*Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM *SYS 23135* UPDATED!
 

Highlights:

I design ROMs to have the best compromise between speed, usability, eye candy and stability. Try out this ROM and see if I succeeded.

*Lean, mean, stable mutlitasking machine. At least in my hands! Test it out and let me know what needs fixing.

*Has overclocking built-in! Set to 748MHz, but can be easily changed.

*Uses Opera Mini as default browser for speed.

*Windows Start menu removed and replaced with XTask to increase free memory.

*Various speed and memory tweaks.

*SPB Mobile Shell cooked in Espresso theme. This theme has the best speed & RAM consumption:eye candy ratio in my opinion (after testing various other Shell themes).


Acknowledgements:

This ROM is a testament to the help and advice of countless people on the forums here, at XDA and Mobile Underground. Some of the key people are listed below, and if I have inadvertently forgotten someone, please let me know so I can correct the oversight!

Calkulin's visual kitchen and Collaboration thread: Here
Nega's HTC Kitchen for updates: Here
Espresso theme for Mobile Shell: Here
TP2 overclocking tool: Here
Nuetools (Battery driver and SIP default): Here
Dark Ninja Desire taskbar: Here
Lumos screen control app: Here
Keyboard remapping tool: Here
SmartLock: Here
Xtask, the task manager extraordinaire: Here
KD Font for changing interface: Here
Fingerkeyboard v2.1: Here

Shareware included:
SPB Mobile Shell
SPB Time
Resco Explorer
FoxIt PDF Reader

Freeware included:
Midomi Music ID
Rhodium Keyboard controller for CDMA
Arcsoft for MMS
Opera Mobile
Opera Mini

By the numbers:
Boot time......................~ 76 secs
Free RAM at boot..........~110 Mb
Free RAM after use........~ 85 Mb
SYS version...................23134

Usual disclaimers:
I make no guarantees that this will work as advertised. ROM flashing is risky, and I assume you know the risk of bricking your phones. If you brick your phone, or somehow do something bad to it, I take no responsibility! On the other hand, I will be happy to answer specific questions and tweak the ROM so it works well for the great majority of people.
Despite everything, if you still insist on flashing this ROM, I really hope it works well for you. Suggestions, comments, critiques and encouragement are all welcome. Especially encouragement :razz:

Known Issues:

1. Overclocking sometimes does no stick after a soft reset. Don't know why this is. Just start it up again manually after a soft reset. FIXED: Removed OC. Please install the cab, linked to above in the acknowledgements section.

Screenshots:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../04ROMinfo.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c3...es/01Home1.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c3...es/02Home2.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c3...es/03Home3.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c3...es/07Xtask.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c3...06RAM-used.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c3...eases/05OC.jpg

Updated to v2!
Changes:
1. Redid SPB Mobile Shell. Should not be expired on boot now. You should have 14 days to try it out.
2. Removed the built-in overclocking, since it doesn't seem to stick. Please install the overclocking cab yourself.
3. Includes my custom wallpapers and SPB Mobile Shell settings which you can install manually from the included folders.
4. SYS updated to 23135.
5. All settings should now be working.
6. Added Fingerkeyboard v2.1 to the ROM, replacing the original, crappy keyboard :-\".
7. Little more free RAM at boot.

And finally, here are the download links:
*Generic, no carrier data updated to v2*
*Sprint version updated to v2*
*Verizon version updated to v2*

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

Sound great I will try.

Wirelessly posted (TP2: Opera/9.80 (Windows Mobile; WCE; Opera Mobi/WMD-50433; U; en) Presto/2.4.13 Version/10.00)

I'm not a big fan of mobile shell but i'll download this and try it out. Been using the same rom forever so i'm itching for a change.

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

ill give it a try later btw first thanked to you

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

Let me know if you find any issues with it.

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

the SPB mobile shell installed has already expired, so I cannot try your ROM.

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

Looks really great! i've found that a super clean ROM with mobile shell is much faster than Sense with alot of the same features. Any screen shots??

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

theres news, i hope it would be.

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

so far it looks good, however............ I cant get my internet to work. I am on sprint. Any help?

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

Quote:

Originally Posted by fusion600 (Post 1942876) the SPB mobile shell installed has already expired, so I cannot try your ROM.

Hmmmm. I think its a problem with my SPB Mobile Shell package. I'll look into it.


Coming soon! :-)

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

Mine was expired. I just enterd in my reg code though! Worked like a charm!.

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

One thing I noticed, the start menu pulls up the taskman program rather than the start menu. Any way to change this?

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Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

It worked! Thanks! You da man!

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

I will give it a shot. so far, the rom is real nice. Battery life will be a big concern.

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

For those who are curious, this does not seem to work on Verizon.

Doug M.

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

Did you try provisioning?

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

Second on the screen shots.

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

So far I like the rom, it is fast and smooth. Very stable too.

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

Okay, OP updated with screenshots :-)

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

Ok. So far so, good. It's been a while since I used SPB MS. So that takes some getting used to. The battery life is not very good imo (due to overclocking no doubt), and I had to manually program my internet connection settings as well. (verizon) I did notice a little choppiness when using Opera or when inputting text or when going from portrait to landscape. One more thing, how do we get the full qwerty keyboard onscreen????? That little tile one, well.....sucks.

But overall, it's a good and snappy rom and i'm having fun playing around with Mobile Shell. Keep it up!

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

I must have had a bad flash. I tried a few hard resets, but I could never get it to fully load. It would freeze just as the today screen was loading.

I'll take anotehr swing at it later.

Doug M.

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

@ pavanmaverick:

Thanks for the effort.Will have a test drive. Downloading now.


@ pavanmaverick & Serofred

Can u post a link to this SPRINT carrier cab. I did a search I came up things from 2008 and for mogul phone.

Thanks in advance.

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

Thanks for your hard work on this ROM. Installed and looked it over, pretty fast response.
However there is a major problem with the provisioning, tried two different cabs and neither will work. I soft reset after install and went to update PRL and still no go. Phone works but internet does not.
I also tried entering ##3282# to check settings and this also does not work at all.:banghead:

I am all out of ideas. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Running TP2 on Sprint, Thanks.

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Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

Wow

What exactly do these carrier cabs do, if they are still vaild from 2 years ago, and from a different phone altogether.



It appears that it might be helpful to others as well for some guidance/links to carrir cabs, (at least SPRINT & Verizon)

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

I am on Sprint, so its pretty hard for me to troubleshoot VZ phones:oops:

That being said, I am totally unsure what the problem could be. If there are any other VZ users on this ROM, perhaps they can chime in?

Did you try a Task29 before loading this ROM? I know that's kind of a cop-out answer, but very often, Task29-ing fixes unexplainable weirdnesses. :dontknow:

On a side note, just tried it, and the ##3282# is working fine on my phone.

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Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

I am on sprint and I think so is Israel.
I will try the sprint cab in this link.

Was that the one you used (since u are on SPRINT as well)?

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

@pavanmaverick

Thanks for the link to cabs. As of now I still havent been able to fix my internet connection.
I always do a task 29 before loading any new ROM's to my phone. What I'll try now is to hard reset the phone, run task 29, re-load ROM again, and then install CDC's provisioning cab.
Hope this will work. Will post later if it did.

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

This is the one I used. An easy Google.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/titan-upgr...west-uscc.html

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

I did a task 29, installed, no internet. Had calls. Installed the dcd sprint cab, and bam. works like buttaahh. it seems pretty doggone fast to me. I do agree with the battery life too. Notso good. Was using Formula84"s rom. That had great batt life. Hung up a lot and was slow though.

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

Same here. DCD's Sprint provisioning cab seems to do the trick! \\:D/

Mine is finally working fine.

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

Me too.

First impression:

Very nice ROM.
Very FAST.

I would like to get the TP2 keyboard.

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

how to get this xtask?

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

Your ansewr is in your post.....The chef's quote you have in your post holds the golden ticket.......

OR go to the first post and scroll down about halfway and the link is there.

Ahhh hell.............. here this is easier..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=606162

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

This is what I am having trouble with.
I cannot find this.
I get the "notifications" when I click on the top of the screen.

Re: *Blazing Fast & Stable* Maverick MobileShell ROM with overclocking. *SYS 23134*
 

@pavanmaverick


Just noticed you had a "bridge" shortcut.
I have been looking for a nice mobile bridge game.

I assume that is not built in , because I do not see it on my phone.