[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] TheRealHotFix:
A quick review of the "official" ROM and a note to the regulars.

Just an observation on the "official" ROM from HTC to AT&T. I.E. not the cusotmized one by vp3G that this thread turned into covering (which I am going to play with next as it sounds awesome).

A few observations:

Installation by the use of the EXE was as easy as a regular released ROM, and I came from the latest released AT&T WM5 ROM. The only thing that raised an eyebrow was that the installer did not detect the current version on my phone properly (it was blank as to the current version).

I have noticed that the sounds were changed in this version. For instance in WM5 I would get clicks for things done on the menu of items, but not necessarily if it was a hardware click, nor a click on the screen in general. This new WM6 version seems to devide clicks into those done by the hardware buttons, and ANY "soft" click on the screen. I have played with the sound settings and can't seem to get them back to only occuring when I remember them occuring in WM5, but I could be not remembering right. I think there was a post eariler in this thread about this subject, but after 50 something pages I can't remember for sure.

The sound coming out of the ear peace seems to be softer even at full volume, but even then I could be having a clogged up ear today.

MSFT has moved some menu options around, such as how you delete messages in Outlook, so I am getting used to the new interface. Otherwise there is nothing earth shattering in the WM6 AT&T implementation that makes it a difficult switch. :)

So... This ROM is definitely not the "final" product that will be coming from AT&T (one hopes) because it is not finished. Applications that were contained in the last "released" WM5 ROM are not all here such as Remote Desktop/Terminal Services Client.

All in all I wasn't too dissapointed, but I am really looking forward to vp3G's WM6 implementaiton.

And a few comments to all the "regular users" of this website:

I am a pretty IT savy person, but let me tell you that it isn't always easy to find what you are looking for on this website.

1.You cannot use the quick "search" function in the top right of the screen because it will tell you that you didn't answer the anti-SPAM question correctly. So you have to used the Advanced view so you can type in the anti-SPAM answer before you do your search. That is a little counter intuitive to me.

2. When you do get a search to occur, there is so much data on this website, that it returns a LOT of threads that end up taking hours to sift through. Then... maybe... you might find what you were searching for.

3. And for those that say to use the WIKI, there is a TON of information there. Often times people are looking for the needle in a hay stack, and it is in the WIKI, but it isn't obvious to them where. Those of you who use this website daily (something I don't have the luxury to do) should remember you know where 90% of the info is already because you are on here all the time. The first time I went looking for something that "was in the WIKI", it took me HOURS to find it. That was like a year ago, and the WIKI has gotten even bigger since then it seems.

So please be patient with those of us who

don't

ask for the 400th time in the same thread how to make Wi-Fi work. :D I read all 50 pages of this thread before I even upgraded, just to make sure I didn't miss anything and understood what issues other people ran into first. Still I get the feeling if I posted a question on something that was covered in another thread, I might get flamed for it (that is my impression).

Remember we are all human beings with various skill sets and aptitudes that all put our pants on the same way. And I agree that people should put in some effort before asking the easy questions, but... there is no reason to flame people unless they are repeat offenders. :)

Thanks to everyone for making this an awesome website with tons of information (sometimes overwhelming). I really appreciate the effort everyone puts into sharing information, help, and especially those mad ROM cookers like vp3G.