yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] geekchic324:
noob questions

Never flashed a phone before, have a few questions.

1. How do I keep my files/programs? Would spb backup work, or is there another program I could use? Could I just use my microSD card? I assume flashing causes all data on the device to be lost.

2. if I decide to return to WM 6.1, how would I go about doing that? I just want to be safe.

3. What are the basic DO's and DON'Ts of flashing a phone? (ie, don't disconnect the cable)

Thanks a bunch :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gistofit:
I posted this back when we got 6.1 flashing capabilities and I still use the same method with 6.5. I haven't flashed back to 6.1 yet but I'm pretty sure I could.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=4223552#post4223552

You can probably back up all of your data but your programs will be harder (unless you have all the cabs of course settings all get lost)

as for dos and don'ts.....you can't read too much information! just be as informed as you need to be to be comfortable. have fun!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] soup006:
How do I zoom in and out in IE with WM 6.5? I see the buttons at the bottom but there is no zoom button and I see to be stuck zoomed in on everything.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] meanvulcan:
Assessment

Trashcan... you rock. Finally a cooked ROM for the Epix, and a 6.5-based one. Awesome job.

After a few attempts, I managed to flash it (the 15mb pp version). Works quite well. I have the mouse issue, which is easy to resolve (set to mouse, timeout to never, OK, go back, change it to 4-way nav, OK). However, it resets the timeout after every soft reset. It'd be great to find a way to make it stick.\

WinMo 6.5 assessment... Not bad, I like it. Nothing revolutionary, but the little changes are nice. The today screen is an ok idea, but not very effective on the Epix screen... too much scrolling. I would've much preferred the TF3D or Manila 2D, or even TouchWiz...

The new start menu... much better than before. But why can't we have 4 columns? Somehow it just takes longer to find things there than before in Programs. New IE... step in the right direction, but still crap.

Batti is a must... I would include it in the ROM. Tried a few versions of the Rhodium Notifications Enhancements... none worked properly.

The lock/PIN screen... now it works well. And when you get a call while locked, you get the nice slide-to-answer keys, and as you answer, you get nice phone control buttons. Awesome! But why after entering a pin do I have to press the "unlock" button? Why can't it unlock after matching the numbers? And why, oh why do we still have the old crappy phone dialer/canvas? why does it have to be different from the one use in the "lock" screen?

I can't wait for more from Trashcan and others... Outstanding work. Never mind my rants, I look forward to more great work.

In the meantime, Microsoft's inconsistencies in WinMo may just push me to evilPhone... I hope I hold out :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] soup006:
nevermind lol
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Snickolaz:
Yeah the new answer screen when your phone is locked is awesome! I had the installed the Resco Contact manager installed, and told it to handle the incoming calls not realizing there was a new answer screen. Then I couldn't answer my phone and turned it off and noticed it. But why doesn't that screen show up when the phone isn't locked? But keep up the good work!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jumpjor:
I am trying to flash my phone to this rom but GrandPrix is giving me trouble. This is my first time flashing my phone this way so any help would be appriciated.

- I put the ROM File in the PDA spot

- Make sure my phone is in Activesync

- Press Detect

- Turn Phone Off

- Turn Phone Back On

- and it just goes to the Welcome screen. Am I doing anything wrong, the modem drivers are installed...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tech5:
need help with the epix

hey guys ...noob here

i just recentaly reflashed from my clean copy of 6.1 to the 6.5 and am having some difficulties ...

1) cant get weather to work

2) mouse glitch driving me crazy (yes i read through the posts before i brought it up here...unless i used the wrong search string i cant find it)

3) internet (ie explorer wont work) on t-mobile but opera works fine...i beleive if i fix the internet then i can fix the weather

4) would love a list of compatable apps. games . dead monkeys ....pretty much the whole works (yes ive googled many times and im not gonna lie ive found some but you guys kikarse and know what works so thought id ask)

thanks ahead of time

phone epix i907

carrier t-mobile

os 6.5 (thank god)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Shainsaw:
You *****es

*sigh* this thread has turned into newbie central. Probably people coming from ATTs official Epix Forum or the Epix wiki page is my guess...

...As epix owners we should feel greatful enough just to be able to have 6.5 available for our phones ...

All we have gotten from Samsung for our phone is a firmware update that drains the battery...

Once 6.5 is officially released there will be tons of apps to customize it just like there was for 6.1 so just give it time and quit crabbing.. and if you cant figure out how to flash your phone based on all the information that has already been given in this thread, you shouldnt be flashing your phone!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] BWheezy:
phone should be OFF when you push detect, then turn it on.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] XSafire:
Mouse?

Is the mouse problem still persistent? Unfortunantly I am away from my home so I can't flash my phone for 3 more days until I get home to the PC to Samsung cable.

Also, would it be possible to make the mouse from 6.1 inverted? Like a black mouse with a white border? Because that would be badass.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mailliw_17:
mouse problem still there, even after setting it to never.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] acabtp:
first, thanks to trashcan for putting this together. nicely done.

i had good luck flashing the PDA image to the phone with a windows 7 laptop using the above linked vista version of grandprix. once the process hung up at writing the fake csc header, i unplugged the phone, pulled the battery and restarted it and the WM6.5 init went along smoothly.

after playing with it for a few hours, i find myself missing the optical mouse. I am not currently using it because of the display corruption issue. i feel like most of what you would accomplish with the optical sensor in d-pad mode is easily accommodated by the finger scrolling being supported everywhere. the optical sensor never worked well as a d-pad anyway, 6.1 or 6.5... it's hard to do discrete 'clicks' in a direction and you can't press and hold... both serious limitations of the hardware itself, but i digress.

if the optical mouse were working nicely it would truly be a one-hand, no-stylus-required phone.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] meanvulcan:
make sure the phone is in Activesync mode (settings->Connections->USB Connection). If that doesn't work, uncheck "Use Advanced..." on the usb connection setting. Also, I recommend pressing "Detect" right before you turn the phone on (i.e. after you've turned it off).
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] meanvulcan:
Dude... There are newbies here, but they are all grateful :) . I am no newbie as far as HTC devices go, but Epix flashing is a new game. Tricksy it is ;) . And I do want to reiterate that Trashcan is a real gem. He's given us the very first cooked ROM for our beloved yet frustrating Epix, and that's a major feat. If someone organizes a donation to keep the work going, I'd gladly contribute.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ScottyNuttz:
Anyone care to make a video of the 6.5 rom on their Epix? I would like to see it in action. I have it on my Tilt, so I have a pretty good idea, but I'm curious to see on a faster phone.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
Having Trouble accessing the Web

First things First: Great work trashcan on bringing 6.5 to the masses. The installation was smooth and went without a glitch.

I am having a big problem accessing the web through Internet Explorer on the phone. I get "Gateway Timeout"... Anyone else seen this? Activesync works allright though...

I am on T-mobile? Do I need to change a registry setting for this? Is there some hidden ATT gateway that is being called here?

Help... Cannot download any apps.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tech5:
nikhill in reguards to IE on the epix

so far i have found that if you use opera its works flawlessly i also have tmobile and they told me i couldnt get an internet connection cause they were having problems with windows based phones namely the 504 server time out error

just install opera and it works

phone epix i907

carrier t-mobile

os 6.5 (thank god)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] heineken78:
If ul have new 6.5 rom "out the box" il make rom for epix with any build. We are also waiting for new rom, cos somethings we still can use for i780.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] TeNsTrKe15:
that would be amazing if you made a new epix rom!! and, no offense to trashcan, what would be even more amazing is if you made it look cooler. i'm not much of a fan of the way any of the wm 6.5 looks :/
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] heineken78:
Its really weird that samsung (at&t) decided to upgrade "out of stock" hardware, but if they does, it became fully wm 6.5 device (with 6.5 kernel). So it can be cooked to any wm 6.5 version without any bugs or hardware problems.

Unlike i780 doesnt have any hope =(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] porkenhimer:
If u cook a rom can u include a mouse fix? Yes trashcans roms were ugly. The major problems for me were the big icons which were too blury and some even unrecognizable. and the mouse drove me crazy.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] heineken78:
new planned update by at&t will include mouse fix already

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=297428&d=1269264567
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] quadzilla122:
what is that a snapshot of? Are you currently developing a rom for the I907?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] heineken78:
no il make after offical release in April as i promised, current is for i780.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] quadzilla122:
oh ok. Thats really cool! Thanks!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] VinceInSeattle:
Just peeked into the Samsung website and see they have 2 new files up with date of March 25, 2001. The only info available is that they are "Samsung Epix Multipatch (ID1)", one for XP 32-bit and one for Vista 32-bit. They are .exe files. I run Win 7 64-bit so am not going to be the first to take the jump. Anyone want to check it out? http://www.samsung.com/us/support/s...menu=SP01&searchWord=epix&searchInputBox=epix
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] RaptorGuy:
Epix Update

A few people have installed and have not found any changes.

Looking into this a bit more, but uses the same KEY and ID as last years ID1 update.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] VinceInSeattle:
So these files are NOT the official Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade for Epix?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] TeNsTrKe15:
no, just an updated ID1 update for the Epix... still wm 6.1
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] THizzle7XU:
Are there any changes to this 6.1 update that have been noticed?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] VinceInSeattle:
Do they fix other issues like the GPS/battery usage bug? (Which, somehow, I've never experienced, perhaps my version build of the phone wasn't vulnerable)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] donwm:
Ok guys. I have been researching Epix and extended rom. I am stuck on concept that Epix uses extended rom and if I can unhide/unlock it I could change some of the hard reset software loaded. I goof with phone alot, am not a programmer but am familiar with software and tweaking. Don't want to cook the rom but trying to get crapware off and some registered programs on as well as my prefs (via registry settings). Not trying to reinvent the wheel or bypass protocols, just trying to enhance my phone. Thanks all.:D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] quadzilla122:
hey this is random but I really really want a new taskbar for the Epix. Are any of you guys using or have found a VGA Taskbar that is working?

I get some to work but they come out blurry.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] TeNsTrKe15:
i have not personally installed this but i can later today and let you know of any changes i find ;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hizhonor:
I thought I've been monitoring all the Epix sites around. Where did you come across folks that have tried this and not found any changes?

Thanks,

Steve
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pppeterd:
I ran a diff and the file is exactly the same byte for byte as the origional ID1 update. I suspect they mearly did something on their site which caused the file date to change. :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hizhonor:
Allrightythen. <sigh>

Let's try for a bit of silver lining: Perhaps they are readying the site for what we've all been waiting.

Steve
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sfleuriet:
I like that theory.. something has to be happening
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] quadzilla122:
what DPI is 28008? I dont know this stuff but I really want a new taskbar that is different from the standard white icons. I installed sdkcerts and always something goes down making the taskbar look blurry or something.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] porkenhimer:
The Epix screen is 128dpi so the rom will be shown in 128dpi. U r right about the softkey bar it is way too big. The softkey bar on 23017 is less than half the size of the one on 28008. If u install 23017 and then install REALVGA and then change your screen to 96dpi u will have so much more room on the screen. I think 23017 is trashcans best rom. not as much junk on it and everything is not as huge as it is on 28008.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] quadzilla122:
I kept it at 128dpi because the 96dpi is just too small for 28008. On 23017 it might look good though. I am just frustrated that so many themes and taskbars that I install to the epix dont work. We have one cook for this phone while my old HTC Wizard from 2005 has 7 cooks. Do you know how to uninstall the third party alarm,stopwatch, total commander, phm regedit, ps shutXP, and the pocket screen capture programs on the epix?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] porkenhimer:
If u read back a couple pages someone said they would cook another rom then said not till April. Y would he wait till April when there will already be an official rom released. Makes no sense. I am really confident it is comin cause they already relesed a new id1 fix that fixes a few problems the last id1 caused. If he is gonna cook up a rom he should do it cause in a couple weeks we won't care if he cooks it up or not. U can't delete the programs cause they are in the rom.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] quadzilla122:
yea I read that and I'm very glad. There are just so many problems I would love to see fixed in the near future
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] .fenrir:
I'm getting sick and tired of people like who you only know how to complain nonstop. IT makes perfect sense considering no one aside from trashcan knows how to cook a rom for the Epix right now. You should be thankful that heineken is willing to even make a rom come April instead of complaining about how its pointless. Its always better to have more options, especially when it comes to software or in particular cooked roms.

In comparison by your logic its pointless for there to be Firefox, Chrome, Opera because IE is already around, and by your logic you shouldn't care about the other browsers. Don't forget people are cooking roms for free and doing it in their spare time. No need to call someone out and say you don't care if he can cook it or not. Who do you think you are calling someone out on that? Don't act stuck up. /rant

The more often you check the longer it'll seem the official patch will come. It'll come out in due time, be glad its even coming out for a phone that's long past its shelf life by more than a year.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] TeNsTrKe15:
agreed. 100%. what you said is the complete truth

you need to calm down. the reason why heineken isnt making a rom is because the tools he has develop i780 stuff. and if you werent aware as you should have been, some things on i780 are not compatible with Epix. you cannot flash an i780 rom to an Epix, therefore heiniken cannot do much right now. heineken will however be able to do great things once the update is released.

so now i suggest you take ur negative comments and go away because we don't need that here. if you don't have something nice to say, don't say it at all.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] porkenhimer:
Actually I was not complainig and could care less if he cooks a rom cause i still use wm6.1. If u read back in the thread I have postrd atleast ten times that the roms are ok but I like 6.1 better and use the 6.1 clean rom. So what I said what I said and its true. Why get peoples hopes up and even tell them if they give him a rom that he will cook it then tell then he won't? No complaints from me. He can cook a rom if he wants. I might even try it but I am more into wm6.1. I get on here to give tips and to get tips. The only ones complaining is you 2. There is nothin in my post that would even lead people to think I was complaining I was just tellin it like it is. I don't have to get on a tread and kiss ass in hopes of gettin a new rom. I am not impressed with 6.5 on any device that I have used it on so u can think what u want.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] donwm:
Alright. I got no response to my last post, so it must have been a dumb question. Sorry. I am interested in the Epix memory structure but doing google searches and xda searches, I come up with nothing. I am trying to tweak without cooking complete. Don't want a brick you know, and my only computer is my Epix so I am unable to cook anyhow. I guess there may not be any shortcuts, but I come from the old Palm school (Kyocera 6035) where you could Jack Sprat the memory and get to the ext rom to add/delete etc. Any help/pointers would be appreciated. Thanks. :cool:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] porkenhimer:
On most cooked roms I have tried if there is a program I don't want I just install the same program to the device and then unistall the program and it usually uninstalls the program. So if I have a rom that lets say has TCPMP installed and I wanna remove it a I just install TCPMP and when I uninstall it it deletes it from the rom but it comes back if i hard reset. It gives me back the ram but I guess since they r oem programs they are hard to totally remove.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] quadzilla122:
Hey since this rom was released did anyone find a fix for the transparent square in the middle of the screen?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] heineken78:
try this chgFingerMouse.zip

May be you will need to run it twice to get rid of it. If it works- add to startup.

For such as porkenhimer, i advise to download winzip to view such a file =D

Cheerz.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] donwm:
Hey thanks for that. I might be in the wrong forum. I was thinking I might be able to "delete" crapware out of rom and add my tweaks and registereds w/o cooking. I might be able to create an uber-cab to install, remove and set registry settings. I'll check into that. I appreciate your response. Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] heineken78:
thats cool :p
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] quadzilla122:
when do you guys think the rom will be available this month?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gistofit:
i am planning on the 30th. anything sooner and its a pleasant surprise.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fibrolan:
Hi,

I am still using the ID1 rom and when I get an email with a wav attachment i cannot play it using windows media player from my email. is there a way to associate wm with wav files in the email ?

Fibrolan
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drewopo77:
ring tones

dont remember seeing this asked before in here , but i am running trashcans last cooked rom and wandering how do i change the text message ring tone to one i have added into the ring tones folder it doesn't show any of them that i have in there, thanks for any help

drew
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hizhonor:
Actually I thought this was more a general WM thing. My text message notification tones are in my Windows directory.

Steve
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drewopo77:
thanks for the help i just had a brain fart and couldn't remember and coun't find them for awhile
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] argolfermd:
losing touch mapping

Has anyone else had any problems with your epix losing its touch mapping? I have to realign the screen 4-6 times a day. It will be fine for a couple of hours, then it will be up to an inch off either up or down. Once a realign screen, it's fine again.

I am losing my marbles over this. Any suggestions?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drewopo77:
screen

i had that problem too when i first got the phone, ended up having to have a replacement sent to me
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fb2:
Wow, I never realized that. You just opened up a whole new world for me, Steve. I've been wanting to have personalized alerts for text messages and alarms and such forever, and now I know how. Perfect. Thank you.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] HeresyProgram:
This has happened to me although a realign no longer helps. Seems like no matter where I touch on the screen, it maps to the bottom (i.e. touch the top left and the start panel opens). Hoping it's a software glitch...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] porkenhimer:
Reflash the rom and it will fix it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] argolfermd:
I reflashed the 28008, and when that didn't fix it, went back to the one before that. Still no dice. I should have my new Tilt 2 tomorrow or tuesday, but I would really like to get this fixed if possible. The epix would be a great backup phone.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tangsta35:
bump

any updates on the official win mo 6.5 updates?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] heineken78:
Im really doubt about its real at this moment.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] porkenhimer:
If everyone thinks the official rom is not gonna come out soon, why not fix the biggest problems with trashcans roms? I think we can get a fix for the mouse artifacts. I know that when the mouse leaves artifacts on a pc it usually has to do with the speed of the driver. Maybe someone could do research on mouse artifacs on a pc and see if we could come up with a solution to the artifacts left by the mouse on the epix. The mouse problem turns me off to these roms but I would give em a chance if it wasn't for the mouse artifacts. Overall these are good roms even with all the bugs. I have fixed all the bugs when I tested these roms out but cannot figure the mouse out but I really do think its a speed problem involved.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] heineken78:
Its a bug on every device with mouse (i9XX, i780, Toshiba others..) thats based on 6.0-6.1 videodriver and problem with new 6.5 gwes.exe (kinetic scrolling).

There are many guru's on i900 side, but resolution still the same - mouse bug is still present.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] andyastandyast:
See Post #159 (Page 16) There is a detailed solution for the mouse artifact issue. Now it doesn't allow you to use the mouse (which I guess doesn;t make it 100%) but WM6.5 is much more finger friendly and I don't miss the mouse any more.

Maybe it will work for you.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fb2:
Yeah, I just disable the mouse after each reboot anyways. Never use it anymore. Don't need to.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] porkenhimer:
Here is two TCPMP skins I made for the EPIX

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=667840
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] porkenhimer:
Here is a skinable build of TCPMP I put together

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=662715