windows phone apps | WP7 Accessories | WP7 games » cooked rom http://www.1800pocketpc.com windows phone apps | WP7 Accessories | WP7 games Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:26:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Is ROM flashing going to be a thing of the past with WP7 ? http://www.1800pocketpc.com/is-rom-flashing-going-to-be-a-thing-of-the-past-with-wp7/13503/ http://www.1800pocketpc.com/is-rom-flashing-going-to-be-a-thing-of-the-past-with-wp7/13503/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:23:35 +0000 . Saijo http://www.1800pocketpc.com/?p=13503

kitchen closed

kitchen closed


When I was a Windows Mobile user one of the best thing was I could pick up a custom ROM from xda-developers that was not filled with bloatware that the carriers usually add to the Stock ROM. OEMS’s like HTC and even Microsoft turned a blind eye to ROM cookers and the xda-dev became the one stop shop for all your custom-ROM needs. There were a lot of Chefs and apprentice chefs ( if you will ) and ROM cooking was what the in crowd did on xda-developers. Lets face it if people were forced to use the stock-ROM , they would have dumped windows mobile ages ago... HTC who was new to the smartphone industry, has created some amazing device over the years but if it wasn’t for xda-developers , I don’t think they would have had the success they enjoy now.

Fast forward to today .. now WP7 is around the horizon and Windows Mobile is no more .. WP7 is a new OS and there are limitations, there is no access to file system and side loading of apps. The once open Windows Mobile is no longer a part of the WP7 OS. Will this also spread over to the ROM cooking scene ? I think it already has. According to @conflipper, who is a high profile Source for HTC ROMs ( He is the owner of http://shipped-roms.com )

cease and desist email just arrived from HTC legal team. They want http://shipped-roms.com to shut down.

Its all but confirmed that no existing Windows Mobile including the HTC HD2 will get a WP7 upgrade, but Windows Mobile users were confident that the Hackers and Chefs at xda-developers will find a way and at the very least an unofficial WP7 ROM will one day be posted at xda-developers. But with the recent crack down of ROM sources , how long before xda-devs are forced to shut down the Kitchen ?

I dont think the ROM-cooking community will die just yet, if they are evicted from xda-devs , they will most likely go underground .. What do you guys think ? Will we ever see a WP7-ROM on xda-dev for devices like the HD2 ?

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xda-roms

xda-roms

BowPay from xda-developers has put together a new website XDARoms which acts as the new one stop resource for ROM flashing. They have around 23 devices listed. You can sort the ROMS based on the device, chef, language and OS ( they have Android and Windows Mobile ) . You can also compare multiple ROMS and check the Features and Ratings given to these ROMs by users.

Check it out : XDA-Roms

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Windows Mobile ROM cooking


There are so many source for downloading ROMs for Windows Mobile. These ROMs are released long before the official ROM upgrades are released and most of the windows mobile power users flash their device with new ROMs as soon as they are released. So where do you get these ROMs from ? Well today we look at some of the common source for Windows Mobile ROMs

1) xda-developers
2) HTCPedia
3) PPCGeeks

Which one is your favorite out of these ? Id you get your ROMs from a different source let us know via the comments

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Windows Mobile ROM cooking

Windows Mobile ROM cooking


I came across this neat tutorial on how to cook your This is a grey subject. It deals with the art of cooking your own ROM [ ? ] ( click on the question mark to see the meaning of the word )for your device, thus getting rid of all the junk the mobile operators put in to the ROM. If you have any doubt when some PPC jargons are used you can go through our Glossary ( not the very best but its got a few of the commonly used terms in there ).

To be a Chef [ ? ] you will need
1) a Kitchen [ ? ]
2 ) a ROM [ ? ]
3) a CID Unlocked Device [ ? ]

The tutorial linked below will give you download link to the tools required. Now head over to bytetips.com for the detailed tutorial.

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