AT&T (Cingular) ROM Officially released!

[LMaxwell]

I noticed tonight HTC changed the carrier name to AT&T, so I figured hmmm... And there it is, the official release!

HTC's download page (http://www.htcamerica.net/support/8525/software-downloads.html)

It appears to be the same as previously posted from the Device Info screenshot, but the file name is slightly different. File size is a little smaller too.

[SkyyBoy]

looks like the 1.40.30 radio is now official...

[monkey28rb]

why would people want to get that when they can get the ones on here? :confused:

[angelome]

Isn't this the same thing Shogun posted 3 weeks ago ?

[spastico]

I might have gotten excited a month ago.
But now, I couldn't care less.
(About the release that is, not this thread :D )

[JoeVulture]

I certainly hope that they've fixed the bugs that were present in the 2.15 that shogun posted here earlier. I flashed that one on my phone, and it was very slow, and very buggy (taps taking seconds to register, applications not opening). And that damn startup sound was extremely annoying. The smaller file size suggests to me that maybe the ROM that shogun posted was a debug ROM, and this is the release one. (Just a guess, anyway.)

As for why people might want it, well, I'd be interested in it if it's relatively bug-free. I've tried the WM6 ROMs, and ended up flashing back to the Cingular 1.34 ROM (and applying CABs to customize it). The Cingular ROM has a look that I like (I like blue), and it's official, which means that even if they won't help you out, they at least won't look at you funny for running it.

(Time to update my sig, as I'm running Cingy 1.34 with SPL-2.10-Oli and radio 1.41.)

-- Joe

[esnyder58]

One would think that HTC would be screaming this from the tops of rooftops, but I see no such declaration...

Is this new ROM Windows Mobile 6 or is it Windows Mobile 5? I suspect 5, but I can hope.

I'm running Black 2.5 and couldn't be happier. See no sign of the strange bluetooth problems others have been reporting. Stereo Bluetooth is not perfect, but it isn't bad (the brain is a very wonderful thing at getting used to substandard sound, like when I used to listen to cassettes for a while and then listen to CD's ... I thought the cassettes sounded fine until I spun up that disk).

It would be nice to get on the straight and narrow again, just in case there is a real Cingular problem that they need to troubleshoot.

I would be a pain to downgrade the phone just to take it to them, then have to upgrade again later.

[wpbear]

They pulled it from HTC, I only see the old ROM on HTC America.

http://www.america.htc.com/support/8525/software-downloads.html

[dechutes]

Thanks for the find. I just installed this and looks good. Does anyone know if I need to install the DST patch again or does in come with this rom?
Thanks.

[LMaxwell]

It's there, but the link points to a different file name.

Last night I downloaded 2.15.502.1 but the link today says 2.15.502.3. Maybe they're changing it? :confused:

Ok, now the link works. Downloading 2.15.502.3, file size is even smaller than the 502.1 from last night.

[bsica]

is this the same extended rom as the one posted on this forum by shogunmark?

[LMaxwell]

After downloading it looks to be the exact same file Shogunmark posted. I was wrong about the file size being different.

[shogunmark]

is this the same extended rom as the one posted on this forum by shogunmark?

well i would imagine... all the numbers match up... i havent downloaded this, but i really hope they fixed the few bugs before releasing this thing....

[dechutes]

It's there, but the link points to a different file name.

Last night I downloaded 2.15.502.1 but the link today says 2.15.502.3. Maybe they're changing it? :confused:

Ok, now the link works. Downloading 2.15.502.3, file size is even smaller than the 502.1 from last night.

Where did you find that link? I have refreshed the page several times and it still points to the 502.1 file. I even tried to just change the 1 to a 3. Could you paste the link or something?
Thanks.

[LMaxwell]

Here it is, but it appears to be identical to the ROM posted by Shogunmark.

http://www.htcamerica.net/support/docs/RUU_Hermes_CINGULAR_WWE_2.15.502.3_6275_1.40.30.00 _108_Ship.exe

[shogunmark]

thats really weird.. the official upgrade link is for .3, however after you download the rom it shows as .1.. i havent actually flashed it yet..

[LMaxwell]

It's .3 here, even on another machine.

[weinson]

Just give it a few minutes... they are in process of switching from .1 to .3 (it seems) as of about 7:30 am PST.

[ezmike]

Mine that I downloaded is .1 also. This is weird for sure.

[shogunmark]

nah.. im flashing .1 i wanna see how it is compared to .3 ... i will run it for a day or 2 then flash back if it isnt any good... .3 is definitely a stable rom, very few crashes, but its sooooooooooo F'ing slow.. lets see what .1 holds...

[shogunmark]

I just flashed it... its definitely .1 ... but has an HTC splash screen...

[LiquidHonesty]

Can anyone try the isp.cingular access on the offical ROM to see if it allows it, or if it still has the proxy hard coded? Please?

[austinsnyc]

I just downloaded it and it downloaded as .3 I'm not going to load it as i run WM6 and dont really want to downgrade.
RUU_Hermes_CINGULAR_WWE_2.15.502.3_6275_1.40.30.00 _108_Ship
thats what downloaded for me so maybe they did switch it over this morning?

[mthomas]

There seems to be a difference in the size of the download from these two sites. The .com one is 56.xxMB, and the .net one is 51.9 MB. Any thoughts? Perhaps people could post which one they load onto their machine.

The smaller one is corrupted on my machine according to installshield

[gr8hifi]

Oite, i just flashed mine. It's got ROM version 2.15.502.3 and radio 1.40.30.00 as listed in my settings. It also has a VERY annoying startup animation complete with jet engine sounds... don't soft reset your phone in a quiet environment with this ROM... I have no clue on the changes. I just flashed blindly because I am nothing more than a NOOB looking for a reason to change my phone ; )

[gr8hifi]

well... i will say this. Before the flash, i had two bars of service. After, i have no service... boooo...

[sp3cialk]

well... i will say this. Before the flash, i had two bars of service. After, i have no service... boooo...

What Radio did you have before you flashed??

[rsolomon]

well... i will say this. Before the flash, i had two bars of service. After, i have no service... boooo...

Are you in flight mode? You really should read the huge thread on that ROM before installing it....

[gr8hifi]

1.16.00.00. Dont' know if it matters or not, but, before I had a "G" at the top of my screen, now I have an "E"... Keeps bouncing from 1 bar to no bars.

[shigeo]

502.1 d/l and flashed last night

502.3 on their site this morning...

and of course they dont post what changes were made from one to the other.

i am gonna run 502.1 for a while dont have to reflash till later this week have to fly out for training. i'll post if i run in to any problems with this rom.

so far so go tho...

also was using black 2.5 with 1.41 radio that was running great so we'll see if the official with 1.40 is better or worse with reception.

Happy flashin!!

[shigeo]

1.16.00.00. Dont' know if it matters or not, but, before I had a "G" at the top of my screen, now I have an "E"... Keeps bouncing from 1 bar to no bars.


the older radio ver. likt the one you where using never showed G-gprs or E-edge changes in coverage area. thats why u have the E now not sure about the bouncing from 1 to 0 bars... you might want to flash with the 1.41 thats floating around see if that makes a diff. i am running 1.40 now and it seems ok gonna run it for a few days then switch to 1.41 and see if there is a diff. unless someone beats me to it ;)

[gr8hifi]

May give 1.41 a try sometime later on this week (depending on my comfort level). Thanks for the info on the "G --> E" I was curious.

[krknl]

I have flashed previous versions(beta?) and on 1.41 Radio, which seems to be very good for my case, even though signal bars show as either 0 or 1; but in call quality is very good compared to previous radio's.

Can anyone who has 1.41 Radio and this official ROM tell about their experiences?

[jbartlett777]

The first attempt to install the upgrade app onto a 8525 Demo device (not gonna try this first on my personal 8525) failed via USB so I decided to see if I can update it via the storage card and the BootLoader.

First, I downloaded the file LMaxwell posted: http://www.htcamerica.net/support/docs/RUU_Hermes_CINGULAR_WWE_2.15.502.3_6275_1.40.30.00 _108_Ship.exe

Then I cleaned out my temporary files directory on my PC. I ran the EXE that downloaded and it put my 8525 device into bootloader mode and then executed another EXE file to perform the actual upgrade.

At this point, browse the subdirectories in your temp folder looking for the following file: RUU_signed.nbh

Copy this file to another location on your computer and then cancel the update process and reset your 8525 device.

Rename the RUU_signed.nbh file to HERMIMG.nbh and copy it onto your storage card (will take awhile). You do not need to purge/format your SD card.

Shut down the 8525 device. While holding down the OK and Comm Manager buttons, power on the device. You should see the screen display "Checking" and after a few moments, the following:

HERMIMG.nbh -

IPL -
BOOTLOADER -
SPLASH1 -
SPLASH2 -
EXTROM -
GSM -
OS -

Press power button
to start update image

The process took 24 minutes from pressing the power button to start the flash until it displayed that the upgrade was complete. It seems to hang when it gets to "GSM" so be patient. It took 10 minutes before I saw the status bar move on the GSM install and around 20 minutes before the GSM flash was complete.

Once the upgrade is complete, press the reset button with your stylus.

[gr8hifi]

My upgrade took 10 minutes (probably less actually) and went off without a hitch. My 8500 is a vanilla phone. Haven't had any other ROMS on it. To install this one, i just double clicked the .exe file and away I went.

There is a LOT more crap on this one though. I had the stock one before. now I have probably 6 new icons in my programs and settings folders. Some are cool (such as HTC X-button), some are useless (such as cellular video, I'll never use it). overall the phone has taken a hit in speed. Its probably 10-15% slower than it was pre-flash AND my signal seems worse (based on bars)... haven't tried using the phone, but kept getting disconnected trying to sync express mail. We'll see after work how the reception REALLY is. I'm not holding my breath though. overall I'd say I'm less than enthused about switching... perhaps this will be the kicker for getting me to install a cooked ROM... we'll see...

[LMaxwell]

The first attempt to install the upgrade app onto a 8525 Demo device (not gonna try this first on my personal 8525) failed via USB so I decided to see if I can update it via the storage card and the BootLoader.

First, I downloaded the file LMaxwell posted: http://www.htcamerica.net/support/docs/RUU_Hermes_CINGULAR_WWE_2.15.502.3_6275_1.40.30.00 _108_Ship.exe

Then I cleaned out my temporary files directory on my PC. I ran the EXE that downloaded and it put my 8525 device into bootloader mode and then executed another EXE file to perform the actual upgrade.

At this point, browse the subdirectories in your temp folder looking for the following file: RUU_signed.nbh

Copy this file to another location on your computer and then cancel the update process and reset your 8525 device.

Rename the RUU_signed.nbh file to HERMIMG.nbh and copy it onto your storage card (will take awhile). You do not need to purge/format your SD card.

Shut down the 8525 device. While holding down the OK and Comm Manager buttons, power on the device. You should see the screen display "Checking" and after a few moments, the following:



The process took 24 minutes from pressing the power button to start the flash until it displayed that the upgrade was complete. It seems to hang when it gets to "GSM" so be patient. It took 10 minutes before I saw the status bar move on the GSM install and around 20 minutes before the GSM flash was complete.

Once the upgrade is complete, press the reset button with your stylus.

You could just open the .exe with winzip or winrar, extract RUU_Inside.exe, open that with winzip or winrar and extract RUU_Signed.nbh

[pharoahwen]

This sound is loud, obnoxious, and just generally sucks. If you're in a jam and need to boot your phone on the Low, you are in trouble. This is SOOOOOO stupid.

Please tell me one of you geniuses has figured out how to turn that crap off...

[jbartlett777]

You could just open the .exe with winzip or winrar, extract RUU_Inside.exe, open that with winzip or winrar and extract RUU_Signed.nbh

Tried that first, renaming to a .zip file and letting XP try to open it. It failed. So I went with the method I described.

[{ISV-K}SVX]

I am a Cingular/AT&T customer and have the Orange SPV M3100 version of the 8525. Is there a way to get this ROM to install on my phone? When I try it bombs out at 1% indicating incorrect carrier. Any advice would be appreciated.

[diaftia]

This is a WM5 ROM right?

[shigeo]

This sound is loud, obnoxious, and just generally sucks. If you're in a jam and need to boot your phone on the Low, you are in trouble. This is SOOOOOO stupid.

Please tell me one of you geniuses has figured out how to turn that crap off...

yes you can remove it just use a regedit program like taskman and search for startup animation and delete the key for the wav file. and poof its gone nice quite start up... or you can edit the key to have it point to a custom wav of your choosing ;)

[shigeo]

This is a WM5 ROM right?

yes sadly wm5 is still being used... i hope to have some info on an offical wm6 cingular rom after my meeting tomorrow. cross your fingers and i'll cross mine.

[shigeo]

I am a Cingular/AT&T customer and have the Orange SPV M3100 version of the 8525. Is there a way to get this ROM to install on my phone? When I try it bombs out at 1% indicating incorrect carrier. Any advice would be appreciated.
is your phone cid unlocked?? that will probably fix your issue if it is not. the unlocking allows you to use any carriers rom.

[jfharden]

I have flashed previous versions(beta?) and on 1.41 Radio, which seems to be very good for my case, even though signal bars show as either 0 or 1; but in call quality is very good compared to previous radio's.

Can anyone who has 1.41 Radio and this official ROM tell about their experiences?

I've been running 1.41 on the official ROM and my signal strength has never been better. My phone used to constantly switch from 3G to EDGE and flop between 1 and 2 bars at my home in San Diego, but now constently 3G and never fallen below 2 bars...

[shogunmark]

This sound is loud, obnoxious, and just generally sucks. If you're in a jam and need to boot your phone on the Low, you are in trouble. This is SOOOOOO stupid.

Please tell me one of you geniuses has figured out how to turn that crap off...

RTFW ... Hint.. its in the reg tweaks of the Hermes wiki.... please dont post useless crap like this unless you have read everywhere and cant find the answer

[papasha]

I turned off "X button" settings and phone fast again. And it is stable on 3G.. No E og G... But web access looks slower.... How to see, what slows it down?

[Mindflayer]

I turned off "X button" settings and phone fast again. And it is stable on 3G.. No E og G... But web access looks slower.... How to see, what slows it down?

Turn off hard coded proxy into IE

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet Settings]
The default setting (that uses the proxy) is:
"EnableAutoDetect"=dword:00000000
Change it to:
"EnableAutoDetect"=dword:00000001
Or simply delete it. It's more of the fact that if it's there and =0 it's used. if it's missing it's not used. But changing it to =1 will also make it disable. This way you can simply change the value back without re-adding the seting back in.

For some reason, the registry entry above will occasionally revert from =1 to =0, causing IE's proxy to be active again. Deleting the registry entry prevents this from happening.

[nguyenbh]

some feedback after use this rom for about 12 hours
- I downloaded .3 from .net ( .com I downloaded .1 very slow)
- Flash 2.15....3 took me 10 minutes only compare to 25 minutes for Rom version 1.34

- To disable annoy startup pls read wiki as shogunmark mention
(link http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Registry)
sorry for repost here if someone lazy to read
HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\StartupAnimation

Enabled - change from 1 to 0 to turn everything off and permanently fix the volume issue

- disable proxy now you dont need hack registry that will come back to the default value, the program was built into ROM
go to program-> Proxy Manager->Disable Proxy (Bravo AT&T for this software they might read from our forum)
- I dont have any problem with the speed ( as X-button close all program so open it will take little more time but it will save you more power, you have your choice to disable X-Button as well)

So far Radio 1.40 didnt drop any call from me yet, I made like 7 calls so far each 15-30 min. Wireless work fine, didnt
test other function yet.
*Theme At& T has problem in this ROM
Change theme to Guava Bubbles and apply it.
Then change it back to AT&T Theme Red bar persist even after soft reset or power down and up.
(this is small buggy I think)
So far I am happy with new ROM.
I am waiting for others feedback about new Rom as well.

[pharoahwen]

Thanks for the info on removing the boot sound, Shigeo. Shogunmark, I understand about reading the Wiki, but you didn't have to bash me like that. I read this board several times a month, and it can take hours to find something, even in the Wiki. I figured since the official ROM just came out (from cing/htc, that is), this hadn't been thoroughly researched and might be a 'new' problem. I apologize for waisting your time with 'useless crap'.

FYI, it took Shigeo less time/text to answer the question than it did for you to bash me for asking it...

Thanks again.

[fone_fanatic]

Thanks for the info on removing the boot sound, Shigeo. Shogunmark, I understand about reading the Wiki, but you didn't have to bash me like that. I read this board several times a month, and it can take hours to find something, even in the Wiki. I figured since the official ROM just came out (from cing/htc, that is), this hadn't been thoroughly researched and might be a 'new' problem. I apologize for waisting your time with 'useless crap'.

FYI, it took Shigeo less time/text to answer the question than it did for you to bash me for asking it...

Thanks again.

well, from the time of your post to the time of Shigeo's reply, you could have easily found the answer in the Herme's Registry Tweaks (http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Registry) section of the wiki. Just scroll through it and glance at the BOLD font and you would of found it!

Disable/change the startup animation or sound

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\StartupAnimation

Enabled - change from 1 to 0 to turn everything off and permanently fix the volume issue.

You can also customize the animated boot up by deleting or changing 2 keys. (Doing this does not fix the volume issue)
Delete the WAVFile Key to remove the sound only.
Delete the GIFFile Key to remove the animation only.
Put your own .GIF file or .WAV file on the phone and rewrite the 2 keys (WAVFile GIFFile) to the new file location. i.e. \My Documents\Files\CustomAnimation.gif

[shogunmark]

Thanks for the info on removing the boot sound, Shigeo. Shogunmark, I understand about reading the Wiki, but you didn't have to bash me like that. I read this board several times a month, and it can take hours to find something, even in the Wiki. I figured since the official ROM just came out (from cing/htc, that is), this hadn't been thoroughly researched and might be a 'new' problem. I apologize for waisting your time with 'useless crap'.

FYI, it took Shigeo less time/text to answer the question than it did for you to bash me for asking it...

Thanks again.

First we have had roms with the animated splash months before this official release, so the reg tweak has been there for a while. 2nd searching the wiki for this info wouldnt have taken hours, a quick google search on the wiki would have yielded the results immediately
See this link here:
http://www.google.com/search?as_q=startup+animation&hl=en&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.xda-developers.com&as_rights=&safe=images (http://www.google.com/search?as_q=startup+animation&hl=en&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.xda-developers.com&as_rights=&safe=images)
Its the first hit.....

Here is another link on directly searching the wiki....
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=%20+site:http://wiki.xda-developers.com&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all

The reason i didnt give you the answer and gave you a hint was so that you could use the wiki.. thats what its there for

[c0wb0ycliche]

So this conclusively is or is not the same as the 2.15.502.3 dated 4/09/07 leaked here already? Or is it still being researched?

[shogunmark]

So this conclusively is or is not the same as the 2.15.502.3 dated 4/09/07 leaked here already? Or is it still being researched?

if no one gives a definitive answer i will flash it later today and give the answer... I can say that the .1 rom that was accidentally released was actually faster than .3, but some of the apps werent working, like the xm stuff... hmmm makes me wonder if that specific bloatware is slowing the current release down....

[spastico]

...clip...

The reason i didnt give you the answer and gave you a hint was so that you could use the wiki.. thats what its there for

So in another words;
Stop asking for handouts and learn how to fish.

[pharoahwen]

I've found many helpful things on this site without asking. I ask one question that has been previously answered and get slammed. I think you guys just get a thrill out of telling people that they're stupid because they haven't searched and read the wiki. I've seen you guys do it to other people, and never thought I'd get flamed because I am usually pretty good about reading / searching first.

I understand that you don't want to continuously answer questions that have been answered before, but you could at least be polite; you know, "You can find that answer here: <weblink>". Short, to the point, and points the person to where you want them to go without being an asshole about it. We're all human; even you geniuses with all the answers. I'm sure you don't like getting shit on any more than I do, so why do it to others?

[rsolomon]

I understand that you don't want to continuously answer questions that have been answered before, but you could at least be polite; you know, "You can find that answer here: <weblink>".

No, apparently you don't understand because you immediately go on to equate politeness with answering the question. How is giving you the weblink NOT "continuously answering questions that have been answered before"????

You learned several useful things (wiki, specific answer, etc). Your feelings got bruised. Get over it.

Richard

[papasha]

After upgrade my ROM, I have interesting problem in IE:
When I'm opening page in Default view, it gives me scroll bars on the side and on the bottom of screen. I like One Column view and switched to it.
I still have scroll bars on the side and on the bottom... Is it a bug? I had no problems with old ROM.....

If somebody knows, how to fix it- Thanx!

[shogunmark]

I understand that you don't want to continuously answer questions that have been answered before

no actually i dont think you understand.. When people post redundant questions it becomes harder for other people to search the forum to find the answer. It also gives example to newer members that they dont need to search or read the wiki just post a question and someone will just give them the answer, this also clutters up the board. All in all, redundant questions do more harm then good...

We are done hijacking this thread, no more replies needed on the lack of searching problem... searching is a rule of the board, we can either follow the few rules xda has or go elsewhere. ;) its that simple.

[pharoahwen]

That giving a link answers a question that has already been asked. So what? If this site is truly to help people, and not just to stroke your own enorous egos, then answering a question that has been previously answered should not be a fucking tragic occurance.

I do support for a living. Answering questions that have been answered before and where plenty of documentation already exists is part of the job. So is curtesy and politeness.

"I'm not doing this for a living". I know you aren't, and with the attitude and tone generally displayed by you geniuses, you could not. But again, if this site is to help people and not just to stroke your own egos, then you should expect that sometimes you will have to answer a question that you've answered before, and that is well documented. That's a part of helping people.

I am a person, and all of the people who have been flamed for asking a previously asked question are people. We are not computers, we are not inanimate objects. Not everyone blogs every day, nor searches blogs, or the internet for that matter.

Just one more thing. Being smart is not about what you know; it is about how you share what you know. Interacting with people is different from interacting with computers/machines. 'RTFW' is not sharing; it is being an asshole. "Find the answer here:<weblink>" is sharing, without being an asshole. If being an asshole is something you take pride in, so be it. But I would contend that being an asshole is not something to be proud of.

For the site moderators who do this regularly, if you would truly like to help people, and are in any way concerned about the PEOPLE that you are helping (not just the people's response and adulation of you for your achievements here), might I simply suggest a notepad text file that contains one line boilerplates, where you can copy/paste pointers, instead of flaming the hell out of people because they didn't 'RTFW'.

That would be a curteous thing to do, and wouldn't hurt you a bit.

And for those of you who prefer to flame rather than to help, FU2.

[jbartlett777]

Next week on "As the WIKI turns"...

[spastico]

Next week on "As the WIKI turns"...

More 'Useless Crap!' ;)
You Bungholieo! :D

[jbartlett777]

Odd thing just happened. I docked my 8525 with the new ROM so I could copy the PHM Registry editor cab onto the SD card to disable the startup animation and when I browsed to the storage card in Explorer, all the subdirectories were empty.

Odd.

I browsed it on the device itself and they were still empty. I reset the device and everything's back.

[migsims]

Man seriously he was a little on the harsher side of giving info but you are definitely too easily hurt to be on a tech forum on the net. RTFW & RTFM are standard answers on these type of forums and not to be taken as rude, get some tougher skin bud.

Now back to the TOPIC:
Anyone installed this that actually likes it on their 8525?

[jbartlett777]

Anyone installed this that actually likes it on their 8525?The internet connection program seems to be a hell of a lot easier to use than the previous modem app.

From inital use - you enable Internet sharing, plug your USB cable into the phone (assuming it's also plugged into the laptop), and surf away.

The geek in you will miss the activity "LED's" though.

[pvs]

Odd thing just happened. I docked my 8525 with the new ROM so I could copy the PHM Registry editor cab onto the SD card to disable the startup animation and when I browsed to the storage card in Explorer, all the subdirectories were empty.

Odd.

I browsed it on the device itself and they were still empty. I reset the device and everything's back.

jbartlett ... You might want to check here ...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=294324&highlight=disappearing

... or do a more thorough search for "disappearing Storage Cards". This is/was a known problem with this and other WM5 Roms (usually associated with 2GB SD Cards).

Although the aforementioned thread talks about a "fix", the only fix that worked for me was WM6 ;)

Hope this helps,
-pvs

[jbartlett777]

jbartlett ... You might want to check here ...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=294324&highlight=disappearingYou're my new favorite person for the next five minutes.

[LMaxwell]

if no one gives a definitive answer i will flash it later today and give the answer... I can say that the .1 rom that was accidentally released was actually faster than .3, but some of the apps werent working, like the xm stuff... hmmm makes me wonder if that specific bloatware is slowing the current release down....

I'm pretty sure it is the same file. I dug into both as far as I could yesterday, down to extracting the NBH files, and everything looked identical. Not knowing enough to dig any deeper, I wouldn't know what else to look at.

[dechutes]

When I put my phone on silent (vibrate) after upgrading it gets an icon in the system tray. Does anyone know how to stop that from happening?

[remo74tg]

I have an Unlocked HTC Tytn that I use with Cingular, I was wondering if I could install this update on my Tytn or this update is just for 8525. If I can't install this update can someone tell me how can I update my Tytn to the latest firmware.
I appreciate any reply.
Thanks.

[pvs]

I have an Unlocked HTC Tytn that I use with Cingular, I was wondering if I could install this update on my Tytn or this update is just for 8525. If I can't install this update can someone tell me how can I update my Tytn to the latest firmware.
I appreciate any reply.
Thanks.

Yes, this will work. I used the leaked version weeks ago. Not much improvement, if any, over the stock ROM. Several new and interesting bugs to get used to as well.

I've since upgraded to WM6, and find it a definite improvement, FWIW.
-pvs

[pvs]

When I put my phone on silent (vibrate) after upgrading it gets an icon in the system tray. Does anyone know how to stop that from happening?

No. I simply accept this since I rarely put the phone on vibrate for anything more than to shut it up in a quiet environment. As soon as you take it off vibrate, the icon in the tray disappears, so it's really not a biggie for me.

-pvs

[shogunmark]

the vibrate icon is a new feature, which is something we had integrated into most of the cooked wm6 roms... this new feature will allow you to hold the comm manager button for a few seconds and it will put the phone into vibrate.. if you dont want to utilize this new feature you can go into windows\startup and delete the link for TrayIcon_mannermode, this will keep the icon from showing up, and also disable the press and hold comm manager for vibrate.

[xxbackoffxx]

can anyone help guide me through getting my 8125 set up with wm6??
i followed a few directions so far, and its led me to nothing but problems, please somebody help!!

[dechutes]

the vibrate icon is a new feature, which is something we had integrated into most of the cooked wm6 roms... this new feature will allow you to hold the comm manager button for a few seconds and it will put the phone into vibrate.. if you dont want to utilize this new feature you can go into windows\startup and delete the link for TrayIcon_mannermode, this will keep the icon from showing up, and also disable the press and hold comm manager for vibrate.

Cool, Thanks for the info shogunmark. I have been using the .1 rom for the last day or so and was thinking it was going very quickly. I haven't used .3 so I have no real reference. I know you have used both and I was wondering if you have had the same experience? Also, I did notice that when I go to phone under settings it locks my phone completely. Are you experiencing the same thing?
Thanks again for the info.

[shogunmark]

Cool, Thanks for the info shogunmark. I have been using the .1 rom for the last day or so and was thinking it was going very quickly. I haven't used .3 so I have no real reference. I know you have used both and I was wondering if you have had the same experience? Also, I did notice that when I go to phone under settings it locks my phone completely. Are you experiencing the same thing?
Thanks again for the info.

mine only froze for a few seconds.. try removing your storage card and trying it again... i think it freezes while looking for ringtones on the card.. and i am also still running .1 .. im debating on going back since its faster than .3, but some of the apps dont work (doesnt matter to me, i dont use them)

[shigeo]

wow i go to a meeting off island and am gone for 24 hours and look what i find.

anywho on to the task at hand i have been running the 502.1 hard since i flashed it and although it does seem faster then 502.3 i found tons of bugs in almost all the att installed aps (mobitv, cellular vid etc.) they either don't run at all or crash just as you get it going...

so to 502.3 i go or maybe to one of the wm6 roms... have to see how the night goes after waking up at 4am to catch a flight our and having my flight delayed for nearly an hour for the ride home and finally landing at 830p i am beat.

did find out the cingular had no plans for the near future for wm6 as we all expected, we can still all hope.
i did also find that the 1.41 works better then the 1.40 at least for us non 3g area att peps. battery life and over all signal definite improvement. oh and using opendns settings works great.

going to reflash my phone with something and test it at wrk.

[isomaniac]

Is this ROM good for softbank x01ht?

It is HTC officially released!


http://msmobiles.com/news.php/6307.html
http://www.htcamerica.net/support/8525/software-downloads.html

http://x.msmobiles.com/portal/images/cingular/upgrade-8525.jpg

http://www.htcamerica.net/images/content/8525_download_screen.gif

[N2h]

good post

i miss the option of being able to select a network band
for example on the other roms- i can go into phone > menue >option > network tab > then there will option to select BAND either GSM or CDMA

If you slect GSM then youl only get the GSM part of the network (no 3g services)

i know the first question will be WHY WOULD YOU WANT THAT OPTION?
simple answer is where my office i located I have really poor 3g recpeption on the three (uk) network, on GSM band i get full network bars on 3g its only 1 bart, i know in an ideal world the network is suppose to switch between 3g and normal gsm when the reception is low ( 1 bar) but hey in an ideal world we wouldnt be spending billions on a war effort when people are starving on the streets (but hey thats another subject for another topic)

So does anyone know of a reg hack i can use to stop it using 3g?

[todd_jg]

good post

i miss the option of being able to select a network band
for example on the other roms- i can go into phone > menue >option > network tab > then there will option to select BAND either GSM or CDMA

If you slect GSM then youl only get the GSM part of the network (no 3g services)

i know the first question will be WHY WOULD YOU WANT THAT OPTION?
simple answer is where my office i located I have really poor 3g recpeption on the three (uk) network, on GSM band i get full network bars on 3g its only 1 bart, i know in an ideal world the network is suppose to switch between 3g and normal gsm when the reception is low ( 1 bar) but hey in an ideal world we wouldnt be spending billions on a war effort when people are starving on the streets (but hey thats another subject for another topic)

So does anyone know of a reg hack i can use to stop it using 3g?

Check the wiki for this reg hack. I am pretty sure it is in there under WM5 tweaks or somewhere. A good Google search will probably turn it up too.

[compudds]

Ok, I've been trying to update my 8525 for hours...here is my problem. First I tried to HardSPL-v7 but I keep getting an "Error [240] File open". I think this is preventing me from doing any ROM update. When I try to run the Cingular ROM update activesync shuts down and I get a connection error, I think it is "error [260]". I have wiped or cleaned out my 8525 so that I am back to day one. I have tried this on 2 separate computers and I get same error messages on both computers. I have searched the "FW" so please help.

[compudds]

Ok, I've been trying to update my 8525 for hours...here is my problem. First I tried to HardSPL-v7 but I keep getting an "Error [240] File open". I think this is preventing me from doing any ROM update. When I try to run the Cingular ROM update activesync shuts down and I get a connection error, I think it is "error [260]". I have wiped or cleaned out my 8525 so that I am back to day one. I have tried this on 2 separate computers and I get same error messages on both computers. I have searched the "FW" so please help.

I should add, my present ver. ROM AKU 2.3 (1.34.502.7018.01H) SPL 1.06 IPL 1.01. Radio is 1.16.

[jbartlett777]

Ok, I've been trying to update my 8525 for hours...here is my problem. First I tried to HardSPL-v7 but I keep getting an "Error [240] File open". I think this is preventing me from doing any ROM update. When I try to run the Cingular ROM update activesync shuts down and I get a connection error, I think it is "error [260]". I have wiped or cleaned out my 8525 so that I am back to day one. I have tried this on 2 separate computers and I get same error messages on both computers. I have searched the "FW" so please help.Check on page 4 of this thread, I posted instructions on flashing from SD.

[shogunmark]

good post

i miss the option of being able to select a network band
for example on the other roms- i can go into phone > menue >option > network tab > then there will option to select BAND either GSM or CDMA

If you slect GSM then youl only get the GSM part of the network (no 3g services)

i know the first question will be WHY WOULD YOU WANT THAT OPTION?
simple answer is where my office i located I have really poor 3g recpeption on the three (uk) network, on GSM band i get full network bars on 3g its only 1 bart, i know in an ideal world the network is suppose to switch between 3g and normal gsm when the reception is low ( 1 bar) but hey in an ideal world we wouldnt be spending billions on a war effort when people are starving on the streets (but hey thats another subject for another topic)

So does anyone know of a reg hack i can use to stop it using 3g?

im at work and limited on what i can do, so i cant be much help right now.. but can tell you to do a search in the hermes boards for "BandSwitch"

[rsolomon]

im at work and limited on what i can do, so i cant be much help right now.. but can tell you to do a search in the hermes boards for "BandSwitch"

Or worse, search "TFW": http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Registry

Richard

[mthomas]

Has anyone else noticed That both the internet sharing, and regular data connections seem to be performing iregularly? I seem to be experiencing wide variations in connection speed on both proxy and non proxy connections connecting via wap.cingular. I can no longer access isp.cingular as they do not provision it on my current data plan(pdapersunl1500). The internet sharing utility is also erratic, in that it will randomly not allow me to make an initial connection. This can be overcome by repeatedly trying to load a page, or, strangely, usually by loading the cingular olam page.

I wonder if the wap.cingular apn is currently overloaded with multiple hermes users trying to access with newly upgraded phone.

[one hand high]

Has anyone else noticed That both the internet sharing, and regular data connections seem to be performing iregularly? I seem to be experiencing wide variations in connection speed on both proxy and non proxy connections connecting via wap.cingular. I can no longer access isp.cingular as they do not provision it on my current data plan(pdapersunl1500). The internet sharing utility is also erratic, in that it will randomly not allow me to make an initial connection. This can be overcome by repeatedly trying to load a page, or, strangely, usually by loading the cingular olam page.

I wonder if the wap.cingular apn is currently overloaded with multiple hermes users trying to access with newly upgraded phone.

I can say with certainty that where i am there is no slow down in any of the internet connections I use on my 8525. I consistently run between 350-450kbps/sec around here and it's still running that speed, so I wouldn't think it's their servers.

Yes, I'm such a geek I test my internet speed at least once a day :rolleyes:

[shogunmark]

Or worse, search "TFW": http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Registry

Richard

i had made a cab before to enable the band settings for cingular.. but danielherrero (i think thats how its spelled) has a nifty little app to do it all. As sometimes the phones doesnt like to be manually switched, it complains about it :D

[weinson]

i had made a cab before to enable the band settings for cingular.. but danielherrero (i think thats how its spelled) has a nifty little app to do it all. As sometimes the phones doesnt like to be manually switched, it complains about it :D


For folks who did not yet find it .. the bandswitch app is here (http://commmgrpro.com/_wsn/page3.html)

[N2h]

guys appericate the replies back just been snowed uinder with buying a new house,
im feeling emotional so i just wnt to say i love you all!!! lol ;)

[shogunmark]

guys appericate the replies back just been snowed uinder with buying a new house,
im feeling emotional so i just wnt to say i love you all!!! lol ;)

How many times do i have to tell you... NO i wont sleep with you :D at least not for that amount of money..

[Stiletto]

I have noticed with this ROM that I am constantly having to run ProxyDisable. What is reenabling the proxy so that my internet connection won't work until I run proxy disable? It seems like just connecting my Edge/3G connection is enabling the proxy. I am using mMode unlimited, so I don't have anything that uses the Cingular proxy.

I have also noticed that the Edge/3G connection is not auto-disconnecting. I had noticed poor battery life, and when I clicked the 3G connected icon on the top it said that it was online for 13 hours overnight.

[Stiletto]

Found the proxy enable fix in the registry, and checked while I was there if the GPRS/UMTS had its remain connected flag to true, but it didn't.

[shogunmark]

I have noticed with this ROM that I am constantly having to run ProxyDisable. What is reenabling the proxy so that my internet connection won't work until I run proxy disable? It seems like just connecting my Edge/3G connection is enabling the proxy. I am using mMode unlimited, so I don't have anything that uses the Cingular proxy.

I have also noticed that the Edge/3G connection is not auto-disconnecting. I had noticed poor battery life, and when I clicked the 3G connected icon on the top it said that it was online for 13 hours overnight.

something else you might want to keep in mind is that this rom has the proxy hard coded (which you already know) which could very well be interfering with your mMode settings...

[Stiletto]

I can't keep the proxy disabled, it keeps enabling whenever I connect to GPRS/3G, not just when I load IE which the registry hack fixes. That proxy just needs to go away!

[Stiletto]

Is the HTC version of this ROM (the .1 version) better suited to someone who has AT&T mMode? IE someone who can't use the Cingular Proxy.

[shogunmark]

Found the proxy enable fix in the registry, and checked while I was there if the GPRS/UMTS had its remain connected flag to true, but it didn't.

on the reg tweak.. have you tried the last thing it mentions...

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet Settings] The default setting (that uses the proxy) is:
"EnableAutoDetect"=dword:00000000 Change it to:
"EnableAutoDetect"=dword:00000001 Or simply delete it. It's more of the fact that if it's there and =0 it's used. if it's missing it's not used. But changing it to =1 will also make it disable. This way you can simply change the value back without re-adding the seting back in.
For some reason, the registry entry above will occasionally revert from =1 to =0, causing IE's proxy to be active again. Deleting the registry entry prevents this from happening.

[jbartlett777]

While working with the WM5 emulator, I've noticed that whenever I connect via ActiveSync it enables the Proxy. The device mimics this behavior.

The proxy settings aren't being reset to the pre-docked state. That could be what's enabling your proxy.

[saltydogg]

I'm have a problem with this rom...maybe someone can help. :confused: When I go to Settings | Phone it locks up. The active sync screen comes up and it becomes unresponsive to everything except a power off or soft reset. Please, someone help!

[rainydaze]

I'm have a problem with this rom...maybe someone can help. :confused: When I go to Settings | Phone it locks up. The active sync screen comes up and it becomes unresponsive to everything except a power off or soft reset. Please, someone help!

Remove the PTT Fix

[remo74tg]

I can't seem to get this update to work, every time I get the Invalid Vendor message and the update stops. I appreciate any replies.
Thanks.

[mthomas]

1. Is there a way to change the user agent with the included version of pie so that web sites will not see me as a wap browser. By my data plan, I am forced to go through wap.cingular. So, I am wondering if it is my browser, or the apn which forces sites to see me as wap device? This is only an issue with a few sites, unfortunately, this one is included. Since the rom update, my device sees this bb in a wap format, and tries to compress it into about 70-50% of the viewable area on the screen. Original rom did not do this. I accessed through wap.cingular for quite a while, and it was just like accessing through my laptop, only with a smaller screen.

2. I completely eliminated the hard proxy reg enry per the wiki a few days ago, then noticed some problems viewing a site, went to registry,and it was back again. Is it possible that there is something which reinstals it to the registry? I do not think that I activated the included enable proxy cab.

I played around with the enable proxy cab, and it will add the auto detect reg entry back in if you run it. Thus reenabling the hard proxy.
Any help appreciated.

[zeppelin1977]

Alright, changed all the settings, turned off the proxy....isp.cingular is dead or i cant get it to work. The ONLY way it will work is if I make it wap.cingular like cingular or a&t has instructions on their 8525 internet settings page. Why wap? isp worked fine using the old ROM why does it not work on the new ROM? Got tired of reading and called them and data tech said to make everything isp.cingular and after I told him about new ROM he said it doesnt matter, it will work and if not send phone in for replacement. Cmon dude, it aint my phone......unless I am not doing these things in a specific order.....isp.cingular is dead for me on .3



Anyone got a Cingular logo removal tool and an At&t logo stamper...lol...jk

[shogunmark]

Alright, changed all the settings, turned off the proxy....isp.cingular is dead or i cant get it to work. The ONLY way it will work is if I make it wap.cingular like cingular or a&t has instructions on their 8525 internet settings page. Why wap? isp worked fine using the old ROM why does it not work on the new ROM? Got tired of reading and called them and data tech said to make everything isp.cingular and after I told him about new ROM he said it doesnt matter, it will work and if not send phone in for replacement. Cmon dude, it aint my phone......unless I am not doing these things in a specific order.....isp.cingular is dead for me on .3



Anyone got a Cingular logo removal tool and an At&t logo stamper...lol...jk

im trying to recall this out of memory so i hope that someone can either confirm or deny this... but i read on here, maybe it was this thread or another thread as i cant find it at the moment.. but somewhere on here someone reported that in april cingular had made a provisioning change and isp.cingular wont work if you have the media net plans.. however if you want it to work you have to call cingular and have them provision isp.cingular on your account! .......... man i wish i could find this thread..

[mthomas]

The following is based on several extensive conversations with csr's and my experieces in the past week:

data connect plans are provisioned for isp.cingular and wap.cingular. These include all the plans for laptop cards, and pda unlimited plan. They may also include some of the limited pda plans, but I did not investigate. Bottom line is that you gotta pay to play with isp.

Media max plans are not provisioned for isp.cingular, only for wap.cingular. The new plan called pda max, or pda personal unlimited, is essentialy a media max 1500 message plan and as such does not include isp.cingular.

Provisioned means that your plan has a 'switch' for that apn turned on. If your plan is refreshed by a CSR or automaticly, it will set to whatever defaults have been programmed into it. You may be able to talk a CSR into turning isp on, I was able to twice. However, you may also end up getting charged for all data that passes through unauthorized apn.

I think that resetting the rom and registering on the network resets your data plan to whatever it is 'supposed' to be. I think this is why so many have suddenly lost the isp apn. I think that during periodic system maintenance a reset also occurs. Both of the above have happened to me as far as I can tell. Although you can talk a csr into changing your settings, I think this could get them into trouble, and a hefty bill for you.

My theory is that cing/att is trying to regulate bandwidth usage. I think they want to force most low volume users to wap.cingular, where wap formatted pages will be displayed and less bandwidth is required. This will free up bandwidth in isp.cingular. The new pda max plan is essentialy what many have been using already, but for a higher fee. (this last paragraph is a bit editorial in nature)

[mthomas]

I think the old pie was faster to display pages and it did not include the hard proxy. Is there a way to extract it from the old cing rom and put it into the new rom? How would you do this? Direction would be appreciated.

[Firehawkns]

Anybody test this ROM enough to see if it is worth it over the leaked one?

[wwwes]

Has anyone gotten Blackberry connect to work with this rom? I had to roll back to 1.34 to get it to work again. Anyone know why they took it out of the rom? The 2.06 leaked rom had a link to blackberry connect, but this one does not. I was really looking forward to getting this as an "officially supported" feature.
Thanks,
Wes

[tony1512@gmail.com]

I am a Cingular/AT&T customer and have the Orange SPV M3100 version of the 8525. Is there a way to get this ROM to install on my phone? When I try it bombs out at 1% indicating incorrect carrier. Any advice would be appreciated.

did you take out your orange sim card?

[Stiletto]

on the reg tweak.. have you tried the last thing it mentions...

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet Settings] The default setting (that uses the proxy) is:
"EnableAutoDetect"=dword:00000000 Change it to:
"EnableAutoDetect"=dword:00000001 Or simply delete it. It's more of the fact that if it's there and =0 it's used. if it's missing it's not used. But changing it to =1 will also make it disable. This way you can simply change the value back without re-adding the seting back in.
For some reason, the registry entry above will occasionally revert from =1 to =0, causing IE's proxy to be active again. Deleting the registry entry prevents this from happening.

I had deleted it, but it seems it was back. Or maybe I didn't delete it as well as I thought I had. I will keep tracking it to see if it manages to come back. It hasn't since I went in and deleted it again.

Now my only problem is the dang thing isn't automatically disconnected its data connection. I have Xpress mail set to check every two hours, and once it connects to check the mail it stays online until I manually disconnect it. Anyone else seeing this behavior?

[spastico]

After you deleted it, did you use a soft reset app to soft reset?

[DrEvil]

Ok, quick question. Is anybody using the new release with T-Mobile..?

[saltydogg]

Anyone having really bad battery life running this rom? I'm usually never below 80% at the end of the day but today I was at 50% by mid afternoon. I was running the 41 radio before flashing this rom which has the 40 radio.

[saltydogg]

Remove the PTT Fix

Any work around for this?

[shigeo]

no i dont think there is a work round ive been looking at the request of one of my team members and havnt found it. i think this is due to the PTT being hard coded to the OS so the PTT fix conflicts with the hard coded PTT program.
if i am wrong i am sorry i am just guessing as i dont know how the programing side of the fix works.

PTT is probably the main reason if not the only reason to use this rom, my opinion of course =).

i have ptt provisioning on my account but dont like using it all that much i have been switching between WM6 and this one to see if there are any worth while advantages to this rom. i do how ever suggest upgrading to the 1.41 radio we have found it to be better in testing thus far.

[zeppelin1977]

im trying to recall this out of memory so i hope that someone can either confirm or deny this... but i read on here, maybe it was this thread or another thread as i cant find it at the moment.. but somewhere on here someone reported that in april cingular had made a provisioning change and isp.cingular wont work if you have the media net plans.. however if you want it to work you have to call cingular and have them provision isp.cingular on your account! .......... man i wish i could find this thread..

Called cingular/at&t yesterday and said ok what's up with the isp? Female data tech says you must go through wap. I asked why and she says because all pda connect unlimited plans go through wap and laptop tethering goes through isp.cingular. So after she said that I told her to put me on the medianet max plan cause I dont tether and of course she says no sir, we cant do that you have a pda.....I knew she was gonna say this so I was ready for her. Simply stated to her that if I am going through wap and using the medianet profile that she insisted I stayed on for the cv and mms then why have pda unlimited and not the medianet max? They are like a robot, programmed to say the same thing over and over....(in a mono tone voice) sir, you have a pda. Lmao....I really dont care either way but they really need to work with the public that has high end devices and provision their data plans better.

[Firehawkns]

Flashed the ROM last night. Everything is working great it seems, but I though I had read some where getting CV to work, but all I get is your account can't do this choose an account blah blah. Did I miss a step in my 60 pages of reading between this ROM and the leaked one's threads?

PTT fix is working fine for me as well. Pocket Plus and Weather work fine (although I need to find another weather app as SPB's seems to be wrong more then local stations). Loaded the Sirius app but haven't tried it. I really just want CV to work and might see if I can knock my service from the PDA unlimited to Media max since I don't teather anyway. I just want unlimited internet and to be able to get my emails.

[spastico]

Called cingular/at&t yesterday and said ok what's up with the isp? Female data tech says you must go through wap. I asked why and she says because all pda connect unlimited plans go through wap and laptop tethering goes through isp.cingular. So after she said that I told her to put me on the medianet max plan cause I dont tether and of course she says no sir, we cant do that you have a pda.....I knew she was gonna say this so I was ready for her. Simply stated to her that if I am going through wap and using the medianet profile that she insisted I stayed on for the cv and mms then why have pda unlimited and not the medianet max? They are like a robot, programmed to say the same thing over and over....(in a mono tone voice) sir, you have a pda. Lmao....I really dont care either way but they really need to work with the public that has high end devices and provision their data plans better.

I know all this belongs in a whole different thread, but this topic always gets my goat.

I spent hours, well maybe not hours, but either way I argued with three different data techs, they even transferred me to someone higher up.
I agued that I have friends w/ LG's Streaming Video, (GB's of data usage) and they are on a $20 plan. I'm checking my email and browsing xda-developers and I'm paying $40. The guy said what I said makes complete sense, but this is how the data plans are set
up and because I have a PDA I have to have pdaconnect.
Oh yea, I also told them that I don't VPN or VNC. :mad: :anger: :rant: :frustration: :rolleyes:
Like I said; 'Not this Thread.'

[k2snowboards88]

this proxy is really irritating. When i use the remove proxy cab, do i have to reinnitiate the data connection or restart PIE or does it work right away?

[cib911]

I'm new here so bear with me. First off thank you for all the great info, tips, and tricks.

Now to the point, I was running a stock 8525 on Cingular/at&t. I like everyone else upgraded(if you want to call it that) to the new rom 5 days ago. The process went very smooth(Thanks again to all the great info here on flashing ROMs) but I have noticed that the tasks from my outlook load and list on the 8525 but they are not in order and are not repopulating(re-occuring) as they did on the old ROM.

Now just like everyone else thats new here I read the Wiki, read the cingular forums and the HTC USA forums. Only acouple of other people on the cingular forum reported the same prob. What I would like to know if anyone else here has noticed or heard of this problem, and what the fix is.

[Stiletto]

I bet you are having the same problem that I am having. Whenever my phone connects its data connection, it is not disconnecting after sitting idle. So if you have your phone checking your email it will connect, and stay connected. Check your connection icon at the top middle of your home screen. If you single click on it, it will show you how long it has been connected, as well as give you the option of disconnecting. I haven't got any answers on how to fix this though. I am surprised more people aren't seeing this also.

Anyone having really bad battery life running this rom? I'm usually never below 80% at the end of the day but today I was at 50% by mid afternoon. I was running the 41 radio before flashing this rom which has the 40 radio.

[ppennza]

I know all this belongs in a whole different thread, but this topic always gets my goat.

I spent hours, well maybe not hours, but either way I argued with three different data techs, they even transferred me to someone higher up.
I agued that I have friends w/ LG's Streaming Video, (GB's of data usage) and they are on a $20 plan. I'm checking my email and browsing xda-developers and I'm paying $40. The guy said what I said makes complete sense, but this is how the data plans are set
up and because I have a PDA I have to have pdaconnect.
Oh yea, I also told them that I don't VPN or VNC. :mad: :anger: :rant: :frustration: :rolleyes:
Like I said; 'Not this Thread.'
I switched over to the media max plan for $20 from their insane PDA connect plan a few months back online and havent had any problems. i use alot of data between email, browsing, slingplayer and tethering.

[PostDeals]

Is this Windows Mobile 6 or 5?


Also for those that want the cingular WAP settings:

CINGULAR SETTINGS

1) Start, Settings, Connections, GPRS, - CHAP Authentication
2) Start, Settings, Connections, Manage existing connections
Name: MY ISP GPRS, Edit
Name: MY ISP GPRS
Modem: Cellular Line (GPRS, 3G)
Access point name: wap.cingular
Username: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM
Password: CINGULAR1
Advanced tab: use server-assigned ip address, and check use IP header compression (TCP/IP).
Servers: use server-assigned addresses.

[spastico]

Is this Windows Mobile 6 or 5?


Also for those that want the cingular WAP settings:

CINGULAR SETTINGS

1) Start, Settings, Connections, GPRS, - CHAP Authentication
2) Start, Settings, Connections, Manage existing connections
Name: MY ISP GPRS, Edit
Name: MY ISP GPRS
Modem: Cellular Line (GPRS, 3G)
Access point name: wap.cingular
Username: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM
Password: CINGULAR1
Advanced tab: use server-assigned ip address, and check use IP header compression (TCP/IP).
Servers: use server-assigned addresses.


Is this HOFO or Xda-developers? :p

The new cing Rom is WM5

[djaladin]

I switched over to the media max plan for $20 from their insane PDA connect plan a few months back online and havent had any problems. i use alot of data between email, browsing, slingplayer and tethering.


I can agree that it seems very unfair that "phone" or even "smartphone" owners only have to pay $20 a month while those with a "PDA" have to pay $40. But I can also tell you the rationale behind it, and it's true. Those of us with PDAs are likely to use more than twice as much data usage as those with standard phones. That's why we opted for phones with a full keyboard so we can type our emails and with Internet Explorer built right in.

That being said, it is true that you can probably switch your plan online to any of the Media Max plans without anyone in Cingular being any the wiser. But remember that you then will only be able to connect through wap.cingular and not through isp.cingular. So if you don't need to use isp.cingular, then that's certainly a possible way to get unlimited data for less money. I will say that I've known people that have suddenly lost their ability to tether, even on the PDA Connect plans, without any warning. I don't know how Cingular catches on (maybe it's related to what method you connect, i.e. dial-up network/Cingular connection manager/the newer and better internet connection sharing/etc...), but I think they can if you tether a lot. If you only do it a couple times a month for short periods, I think you're good.

Lastly, everyone should know that Cingular also just rolled out new PDA Unlimited Connect plans that include 1500 text/pic/vid/im messages for the same $39.99 that you're paying now. So basically, you're getting 1500 messages for free, but you need to stop into a retail store or call customer care to make the change. Same price, more features. That's a no brainer.

[rsolomon]

I can also tell you the rationale behind it, and it's true. Those of us with PDAs are likely to use more than twice as much data usage as those with standard phones.

You must work in marketing ;) Last I checked "Unlimited" was the same as "Unlimited" - this would be like charging $6 for the "All you can eat buffet" for women and $12 for the "All you can eat buffet" for men. Same idea right, men are "likely to eat more than twice as much" as women - no proof, no accounting for individuals or history, nothing. Try that at the local Chew-N-Choke and let us know how it works out for ya.

Richard

[jbartlett777]

Anybody else notice a glitch with Messaging (ie: txt messages) that when you open up the message, the window is pre-scrolled a page down so you have to scroll up to read your message?

A co-worker who hasn't upgraded yet says that while the Internet Sharing is damned easy to get working, he gets 1.5 mbs over his dialup and hasn't seen even half that on the new ROM testing with an upgrated 8525.

I'm having serious thoughts of downgrading back to the stock ROM. This version is too buggy for my tastes.

[krknl]

I don't know how Cingular catches on (maybe it's related to what method you connect, i.e. dial-up network/Cingular connection manager/the newer and better internet connection sharing/etc...), but I think they can if you tether a lot. If you only do it a couple times a month for short periods, I think you're good.

If at all this is true( i.e. tethering a lot and being disabled by cingular ), What the HECK is the meaning of UNLIMITED data plan? I know cingular will invoke a rule explaining conditions when UNLIMITED data plan holds true -- i.e. a cloud should be up in the sky, with a particular shape in a random latitude & longitude and only then UNLIMITED data plan applies to subscribed customers.

[shogunmark]

Anybody else notice a glitch with Messaging (ie: txt messages) that when you open up the message, the window is pre-scrolled a page down so you have to scroll up to read your message?

This is a WM problem.. i had this on all hermes roms and had this same problem on my wizard with all roms, but havent had the problem with text since i started using the palm threaded messaging app, only happens on email now.

A co-worker who hasn't upgraded yet says that while the Internet Sharing is damned easy to get working, he gets 1.5 mbs over his dialup and hasn't seen even half that on the new ROM testing with an upgrated 8525.

I'm having serious thoughts of downgrading back to the stock ROM. This version is too buggy for my tastes.

i get the same speeds over the DUN connection as i do with internet sharing.. but have never seen over 1meg with cingular.. if your coworker really thinks they are pulling 1.5 i would have them run a speed test to verify.

[jbartlett777]

if your coworker really thinks they are pulling 1.5 i would have them run a speed test to verify. That's how he knew he was pulling 1.5.

I'll have to run more benchmarks and see.

[jdoshier]

Quote:
Originally Posted by shogunmark
on the reg tweak.. have you tried the last thing it mentions...

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet Settings] The default setting (that uses the proxy) is:
"EnableAutoDetect"=dword:00000000 Change it to:
"EnableAutoDetect"=dword:00000001 Or simply delete it. It's more of the fact that if it's there and =0 it's used. if it's missing it's not used. But changing it to =1 will also make it disable. This way you can simply change the value back without re-adding the seting back in.
For some reason, the registry entry above will occasionally revert from =1 to =0, causing IE's proxy to be active again. Deleting the registry entry prevents this from happening.
I had deleted it, but it seems it was back. Or maybe I didn't delete it as well as I thought I had. I will keep tracking it to see if it manages to come back. It hasn't since I went in and deleted it again.

Now my only problem is the dang thing isn't automatically disconnected its data connection. I have Xpress mail set to check every two hours, and once it connects to check the mail it stays online until I manually disconnect it. Anyone else seeing this behavior?

The EnableAutoDetect registry entry continuing to return may be related to the default Media Net connection. I created a new connection called "Media Net - No Proxy" and deleted EnableAutoDetect. It has not reappeared yet.

Edit:
Nevermind - EnableAutoDetect reappears after enabling WLAN. I also noticed that WLAN-On disables the proxy, and WLAN-Off enables the proxy. PIE doesn't want to load web pages after turning WLAN-Off and reconnecting via cellular 3G (Activesync connects fine). Connection manager seems more buggy than the old ROM.

[Stiletto]

I am surprised that only one other person here seems to be seeing the Data connection staying online indefinitely unless manually disconnected. It is quite annoying, and seems like it is burried in this ROMs settings somewhere.

[Firehawkns]

I loaded this ROM in hopes of better signal strength, but my bars are now showing less service then before the upgrade (from 1.34 radio to 1.40 radio). I also notice that I can have two bars of 3G service and in the middle of being online (sitting still in one place) it will drop over to E and then using it for the net becomes useless. I find mainly that I get less 3G coverage then I had before.

I do find it strange that it will show no bars sometimes, but I will still get phone calls fine, but won't get any connection on the net, even if it says 3G.


The leaked rom had rave reviews for signal quality with the same Radio, did something change going from the leaked version to this one? If so, I will probably go back to the leaked one (never loaded it), or the stock one.




Yesterday I dropped my PDA plan and went down to Media Max 200. I now get cingular video and the same speed connecting (if the above problems don't come into play) where before I couldn't get CV to work. I don't tether my phone to anything, so I don't see any reason for me to need ISP.cingular when I would rather watch videos and use my phone for entertainment. I did notice some extra Media Max and PDA plans on cingulars site under rate plans when I was changing. Looks like you need to go in and change to a new PDA plan to get CV and keep tethering abilities. It is listed at the same price as the old PDA plan.

[dechutes]

Hey,
I have noticed that now whenever I hit the end key the phone makes a dinging noise that is very loud and annoying. I checked the wiki and such but no dice. Does anyone know how to disable this?

[rsolomon]

Hey,
I have noticed that now whenever I hit the end key the phone makes a dinging noise that is very loud and annoying. I checked the wiki and such but no dice. Does anyone know how to disable this?

HKCU\ControlPanel\Sounds\CallDrop

I just updated the Wiki - thought I'd done it back in the original ROM day, oops.

HTH,
Richard

[vp3G]

HKCU\ControlPanel\Sounds\CallDrop
I believe the 'ding' when pressing the end key is actually HKCU\ControlPanel\Sounds\Ending, although CallDrop is another one that's rather annoying. :D

[rsolomon]

I believe the 'ding' when pressing the end key is actually HKCU\ControlPanel\Sounds\Ending, although CallDrop is another one that's rather annoying. :D

You may be right but with this ROM I had the annoying tones on END until I shut down the CallDrop, so .... YMMV.

Richard

[jdoshier]

I found the registry key responsible for making EnableAutoDetect reappear when changing WLAN-On/WLAN-Off.

Change:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\OEM\Operator\On_Detection_with_WLan

From 1 to 0

Connection manager is still buggy after changing from WLAN to 3G. Third party apps like Google Maps and Netfront appear to have problems reconnecting. I think the 1.34 ROM was much better with changing between 3G and WLAN.

[dechutes]

I believe the 'ding' when pressing the end key is actually HKCU\ControlPanel\Sounds\Ending, although CallDrop is another one that's rather annoying. :D

Thanks for the info! :)

[Zacster01]

So is anyone using PTT with this new rom. It seems to be working when I PTT one of my contacts but when they try to PTT me it comes in as a phone call with an added 33 at the end. In order to hear it I have to answer it like a phone call and I cannot respond. I searched to find this answer but I could not find anything. Has anyone else had this issue? I know that Cingular/ATT uses 33 to initiate the call, or at least I think that I have heard this. But my phone is not recognizing it correctly. Also when I initiate the PTT we can talk back and forth just fine. If anyone has any ideas that would be helpful. Thanks.

[shogunmark]

So is anyone using PTT with this new rom. It seems to be working when I PTT one of my contacts but when they try to PTT me it comes in as a phone call with an added 33 at the end. In order to hear it I have to answer it like a phone call and I cannot respond. I searched to find this answer but I could not find anything. Has anyone else had this issue? I know that Cingular/ATT uses 33 to initiate the call, or at least I think that I have heard this. But my phone is not recognizing it correctly. Also when I initiate the PTT we can talk back and forth just fine. If anyone has any ideas that would be helpful. Thanks.

from my months of trialing the PTT i have found there could be several causes of this.. any dialer changes, 3rd party software etc.. when i ran the rom stock with nothing on it then i could never duplicate this problem.... but if you have installed a dialer i would start there first..

[Zacster01]

from my months of trialing the PTT i have found there could be several causes of this.. any dialer changes, 3rd party software etc.. when i ran the rom stock with nothing on it then i could never duplicate this problem.... but if you have installed a dialer i would start there first..

I have installed the E-Ten_Dialer. I will remove this program and see if it works. Thanks shogunmark for the suggestion.

[v3patel]

Does any one have problem with Wi-Fi. My wi-fi is dead after two days.
I cooneted to wi-fi started skype and in the middle of skype it drop connection and then it does not wi-fi at all. May be issue in skype but not sure.

[jbartlett777]

Does any one have problem with Wi-Fi. My wi-fi is dead after two days.
I cooneted to wi-fi started skype and in the middle of skype it drop connection and then it does not wi-fi at all. May be issue in skype but not sure.

Are you able to surf?

[v3patel]

Are you able to surf?
no I do not have data plan and I am only using wi-fi. wi-fi keep searching for signal. I have also tried removeing setting for already connected wi-fi network then it find new network but does not get it connected.

[jbartlett777]

no I do not have data plan and I am only using wi-fi. wi-fi keep searching for signal. I have also tried removeing setting for already connected wi-fi network then it find new network but does not get it connected.

Sorry, I meant if you were able to surf over wi-fi. You stated that you weren't sure if it was Skype causing the grief or not.

[v3patel]

Sorry, I meant if you were able to surf over wi-fi. You stated that you weren't sure if it was Skype causing the grief or not.

I am sure that i was able surf the internet over wi-fi (before and after) upgrading to ROM but after trying for first time with skype it started hanging. and remain the same even after uninsatlling skype.

[mthomas]

Does this work for anyone?

I can get to xstream site, and log in, but pie does not open media player. Even if media player is open, content does not load. It is as if pie doesn't recognize the content, and so does not send to appropriate application.

Any help appreciated.

[ZzFDKzZ]

For those using the new AT&T Rom can you please upload the AT&T theme?

Thanks!

[shogunmark]

For those using the new AT&T Rom can you please upload the AT&T theme?

Thanks!

here you go!

[ZzFDKzZ]

Thanks Shogun!

[Orb]

Has anyone had any issues using an old AT&T Blue sim with this official ROM release?

Thanks.

[etijburg]

Has anyone had any issues using an old AT&T Blue sim with this official ROM release?

Thanks.

You need to get the new Cingular 3G SIM for the full features on the Hermes on the Cingular AT&T 3G network.

[CUSTEL]

Anyone interested in a cooked version with cingy apps removed and performance tweaks?

[jpeterson99]

Anyone interested in a cooked version with cingy apps removed and performance tweaks?

Yes please CUSTEL! I actually have been wanting to try out this official rom for 8525 but because I'm not with Cingular, I hesitate to try. Cingy removal and performance tweaks would be a perfect combo for me personally. Thank you in advance!

[CUSTEL]

Yes please CUSTEL! I actually have been wanting to try out this official rom for 8525 but because I'm not with Cingular, I hesitate to try. Cingy removal and performance tweaks would be a perfect combo for me personally. Thank you in advance!
Should have it done tomorrow, all i have left is the registry but dont have time tonight.

[shogunmark]

Anyone interested in a cooked version with cingy apps removed and performance tweaks?

d@mn you and my lack of time... you beat me to it :D one of these days when i had some free time i was going to strip down this rom and have a vanilla PTT rom.. but time has been something lacking in my life at the moment... Thanks for doing this, i look forward to it!

[CUSTEL]

d@mn you and my lack of time... you beat me to it :D one of these days when i had some free time i was going to strip down this rom and have a vanilla PTT rom.. but time has been something lacking in my life at the moment... Thanks for doing this, i look forward to it!

I have a couple tricks up my sleeve as well hehe, we may have a ptt wm6 soon as well ;)

[shogunmark]

I have a couple tricks up my sleeve as well hehe, we may have a ptt wm6 soon as well ;)

and you left me out of the loop :(

[CUSTEL]

and you left me out of the loop :(

I just heard back a few hours ago lol

A couple new toys will be in my cooked version, they dont take up much space so i dont want to hear any bitching lol

http://i6.tinypic.com/4ozr8kx.jpghttp://i6.tinypic.com/4xqprlw.jpghttp://i9.tinypic.com/678sq50.jpg

[CUSTEL]

another sneak peek

http://i4.tinypic.com/4zsqumw.jpghttp://i4.tinypic.com/6c7c46t.jpg

[shogunmark]

ooooooh i like custel.... i might start using mine to play music now...

[bkeenan]

I am surprised that only one other person here seems to be seeing the Data connection staying online indefinitely unless manually disconnected. It is quite annoying, and seems like it is burried in this ROMs settings somewhere.

I'm having the problem, also. I've been reading the threads, but I haven't seen solution, yet. If I've missed it, please let me know.

[CUSTEL]

Wanted to post an update, rom will be released on wednesday just waiting to finish a g14 classified project to be included with it :)

[Orb]

You need to get the new Cingular 3G SIM for the full features on the Hermes on the Cingular AT&T 3G network.

I've been using my Blue SIM with the older ROM and I have been able to do everything I need...Tethering, browsing, Mail. I have the old Unlimited PDA option. I understand that CV may not work, but I am curious if I will have any other problems. For instance the new way of tethering (Internet Sharing) will that cause me problems? It sounds like I can remove the proxy settings so I should not have problems getting Internet access.

Thanks.

[DrJeckyl]

Wanted to post an update, rom will be released on wednesday just waiting to finish a g14 classified project to be included with it :)

You cook a sick ROM Custel!

Thanks for keeping us all apprised of what's to come.

[Zacster01]

I have noticed after this upgrade that if I don't use PIE for a while it hangs on locating... for about a minute before it opens the page. I also noticed this when I switch from isp to Media net it will hang there for a long period of time. I turn off hard coded proxy into IE to get the real isp to work. Is there settings that I am missing? I searched the wiki and couldn't find anything.

[CUSTEL]

mmk pc died last night got it back up now so rom will be up later today :)

[santiargy]

Before I updated with the ATT Rom, if I turned the wheel up on phone mode (keypad on screen), it would show call history. Now that feature has disappeared.:mad:

Any idea about how to bring it back?:confused:

Cingular 8525 (using it with CTI in Argentina!!)
ROM: 2.15.502.3 / 04/09/07
Radio: 1.40.30.00

[silentpoet]

after updating to the new rom from the htc website for my 8525, i am unable to sync up with my computer. i am using vista 32 and each time i connect my device the computer can not find the driver for it, even when it searches online. If i use one on the computer it recognize it but with an error. any ideas. thinking it's my phone since the 8125 syncs up with no problem. thanks in advance.

[todd_jg]

after updating to the new rom from the htc website for my 8525, i am unable to sync up with my computer. i am using vista 32 and each time i connect my device the computer can not find the driver for it, even when it searches online. If i use one on the computer it recognize it but with an error. any ideas. thinking it's my phone since the 8125 syncs up with no problem. thanks in advance.

Check the setting for your USB connection. Try different options for "Enable Advanced Networking Option" or whatever it is called.

[weinson]

another sneak peek

http://i4.tinypic.com/4zsqumw.jpghttp://i4.tinypic.com/6c7c46t.jpg

Is this equalizer baked into CUSTEL 2.5?

[silentpoet]

Check the setting for your USB connection. Try different options for "Enable Advanced Networking Option" or whatever it is called.

tried that but no joy

[sorigo]

Here an official sms I received from Cingular/ATT a few minutes ago:

Free Cingular msg: New 8525 SW upgrade for download - adds Push to Talk, music, & video. From PC go to www.america.htc.com/products/8525/default.html for info.

When I go there it advertises 8525 with wm 5.0 so I don't know what SW upgrade they're talkng abut, althogh they say to go there from PC. i'll try that when I get home.

[Ishtumba]

After applying the new AT&T ROM, the special character key mappings seem to be screwed up on the slide-out keypad.

Has anybody else had this issue? I've flashed the ROM with some other roms and it seems to still be occurring.

I'm still a noob when it comes to this stuff, so any quick advice would be helpful.

Thanks!

[todd_jg]

After applying the new AT&T ROM, the special character key mappings seem to be screwed up on the slide-out keypad.

Has anybody else had this issue? I've flashed the ROM with some other roms and it seems to still be occurring.

I'm still a noob when it comes to this stuff, so any quick advice would be helpful.

Thanks!

If you got the phone from Cingular, then there is a file in the ExtROM that is a cab file ans has "shortstring" in the name. Run that and it will remap your keyboard properly. Otherwise, google search the forum (using the link in my sig) for "keyboard map fix" or something like that.

[Ishtumba]

If you got the phone from Cingular, then there is a file in the ExtROM that is a cab file ans has "shortstring" in the name. Run that and it will remap your keyboard properly. Otherwise, google search the forum (using the link in my sig) for "keyboard map fix" or something like that.

You da man.. thanks for helping out a n00b.. I'll search from now on. :)

Marc

[shogunmark]

Here an official sms I received from Cingular/ATT a few minutes ago:

Free Cingular msg: New 8525 SW upgrade for download - adds Push to Talk, music, & video. From PC go to www.america.htc.com/products/8525/default.html (http://www.america.htc.com/products/8525/default.html) for info.

When I go there it advertises 8525 with wm 5.0 so I don't know what SW upgrade they're talkng abut, althogh they say to go there from PC. i'll try that when I get home.

thats because the new release is a wm5 rom...

[Houndog]

Hey Y'all,

I just installed the new cingular ROM yesterday for PTT functionality. And I have read the WIKI and this entire thread for all the great hacks, but I have one problem that persists. In my previous ROM I had followed the WIKI to setup Voice Command 1.5 and it worked great. Now I try to install on my new ROM and it tells me that it can't run because it gets errors. Anyone else having this issue or know of a resolution? Thanks.

[mtrydoc]

I am getting the same error. Voice command is something that I really use alot. Hope there is some kind of fix for it soon.

QUOTE=Houndog;1275567]Hey Y'all,

I just installed the new cingular ROM yesterday for PTT functionality. And I have read the WIKI and this entire thread for all the great hacks, but I have one problem that persists. In my previous ROM I had followed the WIKI to setup Voice Command 1.5 and it worked great. Now I try to install on my new ROM and it tells me that it can't run because it gets errors. Anyone else having this issue or know of a resolution? Thanks.[/QUOTE]

[joeglo]

I just installed the new AT&T ROM and it solved my BMW car bluetooh problems!

With the original ROM (9/21/06) I would not be able to connect to my 2005 BMW 545i's built-in bluetooth if my phone was in standby mode. I would also lose connection if I put my phone on standby manually after it was connected. It was frustrating to constantly turn off and on the bluetooth connection on the phone to get it to connect and stay connected to my car.

Now, so long bluetooth is enabled on my phone, my 8525 will automatically connect without further interaction (just like my Moto Razr used to do).

This bluetooth fix is reason enough to upgrade. I wish I knew sooner that this problem was fixed. I would have upgraded sooner.

[sorigo]

it is wm 5

[sorigo]

One would think that HTC would be screaming this from the tops of rooftops, but I see no such declaration...

Is this new ROM Windows Mobile 6 or is it Windows Mobile 5? I suspect 5, but I can hope.

I'm running Black 2.5 and couldn't be happier. See no sign of the strange bluetooth problems others have been reporting. Stereo Bluetooth is not perfect, but it isn't bad (the brain is a very wonderful thing at getting used to substandard sound, like when I used to listen to cassettes for a while and then listen to CD's ... I thought the cassettes sounded fine until I spun up that disk).

It would be nice to get on the straight and narrow again, just in case there is a real Cingular problem that they need to troubleshoot.

I would be a pain to downgrade the phone just to take it to them, then have to upgrade again later.

it is wm 5

[bduerr]

I upgraded to the new ROM and SpbPocket plus seems to lock thedevice up at times, especially if it is being charged and an incoming message or call come in. It looses the call in history and there isno record of the text message when you reboot.
It looks like it is simply very, very slow because some of the keys or actove areas worl a little; llike a menu will pop up but thne nothing.

as a small not the AT&R ringer seems about 5 times the old cingular ring tone. will make a nice trash can item for more mem.

[sorigo]

it is wm 5

Although it is wm 5 it did fix bt connectivity prblems ppl were having with cooked wm 6. HTC's webste also promises free upgrade to wm 6 in the FALL for att customers and I think this will b the optimal solution after great cooks remove all the extra software from it.

[Mannyg9]

Hey I'm a noob to all this stuff. I have an AT&T 8525. I downloaded and installed the new ROM from the HTC website. Before I did all that a friend of mine installed some cool programs on my phone that worked great. But when I took them off and reapplied after the install of the new ROM they don't work as well. The programs are as follow: jimm98y_vista dialer.cab, livesearch.cab, palm_threaded_SMS.cab, weatherpanel-trial.CAB
Is there anything I can do? The Palm Threaded SMS program is tight and was awesome before the new ROM was installed but since then it kept screwing up in such that it would re-send messages that had already been sent. Any help would be greatly appreciated

[msgadget]

I just got one of the premier 8525's and it came with the new AT&T ROM. It works with Voice Command the same way that my Cingular 8525 did. You can push the button on the headset, but the sounds come through the phone until the call is connected.

On the Cingular 8525, I installed the .09f xda fix, that worked great. Will that fix work on the AT&T 8525 ROM?

Question Two: I'm not very "techie", but I read the Wiki and the above posts about the animated volume fix. It's hard to believe a company would do that to a phone on purpose! I haven't done a fix to a registry like that before.

I see the first line, and then it shows to put 1 or 0, something like that, but it doesn't say exactly where. Is it real obvious when I have the registry open? I'll go back & read it again, plus I'll have everything right in front of me when I try apply the hack, but I'm trying to be as clear as possible before I start.

Thanks for your help. This forum is wonderful. I've been reading for a couple of hours. I read for days before I got brave enough to try the Voice Command fix the on my other phone. My husband is going to use that one now. I haven't upgraded the ROM on it, mainly because I'm afraid to!

MsGadget

[yothibodeaux]

I'm using the new ROM 2.15. Works fine except the addition of Internet Sharing vs. Wireless Modem. Internet Sharing is bandwidth throttling, which cuts the previous speed from 800kbs to 300kbs. Does anyone know how to fix this problem or at the very least is there a CAB I could use to install wireless modem?

[JBaxendale]

For what it is worth:

First, I have read this entire thread.

I had a Cingular 8525. Worked great except tapping stopped functioning (ie, I couln't tap even after hard and soft re-boots). I returned it and got a new ATT 8525 (as I was still in the 30 day period).

New ATT8525 same as Cingular but rebranded as ATT. Also loaded already with new ATT ROM (2.15.502.3 and radio 1.40.30.00). Previous 8525 loaded with 1.34.502.1 and 1.16.00.00.

I have several of the problems reported in this thread that I did not have before, most notably -- internet access is hugely slooooooow.

New ATT 8525 came with WAP.Cingular as default (as did my Cingular 8525). For no reason I can discern internet access is so slugish compared to just yesterday (with Cingular 8525). So, I am comparing these two phones. One fast, the other slow. The only difference, I believe, is the new ROM. Also, when I was able to connect to Mobi TV once -- seemed to work fine -- now it doesn't connect to Mobi TV.

I haven't seen a definitive answer as to remedy for this unacceptably slow internet performance. Will going back to an earlier ROM help here? Thoughts anyone?

________


UPDATE -- PROBLEM RESOLVED:
A soft reboot solved this for me. I was alarmed that my new 8525 was underperforming my previous one and I did not take the obvious first step in analyzing the problem: a reboot. I did not need to do a hard reboot. JB

[angelis]

Why didn't they include the .netCFv2 in this?

[reitjam]

I just got one of the premier 8525's and it came with the new AT&T ROM. It works with Voice Command the same way that my Cingular 8525 did. You can push the button on the headset, but the sounds come through the phone until the call is connected.

On the Cingular 8525, I installed the .09f xda fix, that worked great. Will that fix work on the AT&T 8525 ROM?

Question Two: I'm not very "techie", but I read the Wiki and the above posts about the animated volume fix. It's hard to believe a company would do that to a phone on purpose! I haven't done a fix to a registry like that before.

I see the first line, and then it shows to put 1 or 0, something like that, but it doesn't say exactly where. Is it real obvious when I have the registry open? I'll go back & read it again, plus I'll have everything right in front of me when I try apply the hack, but I'm trying to be as clear as possible before I start.

Thanks for your help. This forum is wonderful. I've been reading for a couple of hours. I read for days before I got brave enough to try the Voice Command fix the on my other phone. My husband is going to use that one now. I haven't upgraded the ROM on it, mainly because I'm afraid to!

MsGadget

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=312344&page=3&highlight=Voice+Command+1.6

i think it will work in mobile 5

Pleas read the whole thread

[twka90]

After applying the new AT&T ROM, the special character key mappings seem to be screwed up on the slide-out keypad.

Has anybody else had this issue? I've flashed the ROM with some other roms and it seems to still be occurring.

I'm still a noob when it comes to this stuff, so any quick advice would be helpful.

Thanks!

I'll go ahead and post a fix here, since it looks like all 8525 owners will be affected.

To fix the keyboard map for the hardware keyboard, go into the registry, HKLM\Software\OEM\Qwerty and change the value from "132105" to "263177".

[silverzz28]

also voice command annocing the incoming call does not work for me with the new att rom for 8525

[mprh]

ce os 5.2.1437 build 17944.0.3.1
I upgraded to the latest software, installed without a problem, but I can not pair the cell in my nissan maxima. I was able to pair before upgrad and other pocket pc and phones can pair. Does anyone have any suggestions on fixing this problem.

Thank you,
Marie