I have a Hermes that was running a March release of Black v2.x? Today, the microphone stopped working using the phone (or any app). I called Cingular, and they are sending me a new 8525.
In preparing my microphone-less 8525 for return to Cingular, I flashed the latest Cingular ROM (WM5). Viola, the microphone worked again. I then installed the Black 3.0.1, and the microphone doesn't work.
Does anyone have any suggestions to troubleshoot this? I haven't had any problems in the 2+ months that I've been running Black and haven't installed any new apps. Cingy is sending a new one, so I could just wait. I'm just interested in why this is happening as it doesn't appear to be a hardware issue with the microphone.
I'd almost rather not talk to anyone than return to WM5
TIA,
Blue
i only ran black 3.01 for about a week, but never experienced that. since then, i've jumped ship and gone over to custel's 2.5. it's way better imho. try it and see if it has microphone issues.
Thanks. I will do so right now. I'm perplexed as to why this is happening too.
I installed the CUSTEL 2.5 release, and the microphone does work, but it is very weak and unusable. I'll wait for my new phone to arrive unless you have any other ideas.
flash back to whatever is on htc's website and wait for the new phone. that's a weird issue.
Make sure you also flash to the original SPL, assuming you upgraded to Hard SPL.
The only difference that I could think about is that Cingular devices are a bit different, not having a frontvideo cam. It is odd but pherhaps this is the one?
Strange, I guess that there are more Cingular users here who flash Black withouta problem.
Had the same problem with my UK Vario II running black 2.5, tried a few radios and finally went back to WM5 and my old bootloader to send back for another phone.
Always assumed it was a hardware fault.
The video cam is the reason the microphone doesn't work?
I find that statement quite odd, since there is no correlation between the camera and the microphone.
I am +1 for it being a hardware issue and he's taking the correct action by obtaining a new device.
RonenB said:
The only difference that I could think about is that Cingular devices are a bit different, not having a frontvideo cam. It is odd but pherhaps this is the one?
Strange, I guess that there are more Cingular users here who flash Black withouta problem.
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Got a new phone yesterday from htc. I had the same problem.
This is an old thread, but this happened for me with vp3g's 3.60 rom and schaps 3.60a rom too....not sure what the deal is as i like both roms a lot, but my microphone would stop working after being on a call for a little bit.
Anyone know how to fix this?
I also have a microphone problem, sometimes it seems to work and sometimes it doesn't, however a bluetooth headset works perfectly, also my wired headset's microphone doesnt work either
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I upgraded to the new Orange ROM on my SPV M5000 (although with the radio 1.09) and even though I've now gone back (icons and taskbar were all messed up in VGA) to the Qtek (42.42.P8 1.13.64WWE this time with radio 1.09) the clock keeps reseting to midnight 1st august 2005 after every reset (eg a backup)
Very annoying. I've tried going back to radio 1.06 which I had before all this started. Anyone any idea what I can do about this? Where to start?
In fact it's not just the clock. Sound is dead too. I don't get anything from either the speakers or the headphone socket.
I've now tried complete original sets of roms ie the orginal Qtek and although the update progresses normally the clock consistently resets to 1st August, and I don't get any sound
Time to contact orange?
So the following isn't working:
On board sound (through speakers or wired headset)
Clock (ie everytime a reset occurs it goes back to Aug 2005)
Cameras
But the following are all working fine.
GPRS
3G
WiFi
Bluetooth (I even get sound through my bluetooth headset!)
I've flashed a few different roms and radio sets but what is/isn't working remains the same. Is there something about this spread of working/not working which can help narrow down the problem?
Someone please post something!
sorry mate, cant help, i dont have that problem.
personally, i would have done without the vga and stayed with the newer update.
just thought i would let you know people are reading, but if doesnt look like many if any are having this problem.
oh well, its now popped back up the list for you...
Sorry I should have been clearer. All this started when I put the new orange rom on my SPV M5000.
The clock has been bust since then, and even going back to the qtek rom I used to use hasn't fixed the problems.
Think I'll have a look at running linux on it (may help with diagnostics) if not I'll stick to the new orange rom and contact orange for support.
Broken Clock - Fixed
Just incase anyone is curious (ever has the same problem) this was "fixed" when I accidentally dropped my device again! Yes the answer is that this had nothing to do with Rom updates. There must just be a loose connection somewhere and a bit of a jolt has sorted it out!
Phew...but a big worrying that something is loose somewhere.
Hi all.
I have recently flashed my Herm to have the fantastic Black MAJIK rom. All went very well and I was pleased with the rom. I did have issues with the wireless not working and also with the blank screen detailed below.
When HTC released the update for WM6 for the TyTn, I decided to flash to that rom and give it a try. Again, works well, although I had to flash back to Radio 1.38 to get the Bluetooth to work properly with my Jabra headset. (I am on Orange in the UK - have not tried 1.43, as could not find it!)
The big problem is this :- randomly (could be 6 hours, could be ten minutes), the phone does not wake up from sleep. The lights are still flashing (I have not tried calling the phone - I will do that next time), but it will not wake up. No ActiveSync at all.
Soft reset is the only viable option.
Does anyone know a fix for this? (Yes, I have roamed through a number of forums and tried the link for 'DisableSyncSchedule', but that did not work.)
I have tried to re-flash the rom a few times, even soft-reset before the HTC stuff installs, stopped GPRS traffic and made sure that the IMAP does not connect. Whatever I do, the problem persists.
I have installed the following: HTC TyTn rom:
- SPB Diary
- SOTI Controller
- mfrazz CommManager
- WMG 3G Video Black Keypad
- GreenBatteryFix
- HTC X-Button
- Pimp my Black
I am loathed to revert to WM5, but if that is the only way foreward, then I might need to.
Any help would be superb!
One other thing
Sorry, meant to say that I am currently running with just the base HTC rom and nothing else installed. Let's see how that goes.
First, The radio should not have anything to do with bluetooth. This is the radio rom for cellular calls, not the BT radio.
BSoD question: Do you have a media card? Have you installed apps on the media card? There have been issues with the media card falling asleep. I had issues in the past installing applicaitons on the card. As make sure that you configure mail NOT to store messages on the media card.
Next....Uninstall all applicaiton that you have installed. Do you still have the problem? IF this fixes the problem, reinstall apps 1 at a time untill you figure out which is causing the problem.
I do have a memory card installed, but no apps are installed from it and the mail attachments are not stored on the card but in the memory. I have recently reset the mobile and have noting installed (not even ext rom) and have only set up mail, sync'd and configured for Orange.
Interesting about the radio having no affect, as it made the Jabra work - no other changes made. (I have re-flashed since then, but still using 1.38 radio rom.)
So I get this all the time, I don't have an SD card - so its not an SD card issue.
I've got 2 Tmobile MDA Vario II's and ever since upgrading from the stock Tmobile rom the phone will hang with a black screen but the message light will blink. If I put the phone in flight mode it never does it.
Its happened on the following roms:
XDA Mobile / Faria's rom
All the Black roms
LVSW
It didn't do it with Tmobile WM5 Rom. Tried various radio updates and it doesn't seem to make any difference. I know Jasjammin mentioned he had seen it but nothing further from him on this.
ITS DRIVING ME NUTS
Some other people must be seeing this also? Please help. When it happens no mails/sms or voice calls so its like the phone is switched off. I too am now looking at downgrading back to WM5
I'm wondering if it might be in the boot loader / rom flasher issue? But I sure I've not done anything others haven't done.
Regards,
Neil.
Bump - nobody else seeing this? Find it hard to believe?!
prophetuser said:
....The big problem is this :- randomly (could be 6 hours, could be ten minutes), the phone does not wake up from sleep. The lights are still flashing (I have not tried calling the phone - I will do that next time), but it will not wake up....
Hi prophetuser
I did notice this issue in the new HTC WM6 ROM (not the dopod one) which you have mentioned. But I flashed my ROM to Black Majik and its cool....I didnt notice this problem.
My device is imate JASJAM. I think the black majik ROM is better, but I noticed one more post in this thread mention all black ROM had the problem as I have not come across it yet.
Maybe the new Black Satin which jasjamming is cooking will not have it and probably you may have to try it, until a new HTC ROM update is leaked I suggest you to use black majik.
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read my post
100% solution
SOD CAUSE
IN my whole 6 months having my hermes i had never had SOD until i flashed the official dopod rom with matt kitchen. when I traced the source that SOD had came from it was a bad extended rom flash i done. This cause the device to go sleep after the screen time out, and also if i put the phone in idle mode i had to soft reset everytime.
i flashed an original operator t-mobile rom with the extended rom and all my problems went away.
My device has never been quicker no more SOD and battery life is superb with the new radio 1.47 after one whole day with normal use with 3g internet I am still on 70% battery life.
Now I have the perfect device and i think hermes WM6 crave and addiction will be thinned out as there is not much you can do now with the hermes as to wait for PROTON or fully integrated touchflo working ROM.
p.s
TRY FLASHED A AN ORIGINAL OPERATOR ROM WITH THE EXTENDED ROM YOU CAN USE ROMKOCH TO EXTRACT THOSE TWO AND FLASHED YOUR ROM BEFORE FLASHING WM6 AND GUANRANTEE YOU WILL SEE AND FEEL A MUCH MORE RESPONSIVE HERMES. THATS MY 2 cents
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....i had never had SOD until i flashed the official dopod rom with matt kitchen. ....
What is SOD? please mentione as I am new to the terminologies
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SOD= Sleep Of Death
Definition of SOD
1. A piece of dirt and grass, usually found stuck to the bottom of shoes after running (Or walking) On a muddy field.
2. Short for "Sodomy", meaning anal sex, which comes from the Sodomites of Sodom. This term, usually used in a derogatory manner, can be used to say **** off, as in "Sod off" or it can be used as an adjective "That sodding bastard"
3. An idiot, a fool. Someone you dislike.
4. S(Screen/Sleep) O(of) D(death) - Blank screen nothing happens..
Examples
Man, all this sod was stuck on the bottom of my shoe, and even worse, it dried out and now it's hard as a rock!
Look at that sodding bastard over there, scoping out girls he doesn't even have a chance with when they're drunk!
F'ing sod spilt my drink, and i wasn't having any of that!
Arghh FFS !! Me blinkin phones crashed again, I soo hate you SOD's.
loool ripdool . nice definitions
duttythroy said:
IN my whole 6 months having my hermes i had never had SOD until i flashed the official dopod rom with matt kitchen. when I traced the source that SOD had came from it was a bad extended rom flash i done. This cause the device to go sleep after the screen time out, and also if i put the phone in idle mode i had to soft reset everytime.
i flashed an original operator t-mobile rom with the extended rom and all my problems went away.
My device has never been quicker no more SOD and battery life is superb with the new radio 1.47 after one whole day with normal use with 3g internet I am still on 70% battery life.
Now I have the perfect device and i think hermes WM6 crave and addiction will be thinned out as there is not much you can do now with the hermes as to wait for PROTON or fully integrated touchflo working ROM.
p.s
TRY FLASHED A AN ORIGINAL OPERATOR ROM WITH THE EXTENDED ROM YOU CAN USE ROMKOCH TO EXTRACT THOSE TWO AND FLASHED YOUR ROM BEFORE FLASHING WM6 AND GUANRANTEE YOU WILL SEE AND FEEL A MUCH MORE RESPONSIVE HERMES. THATS MY 2 cents
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hi mate, is it possible for you or someone else to give more specific instructions to do this? I am running Sleuths rom which i am v happy with apart from SOD every now and again in the mornings when the phone has not been used for hours whilst i have been sleeping!
thanking you in advance.
yans.
Hey guys,
First of all, thanks to all the cooks, etc. on this forum - you've made my phone into a fantastic gadget instead of just a good one...
Unfortunately, I'm now having issues with my Orbit.
I've flashed various ROM's to the device over the last year, B&B, Bepe, Meschle ROM's all without a problem (few bugs as others have reported but nothing odd).
Recently my Orbit started crashing (frozen, no reaction to touchscreen or buttons), seemingly when I twist the case slightly or squeeze it slightly (the sort of thing which happens when the phone is in a jeans pocket etc.) Anyway, what appears to be a physical fault...
Sent back to O2 for warranty repair. When it came back to me, it looked like nothing had been done except to flash it back to WM5. (I left the official O2 WM6 on it when I sent it to O2)
Now I cannot get it to crash under WM5, but as soon as I flash ANY WM6 ROM to it, the crashes reappear. I've tried downgrading the Radio ROM to see if it's that, but no luck.
Any ideas what this could be guys?
If physical movement causes a crash it has to be hadware related. The fact it does it with WM6 is just a red herring.
I have the same problem after upgrading my P3300
pnyg
I would agree with you Danny that it's hardware-related, but I CANNOT get it to fail under WM5...!
Is there some part of the hardware which WM6 uses but isn't used in WM5?
I was also wondering whether it has anything to do with the SDHC as the first set of WM6 ROMs I flashed to the device worked perfectly well.
I've also noticed that my friend's Orbit has a white-coloured Rollerball but mine is a darker colour. Do I perhaps have an early model? Which perhaps can't handle SDHC?
I have a cingular 8525 and now running vp3g's version of WM6. I have tried multiple roms trying to get my camera to work again but none of them seem to do the trick. I had a older version of vp3g's rom from maybe 6 months ago and everything worked fine. If anyone can help me you would make my day. Thanks!
if its a hardware issue (which it most likely is) no amount of rom flashing is gonna miraculously fix it
Well, camera worked fine previous to flash.
i also upgraded my radio... does that have anything to do with it?
try the old rom and you see if its software or hardware related...
mmm... i dont have the old rom
what was the old rom??
it was an ATT rom from vp3g when WM6 just came out.
I also ran Hard SPL v2, would that cause the camera not to work?
What error message are you getting? Old ROM in the sense, the official ROM that came with the phone WM5.0, before you put on WM6.0. Flash back to WM5.0 and see if camera works!
no error message, just... nothing. if i press camera button depending on the rom goes to pics / videos or task manager. Also noticed Flashlight and super bright dont launch. I found my old rom from september and it also did the same thing!
I may resort to WM5 i just installed wm6.1 and i like it alot... same issues still.
I had similar issues.... it's definitely hardware problem
a piece of cable which connected to camera was unplugged
brought to service center and just took about 5 minutes to repair it.
Or you could try to repair it by yourself
I dont know... it worked fine untill i flashed it!
Im running wm 6.1 now, the rom from Pays. Chose to stick with it because its the nicest of all and still has same issues.
1. No camera (loading icon comes up and goes away quickly)
2. Flash light doesnt work
3. Super bright doesnt work
4. MMS Doesnt allow "new" or allow for open settings
5. Crashes when going into any "Video's" in the picture and video viewer.
I tried WM5 from att, htc, and wm6 from att. Tried about 15-20 other popular cooked roms and they all had the same issues.
These issues didnt happen previous to my old flash, which was just a wm6 from att.
Today i did the folllowing before i noticed these issues:
Flashed HardSPL v7 (2.0)
Flashed in radio v 1.5...
Flashed in WM6.1
---then the day began!
I have also tried downloading 3rd party camera applications which also seem to be crashing on load. Im not sure what it all has to do with one another but i'd really like to get this phone back up and running 100%. Im a perfectionist and i will loose sleep over it!! HELP ME!
thanks
enjoithis said:
I dont know... it worked fine untill i flashed it!
Im running wm 6.1 now, the rom from Pays. Chose to stick with it because its the nicest of all and still has same issues.
1. No camera (loading icon comes up and goes away quickly)
2. Flash light doesnt work
3. Super bright doesnt work
4. MMS Doesnt allow "new" or allow for open settings
I tried WM5 from att, htc, and wm6 from att. Tried about 15-20 other popular cooked roms and they all had the same issues.
These issues didnt happen previous to my old flash, which was just a wm6 from att.
Today i did the folllowing before i noticed these issues:
Flashed HardSPL v7 (2.0)
Flashed in radio v 1.5...
Flashed in WM6.1
---then the day began!
I have also tried downloading 3rd party camera applications which also seem to be crashing on load. Im not sure what it all has to do with one another but i'd really like to get this phone back up and running 100%. Im a perfectionist and i will loose sleep over it!! HELP ME!
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Yup that is exactly same symptoms like my hermes.... it happened after i flashed with wm6.1 rom, first i thought it was because of the rom.....apparently it wasn't
there was camera connector cable unattached with the mainboard
Still confuse though why it began after i flashed WM6.1 rom.
But now my camera & flashlight working perfectly fine
what about MMS?
same issue
my camara also stop functioning when I upgraded to wm6, the HTC realease for ATT 8525, when I go to the camara function it goes right to the pictures and video viewer
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my camara also stop functioning when I upgraded to wm6, the HTC realease for ATT 8525, when I go to the camara function it goes right to the pictures and video viewer
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damn.. i really want to get my camera working!!
Somehow my MMS works now? Randomly started working,
Found that i cant SEND emails, recieves fine. using ATT / rom 1.54.7
there is no software problem guys!it's a pure mechanical problem!hit the device in your hand and you're camera work again!that's happend to me (spv m3100) !
pashamangl said:
there is no software problem guys!it's a pure mechanical problem!hit the device in your hand and you're camera work again!that's happend to me (spv m3100) !
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yeaaa i tried thattt
enjoithis said:
no error message, just... nothing. if i press camera button depending on the rom goes to pics / videos or task manager. Also noticed Flashlight and super bright dont launch. I found my old rom from september and it also did the same thing!
I may resort to WM5 i just installed wm6.1 and i like it alot... same issues still.
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Have you made sure the keys are mapped correctly? if the camera button is bringing up task manager, REMAP your keys.
I have the same problem with camera. But it does not work without any reason. Additionally battery discharges very fast (from 80% to 20% during night). Flashing several roms including win 6.1 has not solved the problem. I am going to service center.
Hello
I have a peculiar problem with my Artemis (Xda Orbit). I have 2 situations, some times one, sometimes the other.
Situation 1: Plugging in the headset deosn't turn off the sound of the loudspeaker. I can hear through the headset but also through the loudspeaker. In this situation the sound plays about 5% faster that normal.
Situation 2: After having had the headset plugged in, the sound output is not restored to the loudspeaker when I plug it out, when playing with Media Player. It stays mute. I installed TCPMP (another player) and it is the same problem there. But when calling to the phone, the call signal plays well enough through the loudspeakers. I have a MP3 as ring sound (the same MP3 will not play through the loudspeakers when I unplug the headset). However, when picking up the phone, I can not hear the caller nor can they hear me, without the headset. Only a reset restores the sound to the loudspeakers and then I can also call normally. The Radio sometimes recognizes the headset, sometimes not. Once the sound was briefly back to the loudspeakers, as I was shutting down Media Player. I even tried a hard reset to fix these problems, to no avail.
This evening I have Situation 1 but this afternoon it was Situation 2.
There was a problem before, where the speaker would stay on during a normal call, like in hands-free mode. Perhaps the problem was there already. This problem went away by itself but did it really? I didn't use the headset for a while so...
I did two things recently that may have caused this. I did it at the same time, so I don't know which of the two that may have caused the problem, if any of them.
1 I used SDHC-Artemis.cab from Bepe, to be able to use a 8GB card. Worked fine.
2 I tried two adaters I had bought on ebay, which give sound out on a female mini-jack.
Can any of you super-gurus guess what the problem is?
i dont have a ready answer - but you might need to tell us more about your rom - do you have shipped or cooked? details pls.
All shipped. But like I mentioned, I did have the patch from Bepe installed. But I actually now think that the problem was there all along, right from the time I got it used a few months ago.
ARTEMIS (Xda Orbit): Windows Mobile 6.0
ROM: 3.4.207.2 GER
ROM Date: 4/18/07
Hope this helps
your situation 1 has happened to me before, why i dont really know but i felt a complete plonker sitting on the train with my ear phones on and my phone making one hell of a racket!
to fix it i did a soft rest an bam stopped, might hav something to do with plugging in headphones whilst audio coming out, thats about the only thing i may have done and since then ive not had any further problems.
i have since flashed to 6.1 as well that may have been it, i do sometimes get this odd audio error with the FM player, sometimes its very quiet and refuses to be more than a whisper, but if i turn the volume up and down using the hardware buttons it fixes its self.
Windows Bugs im guessing!
It does seem like a Windows bug. Although, once, by fiddling with the plug, the problem went away.
Resetting doesn't do it for me. I would love to flash to 6.1 but my current ROM has Tomtom Navigator built in, with support for the internal GPS and as far as I can read here and there, you can't install Tomtom over a new ROM and expect internal GPS recognition.
Somewhere in a thread I once read about someone who had a link to O2, the provider of the Xda here in Germany, with the 6.1 Update. I haven't been able to find it again, only the 6.0 update. Perhaps I remember wrong...
no worries there mate, ive installed Tomtom on several ROMs and all have worked with the internal GPS, on tt7 you set it as an internal GPS on COM 4 in my case with something like a 56000 rate, on tt6 i think it was called other NMEA or generic NMEA on com 4 56000
just be sure to copy all your favorites, i upgraded to tt7 and silly me lost them all!
Right on dazza! It works just like you said with Tomtom. Thanks mate.
I tried it on another Artemis. I probably have to send in the first one for repair, to see if there might be a hardware problem, before flashing anything, including the guarantie!
No problem mate, it could be hardware, but im sure it happend to me only because i plugged in the headhones whilst it was playing FM radio, perhaps i shorted a couple of pins or coursed it to glitch somehow, to be honest, it might have been just the wrong day of the year! however, im pretty sure that if you flashed the lastest official ROM from the website of your mobile phone provider it will overwrite the modded USPL and put the device back to an original state.....so if you fancy giving the new 6.1 ROM ago you can recover to standard ROM for an RMA if it makes no difference.
Aha, flashing back to normal... "pretty sure" sounds a bit like "not completely sure". I wonder about that and if those tech people who would repair the thing might find traces of the other ROM somehow. Besides, I don't know where to find the original ROM.
Come to think of it, I don't understand how you could have played radio without the headset plugged in. On mine it needs the headset to do anything, saying it needs it as antenna and if you unplug it, it will complain.
yeah it wont work without the hardphones in, but the program launched as i plugged it in.
the only reason i say pretty sure is because im a bit confused by the manual
When the USPL cracks came about there was a thread that said it would revert back to normal after an official flash but i cant find that any more, also the manual for USPL states that it will not survive a reflash, but im confused because on mine ive flashed several ROMS without redoing the USPL so it clearly does remain after a flash.
Did you take out insurance on it? you could always say your dropped it in the bath, they will send you a new one and take the old one at the same time. No need to worry about it then!
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No insurance.
Are you saying that the original ROM will permanently reside somewhere, no matter what you flash?
I found the official Xda Orbit ROM now:
http://rs177.rapidshare.com/files/56...88.90_Ship.rar
No, well yes, kinda..
Im not sure of all the tech lingo but there are several parts to an artemis, the ROM its self where the version of windows is installed, the Radio ROM for the wireless part and the SPL which is something like a boot ROM, used mostly by mobile operators to lock the phone to their software
to update a phone thats Locked, not sim locked thats something different, they developed a patch if you like, that kind of by passes it, so you install this USPL which stands for something im sure, which basicly then lets you flash what ever ROM you want,
if your phones locked you have to do this otherwise you could end up with a brick, ive only ever changed the USPL once and ive put several ROMS on it perhaps my phone is unlocked already so it makes no difference
Anyhow, to warrenty it, if you changed the USPL, you would have to re flash the original USPL and ROM back, BUT and this is why im unsure if flashing a new ROM would work, according to the manual for this USPL it says that you have to run the USLP patch everytime you want to change the ROM, which means that its not perminantly changed at all which means if you put a original ROM back on it, it should be back to stock default...
its a bit vague im afraid, most of the threads seem to have vanished, the poor artemis forum used to be a busy place.