TuMa v1.4 - BETA - WM5 ROM (RELEASED ... but has problems)

[Tuatara]

Right ... I think I'd better "pull the plug" as they say on this ROM.
There are currently too many problems apparent, which can not be directly fixed.
The problems unfortunately run deep.

Known Issues:
Pictures & Videos Fails to Start
IE can lockup (randomly) on Images
Odd ActiveSync Behaviour & non-communications
Phone Settings Page failures
Button Page (strangely?) still present
Backlight Level/Flickering
Duplicate Items (bad decision on my part)
BT Profile not appearing in Startup (Profile Bug actually)
Power Manager Bug
Battery Polling/Timing & Reporting
UPX'd Applications may be causing failures
Eval Calc continually reports "Error"
Repllog fills the event reporting

These problems most likely stem from various sources:

Optimization features to improve speed (Data issues / PIM corruption)
Interaction of AKU2 elements with AKU0 (repllog.exe Errors / ActiveSync)
UPX compressed applications (Random 'odd' behaviour)
Filesystem Respecification (standard Directories instead of PermDirs)
Possible stability issues in vBar (Phone Application Restarting)
GWES subsystem / IE extensions (Images, Pictures & Video Failure)
Application resource allocation failures (Eval Calc Failing, & other failing installs)

I will be addressing these issues over the weekend. There WILL be a new ROM at the end of this time (called v1.5) which will be either one of two possible incarnations:

1). Returning to a prior Alpha Test version which proved VERY stable, but contained a lot less of the AKU2 elements from Himalaya (incl. updated BT for reliability *sigh*)
2). Moving even MORE of the Himalaya AKU2 ROM into the current Beta (and correcting the other issues) so as to have as few as possible AKU0 elements coexisting.

Until that time I STRONGLY recommend that everyone not use this ROM - except for further BETA testing and/or bug reporting and/or suggestions for improvement (which would be VERY appreciated!)

TuMa v1.5 WILL still have the SAME feature-set, and SAME feature-rich look, but this will also be working on ENABLING CABs, instead of being a complete 'out of the box' ROM.

Wherever possible everything will still be entirely contained in the ROM to save as much Storage Space as possible and be feature complete, requiring only shortcuts, or registry entries to enable the full 'power'.

Otherwise, in it's "AU NATURELLE" state, the v1.5 ROM will functionally operate as a 'base only' ROM - which can then be used to build from.

My sincere apologies for the troubles you've encountered so far ... however it has been INVALUABLE with all the feedback, and I will be addressing as many of the issues found as quickly as possible.

I'd gotten so close ... the "race" was almost won ... but, it just 'blew up' in the final 50 meters.

__________________________________________________ __________

TuMa v1.4 has been released now for public BETA testing.

As with any BETA, backup your important data ... only time will tell how well everything has been edited/fixed/corrected in this ROM.

NOTE: There could still be some issues with this ROM, in that the performance has been increased to 'appease' those craving it, and also the feature set of the ROM has been updated to encompass everything requested.

There have been FAR too many changes, and FAR too many updates from v1.3 to even begin describing it. The ROM is now composed of 60% Wizard (Core), 20% Himalaya AKU2 (Updates), 10% Blue Angel (Drivers), and features taken from 5% Jasjar, 3% of Atom, 1% Acer, and 1% Custom Hex Edited Modules. 8)

Battery life should be much improved, speed should be about equal to Ivan's, bugs should be squashed.

Known BIG issues:
1). Sim Toolkit doesn't seem to work 100% for me - I get the menus up, but can't access all the data.
2). Bluetooth disconnect is still in this ROM.
3). Pictures & Videos Application is not working (fix being researched).

Otherwise ... let me know if you find anything!

Needless to say it's been a laborious process to get this done. So rather than bore you with words - here are some pictures instead ...

Download from:

ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/BlueAngel/BA_WM5/Shipped_Extracted_Updates/TuMa%201.4/

Remember ANY and ALL CABs which are in the EXTROM Folder are OPTIONAL to install. If you don't want that feature (MMS, Java Midlets, Camera, Intellipad Languages) ... then don't install it!

Use the SetOperator.bat file to set your operator for the ROM approproately.


NOTE: SX66 Users - use the SetOperatorSX66.bat file, and DO NOT install the Camera CAB.

EDIT MDAIIIUSer 02/05/06
Changed the ftp link

[Tuatara]

Since I love my Blue Angel sooooo much. I've made a few custom Boot Logos for you to use.

Download from:

ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Uploads/BlueAngel/WM5_TuMa/TuMa_Logos.rar

You can obviously also make your own one now ... just replace BootLogo.bmp in the /Windows directory with your own 8-Bit bitmap. Make sure that the file is the same size as the one there - then you know you have the right format. 8)

*** EDIT ***

Since I've had a couple of requests for the original artwork behind these Boot Screens, I've now prepared the PhotoShop Original Artwork file for ALL of these Logos. You can now readily make your own "Blue Angel" Logo, with or without the background, or using a solid colour, or just overlaying the Windows Mobile 5.0 elements overtop. I leave it entirely up to you! It's your BootLogo after all. 8)

ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Uploads/BlueAngel/WM5_TuMa/TuMa_Blue_Angels.rar

Enjoy!

[Tuatara]

Some Games which can while away the time ...

Download from:

ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Uploads/BlueAngel/WM5_TuMa/TuMa_Games.rar

Fun, fun, fun!

[ramram]

Gr8 work Tuma :D

[TheBeholder]

Flashing right now...

Will be back later with some news.

Thanks for all the amazing work!!

[candrat]

Nice Release Tuatara!
Going to try it on the weekend :)

Thanks

[efjay]

Great work Tuatara, thanks will be flashing tonight. And extra thanks for the Xmen Angel logo, that will be my logo from now on. Mutants Rule!

[snapper245]

got this version on my sx66. No major issues.

quick question: is there a way someone can extract the "shutdown" plugin for today. My friend with a sprint 6700 wants it.

AGAIN, Great job ! and I wish I had half the brains you did so I could contribute some coding/hack. At least I will be able to help report any issues in this Beta, to make the release version a better experience for all...

[pkfloyd]

i have instaled to this version, and for now now issues. :D to report (exept the bt :) )

thanks for this good work tuatara. :mrgreen:

[TheLastOne]

OK, I've messed around with this new rom for a bit, and I've actually gotta say I prefer Tuma 1.3. The speed increase isn't significant enough to be worth adding more problems I outline below, without actually correcting any of the problems that I disliked in 1.3.

Improvements:
1) Single, fully functional WLAN Manager is nice.
2) I like the category based Program list, but your choice in some instances is well, strange. (ex. Windows Media in Office folder)

New Problems:
1) Phone settings was missing the first page (ring tone/style selection) on my first boot. Seems to be there now though. Odd.
2) Pictures & Videos (Renamed...) does not work at all. Definately a big piss off for me.
3) Internet explorer just locked up my PPC. I used it alot in 1.3, and I never experienced that. I'll see if I can reproduce it.

Dislikes:
1) Renamed Programs. I don't really like that you chose to rename the shortcuts to many Microsoft Programs. Ex: Pictures & Videos to Picture Viewer, File Explorer to Windows Explorer. Since every copy of WM5 has all these programs named the same since they are core programs, I don't think you should be renaming the shortcuts.
2) Some hefty programs. I liked that in Tuma 1.3 there was a nice balance between what was already there, and how much was left up to user discretion. By adding large programs with many alternatives such as Total Commander and vBar, I can't help feel you've crossed the line.


Further updates will come as I keep testing. Thanks for working so hard on this.

[bins]

Going to flash tomorrow...
Thanks for all the precious work so far Tuatara!

[bins]

Going to flash tomorrow...
Thanks for all the precious work so far Tuatara!

[blackflagsvn]

I am going to test this ROM. I am still wondering whether this one is better than Ivan's. Anyone who has any ideas please let me know, for the reason that I just want to bring my Blue Angel into full play.

[jamex]

good job!!!
flashing it right now

[hycool]

Thanks,I do in now

[Juggles]

Hiya..

Had major problems getting it to sync :(

Have reinstalled the Activesync twice now.. It connects (at bloody last! 3 hours and multiple soft resets later!) , goes through the new device blah blah, and then just sits at the Activesync page! Says it is connected, with LOADS of datat flowing between the device and A/S.. bot not synchronizing!


Any ideas?

Nowt has changed since TuMa 1.3 or Ivan... I had both working!

[Juggles]

Make a post, and low and behold the little fairies jump out of the screen, and waving their wands and throwing fairy dust on my PPC, it does a little beep and starts working!!!


WTF! Problem solved... :) Ask the fairies what they did if you can catch them!

[Tuatara]

OK, I've messed around with this new rom for a bit, and I've actually gotta say I prefer Tuma 1.3. The speed increase isn't significant enough to be worth adding more problems I outline below, without actually correcting any of the problems that I disliked in 1.3.

Ok ... there were a few problems in v1.3 which are definately fixed in v1.4. The speed should be noticable, but isn't the biggest 'draw-card'. Stability, and integration should be ... but as always ... can't please everyone.

Improvements:
1) Single, fully functional WLAN Manager is nice.
2) I like the category based Program list, but your choice in some instances is well, strange. (ex. Windows Media in Office folder)

1). That was a bit of work ... required some 'artwork', 'hex-editor' and 'resource hacker' customization to achieve.
2). So, is "Windows Media Player" a "Tool" then? I couldn't decide either. Well ... in the end I wasn't quite sure 'where' to put that one ... you can move them easily y'know. Besides ... it is delibrately put into the main start menu as "Media Player" so you have direct access to it from there, but also have access through the Programs Menu.

New Problems:
1) Phone settings was missing the first page (ring tone/style selection) on my first boot. Seems to be there now though. Odd.
2) Pictures & Videos (Renamed...) does not work at all. Definately a big piss off for me.
3) Internet explorer just locked up my PPC. I used it alot in 1.3, and I never experienced that. I'll see if I can reproduce it.

1). Hmmm ... can't say I've ever seen that. Works fine on my device - so maybe something subtle is happening in the Radio Layer. Most of the RIL core is now from the Himalaya AKU2.
2). Now that's a BUG which MUST BE FIXED. Damn. It was working perfectly all the previous times I have tested and worked with it. I must have done something registry-wise which is now preventing load on my last build. I will find a fix/patch for this and post it as a CAB.
3). I've been using IE over WiFi for quite a lot of surfing - not one lockup to date - incl. having BT Stereo Wireless Headset playing (albeit a bit stutteringly) in the background. I will test further when I have more time.

So ... I'll add my own one ...
4). BT Wireless Stereo Profile has some (irritating) stuttering, but otherwise works quite reliably. Need to look at performance requirements and/or wave audio driver.

Dislikes:
1) Renamed Programs. I don't really like that you chose to rename the shortcuts to many Microsoft Programs. Ex: Pictures & Videos to Picture Viewer, File Explorer to Windows Explorer. Since every copy of WM5 has all these programs named the same since they are core programs, I don't think you should be renaming the shortcuts.
2) Some hefty programs. I liked that in Tuma 1.3 there was a nice balance between what was already there, and how much was left up to user discretion. By adding large programs with many alternatives such as Total Commander and vBar, I can't help feel you've crossed the line.

1). Well, you will notice that there are TWO copies of each of the applications you mention. FIRST in the Start Menu (for direct access - named as normal), and a SECOND time in the Programs folder. In order to NOT have naming conflicts for two shortcuts (if moved), they MUST be named differently. This is an unfortunate side-effect of how the Menu Manager works. You could just delete the copy you don't want. That's what Total Commander is for.
2). Again ... both of those apps can be readily 'hidden' if you wish. vBar can be quickly disabled (just turn it off in it's control panel), and similarly the icon for Total Commander can be removed. It costs NOTHING to have them in the ROM - all of your storage space is still 100% free for you to use however you wish, for whatever you wish.

Further updates will come as I keep testing. Thanks for working so hard on this.

No worries ... as said - the ROM is aimed at an audience to work "out of the box", not necessarily for the "power hacker" who needs to customize every last element.

But having said that - everything is READILY possible to disable in the ROM, either through checkboxes, or simply by removing shortcuts. Nothing is so 'entrenched' as to be necessary, and nothing is so necessary as to not be 'disabled' easily.

Anyways ... as before, this is BETA, and I welcome constructive feedback (and criticisms) such as this! I want to resolve the last few 'annoying' bugs and try to get to a robust and stable (feature-rich) ROM.

So ... speak your thoughts ... good / bad / ugly ... let me know!

[TheBeholder]

@Tuatara

Great job, Im using it for a couple of hours and until now everything is going very good. :D

I really like the idea of a custom build, with shortcuts names changed, lots of small softwares installed and a well tweaked registry.

I need to sleep a little. I will be using my device tomorrow as usual and will report in the end of the day.

Thanks again for the hard work :!: :!: :!:

[Tuatara]

Make a post, and low and behold the little fairies jump out of the screen, and waving their wands and throwing fairy dust on my PPC, it does a little beep and starts working!!!

WTF! Problem solved... :) Ask the fairies what they did if you can catch them!

Hmmm ... this is a bit ODD. There shouldn't be any 'fairies' dancing around in the OS. Maybe a few "Angels" ... but no "Fairies".

Please let me know if you're experiencing any 'odd' behaviour. Such as 'Phone Panels' not appearing, 'Active Sync' not working immediately, 'WiFi' issues, or otherwise. Maybe a 'Gremlin' has snuck into my 'Frankenstein' ROM Monster.

[efjay]

Pros

Rom is a bit faster, especially messaging, opens without as much delay as before

A2DP works and pairing with a SE HBH-200 also worked with no problems

Media player playes mp3's with no buffering issues

Activesync no longer closes when using WMP10 on the pc

More useful programs added

Wifi works ok connecting to WPA

Contacts stored on sim card display names on BT headset display

Cons

Backlight level seems to flicker when on battery

Mentioned before, program renaming not really necessary, also some duplication eg Word Mobile

Picture & Videos doesnt open

Music via A2DP has a scratchy quality to it

Have installed a few apps like O2 Plus, Double Launcher, Device Lock with no problems. Overall this is a definite improvement over 1.3 with only the Pics and Vids the most obvious bug.

Well done Tuatara and thanks agian for the hard work.

Edit: Didnt see your post Tuatara, you've answered most of my issues. Two things: there is a Startup Manager app here http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=47184 Maybe this can be added to the rom. Also is the push email part of AKU2 part of this rom? Thanks

[Tuatara]

Pros

Good news ... 8)

Cons

1). Backlight level seems to flicker when on battery

2). Mentioned before, program renaming not really necessary, also some duplication eg Word Mobile

3). Picture & Videos doesnt open

4). Music via A2DP has a scratchy quality to it

1). I think I've been too aggressive with the power manager settings. The device is probably (briefly) entering an 'idle' state, and I'm shutting down the backlight (to save as much power as possible). This is an 'over' correction of the battery usage issues which people mentioned. I'll look into this and post a fix.

2). Ok ... I'll make a CAB which either deletes and/or renames these items ... maybe out of existance for those users who want it. :D

3). BUG ... DEFINITE BUG. MUST BE FIXED. ARRGH. *sigh*

4). I've noticed this too ... there may be a slight incompatibility in the BT elements I've integrated for the Audio Gateway/Avcrp/A2DP profiles. Needs more testing and research.

Well done Tuatara and thanks agian for the hard work.

You're welcome. Like I said elsewhere ... it's for my own 'selfish' reasons too. ;-)

Edit: Didnt see your post Tuatara, you've answered most of my issues. Two things: there is a Startup Manager app here http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=47184 Maybe this can be added to the rom.

I've been LOOKING for something like this! I'll add this to the 'fixes' CAB for those who want to manage their startup elements (vBar, Batti, etc.).

Also is the push email part of AKU2 part of this rom?

No ... not yet. Not all AKU2 elements are compatible with the current coredll.dll we have embedded in the XIP section. I'm slowly identifying what can be moved and what can't. Hopefully I'll be able to add the AKU2 functionality in, without needing to 'hack' the XIP section. *fingers*crossed*

[borjok536]

Im here in school and Im downloading it now.. I cnt wait to test this ROM, Im using now the Ivan's ROM v4, and I like the Widcomm BT stack used.. In this TuMA v1.4, what is the BT Stack used? Still MS Stack?

[borjok536]

that you can release a TuMa version with Widcomm BT Stack separately? ... I dont have issues on Widcomm BT stack with Ivan's ROM (though I dit not try the BT headset, coz I dont use it at all)...

[snapper245]

first bug I've encountered:

Even with full charge (green LED), get Backup Battery low power alarm. Happens even when plugged in. specifically happened during last program install to device.
check to the power settings icon shows both main and backup batteries at 100%

anyone else seeing this?

[AndyInParadise]

I am not able to restore using Sprite Backup V5.0.1 Build 1332.
I have been changing Roms between Ivans and TuMa over the last few months and have been able to restore everytime. This is the first time I have not been able to restore..... Causing me a big problem as I do not use a PC (I use an Apple MAC and we all know that we cannot sync WM5 with Apple), so I do not have any other backup.
Thanks in advance.

[Thuanfx]

Thanks so much for your ROM
Now you can relax after the day work hard??/

I'm going to upgrade tonight

Best Regard

[laoshu]

After flashing from 1.3 to 1.4 I realized that this version has some serious issues with Wisbar Advance. Actually, even just trying to change the today theme seems to be impossible now. I am using the latest WA version 2.6 and have tried with three different themes.

[cmairhof]

First of all I would like to say thanks for a great new version. I have not encountered any issues so far.

Only question: Where is the comm manager which allows me to enable push email

http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Exchange-2003-Mobile-Messaging-Part1-Microsoft-DirectPush-technology.html

thx for the info

cmairhofer

[bolopez]

It works on my car's handsfree kit!!! At last, it really works. As someone (sorry for forgetting your nick) suggested, it must have something to do with the MS BT stack and not with the phone, because now my HF can display the phone contacts.

There's something that I don't understand now. With previous versions (perhaps Ivan's) I could use the Spanish language kit developed for Himalaya att Buzz's site to get a Spanish interface. Now it just doesn't work. Nothing gets changed to Spanish :(

Anyway, thanks Tuatara (and everybody else) for your fine work. Having the HF working makes me very very happy (and I won´t give back th BA, I'll give back the Himalaya instead :))

[Tuatara]

that you can release a TuMa version with Widcomm BT Stack separately? ... I dont have issues on Widcomm BT stack with Ivan's ROM (though I dit not try the BT headset, coz I dont use it at all)...

Ivan has sent me the Widcomm Stack components, however I have not had the time/chance to make a Widcomm Stack Installer for TuMa and to test it. Also, I'd rather have Ivan's ROM properly evaluated and tested - especially for the BT Stack, so that we can 'trade notes' as it were, and build up better ROMs & support CABs for everyone.

first bug I've encountered:

Even with full charge (green LED), get Backup Battery low power alarm. Happens even when plugged in. specifically happened during last program install to device.
check to the power settings icon shows both main and backup batteries at 100%

Hmmm ... again, I've tried to be very aggressive in saving power on the device. I've changed the battery sampling time from every five seconds, to every 20 seconds. It's now possible that the application mistakingly (on startup?) reads a zero value since the battery poll has not as yet taken place. I'll either see if I can 'pre-charge' the result (registry value?), or maybe I'll need to put the battery poll time back to 5 seconds.

After flashing from 1.3 to 1.4 I realized that this version has some serious issues with Wisbar Advance. Actually, even just trying to change the today theme seems to be impossible now. I am using the latest WA version 2.6 and have tried with three different themes.

Hmmm odd. I believe that KTamas has been using Wisbar Advance all the time on the TuMa v1.4 Beta. Although, there is an IMPORTANT POINT!

You WILL need to disable the vBar task bar in the ROM now if you install another task manager! vBar is based on WISBar, which uses the SAME hook/interface as Wisbar Advance! Disable the vBar one (through it's control panel), and I'm certain that Wisbar Advance will work flawlessly.

First of all I would like to say thanks for a great new version. I have not encountered any issues so far.

Cool ... well, there are some already. *sigh* ...

Only question: Where is the comm manager which allows me to enable push email

Well ... while this ROM is already making use of some AKU2 Himalaya ROM elements, it's still unable to use the FULL AKU2 support set - specifically the Push Email. In short ... I'm still working on it.

I'll try for a short while now, and see if I can sort out some of these initial bugs/issues.

[Tuatara]

I am not able to restore using Sprite Backup V5.0.1 Build 1332.
I have been changing Roms between Ivans and TuMa over the last few months and have been able to restore everytime. This is the first time I have not been able to restore..... Causing me a big problem as I do not use a PC (I use an Apple MAC and we all know that we cannot sync WM5 with Apple), so I do not have any other backup.

Additionally ...

Could the Bootlogo.exe be causing my restore problem in Sprite Backup as it needs to reboot to restore? Is there a way to stop it running?

Hi Andy, I was about to reply to your post, if only to say ... I don't know.

BootLogo.exe is a very simple application, which just loads in an 8bpp bitmap and writes it directly to the screen memory, and quits. There is no reason why this would interfere with Sprite Backup at all. It's also executed well before Sprite backup could/should even execute. There must be something else which is causing a problem ... but since I don't use Sprite Backup, I'd be at a loss where to start looking. I'll have to see (unfortunately later) if I can use Sprite Backup to backup the contents and/or what the issue could be.

There is also nothing special about the ROM/Registry settings or any protection ... all elements have been disabled (signed code, certificate requirements, etc.) ... so ... ?????

If there are other Sprite Backup users out there - please report your finding and/or if you've discovered any issues or workarounds?

[fadhelam2k]

Hi there Tuatara,

First, I wanna say great work on the ROM. I am really impressed, never imagined that it could be done and yet you are making it look so simple! Well done!

Second, I notice that you are preinstalling some applications taht maybe some users can do without. Is there a way you can build a ROM only with base models? As in when the user requires the programs, it is freely available for download and install them himself.

For example, you have a preinstalled pdf viewer, but it doesnt view Arabic files, and for that I will need to download and install the free Acrobat Reader from Adobe, but it willl just be somewhat annoying to have two applications serving the same purpose.

Plus some settings, such as BUTTONS under PERSONAL which does the same job as BUTTON LOCK, under SYSTEM. I understand setting can not be installed or anything, but do you think it can be done in a more neat way?

thanks again!

[Tuatara]

First, I wanna say great work on the ROM. I am really impressed, never imagined that it could be done and yet you are making it look so simple! Well done!

Heh ... Cheers! Well ... simple it's not. Call it a 'hobby', and a 'labour of love'.

Second, I notice that you are preinstalling some applications taht maybe some users can do without. Is there a way you can build a ROM only with base models? As in when the user requires the programs, it is freely available for download and install them himself.

Part of the goal of the ROM is to make an 'out of the box' fully functioning ROM which lets 75% of the people do pretty much everything they would need, without needing to do anything.

For the other 25%, everything which has been added can be easily disabled and/or even 'deleted' from the ROM (visibly). Having them there costs you (the end user) nothing in storage space, or functionality. It's just an extra (possibly annoying) icon.

The point behind having them installed in ROM space, is that they don't take away ANY of your precious Storage Space. This is VERY important for things like E-Mails, Contacts, Tasks, etc. If Storage is used up with 10Mb of applications ... that's 10Mb less email space. I like my Storage to be as BIG as possible. 8)

For example, you have a preinstalled pdf viewer, but it doesnt view Arabic files, and for that I will need to download and install the free Acrobat Reader from Adobe, but it willl just be somewhat annoying to have two applications serving the same purpose.

A valid point ... but tradeoffs have been made. Installing Acrobat into the ROM is VERY costly in terms of ROM space. Acrobat takes up a lot of memory space to perform the feature-rich functionality it has, and even just to get it into the ROM, I would need to remove most (if not all) other features to make space for it. For many, the ClearVue PDF Reader will meet their needs ... for those for whom it doesn't ... better install Acrobat. You would have needed to anyways.

Plus some settings, such as BUTTONS under PERSONAL which does the same job as BUTTON LOCK, under SYSTEM. I understand setting can not be installed or anything, but do you think it can be done in a more neat way?

You should NOT have any BUTTON LOCK functionality under the BUTTONS control panel in PERSONAL. This has been explicitly removed in TuMa v1.4 since this control panel extension did not correctly set the lock. At least in my ROM Flash it is not there.

Did you perform the FULL Hard-Reset (Setting NO / YES / YES) to ensure that the device contents were cleared and the registry properly rebuilt?

Did you try and RESTORE a previous set of registry settings over-top of the TuMa v1.4 ROM? If so, you're probably asking for trouble!!!

Does any one else have this panel available? *confused*

[Percz]

I'm not sure if it's a common bug with WM5 and I'm just doing something I shouldn't, but whenever I select a GIF image as the Today backround screen, it fails to load and the Today screen goes all screwy.
I see all the icons but no text on the today screen over then "Tap here to sing in to Pocket MSN".

Assuming it's not me being silly, maybe there is a GIF decoder fault (I have no idea what I'm taling about) that is also causing problems with loading the Album / Picture Viewer?

Haven't found any other faults, have noticed that this ROM can be down clocked and still seems to run as fast, which is excellent. 8)

[josaic]

upgrade successful from 1.3 to 1.4.
So far this ROM is much stable and faster than the previous one.

Thanks a lot

[Laurencesilvester]

Hi
I have noticed that when upgrading to versions 1.3 and 1.4 I seem to have a maximum call length of about 1 min. Any clues or am I missing something

thanks
Laurence

[jamex]

hey guys

here just find 3 problems in TuMa1.4

1.when i close all programs by vbar, the "phone" will flash about 4 times,

2. the wmplayer is still spending ram till playing music

3.when i sync with my desktop, it say my name was repeat, and force rename

somebody have the same problems on it

[Percz]

hey guys

here just find 3 problems in TuMa1.4

1.when i close all programs by vbar, the "phone" will flash about 4 times,

2. the wmplayer is still spending ram till playing music

3.when i sync with my desktop, it say my name was repeat, and force rename

somebody have the same problems on it

3. Unplug your BA, Open up ActivSync on your computer, "File -> Delete Mobile Device" I had the same thing but it's just because you are using the same name as your old ROM. You'll have to setup the sync options again but it won't take long.

1. Just to add, it only seems to happen once you open the phone. Something simular happens if you open up ActivSynv on the PDA, I guess because this is something blocking these aplications from being closed?

2. Too technical for me

[fadhelam2k]

I just finished installing TuMa 1.4

[You should NOT have any BUTTON LOCK functionality under the BUTTONS control panel in PERSONAL. This has been explicitly removed in TuMa v1.4 since this control panel extension did not correctly set the lock. At least in my ROM Flash it is not there.]

Well not only that, I have two SOFT KEY and SOFTKEY ADVANCED, SCREEN and SCREEN ORIENTATION, and probably some others didnt get to check.

[Did you perform the FULL Hard-Reset (Setting NO / YES / YES) to ensure that the device contents were cleared and the registry properly rebuilt?]

yes, i select first No, second Yes, third Yes, and then press MAIL

[Did you try and RESTORE a previous set of registry settings over-top of the TuMa v1.4 ROM?]

I do not backup anything except for my contacts on Outlook and my SMS messages on Jeyo Extender

Only thing I didnt do before upgrading to WM5 was the repartitioning, so basically I still have the EXTROM, do I have to delete files from that folder? I dont think its installing from it anyway!

*edit* I got rid of the extended rom by running Repart_DOC.exe on TuMa v1.4. resized to 128 kb, it gave me an error, but after hard reset the EXTROM was gone and I have increased size of program memory to 91.16, and storage memory remained at 43.26

Plus I noticed the pda vibrates when i am recieving a call on the cradle, not a good idea! Even if vibrate is enebaled it should never vibrate when it is connected to external power, safety reasons

*edit* Picture & Videos and Record are not running. The ROM hanged later in the day, and the phone wouldnt dtect network and I ws not even able to access the contacts. I had to hard reset the pda but now i lost all my contacts. I find it less stable than the previous version.


thanks

[efjay]

It seems I was wrong about Media player, I tried it again and the memory issue is still present. also PIE doesn't display all images, like the forum pm button. problem was in the very first WM5 rom.

Edit: How about adding this into the rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=45385

PS Did you get my pm?

[ascssmith]

Hey Tuatara, this site is great, quick question, when i setup my profile, it doesn't list my phone correctly, I have the new T-mobile MDA, here are current spec's:

Rom - 1.8.10.2, WWE 12/10/05
Radio - 1.09.10
Protocol - 4.0.13.20
ExtRom - 1.8.10.104

Cpu - OMAP850, 195 mhz
Flash Chip - M-systems 93
Model # - WIZA200, pocketPC

will your ROM update work on this phone?

AL

[nijhof]

rom is quite good.
have the feeling though Ivan's is much quicker.

main problem: BT. I believe this is the main reason for most to have switched from 2003 and the single most important issue to be dealt with.

but good work

[pkfloyd]

i again...

tuatara, i have to the button lock, on my device.( yes i put no/yes/yes to hard reset after install)

for now the ongly issues i found is:

1- the program pictures and videos its no running :(
2- bt
3- after use the phone, everytime i use a nother program and close, the phone apears and close , apears and close some times 4 times :)

tuatara, can i install the album in this version? i prefere album, becouse im pictures, it show the "exif" off the foto and histogram

this version it is very stabel, i am used for long time just open use and close programs, and some times the ba slow it down, but not crash, and this is very good, :) thanks
like you i prefere stability, that speed :)

[xsi]

I flash to this great new rom and i was quite of an impression until i install one program (memory pocket navigator) and it doesn't run at all. I had the same problem with v1.3.

This is an aplication that i really need, so i'm very sorry but i have to downgrade until this problem is solved. Holpefully very soon.

I must say that i experience memory pocket navigator with others wm5 rom's and did work very well.

I think i'm writing for all when i say great job you are doing.

Thanks a lot.

[thingonaspring]

Hi All,

Great new version Tuatara, much faster than 1.3, and the pre-installed applications have had a really good shake-up.

I just wanted to report that I too have seen the backup battery message. Not at bootup, but about 40 minutes after the previous reboot. The phone was charging at the time. Power applet shows 75% main battery, 100% backup battery.

This infrequent, intermittent message isn't a big deal in terms of using the ROM, but I thought you'd want to add it to the list for the next round of fixes.

[alinkwok]

Why there is no Windows Version upgrade on Tuma ROM?

[indra9110]

Why I cannot using Agile Messenger ??? I already intall Agile Messenger 3 BETA for Windows Mobile 5.0 PPC & Windows PPC 2003

When I run this progran always give error message

Win32 API Error. Error Code:6
(0X00000006)
Description: The handle is invalid.
C:\projects\AgMLib\src\Win32\agm_win_xsystem.cpp:8 7

[efjay]

Tuarara, a problem with the boot logo cab. I installed it but it doesnt replace the file already there so when booting one image is briefly displayed then the manually installed one is displayed.

[wynntrinh]

First of all this is a great ROM. Thank you for all the hard work.

Problem:

My Active Sync is a bit out of whack. Non of my Outlook data is syncing. The icon keeps spinning the status says "Synchronizing" but nothing is happening.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

[Percz]

As a few people have mentioned it, I would just like to add that the very first time you sync this device with a Microsoft Exchange Server after updating to 1.4 the ActiveSync will appear to connect but not do anything. All you need to is go into the Kitchen and make your self a cup of coffee, watch a few minutes TV and suddenly everything will be on there. Just the first time takes a very long time for some reason, and after that it's fine.
*DO NOT RESET* while you are waiting the first time.

Also, make sure that you delete the previous partnership in ActiveSync as upgrading the ROM counts as having a new phone in its settings, even though the phone has the same name.

[efjay]

Had an error message saying "Notification error, cannot execute repllog.exe" and checked the notification queue, it is showing duplicates of repllog.exe. Cleared them with Scarybear Check Notifications but they are building up again.

[wynntrinh]

As a few people have mentioned it, I would just like to add that the very first time you sync this device with a Microsoft Exchange Server after updating to 1.4 the ActiveSync will appear to connect but not do anything. All you need to is go into the Kitchen and make your self a cup of coffee, watch a few minutes TV and suddenly everything will be on there. Just the first time takes a very long time for some reason, and after that it's fine.
*DO NOT RESET* while you are waiting the first time.


I had the sync running for nearly 30 minutes and still nothing. Not sure what you mean by a "long time" but 30 minutes is extremely long if you ask me. The other thing i notice is when I set the device into my cradle another LAN icon popped up and connected to what I have no idea. i checked the settings and it is set for USB. so i am "syncing" it now again and will see if it will take this time around. thanks for the help.

[Percz]

I had the sync running for nearly 30 minutes and still nothing. Not sure what you mean by a "long time" but 30 minutes is extremely long if you ask me. The other thing i notice is when I set the device into my cradle another LAN icon popped up and connected to what I have no idea. i checked the settings and it is set for USB. so i am "syncing" it now again and will see if it will take this time around. thanks for the help.

Ok well 30 minutes is a bit long. Tried opening up ActivSync and checking if there are any error messages? Failing that, disable all the Sync's (email, contacts, etc) and then try syncing and then add them back one by one and see if it's one of the options. Worth a try.

The LAN thing just seems to be a WM5 thing, I'm sure others can explain it better then I can, but it's just a interface between your PDA and your PC that allows your PDA to access your local area network for accesing the internet (if you want to browse on your PDA for some strange reason) and also for doing a Sync to a exchange server without using wireless or GPRS. It's also quite handy for using the Microsoft remote device plugin.
I don't consider it a security risk in the slightest, and it's protected by the same firewall and anti-virus your laptop has.

[Rogero]

Hello, first of all Thx Tuatara for all ur time and effort..it really worth it :)
I was trying the rom for a while and it seems good enough, except minor bugs: Picture viewer, I found out that Vbar sometimes is reporting some programs to be running like the phone or activesync while these programs are not actually running,U can check this using "Running Programs" instead ! so I have removed Vbar from startup for now.
As for ActiveSync,for the first time synchronizing u should simply press "Stop" then try again and it will work fine.

Cheers..
Rogero

[Tuatara]

tuatara, i have to the button lock, on my device.( yes i put no/yes/yes to hard reset after install)

Ok .. this can't be right - it should NOT be there at all. Does ANYONE else have the Button Lock control panel in the BUTTONS settings?

1- the program pictures and videos its no running :(
2- bt
3- after use the phone, everytime i use a nother program and close, the phone apears and close , apears and close some times 4 times :)

#1 & #2 are known. #1 will be solved sometime soon, and #2/BT is impossible as of yet.

#3 though now appears to be an incompatibility with vBar. It is possible that vBar (which was a last & limited testing time addition) is the cause of a lot of problems.

*** RECOMMENDATION *** - Disable vBar for now until we/I can figure out where the source of the problems is coming from. They are all too RANDOM which points to something 'common' across all applications. Something like vBar which could be disrupting the processes somehow.

tuatara, can i install the album in this version? i prefere album, becouse im pictures, it show the "exif" off the foto and histogram

I believe so ... there shouldn't be anything which limits what you can install - other than software which was written PRIOR to this OS (i.e. don't try to install things made before 2004), or things which are for 2003SE only. That also includes many lanugage packs or CUSTOM language packs which were made for different devices. Maybe they will work, maybe not. Your mileage will vary.

Remember too ... this ROM is still functionally MORE A WIZARD ROM than it is a HIMALAYA. I'm working on getting more of the Himalaya AKU2 into this, but it is a slow process.

this version it is very stabel, i am used for long time just open use and close programs, and some times the ba slow it down, but not crash, and this is very good, :) thanks
like you i prefere stability, that speed :)

Well ... it is geared for long-term performance/reliability/etc. not "out of the box raw speed" (until things get full). Although, I'm beginning to doubt the stabillity and question it.

Maybe there really are GREMLINS in the machine.

[Tuatara]

I flash to this great new rom and i was quite of an impression until i install one program (memory pocket navigator) and it doesn't run at all. I had the same problem with v1.3.

Unfortunately then I have to say it's an incomaptibility with the Wizard ROM somehow. There is then little I can do - if it didn't work on v1.3, then it probably still won't on v1.4.

This is an aplication that i really need, so i'm very sorry but i have to downgrade until this problem is solved. Holpefully very soon.

If I knew more about what the problem is other than "does not run" ... maybe I could figure out more. Is it out of RAM, Temp Space, problems creating files, directory missing, registry incompatibilty, ???

I must say that i experience memory pocket navigator with others wm5 rom's and did work very well.

If you can let me know which ROM works, I can have a look at the differences and if you provide a bit more details as to the nature of the failure, then I might be able to figure out the reason.

I think i'm writing for all when i say great job you are doing.

Thanks a lot.

Cheers - although I think this is beginning to "eat" up all available free time. *sigh*

[Tuatara]

I had the sync running for nearly 30 minutes and still nothing. Not sure what you mean by a "long time" but 30 minutes is extremely long if you ask me. The other thing i notice is when I set the device into my cradle another LAN icon popped up and connected to what I have no idea. i checked the settings and it is set for USB. so i am "syncing" it now again and will see if it will take this time around. thanks for the help.

Ok well 30 minutes is a bit long. Tried opening up ActivSync and checking if there are any error messages? Failing that, disable all the Sync's (email, contacts, etc) and then try syncing and then add them back one by one and see if it's one of the options. Worth a try.

The LAN thing just seems to be a WM5 thing, I'm sure others can explain it better then I can, but it's just a interface between your PDA and your PC that allows your PDA to access your local area network for accesing the internet (if you want to browse on your PDA for some strange reason) and also for doing a Sync to a exchange server without using wireless or GPRS. It's also quite handy for using the Microsoft remote device plugin.
I don't consider it a security risk in the slightest, and it's protected by the same firewall and anti-virus your laptop has.

ActiveSync now works over TCPIP, and it creates a network connection to your PDA over USB. This is the same priciple as using TCPIP over Ethernet, Firewire, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, or a Parallel Port! TCPIP is the communications protocol which is sitting on top of a physical medium of transfer - in this case the wires (or wireless!) methods of connecting your devices.

With the advent of firewalls, which CONTROL TCPIP traffic, you now MUST LET ACTIVESYNC through your firewall - otherwise you will NEVER sync.

Check out the plethora of threads on this site, just about this subject. :-)

[alijo]

Hi, is it possible make a cab to disable vbar, i have the 4/5 times that phone flashes issue too. I used magic button on TuMa V1.3 and it worked fine.

Great Job Thanks

[sgrbhtngr]

Right now I am using TuMa v1.3. The MAIN reason why I took the plunge to go to TuMa1.3 from WM 2003SE is to be able to use voice command over the BT headset. After a few tweaks, it is working for me.

Now, is it true that this is possible only on the MS bluetooth stack (in TuMa v1.3) and NOT on the Widcomm stack (on Ivan)?

Tuatara- we really apprecaite your work. It might be asking too much but is it possible for you to have MS Voice Command in the Rom next time? It is a real memory-eater and having it in the ROM will help us all.

Again, keep up the GREAT work. We are all indebted to your genius! :)

Sagar

[wynntrinh]

I had the sync running for nearly 30 minutes and still nothing. Not sure what you mean by a "long time" but 30 minutes is extremely long if you ask me. The other thing i notice is when I set the device into my cradle another LAN icon popped up and connected to what I have no idea. i checked the settings and it is set for USB. so i am "syncing" it now again and will see if it will take this time around. thanks for the help.

Ok well 30 minutes is a bit long. Tried opening up ActivSync and checking if there are any error messages? Failing that, disable all the Sync's (email, contacts, etc) and then try syncing and then add them back one by one and see if it's one of the options. Worth a try.

The LAN thing just seems to be a WM5 thing, I'm sure others can explain it better then I can, but it's just a interface between your PDA and your PC that allows your PDA to access your local area network for accesing the internet (if you want to browse on your PDA for some strange reason) and also for doing a Sync to a exchange server without using wireless or GPRS. It's also quite handy for using the Microsoft remote device plugin.
I don't consider it a security risk in the slightest, and it's protected by the same firewall and anti-virus your laptop has.

ActiveSync now works over TCPIP, and it creates a network connection to your PDA over USB. This is the same priciple as using TCPIP over Ethernet, Firewire, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, or a Parallel Port! TCPIP is the communications protocol which is sitting on top of a physical medium of transfer - in this case the wires (or wireless!) methods of connecting your devices.

With the advent of firewalls, which CONTROL TCPIP traffic, you now MUST LET ACTIVESYNC through your firewall - otherwise you will NEVER sync.

Check out the plethora of threads on this site, just about this subject. :-)

Update: i fiddled with the firewall a bit and it all works now. Thanks for the help!

[indra9110]

oke what about BA as modem for pc .... stil not work ????

[efjay]

Tuatara- we really apprecaite your work. It might be asking too much but is it possible for you to have MS Voice Command in the Rom next time? It is a real memory-eater and having it in the ROM will help us all.

Again, keep up the GREAT work. We are all indebted to your genius! :)

Sagar

MS Voice Command is commercial software and cant be included in the rom. You have to purchase it yourself.

[mpman2k]

@ Tuatara

Thx for the release of TuMa v1.4

I can finally use my motorola HT820 headphones with AD2P and all buttons working. Sound is good and I can also hear ring tone and answer with no problem. I never find out how to change ringtone yet.
I had notice that after paring and connect with my BT headset, my BA wont turn off the screen while listening to mp3s. I had try using WMP10 or TCPMP and your Display Switch program but none of them can shut off the screen. When I try all those programs, the screen turns off for half a second and turns back on again. However, I had also try Ivan's v4R1 rom with same problem.

One more thing that I cannot backup data on your rom using Sprite Backup. It installs and runs OK but when I try to backup or restore data. My BA restarts and Sprite Backup didn't do anything. Since there is no xBackup in WM5, I cannot backup or restore data on TuMa 1.4.

[KTamas]

Okay, let me clarify this for those who are having problems with sprite backup and similar softwares.

DO NOT USE ANY BACKUP SOFTWARES WHEN UPGRADING ROMS (SPRITE BACKUP, SPB BACKUP etc.)

...and if you have to, backup only your PIM data (Appointments, Tasks, Contacts, Notes). These softwares backups and restores registry, and that is a disaster because you are mixing an older ROM's registry with a newer ROMs files and that is anything but right. So if you upgrade your ROM, you must re-install your software manually.

[TheLastOne]

Ok, so I got a day's testing out of it, and have a few things to add:

1) I definately think having an extra optional extrom cab to set the program shortcuts back to untouched form is a great idea.
2) The Startup manager program mentioned before would be a great addition.
3) Perhaps on top, it would be nice to make an app thats hides/shows programs that aren't windows integral (TC, vBar) at will. Kind of like an uninstall without actually removing anything but shortcuts and startup things ;).
4) I've also noticed the problem mentioned earlier with certain pictures not displaying in PIE. I think it had something to do with this that froze my PPC before, but I haven't been able to reproduce the freeze yet.
5) This one is more of a question: Where are you finding the space to add this 3rd party programs? Are you stripping out parts out of the OS, or is there already a little empty space?
6) I love BootLogo, but it doesn't seem to exit very cleanly (maybe due to the business of start up?)
7) Where did the EXTROM folder that was in 1.3 go? (I'm actually happy it's not showing up for me, I have it partitioned to have basically no space)

Oh, and I would suggest you leave Windows Media and the other uncategorizables out of folders altogether, like you did with PIE.

On the subject of naming icons, if you do want to keep the duplicate icons with different names, then I recommend you at least keep a common scheme. For example, in the Programs window you renamed the default File Explorer to Windows Explorer, leaving the Start Menu the default name, but or Windows Media, it was the start menu with the renamed one, and the Programs menu with the default.

[qureshi]

Installed new version….seem to be nice; Tautara u really deserve appreciation for so many efforts…..God bless U.
I was using different version of WM 2005 since the time its releasing on our forum, but every time downgrading to win 2003 just because of one reason only...that is to use Arabic software came preinstalled in original version. I am really fed up from this shuttle-cock. U seems to be great man. One thing if u can do for us just to extract arabizer version2.0 from Jasjar and let it enable to work on WM05. I think whole middle east and south Asian country will be really oblige to u...and pray for ur more success in future...thanking u in anticipation.

[xsi]

I flash to this great new rom and i was quite of an impression until i install one program (memory pocket navigator) and it doesn't run at all. I had the same problem with v1.3.

Unfortunately then I have to say it's an incomaptibility with the Wizard ROM somehow. There is then little I can do - if it didn't work on v1.3, then it probably still won't on v1.4.

It probably is. Bad luck for me :(

This is an aplication that i really need, so i'm very sorry but i have to downgrade until this problem is solved. Holpefully very soon.

If I knew more about what the problem is other than "does not run" ... maybe I could figure out more. Is it out of RAM, Temp Space, problems creating files, directory missing, registry incompatibilty, ???

I really don't know what the problem is. I tap the program icon after intall and there is no response from it.

I must say that i experience memory pocket navigator with others wm5 rom's and did work very well.

If you can let me know which ROM works, I can have a look at the differences and if you provide a bit more details as to the nature of the failure, then I might be able to figure out the reason.

Of course i can. Works in all old ROM for BA and in my Universal too.

I think i'm writing for all when i say great job you are doing.

Thanks a lot.

Cheers - although I think this is beginning to "eat" up all available free time. *sigh*

I understand this is not your life. You do it for the pleasure and i really am grateful.

I hope you can solve my problem. This is the best ROM i ever tryed.

again Thanks a lot

[Tuatara]

Installed new version….seem to be nice and Tutura u really deserve appreciation for so many efforts…..God bless U.

Thanks ... very appreciated all of the feedback. A bit more effort and testing, and we will get the right BA ROM together! And then we can be (finally) out of BETA!

... to use Arabic software ... if u can do for us just to extract arabizer version2.0 from Jasjar and let it enable to work on WM05.

If you could point me to a JasJar ROM (preferably pre-AKU2 for now) which has the Arabic Software you seek in it, I'm pretty certain I could extract it out, and make it an additional CAB installer for the BA ROM. Barring any VGA resource incompatibilities ... it should be possible.

[Tuatara]

Ok, so I got a day's testing out of it, and have a few things to add:

NOTE: I'd like to add a warning for the moment ... I believe vBar may be causing some problems, and there are two other issues I'm researching at the moment which could cause you to lose your PIM data. One has to do with PermDir() specifications in the file system (I removed them on suggestion for localization capabilities, but didn't research all issues). The Second has to do with UPX compressed elements in the ROM (to answer the questions as to 'how is he fitting in all this stuff' 8)). Remember - this is BETA, and thing can (and unfortunately will) go wrong.

1) I definately think having an extra optional extrom cab to set the program shortcuts back to untouched form is a great idea.
2) The Startup manager program mentioned before would be a great addition.
3) Perhaps on top, it would be nice to make an app thats hides/shows programs that aren't windows integral (TC, vBar) at will. Kind of like an uninstall without actually removing anything but shortcuts and startup things ;).

I think I'll attack all three of these points in a couple of EXTROM CABs. I'm seeing the 'error' of my ways (and stubbornness). My thoughts have been to make an 'out of the box' ROM ... when in fact the answer SHOULD be - make one which CAN work 'out of the box' ... but you just need a few registry entries and shortcuts to make it do EXACTLY what you want it to.

So ... hang on to your hats ... just like last time when 1.3 came out very quickly after 1.2 ... we probably will be seeing a 1.5 in very short order. :!:

4) I've also noticed the problem mentioned earlier with certain pictures not displaying in PIE. I think it had something to do with this that froze my PPC before, but I haven't been able to reproduce the freeze yet.

I think I'll try and update the wmpplayer and IE ocx components from the AKU2 Himalaya, and see where that gets me. This could solve those problems ... not sure though.

5) This one is more of a question: Where are you finding the space to add this 3rd party programs? Are you stripping out parts out of the OS, or is there already a little empty space?

Nothing has been removed, and more has been 'carefully' added. UPX was used to achieve better compression of some applications - but this now could be a source of problems. The only thing which was removed were the Intellipad Languages - which can easily be added in for those who need them (i.e. not WWE).

6) I love BootLogo, but it doesn't seem to exit very cleanly (maybe due to the business of start up?)

It necessarily 'quits' immediately after having written the bitmap image to the screen. It's then up to the OS (GWES) to repaint appropriately. It is a 'hack' ... but one which adds to the customization of the device.

7) Where did the EXTROM folder that was in 1.3 go? (I'm actually happy it's not showing up for me, I have it partitioned to have basically no space)

It's there but it's HIDDEN now. You can unhide it if you wish. There were too many problems with people trying to put things onto it, and/or to be able to specify an alternate storage location for their data.

Oh, and I would suggest you leave Windows Media and the other uncategorizables out of folders altogether, like you did with PIE.

Post-install CABs ... I think that should address it. :-)

On the subject of naming icons, if you do want to keep the duplicate icons with different names, then I recommend you at least keep a common scheme. For example, in the Programs window you renamed the default File Explorer to Windows Explorer, leaving the Start Menu the default name, but or Windows Media, it was the start menu with the renamed one, and the Programs menu with the default.[/quote]

[efjay]

Tuatara, nice work on the rom. Just had a full day with it and no problems (apart from those already reported). Browsing with PIE on the bus home was slightly faster; phone calls came in ok. I think the volume level of the rings is too loud though.

On the PIE images problem, it was working ok under 1.3, maybe that helps you narrow it down.

Nothing else to add apart from great work, and thanks to you and to Mamaich in the background.

[borjok536]

After flashing from 1.3 to 1.4 I realized that this version has some serious issues with Wisbar Advance. Actually, even just trying to change the today theme seems to be impossible now. I am using the latest WA version 2.6 and have tried with three different themes.
Yesy, I encountered the same problem!!! I see alot of problems with this new ROM!!!I decided to go back to Ivan's v4 rom..

[borjok536]

that you can release a TuMa version with Widcomm BT Stack separately? ... I dont have issues on Widcomm BT stack with Ivan's ROM (though I dit not try the BT headset, coz I dont use it at all)...

Ivan has sent me the Widcomm Stack components, however I have not had the time/chance to make a Widcomm Stack Installer for TuMa and to test it. Also, I'd rather have Ivan's ROM properly evaluated and tested - especially for the BT Stack, so that we can 'trade notes' as it were, and build up better ROMs & support CABs for everyone.

first bug I've encountered:

Even with full charge (green LED), get Backup Battery low power alarm. Happens even when plugged in. specifically happened during last program install to device.
check to the power settings icon shows both main and backup batteries at 100%

Hmmm ... again, I've tried to be very aggressive in saving power on the device. I've changed the battery sampling time from every five seconds, to every 20 seconds. It's now possible that the application mistakingly (on startup?) reads a zero value since the battery poll has not as yet taken place. I'll either see if I can 'pre-charge' the result (registry value?), or maybe I'll need to put the battery poll time back to 5 seconds.

After flashing from 1.3 to 1.4 I realized that this version has some serious issues with Wisbar Advance. Actually, even just trying to change the today theme seems to be impossible now. I am using the latest WA version 2.6 and have tried with three different themes.

Hmmm odd. I believe that KTamas has been using Wisbar Advance all the time on the TuMa v1.4 Beta. Although, there is an IMPORTANT POINT!


You WILL need to disable the vBar task bar in the ROM now if you install another task manager! vBar is based on WISBar, which uses the SAME hook/interface as Wisbar Advance! Disable the vBar one (through it's control panel), and I'm certain that Wisbar Advance will work flawlessly.

First of all I would like to say thanks for a great new version. I have not encountered any issues so far.

Cool ... well, there are some already. *sigh* ...

Only question: Where is the comm manager which allows me to enable push email

Well ... while this ROM is already making use of some AKU2 Himalaya ROM elements, it's still unable to use the FULL AKU2 support set - specifically the Push Email. In short ... I'm still working on it.

I'll try for a short while now, and see if I can sort out some of these initial bugs/issues.
With regards to Wisbar Advance, Yes the problem is there! You have no problems when you use the default themes, but when you try other themes, it doesnt work, some images dont appear.. The same with, when you applying new skin to your Resco Keyboard, it doesnt work!. This is a serious problem though............

[Tuatara]

After flashing from 1.3 to 1.4 I realized that this version has some serious issues with Wisbar Advance. Actually, even just trying to change the today theme seems to be impossible now. I am using the latest WA version 2.6 and have tried with three different themes.
Yesy, I encountered the same problem!!! I see alot of problems with this new ROM!!!I decided to go back to Ivan's v4 rom..

TURN OFF vBAR USING THE CONTROL PANEL OR REMOVE THE SHORTCUT ... THIS TASK MANAGER IS USING THE SAME INTERFACE AS WISBAR ADVANCE AND THE TWO CAN NOT CO-EXIST

Thank you for your attention. ;-)

[borjok536]

[quote=laoshu]After flashing from 1.3 to 1.4 I realized that this version has some serious issues with Wisbar Advance. Actually, even just trying to change the today theme seems to be impossible now. I am using the latest WA version 2.6 and have tried with three different themes.
Yesy, I encountered the same problem!!! I see alot of problems with this new ROM!!!I decided to go back to Ivan's v4 rom..

TURN OFF vBAR USING THE CONTROL PANEL OR REMOVE THE SHORTCUT ... THIS TASK MANAGER IS USING THE SAME INTERFACE AS WISBAR ADVANCE AND THE TWO CAN NOT CO-EXIST

Thank you for your attention. ;-)[/quote
This will not solve the problem. Its not only on the wisbar advance. Like for example when you're on Pocket Artist, and open an image file to edit, when you browse a folder containing images, some images will appear, some are not.....

[laoshu]

I flashed to Ivan Ver 4 R1 today and checked compatibility with Wisbar Advance, but it seems the problem exists there as well. The default Theme is working, but as soon as I switch to my favourite Theme, the screen get's all messy.

Another thing i realized yesterday after I received an SMS and wanted to reply. The screen just turned white, no address bar, no topic, just plain white. This issue does not exist in the Ivan Rom.

[alexanderi]

Hello All,

I upgraded to this ROM, everything works fine and pretty smooth and perfect but keep receiving Backup Battery Low warning. In fact the battery is perfect. Is there away to disable this warning?

Thank you!

Alex

[KTamas]

After flashing from 1.3 to 1.4 I realized that this version has some serious issues with Wisbar Advance. Actually, even just trying to change the today theme seems to be impossible now. I am using the latest WA version 2.6 and have tried with three different themes.
Yesy, I encountered the same problem!!! I see alot of problems with this new ROM!!!I decided to go back to Ivan's v4 rom..
Weird, I have the opposite, I'm running WA2 and it works well for me, wthout any issues...be sure to use the latest version, 2.6.0.2 beta!

[norbs888]

At first everything was ok. I synched using activesync, and i installed my usual programs.
I just went out for coffee and realized i couldnt get a GSM signal even after doing a few soft resets. And much to my dismay, i have lost all my PIM data. Putang ina!!! :x
I did a hard reset and got a GSM signal again. Im now synching and reinstalling programs again.


Im back again!
After installing Pocket Informant, i get the error "Cannot connect to Pocket Outlook database"
...oh, and I lost my GSM signal again.

[gothier]

formaly beeing a member of the "clean ROM" fraction, I now love the "out of the box" concept. The build in apps are well choosen.
Great work!!!

Has someone tryed the built in "Eval Calculator"? I am only getting "error" as a result.

The record button is hardwired to the voicedail app. I know there is a fix, but could this be removed out of the rom so you don´t need to run the fix after every reset?

thx

[IkeTurner]

first of all, thanks Tuatara far all of the hours put into bringing wm5 to BA. either i'm completely an idiot or i am having the worst luck. Just think the much anticipated 1.4 rom is available & i cannot get it to load baupgradeut starts and then magically model id error. how do i get around this? please help

[IkeTurner]

Sorry, forgot to state that i am currently using a cingular sx66. a step by step would be great! appreciate the help guys!

[ZaJules]

first of all, thanks Tuatara far all of the hours put into bringing wm5 to BA. either i'm completely an idiot or i am having the worst luck. Just think the much anticipated 1.4 rom is available & i cannot get it to load baupgradeut starts and then magically model id error. how do i get around this? please help

Hi I spent 2 days with this problem then this morning I removed my SD Card and everything worked 100%


Good Luck

PS All the usual thankyou's to the Brain Trust. You Know Who You Are :D

[borjok536]

After flashing from 1.3 to 1.4 I realized that this version has some serious issues with Wisbar Advance. Actually, even just trying to change the today theme seems to be impossible now. I am using the latest WA version 2.6 and have tried with three different themes.
Yesy, I encountered the same problem!!! I see alot of problems with this new ROM!!!I decided to go back to Ivan's v4 rom..
Weird, I have the opposite, I'm running WA2 and it works well for me, wthout any issues...be sure to use the latest version, 2.6.0.2 beta!
Ktamas have you tried other skins with no problems? The problem we were refferring to was on skinning. The default skins worked, and there were other which worked good, but have you tried the Vista skin, there were other images that didnt appear. The same goes to Resco Keyboard skinning, all my skins dont work just the default.. I have not encountered this problem in TuMa v1.3.. Though this kind of problem appeared also in Ivans latest ROM (v4 r1). Is there a patch to get rid this problem? Thanks

[baniaczek]

Very tastefull ROM. Thanks again.

Issue:

I've got a problem connecting to internet via Activesync. It was not possible at all.
Solution:[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\RndisFn1\Parms\T cpIp]
"EnableDHCP"=dword:00000001
"AutoCfg"=dword:00000001

T9:
Can anybody check, if attached T9 dictionaries are Ok?
If yes - could you include them in the future?

Pocket NotePad:
Two suggestions:
Consider to add tGetFile.dll (http://tillanosoft.com/ce/tgetfile.html). Pocket Notepad works better - menu File/Open and File/SaveAs
Consider to associate *.txt with notepad too.

Control Panel:
I think some shortcuts could be moved into \windows\StartMenu\Settings:New Menu
Battery Meter
Device Manager
Phone Pad Setup
Task Bar Setup
Reason: for example "New menu". After execution from softkeys "New menu" is added to "recent programs" list. Moving them into Settings directory [or playing with myCPL] should avoid this.

[b]StartMenu Manager:
Next release will be ready after weekend. I hope :)

Welcome.exe:
Does anybody know, what are the tasks performed by welcome.exe? There is ItsMe project (http://www.nah6.com/~itsme/cvs-xdadevtools/welcome/). May be worth of interesting?

Auto.exe:

Consider to use auto.exe from Wizards extended ROM. It runs automatically - doesn't ask for anything, just installs CABs listed in the config.txt. It's both PRO and CON.


Thanks again for your work.

[ZaJules]

Updated to 1.4 all seemed well

Installed Wisbar Advance (Latest Beta) ok
Installed Wisbar Desktop 1.0.0.5 ok
Installed PhoneAlarm 1.30.03 ok

Changed to my own Skin in Wisbar Desktop ok
Phonalarm Displays ok on wisbar desktop as per normal
Change skin of Phonealarm and only half the items appear?
Change back to normal skin ok
restart BA Wisbar Advance No wallpaper no PhoneAlarm
Icons not showing up
Restart BA with out Wisbar or PA
Contacts Crashes on open as does Calendar
Phone app wont open and signal display shows no network???
PShutdown app grays out screen but only a little dot appears where buttons should be?

Hard Reset (Options 2 and 3 to Yes)
All seems ok again

Will now reload same apps and see.

All these Apps worked 100% on Ivan(latest) and Tuma 1.3

Jules


EDIT TO ADD

After full reset all is fine
1st Program that I load is PhoneAlarm. Does Not Work.
only half the items load on screen

[ZaJules]

Ivan and Tuma seem to have sorted out the BT problems but not "together"

Ivan has the BT disconnect issue fixed on power down screen But none of my BT Audio devices work reliably.

Tuma, all my devices work 100% but the disconnect issue is a major pain.

The 2 of you should combine your current BT knowledge and we should have a perfect BA.


Jules

[qing84]

I dumped my O2xdaII because of the disappointment from WM5.0 (Both BA upgrade and O2 Atom) Bought a regular non pda phone until recently I picked up my PDA and got TuMa 1.3. Thanks for all the hard work!

So I've upgraded to 1.4 and it looks alot cleaner than 1.3.

I am encountering some issues:

- Backup battery critically low

- Cannot Synchronize (Activesync message Says: Sychronization cannot be completed sucessfully...) This is usually resolved by hard resetting but the problem comes back very soon. It still happens when I don't install anything extra.

-Picture viewer won't load.

The first two issues are kinda very important for me to get it fixed before I am confident of using the device again. Any ideas?

Thanks!! :D

[ZaJules]

Seems to me the major problem with 1.4 has something to do with loading images.

As soon as a 3rd party AP tries to load other images it causes problems
as per my posts above.PhoneAlarm now works but only with the default skin (not the one that loads after installation but the skin called default)

[borjok536]

and the problem is that some of the images will appear some will not... strange.........

[KTamas]

At first everything was ok. I synched using activesync, and i installed my usual programs.
I just went out for coffee and realized i couldnt get a GSM signal even after doing a few soft resets. And much to my dismay, i have lost all my PIM data. Putang ina!!! :x
I did a hard reset and got a GSM signal again. Im now synching and reinstalling programs again.


Im back again!
After installing Pocket Informant, i get the error "Cannot connect to Pocket Outlook database"
...oh, and I lost my GSM signal again.
I have no problems with GSM signal but it is good to know I'm not the only one who got his PIM data wiped out. It may have to do something with UPX and it is currently being researched.

[IkeTurner]

IkeTurner wrote:
first of all, thanks Tuatara far all of the hours put into bringing wm5 to BA. either i'm completely an idiot or i am having the worst luck. Just think the much anticipated 1.4 rom is available & i cannot get it to load baupgradeut starts and then magically model id error. how do i get around this? please help

ZaJules Wrote:
Hi I spent 2 days with this problem then this morning I removed my SD Card and everything worked 100%

Still no luck after i removed my sim
any other ideas!!!! Tuatara any insight? (cing sx66 unlocked w/ t-mob sim)

[ibisit]

NICE...

all appears to be working fine from my end..
activesync works ok..
battery pack works ok..

Q. there appears to be 2 lines missing from the top of the screen...
or should i say they are not rendered right ... is this a known issue ??

i have an O2 XDA IIs..

also, what effect does not resizing the ROM have ??
i can't see the EXTROM folder to be able to store programs.. how can i tell what is free and what is not.. (as i uploaded one of the earlier 05 roms, then went back to 03SE)..

the only issue i have is that my ACT database will not sync.. however that is not an issue with this rom, it's an issue with the sync software not being compatable with wm2005

[KTamas]

After flashing from 1.3 to 1.4 I realized that this version has some serious issues with Wisbar Advance. Actually, even just trying to change the today theme seems to be impossible now. I am using the latest WA version 2.6 and have tried with three different themes.
Yesy, I encountered the same problem!!! I see alot of problems with this new ROM!!!I decided to go back to Ivan's v4 rom..
Weird, I have the opposite, I'm running WA2 and it works well for me, wthout any issues...be sure to use the latest version, 2.6.0.2 beta!
Ktamas have you tried other skins with no problems? The problem we were refferring to was on skinning. The default skins worked, and there were other which worked good, but have you tried the Vista skin, there were other images that didnt appear. The same goes to Resco Keyboard skinning, all my skins dont work just the default.. I have not encountered this problem in TuMa v1.3.. Though this kind of problem appeared also in Ivans latest ROM (v4 r1). Is there a patch to get rid this problem? Thanks
I'm using Juni's SBSHDeluxe suite and it works well, I've also tried switching to other themes (merlin, the one that looks like WM2003SE) and it worked well.

[PoW3r]

Hi people, thanks for the realease Tuma 1.4
I have noticed do not work that program: Record e Pictures & Video.
Sorry for my english e thanks for all!

[jamex]

hey guys

here just find 3 problems in TuMa1.4

1.when i close all programs by vbar, the "phone" will flash about 4 times,

2. the wmplayer is still spending ram till playing music

3.when i sync with my desktop, it say my name was repeat, and force rename

somebody have the same problems on it

3. Unplug your BA, Open up ActivSync on your computer, "File -> Delete Mobile Device" I had the same thing but it's just because you are using the same name as your old ROM. You'll have to setup the sync options again but it won't take long.

1. Just to add, it only seems to happen once you open the phone. Something simular happens if you open up ActivSynv on the PDA, I guess because this is something blocking these aplications from being closed?

2. Too technical for me

hi Percz

thanks for your kindly answer
but you don't have the "2" problem??
it seems happen inTuMa1.3 also

and when i sync with my desktop, it not the first time, it's everytime let me rename, i really don't know what happen!!!

[Madog ap Rhys]

At first everything was ok. I synched using activesync, and i installed my usual programs.
I just went out for coffee and realized i couldnt get a GSM signal even after doing a few soft resets. And much to my dismay, i have lost all my PIM data. Putang ina!!! :x
I did a hard reset and got a GSM signal again. Im now synching and reinstalling programs again.

I'v got the same problem!! Contacts and calendar don't work, some lines from today screen disappear, after hard reset it's ok....

[KTamas]

At first everything was ok. I synched using activesync, and i installed my usual programs.
I just went out for coffee and realized i couldnt get a GSM signal even after doing a few soft resets. And much to my dismay, i have lost all my PIM data. Putang ina!!! :x
I did a hard reset and got a GSM signal again. Im now synching and reinstalling programs again.
I'v got the same problem!! Contacts and calendar don't work, some lines from today screen disappear, after hard reset it's Ok....
Known issue. Fix is being researched.

[ZaJules]

IkeTurner wrote:
first of all, thanks Tuatara far all of the hours put into bringing wm5 to BA. either i'm completely an idiot or i am having the worst luck. Just think the much anticipated 1.4 rom is available & i cannot get it to load baupgradeut starts and then magically model id error. how do i get around this? please help

ZaJules Wrote:
Hi I spent 2 days with this problem then this morning I removed my SD Card and everything worked 100%

Still no luck after i removed my sim
any other ideas!!!! Tuatara any insight? (cing sx66 unlocked w/ t-mob sim)


Not the Sim the SD Memory card that worked for me.

[khalilio]

Gr8 work Tuma, can't wait till the full release is out.
I am using Tuma 1.4 beta, on a PDA2K (Blue Angel), I faced the following issues with this beta release.
-No GSM signal after few hours of no activities.
-My contacts and tasks dissapeared too!
-The internet Explorer stopped showing animated GIF pictures (It was working fine with ver. 1.3)
-The phone button did not work after the signal dissapeared, I don't know if it is related to the GSM signal or not, but I failed to get the keypad even after a soft reset.
I hope these issues will be addressed in the next release, once again thanks for your time and hardwork.

[Snow_Elf]

Please, please can you help with this one Tuatara. I am another big fan of your ROMs and have been checking waiting for this next release.

The ONLY issue I have with 1.3 (and will have with 1.4 as well by the sounds of it) is this programme, which I am desperate to use as well but stopped working when I upgraded last time to 1.3. It has worked fine with every other ROM upgrade I have done previous to this one and I have tried installing it into TEMP/storage card/device etc.

I also have a log raised about this on their support forum (http://www.memory-map.co.uk/board/index.php?showtopic=3782) and they think it may be the regional/date settings...?

Specifically, when you select the icon from programms or from the exe file in file explore then nothing happens... at all... it is just like you never selected it! It will also fail to uninstall properly I have found.

Please please help!

A Fan!

EDIT: Forgot to say that I am using an XDAIIs


I flash to this great new rom and i was quite of an impression until i install one program (memory pocket navigator) and it doesn't run at all. I had the same problem with v1.3.

Unfortunately then I have to say it's an incomaptibility with the Wizard ROM somehow. There is then little I can do - if it didn't work on v1.3, then it probably still won't on v1.4.

This is an aplication that i really need, so i'm very sorry but i have to downgrade until this problem is solved. Holpefully very soon.

If I knew more about what the problem is other than "does not run" ... maybe I could figure out more. Is it out of RAM, Temp Space, problems creating files, directory missing, registry incompatibilty, ???

I must say that i experience memory pocket navigator with others wm5 rom's and did work very well.

If you can let me know which ROM works, I can have a look at the differences and if you provide a bit more details as to the nature of the failure, then I might be able to figure out the reason.

I think i'm writing for all when i say great job you are doing.

Thanks a lot.

Cheers - although I think this is beginning to "eat" up all available free time. *sigh*

[Tuatara]

Please, please can you help with this one Tuatara. I am another big fan of your ROMs and have been checking waiting for this next release.

The ONLY issue I have with 1.3 (and will have with 1.4 as well by the sounds of it) is this programme, which I am desperate to use as well but stopped working when I upgraded last time to 1.3. It has worked fine with every other ROM upgrade I have done previous to this one and I have tried installing it into TEMP/storage card/device etc.

I also have a log raised about this on their support forum (http://www.memory-map.co.uk/board/index.php?showtopic=3782) and they think it may be the regional/date settings...?

Specifically, when you select the icon from programms or from the exe file in file explore then nothing happens... at all... it is just like you never selected it! It will also fail to uninstall properly I have found.

Please please help!

A Fan!

Well ... I've read the topic, and all I can say is that YES, I have changed the Date/Time/Region settings in the ROM.

But it would be easy to set these back to defaults.

Start -> Settings -> System -> Regional Settings

Region Tab
- Choose "English (United States)"

Time Tab
- Choose "h:mm:ss tt", ":", "AM", "PM"

Date Tab
- Choose "M/d/yy", "/", "dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy"

That should now be entirely the default settings ... as long as on Hard Reset, when doing the Cut/Paste thing, you chose a US based Time Zone, I think that would be everything.

I hope this works/helps.

[PoW3r]

Why doesn't work Record e Pictures&video?

[xsi]

Please, please can you help with this one Tuatara. I am another big fan of your ROMs and have been checking waiting for this next release.

The ONLY issue I have with 1.3 (and will have with 1.4 as well by the sounds of it) is this programme, which I am desperate to use as well but stopped working when I upgraded last time to 1.3. It has worked fine with every other ROM upgrade I have done previous to this one and I have tried installing it into TEMP/storage card/device etc.

I also have a log raised about this on their support forum (http://www.memory-map.co.uk/board/index.php?showtopic=3782) and they think it may be the regional/date settings...?

Specifically, when you select the icon from programms or from the exe file in file explore then nothing happens... at all... it is just like you never selected it! It will also fail to uninstall properly I have found.

Please please help!

A Fan!

Well ... I've read the topic, and all I can say is that YES, I have changed the Date/Time/Region settings in the ROM.

But it would be easy to set these back to defaults.

Start -> Settings -> System -> Regional Settings

Region Tab
- Choose "English (United States)"

Time Tab
- Choose "h:mm:ss tt", ":", "AM", "PM"

Date Tab
- Choose "M/d/yy", "/", "dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy"

That should now be entirely the default settings ... as long as on Hard Reset, when doing the Cut/Paste thing, you chose a US based Time Zone, I think that would be everything.

I hope this works/helps.


Didn't work...

I did everything just like you told, however didn't solve the problem. :cry:

[Snow_Elf]

I have tried hard resetting with:
US time zone and setting region to US
UK time zone and setting region to UK

unfortunately neither worked :-(

Pleeeease help!

[taxist]

Tuatara

On all yours ROMs there is an error:
Frequently after soft reset are lost User name and Password in settings of GPRS connection .
In ROMs by Ivan all is normal.
Why?

[qing84]

Anyone knows how I can fix the "Synchronization cannot be completed sucessfully. Reconnect your device and try again..." ??? I can't get the unit to sync anymore but it can be connected (to transfer files etc.)

Thanks!!

[Real Ism]

Does this work on a Universal?

This is a custom ROM and i was looking for soem playable options ...

Or this a Angel only??

[Tuatara]

Very tastefull ROM. Thanks again.

And I have to thank you again for your excellent debugging/detective work (previously the Camera Bug in v1.3).

Also, another thank you for pursuing and developing the Startup Manager application! I have NO idea how I'd missed seeing your post in the forums. Maybe next time PM me, just to make sure I have my eyes open, and am not asleep or blinded by ROMs. ;-)

I presume therefore I have your permission to include this in the next ROM? :D

Anyways ... on to the good stuff!

Issue:

I've got a problem connecting to internet via Activesync. It was not possible at all.
Solution:[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\RndisFn1\Parms\T cpIp]
"EnableDHCP"=dword:00000001
"AutoCfg"=dword:00000001

Ok ... this is odd. These settings have not changed since the Original Wizard Port, Tuma v1.3, and now v1.4. Very strange. I will apply the settings and see if/what changes they make. Cheers.

T9:
Can anybody check, if attached T9 dictionaries are Ok?
If yes - could you include them in the future?

Yes captain, my captain ... I will check right now to make sure they can be included. YES! They work! I've also added a few of my own. 8)

Languages which will soon be supported:
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- English
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Hungarian
- Italian
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian (* Yes, this one too, thanks to ValeraVi and mamaich)
- Slovak
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Turkish

Coming soon in the next updated EXTROM ... I just have to decide on the best method of installation to support everyone. At present I have ALL languages supported cleanly, although for Russian there exists new T9 Artwork which could be used instead. Could this artwork possibly be created as .mui files?

Pocket NotePad:
Two suggestions:
Consider to add tGetFile.dll (http://tillanosoft.com/ce/tgetfile.html). Pocket Notepad works better - menu File/Open and File/SaveAs
Consider to associate *.txt with notepad too.

Done and done. However, since tGetFile is NOT a DISTRIBUTABLE file, but it is a COPY-able file, I can only include this in the ROM by including the Copyright Notice with the ROM.

In fact, to address this very issue, I've just gone through everything added to the ROM and realized that I should include appropriate notices, licences or copyrights for everything which has been added.

It took a while, but I've done this now, and a licences.txt file will be included with the ROM. All software now has been confirmed that it may be copied into the ROM under the appropriate licences as granted.

Control Panel:
I think some shortcuts could be moved into \windows\StartMenu\Settings:New Menu
Battery Meter
Device Manager
Phone Pad Setup
Task Bar Setup
Reason: for example "New menu". After execution from softkeys "New menu" is added to "recent programs" list. Moving them into Settings directory [or playing with myCPL] should avoid this.

I will sort things out using myCPL instead. This is a much more elegant solution, and can avoid a LOT of the clutter - especially for System Configuration Elements. All other "System" elements though should and will remain in the System folder so that they may be assigned to hard buttons as appropriate.

[b]StartMenu Manager:
Next release will be ready after weekend. I hope :)

Cool ... we'll see how quickly the 'next' version of the ROM comes together to address the bugs found.

Welcome.exe:
Does anybody know, what are the tasks performed by welcome.exe? There is ItsMe project (http://www.nah6.com/~itsme/cvs-xdadevtools/welcome/). May be worth of interesting?

It does a LOT of housekeeping on the first initialization ... not sure of everything it does, but there is enough that it's not warranted to delete it.

Auto.exe:
Consider to use auto.exe from Wizards extended ROM. It runs automatically - doesn't ask for anything, just installs CABs listed in the config.txt. It's both PRO and CON.

CON unfortunately. If you're using a SX66 and don't know/wish to edit the Config.txt file, then you have the easy option to NOT install the Camera just by clicking "Cancel".

Having said that, I could provide BOTH Autorun files in the distribution, and give people the choice as to which one they would like to use.

Thanks again for your work.

It's quickly becoming a mission! :D

[hexus0]

hey awesome work, havnt installed yet... gonna wait till the patches are up... Have a quick question.. the whole reason i havnt upgraded to M5 is because of these "bluetooth disconnect" issues...

from more research, correct me if im wrong i have narrowed these issues to the following occurances...

1) When in sync with a device, and the power button is hit or the screen goes black, BLUE TOOTH WILL DISSCONNECT.

2) Bluetooth is having trouble SYNCing with newer headset devices and working correctly...

Originally i was under the impression that BLUETOOTH didnt work at all. That it always disconnected. But if that is not true and I will still be able to SYNC with my GPS for use of TOMTOM 5 then i would be upgrading right now....

Can someone please clarify for me? thanks in advance.

[Midget_1990]

bluetooth works just fine, however it disconnects when you power off the phone.

[baniaczek]

Also, another thank you for pursuing and developing the Startup Manager application! I have NO idea how I'd missed seeing your post in the forums. Maybe next time PM me, just to make sure I have my eyes open, and am not asleep or blinded by ROMs. ;-)
Its only alpha version. I would PM two releases later :)

I presume therefore I have your permission to include this in the next ROM? :D
Sure.

It's quickly becoming a mission! :D
:)))))

Active sync issue - may be this can help - after inserting BA into the cradle i ve got a lot of times message [PC side] - [translated from polish]"Not recognized USB device". [PC: win2k3, active sync 4.1.0 release 4841]. This never happens with previous TuMa

[hexus0]

thanks midget. ill just wait for a few patches and ill upgrade! thanks

[efjay]

Here are screenshots of the repllog.exe error im getting

[MOHDWADEA]

Installed new version….seem to be nice and Tutura u really deserve appreciation for so many efforts…..God bless U.

Thanks ... very appreciated all of the feedback. A bit more effort and testing, and we will get the right BA ROM together! And then we can be (finally) out of BETA!

... to use Arabic software ... if u can do for us just to extract arabizer version2.0 from Jasjar and let it enable to work on WM05.

If you could point me to a JasJar ROM (preferably pre-AKU2 for now) which has the Arabic Software you seek in it, I'm pretty certain I could extract it out, and make it an additional CAB installer for the BA ROM. Barring any VGA resource incompatibilities ... it should be possible.

Tuatara,

I have some Arabizer arabic components working on my blue angel using your rom...although it is not version 2 it is extremly stable and compatable with all WM5 roms as well...let me know if you require the cabs

Regards,

Mohdwadea

[Tuatara]

Here are screenshots of the repllog.exe error im getting

Right ... I think I'd better "pull the plug" as they say on this ROM.

I don't believe I can quickly correct any of these issues with a CAB installer fix. The problem is unfortunately going a bit deeper than that.

The problems most likely stem from various sources:

Optimization features to improve speed (Data issues / PIM corruption)
Interaction of AKU2 elements with AKU0 (repllog.exe Errors / ActiveSync)
UPX compressed applications (Random 'odd' behaviour)
Filesystem Respecification (standard Directories instead of PermDirs)
Possible stability issues in vBar (Phone Application Restarting)
GWES subsystem / IE extensions (Images, Pictures & Video Failure)
Application resource allocation failures (Eval Calc Failing, & other failing installs)

I will be addressing these issues over the weekend. There WILL be a new ROM at the end of this time (called v1.5) which will be either one of two possible incarnations:

1). Returning to a prior Alpha Test version which proved VERY stable, but contained a lot less of the AKU2 elements from Himalaya (incl. updated BT for reliability *sigh*)
2). Moving even MORE of the Himalaya AKU2 ROM into the current Beta (and correcting the other issues) so as to have as few as possible AKU0 elements coexisting.

Until that time I STRONGLY recommend that everyone not use this ROM - except for further BETA testing and/or bug reporting.

My sincere apologies for the troubles you've encountered so far ... however it has been INVALUABLE with all the feedback, and I will be addressing as many of the issues found as quickly as possible.

I'll now be updating the first post with this content as well, and also a 'BUG LIST' so that everyone knows.

Cheers!

[indra9110]

Hai Tuatara... very nice work....
what about USB modem ??? I really need this functions....


Tuatara Work for us

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[Tuatara]

Hai Tuatara... very nice work....
what about USB modem ??? I really need this functions....

I'd like to have this 100% working as well. It's strange, since Serial, BlueTooth, and Irda all seem to work ... it can't be the manager or the service itself. Needs some more research ...

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Heh ... It's beginning to feel like this ...

[efjay]

My sincere apologies for the troubles you've encountered so far ... Cheers!

Tuatara, no need to apologise. Your hard work is really appreciated by all of us. Thanks again.

[qing84]

No need to apologize! We are all here to support you.

How about a cleaner ROM that gives most of the basic functions with good battery and speeds?

We can get alot of the extras on the device after that.

Thanks for all the hard work!

[baniaczek]

Until that time I STRONGLY recommend that everyone not use this ROMOk, I'm back.My sincere apologies for the troubles you've encountered so farReally - no need. I like this sport. I don't have enough time to make such deep reengineering, but I can support you. Its my pleasure.

[bolopez]

My sincere apologies for the troubles you've encountered so far ...

Apologies??? You, who is working for us all just for the fun of it? Please Tatuara, forgive us for being so impatient. And a big THANK YOU VERY MUCH for your time and your work.

[Phreakazoidz]

Thanks ... so much tuatara....


Great Job....


:twisted: :idea:

[edgariu]

I can't add pictures to my contacts...

Thanks tuatara for your work.

[baniaczek]

I've got a problem connecting to internet via Activesync. It was not possible at all.
Solution:[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\RndisFn1\Parms\T cpIp]
"EnableDHCP"=dword:00000001
"AutoCfg"=dword:00000001

Doesn't work with TuMa 1.3 :-o

[farehmani]

This is with great regret for all TuMa lovers, i upgraded my Xda IIs with newly released TuMa 1.4 WM5 ROM and was surprised to get this lowest speed and responsiveness on my device.

there are several other issues that pissed me off;

1, Slow responsivenes of the entire system
2, screen flickering constntly while switching between applications
3, Phones starts vibrating and ringing in call waiting. this doesn't stops untill a soft reset.
4, the biggest flaw, NO CAMERA APPLICATION - (What a skip....huh!!)

Please help me guys, i want to revert back to my O2 officially relaeased WM2003 ROM 1.40.00. How can i do that now?

Tautara! don't take this feedback for worst as i tried to help you out in making it further better.

Peace out buddy.

Farhaan.

Guys, don't forget to guide me in downgrading my Xda IIs to previous rom.

[qureshi]

Can anyone else also experiencing same problem which I am that after installing Tautara version 1.4, agile messenger is not working while it was quite good on version TuMa1.3. Now I installed old earlier version which I used to use in win2003se with ROM 1.2 ….MSN having same problem…as in versions 1.3. Can we do something else to have MSN and Yahoo messenger on TuMa 1.4 WM05 ROM.?

More over it’s really heart breaking that Tautara u r doing all this efforts u r asking 4 apologies.....we are really appreciating ur efforts....we R all with U...

[kennyen]

Great Works Developers,

I encountered below issue,

1.) Can not start Minesweeper game. i like the TuMa games very much. can let me fully utilize my waiting time...

2.) No GSM signal after restore "pim.vol" file a few hours. I always backup contact/calls history database by copy /device/pim.vol to SD card then restore it after format storage. i can't even start "Phone" after a few hours of restoration.

Regards,

[qureshi]

[quote]Tuatara,

I have some Arabizer arabic components working on my blue angel using your rom...although it is not version 2 it is extremly stable and compatable with all WM5 roms as well...let me know if you require the cabs

Regards,

Mohdwadea

Salam MohadWadea, can u plese let us know how we can get this arabizer, is this the same as "united arabic Cab arbizer"or something different....and what about prayer timings and hijri calnder can be installl on it....thanks in advance

[baniaczek]

2.) No GSM signal after restore "pim.vol" file a few hours. I always backup contact/calls history database by copy /device/pim.vol to SD card then restore it after format storage. i can't even start "Phone" after a few hours of restoration.
Me too. but without any problems.

[qing84]

You sure have done the installation inproperly.

The speed of this ROM is not the fastest but it is not very slow. You cannot compare 2003 and WM5 speeds because of the switch to use Flash ROM to store data.

The screen doesn't flicker for me.

Phone problem happens sometimes (rarely) but I don't it is just for this ROM.

You need to put the EXTROM files in your storage card to get the T9, MMS, Camera programs to install when you flash your device.

I have other issues with the ROM But yours are fixable.

Good Luck

This is with great regret for all TuMa lovers, i upgraded my Xda IIs with newly released TuMa 1.4 WM5 ROM and was surprised to get this lowest speed and responsiveness on my device.

there are several other issues that pissed me off;

1, Slow responsivenes of the entire system
2, screen flickering constntly while switching between applications
3, Phones starts vibrating and ringing in call waiting. this doesn't stops untill a soft reset.
4, the biggest flaw, NO CAMERA APPLICATION - (What a skip....huh!!)

Please help me guys, i want to revert back to my O2 officially relaeased WM2003 ROM 1.40.00. How can i do that now?

Tautara! don't take this feedback for worst as i tried to help you out in making it further better.

Peace out buddy.

Farhaan.

Guys, don't forget to guide me in downgrading my Xda IIs to previous rom.

[qing84]

Can anyone else also experiencing same problem which I am that after installing Tautara version 1.4, agile m