Related
Long time lurker first time poster... so don't beat me up too bad.
I'm looking at jumping into the CM7 world and am looking for some input.
I've used multiple versions of Skyraider up to 3.5 and loved them until they began getting a bit laggy (tried multiple kernels). I'm now using myn's warm 2.2 and ziggy's kernel with great success. Phone operates VERY smooth and all features work (not even sure why I want to try something new... guess I'm bored?).
Long story short, my phone is a daily driver and needs good battery life and all features to work (BT, camera, data, WiFi, etc...). I don;t mind flashing a few ROM's but it gets quite time consuing setting up the desktop screens, apps, calendars, etc...
I see that some builds break things, some fix things and it's hard to know which build does what. Many folks feel CM7 is the greatest thing since the Atari 2600; so here's my question:
What build are you using?
Does the phone scroll and transition smoothly?
All features working?
Getting FC's?
And yes... I have done quite a bit of reading on the CM7 nightly thread and others as well. People have a tendancy to post issues, not sucesses so it's difficult to find a good stable GB ROM.
Im on the latest release #37 I believe Using slayhers .37 kernal.
Love it. Altho, ever since I installed .37 kernal I've had my phone randomly reboot between 7:30 am - 9:00 am
I have yet to find out why... and it's only durring those hours too
I'm loving this ROM. Every time i go back to a sense, rom, i end up flashing cm6/7 back.
There are good things about cm6 and cm7... cm6 has a better camera app, probably more stable, but cm7 brings all the little things together, like multitouch keyboard + maps, it's snappy, the txting lag has been much improved. I think they are going to drop RC1 tonite..
I'm using build #33 with Chad's.37 kernel and everything's been running perfectly for the past few days. I don't think I've had a single FC or reboot. Battery life has also been very good, been using it pretty heavily all day and I'm down to 50%.
Just flashed 38, Have also used pretty much all the 20's 31 and 32. .37 Slayher Homebrewed #14
No reboots. I would say I could count the FCs on one hand easily and honestly don't blame the build I blame the app.
I used a number of roms before. Most of them from Rom manager. Now I am strictly a CM guy. Love these builds. I don't use Rom manager anymore either, just manually flash.
Personally, I'm someone who generally avoids experimental roms that still have incomplete functionality. Like you, my phone is a daily driver and I need to be able to rely on it. But CM7 was getting such rave reviews, I started to read up on it. It seemed that by the time I was hopping onto the bandwagon (nightly build 27 or so), everything was functional, there were just some things to be polished here and there.
It would be an understatement to say that I've been pleased.
To answer your questions specifically:
What build are you using? - Just flashed to #38, but have used a number of the builds
Does the phone scroll and transition smoothly? - Yes. For whatever its worth, I use LauncherPro Plus rather than ADW (which is what CM7 comes with)
All features working? - Yes. At least everything that I use.
Getting FC's? - Nothing that can't be traced back to another issue besides CM7
Don't get me wrong, I've had some tiny issues here and there, and some weird interactions, but nothing critical, and nothing that has stopped me from using this as my only rom.
I still keep old nandroids of the last two roms I used before CM7, but unless something drastic changes, they will just collect dust.
I've been using CM7 as a daily driver since like build 11, I haven't had any problems at all and its nice seeing new things added with each build
My dinc runs CM7 with the modified slayher .37 kernel. I runs super fast, but I haven't really noticed a significant increase in battery life. It used to crash, but since I set the wifi sleep policy to never, I have not had any problems.
build#38 ran awesome. no force closes and great battery life 20 hours or more. id say give it a try.
Just flashed RC1. Going great so far with only a few FC's that were solved with a simple reinstall.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
Did RC1, shaky, but amazing. Running 39 and it is better, has a lot of fixes that RC1 was plagued with. Like the rotary lock in the call screen.
I've been following CM7 development since Crackflashers. The rom has come a long way. Many people had problems with the first RC1 release because a mistake was made and those who did a clean wipe were locked out of the system. -Guess that should serve as a lesson to always nandroid first-
My advice is to continue flashing nightlies. As previously mentioned, the code will continue to improve and you will receive the latest fixes and features. Save yourself the trouble and clear cache and Dalvik before every flash. No need to wipe data.
Does anybody happen to know if there is a .37 version of the invisiblek kernel that includes the wifi sleep policy fix?
Its been working fine for me. The only problem I am having is that trackball wake doesn't function. I've made sure its selected int he CM settings, but I can press the trackball until kingdom come and it won't do anything. Looking at the dev. thread, I'm either the only one experiencing it, or the only one who cares.
SD card not mounting
flashed CM7 yesterday, really like how it runs. problem is my SD card won't load on the phone! I tried two different cards but no luck. recovery won't mount them either so I can't restore a nandroid backup. help!
also when I reboot most of the time, it'll show the htc incredible screen then go black and vibrate 5 times.
I'm running CM7 nightly #2 with the 2.6.37 incredikernel and it's great. Everything is very smooth and I can't seem to find anything that refuses to work. I had fc's when I first flashed the rom but fixing permissions in rom manager did the trick, since then I've had no problems.
I flashed CM7 as soon as they posted RC1 to ROM manager. I was skeptical at first and had a bunch of FC issues until I ran fix permissions (AFTER you install all apps). Haven't had issues since and my battery is lasting longer than ever, even without Juice Defender. Performs great. Can't wait until they get to adding more features like 6.1 had.
Sent from HTC Incredible [CyanogenMod 7 RC1]
Is it just me, or did Cyanogenmod lose some customization options from CM6.1 to CM7?
I dont see many editing options under CyanogenMod Settings and miss the ones from CM6.1
I'm on Build #41 and I can say a few things:
1) Battery life sucks on the Incredible no matter what. So just accept that. That being said, with Incredikernel .37 and CM7 Build 41, my battery life is "acceptable" compared to completely unacceptable with any other kernel or Sense Rom combination.
2) Random reboots. I don't know if it's just my phone, but even after trying three different .37 kernels, fixing permissions and re-flashing, my phone will go through "reboot anxiety attacks" where it reboots once every 10-12 minutes and then it will be fine for a whole day. It's not at specific times either.
3) Honeybread Theme - Get it. That's all.
4) Turn off wifi sleep completely. It seemed to curb some battery issues I was having.
Thanks All...
I went ahead and took the plunge and I don't regret it
I had some issues with RC1 and had to go to nightly #38. Everything has been solid with the exception of 2 random reboots (in the last 3 days). Not sure why but this isn't a show stopper.
I'll likley wait a while before flashing another nightly build.
So far so good. Batter life is ok... I know the Inc isn't the best for battery life but I got a bit better with Myn's ROM.
My quadrant numbers have improved (I know... relatively meaningless) and the UI is quite smooth.
Thanks to the development team... You've done a great job !!!
Anyone else get a random black screen of death with CM7? To clarify, when you open an app, the screen will just black out except for the notification bar. Sometimes you have to force stop the app and re-launch it. This happened once and I couldn't even get into Settings | Applications to force stop it, as that was "BSOD" also. I had to reboot. There's no specific app that it happens with, either.
Also happens regardless of the kernel I'm using. HW0003.
It drove me nuts for the last time today and I rolled back to completely stock Sense 2.2 ROM. I already miss CM7
Is this something fixable? I really don't want to use Sense UI until they release the official Sense/2.3 update (I have the 100% brightness problem with the leaks). I can't imagine the CM brains would overlook a problem like this.
I would just recommend a complete wipe...wipe again..and again..and oh yeah, wipe dalvik a few times too. Then try to reflash CM7 and see what that does for you. And try using the stock kern for a while, then switch and see if the issue replicates.
My 2 Cents,
Tee Jay
teejaymarx said:
I would just recommend a complete wipe...wipe again..and again..and oh yeah, wipe dalvik a few times too. Then try to reflash CM7 and see what that does for you. And try using the stock kern for a while, then switch and see if the issue replicates.
My 2 Cents,
Tee Jay
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, but "been there, done that"
I haven't seen the issue you speak of, which kernel? Which cm7?
NewZJ said:
I haven't seen the issue you speak of, which kernel? Which cm7?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
CM7 Final (7.0). Kernel that it comes with. Happened when I was using Savaged-Zen kernels also.
EDIT: Used to happen with the nightly's and RC's, too.
Been running CM7 since before RC1 release and currently on CM7.0.2.1 with Timat kernel and never had a bsod
Try flashing a different aosp rom.. There are several that are actually off cyn7. I like kings gb myself couple of different builds there.. Did you try fixing permissions? download the rom from web again. And then reflash.. I had a similar problem on destroyer rom think I got a bad link or computer corrupted the download.
Kings GB Destroyed EVO
It could be a lot simpler; make sure your programs are compatible with Gingerbread
Despite having compatibility mode, I still get issues with certain apps.
Yes, this is happening to me, mostly with Messages and Maps. I am using Tiamat, CM7 final
Try this rom, it is based off CM7 but is WAY more stable
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000676
for my phone anyway, cm7 is buggy and gives me bsod and random reboots. sucks because i am a die-hard CM fan
I used to get this issue alot when using an older build and savage zen. I know exactly what you're talking about. Flashing the #57 and switching to tiamat 3.3.8 fixed the blackscreens for me.
Sent from my PC36100
Rather bump my old thread than start a new one. These problems still happen using the latest "stable" build and the kernel that it comes with. I thought it was the launcher at first, but it happens with LP or ADW.
This is massively frustrating.
I've wiped and reflashed so many times I'm going to puke. I've even used Caulkin's wipe .zip script.
EDIT: Add these to the list of issues:
1. Sometimes when you are typing a URL or something into the browser address bar, the letters don't show up as you type
2. Sometimes when you hit the numbers button on the default keyboard, nothing happens, so you're "typing blind"
The Black Screen of Death happens to lots and lots of various programs, not just ones that "aren't compatible" -- like Gmail, messaging, Market, it's also prevented me from going to Settings | Applications to kill apps off, too...
Use this script and Godmode kernel. Its ridiculous how amazing this is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093687
A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on Android OS. We now have CyanogenMod.
I've got the same issues.
Chase
EVO 4G
CM7.0.0
When it was happening to me last night, I had to yank the battery to get into recovery from boot because **** wasn't working. I did a full wipe and restored my stock backup.
I'd say that I'll miss CM7, but I won't miss the massively frustrating problems. I'll patiently await tomorrow's update.
O.k so here is the thing guys. I'm no noob but I'm no master either. Ok so I have a Evo 4G. It's been hacked since the first day that I got it (unrevoked). I'm currently running CM 7 RC 2 I believe and It's not that bad. The thing is that I always get these kind of weird bugs. I know I should be posting this in the CM7 forum but it wont let me because i'm fairly new to the site. Anyway I have always used CM and it's always been super buggy; even with the RC's. So my question to all of you is, am I doing something wrong when i install? I mean I used rom manager to install the rom, I do a backup and everything. Am I nandroiding wrong or something. For ex. my main android keyboard always freezes or just doesn't show up or I just get the most random force closes and other things like that. Help please because if I have to I will dump this CM, I'm getting kind of tired of it, but I just want to make sure it's not me that has the problem. Thanks in advance.
First of all, flash the latest nightly or the latest stable release, with a clean install and gapps, and that could fix things right there. Just backup your apps in titanium.
And make sure you're wiping properly. Instead of flashing the newer version as an update, do a full wipe. The last time I had issues like that with a rom, I went back and wiped everything multiple times and flashed a format all zip. Everything ran flawlessly after that.
I'd ditch Rom Manager too, and learn to flash manually. I don't fully trust Rom Manager to do what I would do, so I've never used it.
My Evo + xda Premium App = This post.
Both of the above posts are correct. Also add to them, CM7 is NOT meant for the Evo, meaning there is always bugs in it. The CM team does a great job, but there is no way to get rid of all bugs when porting a rom to many different phones. This is why there is a nightly release every night, fixing little things in each release.
sitlet said:
CM7 is NOT meant for the Evo.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Pretty sure Toast and Cyanogen would disagree.
What I meant was, it wasn't made for the evo. It's a port that has been coded to work, meaning there will be bugs.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
sitlet said:
What I meant was, it wasn't made for the evo. It's a port that has been coded to work, meaning there will be bugs.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
By that logic, it's not made for any device and won't work smoothly anywhere. It's AOSP, with a bunch of improvements. AOSP starts out as device independent and has to be tailored (or "ported") to any of the devices it runs on. I'm not saying there aren't bugs, but it's not that it "isn't made for it." It's just not perfected yet. It's pretty darn close though.
sitlet said:
What I meant was, it wasn't made for the evo. It's a port that has been coded to work, meaning there will be bugs.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
it's technically only 'meant' for nexus s, yet the team supports it on like 30 phones. the evo is fully functional on it, with 4g and hdmi and everything. i'd say it's pretty smoothly fit.
btw you are on pre-7.0. cm7 is now on stable version 7.0.3, with nightlys for 7.1 that only have a small mms bug (can't recieve them).
So strangely at 11:45pm last night my phone went absolutely nutty... Can't figure it out but all of my apps keep crashing. Gmail, Maps, etc.
I haven't updated CM7 since it came out months ago so I need a bit of help upgrading all of what needs to be done... I figure this is a good reason to bring things up to speed.
Ideally I'd like to get 7.1 on here. I also can't remember all of what I need to download to do this process. Not as brilliant as the rest of you!
Can anyone give me (or point me in the direction of) some step by step instructions of what I need to do? Real layman's terms...
Currently:
Android 2.3.3
Model number ADR6300
Kernel 2.6.37.6-incredikernel-gb-04192011+
CyanogenMod 7.0.0-Inc
Build Number GRI40
Help me get this puppy up and running!
Thanks all and Happy New Year!!!
Go to cyanogenmod.com and click on devices. Scroll down until you see the HTC Droid Incredible and click on it. Click on the wiki link. Everything you need to know will be there. Use the via clockworkmod recovery method.
Get 7.1 stable, the gapps for it, incredikernel ext4 and the adrenaline shot. That's should be good.
-My life is a shooting range, people never change-
I hate bad mouthing projects that people have worked so hard on. But, CM 7.x stable is NOT stable on the Dinc.
If you want to keep using CM 7.x (stable)...
expect this problem to keep happening. If you are a CM 7.x (stable) user and it hasn't happened to you yet, great. But, don't be surprised when it does. Yeah, check out the CM forum for 7.x stable on the Dinc... you will find many others who have the same problem (works great for some amount of time, and then constant FC's and freezes). I also just ran across another person in the Incredible discussion forum who had the same thing a few days ago. It happened to me after about a week on installing CM 7.1 stable, so I changed to Inc Deck (gingerbread) 1.3 stable. You can reinstall CM and it and it will work for some amount of time (completely unpredictable how long it will work). But someday, sometime...whammo... you will have useless phone, and you will need to reinstall again.
Some folks have said that the problem never goes away after a fresh install... I don't know about that. My phone screwed up, I searched and found many others with the problem, tried a quick fix, then abandoned CM 7.x stable immediately.
iowabeakster said:
I hate bad mouthing projects that people have worked so hard on. But, CM 7.x stable is NOT stable on the Dinc.
If you want to keep using CM 7.x (stable)...
expect this problem to keep happening. If you are a CM 7.x (stable) user and it hasn't happened to you yet, great. But, don't be surprised when it does. Yeah, check out the CM forum for 7.x stable on the Dinc... you will find many others who have the same problem (works great for some amount of time, and then is completely fubar'd). I also just ran across another person in the Incredible discussion forum who had the same thing a few days ago. It happened to me after about a week on installing CM 7.1 stable, so I changed to Inc Deck (gingerbread) 1.3 stable. You can reinstall CM and it and it will work for some amount of time (completely unpredictable how long it will work). But someday, sometime...whammo... you will have useless phone, and you will need to start over again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hmmm interesting. Out of all the roms I have tried for the droid Incredible, CM7 has by far been the most stable. Never had any trouble with it and I have, at times, used it for months before trying a different rom.
Oh I know! It seems to catch everyone off guard because it works fine for X number of weeks or months and then... FC and freeze hell!
A lot of the folks found it happened shortly after upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1. But just in the last couple of days I have run across a couple of people that were still using 7.0 and now seem to have the issue.
The guy at CM who does most everything for the Dinc seems to think it was related to a full /data/data partition. I reinstalled fresh and did the ext4 "no data limit" mod, after first having the issue, and it made no difference at all. So, I gave up on CM the same day.
CM7 nightlies have actually been my daily driver for most of my time having service on the Incredible.
I've heard the force close issues have been due to /data/data filling up. If you keep 20MB free or more you should be fine. Root explorer is one app that will list how much free is on /data/data and a recommended app for any rooted phone. the CM7 nigthly thread has a few suggestions on how to free space. Search not enough space on the nightlies thread.
Edit: I see you posted about the /data/data partition already.
Thanks for this tidbit... I haven't had the issue, nor do i plan on getting it.. I'm pretty adamant about keeping a certain percentage of free space on all partitions, so hopefully everything runs smooth.
Thanks again for the heads up.
tiny4579 said:
CM7 nightlies have actually been my daily driver for most of my time having service on the Incredible.
I've heard the force close issues have been due to /data/data filling up. If you keep 20MB free or more you should be fine. Root explorer is one app that will list how much free is on /data/data and a recommended app for any rooted phone. the CM7 nigthly thread has a few suggestions on how to free space. Search not enough space on the nightlies thread.
Edit: I see you posted about the /data/data partition already.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sent from my VS910 4G using XDA App
iowabeakster said:
Oh I know! It seems to catch everyone off guard because it works fine for X number of weeks or months and then... FC and freeze hell!
A lot of the folks found it happened shortly after upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1. But just in the last couple of days I have run across a couple of people that were still using 7.0 and now seem to have the issue.
The guy at CM who does most everything for the Dinc seems to think it was related to a full /data/data partition. I reinstalled fresh and did the ext4 "no data limit" mod, after first having the issue, and it made no difference at all. So, I gave up on CM the same day.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Don't let this Guy talk you out of cm7. I've been running the same kang for almost a month. And I ran the stable from October 9th til December 19th. It was always my fallback. I've never had issues, and as big as the nightlies/stable threads are. Why would you let one sway you?
-My life is a shooting range, people never change-
Correct, don't let one guy do that.
Certainly don't allow your own haywire experience affect your judgment.
And certainly don't allow these dozens of folks who posted on the CM incredible forum to have any influence on your decision.
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/32784-consistent-freezingfc-after-update-to-71/
Only listen to one guy who is running some OTHER build, that everything is perfect.
Your sarcasm is too advanced, my friend... ;] lol
iowabeakster said:
Correct, don't let one guy do that.
Certainly don't allow your own haywire experience affect your judgment.
And certainly don't allow these dozens of folks who posted on the CM incredible forum to have any influence on your decision.
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/32784-consistent-freezingfc-after-update-to-71/
Only listen to one guy who is running some OTHER build, that everything is perfect.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
Use Pons 7.2 kang. I've been since he started and all is well. I was running the nightlies before that and have never had any issues.
Ahhhhhhh
Sent from my HTC Incredible S
I am trying to flash my Inc with a new ROM for the first time, but it seems like more than half the ROMs on this page are either removed by the developer or cant be downloaded because the download links are dead.
Any tips on what to try first, based on what available still? The only thing I am concerned with is that the ROM is stable and compatible with as many of the stock functions as possible, stuff like broken radios is not what I am looking for right now. Would be kinda cool to try one as different from stock as possible. Does CM7 work well on the Inc? I keep seeing people talking about stuff that is broken with it.
Miui 2.3.2
Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk
Ice Cream Sandwich. Abduction by Hanger84 is smoother than the Sense ROMs.
Sent from my Incredible using XDA
Abduction is good to try if you want to experice ice cream.... but prepare for some bugs and missing features ( ie Camcorder, camera, & flash on websites and netflix) I suggest one of the gingerbread Roms or Froyo Roms. CM 7 or 8 should be fine, but you loose some of the things you may be accustomed to in Sense (Widgets). But there are pretty good apps that can do what sense does, you just have to look for them.
I'm using CM 7.2 RC1 (RC2 crashes right away for me) with latest ICS Incredikernal and SmartassV2 governor, fully over-clocked. Never crashes, everything works but, of course, 720p recording. I even found decent settings for auto-brightness (Make about 16 levels, start out at ~70, go up in ~5 point increments, then increase. Set Window Length to 5 secs). I have tried three ICS roms but always went back.
I'm using the new Go Launcher but it has a couple of bugs. Clear its data to get the large icons if you are stuck on small. To change settings on the large weather clock you have to do it via the small weather clock.
I use CyanogenMod 7.2. Along with Chad/Tiny's Incredikernel, Jermaine/Tiny's EXT4All mod, and Launcher Pro. Speedy and battery efficient. The latest RC should be fine, I'm on one of the nightlies and have been using Pons' KANGs when his computer was still working.
In addition to Sonny Sekhon's Ice Cream Sandwich CM7 Theme.
If you like the stock ROM, and want something stable and based off of it, Liberation 3.0 is a good choice. It is basically a rooted, debloated, stock ROM. I keep a copy on my SD card incase I need access to EPST or just feel like using Sense.
ICS is getting there, but the laggy animations and general speed have kept me away. It seems to me that the current hardware acceleration isn't 100% implemented. But I have never used ICS outside of the Incredible. So I don't have room to compare.
I'm with the majority here. CM 7.2 RC2 is great. I actually have stock kernel though, I am not sure if performance is better with incredikernel but I can tell you that CM7 is TONS better than stock in terms of battery life, customization, and overall android experience. I like sense but on the Inc, it's like they stopped trying...
P.S. - I also use GO Launcher EX with kovdev's ICS theme.
Well I just switched from Abduction to CM9 and so far CM9 is much better!!
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA
Batttie said:
Well I just switched from Abduction to CM9 and so far CM9 is much better!!
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
See if Youtube works. Didn't for me. I ended up using the Go Launcher anyway so the experience was the same for me. There weren't as many stock apps like Car Home and the music widget is not the big one. Things like Phone and Calculator open slowly. Never did crash tho or even lag.
Hi, I am new to XDA and was looking for some links to the cm9 rom for DINC. I am currently running aokp_inc_build-25 and its nice but I have had some issues with it specifically with the camera not working properly.
Thank you in advance for the assistance.
raderator said:
See if Youtube works. Didn't for me. I ended up using the Go Launcher anyway so the experience was the same for me. There weren't as many stock apps like Car Home and the music widget is not the big one. Things like Phone and Calculator open slowly. Never did crash tho or even lag.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I use a app called play on for YouTube Netflix and a lot of other video sites.. yea the camera fix seems to break playback on YouTube.. but I'm optimistic that those issues will be worked out since cm9 is still in development. What I love is that every feature u find in other Asop roms u can get apps that do that... so u can customize it better for your own personal taste and still have better stability!!!!!
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA
Ok before I started getting replies here I dl'd Touch of Blue and Stock+, tried ToB for the week and it was ok but started to crash and lag a lot. The latter may have been due to my SetCPU settings, I dunno, but it was getting hung up on simple apps, and I did not like a couple things about it, like getting calls when the screen is off required you to unlock it, then unlock it again at the receiving call screen. Also didnt like the battery meter.
Just installed Stock+ and immediately realized it wouldn't work at all when I saw that the App Data partition was still at 150MB. Thats the whole reason I rooted, so there is no way I am using a ROM that is eventually gonna give me the Low space messages again.
GOnna try the ones you guys suggested now
I like Wildstangs stock ROM, and gtiny's kernel. I used root app delete to debloat it. And run the on demand deadline settings and can go 11 hours on a full charge with heavy use.
I also like the last stable release of CM7.1.0 it is smoking fast and way less issues then the nightlies or kangs to me.
Sent from my ADR6300 using xda premium
CM7.2 couldn't figure out how to add my Google account. Also couldnt disable the camera shutter sound.
Tried Liberation but the App Data partition is still only 150MB; as soon as I restore my apps its gonna be out of space again.
ALL ROMs for the Incredible are going to have a 150 MB data/data partition. It's the way HTC made it. The only way around it is with the EXT4All mod. More information here. The file you're looking for to remove the limit is "Convert2Ext4_no_data_limit_normal_dalvik.zip".
And there is an options in the CM7 sound settings to disable the shutter sound. Called "Mute camera shutter".
Ok I found the camera sound setting, thanks. Any advice on getting the Google account to work? The Account settings were trying to setup an email thing, not my Google account
EDIT:
Figured out that I need to flash the Google apps pack on CM7 to get that all to work, but ClockworkMod kept failing to mount the pack when I tried to install it. Now I am back on Liberation, because at least here I have my Google account with contacts, but I cannot get the EXT4 fix to work. I download it, open it with Clockwork, tell it to reboot and apply, but it fails to mount it, just like the Google apps pack problem. Using Clockwork 5.0.2.0