WM5 Upgrade - some questions

[DylJones]

Ok, I know there are a LOT of posts already. I have read through a lot of them but I'm struggling a little so I'd appreciate any help anyone is willing to give.

I have upgraded my SPV M1000 to WM5 1.60c WWE. I used Buzz's install, in case you were wondering.

At first I had an issue with Activesync but then I found that I needed Activesync 4 for it to work. I have now installed that and it has sync'd fine.

I'm having trouble with the camera and record buttons but from what I've seen on here most people are and (for me anyway) it's not the end of the world.

My questions are:
1. I previously had 2003se on my device. When I installed it (or whenever it hard reset) an auto-install kicked in and installed some very handy apps (including MMS which is missing) and basically everything was configured for me. I've noticed that this isn't on this particular update. PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong but is that called the extrom? If so, can I get one for WM5? (A link would be nice! :wink: )

2. As I mentioned above, the camera button doesn't work but the camera does. However I'm really not impressed by the camera app. Why does this version only use a window on the screen when the old one used the whole screen?!? I know it makes no difference to the quality of picture taken but I'd much rather have the full screen view finder. is there an alternative for this?

If anyone can advise on this I'd really appreciate it.

Now I'm off home to re-install my fave apps!

[DylJones]

Right, I'm on the verge of downgrading back to 2003SE and restoring back to where I was.

Why?

Well, I must say I do like the interface. It's nice. The new screens in the phone app are nice, it all works nice.

Now the problems.

First, my 'must have' app doesn't work. SPB Pocket Plus. I can't remember the exact error message but it was something about the version. I'm using SPB Pocket plus 2 by the way.

Second, I tried installing Tomtom 5. Didn't work. It failed on the PC, after clicking next on the verification screen. I've read through some posts and found possible ways around but it looks like it could take a little while and, to be honest, if I'm going to have trouble with other apps too I'd rather just downgrade without spending hours trying pointlessly to get it working.

Obviously the side buttons don't work but like I said before, that's not too important to me.

Now that I've written this all down it just looks like little niggles and why am I moaning but I still feel inclined to downgrade all the same.

If anyone can help me out then I'd really appreciate it.

[DylJones]

Don't worry about this. I've decided to downgrade until I can guatantee that everything will work properly.