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Okay, i have been reading through and through on xda, and i want to flash my tilt. This will be the first time. I want a fast ROM, and one that is not bare bones, but has some stuff. I have been looking at Sleuth v3.0. And actually, being a noob, I really don't know exactly what I want. I just want a fast ROM that i can add free GPS (like Google Earth), use email express, office, and have a User Interface similar to the iphone. bigger buttons, no bloatware. I have an Itouch, and have had it for quite sometime, but there is only so much you can do with it in terms of software.
I have looked, and maybe i passed over it, but instead of recommending Sleuth v3.0, is there some nice post I can go to that explains all the roms, or maybe even recommended roms to use, with screenshots and such.
thanks a bunch!
Check this out. http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Kaiser_Cooked_ROMs
Most of these ROMS are built for speed, so there is not too much crap loaded in them. If you look at each individual ROM the chef has listed all of the included apps. If you want to add something just do it after the flash, you can still customize.
By the way, This link was in the Wiki, which I hope you read through before you flash your device.
Q-mobile 1.2
beware, once you try it, its really hard to stick with another rom!
Your search has ended!
You definitely have to try ROMeOS v4.1. I have tried almost every ROM released on this site for the past 6 months and I have to say this is by far the best. It will run everything, it is extremely stable, and comes pre-installed with the htcclassaction video drivers! It included the best file management/ftp/registry program available, and the best thing of them all its VERY fast!
the best advice is to try them all and pick which one you like the most. for me, I constantly roll back to Laurentius v9 and Hyperdragon III
Im am a noob at flashing as well and have been seriously considering Romeos.
Does it come with a radio?
eskimochaos said:
Im am a noob at flashing as well and have been seriously considering Romeos.
Does it come with a radio?
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no, but I would recommend radio 1.58.25.17, great reception in US and awesome battery life
it appears I cant download that one off the download page
here you go:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=61YZWMAY
Hey guys, I purchased my tp2 on ebay and it came with the energy rom and WinMo6.5 as with some other apps and such. I don't really know which functions are part of the energy rom or what is part of wm6.5. Should I keep energy ROM on it or go to something else? I have seen youtube videos with various ROM's and I havent noticed a significant difference in most of them. Would anyone care to give me some suggestions with ups and downs of some ROMs? Please and thank you
There is no "best ROM", because it's all down to personal preference - what sort of stuff you like, what your priorities are, how you use your phone etc.
Why not keep the ROM for now, or download and flash the latest EnergyROM and see how you get on with it ? It's easy to flash a new ROM if you want to.
I just flashed my first rom and used DeepShining X7. It's very nice and quick, and awesome. Just from screenshots energy looks like it might be a bit flashier looking. I agree with stevie, though. Try out the energy rom for a while before flashing something else so you can get a good feel for it.
As for what's in energy that isn't in regular Winmo 6.5, I have no clue. The installed 6.5 is slow, buggy, and not a good OS at all. My first impression of cooked ROMs is much better than the the original. Have fun!!
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There is no "best ROM", because it's all down to personal preference - what sort of stuff you like, what your priorities are, how you use your phone etc.
Why not keep the ROM for now, or download and flash the latest EnergyROM and see how you get on with it ? It's easy to flash a new ROM if you want to.
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Alright, I was just curious as to what im "missing" from other roms. I can't figure out how to organize my start screen with the Energy ROM however. If you just put the newest ROM on it, will it cause a hard reset and cause me to lose all of my data?
Yes, whenever you flash a new ROM you will lose all your data (contacts, texts etc) and settings. So ideally you need to backup the data at least, with something like PIMbackup or MS My Phone.
Yeah, I have My Phone. I'll get right on this. As soon as schools out. Which is only another two weeks! haha. Thanks
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I'm strongly considering about installing a new ROM. But before I do, I have a few questions before I do something I'll regret.
1. Since I've been gone from ROMs and XDA forums for a while, can you recommend me a ROM that is: stable, (almost) as fast as a stock ROM, fully functional (everything works as it should and no crashes), no RAM or CPU hogger, yet I see some eye candy (like these guys here)
2. Is it easy finding themes or do I have to scavenge the entire X1 subforums and topics to find something decent?
3. Is it easy changing themes (icons and the whole works)
4. perhaps a link to ROM comparisons?
Yes I know I'm whining, lol .. it's just that I want to minimize regretting a ROM change
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I'm strongly considering about installing a new ROM. But before I do, I have a few questions before I do something I'll regret.
1. Since I've been gone from ROMs and XDA forums for a while, can you recommend me a ROM that is: stable, (almost) as fast as a stock ROM, fully functional (everything works as it should and no crashes), no RAM or CPU hogger, yet I see some eye candy (like these guys here)
2. Is it easy finding themes or do I have to scavenge the entire X1 subforums and topics to find something decent?
3. Is it easy changing themes (icons and the whole works)
4. perhaps a link to ROM comparisons?
Yes I know I'm whining, lol .. it's just that I want to minimize regretting a ROM change
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Well the only type of 6.5.3 roms that would be as fast and stable as stock roms are the Titanium roms hands down. But the Titanium roms come with no Eye Candy so you have to ask yourself what type of UI would I want to run over them? There is a bunch of UI'S for WM, The ones I use are WAD(Wishbar Advance Desktop), Throttle Launcher 1.2.1, and Infinity 2.8. Though development has stopped for Infinity 2.8 because the guy thought it be more beneficial for him and his team to move to WP7rolleyes it's still one of the fastest UI'S I've ever used for WM. Now for me I don't like changing roms alot also because of the limited rom flashing cycle so I always research hard on a rom that I want to use because my goal is to flash my phone and never have to flash again and so far since 11/20/2010 I have reached my goal. I suggest looking at NRGZ28 Energy Titanium roms they are very stable, lots of free ram, and good battery life. I've also here alot of good things about Christians's roms. Also if you going with 6.5x also consider the different build numbers 231x,235x, 282x, and 29x because each has an effect on older 6.1 programs. All my programs work good on 282xx but we obviously might not be using the same programs .
2) Since I've had my X1i I have never used the X1 theme section if your looking for themes use the WM theme section under WM Development and Hacking.
3.) It's very easy changing icons as long as there is a folder that holds the icons for the specific theme you are using, it's as easy as finding the icon you want to change renaming the icon you want to use and that's it. The WAD theme and TL theme I showed in the Show Your Screen thread I completely reskinned myself with my own icons.
In this Q&A thread there has been many people who ask this very same question read through there threads and the answers people gave. I hope I helped alittle .
Thanks for the heads-up. I took a look at NRGZ28's Energy ROM and I'm pleased with what I read in his thread and saw on the screenshots. Kinda tempted to try out the .sencity but it's not 100% yet .. So I guess I'll go for the Energy one instead since it looks almost the same(ish).
I'm about to backup my contacts, use Task29 and then flash it.
edit: shucks .. my battery is as good as empty. Won't survive a flash
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Thanks for the heads-up. I took a look at NRGZ28's Energy ROM and I'm pleased with what I read in his thread and saw on the screenshots. Kinda tempted to try out the .sencity but it's not 100% yet .. So I guess I'll go for the Energy one instead since it looks almost the same(ish).
I'm about to backup my contacts, use Task29 and then flash it.
edit: shucks .. my battery is as good as empty. Won't survive a flash
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Good luck with flashing. I hope you have a good experience with the Energy rom .
Thanks. Everything is good so far and I'm positive about this ROM so far. I'm a bit new to WM 6.5 as well as all of these customized things so I'll have to play around a little.
some 6.1 rom is really really fast because there are no stuff installed and you can install whatever you want
vietdoan20062006 said:
some 6.1 rom is really really fast because there are no stuff installed and you can install whatever you want
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Any recommendations?
Well, Energy ROM has lot's of eye candy, but IMO is a bit irresponsive from times times.
I'm using Laurenti's 6.5 LITE rom, and that's the way to go for me. Reliable and fast at thee price of visual effects, which are pointless except if you're bragging infront of your friends.
My recommendation for you is the "826x WM 6.5.3 build 29007 - Sense 2019"...Use the following link to check the details about the ROM : http://826x.blogspot.com/2011/01/rom-x1-826x-wm-653-build-29007-sense.html
Hello,
I got my first windows mobile device Diamond2 as a gift today and looking for a good OS here.
Can you please suggest one for me?
I will also download some from ROM page and try.
Do not forget to look into the WiKi before asking a question
Taken from the WiKi
Shipped ROMs for Topaz
Cooked ROMs for Topaz
Radio ROMs for Topaz
Success,
Senax
Thanks friend for reply.
I was just reading the WiKi page and seen all those.... but I am confused what ROM I should select SO looking for a generic feedback on what is good what is bad.
Actually I dont want ROM to be loaded with so many app. Looking for similar to what I have in mobile now but updated version...
I hope your device has latest Official ROM installed.
You will get all custom ROMs here which are mainly modify version of the Official ROM and has latest SYS/Builds and new Packages (new applications like adobe reader).
These ROMs are good, but NOT all ROM will satisfy every one. i.e ROM1 may good for person1 and person 4, but person 2 and 3 may like ROM2.
So it is good to test all available food and decide which dish tests you a lot .
Hope this will help.
Thanks.
With all the respect to your very correct and right answer (prabhat), this is in my opinion, very first and tha main problem, why the more and more people will switch to devileshed i-phone. The main difference betwen i-phone and wm 6.5 dev. is the "user-friendly" parameter. In no discuss, the wm 6.5 is more professional with more the features then the i-phone. But the people would like tu use the phone with satisfaction and enjoyness. Maybe the right answer for TD2IN will be something from you honest opinion, what do YOU think, that will be best solution for him/her. The ROM, which is stable, fast, simple, user friendly. The people need some help ... Have a nice day.
Here is my answer
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Thanks friend for reply.
I was just reading the WiKi page and seen all those.... Looking for similar to what I have in mobile now but updated version...
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Here is my answer, i has been using Stock, Energy Standard and now i switch to "eclipse Version 7 (Updated)"
The eclipse looks to me very close to the Stock and fastest with few useful Apps.
I amalso looking for a ROM here and new here.
mur_bbsr said:
I amalso looking for a ROM here and new here.
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Hey I am also new here but managed to get my ROM here
I tried several available here http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Cooked_ROMs_for_Topaz but atlast I am using Photon ROM and I am happy.
You may not like the same, but you need to atleast try 3-4 and select one that suite your usage/style etc.
I liked Dutty's ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=579076
And Photon ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943396
As Dutty is not updating and Photon ha much stable and good so I am using that.
PIng me if you need more help.
Thanks for the reply friend.
I will start my process tonight and let you all know how it goes...
thank you
mur_bbsr said:
Thanks for the reply friend.
I will start my process tonight and let you all know how it goes...
thank you
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Did you get your ROM ?
I am still in the process to find my cup of tea...
I started with Dutty's ROM... but this has old version... so started picking others.
Now I have tested below softwares but yet to finilise one:
1) Energy ROM - The Energy Standard one
2) CR192 Mozart OS
3) Photon ROM OS - Stock edition one
I like the stock rom apprach of photon and energy, but energy has lots of application pre installed which I dont want. If I see CR192 that is also very good pick. So I am looking at battery life now and should be finilise in 2 -3 days.
thanks
energy roms and photon roms are great...
Energy ROM FTW
I tried a few ROMs with my Topaz and settled at Energy ROM (with start menu at top).
I used to install a load of stuff with each ROM and this was the most complete ROM with the most flexible Sense UI. The only 2 apps I needed to install on top of Energy is Skype and TomTom Navigator.
I like that it has the manual rotate programmed on holding the Answer button (I used to install a keyboard extender to do it before using Energy ROMs) so it can manually rotate apps not built for auto rotate like Tomtom. More importantly, I can turn off auto rotate on apps coz often I don't want auto rotate like when Im lying on couch/bed reading or using it for music. Fark I hate the UI rotating when I dont want it to! I find auto rotate an annoying gimmick made popular by Apple. Just gimme manual rotate, thx.
I prefer Resco Explorer to Total Commander but I havent bothered to install Resco and live fine with Total Commander that comes with the Energy ROM. I understand that Resco is not freeware so they can't include it.
I like that all the JAVA and DOTNET stuff is all done, has a good wireless hotspot app already, Opera with max tabs set for more than 2 already, TCPMP media player working well, RSS feed app, Twitter, Stocks tab .... I could go on and on. It pretty much has all the good freeware and tweaks and all the hard work already done for you.
I don't use my Topaz daily now, but I still use the same version of Energy ROM on my Blackstone (Touch HD) as my personal mobile phone. I used to also carry the Topaz with a data only SIM in it for internet access, but now I use a Dell Streak (android) to do that. Yeh Im crazy I carry TWO phones everywhere!
IF you wanna get up and going right out of the box, Energy ROM is the most complete and ready for the Topaz.
Instead I Liked Photon ROM and CR192 Mozart and currently running with Photon UX Edition.
I liked Energy, but that is toooooo bulky with so many applications which I dont require and to me looks ugly on my device and I can not remove those. In case of Photon ROM I dont have any extra stuffs so I can Install what I need not what some one gives me to use, whihc I dont require. I understand that there are many who may like what is given on the ROM that they use... but I like to have my stuff in my device.
Photon UX - plus Chinese support + handwriting ftw!
I've tried many ROMs in search of a better replacement for my TD2's sluggish official ROM (SEA version), and I've fallen in love with Photon UX edition and its professional looking background art.
Even better, I have managed to install Xyam's East Asian fonts support, Guobi for pinyin and character inputs, and Samsung's simple + traditional Chinese handwriting input V3.0 (my version comes from sanxingshouxieshurufa_8313 and fits the screen perfectly). Don't bother trying out the menu icon for the Samsung input though, the options don't work, only full screen handwriting is enabled. Otherwise, everything works perfectly as far as I can tell!
Thank you all for this thread which gave me a basic idea of what rom software I should download. I will download Photon ROM now... need to findout which edition I need there
Thank you all.
I have couple of questions in Photon ROM while downloading different edition of it... but this forum prevent me to post in the photon thread. Do I need to contact the owner of photon rom for this?
Thank you all.
the1980ar said:
I have couple of questions in Photon ROM while downloading different edition of it... but this forum prevent me to post in the photon thread. Do I need to contact the owner of photon rom for this?
Thank you all.
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By default new users in forum are not allowed to post in development related threads (but I have sen exception and users with 1-2 posts do post/reply there as well). You will be automatically allowd to post there after 1 day or so.
If you need any help in between you can ask here or PM me and I can help you.
Thank you.. but my id started working now and I can post questions there as well.
Have updated my Photon UX ROM version to 2.2 and everything still works well for me
Hey guys,
I have a prob, cauz I dont know, which rom I should choose from the giant amount atm.
My actual FW is Ficeto's Base Rom JVT or so. But it doesnt run like I want it so I'm searchin bout 2 weeks for a good rom. But now there are again some new roms, that were leaked or released.
So should I wait for them, cauz user say, that the rom is much better than JVT?
Do you have a personally prefered Rom you would recommend to me?
I want a nice and smooth experience with my phone without havin to fight with FC's and unfinished Looks :/ And is there a really good way to backup my apps? I did hear somethin about the titanium backup or so, but I dont really know what to do^^
I also thought about switching to CM7 and use TW4.5 cause I really like the surface but otherwise CM7 doesnt have some nice apps, which I like from samsung like the music player and the calendar. :/ But I saw in one of the MIUI-Threads, that someone added the tw-framework to the CM-based rom, but I dont know, if the dev also added some apps from samsung :?
so, thx and hopin for your replies
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Do you have a personally prefered Rom you would recommend to me? I want a nice and smooth experience with my phone without havin to fight with FC's and unfinished Looks :/
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Personally, I both use and strongly recommend CM7.
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And is there a really good way to backup my apps? I did hear somethin about the titanium backup or so, but I dont really know what to do^^
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Titanium Backup is exactly what you're looking for. And it's simple: open Titanium Backup, go to the second tab at the top (Backup/Restore), click on any app and then click either Backup or Restore, depending on what you want to do. Also, if you press menu on the main screen, there's an option called "Batch"—and this will, with one click, backup/restore any critera of apps (for example, backup all my user apps, or restore all my system apps). Also, please note that when you're changing firmwares (for example, Samsung to CM7) DO NOT restore the app's data—only restore the app. Otherwise you risks annoying force closes.
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I also thought about switching to CM7 and use TW4.5 cause I really like the surface but otherwise CM7 doesnt have some nice apps, which I like from samsung like the music player and the calendar. :/ But I saw in one of the MIUI-Threads, that someone added the tw-framework to the CM-based rom, but I dont know, if the dev also added some apps from samsung :?
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I don't mind the apps at all. Plus, there's usually more suitable ones on the market anyways. If you want Samsung apps, simply use Samsung firmware; otherwise, you have plenty of choices. Also, could you link me to the person saying they have Samsung's firmware in a CM-based ROM?
Hope I helped. There's really a lot of options for ROMs. But you'll have to try some for yourself to find out.
Check this thread out here
I think Malcho recently said the best most reliable is Darky 10.2, I would suggest it, i dont remember having force closes, but its worth a try. Being on Ficeto base im sure you are accustomed to their website...
If that doesn't appeal, then i suggest you search for stock roms...
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Check this thread out here
I think Malcho recently said the best most reliable is Darky 10.2, I would suggest it, i dont remember having force closes, but its worth a try. Being on Ficeto base im sure you are accustomed to their website...
If that doesn't appeal, then i suggest you search for stock roms...
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Darky's ROM is like stock with a few tweaks (available all over this board) thrown into it. If it wasn't stable, there would be a problem. I wouldn't really recommend it, but if you're not wanting to stray far from stock, it'd be alright.
@upichie:
I have been using darkys rom since version 5.0 or somethin like that In this time I also tried some roms, like CM7 and docs rom, if I remember correctly. but the performance of Darkys Rom was the best at those good times before.
But after all the new roms released like JVS and JVT the perfomance of the phone was not very good after some time. Well, thats why I want to change my rom.
I also checked this thread out, some time ago.
But I could choose the right one of the roms. Actually I want to have the SGS2 feeling, but Wtf, settings have forced-close, video player doesnt even work.
I thought already about to flash this rom and replace the brocken apps with the sgs1-versions Maybe it would work. But I just do some brainstorming.
The main question about CM7 is:
Does this rom really consume so much energy? Cauz I actually wanna use my phone at least for 2 days without recharging it all the time
@talon:
Well, I'm not registered on darkys site, but I actually visit it sometimes, if I want to check out, of there is a new base rom, which runs smoother than mine. But in the last time there havent been any updates so far :/
So, thanx for the answers, I may will upgrade to CM7 in the next few days Have to take a closer look on the installing instructions Before, it was kinda difficult and just had to many annoying steps to get to your goal
best regards
alex
Well i'm using CM7 and im generally getting approx 2 days out of it, which is more than what i used to get on others... I think it's worth a try, im having some camera trouble, such as if i choose a setting like text, when i try take a picture it force closes. I have not looked into this as it hasn't been a huge issue, so it may only be me.
For CM7 installation, i have the link below which i used. He makes it sound like a huge deal but it isn't really (entertaining for sure! )
Ficeto has released 10.2 RE, that was a few months ago, but i remember reading that there were very few if not zero issues with that. (Not sure if this JVP base rom is after or before..)