BigJ's NEWCORE 1.1r (RELOADED!) ROM updated: 6-16-07

[varaff]

Hey BigJ,

Love your release but occasionally I would get system lockups or sometimes my storagecard would disappear. So for the hell of it, I decide to try a Colonels release and build one without all the bells and whistles that you have in yours. As it turns out, it was quite stable no problems at all. Then I decided to install the colorful battery status that you have above your start screen. "VistaHide Battery Gauge.exe" (you have this on your ROM) I then again noticed the random lockups and storagecard started disappearing.
You may want to take a look at this..

Varaff

[zenak]

Originally Posted by Craig540

I just tried that now with no luck. it seems I dont have a CDMA modem listed in my laptop phone/modems settings and xp is not asking me to setup one when I plug the 6700 to USB.
Also I tried WModem, hit start and got the error "could not prepare vision services, please initiate IOTA on device and try again" Which sounds like the DUN is not activated. So I need to get the ## working.

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What DC said is right, except I don't have to turn off bluetooth. This APP doesn't install as a modem, so you aren't looking for CDMA modem at all. When you are conncected properly it will show as a new network connection, and you will be able to access the web through this network. No need to dial up, configure a modem or anything like that. DUN isn't needed.

[lazer9]

Originally Posted by varaff

Hey BigJ,

Love your release but occasionally I would get system lockups or sometimes my storagecard would disappear. So for the hell of it, I decide to try a Colonels release and build one without all the bells and whistles that you have in yours. As it turns out, it was quite stable no problems at all. Then I decided to install the colorful battery status that you have above your start screen. "VistaHide Battery Gauge.exe" (you have this on your ROM) I then again noticed the random lockups and storagecard started disappearing.
You may want to take a look at this..

Varaff

I think you are on to something here. As per the previous page of this thread and my post... Add to the soft-reset/lockup upon initial bootup this problem with my storage card also disappearing requiring two soft resets to get back up and running.

? - What is the best way for us to remove this app completely since not in Add/Remove as its integrated within this rom? Going to look into atleast removing it from startup now for further testing.

Thanks

[computercarl]

Originally Posted by lazer9

I think you are on to something here. As per the previous page of this thread and my post... Add to the soft-reset/lockup upon initial bootup this problem with my storage card also disappearing requiring two soft resets to get back up and running.

? - What is the best way for us to remove this app completely since not in Add/Remove as its integrated within this rom? Going to look into atleast removing it from startup now for further testing.

Thanks

You can just stop it from starting by deleting it from your windows\startup folder, The shortcut is called battv, then soft reset.

However, I'm not conviced that is the real problem, as I've been using it forever, and have never had any sorage cards disappearing or strange lockups, and I'm even running PhoneAlarm as an OEM, and it all works fine... Maybe I'm just lucky. who really knows.

[Craig540]

Originally Posted by zenak

What DC said is right, except I don't have to turn off bluetooth. This APP doesn't install as a modem, so you aren't looking for CDMA modem at all. When you are conncected properly it will show as a new network connection, and you will be able to access the web through this network. No need to dial up, configure a modem or anything like that. DUN isn't needed.[/quote]



That worked for me. I had done that before not knowing I was connected, then trying to connect with Wmodem or EPST.
Also lokking at network connections on my laptop it would come up with a status of connected but with limited or no connectivity. That must have been from all the other things I was trying. Thank you very much for the info, I am a happy camper now with this rom.

Go BigJ,
that's my BigJ
Go BigJ,

[JBabey]

I'm not sure if my installing Wisbar 2 advance has anything to do with this as that is the only thing I've added post install program wise and with a "startup" entry. Any suggestions besides Uninstalling Wisbar to troubleshoot? - Should I rearrange the startup via MemMaid to anything specific or somehow remove Handyswitcher or whatever thinking it might have a boot conflict with Wisbar?

Yes, wisbar is a pile of garbage... if you remember sarid's rom suffered these types of lockups with wisbar and it did actually have to do with the startup order. I would defenitely disable handyswitcher, its always a bad idea to run two task manager programs at the same time.

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regarding the vista guage battery (battv). I to do not suffer any lockups or random storage card dissapearences. I used to but i changed SD cards and format it in FAT and not FAT32. I would be hard pressed to think that a 3.2k program running completely in RAM and polling only every 15 minutes is causing the SD card to dissapear.

I know the apache driver for the sd card is wack, i would more lean towards that, than something else. It is bizzare though that colonel ROM does not suffer the same ghost SD issues because my understanding is that it is an apache driver issue.

huh, I cant really speculate, if that is what causes issues on your handset, just remove it from the startup and install batti, or just put your battery bar back on the top and remove the clock from up there.

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internet sharing/wmodem issues are bizzare. One user clued me in on a program called PDAnet that works fantastic. Ive used it myself now and it works rather well. Ill make a cab file later this week so it installs without putting that stupid icon in the bottom right corner. It relies on some PC side files though so youll still need to install it.

[Craig540]

Originally Posted by BeuwolfAgate

J -> You Da Man.


This ROM rockkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkks...

It is very stable. And I have had no problems so far. I am on Verizon and so chose the Verizon customizations but still the ## codes don't work.

But figured out a work around.

For people who are interested in getting the codes to work, do the following.

Create a folder somewhere "EPST Codes", a good place would be in \Windows\Start Menu\Programs folder. Use Resco Explorer or anything that can create shortcuts. Navigate to \Windows\epst.exe and create a shortcut.

Move that shortcut over to the folder you created above. Make as many copies as you want for the different codes to work. Open the shortcut using notepad or word and add the ## codes to the end. Rename the shortcut accordingly. Now you should be having a working EPST codes list.

My 2c.

-AR

I only have epst.epst and epst2.epst
No epst.exe, maybe thats why my ## codes dont work.
can you PM me the epst.exe

[JBabey]

oh ya, that bluetooth explorer is here

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=311908

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the EPST codes need SHORTCUTS, not a new exe.

the shortcuts are on the ppcgeeks ftp here

/Apache/New Core OEMs/Hetal_Patel/Z_OEM_EPST_Shortcuts/

just copy those to the handset, these shortcuts will allow the PST codes for the shortcuts you need

---to make it easy for you lazy people or those that dont know how to use the FTP ,,, here is the zip file. its a complete OEM package, just pull the .lnk files for what you need.

[lazer9]

I did removed the battv and handyswitcher from my startup and the softreset - initial lockup along with the vanishing SD seems to have resolved itself now. Not to blame either one of those programs though from the sounds of things its the combination when running wisbar as I am.

Thanks for the info on wisbar though. I will consider removing if any more problems arise. I like it's theming capabilities, start menu like regular windows, ect... but I'm sure I could get used to an alternate.

Great job again BigJ! This is truly a remarkable upgrade from the regular stock setup. Much appreciated

[fitbryan]

Today was the first time my battery has gotten low enough to trigger the 'battery low' and 'battery dangerously low' alerts. Strangely enough I got some bizarre errors shortly thereafter:

1) A box popped up saying it cant find the USB driver and please enter the name. I canceled it and it kept popping up over and over.

2) my text messages stopped going through and show as red in the SMS app. My friend said she didnt get them.

3) the phone dialer looked messed up, but it eventually reset itself (I use the touch dialer)

4) my ringtone reverted to the windows default (and stayed there thru a reset!)

After putting it on the charger, and soft reset, all the above went back to normal, except the ringtone.