UK-spec WM6 ROMs for Hermes?

[Duncan_am_Smith]

I'm new at ROM-flashing; and I'm smitten! The performance improvement, versus my old WM5 with Orange bloatware, is astonishing.

All the "stripped" (OEM) ROM's I've found so far are US-spec; I've used an AT&T OEM ROM as a starter for ten.

However what I really want is a base ROM which:
1) maps to my UK-spec QWERTY keyboard (for punctuation & symbols);
2) shows calendar date in UK format dd/mm/yy.
3) won't conflict with the lovely WM6.5 ROMs I'm seeing and wanting to try

I've not found any candidate ROM's in my searches so far - I'd appreciate being pointed in the right direction.

Many thanks!

[boog]

You can use shaps advanced config to configure the keyboard (on any rom)

Then use regional settings to set the date/currency/etc to fit your needs.

You chould be able to use any rom you wish (as long as it is for the hermes haha).

[passau91]

That's true to an extent, but what seems to happen is that some ROMs (even by the same chef), vary in their ability to look British. It seems that most of the 6.5 ROMs just don't have the ability to show 24 hour clock and British date format on the Today screen, even when you set them in the Regional Settings, but others do. DarkVisions 5 does, but some versions of TAI's latest 6.5 don't (and its Connection Wizard doesn't cover some of the smaller carriers for the UK e.g. ASDAmobile, Virgin etc.) That's not a criticism of those chefs, just an observation about the base 6.5 being used, I hasten to add. I can recommend DarkVisions - it has the correct keyboard layout straight off, the connection wizard covers all the UK carriers and the date and time can be changed to UK format on the Today screen. Give it a try.

[jez83uk]

I'm in the UK and this isn't something I've ever considered. I flash first with an at&t stripped rom, and then with whatever rom I'm trying, (currently +Que's B3), and I've always been able to set to dd/mm/yy HH:mm:ss within windows, and change the keyboard with Advanced Config.

I do agree about the connection wizard though. I'm on Blyk and have only found one rom on my HTC Wizard which had the settings.
I haven't tried Darkvisions rom though.

[scousemartin]

well i have NEVER had a problem setting 24hr time , date , keyboard or anything else with any rom i have tried and i have tried a LOT of them, to set 24hr time in regional settings set it in the time tab as HH:MM:SS thats all you need. If its set as H:MM:SS then it will display as a twelve hour clock

[Duncan_am_Smith]

Folks - thanks for the speedy and informative replies.

I've taken your advice: flashed Dark Visions 5.13 on top of the AT&T OEM ROM; configured regional settings; and my queries have all been answered.

So - a big thanks for your advice on this!