Qtek Releases AKU 2 For Universal Varient, Includes A2DP

[Jon Westfall]

http://www.myqtek.com/europe/news.aspx

"Qtek recently released the long awaited AKU 2 ROM for their version of the HTC Universal. This ROM update offers both Messaging & Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5.0 and new applications that you may find in the AKU 2 upgrade for your device - including the A2DP and AVRC Bluetooth profiles for wireless stereo streaming of audio files. "

An interesting twist on the AKU 2 saga. Qtek apparently doesn't think their HTC Universal varient is underpowered and can't run A2DP - they included it in their latest ROM update. When i-Mate removed A2DP we were promised it would appear in future ROM updates, lets hope they keep this promise / rumor and allow JasJar users the same benefit their Qtek brothers now have!

[Jon Westfall]

http://www.myqtek.com/europe/news.aspx

"Qtek recently released the long awaited AKU 2 ROM for their version of the HTC Universal. This ROM update offers both Messaging & Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5.0 and new applications that you may find in the AKU 2 upgrade for your device - including the A2DP and AVRC Bluetooth profiles for wireless stereo streaming of audio files. "

An interesting twist on the AKU 2 saga. Qtek apparently doesn't think their HTC Universal varient is underpowered and can't run A2DP - they included it in their latest ROM update. When i-Mate removed A2DP we were promised it would appear in future ROM updates, lets hope they keep this promise / rumor and allow JasJar users the same benefit their Qtek brothers now have!

[alese]

I have put the new Qtek ROM on my Universal and so far it looks good. It's faster than the default and the A2DP functionality works just fine.

There is only one "problem" - I have tried to stream MP3 through ORB and WiFi to Universal and listen over BT - unfortunatelly this does not work, it skips and stops constantly.

It's funny though, because I have Beta ACU2 rom with A2DP on my Wizard and the situation is the same, it works fine playing "localy" but if you stream over WiFi, then the BT Headset is useless.
So I guess the difference in power between 200Mhz OMAP and 520Mhz XScale is not as big as it looks :-)

[asci]

The same problem here. But I remember that I've tested an Imate home made ROM based on the last official one containing A2DP, and streaming worked. I only have to verify if connection was over WiFi or over USB ActiveSync.
Do you think it's a metter of cpu speed or rather than a metter of ram?

[grinny11]

its just because of wifi, i think the frequencies conflict because on my hp headphones, the user manual says not to use wifi and a2dp together on your HP pda.

[alese]

I'm not sure WiFi and BT interference is the problem, it works on desktop.
My guess is that decoding the WiFi stream and then reencoding it for BT stream to headset is too much for mobile processor, or maybe it's just that software/bluetooth stack is not optimized enough.

[wouterk]

Hi Alese,
I've using the Q-tek test ROM for a couple of moths now and it's includes the A2DP profile.
I noticed the skipping too when using A2DP on bluetooth but I noticed that it dissapeared when overclocking my processor just a little. 220Mhz i sufficient.
I also noticed that some players are more processor hungry than others.
The least hungry is Lyrics player. I don't have to overclock using this player.
Wouter

[alese]

Originally Posted by wouterk

Hi Alese,
I've using the Q-tek test ROM for a couple of moths now and it's includes the A2DP profile.
I noticed the skipping too when using A2DP on bluetooth but I noticed that it dissapeared when overclocking my processor just a little. 220Mhz i sufficient.
I also noticed that some players are more processor hungry than others.
The least hungry is Lyrics player. I don't have to overclock using this player.
Wouter

Thanks for the tip, I'll definatelly try this over the weekend.

[wouterk]

Thanks for the tip, I'll definatelly try this over the weekend.

Ok. You're welcome.
Is there another downloadlink for this Qtek update (including the A2DP update)? I have an I-Mate and can't register to the Qtek site.

Wouter

[alese]

Originally Posted by wouterk

Ok. You're welcome.
Is there another downloadlink for this Qtek update (including the A2DP update)? I have an I-Mate and can't register to the Qtek site.

Wouter

All the ROM upgrades are available on xda-developers.com ftp page, you need to be registred (free) that's all.
There are also some very helpfull discussions about hacks, tricks and solving all sorts of problems.

[wouterk]

Thanks, I know about that site. I visit it a lot. But which one is the new Qtek ROM (not the test version) with the A2DP profile?
I couldn't find any recent info about this update.
Wouter