Disadvantages of WM 6.5 to WM 6.1?

[Guest djtosh]

Hi im still running a 6.1 rom on my omnia and everytime i look at 6.5 threads there seems to be alot of technical jargon talk of what is good and what is bad, but I dont understand any of this so want to know what features from 6.1 are dropped or unusable in 6.5 rom before switching.

thnx

[Guest spupuz]

i would also say thank if someone will reply to this questions

[Guest awarner (MVP)]

As 6.5 is still technically in a beta stage you would be better to stick with what you have.

Playing with ROMs is not advised if you do not have much knowledge of any pitfalls you may encounter and how to get ouf of them.

I never advise anyone on upgrading just for the sake of it, especially with early releases.

[Guest spupuz]

i do had many phones before and i did tested many roms mine was just a question only to know if someone who has got omnia with this new rom has find problems...

i mean, wanna know if BT, gps, and cam is working good and if there are functionalities that are not working.

[Guest mabco]

i do had many phones before and i did tested many roms mine was just a question only to know if someone who has got omnia with this new rom has find problems...

i mean, wanna know if BT, gps, and cam is working good and if there are functionalities that are not working.

I'm using dddrko(2nd Time) 6.5 Lite rom currently, and have tried other 6.5 Lite roms before. No hardware issues and this 21501 build is fast and stable. I prefer Lite roms, only odd thing I had to do is sometimes I need to setup the hardware Camera button in settings as it's not set from a fresh flash. But everything works, I have igo8 and route66 working just fine.

[Guest Michael122w]

Hi im still running a 6.1 rom on my omnia and everytime i look at 6.5 threads there seems to be alot of technical jargon talk of what is good and what is bad, but I dont understand any of this so want to know what features from 6.1 are dropped or unusable in 6.5 rom before switching.

thnx

In my opinion:

WM6.1 - the last IA2 ROMs are excellent. They are extremely stable and hang together nicely. However, they suffer from a range of basic WM6.1 usability issues - such as the reliance on small buttons to press to do things.

WM6.5 - the 21210 release of WM6.1 which are available here still seem to be less stable that the IA2 ROM (though I am going to flast to sectors new 21210 ROM tonight - Sector's 21200 was extremely stable but doesn't show the caller ID with the screen lock).

Even though there are some small stability issues (I might have to reboot a little more often than in 6.1) I am really glad that I have 6.5 on my Omnia. The titanium today screen is nice, the default lock is excellent, the finger friendly menus are easy to use and the implementation of "swipe" actions between the settings pages is very neat. I would much rather have these features and suffer the occassional reset.

The only program that I haven't been able to get working on WM6.5 has been silver inbox. But appart from that I haven't had any other problems. The best thing is that because 6.5 is a much better phone interface - I haven't needed to add as many utility programs (eg home screen alternatives, touch scrolling, screen locks, ...)

But if you want a really stable phone - stick with IA2.

(lol - I just remembered back to how crappy the first Omnia ROMs were - they were much worse than the 21210 release :excl: )

Edited April 20, 2009 by Michael122w

[Guest jclsm]

I'm still with WM 6.1 Qbus last lite rom.

I didn't yet choose WM 6.5 because:

- is still beta

- some programs dont work with

- some issues are reported on some threads.

When this will be fixed I will run WM 6.5 on my Omnia

Edited April 20, 2009 by jclsm

[Guest spupuz]

In my opinion:

WM6.1 - the last IA2 ROMs are excellent. They are extremely stable and hang together nicely. However, they suffer from a range of basic WM6.1 usability issues - such as the reliance on small buttons to press to do things.

WM6.5 - the 21210 release of WM6.1 which are available here still seem to be less stable that the IA2 ROM (though I am going to flast to sectors new 21210 ROM tonight - Sector's 21200 was extremely stable but doesn't show the caller ID with the screen lock).

Even though there are some small stability issues (I might have to reboot a little more often than in 6.1) I am really glad that I have 6.5 on my Omnia. The titanium today screen is nice, the default lock is excellent, the finger friendly menus are easy to use and the implementation of "swipe" actions between the settings pages is very neat. I would much rather have these features and suffer the occassional reset.

The only program that I haven't been able to get working on WM6.5 has been silver inbox. But appart from that I haven't had any other problems. The best thing is that because 6.5 is a much better phone interface - I haven't needed to add as many utility programs (eg home screen alternatives, touch scrolling, screen locks, ...)

But if you want a really stable phone - stick with IA2.

(lol - I just remembered back to how crappy the first Omnia ROMs were - they were much worse than the 21210 release :excl: )

what about the last 21500?

and if all is working how much memory and ram have you free?

[Guest spupuz]

what about the last 21500?

and if all is working how much memory and ram have you free?

and is possible to come back to original rom in any time?

[Guest PKOneTwo]

and is possible to come back to original rom in any time?

Would like to know that too (apüart from build 21500 impressions).

[Guest Michael122w]

what about the last 21500?

and if all is working how much memory and ram have you free?

There is some doubt about whether 21500 is the latest or 21210. 21500 is very fast - but still has the bug with the caller id (it wont show the caller). 21210 has fixed this bug. I am now using sectors 21210 and it is very stable (no problems at all so far) - for me it feels more final than the 21500 ROMs.

In terms of ROM - it chews between 40 MB after boot, but seems to use about 56 MB. So your left with 40 megs for running programs. The ROMS are really light so that even after installing all the programs I use (most on the My Storage) I still have 100 MB left.

Someone has written a how-to flash back to WM6.1. But I went back to 6.1 after one of the early (and buggy) 6.5 ROMs - I think it was just another flash. Now -- I personally wouldn't even dream of going back :excl: :excl:

Oh - my last piece of news is the battery life appears to be amazing. I came home from work this evening and my battery was still showing 100 percent. That was with light to moderate usage - even after flashing, rebuilding my phone and playing a few games it is still at 70%

[Guest spupuz]

do you reinstall all thing u use evry time you reflash?

[Guest Michael122w]

do you reinstall all thing u use evry time you reflash?

yep. Though Microsoft MyPhone installs all my PIM data etc. I used to use SPB back up (which is excellent) - but I don't like its ROM upgrade mode - which seems to over write some of the new ROM functionality and caused me a few problems. It doesn't take too long to reinstall programs. Once I am happy with a 6.5 ROM - I will go back to SPB backup :excl:

[Guest Nicklashidegard]

Just thought i'd add to the the discussion... :excl:

I'm currently on WM 6.5 DXIA5/SHKv5 ROM (21210), which in my experience in very stable (i've tried most things like BT , cam, etc). The only thing i'm waiting to try is the wifi, but so far so good.

One major advantage is the honeycomb meny which is much easier to use without stylus / on the move. It's also very fast and got M2D build it which i prefer to Titanium and SPB3.

i'll never look back now, and even with everything installed (including igo8 which takes up a lot of storage) i've still got around 95Mb free.

The only drawback is that i've "only" got 45% Ram free, compared to 30-35% on wm6.1...

I'd recommend 6.5 to anyone...

[Guest efjay]

I am on Khuanchai's 21198 6.5 rom and this has been a stable rom for me. Previous Samsung 6.1 roms were also good but occasionally I would leave my phone on charge overnight and have to remove the battery in the morning to get it working, no such problem with 6.5. 6.5 is also much smoother in scrolling, more finger-friendly menus, definitely better on battery, havent had any problems with memory and all programs I have installed have worked. Official upgrades or devices preinstalled with 6.5 will be a nice step up from 6.1, I think.

Edited April 20, 2009 by efjay

[Guest spupuz]

there will be an official rom for i900 omnia with windows mobilr 6.5?

[Guest Michael122w]

there will be an official rom for i900 omnia with windows mobilr 6.5?

I doubt it. I would expect that most new phones released in the next couple of months with WM6.1 will be upgraded to WM6.5 - The omnia will be 12 months old by the time 6.5 is officially out - so we might have fallen off the upgrade list.

Still thanks to the wonderful ROM cookers hear - we can enjoy the WM6.5 experience :excl:

[Guest Emre SUMENGEN]

I am on Khuanchai's 21198 6.5 rom and this has been a stable rom for me. Previous Samsung 6.1 roms were also good but occasionally I would leave my phone on charge overnight and have to remove the battery in the morning to get it working, no such problem with 6.5. 6.5 is also much smoother in scrolling, more finger-friendly menus, definitely better on battery, havent had any problems with memory and all programs I have installed have worked. Official upgrades or devices preinstalled with 6.5 will be a nice step up from 6.1, I think.

I have tried WM6.5 beta ROMs in the past and since yesterday I've been using Sector & Khuanchai's 21210 ROM. I must admit that WM6.5 actually have some advantages over WM6.1, especially in the "usability" field, like being more finger-friendly and having a much better "default" home screen. I really like that I can have weather on screen finally, without any extra apps/home-tools like manila or spb.

But, is the battery life really better with WM6.5? It seems that my battery level is decreasing much faster since the last flash to WM6.5, but it can also be because of me constantly fiddling with the phone :excl:

Do anyone have done some "tests"???

By the way, would you advise to flash 21500/21501 or would I rather stick with 21210? I would love some more speed :excl:

Edited April 23, 2009 by Emre SUMENGEN

[Guest Michael122w]

By the way, would you advise to flash 21500/21501 or would I rather stick with 21210? I would love some more speed :excl:

21210 is superior in my opinion. It is more stable and has the new caller ID when locked. :excl: In my opinion - speeds useless if it crashes all the time :excl: