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[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] donbronzi:
'I am a flasher and proud of it!'

oops that it wasn't meant to come out like that.

I have always flashed my HTC devices with cooked roms, the reason is the great chefs iron out bugs that the official HTC devs maybe didn't have time (or the ability?) to do. This makes them generally more stable and faster, however i have never been with a device at the beginning, meaning when the cooking first starts.

So far with the HD i have been underwhelmed by the current crop of cooked roms, this considering we have such amazing chefs on here such as Dutty and Laurentius to name 2. I have found all of them unstable slow and unresponsive so much so that i have re-flashed the shipped rom.

i want to know is this just because we are at the beginning with this device or is it that maybe it was an optimised rom in the first place?

I don't want to insult any of the chefs, these are the very people who have sorted and made so many of my phones fantastic. Furthermore i have nothing but respect for anyone willing to share their work with a stranger, this is a genuinely honest question.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Sir.B:
have you tried all the ROMs available

i had the same impressions as you about stability

or my phone just did not like them

but then i tried "a Touch of HD" by kwbr

awesome clean fast and stable ROM,

it doesn't need to be updated every few days because of bugs,

because it doesn't throw everything in (a ton of 3rd party apps), but it's also NOT anemic (very close to stock).

anyway i'm happy but the point is maybe try a few other ROMs

to find the one that suits you and your phone ;)
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] donbronzi:
i will try that rom next time i have time to re flash. The main problem i have and i'm sure many other people have is my phone is a busy phone and i just don't have the time to keep trying roms. Your advice is good specific advice which is hard to find when sifting through massive rom threads!

A question, do you think that the cooked roms have improved the performance of the HD?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] CutePinkSox:
I am very critical mate and I felt the same tried most which I found better than the shipped ROM I had from Orange for various reasons but speed seemed average until I tried Davideuck V3 - it feels so darn responsive I thought I had a new phone! Of course that is my view and others may say different but hey.

Hard reset after flashing (woops that can sound a little dodgy too depends how twisted your mind is...)
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Sir.B:
from stock?

most definitely!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] donbronzi:
I tried that rom and found it a little sluggish, ie missed calls because of lack of responsiveness, i also had trouble installing Igo8. That rom is was the first that made me think the cooked roms where getting somewhere but then it still felt too buggy?

I need it to be stable.

Flashing is a dodgy business!:D
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] tunppi:
Im still using duttys 1.5, before that tried few but i found this most stable and fast. I wouldnt swap back to stock anymore.

So faaast this is :> waiting 1.8 version to come if theres some new shiny things. 1.6 and 1.7 werent so high priority so didnt update to those.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] donbronzi:
My first cooked rom was Duttys 1.7 and i found it no faster, more buggy and less stable than my original rom.

Have flashed touch of HD this morning and really hope that i can tell the difference. SO far i am still not convinced!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Lazy79:
try davideucks v3.. it really convinced me
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] davideuck:
I respect your point of view but, from my point of view I can't think that there's no difference between cooked and shipped roms. Before starting to cook my rom, I've tried the dutty one too, and the difference with the official one is consistent. And I think this is the same for all cooked roms here. Obviusly some are much stable, others not, but you can simply try them and chose the best for you.

After this, excuse me, but what version of IGO8 are you using??

I've IGO v8.3.2.64029 and works perfect on mine device, and I think I'm not the only one, other people have wrote that IGO runs well on mine rom.

Then, you could simply post in my thread and even you would have gotten useful suggestions;)
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] donbronzi:
Sorry mate, i agree with you totaly should have posted this on your thread and will do now. I did think your rom was the best i'd tried actually, really liked the look of the rom as well. I have IGO8 8.1 something something. It wouldn't install, it started then just ended. I had this problem on another rom as well.

My point is that hte cooked roms are good, and some i've tried like yours are very good. Just i've noticed in alot of the cooked roms have issues with stability, sluggishness unresponsiveness etc which were't in the shipped rom.

My feeling on it are that the shipped rom was a pretty good starting point and unlike (for example) the Kaiser, the HD as an End user device is pretty much there (video isuues beside).

Just to reiterate this isnt in any way an insult to any of the cooks that grace XDA devs. You really are doing superb stuff!!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] tunppi:
Always remember to hard reset after flashing, that could have some effect.

No idea how you cant see it but every game, touchflo, movies work waay better with proper custom roms like duttys and laurentius.

Couldnt watch some movies properly before flashing now every movie and video clip work smooth and not dropping frames or lagging sound.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] jonathanguu:
I must admit that flashing cooked rom for Diamond seem to have more advancement in feature/speed/stability compared to the HD at this moment.

I'm currently flashing HD back to the stock rom from Dutty's 1.7. Dutty's rom wasn't bad, just it seems that the stock rom isn't shabby enough to make the change as of today.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] EthanX:
You may be forgetting something important.. The Diamond has less memory to start with in the first place, so making a cleaner ROM for it can fix this problem by removing unimportant stuff. As for the HD, if I get 30-something percent of occupied memory when it WM is fully loaded - there's much less to be fixed...
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] DavidMc0:
At first with the Kaiser, the cooked roms were only a small improvement on the stock. But over time they just kept getting better and better as more problems were solved and more features added.

The HD is still quite new, but some great features like Flash in IE & opera, are starting to make a big difference between the stock & cooked roms.

I'm sure with more time the cooked roms will get incrementally better an better.

Shame a chef can't cook in a hardware keyboard for the HD!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Matterhorn:
Yeah the HD is really new, the cooks and helpers are often getting ideas and apps from the Diamond forum. We'll catch up in time.

Cooking a hard keyboard into the ROM would be nice, but it sounds like black magic cooking!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] pzucchel:
my experience: with the trinity and the wizard, the limitations of the hardware were so stringent (ROM, CPU, drivers, GPS!) that tuning introduced very significant improvements. For example, my stock ROM was hiding the GPS, that appeared through cooked ROMs!!!!

The touch HD has a much more mature hardware, and it is born with the same windows mobile version we are all using. So, it is not surprising that available cooked rom, few months after its commercial release, are not so different in performances from the stock rom. In particular, REMOVING applications has a much less effect on the touch HD, since finally memory is not on the critical path...

Said this, i do feel that some cooked roms are faster than others, and some other ROMs are better tweaked but essentially stock roms. I can speak about my ROM: I changed the theme and tuned some settings, but it is essentially a stock ROM (latest release, but stock touch HD ROM). Other cooks have been able to introduce and experiment new features (drivers, pagepool) and, in my opinion, did a visible job in improving the basic performances. In this moment, i have to admit i am happily running DavideUck V3 and i have no problem in recognizing it is faster than the stock ROM 1.14 delivered with my HD.

Concerning stability, i have absolutely no issues with it. And yes - don't confuse radio roms with OS: radio ROM do introduce visible benefits also - but they are never cooked YET...
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] spzero:
well i think all the chefs try and out do each other to a degree. (i mean no disrespect and some competition is good keeps them on there feet) they all want to cook the latest apps, radios and o/s builds and release first this means that they dont always get tested as well as they used to (hence slow buggy etc as theve being rushed and released for the hell of it). I and others had all these problems with the athena at the begining the 1st cooked rom for the device had obvious bugs like no sms ability or no incoming calls. and this was from a respected member of this community. i know excitement gets the better of all of us and id rather have some crap roms than no choice at all but with the current hardware i think its best to cook your own roms with a known stable rom as the base and cook in what you need or taken progs out.

Saying that ive not got around to cooking yet, I'm too lazy, but deffo ther best way forward

TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] donbronzi:
Cooking your own rom is indeed advantageous but i really haven't got the time. The chefs know what to take out and what to leave from experience learned over time i guess.

I do agree there is a tendancy to upload cooked roms before testing which i suppose is the point, let the people test and suggest! What we need is a thread which post 'finished' or 'perfected' rom series's:) then score each on multimedia, business, lite, heavy, speedy, stable etc, people who've used the roms can then mark each point out of 5. This will give a better picture of what each rom is about.

It can be an absolute night mare sifting through rom threads to get a flavour of the rom.

There is a 'rom of the month thread' which is irrelevant for many as it depends on what you like on your rom, says nothing for the roms specifics and character.

Might look into creating such a beast, any points you think should a rom should be marked on maybe you could list?

Hope this made sense
[General Topics] Sulten:
Htc Touch, WM 6.1

ok so i had to reset the phone and now the M2D wont launch

so when i turn on the phone it is way slow in starting and the M2D wont launch it doesnt say launching and never does what shows is Tap here to launch M2D but when i tap it doesnt move at all and it doesnt acknowledge that i taped the screen.

so i went to M2DC and reinstalled the M2D and the same thing so im beginning to wonder what the problem is. is it that i need to replace the XML file in the windows folder?

is M2D not under the start up folder? so its not starting? what is the program that should be listed to run?

I want to try to resolve this before i hard reset and start all over.
[General Topics] denco7:
Did you go to settings>personal>today>items> and check Touch Flo ?
[General Topics] Sulten:
yes that is the only way M2D will run is if that item is checked right? well earlier i unchecked it and put the regular HTC one it changed. then unchecked that one and checked Touchflo and no go so thats not it.

Funny thing is it shows the Tap here to Launch but when i tap it nothing happens. i know the screen works cause when i go to settings and click on the icons the tapping works.

if i remember correctly it would show that then launch by itself thats why im asking on the files that need to be in the start up folder. maybe something happen that its not launching anymore
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] markabdo:
i need the links to download garmin plz
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] NRGZ28:
You can find it at your local store.. to buy :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] neilhand2:
Sorry to bother people, but i hope someone can give me some suggestions.

I want to set up a workflow to geotag my photos. THe camera has no GPS support, so i would like to use the cell phone as a Datalogger, merge this data with the images, then import the tagged photos into iPhoto.

So can anyone recommend a simple GPS data logger for the Touch Pro/Fuze that can run in the background for extended periods.

Thanks
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] dark_lobito:
GPSToday has such a function, I never tried it...

www.geoterrestrial.com
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] NotShorty:
GPSToday is dang good. Thx for the link...

I just took this pic of my brother (yeah, terrible quality. I'm drunk. Big whoop. Wanna fight?), and used GPSToday to geotag it. Uploaded to Picasa, and see the mappy goodness...

The COOLEST thing EVER is that it tags the photos in a folder you specify. So essentially you could tag a bunch of pictures that you took with ANY camera, as long as you copy those pics to a storage card and let GPSToday tag them.

You really have no idea how much time I spent dreaming up this app over the past 2 days. Thanks again for the link. Time to tag a bunch of the pics I took with my DSLR...

NS
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] zuluhtc:
OSMTracker is pretty good...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] fudder:
I have searched and searched, so far all that have the same issue as myself have not had an answer that works. I am bringing this to a new thread, in the hopes it will trigger some ideas on how to fix this.

I do know how to use the search system. I am usually a lurker, having the Diamond (NOT Pro) for a little over a week.

I have tried a number of different things to try to STOP the screen from waking up on a new text message. I have tried everything except the older version 3.2.. of the advanced config utility (I am reluctant to downgrade to older version as I have changed many things and have noticed that if you switch from one config utility from another will not work the same way, example is with TF3dconfig I removed the weather tab and forgot to reset all when I uninstalled it for the 3.3 version of advanced config. I try to re-activate the weather tab in 3.3 and it will not take-alas, another issue for another day). I have a Sprint version of the diamond. The DisableSMSWakeUpEvent does not work on my sprint diamond. It does not show up in the registry and when I create it, it still does nothing. This seems like such a silly thing to not have the option of adjusting in the oem configuration. The Pro has it, why not the non-pro version.

Many thanks for anyone that has a suggestion on how to get this screen to STAY OFF when a text comes in. Perhaps even a lock on incoming text that will be unlocked by the light sensor.

I have also discovered that TF3D does not like gsensor rotation. I wanted the text message to be landscape. Tried Gyrator 2, could not get it to reliably not rotate when a call is active. Tried changescreen, great easy to use, but TF3D overrides this. It works the first time or two, then the TF3D changes it to portrait. I did find that adding a rotate command to a registry entry (found in the forum) then assigned the 'green' phone button long hold to rotate. Works well and is easy as sometimes I do not want it to rotate.

Sorry for the run on, many thanks in advance for the help and insight.

Jeff

Sprint

Next? -->HTC Diamond Pro (I am not missing keyboard as much as I thought I would with TF3D)

HTC Diamond (WM6.1)

HTC Touch (WM6.1 ack! lasted a week)

HTC PPC6800 Mogul (WM6 upgraded WM6.1)

HTC PPC6700 (WM5)

Samsung I600 (WM 4?) (Flip phone)

Kyocera QCP-7035 (Palm) (Flip phone color)

Kyocera QCP-6035 (Palm) (Pseudo flip, greyscale)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] fudder:
A bump to see if anyone has a solution, many thanks for taking a look.
[Wing, P4350 General] dypper:
hi!

If I push the key "u" of querty keyboard it doesn't do anything! although when I start the herald it fill the pin code with "222222222222" (like I was pressing the "u/2" key) and sometimes, when i'm writing sms, it type "uuuuuu(...)uuuuuuuuu" (I don't need to do anything to herald start typing this) It only stop typing when i push another key.

Sometimes I open a task and a few seconds later it start typing "uuuuuu" alone :x

one more info... the qwerty keyboard light doesn't turn off when I'm not using it, or when it is closed) and display neither!

I already changed the rom, I use now SPL 4.70yang and IPL4.17.0002.

Is it a hardware fault? Can I fix it? regards

best regards, Jorge Mota
[Wing, P4350 General] obsidian06:
It sounds like the button may be stuck in the actual keyboard.
[Wing, P4350 General] dypper:
but if it is stuck why doesn't it types everytime "uuuuuuu"? :\ It is strange!

btw I will send it to warranty! what does I have to do, to P4350 stay like an original?

I have to install the original Rom whatelse? does I have to switch SPL/IPL? If yes to which one?

regards!
[Wing, P4350 General] arucard98:
I would revert back to the orignal rom to be safe, and also, have you taken the phone apart? My phone started having the same symptoms when I took mine apart, only it was pushing the P key, it was because i didn;t seat the keyboard ribbon correctly.
[Wing, P4350 General] dypper:
I have the original rom now installed :) now what must I do?
[Wing, P4350 General] fzzyrn:
well is it still "crazy"?

thats the million dollar question, no?
[Wing, P4350 General] killster3:
soooo.. did you take it apart? i have a wing and a wizzard that both have scrolling issues.. wonder if its because teh cable is not seated right like other guy said or if its touch screen issue or needs new scroll button? here is a whole group of people with same problem ;/

http://www.fixya.com/support/t296655-tmobile_wing_stop_scrolling
[XPERIA X1 General] ivanlwk90:
When I play mp4 videos, I see strange artifacts appearing randomly on the screen using WMP or Media panel. They are horizontal and they look like short white dashes. It happens when I watch youtube videos too and it tends to appears more on higher resolution videos.

I really hope someone can shed some light on the issue. Thank you all just for any comments because this is really bugging me and seems to suggest faulty hardware.

Got this test video from somewhere.

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=b3223dfe9165e58fd8f14848abf485ddc558de5c13248a17b8eada0a1ae8665a
[XPERIA X1 General] ivanlwk90:
No one else encountered this problem?
[XPERIA X1 General] Golgo:
This device just doesn't handle video very well at all, at least thats my experience. Especially video with higher bitrates. And yes I sometimes see artifacts, mostly "residue" of clips I've played just before like stuck frames at the borders of the video.
[XPERIA X1 General] ivanlwk90:
I have the edge problems too

But the artifacts/streaks of tiny short lines are appearing randomly in the screen area, not the edges. I am worried about having faulty hardware. I don't know how pda hardware function, but I have several desktop GPUs dying on me before.
[XPERIA X1 General] ivanlwk90:
Please guys, I really need more insight into this matter because if it is a hardware problem, I will be going down to the service centre soon.

Please just play a mp4 video and report your observations. I know it means nothing but I will be very grateful.
[XPERIA X1 General] artesea:
Have you tried running the vids through CorePlayer?

Have you ensured that the files aren't too big (res or framerate)?

Instead of posting vague information like "do you get artifacts" how about some real info about the files you are using.
[XPERIA X1 General] ivanlwk90:
I specified I get the problems with mp4 files on WMP and Media Xperiance Panel. The files are DVDs encoded with the tool from "[APP][REF]Full HD (800x480) video playback with acceleration" with the recommended settings(which I believe wouldn't be too high). Also, they lag horrendously with CorePlayer so I used WMP or MXP where they played smoothly EXCEPT with white - - - (dashes) appearing consistently but randomly. It occurs on all the videos I encoded this way when played on MXP or WMP.

In case you want some more details, one of the files played have the following details viewed with CorePlayer's Media Properties menu,

Video: AVC aka H.264

Video Size: 640 x 480

Frame Rate: 29.970

File Size: 20370KB

I thought I would not need to post much details because I believed people here would have at least tried playing videos close to the native resolution of X1's screen.

It seems the problem is only with my device and no one else here is having any problem I am having so I will head down to the service centre.

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=b3223dfe9165e58fd8f14848abf485ddc558de5c13248a17b8eada0a1ae8665a
[XPERIA X1 General] ivanlwk90:
anybody? no one willing to help test?
[XPERIA X1 General] jcsxda:
I find no problems -am on stock UK Vodafone X1i and encode DVD's onto the SD card regularly (watch on train commute)

No problems with original FW and none since updating to RA2 via SEUS

Have just tried your posted "test" mp4 (crysiswarhead?) and definitely no white --- artefacts at all

It plays OK but is a bit laggy (only just noticeable)

The res is 800x480 which may have something to do with it (bit too high) ... I have been using 480x272 which works great and looks awsome (I use a commercial DVDripper -Aimersoft)

Good luck at the service centre!!!
[XPERIA X1 General] ivanlwk90:
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunate for me though, I always hate service centres. =(

More input please. =(
[XPERIA X1 General] nixx-X1:
Same problem here.

Don't think it's a hardware thingy.. it's just not the ideal encoding for this little machine :)

I'm already happy I can play a normal mp4 / xvid / 'specially' encoded file on it.

Unless it's all over your image I do not think there is any succes in returning the phone.

they'll tell you it's not the 100% right codec format for the phone and will kick you out.

at least.. that's my thinking :)
[XPERIA X1 General] ivanlwk90:
Thanks mate for the response. I love this device and can live with this flaw, but I don't like the idea of having a defective hardware on the *inside*.

I can live with the problems I'm already having, scratch keyboard, wobbly slider, black paint dropping off but the fact that my x1 is havinga defective processing chip inside scares me so much.

Heading down to the service centre now...

There are videos that I encoded that play SMOOTHLY but will white flickers popping out all over. The service centre I know have a demo set, I will try playing videos on thatt and compare and hopefully convince those guys.
[Touch HD General] kevwright:
OK, I have paired my Apple Wireless Keyboard (the aluminuim one) with my HD, how do I get it to work now?

Do I need a driver, and if so, does one exist.

Kev
[Touch HD General] garyjmobey:
have you seen

http://www.fortrel.net/blog/index.p...ss_keyboard_vs_windows_m&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xGx9ZNc4y00

http://jkontherun.com/2007/12/17/using-an-apple/

http://www.mobilejaw.com/reviews/20...-package-apples-super-slim-wireless-keyboard/

they seem to suggest that it should work
[Touch HD General] custardo01:
i've got an older white Apple Keyboard and it just works after pairing with exception of the numeric pad.
[Touch HD General] kevwright:
Thanks, I got it paired OK, but it just won't work at all.

Kev