Clean and simple AKU 3.5 for the Sprint Apache - Page 4

Jeff Kirvin · #31 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by redz1234

that would be great if you could rls the rom without no sprint customization as i would like to run the rom update on my telus phone..

thankx,
ReDz

Working on a noSprint leaves-EXTROM-alone version right now, as a matter of fact.

Jeff Kirvin · #32 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by CMeys

I'm wondering why one shouldn't install today screen plugins to the Extended Rom -- I would think it runs faster and they would be better there. Can anyone clarify this? In my case, I would like to put Spb Pocketplus, Calendar + and Inesoft Address Book (which has a today screen plug in that I use) there.

Because Today plugins have to be available immediately on boot up, and storage cards, even the EXT_ROM, load just a little bit after boot up. Same deal for device drivers.

As for things that create alarms, I don't know if this is still a problem, but with older versions of WM, the card wouldn't "wake up" until about a second after the device, so if an alarm goes off, tries to access the program that called it and the program doesn't "exist" for another second, bad things.

Third · #33 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by CMeys

My understanding is the the wireless modem no longer works for USB tethering (I don't think for BT) either in 3.5. You use the Internet Sharing program instead. Please try that and report back. What I don't understand is why the wireless modem has been left in all the 3.5 ROMs if it no longer works in that revision.

I agree!

I will look into it when I go on break.

CMeys · #34 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 04:07 PM

I see your point, though other ROMs have the 02 today screen stuff in them and they load fine (much faster than my Calendar+ which is in regular memory). I also saw a new 3.5 ROM with Spb Diary (which runs on the today screen) in it.

Jeff Kirvin · #35 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by CMeys

I see your point, though other ROMs have the 02 today screen stuff in them and they load fine (much faster than my Calendar+ which is in regular memory). I also saw a new 3.5 ROM with Spb Diary (which runs on the today screen) in it.

That's different, that's actual ROM instead of the "Extended ROM" partition. What Sprint calles Extended ROM is really more like Safe Store on the old iPAQs. It's a internal, non-removable storage card.

As for why I didn't stick a bunch of Today plugins in the actual ROM, heck, I'm catching heat from people who think I shouldn't have put Live Search in a "clean and simple" ROM. Can't please everyone.

Jeff Kirvin · #36 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by CMeys

I see your point, though other ROMs have the 02 today screen stuff in them and they load fine (much faster than my Calendar+ which is in regular memory). I also saw a new 3.5 ROM with Spb Diary (which runs on the today screen) in it.

BTW, the ROM I run on my own device has Spb Diary, Spb Weather and Pocket Player built into ROM. But I've paid for all that, so it's fine for me. I didn't want to release a ROM with stuff that will bug you for reg codes eventually.

CMeys · #37 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 04:14 PM

Thanks, I understand now. I'll probably have to consider trying to make my own ROM to really get the stuff I want into it and get rid of what I don't. I think I'll wait first for a 3.5 ROM that I find solid and then will consider working on it when I've got some free time (which I don't have now).

Jeff Kirvin · #38 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by CMeys

Thanks, I understand now. I'll probably have to consider trying to make my own ROM to really get the stuff I want into it and get rid of what I don't. I think I'll wait first for a 3.5 ROM that I find solid and then will consider working on it when I've got some free time (which I don't have now).

The Unified ROM Project makes this really, really easy. The hard part is building the OEM modules (collections of what a Cab file does) for the stuff you want. I still haven't been able to do it, so I'm just relying on the OEMs others make.

CMeys · #39 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 04:25 PM

Thanks. I'll have to look into it all when I find some time.

imkk · #40 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 05:18 PM

Is this the sfaure03 kitchen, just packaged up? Looks like the same base. The nice thing about his kitchen is it allows add/remove of OEM's which are becoming quite abundant. MSVC1.6 is the only one that I cannot get to work.

Anyways, nice work with the step by step instructions. With all these prepackaged versions out there now, most users should be able to find soemthing that suits them quite well.