my thoughts on the new rom
 

NEW official Sprint ROM posted on XDA-dev by DCD --- posted by canospam

I installed this new rom last night. it was my first rom i have installed on my touch. very simple to do. process took about twenty to thirty minutes to complete.

Pros:
*Love the WinMo 6.1 and the threaded text messages and the new office "onenote"
*Rev-A is great, seems to work much faster than EVDO in my area
*GPS seems to lock in on my device within seconds. i used it this morning en route to the office and it tracked me flawlessly

Cons:
***TCPMP does not work (the original version), you must find the one that is compatible with 6.1 (you can find it here) http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=30178

***hhc customizer does not allow for the fifth tab (which i normally use for the audio manager) so i lose the ability to play my music from my home screen.


These are the minor issues that i am aware of, and have actually ran into.

Here are questions that i do have for any of you that may be able to answer:

***How much is being charged if any to use gps (with live search, or google maps)?
***I have the $15.00/month unlimited vision plan
***Can we still tether without the extra charges?

so all in all i think that the upgrade is definately worth it. hope this helps some, and hope some can fill me in with my questions. Thanks for all the great work guys

Re: NEW official Sprint ROM posted on XDA-dev by DCD
 

Try this version:

Re: my thoughts on the new rom
 

no charge for gps.
I'm not sure if regedits are needed or not, but tethering should be casual.
ppl that tether for their home ISP are ruining it for the rest of us.

Re: my thoughts on the new rom
 

I find OneNote to be buggy and un-intuitive.
- Can't hold-click to delete them, have to use menu.
- Deleting a note doesn't appear to do anything.. the note is still there until you minimize or close it and reopen it.
- Plus it doesn't even let you use handwriting for notes. the built in NOTE is much more useful IMO.

Its just another application that Microsoft thought they could do better than the competition, but failed... just like with Windows Mobile to start with.

Rev-A is still EVDO... its just a new Revision of EVDO from 0 to A

Re: NEW official Sprint ROM posted on XDA-dev by DCD
 

I am in Tampa FL and i am getting a max of 586-745 on down load speed and 220 fow up load. does sound like Rev a speed?

Thanks
Sinbad

Re: NEW official Sprint ROM posted on XDA-dev by DCD
 

Yeah it has to be rev. A due to the good upload speed. I'm in Delray Beach, FL and I don't get great download speeds either :-/ usually around 800kb/s

Re: my thoughts on the new rom
 

$0 for Live and Google
No, you can't officially/legally tether with that plan

Re: my thoughts on the new rom
 

He didn't ask for legally.. he wants to know if he "can" do it and not get charged

Re: NEW official Sprint ROM posted on XDA-dev by DCD
 

You don't need to do anything (like unlockers). Just run the file!

Re: NEW official Sprint ROM posted on XDA-dev by DCD
 

I flashed to the new ROM from the "Almost Sprint Rom 6.1" and everything works great except for download speeds. With the previous radio I was downloading at over 1000 kbits/sec. Now I get from 214 to 840 kbits/sec.

How do I fix this? Do I reload the ROM? Will a master reset help? What helped you?

Thanks,

GP