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Hi, anyone know the difference between the 2 rom in its initial release?
Thanks
They're both working beta versions, both have bugs, maybe not the same ones but still bugs.
Unless you want to bugtest the ROMs, leave it for a week or so for the next versions to come out.
These are not ROMS you want to flash if you're looking for a stable replacement for WM5, therefore if you're asking which is best, the answer is, neither, at the moment.
If you want to know the differences, read through the threads for each one and see what problems people are having with them.
well, there's a lot of differences here and there.
Mun's rom is a higher version of WM6, and includes some stuff (office 2007 compatibility) that LVSW's doesn't. Of course LVSW's has some tools and apps that Mun's doesn't have. Haha.. It's pretty tough to compare them.
I will say this, I found Mun's ROM to be a bit faster in terms of bringing up new programs/windows. I dunno if that has anything to do with his customization or just the version of WM6. However right now a lot of people (including me) are having trouble using activesync with this version. I switched to LVSW and am syncing fine now.
There's some other issues here and there regarding VOIP and stuff that separate them...
hope it helps. As always, for comprehensive info, you need to go read the posts..
Well my opinion is that this thread is pointless, try thrm both and you will find out which one fits your needs, thats all, it is not a hard task
so if active sync works in one and not in the other how about some combined work?
How about waiting until a stable release comes out. I mean wtf, it has been a little over a day and people already want the perfect ROM.
Tweaking a ROM takes a lot of effort. Its not always that easy to locate problems and even if you do, they are not always easy to fix.
Give it a few weeks or wait for an official ROM if you can't deal with a few bugs here and there.
Who is complaining? I think you are misreading peoples intentions here by criticising the ROMs. It is in essence part of the testing process that you give feedback and also desire to solve the issues.
Noone is expecting the perfect ROM, but if you dont want the perfect the ROM then what is the point in developing?
I didn't quote anyone so I refered to the previous post by jpless.
Maybe I misread it but he made it sound like it was as easy as putting feature A from ROM1 into ROM2.
Its possible for some parts but could introduce a lot more new bugs.
I'm sure mun_rus and LVSW are well aware of each others Roms, it just takes time to evolve it to the state WM5 is in today. Especially since we don't have an official WM6 Rom.
Sorry for my harsh tone earlier. In time, we'll have a perfect WM6 Rom.
I take them both.
Mun's ROM so Quickly
LVSW was able to sync
Thanks a lot both MUN/LVSW .
@ZakMcRofl
Thanx for comments. You are absolutly right.
Just wait for next release. I have to test new rom before and should say that:
-AS sync - OK
-GPS camera - ok
-etc
I have no chance t otry videocall, so don't know anything about it
I'm waiting for the second betas to come out, and I think I'll jump on Mr. Mun_Rus's rom because, well, I sent him money, so I might as well use the results of that, right?
In the name of healthy competition, I declare that I find mUn's ROM the better of the two after careful evaluation. So im going to go back to mUn's ROM for now. Faster and less buggy camera-wise. Maybe you are tired of this now, but thanks again to both you and lvsw for your work.
ZakMcRofl said:
I didn't quote anyone so I refered to the previous post by jpless.
Maybe I misread it but he made it sound like it was as easy as putting feature A from ROM1 into ROM2.
Its possible for some parts but could introduce a lot more new bugs.
I'm sure mun_rus and LVSW are well aware of each others Roms, it just takes time to evolve it to the state WM5 is in today. Especially since we don't have an official WM6 Rom.
Sorry for my harsh tone earlier. In time, we'll have a perfect WM6 Rom.
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You didn't quote but referred? Anywho I know it's not as easy as it sounds, just thought that maybe by comparing the bugs in either one we could maybe help solve some of them or something Just trying to help here...
Usually its considered bad style to quote the person right before you since it takes up board space and is the default reference point anyways.
The problem with the bugs is that you can't always pinpoint them to a single file or module, otherwise what you say would be possible (replace the file from other ROM).
A Rom error can come from a file, a registry entry or combinations of the former. Obviously having a comparison base can help but its obvious that LVSW and mun_rus already use it plenty - check their WM5 AKU 3.5.x Roms for example.
MUn is Best
In all the roms I've tried, Mun was the very first I tried, and although I don't use it any more, It was the most stable, IE I didn't soft reset it unless an installation wanted me to, it never crashed on me.
dude... the last post on this thread was in 2007...
happy new year
xplode said:
Well my opinion is that this thread is pointless, try thrm both and you will find out which one fits your needs, thats all, it is not a hard task
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yes it is a pointless thread... play with them to find which is best for you
To me the best version is windows CE,do some research and install it,it'll make your xda rock or maybe brick
Hi,
Like in the topic, I'am looking for WM6 ROM which is not worse than official wm6 (Dopod810 I believe). What I mean is that every time (unless I missed something) when a new cooked ROM is released everyone is so excited. Few minutes later new posts appear in which people report problems with: battery, activesync, missed phonecalls etc etc
I would like to have a blank WM6 with some basic apps like office, mms... and that's all. The rest will be installed by myself. And the most important stable.
I want to avoid situation when I install wm6, my favorite software, setup everything just to turn out that something doesn't work as it should be.
Hi Arti -
Have you considered cooking your own ROM?
I´m sure you are gonna get a lot of help with that kind of attitude,cook your own one and you make it your way and the most important "bug-free"
dta1974 said:
I´m sure you are gonna get a lot of help with that kind of attitude,cook your own one and you make it your way and the most important "bug-free"
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Big lol to this!!!
I dont want to say that ppl here do a bad job...but not even microsoft people manage to do this (bug free) what makes u think that he will?
Just kiding..
Cheers
Thanks for all replies, I respect all cookers work. It's obvious that each software has bugs that's absolutely normal.
I just wanted to ask for Lite version (or even very lite) of WM6 rom.
arti121 said:
Thanks for all replies, I respect all cookers work. It's obvious that each software has bugs that's absolutely normal.
I just wanted to ask for Lite version (or even very lite) of WM6 rom.
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How lite do you want it, you can take a fairly standard rom and rip all the crap out like the media stream player, office, dumb images and useless wav files etc and have a fast stable ROM that leaves you heaps of free space to add all those unstable bits. So just hunt around for a lite version or try doing it yourself(and thats part of the fun having such a great toy like the dopod 810), you don't need to be that brave because of hard spl's and kitchens, etc that have been created by the guys around these forums, to help protect against wrecking your phone.
Try hypercore kitchen its pretty friendly and works well for trinitys.
Would be nice if there was one joint effort to take the very latest WM6 build and run it through testing and fixing all the basic functionality (battery life, voice/video calling, battery life, sms, emails, wifi, drivers.....ect.....) specific to Trinity.
This way anyone who wants to make their own unique rom with customized additions would have a base stable build on the Trinity to work with and if something was fixed in the base rom, it would be easier for anyone cooking a rom of this build to implement that fix. This would make for more stable releases all the way around.
Hi Shoey -
Um, so which dialer is best? Which contact manager? Which task manager? Which radio? You have to install at least one of each for the phone to be operable.
The dialers, contact managers, etc. tend to be based on personal preference, so good luck getting everyone to agree. Heck, there's a lot of disagreement on which build of WM6 is the best!
The radio versions in some cases have to be matched to the software being used by the specific user's telecom company, which is why some people have problems using some of the radios. If the telecom isn't using the newest software in their cell towers, then the newest radio ROMs might not work well.
Also, in what language do you write this "base" ROM? So far I've seen English, Spanish, French and German on this board.
You have to realize, this board is a collection of individiuals who share an interest in modifying the bejeezus out of their phones. Tryng to get some committee structure set up to set standards is probably a lost cause. Kinda like herding cats.
This is one situation where people have gone to absurd lengths to make it easy for you (se Bepe's kitchen and Hypercore kitchen, I'm amazed at the time they've put in to help the rest of us, and appreciative), but I don't think anyone's going to build your own special ROM for you. If you want something specific, I think you're going to have to build it yourself.
Good luck!
landshark: I'm talking about stabalizing basic functionality with the Trinity hardware. Get the standard things working first, fix all known issues to get WM6 working properly. After that people can base their preferences on something more stable. What's the point of releasing 3 roms with 3 different dialiers which all have different bugs not dependant on the dialer but the rom it's installed on top of.
As for which language to base it off of, doesn't matter, once you have a base rom, people can localize it to make base roms for each language. Would make it easier for someone to release their rom under different languages.
Really what I'm getting at is joint effort to get a stable WM6 build working on the Trinity would be better than 20 buggy roms. Not to take anything away from anyone releasing WM6 roms, there wouldn't be any WM6 if not for them.
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landshark: I'm talking about stabalizing basic functionality with the Trinity hardware. Get the standard things working first, fix all known issues to get WM6 working properly. After that people can base their preferences on something more stable. What's the point of releasing 3 roms with 3 different dialiers which all have different bugs not dependant on the dialer but the rom it's installed on top of.
As for which language to base it off of, doesn't matter, once you have a base rom, people can localize it to make base roms for each language. Would make it easier for someone to release their rom under different languages.
Really what I'm getting at is joint effort to get a stable WM6 build working on the Trinity would be better than 20 buggy roms. Not to take anything away from anyone releasing WM6 roms, there wouldn't be any WM6 if not for them.
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I agree 100% with you. However,if it's executable or not...that's a different issue...
Bye
shoey5 said:
landshark: I'm talking about stabalizing basic functionality with the Trinity hardware. Get the standard things working first, fix all known issues to get WM6 working properly. After that people can base their preferences on something more stable. What's the point of releasing 3 roms with 3 different dialiers which all have different bugs not dependant on the dialer but the rom it's installed on top of.
As for which language to base it off of, doesn't matter, once you have a base rom, people can localize it to make base roms for each language. Would make it easier for someone to release their rom under different languages.
Really what I'm getting at is joint effort to get a stable WM6 build working on the Trinity would be better than 20 buggy roms. Not to take anything away from anyone releasing WM6 roms, there wouldn't be any WM6 if not for them.
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Ok, no one's stopping you. I'm sure people will be appreciative of your efforts.
Ok So Am I the only Asshole That txts and Talks at the same time ? Seems Like Every other ROM I Choose to Upload seem to Not Capitalize on this FIX. Really GREAT, FAST & STABLE Roms Seem to Just Look the Other Way Like this doesn't Bother them or Don't really care. I mean Not sure how many other People Multi-Task on There TyTn but I"m on IE,Writing an Email, WHile Recieving Txt message And on the Phone RELIGIOUSLY ! I can't see how this isn't Bothering Other Users or Basically not a Must in Some of the Great Roms. I've gone To Great Lengths To Annoy The **** out of Rom Cookers lol Constantly Reminding them or At least Post in there threads that This Bug does Occur in the ROM. Updates are released Yet there its Still Not Fixed ??
I mean Am I the only ONE ? I love to Test New Roms when They Come out. I"m on a new ROM every other Week And Usually the only Thing that Keeps me from Testing them More than a Week for Two is the "In Call Fixed Keyboard"
I really Wish this was an Easy Cab Fix But Unfortunately With Numerous Post in Different Threads And talking to Different Cooks it appears to be Something You have to Cook into the ROM(Something to have to do with the Keyboard.dll File)
This Is Just An Inquiry into How many People this Really bothers and/or effects Not to Mention a Desperate Hope to Make this Fix a Standard in Every Rom. I mean Seriouly How many Roms do you See that you Still have to Use the PTT Fix ? Not Many So Why This Problem Still ? ? ?
When I cook My Own From Using "mattk_r" Kithcen I Don't have this Problem ?
So I'd like other members to post about this ? Just Curious about what other people think Or am I Just knit picking ?
& B4 Rom Cookers Get Offended It's not a Stab. You all have done Great work I just feel with all the Great roms out there alot of them seem to Never get this fix Right or Don't Care too....Much Respect.
Updated !
Roms With "Keyboard keys NOT locked as numeric while in-call!"
Vp3G's
TnT S.E.
S64 3.63
S64 HTC WWE
K's Rom v1.30b and All Other K Rom's
More to Come....
I just tried this and have the problem also. While I don't normally txt while on the phone I'm sure it will happen at some point.
So yes I would like to see this fix cooked in also..
It is something that cooks often "forget" to fix..and some just don't know how the heck to fix it. Also, if you decide to fix the keyboard issue, you cannot map hot voice to button 5. Somebody will always be complaining. It is one of those things that when you patch a hole, another hole appears. Things just get overlooked sometimes, and it takes a few revisions to get the Rom to a stable stage. Regardless all my Roms have the keyboard fix - you can text with HW k/b and call at the same time.
LoL @ "FORGET" & "Regardless all my Roms have the keyboard fix"
Very True.... I've heard of the double Edge Sword as far as people not being able to Fix them ? how did you ? or you mean Fixing this without th Double Sided Problem of "Hot Voice" ?
And my Other Question ? "Hot Voice" ? Is tha tThe PTT ?
Edit : I'll Test your K's Rom's when I get home and Add your ROM to my List...
CAB Fix?
Does this exist as a CAB which I could apply to any ROM?
...yes, I've search and searched....and no one has a patch. Only certain ROMs have the fix cooked in.
Thanks.
i usually end up back with vp3G's last rom because of this. I've been trying others, but it's just too much of a pain to not have the keyboard while in a call. I usually try a new rom for a while then need to use the keyboard while in a call and end up re-loading vp3G's rom.
Like I said, you either have to pick the keyboard fix, or hotvoice mappable to button 5. Unfortunately there isn't a way to have both working. I thought I nailed it at one point but apparently I didn't, so I decided to stick with the keyboard fix as I do occasionally surf and talk at the same time. If the bug was not reported to the cook, it could be overlooked.
Understood kin0kin
I don't want the hotvoice button. Can I patch a ROM to fix this?
Thanks.
I have the same issue. I am always on the phone and texting and I have to tell the person to call me back so I can finish the txt. I would loooove to se a fix to this.
There is no Patch or Quick cab Fix for this. The Keyboard.dll Needs to be Cooked into the ROM. However if you use one of the Roms I"ve Stated Above or Build ur own you won't have this Issue.
Late joiner to this thread - after using Artemis for 2 years and now finally got Diamond -
So many ROM's floating around - many even have enhancements which have been posted in subsequent thread pages within the post!
Am getting exhausted trying to figure out which is current which is new which is stable blah blah blah..
Can someone please point me to the right direction:
I am looking for a Vanilla ROM for Diamond - (Got it yesterday) similar to Meschle's 3.0 in Artemis - Am not in the ride for fancy stuff but stability and performance. No cube or TF3d fingler flicking and licking ! Storage, Size and Speed matters - nothing else.
I tried to do a search for Vanilla or Lite on this Diamond thread - but it was'nt much help - maybe in this model - it's called Cherries???
Please guide...
Thanks
Dev
1 word : " BASIC "
If someone dares to answer anything else , I' ll rip his head off.
Try panosha' Clean or bepe Elite' Basic version. I use bElite 0.95.. Awesome..
Try both, see the memory left after one day, experience the speed issues, then decide from either of the two. A same ex-artemis user here who loves meschle' ROM. Lately I think meschle left the forum for some reason, is he back yet?
Regards,
Carty..
Thanks Guys....Now I can finally start Romming my Diamond...I have a path to follow.
I miss Meschle too. He was a cool Gent....After he left - things started becoming quite stagnant there....Am sure some day we will cross path's again...
Rgs/Dev
This is a great community, but why is so hard to find a really clean rom for Touch Diamond? I mean, you cook a rom, spend hour and hour to make it work, fix it with strange registry entry and then?
Then you:
- ruin it with ugly icon set/missing icons
- you put in it unuseful software or bloatware
- customize it with boot screen & animations with your name/nickname/name of your pet
I'm saying this because I've tried tons of rom and NO one rom is really clean and light as it should be. This is the same reason why you (and I) hate the personalized windows installation one can find on many warez site.
There is no sense in it. Software will be update, icons are beauty for you, maybe not for me. Some software could be useful to you, not for me. And you pretend donation! I know what you are thinking: why not developing your own rom? Of course I have no so much time and no skill to make it work. And I can't find an updated guide to follow. For sure, my rom would be:
- light
- no personalization at all
- no software in it
- supporting UC
I think this is the right way to go: only base software, support for UC in order to quick install your cab software or settings. I would donate for such a rom.
Agree? Thank you and sorry for the long post/my english.
I think this is because these ROMs are custom ROMs published to others. XDA is not a company to build the clean ROMs, it is just the forum of users. Everyopne can build your own ROM if you are able to, some kitchens are published. That is not so hard to remove unwanted stuff...
Mbiba
true ..
totaly agree with you ..
had the same problem when moved over to hd2. from all the customization and make-up cannot use the phone for normal work .. even when flashed "basic-reference" rom even THAN the wallpaper was some (for me) ugly and the clock was customized. so where is the "basic" ?
thats why you need to search and choose from the all the "evil" around .. the smallest one .. i wont say what rom, but there is rom for diamond that even it is customized, you are able to turn OFF all the customization and make-up, and have stock-like low mem usage rom.
i agree that it is not you were asking for, but .. is there another solution ? except flashing stock rom .. that we all agree is slower then custom cooked.
cheers
you guys can try the old aztor x2 ultimate rom. it is like the official rom with tweaks...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=422417&highlight=aztor
but keep in mind that the diamond is an old device, there are no more updates from htc. there is no official 6.5 but tons of ultra light roms without customized icons ... flash one of those and install all your programms.
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Stop whinging like a baby
Dont like the ROMs here, or too lazy to find one that suites your needs, then either *** off, or make your own
Thats like walking into an estate agents and complaining that "Yea you have loads of houses, but why have they all got different carpets, and decor, boohoo why cant you make all the house builders build them all to MY standards"
Sorry buddy, people in this forum have different tastes, its not all about you you you
go somewhere else or make your own
magicdave26 said:
Stop whinging like a baby
Dont like the ROMs here, or too lazy to find one that suites your needs, then either *** off, or make your own
Thats like walking into an estate agents and complaining that "Yea you have loads of houses, but why have they all got different carpets, and decor, boohoo why cant you make all the house builders build them all to MY standards"
Sorry buddy, people in this forum have different tastes, its not all about you you you
go somewhere else or make your own
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Stop replying as a baby. If you don't like this thread, simply ignore it. And, btw, it's not MY need, many people would love such a rom.
Gremo said:
Stop replying as a baby. If you don't like this thread, simply ignore it. And, btw, it's not MY need, many people would love such a rom.
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Have you even looked around ? There are plenty of "Clean" ROMs
Hey some are even NAMED "Clean" lol what are the chances of that ?
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Have you even looked around ? There are plenty of "Clean" ROMs
Hey some are even NAMED "Clean" lol what are the chances of that ?
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Are you asking me if I tried them? Of course I did, many of them, but "clean" was just and only the name. It was a waste of time. Either weird icon packages, crap software, slowness & memory leak and many many other problems...
I'm not just asking "you HAVE to cook only clean vanilla rom", just respect other users and their preferences and let people download also the kitchen, included a saved vanilla rom. So hard? So difficult? E.g:
Fresh 6.5.x wm:
- sense rom
- titanium rom
- no gui at all rom (just in case you love spb for example)
Of course no need of software in it, apart from ezinput, camera, and few others really required.
You will be happy if windows would come with, say, firefox, ccleaner, and an explorer replacement?
I have to partially agree with the topicpaster, ofc noone makes you use the roms, many chefs put a lot of work, and cudos to them, but the roms aren't always the way they are advertised, some time passed since I moved from diamond to HD2, but I still have my diamond with a crappy bootscreen (yeah I'm too lazy to search how to remove it, though noone advertized that it'd be changed, and flashing new roms doesn't solve it, not a big deal, but it's just one example...)
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I have to partially agree with the topicpaster, ofc noone makes you use the roms, many chefs put a lot of work, and cudos to them, but the roms aren't always the way they are advertised, some time passed since I moved from diamond to HD2, but I still have my diamond with a crappy bootscreen (yeah I'm too lazy to search how to remove it, though noone advertized that it'd be changed, and flashing new roms doesn't solve it, not a big deal, but it's just one example...)
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Don't be lazy..
just download ervius kitchen and cook anything you want...
there's Gen.Y that is barely a stock rom with sense 2.5. you can use that one,it has no customization at all. and there's also a lot of kitchens released around,people spend time preparing them and making them as easy to understand as possible. you can just download one,disable what you don't need and cook your own clean rom.
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Don't be lazy..
just download ervius kitchen and cook anything you want...
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that wasn't my point, and I suppose the original post's point... as I had mentioned, not a big issue...
I do understand that a person that has developed smth, always (mostly) tries to leave a signature of some kind, that's totally ok, but a figure of common sense would be mentioning that
Partially agree, too, but, we must be thankful with the chefs, they make ROM's according to their use, likes and more, so, they don't custom a ROM for you, it's like a car, you can like the outside, the inside, the engine, the power, etc... but, rarely you will like all from that car.
The truth is that when you don't like something is to make something to like it (to make your own ROM), but that doesn't mean anything critic towards you.
I have tried hundred of ROM's, and of course some are horrible in letters, menu, icons, work, speed, etc... but I have found on Ralphusion ROM the best ROM for my needs (TELEPHONE WORK), fast and stable.
All depends on what people want, a ROM to play, games, internet, etc... but... Diamond is limited on hardware, so why to make Sense 2.5 if we can have a super fast ROM with Titanium and have a TELEPHONE (it is not a GPS, it is not a Nintendo DS, it is a telephone....)
By the way, the thread is a good idea, all we have thought about this in some time, but you have explained writing it, so, good idea, maybe some good chef will create the PERFECT STABLE AND FAST ROM FOR DIAMOND, a device that is what it is.... They can call to the project something like.... WHAT HTC SHOULD HAVE DONE FOR ITS DEVICE.
Thanks everybody, best regards.
i dont really want to "advertise" my ROM but i you should try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=786088
and as far as sense 2.5 on diamond is concerned it just doesnt make much sense
i dont understand why people ignore sense 2.1 its more suited to diamond's hardware
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For sure, my rom would be:
- light
- no personalization at all
- no software in it
- supporting UC
I think this is the right way to go: only base software, support for UC in order to quick install your cab software or settings. I would donate for such a rom.
Agree? Thank you and sorry for the long post/my english.
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I have installed many intalian and english roms on my diamond, if you're searching for a stabe one I suggest you to try the GenY (a bit old) or Fodd.
Both have no customisation (no strange boot screnn, no ugly icons or else), very few software installed and they are fast and stable:
GenY -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=521941
Fodd -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775419
I used GenY a lot with internet connection and also gps, i'm currently using Fodd and it also seems to fit my needs.
give it a try
(sorry for my english, i hope you can get what i'm saying)
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Are you asking me if I tried them? Of course I did, many of them, but "clean" was just and only the name. It was a waste of time. Either weird icon packages, crap software, slowness & memory leak and many many other problems...
I'm not just asking "you HAVE to cook only clean vanilla rom", just respect other users and their preferences and let people download also the kitchen, included a saved vanilla rom. So hard? So difficult? E.g:
Fresh 6.5.x wm:
- sense rom
- titanium rom
- no gui at all rom (just in case you love spb for example)
Of course no need of software in it, apart from ezinput, camera, and few others really required.
You will be happy if windows would come with, say, firefox, ccleaner, and an explorer replacement?
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Genuine Windows, just like Genuine ROMs go hand in hand
If you want to download a custom built ROM or Windows, then you can not complain when there are extras included
Ok I ended up cooking my very first rom, using latest official diamond one (6.1). I spent a couple of hours to figure out dependencies, but finally it works. Nothing special, just original rom without the software. UC doesn't work, don't know why .
Still looking for 6.5.x rom with titanium and no personalization at all. Thanks anyway to all voting "Yes" to the poll.
Are you serious?! You come here and tell the chefs to show you respect and make a Ferrari out of your Fiat? They even let you use their tools so you can create your awesome, unique, clean, fast and whatever you want your rom to be but you are to lazy to learn a few things. Cheffs owe you nothing! Dont blame them, blame yourself! Your attitude is very bad for this community...
The problem with Diamond ROM development is that there is no official "updated" ROM for the phone. The only possible vanilla ROMs for diamond are 6.1, and very little of the software from the 6.1 official ROM can be used for 6.5 ROM development. Any Diamond ROM that runs 6.5 or 6.5.x is built from software ported from other phones, and assembled using that other ROM as a guide. No modern phone has as little RAM as the Diamond. Using a "clean vanilla" build from any modern phone, makes for a bloated 6.5 Diamond ROM.
A stable, "clean vanilla" 6.5 Diamond ROM is a myth.
That said, clever developers can add compression, use lighter graphics (and get yelled at), choose to leave out needed software, and cut less used functionality to save memory. This can introduce bugs, and rile up users. For every user who wants you to remove a "thingy", you have another user who OMGNEEDS that "thingy" in the ROM. You can start adding "thingy" cab packages, but then you have to support and update those packages, which takes away time from development and testing.
Due to a few pushy users, a lot of devs just jump in and make what they want. If the dev happens to be really nice, he or she will make their ROMs available for everyone else to use. Of course, once they do release their ROM, they get criticized for one design choice after another. After enough negative posts and personal messages, it stops being fun. Eventually only the really stubborn and thick skinned devs stick around.
All that aside, there is just very little incentive to do custom ROMs for user requests. I did something like 30 minor revisions of my ROM, and 16 major revisions. I published as many as 10 different flavors from clean to bloated for every revision. I received as many as 3000 downloads for each ROM release... and yet, I never received a single donation. Lucky for me that I was never in it for the money. =)
In any case, best of luck finding your perfect ROM!
I agree with the idea of the post. Clean ROMs are much more nice, since the user can customize it the way he/she wants.
I've not tryied this much number of ROMs in here, but i am currently using Gen.Y R2.6 and i pretty much like it...
Icons are default, no fancy themes, tones, splashes, no visible nicknames all arround. The only thing visible is the bootleader (when powering on), that has an option to load Android (witch i did not install). Start Menu is also not very pratical, but you can revert it to old-style easely
I also agree that a good clean and complete guide on rom cooking would be very nice! there is A LOT info in here, but it's all scattered in thousands of threads...