Best mods whats recommended????

[lohtse]

Hi everyone

Just got myself a xda orbit. Has WM6(don't know which ver,how do you find out??) Have to say a I do like it... So am wondering what are mods people would recommend and why(please give links)... Is there a better camera, Gps mod etc???


All comments welcome

regards
Lohtse

[lohtse]

So is there no one out there can answer or offer advise????


Any recommendations for which wm6.5 rom is most complete,fastest, and upto date etc??

regards
Lohtse

[a_lai82]

Now thats a difficult one as its personal preference. i would say shadys rom is the best performer. dheetwares looks the best with manilla 2d interface but emrulez is most untouched true to ms version about. be sure to make sure you read up about flashing your rom first. after a while you will will find one you are happy with. ps if you want a finger friendly keyboard look for qvga ezinput. hope that helps.

[lohtse]

Now thats a difficult one as its personal preference. i would say shadys rom is the best performer. dheetwares looks the best with manilla 2d interface but emrulez is most untouched true to ms version about. be sure to make sure you read up about flashing your rom first. after a while you will will find one you are happy with. ps if you want a finger friendly keyboard look for qvga ezinput. hope that helps.


Thank you for your reply... Most welcome...

Whats the performance like on the shaby rom??? My Orbit has the stock O2 wm6 on... Would you say its faster, more stable and more upto date etc (better camera, wifi etc) or only marginal????? Just curious as to you thoughts...


regards
lohtse

[lohtse]

One final question.... Will my backs simple work if I restore them after a rom upgrade or will I have to reinstall everything???


regards
Lohtse

[a_lai82]

Thank you for your reply... Most welcome...

Whats the performance like on the shaby rom??? My Orbit has the stock O2 wm6 on... Would you say its faster, more stable and more upto date etc (better camera, wifi etc) or only marginal????? Just curious as to you thoughts...


regards
lohtse

If I am totally honest it has been a long time since I have run any 6.1 rom. In fact the day I got it I flashed it from its default rom so it would support sdhc.

Since going over to 6.5 I would not change back, it is so much easier and nicer to use. As for performance, the rom by Shady seems smooth and works very well, plenty of free memory. Shady, Emrulez, Dheetware etc are all legends and have done a fantastic job delivering these roms and are constantly delivering new roms based on the latest code. They all seem pretty stable and as far as I am aware all are fully functional (wifi, gps, camera, bluetooth etc).

Best thing to do is try it yourself!

Also with regards to backing up. I personally use PimPPCBackup (you will need to find and download the cab) just syncing with Outlook keeps your contacts but loses text messages, other people might be able to offer a better way of doing it.

Hope that helps

[lohtse]

Hi a_lai82

Thank you for your reply. And looks like I will be updating very soon...
As to the backup question... What I meant is can a restore a full internal back up or will I have to reinstall everything??? I use Sprite backup to periodically backup the internal storage so am hoping it will be a simply process of just doing a restore after upgrading to a newer rom. If not it will be a pain as have 254 apps installed!!!!!!!


regards
Lohtse

[a_lai82]

with pim backup you can specify to backup files as well but i dont think it does app. i have heard you can set it up so that when you reinsert sd card after flashing it will auto install cabs but i havent tried that myself. btw camera software seems a bit better. sorry about lack of paragraphs and punctuation as i am on my phone!

[lohtse]

with pim backup you can specify to backup files as well but i dont think it does app. i have heard you can set it up so that when you reinsert sd card after flashing it will auto install cabs but i havent tried that myself. btw camera software seems a bit better. sorry about lack of paragraphs and punctuation as i am on my phone!

Again thank you for your reply.....


Should I take it that I will have to reinstall EVERYTHING then????????

[a_lai82]

Again thank you for your reply.....


Should I take it that I will have to reinstall EVERYTHING then????????

I don't know of any way to retain all your programmes. Some apps on your sd card will just run if you add a shortcut in the start menu however anything that is installed on the phone memory, or that requires registry entries will need to be reinstalled.

Unless someone out there knows differently.

That also puts me off flashing my rom, however when trialing Android on my phone it wiped my SD card so I lost all my apps! Since then I only every reinstall about half a dozen apps.

In short if you have your phone running well you can generally add apps to make it do most the stuff in 6.5 such as touch flo. SPB mobile shell 3.5 (paid app / 15 day free trial) is an excellent app works on the original rom and allows for easy use and a bit of an android style home page. Coupled with ezinput you will hardly every use your stylus which was the goal for me.

Hope that helps.

[lohtse]

Hmmmmmmmmmm

This really putting me of the upgrade..... with over 250 apps installed I don't fancy the reinstalling.... was hoping that sprite backup would just copy all the data back(apps,settings,registry etc ) and would work... Hmmmmm may just not bother...

regards
Lohtse

[a_lai82]

Hmmmmmmmmmm

This really putting me of the upgrade..... with over 250 apps installed I don't fancy the reinstalling.... was hoping that sprite backup would just copy all the data back(apps,settings,registry etc ) and would work... Hmmmmm may just not bother...

regards
Lohtse

Well I have never used Sprite Backup, but there website implies that it will backup all your applications as well.

Maybe someone else on the forums have tried it and might be able to give you a little more advice on the matter.

All the best

[Xtremerer]

Sorry for stealing your thread, but I thought this could be good lace to ask:

If I flash my rom to newer one, how can I keep my TomTom navigator program ? It originally came with the phone...Thanks.