Which WM6 are you using and Why?

[deviusdragger]

Theres like 6 threads with like 50 pages each...and i've read almost all of them....but my question is which WM6 of crossbow are you using? So far i know theres

1. Chinese version
2. Stock leaked one
3. PDAViet 1
4. PDAViet 2

Which ones are you guys using and why? THanks for the responds guys :-)

[goodluck4287]

Absolutely agree, I have read dozens of pages about crossbow, and as a user progressing relatively quickly from most newbie-isms, I think this is a great idea for a thread. I look forward to seeing which version people are using, and a brief summary of pros/cons.

Thanks

[markgamber]

None, they're buggy, obviously unfinished and of dubious origin.

[Malik05]

im using pv2...it has nice little addons to it, and it seems to be smoother...

[Raceit]

None, they're buggy, obviously unfinished and of dubious origin.

But that's what makes them so FUN! :)

[deviusdragger]

i totally agree with you guys. Thats what makes these roms fun. i just got tired of trying to decide which rom to mess with and all that fun crap. i just wanted to see what fellow modders were doing with their roms and what they learned and what they have accomplished. i see that on PDAViet 2 for some reason my screen keeps turning on. and sometimes my softkeys wont work. does any one by anychance have a solution to thi stuff? Thanks

[GldRush98]

None, they're buggy, obviously unfinished and of dubious origin.
Agreed.
I tried them out, but they were pretty buggy and impossible to make everything run as smoothly as WM5.
I need stability and a smooth running PPC. Not some glitchy buggy unreliable WM6.
Plus WM6 adds zero true improvements. There is just no reason to use these pre-release versions.
I hope they get WM6 fixed up correctly before actually releasing it to the public or WM6 is going to suffer a horrible fate.

[nightowl007]

Need another option: My own cooked version

I cooked up my own version, modeling it after Risidoro and Molski's, adding all the cool TSK files, camera themes, ringtones, Ris' network tools, Adobe Acrobat LE. mbutton in ROM and in startup, Total Commander in ROM, enabling the ZIP tool, added traylaunch and battery status and adding in the faria camera fix.

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks to Risidoro, Molski and Faria for the great tutorials. I spent hours working on this to get it working just like I want it.

Rom stats, from a fresh boot with mbutton and activesync running:

Storage:
Total: 47.46mb
In use: 10.87 mb
Free: 36.60 mb

Program:
Total: 49.70 mb
In user: 22.96 mb
Free: 26.72 mb

[deviusdragger]

wow thats awesome bro! is your cooked rom a WM6?

[nightowl007]

wow thats awesome bro! is your cooked rom a WM6?

Yes. Sorry. It is the Orwell, I guess, one.

I just read about editing the HV files, so now my little cab file that I run afterward to add in MMS, GPRS, etc, will be integrated into the ROM directly, along with Midlet Manager, TRE and whatever else I can inject into it.

[deviusdragger]

yeah i had to put all my internet and gprs settings my self from my other 8125. so far i like the way it looks and its running pretty good now that i took some stuff off the start up folder like tray launch and smartskey. dont really need them. i have pocketplus running just fine on there just like batterystatus and today plugin.

[cellneuron]

Yes. Sorry. It is the Orwell, I guess, one.

I just read about editing the HV files, so now my little cab file that I run afterward to add in MMS, GPRS, etc, will be integrated into the ROM directly, along with Midlet Manager, TRE and whatever else I can inject into it.

Can you share some experience about editing HV files? I can't find any sources for it. Thanks.

[goodluck4287]

Hate to ask, but I guess I do need to know. I have the Orwell one. Is that the leaked stock?

[TheWizzard2203]

Well. Let me first say this.

Apparently what PDAViet has done to Faria's hard word and effort can simply not be justified imho.

To be honest I have PDA Viet2 installed. But that was before I read what they did with Faria's hard work. And I simply don't have time now to switch to another WM6 rom, otherwise I'd installed Faria's latest and greatest Rom 3.3.

Nevertheless I must say that the PDA Viet2 rom works fine on my MDA. Even my 4gb minisd works flawlessly (although i'm still looking for some tweaks to improve read/write performance with it). They also put some security to it with removing the windows update option (which apparently causes trouble to some users).

But, to stay loyal to Faria, just because that man really does great work, whenever there's another rom (a better one/more complete one) and I have some more time, I immediately switch to another rom.

[gaiden0000]

I love WM6, on my device it runs so much more smoother than WM5 did, and after running the MMS cab patch, i'm fully sorted. All of my software work on it perfectly, it's extremely fast (i haven't even had to over clock it like i used to do at 240mhz).
I now want to really get into understanding how to tweak and create my own Roms.

[spoonter]

Need another option: My own cooked version

I cooked up my own version, modeling it after Risidoro and Molski's, adding all the cool TSK files, camera themes, ringtones, Ris' network tools, Adobe Acrobat LE. mbutton in ROM and in startup, Total Commander in ROM, enabling the ZIP tool, added traylaunch and battery status and adding in the faria camera fix.

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks to Risidoro, Molski and Faria for the great tutorials. I spent hours working on this to get it working just like I want it.

Rom stats, from a fresh boot with mbutton and activesync running:

Storage:
Total: 47.46mb
In use: 10.87 mb
Free: 36.60 mb

Program:
Total: 49.70 mb
In user: 22.96 mb
Free: 26.72 mb

Release! Release! Release!

(...please?)

[hustle]

how did u do the mms cab patch. where did u get it from

[papizdono]

how did u do the mms cab patch. where did u get it from

read the forum

[hustle]

the one from here didnt work for me im on tmobile. i put in the settings n still nothing

i have mms arcsoft 3.0.9 something something.

what steps did u to make yours work

[papizdono]

ARCSoft Inc MMS Composer 3.0.7.19.cab

i used that one

[sandrobber]

Theres like 6 threads with like 50 pages each...and i've read almost all of them....but my question is which WM6 of crossbow are you using? So far i know theres

1. Chinese version
2. Stock leaked one
3. PDAViet 1
4. PDAViet 2

Which ones are you guys using and why? THanks for the responds guys :-)

I think we could get better results if people knoew how to identify which WM 6 rom they have.
I have orwell
the other day I downloaded 1.Crossbow_Underground_Edition.exe but I am not certain if this is updated

[goodluck4287]

So again, is Orwell the stock leaked? I apologize if I offend any of the veterans or anyone else who has figured this out for themselves. I have read dozens of pages worth of posts on the matter. I have CID unlocked my phone and flashed it at least a half dozen times with no bricking of my phone. I'm not a bad newbie, I'm sure the answer is out there somewhere, trust me I have searched, but I have come to terms with the fact that I have searched and sifted and the answer did not show up for me.

If someone doesn't mind telling me, and clarifying for others right here in this relevant thread:

Is Orwell the stock leaked? Is it in Chinese, or Vietnamese, are there major dangers with this one (other than being pre-released) such that I will not be able to flash my phone or radio ROM afterwards. If it is in another language, I'm guessing it is a registry tweak to fix, if so can you also consolidate that here?

Thank you very much to anyone who possesses and shares that helpful knowledge with myself and many others.

[lithivm]

Hey Guys I ran the WM6 orwell update and it did its thing, but when it rebooted it was still WM5 (blank no user data) do I have to do anything special after I disconnest?

[vippie]

Hey Guys I ran the WM6 orwell update and it did its thing, but when it rebooted it was still WM5 (blank no user data) do I have to do anything special after I disconnest?

This means that you're device is not CID-unlocked.

So again, is Orwell the stock leaked?

Yes it is :) It was the name of the file.

[cyberdrakula]

Using the Stock.

Ihave tired the chinese, viet 1 and 2 also. The Viet 2 was localized ina couple things. There were apps there that I did not need and no way to install them. I WAS happy with the stock and remain to be so. Plus I would rather use something I know to be from a reliable source.

I am using the AKU 3.3 from Faria,Molski et all also and am quite happy with that in one of my other wizards. I have one that I experiment with and I usually keep it ready to test any ROMs out there. :)

[deviusdragger]

I did read about how PDAVIET 2 guys used faria's name in a bad way. i've already modded it to much for me to take it off but once someone releases something better from a WM6 i will switch to it in a heartbeat. I dont know if its just me but does anyone have problems with their screens switching on after turning it on and also the battery draining kind of fast? Any help would be awesom. thanks guys

[papizdono]

I did read about how PDAVIET 2 guys used faria's name in a bad way. i've already modded it to much for me to take it off but once someone releases something better from a WM6 i will switch to it in a heartbeat. I dont know if its just me but does anyone have problems with their screens switching on after turning it on and also the battery draining kind of fast? Any help would be awesom. thanks guys

read my post about PDAVIET2 ...
its cool, works, no battery drain (until now), and screen switching is not appearing at my place (i dont use push mail)... its an excelent rom, the FARIA HTC App doesnt even work in the rom :) so even if they used his app, its not working there... but the rom is fine...

[deviusdragger]

read my post about PDAVIET2 ...
its cool, works, no battery drain (until now), and screen switching is not appearing at my place (i dont use push mail)... its an excelent rom, the FARIA HTC App doesnt even work in the rom :) so even if they used his app, its not working there... but the rom is fine...

so you think it could be that push email that can cause the battery to drain pretty fast? i think i have it turned off. im gonna have to double to check

[Vilem]

so you think it could be that push email that can cause the battery to drain pretty fast? i think i have it turned off. im gonna have to double to check

I don't know if it's the push, but I noticed the in fact a better battery life with WM6 even with wifi running.

I'm using the 47 radio, also no problems.

[mkabani]

im using the stock WM6 . I noticed i get 26 Megs ram free from the beginning, and i get a really good battery life..plus the wifi signals has gone up.. other than that the rom is STABLE.. like ive had it a week plus and i love it.. i dont use much installed programs... just use it for calender, class routine, email, a lil bit of wireless internet in the library and msn.. so this rom is perfect for me

[goodluck4287]

I do feel bad that Faria's work got ripped off, or reused or whatever. I really do, as a college student who knows to steer clear of plagiarism. Cost/benefit type reasoning.

However my curiosity here is, are fewer people using the viet 2 rom because of the post about ripping Faria off? Is it a quality rom? I mean, technically no one is supposed to have a WM6 rom anyways... Is the Viet2 rom better, and we're just resorting to the leaked rom because people want to be somewhat ethical for Faria.

If you have used both the leaked stock and the Viet 2, which one is better? I'm guessing the Viet 2 is tweaked somewhat nicely...

[nightowl007]

Release! Release! Release!

(...please?)

Sorry, no.

As I stated, I user Risidoro's, Moski's and work from Faria. It would not be right to release it.

If I can figure it out, you can. Just read the tutorials. Everything I needed to know was right here.