yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] leroy:
i have flashed this rom due to getting 'microp error' fixed under warranty.

since the flash i havent seen the same problem! rom is really fast and no connection issues.

i cant remember the last time i saw 31% usage on my phone - i bet the battery will last forever now!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] petrica79:
i have 1.56 wwe from htc. can i flash this without hspl?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] commando0:
downloaded new rom from official orange uk link

i do not see any test only or not for sale message on boot up screen

further testing of rom in progress......
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] petrica79:
tried to. not working.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] jasonrabbit:
clean

hi

if poss could someone cook a clean/cleaner version of this rom ( keep as is but remove some of the programs)

thanks.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] SiJ2000:
One annoying bug I have noticed is with the notifications... I want reminders/email/sms to put message on screen... When I set this, it works for a day or so, then somwhow stops and gets unticked... It was fine in old ROM...

Anyway, then benefits of this ROM far outweigh the issues!

S
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Geeba:
This is a nice ROM - DAM faaaast! but it is more finger un-friendly than the old ROM it replaced... call history and contacts are both tiny now... I have big hands! :(

Must admit I have jumped boat to Miri's 6.5 and that is nice! prettier and more finger friendly.... but performance wise this ROM walks it
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] galthop:
I flashed this ROM over Dutty's version 2.8 and found it to be quicker especially for GPS and internet.

Thanks for posting about it, I would never have known about it otherwise.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
You need to use either USPL or HSPL
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] gadgetuk437:
Is anyone at work, cooking out the Orangeness on this one (useless branded apps)?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] GKill:
Yes, I've noticed this bug too. Strange thing... I wander can it be fixed?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] galthop:
I noticed that rotation does not work with this ROM so I can't go to landscape mode. Is this normal and do I need an extra application to enable it? I can't find any setting for it.

Previously I used a Dutty ROM and that rotated fine.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] eyeofthetiger:
Can someone compare this ROM with Duttys 6.5 ROM?

1)Is it quicker?

2)Is it more stable?

3)Does youtube work well?

I may try the ROM out of curiosity.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] afr33s:
This ROM uses the last TouchFLO 3D released for the HD v1.3 and this was never made to work in landscape (i believe). Only cooked ROMs with TF3D 2.x work in landscape.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] galthop:
Thanks for the reply. I install g-sen and landscape mode is working now.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Geeba:
It stuffs the 6.5's I've tried to be honest.... just doesnt look as nice :(
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] galthop:
I've found a problem with WIFI. I can connect if I turn encryption off but not with WPA2 encryption, the phone just keeps trying to connect even after the router says that the phone has connected.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] cvchetan:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=468444&highlight=splash+screen

get ur back frm here..
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] SilentBob:
Hi,

Flashed this ROM some time ago (after 1st flashing the "test" ROM). I have not experienced any of the problems detailed above. E.g. connection issues, changes to start menu, contacts or call history. All of these are ok. However, one problem that was definitely introduced when moving from the stock 1.19 ROM to this 1.59 ROM was:

When rotating any full screen app (e.g. Opera, CorePlayer, many games, etc) the WM TitleBar is then displayed, thus taking screen estate away and looking very odd. This happens whether performing the rotate via the G Sensor or manually via button mapping. It is really irritating.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is it just this ROM? All (official?) 1.59 ROMs? Or was it introduced in an earlier, but post 1.19, ROM?

I have emailed Orange about it, but they are being, let's say, less than helpful. I have tried to find an email address for HTC Europe to copy them in on the emails between myself and Orange, but couldn't find anything.

Another annoyance, but that may have already been there:

In the advanced power settings, I have them set as follows -

1) (Battery) Turn off backlight if device is not used for: 1 min

2) (Battery) Turn off device if not used for: 2 min

3) (External) Turn off backlight if device is not used for: 1 min

4) (External) Turn off device if not used for: 30 min

If the device is powered off (via the switch) or reset by a software install (or even HD Soft Reset, which comes with HD Tweak) then it resets the 1st option to 10 seconds. Options 2 to 4 are remembered, and it is just the 1st option that is always reset back down.

Was this introduced with this ROM too? Is there a fix?

Many thanks. :)
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] alanu:
Winterface

Sorry for being ignorant but will I lose my existing Winterface shell if I install this ROM?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] marasp:
yep....there is no other way...u will have to reinstall all ur soft....search the forum for little utils which could ease the pain of reinstaling ur chosen apps.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Freypal:
Hmm noob question time.

The official HTC website has a new ROM available but it won't let me download with my S/N, it says it's unsuitable. I therfore downloaded it from XDA and it refused to flash saying it was in-compatable. Mine is an orange branded handset so i assume this one should work for me?

Also im slightly worried by the title bar being visible full screen landscape. Has everyone got this issue and is it affecting say for example WMP?

Last point is that I assume being an official updated rom, me going from 1.19 to this will not need USPL / HSPL?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] petrica79:
what new Rom?!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] SilentBob:
If you do not want to CID unlock your phone, then you must use the Orange ROM. The HTC ROM is for non-network (i.e. sim free) phones only.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Freypal:
Ah thanks very much!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] i-CONICA:
Downloaded, installed.

Seems good so far. No worse than the default original and I've read people saying no lag on keyboard input which is a friggin huge plus point!

Also saying it's fast, and that some of the annoying notifications nobody wants are gone too.

========== After trying it for about an hour.

The lagging on the keyboard input isn't noticeable to me... Maybe slightly faster...

It does seem faster switching through the tabs, like usually it takes more than a second to load the txt messages when you switch to that tab, now it's faster, as is the picture and video viewer. The camera seems better too. Much brighter in a dark area... Other than that, there's not much change noticeable to me...

But I've not tried it for more than an hour.... :)
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Freypal:
Can you confirm if you are getting the start/title bar in full screen landscape apps as others have reported?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] SilentBob:
FYI, when testing, this only happens for me when rotating the fullscreen app once already launched. An ideal one to test with is Opera, as this rotates as standard. Simply load a page, then rotate the device to landscape. This is when the titlebar appears (for both me and my wife - yes, we're a two HD family! :D).
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Freypal:
Ah that's what i was afraid of.. Watching a lot of films on my HD and doing a lot of web browsing i can see this becoming a major irritation..

Thanks for the reply buddy!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] SilentBob:
It is irritating, but not without workaround (in most cases). In Opera you can get rid if it by going into the menus & coming back out. Then when the icons go after a few seconds, so does the TitleBar. But still bloody annoying.

Also, with CorePlayer you can set it as an exception in any screen rotation software & then set a specific full screen orientation. This orientation is then software based instead of OS based.

But was definitely not a problem on the original 1.19 ROM. I have not been able to confirm if this is just the Orange ROM or all 1.59 ROMs.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] lovemyxda:
Can anyone tell me if I install this new rom, will I be able to reinstall programs from HTC backup?

Or will it say error.

Many thanks.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] AtypicalWinter:
i have had this installed on my phone for just over a week and its alot better than the rom dated the end of last year, however i like having the sent message ping alert on and somehow it is missing and not making any noise, the message sent pop up is coming on but no sound saying its sent. can anyone help?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Freypal:
Is it not just under manilla -> settings -> sound -> advanced -> and checking "Events (warnings, system events)"
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] nickallison:
all works well here.

Admittedly I have no experience of flashing other ROMs as I have been, to say the least, concerned about bricking the phone but have been looking into the subject and considering trying a couple of 6.5 ROMs.

Spoke to Orange Customer Service people about how this would affect the insurance and was told that so long as I did not physically damage the phone there would be no issue with regards to this. The data support guys at orange (normally fairly useful, at least in comparison to the nightmare that is vodafone!) and they said that they would encourage an upgrade to 6.4 but that orange had no plans to release an official version of this (I assume this may happen if HTC get off of there backsides and decide to support the blackstone). Also they claimed that Orange did not supply a download of the stock ROMs that there branded phones are delivered with.

It was with some suprise that I stumbled upon this thread and gave it a go.

From what I have read about Flashing ROMs and the process that is involved, I can report that this process is phenominally easy. Everything is included in the downloaded .exe file from the orange website. Just connect the phone, run the .exe file and wait for around 15mins.

All my 3rd party applications, the .cab files for which were stored on the SD card (I assume that this is common practice) installed with no hassle. These including Pocket Shield, Orange Maps, Google Maps, various games from Orange, HD Tweak, Touch Response, et all.

In use, the ROM seems more stable than the 1.19 Stock ROM that was originally installed. Sattelite aquisition is MUCH faster.

In conclusion. For a noob like me running an older Orange branded Blackstone this is well worth the effort.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] alanu:
Full QWERTY Numeric Keyboard Problem

Not sure if this minor problem belongs on this thread but it has only started occurring since I installed the Orange ROM -

When I select any non-numeric character, e.g. '£' sign, on the numeric keyboard it immediately jumps back to the character keyboard. This obviously means that I have to switch back and forward between the character and numeric keyboards.

This is only a minor inconvience but still very annoying.

Anyone aware of a solution to this?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] SilentBob:
Although this isn't really something that I had really taken in, it does appear to be standard behaviour. It even happens on TouchPal, as well as the standard HTC keypads. I'd guess that they only expect you'd want one special character, and hence think they are doing you a favour by taking you back to the character keyboard. Obviously this doesn't work for the user with currency symbols, as you are most likely to continue with numerics afterwards. I would guess that there is unlikely to be any fix?

I have noticed other problems with the HTC input methods though. When either Phone Keypad or Compact QWERTY are selected, then it is automatically changed to Full QWERTY upon changing the orientation of the device to landscape. This auto-switching appears to cause problems. Such as: device hanging, application errors & keypad dependent applications, such as messaging, failing to start. When this happens a soft reset is required.

At first I thought this was some conflict between the auto-switching keypad and the screen rotation app (tried both GSen & ChangeScreen). However, I since hard reset my wife's device and have not yet installed a screen rotation app, and she still experiences these lockups.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there anything that can be done to stabilise this?

Thanks
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] RobRedbeard:
Hard resets are not going to have any affect. That was terrible advise. That screen is a part of the ROM! Replacing the splash screen (no, I don't know how to) is the only way to change what is says.

Rob
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Reptile_16:
Flashed this last week. All seems well except I can't get the battery icon to show in the top bar....otherwise I'm happy.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] tin2404:
After 2 months and with Radio 1.14.25.24 installed it is very fast ROM indeed.and very fast boot up.no match compared with cooked ROM-s.

There is interesting kind of video player ( I have never seen it before ) but very fast! (image is attached).GPS works fast,battery long life..it seems everything is OK.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] acecooper:
is it good

I'm gonna give this a go. I've been using Lost In Asia 17.5 which was good. Anyone done any benchmarks? Is it faster?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] acecooper:
ok

It's 6.1 and works well though I think the LIA is better...

Feels fast but this is only because it uses the REALLY OLD Manilla homescreen which is basic compared to the newer version (though i prefer this one as it's faster).

Album works faster as it's more basic/simpler (lacks facebook uploading and kenetic feedback scrolling... sliding causes a pause then it moves to the next photo at a default speed rather than following your finger.

Camera just doesn't work on my phone setup.

3d games (Teeter) is more framy- Lost In Asia Rom plays this much faster/smoother.

battery can't be viewed in percantages rather only as green bars (about 10 bars).
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] herach:
Orange new ROM

Hello all. HTC has released a new ROM for Orange. The date is 2009/12/11. Can some one please DL it? Here is the link,

http://www.htc.com/uk/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=179&cat=2&dl_id=811

Please. Please. I don't have Orange S/N other wise I'd do it myself.

Thanks all.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] timbohere:
Orange new rom

I haven't tried it yet as quite happy with Topix 6.1

http://rapidshare.com/files/3605516...1_Radio_52.49a.25.26_1.09.25.14_Ship.exe.html

:)
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] SilentBob:
1.19?!?! The last Orange UK ROM was 1.59. Could it be..? Is it..? A 6.5 ROM? Unlikely, probably some kind of error. But it would be good to hear from anyone who tries this.

Strange though, as I only noticed this at the end of last week, yet it is dated December 2009? I check fairly regularly, so it has only been made available very recently.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] timbohere:
New! Orange Rom

Curiosity got the better of me and I wish it hadn't. I flashed it as an .exe and it is in distorted colourss. It momentarly went back to normal as I was powering it down. Also it had the windows volume control and after soft reset has now got htc volume control but distorted colours. After being in suspend for a while it is now as it should be with normal colours. A soft reset produces same weird results

Probably a bad flash so back to the ever reliable Topix 6.1:eek:

My phone is fully unlocked and hspl with olipro's unlocker
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] spasovxda:
No, most probably it is not a bad flash. What you encountered is "by design" ;)

Read carefully here:

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blackstone_Rom156

Cheers!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] timbohere:
Just when I thought I was improving

Thanks for that. I thought I had read most things but it shows we keep learning even at 60 (me). :D

Now having re read that thread as I failed to say in my previous post my phone being unlocked and hard spl 1.56 olinex the distort should not have happened.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] aliff:
I will dump this ROM today, and tell you what is what.

Well, It just an old WM 6.1 ROM((
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] herach:
If this an old ROM, why would HTC post it for download 3 months ago. The latest Orange ROM that I have is 1.59 radio 1.14. I downloaded it back in AUG of 09. Six months later HTC posts ROM ver 1.19 with radio 1.09? I wonder what they R up to? I'll Flash it today when I get home. I will let you know of the results. Thanks Timbohere for the file.

Edit: 17:00 PST. I just flashed it. It is an old ROM. The ROM date is 2008. I just don't understand why would HTC post an old ROM at a later date. Oh well. I was hoping that it is WM 6.5. Is HTC ever going to release WM 6.5 for our babys?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] aliff:
Probably not...

If you will read carefully, what HTC said about this ROM, you will understand, that this is an old ROM
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Rumbi:
Sorry for reanimating this Thread but the HTC page states, that only Romanian user get 1.59, but i can't try because the S/N out of the wiki does not work. Can somebody help with this?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Bodisson:
I installed it with USPL...

I can't remember where did I download it from...
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ArneSack:
Orange UK ROM was 1.59

The Orange UK ROM 1.59 is no longer available on the Orange web site. Do you (or anyone else) still have a copy that you can make available ?

Thanks

Arne
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Bodisson:
Give me some FTP access and I can upload it for you.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] 5fifty5:
Please let me know about the address as well...

Cheers.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] miancule:
This the link for the Romanian 1.59 official Orange ROM update:

http://www.orange.ro/files/devices/...59.70.2_radio_52.64.25.34_1.14.25.24_ship.exe

..and the download page aswell:

http://www.orange.ro/support/phones/htc-touch-hd-ro.html
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] bigdyl69:
Here's the link to Orange 1.59

Download
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] bradmax57:
Thanks for that :) just sold mine to Mazuma im sure they will want it back stock :)
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] nealshouse:
Thanks for the link, just got mine back out of the drawer and the rom had expired.. gotta start somewhere!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] The Grim Beaker:
Cheers, the ROM's no longer on the Orange site. Is this the UK one?

Sorry for bringing this thread back to life after so long but it seems like the best place to ask the following...

I still have the original Orange Rom that was included when I got the HD last year (1.19.61.1) and I was gonna load the latest one (Cheers again Bigdyl69) but after reading about the issues with screen rotation and title bar (also read elsewhere there's lots Orange Branded toss in there, any truth to that?) and was wondering if it's worth it, as to be honest bar a couple on minor niggles, I'm happy with it as is.

I know the new ROM fixes some issues like the slider bar when answering calls, but I've found hotfixes on the HTC site for that, so is the new ROM that big of a deal?

I know there's loads of better cooked roms out there but I don't trust myself not to brick the phone in the process, so I've kinda given up on that idea.

How does updating the rom affect the pre installed programs like Excel?

Also (sorry, this is the last thing, if sort of off topic) has anyone had any experience with Comic Reader Mobi 2.0.1? I was wondering if that's gonna work on 1.19.61.1 or will I need the new ROM? This could end up being the deciding factor.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] mr_grisha:
This link dos not work anymore...can you give a privat link plies? ....
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Simon_WM:
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...2.64.25.34_1.14.25.24_Ship_phone_software.exe
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Bodisson:
Just for info, link on Orange site is still active...

You just have to select support tab and click software... It will download 1.59.62.2 ROM

Tested 15 minutes ago... Orange Touch HD
[General Questions and Answers] bryceowen:
I mean from scratch. Does anyone even know where to start?
[General Questions and Answers] stephj:
For a small insight into what would be involved, have a look at

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa920475.aspx

This describes the RIL (radio interface layer) that is used by WinMo to talk to the phone driving silicon on the other side. (Usually another ARM processor driving the GSM GPRS EDGE etc., internals.) I assume the Radio ROM is the program running on the PPC side, or the phone side, or possibly even both.

Dabbling in this stuff is out of the question. Unless you really want to wreck your phone completely.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] dxfan:
I have my Used Sprint Touch Diamond For Sale on Ebay. I could not find a for sale section of this thread, so please move it if this is in the wrong place.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300341648202
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Humblehippie:
Sales should be posted in the Marketplace. It's easy to find as it's posted on the homepage @ the top. {In Bold letters. http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=476
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Rewpparo:
I'm not familiar with the usage on this board, but I would really like to have a working Linux on my blackstone. I heard that current kernel developement is not really going well. I heard that there are skilled independent programmers on this board willing to work on a device for a fee.

I'd love to get in contact with someone skilled, who has already successfully ported Linux to similar devices and got his patch included in the official linux repositories, to discuss what can be done.

Please contact me in this thread or via private message to discuss details.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] malestrom:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=468360

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=486378
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] barisahmet:
“For everything else, there may be something other than MasterCard.”
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
2 threads already exist (if not more) as posted by malestrom above.

No need for another one

Thread closed
[Touch GSM ROM Development] miky6682:
good job. somethings to fix but good.:):):)
[Touch GSM ROM Development] paulocar:
one thing I notice on your screenshot, and I also notice on miky's rom, is the icons over size on the title bar, I haven't try your rom yet, but I'm willing to do it. congrats looks really cool :)
[Touch GSM ROM Development] newdecember:
congrats man

good to see someone else graduating from the class :D
[Touch GSM ROM Development] honcorrd:
congrats man, im also following the cooking community :)
[Touch GSM ROM Development] arunangshu2009:
hi,

Looks good with bugs inside.. also my suggestion, the ROM needs some cosmetic touch up ..
[Touch GSM ROM Development] samy.3660:
Hey thanks for making this rom. Your file is 82.7 mb size, i have never seen such huge .nbh for elfin??
[Touch GSM ROM Development] character:
any chance to include this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=530710