Unified ROM 1.0.0.43 RC4 PUBLIC BETA (Updated 4/4/2007)

[Sogarth]

This ROM/ROM kitchen is a work in progress. As such, the Unified ROM team has elected not to release the kitchen until we are sufficiently satisfied with the quality of the product. So, please do not ask for the kitchen. If you do not already have access to it, you will not get it.

This is the first public release of the Windows Mobile 5 AKU 3.5 ROM which the Unified ROM team has been working on for the past several weeks. When we (the Unified ROM team and you, the users) are happy with the state of the release, we will release the kitchen to the public. And then we, the Unified ROM folks, will go on a nice, long break from all this.

The list of bugs currently open is available via the Unified ROM Bugzilla page. If there is a bug that you would like fixed, please create an account and file it, as we are using that as our primary source of remaining issues. (Please be nice to the server - it's not particularly powerful, so it might be slow from time to time.)

The bugs addressed by the various releases:

Release Candidate 4:

Foundation:
Bug 12: The new Daylight Savings Time doesn't work

Infrastructure:
Bug 1: ROM Kitchen Cleanup
Bug 15: HTC-bundled applications should be updated
Bug 19: Users should be able to use the HTC Apache ROM utility to flash

User Interface:
Bug 20: ROM should look and feel like WM5

Release Candidate 3:

Applications (HTC):
Bug 15: HTC-bundled applications should be updated
Bug 18: WModem should provide .inf files

Foundation:
Bug 9: HTC Apache drivers should be updated
Bug 10: Bluetooth PAN does not work

User Interface:
Bug 16: Splash screen and Welcome Wizard Backrounds

Release Candidate 2:

Foundation:
Bug 3: Missing shortcuts in the Start Menu
Bug 4: Pocket MSN help file in \Windows\Helps?
Bug 7: The ROM kitchen should contain the .NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP3

Infrastructure:
Bug 1: ROM Kitchen Cleanup
Bug 14: default.hv and user.hv in the ROM kitchen has bogus values?

User Interface:
Bug 2: Inconsistent theme in AKU 3.5
Bug 6: Sounds not visible in notifications
Bug 8: ROM shouldn't be tied so closely to PPCGeeks

Release Candidate 1:

Foundation:
Fix Speed Dial issues
Missing Help files?

Infrastructure:
Can't find msvcrt71.dll

User Interface:
WM6 Smart Dial doesn't fit in

The ROM is available on the public FTP site here:

ftp://up.ppcgeeks.com/Apache/Project...0.43%20RC4.rar