yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] bbonzz:
Guys, i'm going mad.

Since i have iPhoneToday installed (with many icons, i admit), my GWES.exe (WM 6.5, ROM NextOS 1.2)raises quickly to 20Mb memory usage. And then, as soon as it reaches 20 megs, HTC MEnu Enhancement stops working leaving me with an unusable system (breaking HTC Menu results in apps not showing at all their menus). CleanRam usually takes it back to 13mb, but i have to run CleanRam about every time i run an app (and that's bad).

For what i know, processes should have a 32mb space, so my questions:

- why the hell my GWES kills HTC Menu at 20mb?

- is there a way to give GWES more memory to operate? (i've tried to reduce the payload uninstalling topbar and gaining 3 mb, but it's not enough).

- i've seen there was an old patched GWES floating around for and old problem of HTC enlarged menus working bad: is there something similar for newer GWES's?

-as alternative: is there a way to flush GWES when it reaches, to say, 19mb, so that it doesn't reach 20mb limit and breaks HTC menu?

Thanks
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] HansiHusten:
I found this topic via the search button because I have the same problem with Dutty Leo R5.

When softresetting the phone the application gwes.exe (Graphical Windowing and Event System) takes about 15-16MB, thats absolutely OK.

Now after some time using lockscreen and some other apps the application gwes.exe grows up to 27MB. These 27MB seem to be a magic number, because when gwes.exe reaches 27MB the menus are getting very ugly. (ill try to find a screenshot to explain what I mean)

Somehow for you its 20MB, for me it was ~27MN.

After some more time gwes.exe takes more than 30MB and then it happens! Alot menus arent beeing displayed at all! Also some other applications dont start at all or better dont display a single picture or text...

No1 an idea what we can do with this gwes.exe thingy? :(
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] bbonzz:
Since there were no answers, I have solved this problem myself long time ago.

You can use the attached cab: it will install another GWES.exe and GWES.exe.0410.mui version, that uses much less memory (at startup now i have 12 mb WITH 5 megs of iPhoneToday icons, it means 7-8 megs if you don't use it).

Of course, if you haven't italian ROM, remember to rename the GWES.exe.0410.mui accordingly to your ROM

BEWARE! Installing a wrong GWES version could lead you to hard reset!!!

So, install at your risk. This is only for WM 6.5!!!

It depends on how you read it: i use sktools, that reads different, for example, from memmaid, since it splits size and heap
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] enyaj:
Please post cab for english rom. Thanks!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] enyaj:
Thanks! Will try this out now.

Edit: tried to install cab but unfortunately it was unsuccessfull. It said it odes not have sufficient system permission. Do I have to do anything before installing cab?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] jamiegt10:
I also have the same problem, any ideas how to get this fix installed?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] sandronesta:
same here doesnt work
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] bbonzz:
if you cannot install it in any way, the only solution is to copy the files manually (attached for your convenience):

1- with resco explorer or total commander go to \windows and rename gwes.exe to gwes.exe.bak and gwes.exe.0410.mui (or 409, or whatever is your country code) to gwes.exe.0410.mui.bak

1a- if you cannot rename, this means the files are in ROM, so no problem: go to 2

2- copy the new files to SD, and then again with resco or total, move (not copy: move) the new gews.exe and gwes.exe.0410.mui to \windows. (You'll be told "warning the files are in rom you can damage and blah blah": answer you want to overwrite).

3- import the .reg

4- soft reset
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] enyaj:
I was able to copy to device but my gwes.exe still shoots up to 25-27mb after locking the phone. I'm curious though after importing reg file it did not notify if it was successful. It just asked me if I wanted to import.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] bbonzz:
Maybe you already had this gwes version... I guess it depends on what is your rom. I still have 23016 buid and it works.

This is the normal behaviour. btw, the reg only disables magnifier (since this is a newer gwes with magnifier embedded).
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] maesus:
may I know the origin of the gwes.exe file? which build was it taken from?

I am using 21869 build now and the gwes.exe still keep "expanding" after long usage of Garmin, Opera, etc, but the HTC Menu stays working even gwes.exe has expanded over 30MB.

By the way, I have also tried smaller Font cache size, fom 32k down to 8k and it does help to reduce gwes.exe size.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] bbonzz:
it's from 23052
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] andrew-in-woking:
bbonzz Anti-GWES leak-EN.cab

Hi all

Has anybody tried bbonzz Anti-GWES leak-EN.cab on MS build 21854? If so, can you please post your results. I'd like to get gwes.exe down in size but I don't want to have to hard reset my device.

Thanks

andrew-in-woking
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] beemerTPPC:
I've came to this thread because I've the same problem and I've found that when GWES is near to the Windows CE process limit of 32MB some graphical intensive apps stop working.

I read the memory usage with memmaid, so it gives a mix of size and heap.

If an app creates a new DC and its asigned memory mapped bitmap for some graphics and does not release it, or create any kind of graphical objects and does not release them, it results in GWES memory leaks, and as soon as it reaches a memory usage near 32MB, if another app tres to create graphical objects, receive an error and cannot do it.

I've started my HD Leo Holy Gray R0 and GWES takes 15MB of RAM, but in my Diamond WM6.1 without Manila it take only 1.7 MB of RAM.

So there are three problems: Initial usage, badly written programs and new graphical intensive applications.

I'm the programmer of a graphical intensive commercial application. When some menu is opened, I need almost 3MB of GWES ram that I liberate as soon as the menu is closed. I've tried starting the app and the menu 50 times and closing it again and GWES have not increased its memory usage, so it can be done.

My advise: Try to identify the app that is leaking memory in your system and avoid it. Look for a replacement program that is well written.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] beemerTPPC:
Do I have found a solution?

I use a lot Resco explorer, that has a new look since WM6.5: the treeview control for folders is now more "expanded" and have bigger + and - simbols.

I don't like them so big, so investigating I've changed these two keys:

HKLM/System/GWE/CommCtrl/TreeViewPlusMinus to 18 (0x12)

HKLM/System/GWE/CommCtrl/ExtraItemSpace to 4

And not only it now shows the treeviews like before, but I've not got any problems with GWES since I did it.

Maybe there has been introduced memory leak on the treeview control functions when them have been modified to support this new style?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] jpl69:
Good contribution, lets test it and report!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] jao13:
gwes.exe heap size is huge

I tried the tip above and my gwes.exe heap size did reduce by a couple of MB but at one point yesterday the process details (from SKTOOLS) for gwes.exe was over 100MB.

My phone's an HTC Touch Diamond 2 but wanted to include it for reference.

Name---- ---Size ----Heap Path----------------

gwes.exe 4247552 85132896 \Windows\gwes.exe

Would the tip above about replacing the gwes.exe be compatible with my phone too?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] SeveredEggplant:
I have 21849 and I had to hard reset. :(

So much for bravery.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] oceania:
me too... after copying, my device hangs during reset. Gotta hard reset :(
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] thx1200:
Thanks for this. I would say that over time, I'm noticing a difference. It was easy to get GWES to shoot up to 30MB, but now it never gets above 22MB in FDC Task Manager. Using SKTools, I've also confirmed that GWES is using less memory as the non-heap memory is around 5MB, whereas before it would be >12MB. Heap seems to be the same (80MB) but that's largely because of Manila being a major memory hog and caching a crapload of images, apparently. :-P If I turn off Manila, I get 30MB back, easy. heh.

This is great. I was getting tired of only being able to have like three heavy graphics apps running at the same time before running low on memory. Now I can run about six or seven before I notice any appreciable memory pressure.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] bmw2320:
Could this be used on CDMA/GSM devices such as Touch Pro 2 Sprint? I'm using MightyROM 6.5. have anyone tried this on Rhodium before and success? TIA
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] majorassface:
Same question here, i noticed my gwes was hovering around 32mb,,,anyone??

cdma/gsm telus on XYC 6.5.x
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] bmw2320:
Weird thing happens after I copied the files to Windows. When I touch the screen sometimes it magnifies with a small box. Quite annoying. What happens? My ROM is WM6.5 build 21889
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] majorassface:
HTC has added a magnifier utility, it could be that. I know you can disable it using bsb tweaks. Try that.

Did using the modified gwes solve your problem? I want to try it but don't want to hard reset if I don't have to. Thanks!

Major
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] thx1200:
I just did that with MightyROM. Note that MightyMike has released a new version with tweaked/updated GWES for better memory management. I didn't want to reflash, so I tried this. It worked! You have to follow the manual installation steps though. And you have to extract the English mui file from the CAB (if you want English error messages/etc). Don't forget to name the mui file correctly. If you don't copy both of those files correctly into the \Windows folder, your device may freeze.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] thx1200:
Apply the registry file (.reg) included in the package. Or just manually go to HKLM\System\GWE and create a new key called Magnifier. Under this key, set a DWORD called Enable to 0. Soft reset.

You have to do this because this gwes is from 6.5.5 which has a magnifier tool built in. It doesn't work correctly with 6.5 ROMs, so you need to disable it on your device.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] bmw2320:
I don't know whether it solve my problem or not cos I have hard reset mine. Fortunately, I have backup my entire system using Resco backup and restore it :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] bmw2320:
I'm gonna try it again. Thx for ur info :D
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] thx1200:
Warning: May mess up HTC dialer slightly

Just discovered that with this patch installed, the HTC dialer has issues on my ROM (TP2 MightyROM, based on Sprint 6.5 ROM). If you go into landscape, you will see a scrollbar and then some visual artifacts in the corners. When you go back to portrait, the scrollbars will not go away. Not a huge deal, but it bugged me.

To uninstall (since I installed manually), I renamed the gwes.exe/mui files to new names, then copied the original files back to \Windows which I extracted earlier using ROMExtractor.exe. Reset. Delete the renamed files. Done.

For some reason, no other combination of steps (copying/moving/etc.) worked. Even a CAB wouldn't install over...

Now, I'm not sure if the copying the original files is necessary. I THINK you can just renamed the files and reboot and the original ROM file will reappear (unmasked). The problem is that gwes.exe is such a critical process, I didn't want to risk it. After reboot, my dialer issues were no more. Well, I guess that's 10MB i'll have to live without for the time being!

If somebody else is brave enough, they can test if that step is necessary. Or, if I remember, I'll test before I upgrade to MightyROM's latest official update. MightyMike has apparently worked around the gwes.exe problem and nobody is reporting this dialer issue, so I guess he figured it out. lol. The problem is, I'll probably forget... because I tend to do that. lol
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] bmw2320:
Which mIghtyROM do u have? I have the OF 050110. Is it true that the OF 050110 has already tweaked GWES like on this thread? So is it make any difference if I replaced the original GWES with GWES on this thread? TIA
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] thx1200:
That's the one. I can't say for certain it's the SAME gwes.exe, but I do know he was working on tweaking gwes.exe. Extract the file from ROM and do a file compare on your computer (fc.exe from the Windows command prompt).
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] bmw2320:
Again, weird thing happens with this GWES. My dialer has scroll bar on the right side. I hard reset my rhodium & restore previous backup with resco backup. Think I'm gonna stick the original gwes :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] thx1200:
Same here. It's definitely a lower memory footprint, but it's not fully compatible.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] chadster214:
sys 21905

will this work with sys 21905???
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] StefanV3:
Hi

@ bbonz

Could you tell me what you've tweaked on gwes.exe to stop the leakage???

Or, could you tell me from which Windows Mobile Verison and build this gwes.exe is???

I am searching a gwes.exe and gwes.0407.mui for current WM6.5 builds like 23123 or 21661 that doesn't have so much leak beacuse i own a E-TEN Glofiish M800 that has only 64 megs of ram and i need every free kbyte of RAM.

Thanks

StefanV3
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] bbonzz:
As previously told , Stefan, i don't remember from which build i did grab it (it was a 6.5.1, anyway), but it was the better gwes.exe i've found. I've abandoned it only now that i have flashed a 21903 build (the gwes usage is the same with or without the gwes i've posted)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] djsolidsnake86:
on i8000 i have memory leak (gwes.exe) that make crash apps that use sense ui

please i need help
[Wing, P4350 General] Phaze01:
I installed a cooked rom and well my screen wont go past the align screen even when i follow the screen directions and i even installed the original software and the same thing..... somebody please help
[Wing, P4350 General] ace10134:
Have you damaged your phone's screen?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] rahulsh:
I rooted HTC airtel magic with perfect spl using AMRON method and updated rom to AMRON rom....since then i am unable to send any sms....everything is working fine except sms....also i miss htc sync!! Pls help!!!!!!!!!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ashish.matrix@gmail.com:
what about recieving SMS messages?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] cyphr666:
SMS Center number?

The SMS center number sometimes disappears for no obvious reasons...

can u check if thats intact?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] spatali:
If its not mentioned before, Please Erase/Restore to Factory Defaults in Recovery Menu. This really sorts out a lots of problems. I forgot to mention this before

PS: This is to be done after flashin the Amon_Ra rom or any other custom rom
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] rahulsh:
you are right MC had disappeared!!! thx man :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] indianmagic:
How did you fix it?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Fallen Spartan:
MOD EDIT

Moved from android development as not related
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] paracoda:
plz can anyone tell if there is app to count the bytes i receive\send on using internet service provided by the operator ? the simple nokia phones have similar app.

thank u :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] kull:
You can try SPB wireless quite good. Its available here

http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/pocketpc-software/wirelessmonitor/
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 508bmartin:
I have downloaded the apps_s.zip and the hero-signed.zip files to put hero rosie on my g1 but i cant figure out how to get it on...

also, is hero rosie better than cyan3.9.10?

does it have features like multitouch and apps2sd?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
honestly... you actually asked this... i think all hero roms now put app_s in the ext2/3/4 partition to start with and all of them have a2sd on initial setup with you only having to have second partition. did you read nothing from the thread you got the rom from. unless it is the one haykuro posted a few months back. which hero rom is it. no it will not be faster than the cyanogen rom.

yes should have multi-touch browser as well
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grandomegabosses:
did you read this thread? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=534461

hero does runs slower than cyanogen, yes. choose cyanogen if you want functionality at the blink of an eye and if you want a lot of themes. choose hero if you want gorgeous ui and don't mind waiting a lil bit. personally i suggest drizzy's personal hero. but you've got to have patience.
[General Accessories] milespro:
So I have this 2gig microsd that only becomes recognized in a Nokia Phone we used it in for awhile. I tried using the Nokia phone formatting and still won't pick it up.

Using either a PC or my touch pro2 mobile phone. Any ideas on how I can get windows to recognize it?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k1293:
i think it comes w the cm roms but how do i edit it?so i can go back to 4 icons in each row? and does anyone know how to change the number of screens on cm?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grandomegabosses:
did you read the advanced launcher thread? and i'm not sure you can switch back to 4 icons per row, but why would you?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k1293:
yeah i did and it just says how to instal and mainly i wana remove alot of icons like skins a nd what not
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grandomegabosses:
what do you need to know? i mean, you install the launcher and when it's on there, you can choose how many homescreens you want.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] overground:
Why do you want 4x5? The 3 latest cyanogens have removed this launcher. If you want the features, you must install the advanced launcher manually. If you decide to install it, from the homescreen press menu>more>extended>homescreen and make your home numbers selection. I doubt it's going back to 4 icons anytime soon. If I find out how to adjust that setting I'll shoot you a pm.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k1293:
oh ok thanks guys
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k1293:
umm i tried to donwload it but it said it was already installed? so i look in settings and cudnt find it? so i tried to uninstall but that did work either?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grandomegabosses:
it's not in settings. when you're on the your homescreens, press menu, then click more, then extended.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
u cant install it with the package installer...you have to install it using adb.. the instructions are in the advanced launcher tab
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] t00sl0w:
ok guys, you prob have been asked this a few times by now, but i have some question about how to get my notification light to WORK! (i have fuze btw)

i have tried the notification settings in the phone menu, i have tried reg edits but i get access denied like crazy, i have tried cabs, but i may be doing something wrong bcuz i get the gay "no related file" crap.

i have been scouring the internet now for hours, and i havent been able to get this fixed. it is late now, and i am tired.

i just need some help, i need my notification light for emails/texts for work. and i dont have it.

so, if someone could point me in the direction of a fix, i would be grateful. also, i am new to modding my phone, so....

why did htc give us a light that doesnt work is my biggest question. the only thing it lights up for is a incoming call.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] benda.matej:
I have problem since I try to find new good ROM. I don't know exactly the root cause, but every time when I flash the ROM it's stable maybe for one or two soft reset. Everything is normaly installed on device. After soft reset it seems like new loading of new ROM. And going around around. I try instaled many types of ROM and also radios. But any combination is not stable.

I aslo try hard reset many times, but it's not helpfull.

It seems like some old file, which is not deleted during flashing ROM and doing mess in the new ROM. This start after instalation ROM Gen.Y-Manila_v2.1_VGA.

But as I written it doing after instalation of any ROM.

Could you please help me?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] benda.matej:
I think its fixed. If you have similar problem you can go here.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3433851&postcount=22

One day working without any problem and freezing.

Thank you to c_shekhar, you're great, man!!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Lox_Dev:
Hello,

The wifi status icon doesn't show the signal strength. Is that your case?

Regards

Edit1: Seems it concerns WPA-Personal wifi networks if anyone sees that bug with a different encryption please post
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nicelad_uk:
Mines shows as 1 white bar and the rest grey regardless where I am with the phone. I could be next to the router.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] cdyat:
Mine changes with strength as I move around. Sometimes full, sometimes just the circle and and in between too.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] David Horn:
Mine changes - sometimes one bar, or two, most of the time none. Interestingly, it shows low signal strength even if next to the router, but the WiFi page shows strength as excellent.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] tatwamasi:
Mine updates based on position.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pjmurphy77:
Same here.. mine simply show the white dot at the bottom of the WIFI indicator but none of the lines have ever shown up...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] franklinvv:
I am having the same problem. I can only see the white dot, with dark grey arcs above. Every time I turn on WiFi, I have the idea that my WiFi reception is bad so I feel compelled to turn WiFi off again. I hope someone can find a way to fix this without doing a hard reset.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Switchbitch:
Odd, mines has always just been the white circle and grey arcs. I didn't even think that the arcs should go white relative to signal strength....

Now I want them to!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] elcom:
same problem. I found that on some wireless networks (my home) I see only the white circle with grey bars, and on other wireless networks (coffee shops etc.) I get the signal strength on the status bar icon.

Kind of weird. When i'm at home I'm always compelled to go into wireless settings and check the signal strength and it's always excellent even though the status bar icon shows that the signal strength is poor.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Switchbitch:
I wonder if it's anything to do with the security settings? At home mine is WPA2. Coffee shops will usually be open networks.

Just a thought....
[Hero, G2 Touch General] elcom:
Actually that's an interesting thought. I use WEP (yeah I know it sucks) security on my network.

Now that you mention it, I'm almost sure that I see the signal strength on open networks.

This could be the problem. I don't really see any logic behind this, most likely a bug.

I'll check the next time I go out to a coffee shop.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Tone-Fu:
That's ditto for me. It doesn't matter where I am, I get one bar and the rest greyed out.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kiz:
On WPA2 w/ AES here and the signal strength is showing OK for me, so I'm not sure about that.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Switchbitch:
Yeh I disabled security on mine, still only the white dot in the centre. Weird.

Can those of you who have the signal strength showing post details of your software version and build number? Have you installed other WiFi apps like Gmon or WiFi analyser?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kiz:
Lets see:

Firmware version: 1.5

Baseband Version: 63.18.55.06U_6.35.04.25

Kernel version: 2.6.27-a5504199 htc-kernel@and18-2 #521

Build number: 1.76.405.6 146733 CL#47214 release-keys

Software version: 1.0.0.A6288

As for apps, I have WifiScanner installed. But I think signal strength was working fine before I installed that.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Switchbitch:
Same here. Why the hell would the icon behaviour be different?? I think I may now become obsessed with figuring this out :o