Athena Project Black Touch Edition by PK 2.0

[spzero]

installed both cabs wmp spot on! battery better but far from perfect probably useable, had to do a hr again to get it to make a difference as 1st time was no change. after HR battery was still bad but once cab installed dramatically improved cheers guys but still need 2 sort out the battery, will report back if getsa better or worse........

[ice_coffee]

Both IMEI check and all 3 steps of Olipro's unlocker.

I do not have a freezing problem; have yet to try WMP so cannot comment.

Battery drain is a BIG issue. I have installed Midget's cab (thanks Midget) and the battery meter recommended by him.

I am draining abot 150mA without BT but with direct push (DP) enabled. Not much difference in the drain value with DP enabled or disabled. With with backlight on at minimum setting

BT Off, DP off: 148
BT off DP on: 150
BT on DP on: 190
BT on DP off: 155

with backlight at zero the above values decrease by 35mA

Occasionaly it bursts to 450mA (during sync process I suspect), but overall it's constant around 150.

Should this be the expected value. I read in a previous post that another device was drianing about 10mA on standby.

BTW: installed apps
iLauncher 3.0.5
SPSH clock 0.92
BatteryStatus 1.04

I have removed HTC home plug and the phone is set to GSM only (no 3G or H as these drain more power).

Hope this helps.

Edit: As I have just installed Midget's battery fix, I will not be able to comment on any change in battery life until tomorrow.

this is how the maths add up for you !!

you have a 2200 mAh battery and you are drawing a continuous 150mAh this equates to 14.5 ish hours of use until the battery is depleted plus you have bursts of around 500 mAh which will shorten the life too (every minute of use @ 500 mAh = 3 mins lost from my projected time of 14.5 hours)

I will also try to install this battery application when I have time !!

[LTxda]

Help Anyone?

Something is changing the file. Try downloading straight to your device and if that's what you're doing try downloading to your PC. You are installing this directly from the Athena right?

[LTxda]

Would it work for XDA Flame?

What is "it" please?

Also, this is the Athena forum but let's see what you have to ask.

[Johnston411]

my problems seem to have stemmed from a corrupt sd card.

I put in a sandisk with just music files and its just peachy now. media player now behaving normally.

first card had files from wizard and digital camera on it which could of been conflicting even though i'd deleted msmetadata and wmdrm from it.

I think the hard reset after flash has helped too. Even snappier and no locks.

This device rocks.

Now to fill the microdrive with tunes an movies. hurrah

[beginner]

Should be possible to delete the link to STK services, when you connect to the phone provider? I would like to have less time needed to have operative the pda when you reset.

I cannot find the way, sorry.

[LTxda]

Should be possible to delete the link to STK services, when you connect to the phone provider? I would like to have less time needed to have operative the pda when you reset.

I cannot find the way, sorry.

I'm still half asleep but what do you mean by STK services?

[LTxda]

installed both cabs wmp spot on! battery better but far from perfect probably useable, had to do a hr again to get it to make a difference as 1st time was no change. after HR battery was still bad but once cab installed dramatically improved cheers guys but still need 2 sort out the battery, will report back if getsa better or worse........

If that CAB didn't fix the problem, I'm pretty sure it's an issue with your device. Everyone else that has installed the CAB has reported the battery issue fixed.

If I'm mistaken on this point people, please let us know now. The battery won't be perfect, never was. With radio 1.50, there is also additional consumption BUT better performance. Let's keep it real people.

[spzero]

no deffo not sorted unfortunatly had a dissmal day with battery. left house 6.30 an hours use this morning listning to music over bt since then device has being idle apart from odd text message and from about 11am hooked up to a mini usb cable to charge aNd now batterys at 30% after a half hour walk listening to music over bt again..... when i get my lap top back im gunna put pk v 1.00 rom back on as was an amazinvg rom unless there has being a resounding change with v2.0 or v2.1 or v3.0 apart from still having battery issue loving the rom .....

[apd]

If that CAB didn't fix the problem, I'm pretty sure it's an issue with your device. Everyone else that has installed the CAB has reported the battery issue fixed.

If I'm mistaken on this point people, please let us know now. The battery won't be perfect, never was. With radio 1.50, there is also additional consumption BUT better performance. Let's keep it real people.

From my part, I reported yesterday that my battery consumption was still terrible (even following installing the battery cab). However, my Ameo today is like a new beast (at least the battery is). Haven't made many calls but it has been on with DP and BT on full time since about 0700. Battery down to 70% - which is about what I got with the last ROM (and the 1.50 Radio). Well done - I think you've beaten it!!!!

Now that that's sorted, some suggestions for v3. Could we possible have a built in drinks machine and fridge - that's about all that's missing now.

Thanks

[beginner]

I'm still half asleep but what do you mean by STK services?

I will try. What happen in your pda when introduce the pin? In my case, appears a wellcome message from Vodafone plus a screen "STK services" when you can ask for diferent information to the mobile provider (now, if you have your pda connected to an operator, execute the program STK services and will have same results)

I found that the HTC wm6 upgrade didn't produce it, but the Dopod, that is the base of your work open this program.

As you see clearly i am not mother language english and maybe i don't explain clearly. I will try again if you don't understand.

[piero60]

Originally Posted by Midget_1990
All those with WMP issues please try this cab and report back.

www.htc-devs.com/uploads/Athena/Athena%20Project%20Test%20WMP%20Fix.cab

has been tested from hard reset but not on a device with the problem already so please share your experiances.

tank with this cab wmp work great!!!! resolution is 128 dpi

[LTxda]

I will try. What happen in your pda when introduce the pin? In my case, appears a wellcome message from Vodafone plus a screen "STK services" when you can ask for diferent information to the mobile provider (now, if you have your pda connected to an operator, execute the program STK services and will have same results)

I found that the HTC wm6 upgrade didn't produce it, but the Dopod, that is the base of your work open this program.

As you see clearly i am not mother language english and maybe i don't explain clearly. I will try again if you don't understand.

Oh I see. I've never used this before so we'll look into it and see what can be done about it. I've already contacted one of the other members of the team so it's on our list to look at tonight.

[LTxda]

Originally Posted by Midget_1990
All those with WMP issues please try this cab and report back.

www.htc-devs.com/uploads/Athena/Athena%20Project%20Test%20WMP%20Fix.cab

has been tested from hard reset but not on a device with the problem already so please share your experiances.

tank with this cab wmp work great!!!! resolution is 128 dpi

Before everyone starts to ask what we did....Midget rewrote the launcher for the resolution changer. He made it smaller and also resolve the Media Player issue.

This team is GREAT and a big thank you to Midget for resolving the issue in a very creative way. Hats off Midget!

[LTxda]

no deffo not sorted unfortunatly had a dissmal day with battery. left house 6.30 an hours use this morning listning to music over bt since then device has being idle apart from odd text message and from about 11am hooked up to a mini usb cable to charge aNd now batterys at 30% after a half hour walk listening to music over bt again..... when i get my lap top back im gunna put pk v 1.00 rom back on as was an amazinvg rom unless there has being a resounding change with v2.0 or v2.1 or v3.0 apart from still having battery issue loving the rom .....

Let's try this. Install the app that everyone is installing to monitor battery consumption. Get some numbers recorded, see previous posts for samples, and let's see how yours is different from the others. I think by comparing across the board we'll get a better idea of what's going on. We want to find out if the numbers are right on with everyone else's or drastically different. With this additional information we can narrow it down, hopefully. There is always the possibility that you just had a bad flash or corruption on your device. Let's start applying a scientific method to this one and see where it leads us. :-)

[apd]

Before everyone starts to ask what we did....Midget rewrote the launcher for the resolution changer. He made it smaller and also resolve the Media Player issue.

This team is GREAT and a big thank you to Midget for resolving the issue in a very creative way. Hats off Midget!

He's a clever one, that Midget!!! Thanks for doing that - it was a really annoying little problem.

[spacecat]

Something is changing the file. Try downloading straight to your device and if that's what you're doing try downloading to your PC. You are installing this directly from the Athena right?

sorted it , downloaded directly to Athena and installed.
the pc was corrupting it for some reason

[toyfreak]

I have volunteered my X7501 to Oli for reverse-engineering so he may modify his unlocker to be compatible with this device. If any of you gourmet chefs know how to get hold of him (he has not answered my PM) please do.

I would love to run this ROM once I can CID unlock my X7501 and will contribute to PK's Athena fund when I can install it.

Sorry about the cross-posting but I have gotten no response on the Athena unlocker thread...

Cheers

[LTxda]

I have volunteered my X7501 to Oli for reverse-engineering so he may modify his unlocker to be compatible with this device. If any of you gourmet chefs know how to get hold of him (he has not answered my PM) please do.

I would love to run this ROM once I can CID unlock my X7501 and will contribute to PK's Athena fund when I can install it.

Sorry about the cross-posting but I have gotten no response on the Athena unlocker thread...

Cheers

Done. Check your messages please.

[LTxda]

sorted it , downloaded directly to Athena and installed.
the pc was corrupting it for some reason

Glad it worked for you. :-)

[PDAMerlin]

Originally Posted by Midget_1990
All those with WMP issues please try this cab and report back.

www.htc-devs.com/uploads/Athena/Athena%20Project%20Test%20WMP%20Fix.cab

has been tested from hard reset but not on a device with the problem already so please share your experiances.
tank with this cab wmp work great!!!! resolution is 128 dpi

Can someone who has downloaded this cab post it somewhere so I can try it. when I click the link I get "The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later. "

Thanks
M

[LTxda]

Can someone who has downloaded this cab post it somewhere so I can try it. when I click the link I get "The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later. "

Thanks
M

There you go, just click this.

Edit: OOOpppssss wrong file....look two posts down. :-)
You're right the link doesn't work due to download limit reached. I've attached the CORRECT file below. Sorry peeps.

[PDAMerlin]

There you go, just click this.

Erm, thats the wrong one...Its the one for those with WMP issues please try this cab and report back.

http://www.htc-devs.com/uploads/Athe...0WMP%20Fix.cab

The links overused!

M

[LTxda]

Erm, thats the wrong one...Its the one for those with WMP issues please try this cab and report back.

http://www.htc-devs.com/uploads/Athe...0WMP%20Fix.cab

The links overused!

M

LOL!!! Dude I must still be asleep! OMG!

[Pawel062]

hey guys nice to see that almost everyone now can enjoy this rom fully with thw wmp and battery issues now fixed. now its on to the other stuff... most realvga stuff for tobias. cant wait to try this rom when i get athena. also forgot to reply to the post thinking i have a athena. i really dont. we are working on it though and i cant wait to try this rom on it.

[PDAMerlin]

LOL!!! Dude I must still be asleep! OMG!

Thanks for that. Thats the one - however, I have installed it and it makes no difference - Media Player just won't work in anything other than 192dpi...I've now tried everything everyone has suggested and it still just changes "Start" to "Windows Media" and freezes

M

[fards]

Now that that's sorted, some suggestions for v3. Could we possible have a built in drinks machine and fridge - that's about all that's missing now.

Thanks

Waitress service at least ;)

[LTxda]

Thanks for that. Thats the one - however, I have installed it and it makes no difference - Media Player just won't work in anything other than 192dpi...I've now tried everything everyone has suggested and it still just changes "Start" to " " and freezes

M

Try this...

After installing the CAB, change DPI's to 192 then back to 128 or whatever your preference is...then see if Windows Media works for you. Let us know.

[PDAMerlin]

Try this...

After installing the CAB, change DPI's to 192 then back to 128 or whatever your preference is...then see if Windows Media works for you. Let us know.

Hi. Nope, just tried that and nothing. It just does exactly the same...I am now about to try reinstalling the fix while in 128DPI adn see what happens

M

[PDAMerlin]

Hi. Nope, just tried that and nothing. It just does exactly the same...I am now about to try reinstalling the fix while in 128DPI adn see what happens

M

PARTIAL SUCCESS!!! WMP WORKS - ONCE!

Okay, I just changed to 128DPI and then re-installed the patch - WMP works until I soft reset or change to 192DPI and back again...(Yes, I did give it time between install and reset to save the changed)

Is that by design of the cab or the same problem!

Merlin

[ice_coffee]

hey guys nice to see that almost everyone now can enjoy this rom fully with thw wmp and battery issues now fixed. now its on to the other stuff... most realvga stuff for tobias. cant wait to try this rom when i get athena. also forgot to reply to the post thinking i have a athena. i really dont. we are working on it though and i cant wait to try this rom on it.

Yeah I know !! and I stand corrected

[Midget_1990]

Update: i've got some more bandwidth so the links should work now!

[JonSlater]

The suggestion to turn the library off in 192dpi did the trick. I'm now able to use WMP - which is great as I've not found another player yet that reliably accepts AVRCP. If there is one, I'd like to know as I could do with another player - I listen to two types of playlist, music that I want to shuffle, and audiobooks that I obviously don't.

As everything is now working, and I've finally been paid, I've contributed to the project fund finally. Here's hoping it won't be long before Pawel can enjoy the fruits of his, and everyone's, hard labours.

PS I've not had a problem with battery draining quickly on my black X7500, but I put the battery checker on anyway. While plugged in to my PC, it was reporting a drain of 344mA. That may explain why it takes FOREVER to charge that way. I was out all day, listening to WMP via BT, and my battery was down to 20% when I got in. I'd been out several hours so I expected that. Since then it's been sitting in it's cradle for about 6 hours, and battery now reads 30%. I'll put it on it's proper wallcharger overnight.

[Pawel062]

The suggestion to turn the library off in 192dpi did the trick. I'm now able to use WMP - which is great as I've not found another player yet that reliably accepts AVRCP. If there is one, I'd like to know as I could do with another player - I listen to two types of playlist, music that I want to shuffle, and audiobooks that I obviously don't.

As everything is now working, and I've finally been paid, I've contributed to the project fund finally. Here's hoping it won't be long before Pawel can enjoy the fruits of his, and everyone's, hard labours.

PS I've not had a problem with battery draining quickly on my black X7500, but I put the battery checker on anyway. While plugged in to my PC, it was reporting a drain of 344mA. That may explain why it takes FOREVER to charge that way. I was out all day, listening to WMP via BT, and my battery was down to 20% when I got in. I'd been out several hours so I expected that. Since then it's been sitting in it's cradle for about 6 hours, and battery now reads 30%. I'll put it on it's proper wallcharger overnight.

u can still try the batter cab. its just power manangement settings. it can improve your battery or have no change. its worth a try even if battery is ok as it can make it even better.

[jmdrizen]

One quick question... does this have RealVGA 1.0, or 1.1 which was released on 14/Sep ??

Cheers!!!

[ice_coffee]

One quick question... does this have RealVGA 1.0, or 1.1 which was released on 14/Sep ??

Cheers!!!

1.1
but now I have to lengthen this message or I will not be allowed to post it !!!

[ice_coffee]

OK well the reults are in for my power usage with
1) a 60% 3G signal
2) BT & WiFi turned off
3) Screen at minimum brightness
4) tomtom + most of the addons installed including the home screen plugin

76 mAh with the occasional bursts upto 100 ~130 ish

I altered the setings in battery status to update the figures every 1 second !!

[Madhadder]

which is great as I've not found another player yet that reliably accepts AVRCP.

Um, then your not looking hard enough.. Coreplayer supports AVRCP just fine.

[spzero]

Let's try this. Install the app that everyone is installing to monitor battery consumption. Get some numbers recorded, see previous posts for samples, and let's see how yours is different from the others. I think by comparing across the board we'll get a better idea of what's going on. We want to find out if the numbers are right on with everyone else's or drastically different. With this additional information we can narrow it down, hopefully. There is always the possibility that you just had a bad flash or corruption on your device. Let's start applying a scientific method to this one and see where it leads us. :-)

okay not sure what figures you wanted i assume the mA figures well first BT &wifi on screen on full brightness peak @ 612 avg 410.. with music playing thru htc home (audio manager) avg 746 peak 845 when connecting to 3g peaked @ 959... turned backlight down to 1st notch and wifi off which is usuall settings @ idle avg 173 peaked @ 312 playing music peaked @ 416 with 3g peaked @ 853 avg 600. hope these figures help.....

[spacecat]

turned on bluetoothand its killing the battery ,I have installed the cab.
5 hours 1 brief chat no surfing down to 50%.

must b the 1.50 radio cos otherwise seems great

[JonSlater]

Um, then your not looking hard enough.. Coreplayer supports AVRCP just fine.

I tried Coreplayer 1.0 (I think) with WM5 and it didn't work. However, between my posting earlier and your reply I decided to give 1.1.1 a go with WM6, and it's working a treat. It will now become my main music player.

[JonSlater]

u can still try the batter cab. its just power manangement settings. it can improve your battery or have no change. its worth a try even if battery is ok as it can make it even better.

Battery test cab had no effect. Well, maybe 6-10mA difference, it's hard to be that precise.

I've just noticed that Battery Status reports +341mA when in the cradle (not the official HTC one, a cheaper alternative) that's got a mains supply and is connected to a powered USB hub, +271mA when connected directly to the wallcharger and 179mA when on its own, 94mA when the screen dims.

Am I right in thinking then that the "+" denotes it's getting more current than it's using (ie it's charging)? If so, that suggests the cradle is actually supplying more current than the charger, but the charger is quicker. Odd.

I'm turning battery status off now, as it's just crashed my X7500.

[david beckham]

I have been experiencing FAST battery drainage after installing this ROM to my Athena. Battery was full before I go to sleep and empty the next morning!!!

is there anything I can do to stop this?

[Mahmood]

I have been experiencing FAST battery drainage after installing this ROM to my Athena. Battery was full before I go to sleep and empty the next morning!!!

is there anything I can do to stop this?

try the CAB file for battery problems. and if it doesnot help to anyone then install another radio version then 1.50 install 1.47 or 1.45 and it will then solve the problem. the difference between radio version 1.47 and 1.45 is that 1.45 gives better GSM signal and 1.47 gives a better 3G signal. any way here are the download links:

Radio version 1.45:

http://rapidshare.com/files/57601715/Radio_version_1.45.00.00.rar

Radio version 1.47:

http://rapidshare.com/files/57601585/Radio_version_1.47.51.00.rar


it will only change the radio version and the battery problem will disappear and you will get a normal functional battery.

[david beckham]

try the CAB file for battery problems. and if it doesnot help to anyone then install another radio version then 1.50 install 1.47 or 1.45 and it will then solve the problem. the difference between radio version 1.47 and 1.45 is that 1.45 gives better GSM signal and 1.47 gives a better 3G signal. any way here are the download links:

Radio version 1.45:

http://rapidshare.com/files/57601715/Radio_version_1.45.00.00.rar

Radio version 1.47:

http://rapidshare.com/files/57601585/Radio_version_1.47.51.00.rar


it will only change the radio version and the battery problem will disappear and you will get a normal functional battery.

I cant download as it reached the maximum limit. Do you have other mirror sites for the download. If you have, can I have the Mackdaddy skin too?

[Mahmood]

I cant download as it reached the maximum limit. Do you have other mirror sites for the download. If you have, can I have the Mackdaddy skin too?

ok here u go:

radio version 1.45: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FUQAMENX


radio version 1.47: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JVPGIHJV

[Johnston411]

Cheers mahmood.

Just to let you know i flashed 1.47 and it also hard reset my device.

[wgary]

Cheers mahmood.

Just to let you know i flashed 1.47 and it also hard reset my device.
Yikes! Is that a common problem? I was thinking of going back to an earlier radio to see what would happen.

Another question: Is 1.5 available separately if I want to go back?

[Madhadder]

Yes, its not a "Problem", more expected behavior.
Radio 1.50 is avail seperatly. have a search.

[marka2k]

Yikes! Is that a common problem? I was thinking of going back to an earlier radio to see what would happen.

Another question: Is 1.5 available separately if I want to go back?

So far upgrading or downgrading radio versions DOES hard reset the device. Use the backup software included in the ROM and restore when finished.

Yes radio version 1.5 is available seperately if you wish to go back to it there is another thread with a link.

[crazy cat]

Hi!
Have tested it and its fantastic!

But please PLEASE translate it to german.

Please

[englefield]

Any way to turn off viewflo? so god damn annoying :)

[spzero]

Well my battery seams to be sorted, now, which is strange its being on all day some light use and still on 90% SWEET Thanks guys.......

[LTxda]

Any way to turn off viewflo? so god damn annoying :)

If you use IE, set Vueflo for Opera....if you use Opera set Vueflo for IE. :-)
You can also just click the E button on your device and hold it to turn it off when browsing, if the first suggestion doesn't work.

[LTxda]

Guys the topic keeps straying. Let's keep it on topic so we can focus on resolving Athena Project 2.0 ROM related issues. Just because you installed this ROM doesn't mean you should post questions that are related to applications you've installed or asking how-to do something here.

I'm also noticing repeat questions. People, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read before you start getting flammed. If you don't read it really makes you look careless or a little less intelligent than the average bear. I'm sure no one wants that.

Let's stick to the forum rules and move forward.

[MoYo]

Will you translate this Rom to German ?

[PDAMerlin]

Hi all

i've hard reset my device (again!) and installed the WMP VGA fix cab. If I change to 128DP and then instsall the fix it now works fine, but if I change to 192DPI or 92DPI and back again it stops working and I need to re-install the WMP VGA fix.

Is this the same for others using the WMP FIX cab, or is there a way to have media player working in both 128 and 192 DPI without having to keep installing the fix.

Merlin

[Mahmood]

Hi all

i've hard reset my device (again!) and installed the WMP VGA fix cab. If I change to 128DP and then instsall the fix it now works fine, but if I change to 192DPI or 92DPI and back again it stops working and I need to re-install the WMP VGA fix.

Is this the same for others using the WMP FIX cab, or is there a way to have media player working in both 128 and 192 DPI without having to keep installing the fix.

Merlin

yes thats the trick of how to use it

[Confucious]

Just to report that the battery cab seems to have fixed the battery problembut have a problem with coffee.cab - it makes my coffee Ok in the morning but won't bring it up to bed for me. Is there a fix for this?





;)

[Johnston411]

Changing radio to 1.47 has fixed my battery problems. I've been using my phone for 14 hours and still 50% after a bit of surfing calling texting emailing etc...

thanks again mahmood:D

[toyfreak]

Any X7501 owners wanting to try PK's ROM can now download Olipro's v.2 Athena unlocker:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=315831

I will be installing this ROM later this week after things cool off at work; no time right now...

[Ninja1]

Just to report that the battery cab seems to have fixed the battery problem but have a problem with coffee.cab - it makes my coffee Ok in the morning but won't bring it up to bed for me. Is there a fix for this?
;)

Try installing diamond.cab...worked for me. Warning: ThIs can cause feedback loop in her operating system requiring frequent updates with gold.cab or emerald.cab!

[LTxda]

Will you translate this Rom to German ?

We will put it on the to-do list but can't guarantee it. Right now we're working on a few high priorities and if things settle down we'll give it a try. So I'm not saying no, just gotta take care of a few things before giving it at try.

[apd]

Try installing diamond.cab...worked for me. Warning: ThIs can cause feedback loop in her operating system requiring frequent updates with gold.cab or emerald.cab!


Whatever you do, DO NOT FOLLOW THIS ADVICE. Eventually the resulting feedback loop leads you to have to take very drastic action - not a hard reset but serious_overdraft.cab. You have been warned. Having tested extensively I would seriously advise installation of treat_em_mean_keepem_keen.exe straight after upgrading.

(PS: sorry ltxda!!)

[fards]

Whatever you do, DO NOT FOLLOW THIS ADVICE. Eventually the resulting feedback loop leads you to have to take very drastic action - not a hard reset but serious_overdraft.cab. You have been warned. Having tested extensively I would seriously advise installation of treat_em_mean_keepem_keen.exe straight after upgrading.

(PS: sorry ltxda!!)

It's the spawning child processes that cause the real issues, stealing all available processing power and a reallocation of all resources.

[pa6fou]

Changing radio to 1.47 has fixed my battery problems. I've been using my phone for 14 hours and still 50% after a bit of surfing calling texting emailing etc...

thanks again mahmood:D

this solution solved battery drain for me too.

thanks for the great job provided

question : will a french translation be available ?

[et209]

Changing radio to 1.47 has fixed my battery problems. I've been using my phone for 14 hours and still 50% after a bit of surfing calling texting emailing etc...

thanks again mahmood:D


Hi there. just a quick question. did you install the batt monitoring cab? what is the power drainage like? i've install radio 1.45 and i am getting between 278 to 400+ mA depending on what i turn on. before while using radio 1.50 i was getting about 400+ to 900+ mA.

thanks.

[TryOG]

Your rom is Sexy!

[mrchris]

Hi there. just a quick question. did you install the batt monitoring cab? what is the power drainage like? i've install radio 1.45 and i am getting between 278 to 400+ mA depending on what i turn on. before while using radio 1.50 i was getting about 400+ to 900+ mA.

thanks.


Where can I get radio 1.45 from? I checked the wiki and FTP, but I cant see a radio only flash rom.

Thanks

-- Edit: Found it earlier in the thread (and 1.47), shall try 1.47 now.

[spacecat]

can someone please upload MINI-CAB as I need to able to get home
late at nite when I have been out on the town :)

I would also be interested in condom cab, for those special emergencies,

[marka2k]

Where can I get radio 1.45 from? I checked the wiki and FTP, but I cant see a radio only flash rom.

Thanks

-- Edit: Found it earlier in the thread (and 1.47), shall try 1.47 now.

Search revealed this thread:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319993&highlight=Radio+Upgrade


Missed the edit where the OP found it.

[ranj9119]

Hi!
Have tested it and its fantastic!
But please PLEASE translate it to german.
Please
Will you translate this Rom to German ?
u guys can use tobias' great RealVGA app, if ur usin the v2.0 right now just download the language u want below[/URL] and install it on u'r main memory then use u'r simulated *** language rom where ever u like ;)

[URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=49497&d=1189070923"]ESN (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=49500&d=1189070999)
FRA (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=49498&d=1189070962)
GER (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=49500&d=1189070999)
NOR (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=49501&d=1189071034)
RUS (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=49502&d=1189071063)

tnx Tobias for this:rolleyes:

[beginner]

u guys can use tobias' great RealVGA app, if ur usin the v2.0 right now just download the language u want below[/URL] and install it on u'r main memory then use u'r simulated *** language rom where ever u like ;)

[URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=49497&d=1189070923"]ESN (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=49500&d=1189070999)
FRA (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=49498&d=1189070962)
GER (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=49500&d=1189070999)
NOR (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=49501&d=1189071034)
RUS (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=49502&d=1189071063)

tnx Tobias for this:rolleyes:

could you explain how to use? I installed the ES version but not change on the pda language.

[ranj9119]

could you explain how to use? I installed the ES version but not change on the pda language.
u must choose ur resolution + ur lang in RealVGA (located in start menu's programs) u can choose ur lang + any resolution even 192 DPI

[pa6fou]

many thanks for French language translation

[beginner]

u must choose ur resolution + ur lang in RealVGA (located in start menu's programs) u can choose ur lang + any resolution even 192 DPI

very good!

appear some issues in the installation but result look good

[ranj9119]

many thanks for French language translation
could u use it? plz tell result to guys that want to try this

[ranj9119]

very good!

appear some issues in the installation but result look good
**Questions and discussing issues only in RealVGA topic by Tobias**

[indiglo]

Has anyone used any SPB apps with this? I would like to use Mobile Shell, Diary, Time, Weather, Backup, and Phone Suite... has anyone come across any problems with any of them and this ROM?

Also, I use DeveloperOne CodeWallet Pro...

Cheers & GREAT ROM! :-D

Not sure if someone else quoted you but I can not get Mobile Shell to work in 128dpi. Once the phone comes on it just hangs. I have to perform a hard reset to get out of it.

[mackaby007]

Not sure if someone else quoted you but I can not get Mobile Shell to work in 128dpi. Once the phone comes on it just hangs. I have to perform a hard reset to get out of it.


Guys...I have to make this very clear for those of you that don't seem to understand this RealVGA stuff.

RealVGA by Tobias or TrueVGA by another developer etc is not part of any Windows Mobile OS and therefore most applications (OS based or 3rd party apps) will NOT work 100% in RealVGA!

The OS's native dpi is 192dpi and so are all the programs written for it. RealVGA was requested by the community and here it is, but it will be some time, if ever, before it will be native to the WM OS and only then will apps be written specifically with that dpi in mind.

Meanwhile RealVGA is for those who want more screen real estate and don't mind being a part of the continuing development of RealVGA and other variants of it. If you want 100% compatibility with your apps, I suggest you stick to 192dpi...then apps like Mobile Shell will work as programmed. FYI, WA3 won't load under lower dpi's either, only in 192.

P.S. The ROM is perfectly capable of handling all of Spb's products in the intended dpi. Its the RealVGA that is not compatible with the different apps, NOT the ROM. RealVGA is just a feature for those who want it....just like HTC Home plug-in & Customizer.

[ArchiMark]

Just a quick note to say that I managed to get Black Touch on my X7501 successfully!

Looks great and a BIG THANKS to PK and the Team for a job well done!!!

Will report back if I notice anything that doesn't work right....but again

T H A N K Y O U ! ! ! !

:cool:

PS. A BIG THANKS as well to toyfreak who helped me out too!!!

[SteveD01]

... FYI, WA3 won't load under lower dpi's either, only in 192...

Just a minor point, but WA3 works in all resolutions. There are no themes or icons available for 128dpi, but if you create some custom buttons it will work. I'm using WA3 at 128dpi... it just takes a little work to customize it.

Here's a quote from Chris McKay found in his support forum:
"WA2 does not support 128dpi. However, WA3 will, if you have a theme designed for it. I don't have a 128dpi default theme, yet. Those resolutions are still pretty new and I haven't had a chance to create the appropriate icons."

Steve

[englefield]

Running wa3 and wad here @ 96, no problems...

[eaglesteve]

If you resize your icons to 43x43 it should display beautifully in 128 dpi.

[raskell]

I have now run for several days with NO LOCKUPS and no screen corruption running with reakVGA at 96DPI and most of the provided CAB's from this release. What made the difference for me - appears be related to the Batti program. Once I deactivated it and removed it from the startup directory, no more lockups. I have since added back all other apps which I had previously suspected and still running fine. In a day or two, I will reactivate Batti to confirm that it is the culprit, at least for my dopod. :)

[jsosow]

I have been running 2.0 for about 10 days. The following is what I have done.

Install both 2.0 and addons....get lockups (2 or 3 a day) and battery lasts 6 hours with bluetooth and Internet package with push email running. 10 - 20 phone calls at 1 min.(work) This is compared to 24 hours at least with Official HTC M6

Install just 2.0. Same thing.

Both above with the battery fix takes battery to 10 hours.

Install both 2.0 and addons. Change to Radio 1.7. All fixed. No lockups and battery back to 24 hours. Running great. Fast. Thanks all for your hard work on this rom. It kicks A....

[Johnston411]

for those of you having the messenger problem where contacts don't appear try this cab

[johnwalk]

I have been running 2.0 for about 10 days. The following is what I have done.

Install both 2.0 and addons....get lockups (2 or 3 a day) and battery lasts 6 hours with bluetooth and Internet package with push email running. 10 - 20 phone calls at 1 min.(work) This is compared to 24 hours at least with Official HTC M6

Install just 2.0. Same thing.

Both above with the battery fix takes battery to 10 hours.

Install both 2.0 and addons. Change to Radio 1.7. All fixed. No lockups and battery back to 24 hours. Running great. Fast. Thanks all for your hard work on this rom. It kicks A....

im the same tryed everything to get more battery but no avail, reverted back to radio 1.47, and all problems sorted, now been off charge for 23 hours, minimal use, still 90% charge.

[beginner]

I see you can change as many times as you want but appears as time zone gmt +2.

[Confucious]

Install both 2.0 and addons. Change to Radio 1.7. All fixed. No lockups and battery back to 24 hours. Running great. Fast. Thanks all for your hard work on this rom. It kicks A....

Do you mean 1.47? From here-> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319993&highlight=Radio+Upgrade ?

Just downloaded it but the thought of another hard reset.....

I'll give it a few more days i think and see if I can live with the poor battery life for now. Has your reception got worse with this radio?

Thanks

[LTxda]

I have now run for several days with NO LOCKUPS and no screen corruption running with reakVGA at 96DPI and most of the provided CAB's from this release. What made the difference for me - appears be related to the Batti program. Once I deactivated it and removed it from the startup directory, no more lockups. I have since added back all other apps which I had previously suspected and still running fine. In a day or two, I will reactivate Batti to confirm that it is the culprit, at least for my dopod. :)

I can confirm that Batti was causing the issue. Here is why....we tested and approved a specific version of Batti for this ROM, well someone on the team decided to go grab the latest version which is buggy and causes screen corruption, random lock-ups and even causes the device to run slower. A few of us got together and noticed that immediately after disabling batti from the start-up we noticed further speed gains and no lock-ups after the action. Great job on those that also figured this out. Our plan is to test 3.0 more thoroughly and this time STICK TO WHAT WAS INITIALLY APPROVED! :-)

I also found another fix for those using the 6tab HTC Today plug. If you did not install it through the HTC Home Customizer, you'll have bugs. Here is how to fix it....remove the HTC Home Today plug....go to the HTC Home Customizer and let it install the Today plug. Once you do this, you can actually modify the tabs and remove ones you don't use. I've been using it like this and didn't experience issues.

Edit: After removing batti I just activated the batter meter in Magic Button. Same thing without the percentage steps and no side effects. I also run Magic Button in the place of the HTC Xbutton program.

[Confucious]

Thanks ltxda
To disable batti I just deleted from \Window\Startup\ - is this correct?
Options are still in Programs - can I delete these too Or is there an easier way of deleting it? Would there be a problem with installing Batti 2.0 or isn't it worth it?

Is Magic button freeware? I've never used it, why do you use it? What are the advantages? Or should I just RTFM?

[kt666]

i did all that i can do.. and i can't solve this battery issue... i want to use this rom, i really love it, but with this rom, maybe i can have troubles at the future, with my pocket :(
i tried the fix cab and reflash the radio rom (1.45 and 1.47).. it's all the same with my ameo.. any ideas?
i installed this battery status too..
in stand by, my ameo use like 100 - 115mA
on, with bluetooth (but without backlight) 155 mA
on, with backlight (and bluetooth) 250 - 300mA

[apd]

Do you mean 1.47? From here-> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319993&highlight=Radio+Upgrade ?

Just downloaded it but the thought of another hard reset.....

I'll give it a few more days i think and see if I can live with the poor battery life for now. Has your reception got worse with this radio?

Thanks

I would like to know the answer to this too.

[sergiopi]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=332360 is a nice registry hack to use our athena as wi-fi access point.
Simply it uses internet sharing and a new connection (and some registry hacks)

And works!

[Johnston411]

I've got rid of batti and installed this. it shows battery and memory use in a similar style to batti.

Made by JUVS I think

[eaglesteve]

Another alternative to Batti is pBar. With it, you can kill 4 birds with one stone. (a) It is a battery indicator, (b) it is a launcher (up to 9 programs, very handy for screen capture, backlight adjustment), (c) it is a comm manager (works with all dpi) , and (d) it is a task manager to close and switch applications (better alternative to HTC X-button). It is free.

[Johnston411]

Cheers eaglesteve. I'm liking pBar 1.4 very much

[pa6fou]

is it possible ou have sdk certs appart from the whole rom?

I tried to install kaiser comm manager on an original WM6 french rom, but installation fails du to the lack of certificates
many thanks ina advance

[Red_Toyol]

Hi all,

I dont know whether it is appropriate to post this here, but it is related to AP Black 2.0.

IIs it possible for those who hv upgraded to AP Black 2.0 + customization could do some screen captures and post them in this forums? I believe many would love to see how beautiful this new ROM is.

-RJ1-

[LTxda]

Thanks ltxda
To disable batti I just deleted from \Window\Startup\ - is this correct?

Yep. That's what I did. Those that tested this with me, including myself, noticed a slight performance increase as well.


Options are still in Programs - can I delete these too Or is there an easier way of deleting it? Would there be a problem with installing Batti 2.0 or isn't it worth it?

Give it a try and let us know how it works.


Is Magic button freeware? I've never used it, why do you use it? What are the advantages? Or should I just RTFM?

Yes it's freeware which is why we're considering putting it into the ROM. Check it out here and I do recommend testing it. IMHO, it's been the better task manager and I've tried many...but it also comes down to personal taste.

http://www.trancreative.com/mb.aspx

Note that the latest release is a little buggy with three issues I've been able to identify thus far, but nothing that would stop me from using it: (1) the home icon placement is a little off in the newest version, but there is a registry fix for this posted to the AP 1.0 ROM...(2) the home icon sometimes moves around but if you implement the registry hack mentioned you may not notice this....(3) the color blending they resolved in this latest version does work but not in all theme's. This means it doesn't look at pretty as it should under all themes but I'm interested in the functionality before how it looks.

Hope this helps. Give it a try and give us your opinion of the software please.

[LTxda]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=332360 is a nice registry hack to use our athena as wi-fi access point.
Simply it uses internet sharing and a new connection (and some registry hacks)

And works!

Now THATS A GREAT FIND BRO!!!!!

Hell yes we're going to include it in the next release. We'll try to add two little icons, one for activate AP and one for disable AP. We'll do some testing and see if this is possible. Again, very very very nice find.

More tips like this would make our ROM incredible! Bring it on guys! :D

[LTxda]

I've got rid of batti and installed this. it shows battery and memory use in a similar style to batti.

Made by JUVS I think

Screenshot or link to screen shot please?

[LTxda]

is it possible ou have sdk certs appart from the whole rom?

I tried to install kaiser comm manager on an original WM6 french rom, but installation fails du to the lack of certificates
many thanks ina advance

Unless I'm misunderstanding your question...please post to another thread. This thread is for the customized ROM for the Athena Project Black Touch Edition by PK 2.0. Many thanks.

[LTxda]

Hi all,

I dont know whether it is appropriate to post this here, but it is related to AP Black 2.0.

IIs it possible for those who hv upgraded to AP Black 2.0 + customization could do some screen captures and post them in this forums? I believe many would love to see how beautiful this new ROM is.

-RJ1-

I agree and we should. The funny thing is, I was just about to post the same request.

Edit: Just remembered that we probably want to do it to this thread though... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=326511

[Johnston411]

This is what it looks like on my hermes:-

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s221/Johnston411/homecustomizer2.jpg

The top bar is battery the bottom is memory.

Again this is on my hermes. I'm not using it on my athena at the moment as tring pBar but that seems to be ripping my battery so i may go back to this.

Looks equally as good if not better on athena BTW.

Paul J

[Mahmood]

Someone asked for pictures here i have taken some screen shots and the theme u see is iphone, iam making an iPhone like theme for realVGA 96Dpi reolution. When finished i will definately share it with all u guys !!!


http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/9438/pccapture1hd9.th.jpg (http://img126.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pccapture1hd9.jpg)

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/6235/pccapture2qg2.th.jpg (http://img252.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pccapture2qg2.jpg)

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/9862/pccapture3as4.th.jpg (http://img126.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pccapture3as4.jpg)


http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/6072/pccapture4ud5.th.jpg (http://img126.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pccapture4ud5.jpg)

[Mahmood]

and here some other screenshots:

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/5243/pccapture5ik9.th.jpg (http://img252.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pccapture5ik9.jpg)


http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7264/pccapture6tq5.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pccapture6tq5.jpg)


http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4447/pccapture7lx2.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pccapture7lx2.jpg)


http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5760/pccapture8lz5.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pccapture8lz5.jpg)

[Mahmood]

and the last one :

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5701/capturesj9.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capturesj9.jpg)


Hoop that that is enough !!

[Johnston411]

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s221/Johnston411/1.jpg

And on athena at 192dpi

[JR_Wiken]

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

I cant find thees settings in RegEdit in my device

Can anybody help my i like to have my swedish keybordsettings???

Best Regards
Wiken

[LTxda]

I cant find thees settings in RegEdit in my device

Can anybody help my i like to have my swedish keybordsettings???

Best Regards
Wiken

Please post this to the correct area. Also re-read the how-to use this forum and thank you in advance.

[spzero]

And on athena at 192dpi

very nice, the best looking battery status software ive seen, good colouring.


also @ Mahmood thats one hell of a theme you got going on cfantastic think ill be downloading when you release this thanks for the pics......

[Mahmood]

very nice, the best looking battery status software ive seen, good colouring.


also @ Mahmood thats one hell of a theme you got going on cfantastic think ill be downloading when you release this thanks for the pics......

Thanks getting closer on finishing the theme !!

[eaglesteve]

Again this is on my hermes. I'm not using it on my athena at the moment as tring pBar but that seems to be ripping my battery so i may go back to this.

Looks equally as good if not better on athena BTW.

Paul J


I did'nt quite understand what you said regarding pBar. You mean it drain your battery more than usual?

I tested it myself, and found that pBar does not drain any battery at all. In other word, with or without running it, I get exactly the same value using Battery Status.

[Johnston411]

I did'nt quite understand what you said regarding pBar. You mean it drain your battery more than usual?

I tested it myself, and found that pBar does not drain any battery at all. In other word, with or without running it, I get exactly the same value using Battery Status.



I noticed my battery drain quickly once i installed it. Could of been a coincidence but i'll reinstall later to check.

[LTxda]

I noticed my battery drain quickly once i installed it. Could of been a coincidence but i'll reinstall later to check.

Did you install to Device, SD or MD?

[Johnston411]

Did you install to Device, SD or MD?

Microdrive

[LTxda]

Microdrive

Was affraid of that. Hence your battery drain. Install to Device and see what happens.

[Johnston411]

Was affraid of that. Hence your battery drain. Install to Device and see what happens.

I was under the impression that installing stuff to microdrive would be the best solution for adding apps without compromising speed, i didn't think about how it would affect the battery.

Thinking about it though if a today item is installed on the microdrive i guess it will permanently need to access it and thus use more power, i guess. (thats my thoughts but i know nothing about such things)

I'm on a nightshift later so gonna hard reset and start afresh and i'll see if installing my today items on my device reduces battery drain. (kind of a before and after).

Cheers for the suggestion Itxda

[LTxda]

I was under the impression that installing stuff to microdrive would be the best solution for adding apps without compromising speed, i didn't think about how it would affect the battery.

Thinking about it though if a today item is installed on the microdrive i guess it will permanently need to access it and thus use more power, i guess. (thats my thoughts but i know nothing about such things)

I'm on a nightshift later so gonna hard reset and start afresh and i'll see if installing my today items on my device reduces battery drain. (kind of a before and after).

Cheers for the suggestion Itxda

No problem bro.

If you have a today plug that takes constant measurements and updates then it'll cause your MD to spin up more or constantly hence draining power on your device. I think what we found was that using an SD card or Device memory for that type of stuff is best and using the MD for temporary function or functions when the device is plugged in is best. Maybe someone else can provide feedback also. I use my MD only for apps that require speed but I run temporarily or to store audio books and MP3/movies/etc. Plus I have 5 batteries for my poor little Athena. ;-)

Edit: One more thing...try to uninstall the program from the MD and install either to the SD or Device before you hard reset. See how that works for you.

[Johnston411]

No problem bro.

If you have a today plug that takes constant measurements and updates then it'll cause your MD to spin up more or constantly hence draining power on your device. I think what we found was that using an SD card or Device memory for that type of stuff is best and using the MD for temporary function or functions when the device is plugged in is best. Maybe someone else can provide feedback also. I use my MD only for apps that require speed but I run temporarily or to store audio books and MP3/movies/etc. Plus I have 5 batteries for my poor little Athena. ;-)

Edit: One more thing...try to uninstall the program from the MD and install either to the SD or Device before you hard reset. See how that works for you.

I'm gonna hard reset anyways as i'm gonna try a different radio. My 3g/hsdpa is not as good as it is on my hermes.

Only catch with that is changing radios can affect battery consumption but from what i've read changing to 1.45 or 1.38 shouldn't make too much difference. 1.50 drained too fast for me although the reception was slightly improved.

My "little device" is in for some serious flashing tonight...

[sergiopi]

Office 6.1 to be installed or not, and it could be installed in the storage card or microdrive!
In any language, official, from MS, could be a MUST for PK 3.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=4b106c1f-51e2-42f0-ba32-69bb7e9a3814

[Mahmood]

Office 6.1 to be installed or not, and it could be installed in the storage card or microdrive!
In any language, official, from MS, could be a MUST for PK 3.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=4b106c1f-51e2-42f0-ba32-69bb7e9a3814

thanks !! going to install it and u r right its really a must have.

[et209]

hi guys. this is what i have experienced:

started with PK1 rom with radio 1.50 = everything is ok.
1. 1st installation = PK2 rom = battery drains out within 5 to 6 hours
2. drains the battery + recharge + install fix cab for battery = same result
3. removed radio 1.50 and installed 1.45 = battery drains out within 8 hours.
4. reinstalled PK1 rom with radio 1.50 = back to normal(means it will last abt 1.5 to 2 days).

i guess as for me, PK1 rom is the best option; either rom, i want to say THANK YOU to the team..

[LTxda]

Office 6.1 to be installed or not, and it could be installed in the storage card or microdrive!
In any language, official, from MS, could be a MUST for PK 3.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=4b106c1f-51e2-42f0-ba32-69bb7e9a3814

Wow, another great suggestion! Thanks bro. Will put this on the list.

[LTxda]

hi guys. this is what i have experienced:

started with PK1 rom with radio 1.50 = everything is ok.
1. 1st installation = PK2 rom = battery drains out within 5 to 6 hours
2. drains the battery + recharge + install fix cab for battery = same result
3. removed radio 1.50 and installed 1.45 = battery drains out within 8 hours.
4. reinstalled PK1 rom with radio 1.50 = back to normal(means it will last abt 1.5 to 2 days).

i guess as for me, PK1 rom is the best option; either rom, i want to say THANK YOU to the team..

Thanks for taking the time to test these.

Would you mind getting on an MSN session to see if we can isolate the cause? Just can't stand not knowing why it's only happening on a couple of devices.

Am I wrong everyone or is this happening on more than a couple of devices? Let us know and thank you in advance.

[kt666]

Thanks for taking the time to test these.

Would you mind getting on an MSN session to see if we can isolate the cause? Just can't stand not knowing why it's only happening on a couple of devices.

Am I wrong everyone or is this happening on more than a couple of devices? Let us know and thank you in advance.


I have the SAME problem (and the same results).. I tried with radio 1.45 and 1.47.. Please, if you find something, let me know..

[fards]

link seems to have stopped working to the office update.

EDIT: nope just in firefox for some reason..

[Mosser]

Thanks for taking the time to test these.

Would you mind getting on an MSN session to see if we can isolate the cause? Just can't stand not knowing why it's only happening on a couple of devices.

Am I wrong everyone or is this happening on more than a couple of devices? Let us know and thank you in advance.

I had exactly the same problem with battery life too, very short, sometimes less than 4 hours, and that was with just the rom installed from fresh with no addons, i have an 8 gig HD and a 4 gig miniSD

[LTxda]

I had exactly the same problem with battery life too, very short, sometimes less than 4 hours, and that was with just the rom installed from fresh with no addons, i have an 8 gig HD and a 4 gig miniSD

Had as in past tense? If so, how was it resolved?

I have the same setup and the 4gb SDHC from Transcend.

Edit: You said no addons...did you install the fix CAB for the battery issue?

[Mahmood]

Office 6.1 to be installed or not, and it could be installed in the storage card or microdrive!
In any language, official, from MS, could be a MUST for PK 3.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=4b106c1f-51e2-42f0-ba32-69bb7e9a3814


LINK IS DEAD !!! but here is the english version :

http://rapidshare.com/files/58760769/OfficeMobile_Licensed_0409_US.msi


download >>> connect PPC to PC >>>> install

[LTxda]

LINK IS DEAD !!! but here is the english version :

http://rapidshare.com/files/58760769/OfficeMobile_Licensed_0409_US.msi


download >>> connect PPC to PC >>>> install

Looks like MAYBE someone from Microsoft is monitoring the threads and removed the files from the page. Very interesting.

Thanks for the link Mahmood!

[et209]

Thanks for taking the time to test these.

Would you mind getting on an MSN session to see if we can isolate the cause? Just can't stand not knowing why it's only happening on a couple of devices.

Am I wrong everyone or is this happening on more than a couple of devices? Let us know and thank you in advance.

Hi ltxda,

no problem. tell me when u r online. i am using a U1000 dopod.

another thing to add.

is it due to other programs?
i have tried to isolate if it is due to other programs.. seems like it is not likely coz most of the tests i have done is purely running on roms and nothing else.

is it due to upgrading from PK1 to PK2?
don't know. i did not hard reset. my upgrade history has been:

u1000 wm5 -> u1000 wm6 -> installed unlocker -> PK1rom -> PK2rom...
(200-700 mA) (400-900 mA)
thanks.

[spzero]

link seems to have stopped working to the office update.

EDIT: nope just in firefox for some reason..

yeah they only like people who use their crappy ie7 even tho firefox is far better they jut cant stand that anyone is better than them lol..

in regards to battery i still have an issue with it will try n install a new radio 2night (any suggestions) now my laptop has being fixed (was in for warrenty repair due to hard drive failure and they gave me a bigger drive when i got it back so have double the storage now @ 120GB) :D

[eaglesteve]

I tried installing this, and got a message saying that I already have a newer version of mobile office in my device. It would not let me install unless I first uninstall the newer version. Is there a way to uninstall the existing 6.1 before I install this 6.1?

The reason I tried to install it again is because for some reason my excel would not start. I believe it is due to some file corruption. I was hoping that by installing this over the old one I could avoid a hard reset. However, there is no way it would allow me to install this.

[LTxda]

Hi ltxda,

no problem. tell me when u r online. i am using a U1000 dopod.

another thing to add.

is it due to other programs?
i have tried to isolate if it is due to other programs.. seems like it is not likely coz most of the tests i have done is purely running on roms and nothing else.

is it due to upgrading from PK1 to PK2?
don't know. i did not hard reset. my upgrade history has been:

u1000 wm5 -> u1000 wm6 -> installed unlocker -> PK1rom -> PK2rom...
(200-700 mA) (400-900 mA)
thanks.

Ok will let you know....and just to make sure...did you install the fix CAB released by Midget for this issue and still nothing?

[jsp91470]

I have to say this is a great ROM. I initially had the battery issue, but that appears to hve been at least improved by the patch. It's too early to say yet for sure, though. I can vouch for the fact that battery issues are to some extent normal after a ROM change while the device gets used to the battery. I also had the WMP issue, but that is a RealVGA issue and not specifically related to this ROM. I was able to fix it by turning off the playlist view as instructed.

Just one problem remains. There was one post about it way back, but it was never answered. The Windows Live Search Today plugin doesn't work. It gives me an "unable to launch" error. I tried changing the search string in the registry but to no avail. Any ideas on this? It's no big deal because I can use Misurdasoft SearchToday instead, but Live Search is a bit nicer because the search box is transparent and so doesn't obstruct my wallpaper.

[marka2k]

If you installed Opera it has taken the default browser position, change it back to IE





I have to say this is a great ROM. I initially had the battery issue, but that appears to hve been at least improved by the patch. It's too early to say yet for sure, though. I can vouch for the fact that battery issues are to some extent normal after a ROM change while the device gets used to the battery. I also had the WMP issue, but that is a RealVGA issue and not specifically related to this ROM. I was able to fix it by turning off the playlist view as instructed.

Just one problem remains. There was one post about it way back, but it was never answered. The Windows Live Search Today plugin doesn't work. It gives me an "unable to launch" error. I tried changing the search string in the registry but to no avail. Any ideas on this? It's no big deal because I can use Misurdasoft SearchToday instead, but Live Search is a bit nicer because the search box is transparent and so doesn't obstruct my wallpaper.

[jsp91470]

Thanks, that did it!

[et209]

Ok will let you know....and just to make sure...did you install the fix CAB released by Midget for this issue and still nothing?

yes. i ran PK2 rom for 2 days without the fix and 1 day with the fix + battery status. result is the same. fast battery drain.

please let me re-iterate. it is a great rom. fast. my battery issue may be due to that i am using U1000. i don't know. maybe only a handful of people are experiencing this.

another thing is that i installed when my battery is 90% not 100%.

thanks.

[Confucious]

I also had the WMP issue, but that is a RealVGA issue and not specifically related to this ROM. I was able to fix it by turning off the playlist view as instructed.


That didn't fix it for me - but the cab earlier on this thread fixes it peoperly :)

[Darkguy]

Just a quick suggestion:

Could anybody on the project post links and descriptions of all the fixes and patches we had since the release ov v2 (battery, WMP fix fpr 96/128 dpi, etc.) in one place, preferably along with the downloads in the 1st or 2nd post? This thread is getting huge, and for people who decide to install this ROM now, it might be easier t find all the things that can remove problems early on, instead of reading through more than 600 posts in search of a solution.

I'll be getting my Ameo sometime next week, will then go for te upgrade, and would also prefer not having to re-read the entire thread. ;)

Thanks and keep up the great work, it is much appreciated!

[Johnston411]

Just a quick suggestion:

Could anybody on the project post links and descriptions of all the fixes and patches we had since the release ov v2 (battery, WMP fix fpr 96/128 dpi, etc.) in one place, preferably along with the downloads in the 1st or 2nd post? This thread is getting huge, and for people who decide to install this ROM now, it might be easier t find all the things that can remove problems early on, instead of reading through more than 600 posts in search of a solution.

I'll be getting my Ameo sometime next week, will then go for te upgrade, and would also prefer not having to re-read the entire thread. ;)

Thanks and keep up the great work, it is much appreciated!

If you click the paper clip next to the thread name in the forum all the attachments in the thread appear in a pop up.

Hope thats of some help

Paul J

[Pantaloonie]

If you click the paper clip next to the thread name in the forum all the attachments in the thread appear in a pop up.

Hope thats of some help

Paul J

Ooh... you learn something new every day.
Thanks for that.

[kerappo]

Just a quick suggestion:

Could anybody on the project post links and descriptions of all the fixes and patches we had since the release ov v2 (battery, WMP fix fpr 96/128 dpi, etc.) in one place, preferably along with the downloads in the 1st or 2nd post? This thread is getting huge, and for people who decide to install this ROM now, it might be easier t find all the things that can remove problems early on, instead of reading through more than 600 posts in search of a solution.

I'll be getting my Ameo sometime next week, will then go for te upgrade, and would also prefer not having to re-read the entire thread. ;)

Thanks and keep up the great work, it is much appreciated!

The list of the needed current releases / fixes would be a good start. The paper clip seems to show all of the attachements but omits the info which of them are the latest. Is there a way to find all of the links from the thread somehow without browsing through them individually?

[Confucious]

Ooh... you learn something new every day.
Thanks for that.

Ditto here!

[daryl41]

this is a good rom but battery drain like hell and got some problems with the cut off views in vga 92/128 mode.

[Johnston411]

pleasure to be of service. makes cab hunting so much easier.

quick note on radios and batteries on t mobile in south east uk

1.5 = best reception rubbish battery . drains even when not on 3g
1.47= 2nd best reception good battery life. over 24 hours
1.45= 3rd best reception intermediate battery life. 24 hours

haven't tried 1.38 yet but for me its 1.47 for the longer battery and the decent reception.

[LTxda]

Just a quick suggestion:

Could anybody on the project post links and descriptions of all the fixes and patches we had since the release ov v2 (battery, WMP fix fpr 96/128 dpi, etc.) in one place, preferably along with the downloads in the 1st or 2nd post? This thread is getting huge, and for people who decide to install this ROM now, it might be easier t find all the things that can remove problems early on, instead of reading through more than 600 posts in search of a solution.

I'll be getting my Ameo sometime next week, will then go for te upgrade, and would also prefer not having to re-read the entire thread. ;)

Thanks and keep up the great work, it is much appreciated!

Good idea..we'll talk to PK about this since it's his post and he can modify easily. Great thinking!

[LTxda]

this is a good rom but battery drain like hell and got some problems with the cut off views in vga 92/128 mode.

We're still looking into the battery issue. The VGA issues are for Tobias to work out in his realVGA implementation and are the same with all ROMs, not specific to the AP ROM released. Hopefully Tobias will come out with a new version soon. I know he's been busy and has contributed a great deal to the forum. Glad to have him around!

[c0mput0r]

Here is a picture of my today screen with ilauncher and the touch setup on the great 2.0!

http://aycu11.webshots.com/image/28330/2003505306035321499_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003505306035321499)

[wgary]

These are taken from BatteryStatus, minimally +-5 mA, at minimal CPU load (< 10%) -- higher spikes as CPU load goes up.

Here are my findings:
Dim screen, radio off, BT off, WiFi off - 90 mA
Add screen is max bright - 120 mA
Add BT on - 70 mA
Add WiFi on - 70 mA
Add Radio on (idle) - 0 mA
Add active call - 120 mA (with upward peaks)
Add active Edge connection - 300 mA

Wish I knew:
Power drain when on standby. I assume that this is somewhat greater than 0, since it still monitors the radio and so forth.

My typical configurations:
Bright screen, radio on, BT on, WiFi off - 280 mA
Dim screen, radio on, BT on, WiFi off - 160
Bright screen, radio on, BT on, WiFi off, active call - 400 mA
Dim screen, radio on, BT on, WiFi off, active call - 280 mA
Bright screen, radio on, BT on, WiFi off, streaming music or video - 580 mA
Dim screen, radio on, BT on, WiFi off, streaming music or video - 465 mA

So, if I understand this correctly, with everything off and screen on dim, I should get 1200/90 or a little over 13 hours. With everything off and screen on bright, I would get about 6 hours. With my typical configuration, I would get about 4-7.5 hours depending on screen brightness. And my talk time would be about 4 hours or less, assuming dim screen and minimal other activity.

This does not account for:
1. Higher drain when higher CPU load or when there is an active data connection.
2. Lower drain when the device is on standby.

In reality, I have been getting at most 8-10 hours with minimal use, as low as 5 hours with heavy use. I have recently dramatically cut back my settings in power management, and I'm hoping this will help. Also, I'm noticing that the device is on when I don't think it should be. Seems like something (probably data connection to sync e-mail) brings it out of standby, but then it doesn't go back onto standby. So I'm checking to see if that reveals anything.

Can others check their values, especially using radio 1.47 or 1.45?

Anyone have any other insights?

NOTE: I am running PK2.0 with radio 1.50 on x7500, PhoneAlarm and PocketBreeze (with tabs for calendar, contacts, PocketWeather, and Battery Status), pBar 1.4, Batti disabled, IntelliSync connection for wireless Sync (push only) with work Groupwise server.

[beginner]

I couldn't have blackberry client with other radio that 1.5.

If other obtain, please post.

[tljax]

Any update on PK getting his Athena?? Selfishly thinking 3.0 will be the bomb!!

[ahmadfarid]

No issue with battery here..i`m using Midget battery fix cab..

Just notice that CAlender could not move to the following week..it just stay there regardless of me clicking it many times..

[Red_Toyol]

Hi all,

Battery drain issue again. I installed my Dopod U1000 with stock Black Touch 2.0 ROM this morning, together with Black Touch Addons, as posted in Post #1. This ROM upgrade + addons completed at 10am, with 100% battery.

OS: 5.2.1437 (Build 17944.0.3.1)-PK
ROM Version: AP Touch 2.0
ROM date: 07/06/07
Radio version: 1.50.00.00
Protocol: 32.83.7020.20H

I have also installed "Athena Project Battery Test by Midget.cab", "Athena Project Test WMP Fix.cab" and have removed Batti from startup and soft-reset the device. I was running in 128dpi, with AP Touch interface without Kaiser. Bluetooth ON, Phone On, WiFi Off, Screen Brightness at Level 1 (Level 0 is the dimmest).

From my observation, with very minimal use (average of 5 minutes talk time every hour, no games, no other application) the battery drained about 10% in every 1 hour. I checked my device at every hour starting from 10am until 7pm. At 7pm, the battery is at 10% left. Previously, using stock Dopod WM6 upgrade, the battery lasts about 2 days with "real usage" of the device (applications, office, hours of call time, wifi, bluetooth, games).

With that drain speed, without any "real" usage of the device, I think I have problem. I appreciate if anybody could give any comment, suggestion or advice regarding this matter.

Thank you.

-Red-

[LTxda]

Hi all,

Battery drain issue again. I installed my Dopod U1000 with stock Black Touch 2.0 ROM this morning, together with Black Touch Addons, as posted in Post #1. This ROM upgrade + addons completed at 10am, with 100% battery.

OS: 5.2.1437 (Build 17944.0.3.1)-PK
ROM Version: AP Touch 2.0
ROM date: 07/06/07
Radio version: 1.50.00.00
Protocol: 32.83.7020.20H

I have also installed "Athena Project Battery Test by Midget.cab", "Athena Project Test WMP Fix.cab" and have removed Batti from startup and soft-reset the device. I was running in 128dpi, with AP Touch interface without Kaiser. Bluetooth ON, Phone On, WiFi Off, Screen Brightness at Level 1 (Level 0 is the dimmest).

From my observation, with very minimal use (average of 5 minutes talk time every hour, no games, no other application) the battery drained about 10% in every 1 hour. I checked my device at every hour starting from 10am until 7pm. At 7pm, the battery is at 10% left. Previously, using stock Dopod WM6 upgrade, the battery lasts about 2 days with "real usage" of the device (applications, office, hours of call time, wifi, bluetooth, games).

With that drain speed, without any "real" usage of the device, I think I have problem. I appreciate if anybody could give any comment, suggestion or advice regarding this matter.

Thank you.

-Red-

The team is getting together tonight/tomorrow to have an indepth look over the battery issue. Hopefully will have something shortly.

Also make sure you didn't install the addons to the MD. :-)

Please note that we also have radio version 1.50 on this new ROM. This radio is the latest version which yields better performance but the cost is faster battery drain.

[LTxda]

I couldn't have blackberry client with other radio that 1.5.

If other obtain, please post.

It's coming. Look at my signature. ;-)
We're testing it now and enhancing it and working out the bugs, etc.

[Red_Toyol]

The team is getting together tonight/tomorrow to have an indepth look over the battery issue. Hopefully will have something shortly.

Also make sure you didn't install the addons to the MD. :-)

Please note that we also have radio version 1.50 on this new ROM. This radio is the latest version which yields better performance but the cost is faster battery drain.

Wow! Super Fast reply from Itxda! Thank you. FYI, all of the addons were installed in the device, not MD or SD. I am going to put radio 1.45, replacing 1.50 for testing. Will report the performance.

ROM AP 3.0? That is a great news! Hopefully ROM AP 3.0 will solve battery issues faced by many. Great work Athena Team!

-Red-

[LTxda]

Wow! Super Fast reply from Itxda! Thank you. FYI, all of the addons were installed in the device, not MD or SD. I am going to put radio 1.45, replacing 1.50 for testing. Will report the performance.

ROM AP 3.0? That is a great news! Hopefully ROM AP 3.0 will solve battery issues faced by many. Great work Athena Team!

-Red-

Yep 3.0 which will be faster, more stable, have a newer xip and OS build, more enhancements and we've accomplished something that no one else on the Athena has been able to do yet. This is doing to be a nice little bonus for those installing the ROM :-)

We have a great team and everyone is doing their part to get 3.0 out. Everyone has a role and responsibility so it makes things go smoothly. We just have to keep our heads and test the ROM more thoroughly even though we're excited and want to release it YESTERDAY! :-)

[Red_Toyol]

Yep 3.0 which will be faster, more stable, have a newer xip and OS build, more enhancements and we've accomplished something that no one else on the Athena has been able to do yet. This is doing to be a nice little bonus for those installing the ROM :-)

We have a great team and everyone is doing their part to get 3.0 out. Everyone has a role and responsibility so it makes things go smoothly. We just have to keep our heads and test the ROM more thoroughly even though we're excited and want to release it YESTERDAY! :-)

Can you give us some insight of this new ROM, please? I would very much like to know what is there in ROM 3.0 and perhaps we can make suggestions for the benefit of all. Personally I would like, if possible, to see:

1. Battery issue resolved
2. Comm Manager that is reliable and support VGA at least 128dpi
3. A new AP Touch interface that doesnt cut off in 128 or 96 dpi.
4. A reliable radio version (combination of power friendly, good reception, and if possible supports blackberry)
5. Video calls supports

Cheers!

-Red-

[Madhadder]

PK3 Requests

A fix for the Password lock issue, without having to install a 3rd party app. would also be nice.
The Updated Office Mobile package.
The Updated HTC Sim Manager
8/10 Button Kaiser Comm Manager (Working, and at 96/128dpi)

[irus]

not even a thank you ... madhadder just your requests? nice

[Madhadder]

My thanks, are in previous pages/posts. But to save you the time searching thru the entire site...

Thanks guys for your hard work, keep it up..

[wgary]

Changing radio to 1.47 has fixed my battery problems. I've been using my phone for 14 hours and still 50% after a bit of surfing calling texting emailing etc...

thanks again mahmood:DHey, I'm about ready to try this. I'm desperate to be able to be away from power for more than a couple hours without having to worry.

One question: Does this do a hard reset? With Wizard, you could install radio without hard reset.

Another question: If yes, can you restore a backup? Or are there registry settings that go with this?

Last question, If yes, how long for PK3.0? I really, really don't want to have to do go through getting everything set up. Seems to take days until everything is set right again...

[Johnston411]

Hey, I'm about ready to try this. I'm desperate to be able to be away from power for more than a couple hours without having to worry.

One question: Does this do a hard reset? With Wizard, you could install radio without hard reset.

Another question: If yes, can you restore a backup? Or are there registry settings that go with this?

Last question, If yes, how long for PK3.0? I really, really don't want to have to do go through getting everything set up. Seems to take days until everything is set right again...


Yep it hard resets the device but if you use the backup software in the addons and then restore once you've upgraded the radio it should put you back to where you were before changing the radio (i've just changed mine again and used the software and it worked a treat)

[beginner]

It's coming. Look at my signature. ;-)
We're testing it now and enhancing it and working out the bugs, etc.

Hi Itxda, regarding BB connectivity and the new version you plan to post for PK, looks we could have troubles having BB running because it means new release for windows. do you plan some patch for it?

[beginner]

Just for your info, previous version PK 1.0 supports the attached program (it is free). It is very simple, supports for people without pushmail enabled in the exchange server to syncr automatically when receive a mail. IT is based in intercepting the sms that your phone provider can send you with "new mail arrived" text.

But I see the new release PK 2.0 creates some troubles and doesn't work. I think is related to compact framework, or the version or something new involved in the rom.

Maybe you consider to have it working for people without pushmail.

[tetrisplayer]

Hi All,

Firstly THANKS for the ROM - it's an awesome improvement from the AMEO (T-mob UK) stock setup.

BUT - just wanted to provide some feedback that also on my device the battery consumption is very bad and will drain in a day without much use. I need to have a charger at work (one charge ) and at home (charge overnight) to keep it on 24x7. Not really a complaint considering the community effort - but jsut wanted to provide some constructive feedback that the reports aren't isolated.

Haven't done much tweaking to see what I could change - i use this as my main device so willing to try / contribute some testing as long as I don't have to re-flash every day.

[sabes143]

First of all Thanks for the PK 2.0 and the support after release.

Currently PK 2.0 works as princess for my Athena and no Major problems. Only issue is when I change the DPI to 128 or 96 the Athena hangs because of the SPB Mobileshell. I would like to say thanks for the great rom and the addons and the support and wish you good luck for the PK 3.0

Therefore i have given some donations with transaction ID Number 2J0503862E9451903 and Transaction ID: 1T973586JH953810U.

Good Luck again

Device: X7500 with PK2.0 + Addons Radio 1.50
Network : Virgin300/300
Softwares: SPb Mobile Shell, SPb Phonesuite, Spb Backup, Spb Diary, Spb Traveller, Spb Wallet, RMRbank

[sudf]

hello i have see that you have make a good job and a configurator for the htc home.it look very nyce but i want to know how the plugins work to knows if it s possible to make see good in normal resolution .if you have any idea like change the picture or an xml i don t know but i am ready to help nobody who want to make it look good in standard resolution

[mackaby007]

hello i have see that you have make a good job and a configurator for the htc home.it look very nyce but i want to know how the plugins work to knows if it s possible to make see good in normal resolution .if you have any idea like change the picture or an xml i don t know but i am ready to help nobody who want to make it look good in standard resolution

Thanks for the offer of help bro.;) We're already looking into it, but by all means, do see if you can find a way to adjust the font sizes etc for native resolution.

See here: http://www.pocketemu.com/comment-n7.html

[LTxda]

First of all Thanks for the PK 2.0 and the support after release.

Currently PK 2.0 works as princess for my Athena and no Major problems. Only issue is when I change the DPI to 128 or 96 the Athena hangs because of the SPB Mobileshell. I would like to say thanks for the great rom and the addons and the support and wish you good luck for the PK 3.0

Therefore i have given some donations with transaction ID Number 2J0503862E9451903 and Transaction ID: 1T973586JH953810U.

Good Luck again

Device: X7500 with PK2.0 + Addons Radio 1.50
Network : Virgin300/300
Softwares: SPb Mobile Shell, SPb Phonesuite, Spb Backup, Spb Diary, Spb Traveller, Spb Wallet, RMRbank

Thank you on behalf of the team!

[daryl41]

thanks for the team for making the pk project.--so far the the big one is the battery issues for me, some hangup of media player in 96 and 128 dpi. currently i swift back to regular wm6 with radio 1.50 and the battery issues is gone. i can use the phone for the whole day without charging and only taken small amount in the battery.

[zeyn_786@orange.net]

Have tried loading the downloads i got for my new ameo, but i just get error message after error message. Either the
black touch download
or
wwe wm6

both start do maybe if lucky 1 percent, the reset the device, and computer comes up error message, can anyone help please?

[mackaby007]

Have tried loading the downloads i got for my new ameo, but i just get error message after error message. Either the
black touch download
or
wwe wm6

both start do maybe if lucky 1 percent, the reset the device, and computer comes up error message, can anyone help please?

Sounds like maybe you have not run Olipro's Unlocking software yet. Look in the main Athena forum...first thread. Unlock your device (all 3 stages), only after this can you install the AP_PK 2.0 Black Touch ROM or any other Athena based ROM.

If this is your a virgin to flashing, I suggest you read the entire thread for the unlocker first, so you are well prepared for any eventuality.

Good luck.;-)

[Confucious]

only after this can you install the AP_PK 2.0 Black Touch ROM or any other Athena based ROM.


Good luck.;-)
Not quite true Mackaby007 - assuming it's a UK T-Mob Ameo then there is the T-Mob Athena ROM which can be installed without unlocking.

Still recommend to follow all 3 steps of Olipro's unlocker then any ROM can be installed including the fantastic PK Black Touch V2.0
:)

[Red_Toyol]

Wow! Super Fast reply from Itxda! Thank you. FYI, all of the addons were installed in the device, not MD or SD. I am going to put radio 1.45, replacing 1.50 for testing. Will report the performance.

ROM AP 3.0? That is a great news! Hopefully ROM AP 3.0 will solve battery issues faced by many. Great work Athena Team!

-Red-

Okay, report on battery performance after changing to radio 1.45. I reflashed the radio to 1.45 (from stock 1.50), bluetooth ON all the time, average of 10 minutes call time per hour, removed Batti, screen brightness to Level 1 and Level 2 (Level 0 is the dimmest), battery charged to 100%.

The result is, after 12 hours of use, the battery is at 50%. Looks promising, probably I can go up to nearly 24 hours before the battery drain completely. The only substantial change I made from previous testing is downgrading radio to version 1.45, which has showed better/significant battery performance.

-Red-

[wgary]

Okay, report on battery performance after changing to radio 1.45. I reflashed the radio to 1.45 (from stock 1.50), bluetooth ON all the time, average of 10 minutes call time per hour, removed Batti, screen brightness to Level 1 and Level 2 (Level 0 is the dimmest), battery charged to 100%.

The result is, after 12 hours of use, the battery is at 50%. Looks promising, probably I can go up to nearly 24 hours before the battery drain completely. The only substantial change I made from previous testing is downgrading radio to version 1.45, which has showed better/significant battery performance.

-Red- Sounds promising... Two questions:
What is the impact on signal strength?
Why 1.45 instead of 1.47?

[flashgordonv]

WorldCard Mobile Business Card Scanner works great on the Athena. It's commercial.

I think the price just dropped from something like $130 to $30 or something very nice. I couldn't find the home page so if you find it please post here and thanks.

Seems when you buy this software it is only licensed for one phone, and they will not transfer it. I bought it on a TyTn. I have since sold the TyTn, had a Treo750 and with the Advantage decided it would be good to use it again. I emailed them and asked them to give me a new code, the software is tied to device code, and they told me to sod off, I need to buy another license.

I have tons of software I have bought over the years which I have used on all my many PPC phones and I must confess to being really peeved at these guys attitude. I would not have bought the software if I had known it does not transfer but is locked to the one phone. Too bad if your phone breaks, gets stolen or, GASP, you change it for something new.

The company is called PenPower by the way

[Red_Toyol]

Sounds promising... Two questions:
What is the impact on signal strength?
Why 1.45 instead of 1.47?

According to information I gathered from this forum, Radio 1.45 gives better GSM signal, and 1.47 gives better 3G signal. Radio 1.50 is a breed of both.

I have also tested 1.47 and compared it to 1.45, it seems (by roughly observing, no technical analysis) that 1.45 is more battery friendly, without compromising 3G connectivity (at least my 3G works fine still, not visible lack of performance).

Cheers!

-Red-

[spzero]

Seems when you buy this software it is only licensed for one phone, and they will not transfer it. I bought it on a TyTn. I have since sold the TyTn, had a Treo750 and with the Advantage decided it would be good to use it again. I emailed them and asked them to give me a new code, the software is tied to device code, and they told me to sod off, I need to buy another license.

I have tons of software I have bought over the years which I have used on all my many PPC phones and I must confess to being really peeved at these guys attitude. I would not have bought the software if I had known it does not transfer but is locked to the one phone. Too bad if your phone breaks, gets stolen or, GASP, you change it for something new.

The company is called PenPower by the way



im sure theyl be a crack for it somewhere if you've already purchased a copy i think you would be able to sleep well at night if you were to use it.. altough if you dont own this already youl burn in hell or similar for using a crack (well maybe you will) lol

[spzero]

How about this as an alternative to htc home i found in artemis forums after browsing them for a few days after my new purchase im not too sure of what can and cant be done but works in 96 dpi but dosent display right in others, still deffo worth having a look at. according to comments seams to be faster then htc home

[LTxda]

Seems when you buy this software it is only licensed for one phone, and they will not transfer it. I bought it on a TyTn. I have since sold the TyTn, had a Treo750 and with the Advantage decided it would be good to use it again. I emailed them and asked them to give me a new code, the software is tied to device code, and they told me to sod off, I need to buy another license.

I have tons of software I have bought over the years which I have used on all my many PPC phones and I must confess to being really peeved at these guys attitude. I would not have bought the software if I had known it does not transfer but is locked to the one phone. Too bad if your phone breaks, gets stolen or, GASP, you change it for something new.

The company is called PenPower by the way


This is crap. I guess I won't be buying anything else from these people then.

Of course, now that you do have a valid license, you could acquire the software via alternate means. ;-)

[LTxda]

How about this as an alternative to htc home i found in artemis forums after browsing them for a few days after my new purchase im not too sure of what can and cant be done but works in 96 dpi but dosent display right in others, still deffo worth having a look at. according to comments seams to be faster then htc home

We're diligently working on 3.0 :-)

Do you mind posting some screens of this for us?

[victoradjei]

This is crap. I guess I won't be buying anything else from these people then.

Of course, now that you do have a valid license, you could acquire the software via alternate means. ;-)

Sounds like me and TomTom :cool: :rolleyes: :eek:

[Confucious]

Sounds like me and TomTom :cool: :rolleyes: :eek:

Which is another reason I prefer CoPilot ;)

[spzero]

We're diligently working on 3.0 :-)

Do you mind posting some screens of this for us?

more information >>>HERE<<< (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327160&highlight=htcplus)

((think this is a newer cab file with more options) from this page looking at screen pics) cant wait for 3.0 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[adamelphick]

I tried HTC plus and it screwed up my today screen!!

Teh clock was misaligned... and no quicklaunch setup available...

Then when i tried to uninstall it wouldnt until i unticked it in the today screen items AND did a reboot!

[PDAMerlin]

Hi all..

Just thought I would post to say that I have managed to get windows media player working properly without freezing in all DPI's - and I aren't using the WMP fix cab!

I did the following:

From "Menu" in WMP, click Options and then untick the box so WMP doesn't start up in Library mode - then select the "Skin" tab. Wait a few seconds until the picture of the skin appears. Then closed WMP.

I can then select any DPI and WMP opens up properly first time!


My device is now nearly perfect! For the last couple of days I have been having battery drain issues - I've just hard reset after flashing back to Radio 1.45 and am hoping that will fix it (device is a HTC branded device).

I have one question - How long does it take to fully charge the battery?
At 11pm last night the battery was at 80% and it was left on charge until 8am this morning (thats 10 hours) and the battery was still only showing 90% charged. When I took it off power and then looked at the device 30 mins later it was down to 60% with no use...Not sure if this is the same issue others are having or if I have a faulty battery...I will try another battery tomorrow just incase but would welcome any suggestions...

Merlin

[theaxter]

Yep, I was waiting...

I can't get the addons due to limitation on rapidshare, I hope someone will provide other links.

Just change your IP (in case that you have it dynamic) and select Telia as the server , you will get it at the maximum speed.

[robinbowes]

Hi all,

After a few days messing around with this ROM and various add-ons, etc. I am pleased to report that it's finally all working for me!

I should say that I'm relatively new to the world of Windows Mobile so it's all been a bit of a steep learning curve for me.

I started with the ROM and installed all add-ons to the micro-drive. I had major stability problems - my device hung regularly (once every couple of days) and battery life was poor.

I've since re-flashed and installed just a few add-ons to the device, removed batti, applied the battery fix and WMP fix (not that I use WMP!), and am using wxTask. All seems to be working very well.

Battery life: I left my device unplugged last night at about 02:30 and now (09:45) still have 90% battery remaining over 7 hours later, although my battery is showing a temperature of 127.8 degrees C !!

All in all I'm very happy with the new ROM and am looking forward to v3.

Now I just need to learn how to configure my device - for example, I still have no idea how to install the themes/buttons, etc and make my today page look like some of the screenshots in this thread. I guess I'll pick that up if I do a bit more work.

Thanks again,

R.

[Midget_1990]

Hi all..

Just thought I would post to say that I have managed to get windows media player working properly without freezing in all DPI's - and I aren't using the WMP fix cab!

I did the following:

From "Menu" in WMP, click Options and then untick the box so WMP doesn't start up in Library mode - then select the "Skin" tab. Wait a few seconds until the picture of the skin appears. Then closed WMP.

I can then select any DPI and WMP opens up properly first time!


My device is now nearly perfect! For the last couple of days I have been having battery drain issues - I've just hard reset after flashing back to Radio 1.45 and am hoping that will fix it (device is a HTC branded device).

I have one question - How long does it take to fully charge the battery?
At 11pm last night the battery was at 80% and it was left on charge until 8am this morning (thats 10 hours) and the battery was still only showing 90% charged. When I took it off power and then looked at the device 30 mins later it was down to 60% with no use...Not sure if this is the same issue others are having or if I have a faulty battery...I will try another battery tomorrow just incase but would welcome any suggestions...

Merlin

thanks for that i'll look into using it to improve the wmp fix

[Confucious]

Opera 8.65 final is now released - will it be in 3.0?

[sergiopi]

May be has been answered somewere but all HTC or DOPOD WM6 ENG or ITA ROM release have an hardware keyboard bug during the call.
You can't use some letters, both with note and pocket word, or excel, only the soft keyboard works .

PK2.0 has the same bug?

[lpsi2000]

Hi all..

Just thought I would post to say that I have managed to get windows media player working properly without freezing in all DPI's - and I aren't using the WMP fix cab!

I did the following:

From "Menu" in WMP, click Options and then untick the box so WMP doesn't start up in Library mode - then select the "Skin" tab. Wait a few seconds until the picture of the skin appears. Then closed WMP.

I can then select any DPI and WMP opens up properly first time!

My device is now nearly perfect! For the last couple of days I have been having battery drain issues - I've just hard reset after flashing back to Radio 1.45 and am hoping that will fix it (device is a HTC branded device).

I have one question - How long does it take to fully charge the battery?
At 11pm last night the battery was at 80% and it was left on charge until 8am this morning (thats 10 hours) and the battery was still only showing 90% charged. When I took it off power and then looked at the device 30 mins later it was down to 60% with no use...Not sure if this is the same issue others are having or if I have a faulty battery...I will try another battery tomorrow just incase but would welcome any suggestions...

Merlin

10 hours for 10% is definitely not good. I have gone from 5% to 90% in a couple of hours.

[Madhadder]

Heres a question for the group..

How can I disable the automatic pop-up of the on screen keyboard
every time I click on a text entry field. I'm sure its a good option, but
I like the Hardware keyboard better at most tasks. And if I'm on a page
with many text fields, it get very annoying.

[jmdrizen]

Opera 8.65 final is now released - will it be in 3.0?
Are you sure you mean 8.65? Has this not been available since March?

[irus]

i know this sound confusing but there are technically 2 versions of 8.65, the one that comes with the x7500 and the one that is on the opera website. the only difference i can tell is that the one on the website makes use of adobe flash which means you can watch vids on youtube but it starts and stops alot. so hopefully they fixed that from the beta version.

[c0mput0r]

I found what I was looking for....sigh...

[LTxda]

Opera 8.65 final is now released - will it be in 3.0?

If it works with Vueflo we'll add it. We'll test and see, thanks for the heads up.

[jmdrizen]

Has anyone else had problems with SPB Mobile and/or SPB Diary with RealVGA :-( My Ameo hangs upon restart when I have them running together on this ROM :-(

[sabes143]

Hi
Spb Mobile will not work on Real vga @128DPI or 96 DPI. But Spb diary, Spb Phone suite, Spb Traveller, Spb backup and Spb finance all works @ 128 DPI. I did not tried on 96 DPI. Spb Mobile hangs because it was in the startup.

I put a message on the Spb mobile forum but so far no reply yet. I am happy with 128 DPI without Spb mobile and no battery issue or WMP issue.

Device: X7500 with PK2.0 + Addons, Radio 1.50
RealVGA @128 DPI
Network : Virgin300/300
Softwares: SPb Phonesuite, Spb Backup, Spb Diary, Spb Traveller, Spb Wallet, Spb Finance, Core Player

[jmdrizen]

Hi
Spb Mobile will not work on Real vga @128DPI or 96 DPI. But Spb diary, Spb Phone suite, Spb Traveller, Spb backup and Spb finance all works @ 128 DPI. I did not tried on 96 DPI. Spb Mobile hangs because it was in the startup.

I put a message on the Spb mobile forum but so far no reply yet. I am happy with 128 DPI without Spb mobile and no battery issue or WMP issue.

Device: X7500 with PK2.0 + Addons, Radio 1.50
RealVGA @128 DPI
Network : Virgin300/300
Softwares: SPb Phonesuite, Spb Backup, Spb Diary, Spb Traveller, Spb Wallet, Spb Finance, Core Player
Cheers for that! I'll install without Mobile :-) I see by your sig that you use SPB PhoneSuite, is that working okay with this ROM then? As I had problems with it muting the sound, preventing my alarm from sounding on my Ameo with SPB Time.. :-(

[Tadeusz]

If it works with Vueflo we'll add it. We'll test and see, thanks for the heads up.
I have tested it in original HTC WM6 and it is not working with Vueflo. I had to return to Opera version suplied with the ROM.

[Confucious]

No, it doesn't work with vueflo :(

[Midget_1990]

No, it doesn't work with vueflo :(

ill try and find out what makes it work with vueflo :)

[Confucious]

ill try and find out what makes it work with vueflo :)

Good stuff! Thanks Midget. Good luck.

[jmdrizen]

Hey,

I've noticed two small glitches, has anyone else seen them, or knows how I can overcome?

1) The OK button in the corner has a tendency to close the application in stead of perform the "OK" task - IE, in SPB Time when setting changes to an alarm, if I click OK it will close without saving, However, if I press the "OK" button on the device it does as should do and saves my alarm..? This isn't just limited to SPB applications either... :-/

2) The Finger keyboard that is installed as default, I can't deactive it and set the standard keyboard as default, it works for a little while but no-matter how I assign the default the other comes back... I'm finding it too big to use :-(

Regards and good work everyone!!

[rhedgehog]

@jmdrizen: The problem with the OK button is down to the task manager 2.0 that is in the addon pack. I had exactly the same problem. It's easy to get around it, just remember to press the ok button on the front of the device. I got too annoyed with this and simply uninstalled the 2.0 task manager and stuck with the 1.5 that is pre-installed.

As for the teksoft keyboard. I get the same issue. I have even got to the point that if it is not set as the default, i lose it completely and all i can use is the original WM keyboard. This is fine if i am in 192 dpi, but a nightmare if in 96. I don't know of a way to fix it i am afraid.

@sabes143: All the standard SPB Software today plugins work at 96dpi from what i can tell. I never use SPB shell as i can't stand the thing, but SPB Diary, SPB Pocket Plus, SPB weather and SPB Backup all work without fault.

[jmdrizen]

rHedgehog, cheers matey! Thanks for this, makes sense, I think I'll unload TM2.0 aswell...

Cheers!

[Darkguy]

I finally got my Ameo from T-Mobile Austria this Friday (and it was a steal, with all my bonus points, and they even gave me a nice discount, since it was the last unit and had been on display for a while, even though it doesn't seem to have ever been actually used by anybody). The Ameo has officially been discontinued here and there seem to be only very few, if any units left to be had, so if you are with TMA and want to get one, please do hurry up! (A1 does still carry the HTC X7500, though).

Went right into unlocking and flashing PK 2.0, which both worked like a charm, and all I can say is: This is awesome, thank you guys for making a great device even better! I'd love to get you guys some monetary reward as well, as I mentioned before to ltxda, but it would have to be by means that do not require a credit card (since I don't own one, and PayPal here in Austria only lets you sign up with a credit card). If you have any ideas how to do this (without my bank charging me ridicolous amounts of money for an overseas transfer) please let me know!

If there is some other way I can help out, like maybe with testing or localization/translation (to German), helping out with questions on this thread, etc. please let me know as well. One thing I might be able to offer is maintaining or putting together some sort of FAQ or guide, since there is a lot of information on this thread, but with literally hundreds of postings it can be a bit hard to find one's way around it, and might be a bit intimidating to any newbies (I know I'd have a hard time finding any info, if I hadn't started reading this thread right from the start, even with no Ameo to play with).

I cannot yet comment on battery issues, since I did not use the unit a lot away from home or mains power yet. It seemed to drain a bit fast on first use, but I since removed batti and X Button from Startup and use pBar. From the limited expirience I have with the unit as of yet, that step seems to have improved battery life. The real test for the unit will start in the next couple of days, with university kicking off again full-time and me being on my way most of the day.

I absolutely LOVE the 96dpi mode, with all the info you can fit on the screen. Since I work using UXGA (1600×1200) on a 15" notebook display, I am pretty much used to very small lettering, and don't have any issues with the size whatsoever (even with being far from 20/20 eyesight). I just took a quick look at my MDA II (HTC Himalaya), and could only bear a few seconds of looking at the seemingly HUGE pixels of the 240×320 screen, as compared to the crips screen of the Ameo. Funny what little time it takes to get used to and depending on this kind of resolution.

Sure, a few apps get somewhat distorted, but I can easily live with that, since most work great with that resolution. RealVGA does indeed rock, and the localization component provided with it translates most applications into German without any glitches! The only thing that slightly bothers me is that the SIM-pad is pretty messed up (do we have a solution for that already - a quick search brought nothing up, but I might have missed it). Input works with the stylus as well as the hardware keyboard though, so it's mainly an optical glitch for me.

There is something annoying about the software keyboards, but I will ask my questions about that one in an independent post in this thread, as not to bloat this up too much.

Again, thank you lots and lots for all the work that is going into this, I'd love to help out any way I can, just let me know how!

Regards,
Darkguy

[wgary]

.. One thing I might be able to offer is maintaining or putting together some sort of FAQ or guide, since there is a lot of information on this thread, but with literally hundreds of postings it can be a bit hard to find one's way around it, and might be a bit intimidating to any newbies (I know I'd have a hard time finding any info, if I hadn't started reading this thread right from the start, even with no Ameo to play with)...
Regards,
DarkguyWelcome aboard Dark Guy! There is a Wiki which some people have worked on over the past months, but which could really use a fresh set of eyes -- what information did YOU really need as a new user? I think that would be a very welcome help!
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Athena

[Darkguy]

Hey all!

Fingertouch really seems like a nice onscreen keyboard. The problem is, it uses the English QWERTY-layout. Since I am used to the German QWERTZ layout, is there a way to change layouts on Fingertouch? The Teksoftco-website only meantions QWERTY, the support forum mentions nothing about it at all, and looking around the registry, I could not find any keys or values, that seem to point at a specific layout being set (and thus, being able to change it).

I originally thought that the German localization of RealVGA was supposed to handle keyboard layouts as well, but it seems that is not the case (or something has gone wrong). I managed to change the layout of the hardware keyboard as well as the original (black/white, 2D-looking) software keyboard to german by changing some of the 0409 values to 0407 (d'oh, of course I didn't write them down, which will of course come back to bite me in the butt some day).

Anyway, the blue/3D-keyboard is still in the QWERTY layout. Also, auto-complete does not work at all, which might also be a localization issue. I will ask in the TrueVGA thread as well, in case something has gone wrong on my installation.

Regards,
Darkguy

[Arya]

Hi Friends
I want to download this good ROM
bt i can' download it:-(:-(
I can't download with Rapidshare beacuse my pc is in a server and another pne is downloadin a file
and megaupload is full in iran and MediaMax give me this error::-(
Sorry! The account you are trying to access is not available.

The account you are trying to access has been locked at this time. Please contact customer support at support@mediamax.streamload.com (support@mediamax.streamload.com) for more information
please give me another link for download this roms and other things like addone
tanX a lots friend and sorry for my bad english:D:D:D

[Arya]

Hi Friends
I want to download this good ROM
bt i can' download it:-(:-(
I can't download with Rapidshare beacuse my pc is in a server and another pne is downloadin a file
and megaupload is full in iran and MediaMax give me this error::-(
Sorry! The account you are trying to access is not available.

The account you are trying to access has been locked at this time. Please contact customer support at support@mediamax.streamload.com (support@mediamax.streamload.com) for more information
please give me another link for download this roms and other things like addone
tanX a lots friend and sorry for my bad english:D:D:D

[Arya]

i can find this file for downwload:D:D
http://www.mediamax.com/englefield/Hosted/AP_Touch_2.0.rar
but still can't find the addone:D:D

[Darkguy]

Just a quick suggestion for v3.0 or the 3.0 add-on. I came across a TCPMP plugin which allows for playback of FLV-files. FLV, or Flash Video is what is used by most video portals like YouTube or Google Video, and there are numerous tools to download the videos froom those platforms. Otherwise, the video would have to be converted, only to suffer in quality (another compression from an already compressed format) and probably still be bloated in size.

The plug-in can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=196939 (also in case anybody else is interested in this).

Regards,
Darkguy

[Darkguy]

Another heads-up:

v1.3.4 of pRSSReader has been released, which works fine in 96dpi, but kills services.exe during startup (prssrsrv.dll seems to be the culprit). I am still experimenting on what causes this behaviour - maybe it's happening because v1.3.3 could not properly be uninstalled on my device and I decided to go forward with installing v.1.3.4 anyway.

I'll experiment around a bit more and let oyu know what I find out. I'd like to use pRSS in 96dpi, but I don't want it to provide to the instability of the system.

Regards,
Darkguy

[Confucious]

Otherwise, the video would have to be converted, only to suffer in quality (another compression from an already compressed format) and probably still be bloated in size.

Darkguy
Or just use the excellent vtap to view videos....

But I'll probably try this plug in anyway as vtap doesn't search YouPorn....

[wgary]

I have been dealing with battery drain since upgrading to WM6 (x7501 upgrade, then PK2.0). I previously ran the Battery Fix cab and got no relief... Some people have reported some improvement using earlier radios. So I gave it a try.

However, after flashing 1.45 radio, I am at pretty much at the same spot as before. I get a little more than 10% battery drain per hour, pretty much the same as with 1.50 radio. See attached screen shots from System Monitor 1.21 -- http://www.celab-mobile.de -- as you can see I went from 100% at 6:13 to 20% at 1:13. That's 80% drain in 7 hours, about the same as the 1.50 radio. While the drain accoring to BatteryStatus is slightly lower (about 10%) with 1.45, but this isn't adding up to any real improvement in battery life.

I plan to try 1.47 radio tonight. Otherwise, I guess I'll hope for some relief with PK3 and just try to watch for outlets throughout the day in the meantime... I really don't want to go back to WM5.

[beginner]

I have been dealing with battery drain since upgrading to WM6 (x7501 upgrade, then PK2.0). I previously ran the Battery Fix cab and got no relief... Some people have reported some improvement using earlier radios. So I gave it a try.

However, after flashing 1.45 radio, I am at pretty much at the same spot as before. I get a little more than 10% battery drain per hour, pretty much the same as with 1.50 radio. See attached screen shots from System Monitor 1.21 -- http://www.celab-mobile.de -- as you can see I went from 100% at 6:13 to 20% at 1:13. That's 80% drain in 7 hours, about the same as the 1.50 radio. While the drain accoring to BatteryStatus is slightly lower (about 10%) with 1.45, but this isn't adding up to any real improvement in battery life.

I plan to try 1.47 radio tonight. Otherwise, I guess I'll hope for some relief with PK3 and just try to watch for outlets throughout the day in the meantime... I really don't want to go back to WM5.


Me too, at this stage if you really use the athena hardly you need to carry on aditional batteries and a charger. It is crazy.

[FlipB]

Today I turned off my bluetooth radio (at least while I am at work) and I maintained an excellent battery life. I don't use the device as my primary phone so I can live without an active BT connection. Wifi was on all day. And tonight I am 70% charged.

I, like many would can't wait for PK 3.0
Thanks.

[sabes143]

Today I turned off my bluetooth radio (at least while I am at work) and I maintained an excellent battery life. I don't use the device as my primary phone so I can live without an active BT connection. Wifi was on all day. And tonight I am 70% charged.

I, like many would can't wait for PK 3.0
Thanks.

Hi
I am bit curious about the battery drain. Is it may be the bluetooth device which is connected to the Athena makes the battery to drain. Because i did had a Jabra Bt headset and that time my battery lasts around 9 - 10 hours. Now i changed the headset and installed Battery fix. upto now around 13 hours from last charge still my athena showing about 70% battery( BT on but not broadcasting).

Other thing you have to remember whatever you instal to show on your today plugin it should be installed in the main memory. It will save more battery because if you install a plugin on the micro drive it will have to spin all the time. it may drain your battery.

Good luck guys. I hope you will resolve this issue soon.

-----------------------------------------
Device: X7500 with PK2.0 + Addons, Radio 1.50
RealVGA @128 DPI
Network : Virgin300/300
Softwares: SPb Phonesuite, Spb Backup, Spb Diary, Spb Traveller, Spb Wallet, Spb Finance, Core Player

[Johnston411]

Can anyone tell me what the rom version says for this rom in settings/about?

(Is it this? CE OS 5.2.1238 (build 17745.0.2.3)-PK

Also what the tmob wm6 says if possible?

Reason i ask is because i am investigating the battery issue when using 1.5.

I discovered that using the tmob wm6 with it the battery life is fine yet with this rom it is not.

I have just ran sprite backup that i took from ap touch 2 on the tmob rom to see if it would restore everything and it pretty much did. No errors anyway. Got the teksoft sip to.

Had to manually add the ap touch .tsk but thats no chore.

Battery life good and i have a touchy snappy finger friendly rom again with the best radio for calls and surfing for my neck of the woods.:D

Don't know why it worked it just did!!!!!

[sabes143]

Can anyone tell me what the rom version says for this rom in settings/about?

(Is it this? CE OS 5.2.1238 (build 17745.0.2.3)-PK

Also what the tmob wm6 says if possible?

Reason i ask is because i am investigating the battery issue when using 1.5.

I discovered that using the tmob wm6 with it the battery life is fine yet with this rom it is not.

I have just ran sprite backup that i took from ap touch 2 on the tmob rom to see if it would restore everything and it pretty much did. No errors anyway. Got the teksoft sip to.

Had to manually add the ap touch .tsk but thats no chore.

Battery life good and i have a touchy snappy finger friendly rom again with the best radio for calls and surfing for my neck of the woods.:D

Don't know why it worked it just did!!!!!

Hi
My Athena says
CE OS 5.2.1437(Build 17944.0.3.1)-PK

My battery works great and it gives atleast 24 hours normal usage with BT on.
Good luck with the tests

-----------------------------------------
Device: X7500 with PK2.0 + Addons, Radio 1.50
RealVGA @128 DPI
Network : Virgin300/300
Softwares: SPb Phonesuite, Spb Backup, Spb Diary, Spb Traveller, Spb Wallet, Spb Finance, Core Player

[Johnston411]

Cheers for the quick response. (saved me flashing back).

Well the versions are definitely different (it was the -pk bit that threw me)

Thanks again

[LTxda]

Cheers for the quick response. (saved me flashing back).

Well the versions are definitely different (it was the -pk bit that threw me)

Thanks again

That's PK putting that in there. LOL
Little bastard! :-p

[Johnston411]

Thought i'd better mention that if you require the rom specific programs from ap touch 2 and are thinking of doing what i did with the tmob wm6 and sprite then make sure you have, or can get, the cabs to reinstall them.

[jmdrizen]

Can the latest version of Windows Live (10.6.0033.0600) [as of 08.09.2007] be integrated into version 3.0? The CAB is available online. Features include:

Windows Live for Windows Mobile includes:
Integrated contact list (Windows Live and phone contacts) and option to not sync contacts
Windows Live Messenger
Windows Live Mail
Access to Windows Live Spaces (and capability to upload photos on some devices)
Windows Live Search (web search, location based search, etc.)

... just a thought... :)

[jsosow]

I had previously posted that my battery problems had vanished. This was only true for about a day. since then I have been waiting for an update. I have tried everything from raido versions to the patches to any other suggestions. nothing worked. I still hac the 7 hour battery. I then tead something about turning off the bluetooth. I got to thinking of what has changed. I removed the bluetooth icon from statup. (btIO). At this time this seems to have worked. my phone has been on for 12 hours andi am at 50%. the phone has been under heavy use today as well. It would be helpful if all that are still having the battery issue would try this and let everyone know.

[famsanr]

I had previously posted that my battery problems had vanished. This was only true for about a day. since then I have been waiting for an update. I have tried everything from raido versions to the patches to any other suggestions. nothing worked. I still hac the 7 hour battery. I then tead something about turning off the bluetooth. I got to thinking of what has changed. I removed the bluetooth icon from statup. (btIO). At this time this seems to have worked. my phone has been on for 12 hours andi am at 50%. the phone has been under heavy use today as well. It would be helpful if all that are still having the battery issue would try this and let everyone know.

Thnks for the tip. Coul you be more explicit about the way you removed the blue tooh icon for trying myself solve battery drain?

[eagle 1]

I also found that for me, the battery fix seemed to help some. But it still was not acceptable until I removed the BTIO from the startup. Now that I removed that and just turn on bluetooth normally, my battery is back to normal. (actually, i never turn off bluetooth. so the icon and startup were just a waste). But it really seems to have helped me. Others may disagree, but it works for me!

[jsosow]

Thnks for the tip. Coul you be more explicit about the way you removed the blue tooh icon for trying myself solve battery drain?

Go File Explorer, windows/startup and remove BTIO. Restart the phone.


I also found that for me, the battery fix seemed to help some. But it still was not acceptable until I removed the BTIO from the startup. Now that I removed that and just turn on bluetooth normally, my battery is back to normal. (actually, i never turn off bluetooth. so the icon and startup were just a waste). But it really seems to have helped me. Others may disagree, but it works for me!

This is what is working for me also. If you just leave the bluetooth on it works just fine. Battery is back to being similar to the official HTC Release. Use with stereo headset all day as phone and music headphones

[lpsi2000]

I think you guys found issue. Great job finding the BT Icon.

[Pawel062]

Can the latest version of Windows Live (10.6.0033.0600) [as of 08.09.2007] be integrated into version 3.0? The CAB is available online. Features include:

Windows Live for Windows Mobile includes:
Integrated contact list (Windows Live and phone contacts) and option to not sync contacts
Windows Live Messenger
Windows Live Mail
Access to Windows Live Spaces (and capability to upload photos on some devices)
Windows Live Search (web search, location based search, etc.)

... just a thought... :)

hehe its already in the rom ;) was there from beginning. please no more questions about this comment

[Pawel062]

ok guys it seems we have confirmed the issue with battery drain is btIO. any objections from removing it for 3.0? btw 3.0 is in the works and is awesome and so is the athena ;)

[Mahmood]

ok guys it seems we have confirmed the issue with battery drain is btIO. any objections from removing it for 3.0? btw 3.0 is in the works and is awesome and so is the athena ;)

no problem ! if thats the problem remove it but hoop that Bluetooth will function normally !!!

[Johnston411]

ok guys it seems we have confirmed the issue with battery drain is btIO. any objections from removing it for 3.0? btw 3.0 is in the works and is awesome and so is the athena ;)

I removed it a couple of weeks ago as it was taking up valuable real estate without doing anything in particular. It had no effect on battery life (1.50 still drained too fast).

Removing it has not affected how my bluetooth has functioned at all.

I've flashed a stock rom and am gradually adding apps and tweaks to catch the culprit out as i can't imagine the improved 3g/hsdpa reception with 1.50 is whats causing the massive shift in power consumption, a ltitle more would make sense but not this much.

If i suss it out in the next couple of days i'll let you know

[wgary]

ok guys it seems we have confirmed the issue with battery drain is btIO. any objections from removing it for 3.0? btw 3.0 is in the works and is awesome and so is the athena ;)
Yes, take it if that is the issue. I did find it useful for managing bt connections. Is there an easy alternative for opening the audio gateway? Note this is without using the A2DP profile, just to route streaming talk radio to my ear. Found BlueTooth Audio v1.0 and will try that...

[LTxda]

no problem ! if thats the problem remove it but hoop that Bluetooth will function normally !!!

btIO is an addon so BT won't be affected...the convenience provided by btIO may be missed by some but in that case they can install themselves. We're still running tests but I think the initial report that btIO may be causing this seems correct. We'll know more in the next few days.

[apd]

btIO is an addon so BT won't be affected...the convenience provided by btIO may be missed by some but in that case they can install themselves. We're still running tests but I think the initial report that btIO may be causing this seems correct. We'll know more in the next few days.

Interstingly, I had to hard reset the other day. I had removed BTIO on my previous installation. After hard resetting this time, I installed the battery fix and the batter problem was still there. Have this minute removed the BTIO and will report back later today as to whether it cures the battery issue.

[docraj]

I have btdwake.lnk in my startup, not BTIO. I also found that on removing it (and rebooting), the power drain increases by 10mA.

This shortcut points to \windows\btdwake.exe.

AFAIK, I have not installed any BT related program.

In any case, after installing midget's battery fix, I found that it has improved the battery performance by about 50%. That is to say, before my battery would last about 12 hours (100%->5%) and now it lasts about 25; everything else being equal in both cases.

[sergiopi]

I am trying since a copule of weeks CallCalendar http://www.kingfetty.com/Downloads.html .
It simply (17 Kb) add a calendar entry for calls, being sincronized with outlook. Freeware

Good in a .biz environment also to have all calls recorded into outlook, even if you use 2 phones, easy to edit to add to the call some elements, reminders ecc

[graybip]

My request is for a vanilla version as I have plenty of 3rd party apps.

[marka2k]

Did the battery fix also reverted to Radio 1.45 which helped some, remove btIO and there is a significant increase in battery life now even running with 3G active and push email on about 20m of calls using BT. I lost 20% of battery life after 6hrs which has been unheard of before.

[apd]

Interstingly, I had to hard reset the other day. I had removed BTIO on my previous installation. After hard resetting this time, I installed the battery fix and the batter problem was still there. Have this minute removed the BTIO and will report back later today as to whether it cures the battery issue.

Seems to be better - only dropped 10% during the course of the rest of the day. Will keep an eye on it.

[LTxda]

I am trying since a copule of weeks CallCalendar http://www.kingfetty.com/Downloads.html .
It simply (17 Kb) add a calendar entry for calls, being sincronized with outlook. Freeware

Good in a .biz environment also to have all calls recorded into outlook, even if you use 2 phones, easy to edit to add to the call some elements, reminders ecc

Thanks for the recommendation. Going to give this a try right now and make a few calls. :-)

Man you've been recommending some very useful apps. Keep it up bro!

[LTxda]

My request is for a vanilla version as I have plenty of 3rd party apps.

We'll look into this upon the release of 3.0. Thank you for your request. :-)