yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adstraylight:
GPS is working fine with google maps, again with an impact on battery life.

Sync seems flawless to google's servers.

Havn't tested GPRS or Blue, as I live in an area with virtually no signal, and have

Wi-Fi at work. Android seems to think Blue is working though as the symbol appears on the taskbar. I havn't tried setting up my APN's yet, but there's no problem with SMS, as far as I can tell.

Gravity works, its a little slow to autorotate, but the game Labirynth runs well, as does the spirit level app.

Camera is the same as before, ie. working, the only issues being a top resolution of 3.2Mp, and an incompatability with apps that use it such as Barcode reader and visual shopping search. I think this is to do with its raw output format, so probably a driver issue in the build.

There's a minor bug with network identification, as it can register with my provider (O2), but names it as "23410". This has no impact on function, it's just odd :). Wi-Fi access names are fine. I think the build may be missing an internal database to translate network id codes to their proper names.

I think the main issue is that when it's searching for a signal, it does so intensively, which can drain the battery really fast if you're not careful. From what I've read though, this seems to be more an Andriod thing rather than anything specific to this device. I use an app called 'Tasker' to shut down Wi-Fi when the screen goes off, and only turn it on again when I unlock. I do this because the built in Wi-Fi sleep functin seems to make matters worse, if anything.

I should point out that I'm not an expert on the Android/Linux system, and that the code I quoted came from a chinese forum, and that everything else I've learnt has come from the internet and a basic knowledge of DOS commands, but it's been really interesting so far. I've even found a way of changing the timezone property without going through the menus, unfortunately this changes the settings, but doesn't update the taskbar clock for some reason :confused: - I feel sure there's a script command to do this, but I've so far drawn a blank...any ideas anyone? The command I have is "setprop persist.sys.timezone Europe/London" to change to my zone, but don't know what comes next!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] rodrigo40:
Hello friends, I installed the rom of the post 817, after installing the ROM, the phone's screen was with the colors reversed. I wonder what could have happened, I'm desperate, not the phone to use it! my cell eh a T5358 +
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
Just checked mine and the plug was firmly in place already - took it off and reseated it just to be sure but it still works like crap if I don't have my foil in place :(
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Oh... And I was so sure, Mine really was not connected properly.

Ok, never mind, sorry.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
No need to be sorry - I wouldn't mind betting that this is what's affecting those people who are having problems getting any kind of GPS signal. Mine has always worked - just that it's pretty weak.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] HuaB:
Is somebody solve comatose problem of 5388i/5388++ ?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] alprinz:
Good question: this problem is infuriating. A lot of owner will wait for a solution - me too.

:p
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] HuaB:
But is it really any chance that this problem will be solved? As I hear there is no work for new firmware... I hope that I mistakes...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] weery:
5388++ comatose

Hi guys!

I did many tests because of this problem:

initially seems solved leaving the bluetooth always on: no comatose status for 1 week ....but then started again! :mad:

Another test done was to disable the process "higsensorservice.exe" because I noticed that most of the time goes into coma is when I kept walking in my pocket or I was walking on my motorcycle: so I thought it was blocked by the sensor caused by vibration..... But it's not : the result its' the same.

Last test is uninstalling all programs: nothing, comatose after 1 day...

But....recently I have noticed a new problem: if I'm away from home (very hot now here) or I'm on the beach, which is very hot too, the 5388 turns off himself! (battery full !)

But if I leave 5388 standing on the desk in my home or office (air conditioning on) never goes off... at most always goes into coma, but never auto-switch off...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] HuaB:
You did a greate job. But I think that problem is in SIM-cards because some people don't have comatose-problem. I try to change SIMs to newer version result is the same. Now I will try change network-operator - maybe it is supply of problem.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
There are plenty of new roms getting produced but they are generally Chinese. If you want to check to see if it's simply a bad rom you've got, why not get one of the brand new roms off the Chinese forums and give that a go? OK, you won't be able to read much of it but you should be able to use the basics and at least know whether the phone still goes into a coma or not. If it's as bad as everybody here is claiming, you'd know within a day or so whether it's a rom thing - but in my opinion it's not as I've never had my phone go into coma. I often have it fixed to the speedo on my motorbike as I use it for GPS and it works as well as any other phone I've owned. It loses the phone signal but that's commonplace where I ride and is in no way unique to this phone.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Wow, seems like a sure way to vibrate the phone to pieces.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
Not really too different to using it in a car to be honest - or running with it in your pocket. I've always used phones on my bike and not had any problems - done about 2000kms with the T5388++ so far and it's working as well as it ever has. Maybe this is what makes mine work while others don't :p
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] alprinz:
I doubt that is a problem of the SIM-cards, because comatose is always in slot2. I've also swapped the SIM-cards (different types and different provider) between slot1 and slot2 - comatose is only in slot2.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] HuaB:
Mine comatosing in both slots at same time! Radio-modem is one and comatose is one - for both SIMs.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Eer:
Today a new firmware version (S650WM653_20100412_C0302001_english.rar) of the 5388++ came available and downloading it now to my phone.

Does anybody have already experiences or am I the first one?

Update:

The flashing went ok, and the phone is working again.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Eer:
I have a difficult question. I have 2 5388++ telephones, one for a friend of mine and one for myself. My own I have updated the firmware 5 minutes ago and everything went ok.

My friend tried to upload also the firmware but something went wrong (I have a change log on it). I got the phone back and now I can't enter the bootloader anymore. There is now a purple LED lighted (So Red and Green together I expect) all the time after switching on the phone or trying to come in the boot loader. Sometimes a green LED is visible after removing the battery and sometimes the phone vibrates after pushing the power button while switched off.

With the IDT tool I can't flash because getting a connection via USB is not possible anymore. Does anybody have any idea how to solve this issue?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] dogman74:
You can insert a new rom to download it ?

greetings
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
Have you tried flashing direct from the SD card? What happens when you try and get into SD flash mode - do you still get the same behaviour as you do when putting it into download mode?

Any ideas what your friend did to get the update to fail? I just used this new ROM on my phone (flashed from SD) and it's worked with no problems so I'd be interested to hear what went wrong.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
Before anyone gets too excited about this 'new' ROM, it's not actually anything too different from what's already out there. It repairs the missing SMS options and a few spelling mistakes etc but it's essentially the same ROM with bits replaced. Note also that it contains an older radio.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Solonomi.com:
We downloaded this ROM from a Chinese site (http://www.rayfile.com/zh-cn/files/e0cba542-7326-11df-968b-0015c55db73d/). It was uploaded to that site on June 8. The description on that site is: "Resolves the problem of T5388++ freezing."
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Bummer

just to make sure: Though you say you have 2 of them, does your friend have the exact same T5388++ dual sim phone? If so, indeed I would try the SD method, its described a few pages back in this thread.

Anyone knows what radio is in this ROM?

Edit, never mind, Mr nick edited his post. Older radio, luckily we know where to get the new one.

BTW: I had not expected much more than spelling updates, thats what was reported for the GER and RUS C03.020.01 versions. So nice to have, but not critical.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Well, some people complain about comatose, maybe they will be happy with this.

Anyway, thanks Solonomi. I'll be sure to check out your store when this phone needs replacing. But I'll try to make this one work a year at least, sorry.

PS: or as soon as a AMOLED Android Dual SIM arrives ;)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Eer:
Really a bummer

Thanks for helping. :)

Yes, the two are exactly the same, the only difference was the original language. The old one was ENG and the new one CHS. The new one is reflashed yesterday to ENG to start using it. (The CHS version is 10 euro cheaper and more easy to buy in China)

For the SD method I need to go in the bootloader. True? And this is not possible anymore...

What is the correct filename when I use the SD card? k3img.bin?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Eer:
Problem occured while flashing the device

The message my friend send to me:

I was uploading a new ROM to the phone when it suddenly died out of nowhere. I can't get it into a bootloader state, but maybe you can talk with the manufacturer and try to find a solution for this.

This is the log file that I get in IDT:

06/29/10 00:38:47fatal: file \K3 Tool\Idt v100r001\Src\VCommDownload.cpp, line 941: D:\Test Kitchen\flash.bin was not found.

error: file \K3 Tool\Idt v100r001\Src\Comm.cpp, line 101: CreateFile failed with error 2.

error: file \K3 Tool\Idt v100r001\Src\VCommDownload.cpp, line 765: UEµ¥°åFlash²»´æÔÚ.

error: file \K3 Tool\Idt v100r001\Src\Comm.cpp, line 242: ReadFile failed with error 31.

error: file \K3 Tool\Idt v100r001\Src\VCommDownload.cpp, line 723: CommRecv failed. llRecvLen = -1

error: file \K3 Tool\Idt v100r001\Src\VCommDownload.cpp, line 765: UEµ¥°åFlash²»´æÔÚ.

error: file \K3 Tool\Idt v100r001\Src\Comm.cpp, line 242: ReadFile failed with error 31.

error: file \K3 Tool\Idt v100r001\Src\VCommDownload.cpp, line 723: CommRecv failed. llRecvLen = -106/29/10 23:28:14

error: file \K3 Tool\Idt v100r001\Src\VCommDownload.cpp, line 765: UEµ¥°åFlash²»´æÔÚ.error: file \K3 Tool\Idt v100r001\Src\VCommDownload.cpp, line 765: UEµ¥°åFlash²»´æÔÚ.

error: file \K3 Tool\Idt v100r001\Src\VCommDownload.cpp, line 765: UEµ¥°åFlash²»´æÔÚ.

error: file \K3 Tool\Idt v100r001\Src\VCommDownload.cpp, line 765: UEµ¥°åFlash²»´æÔÚ.error: file \K3 Tool\Idt v100r001\Src\Comm.cpp, line 242: ReadFile failed with error 5.

error: file \K3 Tool\Idt v100r001\Src\VCommDownload.cpp, line 723: CommRecv failed. llRecvLen = -1

error: file \K3 Tool\Idt v100r001\Src\VCommDownload.cpp, line 765: UEµ¥°åFlash²»´æÔÚ.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
Yes, the file needs to be called k3img.bin. It's claimed you need to use a card less than 2Gb but I've used 4Gb cards with no problems. To flash from SD, press and hold the Volume Up, Volume Down, and Power buttons at the same time to start the phone. The flash process should then start - if it doesn't then I'm out of ideas I'm afraid.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Eer:
SD card flashing is maybe the solution

Thanks a lot, I will try this a.s.a.p. I just pushed the buttons on my other phone and it did say that the power was too low. I didn't put in a SD card with firmware because I didn't realy want to reflash it.

I didn't know that for SD flashing an other key combination was necessary for this phone. I'm used to the ACER DX900 which uses the same combination of buttons.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Dorakk:
t5353++ Android 2.1 update questions

Woow, this is a very good job. I'm using this rom from a ~week ago, and I have some questions that maybe you could answer.

- My GPS doesn't work at all (was fine with 2.0 version) Any help at this point?

- I can't change my USB mode to avoid 'device offline' with adb. How did you solve this?

Thanks in advance.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adstraylight:
Hi There,

I've had neither of these problems, I'd suggest reflashing, as it's recommended to flash twice by the rom builder. As for USB, forgive me but you do have USB debugging eneabled under Settings - Applications - Manage applications - Development? This is required to connect to adb. The 'stay awake' option might help with your problem also. I find I sometimes have to replug the usb, whilst using adb, particularly when the screen lock activates.

As it happens though, I've just downloaded a new ROM, described as a stable version of 2.1, uploading to Rapidshare as I type :D So far it seems that the Market/cache issue has been fixed!!! The timezone still defaults to China on startup, Wi-fi seems to connect faster, BUT YouTube - after working fine yesterday, this morning has stopped working completely :confused: just like the last rom. I may reflash, yet again, but fear this is an ongoing issue, something to do with 'permissions', understandable why it hasn't been fixed what with the Chinese internet restrictions, apparently preventing YouTube access.

GPS is working fine on my phone, though the updates to google maps won't download. I've just found this, which improves on the stock application: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=630887 .

Weirdly, the onscreen keyboard has reverted to the one that came with 1.6, with the chinese characters, useable once you turn off the chinese options in the settings. If it starts suggesting Chinese characters, press the bottom left button on the keyboard to disable, it will however reasert itself on reboot - hey ho. Might look at uninstalling the Chinese input...EDIT: just tried this and it rendered the phone unable to boot :( - reflashed again.....still, at least I have YouTube back - for the moment...I think there must be a way of installing the stock keyboard, will investigate...

BTW, I had to flash this ROM three times before everything worked properly,

Ha, my upload's finished, here's the link - have fun :D

http://rapidshare.com/files/407264981/07-13-T5353-2.1.rar

P.S. tried asking about the timezone thing in the Android Development forum, but it seems they're too cool to answer....:rolleyes:

P.P.S. thanks Solonomi, for mirroring the first ROM. http://solonomi.com/rom/T5353/
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Dorakk:
t5353++ updating soon

Thank you adstraylight.

I'm goint to try that new rom as soon as I arrive home :-)

Thank you for your quick answer, I didn't find where to change USB mode, now is perfect.

So happy :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adstraylight:
T5353++ Android/YouTube

Glad to help :)

A quick note about the Youtube app, I have two working theories at the moment as to why it mysteriously fails. One is that playing around with the read/write permissions of the root filesystem is somehow causing the app to crash when the filesystem is not at it expects. The other being that it simply runs out of space to cache videostreams etc. Whatever is happening, it seems that once it starts quitting, then it becomes unrecoverable - I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling, clearing its cache etc. to no avail

I'm currently running an experiment by not touching the filesystem for a couple of days, and using it quite a lot. If it keeps working, I'll then try unlocking the filesystem by various means to see if this affects it, I'm hoping this is the case as I'll then know which shell commands to avoid....

Now that the market is fixed, there should be little need to mess around with the system too much in normal use.

EDIT: YouTube just broke on me again for no reason that I can see :confused::confused::confused:

EDIT/EDIT: Conclusion - it's the app (with a silent 'cr') At random I tried an older version, and lo-and-behold it works! Theversion I'm now using is 1.3 as opposed to 1.5.20 that comes with the rom, and all seems stable, for now.....

If you want to try it yourself, you have to remove the old one via adb:

adb shell mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

adb shell rm /system/app/YouTube.apk

I then used adb to install the replacement, though it would probably work using the package installer, with the file on the SDcard, anyway - put the new file on your computer's root directory (as typing long paths is oh so dull), then:

adb install c:\YouTube.apk

http://rapidshare.com/files/407438535/Working_TUBE_.rar

EDIT/EDIT/EDIT:I'm so stupid - to get rid of the chinese characters on the keyboard, you just press and hold a text box (search will do), and you get a handy input method dialog, in which you select "android keyboard" instead of the chinese option - DOH!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Dorakk:
t5353++ Bricked

OMG I bricked my phone.. arggggggggg

How? I don't know, plenty of battery and eveything like many other times. But this time it didn't wake up.

Now:

1.- When the phone is plugged gets hot

2.- Without battery, when I plug the phone on the charger, red led on the left of the speaker switches on for a couple of seconds, and then nothing.

All known combinations tested without success

Home+power

back arrow+power

send+power

vol up+power

adb -> nothing

-Nothing :(

Any help?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Eer:
Maybe the SD flashing methods?

Maybe the SD flashing key combo's are still working.

I have also a problem simular to yours and Mr Nick and Cybermaus gave me some hints what could be working:

* Phone call Button, Phone end button and Power button (or hard reset button when the device is on but you have to remove the cover then)

* Volume Up button, Volume Down button and Power button

Did you try these?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Eer:
Still no succes

Thanks for the info Mr Nick, but I just tested it and it didn't work also...

I will send it back to the supplier to ask them to fix it.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adstraylight:
@Dorakk

Wow, sorry to hear that, sounds like it could be a battery problem, as the heat is often gennerated by fast discharge. Not suprising that you get no response without the battery though as USB probably doesn't deliver enough power to run the phone anyway. The only thing I can suggest is that you try a different battery, then try an get it swapped under warranty.

When I first got my phone, I played with it untill the battery was flat, then had the same symptoms you're describing, I had to get a charger with a slot for a spare battery, as the only way to charge was to do it outside of the phone. Luckily the battery is the same as for the genuine HTC touch diamond 2, I found one on on ebay I think, and it didn't cost very much at all. I think that if the voltage is below a certain level, the phone thinks the battery is faulty, and so will not even attempt to charge. If you can get the battery charged in this way, then try to reflash, as it's likely the proceedure didn't fully complete.

If you get an original HTC battery btw, you'll find the pins are not exactly in the same place on the phone, it must be out by a fraction of a mm, so you need to slide the battery in sideways slightly, in order for them to make contact.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] eurekaguy4u:
Info about T5388i

HI ,

recently I bought T5388i.. So I have few issues and need some info , hope you all help.

1. IT is claimed system has 512MB ROM / 256 MB RAM (I knw this is wrong) , but how can I actually see how much RAM / ROM do this model has. Is there any utility to check that out.

2. G-Senser of the phone doesnt rotate any screen , I tried the fix mentioned here in this thread. Is there something I m missing to make G-sensor work.

Hope to get help from you masters of windows...

thanks

Euroguy
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=619643&page=82
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Dorakk:
I can't try that. My phone doesn't work at all, but thank you very much for the idea.

If it is a battery issue would be fantastic. A friend of mine bought another t5353++ I'll borrow his battery :-). I'll keep you informed.

Please, please, please a battery problem....
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] eurekaguy4u:
are you saying to install the ROM on my device for G-senser to work ???

Is there any third party utility which can give me the actual figures for the CPU RAM and ROM amount ??

thanks
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] weery:
Important test: T5388+ Battery and Comatose

Hi to all!

I present you the results of two important tests:

BATTERY PROBLEM: it's true everything was writed about the faster charge and discharge and the sudden shutdown of the phone.

SOLUTION: I've solved by two days, buying an original Nokia battery code BP-4L (it's the same of the N97). Perfect! the phone will not turn off more itself and battery lasts longer!

COMATOSE: I bought 2 phones (for me and my wife) and both have done the same test with the same results.

TEST: I turned on a hairdryer (hot air) for 5 minutes on T5388++ while the phone was switched on. Soon after 5 minutes goes on comatose! Now...without turning it off I put on the air conditioner for 4 minutes (cold air) and after I pressed the key to resurrect: perfect! has' turned on!

I ran the test on the second T5388++ too, with the same result: display immediately on and fully functions without removing the battery

THE PROBLEM IS INTERNAL TEMPERATURE, it's hardware not software!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] eurekaguy4u:
Also can someone tell me , when I go to SYSTEM -> SETTINGS -> MEMORY , I see the following details : -

Storage

Total : 159.31 MB

In Use : 23.63 MB

Free : 135.69

Program

Total : 80.17 MB

In use : 38.51 MB

Free : 41.66 MB

Does this means : I have 159.31 + 80.17 MB RAM = approx 256 MB RAM ???

(I m having T5388i)

How can I see actual amount of ROM / RAM of my system .

thanks .
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] HuaB:
Does anybody know how to change location of Start button from top to down? Some ROMs have start at top.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] bgcngm:
That depends on the WM build and you can't change it. All WM6.5 builds from COM2 branch have the Start button in the top, while other development branches have the new GUI, with the Start in the bottom.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Eer:
As far as I know the position of the start button, depends on the WM 6.5 build. There are about 10 different versions which other setups like size of icons, functionality of task bar, position on start menu, etc.

So flash a firmware that has the start menu on the place where you want it, if it's available. Solomon is a good place to start searching.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Eer:
Your RAM (equal to Program) is 128MB and your ROM (equal to storage) is 256MB. The memory that you don't see is used for system memory and low level drivers.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] eurekaguy4u:
Is there any utility to give actual RAM , ROM and CPU Size.