How do cooked roms differ?

[pachjo]

Ho,

I am reading and getting more intrigued re flashing my TyTnII with a suitable ROM, after my holidy in July of couse as I really need it for that.

But can someone explain how a cooked ROM is able to out perform a stock one?

I dont get it? Take GPS for example. I read that it is the radio driver tha deals with this?

So how come a huge organisation like HTC puts a radio on the device and then someone off their own back is able to do something with the driver to make it more effiecient?

Or am I totally discombobulated and talking gaa gaa?

[DaveShaw]

Ho,

I am reading and getting more intrigued re flashing my TyTnII with a suitable ROM, after my holidy in July of couse as I really need it for that.

But can someone explain how a cooked ROM is able to out perform a stock one?

I dont get it? Take GPS for example. I read that it is the radio driver tha deals with this?

So how come a huge organisation like HTC puts a radio on the device and then someone off their own back is able to do something with the driver to make it more effiecient?

Or am I totally discombobulated and talking gaa gaa?

Well for one the software on Cooked ROMs is different. All the "Bloatware" is removed and some useful applications are cooked in.

As for radios there are many variaties (some ported from other devices) that perform better on different networks and different locations.

The radios arn't made by chefs, there just taken from different ROM's. I.e. some from the newest ATT Tilt, some from the Vodafone 6.1 ROM etc. etc.

Ta
Dave

[KaiserVideoDriver]

HTC is a company with primary objective: making money

if you were HTC's owner, and assuming you want more and more money, would you release a product that is so perfect that nobody will never consider buying your next updated newer products? on the other hand, to attract customers to your current product you need to have amazing specifications listed in your marketing brochures (i.e. hardware features) which unfortunately can ONLY work with better "ingridients" of ROM (did somebody mention cooked ROMs ?)

ps: btw how old are you?

[DaveShaw]

HTC is a company with primary objective: making money

if you were HTC's owner, and assuming you want more and more money, would you release a product that is so perfect that nobody will never consider buying your next updated newer products? on the other hand, to attract customers to your current product you need to have amazing specifications listed in your marketing brochures (i.e. hardware features) which unfortunately can ONLY work with better "ingridients" of ROM (did somebody mention cooked ROMs ?)

ps: btw how old are you?

Further to this, HTC "forgot" the drivers for the hardware graphics acceleration for the MSM chipset. There not all that good.

Dave (BTW if you want my age you'll have to find it :p)

[thomassster]

couple things you can do. You can flash a radio and you can flash a cooked rom. Different radios can give you different reception, and even faster GPS lock. You will have to experiment on which one works best, as long as the radio is compatible with the rom. A cooked rom has a lot of programs stripped out from OEM which makes the rom a lot faster than the OEM.

[pachjo]

Excellent chaps, I am more inclined to have a go!

Mmm how old am I?

Well let's see beleive it or not I am a programmer for a large organisation but know jack about all this stuff in the same way I know jack about web creation or networks. But I do know about programming database applications and in my time have written a few nice graphics programs.

Now here's the thing....can you guess my age?

Have worked here for 25 years and worked my way up the ranks, been married for 22 years and have a 21 year old son.......

BTW why do you want to know how old I am?

[Bardia Garsha]

Ho,

I am reading and getting more intrigued re flashing my TyTnII with a suitable ROM, after my holidy in July of couse as I really need it for that.



How do cooked roms differ?

Well, to be honest, it's more about "usability / feel / look " than any other thing.

Original/Official roms are generally having an appalling feel and look. For example, take my network provider (Orange in UK). I had read a lot about TyTN_II (aka Tilt/Kaiser...etc.) before getting my own from Orange. The moment I unpacked the device and turned it on , I was completely disappointed. Orange engineers spend a lot of time "customizing" (i.e. ruining) the feel and look of the device so that it looks more Orange-ish.

Their fossil tech people bag their regular salary every month and are light years behind the current time. They have no desire/motivation to be innovative (that's why they do not realse a software update even every two years).

I received my SPVM3100 (aka TyTN) from Orange almost 3 years ago. Two and a half years later, when I received TyTN_II , I was shocked to see that they had loaded exactly the same bloatware and disgusting theme they had used on older HTC devices years ago.

xda rom developers are up-to-date; they are brilliant individuals who develop software out of their personal passion and love of technology. They know what is exactly going on in PDA community at this very moment. They listen to users' experiences in real life every day and they strive to make things look better, more practical and faster.

With an original/official rom you're stuck with what the HTC (or Orange, AT&T, Vodafone ...) developers put in your device ages ago. With cooked roms (depending on your actual use of the device) you have a variety of options to choose from.

And most important of all, you'll join the forum, get addicted to it, learn loads of new tweaks and work-arounds, and will see surprising new customized software almost every week.

Believe me, stay tuned in here and soon you'll notice that not only you're holding a completely different device in your hand, but also YOU will be a completely new user of the device ; a user more in command of the HTC you're carrying around :D

Welcome

[pachjo]

Kooooooooooooool:D

I bought my TyTnII for £434 unlocked.

It has an Ornage sim card plus all the stuff I have loaed myself:

SBP Pocket Plus, Weather, Time etc and loads of German learning programs, speech and the like.

When I first came to this site I was put off as I did not fully grasp what it was all about, but that's me all over....should read the manual first ;)

I really like the idea of flashing and getting rid of the bloatware as you call it and see how my device works afterwards.

But as I paid £434 for it if I brick it my wife will use said brick to remove my ability to father any heirs!!!!!

Yoinks!

[DaveShaw]

Kooooooooooooool:D

I bought my TyTnII for £434 unlocked.

It has an Ornage sim card plus all the stuff I have loaed myself:

SBP Pocket Plus, Weather, Time etc and loads of German learning programs, speech and the like.

When I first came to this site I was put off as I did not fully grasp what it was all about, but that's me all over....should read the manual first ;)

I really like the idea of flashing and getting rid of the bloatware as you call it and see how my device works afterwards.

But as I paid £434 for it if I brick it my wife will use said brick to remove my ability to father any heirs!!!!!

Yoinks!

As I have said to many new users, bricking only happens if you fail to read and follow instructions. Just read and take you time.

Ta
Dave

[GSLEON3]

Well, if you do have an issue, "Brick", there are a few people around that can revive you. If ever in need search around, there's a guy that has revived a plethora of dead kaisers, but I can't remember his name at the moment.

Anyway, as this really is not development related, I'm gonna move it to the general section.

Welcome to XDA.

[DaveShaw]

If ever in need search around, there's a guy that has revived a plethora of dead kaisers, but I can't remember his name at the moment.


I think I know that guy aswell :p

Dave