yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] porkovich:
Hey mate, the rom is perfekt so far. The UI is very fast. Battery life, at least the same, not worse. The only problem found, it's a graphic bug: on home screen, when you choose Wallpaper, the text indicating the static Wallpaper with Weather Animation - the text is longer than the field. If you can change such things, just make it something short.

The footprint of the rom is the biggest of all versions so far, but Memory is OK, around 95mb with Sense running.

If you can, somehow, optimize the speed of the Start Menu (the weakest point in the topaz) and make it even smoother, when scrolling, the rom will be complete. :)

Great work!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] uberto.costanzo:
Hi Prabhat, sorry but internet explorer no open streamimg ( i see football player with vodafone italy when i go in the home page and select what i wont i see automatic whit stremimg a player of football whit another rom .

whit this open only a page setting, no player streamimg any solution please thank sorry for my english
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
Hey,

Thanks for your input. I will look into the wallpaper, but I am sure that is default in OS.

Reg. footprint of ROM: I will surely reduce this in next build :).

One more thing I will love have in ROM is: Having Calender agenda display on home page similar to CHT/Cookies without having CHT installed. Not sure but will surely try :confused: .

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
Can you try installing FlashLight 3.1 and see if that solve the issue? Else I will suggest you to Install Opera 10 and see. This is a great browser for Mob Devices :). Please follow instructions in my Post# 3 for Installing Opera 10.

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] l_EMPEROR_l:
any other mirror?

like rapid or 4shared or hot file?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
You can get from: http://www.4shared.com/file/FG0aGEkG/Photon65_14_forTopaz.html as well.

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] uberto.costanzo:
Hi Prabhat, but is possible have this rom without sense?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
As HTC Sense is a core components for these WinMo devices so I will keep this in my current ROM. May be it will be good to have 2 editions of the ROM (one with Sense and one without :confused: ).

I will try this in my next release for sure :).

Thanks for your input.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mayurh:
hi everyone

a buddy of mine has a td2 with winmo - its stock.not modified

but hes having a problem with the phone freezing when answering calls?

will this rom of yours fix this?

from what i read in the op.this is a stock rom with updates n fixes and few changes?

can we therefore say that there are no major bugs? is it stable and like stock?>
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
You should surely try this and let me know your feedback.

I use this for my device too and I am very happy :) like my friends.

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mayurh:
thanks i will ask him to try it

are there any issues u have experienced?\

since he is stock winmo 6.5

what does he need to do to install a this custom rom?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
Currently I did not seen any known issues...

You can follow the "Additional Note" section in Post#1 where I have all about how to install :).

You can PM me if you need any help.

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] porkovich:
Just to make a point. The rom is stock, but you cannot install it directly on the device, it's a custom one and you will need HSPL. If you know that, i am sorry, just want to inform that, otherwise the rom won't install at all.

Edit: ah my bad, prabhat has allready pointed you to the first post and the installation notes. :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mayurh:
yes i know he has to "root" it -first
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] porkovich:
Prabhat, i have used the rom for several days now and i can tell it's very stable. I haven't notice any slow downs or bugs. The UI stays faster all the time, running programs don't fill the Ram, so after i tested many Rom, like Energy, Mozart, Prime i think that this is the best one. I will wait for your next release!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Lasker1:
I would love to see the memory saving compact start menu in your rom:) as an option to the memory hungry default start menu.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] janissl:
+1

More improvements I noticed:

* alarms can be set now with no issues

* lock screen correctly shows the current mobile network provider

= = = = = =

Corrections for the above:

* Alarms can now be set with no issues. Earlier, this was only possible via the Home screen (using the Alarm Clock). Otherwise, there was no sound if you tried to set alarms via Settings > All Settings > Clock & Alarms or Start > Alarms.

* The lock screen display for the current network is correctly updated now.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] EgorLev:
dear prabhat! Could you please post removed Manila files, which is necessary for proper language change in HKCU\MUI\CurLang. I have no troubles with overall wwe language, but I need Cyrillic sliding bar in Manila contacts. When I change CurLang to 1049 I got “IDS” prefix in each manila tab.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
Thanks mate for your input. These encourages me for doing a better ROM :).

Yes the Compact Start menu will save RAM, Thanks for your input.

I will love to save RAM... but more than that I will like to stay close to Stock ROM and leave the customization to user preference. Because stock ROM can address maximum user's requirement, including me :), but a specific customization can address only part of users... so I get worry before I start any such customization. May be I will have a ROM without Manila and very less memory usage...so that one can be used for all these customizations :). But having the new edition (without Manila) will take some time for me.

Thanks janissl for your feedback :).

Hi EgorLev,

I will have look at the files and let you know the details.

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mari8b:
That's a good reason to release your promised kitchen...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] jekapaty:
Throw the kitchen please. very, very please. Sorry for my english
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] porkovich:
Hey Prabhat! I have a request. When you really have the time, please make one build, as lite as it can gets. If you can get out most of the things like Manila, all the programs related to it, even the default Titanium Home screen ... just the smallest Rom ever made.

As a cook, your Rom is one of the best here at XDA. And i really like the speed and all. I am making some beta tests of the XDAndroid at the moment, things are getting there btw, and will be very pleased to flash a very lite rom, with small footprint and max free memory. It's more like a personal request, but, first, i cannot make myself a rom and, second, as a chef you are great. If you have the time, please consider it. This will be a great help for the XDAndroid testers i thing.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] vyis:
haven't try the rom yet, but i think it's good to have some necessary program and setting configuration menu come together with the rom.

program like ameba service, registry editor, data controller that's handy for customization to fit individual preferences would be a plus if included.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
Hi mari8b and jekapaty, Thanks for your request... but it will take some time to release the kitchen... because as I said earlier I am still learning and working on several tasks. But I am sure I will release the kitchen after a while, but dont know the time frame.

Hey porkovich, yesterday I have started a new branch in my kitchen and hopefully that will have 2 builds. One is normal as current and other is plain vanilla one.

Hi vyis,

I tried to make my ROM very close to Stock ROM, so this ROM does not have any extra pre-installed apps. I know some apps like: Registry Editor, a good Task Manager, one good file explorer etc will be good for user. But person-1 may like App1 which may not suited for Person-2 ;). So considering this some user may like the Apps that I include and some other may not like. And now a days all extra Apps are available as CAB that can be installed :).

Also my my Post# 3 I have "Additional Recommended Applications" list that I feel should be good to install over the ROM.

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
Photon 6.5 Lite Edition (v.1.4) Release | 27 Mar 2011

Now it is release time of my NEW Lite Edition ROM (ver. 1.4).

Note:

- The Lite edition ROM is having ALL same SYS and Features like FULL ROM, but without Manila / Sense.

- There is NO changes to the FULL Edition 1.4 ROM.

- Only I have added the NEW Lite Edition ROM to the Photon Family

Downloads:

Photon 6.5 FULL Edition ROM from MediaFire

Photon 6.5 Lite Edition ROM from MediaFire

Condition: Please give your feedback. :).

What is New (Lite Edition):

- Using ALL NEW 29017 Build [OS: 5.2.29017 (29017.5.3.12) | Sys Date: Jan 26 2011].

- No HTC Sense / Manila.

- Using Titanium Home.

- Using default WM Phone Dialer.

- Using default WM Lock Screen.

- The Photon "AS-YOU-LIKE" Lite Edition. (Now customize how you want :))

Bug Fixes:

- None

Hope you will like this :).

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Quiksilver:
Hi Prabhat,

I'm using your photon Full edition.

speed and usability is excellent!

I noticed only that the wifi comes on automatically. I do not know whether this is just with me??

And i wonder if it's possible to leave the original Windows Mobile 6.5 slider lockscreen in the rom. I noticed that the Slider isn't there anymore :( (Tried the registry tweak (HKLM\software\Microsoft\Shell\Lockscreen\ShowLockscreenpicker = 1) (i think the android lockscreen is a little slow)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] porkovich:
Soo i have the Lite version on my device. It's working as described.

As I tought, the default Dial Pad is ultra ugly, we need to reskin it or replace it with the HTC one. (Actually i found a cab for making the Dialer black, but it does not work with the build.) As i see it's not even faster. SO i vote for the HTC one. Let's use the one thing HTC made right :D

The lock screen is faster that way, i like it. Also the two sliding bars, when you receive a call with the device locked, are very simple and looks good.

:)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
Hi Quiksilver,

If the WiFi is ON that means it is on-demand.

When any app require WiFi/internet the WiFi radio will be automatically on, else it will be OFF so no power usage/consumption.

Can you let me know the issue in more detail please?

The FULL ROM has latest HTC Lock and it is difficult to turn that off (never tried yet :( ).

Thanks.

Hi porkovich,

The phone dialer is the default dialer that MS gives with WinMo 6.5.3. I kow the dial pad is not great like the HTC edition. I prefer user can skin that if they need. I will see if can give the HTC dialer as a CAB :confused: not sure yet.

Also I will see the RAM usage between both the dialers (MS vs HTC) and decide the final one :).

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Quiksilver:
Thnx for the quick reply!

I've noticed that wifi comes on automatically and turns off again.. (nice):D It's working perfectly!!

The Lockscreen youre using is the Android lockscreen isn't it? Ive used Energy roms before he has an option to switch between the default Windows mobile 6.5 slider and the android style one. I wonder if it's possible to put that option in.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] ccaparli:
nice, fast and tidy rom. thanks...

but,

the htc messaging is very painful for topaz, it will be nice to remıve and use the standart tmail with rotation.:(

also some tweaks like, quiet pocket mode, loudspeaker when face down, and duration set for led notification for messages etc...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
No the lock screen is not from Andriod, that is the default WM Lock Screen. About the Lock Screen switch.. I never did that but I will try if that is possible :confused:.

Thanks for your input. This ROM has HTC Messaging 1.8 which is very fast when compared to other from HTC and has the secure box which is advantage as well. So I think sticking to HTC should be good as most of the user like this.

Infact there are CAB that can be used to remove HTC Messaging , I think.

Also thanks for the other tweaks... I will have a look on those :).

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] EgorLev:
I have noticed strange behavior after few days of use. The device wakes up by its self. Furthermore, it’s unlocks by its self. I have never come across of such issue. I just don’t know what to think on. But this is happening only with your ROM.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
Strange... I never faced that issue :confused:. I think there is no way the phone itself can unlock. Still can you try below:

- Lock the phone with PIN and see if that unlock again :).

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Honzac353:
Hi,

Your rom is beautiful, but I find small problems. First: HTC Player and YouTube Player, doesn´t play videos correctly. Second: I do not know if this is a problem, but Tabs: Pictures & Videos and Music doesn´t turn to landscape mode.

ps.:

I think, The problem with HTC Player and Youtube you can solved by using an older version of HTC Player and Youtube Player (original topaz)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] janissl:
I also noticed this.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
Hi Honzac353,

Thanks for your feedback. As both of the ROM (Full and Lite) are almost same using almost same packages... still it will be good to know the query belongs to which ROM (Full or Lite)?

Also can you please elaborate the issue in the above players? So that it will be easy for me to know the issue?

Hi Honzac353 and janissl,

Abt Pictures & Video landscape: YES that is by design. As Topaz does not have a good processor power so it is good to avoid landscape for manila tabs :(.

If we look with the latest manila that I have in my ROM Core = 2021 and Home = 2022... the Home also should rotate to landscape. But these are turned off for good speed :).

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] bkcheah75:
I tried full version and found HTC Message is very slow when I got too many message for any person. Can you fix it? I know for official ROM, HTC did release bugfix to solve this problem.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
Hey bkcheah75,

Can you install this HotFix from HTC and see if that Solves the issue?

Because I can see that is the only SMS hotfix which was released last yr.

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Honzac353:
it's full version.

Well here's the problem: When playing any video through the HTC Sense (Manila), (shot with the Mobile, MP4, or YouTube) is either very slow or very jerky. Also, switch mode option does not work: stretching, original, etc.

This problem I had with my rom as well. I had to use an older package: [Full Screen Player v1.8.20113022.00] and [You Tube v2.6.19224122.00] and everything was as it should be. ;)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
Hey Honzac353, thanks for your feedback. I will do a quick test on this and this wil taken care in next build.

Thanks again for your input :).
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] EgorLev:
Well, I have found the solution. It was side application with was the cause of such strange behavior

:)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] stirkac:
hey new user here :) got my td2 tuday, firt thing after charge was hspl and your rom :P

i like it very much but one thing bothers me..

i wish to get unlock everytime on wakeup(like on hd2) but i don'y know how.. i tried tweaking registry in HKCU(don't remember found it on xda, buy key is LockDeviceOnWake or sth) and still no go. i can lock it fine by pressing end call or in start menu...

thanks, your rom is great even tho i didnt test any other :p :p
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
Hey EgorLev, thanks for confirming that. It will be good if you can also tell which app caused that so that other will be aware if they face similar issue :).

Hi stirkac,

I dont know about the key you said. But you can achieve that by either of below ways:

1) Long Press "END" hardware key to Lock the device. OR

2) Below change in Registry:

HKCU\ControlPanel\BackLight\AutoDeviceLockEnable

1 = enable AutoLock; 0 = Disable and is default;

You can also control the AutoLock Delay Timing as below:

HKCU\ControlPanel\BackLight\AutoDeviceLockTimeout

Delay device autolock; Dword value (30 = 30 seconds)

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Quiksilver:
Hi Prabhat,

Looking foward to your updated rom. I've done some investigation :) and noticed that the windows mobile slider unlock screen is in the rom. (Files are in the Windows folder on the device). But i can't seem to get it working... :(
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] bkcheah75:
Hi,

Yes.. I managed to solve this problem. First has to extract official SMS Patch with 7z. Then then execute 121.cab and 122.cab manually on your ROM. The patch exe cannot be run directly. Maybe you need to fix it in your next release. :)

TOP_S2_00472.exe - the patch file from HTC
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] stirkac:
thank you very much:D

again, great rom man :)

continue your great work:P
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
Thanks for confirming bkcheah75.

Looks like HTC does not give new builds will roolup patches included :(. Any how my next build will have this patch integrated.

Any how the stuff for you is now good and happy to know that you are able to load all ~200 sms for the thread in the window :). Have fun...

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] EgorLev:
Well, I don’t want to blame author of this app because only I faced this issue, but sins I’ve uninstalled this Action screen http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=843316 everything is going well. Now using old but reliable Ammar 12 button HD action screen instead.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] kadesto:
Hi Prabhat, is it possible to cook the previous rom built 23152 with 16 quicklinks?

I have cab to make 16 quicklinks but there is some problem with font, it is not clear.

Thanks for your roms, they are very fast and stable. I am very satisfied and do not want to try other roms for long time.

K.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] ozmbie:
I'd love to use this ROM but I find HTC Messaging is so slow it's useless. I looked around for a fix but couldn't find anything.

My previous ROM used Sense 2.5 with HTC Messaging from 2.1.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
Thanks for the feedback. I will have a build with 23152 for you and give you.

BTW: I MAY NOT include the build on this thread for all, because as per my test SYS 29017 much better and stable (others also reported same :)) so I want the public version to with 29017. If many will request I will add both versions.

Thanks for your feedback too :).

I am using latest HTC messaging 1.8 to have new features like secure box etc and also the speed is pretty good if compared to others... Any how my next ROM is bit optimized for SMS speed with hotfixes... so that should solve your issue.

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] jmsmartins:
looking forward to test your rom buddy

cheers
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] EgorLev:
Dear prabhat! did you fogot about my question about manila files for different languages?;)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
Photon 6.5 Release (v.1.5) | 08 Apr 2011

Release time for next version of my ROM (ver. 1.5) FULL & Lite editions.

Note:

- The Lite edition ROM is having ALL same SYS and Features like FULL ROM, but without Manila / Sense.

Downloads:

Photon 6.5 FULL Edition ROM from MediaFire

Photon 6.5 Lite Edition ROM from MediaFire

Condition: Please give your feedback. :).

What is New:

- More Responsive UI than its previous build.

- Better HTC Messaging Client 1.8 with Secure BOX and speed. *** Only for FULL Edition ***

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed: YouTube driver issue.

- Fixed: Full Screen Player Driver issue.

- Fixed: SMS Performance issues.

Hope you will like this :).

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] tantin75:
Thanks for your work : my topaz enjoy! :D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] crandy2:
Advantage over Dutty's ?

I have not used one of your roms, but am seriously thinking about it. I am partial to the "simple and fast" approach you describe.

I have an AT&T Pure (topaz), with Dutty's Creme V4. It is based on Rom 2.53 ( CE OS Build 5.2.23138.5.3.9), and Manila_Home_2_5_20184026_0. I also have Cookie's home tab 2.0 installed.

It has been a good rom, but it slows down considerably at times, particularly in messaging. Also, Dutty stopped cooking roms for this platform about a year ago, so no updates.

I have a few questions:

1. Your rom seems to be based on a later CE OS build. Have there been any significant speed increases with the later builds, particularly in the Messaging area.

2. How much does Cookies home tab 2.0 slow this rom down?

3. When I last flashed Dutty's about a year ago, I wasn't aware of the new flashing utility that has task 29. Therefore I have never done a task 29 on this phone. If I flash your rom over Dutty's, should I do task 29?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] vyis:
Now playing with your latest 1.5 rom, anyway very fast and responsive, thanks for the great job!

However, it take quite a while to set up to my own preferences. Taking me 2 hour plus even i flash on weekly basics.

a few suggestion if you don't mine:

1. cook in a mechanism to switch between default start menu and some of the alternative, (not much people use the default anyway, eat up a lot of ram and difficult to navigate through.) Anyway of disable the default winmo 6.5 start menu without removing the icon ?

2. i notice that default winMo notification is running together with HTC notification. Tapping on the top left launch WinMo notification and top right launch HTC notification. Is this a special feature that you enable?

3. when pressing the volume rocker, the default is set to Ring volume (most of the time pressing volume rocker is when i wanna change is the system volume during movie/music. seldom changing the ring volume after setting it up. ). i remember this can be set via registry, still looking around xda for it.

4. Enable the audio booster even when headset is not plugged.

5. in file explorer, when accessing secondary menu, the pop up animation is much slower compare to the first level menu.

6. oh ya, after reading posts from wavesshock, one more thing to mention is i don't found option to import internet setting from sim card, which is more "true" most of the time.