I read alot in this forum but, I haven't seen if most of the Cooked Roms in here are compatible with all the different "touch" phones out there. I have a new/used ppc it is the Hermes or Cingular 8525 and I like some of the Roms for the Wizard. Thus the Question, are the roms compatible with other phones or only the phone in that particular Phone Forum?
No, you must use a rom that is designed (either cooked or OEM) for your specific device.
Ok, that's what I needed to know.
Thank you very much!
If you see a wizard rom you like look in the hermes section for that same chef. Most of us cook similiar Roms for each device we have.
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Hi all!
Allow me to introduce myself, i am, the duke! my windows mobile history is as follows:
SPV E200, SPV C500, i-mate SP3i, Vodafone V1240, Himalaya, Charmer, Magician, Wizard and now.......HERMES! finally!lol
needless to say i am not new to rom flashing, and indeed have also cooked a few roms in my time.
i have a few questions here to which i hope i will get helpful answers and not just some smart-alec telling me to read the wiki! i am in the process of reading the wiki!
This is my first device that uses the newer 'NBH' files opposed to the old NBF's and tornado bootloader.
And there is clearly a few ways to flash, and what appears to me to be the best is using the 'HERMIMG.nbh' file on storage card technique.
my questions are as follows:
1) Which is the QUICKEST and most stable WM6 rom
2) After CID-Unlocking is it worth flashing Hard-SPL?
3) what rom do you reccomend and why?
this is all, please, no smart-arse comments! at the moment i am using the TNT5.0 rom on my wizard
many thanks
Fastest ROM
1.) I always found LVSW ROMs to be the most stable, always deployed without faults. As for the fastest, personally (as a basic users and abuser of a phone), I never found one to be vastly faster than another. Especially WM6 ROMs.
2.) Huh, never even crossed my mind not to.
3.) I'm back to WM5 Original T-Mobile shipped I'm afraid, I braved Schapps and vp3g ROMs (liked them both I must say), but I just had issues that forced me back...
Duke,
1) Not tried all the others on her but Schaps 354c lite is pretty quick.
2) Hard SPL = Always. Safe bet for Tytn Rom burning.
3) Schaps 354c full. Has everything I need and is incredibly stable, which was a key criterion for me. Plus Schaps himself has a Tytn so I was happy to use the Rom knowing he had built and tested it on my device type before throwing it out there.
So when are you going to start cooking then?
WB
My opinion
my Answers are as follows:
I found that the best stable ROM is Schap's 3.54C & 3.6A
Yes you have to do that to prevent bricking your device
I tried several ROMS the best I found in my opinion is Schap's it is a fast rom with an elegant interface I've been using it for more than a month with no problems at all, there are several roms I've tried like TNT2 and Cyphol which is really based majority on Schap's.
If you need any further assistance please PM me. happy flashing.............................
i have the cingular 8125 and i dont know how to even get TouchFLO on it at all...i dont know if my phone is compatible with it soooo i need some help.
Thanks
oh and i need the windows mobile 6 upgrade...ne 1 know how to upgrade?
TouchFLO wasn't meant for the Wizard. It was meant for the HTC Touch. In fact I'm almost seeing it as a waste of resources these days. But if you want, look for a ROM that contains TouchFLO, particularly TNT series, which are found in this thread.
And if you want WM6, educate yourself first on the Wiki here on this site so you'll know more about your Wizard and what/whatnot to do with it.
You cannot flash to another rom without first unlocking your wizard. Read the stickies on how to do this. Assuming your wizard is a G3 device you can flash a new rom daily once you are cid/sim unlocked...if your device is a G4 it will be more difficult. Again, read the stickies first...then find a rom you like and flash away.
Hi,
I have just gone through the beginners guide and I have couple of queries.
1. I am having WM 6.5 original ROM from HTC for my HTC Touch Diamond2 and I am planning to go for cooked ROM. If anything goes wrong with Cooked ROM, Can I able to install again the WM 6.5 original ROM from HTC?
2. Whether cooked ROM have all the applications as which came from original ROM or some of application might not available in cooked ROM?
3. Mainly are we going for Cooked ROM only for look and feel and performance or anyother benefits are there like some extra built-in applications like that..?
4. How can we make sure whether particulat Cooked ROM will fit to our device. For example all the ccoked ROM in "Topaz ROM development" will fit for HTC Touch Diamond2?
Sorry for making so much questions, because it's better to prevent than cure.
and I am very much interested with the cooked ROM. thanks.
Hi, let me try to answer based on my exprerience:
1. Once you have installed Olinex HardSPL1.83 (which is simply NECESSARY), you'll be able to flash ANY ROM of ANY country, cooked or official. Just remember to re-lock the phone (see HardSPL thread) and put an official ROM back if you ever need to send the device back for assistance covered by warranty.
2. Generally, some really useless apps are removed in order to get more free memory but they still are available around , if someone really misses them.
3. Cooked ROMs main advantage is that they have updated apps,less bugs and, as you said, more speed and stability. Cooks generally tend to leave a maximum space available so that single users decide how to use it, but I guess it's also for copyright reasons that no extra apps are added. There are exceptions..for example my ROM contains a very cool app (ported from another HTC device) that allows my phone to act like a WiFi Acces Point, which wasn't there in the official build..Anyway when a ROM is published, cooks always make a list of what was removed,added or updated.
4. Only ROMs listed in their relative phone threads will work. If you own a Touch Diamond 2 (aka Topaz), Topaz forum is the place where you will find working ROMs for it.
Ciao!
thanks for kind reply, sualc.
now i need your guy's help and im sure im not the only one. k so i got my first smart phone, the HTC touch pro2 from Telus and im reading a lot of stuff on roms. an anybody explain to me why you should load up different roms, like what the pros and cons are of the different roms?
im sure there was probably a similar thread somewhere else but i did try and search a little and i couldn't find any. I would appreciate it if it was just helpful comments thanks.
thanks in advance http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
Carl
Welcome to forums
Your Rhodium seems to be CDMA so your section is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=517
Good luck and don´t forget to vote for Rhodium!!
The idea behind custom ROMs is to replace the sometimes buggy, bloated, inferior ROM that comes with device with different custom ROMs. Custom ROMs are generally faster, more stable, and have more features. Different ROMs can have different tweaks, included software, and features. Each ROM is right for different people, so a ROM you like may not be one that someone else likes. For that reason, it's highly recommended that you simply flash a bunch of different ROMs, and decide which one you like most.
As orb3000 said, your Telus Touch Pro2 is a CDMA model, so you should not flash any ROMs from here. Since XDA-Developers is primarily a GSM forum, most Pro2 CDMA ROMs can be found at PPCGeeks.
Also, be sure of the risks before you flash a ROM. I've flashed well over 100 times on different devices and never have had a problem, but you can brick a device if you don't follow directions. That being said, ROM flashing is pretty safe, if you follow directions and don't take shortcuts. Hope that helps
Thanks for the help
Ok one more problem apparently my phone si hybrid?! it has a sim card slot too for roaming. does this make any difference. will apps from this site still work on my phone?
cge10 said:
Ok one more problem apparently my phone si hybrid?! it has a sim card slot too for roaming. does this make any difference. will apps from this site still work on my phone?
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Most applications on this site should work just fine with your CDMA device. The only big thing that will be different between CDMA/GSM hybrids and the GSM only devices is the process of installing a new ROM, but even that is pretty similar.
I have a hermes (spv 3100) and wondering where i can get some newer, custom-brewed ROM's for it? there doesnt seem to be a rom section for it here on xda
There's a few scattered in here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=306
Even newer ones here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=355
Actually, there's a WHOLE section devoted to WM 6\6.1\6.5 ROMS... I don't think we need to tell you where it is as if you look, you might find it yourself...