Warning about Sprint 6.5 and .cabs

scott1998ta · #1 (**permalink**) 03-30-2010, 02:49 PM

Just wanted to throw out this heads up to anyone running the Official Sprint 6.5 ROM. Be cautious about the .cabs you download as some of them don't work well with this ROM. Just had my phone get screwed up after installing a few cabs on it. i couldn't uninstall the cab because when I went to my settings tab the screen just stayed blank. I believe it was a cab that worked with the bar up top. either the battery % cab or the one that shows the icons of the programs that are currently running. Regardless of the cause, I had to do the "turn off the phone and then press talk-end-power then press vol up" crap to hard reset my phone. If any gurus out there read this, is there anyway to have a sticky thread that is only for cabs for the 6.5 ROM?

ppcgpirate · #2 (**permalink**) 03-30-2010, 02:59 PM

zenonia doesn't work in 6.5.

badb4c · #3 (**permalink**) 03-30-2010, 03:02 PM

It is posted all over that stuff made prev to 2.5 does make nice and to not install it. Especially task bars. You just may have missed it.

**Dr.8820** · #4 (**permalink**) 03-30-2010, 03:02 PM

there is truth to that op, i've been thru 7 hard resets so far. but what cabs are you downloading?

scott1998ta · #5 (**permalink**) 03-30-2010, 03:09 PM

So for us out there that want to make the stock ROM more user friendly, what do we need to look for before installing a cab file?

Q_Q · #6 (**permalink**) 03-30-2010, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by scott1998ta

So for us out there that want to make the stock ROM more user friendly, what do we need to look for before installing a cab file?

Common sense.
ie don't be cab download happy.
Read & Re-read all the info.
A good cab should be supported by lots of discussion not be from just a post attachment.

That's why the 6.5 tweaks thread posted is kinda dangerous when it's just a cab attached based on one person's decision not on a thread.

scott1998ta · #7 (**permalink**) 03-30-2010, 03:29 PM

Ok, so I found out what did it. It was the cab

4ColumnsStart&AllPrograms_v1.1

That is making my settings tab blank. So now how do I remove a program if I can't see any of the icons on the settings tab? Man I suck at this.

badb4c · #8 (**permalink**) 03-30-2010, 03:31 PM

Can you get in your start menu? You have a settings shotrcut in there as well that may get you in.

KilaWombat · #9 (**permalink**) 03-31-2010, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by scott1998ta

Ok, so I found out what did it. It was the cab

4ColumnsStart&AllPrograms_v1.1

That is making my settings tab blank. So now how do I remove a program if I can't see any of the icons on the settings tab? Man I suck at this.

I ran into the same problem with this program. Luckily, I didn't have too many programs loaded on the phone yet and did a hard reset.

scott1998ta · #10 (**permalink**) 03-30-2010, 04:02 PM

either way I go to to the settings tab the screen is blank (besides the bottom and top bars). AND once I try getting into the settings tab my home page goes blank as well (same thing as settings, bars at the top and bottom...see example photos). I can still receive texts and calls though.