new lockup issue with AKU3.5 CF2 - hourglass stays forever

lightsail · #1 (**permalink**) 03-02-2007, 09:48 PM

Recently I noticed some strange lockups. Unlike the old "dark screen" lockup which you can unlock by popping up the sd card, this type of a lockup is when you click a program shortcut (usually the program on the sd card), the hourglass never go away, the whole system get locked up. Removing sd card will not help, the only option is soft-reset. This is worse than before. Does anyone experience this problem with AKU3.5 -CF2 - smart dialer fix - SPB Pocket Plus combo. I launch the program from spb pocket plus and the program is on the sd card. Does anyone has any suggestion?

Another unsolved issue is iGuidance crashing issue, which make this program usuable.

**schettj** · #2 (**permalink**) 03-02-2007, 10:02 PM

If you are having stabilitiy issues with a custom rom, the suggestion is to post it (which you did, good job) with as much info as you can, and then if you need a stable (but yeah, not as cool) phone to back off to wideawake's AKU2.2, or even your carrier's latest OS ROM.

The AKU 3.5 rom, and all builds based on it so far, have various issues. Some fixes are known (Iguidance, for example) and some are not known, but development is still in progress and most of the rom guys are working on the "stable" version.

Which program were you trying to launch?

lightsail · #3 (**permalink**) 03-02-2007, 10:26 PM

Thanks for reply. The programs that have problem so far are NetFront and GPSTuner. I did not try other program yet. I do have the sdmemeory.dll(from extended rom) deleted. The other issue I noticed (even before AKU3.5) is: if you close a sd card program, then immediately power off after closing that program, in some cases, you will get a dark screen lockup next time when you power on.

You mentioned that iGuidance problem is fixed. Could you point me to the right link. I searched this site and PDAphonehome site and did not find a lof of info about it. It seems to me there is no workaround yet.

**schettj** · #4 (**permalink**) 03-02-2007, 10:34 PM

It's fixed in the base rom that all these custom roms are based on, but I don't think anyone has released a custom rom with it in yet... they're all working on the next base rom right now. So it may be a while before you see one with the fix in it. "A while" meaning a few days, maybe a week.

lightsail · #5 (**permalink**) 03-02-2007, 10:54 PM

I build my customized ROM based on HELMI_Apache_3.5_KITCHEN_PPC-GEEKS. So If you can tell me which ROM (or even which OS or OEM module) has the iGuidance fix, that will be great. I checked the ftp, but did not see any new base ROM. Then I just need rebuild my customized ROM and restore my backup. Thanks in advance. IGuidance fullscreen mode crashing is really a show-stopper to me.

**schettj** · #6 (**permalink**) 03-03-2007, 12:19 PM

I don't believe it's up yet... the pre-release is on the ftp site as

/Apache/Sfaure03/HELMI_Apache_3.5_KITCHEN_PPC-GEEKS_r1.2-pre2.rar

That one I believe does have the .net fixes in it, which lets iGuidence work.

Give it a go... there is another release (actually, it would be the first release of the "clean 3.5" kitchen) in the process of getting released to our internal rom testing team - assuming that comes out intact it will have even fewer issues then the kitchen above. But if you don't mind reflashing, try that one for now, it should be more stable overall.

lightsail · #7 (**permalink**) 03-04-2007, 12:59 AM

Tried this one. No luck.

Raging Idiot · #8 (**permalink**) 03-04-2007, 03:05 PM

NetFront 3.3 works fine for me. I remember long ago I tried a different NetFront version that apparently wasn't compatible at the time. Not certain if that's still the case, or if that might be what you are running into now.

jack_2231 · #9 (**permalink**) 03-09-2007, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schettj

It's fixed in the base rom that all these custom roms are based on, but I don't think anyone has released a custom rom with it in yet... they're all working on the next base rom right now. So it may be a while before you see one with the fix in it. "A while" meaning a few days, maybe a week.

I second lightsail's comment about having problems with Iguidance, in my case with BigJ's Mario AKU 3.5 v9.3. JBabey said that a regedit will prevent Iguidance from going into full screen modem but I wasn't able to find anyone posting to that effect. I also don't have a theme.ini file to delete and am not trying to bypass the warning screen. Any help would be appreciated.

EDIT: By the way, I did some Googling, and discovered that this problem has been around since November 2007 for many of the PPCs such as the x500 and dell axim. I think the INAV is to blame. I am not going to try downgrading to IGuidance 3.0 instead of 3.01 to see if that helps. DOUBLE EDIT: No diff. IGuidance 3.00 exits/crashes the same fast. Next step: try installing 3.01 using SPRINT's Rom. Then just use a shortcut. This was the only known method that might work that I've read about. But I think I might just get tomtom instead.

Jack

lightsail · #10 (**permalink**) 03-09-2007, 09:39 PM

Netfront issue is not AKU3.5 specific since I downgraded to AKU2.06 but still experience the problem. I found out that GPSGate2.5, PocketOutlook - NetFront combo does not work well. GPS
Gate2.5 will prevent WM5torage from functioning. But I think iGuidance is AKU3.5 specific. Right now, I am running AKU2.06. I was able to stuff LiveMobile, WM6 RDP, VC, MMS into the 2.06 ROM without any problem. I tried internetsharing on 2.06, it does not work.