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Best WM6 Rom so far!

Hello,
Ok, Im completely confused by now!!! What is the best wm6 room avaiable? Is it based on a final wm6 rom or still beta? Is it usable, does it work? what are the issues?
thanks,
Joao Oliveira.

Joao Oliveira said:
Hello,
Ok, Im completely confused by now!!! What is the best wm6 room avaiable? Is it based on a final wm6 rom or still beta? Is it usable, does it work? what are the issues?
thanks,
Joao Oliveira.
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I think the most stable WM6 rom for Prophet is "Smart1"'s CLEAR rom.
But I can sync with my outlook, I have upgraded to Activesync 4.5 though.
Do I need to upgrade to activesync 4.5 English version? Because I am using Chinese one.

Since at the moment that I have tried there is none that works completely well, they usually have mistakes with the BT, I have returned to WM5 and have put the rom of ASERG AKU3.3 v.12, very good and stable

tiggerbcn said:
Since at the moment that I have tried there is none that works completely well, they usually have mistakes with the BT, I have returned to WM5 and have put the rom of ASERG AKU3.3 v.12, very good and stable
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Same here.. ..a friend of mine has the Most Beautiful ROM running on his Wizard right now. It seems to me that's the best WM6.0 ROM out there at the moment. Disappearing SMS problems are solved etc.
Would be great to see this ROM running on the Prophet
But it should solve:
- IR problems
- Include the charge fix
- SMS storing problem
- BT pairing history
We just have to wait for a willingly and smart Prophet user who can give this a try

So let me get this straight:
1. ASERG AKU3.3 v.12 is currently better than any WM6 ROM currently in this forum (for a Prophet) ??
2. Can someone please show us images comparing WM6 ROMs and AKU ROMs (how they look like) ? please...
thanks

Palpoule said:
So let me get this straight:
1. ASERG AKU3.3 v.12 is currently better than any WM6 ROM currently in this forum (for a Prophet) ??
2. Can someone please show us images comparing WM6 ROMs and AKU ROMs (how they look like) ? please...
thanks
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1. For the Prophet, yes.
2. Look HERE for info about the different AKU's.
And take a look HERE for info about WM6.0.

thx mccune!
i have looked at the differences... it seems that AKU is more stable and everything (since i have installed smart1's WM6 ROM and there are a few unresolved bugs...)
but anyways, i like WM6's appearence way better... and this is what matters more for me hehe
but... im still a bit confused about something... what exactly is AKU ? i mean ... does it have anything to do with microsoft? or is it simply another OS in competition with microsoft's WM ? :S
i can see the widows logo in the AKU's pics... thats y im confused
in other words: Why are there AKU and WM6 roms in this forum ? :S whats the difference ?
thx in advance

It says it all in the link he gave you
"Review of update packs (AKU) for Windows Mobile 5.0""
Looks like AKU is a set of upgrades which Microsoft release, maybe like "service pack" for XP. These include patches and tweaks for the OS.
SO ASERG AKU3.3 v.12 is the old version of Windows Mobile, (WM2005) but with latest updates from Microsoft installed.

Ahh okayzzz...
so AKU is like WM5 SP# and WM6 is... well, WM6
thx

ASERG AKU3.3 v.12 Issues
Recently loaded this rom on my Prophet multiple issues with Rom, Calender is in Russian or something, unit runs really slow, drains batt fast, unable to select notifications from Voice msg and be connected directly to voice mail, running of programs is delayed or crashed.
Know this is the most recent one out there just not sure if it fully functional.

dpast said:
Recently loaded this rom on my Prophet multiple issues with Rom, Calender is in Russian or something, unit runs really slow, drains batt fast, unable to select notifications from Voice msg and be connected directly to voice mail, running of programs is delayed or crashed.
Know this is the most recent one out there just not sure if it fully functional.
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Why are you so negative about this ROM?
- Calender is in Russian -> Change your region settings
- unit runs really slow -> Never heard off such problem
- drains batt fast -> Maybe your device has been OC-ed using BatteryStatus?
- Other point I don't use, so no comment.
I've tried almost every ROM available for the Prophet and I must say this is one of the best!

To me the best WM6 Rom is the smart1 clear... but it's just a opinion.

Rom Issues
The phone has no Batt issues, untill loaded this rom batt at time runs hot, turning the unit off is inpossible w/out taking the Batt out - the shut down screen only restarts the unit or puts in in standby, attaching the unit w/ a bluetooth - if the unit is actually restarted or shut off does not recall the prev settings - have to re-attach the unit as a new item, Wireless - will not keep WEp keys stored in system, again if re-start unit must re-activate the whole sys & keys, MS Messenger will not log on at not point even re-starting the unit will not work & finally when the rom is initially run not all the programs install have to manually go back in to install application (ex. batt tester, batt charge notification on desktop are some f/ example). To actually speed up the system needed to re-run the rom update 3X not the best thing to have to do. Additional suggestion rom could use a PDF initial install prog. instead of having to install after rom run & set up.

My present rom is aserg's 3.12
Hi guys, I still think that Aserg's 3.12 rom is the best. However, I am waiting too for a good and (more) stable WM6 rom to use the new features. Wm6 stiil has too many problems to fix e.g. not working IR , etc.
I include 3 pics of my current rom with 2 versions of my today screen. Isn't it what someone asked in this thread? If anyone knows a better WM6 rom, please let me know.

4 Germans: The best ROM?

Hi there!
I played around now with nearly each german ROM provided in this forum and thought it would be a nice idea to share my conclusion so far:
My requirements: a rom that is
o reliable
o stable
o fast
o economical
My conclusion:
o Tejaks V5 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2348896&postcount=125)
o Radio ROM: 1.65.16.25
I really tried about a dozens radio ROMS / each german ROM and realized that a good number of them seems to suffer from the "battery drain" bug which makes the device unusable for my opinion...
My actual configuration like stated above (ROM and radio ROM) contains around 50 installed 3rd applications and uses only - tadaaa - between 1 (!!!) and 5 mW during standby (measured with battery status). Note: other ROM/Radio ROM combinations used a lot more (from 50mW up to 200mW and even more in standby!) <-- so much for battery usage / economy
For stability: I had NO call disruptions at all (not like with the newer radio ROMS) and got my GPS fixes pretty fast. The ROM never hanged so far.
Skype works! (I dont know any other german WM 6.1 so far)
Igo8 works!
I cant provide a benchmark so far - but this combination gives me the very best feeling related to speed.
No german keyboard bug!
No backlight timeout bug!
No camera bug!
So if you are german and wondering which ROM / Radio ROM you want to use - give this one a chance!
(PS: This is just my very personal impression of the avaliable ROMS... I give all my respect to ALL of the cooks - you all do very valuable work!)

Hi!
Thanks for the information. I installed Teijak's ROM yesterday - my first impression is very good (fast!). My only (little) concern is about the amount of free RAM (I guess because of the pagepool size?) - but let's wait and see.
The official HTC 6.1 ROM was really disappointing me (unstable, performance very different).

HI,
just change the PagePool Size to Dynamic with the Page Pool Patcher Tool. And you will get ~55 MByte Free of RAM. And the Device will going to be awesome fast ;-)
What i miss in this cooked Rom is a pre installed VOIP configuration and the Live Messenger.

...best german ROM?
Hello, I also search for a good, stable and fast (new) german ROM to flash first time my Kaiser...if someone else have good experience with new roms please post here your opinion, bugs and so on...
Thanks for your help,
Lou

I completely agree with licht77!
first, yes I am a nooby. But never-the-less I managed to flash the V5 yesterday night together with HardSPL 3.59. Radio is 1.65.16.25. Before this upgrade I was running the official HTC 6.1 upgrade.
I have changed the page pool to 6MB. My impression: this ROM really rocks!!! Even with this low page pool it is much better than anything I run until now.
Teijak, keep the good work running.
BTW, I am located in the Munich are and Vodafone customer...
Cheers.

Anybody is interested to cook a M2D ROM?

If not... can anybody provide a kitchen to port from other device...
Maybe it works well with the cabs on the 515 post pages thread on dev and hack forum... Maybe cooking it by default on a rom build like the 20921 works better and we can have more Free ram, and a smooth performance.
Thanks for all I came from Wizard and Hermes threads all has Manilla 2D roms working so well.
Thanks for all...

I would be interested to see if cooking it in a ROM would make a difference - love the M2D port but it is just too unstable/slow and too much of a space hog (particularly after loading the vga hack). Maybe if it was in the ROM some of this would not be such a problem.
What really bugs me is that the version of M2D being used is actually ported from VGA and it is hacking it back to a VGA resolution (by loading all the VGA graphics) which causes so many of the problems.
Oh well we can live in hope....

you could use hypercore and extract any rom and rebuild roms for any device.

Hypercore huh?
Tell me more about hypercore...
You said porting from a qvga full M2D romd device... the resize all the images to vga isnt it?
Or tell more more about that have a link? its better read than stay waiting for the info jajaja.
Thanks maybe we can make it... porting from another VGA let me search for it.. thanks in advance i think the most great problem for universal is its vga screen.

Espero quepuedas portear algo para la Uni!
VGA puede ser un problema y al mismo tiempo su gran fortaleza
Saludos Paisa,
Translation:
Hope you can portsomething for Uni!
VGA can be a problem and at the same time a great strenght
Cheers,

most of troubles... VGA!
the vga dont allows to run well the apps... but is strange vga cabs works well on QVGA Devices...?
Maybe we can do it... i see many people forgot this machine... that is beatyful thats all.
So... any kitchen? hypercore kitchen?

No replys anymore?
So stay right here... with your VGA screen big!!!! trouble!!!! more than be proud of it!

Sorry for double posting, big mistake...

+ Que PPC said:
So stay right here... with your VGA screen big!!!! trouble!!!! more than be proud of it!
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Jajajaa, no es pa tanto paisa, la neta mi Uni con VGA es la neta! no cambio mi super pantalla por nada!
Saludos y suerte!
Translation:
LOL, is not that much mate, in fact im so happy with the VGA screen of my Uni!, I won´t change it for any other!
Cheers and good luck!

Finally A M2D vga rom functionaly
Just need to port it to Universal cause is for Blueangel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=435810

+ Que PPC said:
Just need to port it to Universal cause is for Blueangel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=435810
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Please let all us know when you port it to Uni Paisa, I would love to test it!
Cheers,

WM 6.5 21501 Prof WWE for Tornado

I've translated and converted FINALLY to WWE OIOPDA wm 6.5 21501 Professional rom for tornado.
i'm still testing but it seems to be stable and fully operational.
Some things could be not translated because are external programs or i didn't found mui for it....
Some screenshots
UPDATE:
WM 6.5 21501 Professional WWE for Tornado RC1
http://rapidshare.com/files/234893868/nk-RC1.nbf
Md5: dad0929da819e48afa64d04fb7d16f1c
WM 6.5 21501 Professional WWE for Tornado RC2-Final
http://rapidshare.com/files/235333325/nk-rc2final.nbf
Md5: 56a4dcb63909751dfd1be00e5e4251c6
Features RC2-Final:
-No timebomb
-18mb of internal memory
-6mb pagepool
About special key-mappings:
-short power: show/hide virtual keyboard (sip)
-long volumeup: htccommmanager
-long volumedown: fakecursor
-long home: Celetask
-button 1: contacts
-button 2: Outlook
-button 3, 4 available
don't erase beta 1 for possible issues.

OMG, great work
How many ram are free?
Sorry for my english

Marcin1989 said:
OMG, great work
How many ram are free?
Sorry for my english
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see you... now it has about 22mb free... XD (See image better)
MyMobiler running and with some navigation in menus...
PD: My english is not better than you xD i'm from Spain.

am very very waiting for this release!!
camera, wlan, bluetooth working fine?

dvdbackuper said:
am very very waiting for this release!!
camera, wlan, bluetooth working fine?
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same questions, and what about GPRS? does it works?
i'm asking this because i've ported 21501 to startrek two weeks ago, but a few days ago explored that GPRS doesn't connects...

Nice! Yea same question, are the camera, bluetooth, wifi, gprs connections working? and when are you going to put the rom up online for download

Camera runs great!!!
Wi-fi seems to be fine but i cannot insert passkey in chinesse for my wireless lan xD
Bluetooth also seems to be fine too.
think that i'll release on friday/saturday... i'll try to translate all and remove some garbage.

what about GPRS internet?

thanks , waiting for this release from a while ,
thanks for your release

great work man!
i will test it when i find some time and report
keep it up strong!

Wow! great news!!

wow nice glad some is still developing for our beloved tornados cant wait for the release
gracias por el rom esto era lo que yo esperaba =D

Smartphone or PPC?
Nice work!! I'm waiting for your release. One question, is it a standard or prof WM 6.5? I see no number next the menu choices.

Looking forward to see your release.

AAAAAAAAAAAAARG!!!!! My Tornado internal speaker doesn't RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only hear sounds with handsfreeeeeee ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?¿?¿? Anyone could help me?¿?¿?
UPDATE: Sounds come back with me!!!! continue working....
UPDT2: Bye bye sound again :'(

could anyone tell me where can i download 2.47 radio update?
seems to be a problem for 2.61 version -> Nothing to do!!! I've installed 2.47 and nothing changes.

Ive seen in threads around the forum and the sound problem could be from the SRS Audio, try and get rid of any traces of that and see if that helps

thesparky007 said:
Ive seen in threads around the forum and the sound problem could be from the SRS Audio, try and get rid of any traces of that and see if that helps
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i've found the problem. Look at here -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327145
I've try with other roms and in someone it shows Headset Icon on top
Need to open the phone and repair but nothing more.

hardware problem?
JouSePo said:
i've found the problem. Look at here -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327145
I've try with other roms and in someone it shows Headset Icon on top
Need to open the phone and repair but nothing more.
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Hi! This kind of problem is very often discussed in different forums on Tornado. Maybe it's a hardware problem, not rom-dependant? They say that in many Tornadoes after a year or two the contacts in the 2.5 mm plug are stuck so that the OS thinks that headphones are connected. Looks like your case. They say using a pin or a needle helps.

Last news
I've three problems...
-Outlook can't write/read messages. Problems with html templates and configuration
-Calc still in chinesse xD
-Buttons Config is shows in chinesse and english (but no problem if not change configuration)
this afternoon (spanish time) will upload beta1 with this issues...
if someone can help me with that....
PD: Sip also in chinesse (you can change to normal keyboard but with fakecursor) and no xt9 installed.

WM 6.5-Test - UPDATE 23071 END OF ROAD

I've noticed that for the last builds no ROMS are available for Kaiser for some time
The usual Great Chiefs are involved in another projects, so I decided to share my own Roms cooked with those builds
Please do not ask to much, they are real basic, and my skills are very limited, maybe you can help finding ways to improve them, or future issues
Thanks to Twopumchum, Joshkoss, OndraSter, Da_G, Anryl and all the others that I might be missing, for the help, and tools, without them no way to do it
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M ENDING THE "COOK" FOR KAISER, ANOTHER DEVICE IN MY HANDS, THANKS TO ALL U WERE BRAVE TO USE AND IN SPECIAL TO TPC AND ONDRASTER U PUSH ME TO PUBLISH MY ROMS
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Using Ondraster Test_5 Kitchen
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23071 - HERE
SYS_23071_WWE/PORT_0816 - Recmoded, WMLive/Office/ADC/Autoupdate removed
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23069 V1 - HERE
23069 V2 - HERE - Ringtones Fixed, used another SYS Version
RapidShare Link - V1 - Thanks Cryonic90
Might have bugs, and I didn't look too much into this ROM
New Welcomehead file included - Thank you Rim1Flex
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23064 - HERE
RapidShare as requested - Thanks Cryonic90
SYS/XIP 23064 - Requested
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23060 - HERE
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23420 - HERE
RapidShared as requested - Thanks to Cryonic90
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21864 - Here
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21950 - HERE - Still timebombed, let me know if you want to use it to recook
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Some tweaks
IF some delays in File Explorer please add Anryl Touch Fix
http://www.4shared.com/file/135857024/93160f28/Anryl_touchfix.html
To add WM Live
http://www.4shared.com/file/76951385/d549c755/Windows_Live_10600340800__Fixed_.html

Thanks
(@ Pisca parece que Portugal está cada vez mais envolvido neste meio, estou a gostar, ainda mais no mundo Android)

UrbanRider said:
Thanks
(@ Pisca parece que Portugal está cada vez mais envolvido neste meio, estou a gostar, ainda mais no mundo Android)
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I've noticed that already, but seems that in Portugal (foruns) no one cares

Welcome new chef...

ai6908 said:
Welcome new chef...
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Thanks Chief

Congrats & good to see you got out of the closet-kitchen

stylez said:
Congrats & good to see you got out of the closet-kitchen
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Thanks

awesome -- and don't fret about it being bare...
I like my ROMS naked

Welcome
PS: The kitchen Multi isn't final, it's another test version, I needed some feedback on the new cooking process whether there aren't any bugs.

OndraSter said:
Welcome
PS: The kitchen Multi isn't final, it's another test version, I needed some feedback on the new cooking process whether there aren't any bugs.
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Thanks
To me no problems at all with both versions

@ Pisca:
1.- Congratulations for giving the step as a Chef
2.- Thanks a lot for bringing the newest builds cooked for our Kaisers
3.- Thank you for the double effort to cook 2 and not only one ROM, that´s remarkable
Downloading as I type and next in the flashing list.
PD Is there a way to post screenshots of the 2 new features (Contacts and Candy Eye)?

Luiggi
THanks
About screenshots, for Contacts on 23420 you may have look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4633511&postcount=1123
For Candy Eye, I read that but I must confess that after flashed 23060 didn't notice that, then I've moved to 23420, sorry
ps: I've allways had problems to upload photos, I must learn how to do it

Pisca said:
Luiggi
THanks
About screenshots, for Contacts on 23420 you may have look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4633511&postcount=1123
For Candy Eye, I read that but I must confess that after flashed 23060 didn't notice that, then I've moved to 23420, sorry
ps: I've allways had problems to upload photos, I must learn how to do it
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Thanks for the reply Pisca

Hi, Congrats on the new ROM's! I love running the bleeding edge..lol. I just have a couple of quick questions...
What is the storage capacity available to the user after installation?
and
Would we need to flash a stock ROM before flashing this build?
Thanks!

XGX5309 said:
Hi, Congrats on the new ROM's! I love running the bleeding edge..lol. I just have a couple of quick questions...
What is the storage capacity available to the user after installation?
and
Would we need to flash a stock ROM before flashing this build?
Thanks!
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Thanks
Storage capacity more than 100mg, flash stock rom is allways advisable to avoid issues
ps: I never do it must confess

Wow, that was fast!
Congrats on your first cook! And a double-entree at that ;-)
Downloading as I type. Will flash to my phone and let you guys know how it goes.
Thanks Pisca!
UPDATE:
Started the flash (23060) at 6:33pm (CST) and finished in only four minutes. I freaked out when the phone seemed to freeze on the last flash screen but after what seemed ages, I finally got to the configuration (tap here, tap there, tap tap tap everywhere) screen. After a brief reboot, the phone came up and automatically asked if I wanted to configure the phone for T-Mobile (my carrier).
The SIM manager was easily located and all of my contacts moved over fairly quickly. I had warned a friend earlier of my intentions and made them my first call. The phone seems to work just fine, the volume rocker (wheel) worked great and all the buttons seem to be where they need to be.
Sent a text message, the keyboard works right. The softkey indicators are not directly over the softkeys, but having used this phone for over a year, I knew what to push and when anyway.
My only issue so far is the Apps Manager and the clock are mixed together on the screen. I will attempt to upload some screenshots later, but I have a lot of programs to get installed before I do that ;-)
The new PocketIE isn't one of my favorite things about this version of 6.5. It doesn't seem to render pages correctly for me, either in Mobile or Desktop mode. No worries there though, since I never intend to use it once I get Opera Mobile installed...
The default T-Mobile Data setup put me on wap.voicestream.com, but every single automated connection setup I've ever used has done this as well. It only takes a second to change this to internet2.voicestream.com.
My battery seems to be draining pretty quickly. I actually watched as it dropped from 80% before I tested and typed everything above this and now it's at 77%. May not seem like much to you guys, but that's a significant drop for me, at least 1 battery point every five minutes. This is probably an issue with the radio version I have.
Could anyone point me to the correct radio to use with this particular ROM? The phone is unusable if I can't leave the house for more than four hours without my phone dying :-(
Next I'll be installing my 8gb card and dropping some of my favorite programs on there.
Great job on this cook, I can tell I will have lots of fun playing with this one

so asking what seems obvious....
Ok, I keep flashing etc. Haven't done these two yet.
But is there a way to merge the branches? I want the eye candy and also want the new contacts program. Not a chef, so can it be done?

Not trying to be "that guy" but I wanted to just pop on here to say how much fun I'm having with this build.
File Explorer is located under start->accessories->file explorer instead of the main start menu, which is a little confusing. Once I get Resco Explorer going, this will not be a problem. For others, it may be annoying until they get used to it.
After several hours of playing around, I closed out a few programs and checked RAM, sitting at 44% used, which means that the OS is much thinner than any I have used before. I've seen AthineOS come close to this right after boot or after I run cleanRAM. I've noticed that the blogs are saying this is due to changes made by MS for this particular release. If so, I have to say that the future looks awesome for WM6.5!
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention: Landscape seems to be working perfectly for me. No long lags, stays in landscape when progs exit, etc.

Flashed the 2 already
I flashed the 2 ROMs and played for a couple of hours with each and seems that almost everything is operational, however I felt not good response during finger scrolling and in some cases the items don´t react to finger or even stylus pressure and the action botton had to be used.
The new contact manager looks very good and for me probably this is the most attractive feature.
I wouldn´t like to talk about the cosmetics (i.e. icons) since I understand that the two ROMs were put together in a very short time, however I have to say that icon for the chome customization doesn´t have a good looking appeareance.
Thanks again Pisca and keep the good work!