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Getting New Xda Stellar/Kaiser tomorrow, few ??s

Anything I should update change straight away, any known issues or problems I should check before the 14 days return period is up ?
Thanks

A lot of People said:
Have you read any of the forum?!
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Seriously though, if you want it for playing videos or games. Some people are unhappy with it's performance. Personally, I'm not.
Don't change anything for the 1st fortnight, but check it does perform how you want it to. I would imagine you'll be happy enough, I love mine. But the only advice you can really be given is to play with it ALOT and see for yourself.

Yer read the forum quite a lot, used it for my orbit, great place, but some of the advice, program information can be fragmented or berried deep in a thread.
Never hurts to ask specific question again now and then to keep the info flowing.
Having fun playing with the phone, great tool.

Sorry, I was pre-empting the response your might get from some people. I came from the o2 Exec and whilst I have customised my Stellar by adding different themes etc, the base device and software is still standard and I've been really pleased. If nothing else the extra onboard memory is great!
If anything you will probably find pretty similar to the Orbit, I know that apart from the size it's not really any different to my old Exec, apart from a heck of alot more stable.

Just install/get some good apps to go with your new piece of kit.
A good backup app
Resco Explorer
TCPMP player
and then make a list of what you do the most.
Do you instant message?
GPS?
What do you want it to do?
Then just start adding things you like and stripping away the bloat you will never use.
Get a microsd card, another battery, a car charger, etc

Yes or the other classic 'google for it'
Yer very same as the orbit indeed, the sliding keyboard is great.
I did notice one of its 'selling' points on the site was you could use, say, TomTom in landscape. Can you change the 'scape' of the screen by touch rather than opening the keypad or going to settings screen and changing it there ?

TCPMP player, forgot that one thanks.
So far I've got
Googlemaps
Taskmanager
Sprite Back Up
GPRS Monitor.
TomTom

On program I would like is a decent alarm clock, nothing complicated just set, sleep wake up.

Problem with music playing (touch-it wm6.1 19199.1.0.0)

So, having been a steady user of Touch-IT since 2.2 which was the first rom I flashed to, I really loved the feature where I could play music while having the music turned off. However, this seems to have changed with Touch-IT wm6.1 19199.1.0.0 - Full.
When I start Windows Media (or Audio Manager, I tested with both) and hit play, then push the power button, I it cuts the sound. This is rather annoying as it makes it hard to lock the phone with the power button (and thus saving power ) while still listening to music.
So what I'd like to know if anyone can confirm it - and if they can, if they have any solution for it; Alternately, anyone who has a solution is of course welcome to just post that.
Thanks in advance.

Another thing I'd like to know, is if it's possible to somehow keep Windows Media Player and WM6.1 synced in regards to music? I have an auto playlist which is set to grab music from a certain folder of a certain type (By genre: Podcast), because I like to listen to podcasts..
So what I want is basically to sync my phone like I did my ipod nano with itunes, back when I had that.. Has anyone any experience with this, because I'd like to know if it's possible.
EDIT: I found out how to do this, but now all I need to know is how to have the files automatically get deleted every time they're played through or everytime I sync and WMP finds that they've been played - I thought I had a solution to this, but apparently I don't.
My solution was to simply configure a auto playlist to not list any files which has a Last Played date of ever, so that it'd remove them from the auto playlist once they were played, but I can't seem to make that work.

Debdrup said:
So, having been a steady user of Touch-IT since 2.2 which was the first rom I flashed to, I really loved the feature where I could play music while having the music turned off. However, this seems to have changed with Touch-IT wm6.1 19199.1.0.0 - Full.
When I start Windows Media (or Audio Manager, I tested with both) and hit play, then push the power button, I it cuts the sound. This is rather annoying as it makes it hard to lock the phone with the power button (and thus saving power ) while still listening to music.
So what I'd like to know if anyone can confirm it - and if they can, if they have any solution for it; Alternately, anyone who has a solution is of course welcome to just post that.
Thanks in advance.
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This thing is mentioned from Ayerthon in many other posts....
so why starting anew thread??
Please try to search first and then start a new thread....
Music in standby is working for TouchIT full 6.1

papamopps said:
This thing is mentioned from Ayerthon in many other posts....
so why starting anew thread??
Please try to search first and then start a new thread....
Music in standby is working for TouchIT full 6.1
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Nope - none of those solutions seems to work. It's not that it pauses the music, the music keeps playing in the background so whenever I press the power button again I can hear it has progressed.
Either that, or everything described in those two threads don't solve it afterall.

Debdrup said:
Great, thanks. All I needed was that username and I found it in a jiffy. Thanks papamopps.
I wish I could say I was at good at using vbullitins search function as I am at using google (though that didn't turn out anything interesting either, sadly)..
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Next time use the "search link" in my signiture......
Therefor i have it there

But that still doesn't help me as the solution posted on either of those pages doesn't work. They all involve just have it running in the background which I know it is, and they all mention that it pauses which mine doesn't.

Nope - nothing that I haven't tried (except tcmmp) has worked as a viable solution..
The only thing that tcmmp can do is it can turn the screen off with a button. Other that that, I don't like the player at all, so what I need to have is a solution to the problem that's not on the threads that I've found using google

even do this is a useless Topic I will announce this.
Music Playback in standby with Touch-it 6.1 Full is working
*edit*
Music Playback in standby with Touch-it 6.1 Black is Now WORKING See below posts

Yay for you.
Also, you and I have exactly the same setup for phones, Ayerthon.

Debdrup said:
Yay for you.
Also, you and I have exactly the same setup for phones, Ayerthon.
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hihi
Ok everybody I got a solution to play Music In Standby mode with the BLACK ROM by Itjes *check my signature for the linK!*

Ayerthon's solution worked for me.

Newbie Questions about Tilt

I'm new to the whole phone modding thing, but it looks to be close to modding my pc?
What I want to know is i see everyone has different a Rom buil etc. Whats the difference between them? I've added a few programs such as voice command, cube, audio manager, FTouchFLO, and a couple of others.
How can I get rid of WMP, TeleNav (replace with a free GPS program) and a few other things I don't like that came on it?
How can I make it a little faster and not so sluggish?
and whats RADIO?
Thanks in advanced.

radio is the software for the phone module which operate gsm/umts part of the device

I've got to say, I'm glad someone posted this. I've been looking around for a few days and I'm still pretty confused. While some of the stickies and wikis are semi-helpful, and I've read all of them that I could find, I'm suprised that there is not a wiki/sticky of the most popular roms, so far I've only really learned about Dutty's but I'd like to know more about the others before I start playing around with flashes.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=369282
Thats what got me started. Its probably the best thread with tons of info and links to other threads which explain more.

Noobies, Roms & Program Compatibility Issues...

I have been a Windows Mobile user for quite some time. I was a lurker in these thread begining in the 2002 & then Blue Angel days. I didn't really start try to contribute until the Kaiser came around. By this time I had spent 2 years watching, learning & reading. I also still consider myself very much new to CE & embeded devices.
One of the biggest complaints, the highest number of posts revolve around program compatibility issues with roms, both OEM & chef prepared.
One of the things most overlooked is the effect that installed programs can have upon each other. But it's not just the apps themselves that can cause issues.
Did you know that apps can both work or not work depending on the order they were installed? Have you ever wondered why a certain program just works for most, but not for you?
Before jumping to conclusions & thinking it must be something that the chef did that prevents you from using that favorite application, think about all of the programs you install & realize that many of them have to interact with parts of the OS at the same time & each program affects both the system & registry & hence can also affect each other in turn.
I have seen suggestions from others, particularly Kyphur, suggesting you to start over with installs. This is good solid advice. Install a few, see that they work & keep a few notes on the order of installation & what has issues when.
One point often overlooked, is that the order in which you install programs can have a great & varied effect on what works & what doesn't.
For instance, I know that with some Dutty roms that my favorite SIP, Teksoft FingerTouch, will not work if I install it before SPB Pocket Plus. I haev issues with BlackBerry Connect many times if I don't install it as one of my first applications.
You need to remember, that these roms are written by many different people. The are partly written by the Manufacturer, partly by Microsoft, influenced by OEM's & carriers, altered by chefs & then you are installing a dozen programs written by at least that number of developers. That leaves a lot of variables in which something can very easily go wrong.
Know your applications, always install your priority apps first, & don't install a high number of apps manually without a reset. You are much more likely to have issues mass installing apps than you are when you install a few, soft-reset, test them out & then continue your installation process.
Today alone, I had 6 messages about programs not working. For a few of these I installed the same rom, & after changing the installation order, I had no issues.
There are too many variables in these systems & their programs to think you can just install everything the same & always have it all work. Sometimes you need to take a little initiative & try something new, a different way.
The same can be said for Auto installers, UC & Shashimi. Installation order can make a difference. Now hopefully I get a few less messages about this, LOL, yeah right.

Great post and contribution as always. I just wonder how many people will actually read this.

My thoughts exactly as I happened to be online during Leo's Diamond v.1 feeding frenzy and the day the TyTn II update came out. Then reading the follow up soon later. Such as wait a minute, this is crap. It doesn't work with Igo , It doesn't work with HHC and on and on. Like Leo or HTC was supposed to load every obscure piece of kit ,to make sure that all of you could load your phones with garbage and they will still work as smooth as day one.
A little prethought and common sense go a long way. Well said GSLEON.
Edit: And congrats AllTheWay on the promo.Well deserved
Just noticed.

AllTheWay said:
Great post and contribution as always. I just wonder how many people will actually read this.
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I read it makes sense too
-McMex

Great post! Now to get the noobs to read...

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This is good solid advice.
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It most certainly is. I didn't know this info before. Thanks GS.

i've read it

footnotes please? lol j/k
Seriously great post how many will read. Make sticky!!!

thanks for the post

Great information GSLeon (as usual). That's why I prefer clean/lite ROMs, and installing the apps myself. I didn't know the reason - just noticed I had less (ie no) problems doing it my way. Now I know why!

This is also basic troubleshooting... This is exactly why when you come to a thread asking for help (particularly cooked roms) the first question the chef will usually ask is:
What all have you, or what do you have installed...
Most chefs wont even begin to consider YOUR issue a problem until this base has been covered. Installation of programs is the #1 cause of issues when dealing with the billion variable cooked roms.
My best advice is to actually spend the time knowing your programs, know what they depend on, know what goes where (kinda like sex ed). If you want everything to work straight out of the box without any fine tuning then your probably in the wrong place!

Excellent Post!!!
Thanks for the info GSLEON!!!!
I have had my Tilt since Oct 07......having never owned a Windows based product ever before I read this forum like is was war and peace.....also never creating a thread just searching, searching, searching!
I have ran into this before and have a word doc with the order to install when flashing anew
Thanks for the great post and all of your help in the past.

I agree with most of what you're saying GS except for one instance that is messing with me. I jus bought a TyTn II to replace my water damaged Tilt. I bought it here from the U.S. but the box says Singapore. I flashed the WM6.1 update and everything is cool except for the HTC weather. This is a HTC application and they should have gotten it right b4 releasing the Rom. Things that come STANDARD with an OEM ROM should automatically work. All the 3rd party stuff that you said I do agree with. Now, anybody know how to fix this little issue?

Well said! Consider myself as wery fresh on CE, this can probobly be repeated to the even more advance user as it is easy to forget that every brick plays a part on how the device acts. When I am starting on a new rom the first 2-3 days goes to the setup, alot of testing and hard resets. Its easy to forgett the fact: what worked yestoday on duttys rom does not automaticly work today on Laurentius26 (or any other chefs) rom.

FM Recording on Xperia X1

Hi all,
I have searched the forums, and tried a few apps and I haven't been able to find a solution to this - I was wondering if anyone else has or would want a way.
I like to listen to the radio to hear up to the minute local news, interesting local programming, some good new music and regular local humorous/comedy programs. And sometimes while listening to these I may get interrupted or may hear something I'd really like to share or refer to later - so in the past I'd just click the 'Record' switch on my MP3 player and then replay whatever I missed/saved later. Sometimes I also hear a good song and I'll record a few seconds to get enough of the lyrics to Google it later.
Knowing the X1 had an FM radio and WM6 I figured there must be an app out there to do this, the Samsung Omnia 2 apparently has this feature out of the box. I know some phones have the FM radio direct connected to the headphones/speakers, but I also know on the X1 has RDS and people have even found ways to use it as a TMC receiver on this forum. So I'm hoping there might be a way to record from FM - nothing fancy, not the full schedulers of the Chinese clone phones, but just some app that might at least let us hit a button and record a few minutes would be awesome.
Does anyone know how or if this can be done on the Xperia?
Thanks a lot,
Peter

http://www.google.dk/search?source=...cord+fm&btnG=Google-søgning&meta=lr=&aq=f&oq=
checked if any of them work?

Rudegar said:
http://www.google.dk/search?source=...cord+fm&btnG=Google-søgning&meta=lr=&aq=f&oq=
checked if any of them work?
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Yes, I've checked many different programs and most that say they do record are actually Internet Radio stations and not FM. Actually when I clicked your link the first many results were already purple from when I searched it last week before posting.
One interesting thing I just came across is that Apple announced last week that their new iPod Nano will have 'Live Pause' functionality on it's FM tuner. That would be dream functionality for me, especially if it also included an actual recorder function to share the content later (which I doubt). But I really, really don't like Apple - and my X1 has let me leave my pocket digi cam, PDA, mp3 player and old phones at home and do it all with one device. It would be awesome if it could also record, even if rudimentarily.
99% of results you get with this search is either people who posted asking and were ignored, Internet Radio apps, info on clone phones or mp3 players or Call/Video recording software.
Thanks for your reply,
Peter

i used to have an ATOM exec that FM record function
go to their sub forum and see if you can get someone to make you a cab of their application. it might work
after this is done the next step would be is just to create a calander reminder to remind you to record

THE GRIZZ said:
i used to have an ATOM exec that FM record function
go to their sub forum and see if you can get someone to make you a cab of their application. it might work
after this is done the next step would be is just to create a calendar reminder to remind you to record
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Thanks man, I'll do that . I'm ok with not having a scheduler attached, though it'd be nice. I'd really like to have the ability to hit a button and record though because sometimes there's some useful stuff on.
For example today they had a financial analyst on talking about GICs vs. Stocks vs. Bonds, etc..., and giving advice to someone on a situation almost identical to mine and he made some interesting points I wanted to remember to research further - luckily I was at home and had an old mp3 player that could record, but if I was out I'd just have to try to memorize it and probably end up just with confused recollections if I even remembered it at all. Missed a lot in the time it took to find the player though - just starting it from the Xperia - that would be awesome .
Thanks,
Peter

THE GRIZZ said:
i used to have an ATOM exec that FM record function
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By the way, The Grizz, would it be the same application you were asking about in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=493868&highlight=fm+recording or would it be something specific to the Atom Exec?
Thanks,
Peter
P.S. I see you were on the quest too man - good to know I'm not alone - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=493761 - I did find the HTC/Diamond FM Radio App, which seems to work faster than the one with the X1 natively, but no recording, still looking around... Atom app seems to have scheduler, everything - would be awesome if we can just get this thing ported

I spent a couple of fruitless hours trying to find and fm_radio.cab or similar file for the Atom Exec - no luck, though a Chinese board seemed like it might have it, the page gives an error in Chinese when I tried to read it - either that the post doesn't exist anymore or you have to register or some such thing.
I found a couple of other FM apps that work, mostly for the HTC Touch HD and similar devices. I found about 3 others that don't work, giving various error messages about missing files or the Radio failing to power on.
I eventually searched for fmradio.exe and found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=284477
A lucky hit - "From O2 Xda Atom Exec..." - fmradio.exe + some dlls. I tried this on my X1 though and unfortunately I just get the message: "FM Radio requires Stereo Headset to be connected to function." I do have my headphones plugged in though. No idea if there is some way to get the app to bypass this check to see if the rest of it will run. It may also have something to do with where the dlls are - I just put all the files in my main Windows directory - no idea if they should be somewhere else, or if I should leave my original files as well. My X1 Radio is broken possibly from my previous 7 other apps tried - so this app might work if tried with a fresh flash.
So close

No luck, I flashed on WinMo 6.5 and then back to WinMo 6.1 with Jack's ROM - but I can't seem to get the O2 Xda Atom Exec FM Radio app to run. It just says that there is no headphone in the port. Is there a way around that or could I be missing some files? Or maybe I put them in the wrong path?
This is only one way to attack the problem - any other suggestions or ideas would be good as well.
Thanks,
Peter

A friend of mine lent me his Omnia, which can record with a click. I got all the files, but unfortunately it just gives an error that it is missing files or a trust certificate. I found the fmradio.dl file was hidden in the \Windows directory.
I found some other fmradio.dll files online for various Omnia models, but still no luck with those. It may be that they are not the right file for this program, or they are incompatible with the hardware. It's too bad I can't at least run the program, and then find the FM doesn't work. That would feel more satisfying then it not working at all.
So, so far no luck. Unless the creators of Power Radio here on the XDA forum do infact add FM Recording to their application...or we find another way?

Has anyone been able to find a way to do this on the X1? Or maybe perhaps the circuitry or software is different and it is possible on the newer X2 hardware?
Thanks!

I'm thinking, if it were possible, there would be an app for it. It's probably a hardware limitation of the X1 just like call recording. The output of the radio may not even pass through the CPU/chipset and goes straight to an output.

Resco Audio recorder records calls in X1