Hi all,
I have an MDA Vario II from T-Mobile UK currently running stock ROM (ie WM5) from ancient times. Am thinking of moving to other ROMs to give it a new look and feel, but am not sure about one aspect- Will I lose the stock applications (eg Word, Excel...) when I install, say, a dopod ROM?
Many thanks.
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Possibly, but you can find them on this site in cab installable form so its just a matter of re-installing them if they aren't there. Read a little bit about the rom, the chefs give a good idea of whats included and whats not.
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I will be buying my Touch Cruise next week and have read that one of the first things I should do is update the ROM. It appears that the 2 most popular ones are: WM6.1 by BEBE and the Aserg rom.
From what I can see as a total beginner is that the Bebe has TomTom installed in the permeium edition and the Aserg rom does not have it. Can I install TomTom (comes with the Touch cruise I believe), after I update the ROM?
What are the big differences in terms of speed and functionality between the ROMs?
yes you can load TomTom on any ROM that doesnt have it already installed. The TC has the Built in Hardware to communicate with the software reguardless of the ROM.
Secondly the ROM that you use is usually personal preference. Most Roms have different features and software installed and some perform better than others depending on how much software comes loaded in them. You will probably end up flashing a few different ones before you decide which is best for you.
There is 1 more alternative. If you cannot find one to your liking there are plenty of threads here to which you can cook your own custom ROM.
Hope this helps... feel free to ask as much as needed... we are here to help!
iv just got my brand new touch hd on orange, iv just started playing with it and am getting used to it slowly, iv had an o2 xda11i and an xda exec previously and both of them i flashed with roms from here, what do people recommend??
So far, I haven't flashed my Touch HD which is surprising as I was used to flashing my previous devices. Maybe the reason I haven't is I purchased an "unbranded" one from mobilephonedirect. If you have Orange branded one I'm assuming it has all manner of naff s/ware on it - my advice would be to flash either an unbranded stock rom, or a cooked rom
Pugme said:
iv just got my brand new touch hd on orange, iv just started playing with it and am getting used to it slowly, iv had an o2 xda11i and an xda exec previously and both of them i flashed with roms from here, what do people recommend??
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If you don't use the Orange bloatware, your phone would be way faster and be able to do a lot more if you loaded a newer rom... just my two cents!
what is a good rom to flash with?? its been a while since iv done this! iv just sat and gone thru the wiki.
Pugme said:
what is a good rom to flash with?? its been a while since iv done this! iv just sat and gone thru the wiki.
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Personally, I've just flashed it with the latest WWE stock ROM... got rid of my Orange bloatware and enjoying the experience "as is".
Im very happy with the way it is now, using a clean stock ROM and the Advanced Tools software.
My first step would be to flash it with the latest, clean stock ROM. This gives you the most up-to-date ROM from HTC without the bloat that Orange dumped on it. From there, I'd read up on some of the other ROMs such as Dutty's and DavieDuck's.... you might find the Manilla V3 or WM6.5 ROMS to be something you wish to experiment with also.
Theres plenty of info around here and plenty of help so when in doubt, search! When still stuck, post
Ok well i have just successfully upgraded to dutty's v2.9 and must say im quite happy, the new (dare i say it) i phone stlye start menu seems better. can i ask what other programs do people use, i will be installing tcpmt or whatever it was i used to use (core media player) and was thinking about wisbar, iv seen a thread on here about alternatives to the touch flo3d (point UI).
any recommendations would be very useful as iv been away from windows mobile for quite a while.
also i remember there being a ftp directory or something full of cab files, or maybe a list of cab files for my old xda, is there something like this for the touch hd??
also spb mobile shell 3.0 would that be used instead of touchflo3d??
sorry being a pain now!! lol iv just realised i got some cab files with the dutty 2.9 download and i have completely forgotten what im supposed to do with .cab file to install them, any help or a point in the right direction, i tried searching cab files but was unsuccessful.
also im slowly understanding what manila is but now im on dutty extreme 2.9 am i running new or old manila?? new i presume.
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.
Hi guys,
I've been using the forum for a year or so now and it's great!
I'm now the proud owner of an HD2 from O2 UK and I've already updated the ROM to version 1.72.206.3, which I believe is the latest, but what are the differences between this O2 ROM and the unbranded ROM?
I've done a search and can't seem to find anything to answer this question.
Hope somebody can help.
thanks
The unbranded ROM?
Which ROM? Do you mean the original o2 1.43 ROM? Not much difference that you would recognise. The volume slider in WMP renders correctly in 1.72 whereas in 1.43 it looked like a poo stain in a pair of underpants. Apart from that forget it. I just includes all of the camera, SMS and other hotfixes which had been released between the two versions.
Do you mean cooked ROMs you can download from XDA? The world of difference. Select a ROM with the features you want from the ROM section and flash it as per the instructions given.
Maybe over the next year you will read some of the posts. Maybe even learn a thing or two
if you do in fact mean cooked roms. then alot.
for me (an energy user) the phone no longer crashes every day. i can install all the apps i want and not hit the memory usage on the phone. The phone runs alot faster, smoother has better apps pre-installed and i just like it more?
After having read almost all threads from the beginning it seems that ALL branded HD2s are buggy to excess ..............
I use an unbranded one, and while once in a while I had some probs with 1.43 since 1.48 it runs as smooth as liquid nitrogene.
I have also installed SKTools and Pocket Mechanic, LeoCPUSpeed V.3.0, CHT 1.6 (the ultimate stable version till now), Chainfire´s 3D-driver and before any mod or installed app I do a backup. In case a new app causes probs I just revert to sit as before.
No single hardreset necessary till now since I unpacked it.
Honestly: I was heavily tried to flash a cooked ROM once, but I refrain from THAT as soon as I read in the specific threads about the many problems some of the users then have with lock-ups, freezes, bricking. And branded HD2s ARE cooked ROMS !
CHT, Franwella, Jaguaralani, Smaberg, MooNah and the many others (sorry for not remembering ALL names, but ALL are geniousses) offer such nice little mods that there is no need FOR ME to experiment with cooked ROMS.
Also on Freewarepocketpc - when is new app is issued - as soon as I read "does not work on HD2" I abstain from installing till a stable version is issued.
difference between o2 rom and unbranded rom
hi
in o2 rom wifi router is missing
Hi all,
Thanks for all the input so far.
Previous to having the HD2 I had an X1 which I flashed with various cooked ROM's successfully and it worked quite well.
Really, I just need to know what is missing on the O2 1.72 ROM that is on the equivalent stock ROM which I assume is 1.48 and would I benefit from flashing a stock ROM to the device.
Would it let me do this with no problems and would it affect the warranty, if it needed reapair, if I did flash it with a stock ROM or would I have to go back to the O2 ROM?
I have newly obtained a T-Mobile MDA Pro with a German WM5 ROM.
I'd like to upgrade to an English WM6 or 6.5 ROM, but it seems there are a few of those around and I have no idea which to choose.
Is there a commonly recommended ROM? If not, what are the main ones and their highlights?
I don't know whether my phone has 64MB or 128MB of ROM, since apparently the HTC Universal can have either and it's important to know in order to pick a ROM to install; how can I check this?
Is it true that WM6/6.5 takes up a lot more RAM than WM5? If so, is there a noticeable difference between 6 and 6.5, and should I perhaps avoid 6.5 if it takes up too much?
Finally, what are the things I should be careful about? Namely, how can I brick my phone? Is an upgrade of the radio, bootloader or other potentially sensitive things necessary, or can I just upgrade the Windows software safely?
Thanks
LuccoJ said:
I have newly obtained a T-Mobile MDA Pro with a German WM5 ROM.
I'd like to upgrade to an English WM6 or 6.5 ROM, but it seems there are a few of those around and I have no idea which to choose.
Is there a commonly recommended ROM? If not, what are the main ones and their highlights?
I don't know whether my phone has 64MB or 128MB of ROM, since apparently the HTC Universal can have either and it's important to know in order to pick a ROM to install; how can I check this?
Is it true that WM6/6.5 takes up a lot more RAM than WM5? If so, is there a noticeable difference between 6 and 6.5, and should I perhaps avoid 6.5 if it takes up too much?
Finally, what are the things I should be careful about? Namely, how can I brick my phone? Is an upgrade of the radio, bootloader or other potentially sensitive things necessary, or can I just upgrade the Windows software safely?
Thanks
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I'd recommend you to look and read everything on sticky! as all the tutorials, ROM upgrade, trouble shooting, and programmes have on there ~ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549207