[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] tony.wheeler:
MAJIK - Great so far

I've had Black MAJIK on for a just over a week now and like it a lot. I've now got all my previous apps all running fine (all latest versions) and have no problems at all. Of course like any OS things slow down when you load it up with apps - especially ones that run at OS start-up such as the Today Plug-ins used in the screen shots below.

However, even with everything now installed and my own Today screen configuration (which is quite demainding) I think this WM6 build is faster than at least my last T-Mobile WM5 build.

Just in case some of you want to know what the configuration is, numbered from top to bottom the parts are:

Spb Mobile Shell - I have configured Spb Mobile Shell to auto-hide and configured with Spb Diary embedded in the LH Tab. Shot 1 is with the tab contents hidden, and shots 3 & 4 show the Diary, and Time tabs shown - by dropping down. Note: the height of the diary tab is set to 220 so that it covers all of the screen when not hidden - hence all black below some tabs. The other 2 Mobile Shell tabs (not shown dropped down - are Home (lots of apps links) and Contacts. Spb Diary provides many more tab options but I am showing just calendar and e-mail (note vertical tabs on screen shot 3). Not used here are many other options with Spb Mobile Shell and one includes Weather (like the HTC Home below).

HTC Home (part of MAJIK) - this is the standard HTC Home view that does not allow much configuration but has 3 tabs (Home, Weather, and App Links. The first shot shows the Home tab and the second shot shows the centre Weather tab (if you click on Today's weather it shows the next 4 days forecast. This weather part does not include many towns but there are xml files for download that allow you to get what you need. In this view I am using the UK xml file used to get weather for my home town.

Phone Dashboard - The Hudson Mobile Phone Dashboard plug-in shows the in-month use of my mobile phone package minutes so that I can maximise (but not exceed my use).

HTC Audio Manager Plug-in - This comes with the MAJIK ROM allowing easy play of music from Today screen.

The final screen shot shows the Spb Mobile Shell 'Now' screen that appears on device timeout and when locked - very smart. I posted an extensive report on my upgrading experience here.

I have to say that I think I am pushing WM6 and the Hermes with this config but so far so good. I did have Spb Pocket Plus installed - but that (combined on top of this lot) stopped the device completing a boot-up and I had to hard reset the device back to basics and lots of work again - of course thi swas my own fault because I effectively had so many plug-ins installed

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plug-ins. So to avoid that potential now I have Safe Mode 2 installed that offers a safe mode boot option at start-up that bypasses all the start-up bits including the Today Plug-ins that might stop the device booting (lesson learned :o).

I'd recommend Black MAJIK. The only thing I have noticed that detracts slightly from the lovely black scheme is the lack of contrast on some menus in bright conditions - but you can always use other themes - perhaps to make a bit of Blue MAJIK?

Regards