[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Steve-C:
Hi,

Firstly can I say this is a great ROM as far as eye candy and potential goes. I really do love it.

I want to make it clear that this is not a rant or moan post, I'm trying to be constructive! :)

My last ROM was Leo Cell Evo V6 (23541), but the changes made on the Core ROM's made it worth upgrading. First to 1.1, then to 1.2 as I liked the extra features offered by CHT 1.8. Currently running Core Cell Evo V1.2 (23569) No HTC Messaging.

This is the software I have installed (in the order it appears in remove programs!):

Opera Mobile 10 (how come this isn't cooked in rather than 9.7?)

ppcmods.com Metalic Red slider

TCPMP Core player (v0.72RC1)

TomTom v7.916 (9168)

Orico Autobacklight (Toggles the auto brightness on/off)

SQL Server Compact 3.5 Core

Memory Map Pocket Nav OS 5

Freda (Free Ebook reader from XDADev)

Eraser 85 Change Start Menu Icons

Bugs I have noticed:

White Screen on home tab - Fixed after looking at the CHT Thread

Bluetooth:

A2DP Streaming to my Parrot MK9200i Car kit will randomly drop. Sometimes pausing the music for a few seconds, then starting again will fix this. Sometimes I have to wait upto 10 minutes. (Worked fine under Leo Evo 6)

Handsfree, again on my Parrot. First incoming call is answered, but no sound. Caller can't hear me. Can't switch to speakerphone. Outgoing calls fine, subsequent incoming work.

Auto disconnect Data after x minutes in HD Tweak, doesn't appear to work. Even with no data applications active, the data link stays open for over an hour.

Device will randomly freeze. Had this on the music player and Freda so far. Also the RSS application, if you are closing one post and going back to the category list will freeze. You can go back to the rest of the phone just fine, but trying to get back into the RSS will result in only the tittle bar showing RSS HUB. Leave it for a while (I suspect until the app auto updates) and it works fine again. Sometime this can happen on the first feed I go into, sometimes I can look at several.

Auto-Lock. Sometimes when going into this using power (screen) off, the device is slow to actually lock. Sometimes the bottom curtain with the slider on appears over the unlock slide. I have to press the power button several times to get it to fully show the lock screen so I can unlock the device. Sometimes if the lock screen is displayed with the slider is displayed over the unlock slider, I can (amusingly considering the point of the lock screen!) slide to other tabs and use the device just fine, but if I go back to the home screen, the lock screen appears (with the unlock slide under the slider) and the phone is locked until I either slide to another screen, or power off the screen a few times. If the device goes into standby on its own, all seems fine.

Very weird, is sometimes when I go into flight mode (not the inflight WiFi) using either the toggle on CHT, or the option under Settings > Wireless Controls, the signal strength indicator suggests the phone is off, but the H, G etc indicator next to signal strength still appears (not the circle symbol) and whilst I get the 'Cannot Dial' message if I try to send/receive emails or use the internet (as you expect), but the phone still receives text messages!

I too get the SOD. I have turned off auto update for Facebook, but still have the device set to auto update Twitter, Emails, RSS. This has happened after I turn off the screen manually, or after the device sleeps automatically. Leaving the device for over an hour doesn't help, only option is a soft reset.

I do have a question about battery life. I know the phone needs to be reconditioned after a flash, and it will get better after a few days. But seriously, it goes from 100% to 70% after an hour of use (15mins of web browsing using HSDPA / GPRS, rest reading an ebook with Bluetooth / WiFi off) Then 2 hours later (phone in pocket in good signal area) it's dead. Seriously, 3 hours?! I can stretch it to 5 if I turn the phone off after the first hour. I flashed to 1.2 as soon as it came out, have let the phone fully charge, then discharge everytime since and the battery life is no better. I'm using radio Radio 4.49.25.91. I was using 4.49.25.17 on the old Leo Evo ROM, but did change to 4.49.25.91 on that ROM too once I saw it was recommended and noticed a deterioration in battery life there too (from around 14 hours, to 10). GPS TTFF, and signal strength also deteriorated after upgrading the radio, so it might be the updated radio isn't the best for my area (South Wales, UK on o2).

Like I said, this isn't a moan post. I'm an early adopter, having come late to the Leo cell builds, so I don't expect perfection in a V1 release and I hope some of what I had detailed is of use. Please keep up the great work Sergio and the rest of the team!

Steve