yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] taione:
Originally Posted by selukwe

To add/enable two missing features in the latest ROM 3.14 I've created two .reg files that automate the required registry tweak. Unzip them, copy them to your SD card on your device and run them from there, that's all. Run file ClearType_Settings.reg to enable the Clear Type setting and run Disable_SMS_notification.reg to disable the annoying sent SMS notification. Soft-reset your device when done.

hi

Just want to know a noobie question, how do you run the application. I have copied both files to the SD card and have gone into File explorer and I click on it and it says the same thing.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] sjakie71:
Yep there is.. ;)

Then you have to flash the ROM from SD card. Then your HSPL will be overwritten by the original SPL 3.03 (so NO HSPL!)

The only issue then is that you're not able to flash custom ROM's/radios anymore.

Another possible solution is to downgrade HSPL from 2.08 to 1.66 HSPL. With the HSPL2 package ulity this is possible. But i'm not sure if ROM 3.14 is compatible with 1.66 HSPL to avoid that memory issue.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] pkoper:
Thats wrong.

You can always flash a custom rom with SSPL.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] sjakie71:
Did you UNZIP the files first..?? Then you should get the .reg files.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] sjakie71:
Isn't that the same as SLP? If not, what's the difference between SPL and SSPL?

With SLP you can only flash original stock ROM's.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] selukwe:
You need to have a Registry Editor installed on your HD2 to import REG files. When using e.g. Resco File Explorer with its Registry Add-on the association to open REG files is created automatically. Alternatively, try freeware registry editors to import the REG file.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] MadSci:
Sucessfully flashed New English ROM to Telstra HD2 on AT&T!

OK, it took all night - literally, but I did manage to flash the new WWE ROM onto my Telstra HD2 which I am running on AT&T in the States. I ended up with 150Mb of free Storage and 60Mb of Program storage. Not brilliant, but given the huge gain in speed and smoothness of this ROM I think it's worth it. Certainly MUCH more usable than the 50/15 that I had obtained when I followed the instructions for most of the other folks here.

I have to go for some family functions but I will post a guide to how I did it later tonight. It required a slightly different approach than most of the folks with other HD2 variants in other countries are suggesting.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] pkoper:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=606713

S(oft)SPL with that you can flash a custom rom without HSPL.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] MadSci:
Less protection though if anything goes wrong with the flash. HSPL is a much safer choice, unfortunatly not fully compatible with this ROM just yet. The trade off is you are left with more free RAM with SSPL, but take a risk of bricking your phone if everything isn't perfect.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] felixdd:
So my camera was having issues booting up for some reason, so I downloaded the previous ROM version meant for my phone, and I was able to downgrade.

After this, I am going to re-instate HSPL. The "upgrades" offered by this ROM was small at best compared to the loss of HSPL, memory, and now the camera.

Oh well; it was good while it lasted.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] MadSci:
Flashing the new WWE ROM (3.15) onto a Telstra HD2: Part 1

Part 1: How I got into, and out of trouble

There's a lot of excitement about this new ROM. The HD2 has always seemed an amazing phone but one that never quite lived up to its potential, mostly due to poorly thought out aspects of the UI, and it's tendency to bog down and have the phone become unresponsive. So I dove into the waters waving my semi-noob hat and it seemed that the various flashing tools, and the helpful folks on this Forum, were all I needed to carry out the ROM upgrade.

Unfortunately, I didn't realize that my device would still be identified as an Australian phone by the flashing software during installation. I stopped thinking about it as an "Australian" phone, simply because I took of the Aussi Telstra ROM, but as I learned to my peril, it was really a wolf in sheeps clothing in this respect.

So I went ahead and Flashed the new ROM - no problems except the resulting RAM was only~ 52Mb Storage/15Mb Program! On the WWE1.66 ROM I had just dumped this amount of memory would never be adequate. But it seemed to be ok and the phone was smooth and fast, with no lagg or refusal to acknowlege touches during calls etc. Still - it seemed to little too be ok in the long run.

Figured out the problem was that the person I bought my phone from had installed HSPL in order to install the previous WWE ROM 1.66, and this was eating up all the RAM due to an incompatibility with this new WWE ROM.

Was advised on this Forum to remove the offending HSPL by installing SPL from a stock ROM.

When I did this, the result was a brick that wouldn't get past the Bootloader because the new ROM wasn't authorized for Australia - and it was detecting that the phone was originally from Australia (probably sent a "G'Day Mate" to the Bootloader or something) - and I couldn't get it to do anything - including interacting with ActiveSync. Since the stock ROM had replaced the HSPL with SPL, I was unprotected from this situation.

After several hours of fruitless trying to get something - anything to boot up, I realized my path forward was to flash the stock Telstra ROM (shivers!) onto the phone and then put some version of HSPL onto it and then flash a WWE ROM, probably the 'old' 1.66 or 1.74.

Started the offical Telstra ROM installation package, and lied to it about having an ActiveSync connection etc, then plugged in the phone and prayed. Somehow it worked. Phew - the Telstra Crapware was revolting to look at on the home screen - but it beat looking at the Bootloader or the various Error Messages I had been looking at for several hours

Coming next: Part 2 - getting the New ROM onto the phone while leaving enough memory to work with!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] chainbolt:
What a horror trip. But you made it. :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] MadSci:
I made my own bed didn't I! :-)

The help and knowlege shared here at XDA are amazing! That's the only reason I got out of the mess I made. And of course, Props and thanks to Cotulla and everyone who developed and shared the tools to make it all possible! You guys make everything possible for the rest of us! I owe you big time! :D

If it weren't for everyone here - I'd be squinting at a tiny little iPhone screen right now! :eek:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] pkoper:
I think you missed the whole point of SSPL.

The question was about custom roms not stock roms.

SSPL is actually heaps safer than HSPL as SPL and radio flashing is disabled.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] uli68:
screen settings gone from 3.14?

i've looked into the ClearType issue and found that the whole windows mobile screen settings (settings -> system -> screen) is gone. can it be activated again or was it just about of the ClearType setting?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] MadSci:
SSPL or HSPL?

Can you enlighten me? Pretty much all of the posts by Sr folks like yourself state that HSPL is much safer since it is patched to protect you against a bad flash by always allowing you to get back to the bootloader. In contrast SSPL can leave you with a brick if a flash goes bad. Am I misunderstanding this?

And if I am, would it be possible to use SSPL to flash the new WWE ROM onto a phone that's not from the authorized country ie put the english version of this new Western Europe ROM onto a Telstra HD2?

Thanks for your insights!

MadSci
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] selukwe:
This shortcut (settings -> system -> screen) was enabling the ClearType registry setting exactly as the tweak that I have uploded as a .reg file. The only other thing I think was calibration of the screen, which has now been removed.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] wafupilot:
Ram Issue

I have an o2 hd2. I have hspl2 1.66 and flashed 3.14 and now have the "Low" RAM problem.

If I flash the non branded 1.66, remove hspl will i be able to reload this 3.14 without the ram problem ? or will the o2 "fun police" make trouble ?:mad:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Radek Hulán:
Go to HKLM/ControlPanel/Pen/Hide and set it to 0x0
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] kurt-willems:
This is mentioned multiple times in the past, but here again!

Stock Rom 3.14 don't work with branded phones and so it's impossible to install it correctly. Branded phone users must have to wait untill their providers release their version of 3.14.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] MadSci:
You CAN Flash the new ROM to branded phones from outside of Europe - here's how

Kurt - you are partially correct, but I have been successful as a result of learning from many sources her at XDA. I now have a stable, fast and delightful HD2 running the new ROM - despite the fact that my phone is a Telstra model from Australia.

Please see my previous Posts on this Thread, particularly 794, for step by step instructions on how to do it. It's not hard, and really the only special thing is that to get a usable amount of Free RAM (~150Mb Storage, 60Mb Program) you have to flash using HPSL2 on your phone, NOT HPSL3.

This approach worked well for me - I hope it will for others too.

Nevertheless, you are correct that using HSPL3 is not a viable approach. Hopefully the geniuses here at XDA will give us a mod for HPSL3 that makes it completely compatible and we will all be able to enjoy this fast ROM and all of our RAM too!

Cheers!

MadSci
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] MadSci:
You CAN Flash the new ROM to branded phones - go to Post 794 for instructions

See Post 794 for instructions on how to get a functional version on your phone. Free memory should be ~150Storage/60 Program. Not great but everything works fine and fast on this ROM with this much.

Just a note, my HD2 is from Australia, so i don't know about any O2 specific issues that might arise, but since you'll be using HPSL2 (NOT HPSL3, which as you have experienced, doesn't work out well) you can always flash back to your previous working ROM, no harm - no foul!

Good luck, please let me know how you get on as I am putting this procedure out there based solely upon my experiences and if mine was a fluke I would like to warn others off.

Cheers!

MadSci

Others have recently suggested flashing using SSPL to avoid the memory issue, but I don't know if this will actually work.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] selukwe:
Good tip! Here's the same in a concise .reg file that returns this applet to Settings > System. Unzip, copy to your HD2's SD card and run it / import it to the registry from there. Restart the device when done.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] kurt-willems:
I know, I'm aware of this sir;

and this have the biggest success on a Telstra model, but the combination of HSPL and Stock rom 3.14 caused problems on small free program memory +/- 50MB.

And secondly lot of peoples who have tray this thy have a lot of problems on downgrade there stock rom. Mostly they have the Vendior 28 error code!

That's way I mentioned my previous message!

There are alway's new users who don't have much knowledge/talent on rom updating, and the combination of not reading instructions/warnings and doing things where thy don't know the involvement from it brings it to one and the same way, thy open a new thread with "help my device don't wake op..."

so that's way I mentioned:

Stock Rom 3.14 don't work with branded phones and so it's impossible to

install it correctly

.

Sins the first day HTC updated this new rom there are almost 20 new post with "Help" :rolleyes:

The problem isn't the rom update but that peoples don't read/follow instructions. ;)

PS, way make live complicated; HTC confirmed my question about the Rom update 3.14 fore branded and other aria and thy confirmed that thy are working to upgrade every HTC HD2 rom to the latest Leo_S_HTC_3.14 version. so it's a question of a little bit patience. ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] nrynryuk:
Has anyone else found that they are now getting SMS 'Message sent successfully' notices with this new ROM? I never had them before and I can't find anywhere to turn them off, everything I can find on the phone tells me they are switched off - they don't appear to be from my carrier (Vodaphone) and instead appear to be coming from the phone OS.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] selukwe:
Check e.g. my earlier posting # 772 to get rid of these messages. There's a registry tweak to do it.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] nrynryuk:
Cheers, I'll take a look!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] zooz11:
Hi,

I've downloaded this rom from HTC website using my own serial no. (WWE).

I've installed it (flashed it) several times with HSPL 2.08 & I've got low total program memory = 208.81 but the RAM size =576 MB

I cooked it with OS kitchen & I've got increase in the total storage of 200 MB rather than 176.49.

Then I removed the HSPL as you recommended here & I got:

Total program 336.77 MB (which is good)

but the RAM size is =448 MB now!!

So, is there any advise to keep both high?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] webjunky:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=680783

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Jataayu\Messaging]

"DisableSMSSuccess"=dword:1
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] MadSci:
Sounds pretty good to me!

There s a fundamental issue with this ROM, namely it's only really going to work properly for the regions/countries that it is intended for. You're way ahead of me and many other folks around here, although strangely it seems like the phones work fine even with small amounts of Program RAM.

If you're happy with your phones performance I'd leave it as it is, at least until this ROM is made available for your territory or the ROM is cooked to be fully compatible with HSPL!

Cheers!

MadSci
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] MadSci:
It depends upon your situation

I don't disagree with you Kurt, but the 'wait for HTC to make an Official ROM for you' approach simply won't work for everyone. Yes, if someone is running a Stock Carrier-approved ROM in the country that the phone was made for I agree that they should sit tight.

However many of us are not in that situation

In the USA, the phone is only offered by a single provider: T-Mobile. T-Mobile has a terrible network with very incomplete coverage, hence it's not very popular here. Neither of the two major carriers, AT&T and Verizon, offer the phone. Handsets are heavily subsidized in the US, so its not possible to just change Carrier to T-Mobile if you want the phone that badly, unless you are willing to pay your old Carrier several hundred dollars in Termination fees, and then buy the phone from T-Mobile.:mad:

This is why many people using the HD2 in the States are running imported phones, mostly from Telstra in Australia. Are you suggesting that HTC is going to put out a new ROM for Telstra-branded phones that isn't loaded with a pile of Telstra-specific crapware? I think not. Or is HTC, in recognition of the plight of their loyal US HD2 users, planning on releasing an Official ROM for Telstra-branded phones that has no Telstra crap and is compatible with AT&T? Hmmm, no, I still don't think so.:(

So for those of us using the HD2 in the US that are not on T-Mobile, your advise would leave us at a technological dead end. What I have found is a way out of that problem. I posted both my sad tale of bricking and then unbricking my phone as a warning to other Noobs not to just remove HSPL and then try to flash the phone - advise that is being given out liberally on this Forum but which is disasterous if you're phone's country of branding and the ROM's don't match.

Yes the low Program memory is a pest, but so far this new ROM is outperforming the 1.66 I had so much that I will never go back. Among it's charms, it has greatly enhanced the data rate between the storage card and the phone. So much so that I have installed Swype to the Storage Card and it continues to blaze along with no problems! with all my programs now on the Storage Card the memory limits are not so important day to day.

So while I agree with your advice for true Noobs and anyone who is operating their branded phone in the country the phone is intended to be in, for others, like myself, who are not in this situation, I believe that proceeding as I have suggested will work very well for them.

It's all a matter of perspective:)

in any case, I appreciate your concerns for people ending up with bricks :eek: I certainly do!

Perhaps the Moderator would consider posting a new thread that clearly applies to people operating their phones in countries that will not be getting a new Carrier-independent ROM. That would keep it clear which advise is the best for each individual to follow.

Cheers!

MadSci
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Zythean:
So guys, I could use a summary: as a stock ROM (1.66) user who is to afraid something will go wrong when installing a custom ROM, is it worth upgrading to 3.14?

If it is not advisable, could anyone advise some custom ROMs that are worthy enough to put some effort in understanding how to correctly install custom ROMs?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] troed:
In case Your 1.66 ROM runs as smooth as mine (no freezes, batt out-in only under very special radio-reception-related cases every 4-6 weeks or less) I´d better keep hands-off from this new stock-ROM.

After reading multiple threads in Q&A/General -subforum and with the experience of a friend of mine (running 1.66 in original state, NO single other app and/or mod installed - he is more the iPhone - type - upgrading to new ROM and now suffering freezes several times a day) I personally abstain from upgrading since the new ROM has no advantages compared to 1.66 for me (camera issues already solved by XDA-tips and tricks and BsB -tweaks in registry). And I can live without sense rotating since 99% of the time I use the HD2 in portarit anyway.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] uli68:
Birthdays don't show up in HTC calendar

my Birthdays entries are all gone from the calendar! everyone else having the same problem and knows how to fix this?

oh my, is this yet another issue with the new stock ROM? i grow really tired of fixing all this stuff...

i a single word: NO! there's basically just Manila landscape compatibility and this isn't even activated by default. i really can't confirm any performance gain so far, just lots of issues. just follow my posts in this thread and you get the idea.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] zooz11:
Thank you for your reply.

Anyway, my HD2 is from Europe. Thats why my serial no. is working with Europe website.

I do not want to use the HSPL. But I've noticed that some folks here who flashed this rom have RAM of 567MB & others have 448!

Some have toatal program of 208 & others have 336 or more!

So, what is the secret here? What should we do to have the maximum RAM & program?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] MadSci:
Under my odd circumstances: a Telstra (Australain) HD2 running the WWE 1.66 in the US on AT&T, I have seen a huge increase in speed, responsiveness and reliability. So much so it's worth dealing with the limited Program Memory Situation. Not much in terms of new functionality thought, jsut massively better performance.

But if yours is running fast and reliably, I don't think I'd bother
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] guent_peer:
Actually I'm happy with the new Rom. With the old one I had a couple of big issues as I changed to a SanDisk 32 GB micro SD. These were:

1. To many songs for the music tab - had to use an alternative music player

2. Strong power draw (stopped reproducibly when SD card was removed; using a custom Rom led to an increased loss of up to 20% per hour)

3. In folders with many files (>1000) it took eternities before you could scroll e.g. using total commander.

Issue 1 and 2 are solved with the new Rom. 3 shows a strong improvement. In addition, so far I didn't come across new issues.

Just my 2 cents :D

guent
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Riverplace:
Thanks MadSci. I really appreciate your How I got into , and out of trouble parts 1&2. I'll be watching your post with interest, since I'm also using a Telstra phone in the US.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Zythean:
Thanks for the replies!

Personally I am having frequent freezes for which I have to remove the battery. This happens about 2-4 times a day. So this seems a good reason to upgrade. Also I am quite the fan of landscape and rarely run more than 4 programs at once.

Seeing those seems good reasons to upgrade, only one question remains: is this ROM more battery friendly? Currently I frequently run out of energy way to fast by just playing music, using Opera or Twittering, even with nothi.ng special installed.

Also, guent_peer: if you split the songs over different folders, with at max 40 songs per folder, it will load normal. this is a bug every HTC seems to have. And regarding the slow loading of folders: any chance you have it sorted by file type? This caused huge loading times for me aswell.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] MadSci:
So far so good

I'm glad you found it helpful. I'll keep you posted on how things go from here.

My only beef so far is that I'm having problems with aasctiveSync. Over the air Syncing of my Calender to Google is perfect, but my local sync to Outlook for Contacts is messing up - duplicating all my Contacts, and then wiping them out, even though the Setting is to replace all the Contacts on the Phone.

This sort of thing seems to crop up with any ROM upgrade or phone change. I'll get it to work one way or the other - probably by not restoring the Contacts Data base and just downloading it from Outlook from the start. I'm heading off on a business trip tomorrow so it will be a few days before I have anything more to report.

MadSci
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] uli68:
no more Birthdays in calendar?

again: anyone knows how to get Birthdays to show up in the calendar? they are all gone since i updated to 3.14.

also, anyone knows a good alternative to SRS WOW sound enhancer? i'd like an app that switches headphone and speaker profiles automatically.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] CaponiND:
After new flash I always use Birthday2Calendar (see attachment).
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] IannEefje:
Less memory

:confused:

Yesterday i installed the new EU rom for my HD2

And now I've notice that my system memory has been decreased to 208MB and my free program memory is just above 55MB

do i have a wrong radio? or something like that?

Need some help here... cause IGo8 stops working after a few mins....
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] zorroz:
WOW, thaks!

It's work! and it disable 576mb RAM:

Tot data memory: 233.64

used: 57.41

free: 176.23

tot progs: 457.75

used: 165.41

free: 292.35

Do you think that enabling 576mb could make more instable the system respect the official with 448ram? What kind of test can I do?

THAKS A LOT!!!!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] FrankCastle:
hi guys :)

anyone have any idea when the south east asia version will be released? unfortunatly i am unable to download the other releases as it doesnt match my S/N

thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] kurt-willems:
Sir this behavior is mention already several times!

You need to remove your HSPL version before you install stock Rom 3.14!!!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] kurt-willems:
ROM Upgrade for HTC HD2 (Orange)

Stock Rom Branded device "Orange" UK + France available.

Link:

http://www.htc.com/uk/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=297&cat=2&dl_id=1049

here in case of, you can find some mirror download links fore the new Stock Rom fore Orange FR branded device!

RUU_Leo_S_Orange_FR-B2B_3.14.73.2