Anyone running SPB Shell in their HD2? What's your ROM Choice - HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

As the title says, if you are using SPB shell on your HD2 what ROM are you using?
Please list any themes you are using too!

ricko2169 said:
As the title says, if you are using SPB shell on your HD2 what ROM are you using?
Please list any themes you are using too!
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Running SPB Mobile Shell V3.5 and have been for months. Running ROM:
R 2.08.50.08.2
G 15.34.50.070
D 2.10.82076.8G
I switch back and forth to SPB Mobile Shell and Sense as I want to. However, SPB MS is my favorite 95% of the time.
I used to update/flash roms on my MDA, Wing and Omnia I900, but decided to leave my HTC HD2 as I got it. To many problems, possible problems, etc., to flash a new ROM.
There are too many postings that you have to read, step to take, etc., to flash.
If there was 1 easy way to flash, I would do it.
I know this will generate a lot of feedback.

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HTC Touch / TouchFlo

Hi, some people have had success getting the touchflo interface to work on the Wizard:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=314031&highlight=touchflo
but it doesn't seem to work on Charmer. Anyone else tried / succeeded?
If anyone has any ideas, please post here, thanks.
Its for Hermes, not wizard.
I think Wizard as well...
I think it may be for Wizard as well:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=313656&highlight=touchflo
this is a realy goods news for us, but the fact is too few people use charmer. i only can do is wait for somebody make the sutiable rom for charmer.
today i used to make a test, write the Fantastic_b4_step2 ROM to charmer, but that is not function, stop at the second screen and system was down.
I have been using the htc Touch homescreen today plugin, wireless manager and dial pad on my charmer for the past week, however had to overclock the device to compensate for the lagging.
rgs
Touch interfaces
jfran said:
I have been using the htc Touch homescreen today plugin, wireless manager and dial pad on my charmer for the past week, however had to overclock the device to compensate for the lagging.
rgs
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I've been using the above and a few of the other HTC apps on my Charmer for a good few weeks now and found that if I install the "v. 000.2 WM6 Essentials" rom and then the HTC apps I dont have to overclock the thing at all. Although the first time some of the apps are run they are slow.
I'd like to see someone add these to a new extended rom excluding all the naff T Mobile stuff that I have to bypass after flashing at the moment. I've also never flashed my PDA so often as I have recently.
I just have one problem and thats syncing with Vista Windows Mobile Device Center, its not working and giving me sync errors but doesnt tell you why typical Microsoft error trapping hey?
Adding the bits to the extended rom make n difference, however having them added to the actual rom does, anyway the charmer rom cookers have stated their stance on adding these tidbits to the rom and I appreciate that.
Regarding your active sync issues, are you using AS 4.5?
rgs
jfran said:
Adding the bits to the extended rom make n difference, however having them added to the actual rom does, anyway the charmer rom cookers have stated their stance on adding these tidbits to the rom and I appreciate that.
Regarding your active sync issues, are you using AS 4.5?
rgs
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Nope I'm using Mobile Device Center V6.1 on a Windows Vista machine.
Sorry not able to help.
BTW where about in leeds are you guys, I am in Beeston
rgds
Jim
Where are we
jfran said:
Sorry not able to help.
BTW where about in leeds are you guys, I am in Beeston
rgds
Jim
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Near Garforth

Make a custom kitchen?

First off, I need to thank everyone on this site for the wealth of information that is contained here. I took my stock XV6800 and walked through several tutorials and I've put on 4 different ROM's in 2 days, all of them with the GPS functioning like a champ and everything on the phone running swimmingly.
A special thanks to mr-free for his prompt responses and dcd for his excellent guides.
Anyway, I've already used two kitchens so far to make custom roms (Titan Kitchen 6.5 Beta 4, and Titan Reloaded 1.3.2). Both create very usable ROM's but there's aspects of each that I like better than the others. Since Kitchen 6.5 uses WM 6.5, I'd like to start with that one, but there are several OEM packages that I would like to add to it from Titan Reloaded, as well as a couple of other ones that I've found from the web.
And so I'm not flamed, I have searched and found the following information about Alex's Cooking Kits helpful, but still not completely sufficient to answering my questions:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Kaiser ROM Kitchen Tutorial
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Alex's Cooking Kits
And on to the questions:
1) Is it possible to just copy the folders from the OEM folder of the Titan Reloaded 1.3.2 kitchen into the OEM folder of the 6.5 Beta 4 Kitchen and have them show up in the "BuildOS" menu?
2) Are the instructions in Alex's Cooking Kits applicable to the Titan? Its geared towards the Kaiser, and I couldn't find anything that would lead me to believe it is compatible with the Titan. If not, is there a "Cooking Kit" suitable for the Titan?
I'm not to the point where I'm capable of creating my own OEM packages, but I'm gunning for that too eventually. No questions on that though...yet.
The only question I can help with is your first. The OEM packages from Titan Reloaded 1.3.2 should be able to be copied into pretty much any kitchen.
Note that the Manila_2d_Scott OEM from Titan Reloaded kind of depends on the SYS\dcd_UCAutorun package, as it installs the first M2D theme from CAB at boot. This may be fixed in later versions by making a seperate config.txt for m2d. That way the OEM package will be more portable.
Note that the Youtube package from Titan Reloaded also requires the YTFIX package, but those will hopefully be merged in later versions.
Other than that, you just need to watch out for conflicting packages. Usually buildos will give you errors if this happens, so you'll know.
Awesome, that's really helpful.
Actually m2d is not something I was planning on keeping anyway. I'm moving from a Samsung i760 (dreadfully unhackable) but in an attempt to make it more usable, I actually paid for SPB Mobile Shell, and SPB Phone Suite. I've gotten quite addicted to using them and I don't find m2d to be a sufficient replacement for primarily the lack of ring profiles. Ring/Vib/Silent just isn't enough for me. (And PhoneAlarm doesn't have what I need either.)
What I was looking to move though was:
Adobe Reader 2.5
YouTube (with the YTFIX, now, obviously)
HTC Album
Tweak_Volume_Higher
no2chem_nueExtROM
There aren't any dependencies there that I need to be aware of, are there?
I couldn't find Google Maps in the OEM folder from Titan Reloaded but its no big deal, I can download it I guess.
I guess I should have mentioned that to use the no2chem_nueExtROM package, you'll need to add these lines to the bottom of ROM\XIP\boot.rgu.
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\ EXT_FLASHDRV]
"DefaultFileSystem"="FATFS"
"Name"=""
"PartitionDriver"=""
"MountHidden"=dword:0
"Folder"="Extended_ROM"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\ EXT_FLASHDRV\FATFS]
"FormatTFAT"=dword:1
"EnableWriteBack"=dword:1
"EnableCache"=dword:0
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\AutoLoad\ EXT_FLASHDRV]
"DriverPath"="Drivers\\BuiltIn\\EXT_FLASHDRV"
"LoadFlags"=dword:1
"Order"=dword:12
"Bootphase"=dword:2
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\EXT_FLASHDRV]
"Profile"="EXT_FLASHDRV"
"Index"= dword:1
"Dll"="OEM_FLASHDRV.dll"
"Prefix"="DSK"
"Order"=dword:13
"IClass"=multi_sz:"{A4E7EDDA-E575-4252-9D6B-4195D48BB865}"
It's possible that this is what's causing some people problems with Titan Reloaded 1.3.2 though. If you've already used Titan Reloaded 1.3.2, you probably don't have to worry about this. It might not even be the cause though. Most people are having no problems with it.
Also, based on someone's post in the 6.5 ROM thread, you'll likely want to remove this file from the kitchen before adding in an adobe reader package:
SYS\OEMAPPS\ppc_adobereaderle.exe
Titan Reloaded installs GoogleMaps from CAB during customizations. Since Google is likely to upgrade the app often, I'd recommend that you just download it and install like you said.
Those are the only caveats I can think of for the packages that you mentioned.
DustinEarnhardt said:
First off, I need to thank everyone on this site...
A special thanks to mr-free for his prompt responses and dcd for his excellent guides.
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Anytime you are very welcome..!!! I do what I can when I am around
bitserve said:
...I'd recommend that you just download it and install like you said.
Those are the only caveats I can think of for the packages that you mentioned.
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x2 .. I find that loading programs as CABs or during customizations
is a damm cool and a better idea then loading it all in the ROM,
just having that options to remove something is a very good feeling lol
FYI: I got the ok from s10onn2o to upload a clean built 6.5 beta ROM
not kitchen .. the ROM is what I use .. got a few things fix and a few more stuff
cleaned up.. also has some basic missing apps, WM Office 6.1 + notes, Adobe,
sweet TF2D dialer, etc.. etc..
mr-free said:
FYI: I got the ok from s10onn2o to upload a clean built 6.5 beta ROM
not kitchen .. the ROM is what I use .. got a few things fix and a few more stuff
cleaned up.. also has some basic missing apps, WM Office 6.1 + notes, Adobe,
sweet TF2D dialer, etc.. etc..
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So have you uploaded yet? give us the link.
mr-free said:
FYI: I got the ok from s10onn2o to upload a clean built 6.5 beta ROM
not kitchen .. the ROM is what I use .. got a few things fix and a few more stuff
cleaned up.. also has some basic missing apps, WM Office 6.1 + notes, Adobe,
sweet TF2D dialer, etc.. etc..
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Heh, I've got a little more patience than "Give it to me now!" but yes, this does sound very nice. The omission of Office was also something that was really bugging me about 6.5.
In the meantime I ended up playing around with PPCkitchen and WOW are there a lot of packages. Too many actually. It takes me 15 minutes to go through them all. The build I'm running today is pretty good, but I still wish I was running WM6.5. I'm sure I'll come across your ROM once you've got it uploaded. XDA is rapidly becoming one of my favorite sites (and not to mention a huge time sink!!)
Anyone can add office to 6.5. Just get the oem from BuildOS and put it in the oem folder for beta 4,
Wow, its that easy huh?
I think I'll just do that then! This place rules!

New Roms?

I'm currently using the Mogul by Sprint.
Thanks to you guys, I was able to put SPB Mobile Shell 2.1.5 with Diamond Theme (by Greatbal).
However, everything seems to be slow when it comes to responsiveness.
I tinkered with the usual registry stuff but the phone is a bit sluggish.
Is there a stable "lite" version of the Windows Media that will allow my device to run a bit snappier?
Thanks for your help
jodhas said:
I'm currently using the Mogul by Sprint.
Thanks to you guys, I was able to put SPB Mobile Shell 2.1.5 with Diamond Theme (by Greatbal).
However, everything seems to be slow when it comes to responsiveness.
I tinkered with the usual registry stuff but the phone is a bit sluggish.
Is there a stable "lite" version of the Windows Media that will allow my device to run a bit snappier?
Thanks for your help
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I am asuming that you are running the sprint stock rom??
If you are then unlocking the phone, upgrade spl, radio. Then flash rom of choice. If you like the mobile shell then I recomend a dcd rom. (mobile shell will have to be reloaded after rom) These roms are designed to be more responsive. Info on this can be found in the wiki. Or this is a good tutorial.
http://www.htcwiki.com/page/Hacking+HTC+Mogul?t=anon
There are a lot of roms here to fit each user. Upgrading the rom is a must for better performance.

spb mobile shell on mogul

ok i like my current rom.. but had to try this...
it is kina cool... gotta figure out if i wanna run it..
i did search and read some peoples comments..
but... have you tried it on a mogul and what limitations have you found?
i also read that you can remove it from startup and run both touch flo and sbp mobile.....

need help:no landscape mode on spb mobile shell

hello XDA i have the latest spb mobile shell 3.5.3 on my HD2 but for some buggy reason landscape wont work on the shell.i'v seen other's hd2 spb mobile shell on landscape perfectly but not mine.any suggestions would help.thanx
I have the same issue with spb mobile shell 3.5.3 build 9885.
It wont switch to landscape mode.
well i'll just bump
read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=589570&highlight=rotating+registry
the classes you need for mobile shell are SpbNow_MainWindow and one other i cant remember right now.
Audio Oblivion said:
read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=589570&highlight=rotating+registry
the classes you need for mobile shell are SpbNow_MainWindow and one other i cant remember right now.
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thanx for ur help
I have managed to rotate main screen window using above clues, however launcher menu doesn't want to rotate. Probably I need to add different class to whitelist.
Any ideas?
Thanks

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