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where can I download a clean WM6 or 6.1?

Tested a couple of cooked roms on my device and want to see what a clean wm6 or 6.1 would be like...
thanks

IMHO, the closest you'll get to "clean" is TNT's Official 6.1, its super fast, and has almost nothing on it. just my 2cents

currently using TNTs TNT.19199 Official Wizard ROM
the email settings are impossible to configure... I'm trying to figure out if its a cooked rom issue or a wm6 issue
issues with gmail
if I choose pop it wont let me select to NOT download attatchments...
if I choose Imap it deletes the emails from my pc when I check them on my phone
and yes I tried all possible walkarounds... trying to fool the setup by giving it a non gmail name.... nothing works... I've spent 2 days on it now...
I wish it would just let you set up your email manually....ehhh

Why would you upgrade to WM6.1 from 5?

Hey guys,
I am trying my best not to upgrade to WM6.1 on my SP5..
I love my phone with its factory OS.. Though i am curious to what i am missing out on by staying with WM5.
Can someone give me some advantages of WM6.1 over WM5?
And if i was to upgrade.. Do any of these cooked up versions just install and run without any further tweaking?
Thanks for your input

Hi there,
Please proceed to my blog for step by step instruction
http://karhoe.net/htctornado
Why upgrade to WM6.1?
1) Faster
2) Alot of useless stuff removed
3) Running Net compact framework 2.0/3.5
4) More functions
5) GUI improved
6) Windows Mobile (old one) removed savings extra 4-5MB, so now you can install the latest Windows Live Mobile which has more features as well
7) and many more....
Just go to my blog, follow the steps precisely, and it will work flawlessly.

wow you have me convinced
thanks very much.. especially like the fact you have the same phone as me too!
oh hang on..
the upgrade will work flawlessy? or the OS will?
like Wifi, bluetooth etc all ok?

Everything is perfect, WiFi, BT, etc
But there are some minor bugs, which won't really affect you, you have to check the thread of the cooked ROM.
I suggest this ROM, and the thread is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=375670

THREADED MESSAGING ... that's probably my favorite feature on there, something they should've had from the beginning

darthvaderfx said:
THREADED MESSAGING ... that's probably my favorite feature on there, something they should've had from the beginning
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mmmh. That's always the first thing I deactivate after flashing.

I'd upgrade cause it's way faster in accessing applications and loading them, and i like that new sliding homepage

wm6 windows live
Hi
I cannot get any version of wm live to run on your rom Karhoe (wm6.1 platinum). Tried the one on your website too. HELP!
Regards

whats threaded messaging?

Means SMS is like chatting style

well i did the upgrade about a month ago..
i love the sliding panel theme.. though i cant handle the issue with syncing on 2 PCs not working and the issue with dismissing reminders..
I think im going back to the original ROM.
Or would i have more luck with WM6.0?
Karhoe can you recommend a WM6.0 rom and/or a better WM5 ROM than the original i-mate one?
I take it since my phone is now supercid i can just flash away as normal without bothering with formatting the BINFS?
Thanks again for your help.

this one is perfect
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=343358
but only 6.0
just try... nothing to lose...

thanx redred will take look

hmm... got the same problem with dismissing reminders not working with that ROM too..
Reminder comes up.. hit dismiss.. reminds again and again until its actually past the time of the appointment..
sigh.. looks like its back to WM5...

strange...
i'm using appointments 3~4 times in week and everything works ok

Sage said:
hmm... got the same problem with dismissing reminders not working with that ROM too..
Reminder comes up.. hit dismiss.. reminds again and again until its actually past the time of the appointment..
sigh.. looks like its back to WM5...
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It looks like you need to purge outlook on your PC mate. You must have multiple entries for same apointment. I've had a similar problem every now and then, where Outlook fails or I did a Sync on another pc, and when back to main PC, it screws up outlook. Have had to go and view all apointments, birthdays, etc and clean it up manually.
Also, review how you have your settings, ie "Show 2 weeks" if more than that and you have lots of apointments, it'll go crazy on u.
I've used Nitros Platinum Rom for ever and it works great. Am using now SGreg's Rose Rom, also working good(but w/o the extras on Nitros).
Good Luck!

how much better than 6.0
I flashed up to 6.0 when I first got my 2125, am running WM6 standard CE OS 5.2.1616 build 18120.0.4.0, radio 4.1.13.28_02.61.01 RIL 2.002.
I am relatively happy with speed, and all the apps I installed, etc. I am thrilled with the stability and versatility (phone is also my mp3 and movie player, camera, video recorder, messaging system, etc.).
I have heard rumors that the 6.1 ROM drains the battery faster. True?
I have heard rumors that some bluetooth stuff is not as stable?
The reasons I might upgrade include the fact that some software I put on the phone did not completely uninstall and the ROM I am running has very many features I do not want or use and they clutter up everything .
What is the consensus? Is it worth flashing up again?

looks like it was the time sync from network causing the issue.. turned it off now they dismiss without issue!
also i kinda like 6.0 more than 6.1 didnt like the threaded msging and the way you compose in 6.1

the only way I see 6.1 draining the battery faster than 6 on my phone is that 6.1's Media Player doesn't turn off the screen light while playing music. Other than that, I haven't noticed a battery drain.

flashing up to 6.1 from 6.0
Thanks. Which 6.1 "clean" distro should I use? I have collected the .CABs and don't mind re-layering all the apps I use. I would also love to be able to completely uninstall Windows Media player since I run CORE (TCPMP).

Syncing in Windows 7???????

Has anyone found a way to sync the phone on Windows 7? I´ve tried everything possible and "nada"... Anyone?

why just not use a beta OS?

xgm... thats the stupidest response ever. how does a product get tested if people dont test it?
now we know that activesync doesn't work properly and a bug report can be submitted.

Glad I found someone testing windows 7 on XDA! I'm having the same problem, but I hope for you it isn't as bad as it is for me. NONE of my USB ports are working. Have you tried using any other device? My zune won't sync either. I'm hoping that someone with computing intelligence greater than I will be able to tell us why, but for now I'm stuck with no zune and flashing from SD.

Are you guys all in the TAP program? The beta hasn't been released to us lowly testers yet.. If it's anything like the vista beta, don't expect to be able to sync until the equivilant of WMDC comes out.. although I would have thought that would work on winders 7..

It's an extremely interesting problem... when I plug in my zune or phone, it shows up in the safely remove hardware menu, so the computer is recognizing that it is plugged in. However, it isn't charging and it's never recognized in my computer. Another interesting thing is that the first time that I plugged both in after installing the new beta, it installed the new drivers. I just can't figure it out. It's like it wanted to recognize it and it's trying to but it just won't lol. The phone i can deal with since I can just keep popping my SD in the card reader but I really need to update my zune...

For me it's good
Im testing Windows 7 on my laptop (a Macbook), I installed the Windows Mobile Device Center from the CD that came with my Touch Pro and it's working perfectly!

Same here
I cant sync my HD in windows 7. I emailed Paul Thurott in hopes he may know what to do.

Window Mobile Device install but doesn´t detect Touch Pro
Update 3: removed Office 2007 Ultimate installed Enterprise... installing SP1 now to see if it does any justice to the sync..
Update 2: Sync work for Outlook but not for the calender or appointments.
Update: after rebooting... a third time, it worked. I have yet to test snyc with Outlook but the rest seems to work... will drop a note here as soon as I give it a go.
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I decided to give the Vistas Mobile Device a go on Windows 7 but no go. It installed but no sync to Touch Pro (Rafael)
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windows 7
I was able to flash my rom in widows 7 but still no sync!

My Fuze is syncing fine for me in Windows 7 after installing mobile device center.

driz said:
xgm... thats the stupidest response ever. how does a product get tested if people dont test it?
now we know that activesync doesn't work properly and a bug report can be submitted.
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Ok I understand windows 7 needs to be tested but you said we know that activesync doesnt work properly, but is xda a windows 7 bug report collector? No. Im sure microsoft is aware that if there are problems with activesync.
When i read the post i figured the guy wants to sync his phone to his PC and the easiest way to not screw anything up is to use a tested working OS?
But yeah youre right, i guess my response was the stupidest ever right?

Newbie, but not really

OK, just pulled the trigger on an upgrade and went with the Captivate. $49 from Amazon was hard to resist. Upgrading from a Tilt 2 that I love, but just can't deal with the WinMo bugs any longer. Was considering a Droid X, but the Verizon plans are just too pricey. Hope I made the right decision and that Froyo will be available for this phone pretty soon. Need to get up to speed on Android when the phone gets here Friday. Been running XDAndroid on my Tilt 2 for a month and liked it even though it is very crippled. Hope I can get and give help here. Thanks to all who make XDA such a great time-waster.

i came from the tilt 2 and i hated it more and more with each passing day. i ran XDAndroid or energyrom... it was always laggy no matter what interface i used. I've tried spb mobile shell, titanium, sense, android..
when you get the captivate... make sure you back up your device id. i've never ran the stock rom once... i flashed as soon as i got it. compared to the tilt 2, you'll notice that the response is amazing and you'll never be able to go back. I bricked my captivate once and I had to use the tilt 2 until my jig arrived and it was torture.
enjoy, my man!

Thanks for the welcome. Phone should be here on Friday. I don't want to start off with a custom ROM, but I would like to know what enhancements I should make to the stocker. I've been a WinMo user since 2003 and know all the ins and outs, but Android is new and so very different. The main thing I would like to do is sync with Outlook, if that's possible. Not crazy about using the Google cloud for my personal info and I prefer the Outlook interface. Any help in that regard is much appreciated.

Miami_Son said:
Thanks for the welcome. Phone should be here on Friday. I don't want to start off with a custom ROM, but I would like to know what enhancements I should make to the stocker. I've been a WinMo user since 2003 and know all the ins and outs, but Android is new and so very different. The main thing I would like to do is sync with Outlook, if that's possible. Not crazy about using the Google cloud for my personal info and I prefer the Outlook interface. Any help in that regard is much appreciated.
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Just a heads up right now, there is no easy way to sync Outlook with this phone that I have ever seen.

Welcome... I'm in the same boat w/ Miami.... WinMo since WinCE and my last one was the original Tilt.
1. First thing you'll want to do is read this and then root the phone
http://samsungcaptivate.wikia.com/wiki/Samsung_Captivate_Wiki
2. The easiest way to do a direct sync with Outlook is to use Kies
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731454
On a slightly related note, Pocket Informant has an android beta out right now.
If you used this in WinMo then you're going to be very disappointed in the native Android Cal
http://webis.net/products_info.php?p_id=pocketinformant_android&tab_id=pocketinformant_android
Good Luck and again, Welcome...

Rogue9 said:
Welcome... I'm in the same boat w/ Miami.... WinMo since WinCE and my last one was the original Tilt.
1. First thing you'll want to do is read this and then root the phone
http://samsungcaptivate.wikia.com/wiki/Samsung_Captivate_Wiki
2. The easiest way to do a direct sync with Outlook is to use Kies
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731454
On a slightly related note, Pocket Informant has an android beta out right now.
If you used this in WinMo then you're going to be very disappointed in the native Android Cal
http://webis.net/products_info.php?p_id=pocketinformant_android&tab_id=pocketinformant_android
Good Luck and again, Welcome...
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Did you have any luck with the Kies/Outlook sync? I've followed those directions to a T, had no errors at all, and no Outlook data anywhere on the phone even though it said it had synced successfully.

yes... worked perfectly after I did the following...
1. Installed .Net4 & the USB drivers to PC
2. Turned OFF USB debugging mode
3. Used HomeSwitcher to (temporarily) change back to the default launcher
4. Used a program called FileSearchForKiesFix to find all of the filenames on the phone that are longer than 16 digits. This solved the MPT crash loop issue
....and Kies connects every time I use it

I, too upgraded it from winmo, as well.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

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yes... worked perfectly after I did the following...
1. Installed .Net4 & the USB drivers to PC
2. Turned OFF USB debugging mode
3. Used HomeSwitcher to (temporarily) change back to the default launcher
4. Used a program called FileSearchForKiesFix to find all of the filenames on the phone that are longer than 16 digits. This solved the MPT crash loop issue
....and Kies connects every time I use it
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I never have the Kies connection problem, and never got the MTP loop issue when I synced it. Getting Outlook to sync properly is the only way to get my dad to keep his Captivate and not get an iSuck4.

Live tiles

please forgive me if this has been asked before. i have seen a few posts and been searching for 24 hours but cant get a definitive up to date answer so here goes.
i have just purchased my first windows phone the hd7 to see if its worth spending on a more expensive one.
i hacked the phone and installed HD7 ROM: Windows Phone 7.8 Deepshining v8.1 (build 8862.144) on it.
for some reason i dont get ANY notifications at all on anything except for email. this includes
1. facebook
2. me live tile
3. zune player now playing.
there is probably more but i dont know as its still new. now i need facebook pushes more than anything as i do a lot of buying / selling / trading on facebook and need to be informed the minute someone posts. i dont care if its in the facbook app or the me live tile, anything would be ok. setting up email notifications isnt an option as its a business email and need to keep it clean of facebook crap and need to know the difference between an email and a facebook update.i noticed that the HD7 ROM: Windows Phone 7.8 Deepshining v8.1 (build 8862.144) says it fixes the live tile bug. was this bug the bug i am mentioning now?
so any advice would be welcome on how to get it set up. i have linked my facebook account to my live account and tried installing / uninstalling facebook with a reboot inbetween and also tuned pushes off then on again with a reboot inbetween. i havent done a hard reset as it took me ages to add photos to my 200+ contacts and dont want to restart doing all that again.
it may sound silly but surely microsoft and facebook betrween them could have sorted something as simple as push notifications out by now. they worked perfectly on my crappy little zte blade android. kind of wish i had it back now lol.

since I haven't installed the 8.1 yet, I can only say: go for the v8.0 or dynamics (this rom in particular will do a zune update without problems to the 8862), is up to you which rom.