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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] samhnky:
My Experience

I really like the newest 6.5 based ROM, the new "Today Plugin" is nice... I only see 4 things missing from it, or needing a "correction"; however, that is something MS has to address.

A quick way to access the people you contact most often, I'm thinking a line item on the new Today Plugin where you can scroll left or right through different contacts, and maybe even be able to choose if you want to call, text, or email.

A quick way to access the programs you run most often, again like with the contacts this could be addressed with a line in the new

Today plugin, where one could scroll left/right through the different programs.

Yes Mobile IE is better, but I don't think it is the browser I want to use just yet, it would be nice if there was a way to change the browser linked to from the new Today plugin.

The picture view from MS has not improved in the last 3/4 different versions of WM they have released, it would be nice if there was a way to change the program that the Today Plugin links to, same goes for the Picture Viewer that the camera links to.

By far the best Mobile IE to date... By far the slowest, and biggest Memory hog of Mobile IE to date.

The only program I have had problems with so far is the PCM Keyboard, it installs with no errors, however it will not load onto the screen when being selected.

The OS loads slowly, and somethings take a little bit longer to load or "change state" however on an 8525, that was released with WM5, I wouldn't expect it to run any faster... This is a great ROM to give my 8525 another 3-6 months while I debate which of the new phones to upgrade too.

With the speed issue addressed the only problem that this has presented for me, which may actually be a driver/program issue, is that my internet connection does not appear to be running as fast as it use to, as it could be. Over the past year as I have tested different ROMs I have seen some ROMs that produced a slow internet connection topping off at the standard 135 Kb/s that you expect on an EDGE connection, which is all that is available in my area; however some of the ROMs have actually connected at 235 Kb/s, verified on Speak Easy's speed test page, and others. This rom though appears to only manage the 135 Kb/s and isn't very "strong" at that.

Well that's the only thoughts I have on this ROM so far.

Thanks again Josh, overall I am extremely happy with this ROM and once again feel like I have a new phone.

-Sam
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] orionfrg:
Thanks Josh

Damn, there are a lot of complainers and very few developers, although you do your best effort on giving us these great roms we keep complaining and complaining, and at the end the big thanks! Well here goes mine, hehehehehe.

I found this bug on the last 21176_Test1, but I fixed it by doing a hard reset. The problem is that when a song is playing, the Backlight turns off, then the phone turns off... At this point, in the other builds (yours and Tai's) the music keeps playing, but in this build (21198_1), no luck... when the 8525 turns off so does the music :(, and as I said before, I fixed it on the last build with a Hard Reset... Any ideas? I've been looking at the settings, but I can't find a solution...

The other thing I noticed was the pictures in the Titanium, I can't see the pictures stored in Storage Card/My Documents/My Images/ where the camera automatically stores the pics... how can I do that?

And someone posted before this bug, there's a problem when browsing recent calls... the screen just goes crazy

Damn, too many complaints, if some one has the solution post it, I'll keep trying to fix these problems, if I do, I'll post the solution...

Oh, I forgot, Thanks Josh! For another Great ROM!!! :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
hehe no problem man, it's all part of the job of being a chef. :) I love doing it and i love xda.. so thanks for the nice words. :)

I'll be working on this and making it better.. it's been a whle since i made a hermes rom and need to get my feet wet, it will get better from here. :)

edit, oh and Your Welcome :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] jcute:
Good job...but the storage is too small!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] lorgem:
great job josh. overall all im very satisfied with your new rom.

we all aware that wm 6.5 are memory hungry, so please don't ask josh for a miracle :D If you like more memory use the rom w/o m2d or just plain rom:D

One more thing test josh rom with out any third party software. It's ROCK!!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Hissing Syd:
Possible Bluetooth Bug

Great ROM, the best WM6.5 to date, by far.

I have experienced a potential bug on 3 separate occasions now. When I come to switch off Bluetooth, the 'busy' symbol rotates away, but the BT does not switch off. The only way to sort out the hung BT is to carry out a soft reset.

I flashed an OEM ROM before flashing this one.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Kester:
If I can ask: when we can expect build 21042 based ROM? What about a 21042 ligth version with as much free RAM as possible?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
soon i hope. :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] tranquoc_trinh:
do you make a rom version 6.5 more perfectly
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Kester:
That's a good news Josh. I really like your 21198 build, but I need something better to work with. Hope that 21042 light is what I'm waiting for.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] tranquoc_trinh:
general, the stars are no parallax revision also

I'm using the Manilla2D by josh

and I also want to rom 6.5 by josh
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
yep will be perfecting the 6.5 and making 6.1 21042 by abusalza/josh... will be done soon.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] samsonmirah:
Nice ROM josh..

but where's the light version
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] tranquoc_trinh:
thanks josh I will wait
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] idbl_fanatic:
MUCH MUCH better, a LOT smoother scrolling!! However it didn't do the normal where it detects that I am running T-mobile, and sets everything up, and also, I don't see device update.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
Device update should be in the connections folder and sorry the autodetect is in the works for being fixed.. u can manually launch from start.settings/connections/ connection setup

And thanks for the kind words :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] idbl_fanatic:
AWESOME!!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] hemendra05:
Nice ROM! Great Work!! Josh

Hey Josh! Very Fast & responsive ROM. Here are few observations I thought you can have a look on

1) When you scroll trough the call history directly form the OPAL canvas dialer...after 3-4 line in list every thing starts scrambling/ overwriting..(I have noticed this issue in all WM6.5 Roms Only. With WM6.1 it just works fine.

2) Icons resolutions ...not same for all the icon.

One more request....... I happen to see screen shots of the originally declared WM6.5 (By Microsoft) in one of the post on a website. there the default diler look pretty OK. Do we have any possibility of having the same dialer in one of the the light version of you build?? or is there any ption to restore the default dialer in this 21198 full build??

Thanks & regards,

Hemendra
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] zackoj:
Could someone please confirm that receiving files through Bluetooth really works under this version of the ROM? I tried to send files to my Hermes from my computer and from another phone, without success.

It's just sending files TO the Hermes that fails

Fix from first doesn`t seems to work.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] MystaMagoo:
Failed for me also :(

Camera does not work for me again :(
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] I[E:
Josh, with your 21198 build is it possible to have the battery visible on the today screen title bar and the clock in the other programs? It works like that in Tai's 21198 rom, but i haven't been able to get it in your 6.5 builds.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] idbl_fanatic:
So I found the device update, and the background went away again, can you post the background for me?

Thanks
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Philux:
Wow Josh, your a busy man keepin up with two hoods. My hats off to you brotha. Great to here about the 21042 build. Thought you were done with the 6.1 builds. Thats awsome keep up the great work man!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
I'm tryin bro... U guys are family and i take care of family :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] arty:
could u make some screenshots too?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
Please dude, I loved those screenshots you made last :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] + Que PPC:
Jejejeje Lol... wait till I upgrade my hermes men!

Its downloading... but i need to reflash the OEM then the Darkwinter give me a few minutes men! ;) i will do it great! like your ROM.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
Yayyyyyyyyy:p:p:o
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Oweida:
YOu are SO Genius

Thanx Joshua !!

Can you upload it else where 4shared for instance ?! please !
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
Cool!! I think you will need to copy it to \windows\start Menu\programs *.* to get it to show up in the selection in advanced config for softkey use, I'll see if i can get it there on next build :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
I'm sorry, i am building these builds at my work and that is blocked for me :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Oweida:
thanx Joshua you've done alot

can anybody upload it elsewhere !!!!!!!

never mind it's being downloading right now :

but Joshua why there is 19 MB used ??!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bteljuice:
hey josh.whts the difference between the 12/29 light rom and the Complete 20954/20954 port Updated 12/30/2008

thx :D

Loving the new dark theme :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] brandenk:
Here you go!

http://www.4shared.com/file/78212407/2b1cb844/DarkWinter2G.html
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mikehippe:
Great ROM Josh. Super fast and looks GREAT!! We'll see how continued sync with WMDC goes. The last few builds seem to have a problem syncing. I've had to go back to PDACorner V23 several times due to the syncing issues. So far, so good.....
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] brandenk:
What do I need to copy to where? Is that to make the new SMS work?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
ok :) head down to windows folder, copy new sms.lnk paste it to \windows\start menu\programs\connections

Then open advanced config, hit menu key on bottom right, more settings, softkeys, then pick in dropdown there. I haven't tested it, but in theory it should work :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Oweida:
thanx brandenk

You're incredible ! :eek:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
Thanks, let me know if issues arise and i'll finish porting all drivers from the build your having great luck with :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
thanks dude, is this light or full ? It's a blocked site were i work :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
I'm not exactly sure, I believe it is all the Dll's and extra stuff i put in for compatibility, It totally does not affect the preformance though :) I'm still looking into that ;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] + Que PPC:
HEY JOSH!!!!

Do you like it?

I think... i exceed the expectatives.. tell me if i need to cut it a little. i will send you the link to your PM.

I need a screenshot for the about screen to paste it over the old 20954 / 20764 does the 4share mirror is for the new one? let me know... i will reflash again my phone :P

I will enjoy this men!!!. just wait for the payday! ;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
AMAZING WORK MY friend!! I love it!! Thank you soooo much!!!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] + Que PPC:
holy ****!

jajajaja Lol jajajaja

take a screen shot of the about info and sent it to me i will caopy and paste over the other one :p and i will reflash my phone too! jajaja
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
I'm sorry i'm at work and don't have it here :(
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] uiskibum:
but i can dump the rom at work and get them :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
Thanks dude!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] uiskibum:
just glad to be of some help. any luck with that 21198 light rom?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] idbl_fanatic:
Ok, this thing is ticking me off a little...............I got the device update to work, downloaded the MMS that I wanted installed, got my MMS, and text all set up in the connection, so I decided that there was a few more things that I wanted to install, so I go back to device update, and now it wont work, just errors out on me. If I run the connection wizard, it will work again, I can install the other things, but then my MMS wont work, I delete, recreate the connections, nothing, it just flat out will not work. So I have to restore the phone to get it to work again. Any ideas?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Philux:
Josh just wanted to share one of my many searches with you. Notice you and abusalza like the colored icons and you might like these for your next builds.

Well check this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=441829

Special thanks to rickou26 for making my taskbar look fly.

Using v3 icons on my Kaiser with abusalza v21 rom (No offense to you. Still stuck on 6.1) bluetooth icons can be found on page 13 post 123 of the thread.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Firehawkns:
Running your 21198 now. Will report back with more usage, but so far so good.

Thanks!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] boog:
Man! Thanks for the link! I'll be cooking these into my rom!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Philux:
No Problem man. One thing i just found out when I tried to install these on Josh's v15 Plain rom it screwed my title bar all up.

Edit: Forgot to install SDKCerts duh!!!!!!!!!!! Works like a charm!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] greatbal:
Hi Josh,

I've been using 21198 WM6.5 for more than 24 hours now. No major problem encountered yet, except that I can't find any working Arcsoft MMS cab file. I've tried 3 different versions, but no luck. Anybody?

Also, I've been reading that on most cooked WM6.5 roms, we cannot install additional software input panels, is that right? I tried installing EZInput, but it doesn't work on this build. Prior to flashing this rom, I was using TAI-sw's 21198 WM6.5 and EZInput was working fine on his rom. Any chance you can take a look at this?

Just the same, loving this rom a lot. Thanks! :-)

BTW, I tried playing around on making a WM6.5 theme. I disabled HTCMenus to get the regular menu on this rom via registry. Anyone interested can go here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=501506
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] riyazhyder:
Wow Someone hold This Back Pls!!

Josh,

great ROM :):):):)

I am really happy that the sync works with VISTA:D:D

Now can you make the icons crisp pls for the light release?

And one thing I've noted since moving to WM6.5 is that my jog dial seems to be working crazy.. tho it moves selection sometimes it jumps and skips line..

Thanks for the ROM buddy.. waiting for the light version....
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] orionfrg:
Damn :(

I though I had Titanium fixed, in order to make the pictures appear in Titanium I had to put them in \Storage Card\Pictures, and it worked ok... but today everything went crazy, now when I try to update the library in windows media, it detects all my music in both, the storage card and the device, but ends up only adding the files in the device (???), now I have to manually open file by file... and the worst part is that I can't see the pictures in the Titanium again... I guess I'll have to keep looking for a solution... I thought I had it... :(
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] orionfrg:
Well I just disabled Titanium for a while, did a soft reset and then enabled it back... My pictures are back in the Titanium bar, (the ones in Storage Card/Pictures) but I can't see my music in the Library or Titanium when I update the Library :( any ideas?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] I[E:
How did you get the pictures working?

for the music delete the MSMETADATA folder on the root of your storage card and rescan for music files
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] look13:
Josh, how to deactive Titanium plugin before saving my changes?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] TurasPl:
Uncheck Windows Default in Settings/Today

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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] riyazhyder:
6.5 build 21202

Hey Josh,

Lotta rave reviews abt 21202 build??? Tried it yet??? the speed and screens seems gr8..
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pickiki:
Josh,

any chance i can find the TITANIUMconfig.exe somewhere as a CAB or standalone EXE ??

thanks!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
should find it in your tools folder maybe?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] uiskibum:
Dev & Hacking forum....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=497232
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
ok i'm at work all day today and have my hermes kitchen on me :) :) i'll get this lighter version working soon :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] idbl_fanatic:
I have noticed one thing with this ROM.

Even though you "lock" the device and say you press the call button, when you unlock it, the dialer will be on the screen, also the same with the comm button to go from audio to vibrate. so all it is really doing is locking the screen?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
I am completing the light version of my unleashed 6.5 rom.. so far it's clean,fast, and smooth.. should be done tonight for you guys :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
hmm that's probably a issue with the lockscreen from microsoft, i'll have to see if there's a fix out. :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] hemendra05:
GR8

Gr8 !! eagerly waiting for the same... just curious to know whether we ll have the default windows dialer in this light ROM or some other dialer??

Secondly have you faced the scrambling / overwrigin issue while scrollin gin Opal 2G dialer ... I am facing this issue in all WM6.5 ROms( I even tried installing Opal 2g on TAI's ROM)

Battery Icon on today TOP task bar -- In TAI's WM6.5 release 21198 ( both light & Manila 2d ) he hane the battery icon shortcut (to power properties)working all right also the icon overlapping issue seem s to be sorted out... Can you implement the same fixes you this ROM.

These are all my observation after running the full version of 21198 build for almost 2 days now.

Best of luck!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] dr_tracker:
I can confirm this issue, since I don't do much scrolling in the dialer is not a problem for me, I'm more of a SmartDialer guy. I did found that the problem only appears when scrolling down, when going upward the screen keeps kind of OK.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] hemendra05:
Exactly

Yes You r right ..The issue is only while scoling down no in up direction...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] idbl_fanatic:
Note there is a new device update, abd it moves it under the start menu
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] hemendra05:
RC version 21202 relese for WM6.5

Dear Josh & Tai ..When can we expect the RC version of WM6.5. Lets get out this Beta versions.

There forums for most of the devices with this latest release of WM6.5. Hope we have the one for our Hermes soon...

Update ! Update !!! Update!!!

!!!! Here we have the 21202 build available from TAI. Hope Josh will have his own flavor soon.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
I will try sir :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] uiskibum:
Is there a "RC" version from m$ yet? Until there is an official release (read: rom) from the source (M$/HTC) then all the versions that our chefs work on will be beta. this is just my 2cents.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] KGET:
Anything new for manilla??

Josh I have tried the new interface on 6.5. really dont think much about it. Aesthetically it is not as nice as manilla. Will you be doing anything with manilla anymore. I really dont know what MS is thinking... five sided program buttons to fit in a four sided screen??? Just my opinion but as far as I have seen so far 6.5 is a step backward.:confused:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
we're at the mercy of Microsoft as far as releases go.. no RC yet.. u lucky chaps will be the first to flash when there is one :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mankie:
Hey Josh,

I have flashed the new 6.5 rom you cooked however it eats through the battery in like a less than an hour. Is there an issue with that with this rom?

mankie
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] idbl_fanatic:
HMMM, you may want to make sure that the IR isn't enabled. But I have been running it a couple days now, and havent had any trouble with that.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] StefanHou:
In some cases, plse wait till this ROM stabilized it self and you will get the real batt performance after that. Meaning, wait till your batt totally decharge and charge again without restarting your device during charging. Usually after two cycle of charges, everything will be just fine.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Radical_MT:
How old is your battery? I had the same problem and it was time to change battery.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joshkoss:
yea. my wife is running the same rom on her hermes "my old one" and hasn't charged in 2+ days.. "she's not using data though" :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] orionfrg:
I can't find that file, it's not in the root and I even did a search by using the search tool. For the music I only created a folder called "Pictures" in the Storage Card root and stored them there, that made Titanium show the pics... hope it works ;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] TurasPl:
I think that batter issue is not a problem with this ROM.

My concern is memory leak. ROM starts at 65% after a few apps are run it aroun 80% which soemtimes cause Phone aplication to hang.

Need to be carefull and watch phone more often if still responding.

Rest is ok. The rome is very fast, Josh - really good job...

Maciek

ps

ANy one know how to force camera to save pictures in /Storage Card/Pictures instead of /Storage Card/My Documents/My Pictures? So they can instantly be visible in Titanium... Even advance configuration can't cahnge it...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] I[E:
the MSMETADATA folder is on the root of the storage card, you may have to select "show all files" first since i think it's hidden
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] hectorzin:
Big fonts on some apps in 21198?

Hi.

Anybody has tested jbed or MusicID with version 21198?

The fonts are really huge! text don't fit on screen?

Any way to fix this?

Thanks!