Custom AKU2.2 Beta 1.0 Testers NEEDED!

[Big D5]

Working smooth nice job! So far the only question I have is, why can't I get any of the 02+ today screen plugins to come up. When I got to options and try to sellect one of the outher plugins the calinder is the only one that shows up on the today screen. When I return to the option page the boxes are no longer checked. I am runing clean I haven't added any programs after the update and I will leave my 6700 that way till the bata testing is over.

[schettj]

Last update for now
- fully recovered from update (well, still need to verify all my reg hacks are in)
- unit functions fine, can't really say if its any faster - seems no slower, for sure
- data roaming works (didn't before, but then I just had done the radio update from the unoffical release - anyway wooo hoo! - in the bay area I'm only getting 1x data roaming, but it does work. Sweeet
- after removing junkware free ram and free store is pretty much exactly what it was pre-update.

So, updatinging gets you
* maybe snappier performance
* latest fixes, data roaming (if you hadn't done the full sprint update)
* no significant space/memory increase

At least I know now I can recover from a hard reset - only took an hour to do it manually Thanks for putting this togeather! I guess a side-benefit of doing this is I should be able to just backup/restore if you release another one with some storage size benefits, since I'll be on the 'current' OS level

[schettj]

Ok last last update... re-applied following reg hacks from

http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/ppc-6...stable-12.html


DSOD RELATED IMPROVMENTS

HKLM\Drivers\SDCARD\SDBusDriver
PowerUpPollingInterval - 2 (Dword)
PowerUpPollingTime - 2000 (Dword)
These settings we're borrowed from the Treo 700w.

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\States \Suspend
dsk1 - 2 (DWORD)
Prevents the SD Card from going into suspend; the main cause of DSOD
cam1 - 4 (DWORD)
Forces the camera to turn off during suspend, saving power.

PERFORMANCE RELATED IMPROVMENTS

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\States \Unattended
wav1 - 2 (DWORD)
Prevents the sound card from turning off while the unit is unattended mode.

HKLM\Drivers\SDCARD\ClientDrivers\Class\SDMemory_C lass
*BlockTransferSize - 64 (Dword) *If you experience skipping audio try 32 or 16.
Specifies the maximum amount of blocks to send per bus transfer.
** was 16, left @ 16


HKLM\System\StorageManager\FATFS
CacheSize - 4096 (DWord)
Specifies cache size.
EnableCache - 1 (Dword)
Enables filesystem cache.
EnableWriteBack - 1 (Dword)
Enables cache writebacks.
Flags - 68 (Dword)
Specifies filesystem options.
EnableCacheWarm - 1 (Dword)
Preloads the cache upon booting.

HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\CameraDriver
JpegBufferSize - 768000 (Dword)
May provide a buffer for the camera allowing for smoother operation.

HKLM\System\StorageManager\Filters\fsreplxfilt
ReplStoreCacheSize - 4096 (DWORD)
Enables the file system filter cache, speeding up overall performance with file mangement.

Reset, and *now* can say aku is faster. Without above tweaks aku2.2 is about as fast as 2.0 with those tweaks, With them, it's screaming.

[schettj]

Originally Posted by pzztgotbagz

shettj
as mike stated please install custom rom after a hard reset. so errors can be found with fresh install.

grrr
Missed that - well foo. I installed the custom rom, but didn't do the hard reset (which woulda slicked the machine.) I assumed the custom rom install would have done the hard reset.

Ah well - not gonna do that right now. Just got the darn thing all restored. It does work that way too (apparently does nuke the registry doing what I did, as all my registry tweeks were gone.)

[Wideawake]

Alright, feedback. Big D tmail errors I haven't had personally. Today screen plugins working fine for me but I will try the o2 ones. schjetta yea I kindof wanted folks to do a hard reset. But its ok. I will look into the reg edits u posted and check them out. Space, you actually save about 5mb with this one. But sad to say will probably be refilled by .NET 2.0s files. I will play with it more and see if I can't save some more memory
~Mike

[schettj]

Ok more feedback - looks like you pre-install some reg tweaks?

This one is causing problems in PIE:
HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Main/MaxRequestThreads = 48
HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Main/MaxConnections = 48

Dailing them both down to 5 made PIE faster, as it was PIE hung loading ppcgeeks.com

FYI Windows Mobile has a max process/thread limit of 32 total, with the OS taking up 10 or so of them, so anything more then 22 is asking for trouble.

When you do the next release (hopefully with .NET2.0 and no junkware) I'll do a full hard reset and re-install, esp. if you get most of those registry tweeks in - installing apps is easy, doing those reg hacks over by hand is a PITA!

Overall though, AKU2.2 is working well.

So what the heck have I done here by *not* doing a hard reset, before installing this, anyway?

[Wideawake]

I just wanted clean bases to make the comparsion, the reason for the hard reset. Yeap reg hacks preinstalled. But the Max Connections is set to 30 by default, hmmm not sure why u have 48. Can someone else check this? I have been running 30 with no issues and its speedy. This is just the OS not a full rom so ur extended sames intact along with the radio. Those will come once the OS has been finished.
~Mike

[Wideawake]

I rechecked it, mine is at 48 too I will fix that, but it seems to be working fine for me.
~Mike

[Jimskalajim]

Install went fine, no problems. Just remember to hard reset, (not soft)after the update as well, if you dont things can get messed up. (found out the hard way). Is it possible to preinstall the sms threaded app and the Arksoft for MMS? I know beggers cant be choosers but maybe a version with and without CF2? I've no use for it myself...

[rukshmani]

I followed all the driections, and flashed on boot mode. Then after its completes, I did HARD RESET again. It still installs the Sprint Software Store,Get Mail etc, is it supposed to do that?