Missing SD Card problem in AKU3.3 fixed!!!!

[Robb Bates]

Originally Posted by schettj

Just checked my \Windows properties for:

\Windows\QCT.dll
\Windows\SDMemory.dll
\Windows\rilphone.dll

And all three of these are 'in ROM' for me...

So, I guess I didn't run that Sprint Cab

If you deleted those files and soft-reset, would the ROM versions re-appear? How do you get those back?

Well, I just renamed these to *.bak and after a complaint about "cannot delete" the ROM versions of these files appeared.

I have reset my device four times. Before my SD card would be missing after a reset almost 90% of the time. Now it's there. This may be the big fix we've been waiting for.

I'll keep playing with it and see if I ever lose the SD card and I'll update this thread.

I suspect all you'd have to change is the SDMemory.dll file.

Robb

[colonel]

These are all from the Sprint cab right? So, we could just try skipping that cab in the ExtRom to avoid the overwrite. Keep us posted.

[Robb Bates]

That appears to be the case. All credit goes to jimeverett for finding this. I just tried it and it seems to work.

Originally Posted by jimeverett

I may have found the problem with the SD card not being seen by the phone at times. If you hard reset and your Extended Rom has the Sprint Files or the file of "PP_LockUp_Apac_212705.sa" this over rights the newer or current "sdmemory.dll" thus a problem. The other files I see that could also get affected from even a clean Ext_Rom.

\Windows\QCT.dll
\Windows\SDMemory.dll
\Windows\rilphone.dll


Just something I found.

What else the .cab file does, I'm not sure. Jim seems to be researching that. I also don't know what the QCT.dll and rilphone.dll do, or what the effects of restoring the ROM versions will do.

Does anyone know what these other two files are for?

I'll update this thread with any more findings.

Robb

[schettj]

Originally Posted by Robb Bates

Does anyone know what these other two files are for?

http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/ppc-6...laination.html

"Radio Interface Layer" is RILphone... looks like it gets patched twice (PT_Ril_Apac_206301.sa.CAB, and
PP_LockUp_Apac_212705.sa.CAB)

http://purl.rikers.org/%23htc-linux/20061123.html.gz

QCT.dll is the serial driver. Not serial/USB, just serial.

So, something to do with fixing lockups in the radio/serial drivers? Unclear to me if the DLL versions in the 3.3 ROM are older or newer then the "2.x SPRINT/UTC" patches. My guess is, they are all NEWER in the rom, and you should not install any SPRINT extended rom "patches/updates" to any of the 3.3 OS files.

A quick look at the \Windows folder, in total commander, sorted by extension, looking at the dlls, and hiding ROM files will give you a list of what you've (potentially) overwritten in the ROM.

I'll try and post my list a bit later today, weeding out the dlls for installed apps.

[Robb Bates]

The patched versions:

QCT.dll 8/1/06
rilphone.dll 8/31/06
SDMemory.dll 8/1/06

AKU3.3 versions:

All 1/18/07

So it appears that they all are newer.

So far so good with the SD card. Haven't seen it disappear yet.

Robb

[Alwaysbelieve1]

Originally Posted by Robb Bates

The patched versions:

QCT.dll 8/1/06
rilphone.dll 8/31/06
SDMemory.dll 8/1/06

AKU3.3 versions:

All 1/18/07

So it appears that they all are newer.

So far so good with the SD card. Haven't seen it disappear yet.

Robb

What does this mean they are all newer? They are 06 when the 3.3 is 07. How is that newer?

What are supposed to do then- not install certain patches. If so, which ones?

[Robb Bates]

I meant that the AKU3.3 versions are newer. The disappearing SD card problem arose from having old ExtROM patch files overwriting the newer AKU3.3 files.

If you've already installed the patches, just delete the files. The newer ROM versions will then reappear. Then soft reset.

jimeverret is figuring out which .cabs are causing the problem. Hopefully he'll post more info on which ExtROM .cabs you shouldn't install.

Robb

[imkk]

You are a genius. That seems to have worked for me. I cannot make the card disappear. I even took the card out and it still shows up as long as it is within 6 inches of the PPC. (just kidding)

[Robb Bates]

I can't take the credit for this one. All goes to jimeverret. I just followed through with his idea.

Robb

[colonel]

Umm, Robb, are you sure those dates aren't coming from the day you installed the rom? I am pretty sure those dlls weren't written 8 days ago.

Give me some time and I will try to compare the .dlls with the ones in the rom.