yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] gamikzone:
i dont understand why every1 thinks the tp is outdated just cuz the tp2 came out:mad:, the tp is only 2 years old and the only difference is the tp is bigger and heavier, pretty similar specs, so i think the tp is still a great device:cool:.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] kel16harris:
tp2 is outdated...spec wise its dated and two years is a long time in the ring of technology, 7 would probable be terribly laggy on tp2 or any other wm previous phone , also the resistive screen is dated they all are, lookin at the demos, the capacitive screen hare having a hard time detecting certain touches on 7 so imagine how horrible a resisive screen wld be...yuck
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] richdmond:
will hc hd2 leo be upgradable to win7 or not?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Marcyss:
we don't know! however, you probably get the opportunity through xda
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] emuneee:
I fail to see how iPhone OS 4.0 is an option for you when you complain about WinMo7 being jailed (before even sampling the final product). :confused:
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] donbronzi:
It is too early to tell, but WM7 looks like exactly what everyone has been wanting from it. All of the moans and complaints we've heard regarding the old OS have been addressed and MS have created something that really could be great.

I too have my concerns, for instance i have a real life and not a virtual one so all that social networking integration would be lost on me and i'm sure many other folk here.

I am interested to see about the lack of customization, don't believe for 1 minute that the OS won't be customizable and if it isn't then we can all just stick with WM 6.5.

I final thing, for all the people who are unhappy with what they've seen of WM7, what did you want/expect?:confused:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] OABsoftware:
Hi all.

I wrote an application that replaces the Library Manager that comes with the new Manila e-book reader tab (which is not of much use, if you don't have an account for Borders).

After installation, the application will start when you click the "Library" menu of the new reader tab.

You can use the application to access the books in your library, but also to import books you already have on your PDA into the new Manila tab.

It will import e-books in the .epub format, but also in lots of other formats.

The Manila tab will only show the ones in .epub format, but from this new library you can access the e-books in the other formats as well (at least, if the appropriate reader application is installed on your PDA).

This application assumes that each of your e-books is located in its own folder.

If an image file is located in a folder that contains an e-book, the application will automatically assume that the image represents the bookcover.

If an .opf file is located in the folder (which is a standard format for saving metadata with e-books), the application will automatically get the title, the name of the author and the name of the publisher of the e-book from that .opf file.

See the screenshots to get an idea of the look and feel of the application.

To install the application on your PDA, download the .cab file, copy it to your PDA and run it there.

Release history:

In version 0.3 the robustness was enhanced significantly.

In version 0.2 a number of small user-interface enhancements were made.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] gloomy:
Thank you. Very useful program. :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Zenk_77:
Thx...

How to add national fonts to Manila HTCReader ??
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] youmeus:
Thank you very much...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] texture:
Your application works better,but i need to move to another tab then return to e-reader tab if i want to see the added books.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] sajib:
great little software.

thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Steve0007:
Thanks,nice one

it works fine :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] djurkash:
I have an error message, when hit library button, sayng:"an unexpected error ocured...".

I am running Artemis 3.5 ROM. Any ideas?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] OABsoftware:
Djurkash, does your ROM include the Manila e-book reader tab?

My application only works if the reader tab is available (and working).
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] gloomy:
SR....install it next.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] OABsoftware:
Hi.

I just posted version 0.2; the flow through the user interface is more Manila-like now.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] djurkash:
@OABsoftware, sure it does... like I said, it happens when hitting library button

tried to reinstall, but it's the same...is it possible that problem is caused cause I changed my book.db file through ebookindexer?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] youmeus:
I'm really liking this app...I have a request however, is it possible to have this app work with the other native built-in e-book functions as well?

What is happening is even if you click on the 'Menu' > Shop or Account Settings, it is redirecting to your app. I would prefer if the app was launched only when you clicked on the 'Library' link. That way people who have Adobe & Borders accounts can still get books via those means also.

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] texture:
I agree with this idea...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] fards:
does look to be that.. I had the same error and changed back to be the original and it works fine. import is great, even with all the books in one folder..

It also beats the 20 limit.. just added all the books from my sd card

need to go back to calibre and redo them to fit the new system
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] djurkash:
@fards,

I confirm this, have restored original book.db, and now is working flawlessly...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] MuadDib59:
Possible to search ebooks into \My documents and \StorageCard\My documents or not ?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] fards:
it does, press import
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] miland:
Is there a chance to add support for international characters?

Or do you know which font should be used?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] xZdenis:
+1, totally want that too. HTC Reader is of almost no use without proper support of national characters.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VistaX:
Hi all!

I'm new at this, but I'd like to learn how I download a normal ROM, and then change the icons and background images, add and remove programs, change the language etc.

I will not go in and change the very advanced stuff.

I've already downloaded this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=625971

I do not know if it is correct (or latest), and what more I need. But the easiest might be to go into an already completed the ROM and then just adjust what I have mentioned above.

Hoping for constructive answers:)

Sincerely,

PS! I've already downloaded and tried different ROMs, so I know how I am doing just that.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeeGee_Tokyo:
What if you try Mondilv ROM kitchen. His kitchen is on the latest official ROM based and works fine. I based my private ROM on his work.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VistaX:
Thanks for the answer.

I'm downloading it now for testing and to try to find out how to edit it myself.

But what's the newest 6.5.3 (or 6.6) kitchen?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeeGee_Tokyo:
The kitchens are the same, it depends what ROM is used as a base. As far as I know, there is no kitchen shared with 6.5.3 ROM, you will have to do it by yourself. The SYS and XIP files for 6.5.3 are somewhere here in the forum available, EXT and OEM can be found as well.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VistaX:
I've looked at this video; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6LEUx4wEk4&translated=1 but I can't find a program that looks like that. Which program is it that I need to use? I've tried NBHUtil, but that doesn't seemed to be the right one...

I'm actually just gonna do what I was saying in the first post, and when I manage to do it, I will experiment further.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeeGee_Tokyo:
Search for Ervius Visual Kitchen or EVK, and you will find it.

Available as well on my mirror in the kitchen folder. Check my signature for the link.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VistaX:
I think I just give up all these OEM, EXT, MsXIP files, etc. :p

But is it possible for me to get into the "windows" folder on the ROM I use? I would like to change such as icon images, erase and install other programs and may change the language (which is not very important, but had been fine), etc.

I see that I can get into the "windows" folder on your mobile, but it takes so long to sit there to puzzle. It is easier through the laptop, with mice and larger screen.

Thank you for following up this thread, BeeGee_Tokyo :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeeGee_Tokyo:
You can use a file explorer like Total Commander or Resco File Explorer on your device to overwrite or delete files in the Windows folder. However, as long as you do not know what the files that you are deleting are doing, the device might hang afterwards and you have to do a hard reset.

If you want to change icons/pictures of the Sense (aka Manila aka TouchFlo) you can use a tool named Manila Editor.

If you want to change other icons/pictures, they are sometimes in DLL files. Usually you cannot replace them, because they are "in use" by Windows.

Back again to the kitchen, you can find the kitchen that you saw in the youtube movie prepared with a ROM for Topaz here in the forum.

I published my kitchen, check my thread.

Don't worry, even the ROM has a Japanese name, it is based on an English WM6.5 ROM. Not that advanced as Dutty, Mondilv, Iljanok, Patensas, Aman, ......... ROMs, but stable and good for daily use.

PM me if you have specific questions on the kitchen.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VistaX:
Now I'm downloading mondilv's kitchen v.4.1.

That's 6.5, and in english language. Do anyone know where I can find a ROM that runs WM6.5.3 that I can use as ROM-base? (ex. the newest official ROM on htcpedia?)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VistaX:
A summary so far:

1. I have dumped this ROM and have it as a base; http://htcpedia.com/official_norwagian_rom_update_for_touch_diamond2/soft/htc-topaz-rom.html?page=1 (0414 = norwegian language)

2. Downloaded all three .zip files (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5310417&postcount=344) and using the build 23518 in SYS, EXT and ROM folders.

3. Disabled some of the programs I do not want (although I do not quite understand what all programs do, of course I understand that YouTube is YouTube, etc. but ...)

4. Set page pool to 20 (no idea what this means but have seen that it is most common: P)

So some questions:

5. Why is there not a automatically "device id"? What is this?

6. How do I add programs (eg Skype, mySpot)? Can I add these. Cab files into the EXT folder?

7. If I want to remove various tones, images, icons of the programs, how can I do this?

So a few questions about Ervius Visual bebe's kitchen v.1.8.2:

8. What is LZX Compression?

9. What is OLD style ROM?

Would've been nice if someone could help me:)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VistaX:
Is there anyone that can help me with these few questions?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bruce Inman:
5. Not sure what this error is.

6. To add programs you must find the OEM package and add it to the Ext folder, cabs will not install from the kitchen.

7. I would search the kitchen for .wav, .mp3, .jpg, .png, .gif etc. to for items to customize. make sure they are exactly as they were before you replaced them as far as resolution, filenames, etc.

Icons and manila are more indepth so it is best to find a theme package that suites your tastes. I strongly suggest looking into max Manila as and OEM package.

8. LZX compression is a file compressor that reduces the overall size of the ROM. it can cause issues but it is always good to try it.

9. Old style ROM, I believe this is to use old style packages and normally would not be used.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VistaX:
Ok, thanks for answering :)

Point 5 is critical, because I can't save or create a ROM without a device id.

Does anybody know why or how I can get it?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prdic:
5 : I have in my EV Kitchen TOPA10000

6 : cab to oem to ext
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VistaX:
Thanks for the link :)

The problem with the device id is that it doesen't show/make an id automatically, and I can't wright anything there so it's kind of difficult do make a device id. And as I mentioned before, I can't save or create a ROM without the id.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VistaX:
Is there anyone that can help me how to get a device id?

Is it because the base I'm using?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prdic:
go to KITCHEN FOLDER/ROM and there is file info.txt, I have got in that file this text

Topaz

DPI_192

dpi_192_resh_480_resv_800

MODEL:TOPA10000

CHUNK:64

perhaps this is what you need, can't help you better because my laptop is broken at the moment
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VistaX:
I have exactly the same:

TOPAZ

DPI_192

dpi_192_resh_480_resv_800

MODEL:TOPA10000

CHUNK:64
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prdic:
what kitchen do you use, i have BeeGee's 3.5 kitchen as a base and everything works well, maybe some file in your kitchen is incorrect
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VistaX:
I have this:

1. I have dumped this ROM and have it as a base; http://htcpedia.com/official_norwagi...om.html?page=1 (0414 = norwegian language)

2. Downloaded all three .zip files (http://xdaforums.com/show...&postcount=344) and using the build 23518 in SYS, EXT and ROM folders.

But when you're using that kitchen, are you having WM6.5.3?

What I want is to remove Manila, set norwegian language, have WM6.5.3 (not 6.5) and add/remove some programs and ringtones/wallpapers.

Where can I get BeeGee's kitchen? Just to try it...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prdic:
BeeGee's kitchen is here and I've ported build 23529. This build includes language files 0414.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VistaX:
Hope you can help me further, just to make it through my first ROM :)

Now I've downloaded BeeGee_Tokyo_Kitchen_V3.7 Public.7z and 23541 Rollup - All Packages (~200MB).

Where am I supposed to put all the 0414 files from Da_G?

What more do I need? Because when I'm opening up the kitchen it doesen't show a device id.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeeGee_Tokyo:
For the 0414 files, check the SYS folder of the kitchen. You will see where the 0409 files are, just put the 0414 files next to them.

When you open the kitchen, you have to create a project. First click on the Device selection list. You should see TOPAZ there. After selecting TOPAZ, Language, DeviceID, ... are selected automatically.

If your SYS folder contains more than one language, you can select your 0414 as language there.

If you copied the 23541 files from Da_G into the correct folders, you can select XIP and SYS builds 21893 or 23541.

Hope this gives you a start. I would propose you to go thru one of the many tutorials here at XDA-developes to learn how the kitchen works, how to change builds, ...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VistaX:
Thanks for all the help so far.

I tried once more with what I wrote in the 10th post in this thread. And i got it to work, created a ruu-signed.nbh file. But when I tried to flashed it, by using CustomRUU it shows a message that says that the file is corrupt.

What does this mean?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smidmi:
VistaX,

What exactly is a mistake?

You patched HSPL-1.83?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaReDeViL:
New cooker needing help

Hello,

I'm trying to cook a rom with the old but great wm6.1 combined to manila2.1 and I succeeded. But I have ONE MAJOR problem that I can't solve. after flash, the phone tries constantly the connect to wlan (the G icon turns to wifi and then back to G) which makes the phone slow down everytime it happens.

the rom is based on the official rom 1.39 (French) which I dumped via oskitchen and integrated manila 2.1.1921 with all the dependencies.

Please, Can anyone help me solve this problem ???

thanks
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeeGee_Tokyo:
I see the same on my WM6.1/Manila2.1 ROM, but it is very short only (1 second) and I am not sure if it is really trying to connect to Wifi. I do not see the device getting slow while it happens. But I do not know what is the cause. Must be something inside Manila 2.1, because with the original Manila 2.0 I do not see it.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prdic:
I´m not sure, but read about it perhaps in dutty`s or energy`s rom thread, there was a cab for that issue i think.

edit: and here is something
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeeGee_Tokyo:
Thanks a lot, will check the cab and try it. Reading the post about the thread it seems to be only registry settings.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjobs4251:
Problems cooking a ROM

Hi. I need some help cooking a ROM for my HTC Diamond2.

I have tried a few kitchens and none have worked, each time I flash it successfully and then the handset fails during boot up at varying stages.

What I would like to do is start off with an official 6.5 ROM and make only the modifications I would like to it. But so far I have not been able to unpack and then repack, without making any changes, and not brick the handset.

When using Visual Topaz 6.5 Kitchen the handset displays HTC logo then restarts and just keeps doing this until I remove the battery. I used the original OEM, SYS and ROM folders that come with the kitchen as well as trying to extract the data myself and use it.

When using Ervius kitchen I have extracted the data from the ruu_signed.nbh and repacked it successfully. When I try to flash it the handset gets all the way through the 1st boot procedure but once the progress bar on the orange Windows starting screen gets to 100% it just sits there and does nothing. If I reboot the handset it just goes through the same boot up process and gets stuck again.

I have tried to put my own kitchen together but buildOS/G'reloc comes up with an error of not a valid integer value.

I tried downloading some cooked ROMs from this site and out of about 6 3 worked the others suffered the same rebooting problems.

All this has been tried on two laptops running XP.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to why I am having these problems? And if possible a solution or a known working kitchen for the Diamond2 using 6.5?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] belumada:
Hmm are you cooking the rom with manila 2.5?

If yes, then you need to modify some files in the notification enhancement folder in the EXT folder.

If I'm not mistaken, you need to recmod NTFConfig.dll for the phone to boot pass the windows logo.

Hope that helps
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjobs4251:
Thank you. I am using Manila 2.5. I'll try what you suggest now. Is it just that file or are their others?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccaparli:
After trying and flashing roms ~300 times (for two years with kaiser, and 1 month of topaz):D, still i cant find the perfect rom for myself. I want (at least) all of the stuff in the 2.53 official sense 2.5 rom, however, I use wm from wm2003 so, i want that speed. sense 2.5 is nice however, makes the device very very slow. so i want a rom thats is half naked, but speedy.

so, as there are not any up to date rom with 2.1 sense and updated builds, I want to cook my own rom. I have some beginner knowledge about sys xip etc. I have downloaded Oskitchen and dumped, official 2.53 rom(with sense 2.5) and 2.16 (with sense 2.1), and build a rom. however, i think that it cant be so easy that, cooking a rom by selecting ext packages one from there and one from another etc.

I have deselected useless ext packages, and manila 2.5 related packages. Then, selected only manila 2.1 package (i cant find the other related software like calendar, messaging etc), and cooked the rom without any errors.

Also, i am exhausted to try any rom i found, at the WORK!!(such an insanity):D, and i think a paranoia began about each rom is irritating me:confused:. as there is not any emulator for testing roms, i dont want to try this rom now. it will be selfish to want anybody try this rom also.

finally, (i wrote too much, and bored you sorry), I want to cook a rom like this (based on latest rom, but with sense 2.1 only).

Is it possible to build a rom with:

** With Sense 2.1, including 2.53 rom apps like,

-htc messaging

-facebook link(also sense 2.1 got itself a basic one)

-topaz dialer with conference, g sensor supported(quiet ring on pickup etc.)

-(Being only cosmetic not very important) Using thin font in messaging(like old official tf3d or sense 2.1, in the message tab)

-Settings button which is going real settings not to the manila settings (also this can be done by registry)

-etc. i think you understand my idea...:) so i dont extend each of the critera;)

If those above are possible,

-Which packages of sense, I must disable from 2.53 dump and then choose from 2.1 (as I want to change only sense version from 2.5 to 2.1, others will remain same)

-Do I need to download any packages? Do the packages dumped from originals are enough? (as we think I want to create a rom as it is close to the official)

I have got too much questions but i think i can search them later. If anybody can answer my questions I will be pleased. Thanks from now...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] titus07:
How to have this option in the htc official rom when viewing geocoded images with htc_album ?

This option exists on the mui file but is not visible. How to activate this ?

I found myself the answer.

Htc footprints is not installed in this rom. This is the problem.

You just need to get htcfootprints_engine.exe from another rom (same version/language ?) and copy it into windows and the option is visible for geotagged photos.

I can now localize photos on google map.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smidmi:
To correctly start the firmware, you must own package Notification_Enhantsement_3_5 replaced by similar from the previous version Notification_Enhancement_2_0_1919_3225.

Well, and EVK choose Real WM 6.5 ACU
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black-Rose:
Device keeps hanging in the screen 'preparing device for first time'

It's a long time ago...

Earlier I cooked my ROM's with ErviusVisualkitchen and it runs excellent! Then since the official WM6.5 ROM of HTC was introduced I used the original one.

But now after a couple of months I realize it's to heavy and not my cup of tea.

So I was start cooking again... the previous maps of my previous ROM's do it good! Then I dumped the original HTC ROM .nbh file. and replaced all previous stuff with the newer stuff: 2.18 21869 -> 2.53 21887

Creating ROM no problem but with flashing the device keeps hanging in the screen after bootloader; preparing device for first time use.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeeGee_Tokyo:
Its a known problem with some packages in the SYS and EXE. I had the same problems when dumping the 2.54 ROM with ErviusKitchen.

I changed to osKitchen Zero 1.29, and dumped the ROM with it and I got no problems with my cooked ROM.

No idea whats the difference.