ROMeOS 1.21 released for HTC Touch Pro

ROMeOS² got updated to version 1.21. Based on Htc Rom 20758.1.4.1, It’s really really really faster then any previous build / tweak I’ve ever tried.  Make sure you backup all your data before you flash to this rom.

tips on howto flash your Touch Pro here

tips on howto backup your data with pimbackup here

[v1.21] Consider this as BETA 2 or final if no major bugs
-[CHGED] NEW 20758 XIP & OS BUILD | Thanks to ayyu3m
-[CHGED] NEW ATT v1.95.502.5 BASE | Thanks to incognitho
-[CHGED] 4 icons in a row for programs & settings page supported but disabled by default.
-[CHGED] Manila now has full support for mun_rus Manila addon.
-[ADDED] mun_rus Manila addon (uninstallable)
-[ADDED] Shutdown animated screen
-[CHGED] REALLY FASTER THAN PREVIOUS BUILD

(All previous fixes/tweaks/hacks/etc has been applied to this ROM except new bugs may found)

HOWTO hardreset (format) your HTC Touch Pro

Hard resetting your phone is like reinstalling windows on your computer, and chosing to format your windows partition. It will wipe out all data of your phone, your messages, your contacts, pictures, xls data, everything.  Except what’s on your memory card.

So before you hard reset your phone, backup your data.  Some tips :

1. Backup your phone with PIM backup (messages, contacts, …)
2. copy your pictures etc either to your computer, or to your memory card
3. If possible, sync mail, tasks, calender, contacts with either your exchange server, or outlook, or …

To quote pda4x.com :

1. With your phone on. Pull out your stylus.
2. Hold your Touch Pro upside down.
3. Press and Hold the VOLUME DOWN and ENTER buttons, then press the RESET button with the stylus tip till message appear
4. To HARD RESET, Press the VOLUME UP button to perform the hard reset, or else press any other button to cancel.
5. Then just follow all the screen instruction to continue…

hardreset touchpro

The Icons theme for HTC Touch Pro

check out the themes posted here . Kinda nice.

if you just want to replace your icons, and some tabs, check out the themes here

backup & change T9 custom words on windows mobile

before you flash or hard reset your device, you might want to backup your T9 custom words. They are saved in eT9Rudb.Rdb in the windows folder.  There is also eT9MyWord.exe in the windows folder, allowing you to edit, change, delete, … the custom words.

RomeOS version 1.13 released for the HTC Touch Pro

There is a new version of ROMeOS available to dload here

It’s also available in Dutch, German, Spanish, French & Swedish.

update 22/10 : this is the fastest rom for the touch pro I’ve tried to date.  It also gives the best audio performance.  No more low volume when calling people   Still have to try gps.

The changelog since version 1.10

[v1.13]

-[CHGED] Various fixes from user’s feedback (i cant remember to list ). Hope this will be final for 20755 Base. Thanks.
-[CHGED] Removed BTBPP,BTSAP & HTC Vol Control (Available as extended cabs)

[v1.12] PRIVATE BETA
-[CHGED] More experimental modifications | hope may fix some user issue
-[CHGED] New AudioParameters patch
-[CHGED] Flash Lite 3.1 available in extended cab

[v1.12]
-[CHGED] Updated latest Opera 9.5.2392 (Flash Lite v3.1 supported)
-[CHGED] New AudioParameters patch
-[CHGED] Changed some icons for pnotepad, WiFi & WLAN
-[ADDED] Flash Lite 3.1 cooked in.

[v1.11]
-[CHGED] NEW 20755 BUILD | Thanks to Jerpelea
-[CHGED] Removed SMCLOSE due to stability issue
-[CHGED] Updated 2nd today
-[CHGED] Some registry tweaks
-[ADDED] Tillanosoft notepad with txt, inf & ini files association
-[FIXED] Silent on unknown number incoming call & 3G video call

[v1.10] Failed version with build bugs
-[CHGED] NEW 20753 BUILD | Thanks to Jerpelea
-[CHGED] NEW OPERA 9.5 2128 BUILD
-[CHGED] NITZ disabled by default (may avoid ActiveSync popup unnecessarily)
-[FIXED] Silent on Unknown Caller incoming call
-[FIXED] Some MMS alerts pointing to un-exist tone
-[ADDED] Phone option to automatic diconnect any active GPRS connections within 5 sec of phone sleep/suspend

How to access the popcorn hour from your webbrowser

Popcorn hour startpage

http://popcorn:8883/start.cgi?list

Network setup

http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8883/network.html

Audio / Video settings

http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8883/display.html

Preferences

http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8883/preferences.htm

Network share

http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8883/network_share.html

Network Media Tank applications

http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8883/media_server.html

DVD / Audio CD

http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8883/dvd.html

Maintenance

http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8883/maintenance.html

BTPD Bit Torrent client

http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8883/torrent/bt.cgi

player

http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8088/app/player/webdir/action/webdirlist.php

start page

http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8088/app/player/welcome/action/welcome.php

Popcorn Hour HDD compatibility list

Want to know which Hard disks have been that with that popcorn hour ?

for the A110 check here

I couldn’t find a list like that for the A100, but all ATA 100 drives should work on the A100.  Users did report problems with the Western Digital DC500 models.

Please note that the big difference between the A100 and A110 is, that the A100 takes IDE drives, the A110 takes SATA drives.

Some early HTC Dream – T-Mobile G1 Google Android reviews

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/10/16/t-mobile-g1-review/

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/29075/full-review-t-mobile-g1/

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/technology/personaltech/16pogue.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&oref=slogin

have fun reading

howto setup your harmony remote for the Mediatank PopCorn Hour

• select add a device
• device type = MediaCenter PC
• don’t start scrolling in the Manufacturer list, MediaTank or Popcorn Hour isn’t in it
• select “not listed”
• The wizard will ask you the Manufacturer name, enter PopCorn Hour
• in model type your model (like A-100 or A-110)
• then select popcorn hour A100
• success

edit, just found that you could also use Syabas as the manufacturer Name.

Windows driver for EXT2 / EXT3

Was looking for a driver for a EXT2 / EXT3 formatted hard disk, for windows.  Found one here

Great for connecting that popcorn hour trough USB.

power on virtual machine hangs at 0%

What if a task submitted from the Virtual infrastructure client hangs ?  Reboot the vmware management service with this command :

service mgmt-vmware restart

howto resize a disk in Vmware ESX

There are multiple ways to resize or enlarge a disk in Vmware ESX.

One way would be by using the vmware converter.  Easy!  This enlarges your disk both on the ESX as on Windows.

If you’re using ESX 3.5, you can resize the disk using the VI client, while the VM is online!  After this, you still have to resize the disk in Windows.  (or *nix.)

If you’re using a previous version of ESX, you can resize the disk with this command.

• vmkfstools –X 20000M /vmfs/volumes/volumename/machinename/xxx.vmdk
  where 20000M is the new size, not the amount you’re adding!
  

After this you still have to resize the volume by using a disk management / partition utility.  You could also boot with Bartpe and use diskpart, or add the disk to another VM, and run diskpart from there.

• diskpart
• list volume
• select volume X (x being the volume)
• extend

However you cannot resize the active boot volume.  In this case, boot with a BartPE cd of add the disk to another machine).

Another way is to resize the disk with vmkfstools, as described above, and then resize the disk in windows using extpart (tool from dell).  works on VM’s http://ftp.dell.com/app/ExtPart.exe

Another solution, would be to resize the disk with vmkfstools, and then resize the disk with Gparted.  You can download a bootcd here : http://gparted.sourceforge.net/

Doesn’t matter how you do it, just always take a good backup!!!!

Howto get a list of port groups in VMWARE

I recently added an article on how to change the ipaddress of the service console.

But what if the service console has another name then service console?

you can get a list of all port groups by typing this command :

esxcfg-vswitch -l

enable SSH on ESXi

• On the ESXi console press alt F1
• you will see no prompt or whatever, just type unsupported
• Enter your root password
• at the prompt type vi /etc/inetd.conf
• search with pressing / for a line that starts with #ssh
• remove the #.  This can be done by pressing x when you’re on the character #
• save the file by typing :wq!
• restart the server

with thanks to the great post on yellow-bricks.com

howto change an IP address, DNS server or WINS server from the command line in Windows

howto change an IP address, DNS server or WINS server from the command line in Windows

• netsh interface ip show config
  is the same as ipconfig, shows your current configuration
• netsh interface ip set address “Local Area Connection” dhcp
  this sets the adapter with name “Local Area Connection” to DHCP.
• netsh interface ip set address “Local Area Connection” static 192.168.0.5 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 1
  this changes the ip address of the adapter “Local Area Connection” to 192.168.0.5, with as subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and gateway 192.168.0.1, metric 1.  Do not forget to set the metric!
• add dns “Local Area Connection” 192.168.1.22
  adds a dns server
• add dns “Local Area Connection”192.168.1.23 2
  adds a 2nd dns server, with 2nd priority
• add wins “Local Area Connection”192.168.1.23
  adds a wins server
  

Firmware update for PN50A550

There is a new firmware update for the PN50A550 which is the US version of the PS50A550 / PS50A556.

It’s being discussed here on AVforums:

Robert: On your website there is a new firmware listed for my pn50a550. What problems does this firmware correct?
Dylan D: I will let you know about it.
Dylan D: Let me check that for you.
Robert: ok thanks
Dylan D: Firmware update will fix intermittent red blur when watching moving pictures. It will enhance the color processing capabilities of the TV. It will fix a problem with a totally green screen when connect to certain HDMI devices. It will improve the WiseLink detection.
Dylan D: Is there anything else I can help you with Robert?
Robert: Is that all the update addresses?
Dylan D: Yes Robert. I am reading directly from the service bulletin matched to this update. Have I answered your question?
Robert: Yes, thank you.

I do hope that this update will come soon to Europe also, as the european version is still flawed with false contouring.  Actually I believe both versions are flawed, guess you only notice it on PAL source material.

howto change the clock on a your HTC Touch Pro or Diamond

• found some cool clocks here at XDA
• just dload the cab and install

some images (nevermind the backgrounds, these aren’t mine).

The Glass clock

The Diamond clock

The Crystal Clock

Red Numbers clock

howto change themes on the HTC Touch Pro or HTC diamond

edit 23/01/09

a master list of themes, clocks, wallpapers etc has been created here at XDA

edit 03/11/08 :

a master list of themes and clocks and other tweaks has been created here at XDA

original post :

• download and install Diamond TF3D Config here
  or here on it’s original forum thread at XDA
• download a theme somewhere
• you can find a lot of themes here at XDA
• if needed change the .zip extension of the theme to .theme
• copy the .theme file to your device
• install the .theme file with TF3D config

TuxApple Theme

edit : this theme doesn’t work on my touch pro

HTC 3D theme

a lot of other themes here :

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=419799

another nice theme (ken diamond theme)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=431116

is it possible to change background of the other tabs on your HTC Touch Pro / diamond

q: is it possible to change background of the other tabs on your HTC Touch Pro / diamond

I think the answer at the moment is no.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=432951

according to this thread, with this modification it’s possible.  please be careful!