[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] PG101:
Report - Energy CHT Rom 20th April

Hi Guys,

Thought I will pen down my two cents :) This is my first time on Energy ROM. Havent come across a ROM that Boots so quickly and actually initiates quicker than any other ROM after a hard reset. CONGRATS!

ROM: Energy CHT 20 April

Radio: 2.07.50.27_2

HSPL: Bepe and Coutulla HSPL1

Process:

1. Task 29

2. Flashed Stock

3. Flashed Radio

4. Flashed Energy ROM via SD Card

5. HR

6 Good to GO :)

External Apps:

1. ClearTemp 1.3

2. G-Alarm

3. KeypadLed Control

4. Opera 9.7 (Caliban Browser)

Registry Tweaks:

1. Auto data discnnect set to 10 seconds if idle

2. Autorotation off

Feedback:

General: Quite fast and smooth. Love the eye candy and the fact that Ameba is installed.

1.

Responsiveness:

Fast and stable with minimum or no mis clicks

2.

Fluidity:

Very smooth

3.

Lock Screen Issue:

When the CHT lock is in place the screen as some erratic behaviour, as lock while in call, screen still turned off when moved away from the ears. tried all settings but in vain - so now back to tradtional WinMo Lock.

3.

Messaging:

Love the old fashioned messaging - restored 2900 messages and all going well.

4.

Ameba:

Remapped long press start to open task manager and disabled vibration feedback

5.

Arkswitch:

Unchecked "start on boot" as I dont like this one anyway. So now it doesnt load when I reboot.

6. Office Mobile, camera, camcord, notes, Digital compass, FB, twitter, Reader, music player.. all applications working like they should.

7.

Photos:

Seem to be much fluid and responsive.

8.

Contacts:

As organised as possible. Noticed that while assigning a contact photo from the album one cant zoom in or zoom out to fit what you want in the crop box. You can only move the crop box and get whatever is best.

9.

Opera:

replaced with 9.7 - love the browser.. easy to zoom and ofcourse much faster. Only issue is if you install Turbo then it doesnt save your passwords. Not a ROM issue.

10.

Cleartype:

Missing

11.

Wifi:

Working flawlessly.

12.

Wifi Router:

Connecting to the PC. A little erratic connection (at times), slow at times and super fast sometimes. I think this is a connection problem and not ROM related. Working otherwise. Tried with 2 laptops linked to my HD2 thru the WiFi Router.

13.

GPRS:

Very quick connections.

14.

GPS:

Satellite lock in approx 12-15 seconds.

15.

Bluetooth:

Problem while trying to connect to other phones or to the PC. The BT Headset works fine.

Applications not tried or I dont work with

Remote Desktok, Bing, Parlingo, RSS (never got this working anyway).

Recommendations

1. Could add in CleanRam

2. ArkSwitch and Ameba interfere at times, and so have to manually exclude it in Ameba. This could be cooked in the ROM.

3. If you/someone can look into the screen lock problem when using CHT lock, would be great

4. Maybe, place the traditional WinMo lock towards the bottom of the screen rather than middle. More user friendly.

Overall, it is quite a stable ROM... and much deserved glass of whiskey from my side... (Confirmation number: 3CH48204P72939944).

CHEERS!

Sorry for taking up the whole page, but your ROM deserved it :)