepaid, and in a plan about .50 cnts usd so fiuuuuu i hope to next century :D:D more cheap.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] NeilM:
OK- tried at the office, and all seems OK, so it seems the problem is local conditions my end :) Still happening at home though!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Karmarock:
Internet Sharing - Great discovery!

Great great great discovery with 'Internet Sharing'!

It let switch off the display! :eek:

It never happened to me with any other rom!

It is great as it gives to Athena chanches to get charged with the plain usb connection while surfing with my mobile.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Karmarock:
Video Calling

I'm testing the rom and it seems great to me too Irus!

Please I can't find the video call button on the phone skin after the plain installation of the rom (it was there with revious roms I had).

Could you please help me telling what to do to make video calling as before?

Need to install something else?

I could not find any setting to change to have it back...

Thanks in advance!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] irus:
ok, go to total commander > \\Plugins > registry > HKLM > Security > Phone > skin... look for "enabled" and change it from 0 to 1 then restart and it should work ;)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] fards:
I've installed it today, and whilst playing with it noticed that I wasn't getting any calls through. Despite being in a 3g area and having 3g listed when a data connection was active it was dropping calls like on a gprs connection.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] irus:
not sure i am not having this problem, is anyone else?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Karmarock:
Perfect! Video calls are back!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Tadeusz:
Hope all apps work well?

Could someone post info about, which apps work, and which don't.

Eg:

1. Photo GPS in Camera app?

2. Reso Explorer 7.02 ? Can this be installed/uninstalled (cause in Irus Full and some other WM6.1 roms, it can't).

Any other don't working aps?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] sabes143:
Replace Bluetooth from Taxist V10 rom

Hi

I am having problem in this rom's bluetooth. Pairing and connecting ok but when a call comes the bluetooth connection dropping and have to use athena itself to answer the call.

I have tried soft reset and hard reset. still same problem. I have tried Motorola H300, H700 and jabra BT135 all with same problem.

Gone back to Taxist V10 all working fine.

Is it possible to replace the Bluetooth files from the Taxist rom. please anyone tell me which files need to be replaced. Thanks in advance
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] irus:
that is an odd problem as my bt headset works find. is anyone else having this problem
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] miletb:
irus, i made one rom for me using your ultravanila latest as base rom. I'm included following applications:

resco file explorer 2008

resco picture viewer pro 2.33

resco backup 1.2

core player 1.5

integrated AP4 manila dialer 2G only

pdaviet vga diamond audio manager

pdaviet vga diamond comm manager

small utilities:

remote desktop connection

putty

schaps advanced config

taskmgr 3.1

dcibattery/qwertymemory

vxUtil

Audio Booster

Pocket RAR

Total commander

ACB power meter

ICS control

QuickMenu

ScreenOff

TGPS

UsbSettings

comercial applications will not work without proper serial. It's SPL 3.5 only with default 192DPI/no realvga - you can post this as your own rom if you want

removed wimp auto startup, startup audio/startup image - slows down boot

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/14/1347378/miletb_irusul.zip

tested/working:

spb mobile shell 2.0

netfront 3.5 rc7

garmin mobile xt

microsoft direct push

windows network share access

smartwatch / .NET 3.5

bluetooth headset/a2dp/avrcp/SE mbw-150

thanks for kitchen guides :)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] pdajoy:
Wonderful, now we have more rom now to try. Thanks miletb, yours too attractive to miss. This one must be the Xtreme I am looking for.

If no commercial applications in it will be better, can it be remove?:(
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] irus:
nice glad to see more people making there own roms. I just want to say i love that we are all working together in making are device the best ever. i will send you a link so you can have in spl 1.2 although im not sure how many people are left with spl 1.2... maybe i will start a poll :D and see
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] miletb:
These can be removed, but it will not help anything out. All pre-installed applications in ROM do use any CPU/memory resources if you do not start them.

Resco backup can be used as a trial, but I messed somehow explorer and picture viewer and they are expired trial right after flash. Core player cannot be used as a trial - requires serial.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] wgary:
What a great ROM! I spent most of a day installing apps and customizing. It is so great to not have all the clutter. A few notes:

1. Pocket Office wasn't included, but I copied in from Extras (just word and excel) and figured out the DLL's by trial/error; might have been nice to have this sorted in a folder like others... Also solitaire (ha).

2. I had problems with Resco Explorer 2008 so went back to 2007. I think I read elsewhere this is a problem.

3. Opera wasn't in the extras, so I tried the latest 9.5 beta which seemed to lock up a lot. Also tried latest version 8 but didn't seem very functional. Does anyone have the equivalent of what is in some of the other ROMs?

This is the ultimate no fuss/no muss ROM. Not a bunch of extra HTC Today experiments that I don't use anyway but that always seem in the way. THANKS!!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] pdajoy:
No problem, thank you again, am waiting for this coming beautiful week-end to flash yours. :)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] apap:
I have now been using this rom for about a week. I have not installed many additional apps (pocket mindmap, skstools, wktasks, egress, opera 8.65, netfront explorer) and I run many of the apps (like pocket word) directly from the storage card as (unistalled) exe files. So far this is without a doubt the best experience I have had from all the roms I have tried. Very fast and very stable. Irus, thanks for a great rom!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] tovarish:
Hi irus,

thanks for a great rom. i love having as little as possible to begin with.

I noticed only one problem that others have noticed too. It is the fact that coreplayer with ATI is much slower than DirectDraw(14% vs 57% for the movie clip specified before).

Is there a fix for that?

tovarish
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] irus:
im not to sure about all these % data but when i try to play a video with tcpmp it seems to work just find with no lag or anything. when you play a vid is it smooth or is it choppy
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Karmarock:
Bluetooth Stack

Hi Irus, your rom is really a sweet experience!

There is only a spike for me which is using it together with a MBW150 watch (which is perfect as I wouldn't need to add any wav for notifications as I have them through vibration on the watch).

The matter is that it's bluetooth stack as most of them out now is very bad for the watch's batteries which wouldn't survive 11 hours.

I think that for an MBW user this is a bad thing (maybe I'm old minded but I'm not keen to recharge a watch every half a day to keep it going).

My experiences is that the best bluetooth stack is the one from the older WM5 roms while AP4.0 has a decent autonomy (should be 5 days at least).

It would be great for MBW100/150 users if you could come out with an Ultra Vanilla version with AP4.0's stack (don't know if the older WM5 will fit on 6.1).

Is it possible? (Maybe it will have some drawback on the BT side compared to the actual but it should fit the watch's users)

Previously I reverted to WM5.0 to be able to use the watch, but really, now that I have tasted your Ultra Vanilla flavour I really can't go back!:D
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] irus:
well i have been trying alot of different stacks, i have a thought for only if you don't use a bt headset as there was a bt stack the eaglesteve and i tested that seemed to work great for files transfer between devices and might work better for your watch but it would not work for bt headset. if this the case for you then send me pm and i will give you cab but once you install you will need hard reset to remove it. Also i am trying to get a new BT stack from cmonex but she is in the middle of moving but she said when she has time she will send it to me and I am still looking for other options as well
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] elzol:
.....hi everyone. me havin the same problems. i got bluetake i-phono mini. like he said.... taxist`s "previous version" rom works fine.

p.s. is anyone else having problems with downloadin vanilla lite 3,5`s roms from both sources?

regards
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Karmarock:
Bluetooth stack

Unfortunately the use of the headset pairs with the watch for functionality.

It is bearable to switch off the watch while on the headset for better connection, but if the problem of the stack is with the headset itself maybe this is not the right direction. What about a stack maybe very bad with bt file transfer but ok about the rest?

BT stacks from WM5 are not compatible? (shame on me for the naive question!:o).
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] irus:
to be honest i have never tired so i don't know my guess is that the watch was designed around wm5 which is why it works with wm5
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Karmarock:
The watch was designed for Sony Ericsson Phones!

Moneytoo made a very smart application for WindowsMobile devices

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=362218&highlight=disconnect

This application works with most of the WM5 and WM6 devices with very good watch's battery autonomy.

Athena is the unlucky one to have very poor behaviour with most of the WM6 roms.

The problem is bt stack dependent (not Radio dependent).

AP 4.0 rom's BT stack behaves pretty well, so conclusively should not be a problem with WM6.

This gives at least hope for the future...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] wgary:
Add me to the list of people who care about this issue. I love my watch, but today I am watching the battery drain like crazy. I'm hoping to make it at least through the work day. I wish this could be resolved somehow...

Thanks!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] tovarish:
The % data is given when you run tcpmp or coreplayer in benchmark. It means that it can only display N% of the frames it is asked to display in a second.

actually i saw that if i uncheck acceleration and use the ATI drive I get the best results. If it is checked then the video is indeed very choppy. I can treat this problem as solved by unckecking acceleration.

thanks

tovarish
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] miletb:
I tested AP4 with MBW-150 watch and had same half-day battery life (13h) as with any other rom. There was no increased battery life for me.

I use my irus/my own ROM now and I connect watch only when I need notifications - few hours in a day and works fine.

CorePlayer users needs to select "ATI Imageon" for video driver and remove accelleration/dither checkbox to get best performance on athena.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Karmarock:
Did you test original AP4 or the lite version from IRUS (for spl 1.2)?

On the BTwatch thread it was reported (beginner and PBL1

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=2188377&highlight=ap4+battery#post2188377

that AP4 solved partially the issue...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] NeilM:
That is the correct way to do it. Although the X7500 has the ATI Imageon chip, hardware acceleration is not supported.

Using the test file posted earlier, I get 92% which is good. Using a 320*240 WMV file, I get 225%. For best results v quality, I suggest encoding at 480*360 with WMV, which gives good resolution and no skipping or sound stalling. Not sure about best DiVX settings,as I don't use it.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] miletb:
I tested original AP4 spl 3.5. What i noticed right away is that on smartwatch/watch initial startup AP4/new bluetooth stack works very fast - full initialization is allmost instant. In other older roms there is about 0.2sec delay between each line so initalization takes about 1sec. This 'fast' initialization effect also appears in older taxist/irus (V1) ROM.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Goatmaster:
I also use the MBW150.. is there any chance of just taking the stack from ap 4 or ap 5? I am just now getting into the kitchen so I have no idea how hard that is.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] getwet:
quick question

if i install this rom can i go back to pk 3.0

im stil spl1.2
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] sergiopi:
quick answer: yes
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] patomas:
How much free memory?

How much free memory do you guys have after a reboot?

I have 50 Mb free. GWES.exe takes more than 20 Mb.

I love this ROM, it is very very fast, and stable! The only problem I have is this of the free memory (sometime TT7 dont start).

Thanks.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] NeilM:
I have 65MB free after a soft reset, with PocketPlus, PhoneSuite and Time all loaded.

GWES.exe is only 5MB in my system so I suspect you have a rogue entry somewhere- GWES handles all the user interface stuff like touchscreen, buttons etc. Have you loaded any extra Touch interfaces or button managers that might be hogging memory?

If not, and a soft reset doesn't fix it, I'd suggest a hard reset may be required.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] patomas:
I have:

- Ultimate Launcher

- Wktask

- Quickmenu

- Touchpal 3

and

- Flexmail

- Spb Weather

- Batterystatus

- Resco explorer 2008

- AnthaVPN

- Coreplayer

I've tried softreset without Ultimate launcher and/or wktask and/or Quickmenu: always 50 Mb free.

I will try without Touchpal (disinstall).

Thanks
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] kendedel:
PIM Backup

Hi Irus,

In the AP5 Beta, there is a program called PIM Backup. I just recently upgraded to your rom but my problem is that I cannot restore my contacts and text messages which contain important information because the PIM backup software is not in your rom, only sprite backup. Is there any way that you could inlcude this in your add ons or built-in your rom?

Many thanks
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] eaglesteve:
Very easy to find this. It's here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=299705

What I do is I have a directory on my microdrive called Program. Then there are about 100 subdirectories, each for a cab file of different software that I like. Then, there are also a few backup directories on my Microdrive. Each time I have a new ROM, depending on what the ROM has, I simply trigger the cabs (will soon be using the UC feature to do this automatically). IMHO, there is no reason to build this into a Vanilla ROM as such software gets new version very quickly, and some people just prefer different software. Sometimes different person prefer different version of the same software. For example in the case of Wm5torage I like 1.73, whereas some like a newer version. Some don't even use wm5torage anymore, given that there are many comparable products today. Same for wktask, where I notice that I'm probably alone in wanting the newest version with the battery guage, whereas many like the older version without the battery gauge.

In a full version however, such software may typically be included. I personally never like full versions as I seldom want all the installed software or even most of them. I don't mind trying them out but it is another thing to have it cooked into the ROM. For example, I don't like HTC Touchflo anymore, I don't like auto-rotate, I don't like HTC Home. They slow things down, and takes up resources even if disabled. Hence the rationale of Vanilla ROM.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] kendedel:
thank you for that great insight eaglesteve. well, i guess i have to download the vanilla version and install the apps i really need. thank you too for the link.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] CRU2008:
I have posted in another place, but I might as well post here. I'm on AP4 with spl 3.5, if I flash to the this magnificient ROM, if I want to can I reflash back to Ap4 spl 3.5? Or is this a one way road?

I know this was asked with the PK 3.0 spl 1.2 but I dont know if there is any difference with the new repartition.

EDIT: One more question, in the Addons I saw Microsoft 2007, is this the newest v6.1: One note, Word Mobile etc. Plus the newest MSN Messenger, and Messaging?

Thanks
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] michyprima:
yes, you can.

*ANY* OS rom can be overwrited on the athena.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] MDA_Junkie:
YES, you can go back to AP4 without any problem!

In fact you can flash any rom that is designed for SPL 3.5.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] lpsi2000:
I know there are two flavors of this ROM spl 1.2 and 3.5. Which one of the two is faster, more program memory, and storage after a hard reset?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] michyprima:
there are the same.

But you have to install the compatible version with your installed spl.

IN Anyways, the spl1.2 version has more storage, because the spl1.2 provide more space for the storage...spl 3.5 provide more space for rom...and the rom is always 256mb...it is splitted by spl ;)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] lpsi2000:
How about program memory is it same? Also compare to AP4 is the program memory greater?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] irus:
yes it has more program memory but that is only because the page pool size is different
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] lpsi2000:
I see, thanks.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] CRU2008:
Hey IRUS, I made the jump...and I have to say hats off to you with this ROM. This thing is nice, responsive, and has alot of memory resource. I'm happy to see how this is going to hold up with my work.

I have one question though, how come I cant set up a hotmail account with this ROM? It just keeps directing me to windows live via IE.

Can I not get an hotmail set up with the Outlook client you have with this ROM? Another, what do i need to change in the registry to make the icon in messaging work? Currently, the icon next to each message doesnt show....in the sms conversation view!!!

One more thing....do you have a program I can use to change the soft keys? While I like it on the left soft key for phone....I want to change the right soft key to something else...iLauncher or something
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] NeilM:
You can download a soft key changer Here . You do need to register on the site to download. Once registered, just click the red hyperlink in the title to download.

I'm sure it's available elsewhere if you prefer not to register with a site.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Kenjari:
I think SKTools can do this for you but its alot bigger heavy application!!!!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] CRU2008:
I appreciate the response NielM and Kenjari. Actually, the link above did the job, but it doesnt allow me to change the button's name. I think SKTools do allow me to change it but does it allow the ability to change the name of the button?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] CRU2008:
Is this something you can easily explain? I'm interested in getting One Note from Office 2007.....can you explain how you extracted and where you placed it?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] NeilM:
The cab file changer works for me- including the button name.

Install the cab file, do a soft reset then open Settings/System and tap the Soft Key icon. Any program can be assigned to either soft key, and the key name should be the saem as the program name.

If it still doesn't work, then yes, SK Tools allows you to assign any program to either soft key, and also to rename each label to whatever you want.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] CRU2008:
No...you are right NeilM. It worked. The app installed successfully. I changed the softkey and its working for me perfect. But the title of the software that I changed it too is to long. The words are off the screen.

So I was hoping maybe this app, or something else i can find will allow me to also change the name as well as its direction.

Thanks NeilM
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] gab74:
i want to use this rom form TOM TOM NAVIGATOR 7

Is it faster then the original when using TT7 ??

i read someone say TT7 is slow with this ROM....

Any info ?? Thanks

I need a faster ROM for Navigator....
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] NeilM:
@CRU2008: Ah- OK. SK Tools can do that :)

You could also create a copy of the shortcut to the program you want, in the Windows/Start Menu/Programs folder, then edit it's name to something shorter (and delete the 'Shortcut to...' that File Explorer tends to add.) so it displays properly in the soft key label.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Kenjari:
Hey IRUS, I made the jump...and I have to say hats off to you with this ROM. This thing is nice, responsive, and has alot of memory resource. I'm happy to see how this is going to hold up with my work.

I have one question though, how come I cant set up a hotmail account with this ROM? It just keeps directing me to windows live via IE.

Can I not get an hotmail set up with the Outlook client you have with this ROM? Another, what do i need to change in the registry to make the icon in messaging work? Currently, the icon next to each message doesnt show....in the sms conversation view!!!

I figured I would repost this message again....cause hopefully I can address this soon! I really need to get hotmail working on my device instead of having to go to windows live.

Second, I am having a missing icon issue on messages as well. Thanks.

Thanks again NeilM, I actually tried that shortcut method and it worked with another program for me.

Thanks again.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] touchlasvegas:
hey kenjari, I have an outlook account connected to my works exchange server, my hotmail account, a yahoo account, and a gmail account all set up and working just dandy. I had to search out and download Windows Live Mobile cab file. Try going to google and searching under that, as I did. Then after install you will have windows live under programs. Setup your hotmail account thru there and after its complete it will show under messaging just like your outlook account. If you can find the windows live mobile cab file, let me know and I will dig the link up for you.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] lpsi2000:
Irus,

Actually I discovered the page pool in 1.2 spl is smaller than the one with 3.5 spl. Essentially the 3.5 version does not provide more program memory.

Just an FYI.

Thanks,