yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] exhno:
I want a Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM with the following:

1. MS Office, Internet Explorer, calculator, etc. (the stuff you kind of assume comes with Windows Mobile)

2. Touch scrolling (I don't know if that's normally part of 6.1 or not...)

3. Some kind of connection setup wizard with T-Mobile for the US as an option

4. The HTC task manager would also be nice, but optional

5. My primary language is English, so I would prefer an English ROM

So I pretty much just want a pretty clean WM6.1 ROM... I feel like something like this should exist, but I haven't really been satisfied by any ROM I have tried so far. Does anyone know of one like this that already exists?

EDIT (this is for a future post because I don't want to take this off topic more): Thanks LivArt; I hadn't tried his yet. The included programs he listed always looked further from clean than I was hoping for. I finally flashed it and it's pretty good. :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] LivArt:
exhno: cracings last 6.1 ;)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] iFilae:
I want a WM6.5 New GUI. like Cracing's ROM without Manila 2D.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] janneman22:
New GUI is good:D. Like manilla 2.5
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] n2rjt:
What I want in a ROM

a) Stable. Most ROMs nowadays are stable, but I remember when they crashed a lot.

b) Enough free RAM to run programs, without having to reboot. I really like the latest CRACING rom, except that there are several programs that won't launch unless I've just rebooted.

c) Fast. For our poor Wizard, that usually means overclocking support. So build in TodayScreen++ or some other overclocker. And make it fast even without overclocking.

d) Finished. Don't give me dead links, like on the Internet panel of M2D. Don't leave out camera or MMS either. Naked is okay, but what is in the rom needs to be complete, and seem not like a work in progress.

e) Some things just work better when in a ROM, like M2D and Office. Put those in, whether I use them or not.

f) Anything that would run fine in Storage Card, or anything that is being actively developed so that new versions are coming out, keep those OUT of the rom.

Of the roms available on these forums, I like the following quite a bit.

This isn't ordered: I have a hard time picking a favorite. Don't believe my signature: I'm running RoryB's latest rom today.

S.V.I. / RoryB's Angel series: best 6.1 complete

CRACING's CR96 Touch HD series: best 6.5 complete

xda2_haseeb: some awesome 6.5 roms, looking forward to the New Year

md_bluelily's MSD series: best 6.5 naked

Any of the "alpha" roms by Ham3r: awesome 6.5 and best 6.1 naked rom.

In terms of home screens:

Chome is nice but a bit too minimal, and disables the old plugins.

M2D is beautiful and functional but takes too much ram, disables old plugins.

HTC Home is simple, good enough, works with plugins.

SPB 3.5 is best, fully functional, less ram than M2D, works with plugins.

But you can't put SPB in your rom (it's commercial).

So I'd vote for (in order) HTC Home, CHome, M2D.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Cyberdyne:
Which OS?

I like it fingerfriendly so I would prefer WM6.5.x (with new style GUI).

Which TodayScreen?

M2D looks good but needs a lot of packages (and space) in the kitchen. It also eats up a way to much RAM. If you want other features with M2D you can not use additional today-plugins and last but not least our wizard has a slide-out keyboard and even the new M2D 2.0 has no real landscape-mode.

CHome does not need so much RAM, it has a landsacape-mode and there are already quit a lot of extra plugins. But you need special CHome-plugins and you cannot use normal today-plugins, it does not look good and the features and the controll are just to minimal.

HTC-Home is quit old but it works in landscape, needs only very little RAM and you can still run other today-plugins (like calendar+). It has no slide-effects but still is extremly fingerfriendly.

For me HTC Home (with calendar+) is still the best!

Which additional Software?

With HTC Home you don't need CHome Editor or M2DC. I don't even use HTC Home Config. ;)

With WM6.5.x (without M2D) you also don't need extra touchflo stuff.

Important software:

- Total Commander

- WM5torage

- calendar+

- HTC Album (2.x works much better than 3.x!)

- a good text editor (more important than all the Office stuff)

- I would also add a Midlet-Manager like Esmertec Jbed

I also use TomTom and S2U2 but I would not include them in my ROM.

Last but not least I want a german ROM so I cooked my SKYNET ROM!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] n2rjt:
I pretty much agree, but I use Office for work stuff, believe it or not.

Oh, and I need a rom in English.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] agenna:
6.5 with new GUI

Try Bluelilly's or X2H's
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sitelister:
Does anyone here know if any of the 6.5 ROMs come with support for DRM? That is - Rhapsody, Napster, Zune transfers of songs?

On Valkyrie and Unoff I'm getting "The device does not support synchronization of subscription content" when trying to transfer using Windows Media Player.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harveydent:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=606565

This thread has the DRM cab ripped from the X2. Haven't tried it yet, so I'm not sure it'll work. Be sure to backup everything before using it. :D
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] augie7107:
Read the thread well because almost no one has had success installing this DRM cab.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cemetry:
I've tested about 5 Roms for the X2 Slideview. DRM isn't installable on all Roms so far...

cemetry
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ultrashot:
It is normal because current DRM disallows you to install new one. And cab isn't full
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cemetry:
Could we get DRM working if we have a ROM without the old DRM?

Maybe we can find the needing files of the X2 Rom which is uploaded...

Have read that we also have XIP and Sys.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arnie580:
Does anyone know if any progress has been made on this front yet please as I am now wanting to update but cannot seem to find a definitive answer?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draken Korin:
Mod edit: not dev related, moved to general
[HD2 General] Bence:
When I receive email I hear sound and vibrating...but I dont want the device to vibrate, but there is only option for reminders which says: email notification - on/off...

So...I can only have both, sound and vibrating, or none?
[HD2 General] lovebell:
have you tried to touch the left side "New e-mail message" ? Not right side "OFF/ON" switch..
[HD2 General] marius323:
How to setup mail do not internet blocke my pictures and download all the massage???
[HD2 General] bramgg:
Hi all,

I was wondering if I can't start a partition for the sms problem for leo. This is still a phone people and the two major functions of a phone are to be able to call and send text messages. Meanwhile all HTC seems to do is fix some little calendar and sd-card bugs but where is the

WORKING

fix for the sms messaging problem? I think if we start a petition and show HTC how much people are struggling with this problem, they will need to hurry up and fix this problem once and for all. Only problem is that I don't know how to start this off and I could use a little help. Thnx in advance.

Grtz

P.S. Still loving my snappy Leo, but it's very frustrating when you can't send messages when you're used to do this a lot..
[HD2 General] russeini:
totally agree. they should stop all other fixing not fixing anythng nd work on this issue.
[HD2 General] wacky.banana:
I don't believe in petitions; needs someone to organise, etc.

Better idea, if you feel so strongly about it, is to write to HTC's technical department and copy their publicity and marketing people in.

WB
[HD2 General] Fonzy85:
i dont know which problem you talk about.

but there is already a hotfix for sms-problem from htc.

http://www.htc.com/de/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=297&cat=0&dl_id=812

i hope this will help you. otherwise, which problem do you mean?
[HD2 General] reeco:
He knows that, but that hotfix dosent work. This is why he put

WORKING

hotfix in his message. HTC need to sort this out. coz i'm seriously thinking of selling this phone and getting another iPhone now.
[HD2 General] DexyG:
Protip: The hotfix works. If it doesn't, you're doing it wrong.
[HD2 General] jaoropez:
doesnt work
[HD2 General] bzdemes:
Gotta agree hot fix did nothing for me. Seriously annoying trying to send messages. Its rather embarrassing when i show off the phone!

The only thing that gets me by is the little work around someone suggested. When loading a contact Open and Close the menu(bottom right) then you can type. Its annoying but much faster than waiting for nearly a minute to start typing.
[HD2 General] harky:
they should remove and return me back the old classic outlook sms!!!!
[HD2 General] max1274:
Exactly, when people use the phone to try it out and it gets stuck on one of the most basic functions, they just think "why would someone use a phone that doesn't text?". It won't do much for the "i want one" mentality that HTC want people to have when they see their friends using their phones.
[HD2 General] _tangent:
What makes you think so? There are loads of people who've installed the fix and experienced the bug since. And more are cropping up every day. Just because some people haven't had the bug come back after installing the fix doesn't mean it wont. Some users had the phone for weeks before the bug cropped up initially. Moreover, HTC themselves are not advertising the hotfix as relating in anyway to the stuck outbox problem. The accompanying description on their site is a load of marketing speak nonsense.
[HD2 General] TonyJ999:
My 2p worth.

Firstly I have a love hate relationship with HTC Messaging. I've always used PocketCM anyway instead of the standard MS c#@* and it has worked lovely until the recent ROMS came along. Now it simply won't run alongside. Just crashes out. I don't know why and the developer can't assist as he does not have a machine to test it with and can't recreate the issue etc, etc...

Last week T-Mobile made me an offer that could not be refused and so I upgraded to the HD2. It has been with some trepidation that I have used it the past week or so as I send and receive a lot of texts on a daily basis but I have to say I have not had the problems you guys are having. They go straight away and there is none of the lag that has been reported. I'm beginning to think I must be very lucky! On the other hand I would agree that to me the two basics of these phones that must work faultlessly are the calls themselves and SMS. The fact that there is issues is pretty dreadful...

My next hope is the arrival of hacking SPL so I can flash a decent ROM onto the device and hopefully one without this program built in!!
[HD2 General] sunking101:
The SMS outbox build-up (and therefore non-sending) bug is intermittent. I had it after around 4 days on my original handset. I installed the hotfix immediately upon unboxing the replacement and encountered the problem within 24 hours. There is also another, more nasty and even more intermittent SMS bug - mentioned by only a couple of people on this forum - and that is texts going to someone other than the intended recipient. I have had it happen twice to me and that is enough to give me ZERO confidence in sending texts on this device. I don't discuss

anything

that I would be embarrassed about if it were to get into the wrong hands. This is a bit of a disaster for a seasoned texter like myself, I used to text more than I made calls.

HTC need to address this, they obviously can't locate the 'bug' or don't fully understand the problem. Intermittent faults are notoriously difficult to fix as they never occur when the 'tester' is checking for them. Therefore if a fault cannot be replicated, how can it ever be fixed? My 2 cents is that the whole messaging app should be rewritten from scratch and the plans for the old system should not be looked at - it should all be fresh. If they can't find the bug, write some new code.
[HD2 General] TonyJ999:
Now that would be a major pain in the a#*&! As I've said I believe I must have struck lucky and have none of those issues but if I did.... God doesn't bear thinking about! :D

+1 to that idea but I wouldn't hold your breathe!!
[HD2 General] Funk2641:
One again, I repeat: I haven't seen anyone in America have this issue. I use ATT and have no issues with texts. None. I've had my HD2 for almost a whole month, as well.

*knocks on wood*
[HD2 General] bramgg:
Lucky indeed

That's the problem. Although I've read and followed these threads about this problem as they came across the forum, I had'nt had any problems myself and considered myself lucky too! But after regaining confidence in messaging with my leo, and I started to send texts again it turned out this problem occurs quite random. Sometimes I send a text and it gets delivered right away, but another time I'll send a text and a few others to other recipients, and they all get delivered 2 days later!! That's where it gets tricky for HTC I think. Then again, if they are able to create these beautiful devices, they're certainly able to rewrite a flawless messaging-app from scratch.. Only hope that this will be fixed soon Or HardSPL will be released soon.
[HD2 General] kenkiller:
If you're saying that, YOU know nothing.
[HD2 General] PJTOUCHHD:
I too suffer this problem.

Today I got really pi**ed with it and uninstalled the Hotfix, leaving just the ROM Update, so far so good - probably just today though!

This is a really buggy phone throughout though, probably the worst I've had, but somehow this appeals to me deep down:confused:
[HD2 General] Eoinoc:
I've had the phone since November, seen the sms problem only twice. Kinda got the impression that it only occurs if the phone has been on a good while, i.e a number of charges with no soft-resets. That could easily be coincidence.

Both times also after spotting the messages in the outbox and doing a soft reset the queued messages sent.
[HD2 General] pympster:
Still not working for me too :(
[HD2 General] TonyJ999:
+1 to that comment...!:D
[HD2 General] :
The stock ROM is definitely a disaster...the HTC staff that creates this stock ROM should be kick out...

To solve the SMS issue permenantly, goto

Settings > Menu > All Settings > Connections > Advanced Network > SMS Service.

Change from "GPRS Preferred" to "GSM".

Remember to perform this operation again if you hard-reset your device.
[HD2 General] bramgg:
Thanx a lot! first message I send got delivered right away!:D Keeping my fingers crossed from now on..
[HD2 General] KB24@CL:
I really have no idea what this SMS problem is...

I have NEVER EVER had ANY problems with sending short messages...

I would send/recieve SMS instantly. I don't even have the SMS fix installed since I have no issues with it.

Could it be that this is not just a hardware/software issue? maybe with some networks it has this issues while with others it doesn't?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] dequinha:
how I remove a program that already comes with the rom?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ClydeB1:
Mostly you can't. Sometimes the rom installs the files during initial set up and these are removable as a normal program. Files that are cooked in can;t be removed.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] dequinha:
because I already searched in the list and alone it appears the programs that I installed… help please
[HD2 General] doubleburgerbarr:
When copying IGO8 to my SD card i couldn't find a way to add the program to the quicklinks.

I'm using Vovichek_Jamrecords 16 TT UPDATED.cab so have 16 icons (why the hell can't we have as many icons as we want, just like the iphone).

First i added a program to quicklings in the normal way (in my case i used copilot), then used a registry editor (mobileregistryeditor so i can use it from the desktop) and in HKLM\Software\HTC\Manila\Home there are the folders 0 to 16 (9 if you've not installed Vovichek), enter these directories, and you will see "ExePath" and "IconPath", edit these to "\Storage Card\iGO8\iGO8.exe", save and then reboot.

There MAY be a way to have these changes take effect without a reboot, can anyone advise on this ?.

AND WHY can't we rearrange the quicklinks, just like on the iphone ?
[HD2 General] omershahab:
Thanks a lot, exactly what I was looking for!
[HD2 General] barty22:
You can also simply create a shortcut to iGO8 (a .lnk file) in Windows\Start Menu\Programs. Resco Explorer can even do it automatically for you :) After that you will find the programs in quicklinks program list.
[G1 Android Development] defconoi:
ok managed to add a ramhack boot.img to eclair from WGBuild102-CFS-RHack

no issues noticed yet, simply download the boot.img from:

http://drop.io/eclairamhack

adb flash_image boot /sdcard/boot.img

adb shell reboot

Optionally you can do this all from within your G1/MT3G through terminal emulator after you download the boot.img

Enjoy 10mb more ram & a nice speed increase :D

d e f c o n

Known Bugs:

Kills Bluetooth(I dont use it so I dont care)
[G1 Android Development] kaizasoshi:
terminal won't work for me on mytouch, Tried to download terminal and better terminal, but it won't download or FC's got any suggestions? I'm on Manup's Rom.
[G1 Android Development] vixsandlee:
use adb

.....
[G1 Android Development] johnnylicious:
CONFIRMED this works perfect and increases speed indeed!

thanks

using MT3G
[G1 Android Development] makethetick:
Thanks, works great on G1 with manup's v1.3 :cool:
[G1 Android Development] sacredsoul:
Confirmed working on manup's 1.3. Just to update instructions a little.

adb shell

flash_image boot /sdcard/boot.img

reboot

If you get some I/O error the first time round, dont panic. Simply run flash_image boot /sdcard/boot.img again and reboot. I am getting 50mb free from TaskPanel. Good job!
[G1 Android Development] djunio:
Works like the othe ram hacks but kills bluetooth like the others as well
[G1 Android Development] jroid:
not for nuthin but.. was it really necessary to post a whole new thread for this??.. I've had this working a while ago..... and it's not really somethin so hard to do..

so anyways, my findings on these boot.img's are:

Bfs= slower

cfs= faster/snappier

i always go with cfs on eclair, its proved to be alot snappier and responsive than bfs has
[G1 Android Development] djunio:
Is bluetooth working on your eclair with the hack?
[G1 Android Development] exile20:
You knew this a while ago and kept it to yourself? Not cool man.

Thanks defconoi, it works great.
[G1 Android Development] djunio:
I thought everyone knew as well, I've been using the ram hacks since manup's first eclair release. Sorry I guess but its posted in that thread that it works.
[G1 Android Development] hoshmosh:
what are the commands for terminal? thanks
[G1 Android Development] jroid:
same here man. I figured everyone knew, since ppl mentioned adding it in manups eclair thread already.
[G1 Android Development] jroid:
don't really use bt so don't know
[G1 Android Development] big_d093:
su

flash_image boot/sdcard/boot.img
[G1 Android Development] djunio:
Yea, it wont even turn on for me and a few other people, um sure it doesnt work for everyone. Bout 2 look into this in a few.
[G1 Android Development] kaizasoshi:
Been using Hack since 1.2 on my G1, but on my mytouch I cant get terminal to work. I tried setting up ADB but cant seem to install correctly on my PC. Gonna try installing Droid Explorer.

Any other suggestions will be much appreciated!!
[G1 Android Development] jcarrz1:
will any hack in daproy's thread work??
[G1 Android Development] djunio:
Terminal is under dev tools, if that doesnt work since u have an all touch screen phone download better terminal or any terminal with a soft keyboard option. Droid Explorer should work but 9 times out of 10, Droid Explorer is messing up your adb.
[G1 Android Development] shohid1234:
Try checking out the unlockr, he has a step by step guide in setting up android sdk.

Thanks defconoi, been looking for 10mb hack for manups eclair, works like a charm!!
[G1 Android Development] Shaquiel Harris:
i did the commands in terminal the flash_image boot/sdcard/boot.img but i dont think it worked because under it said something about usage yada yada then i tried in console and it said the same thing somewhat. any thoughts?
[G1 Android Development] JAguirre1231:
Did you forget a space between boot and /sdcard?

But it is also possible that flash_image in /system/bin could be corrupted?
[G1 Android Development] kaizasoshi:
Thanks guys really appreciate the help!! Just DL the latest Better Terminal Pro which worked. Rom is on wings now!! Thanks again!!
[G1 Android Development] Shaquiel Harris:
uh no i dont think i did.. ill redo it right now. and no i doubt that its corrupted i restored it from a backup i did. well maybe it might be because whenever i reboot i get fc from the virtual keyboard or does everyone get that?

EDIT: yeah i forgot the space.. *facepalm* such a noob mistake.. i feel so ashamed..
[G1 Android Development] djunio:
Did it stop your bluetooth from working?
[G1 Android Development] defconoi:
yea no bluetooth, dont flash this if u need it, i dont use it
[G1 Android Development] BlackElvis79:
Which are you using? BFS or CFS?
[G1 Android Development] kaizasoshi:
Yeah , But dont use it so its not a big deal to me.
[G1 Android Development] kaizasoshi:
Used both Cy's latest CFS and BFS. Not a big difference in speed, but I gotta give it to BFS by the slightest margine. Been using BFS for about a week now with no problems, only side effect...SPEED! ;)
[G1 Android Development] BlackElvis79:
Sweet. So, since you're got getting of the lag said to accompany BFS, I'll give it a go. Thanx.
[G1 Android Development] prophetjinn:
I still wish the main screen would be as snappy as donut/cupcake. It's still very nice though. I must've missed the post that was already in manup's eclair page.

Probably a very noob question but, how do you know if you're using BFS or CFS?
[G1 Android Development] Chahk:
Unfortunately it kills Bluetooth on my G1 as well. Has anyone tried looking into it yet?
[G1 Android Development] shaun1509:
I just tried this. On reboot it hangs on the g1 screen. Any help please.
[G1 Android Development] horrorwolf:
Does anyone know why this kills bluetooth? I'd like to use this, but need bluetooth.
[G1 Android Development] :
Killed my Wi-Fi on a G1 running Eclair_2.1-v1.5. In options, wireless I receive an 'unable to start error". Any way to fix this?

Edit/ Enabling Airplane mode causes phone to restart.
[G1 Android Development] Che123:
May be a dumb question, but how would this ramhack effect the live wallpaper?
[G1 Android Development] ths_:
If you could read the entire first post you'd know that it DOES kill bluetooth.
[G1 Android Development] wdicc:
same here

killed my wi-fi and bluetooth, i need wifi...

anyone know how to rollback ?
[G1 Android Development] nleung:
Just extract your old rom (unzip the zip file), find the boot.img, and flash it the same way as outlined in the first post.
[G1 Android Development] majoraccent:
Killed my wifi/bt as well on Eclair_2.1-v1.5. I tried rolling back by reflashing the ROM without wiping first, but then kept getting Force Closes on reboot, so that doesn't seem to be a good solution. I ended up nandroid restoring my Donut ROM since I need the 10mb hack, and prefer to have wifi working.
[G1 Android Development] Th3heretic:
Installed via terminal

Worked beutifully on G1 running Manup 2.1-1.5, live wallpapers still work and noticeable speed increase.
[G1 Android Development] linuxluver:
Glad you mentioned that. I love my stereo bluetooth headset.
[G1 Android Development] 2girls1cup:
yeah same here I was about to use it but I gotta have my bluetooth at the gym :)
[G1 Android Development] grandomegabosses:
can anyone confirm if this works on xROM Eclair?
[G1 Android Development] jmhalder:
as far as I understand, the camera driver is compiled into the kernel, by flashing this boot.img, you'll sacrifice BT and Camera support.