Need experienced help

[x25064]

Hello all. I am going to pick up an Omnia from a friend of mine in exchange for my current phone. This is not my first experience with winmo but I have not had any in-dept time with it either. I am going to need someone to help me out, as I am not familiar with all the basic things that one needs to do in order to get the final product I am looking for.


Here is what I'd like to do to the phone:

Run Manila 2D (essentially make my phone an HTC clone)

Run some kind of screen lock slider, preferably identical to that of the iphone

Install a new keyboard (spb or resco)




My first question before I get into anything else is -- Is this possible to run all of these modifications, or when running Manila is it impossible to run anything else? I have a 2 GB storage card, and the knowhow to install cab files and such. Still details would be much appreciated.



Concerning Manila 2d -- I have read that once installed there is still a hefty amount of tweaking to do, is this still the case, or has most of the tweaking been handled in the newest version? (nuances I've read such as threaded messages being recognized as "read" etc) Also does one need anything preinstalled in order to run it properly? What other tweaks will I need in order to take full advantage of Manila 2d? (commanager etc)

I understand there are stickys and previous information for this sort of topic, but most are written for those with a little more in-depth knowledge of winmo and applications thereof. (for example I do not know what commmanager is etc) So I need someone to just give me a brief rundown as well as cover all of the basic must haves for the Omnia



Thank you all I understand this may be tedious but I appreciate any and all help.

[rfarrah]

I could have sworn I'd reponded to this post...

Anyway, I'm currently running Waremike's M2D 28011 ROM. I use S2U2 as a slider/unlock app. Works great. You shouldn't have any trouble changing keyboards on whatever ROM you choose to use.

Flashing can be a little scary at first, but as long as you follow the instructions and don't unplug your phone while it is updating the ROM, you'll be okay. You will be amazed at how easy it is after you've gone through the process once or twice. Good luck!

[nitrous9200]

^^ That just about covers it.

I've made a few posts in threads like these detailing what programs/modifications etc I like, and I'm sure there's many others. First thing I did when I got mine was to do a lot of reading and browsing forums (this one and XDA-developers, even though they're not that omnia friendly, they do have some good info).

ps before flashing ROMs, make sure the phone has the latest CF03 update because you will not be able to do any flashing without it. start > settings > system > version I think is the way to get to the screen that tells you the ROM version. VZW and Samsung have an official update to bring you up to speed with that, and then for the "cooked" ROms all you need is a tool called UMDL and the .bin file. There's definitely no lack of instructions around here but feel free to ask.

[cbusguy26]

I might add that the newest SPB Mobile Shell is a pretty good alternative to M2D and is easy to install with no necessary tweaking except choosing which widgets you'd like to use. I second S2U2 I've been using that for about a year and it just keeps getting better.