WinMo 6.5 roms are making my head spin!! HELP!!!

[Guest odigon]

I have read all these posts here about omnia cooked 6.5 roms but I have reached the point where everything I read seems to be the same. ;)

Can anyone make a winmo 6.5 wiki so that some of us can start understanding what is going on with new versions of 6.5 and which is the latest release? :)

;) I read and read but I still can't figure out which rom to load. i have sector's last m2d rom and thats it. I am reading different opinions about which is the best rom and I know that it is a matter of taste. But I can't find my taste because I don't completely understand which are the differences between all these releases.. B)

I would appreciate your help and I thank you in advance!!! B)

[Guest ...GeForce...]

I have read all these posts here about omnia cooked 6.5 roms but I have reached the point where everything I read seems to be the same. ;)

Can anyone make a winmo 6.5 wiki so that some of us can start understanding what is going on with new versions of 6.5 and which is the latest release? :)

;) I read and read but I still can't figure out which rom to load. i have sector's last m2d rom and thats it. I am reading different opinions about which is the best rom and I know that it is a matter of taste. But I can't find my taste because I don't completely understand which are the differences between all these releases.. B)

I would appreciate your help and I thank you in advance!!! B)

same here.....everyday now....still keep reading posts trying to decide between Nicklas or cruddasj or Narruto or Ryrzy .... the rankings help a little bit though but they havent updated since christmas

[Guest dayspring2099us]

same here.....everyday now....still keep reading posts trying to decide between Nicklas or cruddasj or Narruto or Ryrzy .... the rankings help a little bit though but they havent updated since christmas

Better you start to learn how to build your own rom since many useful rom kitchen here. I did it with an easy step with wozzer kitchen.

hereby if you want to take a look

http://www.mediafire.com/myfiles.php

[Guest plguzman]

Well, I think basically you need to know which chef cooks closer to what you like from a ROM. Every chef has his (or her) own style. Unfortunately you need to test every chef first. For example, Kwuanchai is a great chef, but he had a problem with the Windows Live Messenger notifications (when he cooked for i900). I use WLM a lot, so his ROMs are a no go for me. There are other chefs that prefer to unclude a lot of apps or the RAM is not a concern to them. I need the maximum RAM possible, since I run 2 or 3 apps at the same time every day (Skype, MSN, Twitter), so a chef that gives you less than 60Mb is also a no go for me.

Right now, Mr. Hammer is the more suitable option for me.

[Guest odigon]

Thank you both..Can you tell me how can I identify which is the latest winmo 6.5 release?

Also, is there any quick way to restore your old progs after changing your rom?

Edited January 7, 2010 by odigon

[Guest odigon]

What is the difference between the new builds? (Credit to joolay)

COM1- Builds 217**:

COM2 - Builds 218**: GUI is 1st stage of finger friendly features implemented. This is the only official WM6.5 released to public. All other COM* Builds are leaked test builds (not even classified as alpha or beta). In this range, the GUI introduces softer corners to various dialogs, the new start menu (Very early builds had a honeycomb theme but although the hexagons have been removed, the icon alignments remain), and the taskbar and menubar have been slightly modified to allow for further skinning.

COM3 - Builds 230**: GUI from 23001 to 23021 looks the same as COM2. 23022+ introduced the new shorter/expanding taskbar and finger friendly text-based buttons on taller bottom menubar and ever since its been called wm6.5.1 rather than 6.5..

23047+ introduced icon-based buttons.. New checkboxes and scroll bars and recently (from 23069 i think) a magnifier in the taskbar are amongst the newer gui elements introduced in the latest builds..

At some point (im not sure when, kinetic scrolling was introduced..

It appears that COM4 elements are being introduced into this branch such as the new contact application, a slightly modified sms application, and possibly a slightly modified calender application..

COM4 - Builds 234**: Seems to have stopped at 23420. The newer contact application and possibly the modified sms and calender applications were first introduced in this branch but have since been incoorperated into latest builds of COM3

COM5 - Builds 235**: At the moment little is known of this branch. 23502 is the first build leaked that Im aware of. It seems to have been compiled at about the same time as 23060 but with superior stability, speed, memory management, Newer COM3 builds 23071 and above have been reported to be superior in terms of stability and speed. However the latest COM5 23506 compared to COM3 23088 (build date is identical) seem equally fast and stable. COM5 builds have the new Contact app and Magnifier, as in latest COM3 Builds, but lack kinetic scrolling.

Apparently, the new internet explorer has been modified as well (but Bikertibi Builds have the old internet explorer from wm6.1 because new one does not handle well on our device)

Other branches you might or might not come to see:

AKU1 - Builds 212**

SAM1 - Builds 215**

MD1 - Builds 219**

WMD - Builds 28***: The First Build leaked is 28002 (build date 17th November 2009). As of this branch Windows Mobile is at WM6.5.3. This branch is to continue from COM3 23090 and is believed to carry improvements to the New Internet Explorer Mobile as well as overall speed

Builds 216**: leaked builds that have been played with by the team over at HTC but not officially used on any handset as yet

Builds 236**: Recently came across these builds but have no further info on them

Post 2 has .cab resource, this is constantly being updated. Please feel free to throw in any suggestions

[Guest Sb.]

Best thing to do is download a few roms and test them out and see which one you like as each chef cooks to his own taste.

There is no one "best rom" they're all good in their own way and you have to test and see which chef cooks to your style.

Best thing to do is wait a while after a new rom has been released and read the comments about speed,bugs and reliability and then you can see which one is good, although I love testing the latest.

What I usually do is if I like the rom and I'm happy with it i'll make a back up using sprite once ive installed everything and then i'll flash a new rom and if its no good ill reflash and back up my prevoius rom.

[Guest odigon]

Best thing to do is download a few roms and test them out and see which one you like as each chef cooks to his own taste.

There is no one "best rom" they're all good in their own way and you have to test and see which chef cooks to your style.

Best thing to do is wait a while after a new rom has been released and read the comments about speed,bugs and reliability and then you can see which one is good, although I love testing the latest.

What I usually do is if I like the rom and I'm happy with it i'll make a back up using sprite once ive installed everything and then i'll flash a new rom and if its no good ill reflash and back up my prevoius rom.

Thanks for your advise.. Does sprite restore installed programs and registry too?

[Guest ...GeForce...]

you know what......it would help gr8ly if someone made a simulator(like in SDKs) for winmo devices like hd2 etc. so that we could test the downloaded roms beforehand

[Guest ascot17]

Odigon,

Nice summary - thanks!

Do you know what the 'D' in WMD stands for.........??