yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
bugs and known issues

2012 RC3 and RC3 lite

cab attached to fix the Facebook online album issue. this is the only bug.

2012 B1

PLEASE NOTE SOME PEOPLE ARE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE INITIAL SETUP OF THIS ROM. PLEASE SKIP THE SETUP OPTIONS WHERE THE ROM ASKS YOU TO SET DATE AND TIME / PIN. SET THEM ONCE THE ROM HAS FINISHED SECOND BOOT.

EMAIL ISSUE FIX

Go the following Key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Inbox\Templates\IPM\Note]

Change the following value from:

"Read"="\\Windows\\HTC_read_note.htm"

TO:

"Read"="\\Windows\\read_note.htm"

change Compose to:

"Compose" = \\Windows\compose_note.htm"

Internet sharing link in Start Menu not working (removed the software but the link won't go!!)

Sounds & Display issue in manila settings

problem can be fixed... do this:

1. Go to the settings tab in Sense, and press the "Menu" button at bottom right of screen, then choose "All settings" (this opens the Windows Mobile 6.5 Settings folder)

2. Open the Sounds & Notifications control panel, switch to the "Notifications" tab, and hit "OK".

Now you'll find the Sounds & Display option in Sense works fine.

sense sometimes does not boot on soft reset. go to settings, disable sensethen soft reset and re-enable sense.

sms does not work via sense. use all messages to use the windows sms.

reigional settings messed up (will look at this asap)

internet time update through sense not working. (this is not a biggie to me as the time updates mannually and via device centre

connection setup cab attached if people need it.

Alternate HTC Album (a lot less RAM but no Facebook)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] ralphusion:
Welcome chef, I'll try your ROM this week.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
no rush, i'm still working on it. all feedback is most welcome:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
This ROM looks really nice, and if I was going to cook something I'd have also tried l3v5y's base ROM and Manila 2.5.

Flashed and will try it over the next few days.

Two little (minor) problems:

- Found it hard to set the date to 24 January 2010. It wouldn't "stick" the first few times I tried. Eventually it "stuck" when I first changed it to 23 January 2010, and then moved forward one day

- The connection wizard thing assumed I'm on T-Mobile (not, on Virgin Mobile), but since I think they use the same network, its probably not an issue - but other ROMs have offered me the choice of Virgin Mobile.

Other than that, it looks beautiful, and its all working OK, and I've synced with my Exchange Server, Facebook etc.

Thanks!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
no probs, thanks for the feedback. i've never had that issue cos the date and time syncs through device centre on my pc.. have you tried that?

i'm uploading a slightly ammended version that gives more free ram. the look and feel is the same but it might not be to everyones taste.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] microang:
No settings

Has anyone noticed that the settings icon doesn't come up in the start menu and therefore you can't change the settings? This is a seroius problem and needs to be fixed!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
fix added to post 1. (with thanks to Badwolve1) it's an issue with the build. one thing though, with sense enabled it will take you to the sense settings page. if its disabled to windows settings.

you can access the windows settings through sense via Menu - All Settings
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] mirtoo:
welcome chef!!

i tried u r rom work.. Severe and nice rom!!

have nice work...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Magic6661:
dling your rom, but as i have other 6 roms to try, well...will take a while till my feedback, but looks really nice :cool:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] huntervu:
"" Free ram on first boot 34MB

Average 26mb normal use… ""

:rolleyes:

Have to try :) incredible ROM if it's true.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
i'm averaging the 26 without issue. but remember your applications don't close with the 'X' so you will need to shut them down mannually using the task manager or the Ram will drop..

to give you an idea went out the other day for a drive about 60 mins of tomtom use plus music, didn't use all the ram.

regards

Chris
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] cezarP:
beta 2,in "sounds&display"chapter,no information and when click quickly go in stand-by screen.Another weird thing;no settings button in menu :confused:Sorry for my language.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
the fix for the settings button is attached to the second post and discussed in post 9

re the sounds

if you go to the settings tab on manilla, menu> all settings go to sounds and notifications through the windows menu this fixes the bug for future use through the manila settings

regards

Chris
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
The Sounds & Display problem can be fixed... do this:

1. Go to the settings tab in Sense, and press the "Menu" button at bottom right of screen, then choose "All settings" (this opens the Windows Mobile 6.5 Settings folder - so answers your second question)

2. Open the Sounds & Notifications control panel, switch to the "Notifications" tab, and hit "OK".

Now you'll find the Sounds & Display option in Sense works fine.

You only need to do this once.

edit: Chris got there first :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
I'm in favour of this. Getting Windows Mobile 6.5 and Manila 2.5 to work together on our Diamonds is always going to be about compromise. I'd rather lose a few seldom used features in order to gain more RAM.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
Lol, cheers for the responce mate. appreciate it
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] cezarP:
thanks,I'll check
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] hoffers:
XT9 predictive text

Hi,

This is a fantastic ROM. just enough RAM free to make it quite usable.

Maybe add something like Ramsweeper as a 1 click option to close all those programs we forget to exit properly...

I'm having problems with the XT9 predictive text. It just doesn't seem to work at all - as if there's a crossed mapping somewhere in the works. Anyone else see this? Hit a and A pops up above, but in the predictive area it's z, q comes up as a, t - k, s - c. other letters such as all of the bottom row don't bring up anything.

Any ideas?

Cheers again for the great ROM.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
cheers for the above pointers @steveuk.

folks, there will be a delay in posting the next version. the dualboot is now built in and working fine but i'm wanting to add the swype 3.9 fom the HD2.

i now have a working cab of this that is not device specific (god it's soo good on the diamond:) ) but i'm having issues converting the cab to a working EXT.

(bl**dy thing wont work!!!!)

when i get this sorted i'll 'up' the new build.

i'm not going to add opera. thinking about this i'll stick with giving people the choice.

atm build 3 works fine, it's just extras at this stage

regards

Chris
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
Looking forward to it :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
major problem !!!!!!

ok, my diamond just died mid-flash... nasty feeling the battery was too low.

unless i can restart (or replace under warranty) i'm stuck for a few weeks until my upgrade..

i'll have to put this on hold which is a shame as i think i had fixed added everything..

if i can't get the phone fixed or working i'll post a link to the kitchen when i upgrade.

sorry folks, can't build without a diamond:(

regards

Chris
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
Bad news :(

So long as the bootloader in still on there, it should be recoverable using MTTY?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
nope, no lights, no action. it's a brick.

one of those things, it is nearly 18 months old
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] olderbearlover:
Unable to load Sense? (Event after disabling-restarting-enabling-restarting)

Hi, I still get the same message about Sense not being able to load... anything I can check?

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
hi mate, two things.

firstly disable> soft reset> enable

should work fine

second try dualboot as advised by steveuk

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=623792

it does allow resetting without having to disable sense.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
I thought I'd bricked mine today :)

Wouldn't boot (just displayed "Touch Diamond" on the screen and nothing else). Wouldn't enter the bootloader either, so I pulled the battery out left it for 30 seconds and tried again. But it was completely dead, no lights, no response from the power button etc.

So I pulled the battery again, and reinserted it, and it started working.

They're quite fickle devices when you upset them!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] olderbearlover:
I'm not really into Android... one OS is enough for me (so far)...

I disabled Sense, soft resetted, restarted, no way... it wont load... any clue?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
You don't actually have to have Android installed or in use. In this case, I am using the Gen.Y Dualboot app simply to cause a slight delay in the Windows Mobile boot process. This lets the OS settle down before trying to load Sense, which seems to solve the problem.

Give it a try and see if it works for you. You can always uninstall it if it doesn't work.

(just to clarify, its this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=623792 I'm refering to)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
i have to admit @olderbearlover i've not had this feedback from anyone else?? i'm a little stuck at the mo without my diamond. it's going into the shop tomorow so fingers crossed i should have it just after easter
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] olderbearlover:
I'm sorry to give bad news... also, my diamond has a strange behaviour.... about a couple of days using this ROM the phone gets blocked so I have to soft reset it... upon starting again, it asks for screen recalibration, all my app icons dissapear and it starts to give strange messages during startup about shorcuts not being found... also, in one of these "resets" it also reconfigured operator, but it didn't work anymore, forcing me to reinstall the ROM. (I'm in the middle of it now)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
have to ask, the issues sound like you haven't used mitty? again i'm wondering because i've not had ths feedback from anyone else.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
Hi Chris,

Just to say I've been running the latest version of your ROM for over a week now, and I've only had one crash (Sense froze and stopped working... the rest of the phone was still responding, but I had to soft-reset).

Other than that 1 crash, its been absolutely fine, so I'd say it was just one of those things you sometimes get with Windows Mobile :)

Everything I use on a daily basis seems to work just fine (push email, Gmail, Twitter tab, Facebook online albums, camera etc.). I also installed Opera 10 and have had no issues with that either.

Cheers,

Steve.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
Hi Chris,

With your phone out of action, I don't know if you're ever going to get the opportunity to fix minor (very minor!) bugs in this ROM. But just in case:

Today we went out and I took some photos, and thought I'd try the Facebook upload option in HTC Album (pretty cool that you can upload photos whilst you're still out)

The upload actually worked fine (4 pictures), but the Sense Uploader app (Settings tab -> Other -> Uploader) for some reason wasn't tracking the process, and as soon as I launched it it caused the phone to bring up an alert in the top bar to say the upload had failed - even though it obviously hadn't! Also, the History option in the upload app doesn't work, so its like the user interface in Sense isn't connected to the actual upload process in any way.

Like I say, very minor thing but if you were hunting bugs to fix or tweak... maybe some missing files?

Another week of use, and this is the only minor fault I've found. Everything else works just fine, so many thanks for bringing life to my Diamond!

Cheers,

Steve.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
hi Steve,

my Diamond is in the shop at the mo. my upgrade date is the 12th so it depends if i get the diamond before the date. if i get the diamond first i will see if i have time for another build..

as it will be a replacement phone when i get it (ie, as new,) i'll be ebaying it once i upgrade as we need the cash so all i can say is i'm sorry i won't be able to continue developing this after i upgrade.

i'm borrowing a HD2 from work at the moment and all i can say is WOW. looing forward to getting my HD2 in a week:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
Hi Chris,

OK, no worries. I've seen the HD2 in use and it looks great, but I thought it was a little too big for me. At the moment, I can't decide whether to go down the Android route, wait and see about Windows Phone 7 or just get another Windows Mobile phone. So I decided to save myself some cash and go PAYG and sit it out.

In the meantime the Diamond does most things that I need. Just a shame it doesn't have another 100Mb or so of RAM!

Cheers,

Steve.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] olderbearlover:
Hi... at some step I think I messed up the light ROM and the full one... now I re-downloaded and I installed the full one... lets see what comes up... trying the ROM (full) so far and it rocks (lets wait until a couple of days... hope to keep saying the same)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Kamill:
Any chance on a mirror download? 4shared is sooo slow...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Kaa-eL-Haa:
Have you got it from 4Shared yet? If so, would you please upload to a mirror? It's very slow for me too...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Kamill:
Well... I wouldn't ask for a mirror if I had downloaded it :D I don't know what happened, but 4shared if really slow, the average download speed is about 1kbps!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Kaa-eL-Haa:
Mirror

I finally got the RC3 Lite from 4shared.

I'm hosting a mirror on http://klh-web.dk/HTC/chrisd1a1_2012_rc3_lite.zip.

I hope it's okay with chrisd1a1.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
hi all, i've no issues with mirrors, feel free:)

kidding aside i know some people do have issues with this, i don't mind in the slightest. i put the rom together for me, and posted it in case others want to try it and i hope people enjoy:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Kamill:
Thanks a lot!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
bad news:( DEV STOPPED

ok i've mentioned that my diamond is in the shop. it's not looking like i'll be getting it back in time to update the rom any further before i get my upgrade.

even though i'll be getting a reconditioned or fixed diamond via O2 i need to sell this as i need the cash so i can't continue to update or support this rom in the future

all i can say is thanks for the comments and feedback and i hope those who tried it enjoyed using it.

the rom is built on the work of others and is a work in progress (i was moving over from autorun to xdauc when the phone broke, more flexibility for adding to the rom.)

i'm considering zipping and uploading the kitchen as it stands now, but i'm not certain if the last config is stable and i'd hate to brick anyones phone.

if people want the kitchen let me know and i'll upload.

thanks for the support and i'll keep an eye on this thread and respond to comments.

all the best to everyone

Chris
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
Hi Chris,

Thank you for the ROM. Its a shame for us that you're selling the Diamond, because this is the only ROM I've kept using for any length of time without reflashing - and I am a bit of a ROM flashing addict. Maybe I should buy your Diamond and give it back to you :)

I wouldn't know what to do with the Kitchen, but hopefully someone else would be willing to take the project on. Especially when the Trophy ROM is leaked, and we finally get a native VGA version of Sense.

Cheers,

Steve.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
lol, it will be up and on the forum before long.

also i'm happy to post the link for the ebay page when i sell it. rofl
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Kaa-eL-Haa:
I would be happy if you would opload the kitchen. Then I'll try to add and optimise a few more things.

Can you tell what you changed in the last configuration?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] microang:
Why sell it?

I don't see why you want to sell it as they don't go for very much on ebay, £85 is the max for a factory unlocked like mine and an O2 XDA like yours only sells for like £70, have a look:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GOOD-CONDITIO...MobilePhones_MobilePhones?hash=item53e04bb5d8

I don't know what you need the money for but it isn't much. I don't know what your upgrading to but if it's Windows Mobile it might be a good idea to keep practising on the Diamond in case you brick your new phone. :) Hope you stay cooking for the Diamond as your a great chef!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
the ignito sold within 2 hours on ebay (buy it now) so i'm afraid the diamond roms are over:(

i'll zip and upload the kitchen over the weekend and post the link for any that want it

thanks for everyones support and hope to see you on the HD2 forum in the future

regards

Chris
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] microang:
Well I'll soon be joining you there in the next few months as I'll be upgrading too! :D How much did you sell it for then?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
buy it now, £80. happy with that, it's money in the holiday fund:)

see you on the HD2 thread, i'll be having a break from cooking while i get the feel for the phone. so i'll probably restart the kitchen (HD2) in a few weeks
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Dunnera:
will you publish your kitchen today?

I´m waiting for it
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
Might also be interested in the kitchen... although I've never built a ROM before!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] miniterror:
intrested in the kitchen too:-o

tried a few i found but all gave me a non bootable rom on the diamond:S
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
delay in posting kitchen

sorry folks there is going to be a slight delay, the upload limit on my 4shared account is 200mb so i'm going to have to register for another host before i can upload.

will update asap

chris
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
Thanks Chris. Quick query: Is the version of Sense in your ROMs CFC compressed or not?

I wanted to try the GTX Sense 2.5 Theme, but you have to know if the ROM is CFC compressed or not before you install.

One idea I had been toying with was looking at the vast amount of PNG files that are used both for Windows Mobile, and Sense itself and see whether reducing their size has any impact on the amount of free RAM available when Sense is in use, and also speed of operation. A lot of the images I found in the Windows/ folder on the phone (and also when unpacking the Sense packages) are 24 bit colour, when 8 bit (or less) indexed colour would result in no loss of quality at all. I guess it depends whether Sense/WM holds a copy of the PNG data in memory or not.

Anyone know whether any work has been done in this area already (in case I'm wasting my time?).
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
hi Steve, i tried cfc compressed but tbh i didn't find any difference in the ram or the speed so i chose to use non cfc as i found the files easier to ammend.

i don't think changing the png files would effect the performance, if it did every theme would cause problems. i didn't amment the themes as

a/ i'm lazy, and

b/ i like the stock look and wanted to let people choose

hope this helps
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] miniterror:
i use megaupload and it works good for me with the manager:D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] microang:
Megaupload!

Upload it to megaupload.com it's fast and free and you don't need an account! ;)

Hope this helps and I hope to try your kitchen soon!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
Hi Chris,

Totally agree on the stock look having been researching some of the themes.

Seems I'm being given a Touch HD by work (unfortunately not an HD2, but then its not costing me anything), so have been looking at the ROMs over in that forum - they all look rather gawdy :)

I did try changing some of the graphic files in your ROM, and although I don't think it saved any RAM, I do think it made switching tabs a bit quicker. BUt then it was already fast, so it's hard to measure the difference.

Hope you are enjoying the HD2.

Cheers,

Steve.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
kitchen added to first post

the release i was working on was 4;)

take care everyone

Chris
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] miniterror:
gonna give it a spin tonight

thanks for sharing
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] microang:
Well I'll have a look at it and see if I can keep developing it for you! Can you remember what yor planned changes were or should I just carry on with it?

I'll make sure to credit your work if I release a new ROM based on yours! :D

Diamond owners are going to miss you Chris! But hopefully your work will live on!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
lol, just have fun:) i was moving over from autorun to xdaUC to allow cab installs as part of the build (as i'm lazy) mainly as the base was stable so it's just adding or removing that i was looking at.

i'm just having hell getting EVK packages to work for the HD2:( was gonna take a break but hell, i can't resist;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
Hi Chris (and others),

Well I downloaded the kitchen and in my usual style of ignoring instructions and not having any clue of what I'm doing (etc.), I blindly went through and made some changes, then built and flashed the release 4 ROM.

Looks fine so far - it flashed OK, and booted OK - just waiting for it to customise now.

So Chris it looks like it wasn't the content of the ROM that broke your Diamond.

Cheers,

Steve.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
thanks for the feedback

If you use HTC Addicts cleanram you can amend the settings to clean the phone in the background every hour without prompting by you. It works really well to maintain the ram

i'll look into the t9 settings, (i don't tend to use em so i never checked this. i'll ammend in the next update)

regards

Chris
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
Beta 3 up

Beta 3 plus changelog added to post 1

regards

Chris
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
Just to say thanks. Flashed this at lunch time, seems to be working really well.

Not at all bothered about removing MMS in order to gain RAM... don't think I've ever sent or received an MMS in my life.

Quick query about HTC Album. Before your ROM, I was using the_scotsman's OzRom, and found that I was able to send a photograph straight from HTC Album to Facebook. Also (although it didn't quite work) it made an attempt to open someone's Facebook album when you chose "Open Online Album" from their contact details.

I assume you're using a different version of HTC Album, because these features are missing?