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[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] tomisdn:
I flashed German ROM - modem only - no difference. I know you flashed complete German ROM and than English which is without modem. i guess it has to be done like that. I will try. Anyway I am going for a long walk now for the first fix ever - dear god :D

After nearly 3 hours outside - the device must have had signal for a while - TomTom says "signal lost 1:44 hours ago", anyway now there is not a single sattelite online - no signal at all. I do not know what else try.

And sattelites are now positioned correctly according to the fixed device

You probably cant provide link to TomTom 7.950...so at least write me the whole version number, I have not seen this version anywhere and search on this forum gives no results either.

To be sure: My GPS settings:

A-GPS function: Activate

Automatically sync tine: ticked

SIRF server: unchanged

GPS program port: COM6

GPS hardware port: none

Baud rate: 4800

Tom tom: Other NMEA, baud rate 4800, port: COM6
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Rigo Howard:
Hello, i'm new here.. i been reading several threads about chinese smartphones and now it seems (to me) yhat the HTC Topaz/Diamond2 is the better option (price - features).. but i have a doubt (i hope you guys can help me)...

I'm between 2 clones:

T5355

T5358+ or T5353+ (seller calim that are the same model)

Basically the two phone cost the same (around 150 bucks) and the two come with the same features and accesories even... so i dont know which is better (maybe there is additional info for the build quality?).. i also downloaded the Windows mobile 6.5 rom (english) for both looking over google.

Any help or guidance on what to buy?

Many thanks for your attention!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
@tomisdn

Maybe there really is a loose connection somewhere in the phone, and you really have a 'lemon'. I'm out of idea's anyway.

ttn7.910.9185_vga_black.cab

ttn7.915.9196.vga_black.cab

TTN7.916.9192_VGA_Black.cab

I leave TomTom on the 'internal GPS' so it uses the GPSID data structure rather than a port. But I do not think that should matter.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
I was out on my bike on Saturday and tried to get a GPS lock on my 5388++ but after an hour in clear space (and numerous previous lock-ons) it still refused to get a signal. I fired up my old BT GPS and that acquired a signal and lock with 30 seconds even though I was over 500kms from where it had last had a lock. After reading your post I thought I'd give it a shot at flashing the modem and (not the full phone) so using IDT I used the German ROM to just do the modem part. I then fired up the GPS util and after about 2 minutes I had a full lock so was very impressed. I turned the phone off and back on, tried the GPS agian and this time it got a full lock after about 20 seconds so it looked as tough everything was good. I then shut down the phone and removed the battery while I put my SD card back in and after restarting once agian tried the GPS - and so far it's been sat on a table in my garden for about 50 minutes and no lock :( . I should point out that all this is done

WITHOUT

A-GPS although my tests so far haven't proven to get me any quicker a fix even if I do use it.

I may go the same route as cybermaus used and do a full German flash and then a partial English flash and see if that gives me better results - unless cybermaus is now running into the same issues as before and just got lucky like I did on first use.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Still getting fast locks, just tried again, 3rd day in a row. But I have to say, it is still very good weather outside, not a cloud to be seen. This evening I'll be in another part of Europe, so possibly different wheather, and confusing the GPS with different cold-start position.

I am somewhat unsure of the theory of it all. In my opinion, the device uses discrete (separate) chip components for GSM and GPS. So one would say that unlike with the real HTC models, flashing the modem would not affect the GPS chip.

But it appears as if it did. Maybe the either the German modem or even German rom has a piggy-back flash for the GPS also, and it is pumped into the GPS chip upon boot. (This is also done with the Hauppage video cards in my home-build HTPC)

That could mean that it may even be important to boot the German ROM once (which I did, just to have a look at it). But I have to admit, these theories are wild speculations at best. All I know is, GPS is behaving well 3 days in a row.

EDIT:

Ok, I have not done that since I started playing with the GPS. No I am both compelled to do so, and weary of it.

One extra thought though: During my first fix, GPRS was not configured, so I though the very first fix was without almanac. But it is possible that I had already started and stopped a GPS program while I was flashing programs (immediately after flashing the ROM) with the USB cable attached a few days earlier. It could have gotten almanac that way, I am not sure how long the almanac is valid on these devices.

So try again on the garden table, with AGPS.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
OK, I'll give it a try flashing the full German ROM. I see there is a tick-box in IDT for flashing the GPS so it could well be the case that the German ROM contains something different and that bit isn't getting flashed when doing

just

the modem flash.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Removed battery, waited a minute, reinserted battery.

With AGPS, screen of red sats almost instantly, but they jumped a few times, Full fix in less then 20 seconds.

Sorry guys, my phone is just working. mr nicks IDT checkmark may help, I am not sure how it was set for me. But I do know I am not very inclined to make any further flashing attempts. I feel it can only go downhill for me.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
@mr nick

BTW you mentioned exchanging sd cards.

There was an account on the Chinese boards of a badly behaving phone (blanks screens, often crashes) due to a cheap SD card. Changing the card seemed to make that chinese guy happy.

A while ago I pointed someone on this forum to that, and at first he too seemed to be happy with a new SD, but later I think he still opted to exchange the phone. I am not entirely sure, and too lazy to search for it.

Could the difference between lemon's and my phone be the SD card? Its a barely founded theory, and I do not want to rush you guys into additional expense, but since you mentioned problems again after SD card exchange, I thought I should mention it.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
I found the exact same thing - I recall I posted about it earlier in this thread. The phone kept having issues with TomTom when it would lose maps that were installed on the SD and I kept getting messages about new pictures being found etc. This was all with the cheapo SD card that came with the phone. I swapped it out for a Kingston 4Gb card I had lying around and there have been no problems since. My only 'issue' now is the flaky GPS performance but I wouldn't class that as a problem, more of a nuisance.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
Well, I have flashed the German ROM but not yet done anything else (i.e added anything English). I fired up the GPS with no A-GPS active and I got a full fix in around 40 seconds so that's pretty impressive from a clean flash and cold start. Just a pity I've got to start hacking around with this now as the version of Windows looks a little cleaner and only about 50% of it is German (maybe even less).

Anyway, I'm off to have a play and see how things progress but it's looking pretty good from first impressions :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] weery:
Hi guys!

5388++: fourth days without COMAUTOUS status....! (bluetooth always on, never switch off or never reset the phone)

It's good, arent you? someone else has tried?

BTW, I' v got the new ROM (ITA) but since the phone now goes well, I'm almost afraid to install !!!

Can I do a full backup of the actual configuration of the phone with all software, so rather I can go back without having to reinstall everything?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] tomisdn:
Maybe I missed something, but when I use the internal GPS in TomTom it just says "GPS device missing". How did you make it use the internal GPS?

Just want to try everything.

I observed it for a while and the behavior is like this: I can after extended period of time acquire few satellites, but than it suddenly looses them in one moment, than the cycle repeats, like if something in one moment erased acquired data. Like if A-GPS was giving it incorrect position data, erasing the acquired position over and over again. Given the strangely off position of sattelites as shown based on A-GPS. But that is probably a nonsence.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
When I use TomTom, I use the NMEA device setting and this then uses the integrated GPS.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] zmelkoow:
Hello guys!

Could someone point me to a good, reliable shop where I could buy the T5353++.

If not on board directly please PM me.

Thx

Z
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] tomisdn:
Sure it has to use "internal hardware" as there is none connected, I though cybermause was talking about the "Internal GPS"setting in TomTom
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
All I can tell you is that if I set mine to NMEA device on COM6 then it picks up the integral GPS. If I use the 'internal' setting it tells me no device is found. I also used the NMEA setting on a T5355+ device and it worked flawlessly on that one too.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
It just works. WM has a mechanism that does not use ports and does not require drivers. Its called GPSID, and while it does have a virtual port output for programs that do not understand it, programs like Google Maps, NaviComputer and TomTom use the data structure directly. Maybe you need TT 7.915 for it.

But, to be honest, I am not running TT at the moment. I am running iGo. I was using TomTom before, and I do not recall having to configure the port.

Mind you, while easier because you do not need to configure, the quality of fix is the same for either virtual com port and internal data structure. So don't focus on that too much.

That reminds me of my HTC Touch HD period, when some people also had problems when they used AGPS. It was because the provider/network they were on did not talk the same "dialect" of AGPS as the Touch HD: http://www.wmexperts.com/articles/howto/quick_tip_you_may_not_want_agp.html

The solution seems simple: Disable AGPS. Or shortly enable it to download almanac, and then disable it to prevent it messing with your fix. If this is the case, it would explain why some people have problems while others do not, as it is network dependent.

I also always have BlueTooth always on.

BTW:

I am now in Oslo. About 900km away from previous fix. Cloudy sky and rain. Without AGPS: sat screen in 18 seconds, fix in 28.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] tomisdn:
:D This is just too funny...

GPS problem un/solved :confused:

GPS:

Accidentally i opened the back of the device in the car and the fix was all of a sudden there within 10 seconds well that seemed pleasant surprise at first, but when closing the device back with the plastic cover, ALL satellite signals were immediately lost within 5 seconds - nothing absolutely no sign of GPS activity , opening the device - yes there is immediate fix with 5-7 satellites again within 5 seconds.

This makes no reasonable sense to me other than some strange hardware-sensitivity-interference problem.

Anyone?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Can you recreate by removing cover, waiting for fix, and then lightly pressing in various places to see if you can get the fix to go and come back on release?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] tomisdn:
It is definitely not pressure sensitive, only back-cover sensitive. Signal and fix is OK until the cover obscures the upper part of the phone. Upper back and particularly the upper edge is sensitive. However if I completely grab it in my palm the problem does not occur...only when cover is placed (does not have to be placed firmly, signal is lost as soon as the coved is loosely put on the back of the device
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Edge toward the speaker, or toward the power button?

Can you see these pictures:

http://att.mobileuncle.com/attachments/month_1003/100318205385955b708a3d5047.jpg

http://att.mobileuncle.com/attachments/month_1003/1003182053472567fe4a13f959.jpg

The square I believe to be the GPS antenna.

You saying a piece of plastic will obscure its signal?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] srk999:
Due to the lack of a good rom for T5388+ I am planning to make one myself. I just need some directions.

Here is my theory:

1. Backup the existing rom from the firmware

2. Take the part of the rom (backup) that makes the rom device specific

3. Put that in the clean rom.

Now, I need someone to point me to the right direction to accomplish those 3 steps.

Here's my device info:

Device Info:

PDA Version: V03.03.00

PDA Build: S09122917149...

Stack Version: V02.44

Stack Build: Nov 26 2007 10:07:18

Radio Version: 1.3

Radio Package: 2.2

I believe it is T5388+, but under the battery it just says MH5388.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
That's just showing off now :D

I flashed the English ROM over the German one and now I can't get a fix. I'm gonna go back to pure German again just to see if that still works (The weather here in Aus is very different this morning) but it looks like you got luckier than I did :(

**EDIT**

Actually, maybe I was just being impatient. I just went back to the phone and it had got a fix while I was typing the last message so it had taken about 16 minutes to get a fix from flashing the English ROM. Certainly nothing like as quick as when I flashed the German ROM but I just tried powering off the phone etc and now it gets a fix withing a few seconds so fingers crossed it stays this way now...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
I was indeed wondering if I should post at all, as luck can invoke irritation, but since you had expressed interest earlier.... But from now on, I will only report further on my GPS if it fails.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] tomisdn:
That is exactly what it does. Cannot comment regarding "a piece of plastic" a can only talk about the plastic back. As soon as it comes to approx 1 mm off the phone (does not even have to touch it, the signal is gone.

I would film it but I would need more hands.

Anyway thank you, the phone is just now leaving for the post office back to hongkong.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] weery:
t5388++ Comatous

And still goes into a comatous?

BTW I think, for the good of the forum, it's better to test the new ROM: maybe this solves many problems and we do not know if I don't istall it..

Cybermaus, can you suggest a way that I can do a full backup of the actual configuration of the phone with all software? Make such like an "image" can be restored easily? thanks
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Rarely, only 3 event-days so far, and all 3 with a highly suspect 3rd application in play. So maybe you are correct, maybe bluetooth does help against 'casual' coma, and I am correct as well that 'program interference' can cause a different type of coma.

Sorry, no. There are deep registry backup&restore programs, but I never used them, and I advise you against using them too: Otherwise, if you have an issue, you'll start wondering if it is something you carried over.

Best, especially if you want to test a new roms behavior, to start really clean. Sorry.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Maetel:
there are any Touchflo for T5388i ?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] fschwenk:
GPS Problem with T5388++

Hi,

I have tested the GPS of my T5388++ intensively using Navigon Mobile Navigator. From a functional perspective everything works just fine. However, the phone runs out of battery even when connected to a power supply. The battery status indicates 700 mA of load current but the battery charge status steadily decreases.

Anybody an idea? This power consumption makes the GPS almost useless for trips longer than about 4 hours.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
I noticed the same, untill I swapped charger. I think 700mA means 'asking' for 700mA, not that its getting it. USB is only supposed to deliver 500mA, and I have noticed in the past that then actually asking 500mA, voltage drops to 4.8V or lower. Same when charging through Laptop USB.

Now I use a USB charger capable of a full 1000mA at 5V and for travel I use one of those 'harddrive' USB cables that connect to two USB ports at once.

But even if you have a full battery, 4~6 hours of GPS will indeed drain the battery. Still better than my HTC Touch HD, which stopped at 3~4 hours.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
Mine died in a similar amount of time - but I was running a BT GPS unit at the time. I don't think it's directly the GPS that's to blame but more the fact that the display is constantly on and lit while you're using GPS software. Maybe knocking down the light level a bit may extend the battery life somewhat.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] fschwenk:
Using a different power supply did help! I will now test a bit more ...

Strange enough: With the changed power supply the phone reports 350 mA load current
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
350mA? Huh, mine reports 380mA. But its getting full, isn't it?

Its not for nothing that the HTC and Apple supply does 1000mA or even 2000mA, and the new European universal microUSB standard mandates 1000mA. These smart phones a hungry beasts.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] flamanflaman:
Hey,

My t5388+ (marvell 806/192ram/480x800/single sim) arrived in the post,

under battery it says HTC touch diamond 2 t5388+.

What kind of tweaks/upgrades etc can i install.

Are there any clon- rom's with touchflo installed?

Ive tried to find out myself but i dont know how to extract this rom and scared to brick it.

:confused:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] flamanflaman:
never mind
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
@flamanflaman

Try here

EDIT: also, it may be helpful for others if you could link here where you found the Spanish ROM, and what is its device version information. There may be people looking for a Spanish ROM
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Talonette:
Hello,

Is T5358+ device compatible with Micro SDHC memory card ?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] flamanflaman:
Ill upload it and post link here.

I flashed a few times now, but i used the USB mode install.

Is that bad, compared to sd flash?

And the other t5388+ UPR roms i flashed, didnt work at all, black screen after reboot and had to start the phone in USB upgrade mode, any ideas why it was black screen?(it did make sounds when i pressed a button once or twice)

ill post the spanish one when the upload is finished

PS my phone reads sdhc , i think they all do.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Talonette:
Thank you for your answer
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] flamanflaman:
T5388+

single sim

marvell 806 mhz

192mb ram/256rom

wvga 480x800

(from ebay-but i believe its a solonomi,because the pictures had solonomi logo)

SPANISH WM6.5 rom

w.filefront.com/16583211/SMART.UPR
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adstraylight:
T5353 ROM

Some more info on the dual OS T5353++ ROM:

Win 6.5 version: 5.2.23090 (build 23090.5.3.0) The only flaw I've found with it is the lack of MMS capability, but I rarely ever used it, so it's no great loss.

Android: Reports firmware version 2.0, but the only system apps that are remotely compatible are 1.6 (version4). No luck addind the missing bits, i.e. Calendar, Sync, market, & Gmail, as even though I've found versions of these that the system will accept and install via adb push, they all quit as soon as I try to run them. The best so far being Gmail that hangs waiting for sign-in, as googleapps crashes. I think this build is missing the sync api that allows it to connect to google's servers. Upshot being that without an intimate knowlege of the system, I'm at something of a dead end.

It seems then that at the moment the Android side of this phone is something of a toy rather than something actually useful, I can only hope that development of Roms for this phone is still ongoing.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] flamanflaman:
pff i know man, haha ive bought that t5388+ just because its not an iphone or whackberry, both are ridiculously restricted and overrated haha.Isnt android any good then?Is your DuOs not working well or what?

I thought they were really developing android because its all opensource-ish.At least i got it cheap that 88+ , think the price was wrong lol, it was 30 euros cheaper than other identical phones.

136 e/166 $.

But i got my mate to buy it off me, haha because i wanted fewer mhz and more ram,.(battery is really not made for 1ghz n 806's i think).

i got it day-b4-ysterday, looking forward to the next package.

t5353++

marv 624mhz+nxp 5209

256/256

wvga.

220 dollars 187 euros, not a bargain,what specs hAs yours got?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Deadeye74:
Program install

Hi everyone!

I am thinking of buy a T5388++ clone, but I read so many occured problems. BUT, nobody told about the programs! I know it may sound stupid, but it is a clone and as I learned with clones everything can happen. So is it possible to install ANY programs to this phones, as normally you can into any good branded pda phone? Does the activesync program recognize the phone?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] flamanflaman:
tomtom any pda navi,shoutcast, msn skype Iphone style keyboards etc, youtubeplayer,games, tv streaming apps, SPB mob. shell 3.5, its got internet explorer. active sync ,windows live, twitter mobile,facebook, its got wifi, my t5388+ single sim high res vga has windows mobile 6.5.

type in google "ppc freeware" or ppc themes ppc browsers etc.

But if you don't like advanced pc hobbying youre better off with iphone haha.

look up spb mobile shell 3.5, throttle ui, resco keyboard pro,its based on that htc TDiamond2(alleged iphone killer back in the day) only thing it hasnt got is Touchflo3D,ive got a high res. display, CLONE TD2, the real TD2 can use TF3d with high resolution screen, chinese hackers or programmers make these Roms which enable touchflo capabilities but as far as i know thats only with the normal resolution,THIS ONE : 3.2 inches (240 * 400) WQVGA touch screen.

Mine on the otherhand cant (dont ask me why):CPU:

Marvell PXA310 624MHz+NXP 5209

OS: Windows Mobile 6.5

3.2'' WVGA Touch Screen 480x800 res.(its still in shipping,til next week orso)

i dont want a screen thats worse than the original HTC.

My advice would be, get one with with WVGA and at least 192mb ram, because all current clones have a faster processor anyways.

RAM/ROM: 256M/256M
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] armidaamica:
Hi, I am looking for the last version of the program IDT, to flash the ROM. Can anybody help me and pointing me in the right direction?

Thanks
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] flamanflaman:
http://solonomi.com/rom/IDT.rar

uploaded/last modified 30th april '10
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] armidaamica:
Thanks! ;)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] MrBrown2006:
hi everyone listen i have a ? i bought the htc diamond 2 clone phone it had 2 operating systems on its windows and android not android was on a 2 gigs micr \sd card wellive lost the card can u put the android operating system on a 4 gig micr sd card can someone pls help me what do i got to do
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] thanasis007:
can anyone tell me PLEASE where can i find english rom windows 6.1 with manila for touch diamond 2 clone T5353???
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adstraylight:
@thanasis007

Found this site with ROMs:h$$p://www.htc-topaz.co.cc/website.html

And this if it's helpful (not tried it myself): h$$p://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-touchflo-2d-manilla.html