Hi, this is a battery increment driver update for the Touch Pro 2. Credit to Chainfire for giving me the idea here. Unfortunately there seems to be a different version driver for every device. So I made my own. From scratch. It's basically the same thing though.
IMPORTANT!!
I don't know what the potential issue(s) may come with installing an older/newer version of the battery.dll driver on a given device so I'll say now that I am providing versions here for each device people request in this thread (see below for what is currently available). These are NOT the same as the version released by Chainfire. You have to use a HEX editor to check the DLL version that comes with your device, so its somewhat a pain. Hopefully people that know how can post here elaborating on the specific device they have and what version DLL it comes with.
Enjoy!
Change Log
2009.09.24 All versions *.1
Updated Q-Mobile (Code) certificates to last until 2035.01.31.
Yes, I'm an idiot and the Q-Mobile certificates I created originally lasted 30 days. If yours is still working you don't need this until/unless you reinstall and need a new version. They won't expire again I promise
T-Mobile USA Version 1.20.51986.1
Sprint USA Version 1.21.56779.1
Verizon USA Version 1.18.62316.1
Thanks to LifeStealer for providing the battery.dll that comes with US Sprint Touch Pro 2 devices.
Thanks to twolostminds for providing the battery.dll that comes with US Verizon Touch Pro 2 devices.
rjmjr69 said:
I think it should be noted in the first post that a new battery icon or a meter app is required to get the proper readings after install of this altered driver.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
P.P.S. As rjmjr69 points out this driver is of course most useful to people who have some theme or application that can actually display battery levels in something other than the default 10 blocks in the Settings|System|Power applet. There's a ton of them so I'll leave it said at that.
Technical Information
In case people want to know more precisely what's happening here I'll briefly mention what is involved in the hack.
The actual modification of the stock battery.dll on the device is merely four (4) bytes. This is due to a simple return statement. There exists a subroutine within the driver that is called with a precise percentage of the battery level. The subroutine then uses an algorithm to determine a 10% increment level to return, which is then subsequently reported by the driver. By simply inserting a return statement at the beginning of the subroutine it returns the same 1% increment value that was passed to it to begin with. Voila! So no need to worry about any adverse effects the hack could have.
The trick of course is that since it runs as a driver on the machine it needs to be digitally signed (on a stock/secured device, that is). Changing those four bytes invalidates the current digital signature of the file, so it needs to be signed again. Of course, merely signing the DLL file won't work as your signature probably isn't trusted in the device's certificate store. So as part of the CAB installation process, the certificate you signed with must be installed in the "Privileged Execution Trust Authorities" store on your device so that when the file loads the certificate is recognized as a trusted authority for digitally signing code that can run on the device.
This is where things get sort of interesting. It is common practice here on XDA Developers for people to use the SDK sample certificates to sign files, and then request that you install trust for those certificates. The obvious security flaw here is that ANYONE can sign files with those certificates (even malicious code), thus invalidating the security mechanism in the first place. This essentially puts you in the same group of people who disable security prompts on their device (manually or by installing a CAB that does so), and ROM developers who disable it or install the SDK certs as trusted.
Of course there is no real "problem" per se with disabling (or allowing the circumvention) of the security features of the new version of windows mobile, its just that you are disabling/crippling a potentially useful feature.
Hence, I sign my files with my own 2048 bit certificate that is strictly under my control. Thus by installing any Q-Mobile application (and in the future ROM) your security will remain tight with the only applications implicitly trusted are those I signed.
Anyway, enough for now, that's probably way more than you ever wanted to know. Cheers!
Anyone on Sprint tried this?
I've been using your driver with my Touch Pro2 running Miri's 2.1 manila ROM and have had no problems, it may even be reporting more accurately than the previous driver because my battery life seems to be a bit better. Going to have to give a few more charge cycles to really find out though. Thanks again.
Thx for the credits. Let's see if you get the same amount of nonsense of completely non-related issues from some people
If I remember I'll take a look tomorrow to see how this driver works on my own TP2. The one it came with (and I modded) can be rather twitchy. I might see about linking from my own thread as well.
One thing though, I think the US T-Mobile TP2 is an MSM7201A, can you confirm? The Euro version is MSM7200A. Perhaps that could make an incompatibility with the battery driver (CDMA battery driver is also wildly different, for some reason) between US and Euro devices.
BTW I agree with your self-signing, I always sign my stuff with my own cert as well (if needed). Though I'm not so much worried about security, it's just 'bad form' to have people need to install SDKCerts, when it's a breeze to just install the certificate in the CAB itself. (For those wondering, search for my DriverWiz project which can do it for you if you do not know how).
Looks like the processor is the same. I've got a T-Mobile USA Touch Pro2 and it has a 7200A according to Device Information. P.S., thanks for the original battery driver
Working.
Now battery increase with 1%.
THNKS
Test
Hi all
I'm on day 1 of using this driver. I must admit, it looks like my battery is going down quicker than normal. This of course may not be related at all. I'll see if it actually switches off if it runs out.
Cheers
andrew-in-woking
andrew-in-woking said:
Hi all
I'm on day 1 of using this driver. I must admit, it looks like my battery is going down quicker than normal. This of course may not be related at all. I'll see if it actually switches off if it runs out.
Cheers
andrew-in-woking
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Please test if it gets low to soft-reset, then see the battery level after reboot. Check if it's suddenly a lot higher again. I know the old driver sometimes haves the issue (it is indeed a common one on various devices), wondering if this one has the same problem.
BTW Quentin- I also linked this thread from my own.
Can I install this driver on top of the what Chainfire has released? Mine is Touch Pro 2 bought in Singapore.
When installing CAB files that modify (the same) system files, you should always (at least try to) uninstall other versions before installing a new one. If you don't, your "Remove programs" thingy may go completely weird.
If you want to install this one but already have mine installed, I'd advise uninstalling mine, soft-resetting, and only then installing this one.
this working great like chainfire
now i have 1% battery on task bar
but..
i do not have on HTC Notification Enhancement there still 10%
any idea?
LifeStealer said:
Anyone on Sprint tried this?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The Sprint TP2 uses the MSA7600(1) Chip - if the chip uses the base instruction set & the Driver is not chip specific it may work or may work if the original coder modifies it for the 7600
EDIT: EEEEK Time to update my avatar -Hey Leroy! find me a good TP2 gif!
Chainfire said:
Thx for the credits. Let's see if you get the same amount of nonsense of completely non-related issues from some people
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Indeed
Arcarsenal said:
Chainfire said:
One thing though, I think the US T-Mobile TP2 is an MSM7201A, can you confirm? The Euro version is MSM7200A. Perhaps that could make an incompatibility with the battery driver (CDMA battery driver is also wildly different, for some reason) between US and Euro devices.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Looks like the processor is the same. I've got a T-Mobile USA Touch Pro2 and it has a 7200A according to Device Information. P.S., thanks for the original battery driver
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Arcarsenal is correct. The T-Mobile USA version is MSM7200A as well.
Chainfire said:
(For those wondering, search for my DriverWiz project which can do it for you if you do not know how).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Now I can bang my head against the table for not using Google...I spent a couple hours on the MSDN site reading their XML provisioning docs to figure this out
Chainfire said:
BTW Quentin- I also linked this thread from my own.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Appreciate it!
b16b said:
i do not have on HTC Notification Enhancement there still 10%
any idea?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The HTC Notification app that comes on my US T-Mobile device doesn't even have anything about the battery. Unless there is an alert (likely) about low battery but I haven't seen that myself.
Is that what you are talking about (a low battery alert that doesn't show the exact percentage--if there exists such a thing)? Or are you referring to something else?
If you have installed someone's packaged CAB of the HTC Notification and the battery then starts showing in 10% increments again it is because they overwrote the battery.dll (and shouldn't have).
Those are the only things I can think of in the way of a response without more information. Cheers!
LifeStealer said:
Anyone on Sprint tried this?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you're on sprint, post your battery.dll and I'll either tell you its the same one or I'll make one that matches your dll (and hopefully you'd be willing to test it for me). You can find the file in \Windows (show all files).
Attached as a zip
LifeStealer said:
Attached as a zip
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
AWesome will be watching this and have a sprint version will be willing to test. Lets hope no2chem gets his new battery app to use it as well.
Quentin- said:
The HTC Notification app that comes on my US T-Mobile device doesn't even have anything about the battery. Unless there is an alert (likely) about low battery but I haven't seen that myself.
Is that what you are talking about (a low battery alert that doesn't show the exact percentage--if there exists such a thing)? Or are you referring to something else?
If you have installed someone's packaged CAB of the HTC Notification and the battery then starts showing in 10% increments again it is because they overwrote the battery.dll (and shouldn't have).
Those are the only things I can think of in the way of a response without more information. Cheers!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks for quick reply
i have stock europian HTC Notification enchantment and i have the baterry dll with package with name z_tp2 1% battery drivers i have Z front to be the latest package
and also i have battery on task bat with 1%
the europian tp2 notigication is like this from topaz
but for me shows only every 10%
Here the package of tp2 europe
Download HERE
PROBLEM
Hi all
I had a problem with this driver. My phone's battery dropped to between 5% and 10% and then it just switched off as the battery was actually completely discharged. When I plugged it in and switched it on straight away it showed up as 1%, which I'm sure was more accurate.
Cheers
andrew-in-woking
any luck inspecting the sprint battery driver to see if it's the same?
is it safe for the sprint tp2?
Related
Hi All,
Well I've kicked off my first windows mobile project with a progam I call "WordNetCE". If anyone is familiar with Princeton University's program called WordNet you will know you can use it as a brilliant dictionary/thesaurus, amongst other things that are beyond a normal human's intelligence.
One thing I've found lacking for Pocket PC is a decent free dictionary/thesaurus, so I've set out to make one based upon WordNet which is free to distribute from Princeton. A person named Malcolm Crowe did the original .NET port for WordNet 1.6, so I modified it to work with the new WordNet 2.0 dictionary, as well as with the Pocket PC platform (it wasn't all copy & paste...).
It's free to download from http://www.ebswift.com/PocketPC/WordNet/.
Note though that I have only just barely kicked this project off, but the dictionary side of things is operating. You will find much of the other functionality isn't working, but will come online soon.
Please check it out and start giving me some feedback. Thanks.
Just fixed up a lot more of the functionality - it's more useable compared to what it was before if anyone had a chance to look. A couple of buttons are still not complete, as with most of the main menu, but it can do about 20 times more than what it could this morning.
Look very promising!
Just one question: Is it mandatory to store the WordNet database onto a storage card, or can I store it on internal RAM too?
the cab installer didnt work on my xda. T-mobile wm2003
Just one question: Is it mandatory to store the WordNet database onto a storage card, or can I store it on internal RAM too?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
At the moment it's mandatory, but there's no reason why I can't add an option. Not many people will be able to use main memory because the database is ~over~ 30 meg!
the cab installer didnt work on my xda. T-mobile wm2003
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I wonder why? I'm using the T-Mobile 4.01.16 ROM on an XDA 1 and installed the CAB with no problems. Are you using an XDA 2? I'm not sure if there's any difference with the CAB installers between XDA1/2, or maybe there's corruption in the download file, I'll check tomorrow. VS.NET outputs CAB's for all the difference PPC processors, so I'll put them up ASAP to cover other devices than the XDA1.
Thanks for the feedback
Here's a screenshot that's also on the website :
[WordNet.gif]
abbas said:
the cab installer didnt work on my xda. T-mobile wm2003
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have the same problem, ERROR="\storage card\wordnetce_ppc[1].arm.cab" is not a valid Windows CE Setup file. I look forward to your fix. Thanks.
same error i was getting.
the cab installer didnt work on my xda. T-mobile wm2003
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm really sorry about that, my download algorithm had a response.end, so a "Thread Aborted" was being tagged onto any download. Changing that to Response.Flush seems to have fixed it, at least for that cab file.
Please give it another go, I do appologise for coming up with such a thread with a screwed download.
ebswift said:
the cab installer didnt work on my xda. T-mobile wm2003
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm really sorry about that, my download algorithm had a response.end, so a "Thread Aborted" was being tagged onto any download. Changing that to Response.Flush seems to have fixed it, at least for that cab file.
Please give it another go, I do appologise for coming up with such a thread with a screwed download.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey man, no appologies needed. Great work, thanks for the great freeware. It worked great.
Thanks Iggy. Bear with me for a few minutes if there's any problem with the download, I'm just writing some referrer protection into downloads. It won't take long.
===OK, the referrer protection is finished and it's all working again...
I just uploaded a version I call 0.5 because it's 0.5% finished. Compared to the version since I posted last in this thread there's some major bugfixes; the adjective and adverb menus now correctly show, and there's versions for different processors.
http://www.ebswift.com/PocketPC/WordNet/
ebswift said:
I just uploaded a version I call 0.5 because it's 0.5% finished. Compared to the version since I posted last in this thread there's some major bugfixes; the adjective and adverb menus now correctly show, and there's versions for different processors.
http://www.ebswift.com/PocketPC/WordNet/
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
sorry ebswift, the download links don't seem to work, and once you have fixed them what is the difference between arm & arm4 (xda ii maybe). let me know when it is fixed.
The download is now fixed ~again~...
I already responded to Iggy, but just so the group knows, ARMV4 is the one that seems to be uploaded to my device during debug sessions, so I can safely say that ARMV4 is somehow newer than ARM. So I guess anything XDA1 or upwards can use ARMV4. I have had both working on my XDA1 and I can't see any difference in operation, although I haven't tested for performance.
Nice job brother. Now works perfectly
Well I added the little convenience of the keypad popping up automatically, and popping away on lost focus. There's also a couple more menu items in operation. It's really not far away from working completely, most of the technical stuff is out of the way.
Just downloaded and tried, excellent work. Thanks for setting up the keyboard, makes it a lot easier. Looking forward to the final version, but so far excellent.
I just upgraded to 0.53 so the history works (or should work).
I'm really happy the way this project is going.
All features operating
I have just uploaded WordNetCE .99 with ALL features now operating. Please update to that version and let me know if there's any bugs. Thanks!
For those of you who tried that latest download and found it didn't work, it is now patched, you should be able to get it up and running now.
I know I am going to cause some trouble by asking this but why?
On taking my new Orange SPV M600 out of the box, I have to agree a bit sluggish, but this was mainly due to Windows.
After a little tweaking with the registry and some third party software it is now flying.
I originally thought that putting third party software over the top of the system would slow it even more, but know, the opposite was true. Using the standard windows task bar and start menu was dreadful. I tried a number of third party softwares such as True Toolbar, Handyswitcher etc, finally settling on Wisbar deluxe.
Everything now opens as soon as it is selected no nasty lag like windows. With some skinning and removal of Customised Today the phone looks great and is performing great. That is apart from my wired hands free. I can now answer and close calls with the button, but it does not activate voice dial when pressed, so I can't dial out hands free. All prevoius phones, Nokia and SE did this no problem, so why not this phone?
Anyway, back to the point of ROMS, why keep flashing?
I just got me one of those SPV M600 things and its not that slow, but I havent added anything else to it yet. Would you care to elaborate on "registry tweaks"? Im new to XDA/phones and havent started messing about yet.
I can not remember all of the tweaks I used, but there is a big section somewhere in here listing them. I have them somewhere on the computer but my filing is a mess and I can't remember what I called the text file or where I put it.
Basically the tweaks are just simple things like increasing cache size for fonts, programs etc. Moving file storage off main memory to SD card, disabling and enabling etc. It is claimed by doing this that the system will speed up a little. I am not sure if any of these actually did anything or if it is just down to Wisbar. All I can say is that when I click on a program it fires up straight away, before it could take a second or two.
Spenner said:
I just got me one of those SPV M600 things and its not that slow, but I havent added anything else to it yet. Would you care to elaborate on "registry tweaks"? Im new to XDA/phones and havent started messing about yet.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
check out this tread and application
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=39725&highlight=easy+tweaking
good luck
R
Actually, the rule about flashing is: If it's not broken don't fix it.
People upgrade because they want to get rid of bugs or add features like AKU 2.0 that includes push mail and some other stuff.
Also some brands are better that others in some ways, and worse in other ways. There are several ROMs for the Prophet: Dopod, i-mate, Qtek, Orange. Finally some people cook their own ROMs throwing out useless stuff and adding apps they 'must have'.
All in all if you are pleased with your phone there is no need to change the ROM. When I got my Jamin it had the i-mate 1.xx ROM so I upgraded to 2.13 to get the AKU 2.0 goodies.
I always belive the latest is the greatest, even if its not. I still run the latest. While the release notes say "Added this, fixed that" they also contain a lot of fixes and changes not documented.
Hi all.
Thats actually a very good question. From my experience you dont really need to change anything. Maybe as you said some registry tweaking or some basic settings. However as someone already said, the golden rule should be if it is not broken dont try to fix it.
On the other hand you might want to change things with no reason, just because you can.. and I have to admit that it is hard not to do. Then you have to make sure that you know what you are doing cause otherwise you might end up spending your day in forums try to fix whatever you &^%$ up..
Take care.
Thanks for the replies.
I have to admit, when I first got the phone I started tweaking, then I found this forum and others. Once I discovered unlocking and flashing ROMS, I was very close to doing it. Then I remembered what I used to be like on my PC. With old systems like Win ME, I used to spend about 70% of my time tweaking and fixing, and only 30% actually using the damn thing. Not what I want out of a phone.
Just by messing around with skins, I have already managed to lose my phone dialer all together, I was left with a blank screen, so I had a phone that could not phone. I have it nicely skinned and running now, but I was never able to get the Orange dialer back.
Guess the only time I will flash my ROM is when there is a genuine update and it is covered by warranty, that way if the ROM is bad, Orange can give me another phone.
Thanks
I look at it same way as i look at windows.
My windows isn't broke but I always use Windows Update.
Why do YOU update windows, if you do at all. I guess im not sure if this is advisable, but that's just the way i do it.
Regarding upgrading ROM, MOST of the time, it makes the device faster and adds more features ( i never install extended ROM ) so I always upgrade when there is a new one.
I've downgraded ONCE. And only the RADIO because 1.11 didn't agree with my device.
There are ways to Backup the device, change to a different BRAND/VERISON of ROM then restore the backup. This makes changing ROM very easy.
Anyway, I have nothing better to do with my time so i upgrade whenever a new ROM comes out.
Sorry to but in again but I simply must disagree with the Windows update analogy.
I have my PC set to auto update as well, but Windows XP runs updates in the background and doesn't delete you data in the process.
ROM upgrade means HARD RESET, and unless you have a good backup a long restore process.
Also there is the danger of communication / power interrupt during the flashing and a bricked device as a result.
Finlay, like with your radio ROM, some OS updates have new bugs as well as fixes for the old.
But I do wish it was as simple as updating windows - then I would say, update away, couldn't hurt.
My analogy was based only on the reason for updating, not the process itself that you are stating.
What I mean is if your windows works, why update?.... This thinking... Not the "ritual"...
Sorry i did not explain that clearly. The guy just asked why update if you are content with what you have.... It has nothing to do with "I would update only if the process were simpler" like what you stated.
Sorry for the misunderstanding
I upgrade because I can cook my own ROM with better application suite
Jorgee said:
What I mean is if your windows works, why update?.... This thinking... Not the "ritual"...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Because it's full of holes and most of the updates are plugging them.
I think the main point is you dont have to upgrade, you can if you want, its a matter of choice.
I like to always update, some like to keep the same and have never hard reset in their life. Im on my 9th this week :S but it is a new device and im still figuring it all out.
TheBrit said:
Jorgee said:
What I mean is if your windows works, why update?.... This thinking... Not the "ritual"...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Because it's full of holes and most of the updates are plugging them.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hmm, then i guess your advice to NewSPV is to upgrade.
Me too, as i said in earlier post, i will always upgrade to the newest ROM, then just downgrade if i don't like the changes. Unfortunately it isn't as easy to downgrade from Windows SP2 hehehe
Jorgee said:
TheBrit said:
Jorgee said:
What I mean is if your windows works, why update?.... This thinking... Not the "ritual"...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Because it's full of holes and most of the updates are plugging them.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hmm, then i guess your advice to NewSPV is to upgrade.
Me too, as i said in earlier post, i will always upgrade to the newest ROM, then just downgrade if i don't like the changes. Unfortunately it isn't as easy to downgrade from Windows SP2 hehehe
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I was talking about Windows, not WM5.
My phone came shipped with an AKU2 rom and it's fine - after a little tweaking. I'm not going to risk bricking my pride and joy with a rom upgrade - as so many people have done already on this forum. :wink:
Can anyone name some good places to read about how to flash your device with a new ROM?
Also, I was wondering about what the "extended ROM" is. Is it basically partitioning part of your storage card for use as "internal memory" ?
Thanks for the info guys!
brounstoun said:
Can anyone name some good places to read about how to flash your device with a new ROM?
Also, I was wondering about what the "extended ROM" is. Is it basically partitioning part of your storage card for use as "internal memory" ?
Thanks for the info guys!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Look at the top left of this very page and you will see a link to the wiki section of this site. How to flash is in there.
The extended rom is where the operator adds thier own customisations (over and above what M$ provide) to the device, for example Orange and O2 add their own options in there and they install when the device is powered up for the first time or when it's hard reset. If you get access to the extended rom (again look in the wiki) you can manipulate what gets installed and if you're really clever, add some of your own stuff.
Don't ask me how to do these things as I have not tried myself, the risk of bricking the device is too great for my liking.
cool, thanks paul
TheBrit said:
Don't ask me how to do these things as I have not tried myself, the risk of bricking the device is too great for my liking.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Actually, it is virtually impossible to brick your device by manipulating the contents of the extended ROM. It is only accessed once, during first boot, and event that can be avoided by quickly soft resetting the device.
Basically it acts exactly like "file store" used to on WM 2003 devices, the only difference being it is hidden so ordinary users won't get rid of the operator junk.
In my case it was very nice of i-mate to provide various goodies there like voice dial (should be in ROM) anti virus (not only useless but damaging crap) Skype (could have just downloaded from their site, but nice thought) and backgammon (toys are always welcome).
But now ofter the initial installation it makes all the sense in the world to save these cabs (9MB~) to my PC and have extra 10 MB storage on the device.
I just discovered a new update for the Shift - this time in the telephone software section.
My download using GMS will take about six hours...
Any experiences with this update???
Axel
Where?
Where can you see that update? In HTC official web-page I haven't found anything like that...
Hi,
you can find it in HTC Club. To go there you have to register first. I've just read it and I do not really understand it. It sounds to me as if they talked about a different device. And I think my ROM to be newer than the one they offer there. But as I said it does not make sense to me.
It is so strange. They talk of start and settings and usb connection and so on, but that is not supposed to work unless it was liberated. So that's why I do not understand what they are talking about. Can anyone clarify?
S.
I have nothing in "Phone software updates"
or should I look elsewhere?!
Settembrini said:
Hi,
you can find it in HTC Club. To go there you have to register first. I've just read it and I do not really understand it. It sounds to me as if they talked about a different device. And I think my ROM to be newer than the one they offer there. But as I said it does not make sense to me.
It is so strange. They talk of start and settings and usb connection and so on, but that is not supposed to work unless it was liberated. So that's why I do not understand what they are talking about. Can anyone clarify?
S.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
as I dont have it in the downloads ... would you upload it somewhere so I can have a look at it?
strange, i don't get that dl in my e-club area
The file I'm loading is named TM2008_GER.exe
Maybe they do it "a language a day, to keep customers away"
cmonex said:
as I dont have it in the downloads ... would you upload it somewhere so I can have a look at it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi,
you find it in HTC Clulb. Go to "My Downloads" and then "Phone Software Update". And there you see the a picture of the Shift.
I don't want to install it, because the instruction says that everything is lost and I am under the impression that the software is older than the one on my Shift.
S.
Maybe this helps:
http://www.htc.com/member/RomList.aspx
EinSiedler said:
The file I'm loading is named TM2008_GER.exe
Maybe they do it "a language a day, to keep customers away"
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi Einsiedler,
do you really want to install the download? Isn't the ROM in your Shift newer than the one you are downloading? I compared the screenshot on the page with the information I found in Snapvue. Cannot find the "device information" when I go over "start" and "settings". Isn't all very strange as this possibility isn't supposed to work? I do not get it.
S.
I'll download it (still three hours left) and check this page again tomorrow morning.
Resetting the WM side would at least give me another 14 days playing with the Palm emulator...
Axel
Settembrini said:
Hi,
you find it in HTC Clulb. Go to "My Downloads" and then "Phone Software Update". And there you see the a picture of the Shift.
I don't want to install it, because the instruction says that everything is lost and I am under the impression that the software is older than the one on my Shift.
S.
Maybe this helps:
http://www.htc.com/member/RomList.aspx
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can you download it and then upload it ?
No need to install it, but we could take a look at the file and see what it is exactly. It seems that only germans can see it (why?) so we need one of you to download it and upload somewhere
thank you !
koala996 said:
Can you download it and then upload it ?
No need to install it, but we could take a look at the file and see what it is exactly. It seems that only germans can see it (why?) so we need one of you to download it and upload somewhere
thank you !
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
okay, it is a bit late now. I'll do it tomorrow morning.
S.
Very strange update indeed. It seems that it is for the German version Shift only and furthermore for older ROM-Versions. The ROM-Version to compare in a picture shown is dated 05/10/07 (Number 1.06.405.1 WWE). My Shift is one of the first delivered in Germany and its ROM-Version is 1.30.407.0 GER) - so it seems to be way younger then the one in the illustration.
Before downloading the 67,5 MB-file you have to confirm a serious warning that any program or data stored by you will be lost after installing the update. If you confirm - did it on my notebook, not on the Shift! - you get the message: "This will install TM2008_GER Version 16.00.1449 on your computer."
"TM" apparently means "Trend Micro" because the file creates the folder "Trend Micro" and expands itself therein to the folder "setup". So IMO it's only an update of the internet security software. By the way: I run "Trend Micro" and my version number is 16.10.1106 - way younger than the download version as well.
So what? Another example of the strange behaviour of a strange company. That's all.
r.
PS: I was unable to upload the file ("Database error").
retir0 said:
Very strange update indeed. It seems that it is for the German version Shift only and furthermore for older ROM-Versions. The ROM-Version to compare in a picture shown is dated 05/10/07 (Number 1.06.405.1 WWE). My Shift is one of the first delivered in Germany and its ROM-Version is 1.30.407.0 GER) - so it seems to be way younger then the one in the illustration.
Before downloading the 67,5 MB-file you have to confirm a serious warning that any program or data stored by you will be lost after installing the update. If you confirm - did it on my notebook, not on the Shift! - you get the message: "This will install TM2008_GER Version 16.00.1449 on your computer."
"TM" apparently means "Trend Micro" because the file creates the folder "Trend Micro" and expands itself therein to the folder "setup". So IMO it's only an update of the internet security software. By the way: I run "Trend Micro" and my version number is 16.10.1106 - way younger than the download version as well.
So what? Another example of the strange behaviour of a strange company. That's all.
r.
PS: I was unable to upload the file ("Database error").
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm not german so dont have the file in htcclub
but if you are sure it is TM then lol.
you can still upload it to rapidshare.com, i'd like to see it.
(the xda-devs attachments can't be larger than 8MB, that's why your upload failed)
For the Phone software update, if you've register a htc smartphone or wm phone, the update is for those phones.
If you registered shift only, there's no update software inside the PSU !
here you find the screenshot from the htc webste (htc e-club):
http://rapidshare.com/files/112150020/htc.jpg.html
here you can download the file: http://rapidshare.com/files/112149681/TM2008_GER.exe.html
yeah that screenshot explains, it is a generic page that the phone update software link will show you if there is an update.
but I guess they intended this trendmicro thing for the other downloads section, they just made an error and uploaded it to phone update section.
in my country they'd call this thread "storm in a glass of water"
i agree.....
Hi,
so things seem to have become much clearer and I do not have to upload the file anymore. Seems that some of you folks do not need any sleep.
I do not know too much about all these things, but apparently I was right that it was a very strange update, as it isn't an update at all or a falsely declared one.
In the tread "HTC sucks" someone made the suggestion to start a blog in which to make public the ridiculous support of HTC. As I said I do not know enough about the way to do these things, but done it should be. HTC really, really sucks when it comes to support. I have sent them several emails. Nothing but a standardized answer that they will answer in some cosmic future.
S.
This update has Nothing to do with WM rom!
The setup file unpacks to ...program files/trend micro/... and so I aborted the installation. No bad results, but waste of time.
Have a nice and sunny weekend.
Axel
saw this on the verizon wirelss community forum site:
http://community.vzw.com/t5/PDA-Smar.../130499#M18170
IMAGIO Patch
12-10-2009 03:07 PM
A few days ago I got a patch for my imagio. It downloaded and installed. Now all of my major and minor gripes are put to rest.
1. Memory Issues - I would get errors after using apps and then trying to open one like teeter to show off my phone. Wow. Random memory issues have been resolved for now.
2. Apps Crashing - Fewer crashes by far. The video and picture viewer were the worst. Bombing out after displaying video.
3. Oddly enough I looked for a version update but I do not think that will change because that is changed with a ROM update.
4. This was a windows 6.5 patch from MS so make sure to sign up for windows live and live update to get the latest and ALWAYS click yes when your app crashes to send to MS. There are far fewer of us to do it.
If anyone got this patch can they post it or the link to download it.
Nope never heard of this. Let us know what you find out.
k, posting this on various websites and hopefully I will get an answer
Is he talking about MS My Phone? That update freed up a lot of program memory which would explain his improved performance.
btw.. I didnt even know/cant find there was a Live update option on windows live.
hey I hope this doesnt sound stupid but
Hey I hope this doesn't sound stupid but when I restart my hTC Imagio on the very start I get this bright red text and numbers at the bottem of the screen, does anybody else get that aswell¿?
oh I forgot to mention its a verison wireless htc imagio heh...e
dont worry, you should see those numbers
VZ Update
VZ removed the link. Did this cab update your ROM or anything else?
mgonzales3 said:
VZ removed the link. Did this cab update your ROM or anything else?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There's no hard evidence that there ever was a cab.
I just got off the phone with Verizon and there is no update for the Imagio or patch. the current rom for it is 1.08.605.11
Might be CF3.5. That is what helped mine, only found out because Trine Fix wouldn't run, installed compact framework 3.5 and now all is well.
I have searched high and low for a cab file for this app. I got a T-Mobile software upgrade for my TP2. Cool, it was alright, nothing by comparison to NRG's ROM. I did however lose a few apps that were pretty cool: Co-Pilot,Visual Voicemail,etc.
The one that is of importance, though, is the Mobile Backup App. I have checked the threads on here and have ended up with nothing. I DO KNOW this file exists for this format of Windows Mobile. I tried to copy the correct files to my SD Card, but apparently am missing some and don't know what to look for anyway.
So, if somebody out there knows what's up with a cab or exe or files that I could extract from the stock rom, I would appreciate a little "heads up." Thanks in advance for any help.
EDIT: Thanks to SirPhunkee, we have a cab for any T-Mo users that is tested and works perfect on our TP2's. Here's his link to the cab
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=321223&d=1273035672
outerdepth said:
I have searched high and low for a cab file for this app. I got a T-Mobile software upgrade for my TP2. Cool, it was alright, nothing by comparison to NRG's ROM. I did however lose a few apps that were pretty cool: Co-Pilot,Visual Voicemail,etc.
The one that is of importance, though, is the Mobile Backup App. I have checked the threads on here and have ended up with nothing. I DO KNOW this file exists for this format of Windows Mobile. I tried to copy the correct files to my SD Card, but apparently am missing some and don't know what to look for anyway.
So, if somebody out there knows what's up with a cab or exe or files that I could extract from the stock rom, I would appreciate a little "heads up." Thanks in advance for any help.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did we already have you try this cab? I've handed it to a couple of people recently, can't remember if you were one of them
It's the tmo mobile backup that was extracted from the tmo HD2 ROM, and I think it works on the TP2...too Even if it's looking like it's running ok, make sure you test the sync in both directions (saving to their server and backing up from it) before you rely on it.
I still highly recommend myphone to accomplish the same tasks and more, but this is admittedly a lean solution, so definitely use whichever works best for you
THANK YOU!!
sirphunkee said:
Did we already have you try this cab? I've handed it to a couple of people recently, can't remember if you were one of them
It's the tmo mobile backup that was extracted from the tmo HD2 ROM, and I think it works on the TP2...too Even if it's looking like it's running ok, make sure you test the sync in both directions (saving to their server and backing up from it) before you rely on it.
I still highly recommend myphone to accomplish the same tasks and more, but this is admittedly a lean solution, so definitely use whichever works best for you
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Man, I gotta buy you a beer someday. That's great. I did not receive that from you recently, but thanks for posting it. It works well if I ever lose my phone or something happens to my pc whatever and I can't sync my original device with my contacts. NRG should cook this into his ROMs, uhum.
outerdepth said:
Man, I gotta buy you a beer someday. That's great. I did not receive that from you recently, but thanks for posting it. It works well if I ever lose my phone or something happens to my pc whatever and I can't sync my original device with my contacts. NRG should cook this into his ROMs, uhum.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oh you're quite welcome!
All I really did is pass along something I'd seen previously, but what matters is that it works for you, thanks for the feedback!
outerdepth said:
I have searched high and low for a cab file for this app. I got a T-Mobile software upgrade for my TP2. Cool, it was alright, nothing by comparison to NRG's ROM. I did however lose a few apps that were pretty cool: Co-Pilot,Visual Voicemail,etc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=321223&d=1273035672
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank You Sir Phunkee... Too bad you could not have given this to me on the 2.5 sense cab thread... lol But having all these Carrier Specific .cabs would be nice there is a thread for the HD2... There you can get a lot of defaults.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653563
Anyway since this thread helped me here you go outerdepth, visual voicemail!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=613855
I chose the visual voicemail from here because I believe this is the one I used.
Labarum said:
Thank You Sir Phunkee... Too bad you could not have given this to me on the 2.5 sense cab thread... lol But having all these Carrier Specific .cabs would be nice there is a thread for the HD2... There you can get a lot of defaults.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653563
Anyway since this thread helped me here you go outerdepth, visual voicemail!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=613855
I chose the visual voicemail from here because I believe this is the one I used.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi Labarum....sorry about that, what thread is it you're mentioning (the 2.5 sense cab thread)? I must have missed that opportunity, my apologies
Yes, that HD2 thread is where I found this copy, but I thought it was the same as WarlockW's posted cab (which didn't have as handy as this copy). I suspect that they're not different by phone model, but rather by WM version...but I'm just guessing there
Hi Labarum....sorry about that, what thread is it you're mentioning (the 2.5 sense cab thread)? I must have missed that opportunity, my apologies
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=661941
My fault really, as I had not got around to searching for that cab yet!
Searching the only downfall of XDA...
i'm having a problem with mine...
it says my device isnt supported...
help?
goodtilltomorrow said:
i'm having a problem with mine...
it says my device isnt supported...
help?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You have to call T-Mobile and get them to set this app up on your "plan." What I mean is, it IS free to add to you payment plan, but you actually have to call customer care and get them to add it, but like I said it's FREE. Don't ask me why, but they just have it set up that way. I had the same problem, and it took like 10 minutes from dialing their number to having the software work. It's apparently a matter of account settings or something that they have to tweak.
Labarum said:
Thank You Sir Phunkee... Too bad you could not have given this to me on the 2.5 sense cab thread... lol But having all these Carrier Specific .cabs would be nice there is a thread for the HD2... There you can get a lot of defaults.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653563
Anyway since this thread helped me here you go outerdepth, visual voicemail!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=613855
I chose the visual voicemail from here because I believe this is the one I used.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks bud. It's always nice to see people sharing.
Now WHAT??
I am running the new NRG ROM in my sig, but IT won't allow me to install mobile backup to this version. I haven't tried the newest ROM from the 13th, but I sense it is gonna have the same problem.
When I try to install the cab, it just says installation was not successful.Anyone else having this problem with the newer ROMs?
Update
Update
Have tried the newest 13th ROM from NRG and it does not let this sync with the server. It says that the device is not supported.
outerdepth said:
Update
Have tried the newest 13th ROM from NRG and it does not let this sync with the server. It says that the device is not supported.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ok, this is just a wilda$$ guess...but isn't it desirable in some cases (like to correct MMS pic size issues) to have some agent ID in your registy other than what the phone actually is? Maybe possible that NRG bakes that in? Or, maybe it just only acceps a certain specific range of WM versions?
sirphunkee said:
ok, this is just a wilda$$ guess...but isn't it desirable in some cases (like to correct MMS pic size issues) to have some agent ID in your registy other than what the phone actually is? Maybe possible that NRG bakes that in? Or, maybe it just only acceps a certain specific range of WM versions?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok, that's an idea, but what exactly could I do to change this? Plus, I am not sure what you mean about agentID. Just thought I would ask, cause I really hate not having this app.
outerdepth said:
Ok, that's an idea, but what exactly could I do to change this? Plus, I am not sure what you mean about agentID. Just thought I would ask, cause I really hate not having this app.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's a key somewhere in the registry that indicates what model of phone it is (independent of the IMEI), I believe it's used to identify it to the network for things like what size MMS files the phone can handle, etc...and I'm just surmising this becasue I recall that's where I saw the references to it. So, I would probably suggest looking in any threads related to MMS size issues, you'll probably see someone make a reference to a regedit or cab that makes that change, you can reverse-engineer the rest from there I guess.
I rarely go through any of the forum sections other than the rhodium boards and the Tmo HD2 section, so you can probably confine your search to those places if it helps. I'll keep my eyes open for it too.
Still no luck, sir phunkee. I am hoping that when I flash this newest NRG Rom, maybe I will have some luck, but to be honest, I am kinda tired of flashing his new ROM's cuz, they are "supposedly" faster or better, etc.
We will see, but hopefully someone will have a cab or link that could lead me somewhere.
Josh's Black http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=572938 came with Mobile Back Up, Visual Voicemail, Blockbuster, My Account, and the proper keyboard (after initial startup) cooked into the Rom... great for T-mo users like us... does not have the newer tabs, but I find I don't use those much anyway!
I installed the Full Version...
Now if I could just get rid of the transparent slide and make it stock again? (just for clarification... not slider or icons)
Many Thanks Guys! Been looking for this.
~M