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ROM 4.0.0.21 Thoughts

I'm thinking about installing this new one. Has anyone done it? Have any thoughts yet? I'm kind of disappointed they removed AIM from there. Nice to have that in ROM. Saves some storage memory.
Anyway, if anyone has any reports on stability, etc, let's hear it.
Also, does this one come with another radio stack?

seems ok
seems ok for now. no radio in the distribution we got (only nbf ).
from my poin of view it's wiser without aim because i can stick up more content suited to my needs.
no stability problems (though only 8 hours )
Decebal

FYI
The hard reset after bootloader mode has been fixed if you want to count that, its a big plus in my book. 8)

It doesn't appear to be fixed, at least for me. Hard reset after bootlader is still exist.

I thought about upgrading to the new one, but everything's working just fine under 4.0.0.16, so maybe I'll stick with whats working for now.
Then I won't have to reinstall all my apps.

GregP74 said:
I thought about upgrading to the new one, but everything's working just fine under 4.0.0.16, so maybe I'll stick with whats working for now.
Then I won't have to reinstall all my apps.
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Why not just do a full backup, upgrade, and then just do a restore

Restoring from a backup after a ROM upgrade is not a good idea, because the older files will override the newer ones in-turn causing you all kinds of trouble.
HTH

ID64 said:
It doesn't appear to be fixed, at least for me. Hard reset after bootlader is still exist.
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Sorry to hear that mine is still holding strong with no hard setting, call me lucky I guess!
BTW anybody else not getting the hard reset after going onto the bootloader?

Hi All, i cooked up a .16 ROM in Jeff's Kitchen (thanks Jeff you are a legend).
Only 1 new problem with my device, it's the backlight....seems to turn off after the timeout even when i'm using my device.....strange. Never had this problem before.
I've also noticed that my problem with contacts not opening and having to sort reset the phone to resolve the problem is still evident. This has been with 4.00.01, .05 & now .16
Anyone got the above problems with .21????? I'm going to wait to upgrade, from what i can see the changes in the .?? releases are vendor apps etc.
Cheers
Steve
PS - i was brave and cooked up an exe install, it worked just fine.

ozsmac said:
Only 1 new problem with my device, it's the backlight....seems to turn off after the timeout even when i'm using my device.....strange. Never had this problem before.
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I've had the .16 rom do that too me before also. Wonder if that's fixed in the new 4.0.0.21? Hmmm

Where can I gett xx.21. As far as I can see not through the ROM Kitchen

GregP74 said:
ozsmac said:
Only 1 new problem with my device, it's the backlight....seems to turn off after the timeout even when i'm using my device.....strange. Never had this problem before.
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I've had the .16 rom do that too me before also. Wonder if that's fixed in the new 4.0.0.21? Hmmm
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I tested 4.0.0.21 ROM; it has more problems than improvement!

cgigate said:
I tested 4.0.0.21 ROM; it has more problems than improvement!
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can you tell me what do you mean by "more" ... i've cooked up a 4.0.0.21 with some apps for myself and had no problems yet ?
Decebal

The problems I've been noticing since this upgrade are slowness, the occasional freezing, and loss of signal (more so than before). I might try re-installing to see if this helps at all.

ozsmac said:
Only 1 new problem with my device, it's the backlight....seems to turn off after the timeout even when i'm using my device.....strange. Never had this problem before.
I've also noticed that my problem with contacts not opening and having to sort reset the phone to resolve the problem is still evident. This has been with 4.00.01, .05 & now .16
Anyone got the above problems with .21?????
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After having no problems since Friday, I noticed the same issues happening to me last night...
The backlight turning off on me while I'm using it...a soft-reset solves it.
Other apps freezing resulting in me to do a soft reset.
I never had these problems w/.16, so I'm considering switching back; however, seeing Ronin's post:
I spent about 3 hours with a Microsoft Windows Mobile developer( from Microsoft) and he explained that our suspicions on Themes and hardware and SD resets are correct.
The versions of our T-Mobile and X2 WM 2003 were provided to T-Mobile in the early part of February. The OEMs worked on their versions to incorporate their unique "features" and there is a conflict in the way WM2003 Phone edition addresses memory calls (to ROM or SD cards)and WM2003 function.
The memory calls are typically made once a Theme switch is made. Remeber themes not only change Today's screen, but all other colors in the apps. Somehow, our WM PE overrides the memory allocation on the SD cards, renaming them and causing our erasures. This will sometimes happen when we get an SMS or have a custom ring or sound profile installed or after a soft reset.
So no solution for the issue other than " the lock" button. The default theme is a good alternative, but I suspect we will still have some more erasures related to this memory addressing issue.
Furthermore, it is unlikely that T-Mobile or other OEMs will fix the issue on their own volition...They are having many challenges with stable stacks and custom builds!!!
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- I might just consider going back to v3.17 w/the ATT Radio stack

strange, i started developing problems with .21 yesturday too!
first the internet kept getting disconnected, i thought it was the GPS cozin it. but then at night the backlight started acting up. even when im using the device. a note on that tho, if i play movie clips, the light stayed on! it was a 12 minute clip, it stayed on the whole time, once it was over, light turned off.
also, i notice the gprs internet is extremly slower than b4
i must say, the ONLY thing i like about 2003 is the media player, it has better video rendering, i wish they made it installble on 2002
nothin wrong with that version. heh

ntabikha said:
strange, i started developing problems with .21 yesturday too!
first the internet kept getting disconnected, i thought it was the GPS cozin it. but then at night the backlight started acting up. even when im using the device. a note on that tho, if i play movie clips, the light stayed on! it was a 12 minute clip, it stayed on the whole time, once it was over, light turned off.
also, i notice the gprs internet is extremly slower than b4
i must say, the ONLY thing i like about 2003 is the media player, it has better video rendering, i wish they made it installble on 2002
nothin wrong with that version. heh
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I'm with you on the media player AND the slow GPRS...it's r-e-a-l slow. I wasn't sure if it was worth mentioning but your account of it confirms it for me.

great!
I updated to 4.0021. T-Mobile device bought in USA. I live in Europe.
Now I have band switcher, good GPRS connection (no breaks), auto-response.
One problem: some web page said me "you cannot open this page because your browser does not use cookies. please...." blablabla
?
I see this meeasge first time, previously PIE did it (shown) ok. I checked settings of PIE, cookies are running. Any ideas?

You know what, I've just done some connection tests at www.texan.net/speed.htm and I'm currently getting the following connection rates:
81.5kbps, 104kbps, 81.6kbps
I get these readings by going to that URL, and in a 10 minute period I would run a test twice at the beginning, then twice again on the 5th minute, and two more times on the 10th minute, using the 2nd reading each time (in order to get the reading with a cleared cache).
- with these speeds (I'm used to similar readings on my other WM2k3 PPCs and connecting via Sprint's CF2031) pages come up so quick, but on my T-Mobile MDA, running WM2k3 v4.00.21, w/RS6.24, plus my new 64MB onboard RAM from PPCTechs.com and 3 bars on the meter, pages are rendering much s-l-o-w-e-r than what they should.
Going back to either 4.00.16 or even 2k2 is starting to look even better right about now.

Since I upgraded to .21 I do not receive all my calls and do not getting some SMS messages.
I'm testing it until friday and if it keeps this way i'm going back this weekend to .16 which was very very stable and I liked very much.

[ROM]RUU_Schubert_TMOUS_1.54.531.02_Radio_5.51.09.29a_2 2.32.50.10U, by ansar.

Hi,
A new ROM for the TMOUS operator:
RUU_Schubert_TMOUS_1.54.531.02_Radio_5.51.09.29a_22.32.50.10U_by_ansar
see also thread: Windows Phone 7 Branded ROMs for Schubert
Till next version enjoy!!!
Regards, ansar.

ansar.ath.gr said:
Hi,
A new ROM for the TMOUS operator:
RUU_Schubert_TMOUS_1.54.531.02_Radio_5.51.09.29a_22.32.50.10U_by_ansar
see also thread: Windows Phone 7 Branded ROMs for Schubert
Till next version enjoy!!!
Regards, ansar.
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hey ansar, nothing about unlocking tmobile version??

Okay.. this is driving me nuts.
I have the TMOUS HD7 synced with Zune and the ROMUpdateUtility is not able to connect to the phone.
I've tried this with Windows 7 and XP computers... both with admin and non-admin accounts.
Any idea what I'm missing?

Turn of the phone.
Then Hold power button and volume down.
You will enter the bootloader.
Wait till it says on the bottom USB and
Then launch the update app

Thank you for the tip! For whatever reason, all I saw was "Serial" the first time I went into the bootloader. It came up "USB" this time so I have it flashed now... thanks again

Dear ansar, pls kindly check ur download link, i can download ur rom from this link. If u can, upload ur rom to mediafire. Tks

Just an FYI, this new radio greatly improves battery life, but for me it added a major bug. When talking to someone the screen actually times out and if its been like two minutes and you pull the phone away to hang up, the proximity sensor doesn't register because the phone is "sleeping"... Flashing back to original tmous fixes, its a shame because i was getting like 5 hrs extra life on battery.

microhaxo said:
Just an FYI, this new radio greatly improves battery life, but for me it added a major bug. When talking to someone the screen actually times out and if its been like two minutes and you pull the phone away to hang up, the proximity sensor doesn't register because the phone is "sleeping"... Flashing back to original tmous fixes, its a shame because i was getting like 5 hrs extra life on battery.
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I've actually been having that issue with the older version (and this is my 2nd HD7 as well with the same issue). The proximity/light sensors turn the phone on/off during a call properly, but after a minute or two of talking, the phone no longer turns on when I pull it away from my face. I don't know if this is by design or a bug.
Also: Is this just a radio update? Or is there more to it than this? Software? Updated WP7?

prjkthack said:
I've actually been having that issue with the older version (and this is my 2nd HD7 as well with the same issue). The proximity/light sensors turn the phone on/off during a call properly, but after a minute or two of talking, the phone no longer turns on when I pull it away from my face. I don't know if this is by design or a bug.
Also: Is this just a radio update? Or is there more to it than this? Software? Updated WP7?
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Hi
It is present to all phones, at least for those i tested of.
A work around for me was the change of screen time-out setting in lock & wallpaper.
This version improves both OEM and Radio firmware.
Regards, ansar.

So is this then the latest ROM for the T-Mobile US HD7?

Yes, it's the newest. Also it improves battery life greatly. After flashing back to original and back to this one i've noticed that the proximity lock bug during phone call doesn't happen any more, seems random for when it happens on new flashes.

ansar.ath.gr said:
Hi
It is present to all phones, at least for those i tested of.
A work around for me was the change of screen time-out setting in lock & wallpaper.
This version improves both OEM and Radio firmware.
Regards, ansar.
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I was able to install this ROM to my phone and it's been very good so far actually, thank you.

T-MOBILE
Hi, ansar.
Can i unlocked my T-MOBILE?
Thanks!!!!

I have to say, ever since using this newer ROM with the updated radios, my phone has lasted longer battery wise, and reception has even improved greatly. I get better data speeds, and there is even a slight improvement in overall performance of Windows Phone 7. It's all been pretty nice.
Thanks ansar.

Dumb question: But does flashing this erase all my stuff?

art0605 said:
Dumb question: But does flashing this erase all my stuff?
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Yes, this is essentially a hard reset. Everything gets wiped and you start all over again.

prjkthack said:
Yes, this is essentially a hard reset. Everything gets wiped and you start all over again.
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Ok, thanks for the heads up. Even though that's not I wanted to hear!
Final dumb question: If I purchased and installed an app prior to the hard reset, will I have to buy the app again after the process?

art0605 said:
Ok, thanks for the heads up. Even though that's not I wanted to hear!
Final dumb question: If I purchased and installed an app prior to the hard reset, will I have to buy the app again after the process?
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I didn't have to. With the free apps I installed it actually notified me that I'd already purchased the app and asked if I would simply like to download it again.

art0605 said:
Ok, thanks for the heads up. Even though that's not I wanted to hear!
Final dumb question: If I purchased and installed an app prior to the hard reset, will I have to buy the app again after the process?
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Your purchases and app downloads are tied to the primary Windows Live ID on your phone (the first Windows Live ID that you set up on your phone). So as long as you sign in with that same ID, you can redownload all your applications to your phone without charge. If you plug in your phone to your computer and sync it right after you hard reset, Zune will even restore all your apps for it so you don't have to go through the Marketplace manually.

Hello, as successful as I have been with this ROM I must note that it is a little bit buggy.
Today my phone rebooted for the first time since I've owned it for example. Also, I think it affects the 3G/2G selection process in a negative way. Normally I use ##3282# to set my phone 3G only but it seems to ignore the setting at times...

How is your DVP after updating to Nodo?

After updating to nodo yesterday I noticed my DVP was crashing a lot more, especially in IE as I browse a lot. I chalked this up to being an extension of my sd card problems but 2 other owners have mentioned they noticed the same increased lockup rate.
What has been your experience after upgrading to nodo? We dont know the ETA of the next update from Dell which is supposed to fix issues, but this MS update was not supposed to make our phones worse so maybe we can get them to expediate the patch. Seems to be only affecting the Dell which points again to questionable QA and testing. Please vote and post your findings.

I updated, and haven't gotten any crashes--but honestly, I can't tell any difference. I don't have the copy paste function in my browser or in Office or anything.
The info under settings, it says my OS version is 7.0.7008.0. When I go home, I'm going to check for an update again, but so far, everything seems the same.

Desynthesis said:
I updated, and haven't gotten any crashes--but honestly, I can't tell any difference. I don't have the copy paste function in my browser or in Office or anything.
The info under settings, it says my OS version is 7.0.7008.0. When I go home, I'm going to check for an update again, but so far, everything seems the same.
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You dont have the nodo update yet, 7008 is the pre-nodo update. 7390 is the final nodo version.

so far, so good. copy/paste works great in all areas of the phone, application response is quicker, scrolling is smoother. the phone did lock up right after installing ESPN ScoreCenter and I had to pull the battery but I'm attributing that to the app, not NoDo at this point.
EDIT: i forgot to mention that after the NoDo update my available storage space went down about 500mb.

efjay said:
You dont have the nodo update yet, 7008 is the pre-nodo update. 7390 is the final nodo version.
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I realized that when I was checking the update numbers. That's definitely the case...though Zune won't let me update any further. Not sure why it's different for others...

Desynthesis said:
I realized that when I was checking the update numbers. That's definitely the case...though Zune won't let me update any further. Not sure why it's different for others...
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Plenty of us have not gotten the nodo update yet. A lot of the people who have it got it by using the Zune trick at http://wpcentral.com/easy-hack-forces-nodo-update

Have not noticed any drastic changes after the NODO update. Still experiencing about the same frequency of freezing. Have noticed a slight speed increase when launching graphic heavy applications but nothing major. I am interested to see how my HD7 performs after the update compared to the Venue Pro.
Just an FYI to everyone. I just got off the phone with Dell Mobility as I wanted to make sure they still had someone to talk to after NODO. I was specifically told that the Dell update would take place starting on April 18th. Just enough info to tide over the mob for a few more weeks.

My phone used to freeze with WiFi in the market. I left WiFi on all day, and everything was working great. I have no more stability issues that I have seen so far.

I had an 8gb DVP that i changed to 32gb over a month ago, i have never had any wifi issues or freezing. I updated my phone to the NODO about 24hrs ago and since then have had to pull my battery about 10 times and freezing all the time in some app and market place.thinking about rolling back. also when it is working it is much faster..

My phone seems to be working splendidly after the update. No lockups as of yet, though it didn't lockup too often before. It's much faster, of course.
I'll browse the net for a bit to see what happens but it was fine when I did so earlier. Will report back.

All right. I was able to reproduce this. Took me about 10 minutes or so before it locked up on the second site I visited. Will continue to investigate.
Edit: After further testing, I failed to reproduce this consistently. As a matter of fact, it didn't happen and I browsed for over 20 minutes. That's probably the limit of my phone browsing. I only use IE on the phone if I'm away from my comp and actually have to look something up, or check something.
But, this issue does seem to exist for me, however rare it may be, and hopefully the powers-that-be are aware of this or will become so soon... and fix it.

bbowman said:
so far, so good. copy/paste works great in all areas of the phone, application response is quicker, scrolling is smoother. the phone did lock up right after installing ESPN ScoreCenter and I had to pull the battery but I'm attributing that to the app, not NoDo at this point.
EDIT: i forgot to mention that after the NoDo update my available storage space went down about 500mb.
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Why pull the battery? Did the long power button hold also fail to reboot the phone? That trick from my Zune HD seems to work here too.

Freezing on stock units after update?
I see a few people who have upgraded their MicroSD card reporting freezing after the update. Is anyone seeing more hangs/unstability/etc. with NoDo who has NOT changed out their card?

mikebaz said:
I see a few people who have upgraded their MicroSD card reporting freezing after the update. Is anyone seeing more hangs/unstability/etc. with NoDo who has NOT changed out their card?
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I'm on NODO, 7390. Since the update, have had no problems, no crashes, no freezes. I had upgraded my sd card to a 32g about 2-3 weeks ago.
I've seen alot smoother performance. One thing you may wish to consider. I did pull the battery after the update...as I do with all updates. Some of my friends had issues like lack....pulled battery and restarted...no further issues.
In previous versions of the OS...I would always do a hard reset. I did try that too. I used the restore feature to get back to the fully loaded device. The hard reset did not improve performance...but I had no issues anyway.

To fix the lockup prob wait for the DVP specific update to see if that really does it or change your SD as per the warranty voiding solution some of us have opted for. I went to RadShack and got the same brand/spec as the stocker and I couldn't be happier.
Sent from my Venue Pro using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

i've already posted my reaction in another thread..
will brief it here as well...
pre-nodo = 1 hung up(battry pull)
post nodo = no hung up...
some apps faster but most i can't feel any noticeable difference.
I WANT NON US CREDIT CARD SUPPORT WHICH MS DROPPED IN THIS UPDATE
PS: i think we's add a poll with options:
1. more freezing (stock sd card)
2. more freezing (pre-update upgraded sd card)
3. better performance
4. no change
5. where is my nodo update??
wat say efjay?

Cant change the poll options myself, either a mod will have to do it or another poll has to be started. Tnx for the suggestion though.

varunverma said:
i've already posted my reaction in another thread..
will brief it here as well...
pre-nodo = 1 hung up(battry pull)
post nodo = no hung up...
some apps faster but most i can't feel any noticeable difference.
I WANT NON US CREDIT CARD SUPPORT WHICH MS DROPPED IN THIS UPDATE
PS: i think we's add a poll with options:
1. more freezing (stock sd card)
2. more freezing (pre-update upgraded sd card)
3. better performance
4. no change
5. where is my nodo update??
wat say efjay?
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UPDATECant change the poll options myself, either a mod will have to do it or another poll has to be started. Tnx for the suggestion though.[/QUOTE]
i can see the poll now...

No to NoDo
My 16gb DVP was running flawless until I did the NoDo update.. since then I have experienced numerous crashes and so many lockups that the phone was almost unuseable...I have restored my DVP back to its original state before the NoDo update and now I have no more problems with the phone..I will wait for the Dell firmware update before I try the NoDo update again...until then it's NO to NoDo for me

tedacura1 said:
My 16gb DVP was running flawless until I did the NoDo update.. since then I have experienced numerous crashes and so many lockups that the phone was almost unuseable...I have restored my DVP back to its original state before the NoDo update and now I have no more problems with the phone..I will wait for the Dell firmware update before I try the NoDo update again...until then it's NO to NoDo for me
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keep in mind that you will most likely have no choice in this. You will probably need to get nodo before you get any other updates. It remains unsure how Dell will release the firmware, but most likely it will be exactly like you did the others, through ms. That means 7008 then 7390, before the firmware.

[FW] New Firmware 2.3.26

So I was trying to get the new 2.3.20 firmware and I went to the Archos website. But it looks like there was a new firmware posted this morning. 2.3.26.
I don't know how to direct link, but i'll try.
http://update.archos.com/8/gen8/gen8_2.3.26/firmware_archos_android_gen8.aos

Version 2.3.26 - April 21st, 2011
Wi-Fi: fix cannot scan on an access point above channel 11 regression
Phone tethering: fix TCP/IP header compression setting crash
System stability: avoid Android reboot in case of missing audio
Media library: fix media libray not updated on hard drive based A70
Notification: decrease low battery notification volume
Application: attempt to solve Pandora application not able to switch songs
Application: solve music lag in applications using OGG format
Bluetooth GPS: increase compatibility with 3rd party applications
Display: avoid white/black screen happening sometimes when switching back the display on

Thx jknut, i'm such a noob I forgot to post the changelog. I usually wait till theres a uruk version, but i'm gonna install now cause i'm fairly sure we'll get uruk in a couple of days.

Techngro said:
Thx jknut, i'm such a noob I forgot to post the changelog. I usually wait till theres a uruk version, but i'm gonna install now cause i'm fairly sure we'll get uruk in a couple of days.
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Not that much of a noob, you posted the link to the firmware that should end my buggy horrors
Thanks jknut for the changelog

Hi, I have one question.
If I have the permanent root from churli (I'm sorry if I miss-spelled it..), do I just updated it regularly? I used to update all the firmwares by just downloading the firmware right on my A70 and install it right away.. but will that work if I have the root? I just rooted my A70 yesterday...and I'm a newbie haha

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Hi, I have one question.
If I have the permanent root from churli (I'm sorry if I miss-spelled it..), do I just updated it regularly? I used to update all the firmwares by just downloading the firmware right on my A70 and install it right away.. but will that work if I have the root? I just rooted my A70 yesterday...and I'm a newbie haha
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I just followed Steps 2, 3, 4 of Chulri's post. Chulri already has the new files for "fw 2.3.26 +rw" for Step 3. I like the optional Step 4 because I don't have to worry about holding down the volume button everytime I boot to get root.

Hi,
Has somebody tested this new release?
I updated to version 3.2.20 last week and I was very happy when I realized that cinema plugin was not required to play all the formats which I was not able to before the update (AAC, AC3, MPEG2, etc)
Can somebody confirm if this has not been "fixed"?
Thank you.

Well I have tried this new release and all I can say is bootloop, oh and to top it off I think that my right speaker has blown.
Archos I hope you're reading this, you need to sort your firmware releases out. Whilst you're at it Gingerbread would be nice. If you can put it on the Arnova with inferior hardware you have no excuse but to port it to the 101.

toyface said:
Well I have tried this new release and all I can say is bootloop, oh and to top it off I think that my right speaker has blown.
Archos I hope you're reading this, you need to sort your firmware releases out. Whilst you're at it Gingerbread would be nice. If you can put it on the Arnova with inferior hardware you have no excuse but to port it to the 101.
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I just noticed the update when I went to the archosfans 2.3.20 bugs thread to report wifi drop powersave disabled while running tunein radio...
OTA update went fine, just waiting for A43 to charge up, then I'm going to do the A32 as well...
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Power LED blinking -> UI batt meter (and About Device) say 98% charge...
had this once with 2.3.20 showing 97% when LED blinking but next charge and thereafter showed 100% when LED blinking...
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I had this Problem from the first day.
LED blinks and the battery show around 90%.
If i unplug the power the status goes to 98-100%, most 100%.
If i reboot the device with plugged power, the status is 75-90% after restart.
Sometimes the status falls to 87-91% if i plugged the power in.
I can live with it, but it is annoying.

did they remove bluetooth PAN tether ? I had dun/pan option while setting up BT tether with 2.3.20. but now no more that option. the probken for me is, i am using cdma phone(bell htc touch) but with BT DUN the Archos cannot dial CDMA number #777. I set bell APN (pda.bell.ca) it's not working. Actully even if it works I worry about it because it may charge me more.
Before with 2.3.20 , it worked perfect with BT PAN and my phone set to Internet sharing.

This update cleared up my waking-up issue.
It's pretty much an instant on now after the monitor idles off. Before, (after being off for more than a few minutes) it was a crap-shoot as to whether or not the screen would come on and I often had to fight with it and double, triple, quadruple tap the power button to get things alive. No longer.

still reboot cycles problems when charging the 101..problem started with these last 2 updates.

twit.tv app FCs all of the time with this fw...
I wonder why they released this one OTA as it seems to be more broken than .20 was...

youtube and many other flash video played in the browser hangs after about 15 seconds or so. Soemtime this causes the whole system to freeze requiring forced reboot.
This is the worse build so far, my A70 was most stable at 2.1.08.

Wow. I am having the exact opposite experience with this firmware. I find the browser and flash to be very solid. Before I could never play even youtube mobile in HD without it freezing and forcing a hard reboot.
Also, i'm having less general freezes.
I am still having absolutely no luck whatsoever with tethering to my Android phone (cliq). It's driving me crazy cause this was one of the main reasons I went with Archos.
Have you guys done a full reinitialization? That's what I did and, even though it's a pain to reload all your files, it might help with many of the problems you are having.

Techngro said:
Wow. I am having the exact opposite experience with this firmware. I find the browser and flash to be very solid. Before I could never play even youtube mobile in HD without it freezing and forcing a hard reboot.
Also, i'm having less general freezes.
I am still having absolutely no luck whatsoever with tethering to my Android phone (cliq). It's driving me crazy cause this was one of the main reasons I went with Archos.
Have you guys done a full reinitialization? That's what I did and, even though it's a pain to reload all your files, it might help with many of the problems you are having.
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As a matter of fact I did an Android reset to get away from some of the problems I was having with bootloops and such. This has helped with the general performance of the 101, which I'd say is down to the 64mb swap file I now enjoy.
I did have a couple bootloops until I enabled a lock screen pattern unlock and I have now experienced nothing but fairly good performance

It seems that 2.3.26 is different from vesions before

Need more language for External Keyboard Layout such as Thai

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You'd probably be better off posting in the archosfans.com forum's bug list thread for 2.3.26 as Archos employees actually monitor that site and have actually even started some of the buglist/fw release threads... i.e. I'm not sure that they're even aware of the xda-devs gen8 section and even if they were would they bother to read it...

heating issues.

Hello. Am on pdateam wp7 7740 rom. I have realized that anytime I access the internet or do anything concerning internet connection the bottom part of my hd2 becomes very warm everytime. It sometimes makes it unable for charging. I want to know whether anyone is also experiencing this problem. And also how I can solve it. Thanks very much....

i to have had this problem. i did NOT have it with ANY rom prior to mango releases. i asked over a week ago if this problem had been addressed and/or fixed in recent releases and have not had any reply. after reading this i suppose the answer is no. as i said, i didn't have this problem with any pre-mango roms.
after i installed yuki & xbmod's 7720 zune updatable anytime i would stream say netflix or youtube for more than 10 minutes i would get the dreaded orange/green flashing led (read up real fast and found out it is an OVERHEAT notification)
one thing that i found is a slightly damp or very cold cloth on the back in the VERY hot area for just a few minutes will cool your leo down enough to start to charge again (leave the cold cloth on as long as you plan on charging after you get the overheat notification). i just love my baby to much to run the risk of burning it up so i went to android.
i REALLY miss WP7 but unless this is corrected or someone can tell me for sure i'll stick with android.
(if anyone knows if this has been resolved or knows a better workaround i'd really appreciate it as i detest the whole lengthy process of going between android to WP7)
cheers

kwartey said:
Hello. Am on pdateam wp7 7740 rom. I have realized that anytime I access the internet or do anything concerning internet connection the bottom part of my hd2 becomes very warm everytime. It sometimes makes it unable for charging. I want to know whether anyone is also experiencing this problem. And also how I can solve it. Thanks very much....
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whoops, didnt mean to thank you, ah well, have one on me
anyhow, the only time i get that heat issue is if i go crazy with wifi, day to day its fine, but if i start transfering 100s of MB of data it gets toasty!

Some one shld please help solve this problem.

have you tried messing about with different radios?
the reason some networks use different versions is because the settings suite some areas better than others.
Start with hardware radios as thats easy to change, then move to software radio starting with oldest, mango roms did have a newer software radiuo built in so that might be answer for you

I haven't had this issue since the first wave of roms released pre mango in January. Ever since mango this problem has been cleared up. I'm on BTTF rom 7740. Back on pre mango roms it would get so hot I could barely hold it. But now on Yuki & Xboxmods rom it NEVER heats up. Just my experience.
Sent from my King LEO using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

JonnieLasVegas said:
I haven't had this issue since the first wave of roms released pre mango in January. Ever since mango this problem has been cleared up. I'm on BTTF rom 7740. Back on pre mango roms it would get so hot I could barely hold it. But now on Yuki & Xboxmods rom it NEVER heats up. Just my experience.
Sent from my King LEO using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
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would you mind sharing what setup your running? because ive had quite the opposite experience ... pre-mango = no issues! mango (BTTF) = the above mentioned issue ...

dazza9075 said:
have you tried messing about with different radios?
the reason some networks use different versions is because the settings suite some areas better than others.
Start with hardware radios as thats easy to change, then move to software radio starting with oldest, mango roms did have a newer software radiuo built in so that might be answer for you
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ok thanks.and by the way,what's a software and hardware radio?..and can u please give me a list of compatible mango radios...

well, hardware radio is what you used to flash when dealing with WM6.5, you can find all the radios in the HD2 wiki or 6.5 development forum, that is easy to flash as all you have to do is stick it in tricolour bootloader, and flash via your pc using the customRUU, typically these are named
2.12.50.02
2.14.50.04
2.15.50.14
there are a lot more than that, different areas will like different radios, trial and error is usually the only way to go, for example, you may lose the heat issue but lose signal as well, or perhaps your battery life will improve or drop like a rock
The software radio is something windows phone brought to us, as far as i can tell the only way to change that is via flashing WP7 again, you essentially swap out the part00.bin from the install folder and replace it with a different radio version
a quick search on the windows phone 7 HD2 stickys should find what your are looking for
but these radios are typically called
5.52.09.16
5.51T.09.29a
5.65.09.11a
again, there are a lot more than those ive lists, i think there are about 11 in total.

kwartey said:
Hello. Am on pdateam wp7 7740 rom. I have realized that anytime I access the internet or do anything concerning internet connection the bottom part of my hd2 becomes very warm everytime. It sometimes makes it unable for charging. I want to know whether anyone is also experiencing this problem. And also how I can solve it. Thanks very much....
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Read pdateam first thread again. he told you to change the radio and steps on how to change it. i never used v3 radio.. i told v2 radio into v3 no heating really.

iKilla said:
Read pdateam first thread again. he told you to change the radio and steps on how to change it. i never used v3 radio.. i told v2 radio into v3 no heating really.
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so please kindly tell me how to do that. thanks.

kwartey said:
so please kindly tell me how to do that. thanks.
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Follow Steps
Thanks gecemavisi026
fix the battery charge
1. Get 3 Color screen before you install the boot device Radio_2_12_50_02_2
2. Get 3 Color screen before you install the boot device MAGLDR113_DAF
3. To return to radio 5.51 (Change in the data.zip part00.bin)
4. WP7 ROM install
Download: http://www.multiupload.com/GWK1DBS64B
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