Rob, I am really looking forward to the Sprint build 4 install tonight and will definitely leave a donation if I stick with this rom. Coming from Kirvin's 3.5 C&S, I am praying for a rock solid and stable wm6 build! thanks

Hey Everybody!

Apache HTC Stock WM6 for VZW, SPCS, and Generic posted for download. As usual, here is the link:
http://6700development.googlepages.com/downloads

Hope you enjoy!

Also, if you miss any of the programs taken out of this rom... they are listed for download in the downloads section on my site(link above). If what you are looking for isn't there, please feel free to request it by sending me an email at rob.may3r@gmail.com.

Rob,

Thanks for the update. I'll stand by while you get time to look into the missing VOIP stuff I mentioned yesterday.

Yeah, I am looking into it, and hopefully I can figure something out soon. I'll let you know when I do. I'd like to have VOIP stuff working as well...

Quick question as I was contemplating up'ing to 4 last night. I think I read in the thread somewhere NOT to let the Sprint Customizations run after installing the ROM.

two questions with this:

1) I also think I saw where you simply soft reset as soon as the customizations start running.
2) Does your rev remove all the stuff that is stored in Ext rom (I assume that is where the customizations run from)

Ok.. so there are 3 questions.

3) If I toast the device and need to take it back to Sprint, I know to put it back to WM5 standard, but do I need to get the standard ext rom stuff back in there or just not worry about it.

Sorry... semi-noob with some of this, but I'm learning fast. I may get some more stability if I'm screwing up and letting the customizations run.

Thanks for your help.

Well, in build 4 I removed the ability to autorun the ext_rom. It's contents will still reside in the ext_rom partition, but will not auto customize. Of course, if they do.. soft-reset right away to prevent them from loading and notify me about it. But i guess that kind of answered question 2 also, that no it does not remove the ext_rom contents.
Now, if you did happen to toast your device(very unlikely) and had to take it back to Sprint, go here: http://www.utstar.com/pcd/phone_down...carrier=Sprint to download the stock WM5 standard rom that came on your device. This will also automatically put the ext_rom back how it was nomatter what you did to it before. So anything goes wrong, flash back to the rom provided for download via the link I gave you and you will be all set.
I hope I helped answer all of your questions, and if you do decide to go for build 4 I hope you enjoy it!

i want to upgrade my sprint ppc6700 to wm6 but if i don't like the new one can i go back to the old version by running the original rom from sprint for wm5????

Yes, if you don't like it you can grab the original Sprint ROM here: http://www.utstar.com/pcd/phone_down...carrier=Sprint, flash it, and everything will be original just like when you first got the phone.

oh i forgot one more question Rob... do I need to run Helmi_c wm6 rom and then your update im a little confused what is the difference between yours and his?

You don't need to run Helmi's upgrade. Rob's is a stripped down version of Helmi.

Helmi did a great (unbelievable, actually!) job getting the ball rolling. Rob's just picked up helmi's ball and run with it.

Rob, are these still the same directions for v4? I thought I read somewhere that you were taking the carrier customizations out, and I thought I saw someone else mention that it now works in Vista?

i just upgrade my ppc 6700 but at the reset it comes with an error message saying "The file sddaemon" cannot be opened. " and also I can't not see my contacts

Does this work with Vista? the rom is not upgrading for me. I put my 6700 back to stock from Helmi's and it still won't upgrade. When it gets to the screen that says you are going to change from THIS version to THAT version..there are no numbers there.. then it says the this utility is not for this device..any sugestions? I do have the Sprint version..

anybody has the contact problem on sprint ppc 6700 because i can't get to my contacts...help plz...

Connected to Vista or XP? Dan18

start sync on xp...or mobile device center on vista

I tried starting utility without bootloader mode and got the versin numbers..but then it stilled failed with 150 error. not for this device.. Is the Sprint version the right file? I'm gunna try version 3..gotta wait 33 mins to download

Updating to last version
 

I am trying to update to version (build) 4 and I get the same error message (150), saying that the update is not for my device. Is there anything wrong with the file?
The version I have right now is 2, and works very smoothly, and that's exactly why i want to get version 4 t work.
I am using vista and everything works fine (mobile device center)
Thanks!

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=7049 I got it to work after running the vistaRUU fix

Thanks, perfect answer. Appreciate it.

Yes, same directions. Carrier customizations are not auto loaded on first boot, but they are still in the ext_rom. You don't need them anyway. The ones you need are built into WM6. lastly, someone did claim to flash successfully in Vista. I did not purposely do this, but hey, if it works... go for it. To be honest though, I'd stay in XP just to be safe until I can confirm otherwise.

Did you hard reset after the upgrade. You have to hard reset after flashing any rom or else things will go wrong. Also, you shouldn't be able to see your contacts. These rom updates wipe your phone clean, so be sure to BACKUP EVERYTHING before performing an upgrade.

Are you doing this in Vista? If so, switch to an XP box. I have not confirmed this working properly in Vista, although others claim it does.

You have to put the device into bootloader mode before starting the upgrade. Otherwise it won't work, or you run the potential risk of getting your device stuck in bootloader mode.

First, don't use Vista to flash roms as of now. I have not confirmed that it works properly. Second, make sure your device is in bootloader mode. It wont work otherwise.

Great! Thanks SirBadWolf... everybody wanting to flash in Vista follow this link and get the VistaRUU Fix. I will also be posting it shortly in the downloads section on my website.

I believe I tried this with an earlier ROM. Doesn't work with Vista-64. I may be mistaken. I'll check again.

Vista-64 is a different story. The VistaRUU only works with 32-bit versions.

Robmayer: Theres a lot of stuff wrong with what you are doing.
Feel free to help others with reverting the bootloader if you are capable of doing it (instructions are included with the fix)
There is no problem with that. Do you even know what the commands in the instructions do?
This is the second time i have seen you beg for help for something and then publish it as your work.
Pay attention, we dont do that and we dont want credit for the work either (paypal or name recognition).
I am sorry to say but I see as you as an opportunist, how hard is it to do what you do that you ask for donations if someone has been helped by you?
Kindly take those instructions off your website as it is a conflict of interest with this website.
And if you feel you are up to the task, hell hang out in the chat room and help the multitude of people who come in there asking for help.
As far as i know renaming a file from bootloaderfix2.04 to bootloaderfix2.05 does not mean you created it or own it.

EDITED by naigaboy/naigaman

Just upgraded to v4. A couple thoughts.

First, so far, this may be the best ROM I've ever had on this device. Admittedly, I've only had it on for an hour, so I've not tested everything yet, but I love how clean it is.

Now the comments.
A) I like the fact that you didn't include SDHC support. I need it, but I've heard people with non-SDHC cards have had problems. I don't mind installing this piece myself. I have the .cab on my PC, so it's no issue installing it whenever I need it. This might be a good thing for your downloads section though.

B) Office 2007! Thanks!

C) Still appears to be HTC Home 1.5.x. I'm guessing that upgrade didn't go as well as you'd hoped. That's ok. I more than appreciate the effort.

D) There are contacts in my HTC Home dialer tab. Vision, Bryan, and Customer Support. Did I screw up and get those in there somehow, or are they in the ROM?

E) While I don't think the HTC Home Customizer should be in the ROM, could you add it to your download links, please? Thanks.

F) With v2, there was a "Documents" shortcut in my Start menu that opened up File Explorer to "My Documents" folder. That's gone and it doesn't appear that I can add it using the "Menus" setting. Is there a magic trick I can do to get that back?

G) I'm still having my issue with Pocket Controller, but I've narrowed it down a bit. It and ActiveSync appear to be fighting. It's trying to connect to the device before ActiveSync has completed its connection. I need to wait for ActiveSync to establish a connection before Pocket Controller takes over. I doubt you did anything with that, so I'm going to check to see if Pocket Controller has a support site. If not, I'll post something here. For now, I can set up Pocket Controller not to automatically start up, and I'm fine.

Ok, so that's 7 things. It probably sounds like I hate this ROM, but I don't. Other than my Pocket Controller issue, which I don't think is caused by your stuff, everything is teeny tiny.


A few weeks ago, I realized that my phone's almost 2 years old and that I can get an upgrade soon and I was a little nervous and excited about that. Now I have no reason to upgrade, and its thanks to the efforts of people like you and helmi.

I was pretty sure that's the case. Just make sure that's stated clearly. As a Vista-64 user, it's very irritating when I find something to download that only works in 32-bit and doesn't explicitly say so. I've wasted the download time and wasted some time trying to figure out if I've done something wrong, or if it's Vista-64 just being ornery.

As a side note, people running Vista who want to flash their ROMS can use a VMWare XP virtual machine if they have that available to them. I've flashed my last several ROMs using VMWare and it's worked flawlessly. I have a virtual machine set up thats for that specifically. That's all I do on that VM.

Thanks for this, running B4, switched from verizon guys's ''Devel4'', this one feels noticeably faster and smoother. Keep up the good work man!

I'm using Generic V.4 - For some reason Windows Live is not working. I can't seem to get it to sync. Internet works just fine. Is anyone else having a similar problem?

MJB

Lockup.. kinda...
 

Well I installed the newest one for Verizon and since last night its was doing good but everytime I soft restart the phone it all seems good but after a second if I open any application it loads and functions fine but if I try to close the app it doesn't work and seesm to sit there in a locked state. The odd part here is that after about 3 minuites or so it performs the close for me and exists to the main screen. I did load 3 things so not sure if its a compatibility issue and if anyone else has had any problems like this.
Apps loaded:
XCPUScaler 2007
Pocket CM newest version
Spb Pocket Plus

I have it all set up the way I want but think maybe I should try to re-load it again. Any advise would be appricated.

Thanks

PS the Rom looks great so good work there....

Oh One last question anyone know a way to transfer contacts to there cars Bluetooth setup ? I searched but had no luck finding how to perform this function or if its just something that should happen on its own.

All I have to say is wow. You come into the chatroom begging for help and then take the help that you were given and post it on your own site. WTF? This fix was kept on a one on one level in chat because there are many things that can and do go wrong. I hope you are going to be supporting this fix that you posted because it is only a matter of time before something goes wrong. Also, nice job on giving credit to those that put in the hours to get this fix to work.

Also, as far as I can see it, using this site to redirect people to your own site is a conflict of interst. It is being reviewed.

Also

colonel, please take a deep breath and relax.

rob's pretty good at giving credit where credit is due. And all he has on his site is the ROM's and a few files that people specifically requested. If he has the bandwidth, I'd rather he do that than put them on rapidshare, because frankly, I find rapidshare to be hit or miss.

I don't know about the downgrade stuff. I read what he had posted on his site, and it made me glad I'm not a Verizon user. That process made me rather nervous. If you think he shouldn't have posted it publicly, I suggest to you that a simple PM explaining your position would be far more appropriate than leaping down the throat of someone who has been very helpful in a public forum.

I'm running ver 3 of WM6 NO junk for sprint
Has anyone noticed that the phone shuts off at times after hanging up with a call? I keep having this as a problem all dall after flashing to the Ver 3 rom. Any solutions out there?

Well, since you chose to bring this into the open now, I guess I will share my response to your PM that you have now posted to make yourself a martyr. This has nothing to do with wanting to help people. Everyone here has put in more hours than you know helping people with these phones. Hell, it took several days and almost bricking two phones to get this fix. But you didn't think about that did you. The problem I had was solely with the way you offended me and naigaman (and probably others) by coming to ask for help and then renaming it and placing it on another site as if you created it. I sasy this because there is no mention there of where you got it, who was nice enough to take time out of their day to help you with it, or even why you feel the fix is even necessary. As you will read, I think your misconceptions of what the bootloader does and why someone should revert to an older bootloader are way off. There really is no need to revert the bootloader now that people can make their own roms. Here is a hint: make them a bit smaller and use the new RUU. With that, here is my response....

I wondered if Robmayer was going to catch some flak. I watched the Kirvin issue swing out of control. On both sides, IMO. When I saw the Verizonguy kitchen come out, I worried. SFSG.
I understand wanting to get credit for donated effort. It is a courtesy that should be extended. Many thanks deserved.

I appreciate it when I see anyone attempting to take the high road, even in an argument. It used to be called being a gentleman.

What I like about Helmi: making WM6 available when we thought it was not happening. Fundamental and critical to all of this.
What I like about Kirvin: Clear communication (what I read), good ideas and concepts, attempts to make peace.
What i like about Verizonguy: Verizon, team player. Fast worker.
What I like about Robmayer: organizing specific things pertinant to my interests (like Verizon), good communication, and less cluttered place to look for things. It is tough finding everything needful as this ppcgeeks forum is so popular, large, and spread out. Also, very slow to browse. More consolidation could help. Thanks to all those who have been gathering things into one place, or at least fewer places.
What I like about God: working out that whole electron thing. Pretty essential and fundamental.

If I am screwing up somewhere, I would appreciate being gently guided back onto the correct path. I am appreciating everyone's expertise. Thanks to all.

I have done my best to clear this issue up between me and colonel. I did apologize to him via email, and just for the record... Colonel, I apologize for my response to your post on my thread and for posting the bootloader fix on my site. The link has been removed.

Thanks

Rob

Isn't this a joint effort like open source?
 

I see WM6 development as a scene effort, with many people working with others previous accomplishments. Lets not let egos ruin what should be a joint effort.

Do we all really need to post a full disclaimer detailing every code fragment and list credits for every item like the credits at the end of a movie?

Robmayer is just trying to help the masses and keep the noobs off the backs of others.

My thanks go to EVERYONE helping out here and on other sites.

first off, this couldve easily been handled via PM, email or in the irc chat.
IT IS BEING REVIEWED.

second, i think WE ALL know and agree that anything we flash or do with these phones is our liable fault..
It IS BEING REVIEWED.

third, have you not thought that maybe he wanted to take the flack if the bootloader fix didnt work?? If he had mentioned "the inside guys" as being the creators, and it ended up not working everyone in the world would be on you guys backs.. instead he lightly mentions a thanks to those who helped with the fix, and posted it up.. knowing if it didnt work people would be ringing on robs doorbell and not yours.. All im saying, is maybe he was looking out for you.
IT IS BEING REVIEWED.

forth, everyone needs to CALM the F*** down and work together to get this ball rolling forward.

I mean seriously, thats the beauty of these forums and you guys work... we have options. We got the stock helmi rom, we got an unofficial kitchen and we have a super stripped down rom.. I think its great people are eleborating on others projects in the mean time of a "finalized kitchen"

I agree.. I'm a noob when it comes to this forum. But I read with amazement some of the posts. I manage an entire group of developers from India plus some stateside, and I know what it means to take credit for something you didn't do. I also know that the written word isn't the same as us all sitting in a room together giving credit where credit is due. HOWEVER, in all of the posts I've seen from Robmayer, he was giving credit. Now granted I'm not privvy to the chat room chat, but he's apologized, posted it ... so let's all move on.

Isn't the purpose of all of this to make a good device better? I don't see any blatant "plagarism" here... what is see as a noob and an outside is some ego's getting in the way.

I wonder if Bill Gates gets his nose hairs all twisted with someone tries to make his products better.....

Let's all work together... hell if you read some of the posts, we're all violating MS licensing policy by doing ANYTHING to our devices.

let's get back to doing what we all do best... Helmi, Luv2chill, tiermann, colonel, robmayer, kirvin et al and the rest of the devs making our device better and we lowly noobs, using your tweaks.

I love you guys.. Come on -- come give me a big hug!!!! :headbang:

Ok... I've installed RobMayer's ROM based on Helmi's original WM6 ROM.

I can attest to it working with bootloader v 1.00 and Vista with the Vista RUU workaround (googled and found on Modaco's site - dam another forum I just joined LOL).

The fact that it never hit the ExtROM customization was awesome - I was all poised to soft reset before it hit them.

I have about 40MB free after this ROM installed. It also seems to run pretty fast.

Only issue I experienced was that the hard reset didn't take at first... thing booted in and then I saw my iphone theme pop up... did another hardreset and it took. I think I fat fingered the 1st hard reset.

UGH.. now re-installing all my customizations.

Thanks RobMayer... and the rest of the dev guys here... my g/f asks me constantly why she can't reach me on my phone.. and I tell her "I'm flashing it again, with something cool from PPCGeeks"... she thinks I'm nuts.

Radio 1.43 Upgrade
 

I am running the WM6 Clean, No Junk Version and my radio reads version 1.10.00. I would like to upgrade to the 1.43, what is the best way to go about doing so with this?

Thanks to all for your work, I am grateful!


**What have you gained if you obtain the whole world and all its riches yet loose your soul?