Still looking for that good ROM? No longer.
When I got my Sprint Diamond about a year ago, the stock ROM was simply not to live with - very poor battery life, very sluggish, heavily crippled... Like many others here, I've been looking for that good ROM.
Tried Groove, Mighty ... and even cooked my own. None was ideal, but I stayed with Mighty 3.9. Still some problems: ***Picasaweb won't take photos mailed from this ROM. ***Freeze during charging, as soon as I install AgePhone, even after I removed it. ***Radio bars are fake - either full bars, or no bar, seldom between. ***VOIP apps crashes often for no reason. Never could get the built-in VOIP to work. ...... Until one day I happened to play with a Verizon Diamond. Man, smooth, snappy, no garbages like TouchFlo3D, superb battery life. Obviously, this shipped ROM has been polished very well after the initial release a year ago. I want it ever since. However, nobody has posted the Verizon ROM for us. Hopelessly, I went to HTC website and, luckily, saw the new Sprint ROM. This ROM is all I wanted, just like the Verizon ROM. No any problem so far. GPS (TomTom7.9), Internet, VOIP all work fine, no more crash during charging and other times. Picasaweb now takes my emailed photos. BTW, I use this phone on Verizon (PagePlusCellular prepaid actually). No more those Sprint junk that pop up all the time like before, such as provisioning and guarding etc. This ROM comes with radio 1.11.00F, the very best so far. Much better signal than before and it is real, because now the bars goes up and down gradually, staying at full bars most of the time, never drops suddenly to 0 like the Mighty does. The Opera Mobile 9.5 15945 in this ROM finally works smoothly, smooth enough to be actually usable, which was never true before. Auto-fill now works. It is no longer that hot while running and it no longer use CPU time while idle. This version might not be all the reason, I think it is this ROM that makes it to run much better than before. Bye to custom ROMs for now, you guys gave me a wonderful time. Some people might still want a custom ROM for some cooked-in features, but this Sprint new ROM has everything I need. I'm not a fan of ever-adding features; unfortunately this is what most of the cookers here do, other than spending time just to do more test and bug fix. |
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Since you really like the April Rom Upgrade from Sprint/HTC, do yourself a favor and check out this thread. The OP, with the help of a couple of heavy weights, has taken the exact rom you mention, and stripped out all of the unnecessary Sprint clutter. Everything else is left untouched. It runs faster, smoother, is equally as stable, and has more memory available. Should be perfect for what you have been looking for.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=64695 |
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Overall, I don't believe you should give up on custom ROMs due to a few bad experiences(and the one you were mentioning Mighty 3.9 is quite outdated). |
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Thank you guys for the suggestions. The Sprint ROM works so fine, I have no motivation to try any custom ROM. You know, whenever you remove/change something in a ROM without extensive test, something might break somewhere.
Yes, I have tried all radio ROMs, including newer ones, none is like the 1.11.00F. May be it is the comb of this radio and this ROM that make the perfect match. |
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You may be content with your device not getting better, but I'm not. That's why I'm a cook. And a quick FYI, bars are completely worthless. You need to run the test, imo. |
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Use what you want, if that's good enough for you great.
I've used many perfect custom roms both mine and others, and also ones with bugs. The stock roms always have some bugs themselves (the HTC/Sprint programmers aren't Gods hence new stock releases) or at least shortcomings. They always come with extra stuff that you won't use and takes up space, also many inferior settings and outdated programs, if it's good enough for you Great, but it's not good enough for me...... I have a great BUG-Free Rom right now that kicks the Stock Roms butt. :mrgreen: |
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I'm using my Premier ROM which is completely bug free and supports ESPT and Update PRL, just like your stock ROM. |
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I buy a phone to use it, not to cook it unless really necessary. Yes I know signal bars mean nothing but at least it is not fake like mighty 3.9.
Good enough is enoigh, cooking is fan but not the purpose. |
Wirelessly posted (Opera/9.7 (Windows Mobile; PPC; Opera Mobi/35432; U; en) Presto/2.2.1)
the roms I like so far are intx premier and energy rom genesis is nice too I am using my telus radio works good |
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If you're purchasing a phone just to use it(IE the basic texter/caller) then I believe you made a horrific mistake in purchasing a WM phone. Any proprietary OS phone such as the Instinct would have done you much greater good since it's almost completely stable and just works(though it doesn't do much :p). Even a Blackberry or Palm may have been a much better fit for you, from what I can tell. I like the fact that my phone can do virtually everything my PC can, for example: I can use it as a Wifi access point. I can edit Photoshop files with my graphics program. I can access FTP and upload/download stuff on the go. Watching Powerpoint presentations and editing them with the right software? I can do it. I can watch flash videos(for example I watched NCAA March Madness in class last year) I can browse any website like a PC. Just a few things that most phones can barely do one of. Quote:
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I bought a WM phone because it has all the apps and features I need, no other phones provide all these:
TomTom, or Garmin GPS Remote Desktop Push mail via Exchange, IMAP idle and Hotmail (Live) Java Midllet Opera Mini (the browser for 99.99% of browsing) Opera Mobile (for the rest of 0.01%) Gmail (java client) AgePhone (VOIP) PortSIP (VOIP) ...... The newer Sprint ROM allows all of them and more, why I still bother with any custom ROM? As I said in my OP, it was that stock Sprint ROM that was so bad, I had no choice but looking for a custom ROM. Those days are over. I also pointed out, those who need some features cooked in the ROM, then they still need a custom ROM. I'm not saying nobody needs a custom ROM, I just want people to know the newer Sprint ROM is good enough for most users. |
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However, this is a enthusiast forum, and most people here are interested in taking their device to the limit, which is where Custom ROMs come into play. For example, as much as I hear, the Verizon stock ROM is excellent, yet you still see VZW Diamonders begging for a HardSPL. But I will completely agree with you, if someone doesn't more than the basics and want a nice looking ROM, the latest Sprint one isn't too shabby. Unfortunately, I've become way too used to TF3D2(manila sms, contacts <3) and I absolutely adore how Manila is becoming a full-featured OS replacement of sorts. If you've seen Manila 2.5, I can't even begin to imagine you aren't thinking of flashing custom ROMs when it's released. |
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If you are old enough (mostly not), you should know that Norton graphic user interface for DOS. Crashed all the time, and only few clicks, you still see that ugly DOS. Nothing like the Macintosh.
To me, TF3D and all its kind, also the WM6.5, are all like that old Norton. Nothing iPhone. Other than consuming lots of resources and causing troubles, helps nothing about the ugly WM OS. It's like putting thick foam bras on two flat breasts. |
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Manila 2.5 is the ultimate WM OS replacement. All settings are handled in a Manila enviroment, and you virtually will never have to see the Windows default interface. And resource hungry? Really? With CFC, Manila is absolutely tiny and is extremely fast. What current ROMs out there have you tried(within say the last 2 months), may I ask? |
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And WM 6.5.1 is a step in the right direction.
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Guys ... we tried. Now it's time to move on and let him enjoy his rom of choice. Sometimes you just can't enlighten someone who doesn't want the information. We did give it the old college try, though ...
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You guys are too young to know DOS and what I'm talking about.
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63? :)
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The only good custom rom I have ever used was juicy's. Everyone elses had a whole bunch of custom crap, and really really buggy. And even juicy's newer roms are becoming buggy. I am really tempted to just go back to the stock rom.
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i also have a sprint diamond, trying to make it work on the page plus, the dealer activate my meid on the network and i got a number for my meid, but when i call the *22890 to program the phone, it still tell me to contact the sprint customer service.. .. can you tell me what u done to make it work ? thanks a million cuz im so desperate to make my phone work |
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You need to program your Sprint phone manually (##778#). Of course you then need to unlock it first to get SPL code (easy). Then you need to load a modified VZW PRL (found it in the Touch Pro forum).
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ok im able to use it, for a 2:05 call it charge me 24cent, 8cent per min, but on the phone it tells me about digital roaming, but roaming is 59 cent. so any idea to get rid of the roaming service? and thanks a million! |
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Honestly, you guys took a bit too far.
He mentioned why he using Windows Mobile and I personally respect that. I do not agree with his decision of not flashing custom ROMs, but I am glad he gave a breakdown of why he enjoys that Sprint ROM and how he offered an alternative to custom ROMs. |
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To be fair, I give it a try. Only few hours after the flash, it locked up totally. You may say this is a coinstance, but the Sprint ROM has never locked up once ever since I flashed it in. I'll give it another chance, but as soon as it locks up again, I'll go back and never look back again. This ROM does clean up alot (free storage/free program): Sprint: 32.38/115.68 JCV: 82.80/154.82 This is what I've been saying: when you remove something from a fully tested and integrated ROM, you never know what will be broken. WM is not a truly modularized system. When you remove one module, other modules that depend on this one will not work properly. |
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