TOP 6700 programs - Page 3

**gguruusa** · #21 (**permalink**) 09-18-2007, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by weedahoe

Im not sure I would tell a noob to go to WM6 as it is stil in testing phase and bugs are still being reported and found. The overall co-existance with 3rd party apps just isnt fully there yet. I do agree with getting a clean ROM so have freed room however.

So I say that to say this, my vote is on Kirvins Clean & Simple 3.5 1.02 which can be found here.

JAD and JAR require something like Midlet Manager

No offense weedahoe, but this comes up a lot...

Exactly what room do you all think is being freed up w/ a clean & simple ROM? sure, the crap-ware from the carrier is gone, but you hardly need to flash a new rom to do that. Clean and Simple has nothing to do with making room - it's the most wasteful of space of all the custom ROMs. I mean, seriously, if you want a clean and simple ROM your goal is stability at the expense of extra software. Extra memory shouldn't be a concern for you.

And no, you don't get to use the extra space that all that left-out software occupied - it's just wasted.

But I will say this...if you're a clean and simple kind of person, then WM6 is not for you. Maybe in a couple of years.

**weedahoe** · #22 (**permalink**) 09-18-2007, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by gguruusa

No offense weedahoe, but this comes up a lot...

Exactly what room do you all think is being freed up w/ a clean & simple ROM? sure, the crap-ware from the carrier is gone, but you hardly need to flash a new rom to do that. Clean and Simple has nothing to do with making room - it's the most wasteful of space of all the custom ROMs. I mean, seriously, if you want a clean and simple ROM your goal is stability at the expense of extra software. Extra memory shouldn't be a concern for you.

And no, you don't get to use the extra space that all that left-out software occupied - it's just wasted.

But I will say this...if you're a clean and simple kind of person, then WM6 is not for you. Maybe in a couple of years.

Gguruusa, no offense taken, we are all here to educate and be educated. I do not proclaim to know everything nor even alot. I only speak on what I have tried and works for me.

With that said, I have tried several custom ROMs and I have went back to the one I mentioned earlier because of the stability and the preformance of it. Most of the hacks I do to the phone (to increase performance and stabilty) are already done in the ROM. But sure, there are still a few that I have to do manually.

I have flashed many phones and I have never had any issues out of this ROM. I do however have a second phone which I test things on and it is currently up to WM6. Do I like it? No, I do not. Even though I am appreciative of the work put into it and its release, I know it still has too many bugs for me at this time.

You asked a Q of what room do I think is really being cleaned up? I am referring to Memory Storage space and Memory Program space. Either way though, it does supply the advantage of not having all the crapware and paves me the way to install what I want.

Sure, if I use WM6 (with a lot of the apps already built-in) I can delete the link in \Windows\Start\Programs and pretend it isnt there. I can also remove the .lnk or .exe from starting up but that doesnt actually remove the application from the ROM itself.

So this is why I continue to use the ROM that I do. These are only my personal decisions and reflections.

**gguruusa** · #23 (**permalink**) 09-18-2007, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by weedahoe

Gguruusa, no offense taken, we are all here to educate and be educated. I do not proclaim to know everything nor even alot. I only speak on what I have tried and works for me.

With that said, I have tried several custom ROMs and I have went back to the one I mentioned earlier because of the stability and the preformance of it. Most of the hacks I do to the phone (to increase performance and stabilty) are already done in the ROM. But sure, there are still a few that I have to do manually.

I have flashed many phones and I have never had any issues out of this ROM. I do however have a second phone which I test things on and it is currently up to WM6. Do I like it? No, I do not. Even though I am appreciative of the work put into it and its release, I know it still has too many bugs for me at this time.

You asked a Q of what room do I think is really being cleaned up? I am referring to Memory Storage space and Memory Program space. Either way though, it does supply the advantage of not having all the crapware and paves me the way to install what I want.

Sure, if I use WM6 (with a lot of the apps already built-in) I can delete the link in \Windows\Start\Programs and pretend it isnt there. I can also remove the .lnk or .exe from starting up but that doesnt actually remove the application from the ROM itself.

So this is why I continue to use the ROM that I do. These are only my personal decisions and reflections.

While the clean and simple does start with a trace (it really is slight) more memory being available, that advantage is most likely immediately lost by the end-user installing the very thing which was removed from the ROM to gain that space. Furthermore, it doesn't make any difference if an applicaton is in the ROM if you aren't running it - unless you want to bake something else into the ROM in its place (which is anti-C&S philosophy and certainly something you can't do if you're using a ready-made ROM). Truthfully, I think a lot of people believe that the mere presence of an applicaton in ROM is somehow deliterious, and that's just wrong.

All the kitchen ROMs have the crap-ware removed, so that's not a competitive advantage for any kitchen based ROM over another.

What I think is good about the C&S Roms is they load very little if any of the fancy user-interface stuff (which is typically where all the instability comes from). Beyond that, the rest of the C&S concept is silly.

psiphi · #24 (**permalink**) 09-19-2007, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by christianpeso

I found the WiFi companion...never mind!

Thanks for sharing the link...

thisguyinoc · #25 (**permalink**) 09-19-2007, 07:08 PM

Raging Idiot · #26 (**permalink**) 09-19-2007, 09:48 PM

As for ROM selection... I've tried them all, and I mean ALL of them...and they are all decent - (although not a fan of C&S) but my favorite ROM thus far is located here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=8029

Had 5 6700's over a span of time (since it first came out) ...and the biggest failure of the phones (for me) has always been at the time of power loss.

FaerieFire · #27 (**permalink**) 09-20-2007, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by DiamynzNPearlz

What is a good RSS program?

I'm fond of NewsBreak.

Catman51 · #28 (**permalink**) 09-20-2007, 11:54 AM

Check Egress.

saqer · #29 (**permalink**) 09-20-2007, 02:58 PM

in addition to newsbreak and egress, which are both really great btw you can try

hubdog
pocketrss
SPB Insight

Personally I've found Egress or Newsbreak to be the best and take leave a small footprint

Catman51 · #30 (**permalink**) 09-20-2007, 04:45 PM

Pocketrss was good way back when the developer was around. I wrote to him with a problem a year ago, still waiting for an answer.
There was an update to it coming that never appeared and the last post by him on the site was November '06.