yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Joe Bleau:
Re: New NRG ROMs w/ Youtube HQ Sound Fix

Thanks. Are the new ones dated Mar.30 as I can see only Mar.29 @ the present?

BTW what are the differences between "Standard" and "Reference" found on your site? Their respective descriptions are not to clear about it.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] NRGZ28:
They will be labeled Mar 30.. of course.

Reference is slimmed down and all green.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mmalka:
Thanks NRGZ

I am traveling on vacation and today I decided to get up to date with the posts here. After reading 100s of posts I noticed one thing: NRGZ is back to actively participating on this thread! This is just great, as he will keep all of us honest and hopefully get useful input from us.

THANKS NRGZ!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mwalt2:
What system drivers did you replace to get it working? It would be great if someone would share this info ;).
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Joe Bleau:
Re: XDA_UC Links

That's my point: why indirectly instead of being clearly labeled? And added to post #7 as it is the XDA_UC FAQ post after all. ;)

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"...This is just great, as he will keep all of us honest" - That's some kind of humour, right? :confused:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Joe Bleau:
Re: Standard & Reference ROMs Links & GTX Typo

Thanks for the reply but if I go to both Standard ROM page and Reference ROM pages & click on download for TP2 > English, they both open the same Hotfile page that says:

That's why I was asking about the difference.

BTW on the Standard ROM page, the last phrase is: "GTX is a total reskin of the operating system, so expect a very different (white) experience". Probably some pasting mistake. ;)

Edit: Do you want a cookie cookie Chichi? Energy.RHODIUM.21916.Sense2.5.Cookie.Cookie.2.0.Mar.30.7zb :)

Edit 2: What is the difference between those 2 files in the Energy flavor Hotfile page?

Energy.RHODIUM.29017.Sense2.5.Cookie.Cookie.2.0.Mar.30 vs.

Energy.RHODIUM.29017.Sense2.5.Cookie.Mar.30
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] NRGZ28:
Well in the case of my ROM.. qtv.dll and mp4 decoder.dll. Of course, that wont work in all situations for this problem :) But it did, for my ROM :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] JVH3:
Flashing Energy.RHODIUM.29017.Sense2.5.Cookie.Cookie.2.0.Ma r.30 - YouTube HQ works!

Flashing Energy.RHODIUM.29017.Sense2.5.Cookie.Cookie.2.0.Mar.30

This is not going to have full details, since it is late. Just doing some basic testing. Reporting on YouTube. If I see anything wrong before getting sleep I will include in this post as well.

ROM Flashed Fine. Did not run XDA_UC. Inserted SIM and set up for AT&T.

Tested and verified that You Tube worked. Tested it with the Cat Fight video that we have used as the reference for this problem. Worked perfect.

Hard resetting now and letting XDA_UC run - of course this is all done with the SIM removed.

Synched exchange over WiFi. Synched email accounts over WiFi. inserted SIM.

You Tube played cat fight in HQ perfect.

I've gone throught most tabs. All is looking perfect with the ROM.

You Tube HQ works with sound after XDA_UC as well. Figured that it would not matter, but I wanted to test this independantly.

The issue I was having with the facebook tab with the last ROM did not occur with this ROM.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Joe Bleau:
Re: Energy.RHODIUM.29017.Sense2.5.Cookie.2.0.Mar.30

Same ROM & same Youtube HQ mode sound fixed as reported by JVH3 above.

Memory usage: after restarting twice w/o SIM, ArkSwitch reports 81.44 MB free RAM memory (for running other programs).

With SIM, after restarting twice: 77.4 MB free, locking the phone once, opening once all the folders & sub-folders in the Start Menu including the ones found under the Settings tab, opening once the Home > Slider > Weather and Settings tabs: 67.5 MB free RAM memory only.

Important for those w/o an unlimited data plan or if you want better battery life: by default > Home > Slider to Settings > Data Service > Weather is set to Download data automatically every 1 hour and Download when roaming is enabled!

Thanks NRGZ28 for updating the Rhodium ROMs. :cool:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] JVH3:
Donation - $25.00 - Confirmation number: 8FL30619KW618033D

Donation - $25.00 - Confirmation number: 8FL30619KW618033D

The Cookie 2.0 March 30 29017 ROM flies. And the You Tube Fix works perfect.

Hope this encourages others to do the same.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Joe Bleau:
Well you gave enough for both of us. :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] puschel_1:
Hey guys,

really great work!!!

I have some questions.

I have a Rhodium from T-Mobile Germany (unlocked) and flashed an O²-ROM:

1.89.207.2 (69719) GER 10/23/09

with Radio 4.49.25.17

I don't understand following things:

2.Disable XDA_UC and the like

3.Perform Task29 on the phone

Are they necessary for me?

Is it possible to downgrade to my existing ROM after installing your ROM?

Be sure, I will donate if it works, my ROM is so SLOW!!!

Thanks and bye,

Flo
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] awalt:
Donation $10.00 - Confirmation number: 9CL17787GD003241D.

I am very grateful to have NRGZ28 sharing this ROM, and for all the support available on this forum. Thanks!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mmalka:
1- XDA_UC is a process that can automatically install programs and configure your phone after you flash a new ROM. You can enable or disable it if you want. Read post #7 for more info about it.

2- Task29 is a tool used to wipe your phone out clean (like a hard disk format) to ensure all remnants of the previous ROM were removed before you flash a new ROM. It is not mandatory, but a lot of people do it just to play it safe. Do a search on Task29 to learn more.

3- DO NOT flash a custom ROM before learning more about it. There is a nice post explaining all the details and step-by-step instructions. The link to it can be found on the FAQ, which I suggest you read too.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] puschel_1:
Ok, thanks for your explanation. I did nothing in my existing ROM with XDA_UC, so no problem I think.

I read your FAQ, thanks ;) But there was no information about downgrading.

Flashing my existing ROM was ~1,5 years ago, since then no activities in this case. So sorry for the noob questions.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] jerryhou85:
No need to downgrade, I usually just directly flash the ROM into my TP2. Nothing wrong happened yet. :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] JVH3:
Read these 2 sticky threads. At least the first few posts.

Hard-SPL Unlocker for Rhodium

Flashing your First GSM Rhodium Rom

It is VERY IMPORTANT that you put Hard SPL on your phone before flashing a custom ROM. With a Stock ROM, you don't need to do this, but with custom ROMs, such as this, it is required.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] JVH3:
donations / values put into perspective

In the United States, in Las Vegas, where NRGZ28 lives, my donation will not even fully cover a nice dinner for just himself. I assume he has a wife or girlfriend that puts up with him spending countless hours making / tweaking ROMs for us.

He used to spend $120 per month for internet, just so he could upload the ROMs to us faster.

His website is not free. I am sure that is at least $5 per month, possibly $10.

Most Importantly

His time is worth the most, since he has extreme skill an incredible knowledge that very few possess.

And we are fortunate that he shares his work with us and still makes ROMs for us. He does not even use his Rhodium. He only has it to help make better ROMs for us.

I figure, $25 is cheaper that going to the movies and getting 2 tickets, 2 pops and a bucket of popcorn. And the ROM provides way more value to me.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] healthylaff:
CDMA TP2 is stuck on white screen with HTC Logo--desperate for help...

HISTORY:

I recently installed

Step 1 - unlock the ROM - RhodiumW Hard-SPL

Step 2 - Energy.RHODCDMA.28244.Sense2.5.Cookie.2.0.Feb.19.7z

and it was working ok (not perfectly, had to reboot fairly often and the phone would freeze more often than I wanted), but then I tried to install PocketQuicken 2.5 PPC and the phone want bezerk, so I removed PocketQuicken, but TP2 would not sync with my PC any longer...

So I wiped the phone (from the icon in the UI) and then reinstalled Energy.RHODCDMA.28244.Sense2.5.Cookie.2.0.Feb.19.7z on phone, and Windows Mobile Device Center on PC... still no sync...

I tried to install Energy.RHODIUM.29017.Sense2.5.Mar.29.7z just now with no luck (no connection could be established).

Tried with a different USB to MiniUSB cable, rebooted phone and PC multiple times, and still no luck (should have tried another PC, but too late now)

After several more tries, I got the loader "Rhodium_SoftwareUpgrade.exe" screens to work with the latest ROM, but when the install of the Mar.29.7z version completed, it wouldn’t work properly. I now only get the White Screen w/green HTC logo.

In other words, I’m losing ground, as I cannot use the phone at all, when before, it simply wasn’t syncing!

HELP, please...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] jakfish:
Have you used Task 29 before flashing?

Jake
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] cajunflavoredbob:
Did you miss the big red letters in the first post that said this ROM was for the GSM version of the Rhodium. You flashed the wrong ROM according to your post. You need to go to the PPC Geeks website and download the CDMA version to flash. If it won't flash via USB, then rename the NBH file to RHODIMG.nbh and transfer it to the root directory of your SD card. This will allow you to flash it directly from the bootloader.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] healthylaff:
I don't believe so... what is it? Where do I get information about it? How do I "use" it?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mwalt2:
You flashed a GSM ROM to your phone. That is why it won't boot. Put it in bootloader (hold vol down and push power button at the same time, starting with the phone off). Then connect usb cable and flash a CDMA ROM to your phone :). I'm pretty sure nrg puts 'RHODCDMA' in the title of his CDMA ROMs, so make sure you grab the right one. If it only says Rhodium, it's GSM.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] NRGZ28:
Thanks a lot guys. Really appreciate it!! :p:)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mwalt2:
Thanks, but what qtv.dll did you replace it with? The 4 or 5 rhodium ROMs I have dumped currently all have the same version (2008.6.22.0). The dll doesn't seem to be in newer roms (which I suppose is because the new htc devices aren't based on the old qualcomm stuff).
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] awalt:
I flashed to the Energy.RHODIUM.29017.Sense2.5.Cookie.Cookie.2.0.Mar30 without problems. My prior ROM was the Mar 15 version, so a few things I notice that were updated at least for me:

1. Red contact background on Contact tabs fixed, as others have reported. Don't need the cab now.

2. I didn't have to install the cab for the AT&T Tilt 2 KB keys at the bottom to map correctly. I may have messed this up somehow in a prior release, not sure. But fine now!

3. Cat Fight HQ video has audio and looks great.

Nice job, good ROM!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] healthylaff:
I've been working on this for two days and my brain is fried. I could have sworn I obtained the Energy ROM from http: // forum.ppcgeeks.com /cdma-tp2-development/86489-rhodium-cdma-energy-mar-30-21916-29017-sense-2021-a.html

But you're right, I don't see CDMA in the file name, and that should have been my first clue, because I clearly saw the RED warning, so thanks... I'll try to put it on the root of the microSD.

Any other tips/suggestions?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] jakfish:
Do what CFB said: go to the FAQ, and go from there to info on Task 29, hard reset, etc.

Jake
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] jakfish:
Anybody Else Have Video Playback Problem?

Is is just my specs, or is anybody having big trouble with video mp4 playback with this Energy.RHODIUM.29017.Sense2.5.Cookie.Cookie.2.0.Mar.30.7z ROM?

Edit: I'm referring to video files on the SD card.

When I start playing videos that played fine in all other previous ROMS, they're jerky with huge skips, unwatchable. Either at stock or 748 speed.

Anybody else?

Jake
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] NRGZ28:
Got a sample file I can play on my phone to see what you're talking about ?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] jakfish:
Well, these are movies, so let me see if I can make a snippet and upload here. What's the file size limit here?

Jake

Edit: okay, here we go. This video on my T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro 2 will jerk constantly.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] NRGZ28:
Okay... looking into it.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] hefman:
While you are tinkering, maybe you can look into the BT audio issue. Here is one of the posts talking about it.

I haven't tried either of the last two roms to see if it has been addressed though. If not, maybe you can have a look.

Thanks for spending some time with us. Donation coming shortly, BTW...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] healthylaff:
Thanks, everybody. I got it reflashed with Energy.RHODCDMA.29017.Sense2.5.Mar.30.7z (took some massaging trial and error, but ended well--make sure you reformat your SD card to FAT 32, as that may have caused some of the issues, as well as tether/untether from the PC--tough to get the unit turned off without unteathering when it's in the white screen of death mode.

and it looks good on the phone...

Now, I have to get it to tether to my PC... I'm still getting an error message on Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC) on my Windows 7 laptop...

Any pearls of wisdom, gang?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] NRGZ28:
Will look into it. Still waiting for feeedback from the CDMA crowd that got a new BT stack in yesterday's ROMs.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] DuChene:
​

I don't know if the problem was appeared, but on the version Energy.RHODCDMA.29017.Sense2.5.Cookie.2.0.Mar.21, and I think persists in the version GSM, because basically both are the same thing just differentiating in the net type CDMA/GSM.

I noticed that the consumption of energy of my apparel increased and a lot. same incapacitating access to the internet, it continues removing a lot of energy of the battery.

When I need to use the calculator, for simple thing, the use from 3 to 4 minutes consumes 5% of energy. Before they ask the screen shine it is in automatic.

Some idea of the one what can that excessive consumption be?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] albedo1:
on off

When I make a call once the screen blanks it will not come back on and using the phone in day time once i move the phone at an angle of moving into shadow the screen goes into standby. I use advanced config and had changed the sensor polling things from 0, 5 and 10 (not sure what it goes to or what to do with it really tbh) in an effort to just turn it off. The sensor is suposed to only be active in a call so whats happened to it to behave like this and are the two problems related?

On a secondary but equally/ probably more important note the radio that i have installed for UK use gives a very poor signal. What radio is recommended with this rom on a TP2 in the UK?

Thanks a bunch
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] josemald:
Sometimes, I don't know why, the battery doesn't fully charge even if the LED turned green. You'll notice that as soon as you unplug the phone the battery stat starts to go down, and loses a lot of battery for simple things, like you describe. Try plugging it inmediately, you'll notice it'll take a long time before the LED changes from orange to green.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] healthylaff:
SYNC-electomy without insurance...

SYNC-electomy definition = (unable to sync TP2 to Windows 7 PC after spending 3 days f#@&ing around with it, ready to go postal, losing massive amounts of hair, need help)

Okay, guys, I was still unable to "connect" to my PC, so no sync. This all started when I tried to install PocketQuicken for PPC and neither my TP2 or my PC reacted well, so I unloaded it, but was left with Sync Problems...

I tethered the cdma TP2 (seems to be working fine now with the latest Energy.RHODCDMA.29017.Sense2.5.Mar.30.7z) to an identical Toshiba Laptop to mine (a friend and I bought them together on clearance from BB) and it worked flawlessly:

Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC) appeared...

PC prompted me that the phone was tethered

Asked if I wanted to set up WMDC to sync with the device.

So, now I know it's a problem with my PC, so I...

Removed my device settings from WMDC on my laptop

Uninstalled the WMDC software from Control Panel

Tethered my TP2 to MY laptop===>>

RESULTS:

Nothing! I hear the tone like I'm connecting a USB device, but no green screen of WMDC or any prompts to connect specific devices, set profiles, activesync--zip.

Can anyone help me resolve this? It's obviously something on my PC as the troubleshoot worked great with the exact same laptop PC, owned by my friend...

TIA
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] jakfish:
I don't own Win7, but I have an obvious question: have you run a system restore on the laptop? And if so, have you used cc cleaner or some other reg flusher?

It sounds as if you need to roll back to before the app installation on the desktop.

Jake
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] wmg316:
110% agree!!

Donation - $20 - Confirmation number: 4PW250023K2931919

Sorry...tax time :o

EDIT:

This build may have sold me on 29xxx vs. 282xx!!

This is the fastest, most fluid build I've seen in a while.

I love stats...but stats cannot measure against the feel in my hand...and this build ROCKS!!

Thanks NRGZ28
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] hefman:
There are situations where the computer's USB port can develop an issue and stop working with ActiveSync or MSDC. There are some threads on here related to that or you might just try another USB port.

Another trick that often works for me is to uncheck the "Enable faster data transfer..." (or whatever it is called) in the USB-to-PC settings.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] martian07:
Transparent Toggle Switch for sencity v2

Thanks for the input. I flashed 29th, will wait for the other fixes. Agree with you for the screen real estate, so I went and modified the ON icon like this.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] martian07:
Sorry Double post.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] jakfish:
@martian7

Nice work there. I copied your new image to my desktop and will play with that.

Yes, with the 3/30 ROMs, video playback from the sd card is a tough go. But the chef is on it, and I'm hoping that his fix makes the video play back even better than previous ROMs.

Jake
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Joe Bleau:
Re: Donation to Chefs & App Creators Links & Thanks

I understand the arguments and that's why I made a 2 small donations on Dec. 2010 & at the end of Feb. 2011.

Not to diminish in anyway the value of the work done by a chef when he puts together a ROM + his tweaks & in this case his settings exporter app may I point out that w/o the Microsoft/HTC OS and the all the apps & tweaks made by other creators incorporated in the ROM then there would not be any custom ROM.

The creators of major useful apps and tweaks found in Energy's ROMs also have costs and merit tips & thank you's IMO.

That's why I made this post that did not get any reply yet. Basically it's to link & say thanks to the threads and people that made a custom ROM possible, like many other chefs do in their threads: Thanks & Links to Cooked-in Apps Creators in NRG ROM?.

When I was a total noob to custom ROMs. I naively thought that the chefs were the ones that made all the tweaks/apps found in their ROMs.

A shining example to follow IMO in the spirit of XDA's collaboration & attribution philosophy, from Laurentius26's HD2 Gold ROM thread:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] DuChene:
This is a possibility, but I also remind that in my Wiz200 had the same problem with a rom X2A done by Haseeb. It was a development flaw, it does not mean that the same has happened.

I program in jsp, java and javascript; an only comma or quotation marks can provoke a mistake or great mistake.

But the subject is that all the custon roms that I already used, of Haseeb, Crasin, Faria, Hong, Crossbow, Octaivoi and other (for Wiz200 and for Samsung Omnia Pro2), in some way they consume more energy than the original.

Perhaps it is an original mistake of the own Microsoft, because I already observed that not only WinMo, but as Windows XP and Vista they consume a lot of battery in tablets, but not in notebooks.

But I find better I create a thread on the subject.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] hefman:
There are literally thousands of users who have contributed to rom flashing, tools and apps in all sorts of ways that are used by many chefs. Would you suggest NRG recognize each and every one of them? I'm sure Laurentis missed several. Should we go find out who they are and mention it to him?

None of us know whether NRG donates to any of the developers of the tools he uses. In my opinion, that is between him and them. I have yet to see one developer come on here and complain that he is not being given proper credit. I do know that NRG is active on may of those creators' threads, offering his assistance. NRG is clear about using developer's names in much of the major work he uses (for example, CookieMonster, Dinik, _LeCiel_, etc.). The only example that you previously felt was so important to bring up was Quickmenu, which was last updated over two years ago and the creator isn't even an active member of XDA.

As one who used to cook roms regularly and tried my hand at creating a public custom rom, I can tell you it is not easy -- with or without the tools that have been developed. Cooking a rom with all the tools you mention is one thing -- making it a stable and fast rom that people want to use is a totally different thing. I am not taking anything away from the developers, it's just that your tone in this post makes it sound as if you think NRG is somehow just cashing in on their work.