[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] AxxlPPC:
No better ROM on FSCT830 !

@powerbyte:

I used to ski with my T830 in my pocket when a snow came up. The device became wet. Instead of wipe it up I continued to used it. In some hour all the WM5.1(the original) items and functions disappeared. I became an owner of a cheap phone with call/hang up functions only. All my files have gone.

I have no option to claim or look for a service. And in the mean time I was a total newbie in ROMs. Have just installed apps in PPC and use them.

I just started to read this thread. I read in two days all the posts. I copied the main ROMs published and selected the comments by ROM into separate folders. I re-read them separated in order to get the main point of each. This took me two days by 9-10hours each.

I choosed your ROM (Beta4 was the last those days), crossed the fingers and started.. First I backed up all the personal docs.(They still appeared in PC) After I installed the original update available for the device at FS site. Then - your ROM.

Everything was FINE ! The device rebooted in WM6.1 !

Since two weeks I used it without problems. It synced immediately and recovered all my stuff from the laptop.

It is much more FAST than the original OS !! Faster OS, faster GPS, faster WiFi. Still not tested the BT only..

It is very stable and memory saving too!

Well, all the improvements you posted after Beta 4 are good and necessary. But w/o them the device is working also, and its very very stable.

I would to post later all the applications included in the ROM a well as all the applications I had on the SDs that started flawlessly right after the SDcard insertion and manual click on the respective .exe.

All the keys of the device were at their places and working. With on exception only: the PowerOn/Off key (see below).

You are A GENIUS ! You saved my life in a very critical moment and in the easiest way possible ! Thank you ! Thank you ! Thank you !

I will make a second post with detailed description of the steps and all apps I followed. I think this way could save someone else' time to read all these 1000+ posts. Or maybe to open a new thread with your ROMs only? AS They are really GOOD!

Now I would like to add to your ToDo list my opinion:

1.SDHC support. Yes, this is the main need I would to say. More than VideoCall (for me).

2.The Power Button (the Red One) in the original WM5.1 has a small menu appearing after press&Hold (I don't know its FS original name). It contains different ways to SwitchOff the device: StandBy; Complete Off; Hybernate; Flight Mode;Maximum Battery; Maximum Performance, etc. As far as I know the Complete Off option was the only way to Shut Down and Switch Off the device without Soft Reset. After Switch Off you can Turn On the device again from that button.

Now, within the Beta 4, there is NO menu under this button. A short press turns off the screen only. But the device is working in behind. If you press again for Turn On it starts from the WM6.1 screen, but not from the Igloo picture as it was before. I guess an incoming call can wake it up too (not tested).The same happens if you use the PowerOff option of the ROM-included program CPUScalar.

This way you cannot Switch Of the device in no way. The only possibility is to soft reset and to pull out the battery in the mean time.

So, my proposal is to include the FS original Menu under the RedButton.

3.You have included a few, but very good application in the ROMs. Will post them in my next preview.

I would like to ask you to include in the next release an Anti-Thief application. For example- EyeOnThieft. As it will take a special (Guard) role for the device it is good to be included in the ROM. Same is the developers' recommendation.

4.I would to suggest another Backup program too- either FS backup or Spb Backup. This PIM backup.. I am not sure it has the same capabilities as these two.

5.I would like to ask you : is it possible to implement in the ROM a (second) Hardware Keyboard that is additional to the English one?

Again, THANK you for your work ! It's Impressive ! Just like the original WM was in the beginning !

Best Regards

AxxlPPC