ALLTEL WM 6.1 finally HERE!! {Merged}

[arik]

I played around with the GPS for a day now. I was able to get it to connect before Shadow Techs GPS hack. It just took awhile to connect as wasn't very reliable... Connecting and disconnecting... I would say it was about the same as having WM6 and installing the drivers and the jump start, ect as I did before.
I just did the Hack, and its like a whole new device. It connects very quickly. With in a few seconds if I just turn it on out side. If I am inside turn it on, it seems to hesitate. If it doesn't connect while inside, it did almost instantly as I went out side. I understand this is because aGPS is kicking in and not having a clear view to the sky... I am very happy with this.

[arik]

Originally Posted by conflipper;

Alltel Nav program has AGPS built into the program, and so it will only work with the program. The reason they did this is because if just 1000 people pay for the service, then they make 10,000 a month. It is all about money.

I activated Alltel Nav for the free 30 days when testing out the GPS before the Shadow Tech GPS hack... how do I get out of it and make sure I don't get charged? Is it going to ask me for permission after 30 days to start charging me or do I have to call Alltel and cancel? If I have to call Alltel, there may even be a option on my account on line to cancel the service.

[conflipper]

im not sure if it will ask for it or not. i would say call them and ask for sure. or check online. im gonna stop by retail store soon, i will ask

[brownhornet]

Ok so I went ahead and flashed and im liking it so far. No problems to report as of yet and my gps is working without the reg edit.

[arik]

Is there an easy way to copy someone's name and phone number into a text message? The only way I know how to do this is to go and edit a contact and copy the phone number then past it into a text message. Every time I try to do this while I am on the phone, the phone calls the number I am trying to get to send to the person who I am on the phone with... I end up having to hang up on the person I was just talking to in order to cancel the call.
I was hoping 6.1 would make this easier and all I see are vCard to be sent as picture and video messages.... Not what I want. Being able to do this is the ONLY thing I miss about my BlackBerry...
Can someone help me?

[benanthony]

Yes I was definitely on the bell .50, I live in the middle of nowhere and the closest tower is 7.5 miles away so reception in town sucks and if there is much between you and the tower (brick, tin, etc.) then you got nothing.

At some point I plan on going to some specific places and recording dBm values, then that same day (cause it seems to change daily dependent on weather when your signal is this iffy) go back to the bell radio and go record the same values.

But for the time being, this radio is better than .5 even though its technically a downgrade. Like I said I got 2 phone calls yesterday where I have never been able to get them before no matter what the weather was.

Thanks,
Ben

[boggsie]

Originally Posted by benanthony

Yes I was definitely on the bell .50, I live in the middle of nowhere and the closest tower is 7.5 miles away so reception in town sucks and if there is much between you and the tower (brick, tin, etc.) then you got nothing.

At some point I plan on going to some specific places and recording dBm values, then that same day (cause it seems to change daily dependent on weather when your signal is this iffy) go back to the bell radio and go record the same values.

But for the time being, this radio is better than .5 even though its technically a downgrade. Like I said I got 2 phone calls yesterday where I have never been able to get them before no matter what the weather was.

Thanks,
Ben

Hey, I appreciate the follow-up. I recall that I had read a post or two where the .30 radio was being given a nod over the .50 radio, but never gave it a second thought ... most of the replies were going striclty on number of bars, but you confirmed higher dbm readings via debug, which got my attention!

Best regards,
-boggsie

[benanthony]

ya number of bars doesn't really tell you much, mine phone can sit in the same spot and it jumps all over the place depending on when you look at it. Also have found that I get the most accurate readings in debug if I am streaming sirius radio while looking, that way the phone is constantly awake.

The diffrence isn't alot really, but its enough to make the diffrence of a dropped call or not.

Now I am just going to have to tear this ROM down and use the good stuff, I hate that alltel removes the ## codes and all that, but I also believe that its probably going to be the most stable 6.1 ROM just because of how well Alltel test.

Thanks,
Ben

[conflipper]

I was looking around on the new rom and i found this. It pretains to the new MMS program, attach is the entire file, below is the known issue of the version. So anyone that uses MMS you might have these issues, and if you do then they are known.

Release Notes
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- Product: ArcSoft Message 5.0 CMDA Alltel Version for HTC
- Device: VGA,QVGA,320x320 HTC PPC devices
- Version: 5.0.71.24 based on MMS5.0(5.0.x.16) version
- Language: En
- Date: 5.14.2008
- Company: ArcSoft Inc.
- Package: Installer/Rom Build

Issue fixes in release 5.0.71.24 (20080514)
================================================== =======
- Data abort issue when delete delivery report while read it.
- The sender of received MMS cannot be matched with contact's name, it show real phone number in both message list view and conversion(we have reported this issue to MSFT)
Known Issues in release 5.0.71.24 (20080514)
================================================== =======
1. All received MMS message/notification cannot be threaded in conversation(we have reported this issue to MSFT).
2. In MMS notifcaiton information, it always shows 30k in the size field even the MMS message exceeds 30k.
3. MMS help document is not correct.
4. No options for user to choose reply/reply all MMS via SMS in Inbox list view, however user can choose to reply/reply all MMS via SMS in Sent box.
5. When MMS is disabled, we do not create warning message on message list, because Microsoft will support this feature in future.
6. Refresh of favorite picker and my text picker screen are ugly when SIP is up
7. Refresh of attachment picker/select tempate/contact detail screen are ugly when SIP is up
8. When a MMS is closed, it goes to message list view, instead of conversion view.
9. When setting a photo as today screen's background, the background of start menu cannot be changed to use the photo which was set
10. If first time to select to sort picture/video by name, it does not change sorting order from ascending to descending
11. Two same prompt of rights are given to user if user wants to play DRM CD/SD audio/video.
12. The bottom of scroll bar in my text list in portrait mode is hidden.
13. Rights information prompt is not appeared when playing DRM CD/SD contents. However, when the rights of CD/SD is not available, it will prompt.

[shadow-tech]

i think if you install this file from the extended rom the ## codes work.
signed_080808_7500_Alltel_2.02.sa.CAB

it in the extended rom. u need a reg edit to unlock the extednded rom, easy to do.

let us know if htis works for you.

ive been working with this rom a bit. im gonna post some info in while.