[P3400 ROM Development] krazy_about_technology:
IMPORTANT: From now on, i will post ready to use XIP and SYS for the Visual Kitchen i have posted. You can download the base kitchen once and just update these files as specified in the kitchen thread to get the ROMs. The Kitchen thread is here :

Sumits Customized Visual Kitchen 1.8.1 for HTC Gene

Hey Guys,

Here is the WM6.5 avatar of my good old Pro Users ROM for WM6.1. The philosophy behind this ROM is same as it was with the original one, To provide a complete, unadulterated experience of Windows Mobile 6.5 to Gene Users, with a balance of features and performance to make the most out of our phones.

Thanks to my dear friends Ankit360, Da_G, joojoobee666, monkeybape and others for sharing the SYS and XIP, Ramerson, Helgee, Bepe and Ervius for their guidance, the great cooking tutorial and the fabulous PlatformReBuilder based kitchen which i used to cook this ROM.

Details of Current ROMs :

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OS Version : Windows Mobile 6.5 (CE OS 5.2.21864/23052 Build 21864.5.0.81 / 23052.5.3.0)

Free Phone Memory : ~47-48 MB

Free RAM on Start up : ~21-23.7 MB

@ Page Pool : 8 MB

Protection Status: Non Dumpable, Kitchen Included :)

Screenshots:

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I dont think these are required as the ROM has plain vanilla look of WM 6.5 with classic blue theme applied.

Notes :-

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COM2, COM3, COM4, MD1 etc are name of different development chains at Microsoft and each of these branch has a particular build number pattern. Some of the branches have splitted from a previous one when development reached at a certain level while others are created by OEMs like HTC, Sony, Samsung etc for their own specific development purposes. Currently, COM2, COM3 and COM4 branches are having new updates.

COM2 branch is the 218xx series, it has the old WM 6.5 RTM style look which is perfect for a QVGA screen as of now. This branch is almost feature complete and is now being optimized for performance.

COM3 branch is 230xx series and its having the latest UI changes right now, with start menu and ok/close buttons at bottom, plus a thinner upper bar and a fat lower bar due to transfer of buttons from top to down and increase in their size to make them finger friendly. The softkey indicators are also on the bottom bar and are now in shape of buttons instead of flat text. This branch builds also have drag and drop in start menu and not-returning-to-today screen type settings menu.

With latest release of this branch, 23041, the whole set of changes it brought have been merged with COM4 branch so its highly unlikely that a new build will come in this one.

COM4 Branch is 234xx branch, is the official Windows Mobile 6.5.x branch and is the one receiving all the latest updates.

[Information Source : Da_g]

Download Links: Current Version (Build 21864/23052)

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[COM2 Tree Build]

SYS and XIP for my customized Visual Kitchen (New & Old Gene)(v 9.0c2 build 21864) :

http://www.mediafire.com/?jzjzjjamyjw

[COM3 Tree Build]

SYS and XIP for my customized Visual Kitchen (New & Old Gene)(v 8.8c3 build 23052) :

http://www.mediafire.com/?tlzgnzmyznn

Previous Version :

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[COM3 Tree Build]

Kitchen New and Old Gene (OEM+XIP+SYS) (v 8.7c3 build 23047) :

http://www.mediafire.com/?wd5hmgoj1gd

[COM2 Tree Build]

SYS and XIP for my customized Visual Kitchen (New & Old Gene)(v 8.9c2 build 21859) :

http://www.mediafire.com/?m1jzzyaj1t4

Archived Version :

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[COM3 Tree Build]

Kitchen New and Old Gene (OEM+XIP+SYS) (v 8.5 build 23017) :

http://www.mediafire.com/?qnky0mmz3j2

ROM New Gene (Version 8.0 build 23016) :

http://www.mediafire.com/?5qxhodt4k20

ROM Old Gene (v 8.0 build 23016) :

http://www.mediafire.com/?zd5yzzerodz

Kitchen New and Old Gene (OEM+XIP+SYS) (v 8.0 build 23016) :

http://www.mediafire.com/?yxinamnwnzm

Changes (if any)

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Build 21864

- Even Faster performance :)

- Settings Menu in Start Menu now does not returns to Today screen after choosing a setting icon. It returns to the menu and you can change another setting.

Build 23052

- New UI, with almost fully functional themes now.

- You can drag and drop icons to rearrange them in Start Menu and it doesnt returns to today on choosing a settigns icon

- Stable memory consumption, Performance is also great.

- Top bar is now tappable in every screen

- The working of default Windows Mobile spell checker and suggestions has been improved, previously it use to get in your way of typing, now it re-orients itself according to the space left on screen.

- The icon problem introduced in 23047 is gone and UI items are getting more arranged. But the ugly radio buttons are back for some strange reasons and the Today item selection screen in Settings>Homescreen shows magenta colored transparency mask around checkboxes, looks tacky :o

Please post your views, reviews, opinions etc etc about how fruitful my work was :)

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