Audiovox 6600 Ext ROM uploaded

[Trub]

I just sold my SX66 and bought a Sprint Audiovox 6600 and found that the Bluetooh works flawlessly! I don't know if you GSM/GPRS guys can use the drivers from this device but I've uploaded the Ext ROM to ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/BlueAngel/Extended_Roms/ Also the Audiovox 6600 doesn't have WiFi!!! Does anybody know if the device has the chip installed just doesn't have the drivers installed?

TIA

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[AdmiralAK]

what sort of apps are in the ext rom ?

[Trub]

Well I'm not sure exactly what all apps are there. They do lock the phone and the code is 6285. Audible Player is, well just what it says, and Pocket Express is another app installed. Like I stated, I'm hoping that the Bluetooth driver fix the GSM phones. I know with my SX66 and Jabra 250 the connection was horrid and now its perfect!

what sort of apps are in the ext rom ?

[espressoe]

I just received the Sprint 6600 as well, but the voice volume is excrutiatingly loud during calls to customer support (*2). I have the volume set to its lowest setting. I'm still waiting for activation, so I can't call any other numbers to verify.

Have you seen this?

I tried the Cingular SX66 a month back and found that the signal strength was reasonable (although lower than the Sony-Ericsson T610), but after about 30 minutes of talking, the voice would get garbled. I could put the phone down and wait an hour or two and then the voice would be fine again for another 15 to 30 minutes and then start garbling.

[mamaich]

This ROM seems to have a newer camera application - CameraAlbum.sa.CAB, it seems that picture quality is a bit better. And it has an updated midi ringtone player - rtp_harrier.cab
I recommend installing these CABs on other devices.

What is the bluetooth version in this ROM? And does it have media player 10?

[mamaich]

I was wrong. Camera app is older and it does not support MMS sending.

[BeyondtheTech]

The Camera/Album CAB file is definitely different revision and looked a bit different, but mamaich is right - the Camera app pops up a different dialog box after taking a picture and pressing the "Send picture" button, and none of the options work on my PDA2K GSM.

The Album is version 3.0 but since it was tied into the Camera app's files in that CAB file, I didn't bother to dissect to see what could be pulled out to make its own installer. The latest version on my PDA2K is 2.51 build 16894.

There are a number of additional DLL files, possibly different CODECs and stuff, but I was too tired to look into it last night either.

Is it worth trying to force it into our phones?

[Trub]

I just received the Sprint 6600 as well, but the voice volume is excrutiatingly loud during calls to customer support (*2). I have the volume set to its lowest setting. I'm still waiting for activation, so I can't call any other numbers to verify.

Have you seen this?

I tried the Cingular SX66 a month back and found that the signal strength was reasonable (although lower than the Sony-Ericsson T610), but after about 30 minutes of talking, the voice would get garbled. I could put the phone down and wait an hour or two and then the voice would be fine again for another 15 to 30 minutes and then start garbling.

I haven't called customer support from my phone, but I have noticed that the volume is louder than the SX66. This is great as I always had a hard time hearing especially with my bluetooth headset. The bluetooth works flawlessly with my Jabra BT250 which wasn't the case with the SX66.

[Trub]

This ROM seems to have a newer camera application - CameraAlbum.sa.CAB, it seems that picture quality is a bit better. And it has an updated midi ringtone player - rtp_harrier.cab
I recommend installing these CABs on other devices.

What is the bluetooth version in this ROM? And does it have media player 10?

Still on Windows Media Player 9, and Bluetooth version 1.0.0.3500.

[mamaich]

I've replaced the camera application and several other files in CameraAlbum.sa.CAB with version 2.21 build 17084. I've uploaded archive to ftp://xda-developers.com/BlueAngel/Extended_ROM_Kitchen_1_3X/Cabs/Application/Camera221Album3.sa.modified.CAB
With this file you'll get album 3.0 and a working camera app.
I have not thoroughly tested it, but seems that everything is working.

[MDAIIIUser]

mamaich,

Please no offence but Did you check what the camera.exe reproted as version before the swap?

Based on FixCamera_18157.sa.CAB (17.11.04 Camera.exe Version 2.11, Build 18157). It seems that this file is longer and the last part of it in Hexdump shows clear text that gives me the idea that it has more functions.

Even the Camera.exe out of camaeralbum.sa.cab shows a higher date stamp. (27.10.04) than the one out of camera_Patch_10080401.sa.CAB (21.09.04 Camera.exe Version 2.21 (Build 17576).

Could it not be possible that HTC got the version number wrong (2.11 vs 2.21) but kept the build number increase?

Its a thought ?

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=ERK_Patches_13x

[mamaich]

There is something strange with version numbering of camera application. Someone has to test all these camera builds to find the one with the best quality and features.

[andresp]

Album 3.0 includes a nifty image editor. Or maybe I didn't noticed it on the older versions. You can play with image contrast, gamma, sharpness and others, as well as paint, fill, crop, etc. Nice :D

OTOH, this bundled editor is pretty big. Also the camera apps (any build) don't seem to render pictures any better. Pictures are filled with artifacts as always. I still can not believe the blueangel's camera is that bad. Looks like the raw image is compressed right out of cmos sensor and then software handled into uselesness.

[bosjo]

I asked my father in law whats up with the shitty quality on the BA camera.

He is the inventor of the bludy PhotoBoxes positioned all around Scandinavia.
He also has the very first Digi. cam. chip made. It's BIG, it's ENORMOUS and take real shitty pictures *LOL*.
When he bought it many years ago, i think he said it costed around 25.000,- NKR. Thats 2.94 pieces of BA :shock:
He made a camera and tried to gather some investors, but no no no, that thing you got there, it will never go in production, no absolutly not.
Well they sure where right, werent they :? :lol:

He asked me to do some tests on MTF charts. He dont have any original MTF charts, and i werent able to download any.
So i just made a grid of horisontal and vertical lines with a 3mm distanse between them.

Problem 1)
Digi cams. record images in 2 frames.
Some manufactures only process the one frame. My guess to why; To sell it twice.
First release Nr.1 as 1Megepixel, and then release Nr.2 as 1.3 Megapixel or something like that.
Imagine you hold your hands up and put your fingers in between each other. Take away one hand away, this represent the one image.
An image that misses half the quality.

On my test on my Grid, it diddent seem that this is it.

So back to father in law.
Well then the chips are normally produced in 3 qualities.
Lets say a, b, c
the a, b, c is different in the way of there ability to filter out Static noise.
This can in some extend alsoo be done in the processing of the raw data produced by the chip, but never better than the data produced by the chip.

I just talked to him about this once, and will ask him some more.

But if there are any techies in here with some info on this, please respond.

Also, someone uploaded naked imgs. of the BA. Anyone got some details on the cam. chip??

[MDAIIIUser]

Ok I admit I got side tracked.

I was cooking the Audiovox_6600_Ext_ROM_136110_WWE rom when I started playing.

Here is what I can work out on the subject of Camera and Album.

CAB: \Extended_ROM\EraseREG.sa.CAB
Cleans up the reg entries for camera and album

CAB: \Extended_ROM\IOTA.sa.CAB
Set up the PhoneExtendFunction\IOTA\Phone links to point to http://pda.sprintpcs.com/

This seems to be the site were you can sign up for an account if and only if you have a phone number from there network.

Further I think that this is the account that will allow you to post your pictures with the application Picturemail.cab as it has a reset mail account option.

CAB: \Extended_ROM\IOTA_6600.sa.CAB
Defines you as a HTC Device owner with a 6600 for the above site.

CAB: \Extended_ROM\getmail_sprint.CAB
This is a today plug in that then points to the sign up screen of sprintpcs there via the DESKTOP PC as the pda version is not supported you can set up your account.

CAB: \Extended_ROM\CameraAlbum.sa.CAB
Version 3.00 Build 17747
Adds Camera.exe Version 2.13 Build 17947
Which adds MPEG4 and 3gpp2 support as well as Ambience settings, Image control (contrast) and a editor.

I cant work out the statement of the lack of MMS support, as I have never used it. Can somebody explain what I am missing as in were I would see that I am missing it.

CAB: \Extended_ROM\CallerID.sa.CAB
Version 1.18.
(I had to remove it from statup)
(I had to rename a dll to get this one to install over my version 1.17).
I further had to create a short cut under windows to the IA_P_Contats.exe.
With this all done, I was able to open it once check the version number and now have yet to find a way back into it.

CAB: \Extended_ROM\PictureMail.sa.CAB
This installs the app that allows you to upload via your mail account with the option click for picture, (send icon), Send to picture mail.

If you choose this you will be sent to the web and in the background you sigh in with your account (tel number) I think that is, for us you just wait.

With all that said and done I am back to caller id 1.17