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Which ROM - Latest I-Mate or BigStorage?

Hi,
I wonder if you could advise which ROM is the 'best' one to upgrade to? I've had my T-Mobile UK MDA Compact for a few days, just backed-up the ROM, now need to decide which ROM I should move to. Current version is 1.01.00 WWE, Radio 1.00.10. So, will moving to anyone of the above 2 ROMs make a difference and what?
Thanks!

I've just ordered my QTek s100 so the same quesion is floating round my mind too...

IMHO if you're not experienced with flashing ROMs go for the imate upgrade. Trying the big storage might make you hate the JAM if something goes wrong :wink:
Having said that, I went for the Big Storage (not very experienced, but have a good idea).
Also, keep in mind that the Big Storage ROM will soon be out-dated unless someone finds a way to implement the same "hack" to newer ROMs (or Anansky returns to the forum).

Try the I-mate Rom first, the only difference is the storage. If you can live without big storage fine. Also you can try big storage once you are comfortable with your device.

yep go for the imate update (latest version is 1.11) which has better sound quality and more stable than the other.......

Great thanks for the tip - any idea where on the ftp site the rom is?

[Qusetion]Which wm6 is the fastest and most stable rom?

Hi,everybody:
I am using PDAviet rom now, I feel the universal running not so fast as i expect. Could someone give me some recommendation which rom is faster thatn pdaviet(2.07) rom.
There are so many wm6 roms for universal, all i need is the speed and stability, video calling and so on is not my consideration.
Thanks for your help..

Try Ivan's ROM... I think that this is most stable and functional
ROM based on new builds No SD problems, no radio crashing, no
camera or pictures problem, no mail or MMS problems, no GPRS problems, etc
And it is FAST
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327349

I'm using Ivan's ROM with Radio 1.18right now. It's really fast, it's stable.
I can reccomend that too!
But hey, i'm having this f...g GPRS connectivity problem!
But i don't know if it's due to the Rom.

Always the same useless question ... !! The best Rom depend on your need...So don't be lazy and read the post, try yourself and report !! Thx !!

yes this is really the reality....you really have to try different ROMS and determine which suits you best..... all ROMS are not stable depending on your point of view.... you're sure to be flooded with plenty of suggestions of which ROM is best but at the end of the line.. it is you who will determine what is best...
cheers!

Do what I did. Try different roms. Some will suit your needs, some wont. remember all roms are a trade off between content and speed (even the OEM ones!) so find one that has what you need (or go vanilla and load what you need). either way stick with it!
On a more personal note. I find the PDAViet 2.10.11 rom suits me best with regards to apps and speed.
Psi

So far My tries and report is this:
features wanted - Videocall, Wifi, 3G working
1. Leo's rom v1 - had some problems with wifi for me.
2. Leo's rom v2 worked for a long time, but wasn't stable in terms of memory leaks. Slow phone response. video call stopped working for me.
3. Leo's aku 0.5 gives problems with SD card will try using sdhc, maybe problems gone. Fast phone response.
4. jwright cmps - very stable. a little slow.. Ivan's works much faster.
5. Ivan's v1 sd problems as well. also problem with setting up new mail account.
Going to try ranju rom, indra xoj. I haven't decided which to try. trying to find solution for SD problems on Ivan's rom.
Ariel

DarkForce rom
DarkForce rom,fast and wpa PSK run!!

Have any detailed info fo DarkForce rom?
rod555 said:
DarkForce rom,fast and wpa PSK run!!
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which build? i almost tried all kinds of Build! i tried that build 15341 was nice for WIFI WPA.

I've been uing pdaviet's new rom, and I'm extremely satisfied!
no SD problems yet, very fast and stable - but no video call
Ariel

summoner said:
I've been uing pdaviet's new rom, and I'm extremely satisfied!
no SD problems yet, very fast and stable - but no video call
Ariel
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A few words for SD problem:
There is a new technology and standard for >4GB cards, which is SDHC. Meaning that, all 8GB and higher capacity cards are SDHC. But unfortunately our giant Uni do not support SDHC.
Mamaich did an wonderful afford to patch the available driver and Uni now supports SDHC with the patched driver.
No problem is reported for sdhc cards yet...

Actually I've ordered an SDHC card but it'll take time to get (ebay)..
In any case, SD cards should work fine as well, there shouldn't be a difference. It's a shame, otherwise these new WM6 ROM's are something else!
Ariel

I recommend Ivan's version along with the others. Very fast, stable.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327349

I've tried most of the very thought out and encompassing wm6 roms - indra XOJ, jwrightcmps, ivan v1, and of course leo and beast.
All had SD card problems tried what ranju and beast suggested to change in the registry - no go .

Downgrading from wm6 to wm5

I have my i-mate SP5 running wm6 Tornado Perfect English Edition as of now. However I want to downgrade it back to the official i-mate ROM as I'm parting ways with my SP5.
I have found this ROM on the club i-mate FTP. ftp://ftp.clubimate.com/i-mate_SP5_WWE_2.5.331.2.zip
Can I flash this ROM without modifying anything and get to back to the original ROM? I did the SuperCID when I was upgrading so is there anything similar I should do when I'm downgrading?
Any help much appreciated.

Just hard reset and run the RUU, or be safe, format BINFS first

Do you mean the file I mentioned above? Couldn't find RUU file on the club i-mate server.

RUU is basically the ROM im talking about here

From what I've seen, the stock ROMs (like the iMate one) are usually bigger than the cooked WM6 ROMs. So if you're uncomfortable with doing a format BINFS, you may be able to just download the file from the ftp site, and run it. You should be back to WM5.
Why are you going back anyway?

I'm also back at WM5... I tried to get along with the WM6 of Karhoe (who did a pretty good job) but I've got the problem with the time out delay at the incoming calls.
There I'm getting very much calls a day it was very frustrating to have that delay of 6-10 seconds...
Greetz

@Karhoe: I'm downloading the file I posted in the first post. That supppose to be the world wide english (WWE) version. What I'm trying to ask is that ROM only contain the OS, not the radio stack or IPL and other stuff? I just want it to return to the original wm5 OS while keeping other settings.
@bipinsen: Thanks for that. I got myself a iPhone and selling the SP5. I think it's better to sell with the original OS as there is more resources out there.

Basically most of the AKU2 ROMS contain a whole new IPL and radio stack I think, why don't you check with typhoonnbftool ?

s!lencer said:
@bipinsen: Thanks for that. I got myself a iPhone and selling the SP5. I think it's better to sell with the original OS as there is more resources out there.
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Oooohhhh.. Now I'm envious!

I should think that selling it with WM6 should get you more buyers.
I look on Craigslist and rarely see WM6 phones. Annoys me. Part of why I chose HTC because I new I could buy it cheaper and upgrade it myself.

Just to update anyone who is interested I have downgraded using the ROM i mentioned in the first post. It was pretty straight forward; just have to run the installer.
@Exitao: I agree, but the buyer is more likely to find bugs in unsupported ROM. Now I have been using the wm5 ROM for few hours I notice how sluggish the official ROM is. Maybe I will give the buyer option to upgrade into the new ROM.

WM5 was always buggy, but so was WinCE3.0. Well, it is an MS product after all. They never got rid of the bugs, they just "upgraded" the OS.

Orange Kaiser Upgrade of but REALLY Slow Now ;-(

Hi Guys, took the plunge and installed the HTC wm6.1 update on my 3month old UK Orange Branded Tytn.
TBH it was ok before - but i just wanted to see if it would be any quicker and fancied the threaded SMS as i used it on my n95 and it was easier to keep track of conversations. First problem was it would not run HardSPL and i got the white screen problem that i cured by following these instructions..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=354061
I have been now able to install the new rom okay, BUT it is as slow as hell (I thought the orange firmware was bad lol) seems to be ok then it just jams - sometimes for a good few seconds. bit of a pain. The keyboard Touch screen and any buttons dont do anything, sometimes for up to 30s, then it all catches up with all the buttons iv pressed during the freeze ect being actioned, a nightmare.
I tried one of Duttys ROMS (Must say im very impressed with his work!!!) BUT Same problem as before the thing just freezes for a few seconds (doesnt crash - just freezes) its a pain trying to browse or send tst messages.
Have I done anything wrong in the upgrade, or is it "Orange care time"?

did u remember to hard reset ur device after flash?

Thanks for the reply,
I just ran the JumpSPL program then ran the rom exe file(S) The thing is fine, just as slow as hell - having to resort to my old n95 now ;-(
I didnt do a hard reset after i updated the rom, just activsync`d it and set it up

do a hard reset it should improve your rom spead. Some times when you flash a new rom and don't do hard reset files of the old rom are still on device and cause conflicts with the new rom that is why a hard reset is almost highly recommended after a rom flash.
Don't forget to back up your contacts,messages,documents on device as a hard reset will erase everything except spl, os, rom, radio.
good luck

ill give that a try, thanks

Can you let us know what ROM's you're running.
I'm on Orange (UK) and mine is much faster than the stock ROM now.
Do you have any other software running on it ? SPB Mobile Shell sometimes slows things down ...
Read my signature for the ROM's I'm using on the Orange Tytn II.

hi,
Where did you download the ROM from? The one from the HTC website only gives me the option to download Norwegian version....any ideas?
Thanks
EDIT I've jst downloaded RUU_Kaiser_HTC_WWE_3.28.405.0_radio_sign_25.83.40.02_1.65.16.25_Ship - Is that the ROM you used?

Just flashed my HTC TyTN II Orange, with the above ROM & everything is O.K at the moment, woo. lol

Iv tried the "Genuine"
RUU_Kaiser_HTC_WWE_3.28.405.0_radio_sign_25.83.40.02_1.65.16.25_Ship
and Duttys
Duttys_Ruu_Signed_5.2.19585_1_65_16_25_test
Tried doing a hard reset as suggested and im not running any other apps. Iv reflashed a couple of times today and both are still causing the same symptoms - touch screen suddenly not as responsive then the tytn freezes completely for a few secs, then its fine for a while.

speedbird said:
Iv tried the "Genuine"
RUU_Kaiser_HTC_WWE_3.28.405.0_radio_sign_25.83.40.02_1.65.16.25_Ship
and Duttys
Duttys_Ruu_Signed_5.2.19585_1_65_16_25_test
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I think the clue is in the title "...test'.
Dutty dropped off the scene for a couple of weeks due to work pressure and came back to play with the new 'official' ROM's.
The test ROM, is just that !! it's for testing. I would never suggest anyone with a posting score of less than 100 attempt to put TEST ROM's on their Tytn II ... There's already been some issues with Radio's that won't allow downgrading etc.
The test ROM has reports showing issues of a similar nature to those you mention.
I would suggest you re-install a more 'mainstream' ROM at this stage and wait for the test ROM to become stable.
I've had no problems with Dutty's Official WM6.1 5.2.19209 Rom or Polaris Radio 1.64.08.21 Radio, although I may upgrade to the 1.65.16.25 Radio in the next couple of days.
As a rule of thumb, problematic radios exhibit poor signal strength, sound issues and problems with GPS. The issues you mention are often associated with the OS rom, in this case the Duttys_Ruu_Signed_5.2.19585_1_65_16_25_test rom.
Even if changing just the OS Rom, it might be worth downloading, and installing them seperately again - Remebering to Hard Reset after each install.
Backup all your contacts etc. to your SD card with PIM Backup 2.8 before you do anything and remember to remove the SD card before you begin.
[*NOTE: I've based my posting number on a direct relatinship with 1. How long they've been active on the forums and 2. That this length of time would equate to having read most of the posts and be able to navigate round the forum - it is not meant to be an insult to new members I'm not a 100 poster and wouldn't try a test rom either *]

I've flashed my Orange Tytn2 and a friends without issue using the 'official' 6.1 rom that was posted on Modaco.
I didn't hard reset afterwards and both units are working fine. Maybe try flashing your device on a different pc?

As far as i was aware the title of this posting was "Orange Kaiser Upgrade of but REALLY Slow Now ;-( "
tbh i dont think you really got the gist of my post, i WAS saying i had problems with the STOCK ROM, and that i had also tried duttys rom (I was very impressed with it), If you read my posting i think you will realise i simply commented it was showing they SAME symptoms on my phone. My problem was NOT with duttys rom (btw i DID notice the word test in its name before i loaded it, but thanks for pointing that out), I was having problems with the flashing process in general.
Thanks anyway.
ajs007 said:
I think the clue is in the title "...test'.
"Dutty dropped off the scene for a couple of weeks due to work pressure and came back to play with the new 'official' ROM's.
The test ROM, is just that !! it's for testing. I would never suggest anyone with a posting score of less than 100 attempt to put TEST ROM's on their Tytn II ... There's already been some issues with Radio's that won't allow downgrading etc.
The test ROM has reports showing issues of a similar nature to those you mention.
I would suggest you re-install a more 'mainstream' ROM at this stage and wait for the test ROM to become stable.
I've had no problems with Dutty's Official WM6.1 5.2.19209 Rom or Polaris Radio 1.64.08.21 Radio, although I may upgrade to the 1.65.16.25 Radio in the next couple of days.
As a rule of thumb, problematic radios exhibit poor signal strength, sound issues and problems with GPS. The issues you mention are often associated with the OS rom, in this case the Duttys_Ruu_Signed_5.2.19585_1_65_16_25_test rom.
Even if changing just the OS Rom, it might be worth downloading, and installing them seperately again - Remebering to Hard Reset after each install.
Backup all your contacts etc. to your SD card with PIM Backup 2.8 before you do anything and remember to remove the SD card before you begin.
[*NOTE: I've based my posting number on a direct relatinship with 1. How long they've been active on the forums and 2. That this length of time would equate to having read most of the posts and be able to navigate round the forum - it is not meant to be an insult to new members I'm not a 100 poster and wouldn't try a test rom either *]
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speedbird said:
As far as i was aware the title of this posting was "Orange Kaiser Upgrade of but REALLY Slow Now ;-( "
tbh i dont think you really got the gist of my post, i WAS saying i had problems with the STOCK ROM......... I was having problems with the flashing process in general.
Thanks anyway.
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What are the symptoms ?
Have you added any other Software (i.e. programs or cabs) ?
Has the device got slower over time ?
What challenges are you having with problems with the flashing process ?
Are you using a screen protector as this reduces the touch sensitivity ?

Im not running any other programs or screen protector, the thing is fine for a minute or so then starts to slow down and reaches the point where nothing will happen and it locks up (for what feels like ages) prob about 30-43secs but its enough to cause grief if ur trying to send a txt with it or browse. Then it comes back to life and is fine again for a while, also getting a few error msgs saying that CProg has problems - (on all the 6.1 roms iv tried).
i have tried several roms (inc stock roms) and although i have read postings in modoco about the new 6.1 rom making the machine unresponsive this takes the biscuit, i thought my old n95 was bugridden when i first got it ;-(

There's a thread over at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=393062 that tells of a similar tale, it might be worth a read.
Some of the issues are with the ROM and poor touch sensitivity making the unit appear to slow down.
If you have nothing to lose, overwrite your ROM's with the ones in my signature, they're on the forum and I know they're quick, and I'm on Orange, so its a good benchmark.
If you are still experiencing similar problems, then I would suggest you update the phone with the original stuff and tell Orange Care that they have a duff handset and you want it replacing.

i will give it a try, thanks ;-)

WM5 Internet Explorer porting issue

alright, i've had this rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=409966
on my uni since i bought it. however i've noticed it is getting increasingly unstable the longer i go without a flash. so i'm attempting to whip up my own.
which was working great, until i realized something. that rom has an internet explorer that has an option to switch to VGA/high resolution mode.
the qtek rom im using? does not. i'm unsure as to where to go from here.
my question is, the qtek rom is version 1.30.77. that one is 2.00.xx. they're different AKU versions, i'm wondering if thats the cause, and if its portable back to an older one.
any thoughts would be appreciated, im somewhat stuck.