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I flashed the HTC rom on my tilt a few days ago. Everything seems to work fine except that when I open a webpage (using Pocket IE), the 3G icon on the top changes to H. (What is H anyways?)
Other apps that require(?) 3G like Streaming media player and Messaging cannot connect at all. They try to connect to 3G, cycle thru the connection attempt twice and give up. But they work fine if I'm on wifi.
Are there any settings that I'm supposed to put in the Tilt?
I've tried searching on the forums but have been unsuccessful so far. If anyone can help me that would be awesome. Or point out keywords that I should use to search the forum, that would be great too.
Thanks.
Go to 'Settings' 'Connections' 'HSDPA' and uncheck the box.
BTW its High Speed Downlink Packet Access and you may need to subscribe from your carrier network for connection.
Thanks for the lightening fast reply. It got rid of the H icon. But streaming media still doesnt work.
When trying to open a youtube video, for example, it tries to connect to something, but fails eventually. I'll post some screenshots soon.
Do I need to change any settings in windows media player?
What branded phone were you using because you may have removed vital streaming SW required by your carrier.
AT&T Tilt aka Kaiser
I flashed it with the HTC rom from this forum.
Have a look at your programs and see if Flash Player is installed. If not, search the Forum for the cab (its in Dutty's thread in this forum flashlite) and install it. That may solve your problem.
The flash player is installed. As I can view the same streams if I use wifi.
But if I disable wifi, then the webpages open up, but no streaming media opens up.
Also, using Messaging, hotmail is able to download my mails on 3G, but not other accounts (ex. gmail IMAP). But everything works on wifi.
Sorry to be a pain in the ass, but I'm willing to search the forums if someone can point out the keywords to look for. I'm really clueless at this point.
Then look for the AT&T operator settings needed after flashing. If all is working on WiFi then that is definately your problem.
Thanks. I know its a problem on my end. But I don't know where to look for settings. I'm very new to this windows mobile world.
I'll search the forum now for AT&T settings and will get back.
Thanks a lot again for your help!
Damn... not sure where the info is. Can someone please point me in the right direction?
Here, try this.
http://www.wireless.att.com/support/deviceConfig.do?content=KB84444.html
Better still, found you this.
View attachment HTC_Network_Wizard_KAISER_1_0_29981_1.cab
You owe me a beer next time you are in Abu Dhabi.
I just tried the AT&T instructions and it screwed my IE connection. Every page load gave me an error. I reverted back to the original settings.
As for streaming videos, I managed to change the settings to use Media Net and it seems to work.
Still cant figure out how to do that with Messaging.
p.s.... trying the cab you just posted.
Okay, I tried that cab, and it still doesn't let me use any other email account in messaging. Here are the screen shots.
As you can see from the images, Windows Live (hotmail) email downloads just fine. But when I change the email to Gmail from the dropdown, and press Send/Receive, it fails to connect. What are the differences in the connections between the two.
By the way, sorry for the 90 degrees rotated images. It didn't let me upload images with heights more than 280. Weird
p.s. Farsquidge, I still owe you a beer
ashoooo said:
Thanks for the lightening fast reply. It got rid of the H icon. But streaming media still doesnt work.
When trying to open a youtube video, for example, it tries to connect to something, but fails eventually. I'll post some screenshots soon.
Do I need to change any settings in windows media player?
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Wait, explain why you want to get rid of the "H"? H is HSDPA, which is the fastest 3G connection.
G = GPRS (slow)
E = Edge (faster than GPRS, but stil slow)
3G = UMTS (3G, fast)
H = HSDPA (3G+, fastest connection)
Assuming you have HSDPA in your region (which if it showed H means you do), you would normally want HSDPA. It provides speeds greater than 1Mbit/sec.
I've enabled it back. Thanks for the clarification.
Try using the Network settings wizard then do a soft reset to apply them.
Go through the AT&T settings page on the link to see they match and adjust them accordingly if not.
Then you will most likey have to go to the other setup pages on AT&T's site for email and MMS setup as you have lost all with the flash.
I tried the Network settings wizard. Didn't change anything.
Tried the AT&T settings page. It screwed up even more and I couldnt even browse web pages. So I reverted back to original settings.
I've managed to fix the streaming media player by making it use Media Net. As for Messaging, I'll have to look into AT&Ts setting for MMS. Will keep you guys posted.
p.s. You guys are amazing. Thanks for all the help!
If you look, a new version of Network settings wizard has been posted to this forum today.
Aah.. thanks, I found it. I'll try that in the evening when I get home and let you know.
Hi guys,
Well, I didn't think santa would bring me a Vario III, so I bought one myself on Xmas eve. I have never owned a smartphone before, but have had PDAs (a palm tungsten and a Psion Series 5).
I basically bought it for the mobile office features (including internet access email) and of course the keyboard.
My experience of the Vario III so far has been mixed, mainly because I don't seem to be able to get certain features to work. I love the fast internet access, the calendar and weather, plus the camera. I have also downloaded Opera mini, which is in my opinion beter thanIE because it gives you proper web pages.
The problems I am having so far are:
1. email. I have so far failed to synch with wither my personal email (with blueyonder) or with my office email. Moreover, in the beginning there was a 'set up a new email account' feature which seems to have disappeared. Do you think a hard reset might be worth a try?
2. video. I have so far failed to launch a single video from any website (including the ones on the t-mobile favourites. I don't know how to fix this.
Also, I have been reading this site avidly, but lacking much technical knowledge, a lot of it I don't quite get. So the additional questions I have are:
1. are there any 'must have' CAB files I ought to be downloading (at least to try them out)?
2. Where can I find the 'cube' which is frequently referred to on here?
Any advice on any of the above would be much appreciated.
Rienzi
1. (dont use email so i dont know)
2. http://discussion.wmexperts.com/showthread.php?t=148801
//fairly easy instructions to get alot of videos to play
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1. Must have cab is definately -WKTASK(http://soft.photoracer.net/docs/wktask_en.html) its free so its cool
- Resco explorer(Not Free)
- Htc album, with the new Camera (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=355587)
2. As for the cube, if ind it pointless but here it is (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=354715)
EDIT: dont forget to tweak your Vario with Kaiser Tweak!!! or, if more advanced tweak it manually with a registry editor available in total commander. Registry tweaks are available in the wiki
Thanks ekw for your prompt and most helpful reply
Assistance
With reference to emails---Do you have the t-mobile rom..standard purchase from t-mobile?If you do, then as standard out of the box there's an email wizard built in the rom from T-mobile. They believe the email wizard is easier to set up.
With reference to launching videos, and especially from t-zones, this will be restricted possibly due to what's known as "content Lock". Call t-mobile cust services on 150 and ask them to remove the content lock, this will enable you to browse you tube, launch videos an msn and so on.
Hope this helps?
If you need any help, send me a mail, got a few days off.
mobilemadness said:
With reference to emails---Do you have the t-mobile rom..standard purchase from t-mobile?If you do, then as standard out of the box there's an email wizard built in the rom from T-mobile. They believe the email wizard is easier to set up.
With reference to launching videos, and especially from t-zones, this will be restricted possibly due to what's known as "content Lock". Call t-mobile cust services on 150 and ask them to remove the content lock, this will enable you to browse you tube, launch videos an msn and so on.
Hope this helps?
If you need any help, send me a mail, got a few days off.
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Thanks mobilemadness, much appreciated. I followed the instructions in the box and have subsequently tried all kinds of permutations, but still have not managed to get email working . I don't know if anyone else is having the same issues.
Well, I don't know if some of your questions have been answered yet?
1. email.
Go to Message -> Menu -> Option -> Add New
(What's your carrier, and how are you connecting to the internet)
2. video.
Download the Youtube plugin for TCMP (or use Dutty rom), or you can download Opera Mobile 8.65 and download Macromedia Flash. You play youtube from the actual website. But I still prefer TCMP.
1. are there any 'must have' CAB files I ought to be downloading (at least to try them out)?
Look at the stickies, those you will have to do a search. Search for a user name dutty, he has a good collection of cabs.
2. Where can I find the 'cube' which is frequently referred to on here?
Do a search for cubes; TouchFlo, is the one that came with the HTC Touch.
I cant find a copy of MobiTV, the ATT version of Cellular video or the ATT Xm radio app. Now I have searched an come up with only things that have not worked on my machine. They are older apps, from 8525 and Cingular.
I made a thread about this in upgrades but some smarmy mod popped out links and basically called me a moron for not searching. Well guess what none of that **** you linked me to worked. All of it was very old as well.
Im hoping someone will be able to pull the .cab installs of of the actual NEW ATT Tilt rom. I was able to find the newest xpress mail on my own. I also found the 8925 NEW version of Telenav.
guess im not as dumb as those mods think, since my .cabs are up to date ABD THEY WORK on your new device.
btw the new search is HORRIBLE i cant just search the Kaiser area when i want.
the search tab
+1 for the new search tab not being easy to use.
Don't know if this will help..I had to put the files from the OperatorPKG into a ZIP file...
It contains.
MobiTV Application
MobiTV shortcut
MobiTV chunk file - whatever this is???
Hope this helps
You do not need the cellular video cab...it only has the URL of cingularvideo.cingular.com and a realplayer install in it... DO you have streaming media or realplayer installed on your phone???
To get CellularVideo to work properly...
1st.... open IE and go to cingularvideo.cingular.com
2nd... Try and click on the link....
(a) if link opens up in either realplayer or streaming media your done
(b) if link opens up realplayer or streaming media but it will not connect
you need to do the following....
(i) use a file explorer on your phone that will show hidden files
(ii) open up realplayer from the .exe file in the file explorer. It
should open up just the player.
(iii) when the player opens, you need to click on options and make
sure the connect option is going through MEdiaNet
(iiii) after doing this, save and close the realplayer.
(iiiii) go back to cingluarvideo.cingular.com and try again it
will work.
3rd.... If you have not already, make sure you restoreProxy
4th... If the above directions do not work I have attached the CellularVideo
cab file which was found by searching google.
thanks guys
this new ****ing garbage search wont even let you decide if u wanna search by date or by relevance...choose a forum
y would they do something so much worse?
I'll bite since you obviously made an effort. Otherwise you would have gotton a generic response to go to the ATT forums. ;-) (Kind of a revote against newbs lately.)
The cabs are hard to find. The download I put here is NOT the cabs. They're just ripped from the ROM.
Drop the files in your Program Files directory and delete the vars.chunk files to restore the trial period.
the first mobitv installl in this thread didnt work for me.... thanks for this one... i still need cellular tv, that custel file wont work with mobile 6.1 on the 8925
jon_k said:
I'll bite since you obviously made an effort. Otherwise you would have gotton a generic response to go to the ATT forums. ;-) (Kind of a revote against newbs lately.)
The cabs are hard to find. I just ripped the stuff from \program files. It's all you need really. This is from the Windows 6.1 ATT ROM, so I know they aren't old.
NOTE: delete the vars.chunk file for these otherwise the trial will be expired when you try to launch.
NOTE: Search using google: http://www.google.com/search?q=site:xda-developers.com+mobitv
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your stuff ACTUALLY WORKED! very cool
The site admin is working dilligently to offer as many useful search options as humanly possible.
Ironically when the original search was the only choice everyone complained that it was crap, now with it replaced by google al o the sudden it was "the bee's knees".
Shortly Admin should have both Google & vBulletin (original) in the search dropdown. Eventually they might even be able to add functionality to the google option but give them time guys. It's not like you flip a switch and get a 3rd party search integrated exactly as you want.
kingofthething said:
thanks guys
this new ****ing garbage search wont even let you decide if u wanna search by date or by relevance...choose a forum
y would they do something so much worse?
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kingofthething said:
guess im not as dumb as those mods think, since my .cabs are up to date ABD THEY WORK on your new device.
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yes you are as dumb as the mods think. you just had to start another thread on this. if you had actually read through the link i gave you, you would have known that ppl are using it on the kaiser eventhough it is from the hermes forum. as for being an older version, the mobitv is newer than the one thats being shipped on the new at&t rom, i know, because i actually checked.
kingofthething said:
I cant find a copy of MobiTV, the ATT version of Cellular video or the ATT Xm radio app.
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I have never needed an additional app to use XM Radio. The site:
http://xstreamxm.com/mobile/
will stream XM Radio through Windows Media Player on your device.
Camp said:
I have never needed an additional app to use XM Radio. The site:
http://xstreamxm.com/mobile/
will stream XM Radio through Windows Media Player on your device.
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that's cause u have an actual xm account
XtreMe_G said:
that's cause u have an actual xm account
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You can always ask a friend or co-worker for their account info. Also, if you know someone who has an XM Radio, but doesn't have/use the online account, you can get or ask them for their radio ID and sign up for the account online yourself.
XM Radio accounts can be used by multiple people/computers at one time, whereas Sirius accounts cannot.
Camp said:
You can always ask a friend or co-worker for their account info. Also, if you know someone who has an XM Radio, but doesn't have/use the online account, you can get or ask them for their radio ID and sign up for the account online yourself.
XM Radio accounts can be used by multiple people/computers at one time, whereas Sirius accounts cannot.
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haha, ok, fair enough.....let me rephrase my statement then, that cause u KNOW someone with an xm account.
good info though
ok, first of all if i get flamed or banned for this your a biatch, second of all i downloaded the streaming.CAB for my tilt yesterday, but when I want to connect it goes to a address input bar that starts with a rtsp://....
The question is do you have to subscribe to a media stream for this to work
Nice phone, huh. Step up from the Kaiser, that's for sure. Radio's a tad weaker and the phone's a little short on buttons but more importantly you need to get rid of the AT&T stock rom right quick and pimp your phone XDA style. Sure there are plenty of "cab corners" but they usually have a bunch of crap with no explanation of what the crap's supposed to do with 4shared fancy-boy GUIs or impossible CAPTCHA limited use Rapidshare links that just piss me off and make me sad. So I made my own collection on my own server with my own bandwidth with no sissy interface. Opera friendly too. So fire it up:
blownfuze.org
Enjoy!
Doug
Note that I am putting >99% of my time into the site and not this thread so this post is not a very good reference for updates.
Here are the current chapters:
1) Flash a new ROM.
HardSPL, FuzeKeymap, radio links, rom recs, basic instructions etc
2) Misc should and must-have apps and tweaks.
CABviaActiveSync,MyMobile, Adobe Flash Lite, My_Flash, Adobe Reader, CyberonVoiceSpeedDial, MS Voice Command, pNotepad, HTC ZIP, long end key (vibrate), no sleep raphael, keypad vibrator, timesync apps, AEBPlus, CapScrUtil, SQLite, MSNETCFv3.5.
3) Web browsers
Opera builds 15529, 2808 and 2745 with or without MyFlash, Skyfire, Netfront, v3.5, nullkb.
4) RSS readers. pRSSreader v1.3.1 VGA and v1.4.3, RSS_HUB_2.1.1, beyondpod, my channels.opml
5) Today screen/TouchFlo3D.
DiamondTF3DConfigSetupv0.6.7, SecondToday, TodayAgenda, WkTaskL.
6) Config tools/egistry editors.
AdvandedConfig 3.3, DiamondTweak v0.5.3, PHM Regedit, Mobile Registry Editor, TotalCommander, keyboard lag and wifi fix.
7) Email.
ImapPusherService, FlexMail.
8) GPS.
Raph Radios 1.02.25.28, 1.02.25.32 and 1.08.25.20M1, GPS Test, HTCGPSTool, BeeLineGPS, Google Maps 3.0.0.2 Street View / Latitude, JCEspi2005_GPS_Lag_Fix_Raphael, GPS2Blue, SeaSGEE (quickgps alternative).
9) Multimedia.
MortPlayer, SiriusWM5, StarPlayr (Sirius/XM), TCPMP-0.72RC1-recomp-03, windows codecs, youtubeplay
10) Notifications.
G-Alarm, VAlert1.20 plus my own custom wavs for email, text and the phone as well as MS and HTC wav bundles. And Blackberry tones.
11) Chat, fun and games.
PocketIRC, Agile Messenger, Slick IM, IM+, DopeWars, Labryrinth, Bubblebreaker, PocketNester (NES emulator).
12) Impressive XDA developed applications.
LocateCaller (quasi-caller ID), TrackMe, GController, Lumeos, WMWifiRouter, TouchResponse.
13) Flashing back to AT&T for warranty compliance.
Stock AT&T rom, AT&T stock radio 1.02.25.32, StockSPL_ForWarrantyOnly_SPL190_1
14) Radios!
Detailed explanation, HardSPL, radios 1.11.25.01, 1.02.25.28, 1.02.25.32 and 1.08.25.20M1 (all Raph radios, no security unlock needed).
15) Experts/hacker wannabees!
WiFiFoFum (wardriving), btCrawler, Handy Snifer (promiscuous mode packet sniffer for multiple adapters), NBStat (netbios scanner), vxUtil (portscanning, traceroutting, ns client, finger client etc), PocketPutty (ssh, rlogin, telnet), Cain (brute force hash cracking), OpenVPN.
16) Untested!
ZM_Dialer (annoying redialer), FakeMail (forging-friendly smtp client), Manila ripped from the HD, wFaceBookVGABeta3.
blownfuze.org
I appreciate the feedback plus it keeps this thread alive.
[Rough draft update Feb 8th]
I haven't been on this thread in a while and have been improving the site almost every day so just to give you a general messy idea of why you should go on the thing here are some of the files I've added in the past month. But you may need to go to my site to know what they do and how to use them:
DTMF_1.wav, DTMF_2.wav, kill_deer.mp3, XP_email.wav, 24_short.mp3, 24_vibe_delay.mp3, galarm_1.4.6.cab, StartTomTom.cab, Raphael_Radio_52.58.25.30_1.11.25.01_Ship.rar, GoogleMaps_3.0.0.2_with_StreetView_and_Latitude.cab, RaphHighResPanorama-RegistryChanger.cab, ROMeOS_NOSLIDE_n_NOCURTAIN.cab, LocateCaller-0.9.1.cab, TouchResponse_v0_3_2.cab, fakemail.cab, ZM_Dialer.exe, wFaceBookVGABeta3.zip, Opera_9.5.15529_VGA.cab, HTCHome.cab, HHCv10Final.cab, BatteryStatus.cab, HDManilaProjb.01.zip, HTCWeatherMasterInstaller.cab, sonar_BB_normal.mp3, sonar_BB_louder.mp3, sonar_BB_louder_delay.mp3, GPS_Speedo.exe, S2U2_V1.42_Touch_Pro_Edition_Black_Clock_VGA.cab, Fabliv_HTC_Diamond_Action_Screen_VGA_v2_EN.cab, Skype_beta2.5.cab, abcTaskMan-1.4.cab, PocketNester.exe, InCallRecording.cab, activesync.msi, DiamondAlerts.zip, DiamondRingtones1.zip, DiamondRingtones2.zip, Preloaded_BB_Ringtones.zip, Notem1.21.zip, Nitrogen-0.2.1-vga.cab, OperaMini4.2.11137plusJBED.cab, VGA_Esmertec_Jbed.cab, S2U2-1.40-VGA.cab, BeyondPod3_1_0.cab, iris-browser-1.0.16.cab, FreqTune15.exe, LumosSetupV09b.cab, RRE_BlackCommMgr.cab, vxUtil.hpcPro_arm.cab, nbtstatce.exe, ovpnppc.en.cab, Cain_setup.exe, WiFiFoFum.cab, zsIRC.cab, hsniffer2.04.cab, btCrawler-v1.1.0-beta.cab, VAlert_1.21.cab, DaveShaw_TimeSyncTZ_0-04.cab, DaveShaw_TimeSyncTZ_0-02.cab, LumosSetupV09.cab, Remove-Htc-Volume-by-Hallengreen.cab, AppToDate.cab, DiamondHologram_v2.02.cab, Add_3G_to_Comm_Manager.cab
That's just a recent clump of like over 150 hand-picked files. You get the idea? Then get on the site! blownfuze.org
Doug
using IE 7, getting an xml error after entering credentials...
just installed firefox 3, and it works there..
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A+ work
Looks like an awesome resource you set up there, just got my fuze and will hook it up Mon. when I got time.
Thanks for your hard work bro!
whats with no ie 7?
sounds great! just wanna look at it...
lol
why does ie always f**k everything up?
boomin
Very humorous, Thanks.
Another Thank You!
Thanks for your time, and humor in creating this repository!
Solid work nephew, I can digg it! Nice collection of some dope cabs to use to trick out this beyotch. One thing tho....the left/right D-pad is sweatin me, any fix fo that? Peace
Awesome thread. I just picked up my Fuze on friday, and I was hunting ALL OVER THE WEB (including XDA-devs) for some worthy links.
Got 5 new cabs right off the bat, thanks
And I agree with the post above, the D-Pad is killin me...I just avoid left/right all together now.
Thanks! ... regarding the D-pad.
I appreciate your appreciation fellas.
The one thing pissing me off the most about the Raphael is the damn D-pad left/right issue. I mean, they take away the buttons and the thing they leave they screw up. Here's an entire thread on the issue in the general section - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=446246&page=2 - which for the first page is a bunch of "me toos" but on the second some guy comes up with this idea which might be viable. It may never happen but it's good we got people thinking and maybe that thread will keep going toward a solution so subscribe to it.
Here's thedocrn proposes...
I propose someone should create software to do 1 of 2 things:
1) Use the G-sensor to control scrolling. This function would be activated by touching, not pressing/clicking, the center of D-pad. Similar to how you focus the camera. This action would activate the software thus allowing scrolling in all 4 directions by tilting the device.
2) Change the input so we only have to Touch the D-pad (like how we zoom in on pictures/Opera) to move in the desired direction.
He's offering money...
What would make me happy is to be able to remap the volume buttons. Anybody?
Thanks again for checking out my site!
HEY I just found this thread for GController which I think lets you dance around as you would with the D-Pad but by tilting the phone. Good luck configuring it. It's on my site or you can grab it off the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=429569
Hey d0ugie...
Check back on that thread you posted a link to regarding navigating with the Death-pad. A guy posted a suggestion several posts below mine, and so far (crossing fingers) this technique has been FAR more accurate!
I've tried G-controller, and although it's a nice program it's not one that I'd want running all the time. You have to 'align a center point' to start off, but if you lay your phone down or click it into a holster on your belt that will activate scrolling. Would be nice if this program can be activated/deactivated by touching/releasing the center cirlce (like focusing the camera lens).
I like your website! Will you take suggestions from users to add more cab files there?
good stuff, thanks for the cabs
I am getting this error when I try to log in, using IE7
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Hi georgiejr ,
IE reports the error but it was ok with firefox. I have downloaded all the apps.
Thanks a lot d0ugie
Fixed IE bug.
Not sure why any of you are using IE but hey, each to his own, not going to judge you.
I deleted the XML line that was causing the problem and it works now.
AEBPlus.cab when installing says unsuccessful.. any ideas?
Ctrl key
I see that putty.exe is in the list of Fuze software.
I may be dense, but I can't figure out how to get a CTRL or ESC keypress out of the thing.
It's nigh impossible for me to do anything intelligent without vi or nano.
Are there any cabs in that list that will remap (temporarily or permananatly) the OK and windows keys to get me a CTRL and ESC?
re: putty
I know it sucks, all I use it for is tailing my apache access.logs. I tried googling for some alternative (like backspace is ^H) but I realized those keys involved CTRL themselves. So I think we may be SOL.
Awesome page! Thanks!
awesome work
you just made my day. I figured out most of the information then I came across your thread. You could have saved me more time! But thanks buddy. Great job.
Gotta love it. Hulu on my Fuze, I don't think I'll ever get anything done. , it doesn't seem like the actual page resolution that skyfire downloads has changed though which sucks. but the menus etc. now completely function in both landscape and portrait.
Cheers,
Migsims
** EDIT ** Some people running the stock rom seem to be having issues installing this. I currently have - PROven ROM 1.03 20757 HD build - flashed on my Fuze and Skyfire is working great installed on my storage card. I'm not sure what the issue is.
http://get.skyfire.com
Version 0.85 of the Skyfire mobile browser is now available.
To get the latest version of Skyfire, point your phone's standard browser to http://get.skyfire.com and download the newest client. The site will detect the device and provide the appropriate installer.
Please note: if you are a current Symbian user you must uninstall the existing client on your phone first.
Release notes follow.
Skyfire 0.8.5 Release Notes
Released: November 21, 2008
Skyfire brings the PC internet experience to your mobile. Watch videos on YouTube or Hulu, connect with your friends on Myspace or Facebook, shop on Amazon, or listen to music. If you can experience it on your computer, you now can do it with Skyfire on the go.
Skyfire is fast, easy to use and available for free for many smart phone models.
Skyfire 0.8.5 Beta adds (standard) VGA support for Windows Mobile devices and brings the feature set for our Symbian client in line with Windows Mobile. Skyfire will continue to maintain both platforms in future releases.
We greatly appreciate your participation in our beta community. Your support and feedback on the forums at http://support.skyfire.com/forums/ helps us to constantly improve the product.
What’s new in 0.8.5 for both Windows Mobile and Symbian:
* Simple Download: This is big for us and we hope for you as well. Now, there is NO requirement anymore to register in order to download, access, and use Skyfire. With this release, downloading is as simple as pointing your existing mobile browser to http://get.skyfire.com. We detect the device and provide the installer for your phone.
* Optional Registration: Once downloaded and installed, you can use Skyfire right away. Browse away, create bookmarks, and check your history. Everything will work.
Why create an account? So you can retain Bookmarks and History in case you lose your phone or have to switch phones. Furthermore you can post and participate in the Skyfire user forums.
Already have an account? You can still access your existing account by simply logging in on your device. Or, create a new account. Or, migrate your account between phones. It’s now all done from your phone on the Skyfire start page.
* New UK Data Center: We are looking forward to providing better service for our UK based users and are currently building out a new data center. If you are in the UK you should automatically connect to the new data center and experience better performance. If you are not based in UK, then you will automatically connect to the US data center. Please bear with us as we work out some of the kinks – especially with account migration.
* Overall Improvements: Client and Server robustness, streaming performance, recovering from lost connections.
* Improved rendering of mobile pages: We better detect and render more mobile pages. The list continues to expand.
* Updated Skyfire User Portal: We continue to evolve our user portal and start page. Although some of it was already visible before 0.8.5, it is worth mentioning:
o Google Search & Search Results: It’s the best and the most used.
o Updated weather widget: Now supports Canada and UK postal codes, in addition to US.
o Region specific start page: Custom feeds and pre-populated bookmarks for US and UK.
What’s new in Windows Mobile 0.8.5 since Windows Mobile 0.8?
* Standard VGA support: We are excited to now provide VGA support for the number of new devices that recently entered the market, including the HTC Touch Diamond, Diamond Pro, HTC/ATT Fuze. Please note that we support Standard VGA support (e.g. 640x480). Widescreen WVGA (e.g. 800x480 etc) is NOT supported yet.
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nice find!
cant wait to install it!
-SCDavis
Didn't work for me ...
I dowloaded the cab from the 'get' link and when I tried to install it I got an error stating that "...The installation file is not intended for this device."
I used Skyfire on Tilt all the time so I was hoping it wouldn't be a problem on the Fuze. Must be doing something wrong ... ?
kahibbi said:
I dowloaded the cab from the 'get' link and when I tried to install it I got an error stating that "...The installation file is not intended for this device."
I used Skyfire on Tilt all the time so I was hoping it wouldn't be a problem on the Fuze. Must be doing something wrong ... ?
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It's working fine on my Fuze, dunno what's up there. What version did you download?
It worked for me too. When I went to that website it said my device was a TouchDual, but it still worked and landscape works fine with our keyboard too.
I too got the same error. The link automatically sets version 7.9x. Maybe they will get it worked out. Also the user control has been moved to the mobile browser. And since some of use have moved on to the fuze we can't access the control panel to say change device.
migsims said:
It's working fine on my Fuze, dunno what's up there. What version did you download?
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The link defaulted to "Skyfire_7927-PPC50". There was no option to choose anything else. I not only tried the link from my phone but also got the same file when using the laptop.
I'll keep watching to see what might be the problem.
kahibbi said:
The link defaulted to "Skyfire_7927-PPC50". There was no option to choose anything else. I not only tried the link from my phone but also got the same file when using the laptop.
I'll keep watching to see what might be the problem.
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That's exactly the one I downloaded and installed and it's working fine, that's kind of strange.
i'd recommend just downloading the cab and copying it to your device if you're having problems
jasongw said:
i'd recommend just downloading the cab and copying it to your device if you're having problems
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Did that and got same results, meaning "Unsuccessful" message.
*EDIT: Worked this time. Must have been me on the transfer from laptop. Got it working now, so thank you for the recommendation to try again.
copy it to my device, installed and had to soft reset to get it working. But it works very well. Now I have 3 browsers to choose from What is the down side to SkyFire?? Seems to do everything.
On the ATT Fuze I went to the site, it said I have an HTC phone so I click to download it didn't work. But if I selected This is not my phone, then went to WinMo 5 or 6 Touch it worked flawlessly :-D
i did the above and it worked, problem is the browser looks blurry... like a scaled up version of the qvga version... when it loads a page and th site takes up the screen you cant read any of te small text... opera is nice and crisp and clear...
ill try the other installation way when i get to my home computer to see what works there. I looked around in the settings but nothing is there as far as adjusting resolution or anything.
shade
i think all they did was make the menus and stuff vga for now and hopefully soon they will actually make the whole thing fully vga
hmm, that could be it... the address bar and stuff are all crisp and vga-ish...
can some more people who have this running give more feedback on this...
oh, and is there tabbed browsing on this browser at all? I cant seem to find it. for a browser that claims to do EVERYTHING, thats the one thing I am really looking for!
shade
shadeone said:
i did the above and it worked, problem is the browser looks blurry... like a scaled up version of the qvga version... when it loads a page and th site takes up the screen you cant read any of te small text... opera is nice and crisp and clear...
ill try the other installation way when i get to my home computer to see what works there. I looked around in the settings but nothing is there as far as adjusting resolution or anything.
shade
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Its is def not as sharp as the Opera browser. I also noticed its alot slower now then in the locked betas :-( I guess because the server load is growing but I used to watch streaming video all the time.
yeah the problem is that any flash is streamed and compressed on their servers ala opera mobile.
It would be really nice if adobe finally got off their ass and made an updated full plugin on not this flash lite crap.
Well if definitely does not look as nice as Opera....and is there a way to make this work with TouchFlo3D?
Yeah, I had to download it, transfer it to my storage card then install it without issues.
I still get the half screen issues that I had with previous versions.