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Noobie needs Serious Help: Problems with O2 Mini S Software

Hey everyone...I'm a total newbie when it comes to PPC phones...so please bare with me..
anyways..I recently bought an O2 Mini S...and I seem to be having some small problems with it..
when you press the "send" button, it should bring you automatically to the phone keypad...however this doenst seem to work all the time (or much at all...) I have to soft reset the machine to actually get it to start working...and then after 10 minutes or so...it doenst work again until i reset again...NONE of the "phone" functions work either when this happens...i cant go to the call history or get to any of those functions...even if I pull up the "programs" screen...and click on the "phone" icon, it still doesnt work...I have no idea how to fix it..
One solution i figured MIGHT work is to reflash the unit...cuz maybe its a software glitch...however I have absolutely NO clue how to reflash this unit...I've been reading around the site for the past 4 hours trying to learn some of this stuff...but as I am retarded when it comes to computers, I am quite confused...
and what would be the best ROM to upgrade/reflash it with??
Also, I find the machine to be extremely laggy...I dont know if its just mine...and if its the some other software problems..but its very laggy..
And a third thing...I dont know aout other branded HTC Wizards...but for the O2 Mini S, I have this Icon menu going down the left side of the screen...does anyone know how to get rid of it?
If anyone can PLEASE give me a hand...I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks in advance...

It sounds like theres summat wrong with the ROM, also i think you might be running an old ROM too.
I'd suggest downloading the new ROM from www.my-xda.com and flash it with that, it works great on mine.
If your not running an older ROM then do a hard-reset and re-install, but reset before the O2 custom install stuff gets the chance to install.
P.S. hard reset by pressing the Voice record button + Comms manager button then tap the reset, but keep hold of the other 2 buttons untill you see the message on screen.

Hey thanks for the quick reply..
Just checked teh ROM version...some oldschool stuff compared to what you have listed
ROM Version 1.5.4.2 WWE
ROM date: 11-8-05
Radio version: 01.09.10
Protocol Version: 4.0.13.20
ExtROM Version: 1.5.4.102
I'm guessing this is a lot older than the new stuff...
Anywyas..I tried to dowlonad the newest software updates off the O2 site but its not allowing me cuz i cant provide a proper phone number...ive tried guessing some phone numbers but no dice...any help there?
Also, would it be necessary to reflash the entire device to get rid of possible bugs in the OS? or would a simple software upgrade such as downloading off teh O2 site work?
Danny, how do you find the O2 software? have you tried other ROM's such as those for the Qtek 9100 or Imate K-jam??
Any help on downloading the appropriate files and maybe a link or details about how to actually update the machine would be great.
Thanks in advance again
Oh btw...what do you mean by "
but reset before the O2 custom install stuff gets the chance to install. "?

FIGURED IT OUT!!
shweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!
LOVE YOU DANNY B!!
lol
jk
but yeah...i got a UK number from my buddy whos from the UK...downloaded the stuff..updated it...and the thing works flawlessly now...oh man...and it seems to be running a lot faster...much less lag...
lifesaver!!!

GENERIC_UK R2A latest X1 firmware now here!

Hi Guys!
Just thought I'd give you a heads up over on this section of the board that the latest GENERIC_UK R2A firmware that a LOT of people have been waiting for is NOW AVAILABLE at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475482
Have at it guys! We've been waiting ages for this baby!
And please thank PavelX1 and his anonymous friend for this!

could you maybe also give us a heads up if the generic_NL r2 comes out? I know alot of people are waiting for that aswell!
Thanx anyway to both you and pavel (and friend)

nyan187 said:
could you maybe also give us a heads up if the generic_NL r2 comes out? I know alot of people are waiting for that aswell!
Thanx anyway to both you and pavel (and friend)
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it's also in that thread

All available ROMS are also listed in the XPERIA ROM LIBRARY too. Some of them already have FTP mirrors
You should take a look
Happy flashing

so is UK_Generic R2A also available through SEUS??

what are the improvements in this new rom you guys? i'm hesitant to flash bc i'm too lazy to backup all my junk... unless of course this rom has some pretty sweet improvements. judging by the other r2a roms though, there are only minor bug fixes and slight speed improvement... if it's worth it though, you guys let me know

tnx for the heads up. gona use seus to update later.

can somebody just give me a heads up .. I heard that there is new firmware so I ran the SE update software but it says that I already have the latest version.. ?
did something go wrong or whats happening? .. I m a uk user
thanks

Amanox said:
can somebody just give me a heads up .. I heard that there is new firmware so I ran the SE update software but it says that I already have the latest version.. ?
did something go wrong or whats happening? .. I m a uk user
thanks
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EDITED: As of JAN 31 2009, these ROMS (UK, FR, SPAIN) ARE NOT "officialy released", thus SEUS WILL NOT UPDATE

will restoring from spb backup after flashing to this new rom be o.k.? or will i have to manually install everything again? i'm asking because of the system files being backed-up as well, i dont want to overwrite anything from the new rom. thanks

Thanks!
Yeah! Been waiting for this too.

am trying to update my rom with seus but seus is displaying "the software in your phone is up-to-date" and theres no option to "continue anyway"..
weird...

Cos it is not officially released by SE yet.

^o ok then. maybe the service centers can help. or ill just update another time

New FW generic uk is crap
I have just made the flash and played around for 30 minutes... its all crap! It is slower now, no real improvements that I could find. Besides those updates of radio, browser (still NO flash support!), etc.
Nothing of value to me. The camera still sucks big time, still NO zoom for 3MP and the quality still bad.
Again, I could not find any real improvement and/or feature enhancement. Too bad, waited and waited... just to be disappointed again by SE. Perhaps its time after all to move on to a different brand.

michaelthemage I updated to the new r2a rom too, and after like 2 hrs i was about too flash back my old rom, but then i tried to soft reset, and it worked a little bit better, then using it for a couple of days, the performance increased and became stable, i'm most satisfied with the media panel that now feels much quicker, i can now browse my images as fast as i want, the system became overall faster and snappier, but it's really weird that the performance increased gradually,
So if I were you i'd give it 2 days before flashing back !
P.S i wanted to know if the now released uk rom will be the same as the one officialy released by SE or if there is any chance SE could improve it till the official release date ???

im a n00b
hey
m really excited about the new rom. but i had a few question and as u can see my post count. im new to this world and a bit of a noob. so i would be greatfull if u take time to reply my idiot question.
1. does TouchFlo3D work with the new rom.
2. i hear that some people flash without doing HardSPL. is that safe
3. the image file i downloaded is named GENERIC_UK.image . do i rename THIS file to Kovsimg.nbh or some other .nbh file.
thank you for ur time
m using generic uk rom at the moment

agent_47 said:
hey
m really excited about the new rom. but i had a few question and as u can see my post count. im new to this world and a bit of a noob. so i would be greatfull if u take time to reply my idiot question.
1. does TouchFlo3D work with the new rom.
2. i hear that some people flash without doing HardSPL. is that safe
3. the image file i downloaded is named GENERIC_UK.image . do i rename THIS file to Kovsimg.nbh or some other .nbh file.
thank you for ur time
m using generic uk rom at the moment
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your no idiot, just as you stated: a noob
1. yes
2. yes, because its official rom. hard-spl is needed to unlock so you can flash custom roms or perhaps stock roms with other languages.
3. rename it to ruu_signed.nbh or Kovsimg.nbh if you do from sd-card

Just did the update, SD card method worked fine, it lasted only 10 minutes. Unfortunately I have a 210 MB sprite backup file, so I needed to delete some custom files and choose not to restore some unnecessary ones before the restore. If you are using Sprite Backup too, be sure to choose Level 2 as the restore option (Level 1 did not work fully, unfortunately).
Restoring now...
Someone cooking R2A UK ROM already?

I was gonna switch to the iphone before this rom, but now......
Some improvements i have noticed:
1: Boot time is much faster.
2: iGo08 now takes about 10 seconds to load up instead of over 30!
3: Infact pretty much all programs load much faster than the previous rom.
4. PanelSwitching is faster.
5: Phone signal is much better and more consistant (im on 3UK)
6. General Speed improvements all round.
Not fixed/worse:
1. On the sony ericsson panel i still cant get weather updates on my city/town (Doncaster UK) even though its a city i can select.
2. Media Panel now does not detect photos in my storage card stored in folder my documents/mypictures. Now previously taken pictures have to be stored in my pictures in the storage card root directory.
Overall a very good update, im impressed, looks like i have an iphone to sell!

R3A???

i just updated from SEUS and got the R3A firmware. There is no new media panel, panel manager or camera upgrades as i expected. is that normal? where are all the supposed upgrades (which are downloadable as leaked R3A cabs)? were they not meant to come with the new firmware?

yes its normal,SE didnt include any of those in r3,maybe it will be in r4 (if there will be r4) you can download the autoflash cab from the forums,but dont install any mediapanel or panel manager cuz you have the newest.

Personally i find that pretty dam annoying because when r4a comesout im going to have my device wiped clean again! cant they update X1 without re-installing the whole rom? cant they just modify the existing one

SE won't include these on the X1, they want us to buy the the new stuff on the X2.

comeradealexi said:
Personally i find that pretty dam annoying because when r4a comesout im going to have my device wiped clean again! cant they update X1 without re-installing the whole rom? cant they just modify the existing one
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No it will cost instability with everything such as registry.

Help please!!!!!!!!

I have htc opal Rom version 1.27.415.3.
The problem is that my volume slide button has stopped working.
When I press it , it shows me the volume control manager and
,when I press it second time it goes away to the today screen without
changing my volume .
But , I can change it with the touch pen.
How can I return it to it's functionality.
I don't know wich registry key is responsible for this.
Any body help me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

just hard reset your phone and it'll back to normal operation

I know that , but every time I install any media player such as :
Core Player or Tcpmp player it turns to act like the above description.
So , I tried to find the registry key that is responsible for this problem.
But I didn't find it , and I tried to reinstall the Htc volume control but it
didn't fix the problem.................I'm bored .
can you help me !!!!!!!

i think reflashing with same rom may fix this problem
if not use some other rom around instead.
one thing
in this rom 1.27.415.3 i think call volume is quieter than the others
did u notice this one?

So that problem comes only when you install any of those players hmm weird.
Okay temporary workaround may be this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=395695
or
the latest one (beware of bug)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=598997

jagan2 said:
So that problem comes only when you install any of those players hmm weird.
Okay temporary workaround may be this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=395695
or
the latest one (beware of bug)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=598997
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your right bro
dear M_Milhem87
i have another one
if want this may be useful
but check above links first thanks to Jagan2

Thank you all for your efforts, but neither of the two soutions worked.
It's unbelievable...........I just want it to work!!!!
In fact, My rom version wasn't 1.27.415.3.
It was 1.35.??????,but when I saw the padvit rom versions and other members happy replies.
I unlocked my device and decided to install the latest version of it.
It was cool , but it is too battary consuming .
So, I tried to find the official versions.
I found just one , and it is this rom : 1.27.415.3.
I wished I hadn't remove the original version.
Now , I just want a solution to my problem or another rom version that works
well.
I know that I'm making you tired from problem but I don't have another solution!!??
Thank you for your patience.

here u can find your previous rom
http://www.multiupload.com/G0Y56SNZ5P
and before any thing read the hard spl thread in this forum carefully

Thank you very much , thank you , thank you..
I'm not able to express my feelings , it works very well like before.
Thank you very much

[Q] 2.1 Leak - restores my phone to stock O2 ROM

I acquired the 'leaked 2.1 update' and flashed it to my Streak.
It goes through one status bar, resets, goes to a nice graphic of an unpacked box and another status bar, resets...and reboots into a fresh stock original ROM.
I'm not fussed that i've lost data & apps as the phone is taking a back burner to my HD2 - what does annoy me is that I was REALLY looking forward to playing with the 2.1 OS.
Any ideas why this is happening? I don't need to root the thing first do I? It doesn't suggest this is the case on the modaco thread, just to put the .spk file onto the SD card etc etc etc.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Hi there r u sure it's not the 2.1?
The 2.1 still has the o2 bubble screen on it, the way to tell is when the home screen loads if u have the lock slider on the bottom right and the sound slider on the top right then u have 2.1
2.1 makes the streak much better-faster n fun to play with. Another way to tell would be to hit the middle button on right n hold, get up the wall papers n there will be a sub folder for live wallpapers (really cool) if u have that then u have 2.1
Or just goto about n it will tell u ur firmware version.
If u don't sound like u have an incorrect rom. But u must try the streak with 2.1 its amazing.
As for ur apps all u have to do is log back into app store, hit downloads n ur apps will be there(ok u have to re-install them)
Hope this helps

Hi, thanks for your reply.
It turns out although the update I was downloading was 'suggested' to be the 2.1 update - the numbers in the filename are different from the one that I have now found and successfully applied.
At a guess, this may have actually been the stock O2 ROM for those people who required to change to stock O2 first and then move to 2.1, but that's a pretty big guess.
Anyway, I can happily report i'm now running 2.1 and the first thing i'm going to do is apply the VR Tunnel live wallpaper.
Regards
Dan.

where did you get the 2.1 upgrade ad what version number should I be looking for..
I cant wait!

navrac said:
where did you get the 2.1 upgrade ad what version number should I be looking for..
I cant wait!
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Whilst searching for the reason why my upgrade wouldn't work I stumbled across the actual file.
I'd suggest you do a Google search for "Dell Streak 2.1 O2" and have a look through the results. You'll likely end up having to get the file from MediaFire or some other file host.
As long as you've got an O2 Streak and you find the correct upgrade .spk (the one I downloaded from the original forum thread was the one that kept putting me back on 1.6) it's really easy to do.