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[TG01 ROM Development] kevinpwhite:
GPS Issue - further update from testing...

Probably overtaken by events - see Post #205

So, in summary:

- Stock Orange WM6.5 - works

- IT .tsw with unaltered UK Payload inserted - works

- UK .tsw with original De-Branded Payload - works

- Re-flashed original De-Branded ROM (IT .tsw with de-brand Payload) - back to original problems; occasional satellite fix, but almost instantly drops and then enters Acquiring / Searching for GPS process. Not working

- 'new' De-Branded ROM (IT .tsw with de-brand payload, rebuilt) - as above - Not working

Conclusion:

- There does appear to be some charactaristic about the IT .tsw / modified payload which behaves different to the same payload in the UK .tsw. Heaven only knows what ! Possibly something to do with the initfiles.dat ?

- BUT, the IT .tsw with unmoded UK Payload is fine...

:confused::confused:

Next Steps:

- Sleep on it !

- Maybe try new modified payload in small steps and check GPS function at each stage[/QUOTE]

OK - we know the IT .tsw work with an unmodified UK payload.

- Test #1: Have therefore taken initfiles.dat file from the De-Branded v1 ROM and inserted into freshly dumped Orange payload. Then recomplied into IT .tsw. Does NOT work

- Test #2: Reversed the above: have taken initifiles.dat from freshly dumped Orange payload and inserted into the debranded ROM payload. Then again recomplied into IT .tsw Does NOT work

I thought at this point that I was going to now find that it was not the initfiles.dat which is causing the GPS connection issue, but possibly a missing file within the rest of the OS structure. However, the subsequent steps have put a different light on it all....

Next step:

- Test #3: Taken a clean Orange payload and simply deleted all but one of the .cab files, all the .tsk (Theme) files bar one and a few other .jpg images. initflashfiles.dat untouched. Recompiled and flashed.... Does NOT work

Now getting very puzzled.....

- Test #4: Unpacked and then repacked the stock Orange ROM with no amendments at all..... Also Does NOT work !!

The implication now is that it is not the fact of deleting files or the modified initflashfiles.dat which is the root cause, but something changing in the course of repacking the payload.

- Test #5: Restore to the 'Hybrid' ROM using the IT .tsw with inserted, unmodified payload (as in use throughout by Adzman808. This Does Work. It is also capable of having extensive post-boot modification: on-boot Registry editing (eg. preventing .cab installation), 'overwriting' of files (eg. replacement of welcomehead.192.png, poweroff.gif and many others) as per the 'soft-debrand process.

The key difference is that this payload has not been unpacked/repacked.

Once again, think this needs sleeping on !
[TG01 ROM Development] arag0n85:
Once again, good work kevin. You are working hard in order to develop a way to solve the issue, or at least know where to start looking. But there is something doesn't match. My first debranded payload works in a UK ROM. How the hell can a just unpack-repack payload do not work? I'm a bit confused, and I hope you stay in your amazing job, but there are things that simply doesn't match. Maybe we have to start thinking that the ROM's itself are properly flashed.

Anyways, maybe here is something that helps your theory. A imgfs from payload and a imgfsfromdump using the dumpe files from the imgfs extracted using osbntools, doesn't match on size. But, in the end, the ROM has the same size. I've discovered this issue when we were looking arround the oddity about some ROM's not flashing without a rename.
[TG01 ROM Development] Narkodrom:
kevinpwhite

had the same problem on debranded rom 0.009, but now it is working without problems for a few hours already, all I've done is switched GPD port 9 to 7. Firstly got the message "looking for satellites" in garmin for 5-7 min, than "no gps device found" and asks do you want to continue search (yes/no)?I just leaved as is(don't tap anything), and after one minute as this message appear, device found satellites and working right now w/out problems :confused: :confused: :confused:

can you try different port on your device?
[TG01 ROM Development] kevinpwhite:
Hi, thanks for the suggestion - I have in fact previously tried various port combinations; at that time it wasn't having any useful effect. However it now appears to be working just fine on both .001 and .009 versions (see update to previous post @ 14:30), allowing Windows to manage the connection between the hardware and Garmin XT.
[TG01 ROM Development] SteveYorks:
Hi Kevin, well done with all that experimentation, and your idea about getting a sat lock outside first is quite intriguing. Here's my days events...

Used iGo 3 times on journeys, all about 15 to 20 minutes, GPS was perfect. Got home, tried it one more time inside, got about 4 weak satellites, then iGo bricked it after a few seconds, couldn't get a signal. Restarted iGo, nothing, still bricked. Soft reset then go outside to acquire satellites before coming inside - all running lovely again.

I think I could have been a little hasty when I said the debrand Rom + Manila had totally bricked my GPS, maybe if I had got a lock outside first and did a few more soft resets when needed it would have been a different story.

Its strange that people are saying that their GPS is having trouble when using these ROMS, as my GPS has always been dodgy and this ROM is the only thing thats fixed it! Here's my phone history -

First TG01 - returned to Orange due to GPS constantly disconnecting. (it would always disconnect after 19mins 30 seconds from acquiring satellites)

Second TG01 - returned to Orange due to GPS constantly disconnecting. (it would always disconnect after 19mins 30 seconds from acquiring satellites)

Third TG01 - GPS constantly disconnecting. (it would always disconnect after 19mins 30 seconds from acquiring satellites). Load new official ROM from Toshiba. GPS still constantly disconnecting. Now using Debrand ROM v0.009, GPS working a treat, other than what I mentioned above.

I'll continue testing all week then hopefully load the new debrand +Manila ROM aragon is now working on.

I feel a large donation will be going to aragon shortly, without knowing it he's fixed what Toshiba and Orange have screwed up.
[TG01 ROM Development] olyloh6696:
new release?

hey aragon, great roms your cooking!! so when is our next telease scheduled for, i am looking forward to it!! will it feature the extra 70mb rom?

i am uing version 0.000.9, but my ootos still do nt open.... willi there be a fix? great work, looking forward to your new release!!!
[TG01 ROM Development] souljaboy:
possibly if theres a value in registry telling the cam program what bitrate/codec to use ... in my sony p1i there was a hack overwriting the values of the camera program , bitrates , jpg compression level ... images were much better and grew from 1.1mb to 1.6 -1.7 with less compression , if we wanna improve the camera , we need to start with something like that
[TG01 ROM Development] arag0n85:
I don't know. Till now it's a mistery why the 70Mb aren't able to use. If you have a ROM with higher usage, definetly you won't see 263.53Mb for User storage. Then, you can release space until this mark. As you can see on Manila ROM's, the User storage isn't modified, despite manila uses arround 50-75Mb on ROM....

The next logical steps (despite some bugs and things missing for the sake of perfeccionism), would be increase RAM avalible, allow the use of more ROM, and WM 6.5.5. After this, modding is all that's left.

Diferents roms with diferents things, and "research" is over. There is a lot of people with a lot more expirience than me cooking arround, they should be able to figure maybe what no one has seen yet about where the missing ram goes. I tried deactivating some toshiba services (that's not so hard to do), but any of them seems to improve the RAM avalible dramatically. Anyways, seems that on our TG01 all programs uses 2 times the RAM that are reporting to the system. So devices.exe and filesys.exe seems to be the most possible candidates for RAM wasting. But they are sys processes... we can't delete them, so... i have no idea...
[TG01 ROM Development] blus:
Device use grows gwes.exe. There a possibility to be reset gwes.exe without reseting the device?
[TG01 ROM Development] nico101:
@arag0n85 have You tried changing language of debranded IT rom? It's debranded so You don't need to delete registry entries etc.
[TG01 ROM Development] thor2002ro:
how about replacing devices.exe and filesys.exe with the files from hd2's rom or a similar sys maybe bad versions...?
[TG01 ROM Development] arag0n85:
That could do the work too. But my main problem is arround the toshiba itself aplications. I know there are some register options missing to delete, but in fact they aren't working. The only thing that is on the screen now is the Orange Mail and the poweroff logo. The other things aren't a real performance hit.

I'm more concerned about delete the Toshiba Keyboard and Add another proper keyboard like swype or htc one.

But yeah, maybe the easiest way to do it on the start was with the english SYS, the italian OEM, and the translated initflashfiles and other stuff. But by this time I was unable to rebuild packages and I gone straight with the things I was able to do.
[TG01 ROM Development] nico101:
Many files in oem folders ( sysapl and tsbapl ) are language related to ROM when I was making polish translation (cab file) I had to search which file has needed mus strings... But yes You're right that at this point it's pointless to start with IT rom.

BTW.

I'm planning to make debranded polish ROM for polish usesrs(if I'll find polish 21876 mui files or won't change TG01 for an android device :P)

I have some experience in cooking (asus P525 and Raphael) but I didn't change language in kitchen so can You tell me what needs to be changed in reg. initflashes etc.??

Thanks in advance :)
[TG01 ROM Development] arag0n85:
Well, I can't say what's needed, because I've not cheked every single register file on the ROM, but, from my point of view what's more needed it's related with the usually reference to "my documents", "my pictures", and other usual user related documents folders. Other thing that usually needs to be changed is the name of SD Card on the system, and maybe the name of "Program files".

At initflashfiles you will find most of the initialization of the filesystem but on reg files there is also things like the sd card name and references to the default directories for camera, etc.

I hope it helps you, but some information maybe it's a bit obvious
[TG01 ROM Development] kevinpwhite:
GPS Dropout on debranded ROMs - >> RESOLVED <<

Please see update at the foot of Post #205.
[TG01 ROM Development] adzman808:
that's brilliant news :)
[TG01 ROM Development] nico101:
@arag0n85 thanks for info :) i thought that there is more changes needed :) anyway I'm still stuck cause there are no polish mui files for 21876 build have You tried changing sys (for another WM6.5.0 build) without changing XIP and were any side effects of this operation ?
[TG01 ROM Development] arag0n85:
Now I'm uploading a rom with a 6.5.5 OS files and apps, to see what happens xD

I don't expect it to work, but if works, would be great xD. If you want I can send you the ROM. I will send it to kevinpwhite, he is always up for testing.

By the way, I've never tested to change between 6.5.0 versions files, but I think that should be able to do. Just pick a close ROM number, and give it a try xD

The only think I tried was to add the Compact Framework 3.5 instead of 2.5, and all worked fine.
[TG01 ROM Development] nico101:
I can't afford to make HR on my TG01 it's like notebook for me expecially at weekends cause I'm away from home and I use TG01 to work :) but thanks :)

I've asked more experienced cook about changing sys without xip and he says that some close builds should work but it can cause problems or even not booting roms...

So now I need to learn how to port TG01 XIP ... life hates me xD
[TG01 ROM Development] arag0n85:
l3v5y kitchen seems to do it already fine. At least he says he did 6.5.5 builds with it. Anyways, I've tried 6.5.5 builds with his kitchen and nothing bootable came out of it (To be fair i've done just 2 tries with his kitchen), but that makes me belive that we need at least 10-20 tries to get a bootable new SYS version, and a lot more for an stable one.
[TG01 ROM Development] nico101:
Maybe but many 6.5.5 builds didn't boot and from what i readed till now manually ported XIP should work in 100% but its 2h of work :) but I want to port another WM6.5.0 build it should be easier :) but I think that correctly manually ported WM6.5.5 XIP should work too :) I've got article about it but it's in polish language...

Edit

I've looked onto l3v5y kitchen and manual xip porting tutorial and I think that non booting WM6.5.5 problems are related to limited xip size and automatized process that doesn't do all checks :) but I'm not sure about it so no offence :)
[TG01 ROM Development] dashing_arien:
Install v0.010...

I already have v0.002 installed on my phone. Now I intend to install v0.010. What do I need to do. Do I need to follow the same procedure or should I Hard Reset the phone and then install v0.010.. I understand it might seem a silly question but I dont want to take chances.
[TG01 ROM Development] arag0n85:
I have more information about 6.5.5, but we still a bit far to get a bootable properly working ROM. But every step you can get closer to get a 6.5.5 XIP would be nice. I can help you with the files and drivers arround the tg01, but I never worked properly arround XIP yet.

Yes, the procedure is the same. At least should be the same :P
[TG01 ROM Development] geobid:
Hi arag0n85 YOU are BIG this ROM is wonderful but I find little bug: I don't know how can I turn camera using camera button (on the right side) if its possible to fix I will grateful.

Best regards
[TG01 ROM Development] arag0n85:
Thank you, that happens with the original ROM also. I've never has been able to use the camera button since I has updated to 6.5. Anyways, I didn't tought to look arround to see if I can get the camera button working again.
[TG01 ROM Development] Pere:
What do you mean? I've got the Movistar (Spanish WM6.5) ROM and I can switch on the camera as usual with the camera button.... but you need to maintain the pressure 3 seconds (but that's a TG01 issue since the first WM6.1)

Cheers
[TG01 ROM Development] arag0n85:
You are right, I've tested with my phone (Manila 2011 + Debranded 0.009 (almost the same)) and I can't get the camera working and I tested with the phone of a friend and he can (he stills with the movistar original one).

I will look arround whats the diference between them. I think that should be an issue about the pointers.
[TG01 ROM Development] kevinpwhite:
For info - on the new v0.010 build, the camera seems to work fine - with the ususal 3 sec delay between press/hold and activation.

Only issue I've previously noted was a tendency for the camera to want to repeatedly start by itself when you went into the My Pictures folder, making it almost impossible to drill down to a specific directory / file.

No sign of that as yet with the new build; hopefully now banished :)
[TG01 ROM Development] nico101:
@arag0n85 from what I've readed manually ported XIP should work in 100% for our TG01's It should be even simplier beacouse we have 6.5 nk.exe (it supports new virtual memmory mapping used in WM6.5.x)

Today I've ported 6.5.5 XIP using XIPport and XIPAddrTools but I have no time to test it and it's my first port so it may not work... the only weird thing in porting for me was that i had only to change 1 module adress...

I've made a 6.5.5 rom but I don't have time and guts to test it :P (there is no official TG01 service in poland so I must send my device to germany)

I found an article about manual xipporting in english so You can take a look:

http://www.techparaiso.com/windows-mobile/tutorials/326-manual-full-xip-porting-for-windows-mobile-phone-os

We should share ouw knowlege to get more and better roms working on TG01 :)
[TG01 ROM Development] tyrell:
I have a problem with MMS application, when trying to add pictures or sounds it says file format not supported or folders in which i have files in show as empty despite i have files in it...however i have picture viewer installed aswell as a player...Also when i receive MMS, inbox folder looks empty with only size of the file being showed. This problem is only appearing in debranded ROM...it works fine with original stock rom...In my opinion MMS application isnt recognizing files ( pics.music...) or they arent associated due to some possible modds which have been done. Any clue how to fix this?

Thx
[TG01 ROM Development] a_petrov303:
you need to hold the camera button pressed for 2 secs
[TG01 ROM Development] arag0n85:
Thats a normal issue, there is no longer the aplication that was used for the MMS.... I tought that simply reasigning the picture viewer to the default one would correct the issue, but seems that's not the case.
[TG01 ROM Development] olyloh6696:
good work once again!!

hey, arag0n85, good work once again! I likie your debranded ROMS. However the memory ROM 300mb is still not available yet, are you having troubles trying to free it up from registries?
[TG01 ROM Development] arag0n85:
Well, the problem is that I don't know what's the cause. I can create a ROM that uses 300Mb on storage and get a properly sized 200Mb of user storage, but anytime I go further the 263.53Mb mark, the user storage doesn't become avalible. That's why the manila ROM version has the very same storage avalible than the non-manila version with all the manila files in the ROM....

I have no idea about how to adress this properly. I still learning about how to cook properly :P
[TG01 ROM Development] coolkat:
hi

i love your work it saves me time when ever im testing packages by not having to edit registry to remove orange related keys before initial use. I want to build a rom myself and i have no clue how to. i have kitchen, tgtool, bin files but dont know how to continue/edit rom after that. can you please share a small tutorial on how you are editing the roms, installing cab files to the ROM, editing registry etc?
[TG01 ROM Development] arag0n85:
Well, I can share a video tutorial, but It will take time. There is many simple things, but I use many programs and concepts arround, I have no trouble asking any question but that's really wide to answer in just 3m video. Anyways I will give it a try soon maybe.
[TG01 ROM Development] geobid:
Thanks Guy's for advice's in fact hold the camera button pressed for 2 sec works !!

I must be more patient ;)

THX for all
[TG01 ROM Development] da blitz:
rom very fast and stable,but i can't send and received mms,file format not supported,does not work either installing resco photo manager,please fix this problem :)
[TG01 ROM Development] (InsertNameHere):
You have to setup MMS

What file format?

Resco Photo Manager works...
[TG01 ROM Development] amanite12:
hi would just like to say to aragon... well done wot a rom makes my tg01 work like clock work. big thanks.

so glad we can flash our tgs as was doing it on my xda exec for a while but got rid of it as it wasnt exaclly pocket freindly.lol

but love the tg01 bigger screen so thin and light wieght.

cheers again and carry on the good work.
[TG01 ROM Development] da blitz:
yes,works,i halways use the program for send mms,but with thise rom is not possible.....

file format not supported jpeg,bmp ecc ecc
[TG01 ROM Development] (InsertNameHere):
I can view jpegs, so the file format must be supported

The reason you have to setup MMS is in the release details on page 1, all orange GPRS and MMS settings have been removed, so you have a blank sheet to setup your own GPRS, MMS etc
[TG01 ROM Development] tyrell:
It`s not about setting up MMS . Its an issue within the application itself not recognizing any file format...so MMS function is useless...You can send and receive mms (blank or text only) but Its impossible to insert files neither open it upon receiving it ( blank folder) .
[TG01 ROM Development] coolkat:
that would be cool. thanks a lot. i just want to know how to edit registry and add packages thats all.
[TG01 ROM Development] Narkodrom:
can somebody share new rom please?

"The file you are trying to access is temporarily unavailable." on megaupload

ta
[TG01 ROM Development] (InsertNameHere):
Try refreshing the page a few times, should become available
[TG01 ROM Development] kevinpwhite:
MMS Malfunction

I'm incluned to agree; I cannot get MMS to access any picture or audio files on the device either; also notice that the contents are missing from several of the selection boxes in the Options Tab.

I suspect there are some Registry entries missing for those and possibly that the lack of the Arcsoft viewer is causing the file blindness issue. The MMS app is also Arcsoft, so are probably sharing Reg entries or something as well. May be possible to repoint the MMS app to recognise images etc displayed via Resco instead....

@arag0n85 - do you recall what changes you made that affect this specific area please ?
[TG01 ROM Development] arag0n85:
Yup, I've deleted arcsoft photoviewer and everything with "arcsoft" name on the register xD

So, no way to know every entry i've deleted. I can add back arcsoft photoviewer... maybe that stops the issue with the MMS. I guess that you can get it working with another picture software, has anyone tried to do it and got mms working? I've read many forum posts about it, but I've never tried myself, I never use MMS.
[TG01 ROM Development] Narkodrom:
is the anybody know, how to make wi-fi working when the charge is below 20% ? it's switching itself off...
[TG01 ROM Development] arag0n85:
I tried a tweak but didn't work, and nothing on registry drivers seems to point to this. I think that it's directly related to the dll that handles the service. I've also tried tweaking the camera to bring new resolutions working but I really don't know why toshiba placed register entries to define the resolutions for the camera, because you can't see the new resolutions at the camera program, and trust me I added everything that should be needed, but seems that the TCamera.exe and the DLL for driver are pre-programed to work only with the default resolutions.... So I think that the WIFI thing it's something on the same way.
[TG01 ROM Development] kevinpwhite:
I've just tried manually reinstating Arcsoft Photoviewer - the app works although I evidently don't have ALL the reg entries in place as is not showing up in the Start Menu; however this has not improved mattters with the MMS. I think there are some keys specific to MMS itself which also need repairing.
[TG01 ROM Development] kevinpwhite:
Fix for Arcsoft MMS Issue

OK - here is a temporary fix for the Arcsoft MMS problem.

Unpack the attached View attachment 309453. Place the viewer in Programe Files on the device and import the .reg file into the Registry and the MMS function will be restored. Also unpack the three shortcuts in View attachment 309477 and place into ..\Windows\Start Menu to restore full accessibility.

I have tested by sending several MMS back and forth with attached images no problems now, but have not tested with audio attachments.

I am not sure if all the registry entries are truly needed, but it works.

@aragon85, unless we can identify a simple way of being able to reparent the photo association to Resco or another viwer of individuals' choice, think might be necessary to replace this in the ROM....
[TG01 ROM Development] arag0n85:
I know :/ that's why I asked for confirmation from someone if MMS was working again if Resco it's installed as someone said.