yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 General] prosumerhacks:
the dload package is almost 230MB... whats it packed with? :)
[HD2 General] rstoyguy:
The stuff you need to flash it, and the ruu_signed.nbh. Which is 254mb in size. Anyone can cook a clean rom, I like to add stuff to it. Don't worry, you still have bookoo free memory...
[HD2 General] bodyman:
the only thing that this does NOT include is the
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexusonemeover:
since i installed drop box im getting a force close error in the gallery about 50% of the time. i uninstalled drop box and its still happening... tips, hints?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] yeahdisk:
Hi - I want to sim unlock my HTC Touch Diamond so i can sell it...

I called Orange UK for the code and they wanted £20!

Any cheaper reliable places? My phone has already been installed with HardSPL and has a custom Rom on it.

I assume a code won't wipe the phone of data etc?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] deezy7:
ADW.Launcher

So, after trying out a few Home Launchers, I have settled upon ADW.Launcher. I must admit, I didn't think anything would be able to replace Helix Launcher, but ADW has all of the speed, eye candy, tweaks, and features that I am loving right now! I also love the feature of Tag Home, which has labels for your different apps when you open the drawer, so I do wish it had that. But aside from that one feature, everything else on ADW OWNS!!!

- It can have up to 7 screens (9 would be great though).

- You can hit nexus style buttons on the bottom to flip to the next screen, instead of sliding with your thumb across the screens (which sometimes hits icons and launches them instead of sliding, I guess because our screens aren't the most sensitive anymore - always happened to me, so I appreciated this navigation option. Does anyone else have this problem? Or needing to swipe a few times to get it to go to the next screen?).

- Since we don't have multitouch, we can't pinch-to-zoom out on our home screen to preview all of our screens. ADW overcomes this via TWO Preview methods:

Method 1: When you hit the home button from any of the screens, or...

Method 2: You can preview JUST the screens to the left or right of whichever screen you are on at the moment, by holding down on the nexus style buttons on the bottom-left or bottom-right, flanking the dock

- The animation of the screens sliding left and right looks awesome.

- You can choose either Galaxy Spica S style navigation of your apps, or the 3-D Fly-In (which I prefer), when you open the drawer. Unfortunately, no option for just sliding the drawer up I don't think.

- You can choose which of your 7 screens (or 5 or 3, whatever) you want to be your "Home" screen (very cool!).

- Customizability:

-you can adjust the speed that you change screens

-you can adjust the "overshoot"

-you can adjust the speed of the Fly-In when opening drawer

-you can adjust the tint of the docked icons

-you can adjust the size of the docked icons

-you can hide the app titles

-you can show or hide the background screens when apps or the app drawer is open, and also adjust the shading of them

-You can customize almost everything!!!

- There are still more features that I haven't discovered yet :)

I found the creator's thread here, he's an xda member of course :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=645550

And a Youtube video here of many of the customizable features:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5gRgpuQE_k

I just installed ADW.Launcher from the Marketplace.

Please feel free to leave your Home Launcher reviews in this thread if you like! Tell us why you have chosen what you have, and which features are particularly important to you and why. Hopefully this will help people or newbies to be able to weed out the less useful or non-working launchers. Maybe I'll start a poll too :D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] deezy7:
Reserved. Just because I've always wanted to be in a position where I can "reserve" posts like devs lol.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] blindguyinanorgy:
Thanks for the post. Id like to see some reviews of the other launchers in this thread.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] thebulletfromhell:
Launcher Pro is Good As Well. 2.1 only though
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] deezy7:
How about a review? :D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] blindguyinanorgy:
Just tried it out for myself. Great launcher. The only thing I miss from Helix is the double tap to preview. The button isnt super hard though. ill have to make my way to the dev to suggest
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] deezy7:
Which launcher are you talking about? If it's Launcher Pro, then yeah, I agree with you, that's why I went back to Helix, and since then have stuck with ADW. I love the preview!!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] blindguyinanorgy:
helix had preview with double tap on background. preview does rock
[HD2 General] Mr.ALMohammady:
Can HD2 Recored the calls?

If it can, what's the best software for that?

I'm busy right now...... so please help me...

Thank u :)
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
most incall recorders will work

BUT

they will only record the other person if you have loudspeaker on. HTC changed the way the audio is routed, so none of teh recorder software will work, unless its on loudspeaker. (I think this is also the same reason lots of skype type apps dont work, too)
[Desire General] lsmgeb89:
I am very confused about this problem. Just how to sync the bookmarks in the firefox or Xmarks to my desire？？？ By the way, My ROM is Amer_Mod_Des_Nexus_Final_Update-1. thx a lot!
[Desire General] lsmgeb89:
Nobody knows??? Please help me if anyone solve the problem!
[Desire General] iain2510:
As far as I know it can't be done. You could create a shortcut to xmarks mobile page - not a perfect solution but probably best you can do at the moment.

Iain

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Sent via the XDA Tapatalk App
[Desire General] kejaro:
Opera?

You could try Opera Mini. This will sync bookmarks and quick links with the pc versions.
[Desire General] lsmgeb89:
You know the website of xmarks is blocked by GFW.Furthermore VPN to jump the GFW on the phone is very expensive to me!!! But thx a lot~~
[Desire General] lsmgeb89:
I have fifefox and IE 8 for my main browsers. But I can try the Opera and hope that the Xmarks has plug-in for the Opera. thx ~~
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
--reserved--

My work is free for everyone's use, but if you feel compelled to give a donation towards my work (I am a full-time college student working on this in what little spare time I have), my paypal e-mail is "toa649@myway.com"
[Miscellaneous Android Development] drtek:
you sir Steven855, are just plain awesome. thank you I will try this one the next days.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bmasephol:
Steven - thanks for the new version. Flashed and everything seems to be working so far without issue. I've reconfigured my SDIO barcode reader and all software and things appear to be working. I'm going to do some testing with the device going into and out of blank screen with AC power connected and disconnected. I'll report back with any problems. Thanks again!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
For those of you who do run some old programs (like me), I will be coming out with a updated WM6.5 rom (which has the old configuration of start menu on top instead of bottom like this version).
[Miscellaneous Android Development] frblckstr1:
Works on my A696, although I have problems connecting the WiFi to my Sitemcom AP (which can do B+G+N) and uses WPA2-PSK(AES), a WPA-PSK 11b seems to work.

And make sure you do not use a SDHC, although it works later on the flash process can't use it.

Tanks for the ROM!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] imre00:
Thanks for the 6.5.3 ROM !

I think this is almost a perfect ROM, no battery drains, no wakeup problems, bluetooth is working fine. The only bug what I observed is the task manager problem (not runing the task manager if wireless is not enabled in today).

Thanks again, great work.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] drtek:
This ROM is very good indeed but do you know how to disable the Windows Media "A SD CARD WAS DETECTED, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY" Message when I pop in the SD? Thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] twist3rtm:
Can somebody point me out to a A639 6.5 ROM ? thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
Sorry, I do not know a permanent solution (although I have seen it before). I can only offer the suggestion of making sure Windows Media Player mobile is not running (if it is running, you can kill it with the task manager) when you insert the SD card.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
I'm curious; How many people like this rom's graphical interface better than the one that WM6.5 and previous versions of Windows Mobile used? Also, what programs have people using my roms come accross that work with previous versions of Windows Mobile, but don't exactly work with the new interface that comes with WM6.5.3 (and later versions)? I'm trying to compile a list of older programs for Windows Mobile that don't exactly work with the new graphical interface.

Last thing, has anyone encountered any problems with Bluetooth? I had gotten some complaints about bluetooth issues with the last WM6.5 rom that I put out, and I would like to know if those problems got fixed.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] imre00:
I like more the 6.5 interface, but I can exist with the new 6.5.3 too. The only program what I use and is not 100% compatible with the new 6.5.3 interface is the totalcommander for pocketpc. Any other programs what I use, can accomodate with the new interface.

My problem with this ROMs are only relative with the iGO navigation, which are using more and more memory from one versions to another, and the ROMS are using more memory then the Asus 6.0. But I observed, that if I softreset my A696 before using the navigation, the navigation working fine without any memory problems.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] m_a_k_s:
Is it possible to change the language of this rom? I need Polish.

I've tried to use AsusWM6Patch but no luck (Actual language: Unknown).

Maybe some HEX hack?

BTW: Great work Steven855. Thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dj.brudo:
It's seems to look that this rom is the greatest so far.

Thanks again steven for amazing job!

In addition i would like to have a HEBREW language to the rom.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
There's no easy way to change the language of a rom. You have to take an existing rom, extract its contents, change what you need, and then package it up again so it (fits and) can be successfully flashed. If someone is willing to tell me how to flash a rom with a language different than the default language, PLEASE TELL ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The big thing right now with all the international roms is trying to flash them so I can test them. Once this is (finally) solved, I can continue working on the international releases. I would try AsuWM6Patch, but it seems to be geared towards flashing with the supplied program and not the SD flasher method that I have been using to test my roms.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] m_a_k_s:
Well I don't understand why you say it's so complicated. My friend bought Asus A696. But that was WWE version (Windows Mobile 6 Classic). I've dump rom from my A696 (POL version) a then reflashed his PDA. So it's possible and quite easy.

Here you can read more about it (google translator version).

h t t p : / / t n i j . o r g / a s u s _ f l a s h

(remove spaces).

Hint: usbloader.exe

One more thing. You can use modified version of Upgrade Tool. Now it's easy to upgrade even if the rom file is older then the orginal or in different language.

h t t p : / / r a p i d s h a r e . c o m / f i l e s / 3 4 1 9 0 0 4 7 6 / U p g r a d e _ T o o l . e x e
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
Thank you for the resources. I will definitely look into the second entry. As for the 1st version with usbloader, I run Windows 7 and have tried the usbloader method, but it never works for me. I haven't been using the Upgrade tool because I'm afraid of permanently bricking my A626 (I bricked it once before, and getting it fixed was a pain) and I know that the SD flasher method works with no problems (as long as the power is on; never try to flash roms during a thunderstorm). By the way, where did you find the modified upgrade tool anyway?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] frederickcar:
i have been following your roms for a6x6, and i would like to thanks you for making them.

just one comment, i hope you finish or solve first the bugs in your previous versions before making a new one.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] m_a_k_s:
Link to the modified version is mentioned here:

h t t p : //asuspda.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21

and here for example:

h t t p : //xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=308611

Oh and I find this page:

h t t p : //oneiros-eidos.nm.ru/index_en.dhtml

There is a solution for usbloader and Win7:

h t t p : //asuspda.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=145
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Deleted member 2644385:
Thanks!

I have installed the 6.5.3 ROM on my Asus MyPal A696. So far no problems. My PDA has come back to life.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for the great work! Keep it up!

Tip: Sprite Backup works on migration from Windows 6.1. ROM, including the installed programs.

Yours sincerely,

Christian Opitz
[Miscellaneous Android Development] locozozi:
Steven,

Yet again you come through. I really needed that Office bit... :)

And I'm sure you'll be able to resolve the WM7 once it's out!

LZ
[Miscellaneous Android Development] twist3rtm:
Sorry for beeing so stubborn, but I asked few times and no answer: isn't a ROM with 6.5.3 for Asus A639 ? At least, it's not possible for hardware reasons, or nobody cares to do a firmware for this device? Please tell me so I stop search for it. Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
As of now, I do not know of a WM6.5 rom for Asus A639. If you are willing to do your homework, you can try to make one yourself, but no one else that I know of has published a rom for your device.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
I thought I already included MS Office mobile with this rom release.

Anyway, I think that WM7 will be a "no-can-do" for the A6x6 if what I am reading about WM7 is indeed correct. The official specs for WM7 say that you need at least an ARM v7-based processor. The A6x6 processor (along with the rest of the XScale processors) is a ARM v5TE-based processor. So the thing that is keeping WM7 from the A6x6 is the architecture of the hardware, which is NON-CHANGEABLE.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Genky:
Hi steven,

I have one Asus Mypal A636 with WM5 italian version. In the asus site there isn't upgrade to WM6

Can I use one your work for upgrade ?

If follow the procedure but in the step 9c only see the ASUS startup logo and the loader don't start.

Where am I doing wrong ?

perhaps the HW of this device never support WM6.5.x and/or WM6.x ?

Thank you very much
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
No, you cannot use my rom on your device and expect it to work (in other words, you will permanently brick your device if you try to use my firmware with your device). The reason for this is because your device uses a totally different set of hardware and firmware.

The hardware can support WM6, but one has to take the time to customize the firmware and test it. As for how to do it, I have no idea how to extract the os part of the firmware from the rom image, but I do know how to handle the os part of the firmware once it is extracted.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] locozozi:
I know you've included it, that's what I meant with you coming through :)

Speaking of Office - I've noticed that this release http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=624810 (I've installed it for a friend), Has Office 2010 Mobile on it... (hint, hint ;-) )

Yet again, Thanks for all your magnificent work!

LZ
[Miscellaneous Android Development] locozozi:
I think we might have some hope for WP7 on our trusty devices :)

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/obloch/archive/2010/05/03/windows-ce-is-not-dead.aspx

<Crossing fingers>

Update:

Or Not :( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Phone_7#Hardware_requirements
[Miscellaneous Android Development] drtek:
The "LOCK" Icon in the bottom of the start-menu (where you see the icons) seems to be broken through all skins. I only see random noise instead of the icon. Easy solution?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
Actually, you can get MS Office mobile 2010 for free through the WMmarketplace program on your device (at least it was free last time I checked).
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
hmmm..I never noticed this before. Did this only start happening recently, or has this been happening from the beginning?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] locozozi:
Just found it - it's a free upgrade - so it's good that office was on your image ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
With things sort of quiet around here about newer os build packages, I might start working on the Linux side of things. The eventual goal is to get a working version of linux fully working and running on the A6x6 (and if you're wondering, yes, Android could be a future goal too). The only problem is that I'm forced to work with a bit of dated code (in the form of a patch to the handhelds.org kernel) from a developer who isn't really active anymore.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bmasephol:
Almost pulled the trigger on a second A626 the other day... thanks to your work this little device has a longer lifespan in my mind. I'm currently using version 3 on mine with a SDIO Bar Code scanner and a custom app I wrote for a project. Was going to get another one just to play with but my eBay skills are lacking. I just hope who ever outbid me finds this forum...

Note about my SDIO card that may or may not be an issue with the ROM. After I eject the SDIO Bar Code device and reinsert a SD card the device will not recognize it until I soft reboot. Is there something I can do to refresh WM without the reboot? Do you think it is an issue with the ROM? I would have to flash back to 6.1 to see if it is an issue there...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
I think it might have to do with how you coded your program. Have you included a function that will "unmount" the hardware first? Unless I see the source code for the program (what language is it?), I would say that it doesn't matter what os version you use; you will probably have the same problem. Try to go back and see if this is a bug somewhere in the source (I'm a programmer myself, although still learning due to the fact that my college teaches java as the main programming language instead of something like C or C++).
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bmasephol:
Well I normally write my stuff in C#, stuck with VB.Net at work, although I dabble in a lot of other stuff. Anyways back on track.

I didn't write the driver/service that is used by the bar code. There is a service running that detects when the barcode is inserted, a windows flashes up showing that the "barcode thingy" is running and then goes away. When I eject the SDIO card the "barcode thingy" flashes up again saying it is closing and then goes away. I don't have the source to this program as it is provided by the company. I could buy a SDK but that is like $500 and I really don't need it.

The SDIO barcode reader I'm using is from www.socketmobile.com, I'm using the Scan Card 3E2.

I just just the basic functions of the device by triggering it to read a barcode with the hardware key and having it write the text to whatever program has the current input focus. The hardware key is setup in the device settings/buttons and is set to trigger the companies program.

I wish I could get the API, would make things a little cleaner but it works for what I need.

If I find time I might flash back to 6.1 and see what the results are. Maybe tomorrow.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] imre00:
Hi Steven,

Any news about the fixed 6.5 ROM release?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
What issue with the roms are you referring to?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
Well, my linuxbox crashed due to a package update. As a result, Linux development for the A6x6 will be put off until further notice. The point to which I am is that I can get linux to boot to the start screen. However, I can't seem to get the touchscreen to work at all (I have the kernel source available if anyone wants to take a look at it, handhelds.org kernel version 2.6.21-hh20). In the meanwhile, I will be working on a rom with the windows ce interface on it rather that the windows mobile interface. I have read that windows mobile programs will still work, but they will look funny (I think it will be close to what happens with WM6.5.3 and old programs).
[Miscellaneous Android Development] imre00:
Bluetooth icon, battery drain and notification screen. I refer to 6.5 v2 not to 6.5.3

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
According to many users, the WM6.5.3 rom has fixed those issues. If you need a rom based on the old interface (WM6.5), I will be putting out an updated rom in the next few days. The disappearing bluetooth icon in the control panel has been a recurring issue, but I do not see a need to fix it at this time due to the text ("bluetooth") still being there, and the whole icon space still redirects to the bluetooth settings as it is supposed to.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Mark12345:
@Steven855

After reading the thread and all the good reviews about your rom, I want to try to update my original Asus rom.

But before I do this I want to know if it's easy to downgrade back to the original Asus rom if necessary? Will there no problems with the original rom being older than your rom when installing it back to the device?

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
Yes, you can always downgrade back to the stock WM6 rom from Asus or any of my earlier custom roms. I made the roms for backwards compatibility in case someone might not like a particular version of my custom roms. The rom firmware version in all my roms is the same (I once tried to change the rom firmware version and really bricked my A626); its just that each rom has a different operating system version inside. But again, it is perfectly safe to downgrade or upgrade to any version of my custom roms (and latest stock WM6 rom from Asus) at will.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Mark12345:
@Steven855

I installed your rom and it works fine. However when I tried to downgrade to the original asus rom wm6 it does not work. Error with the language or it tells me that the same version is installed on the pda.

Please tell me how I can go back to the original Asus rom wm6 in dutch? I downloaded the update tool from the asus site but that is not working.

Maybe someone has on original rom in dutch?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
How did you update to one of my roms (did you use the SD method that I described in the instructions)? I think I know how to make it able to flash back to Dutch. If the method that I use actually works, I will try it on my own A626. Pm me and ask for the files needed to flash back to your language.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
Update: I finally got a non-English rom to boot on my A626! Now that I know how to make the international roms, I will be putting a few out soon enough (first WM6.1, then WM6.5). I have a German rom coming; are there any other languages I should look into making roms for?

Update #2: I went back into some of my previous rom threads, and I now have a French rom that's ready.