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Ok, after more than week of exploring official ROM updates and dumps i finally finished to cook my ROM
while i'm uploading files i want tell some info about present situation with P525 ROMs.
currently, i know 4 versions of ROMs with different languages and different release versions: Taiwan, HongKong, English and Russian.
Taiwan:
Last known version is 3.32. Update available on official ASUS download site. Traditional Chinese Language. ROM has 2 parts: OS itself and Extended ROM (3+ MB). Extended ROM contains only ome CAB file - KKBOX. It can be called as taiwanese version of iTunes. Actually, very crap software and service. There is 20 days of free service for P525 customers when you can download music (mostly Taiwanese) for freehttp://rapidshare.de/files/36662961/ASUS_P525_v3.29.customized.build.01.zip.html. Application uses his own file format for files not compatible with any other players and content protected, so even after pay to download music you will not able to playback it on any other computer than on which you downloaded it. Realy crap software only wasting 3MB+ of storage memory + 3MB in extended ROM, so, totaly 6MB of garbage included for Taiwanese customers!
Main ROM size is (not including extended ROM) 52MB.
HongKong:
Last known version is 3.32. Actually, ROM is absolutely the same as Taiwan's one. Only one difference - Extended ROM is empty. but anyway is present. So, 3MB of inner storage just wasting for hidden partition. Update available on ASUS site as well.
Thus HongKong users are lucky by 3MB
Main ROM size (not including extended ROM) is 52MB.
World Wide English:
Last known version is 3.20. No updates available on ASUS site. Relatively old version, although english version appeared on market only in beginning of september. I think ASUS should ship english devices with more recent version. Main ROM size is 43MB.
Russian
Last known version is 3.29. No updates available on ASUS site. This is most funny version of ROM. Actually it is NOT Russian! It's WWE version with only two russified apps - Voice Commander and Business Card Recognizer. Everything else are in pure english! Russian version also has Extended ROM wich size is around 6MB. In extended ROM you may find Leng Russificator. After hard reset you will be asked install this app. If you will decline - your device will remain english. If you will accept - it will be converted to russian by copying russian resources (of course occupying user storage space!). So, after installing it you will lost 6+ MB of your inner storage. I have no idea why ASUS ignored official Windows Mobile 5 Russian version and used some 3rd party user interface crappy software which requires 12MB (in total) of storage space. Well, anyway.. Russian customers have to say bay bay to 12MB of very important storage space. Thank you, ASUS!
Main ROM size (not including extended ROM) is 45MB. In system information this version stated as WWE4 (not RUS of course!). I don't know what is WWE4. Any comments about is is welcome!
Interesting thing: ASUS regularily publish updates for Traditional Chinese ROMs while no any updates for other languages published. Weird.. Looks like ASUS care only about chinese users.
I compared files in all ROMS and found no big difference. It's hard to compare Voice Commander and Business Card recognizer software because all ROMs have different language of these applications. These apps have integrated language resources in their libraries/executables unlike other apps containing resources in separate mui files. All other windows components the same exept one - bluetooth module. BlueTooth module is constantly changing, but as far as i remember there is no difference between v3.29 ("Russian" WWE) and chinese 3.32. There are changes in BT from 3.20 to 3.29 (and ASUS didn't release official update!) - i see that 3.29 supports BT HID profile while 3.20 has no any mention about this profile. I'm not fun of BT - so i didn't test it much. I need BT only for my GPS receiver
So, now about ROM i cooked:
I've got v3.29 from Russian release and just replaced Voice Commader and Busines Card Recognizer from english release 3.20. Anyway, although i'm russian i don't like quality of recognition voice/text in russian version of these apps. Quality of recognition affects even to english recognition, even after selecting english language in settings. Anyway, i replaced them by versions from official english release.
now about what i added/changed:
INPUT/OUTPUT LOCALIZATIONS:
- Russian T9. Seems i found at last good russian module which has all required symbols.
- Russian handwritting recognition through standard Transcriber!
- Russian on-screen keyboard.
- Chinese T9: Pinyin+Stroke for Simplified Chinese, Zhuyin(BoPoMoFo)+Stroke for Traditional Chinese. Unfortunately i couldn't make Pinyin to work with TRaditional Chinese module. If someone know how to make it work - please leave comment. Fortunately, seems Simplified Chinese module also contains traditional chinese words but need scroll more. So, T9 CHT Pinyin is still needed. Does anyone know any WM5 smartphone with T9 CHT Pinyin?
- Traditional/Simplified SIPs: Pinyin (CHT/CHS), Handwritting, Word Search (you can draw strokes one by one till right word appear - very useful to study chinese!).
- Traditional/Simplified Chinese font and wince.nls. Now you can read any chinese documents! By the way, having wince.nls with chinese support still unclear for me. Without special wince.nls i also can read and type chinese. Anybody know what's the reason of having exactly chinese version? Chinese wince.nls is very large and by removing this file (actually replace by standard small wince.nls) i will free a big space for other usefull apps. So, advice here needed!
APPLICATIONS:
- Agile Messenger: the best (IMHO) client for ICQ, MSN, YAHOO, JABBER
- Standard dummy Calculator has been replaced by more featured one
- HaaliReader: The best Text reader for people who like to read books from PDA.
- WM5 NewMenu. Today Extension. Allow you lunch apps and do many actions very quickly! I preprogrammed it to left softkey by default. If you want to look into Call History (assigned to softkey before) then just press left
softkey and then joistick action (i placed Call History as first item of menu). So, only one more button press required with giving you much more flexibility!
You can customize it from Start->Settings->System->New Menu
- PM Recorder. Not as good as expected but it's small and has automatic conversation recordings. Worth to have! I recommend to unmark automatic upload in settings to make it whole standalone. May be i will integrate registry patch in future releases to make it default.
- Skype. No comments here
- SPB Backup. Since all users of P525 have free license of this great tool then why don't include it by default?
- SpeedDial. Very handy addon for standard dialler. Just start type any part of name in today screen and you will see standard dialler with additional window with list of found contacts. You need to type word like in T9 mode. Then choose by jostick required contact and press action. Or just press action if you entered digits instead contact name. So, old functionality not lost as well!
- Manual CAB Installer. Allows you to install CAB to any directory.
- CloseApps + FreeRAM - two tiny apps to help you free RAM.
- Device List.
- Password Generator. Sometimes this tiny utility is handy.
- System Snap. Allows you make snapshot of system - registry + file list. Sometimes useful if you need install some app for short time then delete completely. Or just to study what is going on after install application.
- Task Manager. Very usefull utility. It allowns you manage not only tasks/processes/services but also has registry editor!
- Show Space (WhereIsMyRAM?) - utility to show how much space ocuppied by some directory. Handy, when you cleanning system.
- Magic Button. Many people found this application useful. It's some sort of task manager. It places icons af all running apps in title bar where you can easily switch them by simple clickin on icons. Personally, i don't think it's nice way to manage tasks, but anyway I included it. It's not activated by default. It also has good battery indicator (as thin white stripe on the top of screen).
- T9 user words database editors: \Windows\T9CUDBEditor.exe and \Windows\T9MyWord.exe. Also some settings can be tweaked by \Windows\T9Settings.exe. I didn't include shortcut to these apps since they will be used very seldom. Use File Manager to open these apps.
- SMClose: tiny utility to make close button realy close applications. I also wrote control panel applet to switch this functionality on/off. By default it turned off.
- AE Button Plus: helps you to remap almost every hardware buttons and much more!
TWEAKS:
- removed stylus using lessons and password setting after hard reset.
- battery indicator replaced by clock. Now, you can not only free today screen from clock but also have ability to call "Run.." dialog where you can enter normal command line! Just press long time action key and while not releasing it long-tap on clock. Remove stilus and release key. You will see Run dialog! Anyway, standard battery indicator is really crap - only 3 levels: 100%, 60% and empty. Who needs this bull****?
OFFICIAL ASUS UPDATES:
- Bluetooth patch from 2006/09/21
here is the Customized P525 ROM based on ROM v3.32 WWE. Build 06:
http://rapidshare.com/files/4612627/ASUS_P525_v3.32.WWE.customized.build.06.zip.html
INSTRUCTIONS TO UPDATE:
1) extract archive to the root of MiniSD. so, you will get on MiniSD files galaxy.cap, ASUS unlock utility and 2577 folder with file Autorun.exe.
2) insert MiniSD to device. Autorun wil start automatically. If it will not start then run it manually.
3) follow on-screen instructions (Press "yes" on message box, press left softkey and in menu choose "update ROM", press left softkey again) and update process will start. If utility will report that update ROM language is not compatible with your device then quit it and run ASUS language unlock utility. Then repeat process from step 2.
History:
BUILD 06
* Agile has been removed due to trojan nature of this application. Standard MSN re-added.
* (new) mChat. Client for ICQ and some other protocols.
* fixed problem with e-mail client: not all russian enconigs have been supported. Now KOI8-R/U available.
* PocketMusic has been removed. I had a lot of problems with this buggy app. And finally, i found that already included TCPMP handles everything much better. Just need to configure hotkeys! I added config for TCPMP. So it's more ready to use without additional settings.
* (new) Button on headset now starts/stops playback (in TCPMP) when you're not talking by phone. If TCPMP doesn't run currently, then it will b launched. Thus you can activate playback at any time very quickly.
* Fixed some bugs in PocketPlus
* (new) SmartPhone mode. I think, many users of P525 found that while you talking by phone, you can suddenly press some controls on screen by face. I wrote this addon to fix ASUS's bug. Now, when you're in phone application, TouchScreen is disabled, so you don't need to worry about touching screen by face. You have to use hardware keyboard to navigate in phone application. Of course, you can disable this feature by clicking on "SmartPhone Mode" icon in programs.
* (new) Installer of Customization. It acts similar to extended ROM installer, but uses SD card. It will be launched only once after hard-reset. You need to create Folder "Custom" on your SD card and put there special script with required files. I included example of such script to demonstrate functionality.
here is the Customized P525 ROM based on ROM v3.32 WWE. Build 05:
http://rapidshare.com/files/2718169/ASUS_P525_v3.32.WWE.customized.build.05.zip.html
build 05
* phoneAlarm downgraded to 1.55.1 version. later versions have ugly way to control brightness.
i wrote small utility to make brightness control in PA to work correctly. don't forget to set it in "Run Application" property in all required profiles (\windows\setbrightness.exe).
by the way, if you will put this utility in some profile then brightness will not change which can be looked as new functionality. For example "mute" profile doesn't require to control brightness.
the same with flight mode.
* Skype downgraded to previous used version. New version is too big and looks like have worse sound quality.
Anyway, i didn't find any new useful feature to keep so fat version.
* (new) PocketAlarm - nice app for one-time alarms with repeats and snooze features! Don't mess it with dummy task/calendar integrated apps.
There is one bad bug - vibration in PocketAlarm doesn't work on P525. So, i wrote one addon to fix it. To have vibration, make sure you marked checkbox in used preset.
I made pulse vibration i'm missing such vibration in incomming calls so much.. May be one day i will find how to add pulse vibration to any alarm.
* (new) PocketPlus.. Some people don't like it, but i think it's the best app in it's class. If you don't like it then simple disable pocketplus today plugin.
* magic button has been removed.
* HaaliReader has been added again. Previous book reader is also included.
* timezone settings removed from welcome screen. Since there is no way to enable time setting in AKU2.x, timezone setup looks stupid..
* some small fixes and tweaks in included apps.
here is the Customized P525 ROM based on ROM v3.32 WWE. Build 04:
http://rapidshare.com/files/1235755/ASUS_P525_v3.32.WWE.customized.build.04.zip.html
build04
* Task Manager updated to v2.2
* Skype updated to 2.1.0.65. this Skype release is more than 1.5 times (4.7MB instead 3MB) bigger than previous!! do we really need so fat skype with seems only one really new feature - animated smilies?
i'm seriously thinking about fall back to previous version to free up space for other apps...
* PhoneAlarm updated to 1.56.1 (some important fixes for P525)
* SmartDialing plugin updated to v2.5 + some my own patches(*). new features incudes:
1) Now you can see phonenumber while pointing to desired contact.
2) options are working now
3) (*) in options you can choose to expand contact list to full screen height or as before.
4) (*) increased contact list width in portrait mode
5) (*) if you have russian contacts then search will include it as well.
6) since options are available now, you may disable smartdialing at all if you dont like it
* default keyboard/block recognizer/letter recognizer has been disabled. If you still need one of these input methods then you may enable it in Settings->System->Pocket Tweaks
* MMS Templates/additional ASUS skins/music/graphics have been deleted.
Some new/updated apps requires more space, so i had to do so. Anyway, most users preffer to use his/her own music/graphics and default are just wasting space.
* CompIME (word autcompletion IME) has been deleted because anyway it couldn't be used before (ASUS just forgot to delete it) because P525 contains T9 IME.
* HaaliReader has been replaced with other reader which has multilanguage and more formats support.
* Some tweaks in inpit methods - now english language is default everywhere.
* Added SafeMode. If you will reboot P525 within 1 minute after last reboot then you will be have choice to boot into safe mode in case if you're encountering problem.
* dummy BSwitch has been replaced by more convenient Task Switcher.
* Button, originally assigned to VoiceCommander now have "Torch" function. Have you ever dreamed about using P525 as torch?
* Wellcome picture has been replace with one from WM5 ACU3.. I've bored of AKU2.3 pic...
I don't think ASUS will release AKU3 update for P525(there are firmwares for P535 with AKU3 while latest test firmware for P525 is basen on AKU2.3)... so, let's pretend at least
here is the Customized P525 ROM based on ROM v3.32 WWE. Build 03:
http://rapidshare.com/files/139194/ASUS_P525_v3.32.WWE.customized.build.03.zip.html
BUILD03
* from now ROM v3.32 has been used as main template.
* MSN has been Removed. Use included Agile instead.
* Pocket PowerPoint has been removed. Presentation on PPC? looks redundant.
* Additional themes from ASUS has been deleted to free up some more space.
* VoiceCommander has been removed. This toy is just for couple days to play and forget.
* (new) TCPMP player. Simple the best video player for PocketPC!
* (new) PocketMusic player. i think is the best audio player for PPC.
* (new) Resco Explorer
* Russian Keyboard SIP has been replaced by multilanguage Resco Keyboard
* (new) MultiIE
* (new) PhoneAlarm
i think, current application set is enough for this ROM. Anyway, almost no free space remained.
Future builds will be mostly targeted to tweaks, fixes, ASUS updates or updates of included components
(if it will be really important). In general case, applications included in ROM don't require updates
since already stable enough and do well what they supposed to do.
Anyway, if someone has any proposal to include very important apps then leave comment.
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here is official english ROM v3.20:
http://rapidshare.de/files/36662960/ASUS_P525_v3.20.official.WWE.zip.html
how to program this ROM:
1) Unpack ROM to MiniSD card's root folder. In P525 file manager it should appear here: \MiniSD Card\ROMGalaxy.nb0
It's better to format MiniSD card on dektop computer in FAT (not FAT32) before put ROM there. I found that bootloader sometimes fail to read file from SD. May be due to my SD had been formatted in FAT32 or been fragmented to much. Anyway, it's better to format to FAT before put ROM there.
2) Insert MiniSD to P525 and plug USB. It's better to plug to computer intead to AC adapter because computer provides more clean DC supply. Some users reported that flashing failed when they connect to AC adapter, while computer USB works fine.
3) press "camera" key fully (it has to levels of pressing!) and while holding down this key press an release "reset" by stylus. When you will see bootloader flasher dialog - release "camera" key. Upgrading will start automatically. Follow instructions on screen. If everything will be finished without error then you'll done. If you will get error "Language incorrect" then follow to step 4.
4) Press reset and boot your device as usuall.
In ROM archive you've downloaded you will find ASUS language unlock utility.
Copy it to P525 and run. You will see message something like this: "ROM Language ID:404. Now Unlocking..." and then quit. After that repeat everything from step 2.
I posted unmodified v3.20 in case if you will get "Update fail!" at the end of updating procedure without any error description. In my earlier cooked ROMs i've got such message as I guess due to incorrect partition info in ROM. Actually, i corrected it and tested several times - no more such error so far.
But if you will get this error - don't panic! just program v3.20 i posted above and then report in this topic to let me know.
I'm also interesting in opinions about what software you would like to see in ROM and what software in standard ROM you think is redundant.
i think MSN messenger with all its MSN services is really crap. Especially, since it's possible to use Agile messenger for MSN.
Not all applications can be added into ROM. Some apps are too large. Some apps have subfolders which is not good. Any files copied into folders different from \Windows (including windows subfolders!) will be copied to user space! So, apps without subfolders are preffered.
Please, can you share the modules for russian T9 only?
I want to install the Russian T9, but I dont want to change the whole ROM yet...
Well done. Am I right that updating to your ROM I will get Chinese T9 along with Russian one as well?
Please explain about extended rom. I have russian version, that is 6M extra.
How to get rid of it?
thnx
solardo,
yes, both chinese and russian available at any time by switching through T9 menu.
After update to my ROM you will loose extended ROM and everything there will be lost. So, if you want save ExtROM content then you need backup it first.
please read IXBT forum's topic from this post: http://forum.ixbt.com/topic.cgi?id=45:9657-10#303
i explained there about how to backup ExtendedROM on ASUS P525.
Ingvarr, you may download my ROM and using imgfs_tools utilities you can extract everything from there.
By the way, i guess someone can ask: "Why i need to put all this to ROM instead just install it as applications?"
well, there are some advantages:
1) All these handy utilities are ready for use after hard reset
2) files in ROM are compressed, thus required less space than if they have copied to user storage space. for example in that aditional 10MB of ROM i placed 22MB of files. more than 50% of compression! Even if you will use UPX to compress executables/libraries you will not able to compress data files! also not all applications survive after UPXing them..
sorg said:
Ingvarr, you may download my ROM and using imgfs_tools utilities you can extract everything from there.
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I know, however:
a) I dont know which files will be sufficient for russian T9 support. You must've already figured it out, so thats why Iam asking you
b) its hard for me to download 50Mb just to get, like, 200k of actually needed files
Thats why Iam asking for your help.
Hi Sorg, thank you very muvh for you updated ROM. I have installed it and noticed two bugs for the time being:
- if Agile Messanger is not swithched on and I try to start it from a Today screen, it shows a mistake. I am swithcing it via a program menu and after that it works perfectly.
- all new email accounts in messanger after a soft reset disappear.
Keep on testing it further.
Buch070, please tell me which language version of ROM you had before program my ROM. i need this for statistic.
1) i'll check agile messenger's launcher. Actually i preffer don't use this launcher since i'm using messenger not so often. Also, i forgot to mention that i removed automatic wakeup of Agile through scheduler to reduce power consumption. May be this is source of problem.
May be it's better to remove Agile Today plugin at all?
2) which messenger you mean? Agile or MSN? I don't remember e-mail feature in Agile.
thanks for feedback!
I before installation of this ROM I had an english version, the phone was ordered in Malaysia.
Agile is good program. Those who don't need it can uncheck it from Today's screen. Just, pls., cechk the feature to start it from today's screen. IMHO you can delete MSN.
Abt emails: I am using "Messaging" on PDA and all the new accounts being deleted from it after softreset.
I didn't touch messaging system. You just need to know that WM5 has some write delay between changes in application and actual wriing to such files as rigistry and databases. To perform soft reset it's better to use power button. long press - turn device off, then long press again to turm it on.
If you press "reset" button, you leave no chance for windows to close files properly.
Question to Sorg
sorg said:
- Russian T9. Seems i found at last good russian module which has all required symbols.
- Russian handwritting recognition through standard Transcriber!
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if it's not the secret, pls explain- russian T9 is from WM5 or LEng?
and about Russian handwritting recognition- regular russian version in P525 hasn't- what is the source?
thnx
I didn't use anything from paragon's Leng.
i just made update in my second post accordind the process of updating.
How to return to Trad. Chinese Version
Sir,
After the OS was flashed to WWE version, I found that it is not easy to rsturn to previous OS.
The steps of the CHN ROM flashing is not the same as WWE.
Could you advise me?
THanks
download official CHT update from ASUS site and replace autorun.exe by version u will find bellow in this post.
before update run language unlock utility.
both utilities here:
http://rapidshare.de/files/36855101/ASUS.update_utils.ZIP.html
With reference to my previous posts here, I confirm to my suprise that it looks like WM5 is writting the changes to its register with a delay. Because now, when doing softreset, the changes which I made in a messaging program stays there, not disappering.
I finally managed to connect my P525 to my car via bluetooth. I don't know whether a "cooked" ROM helped or I did something wrong before, with a previous version I failed, even though I updated the bluetooth in the phone immy I after I got it.
In the Smart Dialing program which is in the ROM, there is a missing function: when it shows contacts, you cannot push a joystick as "enter" and check the phone number. It starts dialing immy. Maybe it is a function of later versions of Smart Dialing. I had it at HTC TyTn.
Buch070, i found source of agile problem you mentioned. Already fixed. I'm thinking about release fixed and slightly updated ROM now or wait a little. One friend told that he will get true english v3.29 soon. So, may be wait for this version and cook ROM based on it..
About that feature of smart dialer - i didn't see it. Looks like it's some kind of new version which i haven't. Actually, when you press action it supposed to call. that's why it called "speed dealer" If you will dig through dialogs it will be not speed dialer already
by the way, if some contact has several numbers then you can switch it by joystick left-right.
Vibranze WWE ROM V4b (See post #62)
Vibranze ROM V4a (See post #62)
Vibranze ROM V4
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See post #62
Vibranze ROM V3c
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See post #62
Vibranze ROM V3b
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Changes:
- Fixed Start Menu shortcut problem.
- Fixed TSK on the fly activation problem.
- Removed Resource Viewer.
- Removed Safe Mode.
- Removed Battery Status Ext.
- Removed Qmail3.
- Removed CeleSetup Scripting Language.
- Added LVMTopBat for battery status indicator.
- Added Kill All (powered by CeleTask).
- Added CeleCommand (http://www.yonsm.net/read.php?329), successor of CeleSetup. (Kudos to Yonsm for this simple yet powerful scripting language).
Download Link: http://www.newdisk.cn/pick.aspx?code=vibranzeromv3b
Filename: Vibranze ROM V3b.7z
MD5Sum: 59fdff5410d8fcb31699135458264f07
Cheers,
Vibranze
Vibranze ROM V3a
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Changes:
- Fixed Read/Compose Email problem. (Thanks Buch070 for the findings and Jack for the clue).
- Added DrawPad into "New" left soft menu.
- Added iSilo (somehow MobiReader can't read certain PDB/PRC file so I added iSilo as AddOns).
- Soft reset now will also clear MRU (Most Recently Used) program list. Also can be cleared without soft reset using ClearTemp.
Download link: http://www.newdisk.cn/pick.aspx?code=vibranzeromv3a
Filename: Vibranze ROM V3a.7z
MD5Sum: e409125b8fa8140745a6d057ba76a328
Cheers,
Vibranze
Vibranze ROM V3.0 (Based on Asus Official 3.43 WWE)
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Hello,
V3.0 Changes:
- Updated HandCalendar to version 2.7 (Brought from Kavana's ROM, Thanks).
- Updated PPC PIM Backup to version 1.9.
- Updated HandySwitcher to version 3.0.
- Updated CeleDial to version 1.6.
- Updated Battery Status Plugin to version 1.04.202 beta 3 0197. (I found that once I changed the options, the whole system will become unstable, only after hard reset then the system will be stable again. Will reconsider to include it into next version).
- Replaced RDP client with the one came with WM6.
- Integrated DotFred's Contact Patches.
- Integrated FLV plugin for TCPMP.
- Integrated YouTube Downloader.
- Integrated SMS Delivery Fix.
- Integrated Resource Viewer (Thanks to the author, Vicott Wong).
- Integrated ClearTemp (Thanks to the author, Vicott Wong).
- Integrated MagiCall.
- Integrated Orneta Notepad.
- Integrated MortScript Scripting Language.
- Integraged CeleSetup Scripting Language.
- Audio Notes is now auto start by default.
- Default theme is WM Black from mobile9.com.
- Today's Theme now can be stored & activated from SD card by just tapping on the .tsk files (Using cusTSK from Kavana's ROM, Thanks).
Add-Ons (Installed from "Utilities - Install AddOns". AddOns.tgz file must be put together with ROMGalaxy.nb0 in the SD Card root folder):
- Integrated Adobe Reader LE (Brought from Kavana's ROM, Thanks).
- Integrated PIE Flash ActiveX Plugins.
- Integrated IM+.
- Integrated Qmail3, Email(POP3/IMAP)/RSS/News Reader.
- Integrated SOTI Pocket Controller.
- Integrated Real One Player.
- Integrated eWallet.
- Removed TCPMP avc.plg plugins, Replaced with ffmpeg.plg in order to support FLV plugin.
- Removed built-in notes and replaced with Orneta notepad.
- Download Link :
http://www.newdisk.cn/??695
Filename: Vibranze ROM V3.7Z MD5SUM: b244639a6f3c0a7292ab1ddb08dfb224
To download a file, do a right click on the link, copy target/shortcut and paste it into your browser.
- Direct Download Link : http://www.newdisk.cn/pick.aspx?code=vibranzeromv3
- AddOns Direct Download: http://www.newdisk.cn/pick.aspx?code=v3addons (Please download the AddOns separately as the one packed together with ROM was corrupted).
The ROM is compressed and packed with 7Zip, you can download 7Zip from http://www.7zip.org.
Cheers,
Vibranze
Vibranze Customised ROM 2.0 (based on Asus Official 3.43 WWE)
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Hello,
Version 2.0 Changes:
1. Added (Optional) Office Mobile ported from WM6 (Kudos to Malatesta from PPCGeeks.com). Powered by CeleSetup technology (kudos to Yonsm)
2. Added back Windows Media Player (suggested by Jack Leung, thanks)
3. Added Dotfred's Task Manager (Thanks)
4. Added HandCalendar (Thanks to K老)
5. CeleTask, MemEmpty and Torch is removed from Programs since it's already assigned to the Record & BS switcher button
6. Rearranged Today's screen
7. Initflashfiles.dat Clean up
8. WM6 Today's Theme as default
9. Many registriy tweaks
- Known Issues:
1. After hard reset, need to tap the start menu in order to load everything in proper.
Installation Instruction:
- As usual, copy the ROMGalaxy.NB0 to Mini SD card, press and hold the camera button + reset. The ROM update screen should appear by then.
- To get the Office Mobile installed, kindly copy "CeleSetup.tgz" file to \MiniSD Card then from Start Menu -> Program -> Click on "Install Addons".
- Download Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/30300067/VibranzeCustomisedROMv2.0.rar
http://www.newdisk.cn/??412
Enjoy! Feedbacks and suggestions are welcome.
Cheers,
Vibranze
Vibranze Customised ROM 1.1 (based on Asus Official 3.43 WWE)
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Hello,
Here is the version 1.1 of Vibranze Customised ROM and the changes are:
- Removed:
1. Pocket Office
2. Windows Media Player (left the wmv and wma modules to play mp3, wma and mp3)
3. Business Card Reader
4. Modem Link
5. Restore Default Settings
6. Profile
7. And many many unused extra files.
- Added:
1. View Chinese Characters capabilities and added A4 Chinese Input Method. Thanks to 蓝の风 (http://www.asuspda.net/thread-9106-1-1.html)
2. TCPMP 0.72RC1 with all the necessary plugins and associated with media files. Thanks to arman68 (http://www.pxdxa.com/read.php?tid=23096&keyword=TCPMP)
3. PIEPlus
4. Battery Status Ext
5. WM5NewMenu
6. MemEmpty. Items 6, 7 & 8 are copied from Jackleung's ROM, thanks dude!
7. MultiPad
8. SafeMode
9. WM6 Welcome Screen, Icons and Today's Skin
- Upgraded:
1. CeleTask to version 2.2
- Fixed:
1. Turned off "The program is from an unknown publisher. Running it can possibly harm your device. Do you want to continue?" warning.
- Customisation:
1. Replaced left hand soft menu with WM5NewMenu
2. Assigned Record Button with Torch
3. Assigned BS Switcher button with CeleTask
4. Assigned Record Button (Long Press) with MemEmpty
5. Many registries tweaks and optimisation
- Known Issues:
1. After hard reset, need to tap the start menu in order to load everything in proper.
Installation Instruction:
As usual, copy the ROMGalaxy.NB0 to Mini SD card, press and hold the camera button + reset. The ROM update screen should appear by then.
- Download Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/29421147/VibranzeCustomisedROMv1.1.rar
Enjoy! Feedbacks and suggestions are most welcome.
Cheers,
Vibranze
Hello All,
After spending a lot of time and effort to keep learning, experimenting with trial and error, finally I released my very first customised ROM and I would like to share it with P525 owners. Hope you guys like it.
Constructive feedback, suggestion, correction are highly appreciated!
Vibranze Customised ROM 1.0 (based on Asus Official 3.43 WWE)
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Removed Packages:
1. Asus *.tsk files, only left Asus Standard
2. All .htm(l) files, only left composesms.htm, readsms.htm and SMSCB.0409.htm
3. Download Agent
4. Restore Default Settings
5. MMS Template
6. Voice Commander
7. Modem Link
8. My Secret
9. Games
10. Some unused *.txt files.
Added Packages:
1. Resco Explorer 2007 6.0 (including Resco Registry)
2. Resco Photo Viewer 6.01
3. Fast CHM Reader 1.0
4. Mobipocket Reader 5.2 Build 563
5. PPC PIM Backup 1.8
6. SIP Change
7. Ssnap 1.01
8. Torch
9. Tgetfile.dll
10. CeleTask 2.1.2305.4623
11. Celedial 1.2.509.2192
12. HandySwitcher 2.7
13. Pocket Alarm 2.17
14. Vito AudioNotes 1.25
Patched with wince.nls (to support Chinese region and decoding) from liminwei at pxdxa (thanks).
Known Issues:
1. For the first time execution of the programs inside the ROM, it always prompted "The program is from an unknown publisher. Running it can possibly harm your device. Do you want to continue?" I modified the registry keys to unlock the phone (http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=248412&pid=799124&st=20&#entry799124) but the warning is still there. Please let me know if you know how to get rid of it.
Installation Instruction:
As usual, copy the ROMGalaxy.NB0 to Mini SD card, press and hold the camera button + reset. The ROM update screen should appear by then.
People who inspired and helped me to build my this ROM:
1. Sorg - for creating a great customised WWE ROM.
2. Jackleung - for the great guide on building P525 ROM.
3. Ingvarr - for creating a GREAT P525 ROM tools.
4. Kavana - for creating a great customised Chinese ROM. I'm waiting your new ROM.
5. Liminwei - for the wince.nls patch.
Download link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/28749771/VibranzeCustomisedROMv1.0.rar.html
Cheers,
Vibranze
Congratulations buddy ... I wish I could do the same to my new toy ....
Good job mate. I hope that you don't go away like some one did before.
vibranze said:
1. Resco Explorer 2007 6.0 (including Resco Registry)
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hey
i was trying to make a wm6 universal rom using helmis kitchen, i know your rom is for asus p525, but my question is does the zip plugin for resco work in your rom???
when i made my rom ... in options>plugin zip is grayed out...
if it works could you tell me where the RZipShell.dll (?) file is
fallenczar said:
hey
i was trying to make a wm6 universal rom using helmis kitchen, i know your rom is for asus p525, but my question is does the zip plugin for resco work in your rom???
when i made my rom ... in options>plugin zip is grayed out...
if it works could you tell me where the RZipShell.dll (?) file is
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yes, my one is working and not grayed out. i put the RZipShell.dll inside \Windows.
Cheers,
Vibranze
hi vibranze,
thanks for your contribution, will try it out later today.
cheers!!
Hi Vibranze,
managed to try out the rom, and here's some of the possible ideas you may want to take...not whinning here, since i reverted back to a original rom after that. Just hope to help you make something better.
1. softwares like resco explorer and photo viewer are great, but when i try to register them under my username, it seems to be unable to stay registered. You can probably provide auto installation for the programs, but not auto registration, since not many users go by the name of vibranze Same situation for handy task.
2. you could probably insert TCPMP for users to use, since its probably the best video player out there.
3. inclusion of a battery bar similar to the one used by SPB pocket plus. its definetly something useful for p525 users out there, since the battery life for the unit is not amazing.
thats all i can remember for now, but its a great 1st time effort. i look forward to the second rom, if there is any.
cheers
Raven
ravenx said:
Hi Vibranze,
managed to try out the rom, and here's some of the possible ideas you may want to take...not whinning here, since i reverted back to a original rom after that. Just hope to help you make something better.
1. softwares like resco explorer and photo viewer are great, but when i try to register them under my username, it seems to be unable to stay registered. You can probably provide auto installation for the programs, but not auto registration, since not many users go by the name of vibranze Same situation for handy task.
2. you could probably insert TCPMP for users to use, since its probably the best video player out there.
3. inclusion of a battery bar similar to the one used by SPB pocket plus. its definetly something useful for p525 users out there, since the battery life for the unit is not amazing.
thats all i can remember for now, but its a great 1st time effort. i look forward to the second rom, if there is any.
cheers
Raven
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Hi Raven,
Thanks for the time for testing my ROM and the constructive comments, appreciated it You owned an Asus P525 too?
1. Yes, this is what I want to find out too. I tried Sorg's ROM and found that the owner's name is empty but the resco explorer is already registered to Asus PDA and it stayed registered even I fill up the owner's name. Any idea how to achieve it?
You mentioned auto installation, but after you install you still need to register it. By putting them into the ROM, you just need to change the name and re-register it, safe the installation step.
2. I tried to put it in but there is not enough space for it, maybe need to figure out what other files that can be deleted. I'm considering coreplayer since it has less files and all the plugins is already built-in.
3. Yes, I will put in the battery status indicator. Do you know any of them that light in footprint and free?
I would like to find the free useful apps with small footprint to incorporate into the new release that will coming soon.
Help me test it again, ok
Cheers,
Vibranze
vibranze said:
Hi Raven,
Thanks for the time for testing my ROM and the constructive comments, appreciated it You owned an Asus P525 too?
1. Yes, this is what I want to find out too. I tried Sorg's ROM and found that the owner's name is empty but the resco explorer is already registered to Asus PDA and it stayed registered even I fill up the owner's name. Any idea how to achieve it?
You mentioned auto installation, but after you install you still need to register it. By putting them into the ROM, you just need to change the name and re-register it, safe the installation step.
2. I tried to put it in but there is not enough space for it, maybe need to figure out what other files that can be deleted. I'm considering coreplayer since it has less files and all the plugins is already built-in.
3. Yes, I will put in the battery status indicator. Do you know any of them that light in footprint and free?
I would like to find the free useful apps with small footprint to incorporate into the new release that will coming soon.
Help me test it again, ok
Cheers,
Vibranze
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1. He cracked it.
2. Core player is still missing a lot of feature compare to TCPMP.
3. I personally prefer Wisbar Lite and it's included in my customized rom. But if you want something even lighter. U can try pBar here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=284952
jackleung said:
1. He cracked it.
2. Core player is still missing a lot of feature compare to TCPMP.
3. I personally prefer Wisbar Lite and it's included in my customized rom. But if you want something even lighter. U can try pBar here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=284952
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1. Yeah, I also registered it under my name but when I change owner's info, then I need to re-register again. This is not the case with Sorg's ROM, wonder how he cracked it
2. I decided to use TCPMP0.72RC1 with all the plugins mentioned in pxdxa.com
3. I've got battery status ext, it's a freeware. It can display incoming outgoing calls duration as well as sms.
Cheers,
Vibranze
Hi Vibranze,
Glad to see that you are trying to come up with another rom, am looking forward to it. Yea, i've got a P525 too.
Celedial is a useful alternative, but is it possible to add in Smartdialing instead? I recall seeing a helpful forumer posting some must have apps for P525 and this was included.
Also, the WM new menu found in other roms from Jackleung and Sorg is pretty useful as well. these are the suggestions i can come up with at the moment.
hope this helps,
cheers
Raven
Hi Jackleung,
glad to see you here to give out pointers. have enjoyed your customized rom alot but sorely missed the E-java program, which made me revert to a normal rom, but kudos to you.
cheers
Raven
Smartdialing "was" a must have but Celedial beat it for smaller footprint, faster response time, better and more user friendly search (e.g. search by number, random search instead of search from beginnng). And it's compatible w/ Eten's phone skin DLL (smartdialing is not) so that you can customize yr dialing skin freely.
For E-java, I never run Java on my P525 and that's why I remove it. And you can always install it back later.
ravenx said:
Hi Vibranze,
Glad to see that you are trying to come up with another rom, am looking forward to it. Yea, i've got a P525 too.
Celedial is a useful alternative, but is it possible to add in Smartdialing instead? I recall seeing a helpful forumer posting some must have apps for P525 and this was included.
Also, the WM new menu found in other roms from Jackleung and Sorg is pretty useful as well. these are the suggestions i can come up with at the moment.
hope this helps,
cheers
Raven
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hi raven,
glad to know that you are also one of the p525 owner
i just released a new version, kindly check it in the first post. already included the apps you mentioned
personally i also feel that celedial is better and nicer than smartdial, only 1 dll file so it's very small in footprint.
cheers,
vibranze
vibranze said:
hi raven,
glad to know that you are also one of the p525 owner
i just released a new version, kindly check it in the first post. already included the apps you mentioned
personally i also feel that celedial is better and nicer than smartdial, only 1 dll file so it's very small in footprint.
cheers,
vibranze
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Just one suggestion, it may not be wise to remove Windows Media player because TCPMP doesn't fully support MMS protocol. U need that to listen to streaming media.
jackleung said:
Just one suggestion, it may not be wise to remove Windows Media player because TCPMP doesn't fully support MMS protocol. U need that to listen to streaming media.
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Oh I see, noted. I removed it because of space concern. Later on I found that by directly add/delete files via dump directory can take more files rather than using addfile and delfile command, not sure why but this is a fact
Cheers,
Vibranze
jackleung said:
Just one suggestion, it may not be wise to remove Windows Media player because TCPMP doesn't fully support MMS protocol. U need that to listen to streaming media.
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Oh I see, noted. I removed it because of space concern. Later on I found that by directly add/delete files via dump directory can take more files rather than using addfile and delfile command, not sure why but this is a fact
Cheers,
Vibranze
hi jack,
I found this tool called CeleSetup (http://www.yonsm.net/read.php?300), looks like a new way to build and customize ROM.
My chinese is not that good so I'm a bit blur after reading the whole article. You may want to read and try it, then post another great article on building ROM using CeleSetup
Cheers,
Vibranze
vibranze said:
hi jack,
I found this tool called CeleSetup (http://www.yonsm.net/read.php?300), looks like a new way to build and customize ROM.
My chinese is not that good so I'm a bit blur after reading the whole article. You may want to read and try it, then post another great article on building ROM using CeleSetup
Cheers,
Vibranze
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I read this before. But don't see any extra benefit here since initflashfile.dat can do most of the things already
jackleung said:
I read this before. But don't see any extra benefit here since initflashfile.dat can do most of the things already
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initially, i thought all the apps (including the lnk and registries) can be compressed in .tgz file and only run when they are being called but this is not the case.
For those who requested for O2 XDA STEALTH English ROM.
Release WM6.1 beta1.5!!!.
-faster and more stable than WM6
-6Mb Pagepool, more memory can be used. (WM5-8Mb)
Donate are welcome.Anything is appreciated and will encourage me to continue the development the ROM
Donate!
Latest ROM Info.
WM6.1 WWE 080205Beta1.5
OS: CE OS 5.2.1920 (Build 19199.1.0.0)
Download:
05-May-08 Updated
Active sync Patchs:View attachment EgoActiveSyncFix.cabThanks ted973
07-Apr-08 Updated
Speakerphone patchs:unzip and copy to windows folder, maybe you need kill "cprog.exe" process in Task manager first. uninstall patch: delete the file,maybe you need kill "cprog.exe" process in Task manager first.
View attachment custphone.zip
Active sync patch:View attachment 79813
Stealth WM6.1 Beta1.5 [updated 26 Feb 08](Build 19199.1.0.0)More Stable and faster Core.
http://www.fs2you.com/files/031e5b63-e50b-11dc-a2ad-0014221f4662/
http://www.meetfile.com/files/47174/UpgradeTool_WWE_RM080205Beta1_5_WM6_1.rar.html
Every Time using Active sync should be enable and then disable advanced network functionality in "USB to PC"setting
Stealth WM6.1 Beta1.2 [updated 07 Feb 08](Build 19716.1.0.0)
http://img.namipan.com/downfile/b0c...402/UpgradeTool_WWE_RM080205Beta1_2_WM6_1.rar
http://ifolder.ru/5262061
STK patch:Patch is the same as WM6.STK Patch
WIfI patch:View attachment Wifi_fix.zipNot fully tested, feedback test results
Updated 24 Feb 08
Office Mobile patchs:View attachment officeFIX.zip(copy ppt.exe to windows folder,and input REG files)Not fully tested, feedback test results
!;Updated 23Feb 08
Zi Predictive Text patch: View attachment ZiIME.CAB Updated 21 Feb 08(After install please delete phoneime.dll and zisip_Opt.dll in windows folder)
MMS patch:MMS PatchsUpdated 23 Feb 08,test passed
Dial-up hardware keyboard patch:View attachment DialingPatch_Yuc.zip(PhoneSpeaker Unavailable! )install patch: unzip and copy to windows folder, maybe you need kill "cprog.exe" process in Task manager first. uninstall patch: delete this 2 files,maybe you need kill "cprog.exe" process in Task manager first.
Stealth WM6.1 Beta1 [updated 05 Feb 08]
http://www.fs2you.com
http://ifolder.ru/5227145
StealthWM6ENBeta4_6.zip(bulidin STK support)[Updated 26 Jan 08]
has Active sync problem, Closed.
StealthWM6ENBeta4_2.rar!!!
http://ifolder.ru/4651745
StealthWM6ENBeta3.rar
http://ifolder.ru/4594561
code:yuc
This ROM is working well on my Stealth WWE but.
Upgrade it with your own risk.
How to safety upgrade Firmaware?
O2 XDA Stealth Upgrade Tool (removed language check) [Updated 26 Jan 08]
Download:View attachment O2_XDA_Stealth_UpgradeTool.zip
Step by step guide using the official O2 DSUU
1. Install the O2 XDA Stealth Upgrade Tool on my computer.
2. Navigate to the DSUU folder.
3. Rename the WM6*.nb0 file to "gbcall.nb0" (If there is not WM6*.nb0.just keep the gbcall.nb0),change it to "read-only" and copy to the DSUU folder.
4. Start the DSUU update which will take about 5-10 Minutes.
5. Then your device will auto reset.
• The device doesn't boot, I see only O2 logo. Hard reset doesn't help and the Firmware update process stops with the first message?
1. turn off the device;
2. enter engeneering mode;
3. in Main menu choose Boot Config;
4. in Configuration menu choose EBOOT-Launch Image;
5. turn off the device;
6. now hard reset or upgrade firmware.
Sometimes helps another method: leave the device without the battery for about 30 minutes, then turn your O2 XDA Stealth on.
• How to enter engeneering mode?
1. turn off your O2 XDA Stealth ;
2. hold Flag, OK and Camera + press and hold Power button;
3. use navigation buttons to select the settings.
credits:
- Thanks www.ppchome.net
- Thanks bepe,Alexhk ,Lipeng
- Sorry for not mention all of Genius Developers here.
Contact me: [email protected]
I am a foreign student studying in Moscow, so I don`t have a lot of time to test the beta ROM. Each of the improvement will spend a lot of time to test.I am sorry that temporarily unable to complete the Final ROM.
The internet cost is very expensive with slow speed. I can`t upload the ROM with normal speed to other Servers.
Have fun.
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yuc
19 Dec 2007
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STK patch: Copy to the windows folder; If you don`t need it, please remove it from there
RMVB/RM patch: Play RMVB/RM with WMP
where is the file download ?
Downloading now. Will test it tomorrow after work!
How to download!
may i know how to download from that "iFolder" web? Or else, can anyone upload on "mediafire"? Thanks
Thanks for the instructions yuc. I was looking at a way to do this before you posted and it should also work if you use the previous official Device Software Update Utility from O2 them selves.
All you need to do is install the DSUU on you computer and replace the "GCALL.NB0" file with the WM6 ROM and then click start. I will verify when I get home.
Step by step guide using the official O2 DSUU
1. Install the official O2 ROM update on my computer.
2. Navigate to the DSUU folder.
3. Delete "gcall.nb0".
4. Rename the WM6 .nb0 file to "gcall.nb0 and copy to the DSUU folder.
5. Start the DSUU update which will take about 5-10 Minutes.
6. After the DSUU says to begin the update reset your device.
7. If "Image Utility" doesn't appear on the screen then allow your device to start up normally. If it does appear then allow it to proceed, this should take around 20 minutes. Follow the on screen prompts to finish setup of WM6.
8. Once the device has restarted open up File Explorer (or a similar program) and navigate to the root of the device.
9. Tap on "UpdateROM.exe" which will restart the device and start the "Image Utility"
Please give a downloadable link.
Try the download link above. Just use google or babel fish to translate the page and it will be easy. I dont speak russian, but doing it this way I was able to download the file rather easily.
There is no download link on the initial page because you need to click a link on that page which will take you to an advertisement page and after you have clicked on a link on that page a 30 second timer will appear and will then give you a unique link to download the file after you have entered the password which is:- yuc.
And here is the link to use: http://ifolder.ru/4594561
Hope this helps.
So far so good. I have updated my ROM to WM6 and it is running better than it ever did on WM5. There is still a small part of the ROM that is not in English but nothing that would stop someone from using their device. Hopefully yuc will have the ROM completely in English for the final version. There are also some minor apps that were a part of the Stealths WM5 ROM that are not included in this one, which I hope to have a list of soon. The only thing so far that I am not liking is that the Keyboard SIP does not allow options to be set and I am used to using the small key style.
I will be posting some screen shots either later or tomorrow and I will write up a complete "review" of this ROM in the next few days.
Keep up the good work yuc!
ROM O2 stealth
How downloading ROM?
No working link
igorish, read my post which explains how to download the file. Post #8.
yuc said:
For those who requested for O2 XDA STEALTH English ROM. This ROM originally dumped from WM6_CHS071206 and I 've added the newer version of:
-SRS WOW HD Audio
-faster and more stable than Wm5
-6Mb Pagepool, more memory can be used. (WM5-8Mb)
ROM Info.
WM6_WWE_071215R1beta3
OS: CE OS 5.2.1933 (Build 18533.0.7.0) WWE
Download:
http://ifolder.ru/4594561
code:yuc
The Notes and the SRS Control Panel don`t work well right now, I will fix it in the final edition.
The final WM6 is coming soon...
This ROM is working well on my Stealth WWE but.
Upgrade it with your own risk.
How to upgrade Firmaware?
- extract files from archive;
- put *.nb0 file and CUSTFILE folder onto SD Card;
- turn off your Stealth;
- don't forget to charge the battery and connect AC adaptor;
- hold Call and End + press and hold Power button;
- You'll see Flash Utility (now you can release buttons), the process of Firmware upgrade begins: you'll see lue squares appearing on the screen, the blue light will flash (reading from SD card to the memory), then yellow light (writing from memory to flash), wait until squares stop to appear (there will be no blue light), the process takes about 20 minutes;
- the device should restart itself, if not do a soft reset, first run always takes some time, so be patient.
After the system has loaded, enter the calibration screen, use the stylus and follow the direction;
- Enter time zone, select Next;
- Stylus introduction, press Skip or Next;
- then you can enter your password or skip this action.
Firmware upgrade complete.
credits:
- Thanks ppchome.com
- Thanks Alexhk ,Lipeng
- Sorry for not mention all of Genius Developers here.
Contact me: [email protected]
Have fun.
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Donate:
Webmoney
Or if you have PayPal account use this exchange service PayPal2WMZ
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please i don´t know russian so i can´t understand the web to download wm6 beta for my stealth, can you send me a direct link to download or send it me at my account in gmail please?
thanks a lot.
Sorry i had donloaded it, i will test it and then i will explain my opinion.
Thanks again.
i still can't download. is it hard to upload in any other sites like rapidshare? can someone upload it on rapidsahre please?
thanks for the rom yuc!
Sim toolkit doen't work ?help...
no ezitext ...
Mini Review
I have been toying around with this ROM for the past 24 hours and have put it through a rather intensive daily routine. After just one day I have noticed enough of an increase in speed that I am prepared to continue to use this as my default ROM. While the ROM works well, there is still some work that needs to be done however.
There are a few apps that don't work, while others are only half translated. There is nothing, though, that prevents any functions of the device being used and in fact I feel there is more of a gain than a loss. The most improvement I noticed was that the UI seems to be more responsive and faster loading than WM5.
Apps/Settings that don't work
SIM Toolkit
SRS WOW HD (known)
Notes (known)
Translation Incomplete
SMS/MMS (Mailbox Name & To, From, Subject etc. Also the font is a different size and style)
One Note Mobile
Help
Pictures & Videos
Phone Settings (4th Tab Only)
Voice Commander
Backlight (3rd Tab Only)
Power (3rd Tab Only)
SRS WOW HD (90% Chinese)
Network Names
Missing
EziText Support (Although the keypad works as normal for numbers)
Calculator (Microsoft's standard has been replaced by a trial version of another Calculator App.
Windows Media Player Icon
The ability to have small keys on the default keyboard or any settings for it at all for that matter.
Screen shots to come.
Thanks for test,the Beta4 new version will be released....
Apps/Settings that don't work
SIM Toolkit
(STK function in WM6 will seriously affect performance,but if you need the function you can install the patch by yourself.)
SRS WOW HD (known)
(The problem was solved in beta4)
Notes (known)
(The problem was solved in beta4)
Translation Incomplete
SMS/MMS (Mailbox Name & To, From, Subject etc. Also the font is a different size and style)
(Mailbox Name is still in Chinese,but others are in English in beta4. AND ALL WAS SOLVED IN Beta5！！！)
One Note Mobile
(The problem was solved in beta5)
Help
(The problem was solved in beta4)
Pictures & Videos
(Temporary unresolved)
Phone Settings (4th Tab Only)
(The problem was solved in beta4)
Voice Commander
(The problem was solved in beta4)
Backlight (3rd Tab Only)
(The problem was solved in beta4)
Power (3rd Tab Only)
(The problem was solved in beta4)
SRS WOW HD (90% Chinese)
(The problem was solved in beta4)
Network Names
(Temporary unresolved,can be replaced by your own settings)
Missing
EziText Support (Although the keypad works as normal for numbers)
(Temporary unresolved)
Calculator (Microsoft's standard has been replaced by a trial version of another Calculator App. (You can directly register...(The problem will be solved in beta5))
Windows Media Player Icon
(The problem was solved in beta4,and the WM9 files decode speed increase of 40%!)
The ability to have small keys on the default keyboard or any settings for it at all for that matter. (Maybe add new SIP..PocketCM Keyboard.)
Is it possible that any of the items not resolved in Beta 4 will be resolved in the next build? I have some ideas about some of them, would you like me to email you?
Any idea when Beta 4 will be available?
OK!
[email protected]
In the beta4
The WM9 files decode speed increase of 40%!
this file use google map version is 4.7
whre can download new ?use google map version 5.0.
google tranlation
install my market and select us operator, than you will be abe to uodate in manual to the lastest google apps
Navigon received an update to version 4.1 today which finally adds the option to choose maps you want to download and install. This reduced my installation from 2.5 GB to 750 MB.
Just thought I shared this information with you guys if haven't received the update notification already.
seems Content Downloader not work with Navigon 4.1
What is new:
- MyMaps (Map Manger) is included in Navigon 4.1. you can download maps which you want
- Active Lane Assistant
- Weather Live
- Optimized positioning
ok... it's possible to use update options from 4.0 to 4.1 (with Windows Phone Power Tools)
install v4.0, then with ContentDownloader download data from Navigon server and deploy to device
use Windows Phone Power Tools and with Update option upgrade to 4.1
on first start you must download small amount of content update...
unfortunately Q3.2011 map is wiped out from device if deployed with ContentDownloader to device...
As dxdy said, Content Downloader doesn't work with Navigon 4.1, and maps installed are Q1.2011, but using Windows Phone Power Tools is it possible to update this maps simply overwriting them (using maps Q3.2011). It's important that you modify filelistBA.xml too, writing the correct size value of the new map.
marcobona said:
As dxdy said, Content Downloader doesn't work with Navigon 4.1, and maps installed are Q1.2011, but using Windows Phone Power Tools is it possible to update this maps simply overwriting them (using maps Q3.2011). It's important that you modify filelistBA.xml too, writing the correct size value of the new map.
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Could you link a guide??
dormix said:
Could you link a guide??
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...so here is the guide:
1 - You must have this things: Windows Phone Power Tools, NAVIGON_Europe_v4.1.0.0.xap patched (you can obtain it using WP7 3Mktplace), NAVIGON Q4.2011 Maps (from Google as well) end, obviously, a WP7 unlocked device.
2 - Install NAVIGON_Europe_v4.1.0.0.xap on your device using any application deployment utility, launch it and use Navigon Map Manager to select the maps that you want to install. When all maps and system files are downloaded, the program start and run, but with the old Q1.2011 maps!
3 - Unplug your device and restart it, so you can free you memory from the apps freezed for multitasking (Navigon is one of them).
4 - Now plug you device and launch Windows Phone Power Tools, connect to it and go to file browser section. Open the IsolatedStorage related to Navigon ProductID, open Map folder and delete the old maps in it.
Now flag Overwrite Existing and press the Put File button and upload Q4.2011 Maps the you have previously downloaded (be sure to select Map Folder before doing it). Very important: all maps must be of the same type (Q4.2011 in this case) or Navigon resets itself to default.
5 - Finally, download on your PC the filelistBA.xml file, edit it with notepad and modify the file size of your maps (copy and paste the real size of the map, not the size on hd, without dots). Then re-upload the modified filelistBA.xml file on your device, start Navigon and navigate!
What languages support that version ? (I'm interested Polish).
Budniu said:
What languages support that version ? (I'm interested Polish).
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...no polish language in this version, sorry. The only languages are:
- Deutsch
- English
- Espanol
- Francais
- Italian
- Neterlands
- Dansk
- Norsk
- Suomi
- Svenska
by me it worket so:
1 i have navigon 4.1 xap (patchet) instaled
2 wlan turned on
3 navigon started, and the cards and everything else has been downloaded automatically
So I have the maps downloaded directly without navigon mobile content downloader
an it worket
sorry for my broken englisch
vatan 37 said:
by me it worket so:
1 i have navigon 4.1 xap (patchet) instaled
2 wlan turned on
3 navigon started, and the cards and everything else has been downloaded automatically
So I have the maps downloaded directly without navigon mobile content downloader
an it worket
sorry for my broken englisch
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...yes, all it works, but your maps are old (Q1.2011 vs actually Q4.2011).
My guide is only for maps update.
Bye
Nice, thanx
for sharing
Canadian WP7 Owners beware, this application only provides maps for US States in Marketplace..There Website claims all North America.. Just a heads up for all Canucks or US users wanting to use device in Canada..
would you be so kind to apply xap file v.4.1?????
kirk999 said:
would you be so kind to apply xap file v.4.1?????
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Some of you people man...
maybe I am a noob but where is that weather live ?
ceesheim said:
maybe I am a noob but where is that weather live ?
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It appears right after you entered a destination. If you tap it, you'll get some more detailed information.
cool app!!!
WAREZ not authorized !
Please delete the link man.... :s
Hello,
I try to search v4.1 in the 3MktPlace but it didn't show up. A lot of other applications shows up without navigon. Some help ?
Also I installed NAVIGON select Premium Edition - v3.0.1304.xap and put some maps on the phone. Now I want to add more maps but I can not make navigon to search again for new maps how I can make him search again and install more maps trough NavigonContent web server ? I try this, put Turkey map on the phone using Windows Phone Power Tools and added to .xml file this map. Now when I check on navigon in Change Region I see in installed maps Turkey Q111 (the other maps are Q110) but when I try to browse the map I can not see Turkey map some suggestions ? Also if in some way I found Q3 maps can I install them over this maps now and use v3.0 navigon ?
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Canadian WP7 Owners beware, this application only provides maps for US States in Marketplace..There Website claims all North America.. Just a heads up for all Canucks or US users wanting to use device in Canada..
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I'm curious if anyone managed to use Canadian maps from previous versions in 4.1 US. I tried and I'm able to see Canadian maps in the Map Manager list but I can't use them.
Navigon just gets better by each new version, 4.1 is the best yet!
P.S. Does anyone know how the contacts work? every time enter a name I get nothing? I was under the impression it syncs with my phone contact or am I missing something?