[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
XDA Mobile 6 Release 5 RC1

Christmas has come to the Wizard!

This is a Release Candidate! Click Here to dowload the Final version!

XDA Mobile 6 Release 5 (XM6r5 for short) is the fifth version (and most likely my last since I now have a Tilt/Kaiser phone) of the popular XM6 rom series for the Wizard. This ROM tries to bring the stability of XM6r3 to a rom similar to XM6r4 (which had a few issues).

XM6r5 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. 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 included in this (so its G4 "safe").

What's In XDA Mobile 6 Release 5?

Bolded items are new / upgraded from XM6r4

.NET CF 3.5

WkTask 1.1.7.3b (Latest Version)

Aserg's Touch Scroll Only

HButton (Enable multiple apps on hardware buttons)

HTC Action

HTC TOUCH Dialer with enhanced keypad numbers by peu

HTC Voice Recorder

WMP Touch style skin

PPC Contacts Manager

QuickMenu

MortPlayer

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

Schap's Advanced Configuration Tool v1.1 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 (SMS and MMS are split apart and not merged) The bug in r4 has been corrected in r5

Notepad editor

Pocket RAR

SIP Config

SK tsync (Time Synchronization)

Total Commander Beta 2.5 Beta 3

PIM Backup to 2.5

Esmertec Java Manager (replaces the standard Midlet Manager)

Oxios Memory

Windows Live Search searches via Google

WM5torage 1.78Beta4

SIM Manager

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

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

WinXplore 0.4

Mortscript 4.1

Blue / Gray Onscreen Keyboard

20 Onscreen Keyboard skins that you can choose to use!

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

StartClean

PocketScreen (Screen Capture tool)

1-Calc Lite

PeekPocket 1.5

MoDaCo NoData (so you can turn off data sources)

Smartskey 0.60 (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

BT Crawler

Call2Contact

Camera 3

Freecell (a Solitaire card game)

Tetris - game

Some new and fun ring tones - Nokia death, R2D2, Oldphone and Wolf Howl)

REMOVED: FingerFriendlyFriends This is now a commercial product

REMOVED: TodayAgenda 1.0 Due to a bug in r4 - Install via cab and the bug doesn't happen.

REMOVED: Adobe Reader LE

REMOVED: Battery Gauge - WkTask now does this

REMOVED: SuperDoku v1.1 - Install via cab now

Mods made in XM6r5

In addition to the apps listed above, the following fixes and mods were made to improve the user experience on XM6r5

Changing ringtone now stays changed when you leave the Phone app

Using press and hold on CommManager button toggles vibrate on and off, and phone does NOT stay stuck in vibrate / no ring mode

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)

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

Press Button 1 for messaging (like normal) or hold it a little longer and HTC Action will come up (via HButton)

WkTask setup to not show Phone and Activesync as running apps in task bar

QuickMenu enabled for nice drop down and cascading start menu

Touch Scroll only is active so use your finger to scroll in most places

Button 4 starts the WkTask Launcher by default. Press and hold Button 4 to start Voice Recorder app

ROM now remembers new words in custom dictionary

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

When entering a contact in the "To:" field it does not link to the outlook contacts, it instead shows suggested words. You can tap the word "to" and it will go to the contact list no problem.

After the initial flash, some have reported that QuickMenu pops open the start menu when you are supposed to tap the screen to start the phone setup. Just wait a second or two and it will close by itself. Or tap anywhere on the screen and it should close so you can begin the normal setup procedure.

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.

Official Download Sites for XDA Mobile 6 Release 5 RC1

I'll upload with more mirrors as they become available.

HTTP Download - Thanks mengesb!

HTTP Mirror - Thanks DJayRage!

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