[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
XDA Mobile 6 Release 3

Making your Wizard what it should be

XDA Mobile 6 Release 3 (XM6r3 for short) is the third version of the popular XM6 rom for the Wizard. The base rom is the same, but lots of new features, and functionalities, and fixes to a few bugs found in XM6r2a.

There is both a Full (packed to the gills with apps and utilities) and a Lite (not Vanilla, or Clean, but a "Less Filling") version of this rom.

XM6r3 is built on the OS 5.2.318 Build 15342.4.0.01 rom that was provided to us by InGeNeTiCs from Howard Forums. While this is not the "newest" release of WM6, it is the last known release that was built for the Wizard (ie: its not a port from another HTC Device). Various pieces of the base rom have been upgraded, so some of it is stuff ported from other phones so that it can have newer functionality. Overall, I feel this base is very stable and fast and makes a great base to cook on.

Please Note: this ROM was NOT intended to push the limits on speed optimization or memory optimization. It was made to be functional, stable, and something that I myself wanted and will use. I've found it to very quick and responsive (especially with Overclocking with BatteryStatus), and so far Battery life has been very good for me and those beta testing this. If you have a Battery Drain issue, make sure you flashed back to an official rom before you upgraded to this one, as that should correct extended rom corruption that has been shown to cause battery draining. BatteryStatus is NOT included in this ROM due to how fast changes come out with this application, and not everyone likes it or uses it. If you want to overclock or use other features of BatteryStatus, you are welcome to download and install the latest version of BatteryStatus yourself. I personally use it, and have OMAP set to 247MHz with CPUscalar set from 143 to 247 and Boost set to 260Mhz.

Base ROM Information

The base rom was an "Official" Wizard WM6 ROM that was part of the development cycle of WM6 inside of Microsoft (Dogfood as they call it). The base rom was not a port of another device rom with drivers and stuff pieced and parted onto this one, but this was an actual Wizard WM6.

Windows Mobile 6, OS 5.2.318 Build 15342.4.0.01

ROM Version: 10.1.0.811 WWE

ROM Date: 08/11/06

Protocol: 4.1.13.09

There is no Radio, IPL, SPL or Extended ROM.

What's In XDA Mobile 6 Release 3?

Both versions have the following (Bolded items are new / upgraded from XM6r2a)

Internet Sharing via BlueTooth DUN (like WM5) is back and available! WM6 Internet Sharing is still there, the BT DUN is in addition to that!

Schap's Advanced Configuration Tool and VoIP Setup Tool

Office 2007

9 Button "Touch" Style CommManager from the Kaiser

VoIP (See next post for instructions to set this up)

SQLCE

Arcsoft Composer 4.2.8.1 with SMS and MMS split apart

pBar 1.4 (replaces HTC X-Button)

Notepad editor

Pocket RAR

SIP Config 2.0.1

SK tsync (replaces SynchroTime in XM6r2a)

Total Commander Beta 2.5 Beta 3

PIM Backup to 2.5

Esmertec Java Manager (replacing Intent Midlent Manager)

Oxios Memory

PHM Alt-Tab (mapped to Button 5 by default)

Windows Live Search searches via Google

WM5torage 1.75

SIM Manager 6.13

dotFred TaskManager (with registry editor link setup and associations built in for .reg files)

Regional Settings default to English (United States) and use a slash for the date seperator (M/dd/yyyy)

Menu sounds work by default

Pressing the "End Call" button does not disconnect GPRS but minimized the active application. Pressing and holding the "End Call" button for about 5 seconds will do a GPRS Disconnect

Internet access over ActiveSync (USB) connection works (You must apply a registry fix on your PC first. See the next post for the fix)

Upgraded .NET compact to 2.0 SP2

delayedexec.exe is in \Windows but is not configured. See this post for details on using this.

The Full Release also contains the following

PocketCM 0.9 a finger friendly contact manager

WinXplore 0.3.2

Mortscript 4.0

mUn designed onscreen Keyboard skin (grey/green one)

Mobile Justice (a security app that will send an SMS if an unauthorized SIM is placed in your phone)

TodayAgenda Beta 1.0

ClearTemp replaces StartClean

Pocket Screen Capture

HTC Audio Manager

CicleBT (Toggle BlueTooth on and off)

1-Calc Lite

PeekPocket 1.2 replaces WiFiFoFum

MoDaCo NoData (so you can turn off data sources)

Smartskey 0.56 (DPAD is set to 0 in the .ini so the up and down scrolling works in the Phone dialer as expected in WM6)

DotFred's SoftKeyAppletEx

WM5NewMenu

Mods made from XM6r2a

In addition to the apps listed above, the following fixes and mods were made to improve the user experience on XM6r3

Fixed reg entries for Glyphcache, File Cache, and File Filter Cache.

Fixed the mapping of .pdf extensions.

Fixed AltTab so it shows up correctly in the Buttons app

Corrected the shortcut location of Smartskey

Added more items to the PIE Favorites

D pad now works differently with PIE. Up and down presses on the D Pad stay the same, but pressing right jumps forward a page and pressing left jumps backwards a page. Makes going through websites easier (IMO).

Fixed the A2DP registry for sampling

Registry Entries for PIE Connections to speed page loading

Registry Entries to increase In Call Volume

Requirements

You MUST have an IPL and SPL at 2.xx or higher (BOTH not just one or the other).

You MUST be running ActiveSync 4.5 on Windows XP (Vista comes with the correct sync utility, although there have been issues reported about Vista and sync'ing with PPC's so be aware of that).

Before you attempt to upgrade to this ROM, Please follow this thread to learn how to flash roms, CID unlock your phone, and how to fix issues you may run into! It is also recommended that you flash your phone with a Windows XP computer and not Vista. It will work with Vista, but if you run into problems Vista can't talk to a phone in Bootloader mode!

Recomendations

I HIGHLY Recommend that you flash back to an official rom before upgrading to this (or any) custom rom so you have a clean base (and correct any Extended ROM corruption you might have). G4 users would flash back to their provider's latest official release or the Wizard Love ROM. G3 users can use T-Mobile 2.26 for a good base.

If you use BatteryStatus (its NOT included in the rom!) to overclock, I don't recommend overclocking above 260Mhz, and the CPUscaler settings in BatteryStatus should not be set to a min lower than 143MHz (or your device may not wake back up after going to sleep).

Newer Radio ROMs on WM6 have had issues in the past (especially for Cingular / AT&T users). T-Mobile 2.19 (UK or NL versions) seems to be the most stable, but you can now run newer radios with the attached cab. This cab also works for some other providers but not for all, so its up to you to test what works for your phone.

Credits

I've moved the credits to the 5th post of this thread as this post has become too big.

Known Issues

The base rom has a bug / feature where if GPRS is active, unanswered calls may not show up as a missed call and may not give notification of the unanswered call. If this happens, the unanswered call shows up in the history as an answered call with a duration of 1 or 2 seconds.

Every WM6 rom I've tried has an issue where if you use the "Press and Hold" of the CommManager button to switch to and from Vibrate mode, that the ringtone may not play when not in vibrate mode. To work around this go to Settings > Phone and play your ringtone and your ringing will work again.

Official Download Sites for XDA Mobile 6 Release 3

I'll upload with more mirrors as they become available

XM6r3 Full Version

HTTP Download by n3rxs

SendSpace Mirror

XM6r3 Lite Version

HTTP Download by n3rxs

SendSpace Mirror

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