[ROM][WWE][09/13/10] swinnROM 6.5.x 23563/23138/21914 [KITCHEN][CLEAN]

[eduncan911]

Originally Posted by wndrmre

Is there a cab to easily install Sense 2.5 on top of this rom?

As dwellman mentioned, that's the whole point of this ROM - to REMOVE Sense. You're looking at the wrong ROM if u want that.

From what I gather by my previous ROMs I ran (and donated to, always donate for someone's hardwork!), HTC's Sense is actually a combination of dozens of smaller programs that all work in conjunction - it's not just the "UI". Some ROMs have certain Sense apps loaded, others do not, etc. That's what ticked me off when using one ROM over another. Some would install this special app for mail reading, another would install another app. While pretty good in certain things, it was always complicated and seemed to follow only that person's way of thinking. I ended up overwirting quite a lot of their "ROM"'s HTC Sense stuff with CABs and I found on the net to "roll back" things. That's when I found this ROM - perfect. No longer do I have to think about where I am going, I just click it and I'm there.

For example, in the HTC Sense UI when clicking "Mail" they have figured out the registery keys that 'launches' whatever .exe you have configured. HTC Sense has its own "Mail Browser" exe that lets you flick and integrates Facebook friend's avatars (yet another exe running). Clicking further into the thread will eventually launch the underlying built-in Messaging exe. That's a lot of exes and steps to take! Custom ROMs often change this process to load some 3rd party mail reader, or perhaps one that they wrote.

This ROM goes BACK to the way Microsoft intended WIndows Mobile 6.5 to be, to look, and to function. When you click "mail" with this ROM, you simply go to the built-in Messaging exe. That's in. Now, look at all of the exes and clicks that saves?

Reminds me of the new Windows Phone commercials. "Get in. Get out. Get on with your life." Instead of clicking clicking clicking clicking, launching launching launching lauching. YouTube - Really: New Windows Phone 7 Official Ad

[eduncan911]

Originally Posted by dwellman

Despite my earlier triumph, wireless stopped working completely. I re-flashed / update to 1008211 thinking maybe I changed a reg entry I shouldn't have. . .

No joy.

Perhaps related, you may want to check out my blog post about:

Eric Duncan : The truth about 802.11n, 2.4Ghz and 5.8Ghz

Could be an issue you are having, or one of others I list there.

[dwellman]

I checked my connectivity out at another wireless location (two different APs available at that location). No joy.

Lets try different ROMs. . .

[dwellman]

Ok, it's working now, sort of.

I flashed the Sprint 6.5.3 cab (I had been using the 6.5.5 generic).

I can browse the web using IE and Opera mini with impunity. Marketplace conks out from time to time (i hate marketplace, but need home screen customizer) and I cannot browse local LAN Yes, I remembered to switch NLTM.

All in all, I'd say won.

[dwellman]

Update:

I had assumed that since I could, at one time (with the older 6.5.5) browse my freenas based NAS, that I should still be able to do so with whichever. Unfortunately that is no longer the case.

I can browse windows based hosts. Darn. I wonder if there's another setting besides the NTLM in the registry. There must be some fundamental difference in 6.5.3 and 6.5.5

[dwellman]

Final Update:

Great success. I can hit my NAS now.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\SecurityProviders\NTLM\LmCompatibilityLevelClient

I set this to 1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\SecurityProviders\NTLM\NoHash

Added and set it to 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\SecurityProviders\Negotiate\Providers

copied

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\SecurityProviders\Providers

and put ntlmssp.dll at the beginning followed by kerberos.dll and then the rest.

[eduncan911]

Haha. Nice.

[dwellman]

Ok, not so final update. . .

Worked once. Hadn't worked since. Hitting windows based shares still goes.

. . .

Well, hold on a minute:

I installed Resco Explorer. No help there. Windows shares went away. Uninstalled Resco. Windows shares still gone, but NAS (FreeNAS) now accessible via Total Commander CE.

This is a power users OS right?

Ok, the NAS share is now inaccessible.

[Update]
After fiddling with registries and PPC software and the like I read a message that said: "Stop looking at your phone and look at your SMB server" After looking at my server there was no log activity when trying to connect with my phone. The only thing I could think of was to check the DNS domain of my NAS matched the DNS domain of my router (that from the router is what's written in the phone's DNSDomain reg key)

I changed the DNS domain on the NAS.

As of 11:30 CST, I haven't lost my access to either the Windows share of the FreeBSD share since-- despite my efforts to break it (turning the phone off and on, turning EVDO data on and off, turning wireless off and on). I think that my NAS was acting as a browser master (even though I told it not to). When SMB/CIFS goes down all share access goes down until SMB comes back up (which is a few seconds).

In summary:

• I think there are some issues with the 6.5.5 branch concerning LAN / Wireless subsystem.
• 6.5.3 will work for 99.99999% of all users with no issues whatsoever.
• I recommend avoiding Rescoe-- as a means for "fixing" this and similar issues. It does weird things to your configuration and, as stated before, this isn't a PPC problem.
• Depending on your NAS configuration you could get by setting:
  

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\SecurityProviders\NTLM\LmCompatibilityLevelClient = 1

  If not, check the other three registry setting I pointed out earlier. Also, for good measure, put the ntlmssd.dll at the beginning of both Providers values.
• You may have to enable your SMB server to accept null passwords.
• I'm not sure the Browser Master setting is really relevant, but all the SMB confs I've looked at that are trying to resolve NTLM issues have it turned off.
• Lastly, if you use high falutin networking gear like I do (read: stuff I downloaded off the web and slapped on old computer parts), check that it does not have a DNS domain setting (nothing to do with the NetBIOS name or workgroup).

Ok. Next up is SSH / SCP / SFTP. Who's with me? But first, we eat.

[rjthomson]

Just flashed the SPRINT swinnROM 100913 and got it running. THANKS! It handled several problems I was having (like executing SwordReader reliably) in other ROMs. Unfortunately, I am one of those "block recognizer input" users from way back. Could someone please direct me to the method to restore this function?

[swinn]

Originally Posted by rjthomson

Just flashed the SPRINT swinnROM 100913 and got it running. THANKS! It handled several problems I was having (like executing SwordReader reliably) in other ROMs. Unfortunately, I am one of those "block recognizer input" users from way back. Could someone please direct me to the method to restore this function?

I never noticed it was missing. It appears that the registry entries aren't present in the 6.5.x versions but is in 6.5. Anyway I made a cab that will add them so you can use the block and letter recognizers.