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A few basic questions; pardon my inexperience. I am using the stock Verizon 6.1 ROM, with some registry tweaks and a few CABS to optimize it to my liking.

1. What is the difference between the various "cooked ROM's" and this Verizon WM6.5 upgrade, in terms of where files are being changed - firmware level, OS files, registry, etc.? I'm trying to understand this in terms of a PC: where there are BIOS level changes, OS system files, Registry entries, etc.

2. If I do the upgrade, would a Hard Reset at that point restore the newer 6.5 or the previous 6.1 ROM?

3. If I do the upgrade, and for whatever reason, decide I preferred the 6.1 ROM, and if the hard reset answer to question 2 is that a hard reset restores the newer 6.5 ROM, how would I get back to the 6.1 ROM?

4. What, precisely, is the new "radio" that people continuously refer to in this thread? The term implies a hardware component, but obviously that is not the case.


5. What, exactly, would I gain with this upgrade, other than a different appearing OS cosmetically? Are there previous problems that are fixed? New functionality added? Greater speed and efficiency? I don't want change for change's sake, unless there are practical gains to be had.

Many of these posts assume a moderately deep familiarity with Windows Mobile and its complexities, but some of us while quickly learning, are still pretty new to Windows Mobile, with the TP2 our first WM device (I came from years with Palm).