[Wing, P4350 ROM development] robpet2:
[RELEASE-06/Aug/2008] * ITsPapaBlack RC6 * 20273.1.3.3 WING

Okay after a little experimentation with ThrottleLauncher and a backup, and now another fresh start with this rom, here comes my review on papas new rom. First of all great work and many thanks to papa for cooking up a great rom, time and hard work ( away from traveling the mountains on the new bike, and teaching ) to create something for us flash-a-holics.

Not much has changed from the RC5 series ( THE BUILD IS WHAT MAKES THE BIG DIFFERENCE FROM THE RC5.3). But it is still great work, very fast - really don’t have to overclock it. But lets cut to the chase and break it down..

After initial flash:

Storage	Programs

49.95	51.81	Total

6.13	25.50	In Use

43.82	26.31	Free

But the Program ram changes as time goes by… Ive had it as high as 28.14 available… then dropped to 27.xxmb available with no apps installed.

Same programs included in the rom that were included in the RC5 series, so im not gonna list them.

Plus I had plenty of time to play with this rom all day ( but I had throttle launcher installed and running - my review is based on the rom without throttle launcher - but will list the performance of it at the end of this review for those interested )

Included apps for everyday usage ( that I use everyday ) functionality.

ACTIVESYNC - Works great no problems just make sure you set up the Connections Setttings first.

Battery - Very strong lasted me the whole day at work. Only hooked it up to the charger for about an hour for the ride home from work.

Connection Settings ( Network Wizard ) - Not included in this rom, but recommended to set up your network or you can fill in your own carriers settings in connections.

Contacts - Icontacts is cooked into the rom but is not set up for the soft key but you can always assign it.

Calendar - its there what do you expect - but today agenda is also on the home screen in the tab for UL so you have you upcoming appointments right there for you.

Camera - Works great no issues.

Dial pad - works great, good old papas theme keys.

Messaging - works great out the box, threaded sms works, MMS WORKS - NO HACK NEEDED.

Bluetooth - Works great, easy to ocnnect to device.

Weather - Set it up with Battery status ( edit the .xml see first post on how to do it )

WiFi - Not tested ( I don’t use ).

Internet - works enough said.

Games - GET YOUR OWN GAMES - PAPA DON’T PLAY NO GAMES!!!!…

Office - its there so use it, no issues with it.

Internet Sharing - ( not Tested - I have total internet )

Media Player -

Windows Media Player - black skin and works great.

HTC audio manager - Black theme - and works great.

TCMCP - Works great.

After installing several of my programs:

Aol instant messenger

Astraware bejeweled 2

Ateksoft Webcamera Plus

Quickemenu

Aces Texas Hold em

Uno Classic

Pocket Artist

SD Config tool

Java Pack 1.2.0

Guitar Hero 3

.Net Framework

MS Live Search

MS Voice Command 1.6

Palringo

Pocket RAR

Real Dragon Loan Assist

Resco Brain Games

FlashVideoBundle

Btaudio

Spb backup

Spb screenshot

Vtap

Windows live

you tube player

Network wizard ( uninstalled it after I set my network up )

After installing my apps and UNINSTALLING NETWORK WIZARD program ram went to about 25.00mbs after soft reset…

Then drops to about 20.xx mb

Then drops again after sliding the keyboard out a couple of times to 16.3mb ( while plugged up to pc )

Doing another soft reset as I type this without it plugged up to the pc @ 25.xxmb again. So there might be a leak somewhere - but I will do a back up with all my stuff installed and run the rom bare just to see how the memory performs, cause I know some apps and programs can cause a conflict in the memory like MS voice command.

Overall this is a great rom, really no need for overclocking - even though I do it as a reflex once I get my wing set up - but I have been using the dynamic overclock feature of battery status. Papa really put in a lot of work on this rom, no bugs that I can find yet but will continue testing over the next few days.

NOW HERE IS MY BREIF REVIEW OF RC6 - AFTER SELF INSTALLING THROTTLE LAUNCHER

* for those that want to use it.

I installed throttle launcher 9.3 beta just to see how it works before installing all the apps that I usually use when flashing, and after doing the minor setup changes that thottle launcher requires ( put the zip for the weather and a couple of settings modifications ), also had to disable UL and battery status today plug in( still trying to figure out how to keep the battery status top bar showing at all times ) it was a green light. Throttle launcher runs real good on this rom but there were a few issues that I ran into while using it all day. The sliding sounds / refresh feature that is in this rom causes a lot of memory to taken up mixed with the amount of ram required for throttle launcher to run. I was probably at 15mb all day free and 20mb of ram to start with on reboot. Throttle launcher worked pretty fast especially with the device overclocked. Its not a bad thing about using throttle launcher cause it also had the black theme that I liked so It looked real good . I did have throttle launcher freeze up a few times on the screen but you can still navigate to the settings tab and reload throttle and it fixes the issue.

THIS PART OF THE REVIEW IS ONLY FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO CHANGE THE TODAY SCREEN SETUP TO THROTTLE LAUNCHER - I AM NOT PROMOTING IT - BUT I GET pm’s ABOUT OTHER SET UPS ON TOP OF PAPAS ROM !!!!

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So in all thanks Papa for the great rom!!!!

Thanks Skillzzz for the template..

* after typing all of this now my program ram is now 23.8mb after soft reset and not pressing anything after one hibernate !!!