WM6 ROM app questions
 

First off, thank you so much for the wm6 upgrade, absolutely awesome! I have a question about removing some of the applications built into the ROM. I would like to get rid of some of the apps that come bundled, such as the yahoo app, and that deepfish application as well. Is there any way to remove these? I assume they are in the system flash or whatever it's called. I would also like to push a few apps to that location as well, I have an Iphone dialer I would love to have stick around if I have to hard reset the device. Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Just noticed the extended ROM thread there, are these apps apart of that? if so, which cab? Sorry for all the noobness...

Not really. Whatever is built into the ROM stays there. You can delete shortcuts til your heart's content though :)

Once the kitchen is released (don't ask, no one knows when), you'll be able to customize your own ROM to contain as little or as much as you want.

The only programs that will stick around after a hard reset will be the apps built into the ROM. Until a kitchen is released, you'll have to be content with reloading your iphone dialer after a hard reset.

All of the necessary programs from your carrier's extended ROM are built into this WM6 ROM. In other words, after flashing the WM6 ROM, make sure you soft reset before the "Customizing in 3..2..1" prompt disappears. Resetting during the prompt will prevent your extended ROM from installing any carrier specific apps (which are unnecessary, as they are already built into the ROM.)

Thanks much for the responses. Let me make sure I have everything right :)

a Kitchen release is a barebones install of the phone's OS

with a Kitchen release, I can add software to it

the current wm6 release is hard coded, and I can't change it.

Second part

The extended rom then, do I need what is there currently? or can I take a backup and remove the current data and build my own installable apps for that? Is that what the build your own extended rom thread is about? I am reading those here and there at work :)

thanks again for the help, and holding my hand through this.

No problem :)

A kitchen is an application that allows you to build your own ROM from a list of applications. You can make a bare bones ROM, or one built up with as many oems as you can fit (applications that have been extracted from .cab files and modified for inclusion in the kitchen.)

Yes, the WM6 ROM is already compiled, and can't be altered without decompiling the nk.nbf, working some magic, and compiling it back up again.

All of the necessary programs from the carriers' extended ROMs are built into the WM6 ROM, so you don't need to let the extended ROM "Customizing in ..." run. You can, however, remove everything from your extended ROM by unlocking it and using Total Commander to remove the junk. You can also add programs to it and have them run on hard reset. I would suggest you check out the "Customizing your extended ROM" thread, or look around Colonel's thread. I know he's done a lot with extended ROM stuff.