Here ya go for VZW;
VZW ExtRom

The Dict. Editor is also causing some lockups on my device. It did this with your first beta as well.

Not yet. Are you still having issues when you are in default or desktop view instead of single column? Is it certain sites or all the time? The only issues I have had were the single column issue on some sites. Other than that I cannot get PIE to do anything wrong.

PIE will work fine in anything but the One Column setting.

I dont think the pro version should be bundled with the rom. There are still some changes I want to make to it. I did however post a version of the regular one, but I added icons.

Let me make sure I have this straight,
I have a folder with the contents of Colonel's .exe (9 files). I remove ms_.nbf (note that it had the underscore, not mentioned in this thread).

Now do I flash and then do something else to get Verizon's junk or do i find a file to drop in the directory referenced above before i flash?

dang

Will the IE single column crash prolem be solved be solved by using Opera or another browser instead?

Not sure, but if you just change the layout to Default it works perfectly.

I wonder what causes this issue. Maybe the integration of the PPCHack app.

I had this issue with the latest Official Sprint Rom. I think it is strictly due to PIE not being able to convert some sites to single column for one reason or another. I may be wrong though.

Just saw that underscore. That is strange and strange that noone else has noticed it yet. Anyway, you want to remove that ms.nbf file from the folder. That is the Sprint Extended Rom. Now, put your phone in bootloader mode and run the utility. Once it is done, hard reset. I think that your extended rom stuff should actually still be there. If not, you will need to find the thread about unlocking and unhiding the extended rom so that you can replace it. Or, hang on til tomorrow. I will probably package either a whole update for Verizon users or at least a ms.nbf for Verizon users to put in the installer folder.

Thank you sir. I'll dink around and see what I get. The VZW update or .nbf will be appreciated regardless of how well I do.
dan g

PIE works fine for me - no problems at all. (I do want to go back to the standard home page, though)

I had this same problem with the first 3.3 too......one of the reasons I reverted back to 2.2

Ditto - mine too. 100% dropped to 60% in 5 hours with no use.

ROM REMOVED.

The battery drains like there is no tomorrow. I even readjusted some tweaks, but still it can't even get through half the day. I have only had it off the charger for 7 hours and it is almost at 10%. I have not made one phone call today.

Did you run the battery meter app? I have this rom with SprintExtRom, VC, and IDTransfer with the data connection open. I am averaging 130-150mA with dips down to close to 50 while dormant. What else were you running?

No I didn't. What would that do for me other than tell me what the status is? The only app that I ever leave open is the Palm Messaging one.

I will show you tomorrow :wink:

I just got it off of PDAPhonehome. I didn't see it until now.

and the only site i really go to is ppcgeeks and i only view it in collumn mode and it crashes everytime i open it with pie in collumn mode i tried the regular 3.3 rom and same issues so time to go back to 2.2 beta 2.0 with custom extended.... Until someone figures out the pie issues

So it worked fine with the 2.2 rom checking this site viewing the Desktop version? Well, now I have a place to start looking. Perhaps the new User Agent string is creating the issue. I will play with it.

it always works in destop and default views. just not single column.

Got Colonel's 3.3 onboard, no insatll probs at all.

I did not install any VZW customizations and have not had any SD card issues yet, it comes right out of suspend instantly and is really fast.

I will keep you posted on whether or not I have any SD issues, if not the prob may be the extrom overwriting the aformentioned .dll files.

Colonel, I dont see any custom entries under HKLM/system/currentcontrolset/control/power/state/suspend

I have always had a dsk1: dsk2: btl1: and wav1: entry to keep the SD, extrom, sound, and BT stack on in suspend.

Are these unnessicary in 3.3? I got these from sonny and greatnate, you had mentioned that their edits were in the rom but these particular ones are not.

Ok I had my phone charging and then took it off and ran the battery meter for 45 min.

Now: 68 mA

Avg: 181 mA

Total: 106 mA

So what does this mean?

Basically it means that your phone is running normally. If you battery is running down quickly then you might have an issue with the battery. Averaging 181 is a little high, but not unheard of. Your total of 106mAh means that you should use that much per hour. So, with a stock 1350mA (I think) you should last at least 12-13 hours. I may be wrong on this, but this is the way I understand it. The question now is, if you think your battery is draining more than it used to, run the same test with a different rom. Two questions: Did you have peaks in consumption and when? and How many times was your phone in suspend mode since I do not think the app runs while the phone is suspended?

Remove??
 

colonel...

Thanks so much for working on this. I have not seen a single issue after running for a day. I do have one question...

How can we go about removing some of the pre-installed goodies if we want? I did run the install on the "onlock" program, installed it to the extended rom, and then removed it. This process seemed to work. I would also like to remove the 02 plus from memory too. I am assuming that this same process will work for 02 but I can't find a cab for it to repeat the install process. Would you be so kind to send it my way or let us know if there is another way to remove some of these??

Thanks again!! This one ROCKS!

BT audio gateway issue
 

When I activate bt audio gateway using the BT Toggle app the gateway only seems to open for 10 seconds then sounds goes back to speakers. Anyone elels having this problem?? Any ideas on how to fix??

Thanks

bosox
 

Scooter, I am not sure about exactly what you are saying. You should not be able to uninstall apps in the Rom. Maybe you deleted it from the list in program files, but it is still there. If that is what you want, go to Windows\Start Menu\Programs and delete the shortcuts to any apps you don't want. If you don't want O2 launching at startup, go to Windows\Startup and delete the O2 shortcut. Also, change things in th Today settings. However, the files are still in the rom. You cannot just remove them, but don't worry too much. They really aren't taking up much of your "usable" memory.

bosoxrl, I have not tried the BT toggle app in quite a while. I am running VC 1.6 and IDTransfer. With that I can open the gateway without issues. Others have had issues though, but nothing consistent.

On the other 3.3 rom BT Audio Today is working fine for me with my motorolla headset (not a stereo headset, just one of those cheapo BT headsets for talking :D)

It likes to be in internal store, and its a little slow (when you tap it to toggle, just tap once and WAIT FOR IT :D) but it does work.

i now had the phone running with that app for 3 hours and here is the data.

219, 230, 515

Yuck. :shock: What all were you doing during these 3 hours? That is a definite increase in usage and consumption.

i let the phone be. never touched it once.

Very strange. There is definitely something happening. Right now I have only the battery meter running and the data connection open and I am humming alone at around 50-70mA. How often do you check mail and to you just use poutlook or push? Any other scheduled things happening?

i am on an exchange server and my phone is set up for push. the only app i ever have open is the palm messenging.

i received 2 texts during that time with which i never replied- just let the phone handle them.

i have deleted the O2 ink and msn ink from day one.

I saw similar high power consumption with the original 3.3 rom (using acbPowerMeter) and Direct Push enabled. That's the primary reason (plus miniSD not being recognized) that I've gone back to the official Sprint rom for now. There's definitely an issue with Direct Push and utilization of the data connection.

Thanks everybody for all your efforts to bring the latest AKU's to our Apaches!

Todd/Indy

Battery drain and button lock?
 

I just read another thread and got an idea about people's battery drain issues (maybe...).

There is a setting in the "buttons" applet under Settings called "Lock" that allows you to lock the hardware buttons so that when the phone is suspended, pressing the hardware buttons do not wake up the phone (only the power button or an incoming phone call wakes up the phone). Please note this is different from the today screen device lock, the "Lock" settings applet itself, or Jonathan King's onlock program. In the 2nd Verizon ROM (the updated one from UTStarcom), the hardware button lock was enabled by default - that was a change from the first Verizon ROM. So after Verizon users hard reset on the stock ROM, they don't have to worry about making that change to prevent the phone from turning on every time they press a button by mistake in their pocket.

Turns out that in Colonel's custom ROM, the default is unlocked - that is, the hardware buttons CAN turn on the phone when it is suspended.

I just noticed this, and I'm wondering if this is why my battery dropped 70% in 3 hours yesterday when the phone was in my pocket. I've reset the hardware button lock and I will try again tomorrow and see if there is any difference.

Colonel, you might want to consider making that change in the ROM - it makes a lot more sense to have the button lock default to ON, I think. I don't know where the setting is in the registry, but if people want to try it in the interim, you go to Settings...Buttons...then choose the "Lock" tab at the very bottom, and tell it to "Lock all buttons except Power button".


Hopefully that helps someone...

nope not it. i always check to make sure the button lock it on. i did notice his was off by default.

this is one of the first things i did when i installed any rom.

i always have my buttons locked when suspended.

I should note that I've had random issues with severe battery drain at times with all the ROMs (UTStarcom's, original 3.3 and Colonel's). It happened to me yesterday hence my post above after discovering the hardware button issue. But if that's not it, I'm still not willing to assume this is something about Colonel's ROM automatically, I think it may have something to do with the phone, push email, or the software I have installed.

Sorry, though, thought it might be an epiphany for someone. :)

I'm going to leave the post up though, because I think it's an important setting that people may overlook since it's a change from the last official ROM.

System files to UPX?
 

Hello-

Great work by Mike (for the tools), and by Helmi, Mike and especially Colonel (for the new 3.3 based ROMs, and for showing proof of concept on an actual customization).

Helmi's ROM (and the Colonel's, which has two extra copies of a 680K file, one in \windows and the other \windows\pem\) can be easily fixed via the custom tools following instructions on here. In addition, the smartdialer hack can be similarly fixed. All via the custom ROM tools.

As I was working my way through this custom ROM exercise, I thought about UPX and system files. At first, I tried a blanket UPX of EVERYTHING; did not go over well, and had to reflash. So, I was wondering about people's experience with UPXing ROM files, and, specifically, what ROM files can be safely UPXd. Your thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

Thanks haus, I am changing that now. However, I think that it is the Direct Push that is draining batteries. Since I dont use it, my battery seems to last a bit longer. Here are my stats after 90 min. Now: 101, Avg: 129, Total: 153. This is with some internet usage and outlook checking pop account every 15 min.

Alwaysbelieve, use the included Task Manager and go to Net Stats. Under IP stats, how many packets have been received? Output Requests?