beta 3
 

woo hoo, just flashed, let's see how it is.

I tried the AKU 3.5 alwaysbelieve1 but was not happy with the stripped down version..

i'm gonna download it soon. probably flash tomorrow night or sunday though. i know i won't be flashing monday-friday next week though, just in case the wifi where i'll be staying sucks again (second time in the same hotel). i want my evdo just in case i need it.

UPDATE 2/17/07 In helping out Colonel I will be updating this post with news/info/other stuff about beta 3. Also, check the wiki page for the latest updates.

installing as i type, oh i can't wait. its currently installing whats in the extended rom. One thing though, I installed the Col3.3beta3SprintNoJunk rom and it has a telecom boot image. No biggy to me, just noticed it wasnt sprint. hopefully i'll have some time to mess with all this kitchen stuff and change to something i want that looks cool.

it just soft reset and a nice electronic voice just told me "all systems are functional" cool.

uh oh, we got an error already and i haven't even touched it. it says:
sddaemon.exe
The file 'sddaemon' cannot be opened. Either it is not singed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. You might need to reinstall this file.

After closing the error window I noticed that the O2 Today plugin had the person I last talked to on it which means it looks like it didn't erase my device when I installed the rom. Did a hard reset, my ppc talked to me again, ah no error this time. Nice.

As far as programs we have: (things that I notice that are different from AKU2.2)
Midlet Manager (more info: http://tao-group.com/)
O2 Plus
Pocket RAR
Pocket Xpdf
Total Commander
UPX4PPC
Internet Sharing
VNC View
Batti Config
InClose
OnLock Prefs
psShutXP
Sipchange
SmartsKey
acbPowerMEter
ClearTemp
DictEditor
PPC-6700 Hacks
Regeditor
Task Manager
Live Search
Windows Live Messenger
Windows Live
Display SwitchTCPMP
WM5torage

Directly after installing and before connecting to pc the memory looks like this: Storage 32.33MB Free and Program 23.38 Free w/ the only running program being ActiveSync.

I just got my first 'shell error' message and my ppc restarted. I wonder how often this will happen. It boots real quick though so it might not be that much of a problem.

Colonel thanks so much for all your work. I'm really diggin' this beta3 right now!

Update: Just going through finding more stuff.
Under Settings/Input/Input Method there is an option for Nullkb. I like this. There's also options for each input method that I didn't notice in 2.2
There's LVM Time today plugin with lots of options. Very useful.
Just encountered second shell error.
Under Start/Settings/System there is Soft Key which looks like it assigns whatever you want to the two soft keys.

UPDATE 2/17 After 24 hours of using I've only seen that 'shell error' twice, and they were both within the first half hour I installed the rom.

rotating windows error/glitch
 

I installed Colonel's latest 3.3 beta3 and everything went smoothly, except now when ever I click the "OK" or the "X" button to close or minimize a program, the window rotates 90 degrees counter-clockwise into landscape mode, i then have to navigate to the today screen and use the screen rotate application to bring it back to portrait.

when I open the keyboard, it rotates properly to landscape, and again, when i close or minimize a window, it rotates the screen 90 degrees counter-clockwise to a portrait mode.

very annoying ...

dannzeman - You always have to perform a hard reset after installing any of these custom ROMs. There are remnants of your old install that remain in storage even after flashing the new ROM. A hard reset makes sure all of that is clear.

Man, I've been waiting for this 3.3beta3SprintNoJunk!! Installed it last night, and I've gotten my re-installing and resetting routine down to 20 minutes. So far, works excellently. I'm getting a strange bar across the top at times, running left to right (activesync?). I'm sure when you get a full NoJunk 3.5, I'll run that. Thanks Colonel and PPCGeeks.

that bar is a battery meter, the further left it ends, the less battery life you have left. i should really flash this rom today, but i don't think i'll get time to, have to fix the gf's car and stuff.

Is nullKb working correctly? Whenever I select it, the selection goes back to the standard keyboard?

tok, are you talking about SIPChange? It seems to be working fine for me.

how can i disable this meter?