need some rom update advice

[chamelion]

hey guys,

ok i used to be quite the regular (i still host most the roms and new ones on my zimuhost.getmyip.com site).

however i'm quite behind the times and havne't been following developments much.

can someone advise me whats the best way to go about:

1) backing up my current SMSs (no clue what new software is out there)
2) suggest me a new ROM (i'm still on the old black one- shadow). i want pocketCM thats running natively if thats possible... but i don't mind installing it on another ROM that may work better.
3) space is not important to me. pagepool / speed is. i don't mind giving up 12mb pagepool memory, even more to font caches etc for speed. the storage is unnecessary.

i've already updated olipro and radio stacks, so i'm pretty good to go.

thanks a lot guys :)

and as usual, if you want any phone-related download mirrors for files / roms etc, just shoot me a PM with the megaupload/etc link and you'll have a nice http download option :)

[chamelion]

anybody?
advice would be loved ;)

[wacky.banana]

Hello mate,

Given your history of hosting, etc, and helping the community out I thought I would get a response in before some smart ar*e tells you to read the f*** wiki. :)

Anyway:

- SMS backup - There's a tool on here called (I think) PIMS. Should do the job else go for SPB backup.

- New Rom - tough one this as it depends on what you are looking for. I use Schaps (see my sig) because it is rock solid stable. However Shamanix has just produced a lite version based on Schaps and has provided a shedload of cabs for people to personalise their own install. Personally I prefer this approach as you get more or less exactly what you want. Search on here for it.

Does this help?

Cheers

WB

[chamelion]

hey WB, thanks a bunch for the response :) i was totally expecting the flaming to start instantly!

Problem is that the last time i frequented this site and was a regular there were like 3 ROM developers. now there are like 42,000. I have no clue which version of what to use, even after having heavily browsed around this site the past 2 days!

i'll take your advice and stick with schaps, downloading 3.54 right now...

[wacky.banana]

Excellent. I can also recommend the radio version I'm using as that has been the most stable to date.

CARE - make sure you do what Mr Vanx suggests BEFORE you jump in. See here for more info (http://www.mrvanx.org/cms/). Take your time and read loads first. Saves a lot of grief later on.

Cheers

WB