Just wanted to know how often does everyone's Hermes become no response.
I installed minimun apps and kept my memory and flash clean,carefully make them not too narrow.
But,it just becomes frozen anytime.When a call comes,a MMS comes,or I started a program.
Is that because I am using WM6?I also installed Chinese and Japanese support cabs.
Do someone have an idea about this?Or have the same exprerence with me?
This thee should be a poll ...abot once a day...even at the sam time...between 8 and 9 AM...this is about 2 hours set radio ON with PhoneAlarm...and switching from GPRS to EDGE network while going to work...
Regards,
Primoz
I am wondering if using WM5 will help.
I really hated phone going dead when a call comes,that even won't be a usful phone...
qvik123 said:
Just wanted to know how often does everyone's Hermes become no response.
Is that because I am using WM6?I also installed Chinese and Japanese support cabs.
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IMHO. I use a constant set of several applications, most of them are from SPB Softwarehouse plus some other. I use mostly for business, have MS exchange account, personal mail, 500+ contacts, use Pocket Excel/Words and my expereince is:
1. WM5 AKU2 Rus orig. shipped (Jun'06) - reboot every 2nd day or once a day, exteremely slow = the worst version in all respects.
2. WM5 AKU3 Rus Test 2.05 (Feb'07) - reboot every 2-3 days, much faster than AKU2 and (!) WM6 WMXL 0.2, but no WPA2 = the fastest version, but...
3. WM6 WMXL 0.2 (Mar'07) - reboot at least once a day or 2 times a day, a bit more convenient than AKU3, but (!) slower than AKU3, and faster than AKU2 = the most interesting, but not so stable as AKU3 one...
I also epxerience freezes during call accept sometime, but not more so often, maybe once in two days. And i have let's say 10 incoming calls/day. That's my experience...
My jasjam has been "live" since i flashed this ROM on Friday arvo (now Tuesday evening). OS and radio rom as per signature. Very few applications installed tho, i only really use the core apps of WM.
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For English ROM
ROM version: 1.60.00 WWE
Radio version: 1.08.00
ExtROM version: 1.60.44
MMS Client: 1.6.0.8
Has anyone tried this combination yet? If so, would you recomend it? Currently, I ahve no problems with the existing ROM and RS.
Can anyone advise on this?
I tried the upgrade and it worked. Although I don't like the way it leaves your screen. You have no idea the thing is finished. Just leaves a message saying PLEASE WAIT. I left it overnight doing it's thing so it must have finished.
The BIG problem is that you can't restore your backup files if you used like me Activesync. If anyone can recommend a backup and restore program that I can use. I still would like to get onto the upgrade.
For mms client there arent problems..but this Radio Stack with New Os Rom..Dunno.. Try at your own risk. lol
Upgraded to O2's Asia upgrade release
Ok guys, I took the dive to upgrade before any replies. Was crossing my fingers and hope for it to at least be on par with the older version.
It has been 24 hrs since. Noticed that it performed faster when launching and closing applications. But I pocket ie still could not read certain links from yahoo weather.
MMS sending is very much faster as gprs take a shorter time to loggon. Radio wise, have yet to try out places with bad reception eg 1bar.
Overall, still happy that it has yet to show signs of bugs.
The only question bugging me is why is the ROM date 12/3/03? Way before the machine was released.
Title says it all. I had tried the HTC South African ROM, and liked it, but I couldnt get the keyboard to correspond with the 8525 symbols. Searched all day and decided that it wasn't worth the minimal speed increase. Instead of going back to the ROM I had, the 1.34...ROM, I decided to go with this one since it has AKU 2.6. I am so glad I did!
I live in Queens, and 3G has NEVER worked in my house. Only certain times throughout my day I would see the U symbol on my phone. And it was in south Middle Village, not near my house. Since I upgraded/downgraded the ROM, not only do I have U in my house, but after 8 dslreports.com tests, I averaged over 800 kbps and peaked at 972Kbps! Perhaps its a coincidence that U is up and running here today, but I seriously doubt it! I also upgraded the radio to 1.20 and noticed a slightly less wait time for 'locating" in PIE. The OS seems faster as well, but not much faster, than the newer Cingular ROM. To any Cingular 8525 owners out there this ROM is definitely worth a look!
There must be a reason that they decided 3 WEEKS LATER to go back to AKU 2.3. Is there a bug in this ROM that I haven't discovered yet?
The radio upgrade is what made UMTS more accessible. The OS portion of the ROM didn't have any effect on your wireless. AKU 2.6 is reported to have problems, but I never personally tried it or tried to track them after I read MS Voice Command wouldn't work with it. There was a lot of discussion about AKU 2.6 in the Wizard forum, you might find some info there.
Did you install the newer radio code independently, or did it come with the South Africa ROM?
I noticed the increase in UMTS accessibility after upgrading the ROM. I upgraded the radio only to minimize the "locating" delay in PIE, activesync, etc. It mihgt be a coincidence, who knows.
Cyberon works fine w/this ROM. I never really cared fpr VC, it uses too much RAM and is a lot slower than cyberon IMO
The reason for the thread was to hopefully find out what the problems are that have been reported. Seemse strange that Cingular made a new ROM a few weeks after and went back to 2.3
I don't know why they went back to aku 2.3, but for the problem you where having with the keyboard, you could have solved it by installing a cab in the cingular's extrom (don't remember now exactly wich one).
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I don't know why they went back to aku 2.3, but for the problem you where having with the keyboard, you could have solved it by installing a cab in the cingular's extrom (don't remember now exactly wich one).
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Yeah, I had searched, and searched, and found one of your posts that spoke about a cab with "keypad.." in the name, but I downloaded TWO Cingular ExtROMS and that file was not in either of them. When I first installed the 1.35 ROM, I replaced its extrom with the newest Cingular extROM, to no avail. I don't mind though, I like this ROM so far and it hasn't caused any issues for me. And its Cingular-issued, so all of the settings were there for me.
Hi
I have been running the AKU 3.3 ROM for about 2 weeks now with the 1.27 RadioRom.
Previously I was running the HTC 1.35 from South Africa.
Well, since I've suffered heaps more occasional annoyances than with 1.35.
Things like: backlight that stops working and you need to reset. Bluetooth turning off.
And the device is so much more sluggish. Everything feels slower.
In comparison, with the 1.35 I never experienced a crash, device was incredibly responsive and my battery consumption was much better.
The only noticeable difference with AKU 2 and AKU 3 is the Internet Sharing application (at least that's the only one I've been able to notice). Which means that I don't need special driver to use my iMate JasJam has a USB modem.
Anything else work just the same. So what was the point or advantage of AKU 3.3 over AKU 2.x ???
Thanks
Jean-Yves
I have been running the AKU 3.3 for about 10 days and after a 5-10 hangs up which follows by soft reset a day and a lots of other issues like slower response, hangs up when received a call I have put on the SA 1.35 ROM and this problems disappear....I was running the Cingular AKU 3.3 with radio 1.27...now I’m running SA 1.35 with Radio 1.27...the only problem I have noticed after downgrading is that after switching from Flight mode to Radio ON I’m unable to sent messages...I’m getting an error saying to check SMS center number etc...but after a few retries I’m able to send SMS again...I think it is related to the Radio ROM...the battery drain looks like the same on both ROMs…that’s my opinion on the AKU 3.3…so will wait for a more stable version to come out…
Regards,
Primoz
I have been using this 2.05ROM for two weeks without any major issues compared to SA 1.35 ROM.
Only differences I've noticed so far:
- When bluetooth hf is connected, the backlight of the phone
cycles every few minutes = it's off and then goes on for 2 mins (this time has been set from the backlight timer)
- Resco explorer is very very slow with this new rom
- Ugly blue color theme on the Comm manager
I have been running the swedish AKU 3.3 testrom since it came out and i have'nt noticed any of the problems you mention.. Resco explorer is even faster than ever.
Will be cool to try the Wm6 rom soon
I've been running the AKU ROMS (first Swedish then the Egnlish HTC with radio 1.34) and I only can say: perfect! Much more stabile, faster, less hangs (TomTom), no more call drops. I'll never go back!
@nilly: "Will be cool to try the Wm6 rom soon"
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Did I miss something here? I thought there would never be a WM6 for Hermes!?
i have a big problem , after i upgrade my radio rom to 1.34 my voice cant be heared ... its sounds like a robot voice. Then i have downgrade to 1.27 Radio Rom and South african rom ! But now my voice calls cant be heared when i speak
what can i do ?
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I've been running the AKU ROMS (first Swedish then the Egnlish HTC with radio 1.34) and I only can say: perfect! Much more stabile, faster, less hangs (TomTom), no more call drops. I'll never go back!
Did I miss something here? I thought there would never be a WM6 for Hermes!?
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Look at the XDA-Live sticky in this forum
Sleuth also announced that a variety of US carriers were planning on officially bringing WM6 to existing devices.
arghness said:
Look at the XDA-Live sticky in this forum
Sleuth also announced that a variety of US carriers were planning on officially bringing WM6 to existing devices.
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The XDA-live thread isn't talking about WM6, is it? Can't distillate that...
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The XDA-live thread isn't talking about WM6, is it? Can't distillate that...
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yes it is talking about WM6....
I have been experiencing problems with hand-overs whilst in the 3G mode.
This started about 4 weeks ago and affects all Radio ROM's on WM5 and WM6.
What happens is that when moving from one cell area to the next, the signal is lost and the phone disconnects. One has to then force a connection again. This does not happen if the phone is set in the GSM mode.
The problem is network related and well known to Leaf Wireless.
They informed me that a WM5 upgrade would be posted at the end of this week which included the fixed Radio ROM.
They will however not be including this Radio in their WM6 upgrade to be issued at a later stage. ( To protect the sales of the comming Kaiser?)
Is this fair treatment to hand out to their loyal customers?
So your phones that were purchased from January on, will not benefit from the ugraded OEM's and fixes on the WM6 release.
I was planning on upgrading to a Kaiser, but after waiting patiently for a better ROM for sooooo long, and now this news - no chance!!
I expected better for a device costing +/- R8000 ($1,100)
As far as I know, radio firmware do not depend on the OS. You would normaly be able to extract the radio version from the WM5 rom and flash it on your WM6 device.
If they really change the way the OS interact with the radio, it is really screwed; but I am very doubtfull about it
basilrsa, are you currently on WM5 or a cooked WM6 (or maybe the official Asia one)?
I have never really experienced a disconnect problem when switching cells, but more of a "data hanging" issue, ie. it will show it is still connected, but no data is flowing. This has been on WM5 (Pre-AKU3 radio and AKU3 radio). I am currently on 1.48, and it seems much better. I see you are on Vodacom ... they have been having problems with that for a long time now
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As far as I know, radio firmware do not depend on the OS. You would normaly be able to extract the radio version from the WM5 rom and flash it on your WM6 device.
If they really change the way the OS interact with the radio, it is really screwed; but I am very doubtfull about it
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Thanks for your view, it is appreciated.
Yes, I will be able to extract the Radio from the WM5 release and flash it to my device.
The problem is that many users in SA want their warranty intact. By altering the standard ROM's they void their cover.
The point is how can they provide the new Radio with WM5 and not WM6 which they intend to release, but with a buggy Radio!
Regards
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basilrsa, are you currently on WM5 or a cooked WM6 (or maybe the official Asia one)?
I have never really experienced a disconnect problem when switching cells, but more of a "data hanging" issue, ie. it will show it is still connected, but no data is flowing. This has been on WM5 (Pre-AKU3 radio and AKU3 radio). I am currently on 1.48, and it seems much better. I see you are on Vodacom ... they have been having problems with that for a long time now
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Thanks,
See my signature for my current setup (WM6 - Sleuth and Radio1.48)
The problem does exist as a new Radio attached to WM5 will be released at the end of this week.
The post above will explain why I am pi**ed off.
Regards
please post it if you manage to extract it !!!
Hello,
I just picked up an old ATT 8525 because my 4 year old lost my old basic cell & and it looked like the 8525 was lots of fun to mess with (as per YouTube...consummate tinkerer)
Ive read a million threads here and elsewhere and surfed a thousand sites and cannot find WM6 4 HTC hermes/8525 (let alone 6.1 or 6.5)
-Is wm6 a big improvement over Wm5
-Is WM6 needed for all these great roms?
-Will WM6.5 (if I can find and load) work with these roms and this 85?
-And of course Where do you get either (not from HTC anymore).
Regards PK
OK, I hunted this down on rapid-share. Its about 56 megs and presumably will work on the 8525. Look right? pretty esoteric.
RUU_Hermes_CINGULAR_WWE_3.62.502.3_6275_1.54.07.00_108_UOOS_SVN05_Ship.exe
Is there any generic 6,1 or 6,5 for this.
Regards, PK
Mate, before flashing anything you need to Hard SPL your Hermes. Put Hard SPL V7 on from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722 , go to page 116, post 1160 to do it without using the PC, mostly.
Go to the WM06 section to find the newer roms, 6.5 are the latest.
But before you do any of that, you need to read the upgrade guide on how to flash your phone. Do a search, thats what its there for.
Cheers...
Thanks,
BTDT (been there done that). Read everything I can find here, there and everywhere, Have download the right stuf f I think (at it 3 days lad)
Since I posted I have found two versions of 6.0 for this phone. One (slightly larger) here somewhere I think. And one through a more circuitous route. Be interested to see the upgrade sequence going to Wm 5 to WM 6.5. Thanks for the tip.
Hermes_radio_only_1.56 has me a little confused, one post seams to say don't mess unless your life is at stake, but elsewhere, with Hard_spl_v7.5 (I guess) it's implied no prob. As best I can tell theres a trade off, newer radio, better reception, more battery life &, maybe worse camera performance. I'd like a balance. the camera is important to me.
'Nother bit of confusion, I have a new, unactivated sim card. Activate it first, unlock it, do all the other stuff first, does it matter?
Regards, PK
Ok I get it,
1) Install hard spl
2) Install first Att lite
3) Install WM 6.5....your favorite flavored ROM
4)Install different radio when you really know what your doing
PK
Yep, you got it, however, if you're using the sd card method to install the roms, its slightly different than installing Hard SPL V7, drop the steps using sspl.exe. You now have Hard SPL, you don't need to use Soft SPL anymore and its safer not to.
As you said, Don't mess around with the radio unless you know FOR SURE its gonna help. This is the one thing that practically guarantees a brick if it stuffs up during the flash.
It will effect signal reception, thats all. And always use sd card method to flash the radio rom.
Camera is not affected by Radio Rom. Look for a rom with a good camera cooked in. use the WM06 section of the Hermes forum to find WM06/6.1 & 6.5 roms.
Cheers...
Thanks D,
That was fun.
Oddly, my phone and $5.95 SIM card arrived simultaneously yesterday. Reread the HTC guide(s)., Ran through my recipe and it worked, The flashes went remakably easy and fast.
The only thing that still doesn't work is the camera zoom. Seems intuitive enough but I admitably have not read the manual.
I burned in "Golden globe 6.5". Little sluggish on this old 8525 but I'd expect that. Doesn't do all the tricks I've seen on Youtube but beats the holy 'ell out of stock WM 5 it came with.
Thanks for you help,
Regards, PK
hermes 6.5
Hey ...
If you want to try a lite 6.5 rom for hermes please try mine. it runs well even after touchflo is installed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=495280
I'd also appreciate feedback and comparisons to other flavors.
Nice work, might do. I'm currently semi-bricked, been loading & re-loading roms about 3-4 a day.
Does it come in any color than green??
Regards, PK