How did you get Skyfire to run on the Advantage?

I didn’t think it worked on VGA devices and it certainly isn’t working on mine!

Thanks.

It took several hours but please be clear I am not recommending anyone do this as it is not reversible. If you have problems you CANNOT go back to the original WM5 ROM. I would not do it under Parallels just in case.

How long did it take to complete all the steps? Is it adding to the risk if I use a Mac running windows in Parallels to do the install?

Man, I dunno what HTC’s definition of ‘long term loan’ is but I want that dictionary the next time I rent a movie!

One year ago: “HTC will send you the new Advantage to review right after we get it back from JK. It shouldn’t be much longer.”

Are you gonna buy one, James? Or will you just trade it for the new model when HTC comes a knockin?

This is the way to do mobile tech, people. Get it from the manufacturer and hack away! Priceless!

I haven’t noticed any loss of functionality and every application I have tried works fine. I am even able to connect to my new REDFLY (arrived today), use the latest Skyfire beta (although it is a little slow), and switch to high res version (128 dpi) with RealVGA. I am also running Spb Backup, SplashMoney, TeleNav (GPS works fine), eWallet 6, HanDBase, iFitOne, and Agenda One.

Thanks Gavin! A few tweaks have already improved things. What a comprehensive (and scary) utility.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2152430&postcount=243

Try this James. The Schaps config tool has some useful general tweaks in it also.

Hope this helps.

Gavin, I look forward to the memory tweak you mentioned to get this thing sorted out. Good point that this is not reversible so folks should be warned.

James

It may be the free memory with this release. Are you seeing it with a few Apps open? Also, some of the cabs, like the Manila dialler are very memory intensive.

There is a cache memory tweak I applied which I’ll look up and post back, and I’ve been running nicely since then, whereas before Opera would sometimes bug out.

Also, worth nothing that the changes that this version does to the Advantage are (currently) non reversible and you therefore cannot ‘downgrade’ to an operator or other rom. I know this is being worked on but worth bearing in mind if you are still under Warranty!

Taxman, I haven’t noticed any lost functionality and the only issue I’ve seen is intermittent system slowdowns. I don’t know what is causing those yet.

If I had another Advantage here I’d probably wait until version 4.1 like Gavin mentioned. I simply haven’t run this long enough to feel strongly about it yet.

Oh, and do I have to be running Activesync on a Windows PC to do the upgrade?

Hi James, I’ve watched Matt’s video and read your post. My own HTC Advantage is conveniently nearby and trying to avoid eye contact with me. Have you lost any functionality in the HTC by doing the ROM upgrade? Have you encountered any problems since the upgrade. I know about the risks and not asking you to recommend, but all I ask is having done it to your HTC Advantage, if you had another one, would you want to upgrade it too?

Gavin, are you seeing system slowdowns that just appear and then go away? I’m thinking it’s the MiniSD card access but I’m not sure.

Agreed but anyone who hasn’t done this yet may want to wait until the revised AP 4.1 is out shortly which addresses a few bugs/memory issues with this release.

Also, anyone tempted by this must READ UP as there are a number of things to address before flashing this new Rom.

That being said I’m running 4.0 just now and it is very good indeed!