Im really looking forward for this phone, but after reading about the problem with the kaiser (which is the same device, just minor changes) i am a bit insecure if i should buy it.
I really dont care about gaming on smartphones, but the video playback issue is a big no go. Anyone of the lucky owners can test videoplayback with the cruise?
Im especially interessted in the playback of xvid/divx material.
thx to anyone who sacrifices some time on this.
you should spc what resolution the movie was in
there would be a world of difference between a 800_600 video
and a divx in 240_320
well the worse case would be 640x480, anything higher than that would end in the converter.
I posted on this yesterday in regards to the video playback. I hate to say It is worse than my Kaiser. So bad I cannot watch even a short clip w/out getting mad. This is before I even loaded other programs onto this! The overall device is good in my opinion. Very light! However the video/media was a big factor in me purchasing the Cruise. I am sending this back on Monday and settling with my Touch Enhanced and Kaiser. I'm very glad I didn't sell either of these before I got the cruise!
bummer... so i think ill wait see how it turns out. On paper the TC should support hardware acceleration for video playback, seems its the same issue that is pressent on the kaiser (missing drivers...)
Hmm interesting, I hope they update that with a new firmware version...
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I posted on this yesterday in regards to the video playback. I hate to say It is worse than my Kaiser. So bad I cannot watch even a short clip w/out getting mad. This is before I even loaded other programs onto this! The overall device is good in my opinion. Very light! However the video/media was a big factor in me purchasing the Cruise. I am sending this back on Monday and settling with my Touch Enhanced and Kaiser. I'm very glad I didn't sell either of these before I got the cruise!
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Well, that confirms it. HTC is now in the business of shipping new form factors (eye candy) and not improved devices. At these prices it's disgusting really. Before anyone say it has an FM radio, they've been putting those in gadget watches for more than a decade
This thread should be stickied before HTC enjoys another Kaiser-like buying frenzy
The hardware is same, the difference is only the Radio FM and the keyboard
get olipro and cmonex to rewrite the drivers and then the problem wont be there anymore.
I just read topic "Kaiser Video Driver Bounty" and if this is true for Polaris I am really scared now. I want to buy Polaris, but after that I am not sure...
So is the same true for Polaris or not? And I am also thinking about Trinity it also have same problem?
If for Kaiser there stil isnt solution, is possible that for Touch Crouise there will be?
trinity dont share cpu with kaiser and polaris so it's problems are it's own
yes trinity doesnt have the issue. dont worry everyone u are all overreacting. remember xda was created to also fix problems the manuf. didnt fix so we will fix this one. coreplayer developers have gotten the drivers working properly for video playback so same will be applied to trinity. also cmonex and olipro might get to work on some drivers if they are still needed after that.
I thoughht its more software problem of HTC not only CPU. So if I understand you, Trinity dont have this problem?!?
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Thanks Pawel062 you were qiuck, so from your answer it seems I should buy Touch Cruise and you, smart guys, will fix everything other?!? :-D...
but my second question still lasts:
Can you please tell me than if Trinity will be better to buy than Touch Cruise?
I dont want to be OT, so can you tell your opinios here please.
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I thoughht its more software problem of HTC not only CPU. So if I understand you, Trinity dont have this problem?!?
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Thanks Pawel062 you were qiuck, so from your answer it seems I should buy Touch Cruise and you, smart guys, will fix everything other?!? :-D...
but my second question still lasts:
Can you please tell me than if Trinity will be better to buy than Touch Cruise?
I dont want to be OT, so can you tell your opinios here please.
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dont worry about OT. no it is not better to buy trinity. the cruise is a upgrade in almos every way to it. like i said we will try to solve every single problem out there. the video playback if we dont have a chance to solve it will be by coreplayer team. the rest with the help of cmonex and olipro and rest of team should be no problem at all.
good, the video playback issue is the main turnoff for meright now, but if you guys can handel it i think i buy the TC.
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the video playback if we dont have a chance to solve it will be by coreplayer team. the rest with the help of cmonex and olipro and rest of team should be no problem at all.
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Have they solved it for TyTN II? If it is so fixable, why did they have a petition going for HTC?
the petition was started before the coreplayer progress i believe and it was also to keep htc from doing something like this. everything is fixable if u know how, have the time, and have the resources.
the athena project has been able to concur almost every single challenge we had coming our way. we will do the same with the polaris if given the chance and devices.
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the petition was started before the coreplayer progress i believe and it was also to keep htc from doing something like this. everything is fixable if u know how, have the time, and have the resources.
the athena project has been able to concur almost every single challenge we had coming our way. we will do the same with the polaris if given the chance and devices.
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I appreciate your confidence but I think it is not right to advise people that this will indeed be fixed. Unless you have a solution I can download right now, this is still an issue and you should not be telling people that they can purchase this device with peace of mind that there will be a solution, because in fact you do not know how or when it will be fixed.
Another thing to consider is that the price of coreplayer is still TBD. What if they charge more than $100?? As it stands, the price is reasonable at $21.95, but it is no guarantee that the price of the next version will not be more to cover dev costs. And it remains to be seen if it will fix gaming and/or camera issues. I will be keeping my money in my pocket until something better comes along.
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I appreciate your confidence but I think it is not right to advise people that this will indeed be fixed. Unless you have a solution I can download right now, this is still an issue and you should not be telling people that they can purchase this device with peace of mind that there will be a solution, because in fact you do not know how or when it will be fixed.
Another thing to consider is that the price of coreplayer is still TBD. What if they charge more than $100?? As it stands, the price is reasonable at $21.95, but it is no guarantee that the price of the next version will not be more to cover dev costs. And it remains to be seen if it will fix gaming and/or camera issues. I will be keeping my money in my pocket until something better comes along.
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ug u people always have to be so negative and question the developers. listen coreplayer has promised a solution to be available soon. they have not commented about any price raises about this or anything. if the price does go up it wont be much. no one will pay 100 for coreplayer and both of us know that.
the problem is know and how to fix it is being researched properly.
the truth is the developers could do the fix but theres a few factors. first is the time it takes. it takes a while to do a driver like this for a pretty much undocumented device really. people have jobs and lives. the second is no one is going to do this for free. thats why theres a bounty in the kaiser forums.
the bounty though i believe is small but people are willing to do it including cmonex. remember xda developers is ment to solve problems manufactures arent able to fix. so there will be a fix.
So if I didnt care about video playback whatsoever, would you recommend the phone otherwise?
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Greetings all:
Firstly: Thanks to all for such a great place to come and find soooo much info. I am addicted to it all.
Second: I am totally NEW to all this and I am still trying to understand alot of the terminology, items, methods, and so on.
Third: I have a ton of questions as I am a sponge and soak up info rapidly, and I want to know all I can because I am quickly developing an incredible hunger for the PDA/Smartphone arena.
Lastly, and the reason for the body armor, I have a noob question: When I read about and see the term "radio" or "radio ROM", what does that mean exactly, ya know in easy to grasp speak. I can see you ready to fire bullets at the new guy for such a question, but I really have no idea, let alone why the need to possibly update the ROM for it.
My thanks in advance for the direction.
Cheers all, and keep up such a great forum community.
Chris
Radio is what effects your signal strength, receiving sms messages, mms messages, phone calls, etc.
Jeepers, I do feel like a dope. Thanks Madcap. Please if you would, does upgrading the ROM serve to improve upon said functions? And is there a baseline that most use to gauge improvments to the radio.
I read alot about the 1.41.00.10 ROM in another thread. Some users reported a decline in performance. Was that something the measured with website, or tool.
Or rather was it something they measured as a matter of comparison to earlier ROM performance.?
I am wondering myself thru this all just exactly how would I gauge when to make upgrades etc, and how to tell if said upgrade was a performance boost?
Obviously from what I read, most users try something and go back if no improvements came out of it. But again, is there a software prog. or website to take before and after readings?
Being new is rather uncomfortable here.........
Thanks again for the speedy reply to my original question.
Depends on what your device is... I dunno what you have... wizard, hermes, artemis.. ??
Ok first off.........GO SOX...........MASSACHUSETTS !!!!!!!!!!!!......................
Ok, I just got a few new phones. I am on Tmo with a Wing. I purchased an unlocked 8525. I also ordered Cingular service with the Samsung Blackjack just to test them out and see if I might switch over. I have 30 days to decide and compare it to Tmo in terms of service and data/internet access.
Messing around here today, reading and such I thought to play a bit with ROM stuff., I followed the guide listed in the WiKi and got my........and bear with me cause these terms are Greek to me.......... SPL to 2.10.01.....and my radio ROM to 1.41.00.10.
I plan to test the Cingular SIM in the Blackjack for service. But also plan to put the Cing SIM in the unlock 8525 and test the service there as well. How will I know if the 1.41 is better than the 1.16 (?) it had on it before I updated? etc. Is there some way of getting numbers or readings? Follow me so far.
Ya know.....play FEAR with an NVIDIA 7900 and check FPS for say 40. Put in an NVIDIA 8800GTX and play and find out you get 98 FPS. Clearly a diffrence you see in "hard numbers". Boy.......rambling now....but you get the drill.
the Sox are losing right now 3-0 against oakland in the 4th .. .. when you have a 12 game lead in the AL east u can afford to lose a few though .. ...
The 8525 is a Hermes.. read the Wiki on how to upgrade a hermes, also check the Wiki to find out what the Wing and black jack are...I'm not sure.
Understood, but how can I tell if my phone is performing better with this 1.41 new radio ROM, over an earlier version or rather over the version that is going to come installed with the Blackjack?
I, not unlike others, want to get the best poss. performance out of the 8525, and I am keeping my fingers crossed that Cing. beats Tmo in terms of cell clarity, better coverage and faster data for internet etc. I am also poss making the move because Cing has 3G (?) and Tmo doesent yet. And, when Tmo does bring it about I have read that it will operate on diff freq. making the unlocked phones of today unusable so to speak. Thats it in a nutshell........and my desire to get the most performance from my equipment.
And lead or not, I dont feel they can give up one here or there. I have that summer slump fear ya know.
yeah well, right now the Sox couldn't hit a beachball.
Only way you can find out which has better performance is to test them over a period of time... compare them in places where ur signal is usually pretty choppy
Damn.........I thought it would come down to that.........I wanted an easier, smoother way out. Oh well........I will test away.
Any thoughts on Cin over Tmo or vise/versa.
Ha.......beachball..........good lord.........
I can tell you that where I live, Cingular is much better. But it can really vary on your location. I'm on the opposite side of the country from you though. With radio quality, there really is no standard, or way to gauge it with hard numbers. you'll just have to use trial and error. Good luck! It can be fun (and trying sometimes) to learn more abort your device.
I'm in the Boston area and T-Mobile has been great just as good if not better than Cingular.
This is just the type of input I was hoping to see posted. Really guys, I appreciate it.
I was checking some website's to find more info about the phone. And I've seen this:
Processor/ Chipset • 400 MHz Qualcomm® MSM 7200™
Does someone has this device. Does it have the video driver fix?? Can we get the drivers trought I-Mate??
Source: http://www.expansys.nl/d.aspx?i=158753
Someone????????
Sorry to burst your bubble, but if you dug a little deeper, you would've found that the device still hasn't been released.
Actually none of the Ultimate line has been released as far as I know (and according to asia.cnet.com).
I'm sure we'll be all afire to pick apart the dll's on the phone if it comes with video drivers.
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Sorry to burst your bubble, but if you dug a little deeper, you would've found that the device still hasn't been released.
Actually none of the Ultimate line has been released as far as I know (and according to asia.cnet.com).
I'm sure we'll be all afire to pick apart the dll's on the phone if it comes with video drivers.
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Well The Polaris also wasn't released but some ppl got it like 2/3 months before release.
Guys and gals, I’ve just posted a HUGE roundup & quick review of i-mate’s all four new devices to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1967268
I just need the ROM hehe....
Laurentius26 said:
I just need the ROM hehe....
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True True True!
So when it gets released, is it possible to get the driver from there and implement it onto our device? Or is it just a "we can try".
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So when it gets released, is it possible to get the driver from there and implement it onto our device? Or is it just a "we can try".
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Think, when it releases htc has already released the drivers.
9502
Hey... here in Australia the Tesltra web-site says that the 9502 is having it's world first launch here in Aus... in early March! So maybe the video driver can be grabbed form it after all.....
Telstra also too a full back cover of PC-Authority to advertis ethe device and the 8502 as well... so pretty certain they will be here soon....
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Guys and gals, I’ve just posted a HUGE roundup & quick review of i-mate’s all four new devices to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1967268
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thanks for that review. I had been quite interested before impatience got the better of me. Glad I didn't bother waiting!
Slow down guys. Nobody knows anything yet. Several devices use the MSM7200, a few with drivers (LG), none have turned out to be anywhere near a solution, let alone an easy fix. Nothing is for sure until cmonex, oli, chainfire, or a couple other dedicated Kaiser Gurus get there hands on it, see how it was written, what's required, & if it's even possible. Even with the drivers, do we know if the Hardware is there & unrestricted?
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Slow down guys. Nobody knows anything yet. Several devices use the MSM7200, a few with drivers (LG), none have turned out to be anywhere near a solution, let alone an easy fix. Nothing is for sure until cmonex, oli, chainfire, or a couple other dedicated Kaiser Gurus get there hands on it, see how it was written, what's required, & if it's even possible. Even with the drivers, do we know if the Hardware is there & unrestricted?
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Think you forgot McMexican in your list after chainfire
-McMex
Yeah sorry man
It's been one of those days. I think I've had to slap 15 newbies & debricked (well it was a total brick for them) about 14 Kaiser/Tilts.
I'll be sure to remember you next time though!
So has someone managed to get one?
i-Mate Ultimate 9502
xmoo said:
So has someone managed to get one?
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Hey Guys & Girls...
I have just got an i-Mate Ultimate 9502,
was wondering if there was any ROMs avaliable for this device as yet?
I had the JasJam before this one and loved the Schaps ROMs..
Cheers,
Cat..
How are the pictures and video with that phone I was waiting for it to come out. I thought I had read it was not going to be released.
-McMex
icecoldcat said:
Hey Guys & Girls...
I have just got an i-Mate Ultimate 9502,
was wondering if there was any ROMs avaliable for this device as yet?
I had the JasJam before this one and loved the Schaps ROMs..
Cheers,
Cat..
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So tell us about your i-mate's performance.
Have you tried any games? Watched some videos?
The hardware is different between Kaiser and 9502 even if both are based on MSM7200.
LCD/video is different, Camera probably different, keyboard..etc and it is not like Kaiser and Polaris which are both made by HTC.
Cooking a ROM from different hardware is risky and might lead to a brick.
Please be careful.
Also, if they have the US version it has the MSM7201. The version of the 7200 minus the patent infringing features.
i think is time to downgrate to wm 6 ...........
yes 6 not 6.1 with all these issues and bugs and problems....
and then sell all of us our kaisers
i'm tired of this [email protected]#king htc's policy
what reason for,keep trying manage to work wright a device,that cost us more than 750e??
what reason for,keep buying from this screwed company named HTC ?????
sory for my tone but i can't stand any more this condition
redundant blame thread... it should be off-topic?
we all know that the Official wm6.1 upgrade Sucks...
Mods, could you close this thread?
zaharakis said:
i think is time to downgrate to wm 6 ...........
yes 6 not 6.1 with all these issues and bugs and problems....
and then sell all of us our kaisers
i'm tired of this [email protected]#king htc's policy
what reason for,keep trying manage to work wright a device,that cost us more than 750e??
what reason for,keep buying from this screwed company named HTC ?????
sory for my tone but i can't stand any more this condition
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I hear ya, but thats why we have wonderful chefs
Isaygarcia said:
redundant blame thread... it should be off-topic?
we all know that the Official wm6.1 upgrade Sucks...
Mods, could you close this thread?
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but somewhere we have to say it loud about this ..
and is better say it in another thread (like this one )and not to fill all other threads
Things that might improove
Hey,
The ROMs here are actually quite good but even if the ROM from HTC (the new one) does not compare with the ones made by XDA gurus they did some nice stuff...for example clearing the storage automatically after flash (no hard reset??) and the radio looks to be quite good it has all the countries in EUR now and the auto network configuration actually works...and there is no bluetooth activated right after flash...
Maybe some of these good things can be implemented in the new custom ROMs also...
More than blaming HTC for its ****-ROMs , we should contact the people who is working on port the Diamond drivers.
i think that zaharakis says what we all feel
htc tricked us
i can play videos and emulate gba games fluently at mt 3 years old ipaq 2490
while i cannot even turn the screen instantly to the stupid kaiser
and think how it would be if we didn't have the chefs
Isaygarcia said:
More than blaming HTC for its ****-ROMs , we should contact the people who is working on port the Diamond drivers.
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This phone does what i need it to do. And when the next greatest ppc comes out il be getting that.
Isaygarcia said:
redundant blame thread... it should be off-topic?
we all know that the Official wm6.1 upgrade Sucks...
Mods, could you close this thread?
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On the contrary...
Posts like this are nothing but the reflection of all the frustrated HTC users like me and if and only if people from HTC get to see this kind of bad publicity who knows, maybe they change their stupid policies...
Here's hoping...
Rayan said:
On the contrary...
Posts like this are nothing but the reflection of all the frustrated HTC users like me and if and only if people from HTC get to see this kind of bad publicity who knows, maybe they change their stupid policies...
Here's hoping...
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I wished the same thing until I realized that here in this forum we only represent negligible fraction of what could make an impact at all for their revenues.
hi guys,
i used the kaiser since few month with the org. german vodafone rom 1.58.... and all thinks work fine except voip with the rear speaker problem, and no drivers .. we all know.
Yesterday I use the new official german rom and this works so bad for me ... same speed, problems with the touchscreen, BT headset works but kaiser works slow with BT on.
Before I throw the Kaiser off the window :-/ I wait for a community rom with diamond drivers and give the people here a detonation for that. No more money to HTC from me.
Greets ChriZZ
Why don't we all let HTC know this... Mail them, all of you, it's costing them money and time to reply to those mails.
Still didn't get a driver, which they promised us and a crappy performance when it comes to graphics... So don't frustrate the people over here with your shortcomings, but irritate the HTC staff .
That's just my point of view...
(For example: create an example mail (like the one on htcclassaction (or so) and mail it all to this crappy company)
Cooked wm6.1 ROM > *anything
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Why don't we all let HTC know this... Mail them, all of you, it's costing them money and time to reply to those mails.
Still didn't get a driver, which they promised us and a crappy performance when it comes to graphics... So don't frustrate the people over here with your shortcomings, but irritate the HTC staff .
That's just my point of view...
(For example: create an example mail (like the one on htcclassaction (or so) and mail it all to this crappy company)
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your point is good my friend ..but you think they don't allready know it??
i don't believe that no one in htc didn't try first this update,before releasing it in public
so they just yellow us for another one time
Sorry..Why u r angry?...also all the coocked 6.1 ROMs are sucks...i tried theme all ( full of bugs ) and dont let u even use the device the way u like...
am using the HTC offecial ROM i ( WM 6 ) all the needed program are running very good ( Arabiser for the arabic users like me although this arabizing softwares did is not the offecial for HTC, windows live working,Skyps workin, camer i dont use so musch but the pic's i took are very good,GPS working ( using sygc7...so what else you dream off ????????? the only this that make me try the 6.1 is the sound of my Gabra 8040 voice is not that loud i need ( i live in a noisy country)...and just we all should know that this is a PPC not a PC u ca not just load it with tons of programs
the only thing i think HTC should do is to use MVC insted of the buil in program althought that program runs very good but we all like the MVC
I remember when!
Remember when they "HTC" announced the Kaiser II , the promo how cool it looked. We all couldn't wait, built in GPS smaller design "not as thick" I fell for the hype. Now what are they pushing the "DIAMOND" wow lets all sell our Tilt's and Kaisers II on eBay and go out and buy a Diamond. but wait what is the Diamond missing what are it's short falls. Do we all trust HTC since they have been so honest with us up to now, it seems that everyone is tring to make a Iphone look alike. If you want an Iphone buy one. it's cheeper then a Kaiser II and you can get 2 for the price of a Diamond. I like my Tilt and I am going to keep it. but I don't like HTC and I would be willing to contribute to any legle suite or team that can go after HTC and hold them accountable. They may reside in a foreign country but I live in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and we know how to screw someone in court. Land of the Free and home of the Class action suite! I am extremely happy to belong to this XDA community, I feel like this is a big extended family and we have family members all over the world. We have all been waiting long enough and apparently in vein, for HTC to release video drivers. I believe they never had any intention of correcting these problems. Oh and one more thing I never used a Windows machine at home until I got my first HTC device Samsung SX66, then 8525 now the Tilt. I am a die hard Mac user have always been. but in the world of PDA's Windows is King! I can't get what I need out of an Iphone and looks like I am not going to get what I expect from HTC. Shame on you HTC you took a customer that bought a new device each and every year and drove me to this. maybe your next years P&L will open your eye's.
Ed...
I'm sorry, but how exactly does moaning about a multi-milion dollar company on a developer forum do any good?
I'm sure the folks at HTC are reading all this on a daily basis, and take pity on your plight, and will be releasing a driver asap to make us all happy.
The kaiser does what it's supposed to - it's a business centric device and as for the multimedia part, it might not be a monster, but it does do the job relatively well.
Face it, HTC doesn't care about a 7 month old device, neither do they care about you. Try and think about it from their point of view - Releasing a brand new device boasting of 3D capabilities is MUCH better for sales than worrying about implementing it on an already released crippled one.
With that said, I hope this will be the last of such threads and the ROM development forum is no place for this sort of rant anyway.
So... after thinking it for a long time I have gone back to the original WM 6.0 ROM.
- Official WM 6.1 update by HTC: No text in landscape mode, programs crashing, skype does not work
- Cooked ROMs based on this: same problems with landscape
- Cooked ROMs with 1.65 radio: do not work well with my router, slow GPS fix
- Other cooked ROMs: display problems, have many programs I have no use for or I have to install others that came as standard (this leads to little storage free at the end). Skype does not work on most cases.
- Original ROM: Big free storage, GPS works fast, WiFi works, Skype works, all programs work, no crashes.
So, by updating what the hell do I gain?
My other choice would be WM 6.1 3.02 ROM, I've been using it for weeks, but hell, in the original ROM skype works.
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I'm sorry, but how exactly does moaning about a multi-milion dollar company on a developer forum do any good?
I'm sure the folks at HTC are reading all this on a daily basis, and take pity on your plight, and will be releasing a driver asap to make us all happy.
The kaiser does what it's supposed to - it's a business centric device and as for the multimedia part, it might not be a monster, but it does do the job relatively well.
Face it, HTC doesn't care about a 7 month old device, neither do they care about you. Try and think about it from their point of view - Releasing a brand new device boasting of 3D capabilities is MUCH better for sales than worrying about implementing it on an already released crippled one.
With that said, I hope this will be the last of such threads and the ROM development forum is no place for this sort of rant anyway.
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It helps if we don't buy into their next product. Multi-million dollar companies are made buy consumers. If you take away the consumer then you don't have a multi-million dollar company.
why dont we all put our kaisers in a big bag and then take this bag in a helicopter and release over HTC Corp. (with some TNT, or some Hydrogen in Fusion) and Bang !
Guy's,
I'm sadly informing you that my Uni is dead!
Actually it is not dead; it's switched on but a white screen and I can't see anything on the screen. I seems the display is damaged. I've unmounted the whole unit, did a cleanup and re-assembled but my bad luck ...
There is no spare available in my country (Bangladesh) for Uni so I can't even repair it.
Thanx to MyMobiler, it has given me the access to my device and this thread has been created using the benefit of this nice tool.
I have completed a new build couple of days back. It is a bug-fix build of v8.0 but based on 19960 core. I'll upload it sometime next week (without beta testing).
I suppose it will be the last present from "TOMAL" for our beloved Universal.
All the best.
Thanks for your hard work, for keeping our uni's alive for a long time, I hope you 'll find a solution to fix your device, and give us more great rom's.
"All things shall come to pass"
Thank you very much Tomal, your great work helped many Uni's around the world.
V8 is so stable, i am positive many people will keep on using it for a long time (I included).
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (and other goods from your kitchen).
Alslamo Alykom My brother Tomal
It is the most bad news today. I think it is not the end of Tomal's era but may be the end of Uni era at all for a lot of us.
I think that we should start to find a way to repair ur device not only thanking u for ur past effort. Why not to donate u to buy another one or any one from europe could send u the accessory part u need.
Anothyer solution that will take longer time is sending ur device with one of ur country citizenzs who travel frequently to Arab nations where there is a lot of workshops that can repair it. May i arrange for something like that, if u interested please PM me.
It is a call for all uni lovers to donate to Tomal to support him to ride over his current problem.
tomal said:
Guy's,
I'm sadly informing you that my Uni is dead!
Actually it is not dead; it's switched on but a white screen and I can't see anything on the screen. I seems the display is damaged. I've unmounted the whole unit, did a cleanup and re-assembled but my bad luck ...
There is no spare available in my country (Bangladesh) for Uni so I can't even repair it.
Thanx to MyMobiler, it has given me the access to my device and this thread has been created using the benefit of this nice tool.
I have completed a new build couple of days back. It is a bug-fix build of v8.0 but based on 19960 core. I'll upload it sometime next week (without beta testing).
I suppose it will be the last present from "TOMAL" for our beloved Universal.
All the best.
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Hi Tomal,
sorry to hear your leaving the forum. However don't give up on you universal just yet. The same thing happened my device just two days ago. After two days working on it I took all of the RF cage lids off and used a spray on Electrolube FLUXCLENE. on everything including internal connectors. (Also used a hot air gun on the internal components. Build my uni back up again and it has been working ever since. Even has better than usual battery life.
Look forward to your last build, my only issue with the last one was that the front facing camera did not work.
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Nooooo!
I'm not saying any good byes to the great TOMAL here... after a long long time i got my self satisfied with some ROM. every thing was so at ease. even though the bugs and short comings are there but i must confess the V8 is the best, FAST & STABLE ROM ever.
pls. find a way to fix your UNI. or try some thing from Pakistan. eveything is easily availabe here....
farehmani
I agree to the post written by another member.I believe that his huge efforts making the uni so long lasting deserve a small donation from us all (say 3$) which would help him get a new screen and proceed with his fine work.
I'll now intantly check if i have a sum left to my paypal account to donate him for his work and hope for his return...
V8.0
Hello Tomal ! ! ! ! I am sad to hear that you are having problems with your Universal. I am very impressed now with your v8.0 very fast & stable since you have helped us with information on fixing the current bugs in your v8.0 rom. I must say it is truthfully the best cooked rom I have ever used on my "Qtek 9000". At this time I have everything running perfectly on your v8.0 which I have read through your entire forum for v8.0 and have fixed all the problems that I was encountering in your v8.0. The only thing I ask you to do if you can do this on your next fixed release on v8.0 to have the extended rom (storage) accept software downloads. I use a lot of third party software on my device for my company needs and have put that software on the flash disk. The other software I was forced to put on a storage card which I could not put directly in the extended rom (storage) because if I put additional 3rd party software on my device it would take up to much space. Even though I had my ram upgraded from 64mb to 128mb this year in January of 2008 year by PocketPCTechs out of California which did an excellent job and a reasonable price. Once your v8.0 is released next week I will test this. If I am 100% completely satisfied I will make a large donation directly to "Tomals Paypal" to help you in the repair of your Univerisal or toward a purchase for a used or new Univerisal on ebay. I strictly use my "Qtek 9000" for my companies which your great roms keep my Univerisal running and going. The only other thing I ask of you Tomal that the only thing I could not get to work is the "Network Wizard". I can install the software on the device but when I tap on the icon nothing happens. The only way I can get this to work is go to File Explorer then to go to windows and tap on the "Network Wizard" icon which then works. So at this time I have removed this from my device until it works properly hopefully on your next v8.0 fix. So if everybody else that uses "Tomals Cooked Roms" would make any type of donation where we have enough people contributing then Tomal would have enough donations to purchase a new Universal. That would be greatly appreciated. As you can see Tomal has put many, many hours and hard work & effort to making these cooked super great Roms possible and for the Universal to live on. So we should also help him to make his cooked roms keep going on. So let's make the difference by making a donation today.
A salute to you sir, you enabled me to get vastly more enjoyment out of my very exspensive mobile phone. You are the man!
heh!
I´m sure toghrther we can help you in some way!
Hi Tomal
I ask you to don´t give up on your Uni
We are a lot the people who are using your ROM´s very happy
So I porpose, as someone said it before, that we donate a small amount to help you buy another Uni, the piece you have broken, or any other way you want us to help you.
It´s the minimal effort we can do toghther to support the guy has been supporting and keeping alive our Uni´s around the world.
SO PLEASE ALL!!!
It´s time to really unite and help
Tomal, let us know how much you need to fix your problem, so we can see how much money we have to raise (Ok guys it´s not going to be a high amount)
Waiting your reply and hoping the Tomal´s ROM users can joint to HELP
My best wishes to all
PD: I found this site on the forum with good comments about delivery service, from China to Bangladesh I think it´s not too far?...
http://cnn.cn/shop/dopodo2-d900-universal-platform-c-138_385.html
Hope this helps, not sure if this is the part you need. But in case it is Guys look at the price, how much you think we have to cooperate for each person?3 dollars, 4 dollars!!
Let´s help!, of course if Tomal agrees
Thank you so much
Thank you so much for your feeling. I'm simply impressed!!
I'm actually not sure about which part is damaged whether it's the main board or just the display assembly. Interestingly I can still access my Uni using the MyMobiler.
Just for you guy's information, it's not easy to get any spare over mail/courier due to govt. regulations in my country. Only alternative I can see is to send the device (for repair) to Europe or other places when someone traveling there.
Hi Tomal it seems the cable which transmits signals to display got broken, my offer to you is if you can post your uni to me here in UK then i ll get it fixed for you and will send it back, you have done so much for us now its time for us to do something for you
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Hi Tomal it seems the cable which transmits signals to display got broken, my offer to you is if you can post your uni to me here in UK then i ll get it fixed for you and will send it back, you have done so much for us now its time for us to do something for you
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Good idea olympia786
If Tomal agrees, you can let all us know the expenses and toghether can raise the amount.
Looking forward to help Tomal in any way possible
Cheers
PD: Perhaps this guy can help also: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=405566
he´s so greatfull to this site that maybe he can do something, just an idea..
Tomal: Can you buy a new or second hand Uni in your country from anywhere?
If so, then I suggest we have a collection and send Tomal the money directly so he can buy it himself, this way there is no problem with shipping and the mail
If not, then we could buy a new screen from eBay and try to send it in the mail to him - this would be cheaper but more risky. A small flat screen should fit quite easily into a letter and be very hard to detect, shouldn't it?
I love Tomal's ROM, I was starting to hate my MDA PRO with WM5 but I love it now that his ROM is installed
Uni's are quite cheap nowadays, I just looked on eBay and the average price is between £100 and £150. I am willing to donate a large percentage of the total cost, I think I can afford about £40. Come on guys dig deep, Tomal has done so much for the Uni and there are very few active chefs left!
A moving note from Tomal. Well surely I will wait and try ur final 8. The last is always the most meaningful one!
Best Wishes! Million Thanks to you for the 7.7 as it's the rom I used for quite a few months unable finding a replacement in previous months. Now I use Darkforcesteam's
It's time to try a more powerful PPC, so many for you to choose out there these days!
Saludos
It will be a pleasure for me to help Tomal, pls let me know what will be the way.
Saludos
Qtek 9000 For Sale
Listed in the Univerisal section is a "Qtek 9000" for sale at a cheap price and in good conditon which I have listed below by one of the members and have bookmarked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=419742
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Listed in the Univerisal section is a "Qtek 9000" for sale at a cheap price and in good conditon which I have listed below by one of the members and have bookmarked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=419742
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It looks good.
tomal said:
It looks good.
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I took the liberty to contact him to know the price including shipping to Bangladesh.
Hope you can confirm us if that Uni is ok for you and if you don´t have any problems to recieve an Uni from other country.
And most important if you are ok with this posibility
Cheers
Count me in to help Tomal. Please let us all know what has been decided and how we proceed.
Hello there, I'm planning to replace my HTC Universal after great 3 years of working! and I'm still pleased with it to be honest!
My new PPC should has a keyboard, so my question is simple! is the HTC Raphael the good choice to go with?
I know there is the SE X1 as another choice, but I think I liked the HTC more
What do you think?
so guyz...no replys at all?
I really like my Raphael and as far as i worked with it, i had no problems and would recommend it.
There are (of course) some bugs, but they can be fixed with progs out of this forum. So if u are not afraid of spending some time in setting up ur raphael this could be ur new favourite.
The keyboard is pretty good (for my opinion), the buttons are small, but i don't have a problem hitting the right one, even though i got thicker fingers.
If u have some specific questions just ask, i'll see if i can answer.
hi there
having used the universal and then using a hermes as a day-to-day device and now the raphael i can only say that im glad i bought one!
the size of the device is simply astonishing for what has been crammed into it
what do you primarily use your device for?
the universal is a well seasoned device with much support and it appears the raphael is heading that way too!
Thanx guyz,
No problem at all with spending time fixing bugz cause really I like these stuff and I enjoy searching and fixing...that's what kept me from replacing my Universal
good to hear that about the keyboard, cause I really need it and I think by time I should be used to it...
yup, the size is a great thing compared to the huge universal for sure I'm now a medical resident...so I will use it to have some books around me all the time beside its internet & phone cababilities...
there is nothin specific now in my mind to ask, but I got a positive impression in general and I think I'm gonna buy it soon
I'll get back to you!