[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] -888-:
Whoa, Im just couple days away and so many questions here...

And no one even said thank you to tyguy for all his help he provided you with, guys! Tsk, tsk...

THANK YOU, tyguy!

I have a small favor to ask:

Please do not send questions by PMs (private messages) unless it is really personal or for whatever reasons cannot be posted in the public.

Post your questions/problems on the board, that way everyone can benefit from it: those with same problem can find answer with search, and we all (not only me) get to answer it only once too ;)

Here are few common Qs/probs I've got by PMs.

Some are quite old and I apologize for not replying nor answering them earlier, but with a minimal effort you could have found answers yourself faster than it took you to write PM to me, so please forgive me if I didn't see them as important and chose to answer them later.

How to turn Airplane mode

press'n'hold red button for ~4sec, it brings HTC Quick List on screen and you can select it there

or

if you didn't install Voice Command but you have installed HTC Comm Manager - press'n'hold talk button and it will bring up HTC Comm Manager, select it there. If you have installed Voice Command you have most likely remapped the buttons, in that case use the button you assigned HTC Comm Manager with (and I repeat: HTC Comm Manager, *not* the Windows Mobile's own Comm Manager which will come up if you didn't install HTC Comm Manager or when you tap on the phone icon; although it also has the "Phone Off" option which basically works same as "Airplane Mode" since it turns off your cellullar connection).

[insert name] plugin for today doesn't work

usual potential reasons:

you install it to Storage Card; that's always a bad idea for apps and plugins that should run from start, because the way WinMo starts the SD drivers are loaded *after* today screen (hence your plugin cannot load at boot)

and/or

you have to select your plugin in Start->Settings->Today

Why [insert app name] program doesn't run on my phone

well, there may be 10000 reasons and even more answers.

Rule of thumb: if your app runs on official HTC ROM, it *must* run fine on eOS ROM as well. If your app is not some hardware/feature-specific, it should run on eOS ROM's Windows Mobile 6.1 as well. If your app doesn't require special libraries (like Java special support, .NET special libraries etc) it should run fine on eOS ROM as well.

Example (I'm posting here for others who may find this post with search):

after long MSG exchange we've found that Declan's Learn Traditional Chinese app didn't work for somebody because his version needed specific DLL that had to be 'transplanted' from WM2003SE (yes I found way too late that his version was for WM2003 - a tiny detail people often overlook LOL) and it needed one of few chinese fonts to be installed as well. /edit: the DLL needed was gx.dll (put it in the app's folder, not in Windows folder)

What is .NET Compact Framework in this ROM

(answer actually is in the post#1 from begining, and I can't believe it I've been asked already *4 times* about it :rolleyes: )

Latest Microsoft .NET CF 3.5 is cooked-in. According to Microsoft it also contains all libraries (or their equivalents) that came with previous .NET CF versions (1.1, 2.0 and 3.0). Additionaly Microsoft SQL CE 3.0 is cooked-in as well (some apps need it).

However there certainly are some glitches (within .NET CF 3.5 itself) regarding support for few undocumented features found in older versions of .NET CF, thus older apps relying on hooks and such may not work well or at all. Please report such problems in the forum.

Can I cook-in [insert name here] into the ROM

If you want personalized custom-made ROM and don't/can't do it yourself, please contact kareem9nba. He take requests and may do it for you (list of "ingredients" to cook your own custom ROM based on eOS/ROMeOS is available in the post #1, and if you want "exact replica" with all eOS-specific extras like custom displays etc they all can be 'stolen' from eOS ROM without any problem).

HERE is kareem9nba's thread

When is new version of eOS coming out

:rolleyes:

I got that question a lot too.

Short answer: never.

Longer answer: unless there is a bug to fix, there is no need for it. Currently I don't see any newer base to be as stable, hence what would be the point to make something that isn't useful? And when there will be some newer stable base with some significant improvements, I will be interested in it myself too (and if I make it right the way I won't be ashamed of it - of course I'll share it with you, but most likely using different ROM name and possibly under different nickname too ;)

/edit: which is unlikely, because I'm playing with Google phone right now and I'm seriously considering moving from Kaiser to G1 soon - but even if I find non-T-Mobile G1 I always keep my old phones, so what I mean: I'll be able to always support eOS ROM users ;-) ).

/edit

found few more that were asked at least twice:

How to hardreset eOS ROM?

With one hand press and hold pressed both software buttons, and in the same time put the stylus into the reset hole and press *and hold it pressed* for about 4-5 seconds.

Ultimately install Clear Storage from eXt.Pack and use that if you have problem with buttons.

Should I go with Dynamic PagePool or 6MB PagePool version

Which PagePool version is better

If you have to ask any of these Qs, the answer is simple: go with "HTC Standard" (6MB PP).

HTH

Thank you!

I never had chance to test BBC myself, I will update post #1 next.

and I'm glad you like eOS ROM!

@accent2k2

Please post more details, for starters:

what apps exactly,

what are their versions,

what error messages they display?

No one can provide you with any help based on such vague "my favorite apps don't work" description.