yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch GSM ROM Development] chihliouma:
Hi htctouchp, I'd like to try your ROM, and afetr I read all the reply in this thread, I do agree with you that you cannot please everybody to add/remove the softwares. So my suggestion will be just to keep your ROM as clean as possible, but you can also list the softwares that people can decide if they need them or not for download.

Taking myself as example, I do like to have the touchflo feature, although as what you said it may consume lots of memory. But I am not sure where to download the proper touchflo software that can be used in your ROM. But if you can provide the download link, it will be great. This is just a thinking from myself but I believe many people who read this thread may accept my suggestion.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] !Aman!:
hi there...personally i'm not a big fan of cube :D, so i have never tried any other except for the shipped version of the cube. if there is a cab file available for this shipped version of the cube, it should work with my ROM.

i'm just trying to include daily to use ncessary and useful softwares which every person can make good use of, so that it is close to ultra clean yet far from it.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] Noonski:
There is a cab for the cube i made that works on the Shadow TE rom in the Shadow TE thread.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] chihliouma:
Hi Noonski, do yo mind to provide the link of that cab ? Thanks.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] !Aman!:
yes, thats definitely possible. check this:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GWE\Menu\BarFnt]

"Ht"=dword:384

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GWE\Menu\PopFnt]

"Ht"=dword:384

these are the default values in my ROM. u can increase them further to have bigger fonts.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] Sisqo:
in v2.1 have you resolved the freezing problem like it was in 1.9? waiting for an answer, thanks
[Touch GSM ROM Development] ksk622:
THX MAN :cool:
[Touch GSM ROM Development] RaffieKol:
Add Some Life To Your Touch ESSential

I Really Like This Rom But I Really Like The Touch Surface Skin Used By The Rom Made In Noonski Rom

So I Made A Cab That Adds The Touch Surface Look To The The Touch ESSential Rom

Whats Include

- Touch Surface v6.1 Theme

- Touch Surface v6.1 Home Clock

- Touch Surface v6.1 Home Icons

- Touch Surface v6.1 Dial Pad

Instructions:

- Download The Touch Surface Skin Cab Below

- Copy The Touch Surface Skin File To Your Phone

- Install The File It Will Ask You To Restart Your Phone

(If It Doesn't Restart Make Sure You Restart It)

- After Your Phone Restarts Go To Start/Settings/Today and Select

T-Surface

Make Sure You Restart You Device After Install

Images:

T-Surface Look - Made By Noonski

New Diamond Look - After You Install You Will Also Get A New Diamond Look

Enjoy -

I Take No Credit For The Design Making Or Skin Making All I Did Was Take The Files Needed And Made A Cab File To Install The Skin/Theme To Your Phone The Real Credit Goes To The Developers Of The Modded Roms
[Touch GSM ROM Development] grox:
What is the new New Tweak to maximize Speed And Stability???

Can anybody tell me this?
[Touch GSM ROM Development] chihliouma:
Hi HTCTOUCHP, is the new 2.1v exactly the same as 2.1 BETA that you launch one day before ?
[Touch GSM ROM Development] Ytech:
I've just flashed my touch with Tess 2.1 but whenever I set a password in the lock setting I can't lock the keys anymore?? Anyone with the same issue??
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
oh yes it is :D

cheers
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
yeah me to, will look further on this issues ;)
[Touch GSM ROM Development] DUKE09:
Hi everyone,

I've flashed Touch ESSential v2.0 three days ago and I must say that this one is one of the greatest Elf ROMs I've ever experienced. First of all, I want to say Thank You for your masterpiece frankly.

But you've just posted v2.1 and I can't keep myself to do-over all stupid flashing process. Please let us know about the main difference between v2.0 and v2.1, should we flash or continue to use v2.0 ??

Finally, I think you've changed notification volume by using registry tweaks but I'm nervous about my speaker cos it doesn't sound well at SO HIGH levels. Could you say how I can change it to normal levels???

Thanks in advance...
[Touch GSM ROM Development] Techie87:
Change Log for TESS V.2.1:

- New OS and XIP : 20748.1.4.0

- New Comprehensive Network Wizard

- New Tweak to maximize Speed And Stability

- Real Time Clock

- Changes in activesync to solved exchange server issue

(it will run automatically every 5 minutes, to make it manually sync => click here or here )

- partial black theme -_^
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
please read first post for change log

as for the sound :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\AUDIOGAIN]

change "EAC_GAIN_EMBEDDED"=dword:77 (hex) to dword:67 (hex)

cheers :D
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
another skin contributed by our bro, thx :D
[Touch GSM ROM Development] mredry:
Rotate screen Hangs

My rotate screen hangs after i use it 2 times,

When i rotate the screen for the second time without getting out of the menu my Elf hangs,when i do it with going out op the screen and then i pushed the button my elf wont hang

Is there a solution for cause i've this problem with 2 phones.

Grtz
[Touch GSM ROM Development] guido11:
Tests on ROM

I'm using this ROM for 2 days (not a hard test, really). Memory was always under 20MB so I changed to 4MB and now it's always between 22 and 24MB.

Just a few things:

1) 'Keyboard' is the default input method. I changed to 'HTC Keypad'. Restarted. 'Keyboard', once again. Some thing happens every time I change it (after restart, it returns to 'Keyboard').

2) When I try to reply to an incoming SMS, it opens the window but with the cursor position on the number or name of the sender, instead on the text box. So you need to move the cursor, but sometimes something akward happens and you need to close the message and start again (this time, the cursor is focused right).

Less important:

1) is it possible to delete the 'Start' word from the 'Start Menu' and just leave the icon ?

2) Anyone tried this ROM with a 2MB PP ?

I'll continue testing during this weekend. ROM seems to be great, keep up the great work.

G.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] top2:
guido11

after restart I got 27.3 MB of free memory, with all programs installed that I need, including TomTom, new HTC Home plugin ...

PP - 4MB
[Touch GSM ROM Development] Max_Axe:
nice :) really thank's it's fast on my elf :cool:
[Touch GSM ROM Development] Celso Marques:
Hi guys!

That's my first post here, however I have been accompanying this topic there's some time .

The TESS was the first ROM flashed to my ElFin, I'm really impressed with the gain of performance, so I have no wish to try other ROM:D

There are 2 things I missing, the HTC Album app and the original wait icon, the rest is fantastic.

Congratulations to great job HTCTOUCHP:p

obs. I'm going to flash the 2.1v in minutes
[Touch GSM ROM Development] onesixthen:
Yes, I agree, this is a very nice ROM and very fast, though does anyone know why I don't get ringtone for unknown callers? in result I get a lot of missed calls, I know this is supposed to be spam block of some sort, but a lot of office's phone's are not recognized, including my wife's and several of my friends. So does anybody know how to correct this?

Thanks again!!!
[Touch GSM ROM Development] chihliouma:
I have the same problem as you have. It will hang up after rotate the screen. I cannot know when it will happen but it seems it works fine in the first several time, but after a while, when you click it again, it just hangs.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
Glad u like this ROM :D

however htc album must be installed separately, since we already have picture&video. i know some of you prefer htc album, but again we choose lighter app.

and for the waiting icon, it can be changed manually. the waiting cursor is dedicated by our chef for someone special (ehm.. i don't even know the person ;)) but i love that rocket spinning aroung the world LOL

thx again for the appreciation :D

we don't have spam block installed , did u install one? if u did, maybe that disable sound.

I use my phone for daily usage, and i receive many unknown caller, still the sound is ringing. ;)
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
i never rotate my screen, and for u guys i just rotate 15 times, using rotate icon shortcut in my htc home. ;) my device didn't hang....

so maybe u use other method to rotate?

or 3rd soft to rotate? (eg: batterstatus (homescreen plusplus))
[Touch GSM ROM Development] chihliouma:
No, I just use the same built-in one as you have to rotate. Just as what I mentioned, I don't have idea when it will happen, and it's true that it works fine firstly for several time. But it will hang after some while. I would suggest you may try again for a while.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
trying.....

ok, i do rotate screen for another 20 times lol

my device can't reproduce the "hang" u mentioned

I trust ur story, but maybe device hang caused by some 3rd app soft.

and bro don't rotate too much, i feel a little dizzy :D rotating screen for 35 times a day is enough for now

maybe i'll try later ;)
[Touch GSM ROM Development] panda2020:
I found a bug in this 2.1 rom which is never happened in 2.0 or below.

After installing Chinese characters and handwriting softwares, it works fine but when followed by installing Spb pocket plus, phonesuit or mobile shell (all are newest version), the chinese handwriting function is disabled (cannot be called out and the screen freezed at the lower part).

However, when I uninstall all those Spb softwares, the chinese handwriting function is back.

Those are never happened in rom version 2.0 or below.

Can anyone help???

Panda2020
[Touch GSM ROM Development] !Aman!:
i would like to inform all of u having some compatibility issues here n there that this version is totally based on 20748 build. in earlier versions i used to replace some modules from very old build like 19214. but this new build doesn't seem to be compatible with those old modules, so i had no choice but to use the new build as it is. some of your softwares (e.g. dcinobar) are not compatible with new build.

as for the hang up after rotating, i confirm the issue. but this is related to the new build's shell32.exe module, which should be solved in future builds.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] chihliouma:
I gues I find the procedure to make it hang. Please try to soft reset and then after fully boot, try to rotate, and you will find it hang up.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
and also reported Chinese word/app are not displayed correctly. ;)

I suggest to use TESSv.2.0 for the moment

cheers :D
[Touch GSM ROM Development] kenyeung:
May I ask some finding for this new rom.

By default, the "Events(warnings, system events" in "Sounds & Notications" is checked.

When open the calculator,

1. press the button "<-", then "1/x", after that when you press any button, the annoying "DING" sound will occur, PRESS "C" resumed to normal.

2. press the button "1/x", then "%", after that when you press any button, the annoying "DING" sound will occur, PRESS "C" resumed to normal.

...

To concluded that, when you press any buttons plus the button "1/x" [EXCEPT the numeric buttons], will cause this iusse. You can try the above step to reproduce. Hope the new build will fix the problem. At last thanks for your kindly attention~ cheer!

PS. this issue occurs since the V2.0!
[Touch GSM ROM Development] Ameet:
What are the softwares installed on your device while you are trying to rotate (phew!! even I'm dizzy rotating so much now :D)

Provide complete list so Aman and Blasev can help you better
[Touch GSM ROM Development] chihliouma:
BS, SRS, icontact, S2U2,HTC album, MSN, OPERA, SKYPE, Action screen
[Touch GSM ROM Development] Charusen:
Some points I would like to note re V2.0 vs v2.1:

Even though 2.1 is meant to be faster, my gut feeling says 2.0 was faster. 2.1 feels sluggish.

I tried the fake server method to kill activesync connections, but it still starts up all the time (v2.1)

I feel battery drain is faster in 2.1 than 2.0.

When I was loading Spb MS shell, an error removed Diamond Enlarge Start Menu and loaded the default start menu. Then the phone started responding ultra fast. I had to do a soft reset which brought back Enlarge start menu and slowed the system again. Is 'Enlarge start menu' slowing the system? Can we have an option to disable it?

Also, Touch Surface 6.1 had a great utility that allowed you to sync the clock via internet, how about integrating that in? (What's the name of the utility and where can it be found as a standalone cab?)

Is there a V2.2 cooking in the kitchen? Can we expect it soon? Otherwise I might end up going back to v2.0, it just 'felt' better.

Keep up the great work. It's good to see Elf(in) being kept up to date with the latest ROM enhancements.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] Ameet:
Ok out of this, I have the following programs working a charm on the same build ROM

HS++ (earlier BS)

SRS WOW HD

HTC Album

Win Live

Opera (newest SD card build)

Can take screenshots, but writing this message from Opera, so you can know ;)
[Touch GSM ROM Development] !Aman!:
my gut feeling is opposite to urs :)

it works 100 % well for me. u must have done something wrong.

no such issues here.

might be, search the thread to disable it.

no v2.2 plans as long as there is no newer build.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] urchinray:
2.1 is faster. 2.0 even slower than 1.8 that's why I didn't use 2.0

but 2.1 have some compatable problem that I think htctouchp knew that. So just wait for the new version.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
just wondering, anyone else having compatibility issues?
[Touch GSM ROM Development] kenyeung:
the DCINOBAR can't be used in this build!
[Touch GSM ROM Development] urchinray:
Use nuenobar in this build, this one work perfectly.:D
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
thx bro

for other ppl who want's to remove bottom bar, just use nuenobar :D
[Touch GSM ROM Development] kenyeung:
Thanks for you sharnig, I tried this app before, it seems to hide the bottom bar only, all the icons on systray can't be aligned/relocated at the bottom, does it correct?
[Touch GSM ROM Development] urchinray:
Oh yes you are right, I just try that there are no tray icon any more........... Thats cool for me because I don't like any tray icon that mess my desktop setting. But sorry about this for you. I will let our chef know that see could he fix this problem.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
well, we should wait for newer os build :D
[Touch GSM ROM Development] mastered000:
What is the free space now with this rom for the elf?

Thanks for the info..
[Touch GSM ROM Development] thebomber:
htctouchp i disabled the turn off in the power button as you said and the problem still occurs and i have to soft reset

it occurs after i have a couple of calls and i close the phone application when i want to dial by pressing the green button this occurs

instead of the start it writes phone and the dialpad doesnt appear

hope you try and search as i love your rom :S
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
did u rotate / lock the device?
[Touch GSM ROM Development] thebomber:
well no rotation for sure and nah didnt lock

i am using all the other roms and nothing like this happned why with the rom i like

by the way can you pass over the registry hack that made the sound like a car stereo as the sound in the stock rom sounds cheap :D
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
i don't understand at all. if u hang after device sleep+screen lock, than it's known problem.

but hanging after phone call, or when making call or starting a call, never happen to me or to anyone else. so it might be phone related problem, not rom problem. i used TESS for two months already, and never once experienced the problem u mentioned.

btw I receive and makin a call more than 15 times a day :D
[Touch GSM ROM Development] cBlack:
just to mention it again: hanging after device sleep ONLY occurs when device has been locked before.

The hang up after phone call _could_ only happen if you return from sleep mode (locked device) to answer a call. To underline blasev's statenment: hanging after phone call in another situation than the one described above never happened to me or anyone else.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
wow thx for the help bro ;)

hope it will be clearer for everyone else :D
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
HOT STUFF

Change Log for TESS V.2.1 R2:

- FIXED : compatibility issues for most app

- FIXED : rotating screen hang

- Reduced the gap between xip and imgfs to gain some extra space

(to receive this "gap" u must flash through SD Card)

we will also have V2.1 R2 Compact Edition (must be flashed from sd card), after our beta tester done with it, it will be launched :D

so go grab it :D
[Touch GSM ROM Development] guido11:
Anyone ? Still with this problems... besides that, great ROM.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
well bro u could try v2.1 R2, it has some modified module :D

about the keyboard : i use resco keyboard, it work well, some older keyboard like PCM and Diamond (gullum) are also working flawlessly ;)

maybe u could try one of the keyboard I mentioned.

and PP change can easily be done by pp changer found in the 1st post, u can change anytime and see the result (I even try the 0mb PP :D)
[Touch GSM ROM Development] ckpv5:
You need a program to maintain your 'HTC Keypad' as default everytime after restart. One of it is "SIPChange". You can easily search for it.

Rgds
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
well bro,

i used v.2.1 R2 compact edition (sd card flash), 8MB PP

memory usage after first flash :

storage :

total : 66.13 MB

in use : 3.97

free : 62.16 MB :D

program :

total : 47.98 MB

in use : 24.76 MB

free : 23.22 MB
[Touch GSM ROM Development] sybux:
hey, where did you find this "compact Edition". It's a real good idea to have so lot free memory.

Actually I've got the following value :

storage :

total : 41.18 MB

in use : 7.92 MB

free : 33.26 MB

program :

total : 47.61 MB

in use : 34.74 MB

free : 15.65 MB
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
hmm this is strange value ....

TESS always have total storage bigger than 54MB

so it might be value from other rom right ;)

relax bro, the compact edition will be available soon.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] thebomber:
if its phone related it will occur with the other roms not just this :D well never mind

can i just have the registry tweak to raise the volume please as i am using a rom with very low voice
[Touch GSM ROM Development] guido11:
I've got 'Quick Menu (QM)' wich allows you to define your default keyboard.

I can try Resco Keyboard as I was suggested, but I really like HTC Keypad with T9.

I'll flash R2 tomorrow, maybe I'm lucky enough.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] majesticpark:
Hard reset

Do we still need to hard reset the device once after flashing... I remember that this was required in the earlier TESS versions.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] thebomber:
formated the mmc and everything downloading 2.1 r2 and will not install anything and try it for today and tell you the results
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
we officialy release TESS V2.1 R2 Compact Edition, it MUST be flashed through SD card. so please read the wiki step by step, and dont forget to format your card with FAT32.

cheers :D
[Touch GSM ROM Development] little pink:
Thanks for the SD flashing version. Get ready to try:)

I would like to ask if i flash it from SD card, will the HARDRESET still work on my Elfin?
[Touch GSM ROM Development] Rene-357:
hi, can you make a regular version because i dont know how to flash from sd card or i will have to do it for v2.2? thanks, v2.1 working fine on my elfin
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
i will work, so dont worry. the only difference is flashing method, once u done that, everything will be the same. just delete the elf....nbh file in your card when done :D
[Touch GSM ROM Development] blasev:
we already give the "normal" one, its v2.1 R2

both version are the same thing, only differ in flash method. and u cant get extra space in "normal" flash , cause the nbh must be 50mb , not less
[Touch GSM ROM Development] ITMASTER:
Please help SD flashing

Here it describes how to flash from SD card but it don't tell ho to get SUPER CID during SD flashing?

Elf SD Card flashing

This page describes how to upgrade your Elf ROM using an SD Card. This is useful for:

Linux and Mac users: you don't need windows to upgrade the ROM

ELF0IMG.nbh on a FAT32 filesystem

Empty (erase the contents) of your microSD card from the Windows Mobile file explorer or format it from your computer using a card reader (in some cases format doesn't work).

Extract the .NBH file from your prefered ROM upgrade: In windows use winrar (right click) to extract the contents of the exe file. In Linux / MacOS use cabextract.

Rename the .NBH file to ELF0IMG.nbh and copy it to the root folder of your microSD card.

With microSD card inserted on the phone, start the bootloader (The bootloader is invoked by hold down the camera button and reset device with the stylus).

confirm flashing on screen by pressing the power button (or the volume slider down).

Flashing might hang after some time but this is normal. Just wait. Complete flash takes about 30 minutes, so check your battery or connect to charger before the flashing process starts.

SuperCID devices are able to flash any NBH image using this method.

please help
[Touch GSM ROM Development] !Aman!:
what's not clear in the bold text above?
[Touch GSM ROM Development] ITMASTER:
This all is clear in BOLD text I just want to know how go get super CID as we are duing in PC falshing usig USPL patching so in SD we don't need that or what?
[Touch GSM ROM Development] little pink:
Thanks blasev and our chef:D
[Touch GSM ROM Development] !Aman!:
USPL does the job for u. no need to worry about superCID or anything.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] ITMASTER:
So I want to know how to use USPL when you are going to use SD flashing method ?? after uspl it's getting to white screen and you need to run RUU to flash your nbh so how it's need to done n SD flashing method?
[Touch GSM ROM Development] !Aman!:
don't do anything with USPL. just follow those 4 steps in bold.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] ITMASTER:
OK thanks will try right now
[Touch GSM ROM Development] ITMASTER:
I did all as it was written in tutorial but flashing not starting..after I am getting bootloader screen no process is going
[Touch GSM ROM Development] wernerbaden:
Hello blasev,

can you provide the same installation routine for the update like in the past?

i don't want to format my 6GB MMC card.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] Techie87:
I'm upgrading to 2.1 R2CE as i speak ^^ i really like that new flashing way :D very easy ;) great work guys!

EDIT: ROM is working FAAAAAAAAST :D the flashing as well only took like 2 mins here.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] little pink:
As the ROM flashing is really too fast, so i still can't believe that i really successfully upgrade to 2.1 R2CE.

From 2.1 R2 to R2CE, i just found about 3 Mb in extra in Total storage

i.e. from 179.73 to 182.79 Mb, is it the expected value?
[Touch GSM ROM Development] Techie87:
If you got the message to press the power button (and if you pushed it ofcourse), you should get a progress bar .. after that you should get a update completed message .. everything is working fine here :)
[Touch GSM ROM Development] !Aman!:
yeah thats ok...compact edition saves 3.3 MB space for u as compared with normal RUU version ROM.
[Touch GSM ROM Development] AllBrain:
Ok I am also having issues with this new way of updating your Elf. My SD card is freshly formatted to FAT32 and I followed the instructions as per the link provided but nothing happens at the bootloader screen. Should I rather copy the nbh file via a SD card reader?