Which Rom to Use

[sonwon]

Hi Everyone,

I am hoping to replace the ROM in my Sprint Mogul phone since I cannot replace the phone for over a year. I am looking for an Android/iPhone type of interface. The less I have to use my stylus the better. :) And I am hoping for a snappier interface. I would also like to be able to use the camera and wifi occasionally. I also use Sprint's Navigation package often and plan to buy an off road mapping program. Every day I use calendar and contacts. Finally I use the bluetooth every day with MS voice command.

My Mogul is on ROM V 3.35.651.2, Radio V 3.35.04.

I've read through the wiki and believe I understand the process. The one area I am struggling with is which ROM will best suit my needs. From the wiki I find these choices:

dcd
scrosler
nueROM
No2chem 5067
Key kitchen

Which ROM would you recommend to best suit my needs? :rolleyes:

[sonwon]

No replies? So I guess DCD it is.

[RyanMogul]

No replies? So I guess DCD it is.

no replies because its a silly question. read the different ROM threads and see what users are saying about them. put the pieces together based on things you read and BOOM, flash a ROM. try it out. if you dont like it, try another. very easy.

[sonwon]

Thanks for the reply.

I was looking for a good foundation build for a stylus free experience. And hoping to save some time by not having to flash my way through a zillion ROMs.

[RyanMogul]

Well I mean, these phones are not meant to be touch screen only like a iPhone. You can install a ROM with a lot of finger friendly app's and then top it off with an install of FtouchFlo which enables 4 way touch scrolling in any app that needs panned or scrolled.

[sonwon]

That was the route I am headed in since I have another year with this phone. I am working on a list of applications now. My partial list:

iris browser
calendar+
pocketCM
manilla 2D
HTC home
HTS home customizer
s2u2
PCM keyboard
SPB mobile shell
youtubeplayer

I likely have some duplicates in this list.

[gangaskan]

That was the route I am headed in since I have another year with this phone. I am working on a list of applications now. My partial list:

iris browser
calendar+
pocketCM
manilla 2D
HTC home
HTS home customizer
s2u2
PCM keyboard
SPB mobile shell
youtubeplayer

I likely have some duplicates in this list.


you'lll want to stick with the 6.1 roms then. also, if you do 6.5 its a little intense on the mogul due to memory usage, i have roughly 8 megs free on a good day with active sync running.


i think with the ryan RUU 6.1 i had around 30-35 free

[btonetbone]

you'lll want to stick with the 6.1 roms then. also, if you do 6.5 its a little intense on the mogul due to memory usage, i have roughly 8 megs free on a good day with active sync running.


i think with the ryan RUU 6.1 i had around 30-35 free

Geez, assess what you have running! I have a solid 25 meg free on 6.5. You may have quite a lot going on in the background.

[gangaskan]

Geez, assess what you have running! I have a solid 25 meg free on 6.5. You may have quite a lot going on in the background.

just syncing to exchange is all. and whatever is at start from the firmware (using RUU light 2.1 Winmo6.5)

i changed my page size to 6, freed up alot actually.

[gangaskan]

oh, and btonetbone, are you using himem or lowmem? i still use my camera, so its under low, with high mem, i think its around 25 free

[btonetbone]

oh, and btonetbone, are you using himem or lowmem? i still use my camera, so its under low, with high mem, i think its around 25 free

I'm usually in high memory mode. But that doesn't usually cause a 17 meg variance; it's more like 6 or 7.

[gangaskan]

I'm usually in high memory mode. But that doesn't usually cause a 17 meg variance; it's more like 6 or 7.

could be why, i'm using low memory mode for the camera

[NorskeDivision]

I think 6.5 is worth the loss of RAM.

My custom 6.5 has about 27.5 on boot, around 24 after a day of use. That's with high mem mode. With low mem, 21M on boot. That's about as good as you will get with 6.5. If you need more RAM than that, go with 6.1. You simply won't get more than 28M on boot with 6.5.

[sonwon]

I loaded DCD's ROM and then decided I wanted to try Ryan's WM 6.5 UI 7 heavy ROM. After loading I noticed there was only 10MB free and decided that wouldn't work for me so I went back to the DCD ROM. Now when I boot I still see Ryan's splash screen. I did the hard reset. I am guessing there is a spot where the ROM doesn't overwrite can someone nudge me in the right direction on how to replace files there?

Also, I am going to give Ryan's WM 6.5 UI 7 light ROM a try.

[RyanMogul]

I loaded DCD's ROM and then decided I wanted to try Ryan's WM 6.5 UI 7 heavy ROM. After loading I noticed there was only 10MB free and decided that wouldn't work for me so I went back to the DCD ROM. Now when I boot I still see Ryan's splash screen. I did the hard reset. I am guessing there is a spot where the ROM doesn't overwrite can someone nudge me in the right direction on how to replace files there?

Also, I am going to give Ryan's WM 6.5 UI 7 light ROM a try.

To have more free RAM using WM 6.5 on a TITAN its recommended that you run in High Memory mode, meaning Camera Disabled. Even with my light version you are still going to need to disable camera. It all depends on what you use the phone for. If you go into Settings/System Settings/NueKernel and run in High Memory you will see a huge difference in memory. Just remember to turn camera back on before flashing to another ROM that does not include Nuekernel.

[sonwon]

Thanks for the reply Ryan. I'll give that a try.

What about the splash screen?

Also what is the phone doing while the splash screen is showing, seems like a long wait at this spot.