Hey guys,
As some of you might know, I've been working on Solace v4 for quite some
time now. Well, now I finally have a stable version with some bugs. The
thing is, I haven't had any time recently to go through the ROM and pick out
bugs, except for the few noticeable ones, so I've uploaded Solace v4 Alpha
for anyone who wants to test .
I will be creating a new thread with more information when the stable, non-alpha version comes out.
For now I'll tell you that it is Windows Mobile 6.5 with Manila 2D and just the basic programs. Screenshots can be found here.
Thanks guys!
Please note that some bugs are: Manila 2D Sounds page isn't working, PTT button is not linked correctly, and SRS WOW HD is not configured correctly
Download:
http://www.multiupload.com/6GR1QZ8TM4
Keep up the good work,looks very nice,I enjoyed a lot Solace 3.1...I hope you will finish soon this ROM...
Perfect timing, I have my favorite " stable " roms ( one of which was 3.1 ) to use during the business week , but love to try new roms over the weekend. Will flash and let you know if I find anything. Thanks for the hard work.
Damm,
was checking your site some while to find out when Solance v4 (Alpha) would be released..
now this is it, dl now.
thanks
Fantastic!
Seems like years since 3.1.........
On the download now.
I´m testing yout ROM
It's like centuries passed since v3.1
Looks promising. Images are interesting and it seems to be another "professional" ROM for everyday work. Maybe this will be the reason for me to not trying to cook again
DL now and testing in some moment. (Have no free time to flash and test and flash and test and cook and flash...)
Thanks, mbarvian !!!
Have had it on for a few hrs now and it really looks nice. AE Button took care of assigning button 6 to comm manager and Weather4me. Still trying to get WKtask to play nice with 6.5 , Excluding shell32.exe doesn't seem to be working.
Also the screen seems to be very insensitive to taps and touches. Tried increasing sensitivity with Kaiser Tweaks but still requires multiple taps and a really firm touch to open things sometimes. The taskbar works great as does the M2D slider with a light tap, it just seems to be the main screen. But I am still tweaking the setup, so I am not prepared to blame the rom for this.
Other than that everything seems to be working great.
Glitches so far
Hey Mbarvian
Been running a few hours now and a couple of things I've noticed.
SMS - not working. Sent messages remain unread. I don't know if they are sending, but I'm getting no replies (and I am very popular so there must be a fault!)
On startup 'messaging' is displayed in the taskbar where 'start' would normally be. Don't know if this is related to the above
The M2D music tab doesn't seem to function - it hangs on searching but doesn't find my music. The 'library' soft key doesn't work and the options under menu don't turn on shuffle or repeat or go to audio booster.
Power button/Backlight issue - It's been a while since I've had this issue on a ROM, but when I press the power button to bring the phone out of sleep the screen flashes on but then returns to sleep - I have to press again. As I'm sure you know this problem was around a while, but solved in the end - I don't know how!
I've installed and run lots of applications with no problems, but TomTom 7 refuses to install - it hangs after I select the install location. This happens whether I select device or storage card.
Voicemail number doesn't configure in the dialer (just being picky now)
Red end button doesnt return to M2D home when pressed (I know you are a perfectionist!)
Volume control isn't available under notifications - had to install 'setvolume' and map.
That's it for now! - I'll have to reflash to another ROM until there is a fix for SMS bug as need this working. Be waiting to flash back after though.
I flashed stock ROM and radio before flashing - radio updated to the same as my signature.
hey man, nice to see u got ur alpha booting again... Im sure its much more improved than the one i tried out
if i get the time, i might give it a test, but no promises
keep up the good work and hope u accomplish ur goal of perfection
Another Solace Rom
Will try it out later today
Well been using for almost a day now, I can confirm all that brandall has pointed out, except I am not getting the double push to wake up bug.
I too flashed stock before flashing and unfortunately SMS is a biggee for me also, my kids seem unable to ever dial a phone, so SMS is the only way they communicate with me. Because of course walking from room to room in the house is too much of an effort when you can just text from the bedroom to the kitchen. But off-topic
Will need to switch for now but will be back when sms is fixed to explore further and again, thanks much for the effort, all the chefs put in a lot of time and it is appreciated.
little review
As everyone was saying the text messages don´t work for me either. This isn´t a big deal for me because I don´t text much anyway. I can confirm that everything brandall reported doesn´t work for me either including the double power button push. I had the same issue with Solace 3.1 ever since I started using it so I kinda got used to it already.
However, I was unable to start the camera or bluetooth.
Please someone confirm that this isn´t just my fault.
Before flashing v4 alpha I flashed Kaiser_HTC_ASIA_HK_WWE_3.34.721.2.
Still love this ROM and will use it untill the final v4 is out :-D
...ohh...very big problem is SMS all day I´m waiting for my test sms...unfortunately sms still doesn´t arrived thereby this ROM is for me unusable
and I agree with brandall
So I respect your hard work.
Wow guys sorry for putting out a version with so many bugs. Ill try and fix them but some of them like the power button issue I have no clue on. If any chefs would like the share some solutions to these problems, please don't hesitate to speak up
Thanks for the feedback though
I'm always interested in your work, but reading SMS issue, I have to hold back for awhile. no offense, but SMS is primary for me.
One question, you mentioned WM 6.5 but the screen shot shows Start Menu & Setting look like WM6.1?
Seems the M2D you use is not latest with weather on Home screen. Is that by choice?
Hi,
I'm really excited about this, I put reply here so I can set the Thread Subscription and get all new replies to my inbox, do not know any other way of doing it other than writing a message.
I would love to test this one but unfortunately too busy at work now - can't wait for the full edition, I haven't used stayed with any other rom other than the solace 3.1 since I started to learn stuff from this site. so thanks !
Sorry for adding some more but found out that the sound control isn´t working In the Settings tab in Manila after clicking on the sounds icon, only blank menu pops up.
Also the battery indicator is showing only the decimal value like 100%, 90% 80% ... not showing the exact value so for example from 60% it jumps straight to 50%.
Opera browser 9.7 doesn´t even load, moreover it freezes the phone. However the Opera Mobile 10 Beta and also Opera Widgets work flawlessly.
The power button issue seems to be happening on more than just your ROMs and what I´ve found it´s Microsoft´s fault - here but the suggested cab doesn´t fix anything, at least not for me
The solution is simply holding the power button a little longer (which I cannot blame any chef for not doing this for me every time I need it ).
Mbarvian, please don´t take this in a bad way, I appreciate your work and since Solace 3.1 haven´t found anything better. Just trying to help...
I'm having the same errors as with v3 with sound, text/mms, random resets, browser doesn't function at all, sound icon still doesn't work, can't remap buttons, etc
I appreciate Mbarvian's efforts and when the Rom is ready I'll try to use it again but some of us can only wait so long, and unfortunately using a ROM where text msging doesn't work isn't possible.
I have the correct and updated SPL/radio as well.
mbarvian said:
Wow guys sorry for putting out a version with so many bugs.
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There's really no need to apologise! We appreciate your efforts.
If you knock up an SMS fix I'll jump back on the ROM to further test - I need SMS working though due to the masses of girls that text me.... I wouldn't want to let them down...
Or maybe I made that up.
Look forward to your update!
Related
Ok I dont know if its just me with my 2 wizards, but for some reason one thing i have noticed in the newer roms is a soft key lag. Like where the contacts and calendar keys are at. There is like a second or half a second delay. I know i did not have this problem on my other WM6 builds. And also On some of the Roms It takes about 10 revolutions for the windows folder to show up. On older roms it would take maybe 2 or 3 revolutions. I am on TNT 2.0 and i have noticed this problem on this one and also when i was on NBD 7.2 . Im gonna try 7.3 and also pandora 3.2 and see how those roms are. Also why do people use smartskey? What is the purpose of that. THank you very much guys
One thing that I've seen in a number of the 318 ROMS that Ive tested is that my clock seems to rendomly jump back to some date in 2006 (and reset itself to 12:00). Has anyone else seen this, and if so, is there a reasonable fix?
I like smartkey because it remaps the control of the volume slider to scroll function.
It also has the ability to fire off and set OMAP if you don't want to use BatteryStatus or XCPU Scaler.
I like using battertystatus cause of the battery and scaling. And also sometimes after a reset my phone goes into 24hr format.
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Also why do people use smartskey? What is the purpose of that. THank you very much guys
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Biggest reason for me to use Smartskey is that you can press and hold the right soft key and it will close the current app. Also like how it remaps the slide switch on the side for volume and paging. I turn off the D-Pad function on WM6 though as I like the smartdialer in WM6 (although with the reTOUCHed dialpad may go back to the D-Pad since it works differently).
Ok well that clears up somethings. But on to the original topic. does anyone else see that lag that i was talking about. Im on NBD 7.3 and its gone. But i was on tnt and it had it.
buckaroo said:
One thing that I've seen in a number of the 318 ROMS that Ive tested is that my clock seems to rendomly jump back to some date in 2006 (and reset itself to 12:00). Has anyone else seen this, and if so, is there a reasonable fix?
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Yes, it just happened to me yesterday, after changing the region settings and have a SR
Hi BeastyLeo,
I just flashed the latest release and i'm having lots of trouble The rom looks great and i so badly want to use it, but dont knw if i'm jinxed or something :-/ Please help me!!!!
1. The incoming phone call graphics is all messed up. The caller's picture and the caller info gets rendered 20-30 pixels below the top of the notification box and the bottom section gets cut off...
2. All the applications running started to behave crazy after a while. WpTask was active, and this is what happened - The task icons used to appear on the top bar (for example Activesync's icon), but the text used to be missing. When i brought up the context menu by clicking and holding the task, the rollout menu didnt list the name of the task again! I had options like Close, Terminate (with no Task names next to it like it would normally appear), and I couldnt kill the tasks at all! Even after i went into default memory manager of wm6, i still couldnt end the tasks. Only option was a reset....
3. The back button in the phone app comes with the sound, and now that slows it down for some reason
thanks!!!!
San
Ohhhh.... this is realy weird
Did you install the ROM with default options, or did you change anything?
This is horrible!
dreamtheater39 said:
Hi BeastyLeo,
I just flashed the latest release and i'm having lots of trouble The rom looks great and i so badly want to use it, but dont knw if i'm jinxed or something :-/ Please help me!!!!
1. The incoming phone call graphics is all messed up. The caller's picture and the caller info gets rendered 20-30 pixels below the top of the notification box and the bottom section gets cut off...
2. All the applications running started to behave crazy after a while. WpTask was active, and this is what happened - The task icons used to appear on the top bar (for example Activesync's icon), but the text used to be missing. When i brought up the context menu by clicking and holding the task, the rollout menu didnt list the name of the task again! I had options like Close, Terminate (with no Task names next to it like it would normally appear), and I couldnt kill the tasks at all! Even after i went into default memory manager of wm6, i still couldnt end the tasks. Only option was a reset....
3. The back button in the phone app comes with the sound, and now that slows it down for some reason
thanks!!!!
San
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Hi Leo,
Thanks for your quick response!
I didnt do anything with the rom before flashing. The only thing though, was i didnt flash the radio file as i have 1.15 and i find it stable. The Tasks problem keeps happening, i had to roll back now to one of your earlier versions which works fine though....
Thanks, and i really appreciate both your commitment and great work!
San
If it's that bad I will try to do a bug release in a view days.
My harddisk of my laptop crashed and currently I'm trying to recover the data first. I feel sorry for you and I hope I can fix it asap.
-I noticed a view things with initflashfiles.dat after I decompiled our own ROM.
-Also PocketCM I'm not realy happy with, I think I'm going to take that out.
-Office I changed for our previous one.
Well... I'm looking into it.
Cheers,
Leo
dreamtheater39 said:
Hi Leo,
Thanks for your quick response!
I didnt do anything with the rom before flashing. The only thing though, was i didnt flash the radio file as i have 1.15 and i find it stable. The Tasks problem keeps happening, i had to roll back now to one of your earlier versions which works fine though....
Thanks, and i really appreciate both your commitment and great work!
San
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Laurentius26 said:
If it's that bad I will try to do a bug release in a view days.
My harddisk of my laptop crashed and currently I'm trying to recover the data first. I feel sorry for you and I hope I can fix it asap.
-I noticed a view things with initflashfiles.dat after I decompiled our own ROM.
-Also PocketCM I'm not realy happy with, I think I'm going to take that out.
-Office I changed for our previous one.
Well... I'm looking into it.
Cheers,
Leo
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Thanks so much Leo! I wish you luck on your hdd recovery meanwhile ;o)))
Cheers & take care,
San
Hi, i have the same problem in phone operation so that i have to use another one. One thing still in dark: when finished uprom progress, i check phone with my Exec close position but it was hanged the screen very dark, have to SR the PDA again working. I don't understand why.
no matter what rom i try to use, ( i got tilt by the way) when i send sms or just type anything with the keyboard it doesn't always register all my keys. i press them firm and slow and yet it doesn't Always take the key i pressed. have to wait a min or two. any way to fix this?
right now im using viper rom.
any one else get this problem?
kingofall00 said:
no matter what rom i try to use, ( i got tilt by the way) when i send sms or just type anything with the keyboard it doesn't always register all my keys. i press them firm and slow and yet it doesn't Always take the key i pressed. have to wait a min or two. any way to fix this?
right now im using viper rom.
any one else get this problem?
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Sounds like bad keyboard?
this is the weird thing, keys work fine when i first install a fast rom. it seems like phone slows down and lags a bit. im 100% keys work fine as they do when i go to a 6.0 rom. it is with 6.1 that gives me the problems.
srry i should have said with 6.1 roms.
Ive noticed the same thing with 6.1 roms.... And really the threaded SMS, and maybe a slightly quiker boot time is all i notice better on the 6.1 roms
ok well maybe u can help me with my other issue.
how do you find out what hardSPL you have on your phone?
i dont remember what one i put on there. and i tried putting new 3.56 just want to make sure it is on there and was put on right.
try disabling xt9....that made a huge difference for me...
I disabled XT9, and while it made texting easier... I always have to proof read before i send.
O ther wis it look s like thi s.....
thank you . i tried that, maybe i need to make sure most if not all programs are closed. thanx.
kingofall00 said:
thank you . i tried that, maybe i need to make sure most if not all programs are closed. thanx.
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actually what will help the most is to set suggested words to 0, using kaisertweaks or advanced config, but of course that answer should have been easy to find as i've answered it personally at least 20+ times. Also disabling autocorrection seems to help too, but i think that the suggested words is the most significant improvement.
I have the same problem with my tilt. Dutty 6.1 hybrid. My problem seems to be limited to a slow space key though. so texts look like:
thisi s howm any of myt exts look.
I am going to try some of the suggestions and see what works.
psuarmy said:
I have the same problem with my tilt. Dutty 6.1 hybrid. My problem seems to be limited to a slow space key though. so texts look like:
thisi s howm any of myt exts look.
I am going to try some of the suggestions and see what works.
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try installing this cab:
http://www.4shared.com/file/59325516/b1bb4ea1/DuttyThroys_Disable_XT9.html
although i'm not sure it will work on his 29th release
mbarvian said:
try installing this cab:
http://www.4shared.com/file/59325516/b1bb4ea1/DuttyThroys_Disable_XT9.html
although i'm not sure it will work on his 29th release
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There is no "on the fly" word suggest or spell check with this ROM.
Problem with keyboard and screen
I too have had problems with the hardware keyboard. I have tried 3 different roms, all with the same problems. Disabling T9 does help, but doesnt fix it entirely. I have also had a problem with screen taps not being recognized.
In both instances, it appears the phone is busy running another process and it takes a few seconds for it to focus on the program I have running. I have checked taskmanager when this happens and the only running program is the one im using.. Perhaps a program that runs on startup in the background?
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=96434
acidhax said:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=96434
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i would try it on Monday (i need my phone working on weekends but my Uni blocks mediafire.com so i can't download it easily can someone reupload it (no rapidshare plz)
and have anyone else try it ?
I'm running this now. I like it, seems to work fine-- although I haven't really delved into it too deeply.
Since I went straight from stock 6.1 to this, I was happy to see it complete a sync. 6.1 *never* completed a sync against my enterprise Exchange environment, while this build took just a minute to do so.
Had to use the microSD to update-- just can *not* get the RUU USB working using any of the old tricks.
First boot after flash took quite a while, but after that it was speedy on reboot. I'll explore it further this weekend, but I think this is a keeper.
Thanks!
im trying this rom and so far so good, i havent had any issues and it looks quite nice, i will report on moday to check how it work throu the weekend
we'll wait for your update mate if it's stable. cheers!
It's good to go
ctthoqqua said:
I'm running this now. I like it, seems to work fine-- although I haven't really delved into it too deeply.
Since I went straight from stock 6.1 to this, I was happy to see it complete a sync. 6.1 *never* completed a sync against my enterprise Exchange environment, while this build took just a minute to do so.
Had to use the microSD to update-- just can *not* get the RUU USB working using any of the old tricks.
First boot after flash took quite a while, but after that it was speedy on reboot. I'll explore it further this weekend, but I think this is a keeper.
Thanks!
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Can any of u running these rom, disable KeyGuard "press center to unlock" thing ?
Change the value in:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\system\keytouch\IsScreenAlign
vladimir2989 said:
Can any of u running these rom, disable KeyGuard "press center to unlock" thing ?
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I have the same issue, looks like there is a reg key config to change that will fix it. Also I am not getting missed and new calls/texts to be reported on the home screen. It shows as nothing new and when you click it you see there are a few new texts or missed calls. Other than that it is working quite well.
black frozen screen
Looks like there is some sort of stability issue still here. I havent installed any other applications to keep it at a giid basline. Essentially after an hour of inactivity on the phone when I click the screen to enter my pin I get a black screen and need to pull the battery to get the phone back working again.
yes same problem here black screen after a while... reset only helps...
also default location for rings can't be changed trough the registry and this stupid palm thing is so slow if you want to add like 30 rings and sounds
black screen consistent now
Yep, for some reason getting the black screen like every time there is at least 30 mins of activity. The screen lock button shows up fine. I will try taking this off and see if it contiues. Else I will hard reset again and see how that does.
Workaround for the black screen problem is SPB Shell, no black screen for last 12 hours
it seems Today screen timeout is set, and it does not work - try disabling Settings/Items/Today timeout (I am working blind, I have 6.1)
It's strange... !
dose anyone want to make a screenshots of it, and maybe write a short description of what's in in and what's been cut out, like is Treo defualt crapware is there like mytreo welcome guide, help files etc....
From the first post on ppcgeeks:
!!GSM!! MatBee - WM 6.5 23081 !!GSM!!
Yep, this is for GSM -- Enjoy this fine specimen of a ROM.
Tested. Works.
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Please don't forget to post your comments.
Let me know of any changes you need or want
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Features:
[x] .NETCF 3.5
[x] Sprite Backup
[x] Pocket Express
[x] Esmertec Java
[x] GPS Nav
[x] Remote Desktop Mobile
[x] Kinoma Freeplay
[x] Internet Connection Sharing
[x] Voice Command
[x] Adobe Flash
[x] Adobe Reader
[x] Microsoft Office
[+] Optimized ROM for battery and memory efficiency.
[?] Seems freeze ups, data connection, activesync and messaging issues are gone in this build
Most, if not all, stock ROM applications are included.
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Downloads:
[Nov/13] ROM: MatBee WM 6.5 ROM - 23081 - GSM
Bugs & Fixes:
Unlock Push Side Button - Download
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Recommended Applications:
ISSUE: Programs aren't closing on 'X', just being hidden. Use Showcase to fix. Showcase may crash pocket outlook, it is not my ROM that is unstable.
Note:WM6.5 will close the process when memory is needed.
Showcase Suite - Download
Showcase Suite Enable 'Exit on X' - Download
It helps feed ^--- this addiction (YOU LIKE THIS!)
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black screen
tries what jsp recommended with the home screen timeout. Turned it off but still get the black screen.
May be the 23088 would work... ?
23089 released:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=96961
I don't know if this has been solved before, i'll post it just for the sake of it.
One of the major issue i've ever encountered on any rom is actually htc dialer, which may sometimes show a bar which hides "end call" and "key pad" keys. Now, i've been wanting to solve this for a long time, so i kinda looked into it myself, since i couldn't seem to find any solution. One of the solution i came with was that the htc dialer isn't ported completely into VGA version, and i kinda left it to that. But school got me thinkin' (yeah, i usually attend school to think to problems of my own, lol.) Even though it's not completely ported to VGA, it makes little sense that, out of the blue, it shows this damn annoying bar. So here i go.
I noticed that everytime you use "Fondamental Purge" on cleanRAM, this damn bar approaches. Thus, the solution is very simple:
Freely install CleanRAM, which i find SERIOUSLY USEFULL, especially with roms such as Energy's and many others. It speeds up your phone. But, here comes the solution to the problem: Tap OPTIONS, then "exception list", enable it, and find a process named "phcanvga.exe", port it to the left column, and voilà! u're done. Exit the exception list, and feel free to use cleanram anytime you want
Hope i was helpfull, keep on developing touch pro roms n programs!!!!