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Hi guys. Been away for a while and now actually bought an xda 2. I have a few problems and hopefully someone can help.
My xda came with rom 1.72.181 with blackberry. Not being bothered about blackberry I downloaded (after a full backup) and installed 1.72.187. I didn't realise that a full restore from my backup would put the software back to 1.72.181, so had to hard reset and reinstall everything again. Both are backed up now so I can swap as and when I feel like it between 181 and 187. Both have a full setup of all my software, but I thought a restore would only put the software back, not the os and rom also, (like with my xda1). Anyone know how to reinstall software without overwriting the rom software version?
Next problem. What is the latest rom available on here (links please if known), and will updating it mean yet another full reinstall of all software.
Also, I have an occasional (too often though) problem where the touch screen stops working and the only way to get it back is to reboot. Anyone know what might be causing this. I can use the buttons and turn it on and off, but the touchscreen does nothing until I reboot. It happens with both roms, but I don't think its hardware related as the soft reset makes everything fine again.
I have removed just about everything from startup including ia caller id and all flashman stuff. I'm not even using it as a phone much because I mainly wanted it as a pda, but I have a payg sim in it for cross network calls (saves on my o2 bill). So mostly, the phone is turned off.
Any help you clever people can give would be much appreciated, (no suggestions involving hammers please). Oh yes, its about 3 weeks old as of this post date so not worn out yet. Lastly, there's no passwords set or any security setting that could be causing it as everything is on default.
Please help a desperate man.
TIA
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Your touch screen should work out of the box. If it's not working out of the box, then you may have a hardware conflict issue.
I don't know what do you use for backup, but a full restore usually restores the registry and filesystem.
For a different version ROM, the usual advice is to install your software from scratch again.
If you are handy with the registry, what you can do is:
(a) export the registry of your own ROM, cut & paste the portion that contains the registry settings for your installed software, usually under HKLM\SOFTWARE\...
(b) use your ActiveSync to reinstall the software again in your new ROM
(c) import the HKLM\SOFTWARE\.. registry that you have saved earlier.
If you are handy with OSP WinCAB Mgr, you can create a CAB file for this and makes your restoration easlier.
Have you fitted a scree protector to the phone, this can sometimes cause problems with the touch screen if the protector is too close to or tucked under the edge of the cover, this can be intermittent also.
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Thanks for the interest.
I have done a full reinstall with both rom versions, so that problem is gone. Just wondered if there was any way to put the software back after a rom upgrade without a full reinstall of everything.
As for the screen problem. Like I said, I don't think it's hardware related as it s all fine after a soft reset. Hardware would usually mean that it still won't work after rebooting. It's like whatever software controlling the touch feature throws a wobbler and locks me out, but the buttons all work as normal when it happens. I'll list the software thats installed and if you're aware of any known conflicts, please tell me in a reply.
Calligrapher, Phatpad, Launcher (today plugin), Tascal regedit, Frequency tuner, SPB Fullscreen keyboard, Pocket Mechanic (1.49), and Tomtom 3.
Any ideas to help this very confused man.
More help please.
I have removed calligrapher and it seems to have stopped locking up. Problem now is what do I do about it.
Anyone know how to cure this. The program is no good if it has problems with 2003, (and I have tried both drivers, default and calligrapher) without success. Now I'm stuck.
Any suggestions.
A very frustrated man.
Calligrapher 7.4, For you're information
I have removed calligrapher 7.4 and installed version 7.2. Guess what, no freezes. I informed phatware support of this and the response was what else do I have installed. They don't seem to accept that the latest version is the cause of the problem. It must be something else. Probably a today plugin????.
I then installed version 7.3. No lockups. Put 7.4 back in, back to square 1 with the locking up. It seems that anything before 7.4 is ok. I have told phatware support of this, but they still don't accept that 7.4 is the problem, instead putting the blame on anything else but version 7.4.
OK, here's my question. Am I losing it, or would it be safe to assume that (seeing as the others work) calligrapher 7.4 has a problem. A simple deduction watson, given the overwhelming evidence. Remember that I also have an xda1 and its the same story on that too.
Sorry phatware, but I'm gonna stay with my other stuff and look at the alternative's to calligrapher until I can try another (later) version that works with my machines.
One sale lost I think. Anyone else having similar problems.
Opera was working like a dream and then I changed a setting in real vga and installed tomtom. That was all I did i think and now when i try to start opera the splash screen fires up the status bar starts and then POP, disappears. Nothing. I've been searching forums and there's some reference to not enough memory but i uninstalled tomtom and other things and still can't get it to work.
I also installed it again from a cab i got here, but nothing.
Any help appreciated
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Opera was working like a dream and then I changed a setting in real vga and installed tomtom. That was all I did i think and now when i try to start opera the splash screen fires up the status bar starts and then POP, disappears. Nothing. I've been searching forums and there's some reference to not enough memory but i uninstalled tomtom and other things and still can't get it to work.
I also installed it again from a cab i got here, but nothing.
Any help appreciated
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I'm sorry to say, but it looks like your best option is a hard reset. It will save more trouble in the end, if you haven't done a backup then now is a good time to use one. Do a hard reset then reinstall all your contacts, appointments, and such, then your programs. Then use a backup program like sprite, and backup. sprite has a 10 day trial and once it ends you can still restore from the first backup . unless someone knows a good free backup software program. think HTC do one???
Regrds
Jay
hi, thanks. I was trying to avoid a hard reset but thought that might be the only option dammit.
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hi, thanks. I was trying to avoid a hard reset but thought that might be the only option dammit.
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Like I said, use the opportunity to make a backup then you always have a base to start from. I use sprite, you can even use it when swapping roms. save all that messing about getting things back how you want them.
good luck
Jay
Thanks for the advice. I did a hard reset and then slowly put back on the apps and things. Then I found out the cause of the problem. It was the Thinkoutside drivers. I have a Thinkoutside bluetooth mouse and a keyboard and as soon as I installed the driver for the mouse Opera died. I uninstalled it and Opera started again. I am now using Bluemouse and it's fine.
Sprite is awesome to BTW so thaks for the tip. I downloaded the trial and now I'm going to buy it.
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Thanks for the advice. I did a hard reset and then slowly put back on the apps and things. Then I found out the cause of the problem. It was the Thinkoutside drivers. I have a Thinkoutside bluetooth mouse and a keyboard and as soon as I installed the driver for the mouse Opera died. I uninstalled it and Opera started again. I am now using Bluemouse and it's fine.
Sprite is awesome to BTW so thaks for the tip. I downloaded the trial and now I'm going to buy it.
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Im pleased you have it sorted now, its a good chance for a clean out and a spring clean. At least now you have a bsae to go back to if anything else goes wrong, Sprite has been a favourite of mine since I first started years ago. I did have problems getting the backup file to self boot, however that seems to be ok now. Just tap on the backup file on your storage card and off it goes.
All the best
Jay
So I have installed the new ROM every time dcd has shared it, let's face it, he and many others do a phenomenal job of helping us make the most of our PPC.
My problem is that I am tired of losing my settings, emails, texts, and installed applications. I sync my PPC to keep my contacts, calendar, and tasks so that is not an issue, but everything else is.
Does anyone know of a software solution or any other may inwhich I can switch to the newest ROM and still maintain everything else as is or even create some sort of backup that would reinstall everything that I have the way it was right before I upgraded?
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So I have installed the new ROM every time dcd has shared it, let's face it, he and many others do a phenomenal job of helping us make the most of our PPC.
My problem is that I am tired of losing my settings, emails, texts, and installed applications. I sync my PPC to keep my contacts, calendar, and tasks so that is not an issue, but everything else is.
Does anyone know of a software solution or any other may inwhich I can switch to the newest ROM and still maintain everything else as is or even create some sort of backup that would reinstall everything that I have the way it was right before I upgraded?
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Sprite Backup or PIM backup.....plus there are others...these are the most common.....Sprite is superiror for custom settings....
The sprite backup image bricked me, not sure why.
So I will be re-installing everything again this time...
full backup programs often cause problems when updating rom. You should try something like uc or sashimi to backup settings. I prefer sashimi, but may prefer uc. In any case, you can use cregeditor to find your settings by changing the settings, backing up registry, and then change settings back to what you want. Next compare new registry to saved registry.
I use PIM backup, you can find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705
I also use this AutoInstall program that helps me install all the cabs and stuff i want with a single click.
Find it here: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=20753&highlight=autoinstall
I prefer this method instead of making OEM's.
maskedlion said:
So I have installed the new ROM every time dcd has shared it, let's face it, he and many others do a phenomenal job of helping us make the most of our PPC.
My problem is that I am tired of losing my settings, emails, texts, and installed applications. I sync my PPC to keep my contacts, calendar, and tasks so that is not an issue, but everything else is.
Does anyone know of a software solution or any other may inwhich I can switch to the newest ROM and still maintain everything else as is or even create some sort of backup that would reinstall everything that I have the way it was right before I upgraded?
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The best way to do this is to learn a bit about User Customizations (aka UC, read about it here). I have all of my cabs on my SD card and those files that I copy over, so when you finish running DCD rom it looks for a file called sdconfig.txt that descibes what you want to happen to further customize your phone. You can also have xml to change all of the registry keys to change your today screen, assign your buttons and most anything else you can do manually.
After running the RUU and then activesync, it takes me about five minutes to get my phone EXACTLY how it was. If I spent more time customizing XML and so forth, I would have no time getting all the settings and preferences exactly how I like it. This is the solution that works so much better than Sprite or SPB backups when upgrading ROMs. It is much easier than it sounds.
maskedlion said:
The sprite backup image bricked me, not sure why.
So I will be re-installing everything again this time...
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This happened because drivers and other dependent files changed from ROM to ROM when DCD upgraded various things. This is why this is a bad solution.
P.S. Bricks are paperweights that go back in for a replacement. You just caused enough problems to necessitate a hard reset.
What I find annoying is every time i upgrade to a new ROM i have to make new bluetooth partnerships and setup my wifi access points again.
cleanser said:
What I find annoying is every time i upgrade to a new ROM i have to make new bluetooth partnerships and setup my wifi access points again.
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This is the price we pay for having shiny new things. If newer ROMs don't offer you any noticeable upgrades, you should stay where you were. Some people are still at 2.3.x and happy.
serfboreds said:
This is the price we pay for having shiny new things. If newer ROMs don't offer you any noticeable upgrades, you should stay where you were. Some people are still at 2.3.x and happy.
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Stay where I am? Where's the fun in that
so this is kindof the same trick as v1 of htc album but it helps it load a little faster. make a shortcut with the following
19#"Windows\htcalbum.exe" -directory:\my documents
you can change my documents to what ever you want.
irus where can i find a cab or download for htc album? It wasnt in you addon bundle connected to the Ultra Vanilla!!!
Kenjari said:
irus where can i find a cab or download for htc album? It wasnt in you addon bundle connected to the Ultra Vanilla!!!
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this is version 2.0.1816.3421 the shortcut has already been modified. i have not tested it as my rom already has it in there.
thanks irus....what would we do without you.....(sale the device)
After installation it didn't work. As a matter of fact, it produced the same bug that Windows Live created.....the lost of Ram and skin distortion. So I went into safe mode and deleted it. Just in case it messed something up, where do I go in the registry to finish deleting the remaining files? Um trying to avoid another hard reset. BTW, would you recommend SKTools as far as backup for our device? Im trying to find a good app that would back up all my info so I can quickly restore if I try other roms and want to go back.
Kenjari said:
After installation it didn't work. As a matter of fact, it produced the same bug that Windows Live created.....the lost of Ram and skin distortion. So I went into safe mode and deleted it. Just in case it messed something up, where do I go in the registry to finish deleting the remaining files? Um trying to avoid another hard reset. BTW, would you recommend SKTools as far as backup for our device? Im trying to find a good app that would back up all my info so I can quickly restore if I try other roms and want to go back.
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Sprite Backup does the trick for me.
Kenjari said:
After installation it didn't work. As a matter of fact, it produced the same bug that Windows Live created.....the lost of Ram and skin distortion. So I went into safe mode and deleted it. Just in case it messed something up, where do I go in the registry to finish deleting the remaining files? Um trying to avoid another hard reset. BTW, would you recommend SKTools as far as backup for our device? Im trying to find a good app that would back up all my info so I can quickly restore if I try other roms and want to go back.
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Im really sorry to hear that it messed things up, i will look at it some more what exactly happen when you tried to run it
yea, sprite backup does the trick for me too.
No apologies needed irus. I just appreciate you for helping and sharing.
What it does is that after the installation I would soft reset it. Then it doesnt fully load in the splash screen. I'm running WA3, so the top or bottom part of the skin wouldnt load and cant load. AFter everything is booted....the Ram would be significantly low....meaning I hav probably lost 20mb's. So I would soft reset again, and same thing. It also moves extremely slow to open applications, some application wouldnt even start during this.
So I just went into safe mode and deleted it. It is working normal now, but I know when I installed Windows Live, it wouldnt fix itself with a softreset even after the removal of Windows live.
So anyway.....thank you for the Sprite Back suggestion lpsi2000 and irus. I just purchased it.
irus, what do you think it did to the Rom.....because it is doing that RAM leak thing again. Now its at a point where a Softreset will not fix it. Is there something in the registry I can delete, change, or something to get it stop doing this? It keeps freezing as well. Lastly, I noticed the splash screen (windows Mobile 6.1 with the loading bar) doesn't complete. It stops about half way. Please help Bro. trying to avoid a Hard reset. I got sprite back up now....but im certain the problem will follow if I take the hard reset route.
thanks
Kenjari said:
irus, what do you think it did to the Rom.....because it is doing that RAM leak thing again. Now its at a point where a Softreset will not fix it. Is there something in the registry I can delete, change, or something to get it stop doing this? It keeps freezing as well. Lastly, I noticed the splash screen (windows Mobile 6.1 with the loading bar) doesn't complete. It stops about half way. Please help Bro. trying to avoid a Hard reset. I got sprite back up now....but im certain the problem will follow if I take the hard reset route.
thanks
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well, if you uninstalled htc album, file and reg settings should be gone also. I not really sure if htc album is causing this because the only exe/dll files are: htcalbum.exe, albumsearcher.exe, fsplayer.dll, thats it the rest are .bmp, .png, .xml files which would not effect the running of your pda. is there any other app that you have installed.
No, I havent installed anything in the last week or so. Just Sprite Backup, but the problem started before I installed that.
I wonder do I have a corrupted SD card. I tried to install it to that. But that wouldnt explain the same behavior after I installed Windows live a couple of weeks ago
thank Irus....I think I might just go with another hard reset. I will wait until your response first.
Kenjari said:
No, I havent installed anything in the last week or so. Just Sprite Backup, but the problem started before I installed that.
I wonder do I have a corrupted SD card. I tried to install it to that. But that wouldnt explain the same behavior after I installed Windows live a couple of weeks ago
thank Irus....I think I might just go with another hard reset. I will wait until your response first.
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to be honest im not sure if a corrupted sd card would be the problem, do you use the SDAutoRestart.exe to load all of your apps? just do a hardreset to see if it fixes the problem
I did a back up with sprite back up and Hard reset, that fixed it. Thanks.
Question: After I restored everything from sprite back up, I think my storage memory has dropped significantly. I think I had about 84mb of storage, now I'm down to 39mbs. Did the restore do this? If so, How do I reclaim my storage memory back?
How can i make an shortcut with this "19#"Windows\htcalbum.exe" -directory:my documents" ???
I updated my HD2 to ROM 3.14 and I put back my (SPB) backup which seemed to be working fine but I noticed I can not tick for the world clock and alarm settings in the main screen. Weather and agenda can be ticked but on the lock and alarm settings nothing is happening. Anyone got a clue ?
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I updated my HD2 to ROM 3.14 and I put back my (SPB) backup which seemed to be working fine but I noticed I can not tick for the world clock and alarm settings in the main screen. Weather and agenda can be ticked but on the lock and alarm settings nothing is happening. Anyone got a clue ?
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I suspect you did a full backup and restored your programs, yes? If you did that, you would be writing old registry values to a new registry that was created when you flashed the new ROM. I have heard that this can cause quite a few problems, so I have not tried it myself.
If you did not do a full backup, then I am not quite sure where your problem could be coming from.
I have the same problem
I did restore a back up with PPCPimBackup, but i don't believe this will even touch the registry, anybody know different??
or which registry key would apply to fix this.
Many Thanks
mikejt2000 said:
I have the same problem
I did restore a back up with PPCPimBackup, but i don't believe this will even touch the registry, anybody know different??
or which registry key would apply to fix this.
Many Thanks
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It all depends upon the type of backup you chose. Is not one of the options of SPB Backup to backup and restore the registry? Also, if you restored programs, SPB had to have written values to the registry and also perhaps overwritten some files needed in the new ROM. (Have you ever tried to run a program on your computer that has not been installed?)
Check out this link for a related discussion on this matter.
Of course, the ultimate test is to reflash your phone, and try out the functions to see if they work before you use PCB Backup. If the functions work properly, then you have isolated the culprit!
Anyway, I hope you two can find a solution to your common problem. If you do, please let us know the solution. Thanks.
Hi Thanks for advise,
Do a hard set and the time and alarm tabs are now working.
so started reinstalled the apps i wanted, decided it might (Ha Ha) be an idea to test the phone are each one was installed?? don't laugh.
anyway found the problem was caused by Vovichek_Jamrecords 16 TT UPDATED.
uninstalled it and the tabs worked again.
i think the is a moral here somewhere
Many thanks
mikejt2000 said:
Hi Thanks for advise,
Do a hard set and the time and alarm tabs are now working.
so started reinstalled the apps i wanted, decided it might (Ha Ha) be an idea to test the phone are each one was installed?? don't laugh.
anyway found the problem was caused by Vovichek_Jamrecords 16 TT UPDATED.
uninstalled it and the tabs worked again.
i think the is a moral here somewhere
Many thanks
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Wow, glad you found your way out of that mess. My head is all messed up because of a case of bronchitis. I should have suggested a hard reset, instead of reflashing.
Anyway, it is nice that you are back among the happy owners.
I didn't update cause I got my phone (thk god for insurance!) with 3.14 ROM. I did the usual home screen tweaks and installed a few of the standard apps (not Vovichek_Jamrecords). Now my world clock won't open. I actually don't know if it opened before I did the tweaks. Anyway, I don't want to do a hard reset, as I just put some time in setting up everything. What can I do? Is there a particular registry entry to check? Anything else?
Thx a lot in advance!