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[GPL][ROM] 2010-08-24 FroydVillain 1.4.4 "Now with 100% more GPS"

FroydVillain 1.4.4 OTA update released!
Changelog:
Code:
GPS NTP time sync now configured somewhat locally.
New libhtc_ril.so
GPS configuration fixes.
FroydVillain 1.4.4 update for EUROPEAN users.
FroydVillain 1.4.4 update for NORTH AMERICAN users.
FroydVillain 1.4.4 update for ASIAN users.
If your continent isn't listed use the one closest to you.
Also make sure if you flashed the Nindroid-2.6 test kernel, flash back to Nindroid-2.5. Use whatever radio works best for you with your carrier.
Kernels (also available in OTA, turn on experimental updates):
19-576 with bootanimation
19-576 without bootanimation
19-614 with bootanimation
19-614 without bootanimation
19-652 with bootanimation
19-652 without bootanimation
19-691 with bootanimation
19-691 without bootanimation
19-729 with bootanimation
19-729 without bootanimation
19-748 with bootanimation
19-748 without bootanimation
19-768 with bootanimation
19-768 without bootanimation
FroydVillain 1.4.3 OTA update released!
Changelogs:
1.4.1
Code:
Restore missing file for Villain Updater app.
Fix Google Framework crash.
Supply missing Wifi tethering app.
1.4.2
Code:
Fix outdated library crashing Google Shopper app.
1.4.3
Code:
Restore Clicker.apk for HTC IME Mod keyboard calibration.
Fix apns-conf.xml not being correctly configured for new GPS implementation.
Supply newer libspeex.so to prevent SoundHound crashing with Vlingo installed.
Nindroid version 2.5
Code:
Replace unnecessarily long app waits with sleep timers to eliminate "background noise" from drivers causing futile cpu usage. Improves battery life and stability especially noticeable with games that use accelerometer.
Allow for IP header compression on both IPv6 and IPv4 to improve Google app performance.
Add 245MHz clock speed into the table to facilitate correct clock timings when in power collapse suspend or SWFI.
Add 576MHz kernel variant for phones that cannot clock to 614MHz. Ondemand governor used due to frequency table being too narrow.
Workaround for Market stalling problem (thanks Revoked)
If your Market downloads are sticking, do the following:
Code:
adb shell rm -f /sdcard/.android_secure
Or mount the sdcard to your PC and delete the file from there.
All OTA updates from 1.4.0 - 1.4.3 download links for those who can't use the OTA app:
MUST BE APPLIED IN SERIES E.G. 1.4.1 THEN 1.4.2 TO GET 1.4.3
FroydVillain 1.4.0 - 1.4.1
FroydVillain 1.4.1 - 1.4.2
FroydVillain 1.4.2 - 1.4.3
Kernels (also available in OTA, turn on experimental updates):
19-576 with bootanimation
19-576 without bootanimation
19-614 with bootanimation
19-614 without bootanimation
19-652 with bootanimation
19-652 without bootanimation
19-691 with bootanimation
19-691 without bootanimation
19-729 with bootanimation
19-729 without bootanimation
19-748 with bootanimation
19-748 without bootanimation
19-768 with bootanimation
19-768 without bootanimation
FroydVillain 1.4.2 OTA Update:
Now live in the Villain Updater app is an OTA update that fixes the FC with Shopper.
GPS ISSUES: People having a problem with GPS, go to Menu, Settings, Applications, Development and UNCHECK Allow mock locations.
To make it as simple as possible:
Minor Update:
Just a small update for FroydVillain 1.4.0 folks to add in some missing files.
FroydVillain 1.4.0-1.4.1 Hotfix.
The fix contains a missing file for the VillainROM Updater, aNetShare for wireless tethering and the GoogleCalendarSync that stops the Google framework FC.
FroydVillain 1.4.0 "Smoother than a cashmere codpiece"
Well ****. You're probably getting tired of me saying every new release is awesomely awesome and fast and stuff.
Well tough tits because FroydVillain 1.4.0 is the fastest and smoothest FroydVillain TO DATE. Smoother than a buttered banister. For those who don't know what a banister is, it's a ****ing handrail.
Hell this release even contains boobs. Oh yes. Boobs. No penises though. Not gay. Honest.
Never let it be said that I let a small issue such as an entire website crash slow down my development work. Oh no. By the way my missus would like me to pass on that you can all go to hell and die slowly in a fire. She'd also like to ask for her other half back.
Sheesh. Anyone would think I only half listen to her as I rattle off on my keyboard. Oh, wait. Woops.
SOOO what has Uncle Ninpo kicked Santa out of bed to bring you today? Well there's a bit of a story to this. Bet you saw that comin...
How can I best intro this? Oh yeah.
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Seriously. There I was cocking about with Webkit (DA FING THAT MAKES INTERWEB PAGES APPEAR for the newbs) and I somehow managed to make my way over to...DALVIK. Yes, that dark and mysterious place that many have gone and few have returned from alive. Dalvik, the heart that beats for Android, the second most important thing after the kernel.
Dalvik has eaten many a developer alive and spat them out in a gibbering wreck. It turns java fans over to .NET, it's even made a few go and buy an iphone. This is not a place for the faint hearted.
**** it, I thought and dived straight in. This is where the WTF/min picture comes in. Someone on the AOSP project -really- hates MSM7200A class phones. If it hasn't clicked, your Hero is an MSM7200A class phone. That's the processor/chipset inside. Google hate it, just FYI and so do HTC.
Well I ****ing don't so I grabbed Dalvik by the short and curlies and informed it that it was going to play nice with our Heros from now on. Which brings us to FroydVillain 1.4.0. What was supposed to be a quick fix to Tethering and GPS turned into an epic and bloody battle with Dalvik. I won.
I also got JIT enabled in the JSC rendering engine for the browser too, which considering that was my original goal, I'd call that a result.
SO what's new?
Well.
Completely new Dalvik build...
...the likes of which you won't see in any other ROM until someone either looks at my github and yanks it all, or they accept the changes upstream. Given that I think upstream consider me as some madcap insane scientist type person, I wouldn't hold out too much hope on the latter. Knowing these forums though, the former will probably happen pretty soon. Wibble.
So er yeah where was I? Oh right, new Dalvik build. Instead of being a giant lazy bastard when it comes to the Hero, Dalvik is now painfully aware of the processor our phone uses and how best to make use of it. Dalvik is already losing weight. It's about time, the fat ****er. Last time I ran into something this badly built it collapsed on my head when I slammed a door. Never did see any money back from that house.
JIT enabled in the browser engine
This was actually enabled in 1.3.x but I forgot to mention it. Plus I wasn't sure if it was really working because online benchmarks suck nut. It's at least as fast as the Eclair V8 engine though, which is good. Unfortunately the V8 engine on Froyo has been snatched away from us because it has armv7 code hardcoded in. Bastards.
AndChat makes a return
Because I don't use it, I kept forgetting to include this alright-ish-sorta IRC app (hey at least it's free) in FroydVillain builds after we got the go ahead from the dev. If you ask me, and I'm sure you won't, Android IRC is one of the best paid apps on the market.
New kernels again
Oh yes new kernels again. For those ITCHING for me to trip up over the GPL, tough ****, bang up to date source is in my signature. Muhahahaha.
This one has some IP improvements that apparently make Gapps play nicer. Given how badly Gapps have been playing lately, we could use some niceness from them. It was the kernel this time Google, next time it'll be pitchforks on your lawn.
Oh I've also made a set of kernels that turn off the bootanimation. Why? Does a 40 second boot time from power on to lockscren sound attractive? I thought it might. That's why.
More wallpapers
Since I added in a Villain wallpaper collection I've been hammered with suggestions for it. The good ones are in. The ones that had me looking for a bottle of bleach and a cotton swap are out. You're welcome.
Incidentally, speaking of eye candy, if you want a pure visual orgasm with the Hero, install Alex24's Galaxy theme+fonts and select the 5th wallpaper from the Wallpaper app (the blue FV wallpaper). Then get off your cheap arse and buy Beautiful Widgets and use the NeonTransparent clock skin with the Simply Beautiful weather skin.
If you disagree that they're not the most awesomely awesome things ever to grace your home launcher screen, you're clearly a moron and should sit in the corner away from everyone else.
I mean come on:
After popular demand, notification lights...
...work as you voted for. We're back to jogball for everything, LED for *****ing about battery status. Hurrah.
GPS really works, this time.
I promise. Almost two days testing this **** and it's been fine. So many reboots. My poor Hero. It thinks it's running Windows now. I've had to give it a completely blue theme to calm it down.
DSP Manager updates
****ed if I know what changed. The last time I asked alankila about DSP Manager he said some stuff that had me running and screaming for my happy place. He is one scarily smart bastard. It could have been satanic chants or it could have been mathematical formulae for how DSP Manager works. Who knows, I certainly don't. All I do know is my Hero has gone from sounding like trash, to outputting Dire Straits - Money for Nothing out in decent quality out of my car stereo. Score.
Woops, almost forgot...
Thanks to:
Cyanogenmod. Without their help and their repo, I wouldn't be the gibbering mad developer cackling over the code that I am today.
Alex24 for his theming work.
Mikebeecham and mpgrimes for some stellar wallpapers.
All my IRC minions for testing.
NikuelTrasgu for the original bootanimation and Alex24 again for making it smoother and loop for Froyo.
Anyone I forgot, just to avoid bleating. Imagine your name is here in a giant red font, flashing your sexiness per minute.
So, onto the links I guess.
FroydVillain-1.4.0-release download.
Themes:
Alex24's awesomesexysauce Galaxy theme.
Now, for those who cannot help but beg and plead that they don't want to have to wipe, we've had good reports from a few testers after just flashing the ROM. So give it a try. However if you want to report problems I suggest you nandroid and do a completely clean install before reporting those problems. No need to wipe dalvik, the install script does that for you. Aren't I nice?
I know these release notes will come as a bit of a disappointment to some, but come on folks this is the third release in what, a week? Lol. I need more breathing space to recharge my creative batteries. Hopefully this release will be stable enough for you all to give me that breather.
Enjoy.
EDIT: Woops forgot aNetshare for wifi tethering. Attached.

I'm soo gonna Flash it before i go to bed!! Thanks again!! Appreciate!

Fantastic job...
Smooth as silk indeed my friend...
Great job.... tested the GPS, could see 11 satellites immediately... but took about 4-5mins before it locked on to 5 birds...
Beyond that.... it's a masterpiece... flashing the galaxy theme now!
Great job mate!

Downloading, can't wait to this for a spin
Sent from froyo hero

good day mate, you are definitely a guy that keep promise, i just woke up and viola, here's the 1.4.0 . gonna b a nice day . downloading now

thepittbull said:
Smooth as silk indeed my friend...
Great job.... tested the GPS, could see 11 satellites immediately... but took about 4-5mins before it locked on to 5 birds...
Beyond that.... it's a masterpiece... flashing the galaxy theme now!
Great job mate!
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Galaxy theme from previous post 1.3.0 works?

ShiDi said:
Galaxy theme from previous post 1.3.0 works?
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NO IT DOES NOT. I'll add it to the OP.
EDIT: Added.

Hacre said:
NO IT DOES NOT. I'll add it to the OP.
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Woot!! Woot!! Appreciate itt dawgg!!!
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Hacre said:
NO IT DOES NOT. I'll add it to the OP.
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Thanks once again for taking matters into your own hands and showing the world that the Hero is not an endangered species, and for the HIGHLY entertaining post! The cartoon was just perfect lol
EDIT: ahh you cunning man you, another trick to see if we're paying attention, eh? link on villainrom.co.uk is missing the /galaxys/ folder for the theme and fonts

you rock! :-D

Downloading. Will have a try once ready. Good job! Thanks.

thanx i will flash it now

Looks like im having freeze screen & reboots. Flashed it the 3rd time & w/o OC kernels & Galaxy theme.. will see how.. =\

This definitely made my day, laughed my ass of on the train, don't ever stop with these awesome release notes!
Waited up last night hoping for 1.3.2 and what do i see when I wake up, 1.4.0, oh yeah!
Will download now and try it out! thanks!
Sent from my Hero using XDA App

Thanks
& Yeah really nice release notes

great, galaxy 1.3 worked for me but i'll reflash 1.4 (wrong link btw)
i saw you changed back vilain setting to cyanogen mod
looks like you fixed internal usb tether, yep it works

Amazing job again mate
Flashing as soon as I get into work.

Is the gallery bug still there?
Also, where are the boobs exactly? Screenshot anyone?

Which version of gapps in included in this rom?

what doesnt work?
or does it means everything works :S

[NAND] Warbyte Donut for Kaiser - RLS04 Oct 21 - compcache and market! / General help

Sad news right before we end this year. Today (12-28-2010) I accidentally stepped on my Kaiser and though it endured like a champ it was too much to ask from the screen and it cracked. No more Kaiser for me so this project is coming to an abrupt end. If I find a Kaiser and it is flashable then I'll gladly continue and move on, hopefully on Froyo but until then I wanna thank all of those wonderful people who took part in this thread either by providing feedback, asking, helping or even just reading. It was a great experience. Happy new year to everybody!
What this is:
This is my personal attempt at a flexible, responsive, complete, and stable Donut release. My first release was based on Dzo's Odexed version and from there things have been evolving.
This thread has also been gathering some really interesting info so it might as well serve for helping anyone out there so feel free to look for any info you need or ask but please search before you do because the answer might have been given here or in another thread already. Feel free to contribute with any info or apps but please respect XDA's rules and respect other members. No keygens, serials, cracked apps, any request about it or any contribution containing them is allowed. If I miss any rule being broken (most likely due to my time constraints) then a moderator will catch you and ugly things will happen. You've been warned.
Thanks!
To thoughtlesskyle for his answers to many questions and help in the thread, Millence for his info about compache running as a service in VaniljEclair, elander, marcelotorres, albertorodast2007, and snake664 for his patience, interest, extensive testing, and much appreciated feedback. Thanks to anyone else involved and supporting this thread. If for any reason I forgot your name here I apologize, pm me and I shall make the necessary changes.
Why another Donut?
Edit: Even shorter version - One day things went very wrong for me when I flashed a stock ROM by accident that contained an original SPL 3.34. The process stopped halfways and rendered me unable to flash anything else on my phone. The last thing I was able to flash was an Eclair kernel that I edited to fit Donut.
I found out about Dzo's Odexed release and though it was great to say the list I soon realized that having an odexed version wasn't very helpful if you needed to change things. I went ahead and got all deodexed, changed, themed, updated, mixed, messed up, fixed again, zipaligned and all that good stuff.
Some work I would like to respect by encouraging you to visit, try, and support:
Incubus26Jc's Super FroYo
Zenity's Polymod 2.1D (Maintenance version)
Dzo's script for odexing and optimized build
Myn's Warm Donut (Support for Kaiser thread)
Jonasl's HTC_IME (HTC Keyboard)
Thoughtlesskyle's Not So Super Froyo (But looking Great!)
Last notes about the packages:
As of RLS04 there is an AE version (APKtor Edition) which does not contain preinstalled apps besides Helix Launcher and APKtor. It is configured to point to a repository I am currently hosting and that aims to contain this thread's favorite apps list.
The stock launcher is not included as I have never used it, you can however install it and use one of the custom and awesome looking updates from Incubus26jc's addons for Warm Donut.
There is no file manager included. That way everyone can use Market and install Astro or whatever suits their needs.
The included kernel was modified to fit a Kaiser, at 320x428, version is set to Donut, Panel Type 1, Key Map is normal, and Battery set to 1350. If you need something different please use Atools to edit it and match your needs.
There is no battery patch in sysinit.rc as I think it is unreliable based on the fact that several people get really different results. I prefer to go with editing the value in kernel set to the actual capacity of the battery.
The build is set to 143 DPI based on Zenity's research about 320x428 resolution.
Please be aware that there is some /data partition corruption depending on the kernel you use. I moved my /data to an EXT3 (EXT2 in the installer options) to help minimize this. Doing this might freeze your Kaiser when you slide the keyboard out depending on how fast your SD access is.
I generally don't have too much free time. I will try to be as helpful as time permits though I would like to rely on other people's knowledge to help each other as well.
Disclaimer:
I am not responsible for any damage to your phone you know very well we're all here to experiment and learn. If you need help with flashing ROM's, radios, and / or security unlocking please use the search feature of the forum. There is plenty of documentation that can guide you through the process.
Might be done / In progress / Included in release:
To do:
Resize images in some packages to fit a 120 DPI, QVGA resolution.
Change resources in apk's to match Froyo's look.
Experiment with a different wlan.ko hoping to fix wifi problems (reported by 1 user only).
Included in RLS04:
Compcache!
Custom script for loading compcache, values based on testing.
Custom services for persistent compcache, enable and disable.
Custom service for persistent 2G only networks.
Zipaligning diagnose script. Mainly for me as I am a zipaligning freak.
Included in RLS02 and RLS03:
More stability in Android core apps. Avoid force closes.
Fix Android Terminal Emulator force closing (Package does support a soft keyboard).
Include SMS Popup, enhances default Messaging app. Fix force closes.
Include HTC Keyboard (Mod by an XDA member). Fix force closes.
Switching between 2G and 3G. Can set "use only 2G networks".
Cell based location. Tested with OsmAnd, GPS off.
Working SIM lock.
Addons - Fat free blue Donut theme
Thoughtlesskyle gave us this amazing present: a ported theme from his Fat Free Froyo release. It brings a very refreshing (and black status bar) look. Tested on RLS04 and working great! Thank you!
Downloads:
Fat free blue Donut theme
Addons - Bugless Beast Sound Recorder
A recent discussion that started over at the Warm Donut thread. The stock Sound Recorder app does not have a GUI and it is just a group of functions that other programs can use. Bugless Beast's author modified the original app giving it a nice GUI. Get it here as an update for your build!
Downloads:
Sound Recorder Update
Release 04 - The Redeemer on Steroids
I consider RLS03 to be a very solid build so I am trying to get all those final touches we all wish for sometimes. This release addresses two issues: compcache and default 2G networks. Everything else is RLS03.
Compcache:
After some serious testing with my own device I came up with three different settings. There is a disk size of 16 MB, 24 MB, and 32 MB which to me are what work better in our Kaisers. RLS04 has compcache enabled with a size of 24 MB as a default setting. This is a balanced compromise between compressed caching and available RAM for everything else. After each restart the compcache settings will kick in automatically (if not disabled manually) after exactly 4 minutes, it will reserve the specified disk size or as much as it can if the total amount is not available. If you need to change some settings I included a modified script, by executing this you will be changing the persistent service settings, very simple and straightforward. If you need to change something, bring up the terminal, give yourself super user permissions (type su and press enter) and do any of the following. Please note that a what is after the # character on the same line is just a comment.
Code:
# Stop compcache immediately, toggles to enabled on reboot
compcache.sh stop
Code:
# Disable compcache, it will not load on subsequent restarts
compcache.sh disable
Code:
# Enable compcache with 16 MB disk, changes reflected after restart
compcache.sh enable16
Code:
# Enable compcache with 24 MB disk, changes reflected after restart
compcache.sh enable24
Code:
# Enable compcache with 32 MB disk, changes reflected after restart
compcache.sh enable32
Because compcache does promote data corruption I must emphasize: Create a /data backup. You'll be happier if corruption happens and you need to reinstall.
Default 2G Networks:
RLS04 sets 2G networks only as a default settings after restarts which is what works best for me and several people. After a restart you can change the setting in Wireless controls -> Mobile networks as always but 2G will persist on reboot. If you need to change this setting to have 3G as a default setting after a restart then bring up terminal emulator, give yourself super user permissions (type su and press enter) and do any of the following. Please note that a what is after the # character on the same line is just a comment.
Code:
# 3G networks as default
set2g.sh disable
Code:
# 2G networks only as default
set2g.sh enable
Warnings:
As with previous releases, be careful if you use QVGA, haven't tested it on that resolution, some important things might not fit well, like the numbers for unlocking your SIM
Known Issues / Notes:
None so far.
Additional apps included in the package:
Normal Edition:
Weather Wiget (Provides digital HTC like clock)
HelixLauncher 1.2 (Replaced ADW Launcher because current version drains battery faster)
HTC Keyboard (With working calibration. Long press on a text field to select as default or check "Locale & text" settings)
SMS Popup 1.0.9
Rogue Tools 1.1
Keep Screen 1.7
Android Terminal Emulator 1.0.17
Market Enabler 3.0.8
XScope GL Lite 5.34
APKtor Edition:
HelixLauncher 1.2
APKtor 1.0.8.7
Downloads:
Donut Deodexed RLS04
Donut Deodexed RLS04 APKtor Edition
Release 03 - The Redeemer
This release is what RLS02 should have been. More stability, working gps, wifi, bluetooth, camera, cell based location, and SIM lock. I ran it on NAND, works great, still with it I had some normal and expected /data corruption which reset my wallpaper. I've been running it with /data on EXT3, there is not a performance hit that I notice and I would advise the same as this helps with the partition corruption. Just in case keep a /data backup handy.
Warnings:
As with RLS02, be careful if you use QVGA, haven't tested it on that resolution, some important things might not fit well, like the numbers for unlocking your SIM
Known Issues / Notes:
Setting "Use only 2G networks" works now but it does not survive a reboot. It enables 3G as default. To solve this if you need to reboot your phone and you prefer to be in 2G you need to check the setting again.
Additional apps included in the package:
Weather Wiget (Provides digital HTC like clock)
HelixLauncher 1.2 (Replaced ADW Launcher because current version drains battery faster)
HTC Keyboard (With working calibration. Long press on a text field to select as default or check "Locale & text" settings)
SMS Popup 1.0.9
Rogue Tools 1.1
Keep Screen 1.7
Android Terminal Emulator 1.0.17
Market Enabler 3.0.8
XScope GL Lite 5.34
Downloads:
Donut Deodexed RLS03
Release 02
Known Issues / Notes:
Obsolete. I am no longer working on this particular package.
Additional apps included in the package:
HelixLauncher 1.2 (Replaced ADW Launcher because current version drains battery faster)
HTC Keyboard (With working calibration. Long press on a text field to select as default or check "Locale & text" settings)
SMS Popup 1.0.9
Rogue Tools 1.1
Keep Screen 1.7
Android Terminal Emulator 1.0.17
Market Enabler 3.0.8
XScope GL Lite 5.34
Downloads:
Donut Deodexed RLS02
Release 01
Known Issues:
Obsolete. I am no longer working on this particular package.
Additional apps included in the package:
ADW Launcher 1.1.5
Rogue Tools 1.1
Keep Screen 1.7
Android Terminal Emulator 1.0.17
Market Enabler 3.0.8
XScope GL Lite 5.34
Downloads:
Donut Deodexed RLS01
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wow, first time I get to post first post, what an honor, jejeje, anyways this is looking good I'll download and try it, the timing couldn't be better as I am using myn's warm donut and after messing around with njtr2 battery mods somebody told me that I'll have troubles because of the sysinit.rc had some codelines to set it at 2000mah so I had to change that, anyways since I messed both system and data so much I was going to reinstall everything, but now I'll try yours first. thanks

elander said:
wow, first time I get to post first post, what an honor, jejeje, anyways this is looking good I'll download and try it, the timing couldn't be better as I am using myn's warm donut and after messing around with njtr2 battery mods somebody told me that I'll have troubles because of the sysinit.rc had some codelines to set it at 2000mah so I had to change that, anyways since I messed both system and data so much I was going to reinstall everything, but now I'll try yours first. thanks
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I am glad you feel honored, you must also know this is the first thread that I create and so I am even a little nervous about the reception. Oh I know what ya mean, I've been messing around with that famous sysinit.rc and trust me, it was a headache. Tried both a new battery that I got and my old messed up one, which drops to almost nothing in 5 mins. In both cases, the battery seems to indicate an accurate current charge and recharge. Good luck with everything, and please let me know what you think

weird, I'm trying to download this from the link (mediafire) but after I click on the "click to start download" it stays on your download is about to start....

elander said:
weird, I'm trying to download this from the link (mediafire) but after I click on the "click to start download" it stays on your download is about to start....
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Hmmm weird, just tried the link here. Works okay and starts. I had a couple issues some weeks ago when downloading from media fire. The server would not be found, it was okay later. Could I ask you to wait a little and try again? if it doesn't work for you I will try to have a mirror link as well.

thanks for such a fast reply, I told you what happened so you know, but I was going to wait anyways, (as some say patience is the key, lol) on a side note (and a little off topic as well) could you please tell me how did you manage to get rid of the battery settings on sysinit.rc, cuz I'd love to try the new battery kernel in my current installation (as it is pretty much broken anyways) as I wait for mediafire to "like me". thanks!

elander said:
thanks for such a fast reply, I told you what happened so you know, but I was going to wait anyways, (as some say patience is the key, lol) on a side note (and a little off topic as well) could you please tell me how did you manage to get rid of the battery settings on sysinit.rc, cuz I'd love to try the new battery kernel in my current installation (as it is pretty much broken anyways) as I wait for mediafire to "like me". thanks!
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Sure thing. well, I guess this is gonna be a feared answer but the method is by hand. Grab an editor that does not mess up your ends of line. I use pspad for this kind of thing. the .tar file is just a compressed file you can open with winrar or 7zip for a free alternative. Open your sysinit.rc, look for the lines sys/module/board_kaiser_battery/parameters/battery_capacity, that is where the value is set. The most common builds I have seen have a #battery patch comment so you can just delete that section. Save your file, dump it back in your .tar file and install.
I have also used androidupdate.tar if you wanna make it an update instead of a reinstall, just make sure it is in the correct path. Should be the same path you see in androidinstall.tar.
One thing I gotta warn you, I have always been tempted to realign tabs and delete unnecessary whitespace. The last time I did that it resulted in weird wifi and bluetooth behavior, so be careful and only change what you need. Save a copy of your original file so you can always "update" it with the old one in case you mess something up accidentally. Patience, that works. Take a deep breath, watch some tv, then try again

Nice....
I must say it is refreshing to see someone doing something new with the Kaiser!!! I just may give this a whirl tomorrow!!! I'll chime in if I do......

i wanna try it....
let me download it first

@cnigro1279 There aren't too many new things with this, just trying to save people some time and work I have great love for the Kaiser, it's like a good old faithful friend. It just goes through several battery packs. Please give us some feedback if you decide to try it.
@fahkin Appreciate the interest

I´ve been messing with this build for a couple of hours and I must say It is great so far, the only issues I have are: the terminal emulator force closes, but it is not a big deal I just uninstalled it and downloaded it again from the market, and the second one is not really an issue but raher a matter of taste, I installed this with the recommended resolution 320*428 with a 144 dpi setting, thinking that maybe this time I´d get it to look less blurry than last time I tried such resolution, but it´s still the same, so I´m gonna try this with 240*320 and a dpi value of 117 (as I recall being able to fit almost everything onscreen last time I did it) so, I feel tempted to ask, What are the chances of getting a fix for 240*320 resolution? (myn´s warm donut has it I think) anyways great work, oh by the way I love the look on this one, it makes me forget about froyo (although if I could them the widgets to look like the froyo´s it´d be a dream come true,lol), overall very fast and stable (so far) build, with great looks and the fact that it is deodexed leaves rom for theming it the way you like it. thanks.

Thank you !
Thank you WarByte !
I will give it a ride on mine Kaiser

About resolution confusion
@elander
you can take a look at:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=667581&page=4
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7767902&postcount=3

Thanks for reporting!
@elander Thank you for reporting back. Yeah the clearest screen you can get is using the native QVGA resolution of the Kaiser, I might suggest trying a DPI of 121, that one looks great with that resolution. I could attach another kernel and an androidupdate.tar with the DPI setting, though you could edit the kernel with Atools and the included Rogue Tools app in the rom lets you change the DPI setting to anything you might want to try. After the change you just need to reboot. I got some apps force closing if already included in the package as opposed to installing them after the rom. Apparently I missed Terminal. I also thought about using Better Terminal since most builds have it and the one I am using doesnt let you use a soft keyboard. I am glad you liked the build By the way if you use a QVGA resolution your dialer is gonna look messed up, buttons over each other. Please check out a modified dialer for Warm Donut at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6402522&postcount=4080. This should work well with it.
@kljoki Please do and let us know how it goes, if there's anything I can help with I'll be glad to try my best.

ok, don't forget I'm using HaRET
The things which does not work on my Kaiser or I didn't have a luck:
- camera force closing (FC)
- terminal (ok, you just explained why)
unstable:
- wifi signal, I had a lot of system confusions and retries, in general it working
- WiFi Static
I was trying with panel 3,2 and 1 in default.txt,
and was thinking to flash an old radio as you suggested
but from your sig I can see we are using same radio versions.
Thanks.

Downloading... will try it later `cause i am really tired but thanks for the build anyway

WarByte said:
@elander Thank you for reporting back. Yeah the clearest screen you can get is using the native QVGA resolution of the Kaiser, I might suggest trying a DPI of 121, that one looks great with that resolution. I could attach another kernel and an androidupdate.tar with the DPI setting, though you could edit the kernel with Atools and the included Rogue Tools app in the rom lets you change the DPI setting to anything you might want to try. After the change you just need to reboot. I got some apps force closing if already included in the package as opposed to installing them after the rom. Apparently I missed Terminal. I also thought about using Better Terminal since most builds have it and the one I am using doesnt let you use a soft keyboard. I am glad you liked the build By the way if you use a QVGA resolution your dialer is gonna look messed up, buttons over each other. Please check out a modified dialer for Warm Donut at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6402522&postcount=4080. This should work well with it.
@kljoki Please do and let us know how it goes, if there's anything I can help with I'll be glad to try my best.
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THanks for the tips, but I already knew how to work with resolutions and rogue tools/atools/nbheditor, thats why I said that I was going to try this with a 117 dpi/240*320 resolution as I know that most things, (including the dialer) fits the screen and also looks better/less blurry, what I meant is that I wanted to know if there was a chance for this to get fixed to fit in a 240*320/120 dpi, that's why I mentioned warm donut, (cuz somebody got most things including dialer fixed for a 240*320/120dpi and put up an android install), so that way we wouldn't need to use 320*428/144 dpi, as (in my humble opinion) it looks a little blurry. anyways thanks for everything so far this is in my top 3 list and this is only the beggining (rls1). kaizen!!!!

I just recently got the Kaiser, and have been trying out Android.
After messing around with most the ROMs, I must say, this one is stable and already has wifi and bluetooth working for me.
Thanks!

@elander Sorry about forgetting haret, I just way too used to nand. I know what you mean now and actually a couple days ago i was trying a lockbot demo and it wouldnt fit so i found a dpi that gave me almost the same QVGA look though blurry. I thought of resizing the dialer. You got me interested so I'll work on it. Test on my quasi QVGA and I'll rely on you for some actual final testing since i cant flash another kernel. Maybe later on we can get some froyo looking widgets a reality
@randomgoon Glad it worked for you. Appreciate your feedback.
@All i can confirm working radios: Nikki, 1.70 and 1.71. I have never gone below 1.65 and noticed almost no difference. Most people recommend a 1.65 radio.
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Rollride! Good to see you here. Get some rest then let us know what you think. Hope you like it
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[ROM]VillainROMZ & SuperVillainZ for the G2/DZ - Sense UI & Vanilla Style!

WELCOME TO VILLAINROM
This bit’s the introduction. If you’re not interested in who we are, or how we got here, or are of the TL;DR mentality, then skip this entire section.
I HAVE INTERNET AT LAST! 5 weeks without it, and I'm officially back online, today! woop! Thank you for your patience. We wanted to make sure this ROM was right for you all prior to release! As many of you have noticed, I’m well and truly back in to the world of custom roms, after a few months break over the summer. Believe me, it was well and truly needed. It’s great to be back though.
If you’ve come from a HTC Hero/Desire or Magic, the chances are, you’ve heard of VillainROM. For that reason, I won’t go into who we are in too much detail. Sufficed to say, we’re a hardworking team of collaborative developers, working towards a common goal; to improve on manufacturer’s versions of the Android OS’ and to provide alternative, AOSP versions. We will no longer be providing 'experimental beta' releases, but instead, only releasing ROMs we deem to be 'final'.
So... to the ROM!
Before I do, though, I’d just like to take this opportunity to offer a huge message of gratitude to the team at #g2root. Scotty2 and the team worked their arses off for weeks on this, and together they achieved what HTC attempted to make impossible. We all owe them a huge debt of thanks.
This thread will house two ROMs; each of which will have its own thread on VillainROM.co.uk, but it's more manageable in the one here. Because of this, I'd appreciate it if you could post the name of the ROM you're using prior to reporting a problem/giving praise. These ROMs follow the successful release of Villision last week, which was a combined effort between HomerSP and myself. Homer is a legend, and he's worked with me again on this one. Once labelled 'The Hotfix King', he has been known to de-odex sleeping frogs and some pretty large haddock. I thank him, once again for his help and support.
VillainROMZ for the G2/Z is a stock Sense UI build, with a few VillainROM tweaks. The more obvious tweak is that the reboot and reboot to recovery options have been added, but I assure you, more changes have been made to the 'back end', so you should see an improvement on performance.
SuperVillainZ on the other hand, is one of VillainROM's specialities. It was, some time ago, one of the most popular ROMs on the Hero, and offers a combination of SenseUI and vanilla. It's entirely based on VillainROMZ, with HomerSP's power menu tweak and the tweaks of VillainROM, however, Rosie, and Sense UI widgets have been removed from the build. In addition, the age old problem of the ALARM CLOCK + LOCKSCREEN has been FIXED, by the very same, fish de-odexing legend, HomerSP. That means, you can use your HTC alarm, with your vanilla lockscreen... at last.
SuperVillainZ offers users what are, in our opinion the best bits of Sense UI (apps), with a Vanilla-like feel. The huge reduction in /system size and applications obviously makes it run that little bit better, too. This is the perfect ROM for those that can't decide... to sense, or not to sense.
The ever growing list of credits - Thanks to: HomerSP, Pulser, Cyanogen, Scotty, #g2root, Ninpo, Kendon, Mike Coffee, Lenny, Shen, Jeremy, Paul (Modaco), Richard Trip, MikeBeecham, RaiderX, lox, benhaam, strange Chinese guy whose name I don’t know but regularly places leaks in my dropbox, ALL VILLAINROM users, and in advance to anyone who downloads any of these ROMs, supports us, or leaves feedback.
/End introduction.
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SCREENSHOT IS OF SUPERVILLAINZ!
For anyone interested, that's the new Fancy Widget, and the icons used are taken from Manup456's DigitalStyleWars website. All can simply be downloaded and placed on SD card, then selected via Shortcuts in LP or ADW.
SUPERVILLAINZ - NO ROSIE
- Based on official HTC Desire Z 1.34.405.5 RUU.
- De-odexed
- Multilingual
- Huge VillainROM APN list
- PNG Optimized throughout
- Zip Aligned
- Coolbho's 1497Mhz OC Kernel (setcpu > detect to OC)
- Enabled full adb root/remount etc (ro.secure=0)
- Latest Google Apps
- Added HTC’s screen calibration app
- Custom VillainROM Wallpaper
- Wifi Calling App
- Dalvik heap & misc performance tweaks
- Launcher Pro replaces Rosie - Thanks Frederico!
- All Clock widgets, widgets and associated images removed.
- Vanilla Lockscreen + Working HTC Alarm
- Advanced Power Menu
Download Link:
http://www.villainrom.co.uk/forum/s...perVillainZ-for-the-G2-Z-(Vanilla-Sense-blend!)
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VILLAINROMZ - SENSE UI - ROSIE
- Based on official HTC Desire Z 1.34.405.5 RUU.
- De-odexed
- Multilingual
- Huge VillainROM APN list
- PNG Optimized throughout
- Zip Aligned
- Coolbho's 1497Mhz OC Kernel (setcpu > detect to OC)
- Enabled full adb root/remount etc (ro.secure=0)
- Latest Google Apps
- Added HTC’s screen calibration app
- Custom VillainROM Wallpaper
- Wifi Calling App
- Dalvik heap & misc performance tweaks
- Advanced Power Menu
Downlod Link:
http://www.villainrom.co.uk/forum/s...ainROMZ-for-the-G2-Z-(Sense-UI-with-VR-Tweaks)
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INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Boot into clockworkmod
2. Nandroid backup if required
3. FULL DATA WIPE - MUST!
4. Flash the ROM
5. Reboot!
Thank you, and enjoy!

OP requested 2nd post for future use.

Very nice. Waiting for mirroring to finish.
I haven't really given Sense UI much of a chance... let's see how this goes

Pickx said:
Very nice. Waiting for mirroring to finish.
I haven't really given Sense UI much of a chance... let's see how this goes
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Mirroring completed

For anyone who downloaded the ROM more than 2 minutes ago, please download it again, as I have corrected an error that gave you an older version of the ROM, without so much added awesomesauce.
Congrats to ddotpatel who spotted my *AHEM* deliberate little test (I wish... )

Hey, I downloaded the SuperVillain rom but the homescreen does not look anything like the picture posted? I'm looking for the Sense-style Clock/Weather but cannot seem to find it.

Very nice ROM.....
I have already downloaded and installed it successfully. So far I have not found any serious bugs yet.
One question : Is there such function that I can enlarge the system font size by this ROM? If yes, how to do it?
Thanks again for your good work!

1nsomnia said:
Hey, I downloaded the SuperVillain rom but the homescreen does not look anything like the picture posted? I'm looking for the Sense-style Clock/Weather but cannot seem to find it.
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Says in the OP - that's the new Fancy Widget.
I've been looking forward to this. Villivision ran beautifully but I just can't deal with the inferior dialler, clock and camera apps. Or the general ugliness of the statusbar and its icons. I hope those bits have been carried over.
Question - is there a CIFS module included in this?

Nice ROM
Nice ROM
I have two question
1. after flash this rom and first booted(no install any APK)
in setting/SD & Phone Storage
Available space only 0.88G that's normal right?
2. i want to restore my setting and apk using Titanium Backup
it told me not "rooted"
this ROM not included rooted?
Thank you for your response

Props for a solid stock ROM i.e VillainROMZ
So far it seems to be running smooth as

gendou said:
2. i want to restore my setting and apk using Titanium Backup
it told me not "rooted"
this ROM not included rooted?
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It's rooted but it doesn't have Busybox. Hit the "problems?" thing at the bottom of Titanium Backup to download it.

it is working,thanks

Would it be possible (in any way) to have this wonderful ROM ported to the Motorola Milestone 2?? Which just recently got rooted and clockwork recovery works now...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838606&page=2
proof of clockwork
http://www.gamaze.com/blog/2010/11/installing-clockworkmod-recovery-on-motorola-milestone-2/
If not this ROM, probably original sense...
Thanks

Looks awesome! Could you please add trackpad to wake, and percentage battery icon to a future release?
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AMoosa said:
Looks awesome! Could you please add trackpad to wake, and percentage battery icon to a future release?
Sent from my HTC Vision using Tapatalk
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trackpad to wake is included, however it doesn't seem to work when the phone has been asleep for a long period of time.
Can someone confirm and post a bug report in the correct section over at villainrom.co.uk?
thanks

Looks great. Im tired of Sense, so Im going to try the SuperVillainZ rom. I will report back after im done flashing it. Thanks!

ok11 said:
Looks great. Im tired of Sense, so Im going to try the SuperVillainZ rom. I will report back after im done flashing it. Thanks!
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SuperVillainZ is best for people (like me) who love HTC's apps (that can't be directly replaced like wifi hotspot, flashlight, dialer etc) but are not a massive fan of rosie as a launcher.
I am sticking with sense for now, until I get bored of "new sense" but SuperVillain is usually my rom of choice.

Just to make it easier for you here are direct links to the bug tracking forum on VR.
Please use the correct one
VillainZ
http://www.villainrom.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?187-VillainROM-Z-1.0-Bug-Reports
SuperVillainZ
http://www.villainrom.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?190-SuperVillain-Z-1.0-Bug-Reports
G2 xda thread for these roms
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855560
Thanks!
Edit: xda link fixed, stupidly linked to the wrong rom

Flashed successfully. Everything seems to run in order and nothing out of the ordinary noticed. However, its quite late and I need some sleep, but I will report back if anything comes up. Thanks for the ROM. It's a great escape from the Rosie launcher while having the apps and features that came with Sense.

Not wishing to sound rude (though it probably will do), why do people have to specifically go to another website to log a bug for this ROM ? That's not how support for ROMs normally works on XDA, is it ? e.g. cyanogen doesn't tell you to go and log a formal bug report whenever you find an issue.

[Rom] Deviant v0.77 -2nd release (27/2/2011)

Deviant v0.77
Here is an attempt at changing the recent trend in Galaxy S (i9000) ROMs. It seams the focus is mostly on speed (not only speed of course but its definitely prioritized to the point of sometimes leaving little option but a stock ROM or a quick ROM), which is good for some people and great for improving OS knowledge and leading to advances all over the place but why have a modern phone with decent specs with the only advantage being the ability to load the MMS app a few milliseconds quicker? Don't get me wrong I think most of the ROMs available are great I just find there's not really anything like what I'm attempting to do (that I've come across at least). But the most experimental change I am trying to implement and my main focus in creating this ROM is to replace as many of the stock apps as possible with community made alternatives which has turned out to be quite a challenging process due to most apps not being designed to be used together in such a way and especially without the standard system apps being available to them (though some just work perfectly as full replacements many just don't, possibly due to certain system apps calling each other in ways that just causes repeated force closings at boot) but it's definitely do able as I've replaced almost all of the standard apps already but there's bound to be some issues so time will tell.
So in attempting to fill in this perceived gap I am working on a ROM that:
* Replace as many of the standard apps as possible with full featured free alternatives (SUPPORT FREE SOFTWARE!!!)
* Adding extras you may not even need but you might have fun fiddling with none the less
* Providing a ROM that you can flash then immediately just have fun with that still is fully functional and stable
* Is suitable for everyday use
* That isn't noticeably lagged
* Which contains a new custom theme (possibly to be started in the next release but it wont be a priority over useability and stability)
I hope this find at least a small appreciative audience. I am VERY open to comments and suggestions especially about good free apps that I may not have even heard of (and considering how many apps are available now days it is a definite possibility).
PLEASE NOTE! This is still very much in development, its going to have problems most likely petty little ones but there's going to be a few at least, most likely incompatibilities between apps or stock apps I've replaced that has broken the ROM in some way. But so far I'm definitely happy with the results and consider it usable and reasonably stable but there's definitely so much more I can do so hopefully there is interest in this ROM to motivate my continued work.
List of ROM changes and specifics below in following post.
Download Link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21970648/Deviant_v0.77.zip
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Changes and Specifics:
Changed System (Stock) APPs
MusicPlayer.apk - Mort Player BETA
Gallery3d.apk - QuickPic
Browser.apk - Skyfire Browser
DialerTabActivity.apk - Dialer2
Camera.apk - Camera Magic
VoiceRecorder.apk - Voice Recorder (not stock just not very creatively named)
MyFiles.apk - File Expert
TouchWizCalculator.apk - RealCalc
ClockPackage.apk - Alarm Clock Plus
VideoPlayer.apk -mVideoPlayer
JobManager.apk - Advanced Task Manager
Email.apk - K-9 Mail
MMS.apk - GO SMS
Maps.apk - MapQuest
VoiceSearch.apk - ChaCha Droid
Added/Extra APPs:
Superuser
Facebook
Vidiom
Torrent-Fu
Volume Control +
SGS Tools
Spare Parts
XDA forum app
Voodoo Control App
Foot Feed
Jota Text
LCD Density Changer
Quick Boot
Backup Everything
BLN Control Free
Download All Files
E-mail Notifier
Barcode Scanner
Ebuddy
AnySoft Keyboard
Contapps
Go Launcher Notifications
MortPlay Widget
PDF Viewer
Voltage Control
Youtube
Specifics:
JS5 Base (WIPE)
Super Optimized Kernel v4.7.9
GO Launcher EX
Modified Phone.apk for call recording if desired
Default LCD Density changed to 200 (looks much nicer)
Custom made Deviant boot animations (one needs some work one isn't bad though)
Installation Instructions:
Flash via clockwork (at the moment the script wont flash properly with clockwork 3 it doesn't fail but it wont install the apps correctly so if your using a voodoo kernel or another kernel with version 3 (orange menus) just flash Speedmod or something else with cw v2.5 instead of 3). Prior to flashing make sure to do a full wipe. The app "backup everything" is included in this ROM so that you may use it to back up your apps and whatever else if you are following the deviant releases. If you do decide to flash a post saying that you have flashed this ROM would be great to give me some idea of how many people are using it.
There's probably a few little changes I've forgot to mention, if anyone notices any obvious ones could you please make me aware so I can list them

Some screenshots would be nice

rOck4n said:
Some screenshots would be nice
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There's nothing much to see screen shot wize as yet, stock theme with just a custom background... its the software differences that make it interesting so far. But yah I need to get some up thanks for the reminder!

theeverlastingend said:
There's nothing much to see screen shot wize as yet, stock theme with just a custom background... its the software differences that make it interesting so far. But yah I need to get some up thanks for the reminder!
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Try to use the gray icons in the menus (settings), they look better and elegant than the colorful one's. Try also to put some info about the battery usage, most of the users aim for a ROM with good battery performance regardless of the kernel.

Very interesting ! Sure a supa-cool theme would make your rom really different !

rOck4n said:
Try to use the gray icons in the menus (settings), they look better and elegant than the colorful one's. Try also to put some info about the battery usage, most of the users aim for a ROM with good battery performance regardless of the kernel.
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Yah I know what ya mean the stock colours are a bit rough on the eye, I'm keen to start doing some theme work as i go along but I may use a nice theme that's already available in the next release to get things looking nice before I get to it. Kernel: Most likely going to be changed anyway, possibly to something UV'ed by default but not necessarily OC'd which leads me to battery, drain doesn't seam bad at all... but I'm bin experimenting and testing different software mixes alot so I really haven't had the change to really gauge it but its not horrible at the moment (IMO).

crash-petard said:
Very interesting ! Sure a supa-cool theme would make your rom really different !
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Thanks for your support, its still early days but I'm hoping to have something after awhile with a really alternative feel especially with the software itself.

ADWLauncher with darkEdge themes look very sleek on my phone. Try it
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Hi again,
I think different proffessionals have different requirements. If you want this to to see a logical end, make a ROM for doctors, one for engineers, one for architects, one for politicians, one for social workers, one for kids, one for teenagers, one for single MOMs, one for divorcees, Etc, Etc.
One package doesn't seriously fit ALL.
EDIT1 : A seriously overweight woman would require a diet plan software.
EDIT2 : A scientist would prefer to have wolfram & use it.

While reading the first few sentences..
I was having the idea that this rom is working towards battery efficiency..
lol.. I see you're having fun replacing stock apps..
Enjoy..

Oh, what app did you use for contact replacement ? I'm trying to replace samsung contact app with AOSP Contact App...but I fail everytime. Do you think it's possible ?

ragin said:
Hi again,
I think different proffessionals have different requirements. If you want this to to see a logical end, make a ROM for doctors, one for engineers, one for architects, one for politicians, one for social workers, one for kids, one for teenagers, one for single MOMs, one for divorcees, Etc, Etc.
One package doesn't seriously fit ALL.
EDIT1 : A seriously overweight woman would require a diet plan software.
EDIT2 : A scientist would prefer to have wolfram & use it.
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hmmm I see what your saying and perhaps I haven't quite expressed my intentions perfectly yet (this is very much a work in progress)... My main intention is to switch out as many of the standard apps as possible (from the dialer to Google maps) with free community developed alternatives, this is my main aim. My secondary aim is to have something with a bit of weight to it, not ridiculously full just full of nice useful apps that cover a decent range of uses but not anything so specific as to target a specific audience.
Also thanks for advising me about those themes, I am currently looking into a few options atm. Though unsure which to persue as yet.
Also a new build will be going up in the next hour or so (my upload speed is horrible atm) which has had quite a few changes since the first release... Also keep an eye out as I will be putting alot of time towards this and are hoping for daily updates (till things reach a point I'm alot more happy with).
So please come back now and then just to see whats bin done and your comments are definately more then welcome!

profi208 said:
While reading the first few sentences..
I was having the idea that this rom is working towards battery efficiency..
lol.. I see you're having fun replacing stock apps..
Enjoy..
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Sorry though this will be something I look at down the line atm its not the highest of priorites. This is very much an experiment of sorts that may or may not develop into something good... Thanks for having a look anyway

crash-petard said:
Oh, what app did you use for contact replacement ? I'm trying to replace samsung contact app with AOSP Contact App...but I fail everytime. Do you think it's possible ?
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ahh i see we've run into similar problems, specifically the mms and contacts apps... Atm I've pretty well settled on just adding an extra two apps and leaving them (that reminds me I need to re-add contapps its quite good). There's definitely dependance issues with those two apks which there is possibly a way around but definitely not an obvious one, I've spent a bit of time reading around but yet to have any luck and quite a lot of experimenting has left me with no luck so far sorry... Would be wonderful to hear back if you find a solution

Ok. I was thinking about a dependance issue too, so I'm looking at the other files contained, for example, in the Gapps zip of CM7. There is a LIB folder, which could be related to. Following that track : in the Lib folder of CM7, we can find some lib files related to the keyboard, the camera app, etc... But no explicit "libcontact" file (for example).
I don't think that Etc and Framework folders could be useful.
However, I'm just groping.

crash-petard said:
Ok. I was thinking about a dependance issue too, so I'm looking at the other files contained, for example, in the Gapps zip of CM7. There is a LIB folder, which could be related to. Following that track : in the Lib folder of CM7, we can find some lib files related to the keyboard, the camera app, etc... But no explicit "libcontact" file (for example).
I don't think that Etc and Framework folders could be useful.
However, I'm just groping.
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Actually this is something I noticed aswell... When I replaced the gallery in Deviant I found I could use Floating Image as a replacement fine but that didnt cut it as a good full featured gallery (though it was cool to look at) so I decided to replace it with QuickPic which just force closed on boot, but by doing alot of reading around happened across a fix but putting a single library file from its APK into the lib folder of the rom and now it works flawlessly. Yet to find a way around the MMS or Contacts issue sadly, which is something I would really like to have fixed in a future release.

Very interesting .. we're on the right track. Maybe contacting a skilled developer (Darky, Doc,...) would be helpful? Or even the CM7 developers.

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Very interesting .. we're on the right track. Maybe contacting a skilled developer (Darky, Doc,...) would be helpful? Or even the CM7 developers.
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That could possibly help (would hate to annoy them though they are doing some really great work)... It's definitely something that gets asked around the net a bit as I've noticed while doing some research but it seams the MMS apk sets up the messaging settings in some way on first boot and can often be replaced after that, I think the easiest way to do that would be to script something to remove/switch the apk after its done its job right at the end of first boot, though doing so could be somewhat of a challenge in itself and their doesn't seam be any obvious lib files in the apk. As for my issue with the contact app, I think that's really provably to do with a dependance but then again it could just be the way all the contact apps I've tried are coded (not designed to run by them self and perhaps depending on the stock app in some way)...

[ROM] [cwm]-BLACKEDITION FOR THE SGS2-Apr-28-2012

Black edition - Samsung Galaxy II
Android 4.0.3 Google Source build.
Dsp
Google Music
Lock screens
Customazible Hardware keys
Github repo Per GPL
Working on upload.
NOTES
This ROM is provided as is
I am not going to change the theme for you
I am not going to diagnose your random reboots
Don't come complaining when you flashed init.d tweaks that make your phone unstable
Don't come complaining when you use undervolt/overclock settings that make your phone unstable
I will only change things around in the rom if it's reasonable
Experimental builds
RC-10-Expermental
MD5
7cd5f20107891f110d3f2010936340cf
Expermental-9 AOSP
MD5
55e91b20482cb485a48e2fe2d43c5e1a
Expermental-RC8
MD5
6b289071abb3c1d6ff380596815c3cee
Latest Version
RC-7
MD5
293bb34b97a08b5bb3415c502ab76daf
Older Releases
RC-6
MD5
195051699b6d3d24f155bcd791af9e89
RC-5
MD5
1c31da1765c93de35f78b9b9b03431a0
RC-4-fixed
MD5
8c9a954d2ed760124373dd981dc51b01
RC-3
MD5
3ed303a9df02e2d3ee0231f1b4c7e242
RC-2
MD5
28591f0a39f4b94294711f2864bf8c94
Remixed-To ICS
MD5
1d102af20297553784ec77e1d0f9a89b
Chain log
Rc-10
Fixed settings
Fixed the ability to choose lockscreens and buttons
Error when mounting internal emmc (some apps do read it tho...)
Wi fi working
Calling and texting might work how ever i cannot test it
Audio of any kind does not work
Visual glitches with screen should be none.
Rotation works
External sd card mounting works
Using Darkside kernel.
Need testers that can logcat.
Rc-9
Full AOSP Rebuilt and kanged in from Leak + Dsp from cm9
Audio fully working
Data, wi fi, and Calling fully working.
No rotation issues.
Internal sd and external sd works (note it does map external to internal sd working on a fix eject sd card if you want to mount usb.)
Shouldn't call echo.
Removed all touch wiz apps now fully google source built apps.
RC-8- The hybrid lives
Ported most of aosp to work with the device properly
Rewrote part of the framework to use aosp instead of touch wiz!
Lockscreens--- ABOUT TIME U LAZY ASS DEV LOL
Ics AOSP Launcher- Fully working no rotate or image being stuck on screen issues
ICS AOSP image viewer with the ability to cough change lock screen images (also left gallery 3d some like it i dono why but they do)
ICS AOSP MMS
ICS GOOGLE EQ EFFECTS COUGH ATUALLY WORKING BETTER THEN THEY DID.
ICS AOSP CAMERA SUPPORT-8mp cam works recording does not panorama doesn't work just yet
Kanged in nexus rom battery mod i dono it just fit with it hope u dont mind. n wi fi sorry was to hard to read grey on grey for me...
MUCH MORE MUCH MUCH MORE!!!!
Fixed a **** ton of build issues and removed redundant files!!
THIS IS EXPERIMENTAL THERE WILL BE BUGS DON'T FLASH IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TEST AND REPORT WITH LOG-CATS YOU BEEN WARNED!!!
YOU WILL NEED TO ADD YOUR APN---T-Mobile-APN
Chrome error just re download from market and re install over it fixes it!!
RC-7
Updated to latest leak.
Fixed some of the theme
Net flix working
Camera working
Boot Animations supported
All Att Bloat removed
Much more
Based of Raceings modified leak
RC-6
Video recording works slow but its still now functional.
cleaned out of a few of the beats audio remains that were causing some errors in logcat.
Rc-5
Removed Samsung keyboard for aosp keyboard
Gave Users a better dictionary do to the fact the touch wiz one well face it sucks.
Fixed system to re mount root and system folders as read write
Fixed issues with calender sync and will now allow you to sync calendar with Google.
Gave Rom Sgs2 boot animation so people realize its actually booting
Misc bug fixes
Rc-4-Fixed
Fixed issues with exchange mail servers should work now.
RC-4
Built and added Pure aosp camera with full camera settings (working on video recording settings)- seems to be my bane
Built and added stock aosp Desk clock with alarm clock
Built and added aosp Calculator
apex launcher
Removed beats and did my own eq effects from aosp source
Rotation fixed
Speed up overall rom
And much more i know im forgetting
RC-3
Removed Gallery 3d and used my own AOSP gallery
Pretty much fixed the theme so it matches Valhalla black for the sgs4g
Added Init D scripts- These ones actually work
Added Kernel with support for boot animation In Secure and Init D support
Still Debloated
Need to remap VVM button to????? (community input)
RC-2
Fixed issue with busybox not being able to actually give TB root privileges, Removed At&T Boot logo, Misc Bugfixes mostly cosmetically, Fixed a few script errors when porting HTC Resound audio.
Remix-to-ICS
Initial Release
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Q&A Thread Here

dave2metz said:
Say what?
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
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My guess is This RaverX3X is building a ROM without actually having our phone yet.
Sent from my Fargin Tab
Edit, messed up the spelling on your name and corrected it after you quoted me....you were quick on the draw there....Lol....

SCREEN SHOTS AOSP

NO SCREENSHOTS LOl will need to be provided to me ;P

Screen Shots
RaverX3X said:
NO SCREENSHOTS LOl will need to be provided to me ;P
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Here's a few......guys remember, right now, this dev doesn't own this phone....just a heads up.
Edit: So far, running nicely, very quick. At first I had trouble d/l'ing from the market, so I rebooted into recovery, wiped cache, wiped dalvik cache, and fixed permissions, rebooted and that fixed it.

DSP Manager isnt included. I installed teh apk on my own, and it force closes. Just a heads up :]

starskyrob said:
DSP Manager isnt included. I installed teh apk on my own, and it force closes. Just a heads up :]
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ill fix it lol that was my fault

glensta said:
Here's a few......guys remember, right now, this dev doesn't own this phone....just a heads up.
Edit: So far, running nicely, very quick. At first I had trouble d/l'ing from the market, so I rebooted into recovery, wiped cache, wiped dalvik cache, and fixed permissions, rebooted and that fixed it.
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lol thanks i know what i need to fix

starskyrob said:
DSP Manager isnt included. I installed teh apk on my own, and it force closes. Just a heads up :]
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ya ill fix that up as far as the dsp forceclosing im going to remove ibeeats as correctly implmenting it causes the dsp to forceclose after about 20 seconds

Been running since about 7 yesterday and running pretty smooth brother. You never cease to amaze me. And i can't believe you really named it after me. I'm glad you are finally here brother.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium

Kind of looks like a dewizzed Paradox? How do testers like it?

apicia said:
Kind of looks like a dewizzed Paradox? How do testers like it?
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What makes you say that? Just curious.

G1ForFun said:
What makes you say that? Just curious.
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I'm pretty sure it because of the orange, since M&S's Paradox ROM is also orange
Sent from my GameBoy Color running Paradox II

apicia said:
Kind of looks like a dewizzed Paradox? How do testers like it?
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thats because master n slave let me use some things but they are not turning out the way i wanted... (i love to have diffrent icons and color so.....)

NoLunchBox_ said:
I'm pretty sure it because of the orange, since M&S's Paradox ROM is also orange
Sent from my GameBoy Color running Paradox II
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You just cant tell by the color of it. I know Raver when I was with the tmobile 4g. He brought the beast sound to the device. You will find down when you flash his rom. He does not have the sgs2. We should all together get him the device.

ya... Ull also know Master n slave s update (not sure if he released yet should have the same audio functionality as this firmware later on.. as He asked for help getting it up n running which i dont mind ill help anyone You will find similarties and u will find diffrences ...
ill have a update later today that should fix some themeing erors and fix the audio.

I hope my comment did not come across negatively. Yes, the orange did remind me of Paradox. I was not a fan of the TW launcher used in the latest release, so a dewizzed version is not a bad thing. I will keep my eye on this ROM and see where it goes.

sorry i forgot the dsp but to people that installed dsp and get a forceclose after the dsp activates can u send me a logcat so i can modfiy the dsp better to work with it thanks..
Id log it myself but lol u know why!

So far, sickly smooth!
Just flashed, and so far, lightening fast and very smooth. I see no reason why it cannot be a daily driver! Thank you for a great ROM! I'd love to see the CWM Options added to Settings - is that possible?

ShermCraig said:
Just flashed, and so far, lightening fast and very smooth. I see no reason why it cannot be a daily driver! Thank you for a great ROM! I'd love to see the CWM Options added to Settings - is that possible?
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Raverx3x has done so much 4 the community id stupid not to give it a go. Backing my m/s rom see what.
Madness unleashes.
This could be the smallest rom I've dled. It's a itty Bitty Guy. Hope its barebones.
Check the attachment.