Hello everyone. Time to start posting in a new forum! I recently purchased the 8525 after having an 8125 that started to have issues. It hasn't arrived yet and should be here later this week.
Is the 8525 much different than the 8125? From the specs it seems a little better but nothing huge (other than a different processor and 3G, which I don't have in my area). I was happy with the 8125 (it was my first PDA phone afterall) while it was working, but the 8525 wasn't much more on eBay so I decided to get it instead. Just wondering what kind of difference I should see.
Is the 8525 fairly bug free? The 8125 had some bugs but nothing too bad and most were fixed with flashing a new ROM. I hope to find a good ROM for the 8525 once it arrives.
Looking forward to the new (used) phone!
wicked - you will love your 8525 if you liked the 8125
if you flash a good 6.1 rom (i recommend either binky11s 3.8 or CRC's stable release)
then you will notice a nice speed increase.
with 6.1 roms unless you get a stable one (like the ones i reccomended) you will notice alot of bugs as 6.1 isnt officially on the hermes.
Also, DVH's WM6.1 builds are rock solid, very fast, & clean (so u can add what app's u want). U'll like the hermes progression...
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Also, DVH's WM6.1 builds are rock solid, very fast, & clean (so u can add what app's u want). U'll like the hermes progression...
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DVH are reccomended by many however i have had problems
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I would like to have people's feedback on this please cause at the moment i am using the O2 Asia Rom and it is slow and crap.
I have a O2 sim card and am in the UK so which rom would be the best to use....
I think the i-mate plays faster than the o2, and the t-mobile is really poor i think...
im going to use the German Extended O2 Cab's to get the O2 look, but just wondering if people found a different rom better in anyway.
Marc
Use SPB Benchmark on a plain rom & test the different versions & see which one is best. Should be pretty easy, maybe time consuming.
My guess: as long as you ditch the ext-rom it doesn't make a big difference which rom is used. So I stick to TMO's 1.13WWE, which is still the most recent.
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After trying the 1.12 and 1.13 both rom and radio, i've stick with the last TMO rom with 1.12 radio, it's the best and the most stable setup i've had :wink:
Any recomandations on what ROM I should be using?
I got 2.17.7.2 WWE, is there a better more current one worth considering?
Your suggestions would be highly appreciated.
Thanks
I just went to the rom you using to the custom 2.3 aku. Not much difference for me. Infact its a bit slower for me then my 2.17 when I ran memmaid on it. honestly I would keep the one you have unless you really have a need to upgrade for some new feature. I'm going to try and mess with some settings to see if I can get it running as well as I did with the 2.17 but right now I would say stay with that one.
I also just upgraded to 2.3 (custom from Summiter) and will stick with this unless I have major issues. I'm finally getting notifications of new e-mails with a vibrating alert and my alarms appear to be working as well. That is something I didn't have under the 2.17 ROM.
However, to be fair - some people are having issues with dropped calls and networking with that ROM. Read the thread on the custom 2.3 ROM to see some of the praises and problems.
Cingular did just release the 2.2 ROM so that is officially supported. Some people think it's not as good as the 2.3, others think it's better.
Best advice I can give you - back up your files, try them out (but remember that the 2.3 ROM needs a CID-unlocked device), and decide for yourself.
-Pete
Hi everyone, I am currently trying to decide between an HTC Wizard or Hermes. One of the major things that needs to work is Skype. I know the new beta of Skype I know it runs much better on the Wizard compared to the older skype, will I have any troubles at all going with the Wizard? Are there people that routinely use Skype on their Wizard? I am quite comfortable with tweaking and overclocking, but would prefer that it works well without having to overclock.
Thanks!
I use it on mine and without tweaks (the tweaks I mentioned before should work but is no longer needed). I don't overclock but I do make sure the wifi link is decent first though.
Having said that I never had the option of hermes...I think I might actually prefer it...CPU and camera...did I mention 3G and also a win key and ok key on the front?
Thanks for the info. I would love to get the Hermes too, but it is a matter of money and my lack of it.
My advice: save up your money till the new HTC Kaiser (aka HTC P4550) comes out...if you buy the Hermes now, you will be willing the Kaiser in a couple of months...
Pictures of the HTC Kaiser
I'm using the HTC Wizard. with the new Faria Crossbow WM6 it works very well, Skype works fine too.
I don't like the design of the Hermes...but the Kaiser looks very good!
HI
I am using Skype on Wizad100 for last 2 months..
it works cool ...
thanks to skype..
Ok everyone, I have never posted before but I have been around for a little while (still consider myself noobish though)
I have been doing tons of research since the official rom upgrade has come out. I have to admit though I am more confused then ever.
Here is my problem, my wife and I both have the titan. About a mouth ago I upgraded both of ours to the dcd 2.1.0 (12/05/07) to unlock the gps and get rid of the sprint crap. I have to admit I fell in love with this version. Last night I installed the official htc 3.35.651.2 rom on my phone...I am NOT in love with it. Last night and all day today I have been searching for a replacement. Here is the source of my problem. There is so much development and creativity that people put into these phones (and the titan in particular) but is there no central place to compare and rate different roms? I was hoping to find a page that listed the top roms and the differences between them (and the official ones) but that does not seem to exist. There are several roms out there that look promising but sort of spending the rest of the day loading and testing them all I am at a loss.
If anyone knows of a great site or page that does what I have been looking for please let me know. If anyone has a suggestion to which rom I should go with I welcome your input. To that end, below are a few of the things I loved about the dcd version.
1) no extra sprint crap programs
2) working task manager (I just dont like the one on the official rom)
3) text messaging in a chat window set up. Unlike the email like set up in the official versions (I dont know if that makes sense)
4)Full Comm Manager (included more options)
Last item I would like to bring up, much has been made of EV-DO Rev.A. Do any of the custom roms incorporate this? It in its self is not a deal breaker for me, after testing load times on my phone vs my wife’s...Im not impressed but I would like it if possible.
Thanks everyone in advance. I have never posed before because I could always just find the answer if I looked long enough but in this case there is just way to much stuff out there...the curse and blessing of owning a titan
Thanks again
Mofo58
So far the only rom's for the Titan I know of is DCDs, Keys and NexsHybrid. Rev.A is not incorporated into the roms itself, but the radio. as long as you have the radio 3.35 you are fine. since you are a fan of dcd, i would suggest you try his new 3.0.1 rom. since you already upgraded with the official sprint rom, you have the new 3.35 radio (assuming) and all you need to do is flash a new rom on top of that.
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So far the only rom's for the Titan I know of is DCDs, Keys and NexsHybrid. Rev.A is not incorporated into the roms itself, but the radio. as long as you have the radio 3.35 you are fine. since you are a fan of dcd, i would suggest you try his new 3.0.1 rom. since you already upgraded with the official sprint rom, you have the new 3.35 radio (assuming) and all you need to do is flash a new rom on top of that.
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Great, I didnt know I could do that...I did say I was a noob right Thanks for your help Ill give that a try today.
Mofo58
Hey folks,
I've tried searching and there's no forthcoming result on this (despite that I suspect it *must* have been covered somewhere) - perhaps it's my dyslexia?
Anyway:
I'm now ready to install a WM6 ROM on my currently WM5 hermes from Tmobile.
I'm looking for people's opinions as to whether it's worth my while and what the performance differences are? (obviously it's a lot of work getting things set up again so I want to be sure it's worthwhile).
Is WM6 running slower on hermes that WM5? or faster?
Has anyone a ROM they would reccomend? Else I'll go with the Tmobile standard.
So opinions please!
Thanks a lot guys. I appreciate it!
cmon!!! you cant be serious!!!!
ppl are looking to upgrade their devices to wm6.1 and you want us to compare wm5 to wm6? i mean seriously......look at every device thread, even the older devices, you can practically see wm6/6.1 for almost every single devices, even devices which are waaaay older than wm6. and you probaby wont find anyone getting excited over any wm5 releases anywhere.......doesnt that tell you something?/
if you searched hard enough, you could probably find someone who compared the performance of wm5 to wm6 but those will probably be with older builds of wm6, and those just dont compare with the current builds. your best bet i would say is to try it out urself, its not that hard.
I know it's not that hard to test it - I'm already running it on my blue-angel.
And it's running well.
But comparing hermes to blue angel is comparing apples to oranges.
It's a *huge* amount of work doing the upgrade. Not the actual upgrade. That's, as you say, rediculously easy. But installing 20/30 medical textbooks? dozens of other programs, fixing out my network setup on it....
these take hours, and in a casual not setting hours aside for it fashion a couple of weeks.
So I'm understandibly not wanting to take the risk and plung in until I'm sure it'll be worthwhile.
Anyone got any experience? Has WM6 upgraded the speed? or is the slight graphical revamp a strain on the processor?
Also should I go with tmobile's own ROMs for WM6 or a community alternative?
Opinions pretty pretty please to save me hours of work!
2 words.......user customization
there truly is a HUGE diffrence between wm5 and wm6/6.1. i would recomend going with a WM6.1 build from the get go considering all the programs you say you load on your hermes.
I am currently using the DVH Rom build 19400(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=387516 ). I find it to be the fastest, loaded but not bloated, and honestly is the best i've used in quit some time. He has apparently released a new rom (build 19701) but i have yet to try it out. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=388747)
best of luck
molesaied88, TRY 19701, ITS FREAKIN AWESOME!!!!!!!Quick and VERY stable... I love it.
Thanks folks.
Sorry I took ages to reply i had exams! Right so you guys are advocating using a custom home cooked WM6 Rom rather than an original one?
(I'm assuming these are faster? Are they fully featured though?)
Now I'll need to decide whether to go with Ultra or molesaid's suggestion. Anyone know which is currently running more spritely?
Again thanks again! I know the forum must be deluged with this kind of stuff
I have found WM6 to be much, much more stable than when I had WM5. Not as many lock ups of freezing as before. I used to have to soft reset my phone all the time because of lock ups, but with WM6 I rarely reset my phone anymore.
I would say that stability and the larger pool of programs for it made WM6 the choice for me.