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Noob upgrading to WM6, need help

Sup,
I posted something like this before but got no responses. I was wondering which would be the best WM6 rom for me.
I am pretty sure it is unlocked as I am using a T-Mo US sim.
My current setup is- (WM5 original came with phone)
ROM version: 1.13.64 WWE
ROM date: 09/30/05
Radio version: 1.03.00
Protocol version: 42.36.P8
ExtROM version: 1.13.151 WWE
Some of the stuff I would like is:
Stability
T-Mobile US GPRS capable
Smart dial?
No WiFi problems (I use WEP encryption)
No Bluetooth problems
SDHC
Good storage space and RAM
VGA and QVGA games to work
MMS
Works with Bluetooth GPS (Holux 240)
Looks good on a VGA screen
Stereo A2DP - not that necessary
VGA - not that necessary
Don't need video calling or 3g
Don't need VOIP
I have seen the various ones and there are too many that I cannot decide.
And can anyone recommend updates to the radio rom or is that included?
If I backup my WM5, can I restore in WM6? Does backing up backup games, programs, etc?
Thanks all for your help and thanks for such an awesome forum.

Many questions you have
All of us have been there. Unfortunately there are no BEST Rom's. You need to try them out, All of the latest builds have great stability and features (Cooker dependant). Daily there are new patches being released that make them even more stable and functional. Try ALL of them (It is pretty easy to flash the rom, and decide it for yourself!

lol ok, any recommendations?

KnightmareCS said:
lol ok, any recommendations?
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hi,
Try the one from Beasty & Laurentius.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=340713
greetings,
Wout

Hi,
Do you happen to know how old that ROM is? Nov 5th 07? And should I get the Full Flavor? I don't need the RGU right? Going to download anyway but wait for responses.
Thanks Wout.

KnightmareCS said:
Hi,
Do you happen to know how old that ROM is? Nov 5th 07? And should I get the Full Flavor? I don't need the RGU right? Going to download anyway but wait for responses.
Thanks Wout.
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Hi,
Core is older, cooked version is something like 5/11.
and indeed get full flavor, because it has been updated (some bug fixes)
Read the wiki and also flash another radiorom (1.03 is quite old).
use 1.15 or 1.18 (you can find links to them in the wiki)
you don't need the RGU.
just try whichever wm6 rom and see if you like it.
(I change at least twice a week)
Wout

lol, twice a week? Nicee
Alright, I'm prepping for flashing, backing up all the stuff and whatnot. Just got to get ActiveSync to work properly, keeps going to guest.
Thanks a lot for your help, generousity and quick responses.

update:
radio upgraded to 1.15
waiting for battery to charge to full and start os upgrade

Sup,
Updated the OS to WM6. But a little problem though. I restored my Sprite Backup, that I used to backup WM5 settings/programs, to ROM and now Calculator and Pictures & Videos no longer have icons, they just have white boxes. When I click calculator, I get an error saying it cannot be opened. Pics and vids goes to the location, but it doesn't have the icon.
Does anyone know how to fix these???
Also, I have doubled icons for Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. There's icons in the main programs place and they have their own folder called Office which has a couple of other stuff in it.
Any solution for this to?
Also, my right softkey (contacts) is set to PocketCM, which I uninstalled. I don't know how to change it to regular contacts. I also removed SPB Pocket Plus.
I have 22.22 storage used and 21.50 free.
On boot I have 24~25 free, after use and back to everything closed, 19~20.
Is this good?
Thanks again and sorry for all the questions.

hi,
Never use a backupprogr. when flashing a new rom, mainly because of different registry settings.
Softkey can be changed in registry or with 3rth party software.
Memory going to 19/20 mb is normal.
So, do a hard reset.
(because now you registry is screwed up)
greetings,
Wout

Hello again,
I looked online and people were saying to use a backup program and one person reccommended Sprite Backup. So I used that and now this happened. Learn something new everyday. I'll keep that in mind next time. So I guess I have to reinstall all my programs again, even the ones on my mem card?
Thanks for your help.
PS, I got an error after hard resetting saying sddaemon.exe cannot be opened, either it is not signed with a trusted certificate. I hit OK and it appears to work normally.
PPS, Looks like I have to reflash the ROM,
three programs: clearvue, midilet, voice speed dial, are all not working. Along with the sddaemon error, looks like thats the wise thing to do.
PPPS, ROM reinstalled, seems to be working 100%, starting from scratch now.
Thanks all for your input!

Installing/Uninstalling cf3.5 on Tytn 2 (Hyper Dragon III )

I have a HUGE problem.
3 days ago I've got a message SMSlauncher.exe is missing some components... after some research I found that I have to reinstall CF.35 but I couldn't. I get the error that cf 3.5 is already installed...
cgautil.exe is showing that cf3.5 is still installed but there is no value for 3.5 in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\.NETCompactFramew...
also netcfcfg.cab is showing that 3.5 in NOT installed.
I've already spent 4 days installing and uninstalling and I would prefer not to have to do hard reset if possible ....
Can you please help?
Thank you!

did you install anything prior to that message appearing?

RE:Installing/Uninstalling cf3.5 on Tytn 2
I've installed remote tracker... and later on wanted to delete(uninstall it) I also installed VipRingTone81.CAB the same day. One of those 2 I think is "guilty" for all this mess, but I'm not sure which one ...

Well, there are a few options. as i don't have any experience with either of them, i can't exactly tell you what caused the problem. I suggest that you uninstall one of them (if you didn't already).. and check if it helps.. then uninstall the other if it didn't.
if both uninstalled and you're still having this problem, I suggest you install netcf 3.5 again.. and see if that helps. if it doesn't, you can use PIMBackup 2.8 to back your data up and hard reset.

mediamusic said:
I've installed remote tracker... and later on wanted to delete(uninstall it) I also installed VipRingTone81.CAB the same day. One of those 2 I think is "guilty" for all this mess, but I'm not sure which one ...
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It seems to me that when you uninstalled remote Tracker, the uninstallation took a CF3.5 file or two with it, but left everything else behind. You might have to clean up (uninstall) the CF3.5 installation by hand since it doesn't seem to be able to fully uninstall it (due to missing components).
Personally, I would follow nir36's suggestion. Just back up your stuff and HR.
Good luck!

RE:Installing/Uninstalling cf3.5 on Tytn 2
I already all tried that and the problem is that I can't install cf3.5 again...
And when I install other applications which are using 3.5 I get the message that cf3.5 is broken.

mediamusic said:
I already all tried that and the problem is that I can't install cf3.5 again...
And when I install other applications which are using 3.5 I get the message that cf3.5 is broken.
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Did you clean all the registry entries as well?
Honestly, I think you are better off doing a HR. As an added benefit, your device will behave a lot smoother if you haven't done that in a while
Good luck and don't forget to back up your stuff...

OK, it seems that HR is the only solution.
From the information I saw on dotfred's site PIMBackup 2.8 is "only" backing up: appointments
- backup/restore call logs
- backup/restore contacts
- backup/restore messages (SMS, Mails, ...) NEW !!!
- backup/restore speed dials
- backup/restore tasks
- backup/restore custom files
Is there any application
available which would be able to save my settings .... like WiFi network(s) information ??
Thanks a lot guys!

don't know of anything that saves wifi network information... sorry.
I would also like to remind you to use a backup program to back your system up so that you don't have to go thru a hard reset everytime this happens.
something like SPB Backup can help you.. but for now, hard reset your phone.. that's my suggestion.

I just wanted to let everybody know I've did a HR and found out that cf 3.5 was cooked, what means included in the ROM I've installed still have to find who was guilty for all this mess. My main suspect is "remote tracker". BEWARE !!
Thanks again to everybody!

Request Please!!! Best Back Up App

Hello everyone. Sorta new to this whole WM phone...but getting use to it and enjoying all the mods ive found on this website. The only problem i have is that im slowly learning how to install all these cabs and apps, and ive managed to brick my phone several times and had to do a hard reset...its gets really annoying when im somewhat satisfied with all my visual mods, registry mods, etc...and when i try to install something new, i brick it then have to reinstall everything all over again.
So whats the best app that would back up all my mods up to date, cabs and manual registry tweaks so that when and if i do brick it with the installation of a new app or "wrong" cab...it would restore my phone settings back to exactly prior to the bricking...l
thanks in advance for the help guys!

Resco Back up
Hi PlacTrac
I use the above.
For instructions please see my previous post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5993369#post5993369
And good luck
Davej

I would suggest SPB Backup. Its not free but worth the money! U can do a full system backup which once u run it, it will restore your phone with the saved configuration including your installed apps.....

Every week at least one thread about the "best backup solution"... this is so lame...

spb hands down, one click, count to 20, full backup.
total magic.
jason

SPB Backup and Sk Tools!! SK tools has more to offer feature rich, and cost a lot less!! both do the same. A complete backup right where you last updated your phone, everything setup and installed, All contacts and email saved!!!

[Q] Non-root options for a thorough backup.

So I'm regretting not rooting my phone sooner. HTC Evo, about 5 weeks old.
When I got it it came w/ 2.2 and was in the period when there was no root for 2.2.
I played around and got dependent on my phone but now I see that without root I don't have any real reliable [thorough] backup of my phone.
Or do I?
What options are there that will backup AND restore most if not all of my data to my phone if/when the sh!t hits the fan (or I decide to root one of these days).
I'd like a 1 step type solution - for those of you familiar w/ the Palm think Resco Backup. Full backup (w/ incrementals!) to SD card based on my defined schedule. I'm shocked and amazed (not to mention disgusted) that this doesn't exist on Android. I've searched the market ad-naseum (and here and Google) so either I've overlooked it or it's absent. If you know the way please share the wealth.
If I have to piecemeal solutions together then these are my specific concerns:
Calendar and Contacts - I think I'm OK here - using HTC Sync to Outlook on desktop. I should be ok with that right? else, what do you suggest?
SMS - I REALLY have to be able to restore this. I'm using Handcent if that helps any (dont' think so but..). This is a must.
Call Logs - Like SMS, absolutely must be able to backup and restore this.
Pictures, etc. taken with the phone
K9 mail and setings - I'm using IMAP so the mail is safe but I'd rather not reconfig 7 email accounts again. Actually cant something backup the prefs/settings for all my apps at once?
Apps - when I put my gmail user into [e.g] a new phone, does it just go to the market and redownload whatever apps I had? Not sure how this works so maybe it's not necessary to backup my apps themselves.
Any other personal/important data I'm not thinking about?
In the end I'd really like an absolute restore function that gets me back to how I was the moment the backup was taken. If I can't have that, what the closest I can get?
Thanks much for reading and any input you have.
It's much appreciated.
J.

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Please, any help or direction would be appreciated.
Thanks much all.

Mybackup pro on the market handles most of that without root. Sms, mms, bookmarks, system settings. After root it will back up apps and the market link too.
Swyped with my Evo 4g running Fresh Evo 3.3.0.1

[Q] Backup Apps

I am new to android so please excuse me if this is common knowledge. I was wondering about backup apps. I heard about titanium and nandroid. I was wondering which one is the best or if there are any others out that might be worth a look. What does Google or Sense 2.0 automatically back up?
Thanks!

bigcrav said:
I am new to android so please excuse me if this is common knowledge. I was wondering about backup apps. I heard about titanium and nandroid. I was wondering which one is the best or if there are any others out that might be worth a look. What does Google or Sense 2.0 automatically back up?
Thanks!
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Nandroid typically backs up your entire system as it is. Meaning settings, apps, themes, kernel, etc... whereas Titanium Backup will backup data. It's always good to have a working nandroid backup, in case you find yourself flashing a bad rom/kernel or otherwise getting into a bad state, you can always roll back to your nandroid backup.
Titanium Backup is really handy for backing up your apps and their data (saved games, etc...). I've heard MyBackup is good too, but haven't tried it yet.
I'm not sure what all Google backs up, but from what I've seen (and this is just a quick 'off the top of my head' list) it has settings (wifi information, wallpaper, homescreen setup), contacts in your google account and apps from the marketplace. I'm sure it backs up more, that's just all I can think of at the moment.
As for Sense... I'm not sure. This is my first official Sense device, but I noticed some old SMS messages come up out of nowhere. I'm sure doing some googling will give you the info you want though.

Thanks man. Very helpful.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

When my apps from my captivate magically appeared on my Inspire after signing in to google I was impressed, and quite glad I always turn on wifi when setting up a phone.

i've always preferred appmanager over titanium backup.
recently though, with an updated version of appinstaller (by gregory house), they implimented a backup option which i've stuck with. appinstaller is the most lightweight, reliable app installing/uninstalling/backup program i've come across.