just checking, because I read some complains that phone after upgrade is very slow or even unusable. Mine so far works fine on 1.6 OS so I wouldn't like to screw it up. Also is there way to disable OS update notification?
thanks
Before i rooted my phone i had Update 2.2.1 and in my opinion it was great.
It was fast and responsive, there was a little bit of lag with the keyboard i figured it was because i was just typing to fast other than that it was okay, but nothing is better than a Custom Rom,
also To stop the notification, press "More Info" and pull your battery. Some people need to do this more than once, but for others it works on first try.
thanks man! that's encouraged me to try this OTA update I got.
BTW I see in your signature you have gingerbread, is this new system works
for myTouch 3G ??? big difference from froyo?
OK, I have successfully installed Froyo OTA on mytouch 3G and phone still
is working fine. Didn't know there is support on multi touch zooming now, great!
Also there is an option to skip activation on welcome screen when no data plan is available, cool. I skipped it and added gmail account over wi-fi.
Yeah Froyo is a whole lot better than 1.6 lol you did a whole century upgrade ahahaha .
I have GingerBread 2.3.7, as for looks nothin to much but i like the fact that its faster than froyo.
some key features of mines that i like:
Slide to remove notification
Work Done in the kitchen so i have different set of icons(status bar icons), Battery Icon, Popup windows, Overscroll( mines isnt that gingerbread orange, i changed it to a nice navy blue), scroll bar, volume bars, download bars. ect the list goes on lol
and also I'm using the Touch Wiz Launcher thanks to "tvall" .
::Side Note:: in the future if your installing a new Rom (i believe anything above AOS 2.1) you can do skip, i personally like to take my sim card out, and then do the set up, the rom auto detects there's no sim card for data so it automatically asks if you would like to connect to wifi.
Works fine
Broken myTouch
2.2.1 has not bricked the myTouch next to me. But it won't connect to 3G/WiFi, open apps, and is sluggish. Sluggish lock screen, sluggish settings, sluggish home screen. It's slow and a negative experience. If anyone is going to update, I really recommend you don't.
Related
HTC Hero Maintenance Release
Fixes:
Dialer sluggishness
Update your software
• Go to All Applications
• Tap Settings > About Phone > System Updates > HTC Software Update
• Select Check Now
• Follow the on-screen instructions to download the update
Important Notes:
This update will take approximately 5-10 minutes to download and 5-10 minutes to install.
The new software version is: 2.31.651.6
This update may be released in stages; if you do not see the update on your phone immediately, please be patient.
From
Sprint Forums
Some are not seeing it available to download yet. I just tried and see it but 1st attempt it was corrupted, LOL.
2nd was successful and it is currently verifying package
It just keeps getting corrupt, good'ol sprint for ya!
Currently tried downloading it 30 times via network corrupt each time
Tried via wifi and it does not see a update
wish they would allow it other than OTA
Will it break root?
And i'm guessing it will remove any dialer modifications flashed such as no haptic feedback
can't the damn thing to download with out being corrupt. So only time will tell.
If and finally when I get it installed I will let you know about the root question.
man i hope this fixes my bluetooth pairing issues with 2.1...
hopefully if it breaks root someone can strip on that part and just post the rest of it like the one time before.
I've grown very skeptical toward any "update" from Sprint/HTC/SenseUI.
I've given up on the SenseUI platform and believe that the Hero is simply just too underpowered to run Sense effectively. I hated all the lagging and long pauses.
Now, however, running CM6 with the 9/7 nightly and Darc's #14 kernel and I couldn't be happier. My phone zips along quite nicely.
The ONLY thing I miss about SenseUI is the browser. Anybody know of a decent replacement that can do pinch/zoom as well?
copc said:
can't the damn thing to download with out being corrupt. So only time will tell.
If and finally when I get it installed I will let you know about the root question.
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I think I might know why your downloads are classified as corrupt.
If you used this root method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694572 towards the bottom there is a section called
"DISABLE OTA UPDATES!!!!"
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After doing this, the OTA updates WILL still download, BUT they will not pass signature checks to flash because of the code you just entered.
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jwhistler said:
The ONLY thing I miss about SenseUI is the browser. Anybody know of a decent replacement that can do pinch/zoom as well?
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Dolphin HD is an excellent browser that can do pinch zoom, not to mention it can run themes and add-ons.
c00ller said:
Dolphin HD is an excellent browser that can do pinch zoom, not to mention it can run themes and add-ons.
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Skyfire is so much smoother for me.
pgreptom said:
Skyfire is so much smoother for me.
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I've found that xscope is much better than both it seems less clunky
i bought a used hero from craigslist on Sunday and it had android 1.5 so I hit htc.com and downloaded this update then and flashed it over. I guess there is no root for this version then. I have an evo rooted to 2.2, the hero is for my kid with hopes of using 2.0.5 pre7 wifi router for him to link his laptop to. Haven't turned phone on for sprint yet working way to much. (called sprint before i paid for it esn is clean)
It says....
Update your software
To update your Hero over the air:
Go to All Applications
Tap Settings > About Phone > System Updates > HTC Software Update
Select Check Now
Follow the on-screen instructions to download and install the update
Sprint said the Following....
You may not yet have the update for a couple of reasons:
- The software update may not yet be loaded to the servers
- The software update may be released in batches or stages where not all phones will receive it at the same time.
If you are not seeing the update, please be patient and it should be available soon.
Not able to see the update. It says my phone is upto date (even it is not). I understand the updates might not be there for me yet.
I have rooted my phone and removed some sprint bloatware and htc bloatware.
I have not put any custom rom in my phone yet.
I am a little bit nervous to update my phone. Cause I dont know what the update is all about.
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Not able to see the update. It says my phone is upto date (even it is not). I understand the updates might not be there for me yet.
I have rooted my phone and removed some sprint bloatware and htc bloatware.
I have not put any custom rom in my phone yet.
I am a little bit nervous to update my phone. Cause I dont know what the update is all about.
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The update is making its way through...I've been checking for it for the last two days...however today 9/24....I checked for the update and this morning at 6:15am the update was available.
The update fixes:
Slow response Phone Dialer
GPS Reboot (<-- I have never experienced this problem)
After the download of the update is complete the installation takes about 5-8 minutes or so...once the phone reboots and after you've agreed to install the update...the phone hangs for a bit on the Sprint Now splash screen....I was a little worried at first but I just let it sit....the phone will continue to boot after 2-3 minutes then you will see the HTC white splash screen for another minute or two and finally it will indicate the update was successfully updated.
I was aware of the slow response with the phone dialer and after the update you notice a difference...however I never had a GPS Reboot issue..but still happy they fixed what ever issue they found.
This may just be me...but after the update my phone seems a bit more responsive over all. But again...this could be just me.
Totally agree, finally pulled the CM6 trigger this week as my phone was at risk of being flung on several occasions. Can't believe I ever waited around for Sprint to fix anything, CM flies (but does not get flung!)
I'm still debating about CM6...I brought my HTC hero back in March-April due to my old phone dying....unfortunately the HTC EVO was still about 2-3 months away so I really had no choice...it was either the Hero or the Moment...I chose the Hero since it was a better phone in my opinion.
I am however upset that Sprint has given up on this phone so quickly...I'm still a little hesitant of rooting my phone and voiding my warranty. I've started to read up on rooting and CM6 a little bit as I am a bit curious of CM6.
Am I right to say that if I don't like CM6 I can revert back to stock rom and Sprint will not being able to tell...just in case I have to take my phone back at any point in time?
Also I've heard of Unrevoked and the fact that you can root you phone by just using this app....I've seen some threads that look extensive at how to root your phone...so if this "one-click" app works...can this be applied to the overall process of getting CM6 installed?
While I don't mind using Sprint Navigation or UI Sense....that is really the only apps I would like to be able to use....all other sprint apps..such as Sprint Football and Nascar I don't care about....If I get CM6 installed can Sprint Navigation be reinstalled?
Now that sprint pushed out a new update out there...will procedures have to change to install CM6 or rooting due to this new update??
I guess just a few questions..like I said..I'm curious about CM6 but have yet to decide if I really want to get CM6 installed...any feedback would be great.
Thanks!!!
I down loaded the update but it won't install, my phone is rooted with the one click app so that might be why it won't install
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Hi everyone,
I would like to hear what changes you noticed if you have made the transition from Liberated R12 to Liberated FroYo FR007.
I don't know anything about kernels, setcpu or stuffs like that — I'm just a regular fella who love coffee and just made a proper installation of FR007 2 days ago and reverted back to R12 today because:
1. I noticed that its' performance is a tad slower (I think).
2. eBuddy kept crashing, mostly after the phone goes to sleep.
3. Wi-fi network stopped after phone goes to sleep (but it was already noted in the thread to download FR007).
4. Responsiveness isn't quite as nimble (ie. swiping between homescreens, launching apps, connecting to networks, etc).
5. It hangs quite a bit
While it may have some drawbacks, there are also some nice things that came with the FR007 ROM, most noticeably:
1. Better UI interfaces
2. More options in some features/settings
3. Cooler OS name (what's cooler than Frozen Yogurt?)
I bet there are much more powerful stuff and greater potential in the FR series that most regular users like myself won't understand, and that this is just the precursor/preview to a stable version. However at the moment it's R12 vs FR007.
So at the moment I'm going to stick with R12 and patiently wait for future releases of the FR series.
What are your observations? Thanks for sharing!
Each to their own! I'm using FR007 on my Aria which was purchased in USA and the only problem I have is sometimes the Weather Widget sometimes hangs. That's all.
I, too, am running FR007, however my ebuddy hasnt crashed at all for me. I do notice a little bit of lag swiping homescreens but having a LWP on would affect that for sure.
i havent noticed a hang unless im tryin to multitask several apps around.
Those are pretty small issues for me for my previous phone was the Hero CDMA.. and this is like a million times better.
I agree with most of what you're saying. I've been using FR007 for a while now, but I feel like it's a little slower than R012 was. I turned off the LWP and I'm using LauncherPro, but it skips and jerks a little more than R012 did on homescreens.
Still debating whether I want to switch back, I just don't want to not have Froyo on there. I do like the apps and features that Froyo provides (Gmail upgrade, etc)
emigre said:
Hi everyone,
3. Wi-fi network stopped after phone goes to sleep (but it was already noted in the thread to download FR007).
What are your observations? Thanks for sharing!
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WiFi sleep policy may be defaulted to "After 15 minutes". Look into Menu>Settings>Wireless & networks>Wi-Fi settings>Menu>Advanced>WiFi sleep policy. That is one buried setting!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts everyone.
I am still running on R12 and everything is running smooth as a babys' butt! Gonna keep rocking with this at the moment.
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no trackball wake which is a a little turn off. i download trackwake.zip, flashed it, but didn't see anything change in the settings. anyone has any ideas? thanks
leonle said:
no trackball wake which is a a little turn off. i download trackwake.zip, flashed it, but didn't see anything change in the settings. anyone has any ideas? thanks
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I believe that Liberated FRxx ROM is waiting for HTC to release the 2.6.32 Froyo kernel source for the Aria/Gratia to see how to fix the trackball wake issue.
The trackball wake is working in CM 6.1 RC2.
Hello,
I have a strange problem with my HTC Hero GSM, no SIM lock running either stock 2.1 with latest OTA, or rooted in VillainRom 12.
When I use my phone the touchscreen randomly becomes totally unresponsive at all or it marks things on the bottom when I press the screen in the upper half. This is very frustrating when you want to write messages or just want to navigate through webpages or a menu. When they keyboard is active it starts warping between letters and I have to turn off the screen and turn it on again in order to be able to continue writing on it. It works for a random amount of time and then starts acting on its own again.
During surfing I've also noticed that it randomly started to pinch-to-zoom in and out when trying to scroll with my finger up and down. It also breaks the scrolling inside menus and kinda lets the slide movement getting stuck and bouncing back at random spots.
All in all it's totally frustrating, because I treat my phones really good and don't throw em around or abuse em in any other way. My warranty is also already over that's why I tried to root my phone to find out if this still persists in other roms.
I rooted my phone with UniversalAndroot.apk and used recovery-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img in order to be able to flash custom roms.
I have also tried FroydVillain 1.6.1, Floyo 1.1.9. and Froyo 2.2 and while running these roms I had no problems at all with my screen being unresponsive or not reacting at all.
All those roms are really very very nice and I'd also like to thank the developers for their great job. I was astonished what my Hero can do and how much it still rocks. But I miss HTC Sense, because I'm used to it for more than a year now and I just don't want to work without it. I know it's not perfectly coded and costs some performance, but to my knowledge there ain't anything on the market that comes close to the fancy widgets and addons.
I would really highly appreciate if you have any idea what I could do in order to get a 2.1 rom with HTC Sense up and running properly.
I don't want to buy a new phone yet, because I want to wait for the new Nexus S. Yeah I know it will not have HTC Sense, but I don't want to wait for any update for more than a year again.
Thanks in advance for your kind help and assistance in this matter.
Cheers!
Hi all, Noob of xda here,
I've been reading the forums as a non registered user and used some of the tutorials to root my samsung android device, I'm now running ICS 4.0.4 on my GT-S5660 and running 1096mhz instead of underclocked 800mhz from the shop. I spoof my devices imei number on a regular basis due to localized phone jackings from authority figures, lets just say I like my privacy and here in aus I have the right to keep it this way. I'm an Unlimited customer for calls, sms/mms and mobile internet data access. No there is no cap on my unlimited, and as far as I'm aware I'm probably 1 of very few customers in this country that have purposely done this, because we all know it.. phone companies are ripping people off all around the world, and some of us just happen to know it all to well.
Hopefully somebody will read this topic, bcuz I need a little help with ICS 4.0.4 bugs :/ My mobile internet data usage limit is programmed to be unchecked and "hidden" therefore do NOT have red and orange data warning and data limit "lines" and cannot access the checkbox to tick it and just raise bar 999###gb, I can hard reset or recover to the base copy I custom edited *to suit my own needs* and it will reset all data counters. I got the base from cyanogen mod 9 and it appears the project was unfinished. I get data warning limit at 2gb...... I have downloaded over 450gb in the last month and have just put up with the warning in notification bar. I have several other bugs that are getting annoying.. but would be simple if i had a larger knowledge of java script and open source code or the time to learn it. I have everything working perfect except camera display auto focus on screen was incorrect or uncompleted. few other bugs with on off switching of bluetooth and wifi though 90% of time works after reboot. I have no bootscreen and on phone start from being off it will not load any picture except my SAMSUNG *which is a mainboard bios image* when it first turns on, screen hangs black bcuz screen timeout settings, I changed my screen timeout to 15seconds and now it hangs on black screen for 15s then goes into sleep mode *turning screen and button lights OFF* as soon as I push menu or power button it loads up and starts working PERFECTLY, when beforehand main settings were set to never turn off screen therefore it constantly hangs with no onscreen image display and eventually freezes entire OS bcuz it seems to think its running perfectly when its not. Lots of reports of other device noobs saying "my phone is bricked" when really you are just a noob.
Can anyone help with the bugs I have or somehow get someone to finish the project using the original projects files or similair??????
Oh and I swear to god if noobs post dumbass unrelated s**t comments on this post...
Camera issue - no idea? sorry
Data limit notifications
My wife had this issue on her phone after I flashed it (CWM, Cyanogenmod7)
Needless to say I got the blame!
I updated to the latest cyanogenmod7 nightly
Hers is a Galaxy S2 which we got here in the UK
After that update it seemed to be working ok
Appreciate that my phone is different, I guess what Im saying is, try another rom or a nightly?
Apologies if this didnt help
Good luck
elPaulio said:
Camera issue - no idea? sorry
Data limit notifications
My wife had this issue on her phone after I flashed it (CWM, Cyanogenmod7)
Needless to say I got the blame!
I updated to the latest cyanogenmod7 nightly
Hers is a Galaxy S2 which we got here in the UK
After that update it seemed to be working ok
Appreciate that my phone is different, I guess what Im saying is, try another rom or a nightly?
Apologies if this didnt help
Good luck
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As far as I read in the forums the project on samsung galaxy gio gt-s5660 wasnt finished or mastered whatever one of the project workers stole money from account and project ended? my baseband version is S5660VXXKQ4 4.0.4 ics i dont know what other roms there are other then gingerbread n i dont like gingerbread much its what it came with preinstalled n it had heaps of annoying keyboard bugs n app crashes. Maybe there is another rom like ics that is fully operational on my gio????? i want to install rom from zip file on sd card like i did with ICS.
hello, not a noob for installing stuff just reporting some issues im having with this rom.
So currently the install went fine on the focus (ATT device running on Tmobile). the device is rebooting at random times, i would watch it flash the goodbye screen wait for a few seconds then the samsung screen comes on. Another thing is my connection is reporting to be on the E (Edge connection i guess) even though im rated for 3G with tmobile but at the time i just recently turned on my data so maybe when my new pay period kicks in that would change so that ones iffy. Other than that the rom seems to be running fine.
Until your area gets a network upgrade on TMobile's 1900Mhz band, you are going to see 2G.
As far as the reboots, I have 3 focus's running this Rom on Straighttalk. NO reboots.
wildbilll said:
Until your area gets a network upgrade on TMobile's 1900Mhz band, you are going to see 2G.
As far as the reboots, I have 3 focus's running this Rom on Straighttalk. NO reboots.
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i know i get 3g before cause my father turned off the data plan when i wasn't working (and before i flashed the rom incase anyone asked), like i said i won't know until a couple of weeks as theres alot of extenuating circumstances which i can pin on Tmobile (my voicemail was kinda jacked up when i first joined).
Yea the reboot was just weird, i would just take it out of my pocket and i would noticed all of my pass tasks were missing even when i wasn't running anything on the background still does it, then last night i was on my computer look over to the right to my phone and it was restarting by itself . Also before i flashed, i had the same issue but not too frequently maybe once per 2 months.
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i know i get 3g before cause my father turned off the data plan when i wasn't working (and before i flashed the rom incase anyone asked), like i said i won't know until a couple of weeks as theres alot of extenuating circumstances which i can pin on Tmobile (my voicemail was kinda jacked up when i first joined).
Yea the reboot was just weird, i would just take it out of my pocket and i would noticed all of my pass tasks were missing even when i wasn't running anything on the background still does it, then last night i was on my computer look over to the right to my phone and it was restarting by itself . Also before i flashed, i had the same issue but not too frequently maybe once per 2 months.
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I had similar issues when I was on T-Mobile about 6 months ago, but I am not sure but I don't think your issues are because of T-Mobile, try a reflash.
ancienttyrael said:
hello, not a noob for installing stuff just reporting some issues im having with this rom.
So currently the install went fine on the focus (ATT device running on Tmobile). the device is rebooting at random times, i would watch it flash the goodbye screen wait for a few seconds then the samsung screen comes on. Another thing is my connection is reporting to be on the E (Edge connection i guess) even though im rated for 3G with tmobile but at the time i just recently turned on my data so maybe when my new pay period kicks in that would change so that ones iffy. Other than that the rom seems to be running fine.
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do you clean storage after flash? i had a similar problem when i flashed with a novin´s custom and it was because i didn't clean it. with the dynamic rom i haven´t had any problem is for me the best rom ever created to the foucs
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do you clean storage after flash? i had a similar problem when i flashed with a novin´s custom and it was because i didn't clean it. with the dynamic rom i haven´t had any problem is for me the best rom ever created to the foucs
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i cleaned before and after but heck reflashing helps too, i'll give that a shot tonight. Yea this rom is awesome, makes my focus still look shiny new
Here are the bugs I found:
1. The Clock Hub seems to flash every other time I look at it, as if it was flickering and loading up just then, not smooth.
2. The Clock Hub's code needs to be fixed to show AM and PM properly when the hour is 12. 12AM is shown as 12PM and the other way around too. Soon as it hits 1PM or 1AM, it's ok.
3. XBox avatar wakes up on the wrong side after shaking him down and he tries to pull the screen to the side. Shake your avatar, make him fall down, watch him get up pissed and pull the screen to a side. On the older stock rom, he pulled it correctly from left to right. In this ROM and the Tango ROM I got from here - he pulls it wrongly from right to left.
4. When I connected the phone to the computer, it detected it as a Samsung Omnia 7, instead of a Focus.
5. The image in Zune is a generic Windows Phone image, not the Samsung Focus as it used to be shown before.
6. When there's a phonecall, earlier it used to say "slide up to answer", why not anymore?
7. No charging sound/vibration when plugged in.
One request:
Can anyone find the original image from the stock rom from the 7 album, which had the person crossing their leg to form a 4, instead of the Mango image that has the latch with the 4 over it?
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Testware said:
Here are the bugs I found:
1. The Clock Hub seems to flash every other time I look at it, as if it was flickering and loading up just then, not smooth.
2. The Clock Hub's code needs to be fixed to show AM and PM properly when the hour is 12. 12AM is shown as 12PM and the other way around too. Soon as it hits 1PM or 1AM, it's ok.
3. XBox avatar wakes up on the wrong side after shaking him down and he tries to pull the screen to the side. Shake your avatar, make him fall down, watch him get up pissed and pull the screen to a side. On the older stock rom, he pulled it correctly from left to right. In this ROM and the Tango ROM I got from here - he pulls it wrongly from right to left.
4. When I connected the phone to the computer, it detected it as a Samsung Omnia 7, instead of a Focus.
5. The image in Zune is a generic Windows Phone image, not the Samsung Focus as it used to be shown before.
6. When there's a phonecall, earlier it used to say "slide up to answer", why not anymore?
7. No charging sound/vibration when plugged in.
One request:
Can anyone find the original image from the stock rom from the 7 album, which had the person crossing their leg to form a 4, instead of the Mango image that has the latch with the 4 over it?
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I found that the network profile does not work. The voice search does not work, also when u have a custom SMS tone it will not silence and also it will play when u are talking on the phone, and if you get more than one text it will play the sound for each sound all at once.
ancienttyrael said:
hello, not a noob for installing stuff just reporting some issues im having with this rom.
So currently the install went fine on the focus (ATT device running on Tmobile). the device is rebooting at random times, i would watch it flash the goodbye screen wait for a few seconds then the samsung screen comes on. Another thing is my connection is reporting to be on the E (Edge connection i guess) even though im rated for 3G with tmobile but at the time i just recently turned on my data so maybe when my new pay period kicks in that would change so that ones iffy. Other than that the rom seems to be running fine.
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Your phone probably has bad NAND sectors. Aside from getting a new phone the only thing you can try is getting a very large SD card and hope that most of the data gets written to the SD card instead of the NAND. This is a common problem with the Focus I have noticed.
Solidus74 said:
I found that the network profile does not work. The voice search does not work, also when u have a custom SMS tone it will not silence and also it will play when u are talking on the phone, and if you get more than one text it will play the sound for each sound all at once.
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The Dynamics ROM uses a lot of Omnia 7 files as well as it's newer firmware which can cause problems, such as changing providers with the diagnosis app via the provxml trick. The reason voice search doesn't work is because of ultrashot's SearchKeySettings package. If you want that to work you will have to use a ROKM that doesn't have that included.