Was running WM5 on my BA (Helmi AKU 3.2 ROM) for the longest time and just yesterday decided to upgrade to the latest ROM. Before I did the upgrade I saved my PIM data using a utility called Data Backup which was included in my old ROM. Now I want to restore but I can't find this utility and the links to download the Helmi AKU 3.2 ROM from the wiki page don't work anymore so I can't get it from there. Does anyone have a copy of this utility and/or the Helmi 3.2 ROM (the EXTROM is actually what I need as the .CAB for this utility would likely be in there).
Also, does anyone know if this will actually work or am I just wasting my time? I've read things on the net about the Data Backup utility being crappy (mostly from Dell Axim users, don't know if it's the same utility).
Ok easier question, does anyone have a working link to the Helmi AKU 3.2 ROM?
I'm willing to go back to get my data back up and then re-backup using a proper program and re-upgrade.
Pim Backup much better for personal data backups as i've used it on my BA and my hermes with great success, especially since my hermes in currently in a loop of rom flashing as soon as newere features have risen quite quickly i might add hahahaha
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I have now tried all the Roms (Helmi, Indra, Jwright, Ivan) and believe I have the solution for a stable upgrade. Individually they all work well give or take speed issues and forgetting inherent bugs we discover in beta versions.
However when we cross platforms - IE go from an Indra Imate base to a Helmi O2 base is always when I have struck real problems. I had been using Jwright's Imate 96 version for a month or so and just swapped to Helmi AKU 3.5 1.3. After flashing the Helmi ROM I had awful problems from pathetically slow response to the unit completely freezing after installing several large applications. However after a 100 or so hours of extensive experimentation I have several key reccomendations that form the solution.
Now I can say the Helmi 3.5 is blisteringly fast and stable followed by Indra & then Ivan and Jwright in the AKU 3.2 flavours. By the way I have also attached with this post my extended ROM that I am currently using with Helmi and it works a treat! (Basically it is many useful applications from Jwright's rom like Candello, loaded into Helmi less any incompatable applications.) Speaking about incompatable applications I can now unequivicably warn you NOT to load the following applications in the 3.5 flavour ROMs: (EVEN IF THEY APPEAR TO WORK)
Battery Pack Pro (no versions)
Resinfo 1.5
Voice Commander 1.5 (NOTE: 1.6 IS OK!)
Device Lock
Sprite Backup - current version (IT DOESN'T RESTORE PROPERLY - USE SPB BACKUP INSTEAD - ALSO ATTACHED)
Here is my list of recommendations as a professional systems analyst:
1. Before flashing the new ROM reset the existing one to its default factory settings but dont let the extended rom load. (IE reset again when the "will customize in 3 seconds" message appears)
2.After flashing the new ROM (and resetting it by pressing both softkey application hardware buttons & reset then selecting '0') THEN FLASH IT A SECOND TIME! (I don't have any scientific evidence to support this but I know it works a treat! - maybe some old registry settings or system files are not properly overwritten.)
3.Only load ONE APPLICATION AT A TIME then softreset then if the PPC is still working perform a backup using SPB BACKUP ONLY. (This way you also find out straight away if you have an incompatable application and then you can go and restore your last good SPB back up - without going back to the beginning!)
4.Using the supplied registry editor DELETE any Today plugins that you donot use. (Search for either 'TODAY' or 'ITEMS'.)
Lastly regarding memory leak. I am not convinced this occurs in any of the roms tested. Remember WM 5 - all AKUs uses persistent storage so movement in and out of memory will vary constantly and appear to alter for no reason because it needs to. (Helmi's 3.2 1.2 rom is a good example where the memory movement seemed far less than the others but I found this rom unusable one I loaded nearly 2gb of applications onto the storage card.)
Regards,
Simon Jacobs
simonsalo said:
Here is my list of recommendations as a professional systems analyst:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Took a deep breath and start to try out your recommendations... despite that my device looks work quite well... but I always hope that good things can be even better
Alternatively, unlock your extended rom, and delete all the files in it, hard reset, then flash with the new rom of your choice.
It has the same effect, only quicker.
Hi All,
I have been in and out of this forum for sometime and don't consider myself a newbie with doing upgrades etc but I have missed alot of discussions on rom versions and fixes that arise when reading through very long posts.
To this end, could people advise me with the following as I want to use the latest aku for wm5 (tried helmi's crossbow but had freezes though believe this because should use radio 1.13 not higher) that i can to get a reliable jasjar phone but some of the features that AKUs give:
1- tried helmi's aku3.5 v1.31 vanilla and although good, i lost phone abilities after soft-reset and one usage of dialling/sms sending. Perhaps i should use radio 1.13? Anyway, not keen on this rom as when i type a contact using dial-pad no names appear
2- so shall i use Jwrightmcps aku3.2 which comes with radio 1.13.. is it fully functional? I think i have sussed that everything works with aku3.2 but higher than that and some things "break"
3- or helmi aku3.3 v1.2, but which radio should i use for this?
Appreciate responses for all those who have used these roms and been following the threads while I have been away. :-D
use helmi aku3.3 v1.2 and radio 1.13
-just like having crossbow with video calling
-take my advise.. it's the best.
thanx for reply. I had just done that before noticing your post. I noticed though that there wasn't any extended rom (mine is empty still from helmi aku3.5 1.3.1) so thought this might be vanilla rom? Phone is tad sluggish now in comparison but seems to function in all areas. Has VJbigphone been implemented into systray for easy access if i used hi-res? reason i ask is that the hi-res tool doesn't seem to be on the phone so i'm guessing its optional..
my mistake.. found OzVga in the extras folder..
So, I am about to make the plunge into WM6, and am trying to select a "flavor" ... for lack of a better term. Choosing between the following:
WMVI - Black Edition 1.2 (when it gets released)
WMXL v0.30 (when it gets released)
LVSW Edition (next version to come out)
Anyone out there using any of these (either the beta versions, or the prior versions already on this site) successfully with Goodlink? It looks like WMXL should work with Goodlink from what I am reading, but any input from folks using Goodlink and WM6 would be appreciated (i.e., which flavor of WM6 works best in terms of goodlink integration .. and any special tweaks/hacks etc. you need to do to get goodlink up and running).
Thanks.
No real tweaks or hacks necessary here (except for getting rid of the 'required' password) using WMXL .20 (or .10 for that matter). I haven't tried any of the other flavors, but conceptually there shouldn't be a difference as far as GoodLink is concerned.
I have been having a periodic problem that I think is on the server-side (but still worth mentioning) - for the last two Thursdays Goodlink just stopped working after my flight home. No connection, nothing. In both instances I had to be re-provisioned on the server - no other solutions worked, including uninstalling/re-installing goodlink from both a backup and without a backup, re-flashing with every ROM imaginable (including the shipped Cingular ROM), etc.
I believe that Goodlink will only work on WMXL because the software checks the CE version and WMXL is the only one that has been hex'd changed to be compatible. Same goes for BBConnect and BCM.
S.K.
Per a recent post on the thread re WMVI - Black Edition .. jasjamming confirmed that version 1.2 will be set up to work with goodlink too.
Goodllink on LVSW
Goodlink works like a charm on LVSW version.
Note that it will not install due to the versioncheck: make a backup on your memorycard (using good backup), upgrade to LVSW (in my case) and then restore your backup from the card. Besides all the user/pass/code stuff you also get to skip the OTA download
Sync it - and your all set.
Hope of use.
Works on all of them. Just make a GL backup before upgrading (on WM5), and restore after the WM6 upgrade. Will not complain about the wrong OS version
Goodlink & WM6 Word Completion
I have a question for those of you that have Goodlink installed on WM6. When I'm typing in goodlink it still offers the dropdown with word completion, but for each letter I type, it basically starts all over again as if the additional letters were starting a new word: Ex. T recommends test, this, the, but if I add the h, it advises have, hardly, happen.
On SMS messages the word completion is working correctly.
Is this specific to WM6 and affecting others or is something else causing the problem on my phone? (I didn't test it before I installed other apps.
Rob
Cingular 8525 with WM6 Black Edition 1.2.
Interesting ... just tested on my 8525, and I have the same problem (had not even noticed). Hmm. Will have to play around to see if I can fix this one.
It's at least good to know that it isn't just me. Thanks for looking into it. Let me know what you find.
Rob
hi, sorry if this topic has been posted before. and sorry for my ignorance on this topic.
i have an orbit that came with wm5 which i later flashed to the official wm6 via o2 upgrade website.
the only problem i have is that the new rom is taking up too much programme memory and has made the phone terribly slow.
i'd like to get it flashed with a rom that doesnt take up too much memory but the problem is that i cant find a step by step guide of how i should do this.
what is the most stable rom available for the orbit and where can i find it from?
if i get my phone flashed via a 3rd party rom will it remove the microsoft office mobile apps from the phone? (i really need these for my uni studies)
thanks in advance.
alrite mate,
what you need to do is make sure you run USPL first! otherwise u may BRICK your phone.
What I found the best rom to be is artemis touch 4.01. Try searching for it nad follow instructions in there. If i remmeber correctly the UPSL program is included in the update that you download.
good luck and enjoy the wonderful benefits of installing a custom rom!
'Artemis Touch 4.01" comes in several versions - Full, Lite, Vanilla, with and without cube etc. 'Artemis Touch 4.01 WM6.1 WWE ROM - Lite without cube' has an incredible amount of memory left over for running programs. A couple days of running it now and I have no problem keeping about 19-20M free. USPL is included with both ROMs mentioned here.
No matter which version you choose it will wipe clean everything on your phone. Nothing from before will remain. The good news is both ROMs mentioned here have the ms office mobile apps built into them. So, you will get those back. Before you flash, be sure the files you created using the office apps are saved elsewhere (memory card or via activesync to another computer), otherwise you'll be kickin' yourself.
My Dash has been running WM6.1 080408 Final For Excalibur WWE with English - By Kavana without any issues for months. Then rather spontaneously I was unable to access some of the settings and would get a message saying the settings couldn't be opened. So I re-installed the ROM. It fixed the settings access, but only for a couple of days and it went back to not being able to access the settings. I searched the forum and found one thread that recommended deleting a registry folder, which I did without luck. Any ideas? I am presuming that this is a software issue rather than a hardware issue.
Thanks in advance.
Why don't you try switching to another ROM? Mabye this one; |ROM||WWE|| ** EnergyROM Series 1.0 21040 - HTC Snap based ROM ** || Build 50909 |
Thanks Bigmannyjr, but that ROM looks like it is still owrking out the bugs. I need something that is solid now.
you wouldnt by chabne be doing a restore using sprite backup would you? sprite backup while being a good restore program, has done things like this to me too after i switched to WM 6.1.
On a side note.... BOOMER!
sorry for the plug.
Actually was using Sprite, but did not re-install after the second ROM update so I don't think we can consider it related to Sprite.
SOONER!!