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But here's the whole list of all leaks:

23534
28230
23530
25005
28227
21891
23102
23101
23100
28224

Quite a big list isn't it? The 23534 and 28230 are not totally online yet so I have to wait a bit more. But I think I will go with the nice COM 5 branche again.

The themes are completely compatible(This because latest COM5 rom had some compatibility issues with the included themes).

Here's the changelog(Nothing really special):

- new sys: 23529(Branche: COM5)(Timebomb fixed): office 2010, threaded email, new add email screen, much more stable
- Homescreen customizer moved for NL language in NL roms.
- All themes are compatible with this COM5 build
- Minor fixes

Ik krijg regelmatig de vraag hoe de telefoon weer in zijn originele staat gemaakt kan worden omdat de telefoon bijvoorbeeld opgestuurd moet worden voor reperatie.

Ik heb hier dus even een nederlandse handleiding over geschreven. Dus voor iedereen die dit nodig heeft het is hier te vinden in de rom faq section van deze website: http://www.christian-web.nl/sections.php?section=Xperia_rom&file=faq&id=10

This new rom with one of the biggest changelogs since the first roms will have some big changes. First thing is that we are back with the newest WMD branche build again: 28223. It's a bit hybrid since there are no WVGA and NL lang files available from this build. So I took the newest wvga files from this branche from 28214 and the NL language files are from the older 28205. This doesn't matter since the language files haven't been changed and the WVGA files are working fine. I also added the great Office 2010 from the latest COM5 branch builds. This office 2010(and also onenote) comes from one of the other leaks: 23519. I didn't manage to get threaded email in this build but this build is much faster.

But this wasn't the big change I was talking about. I was talking about that we left showcase for what it is and included in this new rom is the very nice x2 taskmanager. It's a modified version that is compatible with the 6.5.1/3/5 builds and is working very nice. Just tap the right corner on the today screen to see the taskmanager. Or hold the right corner in an app to close the app completely. Hope you all will like this new taskmanager as much as I do.

For the rest many app changes and updates, for example g-alarm has been removed since it wasn't working like it should anymore and the build in windows alarm is working very nice these days. If you want to put your own alarm sound in this alarm app just put the .mp3 or whatever it is in the rings folder in your windows folder. It will show up in the alarm sounds list this way.

Some other changes are homescreen customizer has been added instead of chome. It's almost the same but a nice feature of homescreen customizer is that you can add the weather plugin to your titanium. This has been requested many times before so be sure to check this out. Sipchange has also been removed and replaced with nuesip. Almost the same but nuesip is a bit faster so that's nice for the startup time.

Then some apps have been removed like callfirewall, pocket putty. This because I did never use them and I would like to get some more space in the full rom. Incase you liked them just install them yourself.

The tilewave panel has been updated again. Don't know what's new but maybe you guys can tell me.

Another great app I've added is total comander. It's in many other roms as a replacement of the explorer but I added it beside the original explorer so you can be free in the choice what you will use. Total commander got some nice features like a registry editor, much information about your files and much more.

I think that's it. Below you can find the full changelog like it's in the download database. For now enjoy the new rom and tell me if you like!

- new sys: 28223(Branche: WMD)(Timebomb fix not needed): Office 2010 from 23519(COM5), WVGA files from 28214, NL Lang files from 28205
- relaxion sound in rings folder now(windows)(This is my favorite alarm sound and it doesn't work in wm alarm if not in this folder)
- removed g-alarm(Isn't completely compatible and build in alarm is good enough these days)
- quickmenu removed(was only added in the sneak peek changelog)
- x2 taskmanager(6.5.* compatible) added(hold right corner to close app)
- showcase removed
- Homescreen customizer 1.5 added instead of chome
- Nuesip added
- Sipchange removed
- Icalparse updated to 0.9.5
- Callfirewall removed(I never used this app and didn't really like it)
- Opera Mobile 10 updated to Beta 2u
- Tilewave panel updated to TileWave_091105_034_R1367
- Total Commander 2.52 beta 2 added
- Pocket putty removed
- Included themes are completely compatible again

I was coding for this website a few days ago and think I made a mistake by checking the wrong $_POST value so that's why the comment feature always returned an error when you tried to comment to an article.

It has been fixed now. If you see any other bugs or issues in the website please contact me.

But a few hours ago there were more leaks. Over at DFT about 10 new sys build were posted.

So now my question. Do you users like to have 28217 in the next rom(it's fast and working fine for now!)

Or does anyone know some more about one of the below sys leaks and will recommend to use another for the next rom:

20100201_21890_AKU5088_CHT/CHS/WWE

20100201_23096_AKU5302_CHT/CHS/WWE

20100201_28214_AKU5303_CHT/CHS/WWE

20100201_22001_AKU5301_CHT/CHS/WWE

20100201_25001_AKU5300_CHT/CHS/WWE

20100201_23626_AKU5302_CHT/CHS/WWE

20100201_24601_AKU5300_CHT/CHS/WWE

20100201_24001_AKU5500_CHT/CHS/WWE

20100201_23519_AKU5500_CHT/CHS/WWE

20100201_21626_AKU5300_CHT/CHS/WWE

Just a quick note: 28214 is WMD and is just an older version then the 28217 that i'm using at the moment. It's fast. 21890 is an old style wm 6.5 build so isn't a possibility for this rom. 23518 got threaded email and office 2010.

Here's also a new work in progress changelog. I changed some things since the latest article:

- new sys: 28217(Branche: WMD)(Timebomb fixed): Office 2010 from 23518(COM5)
- relaxion sound in rings folder now(windows)(This is my favorite alarm sound and it doesn't work in wm alarm if not in this folder)
- removed g-alarm(Isn't completely compatible and build in alarm is good enough these days)
- quickmenu removed(was only added in the sneak peek changelog)
- x2 taskmanager(6.5.* compatible) added(hold right corner to close app)
- showcase removed
- Homescreen customizer 1.5 added instead of chome
- Nuesip added
- Sipchange removed
- Icalparse updated to 0.9.5
- Callfirewall removed(I never used this app and didn't really like it)
- Opera Mobile 10 updated to Beta 2u
- Tilewave panel updated to TileWave_091105_034_R1367
- Total Commander 2.52 beta 2 added
- Pocket putty removed

Please share your opinion about the next rom sys build.

UPDATE: And we got even more builds. Seems like itje posted builds:

Build 22004.5.3.2

Build 28223

build 23102
 

I´m going to check the 28223 build out soon, hope it´s even faster!
 

Since it didn't feel right to have the same rom for such a long time I start working on a newer rom. No ETA. for this rom at the moment.

I hope to release this rom when a new sys arrives but if that will really take this long I may just release a new rom without a new sys.

I would like to give you guys a sneak peek of what you can expect in the next rom.

Here's a changelog. Remember that this changelog isn't final and could be different from the rom that is going to be released.

- sys: 23518(Branche: COM5)(Timebomb fixed): Office 2010, Threaded email
- relaxion sound in rings folder now(windows)(This is my favorite alarm sound and it doesn't work in wm alarm if not in this folder)
- removed g-alarm(Isn't completely compatible and build in alarm is good enough these days)
- quickmenu added(tap left corner on top)
- x2 taskmanager added
- showcase removed
- Homescreen customizer 1.5 added instead of chome
- Nuesip added
- Sipchange removed(replaced with nuesip since that's a bit faster)
- Icalparse updated to 0.9.5
- Callfirewall removed(I never used this app and didn't really like it)
- Opera Mobile 10 updated to Beta 2u
- Tilewave panel updated to TileWave_091105_034_R1367
- Old HF Clear compatible with 23518 added

I think this changelog doesn't need any explanation right(Incase there are questions feel free to make a comment).

Since i'm not going to release this rom now and hope to get a new sys to include in this rom soon. I would like to ask you users a question.

What do you like in the roms and must stay and what would you like to see changed?

I'm not going to include more apps in the clean rom so you don't have to ask for that. I'm also not going to make a manila(sense) rom.

I hope I will get some feedback from this changelog and get a new sys leak soon so I can release this new rom.

Just incase you are wondering why showase has been removed. It's because it gives problems with some apps etc. The x2 taskmanager is working fine(this is the one that has been modified for wm 6.5.3). Quickmenu also got a taskmanager in it and can be accessed from everywhere in the rom. You can also close apps immediately with the x2 taskmanager by holding the right corner(there is no icon but just hold it on the clock)

This is it for now. Will come back to you soon with more information regarding the next rom

Here's the changelog:

- new sys: 23518(Branche: COM5)(Timebomb fixed): Office 2010, threaded email
- Windows Live updated to 10.7.0061.0500
- Growing panel from x2(year bug fixed)
- Icalparse updated to 0.9.2
- NoDataInRoaming updated to 0.9.2
- Smarttimesync updated to 1.1

The growing panel is working fine now. The year number isn't switching constantly anymore. For the rest some app updates like you can see.

Hope you guys will enjoy this new rom and give as much feedback as possible.

Have a nice day!

It's based on the new 28205 sys build leak. It's still WMD branche and got a few changes. From what i've seen the way themes are used and are is changed. All the themes(Christian, Christian2 and the HF Clear theme) had to be updated to be completely compatible with the new sys. Another thing that is working again is the name suggestion in the email/sms app. So you don't have to open the whole contact screen anymore to find the contact you are looking for.

I also updated the myphone again so no update needed after the flash anymore. Same for spb backup and icalparse, both are updated to the latest available release. Icalparse got a nice sliding config now.

Then the biggest change for this rom. The complete panelmanager has been updated with official files from the official x2 rom. There is a newer version of panel manager and pmlauncher is used now so there are very nice 3d effects now when changing your panel. I don't had any crashes for this panelmanager myself yet so it seems like it's quite stable and don't got any bugs. The tilewavepanel has also been updated to the latest version. I didn't have seen this myself but some users on xda reported that the daylightsaving time differents bug is gone now.

That's it for now. Enjoy and please give me as much feedback as possible

First here is the changelog:

- new sys: 28014(Branche: WMD)(Timebomb fixed):
- HF Clear removed from clean rom(wasn't ment to be in the clean anyway)
- Smartlock updated to 1.8E
- Xperiatweak 1.9 added(this one is working!)
- Mss converter updated to 1.09
- Modified audiopara for better and a bit lower sound(not normal x1 level but a bit lower then the old file)
- X2 drivers removed and neos2007 driver pack 3 added again(I think this is the reason why some people got problems with installing the rom)
- Cleaned up the rom:
- Myphone package cleaned up(all additional languages except WWE and NL removed) - 1,43 mb
- Panelmanger package cleaned up(All additional languages except WWE and NL removed) - 78,1 kb
- Tilewave panel package cleaned up(All additional languages except WWE and NL removed) - 18,0 kb
- Cnn panel removed - 2,83 mb
- Experiment13 removed(stupid game) - 5,28 mb
---------------------------------Total: 9,64 mb

One of the most important things in this rom release is the announched cleaning up of the rom. For the full rom it's about 10 mb that has been cleanup up.

I removed the additional language files form the myphone, panelmanager and tilewave panel since they were not used in the rom. I also removed two things. The cnn panel have been removed since I've never used it myself and most people did not. And the x3 game experiment 13 has been removed since it was just a stupid game. Both apps can be installed by cab by the end user. So don't worry if you really liked those apps just install them yourself.

Some apps are updated. Like mss converter and I tried the new smartlock. This has been removed since it had a big bug that suspended the phone again after unlock. So wasn't really usable.

I also looked into the audiopara. This file manages the sound and make it more loud or silent. It was really loud and bad till this rom and one morning when I woke up because of the x1's alarm I heard that cracking sound again(not really cracking but the quality was really bad because of the hacks). So I decide to modify the audiopara again and made the values a bit less so the sound is a bit more silent but much and much better. Now it isn't cracking anymore when I wake up. My day starts much better now;)

Some people had problems with rom 3.6 and 3.7. I didn't really understand why this problems appeared so I compaired the changelogs. It seemed like 3.5 was working fine for everyone. So the biggest change was the x2 drivers that had been added in 3.6. Since I didn't encountered the problem myself I couldn't check this out. But I removed the x2 drivers and put in the neos 2007 driver pack 3 again since this was really working fine for everyone. For the people who had problems with installing the rom or the customization process. Please give me feedback if this has been fixed or not.

Now a good thing for all users that really missed the Xperiatweaks tool. The version 2 wasn't working anymore but the 1.9 did so I included this one! Hope you like this since it's the best we can have at the moment(from the other side it's almost the same as version 2).

This was it for now. Enjoy and don't forgot to give feedback!

The full rom is getting bigger and bigger. For me it's a bit to big at the moment. I installed some apps and only got 30 mb internal memory left now.

So for the next rom I was thinking about removing some apps that I don't use personally (anymore). I also will look into the packages and try to clean them up a bit since some contains all available languages and like you understand that isn't really necessairy for a dutch or english rom.

So I don't know what apps to remove yet. But in the first place I was thinking about some panels since there are just to much at the moment. Like the cnn panel. I haven't use it for the last few months. So I think I will remove it from next rom. From the other side users who liked it could simply install it theirself.

Maybe it's a full rom and need to contains everything. But there must be a limit. The rom is about 217 mb now.

So my question is what do you people think about this subject. I'm not going to remove much since almost all apps I like personally but I also would like to get some more free space(maybe 10/20 mb or something)

I would like to see you share your opinion below so I can see if anyone like this idea.

Many people were already asking for a new rom with the newest sys and everything.

Here is the changelog for the new rom with version number 3.708:

- new sys: 28011(Branche: WMD)(Timebomb fixed):
- Tilewave panel fixed
- Opera Mobile 10 update to beta 2 and changed from cab to package
- Google maps updated to 3.3
- just minor but there is a spelling fault on the panel manager:
"Auto schakeln tussen panelen" --> "Auto Schakelen tussen panelen
Fixed
- Experiment13 WWE version start menu fix(should be in the games folder now, confirm please)
- Twitter panel added
- Hugo_Faria_HF_Clear_Theme added(thanks for this Hugo!, sorry it took this long before I included it)
(The name in theme selector is: HF Clear)
- New myphone added
- New Windows live(and messenger) added

So this new rom got the newest sys. 28011 from the WMD branche. There was a timebomb in it but it has been fixed.

The tilewave panel has been fixed. I just made some typos, so the files where not placed correctly in the directory that's why the panel didn't work in the previous rom.

Opera mobile 10 has been updated to beta 2. Since some people had problems with the customization and couldn't use the previous rom I made a package of opera 10 now. So the customization crash problem is gone now.

Google maps has been updated to the newest 3.3 on request(thanks for the hint that a new version was released)

Just because someone mentioned it in my xda-developers thread I also fixed the spelling fault made by sony ericsson by hex editting the 0413 file from the panelmanager.

I also found a new panel that looked very nice. It's a twitter panel. So I included it. If you want it in the 9 panel list you simply have to make it favorite.

Then a new theme has been added. It was specially made for this rom by Hugo Faria. He mailed me when my phone was broken and gave me the theme that he made for me. I didn't had a change to check it out since I didn't had a phone with wvga resolution. So I had to wait till today to test it and believe me. It's very nice. You can simply check it out yourself by going to the theme selector and select HF Clear.

Then today I was chatting with agent 47 about the opera mobile 10 that didn't work for me so he gave me another app to convert cab's to oem packages. It was very nice and also gave me the oppertunity to convert the new myphone and windows live and messenger cab's to packages so I could include them.

So now you never have to update them yourself anymore since they are included!

This was it for now. Rom will be up soon and hope you will enjoy it.

So now you're asking. What's new in this rom? There are some huge changes. First here is the changelog:

- new sys: 28002(Branche: WMD)(Timebomb fix not needed): IE Mobile updates
- Dutch/WWE 1.86/1.88 Rhodium(Touch Pro 2) Rom dumped and updated all rhodium packages and the language files
- AudioBooster_2_2_19174121_0
- BootLauncher_1_0_19152530_1
- DRMMiddleware_1_5_19142824_00
- DShow_2_0_19191728_01
- HTCScroll_2_0_19153028_1
- LongPressEndKey_1_2_19143124_00
- mHubVO_1_77_090609_X0
- ResourceProxy_1_0_19151630_00
- SharedModules_1_01_19143331_00
- USBtoPC_1_24_0_2
- USBToPCPopUp_2_2_19143124_1
- YouTube_2_6_19174121_00
- X2 Stuff added
- Panel manager
- Pixel City Night Panel
- Pixel City Day Panel updated version
- TilewavePanel(thanks for the patch)
- DeviceInformation
- Battery/Brigthness menu
- Opera Mobile 10 beta 1 added instead of 9.7 beta
- MarketPlaceRegionSwitch-1.1 added
- Buienradar panel removed(didn't work anymore)

Like you can see it's a really big list this time.

First thing is the new sys. It's from a new branche called WMD. Haven't seen much differences but it's a bit snappier so it's working nice.

Then a long list is in the  changelog about the rhodium(touch pro 2) files. Like you all know some of the apps in this rom are from other htc devices. Since the rhodium wm 6.5 rom was released not long ago. I dumped both the Dutch and the English one and took out all packages I'm using in my rom. So now everything is up to date and the best thing is all language packs for the dutch rom are finally completely compatible. In older roms I was always using some hybrid packages since I didn't had the dutch files etc from the newest packages. But now it's there.

This rom also contains much Xperia X2 stuff. A big shout out to Gtrab for sharing his X2 dumps. I took out all files I liked and changed and fixed it so it would work on the X1. The patch for the tilewavepanel was from someone else but I can't remember his name but thanks for that.

So now we got the x2 panel manager. It's really really great. It's fast, stable and nice. I did much and much testing with it the last few days and never had a crash or something. So I hope finally we got a good working panelmanager. I also took out some panels. We now got a night version of the city day panel and got a newer version of the city panel. One of the nice panels that was in the X2 was the Tilewavepanel. Very nice panel and it's also in the new rom. Some shortcuts don't work but that's not a really big problem. Think you guys will like it anyway.

I also updated the Deviceinformation and battery and brigthness apps from the settings. The ones from the X2 are much better. For example you can see your battery rate in percents in the battery menu and in the deviceinformation app you got much more information. Just check it out yourself.

Then we get to the latest part of the changelog. I updated the opera 9.7 beta to the new released opera mobile 10 beta. It got a new layout and some new options. Really nice and super fast.

I also added MarketplaceSwitch. It's a app to change your marketplace region. A few days ago office 2010 was released on marketplace but since i'm from the netherlands I couldn't download it. So I changed my region to USA and everything was fine. It's a really nice workaround.

Then some sad news for this rom. The "Buienradar" panel have been removed since it didn't work anymore. It didn't even open in the new x2 panel manager. As an alternative you can download the buienradar app from the marketplace. I'm not sure if everyone can see it but atleast the dutchies here can(And if you read carefully you see that you can use the marketplaceregion switcher to get it anyway).

This was it for now. Enjoy and don't forgot to give feedback.

I hope it will be faster than last time since I'm getting really pissed about this stupid phone. It's broken all the time for me. I got it for 11 months now and it was away for repair 3/4 months.
 

I'm not sure if it works since I can't test myself because my phone is still away(it will be back in a few days from now).

It's ment for the people who would like those 2 panels on the clean rom and don't want to use the full rom.

Here is the download link: Rapidshare

Please give feedback if it's working(especially for the sms icon, does that go to the sms inbox since it should if fixes are applied properly)

It's like the clean rom but much cleaner. You may have seen some people didn't like the fingerkeyboard etc. But since this is almost a necessairy app I'm not going to delete it from the regular Clean version. Instead I created a special edition without everything just the Stock apps, R3AA beta updates and some tweaks so it's much faster.

I'm not going to update this special edition with every new Full/Clean update since this version was never planned and it will be too much work to create a third type of roms for me. So maybe I will update in the far feature, but don't expect it and atleast not soon.

For the package list of this type you can look here. Hope you like this and hope to get some feedback on this version but don't expect me to update it.

Enjoy!

It's 23085(COM3) and 23504(COM5). From what I read they are almost indentical. So what do you guys want? The new COM5 or COM3 sys?

Just give a shout in the xda forum thread and the sys that gets the most votes will be in the next rom. If anyone got any additional information about those new leaks please also post so everyone can form his own opinion.

Hope to hear from you all soon!

Link to xda developers thread

Expect the rom today, it isn't tested since my xperia is away to the SE repair center.

I hope I can get as much feedback as possible from you guys!

A clean rom is coming when the Full is confirmed to be fine

Stay tuned!

I hope to get it back soon.

In the mean time I borrowed the htc diamond from my girlfriend. So cooking can continue. Maybe a little bit delay since I only got the diamond to test stuff but should be fine.

I hope I informed you guys why I can't do that much at the moment and hope to come back to you soon.

Got some bad news. Seems like there is a bug in the 3.101 release. To be more specific it's in the new sys.

It's that you can't see a sender email by receiving emails on your phone. I don't have a solution for this at the moment but will investigate it and try to fix it.

I also don't have the problem myself so this could be really hard to fix for me.

In case you like to help me give me as much information as you can in the xda support thread.

This was it for now. Will update this news article as soon as I got more information

Update #2: I got some great news about this bug. A forum post from "Benjaminries": apparently inserting syncmgr.dll from build 23071 will fix the exchange issues... Christian, is your phone okay to try cooking this?.
Hope I can release a patch/bug fix in a cab soon. Just need some beta testers since my own phone is broken.

Update #3: I created a cab that should fix the problem. Don't know if it works but I need beta testers so please test. Here is the link. Seems like the fix doesn't work, will give it another try soon. Stay tuned!

Update #4: I pmed agent 47, seems like he got a fix. More information soon!

A new rom has been released by me again. It's version 3.101. It's based on a new build that was leaked today, 23075.

23075 got a very nice new option. It's a magnifier in the magnified taskbar. Don't know if it's really usefull but it looks nice.

Here is the changelog:

- new sys: 23075(COM3)(Timebomb fixed)(Some missing modules added from 23071): Magnifier option
- Pagepool really at 16 mb now!
- Initflash updated(icon file)
- Audiobooster updated to AudioBooster_2_2_19174121_0
- Youtube updated to YouTube_2_6_19174121_00
- Mhubvo updated to mHubVO_1_77_090609_X0
- ResourceProxy updated to ResourceProxy_1_0_19151630_00
- SharedModules updated to SharedModules_1_01_19143331_00
- Bootlauncher updated to BootLauncher_1_0_19152530_1
- Themes completely compatible with 23071(should be fine for 23075)
- magnifier unabled from default again(new features in this part)
- Htc Task manager removed
- Showcase Task manager added instead(you can close with x again if you want)

So like you can see I finally succeeded in changing the pangepool myself to 16 mb before cooking. This way you haven't to do this yourself after downloading.

I also updated the iniflash. There's a nice icon to go directly to the sms messages box now.

Many htc packages have been updated. Not much special, wondering if you will even see some changes.

But the best thing is the new taskmanager. I removed the old not working htc task manager and replaced it with the Showcase one. And believe me it's really nice.

This will give you the opertunity to close apps completely instead of minimizing them. I really like it hope you will too.

This was it for now. Don't wait and start downloading.

Enjoy!

No, COM5 is not WM7. It is a continuation of the WM 6.5.x code.

WM7 is a completely different tree.

Do not expect any current device to run WM7. It is certainly possible, but the OEM will have to go out of their way to code drivers/kernel for it, and it is not a likely thing. Very few current devices will receive such an update.

Snapdragon/OMAP3+ devices are likely to get WM7 support.

Anything older than that is not likely to get WM7 support and will likely be end-of-life'd with WM 6.6.

Remember, with all current "cooking" we are using code based on CE 5.x kernel, so is relatively easy to port to newer builds.

Once we move up to a CE 6.x or 7.x kernel, the same principles no longer apply. The entire set-up of the OEM part of the kernel and the Microsoft part of the kernel is different (better now, after WM7 it will be much easier to update the microsoft bits while keeping the same OEM bits) So do not expect any current device to be running WM7 in the future (although a select few may, as they are/will be used for test devices.)

Initial alphas of WM7 were based on CE6, but have been CE7 for about a year now.

As far as MS upgrading the kernel of WM to CE6, I think you misunderstand what's required, it's already done as far as MS is concerned. There is a tree with the same UI/UX, features, etc. as WM 6.5.x but based on the CE 6 core instead of CE 5. But the OEM needs to come in and re-code their stuff against it. Which I don't believe any of them are doing at this point in time. Maybe in the future... It's not like an upgrade from XP SP1 to XP SP2 where you can just drop in the new bits and hit the ground running..

It's more like an upgrade from XP x86 to XP x64. Same GUI, same functionality, but running on a different core, and none of the drivers work. So the OEM has to re-code their drivers. When/If that happens we can surely have a CE6 based WM build on that device. But given the history of most OEM's issuing major OS updates, I wouldn't hold my breath for it on current devices (the most recent cores like snapdragon/OMAP3+ being a possible exception)

And no, WM 6.6 wasn't a typo...  But don't expect to start seeing builds of that until 6.5.x is polished up and we're into 2010 a bit.

The upgrade path for current devices has us staying on the CE 5.x kernel and the highest-tier devices (snapdragon and similar faster chips like tegra and omap3+) will be getting WM7. This is due to numerous features implemented in WM7 that require a higher end device than the current crop.

Nice isn't it? Only bad thing is that we now know that our devices(xperia, diamond, touch pro etc). Can't run this new windows mobile version until new drivers are made. And like you can read that will be never most likely. But from the other side when it's finally released I think everyone already got a new phone so should not be a big problem.

But this wasn't everything. He also told us something about a new cool feature from WM 7. Here's the quote:

Coolest feature to come with WM7/CE7 is the Location Framework, I think...

Now rather than guessing location from cell tower id, or gps (one or the other), Location Framework will take input from all radios on device (WiMax, WiFi, GPS, Cell, etc.) - aggregate information from all sources and use to constantly keep location awareness.

This will allow the device to constantly be aware of its location to some degree of accuracy, which opens up many possibilities for location aware applications that would otherwise require the GPS to be running constantly.

Also the compositing engine will be very nice, finally will have true compositing in WM, so can do nifty things like transparencies, blurring, etc (you can see some of this in the drop-down notification bar in WM 6.5.x - also in SIP input suggestions)

The new rendercore will make advanced vector based graphics engines like Flash and Silvercore a breeze, and XAML will make "porting" applications from one resolution to another a much more simple task than it is today

- new sys: 23071(back to COM3 but newer)(Timebomb fixed): Contact image fixed, window change bar is black now, faster, buttons are fine now with 23071 gwes
- Input button in personal back
- Pocket Putty added: make ssh connections and tunnel your internet connection!
- New PixelCityDay panel From X2!
- Pagepool changed to 16 mb
- Xperia black theme really removed from WWE version(was supposed to be removed a few versions ago)
- Icalparse updated to 0.8.6
- Midomi 1.6.57 added instead of Shazam music id
- MSS Converter updated to 1.08

Hope you will like it. The new sys seems to be quite nice, really smooth.

The input button is back in this version since I was smart enough to delete the redirect this time...

I also found a nice app called pocket putty. It's like putty from the pc but for pocket pc. Very nice, give it a try!

Another new thing in the rom is the pixelcityday panel. It's the first X2 panel that we got our hands on. Hope you like it.

From now Midomi is the default app in the rom to recognise your music, this after I got a hint in the forum. Really nice app seems to be much better then music id.

Also 2 apps have been updated: Icalparse and MSS Converter. Not much special. Same for the theme that has been removed and the pagepool change(not sure if it's working now)

For now, enjoy the rom and don't forgot to give feedback in the forum!

Have a good night.

Update: New rom is installing on my phone now so I hope it will be fine and I can release soon

I'm talking about the input button in the personal menu that isn't there. Maybe you already found this out and maybe you don't atleast to fix this follow the stept below:

Here's the solution(you need something to edit your registry, you can do this from your pc with "CeRegEditor" or use tools like "sktools" "resco explorer" etc on your phone):
1) Go to:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Input]

2) You will see those reg entries. Ignore the first one("Group")
"Group"=dword:0
"Redirect"=""

3) The second one("Redirect") must be completely removed. So just remove that entry and the icon will be back(maybe you need to restart your phone).
After you did this the registry key will look like this:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Input]
"Group"=dword:0

If anyone don't get it or can't get it too work, feel free to contact me and I will help you out. Or just post in the xda forum thread and get your answer from other users or me.

Have a nice day!

Like you can see in the changelog we finally got a good working COM4 build. The best new thing in this new build is the contact manager. It's totally new! Below you can see a screenshot of how it will look like now.

Hope you will like it since this is the way it will be in all future builds.

Maybe some of you are thinking does the rom have the "missing buttons on message boxes" problem since this is a new bug in the 23420 and 23060 builds. The answer is: NO. It's fixed in the rom by using an older(build 23049) "gwes.exe" file. This also gave skinned radio buttons on volume control back etc.
Very nice isn't it?

A small update in this rom is the Icalparse update. It's just a new version with some more options. Not much special. Als the removed registry tweaks aren't really imported since they've never worked in the rom

This was all for now. The roms are online in the Xperia Rom section. I hope you will enjoy the rom and give me feedback in the xda forum thread.

Have fun!

UPDATE 16:15: Test of 23060 went well. Build is very good but haven't seen any difference with the older 23053 build. So new rom will have the new 23420 COM4 build! Hope you guys like this decision
Give me feedback through the xda forum thread!

UPDATE 16:41: Working on the 23420 build now. Seems like I don't have to do much about it. I already fixed the buttons by replacing the gwes.exe with the one from 23049

UPDATE 16:59: Seems that 2.903 with 23420 sys is ready. Will test the upcoming houres and will release this evening if i'm home otherwise tonight or tomorrow morning/afternoon!

This is a ETA not a final release date since this can only be archieved when no errors of bugs are found in the new rom! Stay tuned everyone!

- Updated Webpanels to WebPanels_1_0_20090302_MR2_R27
- Updated GenericPanel to GenericPanel_1_0_20090206_English_MR2_R20
- spb backup is english in WWE rom now
- Icalparse updated to version 0.8.0
- NeoS2007_Driverpack_3 added
- Touchscroll removed(Scrolling is much better now)

Like you can see I updated 2 panel packages. They aren't really new since they are out for some time now but I didn't included them since I didn't know I had them.

But here they are, they make the panel manager a bit faster and more stable.

About the more stable and faster. I also added NeoS2007 new driver pack. It's working very nice. Everything seems to be a bit smoother and responsible.

Touchscroll have been removed from this version. This after I got a hint from one of the users that It will make the scrolling much better since this package isn't needed in the newer 6.5 builds anymore. And guess what It worked! Atleast it looks like it works for me. Hope I can get some feedback on this and the other speed/responsibility tweaks.

the latest two things are the update of Icalparse. Not much special just some added features. And one bug has been sorted out. In the previous builds the spb backup app was in dutch in both WWE and NL rom. So that doesn't fit right? Now it is fine.

I hope this is enought information for you, have fun with the new rom and don't forget to give me some feedback on the new rom since this is really importent for future developement.

The feed isn't finished yet since some work on it still must be done. I hope to finish it soon. It's not compatible with everything at the moment but i'm working on that.

For now enjoy the new feature and hope you will give me feedback on this feature by mail or via the xda forum thread.

- new sys: 23049(Timebomb fixed)
- New Native wm 6.5 Xip from Official SE Xperia wm 6.5 Rom(Thanks To Itje)
- icalparse updated to 0.7.7
- smartlock 1.7E added instead of csdevctrl(setup with xml file)
- removed SE screen from internet explorer

The biggest change is the sys(Not much special since it's almost the same as 23047) and the csdevctrl change with smartlock. Since many people had problems with csdevctrl I removed it and the lockscreen is managed by smartlock now. Smartlock is setuped in the customization by a .xml file since putting the config directly in the .reg file gave problems with customization(The screen locked up when everything was installing and you couldn't unlock it at that time etc.)

Another big change is the way I release this rom. From now on all new roms will be in the Xperia Rom section on this website. But the support is still in the xda forum topic(See here). Hope you like this change since it will give you much more information about the roms.

Download links are online in Xperia Rom section now. Have fun with the new rom. Hope you like it.

You can find the download links in the Xperia Rom section