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PROJECT CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE - PLEASE READ POST ABOVE

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Introducing the BlackRain ROM Series, based on Topaz/Rhodium Original ROM's.

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UPDATE: I will be posting from my PPC A lot of the time, answering questions and so forth. I'm actually making this post, and trying to answer questions from my PPC right now. For this reason,

when you ask a question, look in the Third (3rd) post on this page, and see if you question is answered there

. I will answer all popular Questions there instead of posting individually. Also, don't worry. The reason the ROM hasn't been posted is this. I only found a File Host a couple of hours ago. Since then, I haven't been home to post the Files. All these updates and answers are coming from my Diamond. So as soon as I get home sometime thru the night, and get set up on the File Hosting site, I will provide you with a link.

Introduction:

The BlackRain ROM Project was started by myself, and a few friends in the Tech Department at the Company I work for. The Development of this ROM originally began for personal use only, and was never actually intended for public release. However, over the past few weeks, seeing how big the request was for Topaz/Rhodium Ports, we decided to release it here on the one and only XDA-Developers Forum.

BlackRain is a fully functional ROM, with very few, known issues as of right now. However, like any new port, there could be some bugs. Any problems you experience, please feel free to report them directly to me, and we'll try out best to take care of them.

Last but not least, I have to state that this Project will be done at the fastest pace we can acheive. All three members who have been working on this ROM work everyday in ThirdPary Software Development. And truthfully, when we get home, we sometimes do not want to work on anything else. We will log on everyday to answer questions and help you as much as possible, but I will not gaurantee any updates dates, or even guess at them. All I will say is we will have a final version within the next 3 weeks.

ROM INFO:

Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional

CE OS 5.2.21734

Memory: 204.4

Main Features:

* XBmod Manila Rhodium VGA Port (Updated - Minor Issues)

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Topaz Phone Canvas (Fully Functional)

*HTC TouchFlo 3_0_33125_0

*Audio Booster (Tachi)

*HTC YouTube (Tachi)

*Menu Enhancment

*Notifcation Enhancment

*MusicID

*Teeter 1.6

*MP3 Trimmer (Tachi)

*Topaz Keyboard w/Arrows (Portrait/Landscape Fully Functional)

*HTC Camera 6.25 (Bugs Fixed)

*Album 3.0.1914.1129.1 (Bugs Fixed)

*Quick GPS (Topaz)

*Internet Explorer 6 (Fully Functional)

*Opera 9.5 Build 15613

*Much More!

Known Issues:

*When Adding Contact From Call History, Application Will Crash (Manila DOES NOT CRASH. The Call History Screen Simply Closes & You Return to the homescreen when this happens.) Will be fixed in next version.

*Mark All As Read Feature DOES NOT WORK. Delete All Feature still functions perfect. (Will Update In Next Release)

*AudoManager Tab In Manila Crashes. (This Is a Mistake On our Part. We have included a 2 second fix for this which you can download from below. Details Below.

*Thats All Folks!! We have been testing this ROM for three days now on 3 Seperate Alltel Touch Diamonds, and these are the only issues any of us has experienced. We have not had one single crash from manila, nor any other application for that matter. We are not experiencing any of the more commong bugs, such as ring delay from previous s2a versions, or any others. Th eonly draw back on this entire ROM is not being able to add contacts from call history. This feature works 1 out of 5 times, however, IT WILL NOT CRASH MANILA IF YOU TRY!! In other words, this ROM is fully ready for everyday, heavy usage.

AUDIO MANAGER FIX:

To solve the issue with the Audio Tab, simply download the "AudioTab_Fix.rar" rom below. Extract contents into your windows directory, and choose "yes" when it asks if you wish to overwrite any files. You will be good to go then.

We Will have this fixed in the new couple of days. We simply forgot to include these "fixed" files in the ROM.

Thats it for now. I will be posting screen shots within the next hour or so, as soon as I get home from the office. Once we figure out about posting the ROM, I will aslo update the thread with all possilbe information on the ROM (channel log/features/etc.)

IMPORTANT

Ok guys & gals, heres the big catch. We are ready to post this ROM right this second. It's packaged up, and ready to go. However, it is to large to post right here on the forum itself. And like I said, we did not plan on releasing this to the public until here recently, therefore we never set up an offsite account to host this file.

If anyone wishes to host this ROM for us,we would be more than happy to do that. If no one is able to, we WILL NOT BE ABLE TO POST THE ROM until Saturday, possibly even Monday. No matter what, we will have the ROM posted here by Monday Morning. If you wish to host this file for us, just PM me and let me know, or post a comment in this thread. If anyone wishes to do this, it only needs to be hosted until monday, and we will move it to our own offsite account.​

UPDATE​

Wow guys!!!! Honestly, when I opened this thread today, I personally thought that you would be waiting until Monday before you seen this ROM posted. However, to my suprise, I recieved 14 replies & offers of file hosting in under an hour after posting!!! THATS AMAZING!!!!! It actually makes me glad to have decided to share this with the fourm!

Now, I have actually found someone to host ALL of the files for me! Not only will we be posting the BlackRain ROM, we will aslo be sharing the OEM Packages for new version of manila, as well as the new phone canvas. But wait, dont worry. If things go as planned, WE WILL HAVE CAB FILES for these applications as well.

I am actually updating you all from my Diamond right this second, and it is getting kind of rough on the eyes :). I hope to be home in a few hours, and as soon as I do, I will be sending the files to be posted and will then share the links with you all. Thanks for the support!!!

NOTE: I am trying to answer as many of you quesitons throughout the thread as possible. Keep in mind, I am, and will be doing alot of posting from my PPC due to the crazy hours I work, and the little time spent at home. So if your reply, or any future updates are a little "off/mispelled", just cut me a little slack lol.

THANKS GOES TO:

XboxMod - If it wasn't for his por to manila, we would have probably never even started on this ROM. Eventhough we done some work to fine tune this, all the credit goes to him period!!!

Dharvey - For hosting all the files that are needed, from OEM's to cab's, down to the ROM's themselves!!

I3V5y - For doing the .cab files that will make life so much easier on you all!!!

Much more that I will mention when I'm actually posting from a PC!!!