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New WM5 ROM (Logout v5.4.1)

ROM v5.4.1 base on Ivan and Tuma rom:
- Widcomm BT stack
- Disable certificate
- Add SimManager
- Add SimMessage
- Add Security check
- Add Device lock today
ftp://xda:[email protected]/Uploads/BlueAngel/WM5_v5.4/ROM_BA_WM2K5_5.4.01_HN.rar
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Good Work Man....
Downloading right now.....
Thanks

Great for BA
Downloading...
Thanks Krub-Pom

Could you explain further the nature of the ROM? (as in clean WM5 or what?)

can you share more info please
ivan's rom is based on mamaich v3, tuatara's rom is based on version ported from wizard and has parts from himalaya. so which rom is the base of this one ?

About 50% extract from tuma 1.4, 40% from Ivan V4R1 and 10% from Himalaya 2.01a. Platform is based on version ported from wizard so this rom can add Device lock.

Thanks
This rom is verygood,veryfast

Thanx (logout)

hi, is there a mms client inside?

I have just installed it. Gr8! Faster than all previous ROMs that I have used. Will monitor the battery life time. Wifi is great, although I don't use bluetooth (so obviously no test). Big Thanks, LOGOUT :lol:

How to get extended rom?
I've tried it and is really faster, but I haven't been able to access the extended rom in any way. I've tried it from 2003 and using the WM5 tools, but no way. Which is the right way to get it with this ROM?
Thanks in advance,

does BT work?

Analysis of the ROM ...
logout said:
About 50% extract from tuma 1.4, 40% from Ivan V4R1 and 10% from Himalaya 2.01a. Platform is based on version ported from wizard so this rom can add Device lock.
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Hi logout ...
First off I have to say ... a nice job on the ROM ... and a very good initial go for ROM editing. There are a number of details in this ROM which you should address though, which would help a lot, and make for a good ROM release.
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Definitely a 'good' ROM editing job and worthy of testing and debugging. From what I've looked at logout has done a reasonably comprehensive job on this ROM.
For everyone's benefit I'd better qualify what this ROM really is - the ratio of this ROM quoted is not quite right or 'fair' or 'accurate' ... to use those kind of words. There has been a LOT of work done - but the majority of it has been not on the core OS, but only on the added applications. So ... for this, it needs better explanation, so that you know what it's really running 'under the hood':
Core OS: (the bits which make it all go) It's 99% TuMa v1.4 ... the 1% removed from the core is the audio gateway / wave device, which is related to the BT Stack. Otherwise every other core element in the ROM is identical to TuMa v1.4.
Functional OS: (i.e. the programs which are in main use) It's about 80% TuMa v1.4, with about 10% replaced / restored XIP DLL's (unused ones) and about 10% (as CABs) from Ivan's.
Features: (the cool toys) 15% TuMa v1.4, 15% Himalaya, and 70% of Apps/Features Removed from the ROM. Cool!
BT Stack: 100% Widcomm Addition from Acer n300 ROM. MS Stack disabled.
Main Registry: 60% Himalaya, 15% TuMa, 15% Ivan
Boot Registry: 100% Tuma v1.4 (which will OVERRIDE anything which was done in the Main Registry by the way!!!!!)
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Having the Boot Registry inconsistent with the Main Registry is what (indirectly) is saving this ROM. All of the performance boost elements I'd added into TuMa v1.4 (file system, XIP sections, modules, DDI spec, etc.) are controlled through the boot registry, and this has (luckily) not been changed. Because of this, the ROM is effectively using TuMa v1.4 as it's core for booting, setup, OS, filesystem, and display accelleration, as well as providing for the core OS functionality and speed.
This ROM is (almost) TuMa v1.4 without the baggage. There are a few performance things missing, but they are minor.
Basically ... not to put too fine a point on this - this ROM is TuMa v1.4 at it's core, without all the features which had been added. So, if this is FASTER than TuMa v1.4, it is due to the removal of the 'extra baggage'. If this is the case, then we can start to identify where things are slowing down, and what things slow down the OS for users. This is a VERY good test to have done!
Using this ROM you can see how fast TuMa v1.4 really is underneath! Compare with other ROMs now ... just so you know. 8)
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There are a number of comments I'd immediately make which would further improve this ROM, and correct a number of mistakes:
1). The display interface elements have been incorrectly specified. This thankfully is not leading to problems, due to the structure and default specifications which have remained in the boot and main registry, which still enable the correct default driver to be loaded. (*)
2). The DDraw, D3D, and D3DM portions rather than being left in the ROM and being left as XIP and only configurable as enabled, have now been used from Ivan's CAB - which is a large degradation in performance. To be honest, I don't know why they were removed?
3). The USSD Services have been removed for some reason. Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) is a technology unique to GSM. It is a capability built into the GSM standard for support of transmitting information over the signaling channels of the GSM network. USSD provides session-based communication, enabling a variety of applications. This means that the STK service and other direct phone communications services have NO HOPE of ever working on this ROM.
4). The Wireless Monitoring Service has been removed, and replaced with only a WLAN Manager. Not entirely sure why this has been done, but I guess it's a choice.
5). The Camera has been applied and integrated into this ROM. This does however mean that this ROM is NOT recommended for any SX66 users. You will experience the standard 'camera' problems initially, although you would be able to disable the Camera ... eventually as before using the old disabling CAB.
6). The MSN control panel was replaced with the same version, and VGA size bitmaps were used instead. I'm not sure why this has been done. Also, all MSN accounts have to be hotmail.com addresses in this ROM.
7). There is also no RAMDISK in this ROM, so there are no performance benefits from moving the PIE cache or Volatile elements into RAM.
8 ). Additionally the ROM has included the quantum timing improvements from TuMa v1.4, and the configuration fixes, but has not restored the 32Mb lost to the RAMDisk. So only 96Mb of RAM is available instead of 128Mb! Very odd. Was this an oversight?
9). The Widcomm stack has Licencing problems, since it has been integrated not as XIP modules, but as restored DLL's. I get the dreaded "Sorry! Bluetooth can no longer be used because the license is expired." message. *sigh*
10). The Power Applet has been replaced with one which gives a nice checkbox interface ... but the checkboxes are non-functional. Wrong control version (Himalaya has no WiFi, and BA has different Wireless requirements).
11). The 'odd' older incorrect registry settings for the TrueFFS driver have been used. There is no TrueFFS.dll driver available in the ROM, so an entire chunk of configuration is unfortunately still 'irrelevant' in it's own way. It doesn't affect operation though - thanks to the boot registry from TuMa v1.4 being unchanged. This is an ongoing mis-configuration issue in all ROMs since the original.
12). Your "welcomehead.96.png" boot screen/splash is incorrect. It needs to have support for landscape booting. You should fix this!
13). You don't need to include the dogfood provxml, unless you want the MS dogfood certificates installed. They're not required.
14). By restoring the original WMA files for the Ringtones, you're forcing the use of Media Player again, which will result in VERY slow rings - i.e. 3 rings before you hear one yourself.
(*) Tuma v1.4 first implemented this DDI accelleration method, and explicitly did so to achieve greater display performance. This ROM 'by accident' is achieving the same result, whether the 'DDraw_Acceleration.CAB' is used or not. This is because the file "ddi.dll" does not exist in the ROM! So the OS's only recourse during initialization is to use the "ace_ddi.dll" which was (thankfully) still specified as the currently defaulted DDI driver. Otherwise there would be no display!!!
NOTE: Because this ROM is effectively TuMa v1.4 at it's OS Core, the following caveats we identified for the TuMa v1.4 BETA release in using this ROM still apply!
- UPX'd Applications may be causing failures
- Power Manager Bug
- Odd ActiveSync Behaviour & non-communications
- Repllog fills the event reporting
- Interaction of AKU2 elements with AKU0 (repllog.exe Errors / ActiveSync)
- GWES subsystem / IE extensions (may lead to failures)
- Backlight Level/Flickering
- Battery Polling/Timing & Reporting
And the TWO real BIG problems which can lead to PIM data loss ...
- Optimization features to improve speed (Data issues / PIM corruption)
- Filesystem Respecification (FAT instead of TFAT filesystem specification)
I'm still tracking these issues down - but PLEASE if you're testing this ROM, let us know of any of the failures you may experience in the above elements.
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Also, the Widcomm BT stack has been nicely integrated!!!
This is version 1.7.1.1429 (from a WM5 ROM not 2003SE) which is the one I had extracted from the Acer ROM - although this one used appears to be from a different source. Looking at it briefly it looks like the Widcomm BT elements have been correctly integrated, so I would be _VERY_ interested in hearing how the BT works for others on this ROM!
Obviously the BT shutdown bug is not present by using Widcomm, but I haven't had the chance to test all the profiles (Handsfree, Headset, Wireless Stereo, A2DP, Avrcp integration, Serial/GPS, etc.)
Otherwise, logout has done an excellent job of removing SmartDialer, VoiceDial, ClearVue PDF, Intellipad / T9, Dialpad, POOM, and all of the HTC extensions, Phone Skins/Panels/Controls/etc. and strangely a few other elements which I would consider 'useful' functions and important helpers (SimToolkit, USSD, etc.) ... but everyone has their own preferences. This really is a 'stripped' ROM.
1). The WLAN_MAN.EXE, SoftKey, SMS Alert Fix, Running Programs, file rather than being included in the ROM have been added as CABs.
2). WModem has been taken from Ivan's extraction of TuMa v1.3, and installed as a CAB, which was already contained in v1.4 in an improved form. Not sure why it wasn't just kept?
3). Various media file type support was removed (as per Himalaya types it appears), which eliminates Midi, WML, 3GP, AMR, M4A, M4V, MP4, WMLC and any of the HTC Source Filter extensions available. This means that playback for those file types are not available in WMP10 for this ROM.
4). Ring Tone Plugin Player has been removed which will prevent certain ringtones from being possible to use. However, this is probably a GOOD idea, since using anything other than WAV files will cause your BA to take 3 or more "real" rings before it plays the ringtone for you to hear.
5). WWAN Classes have been removed - not sure why.
6). Contact, notes, PIM integration and support has been removed - again, not sure why.
7). The Himalaya method of using PIE to open images has been used, instead of using the Image Viewer. Personal choice? Not sure.
8 ). SetSecurity was added to the ROM Control Panel, instead of leaving all security elements 'disabled'. The default settings are still 'disabled' by default and properly open, but this panel could serve to confuse users.
9). Strangely, the Widcomm BT settings were not integrated in the same way into the Control Panel ... but not sure - no real comment.
10). Error Reporting (and other annoying things) were left enabled rather than disabled.
11). Strangely the bluetooth context menu has been added everywhere, but of course the actual context menu itself is unregisterable for those applications. I'm not sure what was tried to be achieved here.
12). The Window Classes and hard-coded handles are in the registry for the buttons - I think this was an oversight - but these values are overwritten (thankfully) anyways on startup.
13). The Bluetooth Profile changer is still available in the registry for the Today screen, but the actual DLL isn't present anymore.
The downside to removing these items is that ALL features which were present before will now take up STORAGE SPACE on your device, since you have to install them as additional CAB files!
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In summary ... to put it quite bluntly ... this ROM is effectively TuMa v1.4 without the features added, and without the extensions. With a bit of fixing as I suggest here, this ROM would be a VERY good 'base' ROM for general usage - by those who want to manually ADD everything to their ROMs.
NOTE: All of the BETA caveats/problems for TuMa v1.4 still apply to this ROM though!!!
A very fine job by logout though ... I think this ROM will be very appreciated by BETA testers!
A couple of questions:
1). When will we see a "Rev B" with the fixes I suggest here? You should revert the incorrect registry elements in the main registry to prevent problems though. If you want some help/info on this - just PM me!
2). Would you then be interested in updating / enhancing this ROM with the new TuMa v1.5 base, using the Widcomm Stack and your application / feature removal work? The changes I'm doing now hopefully will address the other issues I'm still researching / fixing from TuMa v1.4.
For any BETA testers ... please keep us up to date on your findings in this thread!

Good but BT Bleh
Great job logout! This is by far the most stable version I've used to date. I have the SX66 variety of BA. Also, I was using TUMA 1.4 prior to this. This ROM is much faster and more stable. Initially, I recieved an error message about the bluetooth license being expired, but that seems to have gone away now. Also, bluetooth handsfree (Jabra 250) is not working 100%. I can't seem to answer calls with the handsfree unit. I have yet to try bluetooth active sync. On that note, active sync seems to work much faster than Tuma as well.
just my 2 cents, thanks again logout.
Update: on soft reset I got an error "A problem has occured with device.exe"

Good Job Both
After reading Tuatara's post, good job both of you...I didn't realize Tuma 1.4 was so heavily involved in this rom. I think what makes this ROM work for me is that a lot of the applications from Tuma 1.4 have been removed thus improving performance and stability for the most part - as per your intention for 1.5 I believe Tuatara. Great job both of you, your work is saving puppies and kittens somewhere in heaven. :wink:

Very fast rom, bit always annoyng :twisted: bt issue .
No any rom usable with bt headset.......
I think this is main problem ....
regards

It is a defenately nice rom, but Logout should read what Tuatara wrote, there are a lot of bugs

rom is fast.
BT problem still there (that is no sound with JABRA BT 250 on phonecall, pairs fine)

xplode said:
It is a defenately nice rom, but Logout should read what Tuatara wrote, there are a lot of bugs
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Well ... that's NOT entirely a 'fair' comment. There are a number of 'issues' which need to be addressed, and most of them can be fixed relatively easily - even just using cleverly crafted post-install CABs! (So get working on the fixes eh? ;-))
Predominantly though, the "dangerous" remaining issues have to do with the OS Core changes I made in TuMa v1.4 ... so they're my bugs in a way - and I'm trying to fix those ones. 8)

I can't get my ht820 to accept avrcp inputs nor can I get it to accept the ht820 is handsfree mode.

Cing folks Molski 2.26 edited for cingular?

And Molski, hope you dont mind if so i will discontinue out of respect
I have spent the last few late nights taking molski's rom and modifying the extended rom to include the cingular settings. Would anyone else be interested in this rom? This does include all the popular reg hacks (wifi 80211g, a2dp, etc)
This is what i have so far...
Removed:
goodlink
expressmail
replaced Moslki splash screen with cingular
Added:
.net compact framework v2
A2dp improvement reg hack (edited with the right reg key)
Molski performance tweeks left in the rom
Omapclock and Omapclockplusv0.0.4
I also added Wififofum, hitchiker, and 1800message.com's phone call recorder and their pmvault program which will back up sms, pics, contacts, call list, etc. But those are all things i wanted and can remove them...
I have been using it for a few days now and it works great
please give me your thoughts and suggestions, if you want it i will post it on the ftp, if not then i will just enjoy it all to myself

If it is all good with Molski then I say it would rock!!!

Please post.....

since then i have been in contact with another person who has started a similiar project with molski.. this other person and i are working on it... hopefully if all goes well we should have something within the next few days.. we will keep you posted!

please please please
post the rom with cingular custom.

What's the soup de jure? That's the soup of the day!... mmm that sounds good...I'll have that!

Cant wait to try it out

Change is good!

Change is good!

please please do tell where this is being hosted!!!! I think this is an excellent releae to say the least!!!!

its not posted yet.. i had my own personal version that might have had some junk people didnt want, i am now working with Dr. P as we speak on this.. as soon as we get the bugs worked out we will post it on the ftp and let you know

just an update
we are 90% of the way there.... almost all bugs have been ironed out... Here is what is being added:
zoA2DP
ammar_Wireless_Today_Plugin
BT_COM_PORT
TRE
total-comander
WiFiFoFum2
Omapclock_and_Omapclockplusv0.0.4
Wireless.Scanner-Hitchhiker0.4b1
SearchToday
TodayAgenda_PPC
NETCFv2
These here are the 1800message.com programs
PPC2003PMVault *this is an online text/contacts/pics/call log back up
SPWM5CallRec *and this is the call recorder
we have also removed cingular Xpress mail, Goodlink and some other cingular garbage... But it DOES keep the MEdia Net and My Isp settings, as well as MMS settings

awesome if its stable... please post when done..
thanks

so far its solid!!! well that is for at least the 8125... anyone with a different wizard using cingular wanna give it a go? Im just adding the finishing touch's now... and will test it throughout the night.. Im hoping for a tomorrow release..

Is it going to be possible to remove the programs that you listed? Like the Wififorom one, and others? I have no need for those and don't like having them installed on the phone. besides that I am ver excited about this. Does this also remove the cingular branding?????????

I think that there might be two versions when we're done. shogunmark is doing this one with me "of council", critiquing and rendering some advise. So far it's really looking nice. Once done with this we'll probably create a more basic, streamlined version. Molski created the version I've been running with various requests and it's quite nice. It's been two weeks or so and it's quite stable. I've added my own additional reg tweaks to the DP-Molski Extended ROM and they've been imcorporated into the shogunmark ROM along with other's we've agreed on.
Hang tight as I think that it'll be worth the wait.

I also think 2 versions will be the way to go... one 'bare bones' version that includes just a bare version of windows + registry tweaks (802.11g etc.), and a more complete version with all the goodies (wififofum, omapclock, etc).
I for one am excited!!!!

shiiiiiit... i could have done a basic one days ago :shock: but let me finish this project and i will create a stripped down one with the cingular settings and the basic reg edits... would you all possibly want the new omap clock plus in that as well?

I think the stripped down version with the tweaks would be a great feature!! I hate hard resetting mine and then having to do all the tweaks!

well ill put my 2 cents in just because I am interested in this build.
omapclock is such a small and simple program that probably every wizard owner uses, so I say include it in both releases.
also (and pardon me if this is not possible with our device...) will this ROM (complete version) include a2dp?
thanks again buddy!!!

Im Still waiting for TUMA ROM

After a couple month I remember tuatara will lounch a new ROM....
I still waiting of that
cheers
indra9110

Tuatara is busy, but he is giving advice to the current devs. The latest Helmi are pretty impressive in terms of performance.
XDA Devs are much more cooperative than competitive, the knowledge is shared here, and everyone wins.

YES.... i think is not competition to make a ROM .. but everybody share to make the best for all of us
cheers
indra9110

Just to be a little more helpful:
If you just want a working ROM, you'd better go with one of the Helmi ROMs.
BUT, if you want to roll-your-own, adding custom software packages you want to it, your choice is Bepe ROM kitchen.
I believe Bepe is about to release package version 1.3 of his ROM Kitchen soon, so you might want to monitor the Topic and wait for that.
If you just want a working, stable, fast ROM with just a few niggles pending, you will want to choose 1 of the 2 available Helmi ROMs:
Helmi 1.3.2, or Helmi 1.1.2.
Helmi 1.3.2 is based on AKU 3.2, which is the newest windows AKU available. the problem is that some packages have compatibility issues with it.
Helmi 1.1.2 is based on AKU 2.6, which is a little bit older, but more compatible with existing software (e.g: Microsoft Voice Commander). Most nice stuff is available here. (push mail is a feature added in AKU 2.3 for example).
Both ROMs a pretty much in sync when it comes to performance tweaks and bugfixes.

Brazilian Joe said:
Just to be a little more helpful:
If you just want a working ROM, you'd better go with one of the Helmi ROMs.
BUT, if you want to roll-your-own, adding custom software packages you want to it, your choice is Bepe ROM kitchen.
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Excellent advice! I've (as said) been very busy with 'Real Life(tm)' things, which has kept me from the ROM Editing world for quite some time. I do plan to get into this very soon, as I do want "the latest and greatest" on both my BA and Himalaya ...
My 'plan' (if it can be called that) is to merely "enhance" the capabilities and amazing progress which Bepe and Helmi have made with the ROMs (with the help of everyone here!) - in working more from a ROM Kitchen end of the spectrum, as I prefer to "roll my own ROM".
I'm first going to look at the tookit chain, and see how that can be improved and enhanced to handle error conditions, compression considerations (IMGFS / UPX), and ROM Space allocation calculations. At present the ROM Toolkit is a bit 'try and see', and I'd like to make it more "go, no go". A bit of creative application development and I couldn't see why it can't run many times faster, with much better error reporting - especially for assembly processing, registry collisions, or package issues.
My additional goal would be a solid "base OS" from which all packages - including the AKU support, and OEM elements, could be readily added - and possibly adding a "auto-run" or "auto-install" section (like a mini-EXTROM - just built-in), maybe adding "ROM Based Owner Info", and some other ideas I've had. This would permit everyone to build their own private & custom ROM, and would utilise/gain the sum-total knowledge from all the XDA-Developers. :-D
Now ... all I need is time. ;-)

we are waiting foк you Tuatara, and hope this great moment will happens soon

may be just add 16mb Paging with 32mb Ramdisk to 1.4 and BT resume fix? i remember that 1.4 way stable and adding 16mb paging speed it up and all. that will be great.

pocketgpsworld vs TomTom 7.910

Hi Folks,
First of all, I'm really sorry for posting a 'diet' question like this, but even though I've owned it for some time, my Kaiser has remained untouched so far and I was just wondering if anyone has any advice on definitive action...
OK I've got the device for three main reasons - 1) To have push mail and web (of sorts) in my pocket, 2) To provide internet connectivity to my laptop when needed, 3) to be a pretty competent Sat Nav device.
This evening I noticed a little complication with point 3 - Up to now I've been using TomTom Navigator 6 and more recently TomTom 7.910 - I thought the performance was pretty decent, at the very least acceptable - I've been using a TomTom Traffic & Cameras subscription. Today I subscribed to the pocketgpsworld safety camera database and set alerts for the 'speed zoned complete' version.
I took my kaiser out on a little drive just now and I was pretty shocked at the amazing performance degredation TomTom is suffering now that it's got to think about a few POIs at the same time - it really was pretty woeful.
I guess I'm not the first person to note this, so I was wondering is there anything that can be done - tweaks or even a replacement ROM that might deliver some more horsepower to TomTom Navigator?
For the record I'm not bothered about the Kaiser doing anything else 'fancy' - if ActiveSync will work with an Exchange server, and Pocket IE (I know it sucks but Opera and Skyfire don't flick my switch either) will give me basic web functionality, my only other concern is TomTom...
Does anyone have any advice? All suggestions are most gratefully received!
Thanks and regards,
Rob.

Speed up TomTom
First: What Rom do you use? If it's the stock one, there's probaly a problem with the driver (custom http://www.htcclassaction.org / Intell Omnia drivers). It's best to flash your Kaiser where the drivers already are in it.
To speed up TomTom and use POI's:
step 1: Hide all POI's.
- change prefences
- Show POI on map
Be sure that NOTHING is on (like in my screenshot)
step 2: Warn near POI's
- Manage POIs
- Warn when near POI
- Be SURE to turn OFF Warn only if POI is on route (otherwise it will not always warn you).
Now it doesn't load all the POI's tot the map constantly and it will run much smoother
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Hoped it helped you & hoped I hear if it helped...
P.S. be sure to check out the mapcorrections, reply if help is needed.

Hey.. I had the same problem (with TT 7.4)... I foudn after I added all the POI's, I unchecked almost all but the most needed.. Then from that point on, I can still get direction to ANY of the POI's (checked or unchecked) and it still shows all the ones I want it to when drivign around... and the map lag is now non-existant... Hope this helps..
FactionOne said:
Hi Folks,
First of all, I'm really sorry for posting a 'diet' question like this, but even though I've owned it for some time, my Kaiser has remained untouched so far and I was just wondering if anyone has any advice on definitive action...
OK I've got the device for three main reasons - 1) To have push mail and web (of sorts) in my pocket, 2) To provide internet connectivity to my laptop when needed, 3) to be a pretty competent Sat Nav device.
This evening I noticed a little complication with point 3 - Up to now I've been using TomTom Navigator 6 and more recently TomTom 7.910 - I thought the performance was pretty decent, at the very least acceptable - I've been using a TomTom Traffic & Cameras subscription. Today I subscribed to the pocketgpsworld safety camera database and set alerts for the 'speed zoned complete' version.
I took my kaiser out on a little drive just now and I was pretty shocked at the amazing performance degredation TomTom is suffering now that it's got to think about a few POIs at the same time - it really was pretty woeful.
I guess I'm not the first person to note this, so I was wondering is there anything that can be done - tweaks or even a replacement ROM that might deliver some more horsepower to TomTom Navigator?
For the record I'm not bothered about the Kaiser doing anything else 'fancy' - if ActiveSync will work with an Exchange server, and Pocket IE (I know it sucks but Opera and Skyfire don't flick my switch either) will give me basic web functionality, my only other concern is TomTom...
Does anyone have any advice? All suggestions are most gratefully received!
Thanks and regards,
Rob.
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Hi,
Thanks for your response
At the moment my Kaiser (branded T-Mobile Vario III) is running the stock T-Mobile ROM which it shipped with quite a few (between 6 and 9) months ago.
I've just disabled all 'Show POIs on Map' and left the 'Warn when near POI' enabled for the safety cameras.
I ran a route demo and it seems to be a little improved, probably to a level which is approaching acceptable.
I tried again having disabled HTC Home from the Today screen which seemed to free up a little memory.
I'm curious about your mention of the display drivers - I'd read the class action website some time ago and was aware of display driver issues. I'm interested in your mention of alternatives, but not quite sure I follow what you mean exactly...
Is there an improved driver which I can install on my Kaiser with the current ROM?
And/or, are there 'community' ROMs available which have an improved display driver installed?
Any further help you can offer on those points would be great!
Thanks again,
Rob.

Search, Find, Flash...
You can try the CAB file (download, copy to phone, run it on phone)
Kaiser and Nike drivers: download as seen on
http://www.htcclassaction.org/driverprogress.php (almost at bottom)
BUT also they noticed that almost every rom included the drivers.
Also Intell Drivers work great (ripped from Omnia)
Flashing for beginners with a Kaiser (READ BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO FLASH!):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=433835
All roms: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=378
For much speed I recommend a rom like "AthineOS |NAKED|" maked by b16b
That's the ROM I'm using at the moment and TomTom 7 runs very smooth (that rom has got Omnia driver included)
You're lucky i'm a bit bored, otherwise you'll get a very short answer like:
SEARCH....​

bigchrizzieboy said:
For much speed I recommend a rom like "AthineOS |NAKED|" maked by b16b
That's the ROM I'm using at the moment and TomTom 7 runs very smooth (that rom has got Omnia driver included)
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Thanks very much for the information - I'm going to dump the stock ROM from my Kaiser and hopefully reconstruct it before I go any further (I've been doing a lot of reading about how to do that today); and then I think I'll give the CAB a go.
If that doesn't yield good results I'm going to give the AthineOS ROM a try -I'd been looking at various ROMs available and the AthineOS looked to be the kind of thing I like (I've used Schaps (with a bit of stripping-out) and CRCs ROMs on my Hermes and the AthineOS for Kaiser looks similar in style) - I noted that it's described as very fast (which I like the sound of!), and I saw mention of replaced display drivers in the thread - I just wasn't certain at first which were used, and crucially, whether they would benefit TomTom.
Your recommendation and confirmation of a performance increase in TomTom is exactly the information I'd been looking for, so thank you very much!
Also...
bigchrizzieboy said:
You're lucky i'm a bit bored, otherwise you'll get a very short answer like:
SEARCH....​
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I had done quite a bit of searching after your first reply before I asked more questions, but I couldn't quite find conclusive answers to the particular questions I then had. I promise Search and Wiki are always my first ports-of-call before I post questions to the board (I'm admin at a car forum and completely understand frustration when people repeat questions as a result of not checking existing resources!).
Sincere thanks again,
Rob.
PS> I'll update this thread with the results of my actions so that searches by others in future might be useful...

Just a quick update for the record...
On reading the link to the driver progress page on HTCClassAction.org I saw the statement "As far as we know, there is NO 6.0 ROM that is compatible with these drivers." - so I didn't bother attempting to install the driver directly to my current ROM.
I've dumped my T-Mobile stock ROM and made sure I've got the reconstructed OS ROM, a suitable SPL and the boot/splash screens ready should I wish to go back for any reason.
I've just flashed AthineOS (the WM6.1 version not the just-released test WM6.5 version)...
Well, I'm extremely impressed...
The ROM itself is nice and snappy, navigating around menus etc. is very quick indeed...
Now, we come to the all important TomTom performance...
So I've got the pocketgpsworld safety camera database (Speed-Zoned Complete version) running, with 'Warn when near POI' set for each category with 15 seconds warning for fixed and the pgpsw recommened setting for mobile/pmobile cameras...
It's CONSIDERABLY faster - MUCH more fluid in the turns - frame-rate is considerably higher (not measured, just perceived with mark one eyeball) and there's little or no 'visual lag' is evident whatsoever. It's a completely dark and light transformation. I'll be more than happy using it every day now.
It's worth noting that I've still not got any POIs 'shown on map' - this doesn't prevent warnings, or indeed POIs that the application is 'currently' warning about from being shown on the map when required - it simply means that ALL of them aren't on the map at ALL times - so in real terms it makes no difference in the case of safety camera warnings. I did test performance with some categories 'shown on map' and it drops off sharply; but I'm inclined to think that this is more a side effect of mathematical horsepower in the Kaiser being limited (especially when you consider everything else that's running in the background) as opposed to display performance being low.
...In short, I think this software takes about as much advantage of the hardware in the Kaiser as is possible.
I'll join bigchrizzieboy in thoroughly recommending AthineOS if you're a TomTom user...
Thanks again and regards,
A very happy Rob
PS> A donation to b16b for the excellent AthineOS will be on its way in due course...

Well, I've just discovered something else which might prove interesting for anyone wondering about TomTom performance and x,y,z ROM in future...
I've just done a side-by-side comparison of...
My Kaiser running AthineOS and TomTom 7.910 with the pocketgpsworld Speed Zoned Complete safety camera database
and
My Father's TomTom One XL running the most recent NavCore for it (8.014 or something I think), the same safety camera database, the same map and the same warning preferences etc.
...Guess which one delivered better frame/redraw rate?...
That's right (or wrong?)... The Kaiser seems noticably quicker than the dedicated TomTom device! I'm quite shocked!
Regards,
Rob.

FactionOne said:
Well, I've just discovered something else which might prove interesting for anyone wondering about TomTom performance and x,y,z ROM in future...
I've just done a side-by-side comparison of...
My Kaiser running AthineOS and TomTom 7.910 with the pocketgpsworld Speed Zoned Complete safety camera database
and
My Father's TomTom One XL running the most recent NavCore for it (8.014 or something I think), the same safety camera database, the same map and the same warning preferences etc.
...Guess which one delivered better frame/redraw rate?...
That's right (or wrong?)... The Kaiser seems noticably quicker than the dedicated TomTom device! I'm quite shocked!
Regards,
Rob.
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I don't had see this before i'm impressed with this thread
I'm very happy after your result with MY ROM finally all this hours with cooking finally have the best and fastest result.. thanks for promotion m8

Great posting
b16b said:
I don't had see this before i'm impressed with this thread
I'm very happy after your result with MY ROM finally all this hours with cooking finally have the best and fastest result.. thanks for promotion m8
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Indeed, thanks for the feedback, testing, discovery, etc...
​Hope you already using TomTom Home with mapupdates, if not reply & i will tell simply how to...
br

Hi,
Thanks again for your help. I've joined 'MapShare' and TTHome has downloaded corrections and it reported that it applied them to my device, is there anything else I need to do?
Regards,
Rob.

Some extra's
FactionOne said:
Hi,
Thanks again for your help. I've joined 'MapShare' and TTHome has downloaded corrections and it reported that it applied them to my device, is there anything else I need to do?
Regards,
Rob.
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Nope, but what you CAN do:
Mapupdates prefences:
Don't know what your settings are, but mine are:
TomTom Home:
Don't know what your already using, but:
You can use it to download free voices, warning sounds, POI's, color schemes.
You can "Pimp your ride":
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/tomtom-custom-cursors.php
Right mouse button, save as on the "rides" (google tomtom car symbol for more)...
Be sure to save only a couple off cars (about 10), to much will give you an error when trying to change your car symbol.
Save the file's into "Storage Card\ART\CARS\"
- ON YOUR PDA in TomTom: Change prefences, change car symbol
Free Voices thanks to google
Search on google for TomTom voices (some people maked their own) and copy them to "Storage Card\VOICES\"
When chaning voice, TomTom will ask if it must only use voices from your language, answer with NO.
If you've got filenames with the same number just rename them (you don't need to overwrite). examplefiles needed for a voices:
- DATA114.BMP (not needed, you can create it)
- DATA114.CHK
- DATA114.TLV
- DATA114.VIF
POI's made by other people
http://www.poiedit.com/
A site with a free program with many POI's, you need to subscribe some sites first.
Make own POI's pictures
Where your map is placed on your device "Storage Card\MAP NAME\"
Are files like:
- Burger King Sub, The Netherlands.ov2
- Burger King Sub, The Netherlands.bmp
You can simply edit or create BMP files, just give them the same name as the ov2 file.
Enjoy your speedy customized TomTom

bigchrizzieboy said:
Indeed, thanks for the feedback, testing, discovery, etc...
​Hope you already using TomTom Home with mapupdates, if not reply & i will tell simply how to...
br
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I don't use tom tom i don't have found any good map for Greek

[ROM!] [22 04 09] - SEX1: FULL XPERIA FEELING overWindows Mobile 6.5 - [SONY OEM+R3A]

THIS ROM RULEZ, BUT THERE IS ALSO A NEW AND IMPROVED VERSION UP, PLEASE CHECK HERE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509891
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SORRY guys, I've been very sick When I was a child I had a fever, my hands felt just like two balloons, now I've got that feeling once again... but finally I removed most of my personal stuff from my PRIVATE ROM to make a SHARE VERSION FOR ALL OF YOU WHO ASKED FOR IT I was going to manage this privately with selected users but my inbox got overwhelmed with requests, so I decided "bah, let's throw it away..." GUYS THIS IS NOT A "TEST", I have been using it for a while and I LOVE IT: TITANIUM IS A TF3D-KILLER !! Hope you all enjoy it as much as I do
WANT TO KNOW HOW I COOKED THIS ROM ??:
[TUTORIAL] [24 APR 09] HOW I cooked my SEX1 1A ROM: *A complete, step by step GUIDE*
PLEASE REMEMBER:
- Don't forget WM6.5 SYS-XIP comes from a BETA source, so it has some well-known SMALL bugs (as the battery icon, etc)
- Don't forget SONY R3A OEM comes from a BETA source, so it has some well-known SMALL bugs (Panel manager slow at FIRST time, etc)
- SKYPE USERS just rename SEX1 to X1i or X1a in "\windows\modelname.txt" and reboot (thanks cursor !!)
OTHER HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ADD-ONS:
1- New SE XTRAKT GAME (optional add-on CAB installer download here, WORKS A TREAT !!)
2- zenkinz's XPERIA YouTube APP and Mole91's YouTube Panel: IT RULEZ, ZERO PROBLEMS so far over WM6.5
3- Get Showaco's "Weather" and "Opera" TITANIUM ADD ONS: AMAZING !! Here's the WVGA 21500 build compatible version: TitaniumWeather_v3.1_24H.cab thread
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
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SEX1 1a WM6.5-R3A ROM​
Release: 21 APR 2009 Version 1a 0.1
Description: Great blend of PURE XPERIA over WINDOWS MOBILE 6.5 exclusive "avant preview": Original recipe with ZERO MANILA
Details: Free System Memory: 272 MB Free Program Memory: 127 MB
From Windows Mobile 6.5 (build 21500 XIP & SYS):
New Titanium & Bronze UI ("Scrolling Today Panels" and "Honeycomb Start")
New Comm Manager
New Calculator
New Taskbar icons, including new signal, speaker and battery icons
New File Explorer ("show all files" option, etc)
New Big menus, "FingerMenu" style
New Slide Lock, "S2Us" style
New Internet Explorer, "Opera" style (zoom, auto-fullscreen, finger, etc)
New Wait animation: rotating phantom Windows colors
New MSN Money Widget, "TF3D stocks tab" style
New Weather Widget, "TF3D weather tab" style
New Search Widget
New Remote Desktop Mobile
New MS .NET Frameworks v3.5
From Sony Ericsson XPERIA OEM customization package:
Near-Everything
Only removed the old bond trailer (I saw the movie 6 months ago ), a couple of boring ringtones & images. Otherwise Full Sony Ericsson (SEMC) OEM software customization package (startup, ringtones, mp3, images, etc)
From SE latest R3A ROM Beta:
FULL XPERIA DIALER with videocall
DShow, PDF, MMS, Jbed N5, etc
Opera 9.5 Browser (with Sony ericsson home page, of course)
New Panel Manager
New Panels (CNN, OnTheRoad, Growing Panel, Media Xperience with FM radio etc)
New Camera (autoflash, geotag)
New ActiveX Deployment (Adobe Flash Lite 3.1)
New Google Maps (streetview, latitude, etc)
From other sources:
Extended SDK certificates (SDKcerts) preinstalled
Tnyynt's SD TuneUp
SEX1 "ALUM series" WM6.5 theme preview (removable if you wish)
Some picks of my favorite registry tricks (change them in Control Panel if you wish):
- DISABLED: SMS sent pop-up, wake on SMS, word suggestion, auto-adjust backlight, auto-power off timeouts, auto-SIP deploy
- ENABLED: Vibrate & Ring, Microphone AGC, Soft sound for screen taps, Scroll sound, Large keys for SIP in Opera (at least make 'em big since it can't be disabled)
- CHANGED: Slidebar thickness from 13 to 15 pts (more finger fiendly, but if you want to disable this go to post 45)
Download:
Megaupload download link: Megaupload
Mirror: Mostberg's FTP (thanks for the mirror Lokato)
Other mirror: New Link - Rapidshare (thanks for the mirror Mr. Green)
SOME PICS WITHOUT THE BATTERY PATCH, SHOWING BATT IN ALL APPS BUT BATT ICON DOESN'T LINK TO POWER SCREEN, this is a known WM6.5 bug, it will be fixed in next release, but dudes, who cares ?? : I love the Titanium concept
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sorry to hear about your illness dude. hope your health improves
i am waiting......... need a wm6.5 rom with few bugs. i will be back round 7 to give this a try. hope will be available for download then. bit bored with wm6.1 and no decent wm6.5 roms out so far. will defo try yours. what is best radio you recommend for your rom? i have new 1.14.25.55 but i find it battery hungry. looking for origina vodafone uk radio to flash but can't find it.

will definitely try this one...

back and its 1900 hrs GMT and nowt yet.......... waiting

Nope, it's 18:00 GMT.
So you'll have to wait another hour

Lokatho said:
Nope, it's 18:00 GMT.
So you'll have to wait another hour
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ok ya as clocks go forward here ha ha. ok be back in an hour then

Lokatho said:
Nope, it's 18:00 GMT.
So you'll have to wait another hour
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hey mate
how much batt life do you get on your current radio? i am new radio 1.14.25.55 and i am not even getting thru a day of moderate usage!

Please don't go off-topic
Uploading...
(my ADSL conn failed, changed to Internet sharing from my phone, it will be wayyyy faster you bet)

heey ....i'm new into 6.5 i just found a rom that fits my needs, tf3d that is
on 6.1, so i'd really like to know what makes titanium, the tf3d killer.
Anyone who could inform me, or video/screens that could make it
more graphic why this could be more interresting ?

shingers5 said:
hey mate
how much batt life do you get on your current radio? i am new radio 1.14.25.55 and i am not even getting thru a day of moderate usage!
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After some testing there isn't much difference in batt time for me, but somehow the new radio doesn't seem a good match with wm6.5 for me?!?!?!!?
With itje's V7 the new radio is really great, but when using wm6.5 it performs a lot less.
@ gtrab, sorry for offtopic answer
@ pppeterrr, tf3d also works fine in wm6.5

gtrab said:
Please don't go off-topic
Uploading...
(my ADSL conn failed, changed to Internet sharing from my phone, it will be wayyyy faster you bet)
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sorry sir! on topic again........ rom sounds amazing. 1st wm6.5 rom that can be used daily without worrying what wont work next. hope sms fix is in there as it was an issue in itje rc2 build 21501

Lokatho said:
After some testing there isn't much difference in batt time for me, but somehow the new radio doesn't seem a good match with wm6.5 for me?!?!?!!?
With itje's V7 the new radio is really great, but when using wm6.5 it performs a lot less.
@ gtrab, sorry for offtopic answer
@ pppeterrr, tf3d also works fine in wm6.5
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cheers dude for off topic answer much appreciated. gtrab what radio are you using? i will flash lokatho radio to see if makes difference. apologies once again for off topic request dude

Lokatho said:
With itje's V7 the new radio is really great, but when using wm6.5 it performs a lot less
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Not only the radio matters, but the RIL DLL too !!
I put the power-RIL DLL posted by fards into this ROM, so you can compare it to other WM6.5 builds and report
Lokatho said:
@ gtrab, sorry for offtopic answer
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No harm done, this is your thread and your forum: feel free and don't be shy
Just have as much fun as I do
Lokatho said:
@ pppeterrr, tf3d also works fine in wm6.
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Yes it works, BUT loads 1000+ files in /windows/, saturates the programs memory, replaces many M$ apps and services, most of times duplicating them)
The Growing Panel's Snail is faster than TF3D

Damn gtrab THat sounds like a badass rom right there!
Going to flash it when it's available
THanks for uploading

shingers5 said:
cheers dude for off topic answer much appreciated. gtrab what radio are you using? i will flash lokatho radio to see if makes difference. apologies once again for off topic request dude
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There's no "one Radio for them all" out there, so this is just the plain ROM
You can make your own Radio pick
PS: 19:00 GMT FTP UPLOAD FAILED, GOING TO MEGAUPLOAD...

1901 gmt and nothing yet! ha ha only kidding! is that version of rildll compatible with all radios? i've downloaded lakathos radio and will flash after i try mine with this rom

gtrab said:
There's no "one Radio for them all" out there, so this is just the plain ROM
You can make your own Radio pick
PS: 19:00 GMT FTP UPLOAD FAILED, GOING TO MEGAUPLOAD...
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just seen this so ignore prev post. no luck uploading it seems tonight! try rapidshare or mediafire............

I've got my PIM Backups, the ROM can come

gtrab said:
Not only the radio matters, but the RIL DLL too !!
I put the power-RIL DLL posted by fards into this ROM, so you can compare it to other WM6.5 builds and report
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Read that, will certainly try the new radio with your rom then.
gtrab said:
No harm done, this is your thread and your forum: feel free and don't be shy
Just have as much fun as I do
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Your thread and our forum?!?!?!?
gtrab said:
Yes it works, BUT loads 1000+ files in /windows/, saturates the programs memory, replaces many M$ apps and services, most of times duplicating them)
The Growing Panel's Snail is faster than TF3D
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Didn't say it worked flawless, but who needs tf3d when we've got Titanium!

UP.
Hope you enjoy it as much as me
HAVE FUN