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Xperia X2’s ROM Extracted – Test ROMs surface for X1

Xperiancers,

It is time to get excited about the X2, and not because SE is releasing a new Xperia handset, but due to the fact that our trusted friends at XDA are hard at work at getting us all the goodies from the X2 ready for our X1s. Keep a lookout on this thread here.

And if you can’t wait, test out this test ROM ready for the X1. I flashed it earlier and really like it! Has WinMo 6.5 (official version of course), the new Panel Manager (which is super dooper fast!) and a couple of additional goodies… What’s missing is the X2 dialer and SlideView application – the one we see demoed on the X2 once you click on, say, email from the Tilewave panel. But since this is just the second custom ROM since the extracted stuff hit the surface, i’m sure we’ll see a more perfect ROM appear on XDA soon enough.

Some screenshots for you… :)

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Comments

FoGo said…
great news!
i saw it yesterday at xda while searching for roms and i am really happy...!
Melk said…
Nice new panel manager, very smooth and fast compared to X1's, but it eats up 20 times more memory - 6MB vs 300Kb. :)

Experiment 13 is a nice game (but sometimes it freezes for a few seconds), and Xtrakt looks a little nicer.

Pixel city panels scroll very slow and are not very useful, but they look nice. Maybe because I am also running Manila.

Tilewave is nice, not very useful (each shortcut goes to the browser or to old WM apps), but looks very good.

Didn't try the keyboard and comm manager yet.
msalmank said…
It really is an awesome custom ROM! Faster and more stable than most ROMs i've tried in the last few weeks...!
Melk said…
Don't know if it's related to the video drivers, framework or panels I installed a few days ago, but today I'm having a lot of slowdowns and I need to soft reset to get the phone running smooth again. I installed a lot of junk, maybe I'll hard reset and install again to see where the problem is.

I didn't try a dedicated ROM, but installed bits of X2 over a Manila 2.1 WM6.5 ROM.
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Unknown said…
sir please help me how to install this rom i m new buddy here
Unknown said…
me - check this tutorial for install instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=497511


regards,
rw
Unknown said…
where i can download this panel??????
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