New Rom for Himalayas: Hima 2.00a.96 genuine WWE - MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 2005 Upgrading

Go to http://buzzdev.net/

New ROM (not ROOM).
just kidding.
Downloaded and flashing now.
Thanks you and buzz.

Hi Vivi,
Are you going to do a 64 version? I'm excited enough about Buzz's v2 but would prefer to reflash and resplit my memory allocation at the same time.
Regards - Mallow1

Yes, I modified to 64WWE HERE
No other edits,only the RAMdisk space.

Many many thanks Vivi,
I'm reflashing as I type.
Regards - Mallow1

vivi said:
Yes, I modified to 64WWE HERE
No other edits,only the RAMdisk space.
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i have installed this version but maybe i am doing something wrong.... as i only see 14.54MB in Storage and 56.34MB in Program Space..... Is there special instructions for installing the "32MB RAM free for installing Ramdisk
Persistent Storage?"
Thanks in advance

what about the camera
were the camera proplems solved with the new rom
please repply ASAP

well.. whats the diference between the modified 64 versison and the normal version and whats is ramdisk ?
thx

Camera and buttons are perfectly working with this rom.
Thanks Buzz.

zoom functionn
imean for the zoom function ,and video capture , are all working fine
plus : any side effects for the rom( because iam a starter so i dont wont to mess up my imate ppc on my first try :lol: :lol:
any special cautions or instructions

mmm...is there any bugs in this rom ?? pls post if anyone had already try this rom...thanks broes

SammiBoi said:
vivi said:
Yes, I modified to 64WWE HERE
No other edits,only the RAMdisk space.
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i have installed this version but maybe i am doing something wrong.... as i only see 14.54MB in Storage and 56.34MB in Program Space..... Is there special instructions for installing the "32MB RAM free for installing Ramdisk
Persistent Storage?"
Thanks in advance
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I had the same problems ie storage only 14.54mb and 56.34mb in Program.
How to increase the Storage space from 14.54mb??????
My camera and record buttons do not function???????
What happen when the storage space got used up after installing programs as 14.54mb is not much??? Wil the RamDish of 63.95mb takes over??????
Please help thanks

Hi Guys
I am currently running the Sin Merged v2.0 Windows 2003SE version of the OS on my XDAII.
What are the benifits of upgrading to the new 2005 OS?
does any one know if this version of the OS has less or more bugs then the 2003SE version I currently have?
Many thanks!
FB

Has any one tried this new update as yet and has used the older 2003SE OS, if so please could you let me know how you are finding it so far?
Is it stable?
What are the new features?
Is it worth the upgrade?
Many thanks
FB

YESS ... and with this ROM I feel littlebit faster ....

hi indra9110
Many thanks for the reply
Where you also using Sin's 2003SE ROM?
Have you noticed any problems with this the new 2005 ROM as yet?
Sorry for all the questions, I am trying to get my phone as stable as possible and have had a few issues with the original 2003 as well as 2003SE (better then original though) so I was hoping that the 2005 ROM would be even better?
Any extra details of what is included in this rom would be great as well as is it just a matter or running an EXE file and it does the rest for you? (As Sin's 2003SE rom did?)
Many thanks!
FB

TofClock has just posted his modified 2.01a ROMs (three versions with differing RAM disc sizes 0, 32 or 64) with all the fixes and tweaks identified as being needed in WM5 for the Himalaya (so far)... a few minor ones remain mainly dependent upon country, exact device etc but in the main it is receiving very good marks for speed, stability and functionality. I would certainly recommend it over WM2003SE.
http://buzzdev.net/component/option...view/id,14557/catid,26/limit,15/limitstart,0/
Regards - Mallow1

Hi Mallow1
Many thanks for the reply, although I am more confused as to which one is better and what I should do now... LOL
Any idea as to what the diference is between these 2 roms?
Also do these both have support for Australian phone providers and settings?
many thanks guys!
FB

why does not many people seem to be using this ROM? Not much information about it :-(
Even the other ROM that Mallow1 seems to have a few issues.
Does this ROM have the same issues?
I'm trying to find a more stable and slightly faster ROM then the Win2003SE (Sin Merged 2.0) that I am currently using :-D
Has any one every found a rock solid ROM that works on the XDAII in Australia?
Cheers guys!

fudgebottom,
WM2003SE is not as good as WM5 (which haspersistant memory for your data so it won't get wiped when the battery goes, plus it has enhanced features over and above 2003SE in that it is the next generation up and benefits from chnages as to how users use their phoen.. too many to list but there is plenty to read in all these forums).
WM5 2.00a was adapted by BuzzLightyear from a plain vanilla official ROM (i.e. a ROM not modified to work on any specific pda platform). Buzz tweaked the basics so that it would load and run on our Himalayas, but no other mods were done to it. TofClock has then undertaken the other work needed to cutomise 2.00a to run better (faster, more stable and with less bugs). These ROMs are know as 2.01a (there are three so far each with a different split inthe memory allocation... WM2003SE allows the user to move a sliding bar to rebalance how much memory is used fro storage and how much for runnign programs. Because WM5 has persistant memory.. tis cannot be done and the allocation occurs by choising which ROM suits your needs best, 128MB RAM, 96MB RAM and 32MB "additional" storage (i.e. total still equals 128 MB), or 64MB RAM plus 64MB additional storage (the last is the one I use).
From what I've read, I think that all earlier versions of WM5 were not vanilla WWE (i.e. were in another language whichwas then translated back to English and had been originally service provider branded). All this was BuzzLighhtyear' work. WWE is World Wide English by the way. So the original ROM was then changed to work on Himalaya and bugs ironned out as best could (as we all beta reported). The last generation of these ROMs was 1.71 versions which still had various issues with their performance. In theory therefore getting hold of a vanilla ROM and modifying it for the Himalaya would therefore be the purest, cleanest route to go forward with. This is what 2.xx is based on.
WM5 2.01 versions are therefore cleaner and faster and more stable so far. If you wish to upgrade these 2.01a 128, 2.01a 96, 2.01a 64 are the best to date (Tofclock is working on further modification as these things continually update ad infinitum). Their minor bugs can be read over in Buzzdev.net where this is all documented in the posts/threads. Its easy to find... go read! The only difference between the three 2.01a versions is the memory allocation as mentioned above.
Hope you are less confused, but I have to say, read more as all you are asking is covered in these forums, wikis and related forums. Also these sites as the nme suggests are developer sites. Software is underdevelopement (beta) by definition. HTC (the makers of the XDA ii/ Himalaya, haven't released an official WM5 ROM for Himalaya, they did with WM2003SE). So if you are interested in beta work/ developement then go ahead and reflash with the WM5 ROM of your choice but there will always be somehting not 100% with the result. That's why we are all compiling the issues and tweaking ROMs.
Hope all this helps.
Kin regards - Mallow1

Related

[q] Differences pls reply

[Hima] WM5 2.01a00 WWE
[Hima] WM5 2.01a32 WWE
[Hima] WM5 2.01a64 WWE
what is 00,32 and 64???
that's the amount of ramdisk memory.
http://buzzdev.net/component/option,com_simpleboard/Itemid,59/func,view/id,837/catid,26/
bit old thread, but you'll get the idea
so if i get 64 ill get much better ramdisk space?
jup, with 128/0 u've got no ramdisk but allot of memory. (hover over the word: ramdisk that will explain the different versions)
with 64/64 u comprimise some mem but have 64 ramdisk, that's the one I use: just enough for the tomtommap benelux ;-) (working with sdgps module)
it's widely discused in this forum.. search for it for more info
(you'll need it for setting it up!)
WM5 Himalaya ROM's
Kabayan, Bstard has explained it very well. Its the user's preference how much RAM disk you would want in your device. Basically, if you install programs in your RAM disk, they won't be deleted even if your battery runs low (similar to a hard reset). This is the main difference in WM5 ROM's.
You might also want to check out other WM5 ROM versions. There are ver 2.03.xxWWE (xx = 0, 32, 64) and AKU3 3.00.xxWWE. Search the forum for the features and advantages of each ROM. Good luck!
thank you morph!
im using 2.03 00wwe now
Guys you have to remember though that even though you have ramdisk, your "my document" files will still be erased once you make a hard reset or if your battery runs out. Another thing, you still need to re-install everything unless you have a backup software. I'm not sure if your "my document' folder can be moved to the flashdisk. Others can comment on this.

Jester aku2.2 vs. Jester aku2.3 vs. LvsW2.2 vs LvsW2.3

not sure about you guys...but I am getting confused with all these updates...so i am making a poll here to see which one u guys like best ...in terms of stability / speed / overall performance etc...
Comparing:
Jester Aku 2.2 -b1 8mb page pool (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=283255)
Jester Aku 2.2 -b1 12mb page pool (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=283255)
Jester Aku 2.3-b2 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=283819)
Jester Aku 2.3-b3 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=283868)
*new* - as of nov22,06
LvsW Aku 2.2 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=283601)
LvsW Aku 2.3 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=283965)
*new* - as of nov22,06
Original Qtek S200 WWE Aku2.2 Rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=283245)
but Thumps Up for Jester and LvsW and mwiberg for bringing us all these updates!
jester aku2.3
anyone have any info on this, links, what rom its based on etc.
please vote!
vote & review
cheguevara said:
please vote!
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I think besides a vote, a mini-review will be helpful.
I'll start with what I have tried:
1) RUU_Prophet_G3_2151327_AKU23_023021_P16MB_PDAMobiz_v2307 (not in this list)
Plenty of extra software. Some useful, some not. A matter of individual preference. Speed overclocked by default, but can easily be reverted. Pretty stable, a minor glitch when opening word files, pword opens and closes. Another tap would then open the file. (could be due to my device and not the ROM itself). Speed is OK, can't really say it's faster than the official 2.15 ROM. My major dislike is the program memory. After installing all my apps such as calligrapher & voice command, I'm left with 14+MB after a soft reset. After opening up more and ore applications, it will go down to 3-4MB very quickly and some of the progs will automatically close. In comparison, this was not so severe when I had the official 2.15 ROM.
2) RUU-Prophet-G3-AKU2.2-2.20-2.47.21-Jester-b1
New OS. Feels faster than the PDAMobiz ROM even though this is standard 12MB pagepool. No extra software. Stable. No issues so far, but I've only been using it for several days now.
Next to try: LvsW Edition: RUU_Prophet_220734_2207114_024721 (AKU2.3)
If anyone like to compile their reviews in this thread, it'll definitely help lots of people.
You should test all of them if you want to get relaiable results. Otherwise people will only choose the ROM they are currently using, whitout ever touching they other ROM's
For this you should create some kind of performance test procedure.
If you can make this reliaable then you might use it as a standard in the PPC world Since I havn't seen any test procedure to test performance of different ROM's.
I've seen benchmark results, but they were compared to WM2003 devices. So you should have one made just for OMap processors. Then you also have the issue between the results and "daily use", like menu speed etc.
Maybe we can set up some kind of procedure here on XDA DEVELOPERS?
Yes i think a benchmark would be excellent...
So-so
I've been confident over the years to rom-cooking and tweaking devices (long live my old hima) but with so many bugs in the Prophet's roms, even the official ones! it's hard to reccommend actually those "beta" versions, each with it's own set of bugs.
Actually we are forced to choose from the set of bugs you can live with! USB not charging, BT Active Sync profile dissapearing, Slooowww performance, undocumented Registry limits, (Contast size for instance) and so on.
So my vote was on the "official" Qtek rom, at least until I can cook my own ROM and have control over what I drop on my Prophet.
Anyway, impressive work from jesterz, lvsw, the pdamobiz guys and the rest of you for giving us all those roms to try and enjoy tweaking, it's somewhat adictive!
i go test lvsw 2.3 it's very good ?
uppppppppppppppppppp
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i go test lvsw 2.3 it's very good ?
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I voted for LvSW 2.3, but I'm actually running one of his earlier versions, with the old RadioRom and ExtRom. Things are pretty stable, if slow. I have a G3 version.
Would it be worth my while to upgrade to the current LVSW 2.3.1? Is there a big radio improvement from 2.19 to 2.47.21? Will there be an upgrade to 2.3.1 to fix the frozen input method problem?
Alan

[25 June] WM6.1 (WWE) 19900 Video Call BETA NOW Available (G4/G3)

Latest Update (25 June 21:07 GMT8)
Now that Beasty is offering "official" help and expertise on the VC component, we can look forward to improve the VC even further. I understand that you may encounter odd bugs while using the VCs and this is to be expected. The intention is to gather inputs for a more stable release soon. Cheers.
25 June 2008 - MAJOR Update
Version: EF 2.40 WWE WM6.1 Build 19900.1.0.3 + VC Ready Components
Pagepool 6.5MB for 64MB Unis (G4/G3)
As per advised earlier, the rom now offers Video Call option which can be enabled if you wish to use Video Telephony. BUT please consider this as a beta Release (on the VC part) because, like Beasty and Laurentius before me, I only managed to get VC running up to 70-80% with so many other possibilities unexplored. In fact after many sleepless night and red eyes, I am running out of ideas on how to get the VC build up to 100% - and with regard to this, I am sharing the very same Kitchen that I use to cook the roms with all the contents to those interested in doing further development on the VC part. The Kitchen is based on ThingsOnASpring and all credits should go to him.
Background:
The VC components have been ported over from Dopod 900 official rom 1.30 release in WM5 flavor. Apparently, our Uni will not aknowledge the later versions of Video Telephony dlls and drivers which I took from the official Athena WM6 and Tytn. I have tried all combinations to no avail (with the later version VC dlls).
Only with proper arrangement of WM5 VC Dlls, Intellidial and Camera components will the VC work properly on our Unis.
So, the end result is a forced entry of WM5 dlls into WM6.1 build. And because of this it is expected to behave somewhat oddly on certain functions (more about this later)
So how does it work:
Download the rom here:
Version: EF 2.40 WWE WM6.1 Build 19900.1.0.3 + VC Ready Components
After the first boot, to enable VC, go to Programs and click on Enable Video Call icon which will run a cab installer automatically. YOU NEED A SOFT RESET to activate the changes
IMPORTANT:
- Making a VC will trigger self dial (dial onto itself), just click answer and the dialer will continue to make the VC. Once connection is establish, if the VC interface is not shown to you, click on "Call Status" and you should see the two windows of both caller and recepient
- Ending a call or unable to establish 3G VC due to signal or other issues, the screen will show "Connected:" but do not panic, this is a small display bug and does not mean that you are connected to 3G network unecessarily
- Should the dialer pads become sluggish after a while, a soft reset may be required. But this happens very rarely.
And finally, for those interested to cook your own custom rom based on this build, please download the kithen here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?lecmcgmmmz2
The kitchen is ready to cook EF 2.40 release.
Again, thank you for your support and hope you guys will have fun beta testing the VCs. It's not perfect but at the very least provide a glimmer of hope of what to come.
PS:
If you find my handiwork to be useful and feels like buying me a drink, please PM me for Paypal ID.
UPDATE:
Video Telephony has been successfully integrated into the build I am using now.
In the next 24 hours I will be testing it extensively to see if there's any bug or issues.
We all know that previous efforts by WM6 chefs was fraught with difficulties, I expect mine to be no different. But at least the indication has been good so far. We shall see how this will fare later.
On the other hand, I may remove the inclusion of Ext Rom as usable drive due to the issue of storing email attachments.
Hope to get some good results soon.
Latest Update:
A friend of mine is using Uni G4 and he has been able to flash this rom successfully
Important UPDATE:
I just found out that my Uni is ACTUALLY A G3!. So this Rom will definitely work on all G3. Silly me, I didn't read the Wiki thoroughly enough to differetiate a G3 and G4 LOL!
If you are keen on 19900 WM6.1 in Vanilla flavors, please read on. I have just recently micgrated from O2 Xda Flame to Dopod 900 (HTC Universal) and have ever since been looking for a "stock" looking WM6.1 WWE. The readily available Vanillas seems to suffer from "excessive parts removal" to make them light and have suffered from odd behaviours on my aged G3. Since I am not new to Rom Cooking (my previous work can be found at www.xdaflameusers.com), I decided to cook my own WWE and the one I am using now seems to be quite a performer.
This ROM is build on four separate instances:
ThingsOnASpring Kitchen ->
Tomal's 7.7 19900 nk.nbf decoded and extracted ->
OEM Components deconstructed and removal of extras ->
SYS Components revised and HTC Official Kaiser WM6.1 WWE was used as filler to restore missing components ->
Reg Mods all over for performance and stability ->
Additition of minor HTC OEM components & drivers ->
Mo3ulla 2.15 (19588) nk.nbf used as target donor host ->
ThingsOnASpring XIP as the base XIP donor ->
RESULT:
EF 2.22 WWE 19900.1.0.3 Vanilla for G3 Universal (G4 not tested because mine is on G4)
Main attributes:
- Very stock looking
- 7.5MB Pagepool for 64MB Unis and FF Pagepool for 128 Unis (need someone to test this)
- Upon first boot, 40.XXMB of Storage and 26.XXMB of Memory
- Extended ROM already unlocked and ready for use - renamed as 10MB_Store. Update: I am looking into preventing clashes of SD card and Extended ROM for mail attachments
- Includes native support for both normal SD and SDHCs, SD Settings has been removed in favor of static SDHC components which will read/write both normal SD and SDHC. This has been rigorously tested with my 8GB Sandisk MicroSDHC (with SD adapter) and Kingston 4GB SDHC Class4. Both performs flawlessly tested using Windows Media Player with over 1000 songs on high bitrate MP3s. Using the old SDHC drivers, pause gaps between songs was around 5-6 seconds but now the gap has been reduced to 3-4 seconds
- Includes HTC Network Wizard for easy 3G/GPRS setup
- Grayscale BG for CommManager with all Stock features restored
- Runs perfectly with Radio 1.18
- Exchange Push Mail fully tested on 3G/GRPS - worked flawlessly
- Excellent synergy with SPB Mobile Shell 2.0 and Pocket Plus 4
- .NET CF3.5 installed and confirmed running perfectly
- Games, Transcriber, Schap VOIP, OneNote & Windows Live etc removed
- Registry cleaned of excess traces
- No FDISK/RAMDISK included for stability sake
- Proven stability with 3G/GPRS always on & Activesync in background with Microsoft DirectPush. On top of that with SPB Shell, SPB Finance, Windows Live and Pocket Plus running back to back
Downloads:
EF 2.22 19900.1.0.3 64MB Unis (Pagepool 7.5MB)
EF 2.22 19900.1.0.3 128MB Unis (Pagepool FF)
Note:
Before you flash, it's a good idea to blank out your Extended ROM to avoid complications. Default HTC Autoinstall from extended rom has been known to cause system freeze on first boot
If you are new to flashing, I highly recommend reading the Universal Wiki - the Wikis has been a great help to me when I first started over 2 weeks ago
Credits:
Of course, this has been possible due to the the hard works of Tomal, Mo3ulla, ThingsOnASpring and many more before them. They deserve all the credits where applicable.
Disclaimer:
There's always risk with cooked roms flashing. Do this at your own discretion and do it only if you are absolutely certain of your intent
Thanks & enjoy!
MMS
Hi there org kampung
before i flash this ROM just want to confirm if you haven't excluded the MMS because i used it alot since VC is not applcable for WM6. Thank you.
**ohh before that do you know where i can upgrade my UNI to 128 RAM here in KL & how much shal it cost me??
nyok80 said:
Hi there org kampung
before i flash this ROM just want to confirm if you haven't excluded the MMS because i used it alot since VC is not applcable for WM6. Thank you.
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Alo bro. Yes MMS from Acrosoft is included....forgot to mention
PS:
I am in the process of looking for supplier for the chips first. most likely Farnell Newark in PJ will have them (or can bring them in)
This rom for G3?
Many thanks!
0979720384 said:
This rom for G3?
Many thanks!
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Pal....EFN indicated his Vanilla build support G4 only.
Maybe works for G3
bramblyrose said:
Pal....EFN indicated his Vanilla build support G4 only.
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what I understand is "not tested on G3" which doesn't mean "not supported", the ROMS used for cooking this one are both G3/G4
EFN said:
Alo bro. Yes MMS from Acrosoft is included....forgot to mention
PS:
I am in the process of looking for supplier for the chips first. most likely Farnell Newark in PJ will have them (or can bring them in)
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Good to see that are more Malaysian developer. Looking forward to have a Malaysian shop that can solder/upgrade our UNI to 128mb + reasonable price. Keep us posted dude.
0979720384 said:
This rom for G3?
Many thanks!
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Why dont u just try it? u can always revert back to your trusty old rom if failed.
Yes, the base roms used to construct this one has been known to support G3. I see no reason it should not work with a G3. BUT I have never tested this build on a G3 because I don't have one. Any takers?
Thanks
Wow, let me check this one out then i will tell you what will happen to my exec G3. Anyway, thanks a lot for a new cooking that makes me so curious.
Important UPDATE:
I just found out that my Uni is ACTUALLY A G3!. So this Rom will definitely work on all G3. Silly me, I didn't read the Wiki thoroughly enough to differetiate a G3 and G4 LOL!
satanisme:
All we need to do now is get the 128 chips. There's a lot of handphone repair shops at Lowyat plaza that can do hot blower soldering with the proper tools. Of course we will have to tell them precisely which chips to take out and what to solder in
Can you confirm how you got you email attachments to the storage card. The messaging options only sees the 10_MB storage?
wow, what a great rom. i'm using it right now....
DanT said:
Can you confirm how you got you email attachments to the storage card. The messaging options only sees the 10_MB storage?
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DanT, thanks for the feedback. I may have made aq mistake here in this particular regard. You are right about attachments getting saved in Ext rom (10MB_Storage) instead of SD card. But no worries, I am in the process of working a fix on this. Stay tuned
madmonkey & the rest:
Thanks buddies, ping me if you see any issues okay. I am gathering feedbacks now for an upcoming update to this version.
EFN said:
DanT, thanks for the feedback. I may have made aq mistake here in this particular regard. You are right about attachments getting saved in Ext rom (10MB_Storage) instead of SD card. But no worries, I am in the process of working a fix on this. Stay tuned
madmonkey & the rest:
Thanks buddies, ping me if you see any issues okay. I am gathering feedbacks now for an upcoming update to this version.
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Thanks, apart from that issue it looks like a great ROM. I eagerly await your update.
EFN said:
DanT, thanks for the feedback. I may have made aq mistake here in this particular regard. You are right about attachments getting saved in Ext rom (10MB_Storage) instead of SD card. But no worries, I am in the process of working a fix on this. Stay tuned
madmonkey & the rest:
Thanks buddies, ping me if you see any issues okay. I am gathering feedbacks now for an upcoming update to this version.
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If you renamed the extended ROM to anything whose first letter was alphabetically greater than capital S (from "Storage Card") wouldn't do?
Just a thought...
Cheers!
Carlos
Quick question
Does the ROM contain the RGUs?
If it does, this may be a better base for me to use with the Diamond addons, rather than Ranju's 19900 build...
-PJC
pjc007 said:
Does the ROM contain the RGUs?
If it does, this may be a better base for me to use with the Diamond addons, rather than Ranju's 19900 build...
-PJC
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The rgus are not included in the rom itself due to over 1.15MB size added if they are not deleted. But I can share the ones still in OEM & SYS of the kitchen I use. Anyway I am in the habit of modifying the output hv files (Default.hv & User.hv) directly just before cooking so the rgus may only reflect 80% of the actual mods done. If you extract this rom, just before you pkg them into SYS and OEM, grab the hv files and convert them into master rgus.
casouzaj:
Yes I am thinking of testing this out. Thanks for the input
EFN said:
The rgus are not included in the rom itself due to over 1.15MB size added if they are not deleted. But I can share the ones still in OEM & SYS of the kitchen I use. Anyway I am in the habit of modifying the output hv files (Default.hv & User.hv) directly just before cooking so the rgus may only reflect 80% of the actual mods done. If you extract this rom, just before you pkg them into SYS and OEM, grab the hv files and convert them into master rgus.
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OK - thanks - I'll download & extract & give that a go...
-PJC
A very nice and stable ROM. I am using it now happily. Even the phone hangs once in an outgoing call and i have to soft reset. Gazak Allah Khayran dear EFN.

Overview of the many roms created here and a vote for the best rom for the Universal

Guys there are a lot of roms created by the genious minds of rom cooks here. id like everyone to share there view of the roms overview and a vote for the best rom cooked for the Universal. Sounds fun huh!
my list (sorry if I missed anyone)
ROM really depends on your needs . If the cook has put in the apps you use, go for his rom. Otherwise it takes up more space adding your own apps - or alternatively go for rDosti/B&L vanilla and add all your own.
The free memory is important to me (being a 64MB Uni owner!!), and I have recorded the free memory on a clean install with no SD card in.
I want working camera, TCMD TCPMP and Route66N7 to work properly (which likes its memory!). I don't use wkTask, but prefer QuickMenu or currently playing with Battery Status (but after making own theme with weather, this took up too much program memory, and although looked nice I decided that I needed functional and not eye candy!). Fast is also good . I also need my Blade BT headset to work with my BT GRPS mouse.
My observations (in no particular order):
Tomal 7.7 OS 19900 (19900'2), 27.8 MB free (program memory) here
-this is stable and has all apps I like *my favourite* (also has flash-disk)
EFN 2.4 OS 19588 (19900'3), 27.4 MB free here
-seems stable, need to add few apps (eg, TCMD, TCPMP), but has VC - keeping my eye on this! (more of want than need as I don't get 3G at home!)
rDosti 9 OS 19188 (19174), >33.9 MB free here
-seems stable, vanilla so need to add all apps you want (incl. Word, Excel, .NET etc). Built on my old favourite ROM from thingonaspring (below) - but with same problem. Can't get Blade (BT headset) to work
PDAVIET 2.61 OS 19949, 28.6 MB free here
-hangs occasionally, couldn't change alarms
-not a rom cooker on this forum, so feedback is useless from here!
Mo3ulla 1.5 OS 19588, 26.97 MB free here
-seems stable, but was disappointed with free program mem
Thingonaspring 41.28 OS 19188 (19174), 29.8 MB free here
-stable, excellent free memory, settings/buttons had no lock or backlight, some components getting old (TCMD) - has real VGA (if you like that sort of thing!)
-seems to have stopped cooking any more universal rom's - anyone heard from thing?
JWRights here
-no information, except was slow in dealing my cards in Patiences game
Beasty&Laurentius 2.08.01 Business here
-they also have newer test version and older FullFlavour/Vanilla versions, and were my favorite cookers
-beasty still pops back to help, and may produce newer rom, but has gone on to some wierd htc machine​Advice: pick your ROM(s), and help the cookers sort out bugs & features by encouraging them - and they can use this information with others too.
Hope this helps someone
great
thanks jonmorgan for your effort and views. come on guys more overviews will help our good rom cookers to improve their cooking by giving out your reviews of their great and effortfull work..
My vote goes for....
Ranju´s v7.6 & v7.7 definetly!
Cheers!
Ranju's 7.6 here!
Using Tomals 7.7 I must say, eaven after testing some others...
This is the best.
Its stable, fast, i love flashdisk and storage space
for this poll i Vote for Tomal/Ranju 7.7
JonMorgan said:
ROM really depends on your needs . If the cook has put in the apps you use, go for his rom. Otherwise it takes up more space adding your own apps - or alternatively go for rDosti/B&L vanilla and add all your own.
The free memory is important to me (being a 64MB Uni owner!!), and I have recorded the free memory on a clean install with no SD card in.
I want working camera, TCMD TCPMP and Route66N7 to work properly (which likes its memory!). I don't use wkTask, but prefer QuickMenu or currently playing with Battery Status (but after making own theme with weather, this took up too much program memory, and although looked nice I decided that I needed functional and not eye candy!). Fast is also good . I also need my Blade BT headset to work with my BT GRPS mouse.
My observations (in no particular order):
rDosti 9 OS 19188 (19174), >33.9MB free here
-seems stable, vanilla so need to add all apps you want (incl. Word, Excel, .NET etc). Built on my old favourite ROM from thingonaspring (below) - but with same problem. Can't get Blade (BT headset) to work
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--- Did you try 9.1 (it has extra support for BT mouse and other BT devices. I would suggest trying that and then letting me know if it doesnt work with your Blade... I believe 9.1 should fix that (the main reason i released it).
Regards
great replies guys
man you guys are great keep on helping our friends, the genius rom cookers for their hard work thank you cookers without you all we could never make the universal the way it is today. thanks all guys for their overviews.
Ranju´s v7.6 & v7.7 definetly!
Ranju/Tomal is the best!!!
JonMorgan said:
Mo3ulla 1.5 OS 19588, 23.2MB free here
-seems stable, but was disappointed with free program mem
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That's one of the fastest roms or may be the FASTEST rom ever created for the Uni, and no, the free program memory after reboot is 26-27+ MB with some programs in start up on 64 MB Universal! You guys don't write some stuff before test it
Greets,
Win_XP said:
That's one of the fastest roms or may be the FASTEST rom ever created for the Uni, and no, the free program memory after reboot is 26-27+ MB with some programs in start up on 64 MB Universal! You guys don't write some stuff before test it
Greets,
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Yes, I can also confirm this rom is THE FASTEST so far for universal, it is very stable and was the only rom that did not give me phone hang-ups, but because it is so vanilla I had a few issues getting some parts of phone to work...so had to switch back to 7.7 rom
Win_XP said:
That's one of the fastest roms or may be the FASTEST rom ever created for the Uni, and no, the free program memory after reboot is 26-27+ MB with some programs in start up on 64 MB Universal! You guys don't write some stuff before test it
Greets,
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Sorry, I did test it. I have now re-flashed and can report it to be 26.97 (I have edited my post).
This is strange - the total is only 46.27, where-as other ROM flashers are getting their totals much higher. I wonder if Mo3ulla got this higher, the free program memory would also go up.
I don't know how to test speed, except if my card game goes slow
Tomal is the best
I also have flashed tomal ranju's 7.7 rom and its really col and stable but what i noticed is it drains my battery very much is this normal or have i done something wrong?
anyways ranju 7.7 is the best for me.
and guys keep up the great work
Well, Ran's 7.7 is the one I like the most now as he provides me the apps I need. No wasting time to install , just up rom and use. I'm looking forward to the official release of version 8.0 from Tomal. Stable, no irritating problems though there're small problems with my EXEC, not sure whether those happen to other universals.
Cheers!
wm5
im going back to the wm5 aku3.5
my prblem is solved in sdhc driver. damn it it was sdbus.dll and sdmemory.dll after all.
ryt now im sticking on video call my uni is lame w/o it.
for cooked ROM probably ranju 7.7
but i got all apps for wm6 the contol panel thing so i used rdosti clean ROM v5-v10
ill wait rdosti v15 it could be 64mb free of RAM i think. joke
nice looking:
pamquang diamond rom
cons: freezes, call slow response. sometimes shutdown automatically..
efn video call- it didnt work on mine
rdosti - lots of memory free but apps its up to you spot wer the good version is because my opera 9.5 build 405 not run on v9.1..
hey anybody cud share a files/hacks to run opera 9.5 on wm5.
Pdaviet 2.61 Os 19949
PDAVIET 2.61 OS 19949, 28.6 MB free here
Try it you ll love it
salehjs said:
PDAVIET 2.61 OS 19949, 28.6 MB free here
Try it you ll love it
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That's the main point! Most people didn't try all ROMs and therefore their oppinion isn't accurate...
I've tried all, except rDosti v10 and my favorite are rDosti v9.1 (I don't use because we can't install VCall out cab) (probably the fastest) and PDAVIET 2.61 OS 19949 (the 2nd fastest ROM)!
PS: I don't have problems to set the alarm on PDAVIET's ROM!
Ranju 7.7 .......
Tried Darkforce, mu3ulla and rDosti.
rDosti is my favourite, because
- his ongoing support
- quick problem solving with new ROM
- a lot of free program memory
Only things I miss at the moment:
- Flash disk (where is it? What is it?)
- good BT support (Please leave BT enabled when connection to my GPS!)
But, hey, he's posting a new ROM every day, so maybe next week?

Windows Mobile 6.5 21198

Did someone cook this version of ROM to HTC Herald ?
Yes. I did. But I haven't released it because it's wm6.5 is still as buggy as can possibly be.
PDAViet also released it. It's terrible. Don't waste your time.
Can you provide link ? I am using WM 6.5 for month and it works quite well. I thought that newer version is more stable? I saw that guys released WM6.5 build 21198 for HTC GENE and works also quite well. Can I use the their ROM for Herald ?
pdaviet
If you become a member, you can download his roms. It takes a bit of manuevering if you don't speak vietnamese, but I managed lol.
http://www.pdaviet.net
I used the his rom for about a day. It was slow, but picked up speed after I changed the pagepool to 6 at da_mayhem's suggestion. Ultimately, I despise the honeycomb deal. It felt like a huge step backward.
Good luck!
Is there any big improvement from 21159 buid, which I am using ? New IE, stability?
How to register if anything is, sorry for that scrawl.
Please can you upload it somewhere?
Build 21198 flies, but I've decided to focus on making completely stable ROMs only, so I'm waiting for Microsoft to finalize WM6.5 before I spend too much time on it. Maybe after I'm done with JustStable, I'll work on my 6.5 port, but it just has too many little things that bother me. Even little things like installing cabs is broken.
What if I will use ROM for HTC GENE ? Will it work? The link for 21198 build is available.
marek1 said:
What if I will use ROM for HTC GENE ? Will it work? The link for 21198 build is available.
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No. You don't use Diesel on a gas car unless you want to BREAK the engine.
Be patient until either someone fixes all the bugs or microsoft releases a less buggy version.
In the meantime, try a more current version of wm6.1 (try my JustStable, alpha. It's not finished, yet, but it's the most current WM6.1 build available.)
Please could you send me an link with build 21198 ? Just for test ?
Thanks.
marek1 said:
Please could you send me an link with build 21198 ? Just for test ?
Thanks.
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If you use it, you won't be able to install anything and half the things won't work. I haven't had time to fix the bugs in it.
SPEED FIX!!!
Okay guys. i know, i know. SPEED! ive been checking and posting in the last forum post, the FIRST about 6.5 on herald (on xda), where most including me got the 6.5 rom. well i just fixed the speed problem! its a two part update, overclock + ram page file.
1. i first overclocked to 240, highest i got to with out fryin it. 252 ****ed it up.
2. then, the RAM, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM! well normal ram uses the memory that comes with the phone, reserved for ram. well thats not enough, so if you have an SD card, heres a registry hack that turned slowass 6.5 into literaly, faster than any other rom ive used, including 5,6, and 6.1
go to registry and go to HKLM > SYSTEM > FILESYS >
[Change the path from [appdata/volital] to: [SD Card/Application Data/Volatile] just add the SD Card in the begining.) this DRAMATICALY warpped my speed!
DONE! GLAD I COULD HELP!
1. So build 21198 is worse than 21159 which I am using?
2. How to that HTC Gene have 21198 ROM, which is usable?
3. What about PDAVIET WM6.5 build 21198 ?
I also made fo build 21159 change od pagepool and overclock and then it was usable ROM. I just missef new IE mobile.
No, my 21198 build is SUPER fast with NO overclocking. The Gene ROM is usable after a LOT of work. And even then it's still SUPER buggy.
And if you just want the newest IE, my JustStable WM6.1 also has it. Also, you can use Operamini instead.
joeyx22lm said:
Okay guys. i know, i know. SPEED! ive been checking and posting in the last forum post, the FIRST about 6.5 on herald (on xda), where most including me got the 6.5 rom. well i just fixed the speed problem! its a two part update, overclock + ram page file.
1. i first overclocked to 240, highest i got to with out fryin it. 252 ****ed it up.
2. then, the RAM, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM! well normal ram uses the memory that comes with the phone, reserved for ram. well thats not enough, so if you have an SD card, heres a registry hack that turned slowass 6.5 into literaly, faster than any other rom ive used, including 5,6, and 6.1
go to registry and go to HKLM > SYSTEM > FILESYS >
[Change the path from [appdata/volital] to: [SD Card/Application Data/Volatile] just add the SD Card in the begining.) this DRAMATICALY warpped my speed!
DONE! GLAD I COULD HELP!
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It actually did speed it up. i OC to 260 and did the req hack. with the original PP and it did speed it up. But not enough...
Still nobody answer me on this questions:
1. So build 21198 is worse than 21159 which I am using?
2. Can you please provide me the ROM just for test ?
Thanks.
marek1 said:
Still nobody answer me on this questions:
1. So build 21198 is worse than 21159 which I am using?
2. Can you please provide me the ROM just for test ?
Thanks.
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What do you mean nobody has answered you?
I said that my 21198 build is SUPER fast. And I said I wasn't releasing it anytime soon. There are too many bugs in it that need to be fixed and I don't have time to hunt them all down and fix them. (Many things are very broken.)
Lol this is funny. there is really NO differenvce except the IE, New today screen, and HOOOOOORIBLE start menu...... Ivan has the important part (IE) in his newest rom. and if ya want the jazzy homescreen then get touchflow......
Somenone also said that build 21159 have lot of bugs and I am using it. Yes, it have some bugs but I can live with them.
So build 21198 is more bugy than 21159?
marek1 said:
Somenone also said that build 21159 have lot of bugs and I am using it. Yes, it have some bugs but I can live with them.
So build 21198 is more bugy than 21159?
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Does 21159 let you install other programs using cabs? 21189 does NOT. Does 21159 allow you to use activesync? 21189 does NOT. You have to understand that you're not asking me to post a link to a ROM I found, you're asking me to post a ROM that I myself created even though I do not want to. It's VERY broken. I'm not just "holding out" on you.

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