[Release 06Jun08] WM6.1 (not so) Plain Jane - 5.2.19202 (Build 19202.1.0.0)

[illi]

Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard (not so) Plain Jane 5.2.19202.1.0.0 - Alpha
Yes! It is a "Vanilla Edition", English only, Plain Jane.

Hi Guys

Here's my first attempt at ROM cooking. Foremost, I must thank all the ROM cookers (you know who you are!) who has given me the inspiration to cook this vanilla edition. Also, thanks to you guys "ROM Junkies":D (like me) for giving me the PUSH. The reason I cooked this vanilla edition is because I had always wanted a vanilla version. Secondly, I wanted to have the feel and to understand the effort required to cook a ROM.

This ROM is based on GnatGoSplat's WM6.1 Clean 5.2.19202 (Build 19202.1.0.0) Eval (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=375670):cool:. I am releasing my vanilla edition with his blessings. Thanks so much Gnat.

What's out:
- the old WM homescreen
- all previous homescreen schemes
- JBed (java)
- Windows Live icons
- no soft-key short-cuts (due to varied devices; please install separately)
- no tweaks included, yet!

What's in:
- Sliding Panel homescreen
- Rinku Bar "ready" (included only the icons - may included full apps in future version)
- Threaded SMS is retained
- xT9 (instead of T9)

Please follow installation process from KarHoe's Guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=324557)

The flashing takes a little longer when it is at 100%. Please be patient.

On first reboot you may have a blank homescreen. Go to Settings>Home Screen>change either the Color scheme or Background image and >Done
I dont know why. Probably coz I changed/removed the green scheme.

Your feed-back is much appreciated.

Download here! (http://www.mediafire.com/?cyybls1nxwy)

Thank you ALL.

ps. If you want to DONATE please do so BUT please contribute to your favorite ROM Cooker. I need not know if you do contribute:D

[markanthonypr]

Instalation went nice and smooth, bluetooth and wi-fi confirmed to work too. Will post more feedback later :)

[kancrutt]

congratz for u my friend..now u are a real ROM cooker :D

[Profy_X]

It has some minor bugs that i found..rinku iconbar thas not work i had to reinstal it..what took so long time to boot and enter the windows?thats all till now...great job illi ;)

[Raz`m'Chaz]

Does this, or any WM6.1 ROM for Tornado, support VOIP provisioning?

Raz

[rickwyatt]

i found a cupbile of bugs:(

1 chome operator name it not in the right place and to small to see

2 bootscreens are missing theres is no HTC.gif in \windows\
and oemstartup.dll is allso missing from windows

[rekall]

Bug as in the original ROM. When syncing with Exchange you cannot get passed the password screen as the phone has hung :(

[melgurth]

i found a cupbile of bugs:(

...

2 bootscreens are missing theres is no HTC.gif in \windows\
and oemstartup.dll is allso missing from windows

I think that this are those Vanilla changes... fine to me, because I disable all splash crap.

I think that only universal IME should be installed, without any languages database fot T9,XT9 etc.
I use my country T9 and it is no use for me, as many many non-speaking-english users. Vanilla should be vanilla

Good work illi :)

[smartamazing]

Wow great Job illi that was quick I will flash it later after reading some more feedbacks......By the way I was expecting that the threaded sms are removed since it is a Vanilla edition is there anyway to remove it or turn it off?

[kkrull]

Are the icons different on the home screen? power, battery, etc? Or did you change them after flashing the ROM?

[kancrutt]

download now..
hi illi can u give me ur Kitchen?

[illi]

It has some minor bugs that i found..rinku iconbar thas not work i had to reinstal it..what took so long time to boot and enter the windows?thats all till now...great job illi ;)

Thanks Profy_X.
The "bugs" you mentioned are covered in the first post.

I only include Rinku Bars' icons with the intention of installing the full apps in future release. So if you want it now you have to install it separately.

I am also aware of the slow flashing. It was mentioned in the first post too. I am looking for a solution.

Thanks

[illi]

Does this, or any WM6.1 ROM for Tornado, support VOIP provisioning?

Raz

I removed the VoIP dll so I am not sure if provisioning works. Have you tried Gnats Eval version?

Thanks

[smartamazing]

Thanks Profy_X.
The "bugs" you mentioned are covered in the first post.

I only include Rinku Bars' icons with the intention of installing the full apps in future release. So if you want it now you have to install it separately.

I am also aware of the slow flashing. It was mentioned in the first post too. I am looking for a solution.

Thanks

I hope you could include ROMUpdateUtility to ease the flashing....and is there a way to remove the threaded SMS?

[ckleea]

It seems to work well except the font size on the today screen is a bit smaller. Now 8 hours after installation.

Thank for the work.

[illi]

i found a cupbile of bugs:(

1 chome operator name it not in the right place and to small to see

2 bootscreens are missing theres is no HTC.gif in \windows\
and oemstartup.dll is allso missing from windows

1. I forgot to mention that I installed my modified cpr file. Thats why the operator name is not at its original position and the font is thinner. The sliding panel is also slimmer. I also included the bronzeres file that contains more icons.

2. Those were removed to make sure it is vanilla and I think it doesnt impact performance.

thanks for your input. these will help of improve my next release.

[illi]

Bug as in the original ROM. When syncing with Exchange you cannot get passed the password screen as the phone has hung :(

I sync with mail2web.com without problem so i dont understand your problem.

anyway thanks for the input.

[illi]

I think that this are those Vanilla changes... fine to me, because I disable all splash crap.

I think that only universal IME should be installed, without any languages database fot T9,XT9 etc.
I use my country T9 and it is no use for me, as many many non-speaking-english users. Vanilla should be vanilla

Good work illi :)

Thanks. vanilla is vanilla and must live to its name. Your input will help me improve my next release.

[illi]

Wow great Job illi that was quick I will flash it later after reading some more feedbacks......By the way I was expecting that the threaded sms are removed since it is a Vanilla edition is there anyway to remove it or turn it off?

there is a tweak to revert the threaded sms. i will try to get it for you and also there are request from others.

thanks for your feed back

[rickwyatt]

Thanks. vanilla is vanilla and must live to its name. Your input will help me improve my next release.

illi could you edit your rom so it shows the default bootscreens you no the ones with wm6.1 on it and iv fixed your cpr if you what it ill upload it so you can put it in your next rom

[illi]

Are the icons different on the home screen? power, battery, etc? Or did you change them after flashing the ROM?

those are Rinku Bars that I installed after flashing.

[illi]

download now..
hi illi can u give me ur Kitchen?

I use nitros kitchen:-P

[illi]

illi could you edit your rom so it shows the default bootscreens you no the ones with wm6.1 on it and iv fixed your cpr if you what it ill upload it so you can put it in your next rom

i modified the cpr to my liking. however can you post a pic showing your modified cpr?

thanks

[mkloeckner]

mmh.. don't be offended, but I don't see any big difference to Gnats release... :confused:

[illi]

mmh.. don't be offended, but I don't see any big difference to Gnats release... :confused:

Thank you for your frank opinion. I really appreciate such feedback and look forward to more of it. It will help me with my next release.

I cooked it to my liking with the intent of making it a vanilla ROM. Most of the differences are internal. Eg. the cpr and bronzeres files are modified. The removal of Windows Live icons and inclusion of Rinku Bars icons. The minimalist theme and scheme options is another. Therefore the differences are not obvious.

I am sharing this ROM because I believe there are like-minded people who prefer such rom. but i am willing to modify this release further as long as the Rom lives to its intended name VANILLA version.

if you have any suggestions and comments
I am happy to hear them and may consider it for next release.

once again thank you for your honest opinion.

[rickwyatt]

there are my screen captures and my fixed cpr

[jaymit]

Hi,

Thanks for the rom - it looks great! Just one quick ques...how do I install it? :s loll

Thanks!

[Exitao]

Illi:

Please take this criticism as constructive. When publishing a ROM people usually like to know how much memory is available, if/what version of .NET is included, maybe any benchmarks performed.

It would be good if you could include links to the Noble AP_ shortcuts (you don't need to upload as they're already on the FTP, I believe, and if not they should be). As you update/create more ROMs you could anticipate requests/needs and have a (somewhat standardised) set of links to binaries like fixes, OEM apps, and the ROM Update Utility (if you chose not to include with ROM DL package) that you can include at the bottom of the post submitting the ROM.
Maybe even a link to (the thread or directly to) the file for the kitchen you use, or the one yours is based on. Vanilla is for custimisation, no?

If this is true "vanilla" and you have not included more OEM softs than listed in your description, there should be wasted space on the ROM due to the image always remaining a certain size. Therefore I do not understand the purpose of omitting VOIP or SIP provisioning; my stock WM5 QTEK came with such features so I dare say that makes it valid for OEM/Vanilla.
Did you really save space by omitting this?
(BTW: don't take this personal, personally, I don't use VOIP, but I don't understand "vanilla" either. Image size must be a specific minimum capacity so why not pack it full? OTOH, some ROMs are problematic for having too many apps...)

Finally, it seems to be a worthwhile practice in the other devices' forums for the ROM submitter to immediately post to reserve at least the #2 space in the thread to include informational updates (responses to common questions that will appear in the thread, maybe FAQ-ish), reg fixes, patches or software updates.
This way, the first post only has to be edited when your update the ROM, and the "edited on" date reflects the ROM date more accurately.

Anyways, nice to see you in the kitchen. :)

[Exitao]

Hi,

Thanks for the rom - it looks great! Just one quick ques...how do I install it? :s loll

Thanks!

You need the ROMUpdateUtility

If you have any other ROM saved on your computer, just replace the nk.nbf with this one and then run ROMUpdateUtility.

Otherwise, follow KarHoe's Guide - link in the OP.

[smartamazing]

Thank you for your frank opinion. I really appreciate such feedback and look forward to more of it. It will help me with my next release.

I cooked it to my liking with the intent of making it a vanilla ROM. Most of the differences are internal. Eg. the cpr and bronzeres files are modified. The removal of Windows Live icons and inclusion of Rinku Bars icons. The minimalist theme and scheme options is another. Therefore the differences are not obvious.

I am sharing this ROM because I believe there are like-minded people who prefer such rom. but i am willing to modify this release further as long as the Rom lives to its intended name VANILLA version.

if you have any suggestions and comments
I am happy to hear them and may consider it for next release.

once again thank you for your honest opinion.

My Suggestions:

1. Remove threaded SMS since it is a Vanilla edition.
2. Include ROMUpdateUtility.exe at the installation package for the benefit of the majority.
3. Improve the boot up screen...
....By the way illi I have a question did you put "messages icon" as the first icon in the CHOME for accessibilty purpose? if not please consider it as my 4th suggestion...Thanks a lot illi looking forward for your update...

[karhoe]

1) Include whatever removed in a separate folder :D

Good job, I will upload to my host later for quick HTTP download :D

[smartamazing]

1) Include whatever removed in a separate folder :D

Good job, I will upload to my host later for quick HTTP download :D

Hi karhoe could you help illi to include ROMUpdateUtility.exe for easy installation?

[illi]

there are my screen captures and my fixed cpr

Thanks rickwyatt but no thanks. Its a personal taste. Here's another which have the day of week displayed. I am sure you will like it. I will include in my next release.

Thanks

[illi]

Hi,

Thanks for the rom - it looks great! Just one quick ques...how do I install it? :s loll

Thanks!

Sorry for not including the RUU. I will do another zip and upload later. However, if you have ever downloaded roms, simply replace this nk.nbf with the original one and run the flashing process.

[illi]

@Exitao
Thanks for the valuable pointers. I will follow through with your guidelines. Sorry for putting up this rom in a rush manner. I admit it was a rushed job. Too excited:p

Thank you.

[kkrull]

Bugs
1. Problem with the top panel. The carrier text starts too far left and is covered by the icon.
2. In the media player panel if the artist name is too long it scrolls onto the second line but the track name still starts on the second line so they overlap. It looks like there is room for three lines of text. It would be cool if the artist name rolling into the second line meant that the track name started on the third line.
3. Pushing the messaging button on the non-M model opens BOTH the media player and the messaging app, restarting the current song and then opening messaging. Gnats ROM has this bug too.
4. The Communication Manager is still blue. Would be cool if it picked up the color attribute from the home page. This is a minor aesthetic issue.
5. No icons by default and home page doesn't appear until reset (already submitted I believe)

Comments
I like threaded SMS.
I would vote to add VOIP and SIP to the vanilla.
Love the grey theme.
Love the media player

This is my favorite ROM so far and seems to be the fastest. Thank you for creating it and thanks to all the previous cooks for getting us here.

[illi]

I hope you could include ROMUpdateUtility to ease the flashing....and is there a way to remove the threaded SMS?

I will do another zip with the RUU later. Sorry!
Here's the tweak I found elsewhere in this forum to change the SMS threaded behaviour. I have not tried it though.

Quote:
"If you want to disable the new threaded SMS feature, go to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Settings\OEM\ (create if necessary) and edit/create the following DWORD:

SMSInboxThreadingDisabled=1

To re-enable, delete the value, or change to 0."

Please post the outcome here, if you dont mind.

Thanks smartamazing

[illi]

My Suggestions:

1. Remove threaded SMS since it is a Vanilla edition.
2. Include ROMUpdateUtility.exe at the installation package for the benefit of the majority.
3. Improve the boot up screen...
....By the way illi I have a question did you put "messages icon" as the first icon in the CHOME for accessibilty purpose? if not please consider it as my 4th suggestion...Thanks a lot illi looking forward for your update...

Thanks for your suggestions. I will take note of it and try to implement them accordingly. However, can you elaborate or pm me on your 4th suggestion.

Thanks

[illi]

1) Include whatever removed in a separate folder :D

Good job, I will upload to my host later for quick HTTP download :D

@Karhoe: taken note of your suggestion and thanks for uploading to your host.

[illi]

Bugs
1. Problem with the top panel. The carrier text starts too far left and is covered by the icon.
2. In the media player panel if the artist name is too long it scrolls onto the second line but the track name still starts on the second line so they overlap. It looks like there is room for three lines of text. It would be cool if the artist name rolling into the second line meant that the track name started on the third line.
3. Pushing the messaging button on the non-M model opens BOTH the media player and the messaging app, restarting the current song and then opening messaging. Gnats ROM has this bug too.
4. The Communication Manager is still blue. Would be cool if it picked up the color attribute from the home page. This is a minor aesthetic issue.
5. No icons by default and home page doesn't appear until reset (already submitted I believe)

Comments
I like threaded SMS.
I would vote to add VOIP and SIP to the vanilla.
Love the grey theme.
Love the media player

This is my favorite ROM so far and seems to be the fastest. Thank you for creating it and thanks to all the previous cooks for getting us here.

Thanks kkrull.
1 & 2 - this is the cpr issue. You may copy the original cpr over this one in \Windows and see if it is any better. If not, I shall try to modify the cpr file later.

3 - Yes. I just noticed this bug. Will attempt to get it out.
4 - Any experienced ROM cookers can help me on this please!?
5 - Maybe I should put back the startup splashscreen

I posted earlier on how to kill the threaded sms. Hope it works.

Your suggestions is being taken note and action will follow:D

Thank you.

[kkrull]

1 & 2 - this is the cpr issue. You may copy the original cpr over this one in \Windows and see if it is any better. If not, I shall try to modify the cpr file later.
I have the new CPR and still have both problems. I just noticed that the media player panel title line does scroll over so a partial solution would be to just not allow the artist line to scroll. You could just cut it off.
4 - Any experienced ROM cookers can help me on this please!?Clearly I don't meet that criteria but I used a resource modifier and changed the background but couldn't get the application to load after the resource file was modified.
5 - Maybe I should put back the startup splashscreen I am not sure what that means but I like everything about the splash screen, especially the new font size. I am just not sure why the battery and other icons don't show.

Thank you.
No thank you. Nice work. Thanks for the fast reply.

[smartamazing]

I will do another zip with the RUU later. Sorry!
Here's the tweak I found elsewhere in this forum to change the SMS threaded behaviour. I have not tried it though.

Quote:
"If you want to disable the new threaded SMS feature, go to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Settings\OEM\ (create if necessary) and edit/create the following DWORD:

SMSInboxThreadingDisabled=1

To re-enable, delete the value, or change to 0."

Please post the outcome here, if you dont mind.

Thanks smartamazing

Ok I got that thanks a lot for the quick reply illi.

[smartamazing]

Thanks for your suggestions. I will take note of it and try to implement them accordingly. However, can you elaborate or pm me on your 4th suggestion.

Thanks

PM sent thanks illi:)

[jaymit]

You need the ROMUpdateUtility

If you have any other ROM saved on your computer, just replace the nk.nbf with this one and then run ROMUpdateUtility.

Otherwise, follow KarHoe's Guide - link in the OP.
Thanks for your help! :)

[jaymit]

Hi,

How can I get the icons on the top of the bar as displayed as well as the weather, etc in the sliding panel layout? I cant seem to get any of the rinku download pages to load - can someone kindly add it to the post?

Thanks :)

[kkrull]

Anyone having a good A2DP experience with headphones?

Having had several headphones and several Tornados and several builds and always having problems I am at a loss.

On this build I get one or two dropouts per song.

I know the Tornado is on the low end of the speed necessary for A2DP but if I do something processor intensive while listening to music the machine seems to degrade the app gracefully and keep A2DP functional.

[illi]

Hi,

How can I get the icons on the top of the bar as displayed as well as the weather, etc in the sliding panel layout? I cant seem to get any of the rinku download pages to load - can someone kindly add it to the post?

Thanks :)

i an not at home to search you the links. google for Rinku Bar and search this forum for Mini Weather, it is v 1.4

good luck

[illi]

Ok I got that thanks a lot for the quick reply illi.

So you are now enjoying the UNthreaded sms8?-)

[rickwyatt]

here illi put this in you dump folder it will fix

1 boot screens

2 theme you no the one were theres no theme once the phone comes out of cold boot congif

3 removes folders that we dont need eg:- MMI

[illi]

here illi put this in you dump folder it will fix

1 boot screens

2 theme you no the one were theres no theme once the phone comes out of cold boot congif

3 removes folders that we dont need eg:- MMI

Ok will do that but i will only release when most other issues have been tackled.

thanks so much for your kind help.

[smartamazing]

So you are now enjoying the UNthreaded sms8?-)

Not yet I have not yet flash your rom till more issues have been fix in your next update but I will see the difference of your threaded sms to GnatGosplat rom because in his rom threaded sms has a bugs...

[jaymit]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply...I was just asking because non of the rinku links seemed to work and NRG is to slow :s

i an not at home to search you the links. google for Rinku Bar and search this forum for Mini Weather, it is v 1.4

good luck

[illi]

here illi put this in you dump folder it will fix

1 boot screens

2 theme you no the one were theres no theme once the phone comes out of cold boot congif

3 removes folders that we dont need eg:- MMI

Ok will do that but i will only release when most other issues have been tackled.

thanks so much for your kind help.

[illi]

@kkrull: maybe you should try rickwyatt's cpr, which he posted here in the dump.zip.

Let me know ok.

[illi]

I found a bug. The alarm sound is hardly audible even when set to LOUD. I had no problem with Windows Media.

Anyone facing this issue too?

Thanks

[Exitao]

Anyone having a good A2DP experience with headphones?

Having had several headphones and several Tornados and several builds and always having problems I am at a loss.

On this build I get one or two dropouts per song.

I know the Tornado is on the low end of the speed necessary for A2DP but if I do something processor intensive while listening to music the machine seems to degrade the app gracefully and keep A2DP functional.


I cannot speak to this ROM, but I have generally had good experiences with 6.1 and A2DP as they seem to have better drivers or BT stack.

I find that using Tornado Power Control, having no other apps running and having the maximum amount of free space possible in device memory helps when listening to music.

The problems arise when the phone rings, or you try accessing any other feature from the phone.

If you are already following the same system I do, then I suggest you see if you can try another A2DP device and see if there is any difference.

[rekall]

I sync with mail2web.com without problem so i dont understand your problem.

anyway thanks for the input.

When syncing with an Exchange server that enforces a password policy the phone will force you to input a phone password when you sync your emails/calendar for the first time. At this screen you cannot scroll down to the input box as the keys/joystick dont work. All you can do is hard reset the phone.

This bug is in the source ROM as well.
Cheers

[jaymit]

hi,

how can i get mini weather to work with rinku + did anyone has the operator name show up behind the clock icon in the home screen? maybe its just my handset - i had to change the values in the cpr

[karhoe]

Here you go illi
http://karhoe.net/myfiles/illi_PlainJane_WM6.1.rar

[pedross]

Here you go illi
http://karhoe.net/myfiles/illi_PlainJane_WM6.1.rar

this file is corrupted karhoe.

can you upload it again?

[smartamazing]

this file is corrupted karhoe.

can you upload it again?

Yup I agree I downloaded it but the file is corrupted to karhoe please check.....

[smartamazing]

I found a bug. The alarm sound is hardly audible even when set to LOUD. I had no problem with Windows Media.

Anyone facing this issue too?

Thanks

Hi illi I think much bug and issues have been posted maybe you could make the next update for this rom already:)

[karhoe]

Updated the link already :D

[smartamazing]

Updated the link already :D

Thanks a lot karhoe...

[jaymit]

Hi,

Has anyone else had a mms error on this? It says error synchronizing :s

Thanks!

[makler1981]

great rom thanks a lot. the one PROBLEM is that phone goes silen mode by itself. so you can miss some calls. Any sollutions???

[kkrull]

great rom thanks a lot. the one PROBLEM is that phone goes silen mode by itself. so you can miss some calls. Any sollutions???

Are you sure you are not holding the # key by mistake?

[makler1981]

i'm quit sure but would be more attentive.

[akpol]

Is there any further development on P.I.N.G. project? Or generally on WM6.1 roms?

[luisjoseb]

Thanks for the rom illi, i'm trying this and is very nice, before i update i'm testin wm6 by nitrogen, very nice too.

With this new rom, i had some problems that i could to solve, such icon bar in the home screen and the bad theme after first boot.

I will trying this rom, and i have a question, is posible to get a MUI in spanish?

Thanks for your help!!

[luisjoseb]

Hi every one,

I have installed this rom and i applyed the dump.zip released by rickwyatt, see page 5.

But with this path the operator name overlaps the icon's clock.

I update some files to move the operator name, my operator name is COMCEL 3GSM and i belive that's name is long. (Windows\CHome_240x320.cpr)

I remove the Rinku Bar in the themes that are in the zip file (Application data\home) and replace this with the default icon bar.

I attach images with the clock slected and not selected and attach the files with the changes. If want all changes, uncompress the file, enter to the home folder and then move these files to \ of your smart phone. Then goto settings - home screen and change the home screen to see the changes. Windows Default and Slide Panel are the names, you can changeit in the Application data\home\ cmhome.home.xml or full.home.xml.

Bye

[luisjoseb]

I'm using now this release, it's the latest http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=406716

For spanish users, this is the installation guide http://luisjoseb.googlepages.com/wm61install

Bye

[illi]

Check out my new Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard Tornado VOX Hybrid XIP 20202 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2562765#post2562765)