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Have You Upgraded to WinMo 6.1?
There was never an official Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade issues for the Shadow, but that doesn’t stop you from getting it on your phone. Running Windows Mobile 6.1 on your Shadow adds sliding panels, threaded SMS, a new version of Pocket IE, and some other little things. Have you upgraded yet? If not, the 6.1 section of our wiki is a good place to start to find out how =D!
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about 1 year ago
I had my shadow for a while before i decided to upgrade about a week ago. I love it. Especially my threaded texting
about 1 year ago
I haven’t! But I will now!
about 1 year ago
if you havent upgraded your missing out!
besides the neo theme it has
-faster processing
-way better battery life
-no task manager hang up
-no application hang up
-faster startup
-THREADED TEXT!!
about 1 year ago
hehehe. I just finished with the upgrade. Now I’m just figuring out if any of the previous cabs will work with 6.1.
about 1 year ago
iPhone Baby!!
about 1 year ago
It wouldn’t let me pick 2 answers. So, I do have WM6.1 on my Shadow and I have a G1. Actually 2 G1’s. Does that make it a G2??
about 1 year ago
Sorry about this question, but i am new to all of this. What is threaded text?
about 1 year ago
is this dowbload still a void on the tmobile warranty?
about 1 year ago
I have been on the fence about upgrading. This does void the warrenty doesnt it? my biggest concern is, If screw it up, I am unsure how to get it back to it’s original state. I am not as tech savvy as most on this site
wish I was!
about 1 year ago
if I up grade this does this null and void my insurance on my phone? I don’t wanna have to deal with the hassle of it crashing and not being able to use my insurance if this voids everything
about 1 year ago
I don’t want to say 100%, but I’m 99% sure it DOES void your warranty. You’re completely changing your phone from the way it was given to you from T-Mobile, so I’m pretty sure they won’t take it back.
Don’t take my word for it though. I waited until I was sure I didn’t have a warranty anymore though before I upgraded. Once you could tell my phone had been through enough, I went for it…
And for the guy who asked what threaded texting is… Just picture instant messenger style texting. Instead of your inbox showing every text, it organizes by people and then when you select one, it shows your conversation.
about 1 year ago
And for anyone worried about doing the actual upgrade, I followed the instructions on the Wiki and I thought it was pretty easy. If you understand the whole File Explorer thing, and you’ve put some Cab.s on your phone, this is just a small step up. To me atleast…
about 1 year ago
where is the battery plugin, email, and text plugins??? do anyone have a cab to put them on 6.1?
about 1 year ago
Bunch of pussies, upgrade your phone. I had my shadow for a week before i did it and it has to be the best thing I’ve ever done to a phone
about 1 year ago
HOW DO I DO IT I’VE BEEN TRYING BUT I AM A NEWB.
about 1 year ago
glad the wiki is helping out…
1- for those who are concerned about the warranty, please see the new FAQ on the wiki page on upgrading (short version- don’t worry.)
2- questions/ concerns about the upgrades are best addressed in the original thread as those are seen by much more of the AS community
3- if you are having trouble, please be specific to what ROM you are using…
4- explore the rest of the wiki; tons of good stuff there!
cheers.
about 1 year ago
Yeah, I just upgraded from the wiki post, I grabbed the second ROM – the MyHTC – I installed w/o a hitch…there was a little glitch in that Vista (after active-sync) tried installing software (drivers) for my phone, so I had to restart everything, then it installed fine. Didn’t back anything up off the RAM (apps, pics, ringtones, outlook contacts) and lost them..oh well. Stuff still stayed on my 4gb MSD, I didn’t take it out of the phone.
Quickly learned that t-mobiles MyMobi, where you can sync contacts from a web browser app DOESN’T work (sync just hangs) and the whole t-mobile website where it displays your ‘current phone’ reverted to my last used phone, the RAZR…
All in all, thank you allshadow for posting this post and motivating me to finally do this. It is pretty easy and worth it. I love threaded texting like on the blackberry, so now i’m looking forward to it on here…now if only someone will text me…
I hope something OFFICIAL does come out, all this stuff w/ different ROMS for 6.1 is scary and daunting, like removing certain things that came with the phone and how it behaves, but definitely thanks to the guys who work hard to make these!
about 1 year ago
yeah uuuh, where is the t-zones, battery plugin???? also the interent plugin? i need those on the home screen
about 1 year ago
I have a G1 now but on my shadow I have wm 6.1 I tried all the wm 6.1 roms and helped on some I would NEVER go back to wm 6.0 and if you are concerned with warranty you can go to T mobile site and install the update to go back to wm 6.0
about 1 year ago
Do it, do it! I’ve been worried about doin it for months, but I read this topic yesterday and finally decided to give in. I installed MyHTC since it had the simplest instructions, and so far, so good! I don’t miss all the brown, I don’t miss Neo, I don’t miss the hanging task manager, and I don’t miss the internet explorer glitches. AND I F’N LOVE THREADED TEXT! That was probably the sole reason I upgraded because the 3rd party apps just don’t cut it. So many new features that I haven’t fully used yet, like copy and paste, and the sliding panels are miles ahead of Neo in my opinion, but Neo inspired them so its all good. Only thing I do kinda miss is myfaves, but I already know the 5 people I can call for free. And I forgot to mention, THIS ROM IS FAST! t9 can still be a pain in the ass though, and I get the ‘font’ error (supposed to be don’t). Hopefully 6.! will tide me over til I can afford another phone.
If you gotta do a warranty claim on your shadow, then just plug it back into your computer and put crappy 6.0 back on it before sending it to t mobile.
and I typed this from my phone! lol
about 1 year ago
i cant wait to get the g1
about 1 year ago
yea.. i installed the myhtc one too nd idk wat happened to my phone.. its jus red blue nd green lines and idk wat to do!! SOMEONE HELP!! FAST!!
about 1 year ago
you installed the what one?
i installed the one by erofich, it was a success and it looks awesome and more faster, but i am still saving up for the g1, unfortunately it won’t be $179 for me :/ damn tmobile cheat the customers who been with them for years and charge us more than 179? what a b****
about 1 year ago
i had the shadow for 8 months…loved it…never went to 6.1 though. then i grabbed a G1 (been with tmobile for 8yrs) and got it at the 179 price…watched the price every week until it finally dropped.
about 1 year ago
I tried for several hours today but couldn’t understand all the steps (specifically flashing a USPL??) for the S740 Erofich rom. I might try the MyHTC rom, but wanted one with office mobile in it and it doesn’t sound like MyHTC has that. So for now, still using 6.0.
about 1 year ago
I didn’t want to upgrade because in the past there had been bugs and the process to upgrade was more than I felt like bothering with (it’s now easy and very few bugs.) Another big factor was that I had my phone tweaked out with mods and didn’t want to lose all my work. Well, I did the upgrade and found I didn’t all those mods anymore! 6.1 really is that awesome. And the upgrade was painless! It was worth doing and I’m glad I did it.
about 1 year ago
i upgraded to winmo 6.1 long time ago. i’ve had my shadow since it was released almost a year ago last november. i’m using one of the 6.1 roms that actually did have the working tmobile sync and tmobile wap browser. all works fine. 6.1 is a great improvement over 6.0. the best part about upgrading is the performance increase and the overall stability, ie., taskmanager and other programs freezing up the phone. oh, and of course the new sliding panels homescreen is a treat to use.
note:
if you’re worried about warranty, go to the official tmobile shadow website and download their official 6.0 shadow update (with the free avril lavigne and dave mathews songs) if you feel 6.1 isnt for you, then you can always downgrade back to the original shipped rom.
about 1 year ago
yo brad, there’s definitely office in myhtc
about 1 year ago
Thanks Fred, I’m gonna give that ROM a try tonight!
about 1 year ago
yea i just upgraded my shadow to 6.1 but the only problem i have is MYFAVES, it wont show up anywhere, does anybody know why?
about 1 year ago
@ Calvin- myfaves is not included in any of the 6.1 upgrades.
about 1 year ago
I tried to install wm6.1 but seems like evertyhing is the same except i can use the location button on google maps.
How do I know I did everything correctly?
I also tried re-installing it but nothing would happen.
please help!!
about 1 year ago
@ lazaro- please start a thread in support; include what rom, what you have done and what the problem is. this is not the best place to try and help (besides more peeps will see your request in the forums!)
about 1 year ago
is this against the terms to upgrade 6.1 for the original shadow?
about 1 year ago
Royal pain in the rear, just to get the binary to flash the phone. Download sites are slow or non-responsive. Beyond this, the single download I did get “Juno_RUU_V1b_en.exe” was corrupt.
Besides my cringing at running an executable (especially one with a Russian version), this was not as easy as most people posted. Good luck…I’ll stay with 6.0
about 1 year ago
I have a Shadow with My Favs. Will I still be able to use the My Favs with 6.1? Help Pleeease!
about 1 year ago
6.1 makes the shadow run faster. since i updated like when i first learned about it its run so fast but since may its sat on my desk collecting dust because i have a g1