Need info to make my own Custom ROMs for X7510

[AllGamer]

Hi people,

I come from the other side of the fence "Palm"
I just upgraded to the X7510, sweet piece of hardware and beautiful 5" display :D

So i'm very familiar in the Palm Treo world on customizing my own ROMs.

After reading & searching A LOT in here and other PPC forums, i still have a few utilities i can't seem to find.

So i read there is also a BootLoader screen in the PPC world, very typical of the HTC devices, makes custom ROMing very simple.

However, i still haven't come across the name of the applications you guys use to Dump (backup) the current ROM, and the Upload the new ROM into the device.

Or it seems like the only way is via ActiveSync 4.5 ?

Another doubt i have is about the Unlocked part.

My device is straight from HTC unlocked, does it mean it is fully SIM and CID unlocked, or it's only SIM unlocked?

By that i want to figure out if i need to run the CID unlock before doing the Custom ROMs etc.

And last but not least...

I'd like to contribute with the 7510 ROM original dump, seems like the Wiki doesn't have it yet,
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Athena_Upgrades
so i'll probably need the same whatever tool you guys use, as asked in my first question, to backup the old ROM.

which will also help us fill the empty space in the Wiki left for the very same question
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Athena
"How to dump the ROM"

Thanks :D
Cheers!

[AllGamer]

well... since i got no response from anybody

Thanks to myself
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408519

found the tool i was looking for to build my own rom.

[AllGamer]

and to top it off i finally found the ROM backup topic

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334680

[AllGamer]

now beats me on the mobile 6 subsection, and something that is totally on another area for another phone... oh well...

[robjhellis]

Good on you allgamer for taking a lead here. Some of us have been pushing for a separate 7510 forum under the Athena section. Without that we 7510 owners are continuously looking for "needles in haystacks".

cktlcmd and eaglesteve have been burning the 7510 candle for us. With your input we'll get this device on the map yet.

[Vico100]

Hey i also just got a x7510, and id love see a x7510 rom! :D

[AllGamer]

hell yeah, you can say that again.... it was so hard to find anything, some times stuff like this the Search engine did not pick it up

like the rom dump, on another phone, i understand it is all PPC, but still it might have been different for some models

at least that was true in the Palm world, so i guess in the PPC world we'll have it easy, since it looks like all models dump appears to be the same.

as for the utility, never would have guessed it would have been found mentioned within a thread about something completely different.

anyways, now that i know, i'll be writing more about it, once i start working on it.


Without that we 7510 owners are continuously looking for "needles in haystacks".

[AllGamer]

Hey i also just got a x7510, and id love see a x7510 rom! :D

well, i don't mind sharing my custom ROMs, once i start cooking them.

but don't expect too much since, what i usually like to do is simply clean up all the junk that i don't need

then replace them with Freebies, or registered software, which if that is the case, i wont be able to share it here.

[robjhellis]

Something several of us are keen to see is a work around to make RealVGA work with Spb Mobile Shell. AllGamer, you mentioned in a post under "SPB Mobile Shell incompatible with Real VGA 96 dpi on the X7510" that you got a solution posted elsewhere working. Can you share with us how you did that?

Also, my devise is definately not running as smooth and quick as I would like it (or expect it to given its processor). As a prelude to getting some cooking going (and I'm not a chef) could we start to identify some tweaks that will make the stock ROM more efficient? For example I always ramp up the siz of cache etc. via MemMaid but to be honest I'm never sure whether it does any good or not.

[srigopal]

Hi robjhellis,

Are you saying the performance in x7510 is not as smooth as it should be ? Can you please tell during what operations ie. Video etc it becomes sluggish.That would be a good place to start with.

Thanks,
Srini

[AllGamer]

Just guess, but i think that is the so much talked about behaviour of the video drivers issue on all HTC products

[Vico100]

Videos are great no lag (well when i play them in coreplayer full screen, with specs up full). Only one "problem" lol...the audio is exactly -0.512milli seconds behind (when you hear it). So stupid tried all kinds of videos same result lol so thankfully coreplayer has an option were you just put "-0.512" in and ill kinda sync up the audio.. windows media player is pretty much pointless to play video now since you can't put -512 anywhere and the audio lags big time.

the audio in general is really bad, put on real expensive headphones and you can hear ssshhhhh hissss - the background noise.

Note: i was so shocked/surprised that i did a hard reset thinking maybe its something that i might of installed, but nope problem still there

[robjhellis]

Hi robjhellis,

Are you saying the performance in x7510 is not as smooth as it should be ? Can you please tell during what operations ie. Video etc it becomes sluggish.That would be a good place to start with.

Thanks,
Srini

Hi Guys, my issue isn't playing video - I haven't got to that stage yet on my 7510. Rather its just slow moving around menus, reloading after a soft reset, opening programs etc. I can sometimes count up to 3 and even 5 after selecting a tab before the tab appears e.g. Settings-System. I've also now started to see the start icon in the top left corner not redraw after a soft reset. There is much more lag than I see on my TyTN which, of course, is running a custom ROM

[sergiopi]

Hi Guys, my issue isn't playing video - I haven't got to that stage yet on my 7510. Rather its just slow moving around menus, reloading after a soft reset, opening programs etc. I can sometimes count up to 3 and even 5 after selecting a tab before the tab appears e.g. Settings-System. I've also now started to see the start icon in the top left corner not redraw after a soft reset. There is much more lag than I see on my TyTN which, of course, is running a custom ROM

I will suggest to check in the ATHENA WM6 section the thread how to speed sogarth base rom.... :)

Basically install netCF3.5 , FDCsoft Taskmanager 3.1 and start changing how/stopping started services and applications (There are many lauchxx keys in the registry to change to avoid self application startup)

[Tadeusz]

I will suggest to check in the ATHENA WM6 section the thread how to speed sogarth base rom.... :)

Basically install netCF3.5 , FDCsoft Taskmanager 3.1 and start changing how/stopping started services and applications (There are many lauchxx keys in the registry to change to avoid self application startup)

By any chance, do you know how to exlude Biotouch from starting list? It is not started from startup links, or at least not directly. I was browsing the regs also, but could not find anything. I use FTouchSL and UL for cube effect on Today screan, so Biotuch seems to be useless.
Also, do you now what a wt5portm or something like that is for ?

[cktlcmd]

Only one "problem" lol...the audio is exactly -0.512milli seconds behind (when you hear it). So stupid tried all kinds of videos same result lol so thankfully coreplayer has an option were you just put "-0.512" in and ill kinda sync up the audio..

Can you be specific where to change this setting on Core Player?

[Vico100]

its in advance - > near the bottom "manual A/V offset +/-"

but it still dosn't work...anyone got a solution plz....i don't know what to do the audio is always out of sync for any video.. :( :(

[NanoRuler]

I've found the same lag on audio and it is SO annoying! Nothing seems to fix it!!

[NanoRuler]

I've created a quick "how-to" on dumping the x7510 ROM, which may be found here: http://htcathena.freeforums.org/dumping-your-x7510-s-rom-t6.html#p7

I will follow up with a "how-to" on re-constructing the ROM (unless somebody else feels inclined to do so instead). [Edit - found this how-to] http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=337066

However, we still need HardSPL or similar. CMONEX told me she and Olipro are working on an unlocker with that functionality, so we'll need to wait a tad! Once we have that we can start cooking some ROM's.