release date for Sprint 6.5 stock rom?????

[lefty11]

does anyone have any new updates?...the other threads regarding this are old

[chris1683]

Originally Posted by lefty11

does anyone have any new updates?...the other threads regarding this are old

Nothing new on their website...check out the plethora of CDMA roms available on this site which already offer 6.5 (which offer more features than any stock rom would give you anyway)

I am on Sprint and use Mr.X ROM 1.6.5 and it works flawlessly and it is compatible with all original included Sprint applications.

[bastian74]

What is the benefit of 6.5 vs 6.1? I use phb shell anyways.

[subzero1313]

Sprint's update will be out January/February-ish. Updates are uhhh, staggered start menu, and if you disable TF3D, you can get the titanium menu style...and uhhh, yeah thats it

[SKS06460]

What about synching with multiple computers ?
Is there a fix for that ?
I hope so.

[BlackDynamite]

The biggest advantage of 6.5 over 6.1 to me is probably the finger friendly menus.

For example, in my text messages, I hit menu on the bottom right, and all the choices are big and well spaced. If I hit inbox on the top left- and again, all of the choices are very well spaced so I can easily hit them with my finger.

Everyone mentions the start menu, but all of the menus in WM 6.5 are redone and more finger friendly than WM 6.1.

[JaxChris]

Originally Posted by SKS06460

What about synching with multiple computers ?
Is there a fix for that ?
I hope so.

Umm you can do it in 6.1 already, just requires a feature to be turned on in the registry.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ActiveSync\En ableNonLocalCrossPollination

Change that to 1 to enable. Then soft reset.

After that you want to hook up to each PC and set up your Sync from the DEVICE - NOT from the Windows Mobile Device Center or from ActiveSync on the PC. Again, when setting up the partnership you need to go through the setup on the phone when you plug it into the PC.

There is one exception to this. You cannot do Push Mail for both mailboxes if they are Exchange mailboxes. You can set up your work PC first and enable Push Mail for that mailbox. Then set up the partnership to your home PC and add your home Hotmail account separately - which does allow individual Push mail when done through the device. It sucks that Microsoft forces you to only use their services to make it work, but it does work.

Once you've done all of this you are able to sync up your Tasks/Calendar/Contacts/etc with both machines and can even use Push Mail with Exchange at work and Push Mail with Hotmail at home.

[WisdomWolfX]

Originally Posted by subzero1313

Sprint's update will be out January/February-ish. Updates are uhhh, staggered start menu, and if you disable TF3D, you can get the titanium menu style...and uhhh, yeah thats it

There are more changes than that, but many are under the hood. 6.5 provides additional addressable space for programs if I recall correctly. It also makes many things finger scrollable (like file explorer for instance), but there is not much that is visually different. 6.5.3 is where the major visual overhaul is at.

Back to the point of the thread. I would highly suggest you try a custom ROM from the upgrades section. Mighty is a great place to start. You can get 6.5 as well as fixes for BT and other things in his stable ROM. If you want to be a bit more adventurous you could try one of his project ROMS which will give you a taste of Manila 2.5, WM 6.5.3, or both.

[kirstein]

Originally Posted by bastian74

What is the benefit of 6.5 vs 6.1? I use phb shell anyways.

there's also the belief that there will be better graphics drivers included with 6.5.

[macsucks]

Originally Posted by chris1683

Nothing new on their website...check out the plethora of CDMA roms available on this site which already offer 6.5 (which offer more features than any stock rom would give you anyway)

I am on Sprint and use Mr.X ROM 1.6.5 and it works flawlessly and it is compatible with all original included Sprint applications.

If you say it is flawlessly using Mr. X Rom have you ever tried using the HTC Messaging feature if you can send file attachments using MMS and if the other party can receive your message and file attachments? Or does this rom only has the stock mms messaging feature and not htc messaging?