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Poll: Which WM6 do you prefer?

Alright, I've completly had it with the t-mobile rom on my tytn. Befor this phone I used to have a wizard which I flashed almost the same day that I bought it, but after a while it broke down on me and I didn't get a new one (warenty issues)
Thats the main reason why I havn't flashed my tytn, but the t-mobile software is such a pain in the ass and WM6 is so much better then 5 that I'm just going to do it, screw the warrenty.
The question now is which version of WM6 shouls I flash. Is there a single version that definitivly leaves the rest behind?

Did my Vario2 with Black 2.5 yesterday. TBH, I don't know what the fuss is about. It's not noticably faster, and it was a big pain in the butt reinstalling everything. It also introduced a bunch of new bugs I didn't have before. On the other hand, being able to read HTML email has really changed my life. I'm sure for some people the changes are worthwhile, but for me it was not.
I extracted the TMob UK rom before flashing, so PM me if you need it in future.

I think this is a very important poll at this point.
There're so many WM6's version, and I am still using blackV1.X
Hesitating all days and looking about all the different versions, couldn't make a choice.

Lees said:
Alright, I've completly had it with the t-mobile rom on my tytn. Befor this phone I used to have a wizard which I flashed almost the same day that I bought it, but after a while it broke down on me and I didn't get a new one (warenty issues)
Thats the main reason why I havn't flashed my tytn, but the t-mobile software is such a pain in the ass and WM6 is so much better then 5 that I'm just going to do it, screw the warrenty.
The question now is which version of WM6 shouls I flash. Is there a single version that definitivly leaves the rest behind?
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I agree with you completely here. The standard T-Mobile rom is sh*te to say the least. Many instability probs. The wizard was a much more stable device IMHO.
I flashed Custel WM6 Pro V1.2 a couple of days ago and it has given my phone a new lease of life. Highly recommend it apart from warranty issues. This seems to be the most recent rom revision out of the the cooked rooms available. The support from Custel is excellent and it is still being developed, 1.3 will be out soon.
Hope this helps.

Jeez - Another Poll !!!
There's one 'ere : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=303915

Shamus69 said:
I agree with you completely here. The standard T-Mobile rom is sh*te to say the least. Many instability probs. The wizard was a much more stable device IMHO.
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Can you tell me what your instability probs were? I can't remember when I last had a lock up with mine, but I can't say the same for my new ROM.

LVSW Rom definitively
stable and fast!!

Original T-Mobile ROM

I'm sure you guys get threads like this all the time but your site is freaking huuuuge and I searched around but couldn't see what I was after.
My Vario II decided to brake again... it's been white screening for months and this morning the touchscreen decided to stop working so it's going back to T-Mobile.
I flashed the ROM a couple of months back to the Black Magic ROM (thanks to the creator, it's an awesome ROM)... so now I gotta restore it to the T-Mobile ROM.
Anyone have a link to it for me?
Also, am I gonna be able to flash without having touchscreen capability?
Thanks for your time
Marcus

BTW - stupid AutoFill used one of my email addresses as my username.. shows how much attention I paid

Check THE WIKI for your original T-Mobile ROM.
Check THESE GUIDES for downgrade assistance.
Regarding no touchscreen, you will be able to upgrade fine BUT you will not be able to boot the phone, because it will want you to calibrate the touchscreen on first boot. It is probably better than sending it in with the wrong ROM though.

Cheers for that, I knew it would be here somewhere, the forums are just freakin huge though.
I'll drop by when I hear from them... no doubt they'll try do me over with it somehow.

Anybody have a backup of the orange uk rom?

In my haste to crack on with playing with my diamond - i flashed my diamond with a multitude of roms, before backing up my original! I think that my diamond is faulty - so i want to exchange it back at phones4u - i cant give them a phone with Dutty's rom on it - they might actually know what they are doing!
So has anyone got a backup of the rom that comes stock on the htc diamond from orange they can upload for me - i have searched - cant find anything, other than a french one! Or do you guys reckon it would be fine to pack it off with a stock htc rom?

jimmeh1988 said:
In my haste to crack on with playing with my diamond - i flashed my diamond with a multitude of roms, before backing up my original! I think that my diamond is faulty - so i want to exchange it back at phones4u - i cant give them a phone with Dutty's rom on it - they might actually know what they are doing!
So has anyone got a backup of the rom that comes stock on the htc diamond from orange they can upload for me - i have searched - cant find anything, other than a french one! Or do you guys reckon it would be fine to pack it off with a stock htc rom?
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what is the fault??????
if you install back the same stock rom you "should" be ok

everyone agree with this? well i know that these are common problems - but my reception is UBER pants and my battery is UBER UBER pants. to the point that its unusable almost - i just wanna swap over the unit see if its any better - you cant blame me - i'm charging the damn from from empty to full twice a day - im not a massively heavy user! and when im in my bedroom - i cant receive calls at times - and it says i have reception - so im just gonna play the faulty handset card and get a new one?

jimmeh1988 said:
everyone agree with this? well i know that these are common problems - but my reception is UBER pants and my battery is UBER UBER pants. to the point that its unusable almost - i just wanna swap over the unit see if its any better - you cant blame me - i'm charging the damn from from empty to full twice a day - im not a massively heavy user! and when im in my bedroom - i cant receive calls at times - and it says i have reception - so im just gonna play the faulty handset card and get a new one?
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what rom and radio are you using?
mine last about 3 days now
im like you...i don't bash the phone
try what i am using, look below and see how you get on.

im using duttys 1.5 rom - 3 days is a dream for me. 1.00.25.05 is my radio. literally - its on charge at work - i finish at say 7.30 sometimes- if i go to bed at 11 - it needs charging otherwise i will have a dead battery in the morning - it would be more practical to carry a petrol generator around with me at all times charging my phone!

Do you have 3G enabled? If I keep that on "auto" my battery runs out v quickly, if I disbale it I can go 3 days + with moderate usage

yea - That is my only real power drain - push email, but i do need that, and the thing is, i have had my email and 3g turned completely off for a few days and it doesnt effect the battery life at all.

I dont currently have a backup of it, but I do still have a 'virgin' phone.. I've not yet flashed it. Not sure if I am going to until the warranty runs out.
Let me know if you need it, and I will send it over

MikeSel^ said:
I dont currently have a backup of it, but I do still have a 'virgin' phone.. I've not yet flashed it. Not sure if I am going to until the warranty runs out.
Let me know if you need it, and I will send it over
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i appreciate it - but i dunno if a virgin rom on an orange phone thats faulty will sit quite right with them . lol still appreciate though. Anyone think i shouldnt be taking it back though? atm im just gonna put the stock rom on!

By virgin I meant it had never been touched, not from the virgin network lol
It is an orange rom. It's stock, as you call it..

ahhhhh - oops .my bad, in that case - if you wouldnt mind - it wouldnt hurt to have the rom that was on the phone on there? what rom is it?

I had problems with my speaker. Phoned up orange got a fault code took it back to phones4u they gave me a new diamond and didnt even look in the box. Good job to i forgot the mains charger lol.

orange rom
I have the original orange UK rom on my phone
How do I backit up?

Check my website

jimmeh1988 said:
i appreciate it - but i dunno if a virgin rom on an orange phone thats faulty will sit quite right with them . lol still appreciate though. Anyone think i shouldnt be taking it back though? atm im just gonna put the stock rom on!
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If this is a new contract and as long as you are within the 14 days phones4u will replace it even without looking at the software of the phone (in my experiance) all they will check is the contents are correct. I dont think they do this for upgrades.
if you using Push mail you really dont need 3g on all the time. with just (G) my push mail is active 18 hours a day and the battery goes for at 36-48 hours - fine for my use.

People on Orange - ROM upgrade ?

Having had my Diamond for 2 weeks now, its made my life a living hell. Slow, freezes, very fiddly and so many calls go missed because of the g** screen system.
Will there be an upgrade for Orange customers as the htc site doesnt let me do it ?
Im seriously considering giving it back, currently the iphone puts it to shame imo and thats barebones really !

if your are french use DiamondStone 1.1 :
http://www.planete-htc.com/index.php?mod=forum&ac=voir&cat=169&id=15903
Or Wait some days until I release the DiamondStone v2 (post will be also on HTC Planete)

I had an Orange diamond and I had the exact same problems you describe. Thankfully now they are all history. I flashed a different ROM onto the handset. I would recommend you do the same. BE WARNED THOUGH. This will probably cancel out any warranty on the handset. All problems have now gone and I have the handset the Diamond always promised to be........

Fiaudiobl said:
Having had my Diamond for 2 weeks now, its made my life a living hell. Slow, freezes, very fiddly and so many calls go missed because of the g** screen system.
Will there be an upgrade for Orange customers as the htc site doesnt let me do it ?
Im seriously considering giving it back, currently the iphone puts it to shame imo and thats barebones really !
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See this thread and my reply on Post #16. I did it last night, TouchFlo and browsing is a LOT better.
I and several others have contacted Orange directly. They keep saying that Orange DO NOT supply updates as "they did not write the software". (Orange traditionally have a very bad record of NOT supporting their handsets with newer vendor updates)
Of course, to make matters worse, HTC will not provide an Orange specific ROM either so if you want the enhancements offered, you WILL need to update the ROM yourself. I've not tried the other custom ROMs offered here - I'm sure they offer a lot of other advantages, but I just wanted to get the "Offical ROM" update working
http://http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=419093&page=2
There is a LOT of info on this site but sometimes with all of the other posts, it can be a bit confusing to understand. Basically in order to update I found that:
1) You MUST first update the phone with the right HardSPL (as per all the Guides on here). This WILL invalidate your warranty, unless you are able re-update your phone back to the original SPL (and ROM if you got that far) - should you need to send the thing in for warranty repair...
2) Certain ROM updates, including "Offical HTC" ones require that you use a certain SPL. To update my Orange UK with the HTC Rom, I used HardSPL 1.93.. and I loaded it using the DiamondCustomRUU that comes packaged with HardSPL 1.37 (again this is available by looking at the correct threads here)
3) To even get this HardSPL working it DID hard reset my phone, Internal Storage was left intact but the "on phone" data/applications/contacts etc were completely wiped - so make sure you back up all contacts, and write down settings (again, read the guides on what to backup)
4) Once HardSPL 1.93 was on the phone you can now load the new "Official ROM" (check the SPL version by soft resetting and holding the DOWN VOLUME key until you get the Tri-colour screen showing which version it is - you can then soft reset to get the phone back)
5) IF you update to HardSPL, you do NOT need to CID-Unlock you phone - if you're unsure what this means, again read the guides for more detailed explanations
6) You can use the RUU that comes with the Official HTC Rom package to then update your phone.. again follow ALL instructions from the Guides
7) Do NOT get impatient at any time and uplug cables, close apps etc. you could risk bricking your phone.. just follow instructions
THIS DOES WORK - at least it did for me... my diamond is even faster than ever now

I have the information that since a few days Orange France ships Diamond with 1.93 ROM and 1.00.25.05 Radio.
I'm in touch with someone who have this new ROM and I'm helping him dumping it
I think I might have the dump within a few hours (I'll tell you ) and will test it on my own Orange Diamond

If Orange (France or UK) do release an updated "Offical ROM", then that would be cool.. but Orange UK were certain they WOULD NOT be doing this..
To be honest, the HTC "Official ROM" works just fine and it doesn't come with all the Orange branded rubbish either The only issue is that you must invalidate your warranty to enjoy the benefits..

jms_uk,
i dont get it your on a developers website but you want to keep your phone
on a stock rom.
why.
the cooked roms are so much better and as you say you have allready invalidated your warranty.

I have a once Orange Diamond, now its official HTC 1.93 with unlocked Sim.
I would love to try out a cooked ROM as you suggest, but there are just so many ones on this site its completely confusing, I would like to ask which one is best, but dare not due to either having my post deleted, moved or flamed.

964rs777 said:
jms_uk,
i dont get it your on a developers website but you want to keep your phone
on a stock rom.
why.
the cooked roms are so much better and as you say you have allready invalidated your warranty.
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I'll admit that I'm quite happy with the improvements the official updated ROM gives, but as THUDUK has said, I wouldn't know where to start on picking a custom ROM that offers further improvements - so much choice
I've already spent a while trying to seach and get more information on what the various ROMS do, but as a lot of people have said there is no "best" ROM because it depends on what you're looking for..
At the moment I like TF3D as an interface, and the speed of it with the official/stock update is improved.. what other cool things could I benefit from with a custom ROM? Any and all suggestions gratefully welcomed!
*EDIT*
I stopped being a total n00b and found some proper details on both Dutty's and Panosha's Shine-On... some really nice tweaks in there, I can see why a lot of people prefer these custom ROMs. As I'm new to the whole game, and my phone is already improved with just the new Stock ROM - I'll play it safe for now, but I'm a bit clearer about things! Now if only someone could fix that damned HTC music player

Hey,
First post here but i have been hanging around for some time and been flashing new rom's on my htc touch diamond since the second week of having it. I was kind of lucky getting my diamond from orange (actually through carphone warehouse) but it was completely unbranded short of a small orange logo sticker on the case. I assume this is because it was one of the very first editions, i had the same issues untill i flashed with a cooked rom from these forums and the speed improvments were outstanding in comparison to what i had. I would highly recommend upgrading the rom yourself, as it looks unlikely we'll ever see a decent from rom orange. but make sure you do follow the instructions carefully. on top of that from my understanding (and ill fully admit if i am wrong) but because flashing the rom's are completely software based, if you had to return the phone, then i understand it is possible to remove everything you have done to it and restore it to its original state, i think i have seen the original orange uk rom on the forums somewhere. as i said im sorry if that is incorrect but if u can remove everything then returning the phone wont be an issue. as for what rom? no idea, i have tested all the wwe roms and have found the one i like, dutty's 1.6 lite i think it is.
anyway sorry for the babble, tend to wonder in my head lol. hope its of use.
Fraser

I think Orange UK messed up and a LOT of their Touch Diamonds have very little specific customisation except for the Orange branded back cover and the locked CID.. yet all the packaging and manuals show screenshots with Orange customisations in them
No bad thing if you don't want your phone to have all that bloat...
There are some nice things in the different roms, G-Sensor calibration and all that but for me, even with the newer Stock Official HTC ROM, its certainly better than it was out of the box..
Its a shame Orange don't do something about that, the customer reputation would be vastly improved and the improved performance on the handset with a better ROM might even win a few new customers who have been put off with negative press about the phone's UI performance..
You only have to read an a review in an "ignorant" magazine like T3 (read by a LOT of people unfortunately) to see the misconception... I'm sure the Diamond would've rated better had their staff been given a phone with newer/better ROMs on it

jms_uk said:
*EDIT* Now if only someone could fix that damned HTC music player
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Hey too right, the only one single yet hugely annoying problem with my Diamond is the blasted music player skipping, gets better if you turn off your phone, but why should we have to do that

alphazeros rom fixes the media player problem so they say.
standard rom with speed increases.
havn't tried it my self as i use swiftbl's rom but it looks ok.

LoL, I was talking about the cover art main view. Its annoying that it only shows songs from your now playing instead of allowing you to actually select whole albums by cover art from this view

Touchscreen drivers - Very important!

I consider this issue as very important for various causes... First of all it effects a lot of people, second is the fact it can hurt very much the experience with this wonderful phone and another reason is this problem not being PERMANENT. I can 100% confirm that 3-4 months ago I didnt have this problem im suffering from it the last month or so.
Here is a video of the problem itself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj5z08CC5AQ&NR=1
and here is the discussion from last year: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=946834&highlight=digitizer
They say that its a problem with the touchscreen driver HTC provides and maybe its somehow connected with the kernel (I dont know anything about developing so...) but I know from my own experience that this problem can happen, I mean a fully functional and SMOOTH touchscreen can Become faulty and buggy screen.
I hope some dev can help all of us who have this problem and do something about the driver\kernel.
Thanks.
ps. I noticed my problem after i flashed few new ICS roms that started to come out... maybe some rom messed up with the drivers ? (i know that after you do all the wipes u can before you install a new rom some information still remains, like the clockwork... and one rom can change the things for all the roms u install after it)
PSS. In the video some people say it can be from water/humidity damage, who can confirm this ? it can turn a good touchscreen to a bad one after awhile in the pocket.

Just want to up this before the weekend... Im considering the pocket phone taking all the sweat is the right reason, I want to purchase a screen protector and change my current one to see if this helps

I'd love to see this problem fixed too. The problem is so annoying, ive been trying to play draw something and it's pretty much impossible cos of the wobbly lines.
I too am convinced this is a driver issue, although i must say i noticed the problem the day i got my desire hd and its been there with all roms i've tried.
I wouldn't mind taking a look into this myself. I know c++ and other languages but i wouldn't know where to start. If someone could guide my in the right direction i might be able to figure something out.