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[Miscellaneous Android Development] mcsound:
Hello, Steven

Thank you for keep working on the ROMs for our devices.

Pls tell me how much RAM is now free for use of programs on WM6.5.3? Recently, on your WM6.1 I have 30-33Mb. Hope new ROM didn't eat more RAM. I use my A696 mostly for iGO sometimes for Opera, so free RAM quantity is critical for me.

Thanks again and good luck!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
I might be wrong (someone correct me if I am), but I think it's still around 30-32mb of ram free after soft reset. It's hard to cut some stuff out for some more free ram. However, I did make some adjustments to my (English) WM6.1 "Final Mix" rom that I will be putting out in a few days so that I have ~34mb available after a soft reset.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] m_a_k_s:
Hi Steven,

Well - what about Polish ROM? :) I'm (and my A696) ready for some testing.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] stefguer:
Hi Steven,

Owning a pda A696 with the original rom wm 6.0 in French, I think I could try to migrate to your French version 6.5.3 if it is safe and reversible.

Will you give a link to download please ? Thanks so much. Cheers.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
I'm busy for the rest of the week, but I can try to make one over the weekend.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
While I do not currently have a WM6.5.3 rom in French built and ready for download, I invite you to try out my WM6.1 French rom that I released in the meantime (as of now, no one has tried my WM6.1 French rom and given me any feedback).
[Miscellaneous Android Development] stefguer:
Ok for testing. Are you referring to the (French ?) release posted on page 1 of this discussion:

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=583467

Or another later Fr release ?

Thanks for your reply.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] luke123:
Hi Steven,

Thank you for the wonderful release!

Does your ROM have any original Asus A6x6 soft (e.g. Wireless manager, Bluetooth manager, Asus status, Mode Switcher, etc.)?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
Yes, I managed to keep all of the software that Asus put in the stock roms.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
No, I am referring to the international release of WM6.1 that I put out just recently. I have included a link.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=719182
[Miscellaneous Android Development] luke123:
Hi Steven,

I flashed my a696 (WM6 Classic) with your Asus Mypal A6x6 WM6.5.3 rom version 3 (6-8-10) yesterday. Everything was working except of GPS. I wanted to downgrade device back to older version (A626-A686-A696 V03.0735.00 English 09-03-2007 from Asus site) but every time was getting error message “The version of upgrade file is the same as your PDA” and process stopped. For downgrade I was using manual and files from Asus site. Please advice.

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hardwarechaos:
Hi there,

thx for this great Version of WM for my good old WM Device.

Any plans when a german version will be released?

THX

Chaos
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
I already have a WM6.1 German rom out there (link is in previous post), but did mean a WM6.5 German rom?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hardwarechaos:
Hi there,

yes i would appreciate 6.5 german, or does the language problem still exist?

THX

Chaos
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
GPS not working

Is there any possiblity to get the internal GPS-Receiver working ( Asus Mypal 696 )?

Thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] frblckstr1:
I am using the internal GPS with the 6.5.3 ROM although if I remember correctly I had to re-select the GPS device several times as TomTom didn't always remember it. But now it does activate it automaticly when I start TomTom.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
Okay, I have a new WM6.5 English rom built (and currently testing). Once that's up, I can start to work on the international roms.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afm:
This is a good news. Tanks, for your good job, and dont forget, Portuguese language rom.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
Well, after many nights of trying, I have finally gotten Linux to boot on my A626 (only basic functionality at this time; wi-fi and bluetooth support are to come). Android testing is next, if only I can find a basic image that's not in a rom and I figure out how it works due to some slight differences between Android and Linux.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fireant:
Hey Steven! I'm finally catching up on your rom releases!

THANKS again and again for all your hard work. Our a626s are alive and new, because of you!! :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
With school and all, it can be hard to get updates done sometimes, but I manage. Being a college student is hard work.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
The new WM6.5 english rom that I made recently and have been testing is now uploading and I will post the links later.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] KMBeatz:
Damn Andorid on Asus A696?

This would be Perfect Steven!

Thanks for your hard work!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
The main hinderance to Android (or any Linux distro) is problems with suspend and resume (once the screen turns off, there's no resuming). Once that is fixed, then Linux can really flourish. I can upload the files I'm using for linux testing if anyone is interested. The only thing is that at this point, linux on A6x6 is alpha, so don't expect everything to work.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bmasephol:
Steven, good to hear you're playing around with Android. I recently lost my HTC Touch Pro to hardware failure and have several options with my insurance... mainly I can choose from anything Sprint has available, which is either going to be an Evo or an Epic (whenever it gets release) but either way it looks like I'll be leaning towards Android. The more i've played around with the OS the more I'm starting to like it. It would be awesome to get it up and running on the A626. Not sure I'll jump on the Alpha boat but maybe the Beta one when it is ready.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] stivad:
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[Miscellaneous Android Development] Coder3v:
I just want to say that i downloaded and installed this rom after i realized i was using a 4 gig mem card instead of a 2 gig sd card it took me like 3 or 4 times to realize it but once i did it took no time at all and it is like having a brand new PPC thank you so mutch steven for all your briliance and way more smarts then me. You are the bomb and i hope that you keep up the great work .
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
Really, I'm just trying to get the core + drivers working right now (the core of Android uses Linux, so I'm trying to get it together). The unfortunate thing is that I currently know little about developing drivers, so I'm forced to learn (also add the fact that I am also learning C along with learning about drivers; darn computer science department at my college teaches Java instead of C or C++, so I only know stuff in C that I can relate from Java).
[Miscellaneous Android Development] direwolf:
downgrade

Hi Steven!

Thanks for the great work on this device. Now my A696 looks like a brand new one :D

During testing your different builds, thought I may look how much the performance differs from one-to-one, and tried to flash back the original ASUS firm.

Originaly my device had hungarian ROM, but unfortunately didn't succeeded with this one :( The usual "language different" bla-bla...

Is there a way to flash this, or I may use an english one from ASUS?

Anyway 6.5.3 runs much slower than 6.1 which runs slighly better than 6.0 (as I remember...)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
The reason flashing the stock rom didn't work is because I had to change 2 bytes in the img file to make it flash (this works on any A6x6 rom). I'm not sure how much experience you have with a hex editor, but you have to change the 2 bytes (starting) in location 0xC from "OE O4" to "36 D6". I'm working on a program to do this automatically with any A6x6 rom, but I'm not done.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] direwolf:
Wow, thanks! I managed it. Just gathering some courage to flash a self modified image ;)

Keep up this amazing work. Can't wait for a working android firm :cool:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] direwolf:
And one more question... I have a really old HP Ipaq h2210 PDA too. It has a similar hw architecture (as I can tell) Do you know what is the reason that a lot of 3D application runs much quicker on it than on the ASUS A696? Is it a video hw problem, or something else?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
You hit on a very sour note for the A6x6. As far as I know, it's a problem with the video/display driver (pxa27x_lcd.dll) and how it handles gapi. Unfortunately, this is something that only Asus can fix, and quite frankly, they won't fix it without some major complaints (believe me, I've tried; I've had this problem with gameboy emulators and I called tech support asking for some guidance on how to fix it, and all they told me is "the A626 is a business device; we do not support games for this device; please look on the internet and see if you can find a solution there"). I can understand not releasing WM6.1 or WM6.5 for the A6x6, but this is a bug in the stock rom that Asus has NEGLECTED TO FIX.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] direwolf:
Yeah, ASUS and it's support... :(

And this means android will suffer from this too?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
Not sure about that one. I'm not really concerned about performance issues with Linux or Android until I get all of the hardware functioning first. Asus hasn't been helpful in the Linux department either (with giving me necessary hardware information).
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mtrx22:
... work in Mypal A636?

tanks!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
No, this rom does not work with the Asus Mypal A636. If you try to flash it, you will brick your device.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] megawebmaster:
Hmmm, what about that international roms? Is it hard to translate it? Maybe I can help with this polish translation (I've got A696). Your ROM is really good, touch-friendly WM 6.5.3 interface is great, but my family needs to have polish-localized system (Asus is used to navigate).

EDIT: How about downgrade to different language? Can you post some instructions here?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
Polish is up and online; I just have to link to it (when I find time, I just started school today).
[Miscellaneous Android Development] megawebmaster:
That's just great, I'll be watching this thread and board for Polish ROM :)

Gratz!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
Polish rom is up and ready for download in my international roms thread
[Miscellaneous Android Development] imre00:
Hi Steven,

I have a question: can you integrate some drivers into yours ROM-s which enables the USB host capability of the PDA? I mean, if host capabilities are enabled in the PDA, we can attach flash drives, card readers on the USB port.

Thanks for your works.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
I don't think that can be done. I may be wrong (and probably am), but I think that the usb host on the motherboard is being used by bluetooth. However, I will look into it.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
My newest English WM6.5 rom for A6x6 is finally up and ready for download. I made it WM6.5 so those of you that like the old WM6.5 interface will have an updated rom (and also if you use programs that don't exactly work with WM6.5.3). You can find it at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=769204.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] denwer74:
Asus mypal trouble,bloked at asus logo

hello al! heve asus a 636 and is bloked at asus logo,i can not open enymore,can somebody help me please!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] denwer74:
I try some things i read here on this site but doesant work,i wish to try backup but i have not one(never think will hapent this),thx
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fireant:
Have you tried a hard reset?

http://www.hardreset.eu/asus_mypal_a636_hard_reset_soft_reset_en.html

If that doesn't work, you may want to try reflashing with the latest ROM here..

After downloading the image file, extract it and rename the file to CANNES_A_WM6.img. Make sure you formatted your SD card in FAT16 and that you copy ONLY the CANNES_A_WM6.img file to the card. Plug the a636 in with the AC adapter and activate the bootloader. (Step 9-Step 9c)

I do not have the a636 model, so I do not know what buttons on the device need to be pressed to flash the image. I assume the enter button is the center circular button on the first circular set of buttons on the a636.

Try at your own risk!

EDIT - DO NOT TRY THIS (see post below). Thanks for the warning Steve!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven855:
I am sorry, but my roms will not work on the A636 or A636N. The best thing I can say now is to try to find a factory rom for your device and try to find flashing instructions for your model somewhere. This is because the firmware for the A636 is different from the A626 or A696 and the firmware for 1 device family (A626, A686, and A696) is not compatible with another (in this case, A636 and A636N). Trying to flash my roms any more could permanently brick your device.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fireant:
I hope you have not tried reflashing it yet. Here is the asus link where you might be able to find an original rom image for your a636.

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

You might also be able to find reflashing instructions here (for Asus 636, 632, 636n) and here.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] denwer74:
yes i have tried but nothing,thx,only work on this asus is power botton + enter +reset,and message is:

ASUS A63X ver.082205

FAT Type:FAT16

Probing USB interface >>>

USB Cable conected

Waiting for download!.....

that is the message but nothing hapent,something missing?i need something more than CANNES_A_WM6.img on sd card?or what i need to have on sd card?i tryed before with nk.nb0 to,also nothing
[Miscellaneous Android Development] denwer74:
if i try hard reset or normal reset come the asus logo and nothing enymore,the batery is new,i dont know what to do
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fireant:
Have you tried downloading and flashing the original firmware from the asus support website? (it can be found by selecting PDA, and then your PDA model from the Please Select the Product dropbox).

If you've already tried that, I do not know what else to suggest other than asking at the official asus support forum.:(

You may also look around here of people offering different solutions, but it is about upgrading from wm5 instead of about unbricking.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] denwer74:
A636 V30607 English version

Improved or Fixed Items:

1.Microsoft Kit Update

this is what they have there,only update nothing enymore,thx enyway
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vessvass:
Download link does not work?

Is there any alternetaive to get the WM6.5.3 ROM, The link to easy-share.com seem outdated?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Marcel21674:
Does anybody still have this rom.?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kirtide13:
Too bad, the link is still down :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wireproof:
Anyone have a link to this ROM or any version of it? Can't seem to find anything on the internet. I wish people didn't look down on others rehosting software, as not it's vanished and all their work is gone and no one else can enjoy it 10+ years later.
[General Topics] Jeniferlb11:
I just got the new My Touch Slide from t-mobile (android Market) When i try to erase my text messages it erases the whole thread...how can i change this so I am able to select which individual text i want to erase?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jm1999:
Do u have to have root to push a file?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmarti:
Si... It's needed
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disgustip8ted:
i think you can still push to the sdcard without, however thats probably not what youre looking to do
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilkorn:
Root refers to superuser level commands. ADB, DDMS are all development tools independent of user privileges.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ATnTdude:
Or to any of the folders on the device with write access. Just not system folders (or any folder that's read only, or doesn't even give you read access), which as far as I can tell is the only reason why you'd use adb commands instead of a file browser like astro.
[Windows Mobile] millski:
When cooking with Rhodium manila for Blackstone previously I used to replace the 'ManilaDesktop.dll' in manila_core with a stock Blackstone dll so that the Home Button would work as it's supposed to. Now I'm cooking for Leo I've found that replacing the dll in 2.5.2013xx (Rhodium) manila with a dll from 2.5.20121412_2 (Leo 2.13) manila doesn't fix the button. Anybody have a 'maniladesktop.dll' that they can confirm works and share, or does anyone know if it's a different file that needs changing on Leo?
[HD2 General] chrisman99:
is it possible to play sound files while connected to a call?
[HD2 General] Demon_man:
erm try it!!!!!!!!!
[HD2 General] chrisman99:
I know it doesnt coz it goes off but is there any settings that allow it to stay on?!
[HD2 General] Xp3RiM3nT:
depends what player you use I guess, most will be designed to disable playback while in a call though to stop interruption.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaemon:
Hi All,

My HD2 just came back from repair.

I sent it in a hope that they will change my buggy screen (like lot of people, the touch function is buggy. Sometimes doesn't react, sometimes it feels a pressure while i don't press it, sometimes it works well... ).

Anyway, of course they didn't change any screen...and i just missed my HD2 for 2 weeks.

They did a Hard reset and installed all the HotFIx. Which i bet won't fix any issue that i have with the screen.

However, i do notice they installed a hotfix i never heard about yet:

LEO08787.exe

Does anyone have ever heard about it and what it does ???
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xp3RiM3nT:
send it back again and demand a replacement screen since it is a known fault with the original screens. They are just trying to get out of paying for the new screen.

regarding the hotfix nope, havent heard of it, but I dont track the hotfix versions so it may be a known one ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terminal 7:
ok lets install this and see how it goes..

hope its not a bogus file with some virus inside ... :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [^IcEmAn^]:
HTC repair center SUCKS big time.

@kaemon: i also had that problems (sometimes the screen just wouldn't react to my touch) and i brought it to my reseller so they sent it to repair center and it come back untouched, they've only done the screen calibration which i have done dozen times. And it took them 16 days to do that. i'm definitely buying an iphone next time.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] namwollem:
Unreleased hotfix

Apparently this is an (as yet) unreleased HotFix for the HD2, that is designed to correct some issues with the touchscreen. POCKETNOW.COM have tested this hotfix and found that it "drastically improved" the typing on the touchscreen, and also cured the HD2s alleged inability to draw a straight line when in Notes.

(Please note, I have not tested this yet, as I havn't suffered any such problems on my HD2, but I'm sure a quick check on their website will find you the page in question, which contains a link to the hotfix).
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kalavere:
Pocketnow seem to think it's pretty decent. I'll give it a go.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osrix:
Just installed it.. And I got to say i reckon typing maybe more accurate! not completely sure as time will tell. Installed on a Euro version about 5 months old, certainly the lines in Note are not like an ECG any more so :D

direct link for those who want it

http://www.mediafire.com/?kjmeyleaewz
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] de Wolfe:
IMO this is by far the best HotFix I ever installed. Typing works massively improved for me (also on the PIN-unlock-screen). I'm currently on German stock ROM.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moandal:
So what do you reckon? Worth installing? Can it be uninstalled?

** Edit **

Just seen the two replies above - sounds good! I'm going to give it a try and will report back.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madpete:
Tried it but didnt like it, it made my screen unresponsive and the ui jerky.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lenny74:
Installed after reading the Pocketnow tweet but uninstalled about 5 minutes later.

Screen became very unrespsonsive and massive slow down in scrolling.

Seems to be a 50/50 split.

Give it a try though

ROM: 1.66 WWE
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osrix:
definately a little less responsive to some touches, i'm just tweaking slightly with HD2tweak and see if that makes a difference....

UpDate:

I wonder if this hotfix is just changing a reg key, the same as BsB tweaks to decrease the screen sensitivity or if it is actually a driver?

Ive just changed the screen sensitivity in HD2tweak to very high and it seems to have eliminated the unresponsive touches but remains much better with typing accuracy? I would love to know what this .exe actually does within the system..maybe someone more clever than me can take it apart and see whats inside.

oh yeah running a tmous 2.13 Rom on a euro Leo if thats any help
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] namwollem:
Well I tried it....

EVen though I didn't suffer from any problems with the touchscreen on my HD2, I thought I'd give it a go, and set myself a couple of tests.

1) I used "notes.exe" and tried to draw 5 straight lines, and got five slightly curved and wavy lines.

2) I typed a message "this will test how accurate my keypad is or how bad my typing is", and had to correct three mistypes/mistakes.

I then installed the hotfix, and tried both tests again....

1) Five pretty straight lines, certainly better than before

2) typed the same message, and only one correction.

So, based on the 5 mins since I installed, it seems that this fix DOES make an improvement. I'll keep monitoring it and report back to let you know.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] josemedina1983:
too bad it doesn't work for the US version
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Edible Justice:
i just tried the same thing... :(

after the latest update from TMOUS, my typing has been terrible. swype is unstable too.

gonna flash the latest energy rom. that should help.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ASCIIker:
if we're going to be posting feedback, can i suggest that those who try it also report the manufacturing dates of their devices (if known to them)? at the very least, do report what screen type is on the device. what i am referring to is the fact that the hd2 ships with TWO kinds of screens. earlier models shipped with a screen with fewer "dots" while the newly manufactured devices ship with a screen with noticeably more "dots" (these additional brighter dots are visible on the intersections of the criss-cross "lines").

i personally have the newer model and i have no problems whatsoever. notes always draws straight lines and typing is accurate out of the box.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eDaniel:
"This hotfix is not compatible with your device."

"This hotfix is not compatible with your device."

Using NRGZ28 EnergyROM.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paxttel:
it work very well for me :D

sure it's less responsive :/
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aLlamaWithARifle:
Same here, might give it a little bedding in period but I'm already thinking about uninstalling it