O2 Branded vs Unbranded ROM - Speed Difference?

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Hiya,

I'm just wondering what the difference was between the stock O2 rom, and an unbranded ROM speed wise?

I did a hard-reset today, and I noticed that the O2 customisation runs as an XML after the WM6 had been setup...

...so I'm wondering whether it's worth removing the battery before the cutsomisation occurs.

Any thoughts?

PS I guess a hard-reset is a good way of clearing my device in order to dump the rom?

If you remove the battery before cusomization, on next boot it starts the XML, must be hard coded into the ROM.

A better performance ROM would be a cooked one as all the usless stuff is removed and the registry is updated to best performance, plus you get some cab's installed with the ROM which also free's up main storage memory.

^^

Thanks.

So a cooked ROM - do you mean an de-branded cooked rom, or one of those TF3D roms?

I'm happy to give it a go myself (dumping and debranding) however I doubt I'll be able to do as good a job as the experts on here!

My X1i came with the O2 UK ROM which i did use for about a month and then my curiosity made me switch to the UK Generic ROM which i currently use.

The differences i noticed are the following:

O2 ROM had two extra icons at the bottom of the today screen with the battery level and a direct link to Comms Manager.

O2 ROM had slightly different handling of the signal taskbar icons (G, E and H) when connected to the internet. I much prefer the Generic ones as i can see the signal at whilst with the O2 one i couldn't see the signal bars once it was connected to the internet.

O2 Settings programs is not on the Generic UK one, but that is fine because the auto-setup works just as fine.

Google Maps was missing from the O2 one but it is there on the Generic UK. Also a few options such as delivery reports on sms is available on generic but hidden on the o2 one.

Finally, i did notice a slight increase in the available RAM at boot with the generic one.

Thanks for the reply.

Much appreciated.





I'll dump my stock rom, then change to a debranded one...

...I'm a minimalist, and the less, the better.