WM6 vs WM5 performance comparison

[zemadz]

Is the original WM6 for Artemis more responsive in general use than the WM5 version? I'm also interested if the cooked ROM's (Touch 4.02 for example) have any speed advantages when running TomTom. In my WM5 TomTom is quite slow. Can anyone comment on the performance of TomTom using different ROM's? Is there any visual difference?

About battery life, I've read a lot about some experiencing power drain but others getting even better battery performance with the same ROM. Is it even possible to say whether WM6 increased battery life vs WM5 or not? Please post your experiences, as I am trying to decide to upgrade or not to, because it is a small risk aswell.

[thormdac]

in general: DUMP WM5 !

Advantages ( amongst others) of WM6:

- no data loss when out-off battery !!!!
- tomtom and other apps run more smoothly/quickly (subjectively)

The battery-drain for sure is a concerning matter, due to being based on gsm polling problems on certaain machines/radio versions!

he last tested and afaik original artemis radio rom is version 02.98.90.

greetz

[jahrami]

totally agree and i suggest go forward to WM 6.1
WM5 is only history

in general: DUMP WM5 !

Advantages ( amongst others) of WM6:

- no data loss when out-off battery !!!!
- tomtom and other apps run more smoothly/quickly (subjectively)

The battery-drain for sure is a concerning matter, due to being based on gsm polling problems on certaain machines/radio versions!

he last tested and afaik original artemis radio rom is version 02.98.90.

greetz

[towelie]

wm5 is faster in my opinion that wm6 and wm6 totally kills your battery time which is a big nusience..

also wm6 seems more complicated with the simple phone functions....

I have tried some of the cooked rom's and have so many problem with the screen auto rolling when I don't want it to and sometimes I will click on "ok" and it doesn't seem to register for 3-4 seconds....

in general for phone and email use I am going back to wm5 to get back the battery time and general usability of the phone itself...

with wm5 I hardley ever ran out of battery time however with wm6 there has been a few occassions where I have not had a chance to charge the phone in one or two days and it has gone flat when I really needed it... simple things like this make the upgrade not worthwhile IMO, even if there are better features and nicer look in wm6..

[matt_spv_m600]

Just found this thread.

Mixed advice it would seem.

I've just bought an XDA ORBIT. It's still got Windows Mobile 5 and has TOMTOM 6 installed.

I still don't know whether I should UPGRADING TO WINDOWS 6.0 OR NOT?

Some say TomTom6 runs better on Windows 5, some disagree.

I also have copilot 6.0 discs which I could use instead. Anyone have a preference between Tomtom6 and Copilot 6 on the xda orbit?

Thanks in advance,

Matt.

[brins0]

I strongly reccomend skipping WM6.0 and going streight to WM6.1, and go for the "Touch 4.01" rom. I'd personally reccomend the vanilla one, as it's the fastest, and most of the installed stuff will be useless on the bulkier roms.

TomTom 6 runs very well on WM6.1, better than I remember on 5.0, however, i'm using a much later version I got from an unmentionable place. Takes only 3-4s to load from the today screen.

As for the data loss with WM5, that's actually a bit of a fib. Non-volatile storage was introduced with WM5, and enhanced for WM6. It was WM2003/SE when there were issues with volatile storage, and the in-ability to actually turn a device off.

Hope this helps :)

[Mike Wilson]

in general: DUMP WM5 !



he last tested and afaik original artemis radio rom is version 02.98.90.

greetz


Latest official o2 wm6 rom is shipping with radio version 3.06.90, which I found very good.

Wish there was stand alone install for this one, so I could use it with touch 4.02.