Preparing for the upgrade to 6.5, best way to prepare?

[353Entertainment]

Ok, to answer your question...if you are wanting to upgrade and still want your "165" cabs/applications to work...your best bet, since it is apparent that stability is very important to you, is to re-install all 165 apps...not try to restore any kind of back up...you 'might' have issues if you try to restore over a ROM upgrade...I'm not saying it's not possible, I just wouldn't recommend it, especially since you are concerned regarding stability...

Any ROM upgrade, custom or stock will automatically hard reset...and 'erase everything'...

[Mayonesa]

Originally Posted by rorytmeadows

I did search and didn't find anything similar. Just 80000 threads on problems that people didn't anticipate when they flashed their ROM.

I'm talking about stock upgrades and if anyone had some advice on what they have done to lighten the installing load after the upgrade.

The actual Windows 6.5 upgrade for T-Mobile is rumored to be out January 6th and I'm thinking of taking advantage.

Also, please use ENGLISH when responding.

i was about to offer my help but this F@cked up.

[rorytmeadows]

Originally Posted by Wesley762

Maybe when upgrading when it comes around you can clean house a little and see if you really need to install 168 cabs? just my first thoughts reading this. clean fresh install is best as always. I would be curious in how long it takes you to install 168 cabs?

Yeah, there's a lot to keep track of. Believe it or not, this is after cleaning house...

160 cabs installed (I realize some of these are standard and some are unnecessary)

reru Spin the Arrow
valuephone Shopping Lists Manager
AVS GPSWeatherRadar
Anywhere Software GPS4PPC
Microsoft Shoot Em Up Installer
Lygue Bananas
DolphLarson.com PocketConverter Setup
Adisasta wmTorrent v3
Microfi Nitrogen
marukun.com Planet Protector
ZaamIT's WM Live
Skyfire
redd214 Disable Slide Wakeup
FWSoft myPlayer
Mort's MortPlayer
MS Pearce ProcessManager
AOL AIM
Herm's Software Dog Whistle
htcAddicts - cleanRAM
Resco Photo Manager
Mort's MortButtons
BsB Tweaks 1.1
JZ SmartMort
Google Maps
Microsoft Bing
6Fg8 PowerRadio
Julien MANICI WIFI Remote Access
KWSoftware GoogleTranslator
MindPol Buggy Exterminator
x360me.com Mobile Gamertag
JVSoftware Configurations
OSS Pocket Scrobbler
Scanbuy ScanLife
Traps_Trapster_LE+oxcMFT0CLEqI2iu... (not sure)
Manbo_MeonLite
MindPol 10 Games for Betting
RiAY RiAY Audio Recorder
Qik
WMWifi Router
SKTools
Par 72 Golf II
xnifex Rhodium MMS
WinamPAQ
KeepRecordin
Sirius WM6
S2P
S2V
YouTube Repair
Igrecway RushHour
Experiment 13
Microsoft Tellme
Microsoft Voice Command PPC
DaysToBirthday
Mocha VNC
CryptoWallet
PocketUno
MyTravelr
SuperCounter
theCHanner
Total Commander
Fennec
zoomadds
Shp Notepad
tinyCAM (doesn't work)
Yomomedia
Farkle!
Micha Suitor
AP Mobile
Microsoft Myspace
Groovefish
Tinket Software Scrub
ptwahyu Telesketch
RARLAB Pocket RAR
SpoofCard
Kaisoft Screen Rotator
HyperGPS
Handmark Pocket Express
NetCaller ID
Resco Photo Viewer (thought I uninstalled this)
Palringo
Phone Fusion FVMPlus
hdSpeedo
iCalendarFactory
MoMo's Pocket SportsCenter
Microsoft Live Mesh
Inta Computers ACR
LightsOff!
MyLostBlog MyNote
Waze
Microsoft Tag Reader
4Columns_extended64
4columnsStart&AllPrograms
tsowen Taskbar
Q-Mobile TP2 Battery Update
Manila NoPushInternet
SSK TP2 Dynamic Resource Proxy
TCPMPflvplugin0.4.3
TCPMP
Smart Mahjongg
Opera Mini Beta 5
Handmark Tv Guide
Novan Digital Labs CallFirewall
ShakeandSave
PowerSMS
fewbits.com Startup Manager
EA Mobile Monopoly Here and Now
XDA WM 6.1 P.I.E. for WM6
Andreas Falke Weather Database Editor
At0mAng Leo Slider
At0mAng Enhanced D3D Driver
CodyPPC Personalizer
DaveShaw XDAShutdown
SafeInboxExtender
Gamezoneproject Mine-Fields
ChrisAnt's HandyShopper
Manila TV Player Basic WVGA (doesn't work)
TMS Uninstaller
Herm's Software BubbleWrap
Opera Software Opera Mobile
Opera Software Widgets for Opera Mobile
SkyBook (doesn't work anymore)
Mobi ****tail
Spb TV
Spb Insight (sucks)
Spb Brain Evolution
LeeSoft Flashlight
Astraware Boardgames
Astraware Sudoku
Real Dice MC Poker
Midomi
HTC FM Radio
JMB Flix
Sergei Weather4Me
Touchbreak Jakob Dam
NCMD iTip
Ilium Software Screen Capture
KamilM Sudoku Mobile
TouchWatch2
yarboo
TileFall
Herm's Software Magic 8 Ball
GETYTV
Spb Wallet
Adobe Flashlite
HouMing File Explore Extension
Golfscorecard.ws SmartGolfScorecard
FRUITY Jakob Dam
Tweaks 2K2
Coreplayer
BizzDev Net Use
SUN Microsystems JavaFX
Macromedia Flash Player ActiveX
PocketVNCServer
XDA Tom_Codon CM Wifi Internet SHaring
LLC FreeCaddie
Microsoft NET 3.5
Microsoft Facebook
RealVNC vncviewer
Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1
Shape Services IM+

(by the way, I had to type this out anyway, might as well do it now)

[puff601]

Wirelessly posted (Opera/9.80 (J2ME/MIDP; Opera Mini/4.2.13567/1226; U; en) Presto/2.2.0)

buggy exterminator? theres a .cab for that! LMAO!!!

[rorytmeadows]

So I guess the question now becomes should I uninstall all of the cabs/apps prior to upgrading?

[DarkManX4lf]

Originally Posted by rorytmeadows

So I guess the question now becomes should I uninstall all of the cabs/apps prior to upgrading?

No you don't have to install the appsprior to upgrading. The upgrade will start you at a clean slate.

[rorytmeadows]

Originally Posted by DarkManX4lf

No you don't have to install the appsprior to upgrading. The upgrade will start you at a clean slate.

Not sure if you read the question correctly.

I would think that the apps need to be uninstalled because of the files all over the storage card.

[jshaas2]

yeah, i'd take all the cabs copy them somewhere else, really REALLY decide if you need this many, and format the card. then i'd forget a stock 6.5, and update to one of the more popular 6.5 roms that are already out.

[rorytmeadows]

Originally Posted by jshaas2

yeah, i'd take all the cabs copy them somewhere else, really REALLY decide if you need this many, and format the card. then i'd forget a stock 6.5, and update to one of the more popular 6.5 roms that are already out.

I'd totally agree with you, but I see 95% of these threads on everything not working with ROMs. It annoys me that there are a lot of troubleshooting posts here and not more posts about what to do with a device that already works perfectly. I like having a lot of cabs and apps on there, just in case I need to show things off or the desire hits me to use something different.

Plus, I'm not too well read on what is so great about the custom ROMs. Speed? I'd sacriface a few notches on the speed to avoid troubleshooting constantly.

[grumpster]

My advice, wait for at least a few weeks after it comes out. Read what others are finding out about the new OS. There are almost always some issues, something that doesn't work any more, something that's been removed, some fix you did before that needs to be done differently.

I'm a proud graduate of the school of other peoples hard knocks. I wait for them to go through all the growing pains and learn from them. Makes my life much easier.

BTW, Many thanks to all those people that learned the hard way for me. =D>