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March 2006: What is the BEST ROM FOR 8125 right now?

Had my 8125 Wizard now for 2 weeks. Absolutley love it - wish it was a little faster. It frequently hangs up for 1 to 2 seconds when I rapidly switch tasks.
Was looking to update to the BEST most STABLE ROM currently available, and then maybe load OmapClock to bump up to like 228mhz?
WHAT IS THE CURRENT BEST/STABLE ROM?
I did a load of searching on here but the dates are scattered throughout the past year or so... Thought I would start a NEW CURRENT THREAD.
I have seen numerous posts with issues on the new 2.x.x roms so I guess I should stay away from those for a while???
Im just looking to upgrade from my factory Cingular ROM to something better and stable. I am a total PocketPC New.B so any info/links on how to and where to locate and install these roms would also be appreciated!!!
Thanks in advance

try the last one... realeased today
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=44022

I thought that was for a QTek 9100 ? Will it still work for my 8125? am I correct to understand that all HTC WIZARD roms are compatible with each other???

Cingular, T-Mobile, QTek, iMate, Dopod, O2, etc... they all are HTC Wizard with different badges and covers or shells sharing the same blood.
I upgraded my Dopod 838 with the latest iMate ROM that is the best investment I've done to this device.
There are many happier Cingular 8125 owners with upgraded non-Cingular ROMs. The new ROM certainly makes the device snappier, among other improvements.
Look around this board and read on. Enjoy.

WM5 on HARRIER

Hi!
I made a lot of searches only to find out that my BLUE ANGEL is not upgradable because of the radio firmware (PPC 6600 Sprint HARRIER PH20A2 firmware upgraded to 2.07.00).
But I was wondering, since it was given to me and I don't use the phone at all, is there a way to upgrade to WM5 without upgrading/activating GSM? I really don't mind loosing the phone capability of my PDA since I really use it only as a PDA.
Thanks

I don't think it will work, you may destroy your device this way

it may work, it may not. do you want to risk it?
edit: i remember seeing a topic about this earlier this week, apparantly it worked but the phone part didnt.

hej
I also would to upgrade Audiovox XV6600 to Windows Mobile 2005. Maybe this rom whith Verizon radio will be good: http://www.utstar.com/pcd/downloads/HA_VZW_207_111_01151_SHIP1.exe
Who try first? ;-)

i was waiting just for it..... yes yes someone please try it... :lol:

Not likely to work
The Harrier is strictly CDMA only no GSM, I have one that i disassembled to steal the Camera so i saw the inner workings of both devices. The Blue Angel (my actual phone) is GSM only, the radios for both devices are not innerchangeable however i may point out that the camera is without flas anyways. As far as upgrading the OS, on that device i wouldnt know how to begin on that subject.

I would think the only hope in this area is to research porting the PPC-6700 rom over to the harrier since it is also a CDMA device.. I believe I read that you can flash one of the WM5 BA updates to your harrier but upon starting up it mentions something about no GSM hardware and restarts itself...

Cingular 2.26 ROM

Not sure if anyone is interested but I created a ROM using a bare T-Mobile 2.26 with the complete Extended ROM from the Cingular 2.25. This is for unlocked G3 type phones ONLY as it has the 2.26 IPL/SPL embedded.
This was my very first attempt at cooking a ROM and it didn't turn out bad if you need a truely Cingular looking phone. Actually I can't tell the difference except it's much faster than the stock 2.25.
This has no customizations included and was for fun only. I've been running it today with no problems. Being as that I don't need GoodLink email or other such Cingular stuff I'll be flashing tomorrow to something different. (but that's me ...)
ftp://xda:[email protected]/Wizard/Roms/Other_Unknown/Cingular_RUU_Wizard_2.26
I forgot to include the .rar extension when I UL'ed to the FTP, sorry! ( DUH! )

thank you. I've been using the 2,265 for some time now. it looks like these newer roms seem to be faster and better performance wise.
so this is a basic rom with cingular customizations? I'm deciding on either trying this out,the aku 2.3 beta by shogun or waiting for the next aku 3.2 release.
just wondering. will we see any official cingular/htc releases or have they abandoned the wizard?

If on a Cingular network I'm kinda partial to the shogunmark ROM. For a beta it's worked out pretty well and I'm going back to it today probably.
The 3.2 is a work in progress, not ready for primetime IMO.
This ROM I threw together is for those that need all the Cingular stuff that come on the stock phone. It's got the Cingular Splash Screen, complete Cingular Extended ROM and that's it. It's near impossible to tell that it's not the stock ROM unless you purposely look at the device info. I was simply addressing an extremely small (if existent at all) need for such a critter and to have a little fun.

Thanks, this is what I was looking for. I am going to load this today.
Keep up the good work. :lol:

bout time you put that out..

Wow! If only one person benefits from this ROM I'm tickled!
Good luck!

shogunmark said:
bout time you put that out..
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All those union breaks I guess! And it actually turned out nice, quite quick in stock mode without molski's speed and performance tweaks... actually never got around to installing any reg hacks as I was happy with it the way it performed. Back to your ROM now though as I don't need all that Cingular stuff ... with my enhancements added in of course !

Will this rom work on the qtek 1010?

I wouldn't thinks so, being that that you're referring to a Wallaby I believe.
Sorry!

Would you happen to know how to get cingular to work on my Wallaby?

jdubbs said:
Would you happen to know how to get cingular to work on my Wallaby?
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Sounds like you might need to unlock it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=1190&highlight=unlock

I believe that you need to change over to the Wallaby upgrading etc. instead of looking in this Forum. From a 5 minute search there it would appear that the Wallaby working on the Cingular network would require you having 1900 MHZ coverage rather than the typical 850 MHZ which I don't believe that the Wallaby supports. I'm not a Wallaby owner however and claim no knowledge of the device nor do I really care to learn.
The subject I posted here was Cingular 2.26 ROM. It is for Wizards only. If you happened to be able to flash it to your device I'm sure it would cease to exist as a usable device. If your question is regarding the Wallaby operating on the Cingular network you're in the wrong place.
Sorry and good luck!

Thank you for the info, but I decided to sell it to someone in Europe. But thaks for the help

What is in ext rom? I dunno cingular rom...

If you dunno you dunneed!
(Trust me !)

in the beta versionn, the voice dial button locked the phone. in this one does the voice dial button really do voice dial???

This is the standard Cingular Extended ROM - no more and no less

going 2.26.. can't go back?
i'm trying to figure out if I have gone to 2.26, if I can go back?

going 2.26.. can't go back?
i'm trying to figure out if I have gone to 2.26, can I go back?

Re: going 2.26.. can't go back?
gribbler said:
i'm trying to figure out if I have gone to 2.26, can I go back?
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Back to what? My psychic advisor is on vacation...
Actually if you CID unlocked you can install whatever ROM you want. Typically you have to downgrade to the 1.05 ROM to the downgrade to another ROM lower than the 2.226, say the 2.24.
But you really should get into the habit of including all information about your ROM when you ask questions here.

Orange UK ROM... anyone?

Sorry to bother people again but am having problems with my data connections etc... with the HTC ROM and was looking to install my original Orange UK ROM.
Can people point me in the right direction...
Thank you,
K

hasnt been released by orange yet so you wont be able to get it back until they do.

have you heard if they will release any ROM update? Orange very rarely offer update any of their phones updates.

it took about 18 months for an Orange ROM for my M600 to "appear". I emailed and called Orange UK support who were hopeless- they couldn't even find the correct department responsible for ROMS!!!
However I tried almost every other WM5 and WM6 ROm during that time. Finally I found a great WM6 ROM with almost no bugs (for my usage).
My advice is try other ROMs until you're happy!
You'll get one in the end and it will be better than Oranges offering.

Thanks. I Just upgraded to the LVSW ROM.

is there anyway to back up (download) the rom on my phone? that way i can get an orange backup rom!

try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=309959

ahh thankyou however i just realised i'm in the wrong place! needed to post in prophet area

Upgrade my TyTN II to 6.1 ??

I have been looking to upgrade my Tytn II to the latest ROM however I have not been able to get the upgrade it from HTC.
but its seems to not be there....
My system is
R 1..27.15.32
G 22.51.8.13H
D 1.82.00.00
Now I"m not sure what all those numbers ar efor but I know the R is for radio!!
I got lost after reading that bit... I was going to try to upgrade it myself but got confused so I stopped... trying and thought I'd wait till an update was available from HTC...
Well it seems its not to me anyways...
SO if there is anyone out there that can help me sort out an upgrade..
I live in Brisbane, and use optus as my carrier... my phone is unlocked as far as I know... I purchased it on the net from a Melbourne online store.
So help an Aussie if ya can.....

if you want to upgrade, then please start reading here.....
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Kaiser

6.1 very bad gps.
6.0 good gps

Why go to WM 6.1?
peto01 said:
6.1 very bad gps.
6.0 good gps
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Exactly! Having been there, done that and decided to go back to WM 6.0, in my effort to help a fellow person from 'down under', I can tell targ that if he uses (or expects to use) Tomtom or GPS at all on the device, he'd better be very patient at waiting for satellite locks under WM 6.1.
Although HTC have improved some of their WM 6.1 upgrades by using a newer Radio, I've tried the latest WWE version and it's still far short of what my original WM 6.0 implementation achieved as far as GPS performance is concerned. Once you upgrade to 6.1 it's quite a task to go back to WM 6.0 (the spl needs reverting too) so I had HTC do that on my device under warranty.

Yup tried reading that...
got lost as to what I need to match to what!!!
Like I said I'm looking for a some help to do this .
I"ll have another crack at it though see if I can make sense of any of it...
Peto01 man what you mean the gps goes crap... in 6.1
Is this only in a few units or every unit.

More reading material
targ said:
what you mean the gps goes crap... in 6.1
Is this only in a few units or every unit.
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Have a look at this thread about *hopeless* GPS after 6.1 update
The problem seems fairly widespread with TyTN II WM 6.1 updates. Since the ROM and Radio on your device seem to be from the Rogers network (as listed in the xda-dev wiki), that may explain why the generic HTC upgrade doesn't work for your device (only genuine HTC TyTN IIs will run the HTC upgrade as-is).
If you're just wanting to upgrade to WM 6.1 because it's the latest, you may be disappointed!

Useful!
I was browsing forum trying to see should I upgrade my stock 6.0 ROM to 6.1. Now I am sure that I will wait for couple more months (weeks?) !

I'm inclined to wait until the next ROM and Radio release has been tested/reviewed
I'm inclined to let someone else be the guinea pig regarding fixing the broken GPS. When a new ROM/Radio Combination is released on HTC eClub/Support, I'll check here to see how reports about GPS performance look and then when I'm sufficiently sure it's not still broken, will again jump over to WM 6.1.
Once bitten, twice shy and I don't want to have to get HTC to revert it to WM 6.0 again!

Flying Kiwi said:
Exactly! Having been there, done that and decided to go back to WM 6.0, in my effort to help a fellow person from 'down under', I can tell targ that if he uses (or expects to use) Tomtom or GPS at all on the device, he'd better be very patient at waiting for satellite locks under WM 6.1.
Although HTC have improved some of their WM 6.1 upgrades by using a newer Radio, I've tried the latest WWE version and it's still far short of what my original WM 6.0 implementation achieved as far as GPS performance is concerned. Once you upgrade to 6.1 it's quite a task to go back to WM 6.0 (the spl needs reverting too) so I had HTC do that on my device under warranty.
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I had the same experience and reverted back to 6.0 roms. BUT I've recently been using Garmins WM6.1 DK3 with radio 1.65.17.56 and the GPS fix is always quick and strong - Works all over UK. This setup may be worth considering.

ach2 said:
I had the same experience and reverted back to 6.0 roms. BUT I've recently been using Garmins WM6.1 DK3 with radio 1.65.17.56 and the GPS fix is always quick and strong - Works all over UK. This setup may be worth considering.
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I want to keep it all official HTC and not have to use hardspl at this stage, besides I prefer the look of the original HTC setup (themes, icons etc) over the customised Garmin DK3. The latest official HTC ROM for the device uses the same radio as you're using and I was far from satisfied with its reception instability compared to the old WM 6.0 setup. I've sent a letter to the big cheese at HTC so will wait and see what happens!

Flying Kiwi,
What do you mean "Rogers network" (WTF) I bought a HTC Tytn II from a Retailer. surely this is not a fake HTC??
Should I be looking at taking it back?
Does this mean I don't have any Warrenty?
This would be why HTC said that the Upgrade is not a suitable for my unit... going by the S/N!!
What am I to DO now.
As for the GPS issue some seem to be having no real issue with cooked roms.
AS I live in Australia would I need to get a diff radio then say you in the UK?
I"m rather intrested in the L26 TL ROM of Leo's
And if I understand it correctly I need to
1. run jump SPL
2. then flash the SPL that suits the rom I go for.
3. flash the Radio
4. Flash the ROM I have choisen.
Then hard reset.
IS that right?
or have I got the order wrong or missed a step.
Just trying to make a simple as I can..
Would my location and carrier make a difference as to which SPL, ROM, RADIO I use.

OH yeah !
What Does the R, D, and G mean...

Well, I finally did my first ROM change (to 6.1) and have to say I don't have any problems at all.
I have a T-mobile Vario 3, that although everything worked, I always found slow and buggy.
I went for Sleuths 6.1 V3 ROM, simply because I was a hermes user before and his stuff was always flawless.......and I was proved right again.
It's really simple to do, contains the correct radio (much better than the shipped one), and is really fast and stable. Had it a week and used it intensively - no problems with Tomtom or GPS - the same, if not better than it was before.
I would suggest, if you're not sure which one to go for then try this and see if it suits you.

Ok I tried to use the link in the WIki to the Jump SPL the latest one that only needs you to follow the on screen info..
And well according to the on screen prompts it must be done but as for the unit its self I don't hink so as nothing really happened on it... I"m thinking that the wizard does not like Vista or it does not like Sync Centre.
anyone able to help me out ....

No WTFs reqd after-all
targ said:
Flying Kiwi,
What do you mean "Rogers network"
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Your Radio (R) is the same as that used by Rogers on their WM 6.0 ROMs. But you're right, I missed the bit about your 1.82 series ROM though so it looks more like you have the 3rd one down the wiki list of HTC WM 6.0 ROMs here and not the first: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Kaiser_ROMs
Should I be looking at taking it back?
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Not if it currently works as you need it to but you could see what their explanation for why there is no WM 6.1 upgrade for your device yet is. HTC in Australia should also be able to advise you http://www.htc.com/au/about_htc.aspx?id=21840
As for the GPS issue some seem to be having no real issue with cooked roms.
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And some are so are you willing to take that risk as a newbie and get stuck with a non-original non-warrantable installation thats not straight forward to revert back to original WM 6.0 if it plays up for you? Is it not worth liasing with HTC first to see what they have to say about a possible WM 6.1 update if you're really that keen?
AS I live in Australia would I need to get a diff radio then say you in the UK?
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Pass on the Radios but if history is anything to go by, there are a few different ROMs on that wiki page released for Australia. If you do a bit of searching around here I think you'll find cases of peoples non-Australian purchased TyTN IIs having problems when used there as well. I can't recall what the issues were but there definitely were issues (months ago before WM 6.1 came out on the Kaiser). Perhaps a search for Australia just in the Kaiser General or Kaiser ROM Dev forums may yeild results.

Thanks heaps I'll follow your leads Cheers