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Windows Mobile 6.5 for Titan

Hi all,
Just after some advice.
I am useing dcd 3.4.3 and am enjoying it.
However, I kinda want to try something new. What is the best wm 6.5 rom out and why?

Hey there. Best 6.5 ROM? That's a matter of opinion. As far as stability is concerned, builds 21501 and 23017 lead the way. 23025 was the most recent build that I tried and it was hard to use. Windows moved the start menu icon and the "X" to the bottom. The GUI was either not user friendly or the version that I used was not made for our native resolution. I was unable to scroll far enough down in the notifications interface to be able to disable vibrate.
Tbonebtone has a nice light 6.5rom posted here in the Titan forum. R.Mogul makes a couple also, but I have never tried them and he uses a very early build.
I have been looking forward to trying the newer builds. I'm sure you have seen the more complete looking graphics and reskinned keyboards that are available in builds 23036 and 37. I am actually trying to familiarize myself with Ervius Visual Kitchen and Porting Tools just so I can try some of these newest builds. Seems support for the Titan device has really died in the past few months.

Hi there,
Thanks for the tip. i will give those to builds a go and report back. If you have anymore info on the latest ones that would be great.

LiamRutherford said:
Hi there,
Thanks for the tip. i will give those to builds a go and report back. If you have anymore info on the latest ones that would be great.
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I should have more info on newer builds this weekend. The family is out of town and I have little better to do tomorrow.

In my search on how to accurately update my kitchen for unsupported builds, I came across this thread. It seems that this gentleman is updating us with new roms and providing us with the newest .nbh files. Of course, these are his ROMs, so he added his splash screens that say "WM7"... not sure why??, some games, etc. The buttons on the dialer are transparent with white font, so a darker bg is a must. Also he included the "honeycomb" start menu. Some people like it, but its not for me. Overall, despite the aforementioned, this rom seems stable and boots at a lovely 25.4 mb.
More here: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=67673

Probex themes now available

AT frickn last.... I have done it PROBEXDESIGN is live and ready for action.
http://probex.ca the new intro will lead to either my online race site or the new theme store. Run .. buy yourself a Touch Pro 2 and join the crew.
Shouts to....
Vin Rock- my... partner in this
D/\SH- of smartphonejunkie.com
Demonchild- of smartphonejunkie.com
Adam- of pocketnow.com
HTC and Windows Mobile
XDA Developers
PPCGeeks
SPJ
These themes work with every providers release of the TP2/Rhodium in one easy .cab install GSM or CDMA It fixs any clock to a flip clock it removes the nasty orange icons from Sprint. it fixs the background for all tabs without any kind of hack has different walls for Port and Landscape. Dialer is fully skinned on all 3. Keyboards anything that could be skinned is skinned. The Home screens are fully functional on all providers nothing is not working everything looks nice and it is all one .cab per theme... no more 40 cabs to get a almost skinned interface. More themes will be available soon I have 2 more in progress. Windows 6.5 skins and TF 2.5-2.6 skins coming soon as well. Enjoy it has been a long haul to get here but the days is at last upon us.
YOU TUBE VIDEO OF THE TF7X AND LADIES FIRST THEME
YOU TUBE VIDEO OF THE NAUGHTY THEME
YOU TUBE ALIENX THEME
Just a couple of the many videos on you tube on these themes. Check them out.

Nice, Great work!

Finally Probe!!!
lol..when did you finish?! i remember you were still finishing up Sunday night...

looks great. keep us updated. i have been havin fun with my current theme 4 awhile and will be wantin a new look soon. hopefully most everyone will be updating to 6.5 soon so it would be good to have options there.

The 6.5 update if its not rolled in with the new sense UI [TF3D] will not effect these themes at all I have my handsd on the att version that has 6.5 included and it does not look to contain Sense UI only TF3D 2.1 so it will not effect the use of my themes at all to upgrade to 6.5 will be fine. I will be maken themes for 6.5 very soon to match these themes to keep everything looking uniform. I also just updated my PRO2 to the euro offical update. It does contain the new Sense UI but not the same one from the Leo I am already working on this version to have ready for when it rolls out in the US. prolly wont be for a while so I have time. )

off the hook theme probex! that alienware theme is by far the illest theme ive seen from u and cant wait for it to be available for my tp2.. thank you for all your hard work now and in advance cuz i cant wait to see what u'll do next! what about a thunder cats theme?!? lol! my phone is itchin for that blue theme!

Love it! thank you

Thanks guys really apprecaite the support.

Looks good probex, cant wait to see a release...

very happy with my theme!

Its realesed all three are available on http://probex.ca
My site has some issues earlier today but all is well again now.

Installed TF7X last night love it... great work

I just installed the naughty by nature theme boy is this theme sick ,probex has the best skills out there cant wait for ur other themes , if u need me to test anything on a sprint tp2 i will probex thanks again .And will ur 2.5 themes have weather on the homescreen ?

am I supposed to uninstall HDwall also? My missed calls over lap the date, and the tab on bottom says current selection

You must have had something installed that is messing with it. Yes it should say current selection on the tab but nothing should overlap did you have some kind of background for all tabs or something installed?
My themes have been extensivly tested on every provider on a stock install with no issues.

PROBEX said:
You must have had something installed that is messing with it. Yes it should say current selection on the tab but nothing should overlap did you have some kind of background for all tabs or something installed?
My themes have been extensivly tested on every provider on a stock install with no issues.
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just hdwalls and I think, could that be the problem? also, the icon doesn't appear through the current selection window, just the text, i'll try uninstalling some apps tomorrow to see which one is causing it to act up
oh, I should also add that I'm not using a stock ROM, could possibly be the issue as well, great work though looks awesome

Yes that fact you are not on a stock rom is really hard for me to predict the behavior this is exactly why I stuck with the stock roms for all providers for building and testing. Its almost impossible for me to know how each rom chief will add or remove parts from other versions of touchflow or the sense UI I wanted a product that could be deployed to the mass's. The average user will not load custom roms. Esp on a device that works so well already with the stock rom. HD walls if it contains any manila files/ and it probably does could most deffinatly be causing wierd behavior If it contained some sort of wall for all tabs hacks My version does not run hacks to have wallpapers on all tabs.

And it's not only ROM chefs adding to this challenge, but also HTC and phone distributors themselves with the sheer amount of versions of TouchFLO plus additions from phone vendors - no standards and no documentations whatsoever. Everyone takes about how good for end users and for developers so called "open" is - here is the proof point that just the oppsite is the case.
I love Probex' work. It's design versus a mix of elements into a CAB file. And I can live with some glitches

PROBEX said:
You must have had something installed that is messing with it. Yes it should say current selection on the tab but nothing should overlap did you have some kind of background for all tabs or something installed?
My themes have been extensivly tested on every provider on a stock install with no issues.
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hey probey yur boy dash just seeing what the talk is about over here on your themes.... glad i could once again be of assistance... and for the people that want it heard i have personally tested with the touch pro 2 through sprint and verizon and are now error free on both as well as the gsm version that probex tested on. all providers have been covered for and cared for accordingly. i have all three and boy oh boy am i loving them and the ladies first is off the hook as well.... great job buddy and you got the email address and the phone number if you need anything.
D/\SH

Thanks D/\SH your the man.

Manila 2.5

Research for me has turned up somewhat conflicting results, so I ask if the community can shed some light, and in turn enlighten some of us who are in the dark.
Please correct me as I am sure there are some flaws in my knowledge here.
1. Manila / Sense 2.5 has been released officially, but only for the HD2 / Leo? And as such will only be released for this device.
leading to 2. therefore, the TP2 will never have *official* support for Manila 2.5 and it's lovely widget home / full-screen weather home screens
leading to 3. The Leo has no need for landscape support for all it's stuff because it doesn't have a keyboard?
leading to 4. I can discern that Manila 2.5 has added features such as Tiwtter integration and what has really piqued my interest, this "footprint" lark.
leading to 5. I am confused about Manila. It's obviously the program the runs the fancy TF3D interface jibbery-joo, but in some places I get the impression that it's heavily integrated into the windows ROM and so must come already baked in, and in other places It seems like it could almost be a cab file, ready for install?
leading to 6. does anyone know if HTC plans to give us poor TP2 users a widgetized home screen?
leading to 7. In some screen shots I have seen both the widgetised home screen, weather animations and footprint screen in use on what otherwise appears as Manila 2.1, especially the footprints things. Is this a seperate, installable module?
If it is possible to install the components (like footprints) or Manila 2.5 seperately, is there anyone offering them up, can't find them myself?
Many thanks for listening, it's all getting rather confusing.

Landscape support
Go to the aplications side of the thread. Theres apost called "Project Pulse"
Its a mod of 2.5 that supports landscape in all tabs but is still in early form with a few bugs. The developer is working on the bugs and will continue to update it. Its deffinatly worth looking at if you want to see landscape support for 2.5

geejayoh said:
Research for me has turned up somewhat conflicting results, so I ask if the community can shed some light, and in turn enlighten some of us who are in the dark.
Please correct me as I am sure there are some flaws in my knowledge here.
1. Manila / Sense 2.5 has been released officially, but only for the HD2 / Leo? And as such will only be released for this device.
leading to 2. therefore, the TP2 will never have *official* support for Manila 2.5 and it's lovely widget home / full-screen weather home screens
leading to 3. The Leo has no need for landscape support for all it's stuff because it doesn't have a keyboard?
leading to 4. I can discern that Manila 2.5 has added features such as Tiwtter integration and what has really piqued my interest, this "footprint" lark.
leading to 5. I am confused about Manila. It's obviously the program the runs the fancy TF3D interface jibbery-joo, but in some places I get the impression that it's heavily integrated into the windows ROM and so must come already baked in, and in other places It seems like it could almost be a cab file, ready for install?
leading to 6. does anyone know if HTC plans to give us poor TP2 users a widgetized home screen?
leading to 7. In some screen shots I have seen both the widgetised home screen, weather animations and footprint screen in use on what otherwise appears as Manila 2.1, especially the footprints things. Is this a seperate, installable module?
If it is possible to install the components (like footprints) or Manila 2.5 seperately, is there anyone offering them up, can't find them myself?
Many thanks for listening, it's all getting rather confusing.
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well friend this doesn't need to be in the rom section but ill see what i can do with your questions.
1. yep it has been made for the htc touch hd 2 but i am guessing it will be made for future devices and touchflo 3d will be gone for good kinda of like what happend between touch flo 2d when 3d came out.
2. it is very doubtful that the touch pro 2 will get an upgrade like 90% chance of no.
3. Yea pretty much why they didn't just make a landscape now is beyond me i know they will eventually maybe if that rumor about the touch hd pro comes out or something.
4 Yea 2.5 has twitter app which really is just alright i would rather use twikini. And footprints has been out for awhile on touch flo 2d.
5.Its kinda of both in a sense there are plenty of cabs for touch flo 3d but it is built in by htc as a more or less skin such as spb mobile shell.
6. Very doubtful htc loves moving forward with things.
7.If you could show us a pic i might be able to answer that but someone would have to port footprints to 2.1 and i really doubt thats gonna happend any time soon.

k2thejx5 said:
well friend this doesn't need to be in the rom section but ill see what i can do with your questions.
1. yep it has been made for the htc touch hd 2 but i am guessing it will be made for future devices and touchflo 3d will be gone for good kinda of like what happend between touch flo 2d when 3d came out.
2. it is very doubtful that the touch pro 2 will get an upgrade like 90% chance of no.
3. Yea pretty much why they didn't just make a landscape now is beyond me i know they will eventually maybe if that rumor about the touch hd pro comes out or something.
4 Yea 2.5 has twitter app which really is just alright i would rather use twikini. And footprints has been out for awhile on touch flo 2d.
5.Its kinda of both in a sense there are plenty of cabs for touch flo 3d but it is built in by htc as a more or less skin such as spb mobile shell.
6. Very doubtful htc loves moving forward with things.
7.If you could show us a pic i might be able to answer that but someone would have to port footprints to 2.1 and i really doubt thats gonna happend any time soon.
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Thanks for your answers man.
You're right it shouldn't be in the ROM section. But I kind of ummed and aarrred about it, and as you said yourself, it's a mixed bag whether manila is cooked in or not. Haha.
But very informative and I appreciate the time your took to reply. Kind of gives a good indication.

I was trying to install sense 2.5 in my TP2 until now ! thanks for posting this
geejayoh said:
Research for me has turned up somewhat conflicting results, so I ask if the community can shed some light, and in turn enlighten some of us who are in the dark.
Please correct me as I am sure there are some flaws in my knowledge here.
1. Manila / Sense 2.5 has been released officially, but only for the HD2 / Leo? And as such will only be released for this device.
leading to 2. therefore, the TP2 will never have *official* support for Manila 2.5 and it's lovely widget home / full-screen weather home screens
leading to 3. The Leo has no need for landscape support for all it's stuff because it doesn't have a keyboard?
leading to 4. I can discern that Manila 2.5 has added features such as Tiwtter integration and what has really piqued my interest, this "footprint" lark.
leading to 5. I am confused about Manila. It's obviously the program the runs the fancy TF3D interface jibbery-joo, but in some places I get the impression that it's heavily integrated into the windows ROM and so must come already baked in, and in other places It seems like it could almost be a cab file, ready for install?
leading to 6. does anyone know if HTC plans to give us poor TP2 users a widgetized home screen?
leading to 7. In some screen shots I have seen both the widgetised home screen, weather animations and footprint screen in use on what otherwise appears as Manila 2.1, especially the footprints things. Is this a seperate, installable module?
If it is possible to install the components (like footprints) or Manila 2.5 seperately, is there anyone offering them up, can't find them myself?
Many thanks for listening, it's all getting rather confusing.
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I was trying to install sense 2.5 in my TP2 until now ! thanks for posting this

i wanted so much a good rom with 2.5 for my tp2.. what i wanted was a french version of the fusion rom, but as we know, attomang seems to have vanished because of some scamming business he tried...
however here's what i think about the OFFICIAL future of sense 2.5 in landscape : pocket now showed us some leaked pictures of upcoming htc models coming in 2010 (based on some xda informations), and it comes out that there's a tp2-like device coming out.. so if it isn't an android based device, i think we can hope that it will come with 2.5 (and that we can base our future roms on the one that will be provided with it)
---> look at thje third one called "TERA"
http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/hot-three-new-htc-windows-mobile-phones-for-2010
(sorry if me english bad.. me native language french xD)
EDIT / for /7/ "home creen animated...".. it is present in the official 6.5 upgrade (so it's a winmo6.5 with sense 2.1) -- animated weather is on with the default wallpaper (or you can say when no wallpaper is chosen, or set for the homecreen)

New HD2 Widgets?

Good morning all,
I did a search on "widgets" and could not come up with what I was looking for so...
I was reading (and watching video) on "pocketnow.com." They showed that you could "long tap" an empty spot on the home page which would allow you to peruse, choose from, and download new icons/widgets for your HD2. They had some spiffy ones on there for mail and other.
Tried it and it did not work. Read into the comments section and they note that it is an andriod phone and may not work on a Tmo-WM-HD2.
Is there a way to get some nice new widgets for preinstalled programs (or other) without flashing the ROM or installing a new CAB?
I assumed there might be just like I can choose an icon on my Windows desktop.
Thanks in advance.

you could just install android or mobile shells.

yeah, like ddgarcia is saying, WM doesn't really have widgets, unless you use CHT/CHTE (which only has a very few available). Based on what you said, I would imagine that the video you were looking at was an android build with sense on it (so it looks rather similar to a WM build with sense).
Android and SPB Mobile Shell (a WM-based replacement for sense) are pretty much the only way to get widgets on to your home screen.

Mate, are you sure you were not looking at Co0kie's Home Tab 1.85?

I appreciate all the responses.
You are indeed correct, it was an android HD2.
I should have noted that.
I was hoping that perhaps so of the same functionality was possible with my TMO-HD2 (WM 6.5).
I have thought about installing Cookie's Tabs, but frankly I dig my stock HD2. I have been having some latency troubles lately, but I think there may be some "gun" in the system that my cleaner is not getting rid of (tmp files, etc.).
I need to clean her out and tune her up!
Thanks all.

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Mate, are you sure you were not looking at Co0kie's Home Tab 1.85?
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Pretty sure he wasn't. He was mistaken when he said the video was showing widgets for the HD2 though.
http://www.youtube.com/pocketnowvideo#p/u/9/3CUyaxW2QVU

Camusa said:
I appreciate all the responses.
You are indeed correct, it was an android HD2.
I should have noted that.
I was hoping that perhaps so of the same functionality was possible with my TMO-HD2 (WM 6.5).
I have thought about installing Cookie's Tabs, but frankly I dig my stock HD2. I have been having some latency troubles lately, but I think there may be some "gun" in the system that my cleaner is not getting rid of (tmp files, etc.).
I need to clean her out and tune her up!
Thanks all.
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CHT 1.8 is awesome dude. The quicklinks you get make your phone twice as cool. It's like having an Android WM hybrid. Obviously there are a lot more apps out there for Android but functionality wise CHT makes this phone better...

You do know that you can load Android on your phone with minimal effort, right?

Mate, here is a wicked Android build for you; everything is working fine. This provides a fantastic experience with a Stock HTC Desire Froyo build (HTC Sense etc...).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=736545
Read the thread, download the ROM, read the instructions (simple 1,2,3 steps) and enjoy.
Cheers

While I appreciate the kind and well-intended responses...
Me no want Android.
Me like Windows Mobile

Camusa said:
While I appreciate the kind and well-intended responses...
Me no want Android.
Me like Windows Mobile
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Have you thought of trying a maxsense rom? energy maxsense might be whatyou are looking for. There is widgets in maxsense. It is basically a complete rebuild of htc sense.

[Q] Has anyone got a link to a fully working 2.3 ROM?

I know this post will anoy alot of people but people jump to conclusions.
This is not a 'which is the best' question its a Which works Question
I want a rom that will work like a new phone out of a box - HTC sense UI and all working.. - No dodgy iphone style theme thing -
Ive been using android 2.2 for 6 months now and its been great but i want to update the OS to 2.3.
Every version of 2.3 i install has problems with the camera or backlight or somthing OR - Theres a 'allmost perfect version' - and theres either
a. no actual link - just a load of crap in the thread aout how good it is with loads of pictures and no actual link -
b. it has a stupid crappy iphone theme skin that it doesent function properly without
c. crashes and wont boot after clock work has done its witch craft!
So my question is -
In your opinion, whats the most stable BEST RUNNING 2.3 ROM that isnt skinned and has sense UI?
I dont care about people's thoughts 'whats cool for me might not be cool for you' - the question is as above!

I suggest not to jump to conclutions ur self and try Ultimate droid 3.3 ir has gingerbread 2,3 running, best speed amongst ANY roms out there, simple but very customisable ui, been using it for 5-6 months and it has never crashed.
tip - get a widget of the sence like clock u wond even feel like missing sence UI

there is no fully working sense rom with 2.3

da-alster258 said:
I know this post will anoy alot of people but people jump to conclusions.
This is not a 'which is the best' question its a Which works Question
I want a rom that will work like a new phone out of a box - HTC sense UI and all working.. - No dodgy iphone style theme thing -
Ive been using android 2.2 for 6 months now and its been great but i want to update the OS to 2.3.
Every version of 2.3 i install has problems with the camera or backlight or somthing OR - Theres a 'allmost perfect version' - and theres either
a. no actual link - just a load of crap in the thread aout how good it is with loads of pictures and no actual link -
b. it has a stupid crappy iphone theme skin that it doesent function properly without
c. crashes and wont boot after clock work has done its witch craft!
So my question is -
In your opinion, whats the most stable BEST RUNNING 2.3 ROM that isnt skinned and has sense UI?
I dont care about people's thoughts 'whats cool for me might not be cool for you' - the question is as above!
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This animal doesn't exist. There are no 2.3 ROMs running Sense that work "well", they ALL have major issues. This is simply not an option at this point.
Try again next month. Who knows?

all roms are in DEV state. even next month =P

Thankyou - Does the SD card work as an APP directory
mokiki said:
I suggest not to jump to conclutions ur self and try Ultimate droid 3.3 ir has gingerbread 2,3 running, best speed amongst ANY roms out there, simple but very customisable ui, been using it for 5-6 months and it has never crashed.
tip - get a widget of the sence like clock u wond even feel like missing sence UI
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Thanks for your feedback - My only question - i downloaded a version of 2.3 - and when i move an app say angry birds to the SD card - it comes up with some bogus application cannot start error - then a load of random numbers - ill log it next time... - But as soon as i move the app to the phone memory, it works - this happens on all card classes... - Google earth also does this aswell as loads of other apps...