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cash365
6th August 2007, 06:24 AM
I've been wondering if it's possible to do so, since the Athena is quite similar to Universal.
Any hints would be welcomed.
DaVince
6th August 2007, 06:48 AM
I've been wondering if it's possible to do so, since the Athena is quite similar to Universal.
Any hints would be welcomed.

Hi there...
Athena is no way similar to the Universal. WAaay different hardware...
Midget_1990
6th August 2007, 08:20 AM
same processor, same (for some universal's) DoC chip, but yeah, apart from that its different ;)
rmercado
6th August 2007, 10:02 AM
Actually I tried that, DaVince & Midget_1990 are correct. I manage to built the ROM and succesfully port it in my Uni. Unfortunately it hang to Splash Screen and nothing happen. As a result I lost my Extended ROM (I am trying to revive it now).

I will try to re-install the ms_.nbf, I hope it will solve my problem. Can you suggest something to revive it?

Cheers mate..
cash365
6th August 2007, 05:27 PM
Thank you for answering so soon. You are the best :D
columbo
7th August 2007, 12:27 PM
According to this...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1178773&highlight=darkforce+athena+universal+rom#post11787 73

... the much acclaimed DarkForce ROM is based on the Athena. I'm not sure if it is a Universal ROM with Athena applications and layout added, or an Athena ROM with Universal drivers added (I read both explanations which left me a bit confused).

I have tried nearly every WM6 ROM going and DarkForce was one of the most reliable, although it still had some bugs, so I would be interested to see if the new official Athena WM6 ROM that is due out now would help create a much more stable WM6 ROM for Universal.
Midget_1990
7th August 2007, 04:39 PM
you would need to port the XIP and drivers.

to recover your partitions use 'Task 28 55aa' from mtty, then flash new OS + Extrom.
liay
7th August 2007, 08:06 PM
Here's a Chinese ROM port from Trinity
http://blog.pdafans.com/?25433/action_viewspace_itemid_7127.html
Use this ROM as your base, with any ROM KITCHEN and SYS from Athena to rebuild the WWE yourselves, everyone can get the new OS5.2.1437 (Build 17944.0.3.1) on your Universal!
But I must mention, there still have some bugs in the new core.