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[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] ralphusion:
Yes, XDAndroid does get very hot on extended usage and hogs up battery as well. Then again, we need to ask ourselves, was it really meant to run on the diamond? The team at XDAndroid have done a fantastic job making it work on our devices, but the fact remains that it will likely never run as well on hardware that wasn't built with that OS in mind. I use Android to primarily browse some neat apps on the app store, download and play around with core feats, and still boot back to winmo for all my key phone functions.

First up norgan, thanks indeed for your kind words. On the topic of UIs, well ... to be quite frank here, I've never really stuck guns on a single home UI. I keep trying out all there is out there. But amongst my top favorites, it's a tie between Home2 PointUI & Mobile Shell. These two apps give plently of customization features and their widgets/plugins/themes can make your phone look like the most sophisticated device on the planet and at the same time keep you productive. I won't dismiss Manila/Sense off entirely, but it's really meant for better hardware. Perhaps for future versions, HTC'll hire some mighty pistols here on XDA who've slogged their a** out to build/port sense to a number of device resolutions now, and made them quick and responsive as hell.

A lot of guys are working on new UI forms, some using existing core engines (viz. maxycy - Max Sense), some starting from scratch (viz. Androkidd, some more i can't remember). They're all in their inception stage and have some way to go, but definitely worth a try and worth your appreciation to keep them going.

To sum up (this is what I'd do at least), you can always default to and pick a good widget/theme for Mobile Shell or Pointui Home2 (or actually even Titanium - I know, not everyone is a fan, but sometimes simplicity does it) and see how it works for you. The good thing is that you can choose to take it off and try something else that fits the bill whenever, wherever, however. A choice that remains in your hand (no pun intended) :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] ralphusion:
:) maybe a new look M&M then?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] cdynu:
Thank you !

Very ,very ,very ,very good rom !(ral gt1f )
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] PCPhil:
This is a seriously nice ROM.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] dr g frag:
I use this rom since version C and now the F.

Very good rom ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] kantabrii:
It´s not a good rom , It´s the best rom for diamond :D:D:D:D:D:D

Thank you
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] alnug:
Being a fan of BSB..I am so glad someone has carried out building such high quality ROMs!! I also have no need for Sense...Mobile shell all the way here and maybe Ageye's new UI when it's finished!

Thanks for the rom Ralphusion..long may it continue!

Also can I ask a question regarding performance. You see many posts about people trying to optimise the speed of teh Diamond using Cache tweaks in Advanced Config.....could i ask if you recommend we leave this alone since maybe you have already optimised it for the size of pagepool you use?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] kimo_ig:
found two really odd bugs!

password lock number keys graphics are all missed up!! when you slide the lock slider to unlock then you cancel the password entry, screen get missed up and some traces of the text and the buttons are left and remain till I soft-reset!! (forgive me, i just love the password lock, although most dislike it :) )

Another thing, sometimes I don't find the settings icon in the honeycomb menu!!!

I confirm that I've used MTTY wisely before flashing and did a nice clean hard-reset after flashing!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] kimo_ig:
You're damn right!!:D One my top favorite ROMs that I've used!!:cool:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] bankai03:
You should flash the ROM with HTC original ROM and then the Ral.GT1f because this concerns do not appear on our HTC.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] ralphusion:
Yep, I just checked the screen lock pin screen is indeed jumbled a bit. I'll try and fix this in the next release.

The settings icon not being visible is a new thing and I haven't faced this.

Thanks alnug. On the performance bit, yes the ROM is optmized for pagepool 8 right now and playing around with cache may just break things slightly (not much). My advise is to leave it as is in this ROM.

:) thanks guys
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] cryingcupid:
I have one suggesion for my personal preference. Can Google maps provided for a CAB file? Because I always reinstall it again in internal storage to save the memory for google map cache file.

And one more, opera beta3 released, will you update it in the next version?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] norgan:
on the performance thing i have up'ed the pagepool to 14mb and it runs nice, but to be fair it runs bloody nice with 8mb page pool too lol

as for system caches, i dont notice a huge difference. this is the smoothest and fastest rom that isn;t completely stripped out.

good compromise between gooey feel good and smooth fast response ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Phumetto:
Beutiful and really fast ROM!!!! I'm soooo happy! :D

Also for me has get freezing in first boot, but it just take to reboot, and then all has go ok!!!

Only ONE thing......WHY all BsB ROMs has titanium wallpaper cutted on top and bottom bar????? This is the only thing thet I can't understand!!! Please correct!!!!

WONDERFUL ROM, HOWEVER!!!! :cool:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] kimo_ig:
That's a theme issue! Apply another theme and see if it works!:rolleyes:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Phumetto:
I'm sorry my friend, I've already tried your method, but nothing changed.

Who's next? :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] disher:
thanks a lot for the rom. running very smooth so far-
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] cryingcupid:
I have a problem that one file "ncFiltLog.menc" apeared in the internal storage after flash the rom, and I can't delete the file...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] kimo_ig:
May be all the themes have small embeded wallpapers! you can try to install any new theme and see if it works. try "Condor GT Black Edition", and you'll like it!:D

Check it Here
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] louien:
pls help... the album icon in honeycomb menu is not working... is there anything i can with this to work... thanks

BTW ur rom is really great... :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] _RooN_:
Very, very nice ROM! Speed and responsiveness are great, loving it so far (using it for two days).

Two remarks:

I cannot get HSDPA working with this ROM (Vodafone NL). I have tried it using the included connection manager but also setting it manually. Data connection is good, but it always stays in (terribly slow) GPRS mode. I don't have this problem in other roms, where it connects perfectly with HSDPA. I have looked at every setting possible and I'm out of ideas...Any thoughts on this? I use radio 1.15.25.14.

edit: looks like this is because it doesn't connect to the Vodafone network in 3G mode. Why this is? I have no idea...Reconnecting to the network does not solve a thing. I'll try a new radio, maybe that solves it.

I do not like the original WinMo contacts list. I prefer the HTC 'alphabet-letters-on-the-right' style. Any change to include in future roms?

Keep it up :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] cryingcupid:
I think the first maybe just because you don't turn on the "3G" in Comm management. The default is set to off. And the second contact problem, you can set it in the option in the contact.

Does anyone also got a stranged .menc file in the internal storage after flashing the rom....
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] _RooN_:
Omfg...:eek: You're the best! I cannot believed I missed that! I assumed that 'Airplane mode' was the last option there, not realizing that there could be other option.

@chef; maybe a good idea to put 'Set to 3G' right beneath the 'Data connection' switch in the comm mgr?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] anthony82:
quote:

Some odd issues (reported in other forums) for this new build (23529):

* After Flashing during first bootup, the screen freezes on the align screen

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my screen is freezed...and now?

tried to soft reset...and it freezed againg...how can I skip align screen?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] anthony82:
ok...hardreset....solved...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] anthony82:
testing this rom for ~10h, no issues!

a tip:

on bsb there are a task manager more complete (I can start and stop also the services)..with this one (made by makeveral) I can't do nothing...only kill a process...

I suggest to add an advanced task manager with all those features.

btw REALLY good rom!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] anthony82:
another suggestion:

change DisableSMSWakeUpEvent from 1 to 0!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] ralphusion:
I see lotsa new posts. Haven't been able to respond yet ... Sorry ye all, I've been a little caught up with work and also traveling a bit this week.

Noted some of the bugs. Please give me some time to respond to each of you.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Arkaitz:
Lock screen

Hi,

I have been reading the previous comments and I thought that this bug was already fixed in the version C but apparently still remains in the new version F.

I am not able to slide and unlock the telephone with an incoming call, I tried smartlock and BSB autolockcreen and the same result.

Great ROM by the way.....

Thanks

Arkaitz
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] norgan:
can't wait for the 23534 based build ;) hehe

meanwhile i'm still trying to figure all this rom cooking stuff out and hoping to one day make a rom even close to yours :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] fuxl66:
Actual I am using on my HD2 Dutty´s Taskmanager to switch between apps, but I am searching for a fingerfriendlier app. I already tested showcase but I think this app slow down my HD2.

So I want to ask you which one do you use/prefer on your HD2. Please give me your feedback.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Archer:
I couldn't get Dutty's to work for me, so I can't comment on it. I did, however, get the TouchX Taskmanager working, and much prefer that as it's basically the task manager that I was used to from my Diamond & HD.

If you want that, it's in the 1st post of this thread...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=584415

That's an excellent thread, full of tweaks and tips.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] fuxl66:
Thanks for your reply. I have already tested TouchX´s Taskmanager and its the same like Dutty´s. I am searching for more fingerfriendlier app like showcase.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] muntos:
Taskfacade
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] dXsL:
try hitting the SEARCH button on this forum, and type "showcase" ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] fards:
Xtask.. not the prettiest and maybe not the easiest to use at first but it works..

no install..

so you need to:

extract it, run the exes, press the two down arrows on the menu that pops up,

then choose "other" and "settings" and have a play (such as disable take over start menu)

similar style icons to wktask across the top, X button remapping in 6.5.x screen resizing in the same.

And almost as much power as fdc taskmanager.

It's great I love it :)

ideally set a shortcut to it in startmenu/programs, so you can set it to long press send button.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] fgth90:
Another one

Personnaly, I use MobilityFlow Touch Commander (only the task manager) wich is really fingerfriendly.

Hope it helps.

Franky
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] marko68:
I suggest this one, I think that is the best taskmanager and works perfect on HD2:

http://downloads.ziddu.com/downloadfile/7668922/Test.zip.html

or:

http://rapidshare.com/files/330224846/Test.cab.html
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] lpsi2000:
Okay, so what is the name of this apps and where can we find additional information on it.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Mahagon Coral:
This cab happens to be the sony ericson task manager (I'm quite convinced it's the one from the X2), if I am correct ...

Definitely a great task manager, but I think it's pretty similiar to the one from HTC ...

- with (at least it feels like) better performance and more information

- but without the percentage of used ram being shown as in HTC's
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] marko68:
Exactly it is the X2 task manager and I think is Great, much better than the one from HTC. It shows: telephone memory (total in use, free), total memory (total in use, free), memory card (total in use, free), sim contacts (total in use, free), sms on sim.

Also shows every working application and you can terminate it
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] fuxl66:
I have tested Taskfacade and I love it. it works like a charm! pretty nice.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] robrax:
Hi. I've been using my hermes for a while now and playing with different upgrades without ever having a problem. I've never tried to use mobile internet (GPRS/3G/EDGE) before though. I started trying recently when my ISP became so bad i could barely load a webpage.

No matter what i do the hermes wont even attempt to connect. (I used my electic guitar pickups to detect the radio bleeps. I get them when making a call but not when attempting gprs).

Here is a rough outline of the roms i remember trying:

Schaps 4.30 (with whatever radio it came with)

CRCs 13.4 (with the radio it came with and with 1.48 radio to try and get connected)

Orange UK rom (SPV_M3100_ROMUpdate_0407), radio 1.38

(all with Hard-SPL-2.10 installed)

I'm on Orange UK, and I've even tried downgrading to the latest orange rom (the one with 1.38 radio). Still no joy. I bought the one day access to orange world thing (about 4 times :O), and tried connecting using orange internet and orange wap connections.

Is my radio forever fried/bricked for some reason? Any help would be appreciated, as I dont fancy trying to get my old imate sp5 to connect to the net :). Looks like I might be forking out for a new phone :(

PS. Wifi internet works fine, as do voice calls.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] ultramag69:
Did you check the MMS/WAP settings as these are lost when loading a new rom. Either run the carrier configurator (if included in the ROM) or get the settings from your provider and do it manually...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] robrax:
Thanks for the reply ultramag. I tried the configurator when I had the CRC 13.4 rom installed. It seemed to set up the settings for wap the same as on oranges configuration site. I assumed that my phone must be being blocked for not being an orange rom or the radio version was incompatible. I then tried radio version 1.48 as i read somewhere that this worked with orange uk. Then i tried installing the orange full phone rom including orange version of wm5 and the orange radio rom 1.38. I suspect this could be a physical hardware fault as i have opened up the phone before to fix the earphone speaker and camera.

I wonder is the voice call chip separate from the one that does GPRS? or is it a one chip deal?

Also, it is a very old sim card. Could this contribute in any way?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] ryannathans:
mmm if its an old sim card it probably cant do 3g but gprs should work.

perhaps your current radio rom does not support data somehow? or you havent got all your settings configured properly... its all i can think of...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] robrax:
I tried a vodafone payg sim card from someone elses phone, and it came up with a 3G symbol on the start bar at the top. I couldnt connect however, but according to the vodafone website you dont have to explicitly pay to get to the www.live.vodafone.com site? Or am I wrong?

Getting the 3G symbol with vodafone suggests I might be getting close to a solution here. Also connecting and disconnecting the 3g box on comm manager caused radio bleeps which suggests it is capable of 3g. Looks like my beef is with orange/vodafone and not the Hermes. Typical!

Thanks for all your help guys. I'll post if it ever works.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] ryannathans:
try your carriers website for gprs specific settings =) i know i had to edit my settings before mine would work..
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] robrax:
Problem solved

I've finally sold this problem. It was the SIM card and nothing to do with the phone. I never managed to get through to Orange tech support because theyre useless (last time i phoned they said their tech support systems would be down for 5 hours).

A friend had an Orange SIM and I tried MMS (which uses GPRS) with his SIM in the Hermes and it worked fine. I then tried it with my SIM and it failed as usual. Sorry for wasting peoples time with this.

P.S. Orange sucks. I will be switching service ASAP.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] fallakka:
Hi all, sorry if this has been asked before but i HAVE searched for this in the forum but couldn't find anyone with the same question..

i have an unlocked orange HTC Touch Pro 2. There is an official Orange W6.5 ROM upgrade from HTC's website and it is the one that is supported with my serial number..

my question is, will i "lose" the unlocking (and therefore the device will be locked to orange sims again) if i upgrade my rom? or will that not be affected?

thanks
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] fallakka:
answer

ok so since noone answered and i had downloaded the update and couldnt wait any longer to try it out, i went ahead and did the update..

for anyone who has the same question as i had, i now have wm6.5 :) all went well, 10min update, no problems at all. sim is also still unlocked and all works well :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] irkan:
congratz, but i would have waited if i were you :P, how is Orange WM6.5? any slowness you are experiencing? specially with the Manila 2.1?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] fallakka:
too late now :P no slowness at all.. very responsive. i actually had the mobile for just 1 day before this update so i might not be able to tell any difference in speed but it seems to have remained exactly the same in my opinion.. in the 'today items' settings, it says 'HTC Sense' but it seems like a colorfull TouchFlo3D to me XD weather gets your location and shows you the weather on the home screen under the clock. 'start' menu and other menus like settings are now in honeycomb style..

still getting used to it and discovering new stuff but so far so good :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] drew37:
Similar issue

Hi

Similar situation but dumb question....

unlocked/unbranded TP2 on 02...i have downloaded the proper 6.5 update from HTC..months ago but wary of installing it.

I have made numerous tweaks (all frome here...thank u very much) and lots of of programs / apps etc...do i lose all of that with the upgrade from 6.1 to 6.5 ?

Tried to search on here...and elsewhere....sorry in advance.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] fallakka:
as far as i know you will lose any installed apps, any files, messages, contacts etc that are stored on the phone.. so back-up all you need on the flash card before you do it.. software will probably need to be re-installed afterwards though..
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] husker91:
Yes you will lose everything that is stored on main memory
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] drew37:
Thanks for that...i guessed as much.

Leadign on from that...I can no longer conect via usb cable....hasnt beening working for about a week....wont activesync either.

Been using the charger that came with the phone...and it started to play up..ie had to fiddle with cable to get the charging light to stay on.

also have two desktop cradles for the TP2 and they work fine charging but no usb...any setting on the phone / tweak that can be done...any reset that may help....have obvuiously switched off and on and even left battery out for 10 mins...help !!!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] fallakka:
go in settings - connections - USB to PC...

what are your settings in there?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] troii1818:
some screen keypad, must bigger than the default keypad in phone.. any links or suggestions. thanks in advance
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rudegar:
the vga [phonepad] is pretty good got t9 too
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] troii1818:
where can i download that can u give me a link.. and how can i disable the default screen keypad in my phone??.. thanks in advance,
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rudegar:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=312235

and use the program called sip change if you want to change the default keyboard to this or something else for that matter
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rodloppe:
fingerkeyboard2

They are free and I have it installed on my Xperia!:)
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akhil:
Under clocking a processor doesn't actually saves battery. Infact on slowing down a processor , a work is done more slowly than usual which would drain the same amount of battery when the processor is in normal speed.
[HTC Excalibur] turtle1981:
Hey fellas Im new to this sort of thing but I was lookin for different fonts such as old english etc.. etc.. If somebody could post a few links to .cab downloads id appreciate it, thanks. I have an HTC S620 aka HTC EXCaLIBUR.. Thanks again!
[HTC Excalibur] 10507:
You have to edit the CPR with the font that you like. Place new font in windows directory of phone and edit CPR with new font. There is a link to the thread on how to edit your CPR in sticky.

Good luck,
[HTC Excalibur] turtle1981:
Are there any .cabs that I can download for fonts and also how would I find a file name of a font that I want to use? Im kinda leerie about adjusting anything in my registry only because I dont wanna brick my phone an what not, thanks fellas..
[HTC Excalibur] 10507:
I don't think anyone has made a .cab for this yet, however there is a tutorial on how to change your phone's font. You can look here for it [TUT] Changing the system and menu fonts, and fonts can be found here http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=107
[HTC Excalibur] turtle1981:
well fellas Iv got good news, I got the old english text for my opera mini browser but Im still tryin to figure out how to get My system font on the phone itself to change. I seen somethin about changing the cpr but where in My phone is the cpr Is it in the regedit?...
[HTC Excalibur] 10507:
The CPR is located in windows directory of your phone. If you are using WM6.5 by Ookba then you have to edit the file name : Titanium_320x240.cpr. Find this file pn your phone, then copy it to PC, where you can use notepad to edit the file. Once done, you need to copy it back to phone.
[HTC Excalibur] turtle1981:
Ok so once I find (Titanium_320x240.cpr) I edit it to ("file name".cpr) or whatever font I want and put back into windows on phone? I have a notepad to edit the file name on my phone so that shouldent be a problem.. Thanks in advance!..
[HTC Excalibur] 10507:
No.. you don't edit your Titanium 320x240.cpr to "file name.cpr" You have to edit the content of the cpr. Please refer to the link on my previous post.
[HTC Excalibur] turtle1981:
Ok ill mess with the tut but Im using 3vo series rom wm 6.5, not ookba.. Is ookba more stable then 3vo? I know thats kinda off subject but I havent messed with ookbas roms before, just askin.. thanks!
[HTC Excalibur] 10507:
Oh, Ookba is the one who cooked up 3VO.:) He is one of the best chef for our phone.