[Mogul, XV6800 ROM Development] scarface68:
4.1.2 Pro's / Cons

Before I list pro's and cons I want to acknowledge the fine work that DCD has done on all of his ROMs, I'd have given up on the titan long ago if it wasn't for the efforts of DCD (and others on this site). This post is meant to merely document my results not criticize the efforts of DCD...

Bit the bullet and Loaded 4.1.2 yesterday. A mixture of pro's and con's after a full day of use (Pro's outweigh the cons) .

Pro's

- Love the initial speed and the 27MB free memory after fresh reflash. A great reminder of what the device can do before I load it up with bloatware.

- Like the finger scrolling - seems to also work in file explorer and WMP

- MP3 Ringtone support without any modification (3.3.4 I had to add / edit to get MP3 Ringtone support.

- AAC Support in WMP without any add on's - not sure if this is intentional but AAC / MP3 files are working without adding any additional codec's.

- PIE is better in that it now supports more websites than the PIE with 3.3.4 (I.E. I can now log into my secure banking website which I couldn't do with the prior version of PIE). PIE still seems slower than Opera.

- USB to PC support remains the same as 3.3.4 - use this a lot to transfer MP3's w/o activesync in the way - big plus for me.

- No issues with Bluetooth - Two headsets (earbud and wireless stereo), a Car, and a PC all connected and functional.

- Dialer included allows you to get to the keypad during a call. The previous dialer wouldn't allow you to get to the keypad during a call and I had to use the hardware keypad to dial in access codes - I like the other dialer better but the keypad view on this dialer is necessary so I'll continue to use this dialer for now.

Con's

- Doesn't have the 3.3.4 dialer (which I had grown used to). (keypad in the Pro's outweighs the con)

- WMP shuts down a lot - this is the one item that could put me back to 3.3.4 - WMP behaves like there is an automatic task manager running that is killing background exe / processes. I use WMP extensively (O&A...) and with 3.3.4 I could have WMP in the background with practically any app running (TomTom, Word, Messaging, etc.) and it wouldn't close ever. I have edited the registry to change the background operation key to 1 which keep WMP running during power down but not when another app has focus. For example - If another app (file explorer) is in the foreground WMP will run for 20-30 seconds. I have 16-17MB free and WMP will automatically terminate if WMP is in the foreground it will run continuously - very annoying that it shuts down. I have HTC task manager installed and have the X configured for HOLD to terminate - same config I had with 3.3.4. Looks like I found the culprit - I was running "CloseApps" to save memory and apparently this is a known issue and has nothing to do with the ROM - CON retracted... http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-290561.html

- Not so much cons but new things I didn't have an explanation for. Found the following in the startup folder and didn't know what they did. Startkey, AutoShortcut. Not knowing exactly what they were I moved them to Temp and haven't seen any ill effects. Quick Google search for both showed descriptions and they didn't seem critical to operation so I've left them out of the startup folder.

My findings...