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Sharp ROMs / Watapon ROM

« on: August 13, 2005, 10:18:39 pm »

Justin, this is from the OPIE homepage:

The Open Palmtop Integrated Environment is a 'fork' of the [WWW]Qtopia environment developed by [WWW]Trolltech.

Given that theKompany applications (as far as I know) are compatible with Qt of Trolltech and I believe will work on your OPIE based Watapon.  My offer to test the applications I have from theKompany is standing.  If they do work, I am going to write to Shawn Gordon - theKompany President to inform him and maybe let them mention Watapon in their homepage for Z5600.  They tried to create their OS but it failed (the guy who was developing theKompany rom took the PDA and disappeared   )

Just let me know.
thanx
Zaf

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Sharp ROMs / Watapon ROM

« on: August 13, 2005, 09:41:47 pm »

 
Dear Justin (aka Chaos), may I recommend moving the PIM's to separate IPKs , fixing the syncing and IR problems for the Sharp compatible Watapon before you stop developing that version and moving to the new Watapon?  

I purchased some software from theKompany and as far as I know they are only compatible with the current Watapon.  Will theKompany products will work on the new Watapon?  Given that your busy schedule, I don't think you can test it.  I will be happy to test them for you on the new Watapon.   If they don't work, then I have to use the existing Watapon which I believe will be absolutely perfect platform when IR, Syncing problems are fixed and PIMs are removed to IPKs as options to the users.  Doing so will give users more flexibility for personalization of their Watapon and make it more popular among Z5600 users.   I like some of the theKompany software and there might be others currently using or might want to use similar software on their Watapon based Z5600.

Thank you again for a "close to perfect" OS on Z5600 and good luck with the new version.
Zaf

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Sharp ROMs / Watapon ROM

« on: April 29, 2005, 07:07:10 pm »

Hi guys,
I have been using watapon 1.6 (with updates).  I am not really a KOPI user/fan and want to "cleanly" remove it from Watapon.  Any suggestion which files to remove.  

I have the original Sharp PIM ipk, and like to use it for it's simplicity.  Can ftp or email it to anyone needs it.

thanx a million.
Zaf

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Sharp ROMs / Watapon ROM

« on: March 28, 2005, 02:21:02 pm »

Hi,
OMPi was not working becuase it needs openssl, I installed it and it is working fine.
Hope helps
jmp
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Yep, it was useful - thanx.  Downloaded libssl0.9.7b from killdefiz.

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Sharp ROMs / Watapon 1.6 Rom

« on: March 28, 2005, 01:58:53 pm »

I confirm that the e-mail with Watapon 1.6 is not working.  I tried installing the ROM twice - did not help.  The Linksys CF card (wcf-12) is working fine (against my Linksys router).  I saw the unit conversion in gwcalc is now fixed and does not require the softlink anymore, also the tasklist is there - Thank you Justin.  

I want to remove the Ko/Pi and want to install original Sharp PIM and email.  What should I do for a clean removal?

thanx

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Sharp ROMs / Watapon ROM

« on: March 09, 2005, 07:26:45 pm »

Try using 64 bit WEP instead of 128. I use 64 on many Aps and haven't had any lasting problems. .

A 128 bit hex key of all numbers is less secure than a 64 bit alphanumeric key.

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Hey loji. Tried that, same story. What I've finally done is to disable WEP on the router & just set up a MAC address access list. Not really that secure, but it's something until I can figure out this problem.

I really like this rom, especially with the inclusion of the kde pim, but this & the lack of USB connectivity may eventually be the show stoppers to get me to move elsewhere. Not about to give up yet, so if somebody has more suggestions then please fire them my way. I'll keep hammering at it too & let yah know if I come up with something.

Thanks again for the help.
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Justin is currently working on the 1.6 release which will (hopefully) fix the syncing problem. In his email he says it is in his to do list for this weekend (3/12/05)

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Sharp ROMs / Any Update On The 1.6 Release

« on: March 07, 2005, 05:38:30 pm »

Justin, any update on the 1.6 release - sent you an e-mail but guessing you have not received it.  Thanx bro.
Zaf

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Sharp ROMs / Watapon ROM

« on: March 07, 2005, 05:36:08 pm »

My w12 (CF wireless card) used to work with 1.5.6, How ever I needed to reboot everyonce in a while in order to maintain it working. I do not know why, but the w12 make my Z semi-freeze, the screen images startsd for example to desapeard, like vanished. I just needed to eject the w12, an the Z cames to live again.
I believed that was a matter of modile-kernel, since I have a pxa 255, so now I am using watapon 1.5.6 but with the original kernel.
And my Z is working much better. It does not freeze, and thew12 is working better ( is not respoonding as use to do it with the original rom, but almost )

So may be the problem with the 1.5.6 and wireless card only appears in the Z with pxa 255.

Hope this help
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I have 5600 with pxa 250 and the same Linksys CF card running against a Linksys router (B/G compatible) and having no problems at all.  Actually, if I am connected and I turn the Z off and then back on, the connection is there   This is watapon 1.5.6 rom.
Zaf.  

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Sharp ROMs / Watapon ROM

« on: February 16, 2005, 06:01:58 pm »

Justin and other Watapon users,
here is something I recently found:  under the gwcalc, the unit conversion was not working.  I had to create a softlink for the gwcalc.units which installs under the /opt/QtPalmtop/apps/Applications/gwCalc but missing under the .../PIM/...gwCalc directory.  

Also, I think the "tasklist-applet_1" will be a nice addition to the 1.6 version of the Watapon.

thank you.
Zaf

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Sharp ROMs / Watapon ROM

« on: January 27, 2005, 04:42:45 pm »

Chaos:
Confirm usb sync not working for me as well. ...
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I did install the Watapon 1.5.6 last night and usb syncing is not working.

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Sharp ROMs / Watapon ROM

« on: January 27, 2005, 04:36:53 pm »

I am having the connection problem with my Linksys WCF12 card and Linksys wireless router.  Had no problem with theKompany.rom prior to the Watapon 1.5.6 installation.  I don't think it is either the card or the router but something with the Watapon rom?  

Follow up:
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Thanks to Jim, my wireless is now working.  It was simple as setting the SSID and the WEP key (in addition to the domain name).  I should have better notes.  Note: reinstalling the rom did not make any difference.  The WCF12 related entries were in the config file.
thanx again.

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Sharp ROMs / Watapon ROM

« on: January 27, 2005, 03:36:10 pm »

Is the Kmail/pi the newest version?  It's really unstable for me.  Does anyone else use it?    Whenever I try to delete anything it crashes.  Delete mail, crash ... delete a mail profile, crash... etc.. It's great having it intigrated with ko/pi, but only when it works. .. .   Anyone else notice this?
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I did install 1.5.6 Watapon rom last night, tried the e-mail this morning and so far so good, nothing crashes.  I received / sent and deleted bunch of mails and it was stable.  No crashes so far.  I just downloaded the 1.5.6 last weekend and am not sure if Justin has made any changes since the time you downloaded the rom from his homepage?

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Sharp ROMs / Watapon ROM

« on: January 23, 2005, 02:23:59 am »

I informed Justin (aka Chaos) about the new Qtopia 2.1 relaease.   I also asked him about the Watapon 1.6 release - he wrote back and told me that he is currently busy with a project and will work on the Watapon release this weekend (if he can).  He thinks that Qtopia 2.1 might be (if works with 5600) part of Watapon 2.0 release.
just wanted to share with you guys.

BTW.  I bought a nice leather case from Expansys (USA) tan/black color and it is for sale for 20 %off. nice staff - fits 5600 nicely.

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Deals and Great Z Buys / eXpansys experiences?

« on: December 25, 2004, 04:22:18 am »

I recently purchased a nice leather case for my 5600.  It was not in stock and I had to wait almost 20 days.  It arrived OK - but their order tracking system sucks.  I sent couple e-mails to them but no body replied.  It was an OK experience - given that they were the only source carried that particular item.
hope this proves useful.

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5x00 Hardware / Lovely Sync and Charge Cable for 5600 works great :)

« on: December 25, 2004, 02:57:06 am »

Yes, you can still open the keyboard - no problem.