PHM and Rescoe editors do have their merits in extra features. However, I really didn't want to include them because I did not think they were necessary for baseline users who just need the ability to tweak a registry entry here or there.

Anyway, my beta 2 is running pretty good with the following added since beta 1:
Htc Task Manager (X button app)
Null keyboard
SIP Changer
ClearTemp
SmartsKey
acbPowerMeter
Updated TcPMP to .72RC1
Pocket RAR
UPX4PPC
Pocket Xpdf
batti
psShutXP
updated OnLock

Edited Sprint ExtRom to disable SDMemory.dll

Looking at the vibrate keys cab. I am also going to create a link to the batti config because tapping on the bar is not workng for some reason for me. Anything else?

is the vibrate key app diableable? i dont want thst. all else looks good.

The Vibrate key thing is just a bunch of registry entries. This would be very difficult for people to remove so I am not going to include it.

please please please... cani i get some help :D :D :D

It is part of the installer package for my custom rom and NoJunk Sprint Extended rom. It requires you to reflash you phone and make some serious changes along with losing everything you have on it now. Basically the NoJunk Extended Rom is the same as the Sprint official rom except the crap that Sprint added that is not necessary is cut out. There are many different methods of removing this stuff if you do not want to reflash your phone. To find them, I suggest searching around for threads about unlocking the ExtRom or customizing the ExtRom. If you want to reflash your phone and you think you are comfortable with it, hang tight and I will have a new rom released soon.

i vote against the batti app.....ive had many problems with that locking up my system with every single rom that ive used (tried pretty much everything)

also, I have that nagging little text message problem where I cant send any out (i can receive them though)

What happens when you try to send? Do you get an error message or anything?

Batti app in for now. Uploading an nk.nbf for those who know how to use it to run a few tests for a release probably tomorrow. Don't have the time to put the packages together tonight.

Custom Beta 2

Here is a link to the download for the nk.nbf. If you do not know what this is or how to use it, please wait til tomorrow for fully packaged installers. Otherwise, for those who know how to use this, have fun and give any feedback on issues you may find.

http://rapidshare.com/files/14033345/nk.zip.html

Any chance we could get a feature list really quick?

Thank you for your efforts!

Since last release:

Htc Task Manager (X button app)
Null keyboard
SIP Changer
ClearTemp
SmartsKey
acbPowerMeter
Updated TcPMP to .72RC1
Pocket RAR
UPX4PPC
Pocket Xpdf
batti
psShutXP
updated OnLock
fixed lock all buttons setting
fixed Mark all as read issue

ooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh... i got it now it's part of the new rom i thought it was a seperate cab that you included that i had to run lol. Thanks for the reply... i've actually already installed your version of the rom... and i am very pleased with it, i honestly don't have any real complaints... do notice that everything seems to be working smoothly... THANKS

Yeah, when you do an official update from Sprint lets say, there are three parts to to update. The Rom, the Extended Rom, and the radio. In an installer package, these are represented by nk.nbf, ms.nbf, and radio.nbf respectively. So, if you see a file like this, you will need flash installer to get it on your phone.

Yes Please!!!
 

I would love to get help setting up a kitchen. The new ROM you are discussing has many things I am not remotely interested in but I realize you can't make custom rom's for every tom dick and hairyass...

Hell, if I get a working kitchen set up I might start taking requests!

The activesync mode cab is definitely not needed in 3.3 as the connections, usb to pc applet does the same thing.

colonel, I have a theme you might consider adding since it's only 4k. It's a high-contrast black-on-white ultra simple one great for daylight use (esp driving). It's on wmthemes.com (search hicontrast--be careful there's a vga version too). I created it with thememaker x and it's been great especially used with vjlumosii.

Todd/Indy

yea i get an error message (i posted a couple pages back a screenshot) and I also get an error message when i try to access my voicemail

Not so sure about that bootscreen...but... :)

Sorry for the double-post, the board was hiccupping last night and I can't delete my post anymore.

This new version is very, very fast, Colonel. Seems much faster than your Version 1 - maybe it's a Glyphcache change I read about on the other board. Your value in ppc 6700 hacks (or whatever that app is called) seems nice and high, to no ill effect so far.

I am seeing a lot of interest in a custom 3.3 with nothing "added" other than the base fixes (.NET, Pics&Vids fix, etc.). It seems everyone is cooking one with their own favorite configurations, but that leaves everyone with a ROM running stuff they don't want or don't need. Given how unstable these devices have been, I can't blame people for not wanting 20 random utilities that all do similar things possibly reacting with one another. I may cook one myself if someone doesn't beat me to it.

Why does everyone hate PPT so much? I suppose it's huge, but for business users it is probably a must-have in order to review slide presentations on the handheld.

Colnel

Personally I would like to see a custom rom WITHOUT anything. Especially MSN messenger files and voice command. That would be a great slim OS. That way we can install stuff as we like.

I like XPF and all, and several of the other programs you've included with the rom, but stuff like XPF I move to the storage card after it's installed. Programs like MSVC and Unlock Pro I move to the extended rom (after I delete everything in it) That way I have a minimum or wonderful storage space on the main rom and the phone runs better.

Just a thought, appreciate all your hard work!

Has anyone noticed any performance difference with .NET2 ?
Does the 3.3 Rom run any slower?

Just wondering because of another thread where nobody likes it, even though I guess we need it to run some newer programs.

EDit:
Would be great if we could enable/disable it.

I dont notice it being any slower than the stock ROM where it runs slow as frozen 30 weight motor oil.

For a very long time I thought it was Pocket Plus causing my slowdowns but turns out its .net 2 on my SD card.

MS once again proves they know bloatware better than anyone.....

Mitch

This is also my thoughts as well. There are a lot of programs loaded that I will never use, nor have any idea of what they are.

Please give this a considerations and thank you again for your hard work!

Once I figure out the ROM kitchen, I will build a 'naked' ROM for us to use. Then I will start a thread to help build custom ROMs. First though...I need to learn ROM kitchen and for that to happen I need work to lighten up. I'll let everyone know when this is to happen!

You know what would be great, if someone thats "bored" or whatever, cooks up an automated process/program where all the basic rom stuff (naked rom?) is in and where we just add all the packages/programs we want into it (where when we hard reset, all our wanted programs install)

I think that would be a greater help to all of us that niether have the time or expertise to cook up our own rom.

Sorry to threadjack a little bit, but I thought this might be slightly relevant.

Sure I can make a naked rom, but it really will not save you any space as far as what the end user can access. Besides, there is already a naked rom in the stock 3.3 that Helmi_c gave us.

As far as the "nonessential" apps, they are not removable. Do not worry about this though because it is in no way taking up any more you your usable space on the device. If you do not want them in your Start\Programs folder, then use File Explorer and go Windows\Start Menu\Programs and delete any shortcuts that you do not want. This will remove the icons from the programs menu.

I think this is one of the things that is still a matter of confusion. Check out this thread.
http://www.ppcgeeks.com/-about-rom-s...tal-t2408.html

Sure a naked rom would be nice, but then you are actually only going to actually use up program and storage memory my adding files, even to the storage card.

The intent of this rom was to create something that a base user could load and have useful freeware apps and known issue fixes in it.

speaking of quick fixes
 

Colonel,

Have you seen anything about the change in Daylight savings time and wether we should be putting this patch into your custom rom so that when march rolls around our phones will be on top of it, or will they notice when the network time changes?

was reading a bit about this at the following link
http://www.edgeblog.net/2007/dayligh...ws-mobile-fix/

In regards to the naked vs custom roms, we just don't need apps that do the same thing causing problems because they are both installed trying to run and interferring with each other, I don't have much experience with electronics and programming speciffically but if two magic button type programs (I dont' know if that is a good example but seems to be the program that is possibly most duplicated) are both trying to run for example, perhaps that would drain the battery like crazy and be why only some people have seen that problem
Just a thought

Thanks for all of your hard work!

Well, on the plus side, .Net2 being in the Rom saves us alot space rather than being installed later, so mayby it won't run so bad in the rom...
Anybody know?

I agree with Colonel, but I also think that anything we could cram into the rom is to our BENEFIT because we wont lose precious space loading it later.
Thats why I focus on system programs in the begining, then all personal goodies later...

EDIT:
Have any rom files been UPXed like in the 2.2beta2 rom?
This also increases speed of files, so mayby we should see if the .NET2 program can be UPXed...

Didn't even think of Helmi_c's as being "naked" but you are correct there. That would be in fact a "stock" ROM for us.

Great point about daylight savings time.

mrailing over at pdaphonehome.com addresses the issue (with a link to a patch) in this thread:

http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/ppc-6...light=daylight

Certainly might want to look at incorporating this patch.

Todd/Indy

Awesome, Awesome, Awesome idea! As long as any naked rom includes .Net CF 2 as well as all the fixes and reg tweaks. The apps be the only thing not included so we can customize at will. ;)

Thanx Colonel! This is great.

Included the time zone fix. I hadn't even seen this. Good find.

Did you port yours over to the ROM kitchen and building it there or still using the older method?

Once I get my Custom rom done, I will create a "Naked" rom with just .Net 2.0 and the basic fixes for the 3.3 rom. I think Yuma6700 has one that is pretty close. You guys might want to try it out.

Isn't your custom rom the same as what you posted last night or are you still changing it? I flashed last night.

Also what is this time zone fix for and why do we need it? I thought we just change the time ourselves. I have never been able to get time syncing to work. What are your thoughts?

Technically speaking, a "naked" rom shouldn't include any reg tweaks either.

The whole point in using the kitchen is that it makes customizing it yourself much easier.

1) You create modules for programs. If you decide you don't like it, just delete the folder! You won't need to modify your user.hv, boot.hv, boot.rgu or whatever. All the reg entries are in the folder.

2) No messing with boot.hv, boot.rgu, or user.hv. The CreateOS.exe program does it all automatically.

3) Creating space is much faster. Everything is in module folders. Just remove what you don't want. Change your mind? Drop the folder back in!

Regardless- the kitchen just seems toooooo complicated. A "naked" rom in our liking will have all the fixes and tweaks as well as .NET CF 2. :)

Tweaks are not naked.

What are you going to do with this naked rom, exactly?

I said they were! They are for our purposes.

I agree Bushrod. I wish there was a way for me to dump my rom into it instead of starting over. On any future roms I will probably use the kitchen when available.

The timezone issue is due to the fact that Daylight Savings is pushed back 4 weeks this year (or something like that). So, the software is programed for this change.

The fix is just registry entries. I will post them over in the kitchen thread I guess.

LOL, that is my question too. I think a lot of people get confused about the memory issue and assume that removing programs from the rom will give them more program and storage memory.

I wasn't going to add any tweaks per say, just fix the few issues such as the smartdialer, pic\vid app, and timezone issues.

where is the timezone app? also since I live in an area that doesn't honor daylightsavings is it really necessary?