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If anyone here has tried to use an i.tech stereo headset (like the R35 or S35) or other A2DP headset and has been dissapointed with the sound quality (commonly referred to as a "ringing" distortion or hissing over the sound) using the A2DP for tornado hack, its because the MS Bluetooth Stack isn't 100% compatible with all (most) headsets. Its particularly noticeable on i.tech, but the reduced quality is true on many others as well.
In case you didn't know, Blueplayer is a standalone app that streams music to A2DP headphones even if the phone doesn't support A2DP in its own stack! That means any phone with bluetooth (some even claim older 1.1 devices as well) can bypass the usual MS stack in our devices and stream stereo sound directly to a compatible headset!
The software was written for Nokia S60 devices initially, but there have been Pocket PC and java versions (only compatible with specific phones) released since then as well.
I'm very annoyed by the sound quality of my itech R35 paired with my imate SP5. I'm 100% sure that software such as blueplayer would solve this problem. However, the PPC and java versions don't seem to work on my device.
Can anyone help me figure out how to make this work? I tried extracting the files from the PPC cab file, but its complaining about missing libraries. The install may add some things to the registry that I'm missing.
Better yet, does anyone have anything like this for WM Smartphone?
what are you missing? I got blueplayer running with my S35 and the quality is excellent and range good(for me)...
Unfortunately I am using a Wizard...
I wish I could get it working!
I can't figure out what it is, but I'm having trouble.
Normally I can make any app work (even if its for PPC) by pulling the files off of a PPC installation, and run the .exe on my smartphone and it just works.
But I keep get errors about libraries not existing or being in the wrong place. I need to figure out exactly what happens when the app is installed- what files go where, any registry changes, etc... There's gotta be a way to make it work on smartphone!
From memory,
There are a few files and registry settings that I can remember but barely, but if you want I can try to install it again. I removed it because I don't use MP3s anymore..
Yeah, if you don't mind helping me out, that'd be amazing (also for the smartphone community as a whole).
Why don't u use mp3's anymore?
I can just look up the settings for you, you got to do the work ;-)...
I find them too large for my 1Gb MiniSD, using AAC+ now... nice quality and file size.
Just PM me what you want to know...
Well, I don't know what kind of entries this will place in the registry. To be honest, I'm not sure how to check myself either. Is there a way to tell EXACTLY what a .cab does?
Found it!
Interesting program for those in my situation:
http://thinkabdul.com/2006/12/20/ms...nformation-from-windows-mobile-cab-xml-files/
lets you see exactly what steps a cab installation goes through. Any reg. items, what the actual filenames are, what directories they are placed in, etc...
Amazing little tool.
However, I still haven't gotten blueplayer to work on my sp5... I wonder why?
thanks for the link, I needed something like that as well, going to compare the differences in the Widcomm bluetooth hacks...
BTW, how do you get blueplayer to work on a smartphone anyway without the touch screen?
Oh, simulating a touchscreen is easy... most apps let you navigate using the joystick, but it gets annoying and sometimes a touch is needed to click (for example an ok button).
There's a great little app call SPhelper that places a mouse pointer on your screen that can be navigated using the directional joystick, and "clicked" like a screen tap.
Its pretty cool.
Anyway, the problem is that I can't get Blueplayer to operate, even with all the .dll files in the right places. It says its missing something.
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I can just look up the settings for you, you got to do the work ;-)...
I find them too large for my 1Gb MiniSD, using AAC+ now... nice quality and file size.
Just PM me what you want to know...
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Here's all I know:
I poked around in the .cab installation and found that there are 4 .dll's that go in the \windows dir (msibtstk.dll, msibtapi.dll, CHS.dll and TW.dll), and two .exe program files that go in program files\msi\blueplayer (STLoader.exe, and MPOBCE.exe). AFAIK, there don't seem to be any registry entries that it inserts.
Now, I've done this with PPC apps before, normally all I have to do is run the .exe after all files are in place, and it will work (obviously with some minor annoyances due to missing the touch screen).
However, every time I hit MPOBCE.exe, all I get is:
"Alert
Can't find MPOBCE or one of its components. Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all the required libraries are available."
There's gotta be something I'm overlooking... Anyone?
No man, there are some(I found some) entries, but I thought you were set and removed them already..
will reinstall and get back to you again...
BTW do you do a full backup of your phone? I use SPB backup and it is good..
oh, cool, I couldn't find any... let me know!
entries but not sure if working...
Here are the two registry inputs(rename to *.txt) I found on my system.. Unfortunately, I couldn't get it to work this time as I am using Widcomm bluetooth stack... wonder why.... Last time I used this was with MS Stack on...
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Here are the two registry inputs(rename to *.txt) I found on my system.. Unfortunately, I couldn't get it to work this time as I am using Widcomm bluetooth stack... wonder why.... Last time I used this was with MS Stack on...
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No, that makes sense. The Nokia one is designed to operated by tunnelling through the s60 stack, and the WinCE version was most likely designed assuming the MS one.
No go... I entered all this stuff exactly like you said, and I get the same errors.
Interesting to note is the drivers reg keys already existed!
It appears that the other exe (stloader.exe) did run and I think entered those keys. The actual program tho, seems to not run (and therefore never entered the proper keys, I'm guessing).
Sorry man.. to get your hopes up..
Right now, I got Axim Widcomm Stack running on my Wizard, but still get the memory issue after a long time powering off bluetooth.
oh well, back to waiting and testing new stacks..
Hey, I've got another idea if you wouldn't mind helping me some more...
Could you try to manually install it the way I've been doing on your pocket PC device?
The reason I ask is because it will determine if there's some sort of PPC-specific code (which I don't think I've ever encountered or even heard of before).
I attached the files and directory structure that I extracted from the cab. If you could, please try uninstalling BluePlayer and tell me if you can get this to run by manually copying the files here.
If it doesn't work for you either, than its because my method is flawed and I'm missing something here... and I shouldn't give up yet!
ok, I will give it a go, but most probably I can only go as far as getting the program to run... Feel comfortable with the widcomm stack, don't feel like disabling it..
just give me a few hours.. my stupid SD USB card reader not working properly... got to look for my cable.. damn!!
good news is, the program starts with the exceptions
1)at first start after putting the files in place, the program starts a few times with the L2Cap error...
2)After a few failed restarts, followed by a softreset, the registry settings in drivers(L2Cap..) are in place and the program runs without error.
3)Now it's up to you to test it with MS stack bluetooth on, as I cannot confirmed this for you.. good luck buddy...
Dear all, I'm running into a video issue here where I cannot play back videos made by the camera. Has anyone else had this happen. If so, what was the solution? Running a modified mUn WM6 968 build by the way.
Thanks
Nevermind, I figured it out.
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Nevermind, I figured it out.
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how? i have the same problem...
The codecs from the camera package have to be included and be referenced in the registry.
It would be great if you could write a walk through. I've been searching for weeks for a solution to the same problem.
Since I don't have my Wizard kitchen on a working laptop, this is difficult. It's simply a matter of including all of the correct files from the OEMAPPS or OEMMISC folders. It's been so long since I've flashed the Wizard, I've forgotten exactly which folders these are in.
So I've installed the older version of the camera drivers in order to fix a camera issue I'm getting with the 7201 CPU. Right now, I need to manually go into the task manager -> Devices -> start CIF1.DLL every time my phone is restarted, otherwise the camera won't initialize.
Short of cooking the old camera version into the rom, is there a way I can get the camera to load automatically?
did you install this using a cab? what camera cab did you use? did you just flash a new rom? if so, might be your radio
Lupe
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did you install this using a cab? what camera cab did you use? did you just flash a new rom? if so, might be your radio
Lupe
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radio can't be issue because camera does work; he doesn't want to manually load the file for the camera every time he restarts his kaiser.
I never had this issue of having to start the camera manually. On xda live 3.0 the camera application is taken out but installation via cab makes it work without problem ...
search for "kyphur xda live 3.0"; that should bring up the thread for that rom. In the thread download the file that kyphur has on his 4shared account which includes things he removed from rom. In that zip file there are two different files for camera.
Try that and see what results you yield.
Can't you just put CIF1.DLL in to Windows/startup folder?
Thanks for the replies. I realized I should have been a bit clearer.
Ok, so I went back and looked at what I was loading and the file is called SJ CIF_314.CAB It's not the camera, but a device or driver that the camera uses. If I install this cab, but don't manually load it in the taskmanager, the camera won't initialize.
I'm loading this cab to address an issue my camera has when recording video (has to do with the 7201 CPU). You can read the details of this solution here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=387057
Basically, because of my CPU, any of the roms cooked with the TYTNII PhotoQuality.cab fix seems to cause recording problems on my video camera. So to fix this, i need to install the SJ CIF_314.CAB.
So there is no issue with the camera after this device driver is loaded. But I need to load it manually each time my phone is reset.
When I go into task manager to find the device in the devices list, it is listed as $device\CIF1(CIF1 and it is unloaded. I just have to highlight and start it to get my camera working each time. In the registry it is linked to the file CIF.DLL
I'm basically asking if there is a way to get this device to load automatically like most of the other devices in the devices list. Like maybe changing or adding something in the registry?
so anyone know how to do this?
anyone have a resolution for this? I want to see this resolved as well heh
i have the same problem - anyone figured out how to fix this so the driver loads automatically on startup?
what i find strange is (i dont mean anything mean by this) it seems like Junior members are the only one with this issue. these days cooking a rom is simple with the kitchens out there i would just cook the drivers in and be done with it. also seems like that .cab might be messed up a little if its not over writting the "newer" driver no?
also all the wm6.1 roms have camera fix built in before the cooks touch it so its not like we are doing this on purpose sorry
yes it certainly looks suspicious that this happens only to junior members.
but, i had this problem after i loaded dutty's wm 6.1 rom, messed around for a day looking for the best radio rom (had issues like carrier signal dropping and coming back every 5 seconds, black screen camera and video camera).
i am not yet at the stage that i want to cook my own rom, so this issue is not a result of a junior member's rom, but rather playing with other roms which seem to be highly recognized in this community, and other strange behavior (ie locking up the device - found a fix for that today as well).
having said all that, do you know how to override boot settings so a driver is automatically started after every reset?
Coreplayer used to work pretty well for me on my Vogue, but lately the video has become so choppy that it's unwatchable. It doesn't seem to matter much what video or resolution I'm watching. I have no idea what changed and I'm looking for some tips on what to look at. Currently I use RawFrameBuffer and pretty much everything else is, I think, the default.
The interesting thing (to me at least) is that the video is very smooth as long as I select Benchmark from the Tools menu. No dropped frames at all.
Anyone have a clue what I should try adjusting?
If it changed all of a sudden maybe it's a device issue. are you running any new services or apps?
I wish it were that simple. If anything I'm running fewer. I have fewer things going on now with my device than probably since I first bought it 14 months ago.
So what you're saying is (just so i can understand) that you had the Vogue and everything went well with CorePlayer. And now, after 14 months of use, with few programs running, it's slower for no apparent reason?
Did you perform a hard reset/flash a rom since you first got it?
Not exactly. I'm saying that something obviously changed, but I'm not sure what or when. I do remember that it behaved something like this when I first installed it 14 months ago, but I changed some settings and it worked better. But I've forgotten what those settings were, so I guess I'm asking for people's views on optimization.
As for hard resets, yes, I've had several, but always been able to restore from backup not more than two weeks old.
when you restored from the backup.. did you also restore the same CorePlayer installation? i'm trying to figure out if it's a HW problem or with CorePlayer
I believed I restored the coreplayer files and settings just about every time I've needed to do a restore. Coreplayer is on a storage card, and I've found that every so often WinMo corrupts the file system on the card, so I back up all of the Program Files folder there, as well as everthing in flash. Personally I think it's a software problem, or Coreplayer wouldn't be playing the moving fine in Benchmark mode.
Why wouldnt you just delete and reinstall coreplayer? Reseting all settings?
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Why wouldnt you just delete and reinstall coreplayer? Reseting all settings?
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Because I'm old and my memory is gone. Altzheimer's is creeping up on me. I do not remember what settings I changed or how to get good performance all those months ago, therefore reinstalling is not likely to have any positive effect. I already know that the default settings (for which there is a button to press in any case) will give me unfortunate performance.
Coreplayer 1.2.5 help playing wmv files from BBC Iplayer
Hi
Can you help with this think it's to with file associations .... am downloading wmv files (for portable devices) direct to my memory card from the BBC Iplayer (wmv) they play fine in WMP but when I try to play the same file in Coreplayer it won't play (pink screen with a circular thing in the middle).
Is this something to with the Media Usage rights for the files or a setting I should remember to tweak during the download or in Coreplayer itself?
Why not just download the latest version 1.3 from their site? Might perform better...
Yes I have searched, however the results seem to be conflicting.
I have integrated into my ROM IE 6.0 as well as a Flash Lite 3.1 OEM package I found that I thought had the required ActiveX files and settings that would allow Flash support in Internet Explorer. After trying to view various sites with Flash in them it appears it doesn't work (you just get the banner 'This site requires Flash, click here to download' or something similar).
Now I have spent the last hour or so searching on here and via Google and can't seem to work out if this is actually possible. Some posts I have found seem to say it is possible with Opera but not IE, others say it isn't possible with either and others seem to say with the required ActiveX plugins it should work with IE 6.0?
Does anyone have any definitave answers?
Andy
In Sakajati's HyperDragon IV ROM, the Flash Lite 3.1 ActiveX Player plugin works perfectly with both PIE8.12 & old PIE for WM6. It is a rumor that FL3.1 does not work with pie. The FL3.1 he used is 9.1.115.134. Edit: Try google 'official fliash lite 3.1 cab', you can find this build, a 2MB cab.
Edit: There are two layer's function of FL, HDIV ROM works on both of them, (for both pie & opera, in both FL3.1 cooked-in & seperately installed cases):
Layer 1: .swf files, e.g. www.cnet.com
Layer 2: Stream video like .flv on www.youtube.com
In many cases ppl say it does not work means it only does not work with layer 2. Many reason can cause this. Mostly is RAM issue, coz FL3.1 is a RAM intensive app, check HKLM > Software > Adobe > Flash Lite ActiveX > Memory Settings > Dynamic Memory (in MB), on default it was set to 32 MB. I doubt that if RAM not enought FL does not even launch layer 2.
Beside this there's some hardware driver (like D3D & OpenGL) and also software crash issue may also involved in the performance or functionality of FL3.1.
I'll attatch some screenshots later on.
If everything setting well (like in HDIV ROMs), the YouTube playback quality should be as same as the standalone player, at least I can not tell the difference from my eyes.
Edit: On HDIV Rhodium ROM for example, I don't need to do anything to ensure the playback quality for PIE. But I need to release memory for Opera to playing same quality (like disable m2d, large start menu, shutdown animation, etc.) I think it is because Opera Mobile 9.7b1 itself consumes about 9MB RAM, while PIE8.12 only around 1 MB, the ram needed for FL to play the same .flv is same on PIE & Opera.
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In many cases ppl say it does not work means it only does not work with layer 2
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I have the IE 6 OEM integrated into my ROM as well as the Juggalo Official Flash 3.1 OEM and I don't think any Flash sites are working in my ROM. I didn't think that IE 8 Mobile was 'real'?
Can you post some URLs with Flash content that you know work with the ROM you are running?
Andy
www.youtube.com
www.cnet.com (the main picture on middle of upper part of the home page.)
flash.tom.com
on this page, there are two embedded youtube videos:
http://my.opera.com/operamobile/blog/
I read that, FL3.1 only works with flash8 & minus, if the flash content is flash9, it does not work anyway.
And even for Flash 8,7, or lower, it still can not play back everything. But it plays most .swf and most popular .flv.
Some screenshots here.Most 9f them for Opera, but you can find several for PIE.
http://files.myopera.com/Wg5566/albums/789940/thumbs/2009%2006%2019_09%2033%2024_0004_111g.jpg_thumb.jpgThis one is fullscreen in PIE.
wg5566 said:
www.youtube.com
www.cnet.com (the main picture on middle of upper part of the home page.)
flash.tom.com
on this page, there are two embedded youtube videos:
http://my.opera.com/operamobile/blog/
I read that, FL3.1 only works with flash8 & minus, if the flash content is flash9, it does not work anyway.
And even for Flash 8,7, or lower, it still can not play back everything. But it plays most .swf and most popular .flv.
Some screenshots here.Most 9f them for Opera, but you can find several for PIE.
http://files.myopera.com/Wg5566/albums/789940/thumbs/2009%2006%2019_09%2033%2024_0004_111g.jpg_thumb.jpgThis one is fullscreen in PIE.
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No, not happening with any of them
If I go here:
http://gallery.mobile9.com/f/788572
I eventually get a box where the Flash animation should be (compared to what I can see via the browser on my PC) and if I press and hold where the outline of the box is I see a popup menu that says 'About Flashlite 3.1 ActiveX Player' but I never get the animation to display. If I click 'About...' it says 'Player Version: 9,1,115,134'
Andy
What D3D/OpenGL driver are you using?
And did you cooked-in some graphic enhancement apps like gfxbooster?
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What D3D/OpenGL driver are you using?
And did you cooked-in some graphic enhancement apps like gfxbooster?
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I am using the Samsung Omnia D3D Driver as this worked much better with the various D3D sample applications than the HTC Class Action one. I also have gfxboost in the ROM, however disabling gfxboost gets the same results.
Andy
ADB100 said:
I am using the Samsung Omnia D3D Driver as this worked much better with the various D3D sample applications than the HTC Class Action one. I also have gfxboost in the ROM, however disabling gfxboost gets the same results.
Andy
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The ROM I used also use Samsung Ominia driver, see also Samsung Ominia Goodies.
I did notice that on WM6.5 ROM, the gpxbooster crashes with flash.(Not tested on other ROMs yet)
Think you have someway to test the D3D driver work or not.
Then install the official FL3.1 distributable player to see does it works to play with local .swf files. (Need to use total commander to associate .swf with the exe)
Install of the distributable player also helps the plugin to work in some cases, & the distributable player itself works (at least as a plugin for .swf).
If it works then the problem is association between plugin and PIE.
If it does not work, you still need to sort it out what is crashed with FL.
In my experience PIE is much easier to work with FL3.1 than Opera.
Edit: BTW suggest to take out everything related to D3D, graphics enhancement, & flash plugin from your ROM. And then easier to test them, bcz all of them works if you install cab & you don't need to reflash the ROM again & again.
In otherways you build a 'naked' ROM, after flashed the ROM first install FL see deoes it work with PIE. If works then install your apps one by one & see which one crashes.
Another thing is that the official Flash7 Player (flash.dll) should also work with PIE.
Any further progress & can you share further information here?
Edit: Avother point is in PIE maybe you need to set in options to let the website know that you are using PIE & not a desktop IE, otherwise the site will ask to install the flash player for desktop. You can still use the 'desktop view' to 'view full versions' after did so.
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Any further progress & can you share further information here?
Edit: Avother point is in PIE maybe you need to set in options to let the website know that you are using PIE & not a desktop IE, otherwise the site will ask to install the flash player for desktop. You can still use the 'desktop view' to 'view full versions' after did so.
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I have installed the official standalone player (FlashLite_DP_WM6Professional_EN.cab) and the results are still the same.
Andy
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I have installed the official standalone player (FlashLite_DP_WM6Professional_EN.cab) and the results are still the same.
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Do you have local .swf files to test on the StandAlone player? If not find some here:
http://www.leconcombre.com/board/dl/us/downloadflas0us.html
Just click on the .swf file after download to the phone. If it's not associated withe player, can use Total Commander ( http://ghisler.fileburst.com/ce/tcmdpocketarm.cab ) or TaskMgr.exe ( http://www.dotfred.net/TM/TaskMgrv3.1_WM2005.zip ) to associate them with the exe found in the distributable player install folder.
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Do you have local .swf files to test on the StandAlone player? If not find some here:
http://www.leconcombre.com/board/dl/us/downloadflas0us.html
Just click on the .swf file after download to the phone. If it's not associated withe player, can use Total Commander ( http://ghisler.fileburst.com/ce/tcmdpocketarm.cab ) or TaskMgr.exe ( http://www.dotfred.net/TM/TaskMgrv3.1_WM2005.zip ) to associate them with the exe found in the distributable player install folder.
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If I associate .swf files with "\Program Files\Adabe\FlashLite\appzone.exe" then .swf files will play (or at least a couple of the ones from the link you posted will). .flv files don't play though.
Andy
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If I associate .swf files with "\Program Files\Adabe\FlashLite\appzone.exe" then .swf files will play (or at least a couple of the ones from the link you posted will). .flv files don't play though.
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What if you install Opera Mobile 9.7B1?
See the on site .swf work with Opera or not.
Follow the procedure in this post if you have trouble running Opera.
Edit: BTW, please check in your Windows folder do you have a file named IEActiveX.dll.(probably it is a hidden/system file)
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What if you install Opera Mobile 9.7B1?
See the on site .swf work with Opera or not.
Follow the procedure in this post if you have trouble running Opera.
Edit: BTW, please check in your Windows folder do you have a file named IEActiveX.dll.(probably it is a hidden/system file)
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IEActivex.dll is in the Windows folder - it was included as part of the Flash Lite 3.1 OEM package. As for installing Opera this isn't going to happen I need (want?) to get this working with IE
Andy
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IEActivex.dll is in the Windows folder - it was included as part of the Flash Lite 3.1 OEM package. As for installing Opera this isn't going to happen I need (want?) to get this working with IE
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Just for probs sorting. If it works on Opera, the problem maybe the association between FL & IE. If it does not even work on Opera, it maybe something conflicts with FL3.1.
And what if you use DotFred's TaskMgr to register that dll file (IEActiveX.dll), and soft reset?
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And what if you use DotFred's TaskMgr to register that dll file (IEActiveX.dll), and soft reset?
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Still the same
Well I can not figure out more suggestion now. It's whether the OEM package has some shortcomings, or you have something conflict with Flash Lite.
But definitely, Flash Lite 3.1 shall work with both PIE & Opera Mobile. Check here.
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Well I can not figure out more suggestion now. It's whether the OEM package has some shortcomings, or you have something conflict with Flash Lite.
But definitely, Flash Lite 3.1 shall work with both PIE & Opera Mobile. Check here.
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Thanks for your efforts so far. I will continue to pursue this as I would like Flash working with IE in my ROM, however it isn't a priority. I'd like to hear from any other chefs that have integrated Flash Lite 3.1 & IE 6.0 into their ROMs and what they had to do to get it working. I am not doing anything that clever in my ROM - just a dump of the official 5.2.19212 WWE ROM and then some re-heating - IE 6.0 included, various updates to OEM stuff and that's really about it.
Andy
wg5566 said:
Well I can not figure out more suggestion now. It's whether the OEM package has some shortcomings, or you have something conflict with Flash Lite.
But definitely, Flash Lite 3.1 shall work with both PIE & Opera Mobile. Check here.
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Thanks for your efforts so far. I will continue to pursue this as I would like Flash working with IE in my ROM, however it isn't a priority. I'd like to hear from any other chefs that have integrated Flash Lite 3.1 & IE 6.0 into their ROMs and what they had to do to get it working. I am not doing anything that clever in my ROM - just a dump of the official 5.2.19212 WWE ROM and then some re-heating - IE 6.0 included, various updates to OEM stuff and that's really about it.
Andy