"and also is this upgrade worth it from going to wm5 to wm6"
yes.
"also whats the chances of me frying my phone / having a brick phone with this generic upgrade"
lil to non

thanks envyy07 , i will be looking to upgrade my phone when i get it this week but if any one else who can post there answers to my questions i would be more confident thanks

Ltran,
1. Be sure to activate your phone on Alltel using the basic Alltel WM5 rom and use it for at least a day or two before upgrading to WM6.
2. Depending on the phone's hardware and history, some people have had problems flashing this rom, but bricking the phone is practically unheard of.
3. As with any "generic" rom, you will need to do any necessary Alltel network customization yourself. There's a dedicated Alltel thread on the Apache forum that you may find useful.

I've just installed this version, but I'm having a couple of problems that are going to force me to go back to WM5 if I can't resolve them.

The phone is now very particular about charging. Even when plugging it into the wall, it won't recognize the charger most of the time, and I have to press the power button on the phone several times before it begins to charge. The problem is even worse when connected via usb to my laptop. There, it will only continuously charge when the 'power' button is in the off state. As soon as I turn it back on, it stops charging. This leads into the 2nd problem - I can't use activesync over USB. It doesn't even get recognized. I can, however, use connection sharing over usb. Activesync works fine over Bluetooth. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I'd reflash.

I had flashed from WM5 (helmi) to this version of WM6, and I can tell you that it is almost flawless. I even have my Rabbi thinking about doing it. :)

Nope, I just reflashed after building my own, and I'm having the same exact issues. Everything worked fine on WM5.

ok my phones coming in tommorow and ill activate it then wait 2 days then do it thanks for your info so far , and if anyone else had answers to my questions please post up thanks in advance

Well, I can't think of anything else... I think it's all covered. I hope you enjoy the ROM when your phones comes in though and of course if you have any problems, you know where to go..

This makes no sense. Did you use the kitchen, or Rob's ROM? If you used the kitchen, you're in the wrong thread. If you are referring to having loaded your own .cabs after Rob's ROM, check your device's behaviour before you install your .cabs.

PPCGeeks FTW!