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11/04/11 Tmobile USA lite 4.0 Rooted Fast Stable No HTC Sense

11/04/2011
Version 4.0 of the ultimate ROM for Tmobile USA wildfire s users!!!
Whats new in 4.0:
Fixed picture messaging for Tmobile USA users
Removed a few more HTC sense components
Tweaked for improved performance
Prerequisites: Must have s-off, clockwork mod installed, back up your current data.
Based on RUU_Marvel_TMOUS_1.62.531.3_Radio_47.10f.35.3032_7.48.36.17M_release_202047_signed
Features:
ADW Launcher
Permanent Root
Super User
Busy Box
data2sd
HTC IME mod keyboard by jonasl
Email app from cm7
Tmobile wifi calling
working MMS for tmobile USA
Removed:
HTC Sense
Tmobile Boot Jingle
Tmobile Boot Animation
Gmail
Google Talk
Voice Dialer
Voice Search
Most media files (ringtones, notifications)
A majority of the HTC sense stuff
Works: Everything works daily used on my Tmobile USA wildfire S
Not Work: none
DOWNLOAD:
TMOlite4.0.zip
Installation Instructions:
1. Partition sdcard with fat32 primary and EXT3 primary partitions.. I used 0 swap size. You can partition within CWM.
2. Install TMOlite4.0.zip from within CWM
3. Enjoy your phone without HTC Sense and large internal memory!
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Special Thanks:
Alquez: CWM and cyanogen mod port for htc marvel
jinkataru: help getting data2sd to work
thehumble1: TMO USA support
tera tike: partial list and testing what apps can be erased
carrie: for MMS testing

this spot reserved....

Looks good. I didn't see this when I went about making almost the same ROM, including Tara Tike's removals.
I think we both have the same problem with Asian and European ROMs that our accelerometer (and maybe something else too) doesn't work, which means we won't get to run CM7 or other fun ROMs without porting it to the TMOUS kernel.
What I'd like to do now is get Melethron's data2Whatever working, which would give us unlimited system storage (well up to 2GB). Even with 120mb free I still think there is a lot that could be gained with D2WE.
Other than that, I'd really like to figure out how to port the CM7 version to our state-side phones.
Anyway, let me know if you're interested.

Thanks for your insight. I'm interested but I'm actually not good at programming. If anything I can do to help I can try or test for you but as far as porting kernels I have no idea.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S using Tapatalk

thehumble1 said:
Looks good. I didn't see this when I went about making almost the same ROM, including Tara Tike's removals.
I think we both have the same problem with Asian and European ROMs that our accelerometer (and maybe something else too) doesn't work, which means we won't get to run CM7 or other fun ROMs without porting it to the TMOUS kernel.
What I'd like to do now is get Melethron's data2Whatever working, which would give us unlimited system storage (well up to 2GB). Even with 120mb free I still think there is a lot that could be gained with D2WE.
Other than that, I'd really like to figure out how to port the CM7 version to our state-side phones.
Anyway, let me know if you're interested.
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I got a couple of questions for you humble1, did you downgrade to any official rom(Asian or European) after s-off and is your phone still simlocked?

It's easy to remove HTC Sense, could you make a rom that comes from SDK? Which is based on google and without twice development....

meanmug said:
I got a couple of questions for you humble1, did you downgrade to any official rom(Asian or European) after s-off and is your phone still simlocked?
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yes phone will be s-off and simunlocked....

ZXYannis said:
It's easy to remove HTC Sense, could you make a rom that comes from SDK? Which is based on google and without twice development....
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Someone is already doing that.. its called Cyanogen mod.... it being done right now by Alquez

Looks great! I'm scrapping my ROM and trying this. Looks like exactly what I was trying to do. Nice work.
@Tyrone1 did you lock the old market app or is this likely to update to the new market? I hate the new market app.
Also, I found this with my ROM as well. Something we removed was the HTC Quick Lookup, which is what the search button is mapped to at the home screen. I've tried Zeem and ADW and it doesn't work. I know the button is working because in applications with mapped search button (ie. Market, browser) it works fine. Also at the home screen a long press will activate Voice search just fine. I don't know if we need to replace the HTC apk or find a way to map google search to the search button.
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meanmug said:
I got a couple of questions for you humble1, did you downgrade to any official rom(Asian or European) after s-off and is your phone still simlocked?
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I haven't tried a completely stock rom for Asia or Europe, but I can use custom roms for TMOUS without problems (1.62-based) and all 1.33 based roms give me problems with accelerometer (and maybe things I haven't found yet).
I'm S-Off and no simlock (I have an AT&T SIM that I use for testing, even though it's not activated).
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ZXYannis said:
It's easy to remove HTC Sense, could you make a rom that comes from SDK? Which is based on google and without twice development....
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If you know how to use the SDK distro and combine it with a working kernel, go for it. I don't, but if you (or someone else) tell me how, I'll do it. Actually I'd rather port alquez's CM7 because CM is better than HTC or stock Google distro.

never flashed any ROMS except my own ROMS also flashed some of goapk.com and xda.cn ROMS, it's where I learn a lot also XDA I visit everyday. My phone needs to rest including me. When I have energy including my phone I will flash this ROM including alquez CM7 and other rom made for wildfire s.

It works fine for my needs and I will wait until alquez's Cyanogenmod is ported and working for Tmobile USA users.
Anyone who wants to use or modify this ROM feel free to do so!! Thanks all who have helped wildfire S users... jinkataru, alquez, thehumble1, tera tike and all others... thanks

wow from 2 to 3 in a day. Nice.
Search button isn't working and when I try to change the Ringtone or Notification tone Settings.apk FCs.
I'm on 2.0 though. Didn't see change log to show that 3.0 had these fixed.

thehumble1 said:
wow from 2 to 3 in a day. Nice.
Search button isn't working and when I try to change the Ringtone or Notification tone Settings.apk FCs.
I'm on 2.0 though. Didn't see change log to show that 3.0 had these fixed.
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LOL i just arbitrarily assign those numbers.. i could've gone to 10.0 just to make it sound like the ROM is highly developed
u should be able to change ringtone and notification with the last version of the rom. However not sure about the search button.. i never really used it before and dont really plan to use it either...
OH yeah PS i came from HD2 hyperdroid prior to this phone too LOL

It's quite amazing how easy this is compared to using a phone that was built for Windows 6.5
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S using xda premium

Any euro htc marvel users willing to test this ROM and see if autorotate and accelerometer work and report in here. Thanks
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S using Tapatalk

Updated to 4.0!!!!! Enjoy!

I see that you are no good at laying off the rom development. Nice work. Now I just have to backup and install the new one.
Also, the search button still doesn't work from the home screen. To fix this put GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk in the system/app directory, change permissions to match the other apps (rwx r-x r-x I think) and reboot.
the apk has to be the newer one. I messed with this for ages till I realized that I didn't have the right, working apk.

thehumble1 said:
I see that you are no good at laying off the rom development. Nice work. Now I just have to backup and install the new one.
Also, the search button still doesn't work from the home screen. To fix this put GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk in the system/app directory, change permissions to match the other apps (rwx r-x r-x I think) and reboot.
the apk has to be the newer one. I messed with this for ages till I realized that I didn't have the right, working apk.
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thanks for the update!!! I'm still using my lite 4.0 rom working well...
cheerz. hope you get your xtc clip back.. thats why i dont want to mail mine out..

[ROM]CM7 Kangs - Latest 2012\08\27

Sorry for the long delay. I inally have everything sorted out and the temperatures finally cooled down enough that the random brownouts have stopped. Lots of new things in this release. I suck with changelogs and the way I built this rom makes it hard to know everything that's changed. I rescripted Maniac103's Defy repo for the Bravo and am now using that as my base. Before I was updating a cloned Quarx CM7 repo with cherrypicks from Maniac's and FuZZ's Defy repos..
Some new features include
Bootmenu Pin Protection
Wifi Calling (untested)
SmartassV2 replaces Smartass, conigure it with smartass's settings in the bootmenu
Voice Commands
More Tablet Mode Features, you'll see them
New FM Radio
Nuance Bluetooth Voice Dialer
My Github
https://github.com/skeevy420
Install Instructions When Coming From Other Roms
-Root, Enable Non Market Apps, Install Defy 2nd-init (Search Forum For More Help)
-Reboot into Recovery
-Select Wipe Data\Factory Reset
-Select Install Zip from SDCard
-Find and Select the Rom you just downloaded
-Flash It
-Select Install Zip from SDCard
-Find and Select Gingerbread Gapps
-Flash It
-Reboot:victory:
Updating From A Previous Kang Instructions
-Reboot into Recovery
-Select Install Zip from SDCard
-Find and Select the Rom you just downloaded
-Flash It
-Reboot:victory:
Wiping Cache and Wiping Dalvic Cache isn't necessary since I added those commands to the installer script. Adding those commands makes updating simpler, less prone to errors, and less presses of the volume and power buttons.
I need to look in touch recovery and touch bootmenu.
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Note: The Launcher in the screenshot is Holo Launcher Plus. There is a free version available in the market that works well. The Live Wallpaper is Hydra Galaxy (modified to save battery) from Galaxy Pack. Try Ice Galaxy for a free alternative from the same dev.
Download CM7 Here
NOTES & BUGS:
I've sometimes had an issue where my pc won't connect to adb since the phone won't give permission. It usually only occurs after the first 2 or 3 boots then magically fixes itself. I've also had usb data tethering fix the adb problem. If you don't use adb on your pc, then this isn't even an issue for you.
Get Previous Versions Here
The attachment is for josuearisty -- no one else needs to download it or use it -- this was just a quick place to upload it for him

CM7 Mods
Just a couple of mods I use with CM7.
Bravia Engine - Sony Image PP engine for sharper images.
Beats Audio - Sony Audio engine with improved bass and treble -- can harm inferior and crappy headphones and speakers (Trust Me).
All the zips are flashable in recovery.
Credits for the zips go to their original makers, which I can't remember since I downloaded them a few months ago and can't find the threads I found them in (somewhere here at xda).

Skeevy your rom is lightning fast! Thanks so much! Thanks for beats audio and bravia zips too!
Sent from my MB520 using xda

Hey skeevy420 can you give me a link to the older build for some reason no matter which baseband I try on the July 13th build I can't get 3G/H on my network
from my MB520 using xda app-developers app
EDIT: ah nvm ill just be using the jelly bean rom in the mean while

skeevy420 said:
Also, does anybody here use the stock filemanager? I know I don't; I can remove it and replace it with Apoonet's Miui File Explorer so we'd have a free, root, and feature filled file explorer by default.
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I use ES file explorer, but basically I use any file manager with root access.
I've been using this one for a few days and haven't found any bugs. Pretty sure this is the most stable rom I've had on my phone.
Another thinh I've noticed is I can't tell if the bravia engine is working. I know it is supposed to produce clearer images, but I don't notice a difference. Oh well, this phone doesn't have a fantastical camera anyway.
Sent from my MB520 using xda app-developers app

ccdsatt said:
Hey skeevy420 can you give me a link to the older build for some reason no matter which baseband I try on the July 13th build I can't get 3G/H on my network
from my MB520 using xda app-developers app
EDIT: ah nvm ill just be using the jelly bean rom in the mean while
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http://www.mediafire.com/?mand0d3vvpnozfb
Dr. Orange said:
I use ES file explorer, but basically I use any file manager with root access.
I've been using this one for a few days and haven't found any bugs. Pretty sure this is the most stable rom I've had on my phone.
Another thinh I've noticed is I can't tell if the bravia engine is working. I know it is supposed to produce clearer images, but I don't notice a difference. Oh well, this phone doesn't have a fantastical camera anyway.
Sent from my MB520 using xda app-developers app
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I was just thinking of swapping it out with Apoonet's Miui File Explorer -- Free, Root, Advanced Features, Auto-Updates itself, No Crappy Permissions.
Glad to here it works great for more than myself.
The only way I could tell if Bravia was working was I took picture of my dog with the Bravo's camera and dl'd a HD image, started at each of them for minutes on end each, flashed bravia, stared again. They did improve, but not by much and I doubt anyone would notice the difference unless you did the stare test like I did.

thanks skeevy

skeevy420 said:
http://www.mediafire.com/?mand0d3vvpnozfb
I was just thinking of swapping it out with Apoonet's Miui File Explorer -- Free, Root, Advanced Features, Auto-Updates itself, No Crappy Permissions.
Glad to here it works great for more than myself.
The only way I could tell if Bravia was working was I took picture of my dog with the Bravo's camera and dl'd a HD image, started at each of them for minutes on end each, flashed bravia, stared again. They did improve, but not by much and I doubt anyone would notice the difference unless you did the stare test like I did.
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I have no preference in explorer so whatever you put that is not stock I'll gladly use. Although I can't speak for everyone else.
I flashed the latest cm10 just to try it out, but it's still early and I noticed quite a few bugs. I'll probably be sticking with your kang(s) for a while.
Sent from my MB520 using xda app-developers app

Help please
Hi. Im a newbie at all this installing rom stuff. I am trying to install this rom, but omited to download and place the gingerbread gaaps on my sd card before the process...
so now I am stuck in this step
-Find and Select Gingerbread Gapps
-Flash It
-Reboot
Should I turn it off and put the gaaps in there, and then restart it? Please help!
Just as a fallow up the way I solved this issue thanks to other forum members help was: turn off my phone, and install the gaaps to the sd card, to unzip them later.

PC Crashed
Not gonna be a CM7 this week, or anything else for that matter. My pc went down Thursday and I finally had the time today to get it back up and running. Still have to finish configuring everything how I like it, install all the build requirements, sync all my repos again (takes a while), and much more. My biggest problem is I might lose a lot of my Android stuff on my old encrypted home folder. Need to look into accessing an encrypted home folder when you don't have the password anymore. Like a dumbass, I stored it in my Documents folder....instead of anywhere on one of my other 3 hard drives.
I'll look into the baseband issue. I think I just need to add in the missing folders and files under /etc/motorola that the new baseband switcher uses.
Maniac had quite a few CM7 updates last week, and that's always good.
Hopefully I'll be back in business by Monday.
//If you're wanting to try out Linux, I gotta recommend Mint 13 Xfce to ya. The install is painless and the system's ran good and stable so far. One of my best Linux experiences.

skeevy420 said:
Not gonna be a CM7 this week, or anything else for that matter. My pc went down Thursday and I finally had the time today to get it back up and running. Still have to finish configuring everything how I like it, install all the build requirements, sync all my repos again (takes a while), and much more. My biggest problem is I might lose a lot of my Android stuff on my old encrypted home folder. Need to look into accessing an encrypted home folder when you don't have the password anymore. Like a dumbass, I stored it in my Documents folder....instead of anywhere on one of my other 3 hard drives.
I'll look into the baseband issue. I think I just need to add in the missing folders and files under /etc/motorola that the new baseband switcher uses.
Maniac had quite a few CM7 updates last week, and that's always good.
Hopefully I'll be back in business by Monday.
//If you're wanting to try out Linux, I gotta recommend Mint 13 Xfce to ya. The install is painless and the system's ran good and stable so far. One of my best Linux experiences.
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Hope you get back soon, these cm7 builds are great!
When will you build jelly bean roms?

josuearisty said:
Hope you get back soon, these cm7 builds are great!
When will you build jelly bean roms?
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Just accessed my old encrypted home, copying all my files to another drive. Then I'm gonna format it and make it my android partition. Should be back in the game soon.
I'll make jellybean roms as soon as I can get it to start compiling....especially since Salad Bar, Paranoid Android, and other cool mods are switching to jb. CM7's gonna come first, but I'll get to jb during the next week.

skeevy420 said:
Just accessed my old encrypted home, copying all my files to another drive. Then I'm gonna format it and make it my android partition. Should be back in the game soon.
I'll make jellybean roms as soon as I can get it to start compiling....especially since Salad Bar, Paranoid Android, and other cool mods are switching to jb. CM7's gonna come first, but I'll get to jb during the next week.
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Don't work too hard! We can't thank you enough for what you do!

Dr. Orange said:
Don't work too hard! We can't thank you enough for what you do!
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Woop, recovered all my Android files. I'm so glad I didn't lose all of it. I'd of had suicide level depression if I didn't. Especially since I had to look long and hard for the right tools to do the job (that's what she said). Time to format my old system partiton with a 20 gb recovery partition with tons of recovery tools and another partition for android development.
Then its time to set up my build environment. That'll take a while. The sdk alone is about a 1 hr ordeal, the CM7 sync is anther 1.5-2 hrs, CM9 is about a 45 min sync, the app install for everything is another 30 mins. And all those times are in a perfect world with maxed out dl speeds.
About done with all my sysyem themeing. I prefer a black desktop since its much easier staring at a dark 42" screen over a bright one for hours on end, and its eaisre to read. See the screenshot to see what I'm talking about
Also gonna look into adding aroma to the CM7 Kangs. I thought about making a lightweight rom with update zips for full CM, but Aroma will let us choose what system apps you don't want, allow easy modding and tweaks. If done right, it'll give the Kangs full White Rabbit customization without me having to port WR.

skeevy420 said:
Woop, recovered all my Android files. I'm so glad I didn't lose all of it. I'd of had suicide level depression if I didn't. Especially since I had to look long and hard for the right tools to do the job (that's what she said). Time to format my old system partiton with a 20 gb recovery partition with tons of recovery tools and another partition for android development.
Then its time to set up my build environment. That'll take a while. The sdk alone is about a 1 hr ordeal, the CM7 sync is anther 1.5-2 hrs, CM9 is about a 45 min sync, the app install for everything is another 30 mins. And all those times are in a perfect world with maxed out dl speeds.
About done with all my sysyem themeing. I prefer a black desktop since its much easier staring at a dark 42" screen over a bright one for hours on end, and its eaisre to read. See the screenshot to see what I'm talking about
Also gonna look into adding aroma to the CM7 Kangs. I thought about making a lightweight rom with update zips for full CM, but Aroma will let us choose what system apps you don't want, allow easy modding and tweaks. If done right, it'll give the Kangs full White Rabbit customization without me having to port WR.
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Excellent, hope you get on the road very very soon

Problems logging in to google account
Hi. I instaled this on one of my phones and everything is perfect, however, with my other Bravo, Im gaving problems because I get: cant establish a reliable data connection to the server... and I can never log in to google... any ideas? I have already tried clearing cache, and resintalling everyting from scratch, to no avail. and I know google is not down because I can creat and log into another account with my other bravo.

marcelarr said:
Hi. I instaled this on one of my phones and everything is perfect, however, with my other Bravo, Im gaving problems because I get: cant establish a reliable data connection to the server... and I can never log in to google... any ideas? I have already tried clearing cache, and resintalling everyting from scratch, to no avail. and I know google is not down because I can creat and log into another account with my other bravo.
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Try using static IP.
In wifi settings press menu>advanced>use static ip.
Trata de usar una estatica!

josuearisty said:
Try using static IP.
In wifi settings press menu>advanced>use static ip.
Trata de usar una estatica!
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Tried it... it does not work! Ive been looking for threads on this all morning...
did the airplane mode and wifi on ... didnt work
tried signing in with youtube
tired reinstalling and wiping cache and didnt work either...
Is there any way I can go back to the stock motorola rom...

marcelarr said:
Tried it... it does not work! Ive been looking for threads on this all morning...
did the airplane mode and wifi on ... didnt work
tried signing in with youtube
tired reinstalling and wiping cache and didnt work either...
Is there any way I can go back to the stock motorola rom...
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Goto to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1559109
Download files and follow instructions.

josuearisty said:
Goto to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1559109
Download files and follow instructions.
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THanks... will do... just to let you know this second phone has always given me some sort of problem.... I had trouble when I rooted it because, the enable non market app would never stay that way. When I first enabled non market apps with superoneclick I could install no market apps. But after some time when by when I tried to install a non market app it kept telling me that I couldn't so I had to enable non market apps again. I thought that was weird, because device number 1 never gave me those issues. Anyway, on device number 1 everything from kangs cm7 worked...
As a followup to this problem, I tried connecting to Google on another wifi hotspot and it worked... I guess the settings of my IP are somehow incorrect at home, does anyone have any idea on what the correct settings should be... I can connect to Google at home once Im signed in from another IP.
Just wondering if this could be due to a CM7 issue because It never happened when my phone was in stock rom.
Also... I cannot purchase apps when connected to the wifi at home... I have to go somewhere else...

"new'ish" user, what to do?

hey all,
I picked up a 2nd hand E4GT on Sprint from a buddy for my wife. figured AOSP might be a little much for her to tinker with so i put the stock rooted GB27 on it. Battery tanked on it so bought a new one. Now she gets anywhere from 12 to 16 hours on it, but she still gets frustrated with it doing wonky stuff like hanging, not waking, not sleeping, etc.
I'm not a noob by any means but every device is different. (i'm on an HTC Evo 4g lte myself) I'm just trying to figure out what ROM to jump her to that's a) not bloated with crap to make it slow and b) has great battery life. I guess i could take her back to AOSP if need be provided it's stable. She's not a tweaker at all. if something doesn't work for her i'll hear about it. close to stock but debloated with some tweaks and goodies would be perfect.
after all that, what's the best (easiest) way to get a good recovery on this thing from the stock ROM i loaded so i can switch to the aforementioned ROM?
i could sit here and read the forums until my eyes bugged out (and i do for my own device) but i just want to give her something she'll be happy with, so i defer to you all who've been around the block with the thing.
TIA

I'll shamelessly send you to my ROM, it seems to be the most popular right now-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2320041- I'll let you be the judge, just read the features and see if it sounds right for her.
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dangle79 said:
hey all,
I picked up a 2nd hand E4GT on Sprint from a buddy for my wife. figured AOSP might be a little much for her to tinker with so i put the stock rooted GB27 on it. Battery tanked on it so bought a new one. Now she gets anywhere from 12 to 16 hours on it, but she still gets frustrated with it doing wonky stuff like hanging, not waking, not sleeping, etc.
I'm not a noob by any means but every device is different. (i'm on an HTC Evo 4g lte myself) I'm just trying to figure out what ROM to jump her to that's a) not bloated with crap to make it slow and b) has great battery life. I guess i could take her back to AOSP if need be provided it's stable. She's not a tweaker at all. if something doesn't work for her i'll hear about it. close to stock but debloated with some tweaks and goodies would be perfect.
after all that, what's the best (easiest) way to get a good recovery on this thing from the stock ROM i loaded so i can switch to the aforementioned ROM?
i could sit here and read the forums until my eyes bugged out (and i do for my own device) but i just want to give her something she'll be happy with, so i defer to you all who've been around the block with the thing.
TIA
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I suggest the gb27 rooted full restore ( wipes sdcard ) one click from rwilco12's repo....flash with Odin..After its up and settled in.You can flash a different kernel/recovery( they are tied together on this device )if you want. But I wouldn't think she would need it. Also..after its up. Just debloat to you're liking...I take everything out I don't use..down to widgets I don't use.
If that's not what you want to do...since you're rooted. Use mobile Odin to flash a custom ROM. If you'd like...I can link you to a guide I put together for mobile Odin.
As for what will be the best ROM...all ROMs run a little different on each device. You know that. So it will be a little back and forth until you find one that works for her. I really like project x...but im lucky, in the fact that all the touch wiz based ROMs run great for me. I can also run about any other cm/aosp/aokp ROM..but dirty unicorns. My device doesn't like it..and its an awesome ROM.
Let me know if you want the mobile Odin link or if you have any questions...
FYI...we have a Q&A thread for this forum...for these questions..Good Luck. And Welcome to the Epic 4G Touch Forum.
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bilgerryan said:
I'll shamelessly send you to my ROM, it seems to be the most popular right now-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2320041- I'll let you be the judge, just read the features and see if it sounds right for her.
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Ha...you ninja'd me...I just mentioned you're ROM to him...Lol.

Gil81 said:
I suggest the gb27 rooted full restore ( wipes sdcard ) one click from rwilco12's repo....flash with Odin..After its up and settled in.You can flash a different kernel/recovery( they are tied together on this device )if you want. But I wouldn't think she would need it. Also..after its up. Just debloat to you're liking...I take everything out I don't use..down to widgets I don't use.
If that's not what you want to do...since you're rooted. Use mobile Odin to flash a custom ROM. If you'd like...I can link you to a guide I put together for mobile Odin.
As for what will be the best ROM...all ROMs run a little different on each device. You know that. So it will be a little back and forth until you find one that works for her. I really like project x...but im lucky, in the fact that all the touch wiz based ROMs run great for me. I can also run about any other cm/aosp/aokp ROM..but dirty unicorns. My device doesn't like it..and its an awesome ROM.
Let me know if you want the mobile Odin link or if you have any questions...
FYI...we have a Q&A thread for this forum...for these questions..Good Luck. And Welcome to the Epic 4G Touch Forum.
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Ha...you ninja'd me...I just mentioned you're ROM to him...Lol.
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Thanks, can you shot me towards the mobile Odin info? I'm not familiar with it at all and you're right, she wouldn't need recovery except for me to nand back if she likes it worse afterwards.
Also, is there a safe to remove list someplace? I've had sammys before but never a tw device. Figure worst case i just go on a terror spree with root explorer uninstalling junk system apps lol

dangle79 said:
Thanks, can you shot me towards the mobile Odin info? I'm not familiar with it at all and you're right, she wouldn't need recovery except for me to nand back if she likes it worse afterwards.
Also, is there a safe to remove list someplace? I've had sammys before but never a tw device. Figure worst case i just go on a terror spree with root explorer uninstalling junk system apps lol
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Post 5... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2418320
As for the bloat ware...I'll look around. But I usually just start freezing stuff and then run it for a few days...if all is well. I make a back up of the frozen apks and then delete them.
There is a de - bloated boost ROM ( you'd have to change the apns to get MMS working and flash a sprint modem...gb27 is the newest ) and there are some light gb27 ROMs that are debloated, for the most part...project x is one of them.
Let me know if you need any help...FYI..make sure you get the el 29 direct boot kernel...not the stock el 29 kernel...This will make sense once you read the mobile Odin guide and go to rwilco12's repo...all links are in the guide.

Spreadsheet on what is safe to remove on 4.1.2 TouchWiz-https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...1gdDJRekl4QmkyNmIzUmRvX2h3UDVkQXc&output=html

bilgerryan said:
Spreadsheet on what is safe to remove on 4.1.2 TouchWiz-https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...1gdDJRekl4QmkyNmIzUmRvX2h3UDVkQXc&output=html
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that is absolutely awesome, thanks 1000 x's

Battery life you say? Then Caulk's GB is what you're looking for....seems to be the only GB ROM that works right now
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Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation.
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[ROM]TN.kitkat.4.4.2.HTC.evo.supersonic(aosp)viper.mod. a2sd_updated11/08/14

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Built From Soucre, your evo will never be the same.
Team Nocturnal is happy to bring you Kitkat with tweeks to follow.
This is still in it's early stages but I can promise you it is stable and works well.
We will work out as many bugs as possible in the updates to come,
I can not promise you that all will be fixed, but we will try.
Bugs
FFC not working
Hot Restart causes wifi problems, & data. normal reboot fixes it.
Menu settings will not work. widgets and wallpers are fine. just put a settings widget on desktop or use pull down.
video recording is not working looks like it's not saving to sd.
What to do
Be Rooted S-off (did I relay have to say that?) lol
first your gonna need to download the recovery, rom and gapps
Then scroll down to The Q/A section for install instructions
twrp recovery 2.7.0.0. wil full SElinux support for the evo
download file here http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407578618 First release By Captain Throwback
Mirror http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2625740&d=1394574916 First release By Captain Throwback
Second Release By Captain Throwback TWRP 2.7.0.5 http://android.aokforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=380
Thank you so much for this Captain
Download the TN.KitKat.Rom's here http://forums.team-nocturnal.com/i...ROM]TN.kitkat.4.4.2.HTC.evo.supersonic(aosp)
(Newest) 4.4.4 build
Download TN-Kitkat 4.4.4 build
http://forums.team-nocturnal.com/index.php/topic/1752-romkitkat-444-updated-110814/?p=29830
Download the gapps core for kitkat 4.4 here http://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=12890
Q. I downloaded the recovery, Rom and gapps now what
A.Frist thing you need to do is NANDROID BACKUP next flash the new TWRP 2.7.0.0 Recovery or TWRP 2.7.0.5
next place the rom and gapps on your sd card
next boot into recovery wipe everything except sd card
next install zip from sd add the rom and gapps and swipe to install
next reboot to system
next setup google account and enjoy kitkat
Q.Ok im up and running now what
A. ok once rom loads and your done setting up google account
set up viper audio by clicking the viper icon in the app drawer follow the instructions
and it will ask you to reboot when its done.
Once phone reboots you can enjoy viper audio in sound fx setting.
Q.Does this Rom offer the use of IRS Starter pack for viper4android
A. yes it does. you can add the IRS starter pack.
to do so download it here http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407585716
Q. ok I downloaded the IRS sampler pack now what
A. you must extract these files from the zip and put them directly in the VIPER4android kernel folder found in your sd card.
so to do this extract zip, copy all files to sd/VIPER4Android/kernel. do not put them in any sub folders just place them in the kernel folder.
then open the viper4 app from your phone and go to menu UI setting and choose expert. that's it now in the app you will see all your options including enable convoler. that's it enjoy
Q.How Do I set up a2sd
A.open terminal from your app drawer. Type the following
su
a2sd install
it will run and ask you to move dalvik, then data your choice
when it's done will tell you needs reboot. click yes and will reboot for you
when phone reboots enjoy more space.
Q.I see a new theme in the settings how do I use this
A. yes in settings Themes choose black ice, when it gives you error for system size, just ignore and install anyways
reboot when its done so that all the effects will take change. that's it enjoy black theme
VIPER4android [URL]http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191223[/URL]
esfile explorer
titanium backup
added dark ice theme in settings themes install ignore system size error and reboot when done
added sd tweeks to platform.xml to allow 3rd party apps to acces sd card
added TN Walls, wallpaper app with tons of hosted wall papers find it here if you want to flash on
another device.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2732394
more to come
https://github.com/evervolv
First Release 4/10/14
4/11/14
updated op
added q&a section
added IRS sampler link for viper4
and most important! NEW TWRP 2.7.0.5 in download section Thank You Captain
4/26/14
fix torch- Thanks to Captain Throwback
fix a2sd- Thank again Captain
added Black Theme in theme chooser
added special edtion TN Walls, when you open up
wallpapers you will see TN Wallpaper updates everyday from hosted server
takes up no space on your device
added email back in and exchange
removed free flashlight apk now that torch is fixed.
updated Q&A how to install a2sd
11/08/14
fix a2sd on my 4.4.4 build
Thanks To
GursomeWolf & TeamNocturnal http://forums.team-nocturnal.com/
CaptainThrowback, great work on building twrp and first build http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=1162986
Wambo http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=5369363
evervolv http://www.evervolv.com/
ViPER520 and zhuhang http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191223
Twrp for 2.7 http://teamw.in/project/twrp2
Thedemonic
and to all testers
more thanks to come with proper links
edit.Sorry guys i forgot to add email back in the build. Will add in next rel.
Please post any bugs you find it will help the process. Ty
Hey say thanks.
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mine

one more

Nice.

Mine for test results:
Tested and Working:
WiFi
GPS
3G
Camera
Data Sync
SMS / 1x Data
Tested and Buggy/Not Working:
4G (says LTE Recommended)
Tested and Missing:
Email App

Did you update TWRP or just reupload mine?

Captain_Throwback said:
Did you update TWRP or just reupload mine?
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No captain as of right now its the same one you uploaded, I would like to add your link as well as a mirror if that's kool with u.

vinman12 said:
No captain as of right now its the same one you uploaded, I would like to add your link as well as a mirror if that's kool with u.
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That's fine. I was just wondering why you reuploaded it - but if it was for mirroring purposes, I understand.

Yeah i had so many builds and files lol i was getting confused what was where so i deleted all of it and uploaded 3files required to flash.
Just glad its all come together. Ty for the time you put into as well i no your evo is retired like mine but for the community as long as my evo works i will give what i can.
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Awesome. I'll try it out later today!
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Vinman, you da man! I'll give it a try in an hour or two. I'll be able to test data, but not phone or SMS/MMS since I'm on freedompop's service and all their voice/text is routed over data. Is this the only official kit-kat build? The only other one I've tried was Captain Throwback's build with spotty data.
Thanks again to all who worked on this!

fishgoon said:
Vinman, you da man! I'll give it a try in an hour or two. I'll be able to test data, but not phone or SMS/MMS since I'm on freedompop's service and all their voice/text is routed over data. Is this the only official kit-kat build? The only other one I've tried was Captain Throwback's build with spotty data.
Thanks again to all who worked on this!
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There's a version of my build posted with data fixed, by @thedemonic.
@vinman12
I updated my TWRP build and will be posting it in a new thread over at Android Devices (or as I like to call it, @Wambo_World) so once I have that up, you might want to just link to that instead.
The new build has some cool features and is way more complete than the original version I posted. I'll let you know when it's up.

fishgoon said:
Vinman, you da man! I'll give it a try in an hour or two. I'll be able to test data, but not phone or SMS/MMS since I'm on freedompop's service and all their voice/text is routed over data. Is this the only official kit-kat build? The only other one I've tried was Captain Throwback's build with spotty data.
Thanks again to all who worked on this!
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hey fishgoon, ok kewl yeah check it out, data is fully working, but Im looking to get feed back on all bugs to see if we can correct them, Im aware of most of them but it will be good to compare with the members feed back.
as far as the the Rom this is the first that has been rebuilt with working data, and added tweeks,.
but as far as the first releases belive it or not it was a simple fix on the data which was pointed out to us.
but all is good now. I must have built this a zillion times. lol had one of my buddy from tn build it as well
we all went nuts to get the data flowing. I know @ Wambo did as well.
but now we can all breath a sigh of relief.
Much love to @captain Throwback, he got us all rolling. great work on the Recovery to.
ok enjoy.

Although my Evo doesn't have service, I have been running the Captain's original KirKat ROM on it for weeks and I'm deeply grateful for all the work you guys are doing.
Forgive my ignorance, but if fixing mobile data turned out to be a "small" thing, could this information be shared with preludedrew so he could work it into evervolv? Or has he just dropped support for Supersonic altogether?
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app

NxNW said:
Although my Evo doesn't have service, I have been running the Captain's original KirKat ROM on it for weeks and I'm deeply grateful for all the work you guys are doing.
Forgive my ignorance, but if fixing mobile data turned out to be a "small" thing, could this information be shared with preludedrew so he could work it into evervolv? Or has he just dropped support for Supersonic altogether?
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app
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The vendor files simply need to be pushed on github. The fixed was shared in one of the other threads.
Also @vinman12, the thread is up, I just have to upload the recovery: http://android.aokforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=380

Great work. Everything seems super smooth. Was able to run Mounts2SD with no problem to get some more room for apps. Also, I was able to do wireless tether using native tether feature and an open connection. However, I was unable to get wireless tether to work with encryption...not a big deal...I think it was also not working in the JB roms either. Overall, runs really really well. I don't listen to music over my phone much, so probably won't try viper audio out. I'll have a better idea once I get on my home wifi and load a bunch of apps on it. I think it's plenty stable to use as a daily driver unless I find a serious app compatibility. Has anyone tried GPS navigation with google maps yet?

Captain_Throwback said:
There's a version of my build posted with data fixed, by @thedemonic.
@vinman12
I updated my TWRP build and will be posting it in a new thread over at Android Devices (or as I like to call it, @Wambo_World) so once I have that up, you might want to just link to that instead.
The new build has some cool features and is way more complete than the original version I posted. I'll let you know when it's up.
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ok cool can't wait to install it. ty Captain
just give me a holla when its ready.
and thanks for reminding me about Thedemonic lots of thanks to him.

fishgoon said:
Great work. Everything seems super smooth. Was able to run Mounts2SD with no problem to get some more room for apps. Also, I was able to do wireless tether using native tether feature and an open connection. However, I was unable to get wireless tether to work with encryption...not a big deal...I think it was also not working in the JB roms either. Overall, runs really really well. I don't listen to music over my phone much, so probably won't try viper audio out. I'll have a better idea once I get on my home wifi and load a bunch of apps on it. I think it's plenty stable to use as a daily driver unless I find a serious app compatibility. Has anyone tried GPS navigation with google maps yet?
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that's great to hear, ty
we got optimization in the works, I got some guy named @grusomeWolf working on it as well
you ever here of that guy. lol so you know what ever he adds to this is gonna be crazy.
how's the camera and video working for you I have not herd anything with that yet.

vinman12 said:
ok cool can't wait to install it. ty Captain
just give me a holla when its ready.
and thanks for reminding me about Thedemonic lots of thanks to him.
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It's ready .

Captain_Throwback said:
It's ready .
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excellent, dl now, will link shortly
looks good how's it feel? lol
Ty Captain

[Q] Upgrading stock rooted 4.3 to 4.4

My S3 is totally stock 4.3 but rooted. Lately I'm having two problems that are bugging the hell out of me. 1) BTLE is really erratic. I track my workouts using a BTLE heart rate monitor and it is constantly dropping out. It's not the app I'm using because I have the same problem with three different workout apps. 2) Sometimes text messages are super laggy and frequently are sent/received in multiples.
I'm hoping that upgrading to 4.4 will solve these problem. Or, if there are other things I can do to fix these issues, I'm open to trying them.
I've had the OTA "system update downloaded" notification for months and I've just ignored it. I know that in the past if you were rooted you couldn't just install the OTA update in the usual way. So I'm wondering if I can accept the OTA update or if I have to go through some other process to install stock 4.4. If so, what would that be?
Also, are there any major known issues with 4.4 that I should be aware of?
TIA for any help. I've searched but couldn't find any directly helpful threads. I feel like this was probably a hot topic back when Kit Kat first came out but that was a long time ago so the threads are buried.

uscpsycho said:
My S3 is totally stock 4.3 but rooted. Lately I'm having two problems that are bugging the hell out of me. 1) BTLE is really erratic. I track my workouts using a BTLE heart rate monitor and it is constantly dropping out. It's not the app I'm using because I have the same problem with three different workout apps. 2) Sometimes text messages are super laggy and frequently are sent/received in multiples.
I'm hoping that upgrading to 4.4 will solve these problem. Or, if there are other things I can do to fix these issues, I'm open to trying them.
I've had the OTA "system update downloaded" notification for months and I've just ignored it. I know that in the past if you were rooted you couldn't just install the OTA update in the usual way. So I'm wondering if I can accept the OTA update or if I have to go through some other process to install stock 4.4. If so, what would that be?
Also, are there any major known issues with 4.4 that I should be aware of?
TIA for any help. I've searched but couldn't find any directly helpful threads. I feel like this was probably a hot topic back when Kit Kat first came out but that was a long time ago so the threads are buried.
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No, DO NOT TAKE THE OTA. It won't work anyways and there have been a few reports of bricks. You have to use ODIN. In my opinion 4.4 is WAY better than the mess that 4.3 was.
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bilgerryan said:
No, DO NOT TAKE THE OTA. It won't work anyways and there have been a few reports of bricks. You have to use ODIN. In my opinion 4.4 is WAY better than the mess that 4.3 was.
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OK, so I just need a stock 4.4 file and I can ODIN? Can someone please point me to where I can download it? I prefer to stay fully stock because in my experience every modded and/or custom ROM breaks some function. As long as I'm rooted I can do what I need to do.
Will I lose my apps/data by flashing 4.4 or will I end up with a clean install? And will I still be rooted?
Thank you.

uscpsycho said:
OK, so I just need a stock 4.4 file and I can ODIN? Can someone please point me to where I can download it? I prefer to stay fully stock because in my experience every modded and/or custom ROM breaks some function. As long as I'm rooted I can do what I need to do.
Will I lose my apps/data by flashing 4.4 or will I end up with a clean install? And will I still be rooted?
Thank you.
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Yes
Well maybe you haven't tried the right ROMs yet.
Yes you will lose all data and apps and it will wipe your internal SD
No, you won't be rooted anymore.
Here's the ND8 stock tar- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2738533
My ROM: WICKED X

bilgerryan said:
Yes
Well maybe you haven't tried the right ROMs yet.
Yes you will lose all data and apps and it will wipe your internal SD
No, you won't be rooted anymore.
Here's the ND8 stock tar- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2738533
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Thanks for the info and the link.
Two last questions. Any bootloader/Knox related issues that make rooting 4.4 problematic? And if I back up with Titanium, can I restore into 4.4? I know that Kit Kat radically changes the way data is stored so I wonder if restoring from 4.3 to 4.4 breaks things. I actually have a 32GB S3 and don't use a memory card so everything is stored internally but I still wonder if there would be issues.
I don't know about not trying the "right ROM" yet. I don't think I've ever seen a custom/modded ROM that didn't have a list of things that either didn't work, or didn't work right, or some kind of caveat. It's the camera, or it's bluetooth, or it's visual voicemail or it's always something that doesn't work quite right. If there is a custom ROM out there that doesn't break ANY feature I'd be open to trying it. But I bet it has a thread full of people who are trying to work around a number of issues. If you know of a bulletproof rom for this phone I'll check it out, I would be happy to be proven wrong.

uscpsycho said:
Thanks for the info and the link.
Two last questions. Any bootloader/Knox related issues that make rooting 4.4 problematic? And if I back up with Titanium, can I restore into 4.4? I know that Kit Kat radically changes the way data is stored so I wonder if restoring from 4.3 to 4.4 breaks things. I actually have a 32GB S3 and don't use a memory card so everything is stored internally but I still wonder if there would be issues.
I don't know about not trying the "right ROM" yet. I don't think I've ever seen a custom/modded ROM that didn't have a list of things that either didn't work, or didn't work right, or some kind of caveat. It's the camera, or it's bluetooth, or it's visual voicemail or it's always something that doesn't work quite right. If there is a custom ROM out there that doesn't break ANY feature I'd be open to trying it. But I bet it has a thread full of people who are trying to work around a number of issues. If you know of a bulletproof rom for this phone I'll check it out, I would be happy to be proven wrong.
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No problems rooting and yes... Check out the ROM in my signature[emoji6] I'm pretty sure the 2500+ users don't have any problems since my thread has been pretty quiet since the last update.
My ROM: WICKED X

Running bilgerryan's rom right now, and it runs great!
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