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Which WM 6.1 rom does have the best perfomance and runs without errors ?
Pls give your opinions....
Thanks
myrin
peter7 said:
Which WM 6.1 rom does have the best perfomance and runs without errors ?
Pls give your opinions....
Thanks
myrin
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I guess searching would be out of the question. Do know how many times this has been asked? Come on now. With 124 post I would think you would know that or at least do a search first.
...you are generally right but the search doesn`t brings up a real result !
A performance comparison (benchmark) for WM 6 has given a lot of evidence but on 6.1 I didn`t find it ...
What works best for you ?
Since you donate to the forum, I guess people will be nicer to you. There is really no clear answer to this since the cleaner roms have better speeds, but less functionality. The ones bulky with a lot of apps tend to be slower, but they become like swiss army knives. There are lots of extra tweaks you can do such as change page pool or change cache sizes to improve performance. With less errors? All the roms have few incompatabilities with certain softwares such as TCPMP, IM+, and many others. There are trade offs from using certain roms and its all in your preference in what you want (buggy rom with speed or lots of apps, but slow). Dutty's has been clear favorite, but many cooks out there make roms just as good.
thomassster - I`m very happy with Quentin`s but it is "only" a WM 6.0 - would you say it is worth the effort to change to a WM 6.1 ?
peter
hello peter the only big differences that i found are the thredded sms and some minor changes regarding wifi managing found in settings - connections (faster turning on and off...) regarding speed, i find wm 6.0 slight faster. so, my opinion is you could give wm 6.1 a go.
So although WM 6 ist faster you prefer 6.1 ???
peter7 said:
So although WM 6 ist faster you prefer 6.1 ???
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yes, i find it more functional. try dutty's wm6.1s they simply rock! you won't be dissapointed
If you read some of the WM6.1 threads, the only addition is newer radios, threaded SMS, and very minor options added. I won't be able to say if it's worth upgrading since threaded SMS is a big improvement, but I can't seem to find a way to backup my SMS the way I want. Instead of chat style, PIM backup restores the sent, and then mine.
There's not too many improvements, but it wouldn't be bad experimenting. I can't determine whether flashing will be best for you, but sometimes you gotta do things to find out whats all the fuss about. Most of the cooks are cooking up the newest roms, which happens to be WM6.1 so you might as well get use to what is in a WM6.1 rom.
OK understand...which progs do not run with Dutty`s ?
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If you read some of the WM6.1 threads, the only addition is newer radios, threaded SMS, and very minor options added. I won't be able to say if it's worth upgrading since threaded SMS is a big improvement, but I can't seem to find a way to backup my SMS the way I want. Instead of chat style, PIM backup restores the sent, and then mine.
There's not too many improvements, but it wouldn't be bad experimenting. I can't determine whether flashing will be best for you, but sometimes you gotta do things to find out whats all the fuss about.
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yup, but the threaded sms can be disabled via registry anyway, i have the same problem when backuping my sms.
like all wm 6.1's i have sometimes problems when trying to run igo or miomap. but with the homeplugin partially disabled ( all tabs except the clock) and a proper radio it works fine! i haven't tried yet skype to see if it works. but other programs work great. i have installed on my kaiser resco explorer, ab button plus, coreplayer.. etc and all work fine..
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OK understand...which progs do not run with Dutty`s ?
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That specific question really belongs in the Rom thread.
This thread has no further usefulness so it is closed.
What are the builds like now, everything pretty stable?
I mainly use Opera, TomTom 7 (legally purchased) and lots of SMS so nothing too taxing.
All opinions gratefully received.
Easy Answer
Yes. WM6.5 runs as well or better then the WM6.1 counterpart. I fancy the new homescreen as well as the new finger scrolling that is built in. The WM6.5 finger scrolling feels much more fluid and "iphone-like". Simply a bliss to use.
The new redesigned menu's allow a lot more finger friendly use. I also like the new transparent startmenu and task bar. The actual start menu takes some getting used to but if you organize your icons into folders, it helps a lot.
Most of your basic apps are the same as before; Messaging specifically. Everything pretty much just works.
Once you try WM6.5 for a few days, you could never go back to WM6.1 without a fight.
Da_G is pretty much leading the pack and provides basic barebone versions to download. If you download his rom, you'll have JUST the WM6.5 OS with all the basic stuff. If you never used a barebones OS you'll find a few HTC customizations being missed. For example the Volume Control, Phone Dialer, and Task Manager are all HTC specific apps that aren't included with a clean Windows Mobile OS.
While it would be educational and fun to see what a pure WM6.5 OS feels like without the extra crap, for daily use, you might want to hit up some of the custom roms.
I typically like trying Da_G's rom first before cooking my own, so I can see what has changed and explore the new updated rom in its greatness.
player beat me to it. 6.5 is pretty amazing. I haven't found one bug. By the way Da G just released a new build.
do they have a sprint tp compatible version of wm6.5 yet? i havent been able to find one yet.
i'v been using the 21198 build for two weeks now. i haven't gotten around to adding HTC customizations yet as i'm a believe microsoft needs to step up and make an OS with solid with solid core functionality (think apple and iphone). i like 6.5 but there are some application incompatibilities at the moment, eg. epocrates and some other medical software.
opera 9.5.15613, i'm not sure if there are newer builds, doesn't display properly--some tearing in the screen when scrolling. but tomtom7 works fine.
Right now im using his new 21500 build, and i have to say, it is godly. Windows 6.5 runs soo smoothly, and almost no glitches that i can find so far. Battery drains a little fast, but its managable if you charge it every night. Opera is working like a charm, everything is a little small though.. gps is working great also.
Thanks all. Sounds like its time to give it a go.
Hi all
I've been looking for a CLEAN speedy rom for ages, ever since At0mang stopped cooking the quality of the roms on here seems to have dropped, there doesnt seem to be a single RAPHAEL rom, or one that hasnt been heavily modified to include the very buggy rhodium manilla
does ANYONE know of a CLEAN/SPEEDY rom with minimal extra applications but of course the regular gamut of speed enhancements
many thanks
Try PROven 4.2 with or without tp or rhodium manillas
Have you tried Da-G's? he's releasing roms in addition to kitchens now. It might be buggy since its the lastest 6.5 build.
I've already tried Provens 4.2
its moreso the issues with the menu's thats the problem
same with Da_G's, theres just some pretty annoying bugs on there
the only thing i tend to use my TP for is as a phone, to text and call, and some of the roms are just really slow when it comes to texting!
You could try NATF's Roms. They are pretty stable, and you can choose the lite version - it comes without Manilla, and then you can add whatever apps you like.
i'd recommend RRE roms... it comes with or without Manila and 6.1 or 6.5 versions.
it's amazingly fast and stable
RRE 5.8 series everytime, loved his 6.1 based ROM used Atoms before this, admittedly RRE 5.8 aren't as Naked as Atoms were but they are certainly not filled to the brim with apps just for the sake of having them!! Also try his 6.5 based series..they Freakin Rock and are stable as anything ive used ...
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Hi all,
First of all, i am new here BUT read the rules of this forum as far as i could understand it (am from Holland
and can write/read some English but most of this translated with google translater )
Second i did search what i am looking for but couldn't find it exactly.
This topic is most close to it i think.
I have a touch pro, dutch phone, no simlock, doesn't work very well, very slow phone, microphone is broken so phone function can't be used anymore,
camera had better days, battery is not much better, BUT:
The GPS function does work and that is what want to use the phone for.
I am a tourist trackdriver (Nurburgring Nordschleife) and want to measure my tracktimes with Racechrono.
I know it isn't very accurate, but that doesn't matter on a 21 kilometre track
What i'm looking for is a very very very light windows mobile version without phone functions, games, email, internet, and such, this because the phone crashed alot during the time i used it as daily phone, so there has to be as little programs on the phone as possible.
Only the GPS function and the Race Chrono program have to work.
Can someone help me with this?
Thanks in advance.
Jeroen
I have recently seen alot of ROMS for WM6.5 and they all look the same from the screenshots.... ugly!
I mean what is with all the HUGE text listed down the screen, am I the only one who thinks this is a stupid setup? What happened to the Start Menu and clean today setup?
Are people just updating to WM6.5 just 'cos its 6.5, or do you actually like the look of it? Please give your opinions on WM6.5, and more importantly what is the difference between WM6?
I am using WM6.1 on 2 of my devices as I like the Today Screen feel and the way everything is set out. I am contemplating putting 6.5 on a device just to test it out, is it really worth it? is it customizable to make the home screen not just BIG words down the screen? maybe a clock even lol.
thanks everyone for your opinions.
i think it looks great.
As long as you have good apps installed to cover nasty WM UI no matter if you have 6.1 or 6.5
I personally do not like the honeycomb, but I do like that the hole UI is more finger friendly
Let´s see the WM7!! hope they really impress us
I like it because its 6.5 that .4 of more awesome 1337ness!!!! lol.. I actually just like the better slightly larger menu buttons. the new start menu is neither here nor there for me.. I don't like titanium, it has potential, but till you can have more than one link on click per panel it is pretty lame to me.. seems to take more effort to get to my necessary apps with it than without it.. I have been using wad2 on my last few flashes. My device is i910 Omnia, with the BlazingWolf 7.1 rom.
On my observation, the main advantages of WM6.5 over WM6.1 are:
RAM Managemenet: In WM6.5 I never need to run the apps to clear RAM. Any time I quit a program, the RAM will be released imediately.
Power Consumption Controll: The battery life is noticably enlonged copare using WM6.1, on same load.
Connectivity: One example is on WM6.1 any time I'm using Internet Sharing I need to manually switch phone band to WCDMA to ensure stable fast data connection. And if I forget to switch it back to GSM or Auto after finished the Internet Sharing, phone calls on 3G mode will drain the battery very fast. But on WM6.5, I noticed that I don't need to switch phone band again, just leave it as Auto. The OS is so smart that it knows what time to switch to what band. Example, when I use internet sharing, it will stay at 3G for most of the time. When I make or receive a phone call, it will switch to GSM immediately after the phone connected.
Finger Touch Experience For this I don't explain more, it's just much more comfortable on finger/stylus responds.
Third Party Apps Interface: Well I'm not a developer, but from the changes on some registry structure, I can definitely tell that WM65 will be more friendly to third party application developers.
These are very core elements of a mobile os. The progress of wm65 on these points is obviously noticable.
But because the change of the core. It causes a big problem on legacy apps compatibility. People find that a lot of apps running well on wm6 just can never run on wm65.
But I think currently both Microsoft and third party software vendors are working tight on this issue. At least for most part of popular softwares, we can find a wm65 compatible version now. But for some speciall software, we can not find it if the developer did not upgrade it.
For sure, there are certain advantages of using 6.5 over 6.1. (The advantage is not only 'skin' things that you can see it, more important is on the 'core'.)
Hence your choice just depend on what softwares you're using. If for all your 'must-have' softwares you can find a WM6.5 compatible version or its replacement, why not use WM6.5.
Edit: I don't like the Titanium & the headache to customize it either. I just disabled it & leave an 'empty today', but with HButton, I can reach all frequently used apps within one single touch.
The RAM used by Titanium is 3.5MB+, compares to HTC Home @1.5MB+, & M2D @ 7MB+.
I like the looking of Honeucomb,(for showup only), but I also use QuickMenu, which is more functional.
Must to say that above experience are from the single ROM I've used only, maybe there are performance variaties on different ROMs & devices.
And at last, one of my most favarite part is the new PIE, it definitely can display whatever a desktop ie does except only one tab allowed.
I like 6.5. I find it runs pretty well on the kaiser, and I prefer its look to the old Windows 3.x interface found in the older versions. Plus, the finger scrolling is superb. And if you don't like the honeycomb, there are other start menu layouts, one example here. WM6.5 is just a band-aid to hold us over until WM7, but it's still a step in the right direction for Microsoft.
Dave
Yes, I think i will be waiting for wm7, but i just can't help myself any longer and I am going to take the plunge to wm6.5 on my Elfin or Wizard just to give it a go, I think it should run well on the elin with the RAM it has and without really checking out the custmizations, my assumptions is basically on the interface on standard screenshots i have seen.
thanks for the input guys, only a flash will i be able to add further opinions, as i am a heaver modder, and would need this to offer proper insight into the OS.
I've bounced back and forth between a couple 6.1 and 6.5 ROMs. I use TouchFLo because I hate 6.1's today screen and Titanium is pretty bland. I think that the current touchflo manila 2.1 is about the best you can get for WM6.1 currently, but I don't think manila 2.1 is streamlined for WM6.5. I feel like I'm taking a step back in integration and fluidness when I use Touchflo 2.1 and WM6.5. Not much, but it just seems off. This leads me to think that the new manila 2.5 is HTC's update to bring that integration and fluidness to WM6.5. The specualtion is that manila 2.5 is going to be for the new Firestone. While that is probably true, HTC has also mentioned that the new Topaz and Rhodium will get WM 6.5 upgrades. I would like to assume that this upgrade will also include manila 2.5 because if I feel that WM6.5 and TouchFlo 2.1 is lacking a complete feel then I would take that HTC has also noticed this. Yeah, I'm rambling I know. Just my thoughts. Bottom line on WM6.5 is that it seems like Microsoft just made a piss poor attempt at skinning there relic OS. That just pertains to the aesthetics though. I know there were unseen changes that do have their benefits.
(Sorry for all the "I feel and I would assumes", just ponderings)
Im not too familiar with cooking roms, so i dont know if OS modification is possible. but if it is, here some request/ideas for future releases.
1. who the heck uses IE 6 anyways. sure it works great on newer devices but not so well on wizard. is there any way to take this out completely and have a browserless rom? im sure anyone who able to flash a rom, certainly is able to find an alternate browser.
2. how about trying to design a diamond 6.5 themed rom. mostly in the slide to unlock/answer skins.
3.how about taking out all MS default locking apps and using throttle lock.
basically what im trying to ask is for cooks to "recook/redesign" MS 6.5 OS itself by removing core apps and replacing it with 3rd party software.
CRacing and xda you two seem to be the juggernauts in rom development, i appreciate your effort and hard work thus far. keep up the good work fellas!