HELP PLEASE Clean ROM for SPB Mobile Shell 3

[jazzdude555]

I have a Diamond that my wife has just started using and she really cant get her head round TF3D as she is used to push picture favorite contacts and she cant seem to get used to the sliding around. She really doesnt need it to be fully featured as she wont surf, use facebook etc. Its just for sms, contacts and a good interface. I looked at Titanium but I dont like the UI.

SPB Mobile shell seems to be the easiest and fastest solution.

I have tried a couple of full featured 6.5 ROMS here and with SPB mobile shell installed and you generally get so little RAM left over it hangs and then she is coming back to me saying the phone is a load of rubbish.

I know there is a good usuable phone in there (its in mint condition) but need to know what ROM is recommended to do this with, ie. that TF3D is not on there, mobile shell runs, and I am not likely to hang it.

As all the threads here seem to be WM6.5 lately, does anyone think one of these will be ok, or shall I look for a 6.1. I am an avid reader of the forum and I know people hate being asked what ROM but if there is someone out there with a little experience I will really appreciate it. Even an old reliable ROM would be OK, as the SPB MS3 will be doing the work.

I have already spent the last week trying a few ROMS and they stat off OK then the hanging starts and its back to the beginning.

[donsalari]

Try the ROM from the 1st post from here :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549460
I made it for this purpose only! :)

[jazzdude555]

Try the ROM from the 1st post from here :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549460
I made it for this purpose only! :)

Hi. I tried your ROM from post #4 and although the RAM figures were good, I got all the SPB MS3 loaded and configured nicely, on three occasions yesterday it hung, and when I soft rest using the red button, it started again as if from a Hard Reset and I would lose everything and have to then spend another hour reinstalling again. I respect everything you do in your work but I really wonder if this phone is capable of running WM6.5.

These are what I installed:
SPB MS3
Sense Revolution 2 Theme (with mortscript and message2reg)
thumbcal
g alarm
phone canvas

This brought the RAM usage up to around 75%.

It took an age to boot up everytime and would hang very often.

I tried using it myself in TF3D and not installing anything, and found that I couldnt call anyone from the contacts menu. The only way it works is using the phone dialer.

[wilfmoralee]

I am currently running Benko Clean v2.0, it is super quick and is a basic 6.5 ROM, which comes with Titanium (turn it off) and loads of RAM left over for another UI

[jazzdude555]

I am currently running Benko Clean v2.0, it is super quick and is a basic 6.5 ROM, which comes with Titanium (turn it off) and loads of RAM left over for another UI

Its WM 6.5, though

Will this work and chew up what is a small battery even quicker?

[fredfox_uk]

I'm using the Aztor V2 ROM with SPB MS3. I have PUSH email on so activesync is running all the time.

I did a soft reset last around 23:00 last night, received about 8 emails and used TomTom for 30 minutes and I've got 58% program memory used. I don't get significant lag on anything. It doesn't crash (often) :)

Aztor V3 has just been released, I've not had chance to look at it yet though.

Check out the thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=422417

Generally a good ROM IMHO.

[JeFFJuH]

I am using Cloudy 1.3. It's very fast and light.

I suggest changing it's pagepool to 10 MB with Pagepool Changer, because it makes it a bit faster :)

[jazzdude555]

[QUOTE=fredfox_uk;4531370]I'm using the Aztor V2 ROM with SPB MS3. I have PUSH email on so activesync is running all the time.

Is this a clean /lite ROM?

Has anyone used BsB's 6.5.1A? It seems to be without TF3D.

Does anyone think that it would be better to just go to something like Dutty's V3.6b LITE, I mean I know its WM 6.1 but don't his ROMs have a reputation for stability?

[fredfox_uk]

I'm using the Aztor V2 ROM with SPB MS3. I have PUSH email on so activesync is running all the time.

Is this a clean /lite ROM?



clean, yes, lite no.

AZTOR stand for - Alpha Zero Tweaked Official Roms - IOW Alpha Zero takes the officially released ROM (6.1) and removes the bloated rubbish and adds several tweaks to make the ROM run smoother and quicker using less memory.

Nice :D

The easiest way is to try some of these ROM's, I know it can take a while to reconfigure everything but it's the best way to find out which is best for your personal needs - we're all different, that's why there's (thankfully) so many cooks :D

[RationalGaze]

The main thing is disabling TF3D/TF3D2/titanium in the settings ->today section before installing SPB3. And also, phone canvases can use up to 10mb of additional RAM. So if you're into having a ram efficient phone, don't use phone canvas, use the standard WM dialer...

As for 6.5 i was pleased with BSB... now i am using Gen.Y, with TF3D2.1 and Tachi VGA dialer (they come with the rom), plus i'm using S2U2 and i get around 30-35mb of ram free (that's 34% of ram free the most).

[jazzdude555]

As for 6.5 i was pleased with BSB... now i am using Gen.Y, with TF3D2.1 and Tachi VGA dialer (they come with the rom), plus i'm using S2U2 and i get around 30-35mb of ram free (that's 34% of ram free the most).

I think I will give BSB a try and if it is the same I will probably go back to Duttys WM 6.1

[RationalGaze]

Download the 6.5R edition. That's the non 6.5.1 version. The latest version is a bit...unstable. I have just flashed it and i already think i don't like it. Download pre-last version - my opinion.

[donsalari]

Hi. I tried your ROM from post #4 and although the RAM figures were good, I got all the SPB MS3 loaded and configured nicely, on three occasions yesterday it hung, and when I soft rest using the red button, it started again as if from a Hard Reset and I would lose everything and have to then spend another hour reinstalling again. I respect everything you do in your work but I really wonder if this phone is capable of running WM6.5.

These are what I installed:
SPB MS3
Sense Revolution 2 Theme (with mortscript and message2reg)
thumbcal
g alarm
phone canvas

This brought the RAM usage up to around 75%.

It took an age to boot up everytime and would hang very often.

I tried using it myself in TF3D and not installing anything, and found that I couldnt call anyone from the contacts menu. The only way it works is using the phone dialer.

Hey bro i clearly said that try the rom from "POST NUMBER 1" :) :)

[matrix77]

I am using Shaks.P v4.30 rom with SPB shell and there are no hangings at all, it is fast and very stable with 58.88MB free RAM after restart with running SPB shell, Gyrator and I am using PhonEx dialer.
I've tried a lot of roms and always came back to this one witch is reliable.

[vayu]

Hey bro i clearly said that try the rom from "POST NUMBER 1" :) :)

But if Free Ram is important isn't the Version2.0 ROM's in Post # 2 better? Or does post boot up the Ram usage go up? Maybe I am missing something

[Version 3.2]
After installing the ROM :
Free main memory : 140.37 MB
Free RAM (At boot up) :45%

Version 3.2 [28 August 2009] [Re-Edited]
After installing the ROM :
Free main memory : 128.00 MB
Free RAM (At boot up) :58%

Version 2.0 [22 August 2009]
After installing the ROM :
Free main memory : 127.00 MB
Free RAM (At boot up) :59%

[qmt49]

If I was giving my phone to someone else I'd put the stock ROM back on it... everything's guaranteed to work as HTC intended that way, and it's how I'd want a phone given to me by someone else.

[mrm2007]

Another Vote for BsB 6.5R. I'm Currently using it with SPB Mobile Shell 3.
About 47MB Free RAM After everything is up and Super speed!

[jazzdude555]

If I was giving my phone to someone else I'd put the stock ROM back on it... everything's guaranteed to work as HTC intended that way, and it's how I'd want a phone given to me by someone else.

I agree with you, and I tried that too, but it is the wifes first excursion into HTC land and she just found all the sliding around a bit cumbersome on the Diamond Screen. Hence a simple ROM, no bells and whistles, with a simple SPB MS3 interface, that is push button and there.

Unfortunately, the only customization you can do with TF3D is rearrange the tabs, delete some of them and slide the people tab up and down for favourites. If there was a way to have the favourite contacts page (with push button pictures) instead of the scrolling. The 'Programs' tab make it better but that is it.

I am an HD user and with WM6.5 and I love TF3D with latest Manilla, and I would have put that on the Diamond too, but the poor Diamond is just not up to running WM6.5, TF3D, Manilla 2.1 and be able to use the camera or browse albums, there isn't enough RAM or processing power. She will be handing it to me every 5 mins and asking 'what's it trying to do now?'

[jazzdude555]

Hey bro i clearly said that try the rom from "POST NUMBER 1" :) :)

Since I posted another thread has popped up which may explain the instability issues.

see this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=546824

[skymario]

I use Shaks.P v4.30 rom

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=462455

Disable TF3D, use SPB mobile shell 3.0 with Sence la Révolution V2.

Installer a lot of program.

My diamond no hang n no restart, very very stable.:D

I think maybe u should flash again, after flash, don restore old system data into new rom, just restore contact only.

For girl purpose, u should install some game too ;)

[caved]

Hey there,
Using BsB 6.5 (with a few fixes and tweaks) and the 3.0.1 shell its real fast, stable and i gots 50 Mb program memory left and 66Mb Rom space with most of my stuffs installed, so i am kinda pleased with it :)

Would have loved it to be NLD though :D

grtz Caved

[Nirak]

I'm using Yozgatg WM 6.1 ROM (last version), but i'm a TF3D fan.
Nevertheless, i flashed my brother in law's Diamond with the same one and he's a fanatic SPB MS user, so i put MS3 for him on it and he said this is the best ROM he ever used in combination with SPB.

You could give it a try.

Hope it works out for you and your wife... :)

[jazzdude555]

Download the 6.5R edition. That's the non 6.5.1 version. The latest version is a bit...unstable. I have just flashed it and i already think i don't like it. Download pre-last version - my opinion.

I have tried BSB6.5R with a clean install over stock with MTTY and so far fingers crossed its working much better than I thought.

I disabled the Titanium and installed the SPB MS3 without any themes and that seems OK at the moment but its only been a couple of days.

The latest version of BSB was a little strange with the start button on the bottom of the screen, it didnt seem to offer more than the BSB6.5R and I think at the end of the day, it does feel more solid.

I know it is taboo on here to ask people to discuss the relative merits of various ROMs, but I feel in this case that people posting their own experiences for this particular set up very helpful. Thanks