[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Sleuth255:
v2.0 of my developer ROM is now available. Core/XIP is the official WM6 core. Bluetooth, Power Management, Communications Management and GDI are also from the official ROM. Most of the built in apps have been refreshed. Finally, for you Tom-Tom/VPN addicts, the DUN bluetooth profile is now available in addition to Internet Sharing!

Because my imgfs is completely custom, this ROM will report itself as follows:

CE OS 5.2.1437(Build 17913.0.3.0)

v2.1 of this ROM includes:

Both DUN and Internet Sharing bluetooth profiles are available!

SDHC support: tested with 4GB cards

GLYPHCACHE limt re-optimized at 32,768

Mobile Office 2K7 includes OneNote 2K7

My ATI Imageon patch cooked in

The New Block style CommManager GUI is enabled.

The latest build of HTC X-Button v1.51 cooked into the base ROM.

The Cyberon voice dialer which can save/restore voice tags is cooked in.

Windows Live build 1400 (more stable than what is in the current Official ROM) is cooked into the base ROM

4MB Paging File

Big Storage

A2DP optimized for highest Fidelity based on hardcore's research.

additional apps: GSFinder+, DotFred's Taskmgr, PHM Regedit, SIPChange, Austinboy's Fieldtest, Adobe Reader LE, Audio Manager, Streaming Player

Windows Update and QOS removed

VoIP optimizatons: dialplan normalized for US calling (default areacode is 262 on 7 digit calls), connect over 3G as well as WiFi enabled

Live Search today plugin is set to use Google and works just fine when spaces are part of the search term

can toggle the phone skin between Video and Non-video modes using lsvw's TweakUI program

WM6 tap sounds are enabled

This ROM will play 3G streams or local mp3s over A2DP in powersave mode to Coreplayer or Audio Manager. Unfortunately, WMP can't do this. This is because I forgot to refresh WMP :o

The Official bluetooth Handsfree Profile has been cooked into this ROM. This provides even better Car Kit compatiblity.

This ROM is free for you to personalize. I'm not in this for the donations (although they're always appreciated :)), rather my primary focus is to give you a better Hermes. So, use this base ROM to learn the ROM kitchens then go make your own ExtROM for this to customize Today Screen etc. Simply add a file called preconfig.txt to /windows to enable autoconfig (you'll need to dump a production ROM to unravel the syntax btw) to run your extrom at cold-reset startup. Because Preconfig.txt has been removed, the base rom has no autoconfig and will go directly to the today screen.

Free storage memory remains at about 49MB and free program memory is 29MB. Displayed Today screen items have been reduced and re-ordered in this manner (note: the additional plugins are still present, just unchecked in Today settings):

Date

Live Search

Internet Calling

Owner Info

Email messages

Appointments

The installer will also upgrade your splash screens to the Gold HTC Innovation theme. Your Radio, IPL and SPL will remain unchanged. However, for best results I recommend running a radio that's at least 1.40. AT&T subscribers in the US should upgrade to the v1.48.00.00 radio for vastly improved performance.

I'm using OliPro's latest RUU installer in this version and recommend installing using the SSPL option. Vista users: be sure to check out this guide for how to make SSPL installers work on your version of Windows. Or, jcespi2005 reports that with the latest WMDC (v6.1), you can upgrade through CustomRUU normally like in XP. WMDC 6.1 itself can be found here.

Download v2.1 now from RapidShare.

Download Crackberry edition now from RapidShare.

Support/Provisioning Cabs: PM a link and I'll add it here

WPBear's Cingular/AT&T provisioning cab (thanks to Tylr for locating this) http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1163312

WMXL Live Cingular keymapping cab (thanks Lurch) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=1332269#post1332269

"Bling" in this ROM

Sorry, but there are no fancy today themes, catchy colors or spectacular splashes included in this base ROM. All you get is performance and reliability. Bling is a personal expression, so you're free to add your own. :)

So, what's on your today screen? Post screenshots! Upload themes & post links and I'll put them below.

CUSTEL's black theme (thanks CUSTEL) http://www.tri-syndicate.com/CUSTEL.tsk.zip (just change the name to CUSTEL.tsk after downloading, its not a zip file). I'm actually running this one now because the block style taskmanager looks better with black menu/taskbars.

v2.0 Release Notes (check back here periodically for updates)

X-Button requires the latest versions of SPB Weather/SPb Time to correct the "Black Font" issue. The latest version of SPB Weather is v1.7.0 Build 767 and the latest version of SPB Time is v2.1.5.

The softkey editor settings are initially out of sync with the actual softkeys. Additionally, you must SR after the first time you use it to get your changes to stick. After that, the program works normally. This is a HTC bug unfortunately in softkeyapplet.cpl :(

executables stored on your SD card that don't have their own icons will flicker when viewed with the built in Filemanager. GSFinder+ does not experience this quirk. It's very unusual for a Windows Application to not have an icon resource built in so you will probably not even see this one. If you must see what it is I'm talking about, download powerstatus.exe from here, store it on your SC card then view the directory in filemanager.

Be sure to soft-reset after you complete the initial startup. This will activate HSDPA and initialize your WiFi MAC address.

Howto: Speed up CommManager and free up storage memory.

Use PHMRegedit to search for the value "DisableButtonText". Change this value from a 2 to a 0. Reset your Hermes by pressing and holding the power button then answering yes to the dialog that is eventually displayed. The downside is that you disable the "eye candy" interface too.