[ROM+KIT] July 12th 2009 ||| alRom + alKit 0.14 ||| MOVED.

[Soaa-]

I HATE USING BIG FAT RED FONTS TO GET YOUR ATTENTION BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT. alRom and alKit are MOVING! New location HERE.

alRom by Al.
alRom Frugal 1.1 - released April 13th 2009
alRom 0.13 - released July 7th 2009
alKit 0.13 - released July 7th 2009

Rationale:

alRom aims to provide an unparalleled user experience right out of the box. It is built to be fast and functional, using mostly updated stock packages, and some third party applications to enhance the experience.

It is Windows Mobile 6.5 (RE|DE)FINED.

Titanium Rearranged - Showcase Task Manager - PPCG in only 12 seconds
Titanium Music Player - TitaniumWeather - Titanium Opera Favorites

alRom 0.13 highlights
> UPX Compression [script from Juicy kitchen]
> Kitchen cleaned and released
* Built using alKit, modded from Calkulin's 5.0 kitchen

Full Details

Download F1.1 - Download alrom 0.13 - alKit 0.13
Please report any bugs you may find.

Thanks: Calkulin (kitchen, SYS 21028, SYS 21501), daryelv (kitchen, SYS 21222), indagroove, Cap'nChronic, Da_G (SYS 21500), da_reeseboy (SYS 21806), No2chem (driver optimizations), Juicy47 (D3D drivers), Mystery (various tips, Opera Mobile 16277), jmztaylor (great work on TD2 ports), prsnow, amarullz, and everyone else who has made the ROM development community so great. (:

[Riley]

Originally Posted by Soaa-

alRom by Al.
Currently requesting feedback.

Juicy's gone to the Touch Pro, and Jmz ditched us. Juicy ROM was one of my favorites, because it was frugal and didn't have strange customizations. Quite frankly, most of these customizations look like crap.

Since I'm a proud Diamond owner, and I've been playing around with Calcu's kitchen for a while now, I'll release some ROMs shortly, loosely following the Juicy philosophy. No chance of me ditching for a Pro, because I'm stuck on contract. ;D

I'll release my ROMs in two editions: Frugal and Tweaked.

Frugal would be the one closest to the Juicy line of ROMs, containing only up-to-date software, tweaked for stability. Most likely I'll use a VGA manila and EzInput 1.5, just because they work better. Frugal would be updated as necessary for updates, stability, and bug fixes.

Tweaked would include my personal preference of cooked-in apps (Jbed, PIM Backup, Registry Editor, etc), along with some potentially unstable upgrades, such as Rhodium Manila and TD2 Keyboard, and some non-standard tweaks. Tweaked would get a release every time I flash my phone and I'm happy with it, so expect no more than a day or two between releases. Quality and features may vary.

Any feedback? Go or no go? And from the description, which one would you use?

Hi Al,

I think alot of us will be interested in your work and hopefully you will get the feedback needed to assist you in small way to make it better. I would say if you have the time, do both roms. I prefer the frugal one but also like RSTG roms because most of his loaded roms have everything I would add anyway.

Anyway, best of luck and we are looking forward to your work.

[Soaa-]

Thanks for the encouragement. I meant "ditched" mostly as a joke though; I know the circumstances.

Looks like a Frugal release is coming tomorrow. (:

[Riley]

Originally Posted by Soaa-

Thanks for the encouragement. I meant "ditched" mostly as a joke though; I know the circumstances.

Looks like a Frugal release is coming tomorrow. (:

thanks man!

[chino331]

I was a big fan of Juicy!! I'm looking forward to the Frugal version!!! Glad to have another chef here! I tried making my own ROMs but I could never seem to get it right...

1 question! Will you be using the regular manilla or the HD version?

[deseral]

I was a Juicy's fan, go ahead, I will be there!

[Trident]

I'd be interested in checking out both of them. Frugal sounds good, but so does Tweaked. I like some of the ROMs with extras added in, but I tend to like the ones with added utilities and functional things- not so much with extra games or flashy stuff.

[rstoyguy]

I like the tweeeeeaked idea.

[Juicy47]

Originally Posted by Soaa-

alRom by Al.
Currently requesting feedback.

Juicy's gone to the Touch Pro, and Jmz's phone went for a swim. Juicy ROM was one of my favorites, because it was frugal and didn't have strange customizations. Quite frankly, most of these customizations look like crap.

Since I'm a proud Diamond owner, and I've been playing around with Calcu's kitchen for a while now, I'll release some ROMs shortly, loosely following the Juicy philosophy. No chance of me ditching for a Pro, because I'm stuck on contract. ;D

I'll release my ROMs in two editions: Frugal and Tweaked.

Frugal would be the one closest to the Juicy line of ROMs, containing only up-to-date software, tweaked for stability. Most likely I'll use a VGA manila and EzInput 1.5, just because they work better. Frugal would be updated as necessary for updates, stability, and bug fixes.

Tweaked would include my personal preference of cooked-in apps (Jbed, PIM Backup, Registry Editor, etc), along with some potentially unstable upgrades, such as Rhodium Manila and TD2 Keyboard, and some non-standard tweaks. Tweaked would get a release every time I flash my phone and I'm happy with it, so expect no more than a day or two between releases. Quality and features may vary.

Any feedback? Go or no go? And from the description, which one would you use?

Very humbling to see that I now have a "philosophy" I was always inspired by DCD

[wmdunn]

Originally Posted by Juicy47

Very humbling to see that I now have a "philosophy" I was always inspired by DCD

This place is more than just zeroes and ones. Many of us, spend more of our lives here, than anywhere else. Leadership is rare these days, and often a lonely place. Very nice to see genuine humility in one of it's great contributors.