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Re: PolyPatch84 released
« Reply #45 on: February 06, 2011, 03:26:36 am »
That sucks. Bad TI... bad TI D:

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Re: PolyPatch84 released
« Reply #46 on: February 06, 2011, 10:43:56 am »
yes it is especially with things like tiboy and chips all of a sudden you don't have a working game cause you deleted an app ;.;

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Re: PolyPatch84 released
« Reply #47 on: February 06, 2011, 06:31:14 pm »
I've just updated PolyPatch84, the patch pack for TI-84+ OSes, by including the DEFRAG fix from Floppus Maximus (who has been credited, of course! ;) )
http://ti.bank.free.fr/index.php?mod=archives&ac=voir&id=2128

The fix initially worked on OSes 0.46-2.43.

It has been ported to OSes 2.53 & 2.55.



The patch pack for installing TI-84+ OSes on a TI-83+ has not been updated yet.

By the way, DJ... I've patched the 2.53 OS from TI-Bank and could install it on my TI-83+.
Can you please send me the last "OS" file you tried to flash so that I can compare the files?
Maybe something goes wrong during the IPS patching...

A TI-Bank user was able to install the 2.43 OS on his TI-83+ without any help. So this patch (at least) seems ok. Maybe you could try that, just to be sure...

Thanks. :)
« Last Edit: February 06, 2011, 06:32:54 pm by critor »
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Re: PolyPatch84 released
« Reply #48 on: February 06, 2011, 06:33:08 pm »
w00 thank you critor!

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Re: PolyPatch84 released
« Reply #49 on: February 08, 2011, 12:47:58 am »
Ok I'Ll try when I have time. I'll also send you the link to the OS 2.53MP I used.

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Re: PolyPatch84 released
« Reply #50 on: March 27, 2011, 01:31:04 pm »
Hey there...

Nice forums =]
Also, thx a lot critor for having released such a useful pack for the community.

My post is mainly about the strange "counter" calcdude84se is referring to on page 2.
If i include both the infos from his post and from my personnal tests, we can say that :
- It is automatically displayed on the homescreen during every usb transfer (like calcdude, no other cable type to test further).
- It is not automatically erased when transfer is complete but [CLEAR] does the job well (no residual effects).
- It is (at least) present after having transfered patched os 2.30 & 2.43.
- The displayed value seems to be incremented each time a predefined data quantity is transfered.

I'm kinda curious about it.
Any idea ?

P.S. : Does anyone has a link to get the original "for glitch" patch ?
« Last Edit: March 27, 2011, 01:34:49 pm by the_mad_joob »

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Re: PolyPatch84 released
« Reply #51 on: March 27, 2011, 03:13:48 pm »
Hello there, joob!  welcome to omnimaga!  enjoy you're stay!  here's some peanuts:
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Anyways, IDK where to get that patch.  Critor should know, though -- I would private message him for it if you want tit really quickly.
« Last Edit: March 27, 2011, 03:14:09 pm by Ashbad »

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Re: PolyPatch84 released
« Reply #52 on: March 27, 2011, 03:16:26 pm »
Actually he can't PM him yet since he doesn't have 5 posts (spam protection), so critor would probably have to check this topic. Otherwise I don't know. :(

Welcome on the forums by the way. :D

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Re: PolyPatch84 released
« Reply #53 on: March 27, 2011, 04:16:00 pm »
Hey there...

Nice forums =]
Also, thx a lot critor for having released such a useful pack for the community.

My post is mainly about the strange "counter" calcdude84se is referring to on page 2.
If i include both the infos from his post and from my personnal tests, we can say that :
- It is automatically displayed on the homescreen during every usb transfer (like calcdude, no other cable type to test further).
- It is not automatically erased when transfer is complete but [CLEAR] does the job well (no residual effects).
- It is (at least) present after having transfered patched os 2.30 & 2.43.
- The displayed value seems to be incremented each time a predefined data quantity is transfered.

I'm kinda curious about it.
Any idea ?

P.S. : Does anyone has a link to get the original "for glitch" patch ?

Quite strange.
I'll have to check which fix does trigger that.

Checking if it does happen with other OSes can help me.

So according to you it's present in OSes 2.30 & 2.43.
It's probably also present in OSes 2.40 & 2.41.

I'd like to know if it's present in the older 2.22 and newer 2.53MP OSes.


Apart from my pack, the for glitch fix is only available for OS 2.41 on Brandon's web site.
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Re: PolyPatch84 released
« Reply #54 on: March 28, 2011, 03:57:27 am »
Thx for the numerical peanuts Ashbad =]

I'm gonna help to identify in which patch the responsible code is included.
By chance, most of the original patchs are compatible with 2.43 so i'll apply them separately and test some transfers.
For now, i can logically say that it's one of those : version/basic/flash/addr/defrag.

After having identified the patch, i'll test it on the other compatible oses to know if it's the result of some kind of incompatibility or not.

About the "for glitch" fix, there is no way i can find the appropriate file in brandon's "calcstuff" directory.
Dunno if it was removed but otherwise, i'm interested if anyone knows the exact file name...
« Last Edit: March 28, 2011, 04:08:58 am by the_mad_joob »

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Re: PolyPatch84 released
« Reply #55 on: March 28, 2011, 04:32:29 am »
About the "for glitch" fix, there is no way i can find the appropriate file in brandon's "calcstuff" directory.
Dunno if it was removed but otherwise, i'm interested if anyone knows the exact file name...

The file name is "84P_OS2.41_BASICFixed.8xu".
It's an allready fully patched OS.

But it's not in the "calcstuff" directory.
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Re: PolyPatch84 released
« Reply #56 on: March 28, 2011, 06:11:18 am »
Oh, didn't even know the existence of the [edit by ztrumpet to remove link] directory =S
Thx to ya critor =]
Strangely, ti-connect enters an infinite loop when i try to send it to my calc ([Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del] required).
It's probably because the original 2.41 os is 710374 bytes long and brandon's patched one is only 710315, dunno.

Anyway, here are my tests results :

The "counter" is there too in the polypatched os 2.40 & 2.41.

Sended the following original patchs to a 2.43 clean os : version/flash/addr/defrag.
They seem to cohabitate well and the "counter" is not there at all.
So we can say those are not directly responsible for the "counter"'s presence.

Like i said, i wasn't able to test the "for glitch" original patch but it's the last one to test so there's a great chance it may be implicated.

With what we know, we can now say that the cause of this strange display is either :
- The "for glitch" fix itself, which would mean that brandon did something wrong (because the glitch itself has nothing to do with usb transfers).
- An incompatibility between the "for glitch" fix and one or more of the following fixes : version/flash/addr/defrag (maybe a part of the os modified by more than one fix).
- An error made by crit while compiling the patchs (maybe a part of the os modified but not initially meant to be patched).
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Re: PolyPatch84 released
« Reply #57 on: March 28, 2011, 12:50:50 pm »
Hi, a moderator has removed the links to the respective Brandon directories, because they contains extremely dangerous calculator files and probably even illegal content so it's best to not link directly to them in public. That way less people risk falling into programs that might brick their calc if they downloaded the wrong thing.

We would prefer that fewer people distributes some of these programs at school to trick other students into deleting their certificate/OS and that fewer search engines pick up these directories.

Sorry for the inconveniences.
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Re: PolyPatch84 released
« Reply #58 on: March 28, 2011, 03:12:19 pm »
I can fully understand why the link's been removed and if there's someone to be sorry, that's me and nobody else =S
Starting from now, i'll think twice before posting such data.
I promise =]

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Re: PolyPatch84 released
« Reply #59 on: March 28, 2011, 03:35:51 pm »
No problem, sometimes it isn't necessarly clear something might be dangerous. This folder mostly contains random programs that got featured on ticalc.org, documents and some patches for TI OSes. It just happens to have a few other programs that are meant to fix your calc, but can also be used to break a calc. I think the bigger risk is at school, though, since on these forums anyone could just test the program on an emulator.