OFFICIAL Cingular 8125 AKU2.2 ROM released/link. Experience?

[mobilehavoc]

Originally posted in a long thread by iceman0921. Figured I'd post a separate thread so people could find it. The thread it was posted in had like 186 posts so it would get buried in there.

ftp://xdaupload:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Wizard/Roms/RUU_Wizard_225111_22511102_022511_CWS_WWE_Ship.exe

I haven't tried it yet, still running 2.17 Summiter Custom ROM.

Please post your experience using this ROM.

[darkjedi]

i can't update yet since i'm at work :(

[jeffreycentex]

My "quick" experience thusfar:

OS Build 14928.2.2.0
IPL/SPL: 2.25
ROM 2.25.11.1 WWE
Radio/GSM 2.25.11
Ext. ROM 2.25.11.102

I haven't noticed much different with this build versus the 2.23 that summiter released late last week.

Note that it still has that USBSwitch program installed by default, so you will need to change it from Serial to RNDIS to have a reliable ActiveSync. Note that I think this is in one of the CAB files due to the fact that my phone synced before customization using RNDIS by default, but after customizations, I had to go to USBSwitch to revert back to RNDIS.

It is an AKU2.2 device and has the GetGood, Clearview PDF, and ExpressMail installed by default.

I can't tell whether or not it has A2DP as I don't use Bluetooth devices. Push Mail works well with my Exchange 2003 SP2 server.

(Summiter: If you read this, consider including the "Device Lock" application found in the development section of this forum)

[icema0921]

*Email vibrate while sleeping bug is fixed...
*If you put the device to sleep, while plugged in through the USB cable, Windows drops the connection. Still Power Charges though.
*MediaNET connection not there. Has a generic connection with Cingular GPRS connection strings.
*WIFI cert enroller not working for personal certs. You can still do manually using PFX import utils
*Seems about as speedy as Summiter's 2.17 release.

Will report as more things come up.

[aegeas]

WAP pages load quickly and the default settings for GPRS allow connection to GMAIL etc without any alterations.

Appears to be solid at this point.

[icema0921]

I'm currently away from my BT headset, and haven't had a chance to pair it yet....

Anyone tested with Voice Dial??????

I'll try it tonight.

[SkyyBoy]

does it re-SIM lock the phone?
just wondering...

[icema0921]

does it re-SIM lock the phone?
just wondering...

Sorry man...haven't tried...I've got a Cingular 8100, running on Cingular...I have a T-Mob Sim around...If I can find it, I'll post back..

If I had to guess though...I would say it is SIM locked again.

[faria]

does it re-SIM lock the phone?
just wondering...no, just upgraded and downgraded to check

[icema0921]

does it re-SIM lock the phone?
just wondering...no, just upgraded and downgraded to check

I think SKyyboy meant SIM unlocked...not CID unlocked....

I think...

[kyphur]

I'm currently away from my BT headset, and haven't had a chance to pair it yet....

Anyone tested with Voice Dial??????

I'll try it tonight.

Works good for me (so far)....

BTW, Thanks for getting this to us...

[icema0921]

I'm currently away from my BT headset, and haven't had a chance to pair it yet....

Anyone tested with Voice Dial??????

I'll try it tonight.

Works good for me (so far)....

BTW, Thanks for getting this to us...

Consider this my appreciation for getting Summiter and the boyz getting me off of the crappy Cingular OS bundled on the 8125..... :D

[kyphur]

does it re-SIM lock the phone?
just wondering...

It appears to, I know that I had used AWizard to Sim unlock my phone but now I tried a T-Mo sim and it didn't work! Just asked for the unlock code.

[summiter]

Thanks for upping this icema!

At first glance it appears to be the same as the aku2.2 (ROM ver 2.17.11.1) ROM, excpet that the radio stack is slightly different. The core OS and extended ROM are the same code-wise (only versioning numbers are changed). The bootloader code appears the same as well.

But, at least we have a full build with a more appropriately incremented build number.

I'll get crackin' on some stuff tonight.

[mikeruoc]

I have intalled this but I can not find the cabs to add A2DP to it. Summiter what cab do you use in your builds? I looked on the FTP site and I can not find it. Want to use my headphones again. :D

[kyphur]

I have intalled this but I can not find the cabs to add A2DP to it. Summiter what cab do you use in your builds? I looked on the FTP site and I can not find it. Want to use my headphones again. :D

Here you go,

I always unlock the Extended ROM and copy out every last file. Then I empty it. I figure if I can't build custom content then at least I can clean it out and prevent it from even trying to customize on hard reset.

[ahfunaki]

is it worth going from summiters to this?

[warwickwebb]

Hmmm, really want to upgrade. Only question is - how likely do you think it is that this will be the official Cingular release? Would hate to upgrade and then see official Cingular release in 2 weeks is slightly different.

[summiter]

is it worth going from summiters to this?

Yeah, if vibe-on-email is important to you at this very moment. =)

There will be some customizations done shortly. (a2dp, cf2, themes, ringers, etc).

Speaking of themes, now that the date is back to being a single line, the themes included in previous ROMs look bad. (They had a darker background behind the 2-line date/time). Anyone have some suggestions for themes to add? Ideally, I'm looking for themes that will appeal to the widest audience.

[summiter]

Hmmm, really want to upgrade. Only question is - how likely do you think it is that this will be the official Cingular release? Would hate to upgrade and then see official Cingular release in 2 weeks is slightly different.

I'm guessing, and only guessing, that since they've tightened this thing down with the connection settings change (got rid of the whole MediNET connection w/ proxy disaster) and removed the stray settings that are typically present on bare OEM devices (phone net select, phone TZ autoselect), it's pretty close to being a final release. Icema said that if this one passes regression testing it will be final, although I don't know his source for that info.

This ROM was built on 5/11, so I suspect it's been through testing since that time.

[icema0921]

Hmmm, really want to upgrade. Only question is - how likely do you think it is that this will be the official Cingular release? Would hate to upgrade and then see official Cingular release in 2 weeks is slightly different.

I'm guessing, and only guessing, that since they've tightened this thing down with the connection settings change (got rid of the whole MediNET connection w/ proxy disaster) and removed the stray settings that are typically present on bare OEM devices (phone net select, phone TZ autoselect), it's pretty close to being a final release. Icema said that if this one passes regression testing it will be final, although I don't know his source for that info.

This ROM was built on 5/11, so I suspect it's been through testing since that time.

I got this ROM from my Cingular contact (leaked early because we have quite a few of their devices). I know they were planning on releasing the new 8100s with 2.23, but vibrate while sleeping was an important issue. This is pretty close to release, may have some minor revisions along the way.
I think they might be playing with the generic conneciton strings because the proxy setting was screwing with WIFI connects, and also the forced IP refresh would cause issues with Push email. I would expect them to add MediaNET back before releasing to public, just so that they can make their ringtone etc. money.
As far as themes is concerned, please add the Silvery one. That one is kick ass. I think it's chrome glow.

[kyphur]

There will be some customizations done shortly. (a2dp, cf2, themes, ringers, etc).

Summiter,

I've see at least one other user mention the problem with opening Messaging via the Hardware button. I have seen this with every one of your ROMs. Just wondering if you have any ideas on this one...

[icema0921]

There will be some customizations done shortly. (a2dp, cf2, themes, ringers, etc).

Summiter,

I've see at least one other user mention the problem with opening Messaging via the Hardware button. I have seen this with every one of your ROMs. Just wondering if you have any ideas on this one...

I didn't see this problem with 2.17. Worked with an 8125 and 8100. I've seen the dual clock popup...but not the messaging hardware button. I didn't upgrade to 2.23 because I knew I was getting this version though.

[aadadams]

There will be some customizations done shortly. (a2dp, cf2, themes, ringers, etc).

Summiter,

I've see at least one other user mention the problem with opening Messaging via the Hardware button. I have seen this with every one of your ROMs. Just wondering if you have any ideas on this one...

I didn't see this problem with 2.17. Worked with an 8125 and 8100. I've seen the dual clock popup...but not the messaging hardware button. I didn't upgrade to 2.23 because I knew I was getting this version though.

I see this problem with the 2.17 rom quite frequently. I had this problem with several non-Summiter roms before hand though. I don't know what causes it but it is a pain in the ass. I have been quite tempted to map the mail hard button to the start menu to bypass this inconvenience. I think Mortbuttons makes it possible for free.

[jafo06]

is it worth going from summiters to this?

Yeah, if vibe-on-email is important to you at this very moment. =)

There will be some customizations done shortly. (a2dp, cf2, themes, ringers, etc).

Speaking of themes, now that the date is back to being a single line, the themes included in previous ROMs look bad. (They had a darker background behind the 2-line date/time). Anyone have some suggestions for themes to add? Ideally, I'm looking for themes that will appeal to the widest audience.

i'd like a military theme.. i flew oh-58's in the army and that's how i had my 2003 ipaq setup... i've not had the time to play with this one though.. either that or a maxim girls theme ;-)

[jafo06]

i just wanna say that i don't care about any stinking official releases!!!! i'm waiting for summiter's release!!! i did the 2.17 and i just did the 2.2 last weekend.. i've got A2DP and it freakin rocks!!! I could die happy with the way it is right now.. everything else is just icing on top!! WTG SUMMITER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know you've heard it a thousand times or more.. but you ROCK!!!

S!

[Eric Duprat]

Summiter,

Another round of thanks for your outstanding job!
I have your 2.17 and could not keep my 8125 without it...

As per the generic themes, I like the O2 one, it is dark blue with bubles and the today screen is very visible with it :wink:

E

[lewcamino]

Can anyone else verifiy that boot up time is CONSIDERABLY faster with this ROM? It took me 48 seconds, I know thta sounds slow but it use to take me about 118.

Later; Lew

[chudy]

yes it does seem like the boot up time is significantly better...ill time mine later on

[amg212]

Can anyone else verifiy that boot up time is CONSIDERABLY faster with this ROM? It took me 48 seconds, I know thta sounds slow but it use to take me about 118.

Confirmed!

I didn't formally time it, but it definitely went from miserably slow (couple of minutes) to quite acceptable (definitely under a minute)

[vicfalc09]

Summiter, Im just checking in on what you think your gonna be throwing in the next rom and if you have a ETA of when your gonna release it. Thanks your work has been much appreciated.

[vicfalc09]

Summiter, Im just checking in on what you think your gonna be throwing in the next rom and if you have a ETA of when your gonna release it. Thanks your work has been much appreciated.

[summiter]

Summiter, Im just checking in on what you think your gonna be throwing in the next rom and if you have a ETA of when your gonna release it. Thanks your work has been much appreciated.

I hear an echo up in this place.

I should have somethin' cooked up tonight. Probably a barebones with nothing in ext ROM (and I mean nuthin', for folks who want to customize all on their own), and another with some basic stuff - ringers, a2dp, themes, a few useful reg tweaks, etc)

A version with CF2 integrated may come in a few days - that takes awhile to get integrated and working and so on and so forth. I'm hesitant to go through a huge effort until a final final final release from Cingular happens, yo.

[amg212]

OK, here's an issue I found with the new ROM...

In all earlier ROM's I've tried with the 8125, pressing the "END" button from almost any program (while not on a voice call) simply returns me to the today screen. Now, pressing end disables my GPRS/EDGE connection. I can see why some people may want that functionality, but (a) it is easy enough to force a data disconnect in the CommManager, and (b) it is (unfortunately) too easy to accidentally press the end button, thereby messing up things like DirectPush.

Does anyone know of a fix for this? In particular, can the behavior of the END button be changed through a registry hack?

[decepticon]

OK, here's an issue I found with the new ROM...

In all earlier ROM's I've tried with the 8125, pressing the "END" button from almost any program (while not on a voice call) simply returns me to the today screen. Now, pressing end disables my GPRS/EDGE connection. I can see why some people may want that functionality, but (a) it is easy enough to force a data disconnect in the CommManager, and (b) it is (unfortunately) too easy to accidentally press the end button, thereby messing up things like DirectPush.

Does anyone know of a fix for this? In particular, can the behavior of the END button be changed through a registry hack?

Sure hope so, I have had pretty much every HTC PPC and it has grown into a habit to just hit the hang up button to get to the Today Screen.

[summiter]

OK, here's an issue I found with the new ROM...

In all earlier ROM's I've tried with the 8125, pressing the "END" button from almost any program (while not on a voice call) simply returns me to the today screen. Now, pressing end disables my GPRS/EDGE connection. I can see why some people may want that functionality, but (a) it is easy enough to force a data disconnect in the CommManager, and (b) it is (unfortunately) too easy to accidentally press the end button, thereby messing up things like DirectPush.

Does anyone know of a fix for this? In particular, can the behavior of the END button be changed through a registry hack?

It shouldn't work that way - and doesn't on my device. What should (and does on mine) happen is that briefly pressing END will take you back to the Today screen, while *holding* END WILL close the data connection (which, if you have push enabled, will go and connect its bad ol' self right back up).

[ikkoku]

I should have somethin' cooked up tonight. Probably a barebones with nothing in ext ROM (and I mean nuthin', for folks who want to customize all on their own)...

That is great news. thanks for the update

[summiter]

OK, here's an issue I found with the new ROM...

In all earlier ROM's I've tried with the 8125, pressing the "END" button from almost any program (while not on a voice call) simply returns me to the today screen. Now, pressing end disables my GPRS/EDGE connection. I can see why some people may want that functionality, but (a) it is easy enough to force a data disconnect in the CommManager, and (b) it is (unfortunately) too easy to accidentally press the end button, thereby messing up things like DirectPush.

Does anyone know of a fix for this? In particular, can the behavior of the END button be changed through a registry hack?

Sure hope so, I have had pretty much every HTC PPC and it has grown into a habit to just hit the hang up button to get to the Today Screen.

Are you confirming that you experience the same naughty behavior? (closing the data connection when briefly pressing the END button)

[decepticon]

OK, here's an issue I found with the new ROM...

In all earlier ROM's I've tried with the 8125, pressing the "END" button from almost any program (while not on a voice call) simply returns me to the today screen. Now, pressing end disables my GPRS/EDGE connection. I can see why some people may want that functionality, but (a) it is easy enough to force a data disconnect in the CommManager, and (b) it is (unfortunately) too easy to accidentally press the end button, thereby messing up things like DirectPush.

Does anyone know of a fix for this? In particular, can the behavior of the END button be changed through a registry hack?

Sure hope so, I have had pretty much every HTC PPC and it has grown into a habit to just hit the hang up button to get to the Today Screen.

Are you confirming that you experience the same naughty behavior? (closing the data connection when briefly pressing the END button)

No I haven't installed it yet, waiting on you to do your magic then use that one for my own custom rom.

Just hoping that it doesn't

[summiter]

I noticed they've disbled NITZ, which was what was messing with the timezone. Actually, quite humourously, they enable it with one cab file, and then disable it in another. They also hide the timezone tab in the phone options...which is probably fine since it's been reported that various CWS towers don't send the correct TZ. You worldly folks who travel will just have to set your TZ manually like the rest of us.

[decepticon]

I noticed they've disbled NITZ, which was what was messing with the timezone. Actually, quite humourously, they enable it with one cab file, and then disable it in another. They also hide the timezone tab in the phone options...which is probably fine since it's been reported that various CWS towers don't send the correct TZ. You worldly folks who travel will just have to set your TZ manually like the rest of us.

I've never heard of the time zone issue before this forum but I will look into that at work and see what's up with it.

Sounds like a valid argument though as Cingular usually just puts a band-aid on a problem than stitches.

There are quite a few "bugs" on the network that I hope will be fixed with network integration.

[amg212]

OK, here's an issue I found with the new ROM...

In all earlier ROM's I've tried with the 8125, pressing the "END" button from almost any program (while not on a voice call) simply returns me to the today screen. Now, pressing end disables my GPRS/EDGE connection. I can see why some people may want that functionality, but (a) it is easy enough to force a data disconnect in the CommManager, and (b) it is (unfortunately) too easy to accidentally press the end button, thereby messing up things like DirectPush.

Does anyone know of a fix for this? In particular, can the behavior of the END button be changed through a registry hack?

It shouldn't work that way - and doesn't on my device. What should (and does on mine) happen is that briefly pressing END will take you back to the Today screen, while *holding* END WILL close the data connection (which, if you have push enabled, will go and connect its bad ol' self right back up).

Hmmm...

I've reset, reinstalled, re-everything... And still, a quick press of end kills my data connection - definitely does not return me to the today screen.

Could this be fixed with a reg hack? Possibly with smartskey?

[cripwalk]

Thanks for releasing this. I cant believe how much faster my boot time is now. The only thing that I noticed is that when I go to my Programs menu and click on System Info I get an error. Anyone else get this? Not really a big deal though.

[Sleuth255]

hmmm... couple of things:

The TZ tab works flawlessly for me: the only bug is that SPBTime throws an spbtimenotify.exe error at bootup when auto timezone update is enabled. I'm a beta tester for SPBTime and have made the developers aware of this. They acknowledged the issue and seemed to understand the reason too so there's a good chance it will be fixed when the next release of SPBTime comes out (will be a way cool improvement to that application too btw).

It's also good to see that Jason Langridge at M$ was correct when he said that the email vibrate problem during powersave, unique to the Wizard, would be fixed in the AKU2.2 version. For a minute there, I thought he was feeding me a line.... It would appear that parallel development and bug fix is ongoing for several AKUs on a simultaneous basis over at M$...

Watch out for the bootup time improvement. I got this myself when I first re-flashed to AKU2. But after I slowly rebuilt up my environment, boot time degraded. It is still better than before but nowhere near the 50% improvement I first saw...

[icema0921]

Anyone else seeing 99999 messages in their Outlook Outbox when they preview by expanding the folder tree?????????



Weird...did a soft reset and it went away...

I noticed it after replying to an email....

[rich.foreman]

Hmmm...

I've reset, reinstalled, re-everything... And still, a quick press of end kills my data connection - definitely does not return me to the today screen.

Could this be fixed with a reg hack? Possibly with smartskey?

I have it installed on a Cigular 8125 and the end button still sends me to the Today screen and does not interfere with my data connection at all. I am usinng Push email.

[amg212]

Hmmm...

I've reset, reinstalled, re-everything... And still, a quick press of end kills my data connection - definitely does not return me to the today screen.

Could this be fixed with a reg hack? Possibly with smartskey?

I have it installed on a Cigular 8125 and the end button still sends me to the Today screen and does not interfere with my data connection at all. I am usinng Push email.

ARRRRRRRRGH!

[Sleuth255]

@amg212: There's nothing like a good venting eh?

[decepticon]

Anyone else seeing 99999 messages in their Outlook Outbox when they preview by expanding the folder tree?????????



Weird...did a soft reset and it went away...

I noticed it after replying to an email....

Mine did that when I first got the phone back in Feb but never saw it again

Not a ROM issue but a pocket outlook issue.

[decepticon]

@amg212: There's nothing like a good venting eh?

What about this one?

http://www.naturallightsolutions.co.nz/images/whirly_vent_ventilation.jpg

[icema0921]

Hey amg212....not to pile it on, but I'm running this OS on a 8100 and 8125, and they both get right back to the Today screen....

:cry:

[amg212]

Hey amg212....not to pile it on, but I'm running this OS on a 8100 and 8125, and they both get right back to the Today screen....

:cry:

I hate you all... I really do...

:-)

Seriously... I actually apreciate knowing this - I'm sure that between the knowledge that everyone else is getting it to work, my obsessive nature, and the 8 hours before I have to leave for work, I'll get it figured out!

(BTW, good one, decepticon!!)

[icema0921]

Maybe you're having a problem with the P_DisconnectButton3s Cab file properly executing....It's responsible for setting the hold down timer for the button.

Summiter might have a better idea what Reg keys this cab file sets....

That could be the problem...maybe...perhaps...wild guess (aboslutely)

[amg212]

Maybe you're having a problem with the P_DisconnectButton3s Cab file properly executing....It's responsible for setting the hold down timer for the button.

Summiter might have a better idea what Reg keys this cab file sets....

That could be the problem...maybe...perhaps...wild guess (aboslutely)

Um... uh...

When I look in my extended ROM, I don't see that CAB file! Don't have a clue as to why...

Can someone please post the file???

Thanks!

[Racerboy80]

Please put the Tiki theme on the new ROM.

Thanks! :D

[icema0921]

Maybe you're having a problem with the P_DisconnectButton3s Cab file properly executing....It's responsible for setting the hold down timer for the button.

Summiter might have a better idea what Reg keys this cab file sets....

That could be the problem...maybe...perhaps...wild guess (aboslutely)

Um... uh...

When I look in my extended ROM, I don't see that CAB file! Don't have a clue as to why...

Can someone please post the file???

Thanks!

It might not be the same name...That's the one that Summiter used in his 2.17 build...but it should fix the problem...I think...

[amg212]

Fixed it

The trick to get the end key to behave properly is to apply the GPRS "AlwaysOn" tweak -

I had forgotten about that...

Changed HKLM\Comm\ConnMgr\Providers\{7C4B7A38-5FF7-4bc1-80F6-5DA7870BB1AA}\Connections\(GPRS connection name)\AlwaysOn from 0 to 1 and all is well again.

Whew :-)

[kyphur]

Anyone having problems with the two hardware key that hit the soft keys not working with this ROM?

If I have Smartskey installed the long press works but the short press doesn't.

Without Smartskeys they do nothing.

I've never had this problem until the new ROM.

[summiter]

Anyone having problems with the two hardware key that hit the soft keys not working with this ROM?

If I have Smartskey installed the long press works but the short press doesn't.

Without Smartskeys they do nothing.

I've never had this problem until the new ROM.

You mean the keys normally assigned to Calendar and Contacts? If so, I'm not having any problems with them.

Were you experiencing this problem prior to installing any software?

[summiter]

Fixed it

The trick to get the end key to behave properly is to apply the GPRS "AlwaysOn" tweak -

I had forgotten about that...

Changed HKLM\Comm\ConnMgr\Providers\{7C4B7A38-5FF7-4bc1-80F6-5DA7870BB1AA}\Connections\(GPRS connection name)\AlwaysOn from 0 to 1 and all is well again.

Whew :-)

If that works for you, good deal. Unfortunatley I think it's just masking some other issue.

When you had the problem, did you have anything at all installed?

[amg212]

Fixed it

The trick to get the end key to behave properly is to apply the GPRS "AlwaysOn" tweak -

I had forgotten about that...

Changed HKLM\Comm\ConnMgr\Providers\{7C4B7A38-5FF7-4bc1-80F6-5DA7870BB1AA}\Connections\(GPRS connection name)\AlwaysOn from 0 to 1 and all is well again.

Whew :-)

If that works for you, good deal. Unfortunatley I think it's just masking some other issue.

When you had the problem, did you have anything at all installed?

Only whatever loads from the extended ROM - truly bizzare.

AMG

[devilboy1488]

hummm can't this be used on a qtek9100? since o always keep getting the error "this nbf file can't be used on your pda"

[darkjedi]

if you really want all the cingular stuff on there, sim and CID unlock your phone, then flash the rom.

[devilboy1488]

if you really want all the cingular stuff on there, sim and CID unlock your phone, then flash the rom.

i got this qtek factory SIM unlocked, and also have my CID unlocked, and still doesn't work

the error is in the attachment below, it stops updating at 80% sometimes at 98% sometimes at 30% whatever lol

[darkjedi]

maybe it'll only install on WIZ100's which is wha the 8125 is...

[devilboy1488]

hummm that makes sense, but it's still weird because i can get other cingular roms here, i even tried loading an older rom from cingular and updating to this one with no success, well it seems i'm gonna have to wait for a qtek release

Thanx anyway :)

[bng]

Please help. I try to use the PDA as internet access for my laptop

[darkjedi]

your english is appauling, and you stopped your sentence (mid sentence) before you could even say what the problem was.

[decepticon]

if you really want all the cingular stuff on there, sim and CID unlock your phone, then flash the rom.

i got this qtek factory SIM unlocked, and also have my CID unlocked, and still doesn't work

the error is in the attachment below, it stops updating at 80% sometimes at 98% sometimes at 30% whatever lol

Try unlocking your CID again

[GliTCH82]

the driver is on your Getting Started disc or whatever the hell its called which is in the box with your manual which is quite a good read, might I add

[GliTCH82]

dudes i couldnt help but notice the radio ROM looks like a brand spankin new revision which i hadn't seen before. how's the call quality?

[summiter]

Please help. I try to use the PDA as internet access for my laptop

>>>let me finish your sentence for you:

, however when PDA blink orange and green color I not can see connection to internet and I notice smell of what is similar to that smell coming from back of meat shop in downtown and device get warm and no longer flash any color but once in awhile blinks green and say I have message then stink again then dead and it drive me crazier than the time I put car in reverse gear while going forward 60 miles per hour on road. And stuff.

>>>>and here's my reply:

What carrier are you on? I'm assuming you want to use Bluetooth as the connection between device and laptop, so, did you pair the device with your laptop? What have you tried so far? Do you have the correct connection strings set on the laptop? What is this driver you speak of? Did you really throw it into reverse while travelling at high speed? Awesome.

[ruiner17]

...Did you really throw it into reverse while travelling at high speed? Awesome.

HAHAHAHA

[devilboy1488]

if you really want all the cingular stuff on there, sim and CID unlock your phone, then flash the rom.

i got this qtek factory SIM unlocked, and also have my CID unlocked, and still doesn't work

the error is in the attachment below, it stops updating at 80% sometimes at 98% sometimes at 30% whatever lol

Try unlocking your CID again

Tried it already 4 or 5 times, always the same error, i guess darkjedi is right, it only works on WIZ100 and not WIZ200 i guess

[GliTCH82]

:lol:

actually summiter if you look at the title to his post he mentions modem link

i hate to be an ass but man how hard is it to search for crap

[jeffro2k1]

I will try to speak proper english! ;) Summiter is that customer ROM going to be up tonight, because I am itching to upgrade and may just go ahead with the stock one. I am running your 2.17 custom ROM just wondering if I am going to have to unlock the phone again before installing. Thanks

[GliTCH82]

if you really want all the cingular stuff on there, sim and CID unlock your phone, then flash the rom.

i got this qtek factory SIM unlocked, and also have my CID unlocked, and still doesn't work

the error is in the attachment below, it stops updating at 80% sometimes at 98% sometimes at 30% whatever lol

Try unlocking your CID again

Tried it already 4 or 5 times, always the same error, i guess darkjedi is right, it only works on WIZ100 and not WIZ200 i guess

is that like the first evidence we have that there might actually be hardware revisions in between the two models? I thought it was nothing more than a different shell.

damn HTC and their decision to fork the updates. fork you, HTC!

[devilboy1488]

err i guess this is kind of stupid but (lol) it seems that when i was downgrading again to my qtek previous version i had a power cutdown (about 10 minutes ago) and the update stayed at 1% and then when i went "reflashing" it i noticed IPL / SPL 1.01 and i thought (WTF?) and i reflashed this AKU 2.2 rom and guess what... it's working, this is not a fix, just something weird but it's working, i do not recommend pulling the power plug out of your puter but if you have balls, go for it LOL

Cingular Working 100% and very fast

[decepticon]

if you really want all the cingular stuff on there, sim and CID unlock your phone, then flash the rom.

i got this qtek factory SIM unlocked, and also have my CID unlocked, and still doesn't work

the error is in the attachment below, it stops updating at 80% sometimes at 98% sometimes at 30% whatever lol

Try unlocking your CID again

Tried it already 4 or 5 times, always the same error, i guess darkjedi is right, it only works on WIZ100 and not WIZ200 i guess

is that like the first evidence we have that there might actually be hardware revisions in between the two models? I thought it was nothing more than a different shell.

damn HTC and their decision to fork the updates. fork you, HTC!

Thats odd. I may try to convince a friend if mine with T-MO who has an MDA to try to install this rom so I can see what happens.

This is a very un-HTC like thing to do.

[devilboy1488]

if you really want all the cingular stuff on there, sim and CID unlock your phone, then flash the rom.

i got this qtek factory SIM unlocked, and also have my CID unlocked, and still doesn't work

the error is in the attachment below, it stops updating at 80% sometimes at 98% sometimes at 30% whatever lol

Try unlocking your CID again

Tried it already 4 or 5 times, always the same error, i guess darkjedi is right, it only works on WIZ100 and not WIZ200 i guess

is that like the first evidence we have that there might actually be hardware revisions in between the two models? I thought it was nothing more than a different shell.

damn HTC and their decision to fork the updates. fork you, HTC!

Thats odd. I may try to convince a friend if mine with T-MO who has an MDA to try to install this rom so I can see what happens.

This is a very un-HTC like thing to do.


errr look at the post above you LOL

[glitchsys]

Got a Cing 8125 Running the 2.17 custom rom w/ all the tweaks/addons in it, thanks summiter; got it customized nicely. Sometimes it'll drop a call or do somethin quirky and I can't help but wonder if it's the unofficial rom at fault or the hardware, but for the most part I'm happy w/ my pda. Great pda, kind of sucks as a phone, but I keep a seperate nokia phone on me w/ symbian os, it's quicker in placing calls and such.

Anyways, I'm glad Cingular will be coming out with an official release soon. Besides the vibrating when email arrives feature, and the faster startup, what other reason would there be to upgrade from the 2.17custom ROM? I'm thinking of just waiting for the 2.25 official release from Cingular, wait for summiter to put all the enhancements, even the time consuming ones, on it, and then upgrade to that. Does anybody notice less dropped calls, better call quality, stronger signal strength, faster internet, less crashing, etc.?

[summiter]

Got a Cing 8125 Running the 2.17 custom rom w/ all the tweaks/addons in it, thanks summiter; got it customized nicely. Sometimes it'll drop a call or do somethin quirky and I can't help but wonder if it's the unofficial rom at fault or the hardware, but for the most part I'm happy w/ my pda. Great pda, kind of sucks as a phone, but I keep a seperate nokia phone on me w/ symbian os, it's quicker in placing calls and such.

Anyways, I'm glad Cingular will be coming out with an official release soon. Besides the vibrating when email arrives feature, and the faster startup, what other reason would there be to upgrade from the 2.17custom ROM? I'm thinking of just waiting for the 2.25 official release from Cingular, wait for summiter to put all the enhancements, even the time consuming ones, on it, and then upgrade to that. Does anybody notice less dropped calls, better call quality, stronger signal strength, faster internet, less crashing, etc.?

I'm fairly perceptive when it comes to changes, but I can't decide if this one feels faster or not. I don't think it does. (I'm speaking in terms of UI responsiveness.)

What I do know is that I've had some odd things going on with data today and I haven't pinned it down. Twice I lost IP connectivity while having an excellent signal and while the phone indicated an active edge connection. I ended up making a quick voice call to try to tear down the phantom data connection, and as soon as I hung up, the phone reconnected data and all was well. I'm putting the damn thing through hell to see if it was just a coincidence or if I can consistently get it into that condition.

Someone asked when a customized version will be out - I'm going to wait until tomorrow afternoon so that I have more time to check things out. I don't want to put out a ROM that's built on some unstable pile of turtle poop. Cuz I know yall will blame me if it starts forwarding all the nasty sms's from your girlfriend to your other girlfriend or wife or mom. Or something.

If anyone else wants to point out oddities, I'd love to hear them. It would be better if you had no, or very few, apps installed for this little exercise, since the goal is to weed out problems with the ROM itself.

[mikeruoc]

Hmm I have found about the exact opposite of you Summiter. Mine is defiantly faster than 2.23 and I had the phantom GPRS connection with 2.23 yesterday morning (I don’t think that is the phone by the way. I think when that happens it is something on the network that caused it). Phone calls and radio have been much better with 2.25 and the data seems to behave better also. 2.23 would take a long time to reconnect for push if I went into an elevator or some other place that I would lose signal. This one seems to be more diligent on keeping a connection to the Exchange server.

[amg212]

I'm fairly perceptive when it comes to changes, but I can't decide if this one feels faster or not. I don't think it does. (I'm speaking in terms of UI responsiveness.)

Aside from the vastly improved boot-up time, I don't notice any material performance differences between this ROM and the 2.17 that had been popularized here. Once I got my stuff reinstalled and applied my reg tweaks, I found the device to feel just like the 2.17 - with, of course, the added benefit of the vibe-on-standby bug being resolved!

I am sure there are ways to improve performance, but I am tentatively in heaven now... The 2.17 ROM gave me a wonderfully stable environment that did pretty much everything I wanted, except vibe on email. 2.25 fixes the one bug and, so far, hasn't seemed to exhibit any new problems.

I'm crossing my fingers that this is the one :-)

[mikeruoc]

I also noticed that now I can have the WIFI on and my GPRS will stay connected and get my push email. 2.23 and 2.17 would just keep trying to connect but would not stay connected until I turned off wifi. I am a happy man!

[hdbueller]

I noticed that the today wireless manager is no longer in the today screen options! Has anybody got the cab file to put it back in? I really like that feature,and this rom does not seem to have it.
Later............... 8)

[faria]

I noticed that the today wireless manager is no longer in the today screen options! Has anybody got the cab file to put it back in? I really like that feature,and this rom does not seem to have it.
Later............... 8)

[icema0921]

Got a Cing 8125 Running the 2.17 custom rom w/ all the tweaks/addons in it, thanks summiter; got it customized nicely. Sometimes it'll drop a call or do somethin quirky and I can't help but wonder if it's the unofficial rom at fault or the hardware, but for the most part I'm happy w/ my pda. Great pda, kind of sucks as a phone, but I keep a seperate nokia phone on me w/ symbian os, it's quicker in placing calls and such.

Anyways, I'm glad Cingular will be coming out with an official release soon. Besides the vibrating when email arrives feature, and the faster startup, what other reason would there be to upgrade from the 2.17custom ROM? I'm thinking of just waiting for the 2.25 official release from Cingular, wait for summiter to put all the enhancements, even the time consuming ones, on it, and then upgrade to that. Does anybody notice less dropped calls, better call quality, stronger signal strength, faster internet, less crashing, etc.?

I'm fairly perceptive when it comes to changes, but I can't decide if this one feels faster or not. I don't think it does. (I'm speaking in terms of UI responsiveness.)

What I do know is that I've had some odd things going on with data today and I haven't pinned it down. Twice I lost IP connectivity while having an excellent signal and while the phone indicated an active edge connection. I ended up making a quick voice call to try to tear down the phantom data connection, and as soon as I hung up, the phone reconnected data and all was well. I'm putting the damn thing through hell to see if it was just a coincidence or if I can consistently get it into that condition.

Someone asked when a customized version will be out - I'm going to wait until tomorrow afternoon so that I have more time to check things out. I don't want to put out a ROM that's built on some unstable pile of turtle poop. Cuz I know yall will blame me if it starts forwarding all the nasty sms's from your girlfriend to your other girlfriend or wife or mom. Or something.

If anyone else wants to point out oddities, I'd love to hear them. It would be better if you had no, or very few, apps installed for this little exercise, since the goal is to weed out problems with the ROM itself.

Summiter,

I've got the exact opposite with GPRS. With no signal bar, I have a full E connection. If I open up IE, I get my phone signal bar back!!!!!!

Iceman

[kyphur]

You mean the keys normally assigned to Calendar and Contacts? If so, I'm not having any problems with them.

Were you experiencing this problem prior to installing any software?

I just did a Hard Reset, with a clean OS the buttons are working so I'm now installing my applications on at a time and testing.

So far HandySwitcher & SmartSKeys installed and still okay.

[guyver2077]

newbie question

Where was this released that we know it is official? I checked htc web site and there are no updates on there....

[ahfunaki]

yea, I'm not having any issues with those buttons either...

[icema0921]

newbie question

Where was this released that we know it is official? I checked htc web site and there are no updates on there....

Read up...I got it from my Cingular Rep....You won't see it on htcamerica.net until Cingular gives HTC a green light to release it to the public.

Iceman

[bradsnw]

So I just upgraded my Cingular 8125 Rom from Summiters 2.17 version to the latest (I think) 2.25 Rom. I no longer have the Wirelss Today on the Today Screen, The Battery Meter has been placed back down to the bottom, and also the connction, or active sync icon. Is this normal with this new Rom? I read through this entire post and didnt see any refrence to these items.

Rom Version: 2.25.11.1 WWE
Rom Date: 05/11/06
Radio Version: 05.25.11
Protocol Version: 4.1.13.12
ExtRom Version: 2.25.11.102

Is this above info correct for this latest Rom? Is there anything newer? My 8125 does feel a little faster with this 2.25. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Also, is there a way to use pocket MSN Messenger on this 8125 with my Exchange server?

[PuPpYpWr]

i just upgrade to 2.25 rom seems faster and better signal strength, not much notice from summiter rls tho. but i notice my wifi connect very efficient and flawless

[kyphur]

I just did a Hard Reset, with a clean OS the buttons are working so I'm now installing my applications on at a time and testing.

So far HandySwitcher & SmartSKeys installed and still okay.

Well, I've installed PHM Registry Editor, PocketBreeze, iLauncher & DotNet CF 2.

The buttons are still working corectly.

I du'no, maybe I just f'ed something up. Well, now I'm on to installing the Registry Hacks (using CAB Files) and MS Voice Command.

[hdbueller]

I do thank you, Faria....I missed that nifty little feature... :D
Later...... 8)

I noticed that the today wireless manager is no longer in the today screen options! Has anybody got the cab file to put it back in? I really like that feature,and this rom does not seem to have it.
Later............... 8)

[hdbueller]

As long as you're Radio really says 02.25.11 and not 05.25.11 like it says below, you are current. LOL
Later......... 8)

So I just upgraded my Cingular 8125 Rom from Summiters 2.17 version to the latest (I think) 2.25 Rom. I no longer have the Wirelss Today on the Today Screen, The Battery Meter has been placed back down to the bottom, and also the connction, or active sync icon. Is this normal with this new Rom? I read through this entire post and didnt see any refrence to these items.

Rom Version: 2.25.11.1 WWE
Rom Date: 05/11/06
Radio Version: 05.25.11
Protocol Version: 4.1.13.12
ExtRom Version: 2.25.11.102

Is this above info correct for this latest Rom? Is there anything newer? My 8125 does feel a little faster with this 2.25. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Also, is there a way to use pocket MSN Messenger on this 8125 with my Exchange server?

[guyver2077]

newbie question

Where was this released that we know it is official? I checked htc web site and there are no updates on there....

Read up...I got it from my Cingular Rep....You won't see it on htcamerica.net until Cingular gives HTC a green light to release it to the public.

Iceman

Thanks for reply. i read through the entire topic..

So the comm manager can not be accessed from today screen anymore? I guess you have to use the hardware button...

[DanITman]

Thank the Lord I now have email notfication while in sleep mode.

*jumping up and down at desk.....co workes are staring*

This is best birthday present ever.

[zobie]

Can neone plzz post some screen shots after the update.. atleast today's screen and device info..

[jdoiv]

I upgraded from summiter's wonderful 2.17 to the 2.25 and have only found one glitch so far. I installed the express mail and it somehow dissappeard from the list of accounts in messaging. I also stopped recieving any email through that account. I could still get my mail through pop, but the express mail disappeared. The express mail settings was still installed and I could update my info, but still no express mail. I uninstalled and reinstalled and it's back now. Still haven't received anything yet, so I may have to do a test to see if it works.
Everything else seems to be working good though. The wifi issues I was having earlier seem to be fixed. Never noticed before, but wifi and gprs can connect at the same time. Anyone ever notice this before?

[gcagora]

I installed the 2.25 ROM update and now I can't seem to connect to the internet or send email. Receiving email works fine.

I have cwmx.com for my cingular outgoing server - just as I had with the original factory ROM.

There is no MediaNet listed as a connection now...only "my work connection."

Does any of this make sense? Any ideas?

Thanks!

[Chriš]

Question about this ROM:

In summiter's custom builds a cab file is included called "zoA2DP.cab". Obviously this is to enable A2DP...but in AKU2.2 ROMS isn't A2DP supported "out of the box"? Is it still needed?

I just loaded this ROM (without extended updates) and I'm wondering if I should install that cab which I extracted from a previous build. I don't have any hardware to test, but I may in the near future so I was hoping to have the correct changes in place.

[DanITman]

Can neone plzz post some screen shots after the update.. atleast today's screen and device info..

What the hell do you need these for....

Everything looks the same as 2.17...nothing has changed to the interface.

Just improvments you can't really see.

[darkjedi]

i can't see why either...

[Chriš]

Can neone plzz post some screen shots after the update.. atleast today's screen and device info..

What the hell do you need these for....

Everything looks the same as 2.17...nothing has changed to the interface.

Just improvments you can't really see.

Oh well I'll entertain him anyway.
Here are some...

[bradsnw]

I upgraded from summiter's wonderful 2.17 to the 2.25 and have only found one glitch so far. I installed the express mail and it somehow dissappeard from the list of accounts in messaging. I also stopped recieving any email through that account. I could still get my mail through pop, but the express mail disappeared. The express mail settings was still installed and I could update my info, but still no express mail. I uninstalled and reinstalled and it's back now. Still haven't received anything yet, so I may have to do a test to see if it works.
Everything else seems to be working good though. The wifi issues I was having earlier seem to be fixed. Never noticed before, but wifi and gprs can connect at the same time. Anyone ever notice this before?



I am having the same problem. Express mail installs fine, gets current messgaes, then dissapears. I have also have had the problem that when I install my POP3 account, that it locks up my device, and I have to soft reset. Again, after doing that, I lose xpressmail.

[icema0921]

I installed the 2.25 ROM update and now I can't seem to connect to the internet or send email. Receiving email works fine.

I have cwmx.com for my cingular outgoing server - just as I had with the original factory ROM.

There is no MediaNet listed as a connection now...only "my work connection."

Does any of this make sense? Any ideas?

Thanks!

Without MediaNET, you should still have a "MY ISP" connection...

Actually, the MediaNET connection is still there. If you go through Start-->Settings-->Connections, select Connections-->Advanced Tab and click on Select Networks, you should be able to drop down MediaNET. I would select that, and then go back and uncheck the proxy and see if you connect back to the internet.

Iceman

[icema0921]

I also noticed that now I can have the WIFI on and my GPRS will stay connected and get my push email. 2.23 and 2.17 would just keep trying to connect but would not stay connected until I turned off wifi. I am a happy man!

Abso-freakin-lutely...My WIFI stays up along with the GPRS connection.

Best part is that PushEmail keeps working...and the radio flip on sleep doesn't stop it from working

[summiter]

Thank the Lord I now have email notfication while in sleep mode.

*jumping up and down at desk.....co workes are staring*

This is best birthday present ever.

I expected no less than jumping up and down from you when that one was fixed. haha

[icema0921]

Thank the Lord I now have email notfication while in sleep mode.

*jumping up and down at desk.....co workes are staring*

This is best birthday present ever.

I expected no less than jumping up and down from you when that one was fixed. haha

Well...as long as that's all the celebrating he did..... :D

[dkurk]

Can neone plzz post some screen shots after the update.. atleast today's screen and device info..

What the hell do you need these for....

Everything looks the same as 2.17...nothing has changed to the interface.

Just improvments you can't really see.

Oh well I'll entertain him anyway.
Here are some...

Chris, don't you have a TMO MDA? Are you using this Cingular Rom on your MDA? I'm using xcellin's 2.17 and looking for a more recent Rom.

[nickcerda]

Hey summiter, when can we expect your tweaked version/s?

[nightowl007]

Not to jump on the 'me too' bandwagon, summiter, but I am also waiting on the tweaked version.

Thanks.

[warwickwebb]

Love the push e-mail, but here are some issues I've noticed:

1) Two network configurations: for "My ISP" and "MediaNet". They both have exactly the same config. Assume we can delete "My ISP"?

2) No shortcut to Windows Media Player in Programs? Only way I can launch it is to select an MP3 file in Windows Explorer.

3) ActiveSync to my PC worked once, now it's hosed. This is probably not an updated ROM issue, but it worked fine before. Now it just hangs on "Looking for Changes".

4) JournalBar (plugin for Today screen) is flaky. Some displays (i.e. weather) no longer appear. Again, may just be coincidence.

5) I use a hosted Exchange server. When I set up the Exchange server settings after the ROM upgrade, it required me to push down security policy settings from the Exchange server! One of these is that I HAVE to have a password set up. This is really annoying, considering this is not a corporate Exchange server, but one I'm paying for myself. This one is definately not a ROM issue, except I guess the security policy enforcement is new.

[BigDilvey]

Me Three.

[summiter]

Love the push e-mail, but here are some issues I've noticed:

1) Two network configurations: for "My ISP" and "MediaNet". They both have exactly the same config. Assume we can delete "My ISP"?

2) No shortcut to Windows Media Player in Programs? Only way I can launch it is to select an MP3 file in Windows Explorer.

3) ActiveSync to my PC worked once, now it's hosed. This is probably not an updated ROM issue, but it worked fine before. Now it just hangs on "Looking for Changes".

4) JournalBar (plugin for Today screen) is flaky. Some displays (i.e. weather) no longer appear. Again, may just be coincidence.

5) I use a hosted Exchange server. When I set up the Exchange server settings after the ROM upgrade, it required me to push down security policy settings from the Exchange server! One of these is that I HAVE to have a password set up. This is really annoying, considering this is not a corporate Exchange server, but one I'm paying for myself. This one is definately not a ROM issue, except I guess the security policy enforcement is new.

Wrapping up a ROM at this very moment, but wanted to ping you on the points you made above:

#1 - I don't think it would hurt to delete one or the other. It appears the "MY ISP" connection doesn't have a prxy configured, but the MediaNet connection does. We all know what to do regarding the proxy.

#2 - I don't have an older ROM installed, but I looked through the initflashfiles.dat file that sets up placement of files and shortcuts and I don't see that WM player ever had a shortcut to launch it in "Programs". It looks like it's always been attached to the Start Menu only.

#3 - Did you try setting it back to use RNDIS? It now defaults to serial-over-USB, which may be causing some folks problems.

#4 - Haven't used JB in a long time..sorry

#5 - That's what should happen, but perhaps it was broken in AKU2.0. The Exchange server can now enforce several policies on the device.

[jberylec]

I'm about to run this ROM, without letting the customizations run.

But I've got a question...
I'm currently on Summiters 2.17 Basic, do I need CID/SIM unlock my phone again before upgrading to 2.25???
Thanks! :)

I'll post findings as soon as I'm all setup (with no additional software installed either, to help find bugs in only the ROM).

UPDATE: I went ahead and installed it. Working great! Didn't need to unlock prior to upgrading. One thing I noticed right away! With this build you cannot connect to GPRS/EDGE while connected to USB/ActiveSync!

[Albalabs]

I installed the new ROM and I find that MSN Messenger is really dog slow. Much slower than the 2.17 ROM. I don't know if this is a network problem, or a problem witht the ROM though. I'll experiment more this week with it.

Also it seems that the Phone crashes more often as well. It hangs at times and runs really really slow.

Other than that, Boot up time is much faster.

[warwickwebb]

Wrapping up a ROM at this very moment, but wanted to ping you on the points you made above:

#1 - I don't think it would hurt to delete one or the other. It appears the "MY ISP" connection doesn't have a prxy configured, but the MediaNet connection does. We all know what to do regarding the proxy.

#2 - I don't have an older ROM installed, but I looked through the initflashfiles.dat file that sets up placement of files and shortcuts and I don't see that WM player ever had a shortcut to launch it in "Programs". It looks like it's always been attached to the Start Menu only.

#3 - Did you try setting it back to use RNDIS? It now defaults to serial-over-USB, which may be causing some folks problems.

#4 - Haven't used JB in a long time..sorry

#5 - That's what should happen, but perhaps it was broken in AKU2.0. The Exchange server can now enforce several policies on the device.

Thanks summiter for the detailed response. One question about #3 - I'm not sure what RNDIS is. How do you set ActiveSync to use this?

Cheers,

Warwick

[jberylec]

Another glitch found in ROM...

"Mobile Registry Editor" no longer works!
It'll load and view registry perfectly fine, but gives an error when you try to make a change. "Access Denied"

Damn! I love this editor too! Because it's through USB, takes up no space on device.

[summiter]

Wrapping up a ROM at this very moment, but wanted to ping you on the points you made above:

#1 - I don't think it would hurt to delete one or the other. It appears the "MY ISP" connection doesn't have a prxy configured, but the MediaNet connection does. We all know what to do regarding the proxy.

#2 - I don't have an older ROM installed, but I looked through the initflashfiles.dat file that sets up placement of files and shortcuts and I don't see that WM player ever had a shortcut to launch it in "Programs". It looks like it's always been attached to the Start Menu only.

#3 - Did you try setting it back to use RNDIS? It now defaults to serial-over-USB, which may be causing some folks problems.

#4 - Haven't used JB in a long time..sorry

#5 - That's what should happen, but perhaps it was broken in AKU2.0. The Exchange server can now enforce several policies on the device.

Thanks summiter for the detailed response. One question about #3 - I'm not sure what RNDIS is. How do you set ActiveSync to use this?

Cheers,

Warwick

That's the network specification that activesync now uses by default on WM5 devices. The old method of establishing active sync was via serial over USB. There's an app in Programs/Accessory to allow you to switch between the two methods.

[summiter]

Another glitch found in ROM...

"Mobile Registry Editor" no longer works!
It'll load and view registry perfectly fine, but gives an error when you try to make a change. "Access Denied"

Damn! I love this editor too! Because it's through USB, takes up no space on device.

Hrm. Are you using the remote registry editor that's part of Visual Studio 2005, or some other remote reg editor? I just fired up the VS remote reg editor and had no issues making changes.

[lewcamino]

Anyone tried OPERA on this official release? I know it was messed up with summiters version. So does it work right on this one?

Later; Lew

[cripwalk]

I have been running this ROM for about a day now and all of a sudden I cant open messaging anymore. It show that I have unread email on my today screen but I am unable to open it. I tried several soft resets and am still unable to open my email or text messages. Anyone have any ideas?

UPDATE:
My device started freezing after doing soft resets. I could not get it to boot to the today screen, it would just freeze on my password screen. I had to do a hard reset.

[jberylec]

Another glitch found in ROM...

"Mobile Registry Editor" no longer works!
It'll load and view registry perfectly fine, but gives an error when you try to make a change. "Access Denied"

Damn! I love this editor too! Because it's through USB, takes up no space on device.

Hrm. Are you using the remote registry editor that's part of Visual Studio 2005, or some other remote reg editor? I just fired up the VS remote reg editor and had no issues making changes.

Not part of VS, I found it online somewhere that listed all the WM reg editors. Anyhow, do you know of a very simple remote editor I can get? I looked all over the ftp and cant find anything. If not remote, then a very small program is all I need, only a reg editor no other tools built in...

Thanks :)

UPDATE: I installed phm, works great.

[norelidd]

I went ahead and installed it. Working great! Didn't need to unlock prior to upgrading. One thing I noticed right away! With this build you cannot connect to GPRS/EDGE while connected to USB/ActiveSync!
what's happening here is that while connected over usb to activesync, gprs turns off and your network connectivity of routed through the desktop you are connected to.

instead of fetching internet data over gprs, it uses whatever network connection your computer has. much faster, lower latency, and if you don't have unlimited data, a lot cheaper

[darkjedi]

found something odd. my phone always resets to Serial instead of RNDIS when i soft reset my phone. that's odd indeed.

[summiter]

Has anyone had problems installing unsigned cab files on this ROM? For example, can you get the attached cab file to install successfully?

[shanksv]

Has anyone had problems installing unsigned cab files on this ROM? For example, can you get the attached cab file to install successfully?
It did not install first. I compared the files in the Extended Rom and noticed that Cert_SPCS.cab was missing from this ROM. Copied it manually ran it and now I can install unsigned cab files.

Hope it helps. Havent checked to see if there are any other files missing in the extended ROM.

Shankar.

[summiter]

Has anyone had problems installing unsigned cab files on this ROM? For example, can you get the attached cab file to install successfully?
It did not install first. I compared the files in the Extended Rom and noticed that Cert_SPCS.cab was missing from this ROM. Copied it manually ran it and now I can install unsigned cab files.

Hope it helps. Havent checked to see if there are any other files missing in the extended ROM.

Shankar.

Cert_SPCS wouldn't be included in a stock ROM..I add it to allow installation of unsigned cabs in the custom ROMs.

However, even after installing Cert_SPCS on this ROM, I cannot install unsigned cabs. So you successfully installed the cab attached to my message above? Can you confirm that you have a "Wireless" item in your Today screen item list?

[jberylec]

Has anyone had problems installing unsigned cab files on this ROM? For example, can you get the attached cab file to install successfully?
It did not install first. I compared the files in the Extended Rom and noticed that Cert_SPCS.cab was missing from this ROM. Copied it manually ran it and now I can install unsigned cab files.

Hope it helps. Havent checked to see if there are any other files missing in the extended ROM.

Shankar.

Cert_SPCS wouldn't be included in a stock ROM..I add it to allow installation of unsigned cabs in the custom ROMs.

However, even after installing Cert_SPCS on this ROM, I cannot install unsigned cabs. So you successfully installed the cab attached to my message above? Can you confirm that you have a "Wireless" item in your Today screen item list?

I have installed a couple unsigned cabs on mine. It prompts, I say yes it's ok, and it installs.

[jberylec]

I think I found a bug.
On 2.17 when I launched Agile Messenger it would automatically connect to Edge and sign on.

Now on this new ROM when I launch Agile it fails to sign on. If I use PIE to force Edge to connect when trying to browse to a page, once connected then Agile will sign on.

Long story short, for some reason Agile isn't recognizing/forcing connection to Edge. But PIE does.

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but if any program needs access to the net, GPRS/Edge should automatically connect. This is how the phone was stock and with 2.17.

Weird...

[summiter]

Has anyone had problems installing unsigned cab files on this ROM? For example, can you get the attached cab file to install successfully?
It did not install first. I compared the files in the Extended Rom and noticed that Cert_SPCS.cab was missing from this ROM. Copied it manually ran it and now I can install unsigned cab files.

Hope it helps. Havent checked to see if there are any other files missing in the extended ROM.

Shankar.

Cert_SPCS wouldn't be included in a stock ROM..I add it to allow installation of unsigned cabs in the custom ROMs.

However, even after installing Cert_SPCS on this ROM, I cannot install unsigned cabs. So you successfully installed the cab attached to my message above? Can you confirm that you have a "Wireless" item in your Today screen item list?

I have installed a couple unsigned cabs on mine. It prompts, I say yes it's ok, and it installs.

Hmm. If I install Cert_SPCS.cab, it is successfull. If I then try to install one of the unsigned cabs I usually put into extended ROM, it fails.

The wireless today screen cab from my message above is one of them. It says, and I quote, "Installation of ammar_Wireless_Today_Plugin.cab was unsuccessful."

It doesn't prompt me to apprive the install (which is normal after the Cert_SPCS cab).

jberylec, does the attached cab install successfully for you?

[jberylec]

I'll try to install ammar_Wireless_Today_Plugin.cab if you tell me how I can then uninstall it completely. Will "remove programs" remove ALL files from it? I dont want anything left behind, I have a brand new clean ROM flash here :)

[theorist]

hey summiter, any goodies for us yet?

[summiter]

I'll try to install ammar_Wireless_Today_Plugin.cab if you tell me how I can then uninstall it completely. Will "remove programs" remove ALL files from it? I dont want anything left behind, I have a brand new clean ROM flash here :)

It doesn't install anything..it just sets a registry entry to point to an already existing dll which can provide a Today screen item.

[summiter]

hey summiter, any goodies for us yet?


Well, I was this -><- close to packing up the ROM, but then I found that I can't get unsigned cabs to install. This is after having run a signed cab that disables cert checking (which is what I've done on all previous ROMs).

[jberylec]

I'll try to install ammar_Wireless_Today_Plugin.cab if you tell me how I can then uninstall it completely. Will "remove programs" remove ALL files from it? I dont want anything left behind, I have a brand new clean ROM flash here :)

It doesn't install anything..it just sets a registry entry to point to an already existing dll which can provide a Today screen item.

Ok, I tried it and you're right, unsuccessfull.
Weird. I was able to install several other cabs with no problems. Hmm

[jberylec]

Go to:

HKLM\Security\CertMod\
AllowUntrustedApps: 1 (Change it to: 0)

And:

HKLM\Security\Policies\Policies\
0000101a: 0 (Change it to: 1)


If some combination of those two tweaks works then you'll have to write a cab that changes them for you :)

[summiter]

I'll try to install ammar_Wireless_Today_Plugin.cab if you tell me how I can then uninstall it completely. Will "remove programs" remove ALL files from it? I dont want anything left behind, I have a brand new clean ROM flash here :)

It doesn't install anything..it just sets a registry entry to point to an already existing dll which can provide a Today screen item.

Ok, I tried it and you're right, unsuccessfull.
Weird. I was able to install several other cabs with no problems. Hmm

I found the problem. I tweaked a setting in the cabs using Wince Cab Manager, and it apparently corrupted my cabs.

[jberylec]

I found the problem. I tweaked a setting in the cabs using Wince Cab Manager, and it apparently corrupted my cabs.

Ok, attach the un-corrupted wireless plugin please, I like that one :)

Edit: Nevermind I got it enabled with registry changes. Thanks though :)

[GliTCH82]

summiter man i hope its not too much to ask but dont forget to include the transparent cingular logo. and a free case of beer with the ROM too

[jeffro2k1]

So that means your custom ROM is ready right????

[ikkoku]

summiter man i hope its not too much to ask but dont forget to include the transparent cingular logo. and a free case of beer with the ROM too

what's the transparent cingular logo? Can we not have anything cingular at all? :)

[Cardcaptor_RLH85]

Anyone tried OPERA on this official release? I know it was messed up with summiters version. So does it work right on this one?

Later; Lew

I don't specifically know about this one, however on Summiters latest custom ROM it was actually a problem with Opera itself. All you have to do to fix it is copy verdana.ttf from your computers fonts folder (in Windows XP this is C:\WINDOWS\Fonts)to the \Windows\Fonts folder on your Wizard. And ther you go no more Wingdings for your textboxes ^_^

summiter man i hope its not too much to ask but dont forget to include the transparent cingular logo. and a free case of beer with the ROM too

what's the transparent cingular logo? Can we not have anything cingular at all? :)

The transparent Cingular logo is just a copy of the Cingular logo on the phone screen without it's background. I like it because the default Cingular logo's background is a slightly different color than the standard dialer app background and that looks quite ugly ^_^

[summiter]

OK, there's a customized version up now. I don't get all warm happy fluffy feelings from this ROM (prior to customization), so I'm not going to post a seperate thread announcing it. Something about this ROM doesn't feel right, especially with wifi enabled. (If you do enable wifi, I suggest setting it's power mode to "Best Performance") My device slowed to a crawl when I was using wifi, but after a soft reset and changing power mode it's been better.

So, anyway, here's the scoop:

-wireless today plugin
-a much better task manager than the built-in version
-multi-contact select
-transparent carrier logo
-data disconnect when pressing END 3 seconds
-A2DP
-all past themes, and the O2 theme by request (I kinda like that O2 theme)
-keyboard indicator
-disabled sms sent notification
-all past ringers, plus a few other interesting ones I'm quite fond of and so on and so forth

I've put the word BETA in the name of this ROM since it's not based on a final released version from Cingular.

I recommend that you *not* install this ROM unless you can put up with some odd behavior once in awhile (although after a soft reset it seems to be doing quite nice).

Here's the link to download:

ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Uploads/Wizard/Roms/Cingular_RUU_225111_BETA_Custom_A2DP_THMS_RNGRS.ex e


I just checked Opera real quick and it appears to running just fine. I'll look into the reported problem with Agile shortly.

[norelidd]

awesome. i had almost given up on a release tonight. i thought you went to bed without us. i've loaded it onto my phone and so far so good, i suppose. i'll give it a further thrashing tomorrow.

since the activesync/rndis thing causes so many problems, and rndis should be the default, why not actually make it the default with a cab in the future?

[summiter]

awesome. i had almost given up on a release tonight. i thought you went to bed without us. i've loaded it onto my phone and so far so good, i suppose. i'll give it a further thrashing tomorrow.

since the activesync/rndis thing causes so many problems, and rndis should be the default, why not actually make it the default with a cab in the future?

I just happen to have a little note on my monitor reminding me to do that at some point.

Under that is a note reminding me to feed the monkey living in my closet some waffles...I have ADD and these little things escape my attention at times...

[warwickwebb]

awesome. i had almost given up on a release tonight. i thought you went to bed without us. i've loaded it onto my phone and so far so good, i suppose. i'll give it a further thrashing tomorrow.

since the activesync/rndis thing causes so many problems, and rndis should be the default, why not actually make it the default with a cab in the future?

I just happen to have a little note on my monitor reminding me to do that at some point.

Under that is a note reminding me to feed the monkey living in my closet some waffles...I have ADD and these little things escape my attention at times...

Summiter - thanks, you're a life saver! That was the problem - after my first ActiveSync, I had to soft reset. That returned the setting to USB over Serial instead of RNDIS. I tried everything - deleting and restoring the partnership, repairing the bluetooth partnership, etc. I was about to flash the device again....

Also, someone asked about a good remote reg editor. I like Mobile Registry Editor (free):

http://www.breaksoft.com/Blog/Utilities/2005/1/Mobile_Registry_Editor.aspx

[Sleuth255]

I had heard that Cingular was releasing the ROM update with a newer Splash screen that wasn't so fugly. Is this the case?

[saeba]

I just istalled summiter's version (thanks summiter!) and it's the same splash screen.

Summiter - no CF2 in the rom this time?

Everything's looking good so far :-)!

[bjevers]

I'm having the same problem some people were having when upgrading to your previous AKU 2.2 rom. I had previously installed your AKU 2.0 and I've flashed this new one twice and my ROM version is still 2.17.7.2. I still have the battery icon on the top bar and my OS is 14847.2.0.0. However, my radio version is 02.25.11 and extROM version is 2.25.11.102. Protocal version is 4.1.13.12. Any ideas on how to get this to flash properly?

Thanks...Brian

Update

I didn't unlock the CID again after previously flashing the 2.17.7.2 version. I just unlocked it and it flashed fine now.

[Chriš]

Can neone plzz post some screen shots after the update.. atleast today's screen and device info..

What the hell do you need these for....

Everything looks the same as 2.17...nothing has changed to the interface.

Just improvments you can't really see.

Oh well I'll entertain him anyway.
Here are some...

Chris, don't you have a TMO MDA? Are you using this Cingular Rom on your MDA? I'm using xcellin's 2.17 and looking for a more recent Rom.


Yes, using it on an MDA. I just do a soft reset (push the button on the side) before all the Cingular customizations load. Then I ran the extended ROM cabs which I extracted from a previous T-Mobile custom ROM, which loads all the T-Mobile settings.

The only difference is I have a Cingular splash screen...but that can easily be changed.

The ROM seems to be working just fine on my MDA.

[ratcom]

sorry for the stupid question but if I flash my mda (cid unlocked and sim unlocked) currently running latest o2 rom with this rom will I end up with my handset either cid or sim loaded again??

[slimsaturn]

I'm having the same problem some people were having when upgrading to your previous AKU 2.2 rom. I had previously installed your AKU 2.0 and I've flashed this new one twice and my ROM version is still 2.17.7.2. I still have the battery icon on the top bar and my OS is 14847.2.0.0. However, my radio version is 02.25.11 and extROM version is 2.25.11.102. Protocal version is 4.1.13.12. Any ideas on how to get this to flash properly?

Thanks...Brian

Update

I didn't unlock the CID again after previously flashing the 2.17.7.2 version. I just unlocked it and it flashed fine now.


Summiter, Before I upgraded to your most tweaked version of 2.17, i downgraded then unlocked my phone however my phone demostrated similar behvior to the post I have quoted. Should I downgrade and try to unlock once again?

[devilboy1488]

i just hava a small problem, how the hell do i activate Delivery Reports (For the SMS's / Text MEssages) my qtek rom had this, but this one, can't find it

[wwwouter]

i just hava a small problem, how the hell do i activate Delivery Reports (For the SMS's / Text MEssages) my qtek rom had this, but this one, can't find it
Funny, I didn't notice yet, but you're right!
You can't get delivery reports :D
Well, I don't really mind....

[bjevers]

I'm having the same problem some people were having when upgrading to your previous AKU 2.2 rom. I had previously installed your AKU 2.0 and I've flashed this new one twice and my ROM version is still 2.17.7.2. I still have the battery icon on the top bar and my OS is 14847.2.0.0. However, my radio version is 02.25.11 and extROM version is 2.25.11.102. Protocal version is 4.1.13.12. Any ideas on how to get this to flash properly?

Thanks...Brian

Update

I didn't unlock the CID again after previously flashing the 2.17.7.2 version. I just unlocked it and it flashed fine now.


Summiter, Before I upgraded to your most tweaked version of 2.17, i downgraded then unlocked my phone however my phone demostrated similar behvior to the post I have quoted. Should I downgrade and try to unlock once again?

I should have been more clear... I downgraded to the official 1.08 ROM, did the CID unlock, then installed this new version.

[slimsaturn]

I'm having the same problem some people were having when upgrading to your previous AKU 2.2 rom. I had previously installed your AKU 2.0 and I've flashed this new one twice and my ROM version is still 2.17.7.2. I still have the battery icon on the top bar and my OS is 14847.2.0.0. However, my radio version is 02.25.11 and extROM version is 2.25.11.102. Protocal version is 4.1.13.12. Any ideas on how to get this to flash properly?

Thanks...Brian

Update

I didn't unlock the CID again after previously flashing the 2.17.7.2 version. I just unlocked it and it flashed fine now.


Summiter, Before I upgraded to your most tweaked version of 2.17, i downgraded then unlocked my phone however my phone demostrated similar behvior to the post I have quoted. Should I downgrade and try to unlock once again?

I should have been more clear... I downgraded to the official 1.08 ROM, did the CID unlock, then installed this new version.

Same here, but I followed the direction I found here. Downgraded, did both unlocks then loaded the ROM.

[apaje]

Just upgraded from 2.17-a2dp fixed to summiter's new 2.25 BETA and it works GREAT! No problem, except I forgot to use the USBSwitch accessory to fix my activesync issues. Once I did that, I was able to install all my programs. Tested a2dp and everything ran nice and smooth.

Thanks Summiter for another great (and quick) ROM!

[IgwanaRob]

Did you really throw it into reverse while travelling at high speed? Awesome.

I've done that! '74 Mercury Comet going ~70 on the parkway at night. The car was riding ruff, and the gearshift was showing in between D and 1 so I tried to pop it into neutral then back down but it went into reverse instead! Lights got super bright then the whole car stalled and jerked forward as the engine and tranny began screaming because they were spinning backwards - until they slowed enough for me to jam back into neutral and restart the car. I got rid of it and bought a new[er] car the next day :-p

[summiter]

I just istalled summiter's version (thanks summiter!) and it's the same splash screen.

Summiter - no CF2 in the rom this time?

Everything's looking good so far :-)!

Naw, no CF2 yet. CF2 is a bit cumbersome to get up in there, so I'm going to wait a bit longer to see if Cingular releases their final AKU2.x ROM. Hopefully we'll see that soon, and hopefully whatever they release as a final version will feel a bit more "right".

[jeffro2k1]

I just upgraded and now USB transfer in active sync is really slow... is there a setting I need to change?

[MorningZ]

Purchased my 8125 yesterday and was pulling my hair out trying to get Push Mail to work, noticed that the ROM version on the phone was from November (1.8.something)

Updated to the version posted earlier on this topic and it's now working like a charm...... thanks a lot and look forward to future enhancements and tweaks

[hesh]

Hi all...

I'm going to upgrade the ROM here very soon since I'm still using a very old default version. To do the CID/SIM unlock, do I just run lokiwiz first? I'm a little fuzzy on what all I need to do to upgrade.

Summiter, I've been reading a few of these threads and even though I haven't upgraded yet, I appreciate all the work you do to provide us with quality ROMs!

TIA!

[skint]

Hesh,

I would tell you to search, but I think the search function on this site is terrible.

Anyhow. I used aWizard to CID unlock mine and lokiwiz0.3b for RAPI and the SIM unlock code. Just put another SIM in your phone and wait for the prompt, enter your code. Then, I think you're ready to upgrade. Perhaps someone would be kind enough to point us to a thread which spells out the most widely used steps. I have found many different ways using different tools (some different versions unlock CID, some do not).

And if someone wouldn't mind posting a link to a checklist for those who already using AKU2.0+. I basically ran the above items instead of downgrading first and I upgraded to 2.25 successfully.

On a side note, is there any reason that while attempting a upgrade to the summiter version release last night I might see software version 1.20 being reported when, as I mentioned above, I'm running 2.25?

Thanks

[Eric Duprat]

Installed Summiter 2.25 flawlessly...
Thanks Summiter!
Everything seems ok. I like the boot speed indeed
Something interresting is that the available memory shows up as 10Mb free and then after a few seconds 26Mb free (I have already a few apps installed). That is not an issue for me, it seems that the OS is still working in the background after having displayed the Today screen. That gives us this perception of fast loading... compared to the previous OS
I will check the loading speed when the unit will be fully loaded.

E

[hesh]

Hesh,

I would tell you to search, but I think the search function on this site is terrible.

Anyhow. I used aWizard to CID unlock mine and lokiwiz0.3b for RAPI and the SIM unlock code. Just put another SIM in your phone and wait for the prompt, enter your code. Then, I think you're ready to upgrade. Perhaps someone would be kind enough to point us to a thread which spells out the most widely used steps. I have found many different ways using different tools (some different versions unlock CID, some do not).

And if someone wouldn't mind posting a link to a checklist for those who already using AKU2.0+. I basically ran the above items instead of downgrading first and I upgraded to 2.25 successfully.

On a side note, is there any reason that while attempting a upgrade to the summiter version release last night I might see software version 1.20 being reported when, as I mentioned above, I'm running 2.25?

Thanks

Thanks for the info!

[imcfused]

Warning - 8125 Newbi here

After two weeks of reading and searching and reading and searching, I decided to upgrade my 8125 using the updated ROM that summiter released on this thread (Cingular_RUU_225111_BETA_Custom_A2DP_THMS_RNGRS.e xe)

Since this is the first time that I have tried to put a custom ROM on this phone, I downloaded Lockiwiz 0.2b, installed the EnableRapi,cab, and run Lokiwiz.bat and selected the "U" option for unlock. Everything appeared to go fine - by this I mean nothing told me that anything failed.

I then ran Cingular_RUU_225111_BETA_Custom_A2DP_THMS_RNGRS.ex e and as far I could tell, everything went fine there too. Again, no flashing lights or bells ringing saying that any did or didn't work.

The first hint that I was not fully successful came up when I note the ROM versions on boot. From the Device Information Tab, I have the following.

ROM version: 1.8.11.1 WWE
ROM date: 11/24/05
Radio version: 0.2.25.11
Protocol version: 4.1.13.12
ExtROM: 2.25.11.102

I am guessing that I the Radio and ExtROM was updated properly but that the OS was not.

Can someone please verify this for me?

Also, I have seen references to Lokiwiz 0.3 but cannot find it. Is 0.2b the most current?

Is there someway from checking a setting that I can verify whether the CID and SIM were unlocked?

And lasty, any ideas on what I should do next?

Thanks!

imcfused[/code]

[imcfused]

OK, Newbi answers own question.

Of course it always works this way, just about the time a Newbi asks a question, he disovers the answer. Run Lokiwiz twice, once with C to unlock the CID and once with U to unlock the SIM. I now realize that U is not needed to upgrade the ROM, but hey, when their why not?

While all of the information that I needed to upgrade was buried in the thread of this forum, it is tough, even for a grizzled IT veteran like me to find all of the pieces.

It would be nice, if someone who knows what they are doing could create a sticky thread that always contains the most current information on upgrading a ROM.

And also, it would be nice if this post discussed aWizard as well as Lokiwiz and describe what each does. I still don't feel like I have an idea about aWizard.

And lastly, it would be nice if the post always showed the latest version of the upgrade tools available.

Thanks to all who have posted here. I am standing on you backs right now! Hope I'm not compressing your disks too much :)

imcfused

[Cardcaptor_RLH85]

I just istalled summiter's version (thanks summiter!) and it's the same splash screen.

Summiter - no CF2 in the rom this time?

Everything's looking good so far :-)!

Naw, no CF2 yet. CF2 is a bit cumbersome to get up in there, so I'm going to wait a bit longer to see if Cingular releases their final AKU2.x ROM. Hopefully we'll see that soon, and hopefully whatever they release as a final version will feel a bit more "right".

In the other (http://forum.xda-developers.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=40403) new Cingular ROM thread warwickwebb mentioned that a Cingular rep told him that the new ROM should be out in about 2 weeks, assuming of course that they didn't find any major bugs in it. So I guess that I'll be waiting just a bit longer to flash again ^_^

Warning - 8125 Newbi here

After two weeks of reading and searching and reading and searching, I decided to upgrade my 8125 using the updated ROM that summiter released on this thread (Cingular_RUU_225111_BETA_Custom_A2DP_THMS_RNGRS.e xe)

Since this is the first time that I have tried to put a custom ROM on this phone, I downloaded Lockiwiz 0.2b, installed the EnableRapi,cab, and run Lokiwiz.bat and selected the "U" option for unlock. Everything appeared to go fine - by this I mean nothing told me that anything failed.

I then ran Cingular_RUU_225111_BETA_Custom_A2DP_THMS_RNGRS.ex e and as far I could tell, everything went fine there too. Again, no flashing lights or bells ringing saying that any did or didn't work.

The first hint that I was not fully successful came up when I note the ROM versions on boot. From the Device Information Tab, I have the following.

ROM version: 1.8.11.1 WWE
ROM date: 11/24/05
Radio version: 0.2.25.11
Protocol version: 4.1.13.12
ExtROM: 2.25.11.102

I am guessing that I the Radio and ExtROM was updated properly but that the OS was not.

Can someone please verify this for me?

Also, I have seen references to Lokiwiz 0.3 but cannot find it. Is 0.2b the most current?

Is there someway from checking a setting that I can verify whether the CID and SIM were unlocked?

And lasty, any ideas on what I should do next?

Thanks!

imcfused

Well there is an easy way to check to see if your phone actually upgraded. Go to Settings -> About -> Version tab. If your OS version is (5.1.195 (Build 14928.2.2.0), then your ROM updated but the ROM version is just being misreported. That's what's happening on my phone my ROM version reports as 2.17.11.1 WWE but I have the summiter customised 2.23 ROM version installed right now. Also about the lokiwiz unlocker. Version 0.3a (http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=50768&highlight=lokiwiz&sid=29087e30ad11dd4157d6ca6d6cfd8736) is the latest version and it will SIM unlock an AKU 2.x phone however, it doesn't have the ability to do a CID unlock on one yet. Version 0.2b (http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=33796&highlight=lokiwiz&sid=29087e30ad11dd4157d6ca6d6cfd8736) however, can both SIM and CID unlock any AKU 1.x phones. I wish that I had CID unlocked my phone before installing my first custom ROM because when I finally decided to do it I had to downgrade, SIM/CID unlock, and then re-upgrade. Oh well, I hope this helps you a bit ^_^

[gustav]

I just updated my T-Mobile MDA (US) to the new 2.25 BETA ROM for Cingular. I have Cingular as my carrier. When my device started back up from the update I saw something very strange...My splash screen was still T-Mobiles..No Cingular splash what so ever. I thought maybe something happened during the flash so I did it again...Still the same, T-Mo's splash screen on a Cingular ROM. Has anyone ever heard of this..or know of a way to fix this? I know I can hack the reg and fix it that way but I want to see if anyone knows what the heck is going on..

[Racerboy80]

Just in installed the new ROM (Cingular_RUU_225111_BETA_Custom_A2DP_THMS_RNGRS). Had unlocked the SIM and CID previously with Lokiwiz when my phone was still AKU 1.x.

Everything went flawless and the phone works perfect. No problems with Activesync or anything else for that matter. The only thing I haven't done yet is set up the wireless.

Great job Summiter...keep up the good work!

[warwickwebb]

awesome. i had almost given up on a release tonight. i thought you went to bed without us. i've loaded it onto my phone and so far so good, i suppose. i'll give it a further thrashing tomorrow.

since the activesync/rndis thing causes so many problems, and rndis should be the default, why not actually make it the default with a cab in the future?

I just happen to have a little note on my monitor reminding me to do that at some point.

Under that is a note reminding me to feed the monkey living in my closet some waffles...I have ADD and these little things escape my attention at times...

Summiter - thanks, you're a life saver! That was the problem - after my first ActiveSync, I had to soft reset. That returned the setting to USB over Serial instead of RNDIS. I tried everything - deleting and restoring the partnership, repairing the bluetooth partnership, etc. I was about to flash the device again....

Also, someone asked about a good remote reg editor. I like Mobile Registry Editor (free):

http://www.breaksoft.com/Blog/Utilities/2005/1/Mobile_Registry_Editor.aspx

Looks like I spoke too soon. ActiveSync works the first time after using USBSwitch to switch to RNDIS. After the first sync, the same issue arises - ActiveSync will connect, and the computer will say 'Looking For Changes', while the phone will just say 'Connected'. It will sit like that forever. If I go back into USBSwitch and change the setting again (even back to Serial), I usually get one more good sync.

I've tried reflashing the device, and even reinstalled ActiveSync on the PC. Anyone else having ActiveSync issues?

P.S. ActiveSync was rock solid with the old Cingular ROM.


One other weird thing - When the phone is connected to GPRS, it used to display the two arows. Now it just displays a big letter E. It is still connected to Cingular GPRS. Curious as to why that is.

[Dutchmda]

I installed new cingular rom on my tmobile mda had it for about 3 days and i experienced alot of dropped calls, phone drained battery much faster with not many 3rd party apps installed, restarted my unit for no reason, and when battery was completly drained no alert phone just cut off. maybe its just me but im going back to tmobile 2.21 custom rom.

[norelidd]

i'm getting the same "weirdness" that summiter was talking about with the wifi. sometimes it works, other times it needs to be powercycled, sometimes softreset. back to 2.0 for me until cingular does a release.

are there release notes to see what has changed between versions? say from aku20 to aku22?

[urologyhealth]

I currently have ROM:2.17.7.2 AND PROTOCOL 413.1.03 dated 2/7/10.

I installed this without doing REPEAT CID UNLOCK which I had done on an earlier upgrade.

question: if I am on CINGULAR WITH 8125--why is it needed to run Lokiwiz again?

question: if I am not using push mail, what is the reason to upgrade?

question:I have had no problems with active sync after following all the directions for firewall changes needed from microsoft page. What is this USBSWITCH people are referring to?

Thanks

[jberylec]

To the people having trouble with ActiveSync...
It works perfectly with OUT messing with the switch. You just have to make sure you're using the newest version of ActiveSync. (4.1.0 Build 4841)

I had no issues with USB connectivity on any of the ROMS I've installed, including this one. :)

[jberylec]

awesome. i had almost given up on a release tonight. i thought you went to bed without us. i've loaded it onto my phone and so far so good, i suppose. i'll give it a further thrashing tomorrow.

since the activesync/rndis thing causes so many problems, and rndis should be the default, why not actually make it the default with a cab in the future?

I just happen to have a little note on my monitor reminding me to do that at so