yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Joe Bleau:
Re: Feb.01 ROM Slider Box Fix, Freeze & Memory Hog & Bluetooth Settings?

Thanks for the feedback Jake. I find the people in this thread particularly cheap or lazy on the feedback aspect. The worst is when somebody post a problem or ask a question, get some answers & suggestions & never comes back to say thanks or report if the fix/suggestion worked or not which could help other users with a similar problem.

BTW @ mmalka, JVH3 & cajunflavoredbob: You guys are quick to report a problem or quirk for my cabs posted in this thread but I have not yet seen any positive feedback if it does work or may be useful to some as the # of downloads illustrates. :(

About the slider box fix: I did not repositioned it (that's a different ballgame), just modified the graphics making it narrower with the right side aligned with the bottom Start button, erased the top gray side & replaced it with the bottom line copied & flipped vertically.

There are many cabs on XDA to modify the Slider bar and I tried a few but many are changing also the icons or the look of the slider box and make a lot of changes to many files. I wanted to keep the looks & stay as close as possible to the ROM with a simple cab easy to uninstall.

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Freezing

There ya go. Often people blame the ROM while it's most of the time the tweaks or apps they add to it. I noticed that you mention overclocking in your sig. Over-overclocking for some tasks may cause problems as well as low memory available for running programs w/ running too many programs at the same time. From mmalka's must read FAQ on page #1: "• Freezes: This post addresses several possible reasons and solutions for freezes. Attention: Overclocking your phone may cause freezes. Test it without overclocking to figure out if OC is the culprit."

A major memory hog is NRG's default Start menu layout, an inexplicable choice for a custom Rhodium ROM IMO. Free up 33% more memory instantly by selecting Panel or Compact in > Start > Settings > Personal > Start Menu Layout Switch.

Out of the box stock ROM.Feb.01 w/o SIM nor memory card: ArkSwitch (tap the left side of the top Taskbar) reports 81,820 K free memory vs. Panel Start layout: 106,640! :eek:

Checking with > Home > Slider to Settings > SD card & phone storage: Total program 185.54, Used program now 86.21 vs 110.69 stock, Free program: 99.33 vs 74.85 MB! :eek:

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Bluetooth Channels and ROM Flashing

I wonder if using the cooked-in > Start > Tools > Settings Exporter & including Bluetooth would have saved your settings?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] jakfish:
@Joe Bleau

I see lack of written gratitude on pretty much all forums. Even on the venerable hpcfactor.com, I find a lot of questions and not as many thank-yous.

That said, your work is your work--meaning that it has sound construction and serves a real need. Users will be finding your cabs for years to come, and so the feedback may be later than sooner.

As an aside, I lived in San Jose from 2004-2007, even taught at la U, and lived within sight of President Arias' house (I was there for that long recount of votes). San Jose was tough at times, but I enjoyed all other places in Costa Rica.

And hey, thanks for the memory-saving tip about changing the default Start view. I hadn't know that.

Jake
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] cajunflavoredbob:
While you do provide nice suggestions and support for users here, there are now "Thanks" buttons that were very recently introduced to cut down on the number of "Thanks" posts. It may seem nice to you, but it really clutters up the thread having a user post only a response of "thanks" with nothing else of use in it.

Feedback on an app is different. Feedback is always a good thing, but mostly for troubleshooting. Consider that if you have very little feedback on something you've done to be a good thing and a sign that you haven't made many or any mistakes. The only other reason I can think of for users being hesitant with the feedback and thanks is that you are still a new user. I mean you no offense by this, but I had the same problems when I got my Touch Pro2. I switched user names to this one, since my other user name was device specific. Once you get some time behind your name and a better rep in the community, the Thanks will come pouring in. Just keep at it. It's hard to build a rep, but all to easy to break one. :)

You aren't far from your first Thanks bar.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mmalka:
I did not comment or thanked because I did not test them and I am not using them.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Puff1911:
I had it configured to announce calendar, phone and messages.. nothing else.

the phone seems stable again since changing versions... and there is no change in features for the Voice Commander between the versions.. so i'm good again!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Joe Bleau:
Re: XDA UI Thanks Button & Score

My XDA U.I. is unmodified. When I joined in Nov 2010, there was a Thanks button & Thanks score for users & I liked & used that. The site was updated & can't see those features anymore with the default Linear Mode layout.

I'm not a 9 year old little girl craving for thanks or needing a self esteem boost but if someone post something & I don't bother following it or did not pay attention to it, if there are several users pointing out it's usefulness then I may reconsider. Feedback may also stimulate a person to contribute more to the thread.

If one makes a short feedback post, one may not include it's signature all the time to help the thread staying clean.

BTW almost nobody uses a significant title for their post (Go Advanced) nor do they quote the title of the post they are replying to like Re: ROM Proble... It should automatic when quoting a post IMO like on many other forums as it helps when skimming the thread and brings more relevant results and easier to spot when using the Search Tools on top of this page.

Well you did here. ;) Anyway my contributions are mostly addressed to newbies, I leave advanced stuff to you advanced users.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] JVH3:
When I see something posted that I want, I try it. Virtually all cabs that I download, I first extract with WinRar. Even though cabs can easily be uninstalled, I like to know exactly what it is going to do before I install it.

If something works, a press of the Thanks button is all that is needed. When something doesn't a post is required. There is not a Don't Work button.

(You need to use the XDA 2010 theme which you select in the lower left)

I haven't tried your slider fix. I am not seeing a problem. Maybe I don't see a problme because I add the Program Tab by Kimi_Sae_Ireba to the end with my Lua modifications that give it 4 columns.

I also have not tried your cleanup thing you posted. I have my UI configured the way I like it. I am sure there will be many newer people that like what you have posted. Not sure why the Thanks button isn't press more for it.

But thanks do come quite slowly. Never a 1 to 1 on downloads.

I have just recently developed the Facebook to Outlook Contact Sync. The original was downloaded over 200 times. I don't have 200 Thanks. This lets you sync the outlook contact picture with a contacts current facebook profile pic.

I have also developed the following (real programming and support):

Weather City Editor - lets you add custom cities to the weather tab. (this has been downloaded thousands of times.)

Cookie QuickLink Contact Fixer. This fixes contact links after restoring cookie settings after a flash and resync with exchange.

1. Run program to backup contact quicklinks. 2. Export cookie settings. 3. Flash new ROM. 4. Sync with exchange. 5. Restore cookie settings.

Notice that contact quicklinks are messed up.

6. Run my program to restore them. 7. Restart Sense. Notice the quicklinks are correct.

A little outdated, but I also developed for Sense 2.1

Program Tab Toolbox

4 column Program tab mod - ported cookies Lua code to VGA

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Don't feel bad if you are not getting thanked fast enough. People just aren't thanking fast enough.

It's alot like donations. Of the thousands of downloads of the weather city editor, I have received donations from maybe 50 people. Some of them have donated multiple times. The vast majority don't donate.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] enewton10:
I am new to this. I read everything and nothing seems to help. This is my first time flashing a rom. I already installed the hard spl on my htc tilt 2 and i want to start flashing. When i click download, it sends me to hotfile. When i download it, it doesnt work on my comp. like it asks me if i want to open the file with adobe reader. Is there anyway i can download this staight to my sd card in my phone. Please help
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] yellowsnowball:
Hey, that's a 7zip file you download from Hotfile. It's like a zip file. You need to download the latest version of 7zip from their website to open that up. Then extract the two files to a folder somewhere and just run the file that says Rhodium_SoftwareUpgrade.exe. Everything else is just pushing buttons on the pc. Oh, and make sure you're connected to the computer with a USB cable. I think I read about a way to flash it from your card, but I don't remember off hand. Maybe one of the senior guys here could help with that. I think it's super easy to just flash from the pc though. :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] rkub:
To flash from sd card you just need to unzip the file and move the rom to the root of your card making sure the file is named rhodimg.nbh. After you have the file in your storage card hit the reset button while holding the volume down button. this should put you into bootloader mode with the three color screen. bootloader should recognize the rom image in your card and then ask you to hit the power button to start installation of the new rom. After it's finished you should Hard Reset then let the rom bootup and follow onscreen instructions. You might want to also do a Task29 before you flash.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mmalka:
That link takes to one of JVH's posts. I am not JVH.

However, there is a quote to a post of mine when I tested one of your enhancements and it caused some problems, so I abandoned it.

But, if the problem is lack of thanks, here it is THANK YOU.

Not to brag, but just to put things into perspective: I have been an active member for a couple of years. Most of my hundreds of posts were to help people. I developed and maintain the FAQ, I beta test NRGZ's ROMs when he asks, and I report bugs to him.

So far I received 3 donations for a total of about $30, and about 25 thanks. I DO NOT CARE: I don't do this for the money, or to receive thanks. I do this because I like it. So, my satisfaction comes from knowing I am helping someone like I was helped in the beginning, and that I am contributing to improve the ROM I use.

Your contributions are good, with or without "thank you".

Now, can we please move on?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] enewton10:
How do i download the latest version of 7zip from their website to open it up. sorry i feel really stupid and helpless
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] bipinsen:
[OFF TOPIC] Weather widget

Just to mix things about a little bit...

A little while ago, I discovered this weather widget down in the HD2 thread. It had some major problems with using too much data (update every minute!!). But Dunc001, managed to figure out what the problem was. As far as I'm concerned, this is exactly what I needed for a widget. Weather info at a glance!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mmalka:
I will be blunt, so I apologize in advance: if you don't know how to use Google to find 7zip's site and if you don't know how to download and install 7zip, perhaps you should reconsider the idea of flashing a custom ROM, as it is much more complex and risky than downloading and installing 7zip on your PC.

Again, my apologies and no offense intended - just a word of caution that perhaps it would be a good idea to research and learn more before taking action.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] enewton10:
LOL. Thanks alot for your help and i appreciate your honesty
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Joe Bleau:
ROM Feb.01 Tweak: Custom Action Screen v2

Edit: Added an other black version with BIG TEXT in this post.

Before & after:

As I mentioned in previous posts, while the default black & white Action screen found in the EnergyRoms Dec27, Jan 06, Jan 26, Feb 01, etc. the Home > Action screen based on metkosas' icons (Jan 2009) + ammar's mod into a 12 Button Action Screen looks clean, it always takes me a second or two to ID the app which defeats the quick Action access in my case because those icons are not consistent with the other ones found in Sense 2.5 & Co0kie's Home Tab. :confused:

These new custom Action screen images are using the beautiful Firestorm Iconsets by Lechux (buy him a Pepsi if you like them), mixed & matched and modified by me to work with Energy's ROMs for Rhodium (buttons alignment & resizing, text & icons). It only modifies the buttons & icons grid (AS_Bkgd_1.brn), not the resulting default actions when pressing the buttons. No change is made to the registry.

Some people do not use much the Home > Action but it’s different from the widgets on Home as Email will open the email list while the Action > Email will create a new email directly, same for SMS, MMS, etc. Also, I find Action > WiFi Toggle faster than swiping Home to the left to gain Access to the WiFi switch. Action is also quite useful on the light on memory usage Titanium ROMs as it does not have the 2 extra Home tabs found in HTC Sense w/ Co0kie's Home Tab.

How to install:

1- Remove any cabs that you may have installed to modify the Action screen (like Action_Screen_Custom_Image_Joe_Bleau.CAB from my previous post for example) & restart the phone. > Home > Slider bar to Settings > Application > Remove Programs.

2- Copy cab(s) to the memory card & then install them from there with Start > Total Commander

to the Device

. Restart the phone if it does not do it automatically to apply the change.

>>> Before trying another custom Action cab: uninstall the previous one, no need to restart the phone before installing the new one.

Note: To revert to NRG's default Action, just un-install the unwanted cab, no need to restart the phone.

The 3 cabs in the rar are versions w/o text for a cleaner look as it’s not difficult to learn what action the icons represent. I use pure black w/o text for a classy look.

Tested on Sense Feb.01, Jan.26 & NRG's Titanium ROMs. BTW you can easily turn off Sense to try Titanium: > Start > Settings > Personal > Home > Items > select Windows Default instead of HTC Sense. ArkSwitch (tap the left side of the top Taskbar) reports 25% more memory available in my case vs. Sense w/ the Start Panel layout: 127,936 K free. :eek:

:cool: Feedback is always appreciated as it's our only reward for this work. :cool:

Edit: Added an other black version with BIG TEXT in this post.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] job78:
Exact my idea and I think you brought it in a very polite way (in my opinion)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] devehman:
WiFi

Hi, I just downloaded this rom onto my phone and I'm trying to log on to my school's wifi using wifi monster. The thing is that the school's wifi requires both a user name and a password and using wifi monster only let you enter a password. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? when i try to log on, the network gives me this message "this network requires a personal vertificate to positively identify you. " Before i installed this rom, the default tilt 2 settings let me log on to this network. Can anyone help?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] johnhale:
Try not using Wifi Monster....go into Com manager and set up a new wifi connection....let me know if this works or not..
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] devehman:
Yeah I just tried that...The wifi is saying that i need to enter a server to retrieve the certificate, but I checked my network and it tells me to leave the server part blank. Btw, I'm using Purdue's PAL 2.0.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] jezi:
Just checked my wifi and it's not working even if it says connected. Opened up internet explorer and opera browsers and nothing. Anyone else have this problem?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Doo Doo:
i just checked both of my rhodium's & wifi works just fine on both
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Joe Bleau:
Re: WiFi Working Fine & Laptop as Hotspot

Same here the WiFi works fine on my Tilt 2 w/ Energy.RHODIUM.28244.Sense2.5.Cookie.2.0.Feb.01 and using > Start > Comm Manager > Wi-Fi to add Network.

BTW I'm using my wired (or WiFi) to ASDL laptop as a hotspot for the phone & other devices with this awesome free, easy to setup & lightweight app for PC: "Connectify is an easy to use software router for Windows 7 computers". :cool:

@ devehman: In the > Start > Comm Manager > WiFi tab, click Advanced > Enroll to get acces to the window that lets you enter a Username, Password & Server.

Did you select Connect after selecting the available network? Is it password protected? Using > Start > Comm Manager > Wi-Fi, does the network has a check mark (good) on it or a lock? Is the WiFi notification on the Taskbar blue or red indicating a problem?

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[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] jezi:
Connected w/ correct password entered and w/ blue checkmark by the 4 green bars. Blue wifi too on the taskbar. Its probably the wifi router because my pc also has a hard time connecting to the internet and says Local only, unless you go to advance settings, but my mytouch4g connects right away:confused:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] jakfish:
@Joe Bleau--I've been using your Action icons from last week, an integral part of my set-up.

Continuing with the search for a perfect home screen, I've been trying to shed the "location" at the bottom of the clock, but to no avail.

I don't use "weather" and have removed its tab. But I still have "My Location" at the bottom of the home page clock. I have searched for ways to remove this, and this seemed to be the most promising:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=599965&page=2

From the link, this is the meat:

"Found it!

There are two sets of registry settings.

Weather tab:

HKCU\Software\HTC\Manila\Weather.xxxxx

Clock / Weather home tab widget:

HKCU\Software\HTC\Manila\WorldClock.xxxxx

1) Add your desired city in your weather tab.

The first location will be "My Location" (LocalIndex 0)

The subsequent locations will be your cities

2) Change your clock/weather widget location:

HKCU\Software\HTC\Manila\WorldClock.LocalIndex=1 (or 2, or 3, if you have multiple cities)

This change will be effective on reloading your home tab."

But when I tried these reg changes, Sense freaked out and wouldn't ever load and I had a hard time even getting back into regedit to undo the damage.

Can someone suggest another fix?

Jake
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Joe Bleau:
Re: Action Screen & Clock

No need to play w/ the registry: Home > Edit Home Layout > Main Home > tap & hold the clock for the popup menu and click next for variations & note that some of them also have Resize at the bottom of the popup. Note that while there if you tap on Advanced > Main clock: you can uncheck it & remove the clock completely.

If you keep the clock simply swipe upward the main Home tab and you will get a simple black bar w/ the time & see a grid of 16 Quicklinks.

Check the new Action screens I just posted. The new black has pure black buttons instead of the previous one that was dark gray. Also some icons are nicer IMO: ROM Feb.01 Tweak: Custom Action Screen v2.

By using > Home > CHTEditor & Feb 01 ROM Tweak: Home Cleaning Toolbox one can make some radical changes to NRG's default Home tab. One may be served well with just swiping right & left Home, Sliderbar, Action and Start and keep Home clean to show more of the wallpaper. Naturally it depends on your taste & usage.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] wmg316:
Is your router band set at 2.4 GHz or 5.0 GHz. My experience is that I had to set mine at 2.4; my Tilt 2 would not conntect at 5.0
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] jezi:
Thanks, setting it to 2.4Ghz did it! Wish they had that option for our tp2 wifi in case you can't access the router like in a McD's or Starbucks.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] cajunflavoredbob:
That's because the Rhodium can't access that frequency. The 5.0GHz channel is for 802.11a/h/j/n. The Rhodium can only connect via the 2.4GHz frequency which supports 802.11a/g/n, although the 802.11n range is not supported. In order to connect with this device, the access point must allow a connection at 802.11b/g on the 2.4GHz frequency only.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] jakfish:
@Joe Bleau

That did it. I was so busy with the search engine, I missed the solution that was right there all along.

I just installed your new pure black Action Menu. You're right, it is a tiny bit better than last week's, though I like both.

As an aside, last week's cab uninstalled without problem, and the new one installed without complaint.

Jake
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] costinhas:
Divx Movies and Sense 2.5

Hi guys.

This is my first post on this forum.

Is there any way to have a buttom to easily toggle Sense 2.5 off and on again?

There is one to restart it.

With it ON, movies are played really bad either in TCPMP or Coreplayer.

I have searched and did not find any answer to that.

Thanks.

Device 1: HTC Tilt 2 (unlocked Euro STD)

EnergyROM-Rhodium Energy.RHODIUM.28244.Sense2.5.Cookie.2.0.sencity.Feb.01
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Joe Bleau:
Re: Action Screen & Clock

Nah, the new custom Action screen is nicer w/ sharper icon definition as I found the original icon set that BT73 was using w/o attribution. The Action screen is also less bright because the smaller buttons shed less light being black with a darker reflection. I refuse "tiny bit better" for about 2 hours of work! ;)

Glad you managed to tweak your clock to taste & thanks for the feedback. BTW did you see the edit for the Action Screen & Clock post? I added screen captures of Home w/o clock.

Did you remove the weather tab by modifying the registry? There is a simpler way & you can also rearrange the order to have your prefererred tabs shortcuts appear in the Sliderbar on Home: > Home > Slider to Settings > Personalize > Home screen tabs. Unselect unwanted & tap & hold to move up/down.

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[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] wmg316:
Works good; looks nice. Thanks!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] JVH3:
[EDIT] This was suppose to be a reply to the post requesting a way to easily stop and start Sense. Reply with RapidRead does not auto quote the post you are replying to. I saw that it didn't but RapidRead does not offer the ability to edit a post and I a was away from my computer. I thought about posting again, but figured that would be 1 more bad post. RapidRead looks promising, but it is still too buggy. [/EDIT]

if someone doesn't post something before tomorrow and I don't find one,i will write an app. it can also be done with mortscript

Sent using RapidRead!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] cajunflavoredbob:
What can??
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Joe Bleau:
It's already tomorrow in Australia. :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] jakfish:
@Joe Bleau--it's all good. And I did figure out the excising of the weather tab. B/w your recent cabs and the help of other users and their links, I've got my home page looking the way I like.

Many thanks,

Jake