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[ROM][12/05/2010] CyanogenMod-6.1 for Vision :: (V6.1.0)

Stable version now released !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841275

thx for the link.....
testing ... added BUTTON FIX below for EU users
THX Marsdroid

As this is the first version for Desire Z (which means many new users), could you please also post a small manual for the patch?
thanks
pato

patoberli said:
As this is the first version for Desire Z (which means many new users), could you please also post a small manual for the patch?
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The Release Candidate versions have been around for a while, and they've been running on the Desire Z too.
Sorry I don't understand your request, but I recommend you check out the linked posting, i.e. the "proper" thread on the G2 forums.

Will check there. I just wondered about how to install that special patch of brokenworm.
Tried now to install the first part of CM6.1, but already failed at the nandroid backup. I installed ROM Manager, then installed there the Clockwork Recovery and rebooted into yet. But there I failed, it doesn't seem to be available in the recovery part
I also had only the choice between HTC G2 for ClockworkMod Recovery.
Ok found the issue, was missing S-OFF. Fixed it with this guide, section b) :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857390

patoberli said:
Will check there. I just wondered about how to install that special patch of brokenworm.
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ok, that patch is from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=847824

patoberli said:
As this is the first version for Desire Z (which means many new users), could you please also post a small manual for the patch?
thanks
pato
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simply go into recovery and apply the update if your buttons dont work...
its nothing special..... but it fixes the problem

People please help. I installed this rom and latest clockwork, but when I turn off my phone and then connect charger it gets to recovery. I don't want it to go to recovery!!!

Niiceg said:
People please help. I installed this rom and latest clockwork, but when I turn off my phone and then connect charger it gets to recovery. I don't want it to go to recovery!!!
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That's a problem with Clockwork Recovery at the moment, it's not a problem with the ROM. So it will happen with any ROM when you have Clockwork installed (it happens to me, and I have the stock ROM with Clockwork). Hopefully the developer will fix it soon.

steviewevie said:
That's a problem with Clockwork Recovery at the moment, it's not a problem with the ROM. So it will happen with any ROM when you have Clockwork installed (it happens to me, and I have the stock ROM with Clockwork). Hopefully the developer will fix it soon.
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This is the only recovery that works with Z? I want to charge it normally, not recovery...

Do I need to root and S-OFF after the flash?
Does anyone know a good backup programm for my contacts?
Sorry, I'm a real android noob

sergioka said:
Do I need to root and S-OFF after the flash?
Does anyone know a good backup programm for my contacts?
Sorry, I'm a real android noob
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You need to root and s-off. A good back up program would be your gmail account .

After a days use:
GPS seems to be working amazingly fast on this version
Battery life is also looking good. 77% after 8 hours,
60% after 12 hours. Lots of texts, few phone calls, 30mins internet use, few hours of listening to MP3's...seems to use no power at all in standby as well
Currently using SetCPU with standard kernel, on-demand governor:
Min: 245 Mhz
Max: 1.1GHz
Not using a profile like 245/245 when screen off which also seems to improve battery life as mentioned in other threads.
Signal strength has been much more stable (used to get a frequent drops/low signal/missed sms etc)
Thanks! Officially a die hard cm fan

Woot woot. So far, other than the standard Cyanogen features, I've noted the phone is substantially smoother than the stock HTC Sense (and even Villision's modified G2 ROM), the battery life is ostensibly through the roof (maybe it's not updating properly, but it's been idle for a few hours now and I've literally not lost a single percent of battery life :|), and in general it just feels much nicer.
That said, my SD card refuses to work, *sigh*.
UPDATE - my battery life just dropped to 99%. After 3 hours off the charger, with wifi and automatic updates on. Crazy.

Just a small question from a newbie
I want to try this cyanogen on my DZ but first... :
- Actually my phone is S-off + root + o/c kernel @ 1.4Ghz... I will do a nAndroid backup before flashing with Cyanogen, but after if for some reason I'm not happy with Cyanogen and a made a nAndroid restore... Will it restore also s-off / root and 1.4Ghz kernel on my stock rom ?
- Flashing with Cyanogen does erase any data on the SDcard ?
- Can I apply the 1.4Ghz kernel of this thread on the cyanogenmod ?
Thanks for your help

nivlheim_o_O? said:
Just a small question from a newbie
I want to try this cyanogen on my DZ but first... :
- Actually my phone is S-off + root + o/c kernel @ 1.4Ghz... I will do a nAndroid backup before flashing with Cyanogen, but after if for some reason I'm not happy with Cyanogen and a made a nAndroid restore... Will it restore also s-off / root and 1.4Ghz kernel on my stock rom ?
- Flashing with Cyanogen does erase any data on the SDcard ?
- Can I apply the 1.4Ghz kernel of this thread on the cyanogenmod ?
Thanks for your help
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If you restore from nand phone will be as you left it. flashing wont wipe your sd card & cyanogenmod comes with overclockable kernel as standard...just use setCPU
hope this helps.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

cbanbury said:
If you restore from nand phone will be as you left it. flashing wont wipe your sd card & cyanogenmod comes with overclockable kernel as standard...just use setCPU
hope this helps.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
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Helped a lot, thanks

I recommend you guys use the CM thread over in the G2 forum, there are a ton more people in that thread who you can share experiences with and ask for advice etc.

Agreed. I come from a Nexus One (amongst others), so anyone can ask me questions via PM or here if they need to. I'm also in the g2 section, as it's a TON busier than over here, lol. You'll find most information you need with just about everything over there.

first time trying cyanogen... kina traumatized with flashing coz i migrated from using a galaxy s...
but this rom is GREAT! super smooth, and super snappy. i'll be doing a test run with the batt tomorrow. i can usually get it to last 16 hours with a fair amount of browsing, 2-3 hours use with bluetooth stereo, and a average calls and sms. so i'm hoping this rom can squeeze out more batt life.

Answers to common questions about SyndicateROM Frozen

This is a guide I’ve put together from my (in)experience with flashing ACS. It mainly comes from the replies of k0nane and theimpaler747 in the SyndicateROM thread. However, since there’s so many pages that can be tricky to search for idiots like me who just throw up random posts for others to solve their problems, I thought it would be good to summarize it along with anything I happened to notice from flashing a couple of Epics. Consider it the FIBI guide.
Step 1: Read all posts by k0nane on page 1 of the SyndicateROM thread before doing a damn thing! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976194
Instructions for CWM are in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897612
Useful hotkeys:
Download mode - Hold down 1 on the keyboard when you power on the phone
Recovery mode - Hold Volume down+camera+power to power on the phone
Reset phone - Hold volume up+camera+power. This generally works when the phone is completely locked up.
Flashing:
When going between versions of ACS, check their notes to see if you need to do anything other than flash. You can go between some versions without wiping or losing anything. You can also flash between standard and fully loaded without wiping or losing anything.
Sdcard doesn’t mount in CWM, but shows up in Android - Format the sdcard in Android.
Boot hangs on the Samsung screen – Redownload, format your SD card and reflash
Boot screen flashed between different things – Wipe cache & data 3x and reflash
Journaling:
Enable journaling – In CWM, go to backup and restore. Backup, then restore using that backup. Journaling enabled!
Make it so you don’t need journaling – Keep a copy of the ROM on your phone at all times. Should you ever have data corruption, jump into CWM and flash the ROM again. It’s quick, no wipes needed.
If you restore a backup made in CWM and want to have non-journaled again – Flash the ROM after restoring.
Other issues:
FC in a specific app – Go into manage applications and clear data for that app
FC in several apps – In CWM > Advanced, try fixing permissions. Can also clear caches, and if that doesn’t work, reflash the ROM.
If you have any major issues that seem unresolved, Odin everything back to stock with EB13, format your sdcard in android, re-download everything, re-install CWM, re-read all of k0nane’s posts on page 1 and try again.
If you want ads back – Install adfree from market and hit revert
If your phone is freezing often - Flash either the vision kernel found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1012136 or the Twilight 1.0.4 kernel found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12504067&postcount=5904. I haven't had the freezing issues, but I'd recommend trying the vision kernel first as it has some other potential benefits.
Recommended tweaks and add ons:
Fugutweaks – This will smooth out a few random things on the phone. I’ve noticed more responsiveness on the lock screen and icons on my homescreen. Small, but nice. Install the ZIP in CWM, file can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=981125
Impaled Keyboard – Makes the keyboard less likely to skip keys. Still have some, but they’ve gone down a lot. I use the Speed Demon Edition, still had a fair amount of dropped keys with standard one. Install the ZIP in CWM, file can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1025533&page=18
SetCPU – Handles scaling the CPU and overclocking. Use ondemand setting for smooth performance. If you have issues when the phone is idle or it doesn’t wake up properly, set minimum CPU to 200Mhz. Free for XDA members, APK can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=505419
Battery Calibration – If you want to calibrate your battery without going into CWM, grab the app from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024867. It’s now available from the Android Market.
Vision Kernel – Pretty much Twilight + gives you 1.4Ghz and Voodoo colour which improves balance when brightness is at 100%. Flash in CWM, wipe dalvik. Kernel can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1012136
And a final note that I'm now about 10 hours into testing... if you are using fully loaded and want better battery life, really try standard. It very easy to switch, it flashes over fully loaded with no wipes or data loss, the only thing you lose is that it resets your homescreens. But really, this is day 1 of it for me and 10 hours in I'm at 62% battery remaining. Usually by this time I'd be around 20%.

Great info! I recently installed the newest SyndicateROM 1.1.0 on my Epic and the only trouble I had was with the included Twilight 1.1.0 kernel. My phone kept freezing and I would have to pull the battery to reboot.
This is an issue that has been documented with the ROM and is said to be caused by the kernel and its adjustments to voltage and overclocking, not all phones handle this well.
To fix the issue I flashed the Twilight 1.0.4 kernel, as suggested by k0nane, and I am about a day into testing without any freezing issues. The only problem is that the Twilight 1.0.4 kernel has a known issue with video recording and it does not work.
Let me say that the performance increase from installing SyndicateROM and ext4 are well worth the trouble.

Have you tried the vision kernel? That might fix your freezing without breaking video recording.

is your brightness at 100%??? what was the difference between standard and fully loaded again??

VeNoM vZ said:
is your brightness at 100%??? what was the difference between standard and fully loaded again??
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What does the brightness have to do with anything? And for the differences, here's from the SyndicateROM thread:
k0nane said:
SyndicateROM Standard includes LauncherPro. All Samsung and Sprint bloatware are completely gone!
SyndicateROM Fully Loaded - the choice of ACS team lead rjmjr69 - features TouchWiz instead of LauncherPro, and adds in Social Network Sync, Facebook, BuddiesNow, Program Monitor, and the stock live wallpapers. All the rest of the bloat is still gone!
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Catalyst Shift said:
What does the brightness have to do with anything? And for the differences, here's from the SyndicateROM thread:
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The brightness for battery life.

No, brightness is not at 100%. I generally use 0-25%, though I'll kick it to 100% when viewing photos or when I'm outside. Even with the lower brightness setting, I'd always have to recharge in the afternoon. I'm still doing a lot of testing for ways of having the battery last longer, today is longest it's ever gone for. I'll be adding more information when I feel like I've got a solid way of having it all setup.

OP, could you add the freezes and "terrible battery life" solutions? Namely, flash the kernel in the second post or VisionKernel. It's the most annoying one to answer multiple times daily.
Thanks much for this! Hopefully people read it.

I want to get the battery situation on my phone sorted out before adding it to the list. I was having pretty bad battery life, but switching to standard and removing gallery has made my phone last all day for the first time ever. I want to do some experiments between setcpu options, juicedefender and the vision kernel to see what works best. Hopefully by this weekend I'll have a more detailed idea as to how to get better battery life.
But for now, anyone having battery issues my current setup is using ACS standard and replacing gallery with quickpic. This has doubled my battery life.

Hey wassup everyone, first time writer long time viewer, and first let me say thanks to all the great people that have provided us with great roms for the epic and the syndicate team as well, Im currently using a Epic 4G with sindicate rom freeze 1.1.0 and i must say its awesome, aside from my battery dying really quickly when im runing it at 1.3ghz its actually great, usually i end up operatig it at 800mhz to actually save some battery life last me for 3 days at a time, and when i have it pluged in or show off my awesome epic i raise it back upto 1.3ghz, big difference cuz when i raise it up there my battery drains rather quickly like 3 percent a minute or so.....
well anyways now that, thats says, I have CWM 3..0.5 with syndicaterom twilight 1.1.0 and ive been sucessful at loading custom boot animation, but one thing is that im having trouble is loading the animation with sound? any idea onhow i can od that?, what are the steps, cuz so far ive been using root explorer to transfer and change bootanimation to load up on my screen, but i have no idea where to put the sound or how to even get it to load with the bootanimation any one have any ideas? please help, i do all his trought my phone, put the bootanimation on my sd and work from there and trasfer it to the system/media, most bootanimation that do have sound on them say to put it on the system/custimization/resources but i look every where and the syndicate rom doesnt have that archieve just the system/media, how can i load the sound into my boot? and how can i change the power off animation as wll?

Maybe someone should make a wiki "Trouble shooting guide" formatted like the ones found in the back pages of user manuals..
This might.. just maybe (crosses fingers) alleviate the never ending repeating of questions in the main sfr thread

Catalyst Shift said:
Have you tried the vision kernel? That might fix your freezing without breaking video recording.
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Just tested Vision kernel 1.1 and ran into countless issues. My phone would not open camera, gallery, or music apps. And after that debacle I didnt even bother to find out if any other apps were misbehaving.
The first sign of trouble came when I installed a fresh version of SyndicateROM 1.1.0 and then flashed Vision kernel 1.1. The phone booted-up fine but when I went to shut down it immediately froze and I had to pull the battery.
Im going to stay on Twilight 1.0.4 kernel for a while until I find something else.
I have tested Twilight 1.0.4 kernel for about a day or two and have not had any problems so far. I even overclocked with SetCPU to 1.2GHz without any issues.
tmspyder said:
Maybe someone should make a wiki "Trouble shooting guide" formatted like the ones found in the back pages of user manuals.
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I would be more than happy to contribute my experiences if this gets up and running. PM me with any updates to the "SyndicateROM [TSG] WiKi"

Please Help a Novice
I have installed this ROM, followed the directions and thought I did everything right. But when I rebooted the phone, I just get the Clockwork Recovery screen. Have I bricked my phone? How do I recover? Please please please help...Haven't even had my phone for a day...

By the way, the error I'm getting is:
ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.0
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
I backed up before I installed this ROM, and Restore brings me back to this same screen / message

mercerma said:
I have installed this ROM, followed the directions and thought I did everything right. But when I rebooted the phone, I just get the Clockwork Recovery screen.
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Please elaborate on the steps that you took to install the ROM and CWM.
What version of CWM are you running?
What modem do you have installed (...DK28, EB13, EC05)?
Have you transfered the SyndicateROM 1.1.0 onto your SD card before you installed CWM?
Did you wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache at least three times each before installing the .zip?
Your phone most likely is not bricked, that is a very hard to task to achieve. Worst case scenario you may have to do a clean wipe with odin and flash the stock ROM to start the process over. We can try to help you with any issues you may have but in the mean time try searching to the forum to find answers to these questions.

Hey, great idea for the thread.
Something I learned:
I was having AWFUL freezing problems. Tried all the fixes (vision kernel, old twilight) to no avail. If these don't fix your problems, try Genocide Kernel (on these forums). Solved my problems.

Catalyst Shift said:
But really, this is day 1 of it for me and 10 hours in I'm at 62% battery remaining. Usually by this time I'd be around 20%.
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Ok, so im thinking of switching to the standard edition of he rom cuz im currently using the fully loaded added the 1.0 kernel vision on it to get the 1.4ghz, and its pretty smooth its stable at times so im keeping it at 1.3 for now until its set more stable..... however when u said that ure at 10 hours and u still have 62% whats the speed u have ure epic set at and whats the brightness?

Nolyrics2 said:
Just tested Vision kernel 1.1 and ran into countless issues. My phone would not open camera, gallery, or music apps. And after that debacle I didnt even bother to find out if any other apps were misbehaving.
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Fix permissions in CWM/etc.
Kernels cannot cause that. It's that simple.

Nolyrics2 said:
Please elaborate on the steps that you took to install the ROM and CWM.
What version of CWM are you running?
What modem do you have installed (...DK28, EB13, EC05)?
Have you transfered the SyndicateROM 1.1.0 onto your SD card before you installed CWM?
Did you wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache at least three times each before installing the .zip?
Your phone most likely is not bricked, that is a very hard to task to achieve. Worst case scenario you may have to do a clean wipe with odin and flash the stock ROM to start the process over. We can try to help you with any issues you may have but in the mean time try searching to the forum to find answers to these questions.
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I used the one step root process I found here to install CWM 2.5.1.0. I then downloaded the ROM, copied it to my SDcard, then used CWM to install the zip from my sdcard.
I don't know what modem I have, is there a way to check with my phone in it's current state?
I installed CWM previous to transferring the rom to my sd card
I did not the first time, but per instructions on the page where I downloaded the ROM, I reformatted my sd card, redownloaded the ROM, wiped everything 3x's and tried to reinstall. Same result. I keep getting the error on just about everything I do that states "E:Can't open /cash/recovery/log"
And thank you for your advise, any more would be greatly appriciated. I did search the forum, but there is so much information, hard to find what I really want, especially as a novice. I plan to not be a novice for long thanks to xda!

mercerma said:
I used the one step root process I found here to install CWM 2.5.1.0. I then downloaded the ROM, copied it to my SDcard, then used CWM to install the zip from my sdcard.
I don't know what modem I have, is there a way to check with my phone in it's current state?
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I could probably answer that question, im still a noob, but from what i know u need to install CWM version 3.0.5/6 in order for u to run does roms, thats why ure having trouble flashing it, since Syndicate roms are EXT4 Base Roms anything lower then CWM3 wont support since they are RFS files, go here and follow the steps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976194
download the CWM3 and root it again, u can run the CWM Root over the previous 1 so dont worry, i did it that way and i had no problems what so ever, as to check to see what modem u had, go to settings, about phone, under base band version check to see if the last 4 letters says EB13, or DK28, or if u have the ECO5 which is the newest stock base update that came out.
Also its best to know if ure phone is from stock, or if u updated from any of the first 2 version updates, EB or DK, if u where like me that waited for the update and stayed at Eclair then updated when the ECO5 OTA came out then u should be fine....
Just incase u are from a update of EB or DK here is the link for does 2 versions of CWM3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897612
if im wrong then someone please correct me im still a noob learning.
EDIT: just noticed that u said ure phone is messed at that point, umm u can try to do a factory reset then restart ure phone see if that fixes the problem, then try follow the steps above, if that doesnt work, u will have to download odin, which is also in that link and reflash back to stock, everything is there so if u follow does instrunctions u wont have a problem.....its actually pretty easy.....

What real advantages are there in changing ROM from stock to something else?

Hi guys,
I own a Motorola Defy currently running on Froyo 2.2.
I've been reading the guide threads on installing a custom ROM and I am interested in trying it out.
I am currently focused on CM7.
However, I just want to confirm that going through this process is going be advantageous. My current stock Froyo installation is stable but can sometimes be a bit slow. Would CM7 (running Gingerbread) be a smoother ROM overall? Also would I be able to get better battery life, or overclock my CPU to a higher clock speed? Are there other advantages?
Apologies if this question has been asked before. I tried searching but could not find any direct information on why I should change from stock.

If u just want a faster and a bit smoother rom just install 2nd init to overclock yr cpu. If you are looking for speed and performance then CM7 and lastly Miui for beauty and customization. U can have a different theme for your stausbar, sms etc. And if you don't like the iphone style launcher of miui then u can always install a different launcher In terms of battery life it depends but custom roms usually have less battery life from what i have seen. Hope this helps

Shahmatt said:
Apologies if this question has been asked before. I tried searching but could not find any direct information on why I should change from stock.
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i dont think anyone can give you any reason why YOU should change your ROM, but they can give you reasons why they changed theirs... its all a matter of preference, if you want a stable and reliable phone with everything working fine then you can stick with stock rom (or is it really reliable?? debatable hehe)
or you can go for ROMS that have beautiful interfaces, good battery life, lots of functions, fast and smooth... there are lots of options, its best you try it out yourself, i personally prefer CM7.1 while a friend of mine loves CMIUI...

I think just rooting the phone by itself will give you quite a few advantages, personally I didn't see much difference in at first battery life by using CM7, 7.1, 7.2....but those give a good bit more freedom, and if you want to you can turn your phone into a speed demon (the stock defy....is....not...) or a battery sipper that lasts for a while.
It's mostly just the freedom.

I root and use custom ROMs because I like to tinker it's the same reason I use Linux more than windows. I like to be able to change things and yes sometimes I break things but then I get to learn how to fix them.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk

Thanks for the responses.
Would the CM7 jump from Froyo to Gingerbread show a significant improvement?

Shahmatt said:
Thanks for the responses.
Would the CM7 jump from Froyo to Gingerbread show a significant improvement?
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Yes.
I use MIUI. Exactly WajkUI.
Faster and all ways better than stock ROM.
CM 7 is good also but I think it has an old and boring user interface.

If you're installing a Custom ROM it is not only that you get Gingerbread (this is actually the smaller thing), you get a different user experience, a fresh design (no Motoblur anymore), more customizations and tweaks.
My favorite in terms of stability, smoothness and speed was Galnet MIUI (before I switched to CM9 but that's not really final...), imho MIUI looks better, has nice built in apps and an awesome theme support (you can customize everything like the status bar, boot animation, font, lockscreen...). CM7 was a tiny bit less stable for me, it looks more like plain stock Gingerbread and you have some additional advanced settings.

Shahmatt said:
Thanks for the responses.
Would the CM7 jump from Froyo to Gingerbread show a significant improvement?
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Yes of course
I tried it myself and CM 7.1 is more stable

Thanks all for your help.
I think I will indeed go ahead and try a custom ROM.
I notice MIUI also seems to have a following. Can anyone point me to the relevant ROM forum link? I can't seem to find it in the Android Development Forum. :-/
I intend to use the instructions shown in the following link in order to flash a new ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054447
Am I right in assuming that steps 1 to 9 must be universal to all Defy's and that step 10 is where you flash the ROM of your choice?

There are indeed a few different miui variations that often different mods and add-ons. U can try the official english builds with no tweaks and mods just translated to english at miuiandroid.com or other english variation at miui.us or one with awesome mods and tweaks that i recommend will be wajkiui ics or ics miui dsj from the forums or galnetmiui from galnetmiui.co.uk.
Yes the steps are universal but a bit outdated.
U can't download 2ndinit from market anymore just get latest apk from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032212
Make sure you're on froyo if not you won't be able to downgrade or use any custom roms as they use froyo as base.
Also have your files ready on your sd card before you start this.
Steps
1. Backup your apps using titanium backup root or mybackup root additional you can backup your contacts and messages by selecting data in mybackup root
2.Download superoneclick from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682. Use the 2.11 version easiest and quickest to root froyo
3.Connect your phone to PC. Right click superoneclick -> open as admin
4.Wait till it says waiting for device then go to your phone in settings->Applications->Development check usb debugging is on
5.After your phone is rooted. Uncheck usb debugging and restart your mobile.
5.Now switch your phone on again and check usb debugging is on then download 2nd init from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032212 and install the 2nd init recovery. It will ask the superuser permission Accept it. If the led light is green then 2ndinit was successfully installed.
6. Now Uncheck the USB debugging from Settings->Applications->Development and restart the phone now.
7.It will go in to bootmenu select 2nd init as default boot. Using the volume rocker to navigate and power button to select
8.Go back and click recovery -> Custom recovery ->* Wipe data/factory and Wipe cache and also go to advance and clear dalvik cache -> Install zip file from sd card(select the cm7 zip, repeat with the gapps zip) If it's miui no need to flash gapps
12. Reboot. Go to app drawer and start up the defy baseband switcher. select the appropriate baseband to achieve optimal reception.
Thanks to stewi21 for the original guide. If u need more help pm me or ask on the forums.
Happy Modding

If you are a us tmobile user, you almost certainly need wifi calling as the service stinks in closed spaces. So using a custom rom based on other than us froyo will eliminate that option...come on guys get it fixed please!

Thanks Kayant for the modified instructions. Many thanks also to others for the help.
So I went ahead and installed CM7. I figured I'll try the rest after having done a basic install to begin with.
It's pretty much the default Gingerbread experience I see. Quite smooth. A little disappointed that standard google apps like Gmail and Maps were not included but I soon settled this through the market.
Funny thing but Titanium Backup has seemingly not backed up some software like a paid version of Quick Office and Math Workout. Strange to me.
Battery life seems not much changed from the previous stock Froyo however I probably should give it a few days to stabilize.

Shahmatt said:
Thanks Kayant for the modified instructions. Many thanks also to others for the help.
Funny thing but Titanium Backup has seemingly not backed up some software like a paid version of Quick Office and Math Workout. Strange to me.
Battery life seems not much changed from the previous stock Froyo however I probably should give it a few days to stabilize.
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Sure that you have selected the paid apps when you backupped them with Titanium? I never had such issues.
Battery life: Have you already recalibrated the battery after installing CM7.1? Af not, after installing a new ROM simply use the app "battery calibration" from the market to improve battery life.

Ok so I'm not experiencing good battery life.
I tried recalibrating but the improvements seem negligible if any.
I'm getting about 10 hours on a full charge with moderate use.
I tried changing the CPU governor in the boot menu. I switched from on-demand to smartass, and now to powersave. Oddly enough powersave seems to be worse than smartass. With smartass it seemed the battery drain was slower, but still not significantly so.
I would like the phone to comfortably last at least 12 hours wth moderate use. Moderate being about 8 mins of calls per hour on average.
I guess it I ought to downclock the CPU from the default 1000MHz to the original 800MHz. But I don't understand the settings properly. I see numbers 300, 600, and 1000, but what do these mean? Can I just simply change 1000 to 800 to reduce the upperbound frequency, or is there more that I should do?

The main thing I see as an advantage is speed. My phone is 3x faster now that I have CM7

I just installed miui and im stuck... where is the app drawer???? Am i blind??
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

There's no appdrawer. Miui's look a like IPhone.
Sent from my MB526 using xda premium

Ok, well im still stuck i cant get my network connection...im with telus on hspa
I see that for cm7 i can select a baseband with a well done app. It works very well so i am happy to see that i am still able to get a network connection somehow but i would prefer to use miui and it does not seem to find anything like if i did not get antenna conections with the rom. I tried miui on; miuiandroid.com 1.12.30 and an optimized version from a user on xda on another tread, after that i tried miui.us on version 1.12.23 and 1.12.30 and it always gives me the same exact result where i dont get any connection.
Since i was not able to get my connections i tried cm7 and i am facing another problem, i cant instal google. i went on filecrop and searched gogleapps and found 2 results, one apk that does not work and one zip file. I try installing googleapps.zip right after installing cm7.zip (the version from the cm defy link on the official site) and it just loops between the android skating and the start sceen for selecting wich language or a choice of start wizard and another one that i dont remember. Even if i reboot i get the same problem and if i try installing the rom without googleapps.zip all works great but i cant get google apps of course so i am shure it is when i instal the google.zip. So now what can i do?? Is there a super version of the rom with google apps already installed???
update; ok, ive got cm7 up and working, now to get that network connection on miui!!!!
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

baseband switcher is built into CM7/9...
it can be installed on MIUI to allow regular reception ^^
I wub MIUI...
PS - Why install custom ROM? So, your not stock! <<= never look back

(Q) ODJDUB HD Bliss - Slow system & SMS weirdness

Hi everyone!
I realize I can't post in the developer threads for any questions yet, but I do have a couple.
I'm pretty new to flashing and have read a enough before I did my flash that I felt comfortable doing it.
I was running MikG 3.11 and decided I wanted to try something different. So I flashed the ODJDub HD Bliss 2.2.1 ROM and it seems a bit sluggish to me right now. Is this normal?
Also I'm having a random problem with sms texts that I'm typing but the text won't show up and I have to close out and save a draft then go back to it. It seems to be happening in just landscape view the normal view was fine.
Thanks!

Goatshaver said:
Hi everyone!
I realize I can't post in the developer threads for any questions yet, but I do have a couple.
I'm pretty new to flashing and have read a enough before I did my flash that I felt comfortable doing it.
I was running MikG 3.11 and decided I wanted to try something different. So I flashed the ODJDub HD Bliss 2.2.1 ROM and it seems a bit sluggish to me right now. Is this normal?
Also I'm having a random problem with sms texts that I'm typing but the text won't show up and I have to close out and save a draft then go back to it. It seems to be happening in just landscape view the normal view was fine.
Thanks!
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First off, the development section is not for questions, this thread is. (hence the name, or maybe I misunderstood you thinking youd post this AS a question in the dev section, when you meant in the ROMs thread lol) second, can you please answer these following questions:
1. Are you partitioned, and to what EXT.?
2. did you do a full, clean wipe?
3. did you partition before flashing this?
4. What kernel are you using?
5. what I/O scheduler, what governor, and what speeds?
6. are you using any alternate mods?
Also, Sense 3.5 isnt quite the fastest on the Evo 4G. Thank you. - Kyler

1. Are you partitioned, and to what EXT.?
2. did you do a full, clean wipe?
3. did you partition before flashing this?
4. What kernel are you using?
5. what I/O scheduler, what governor, and what speeds?
6. are you using any alternate mods?
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1: Yes, to EXT-3
2: Yes I did a full wipe, cleared all caches
3: Yes
4: Stock kernel
5: Not sure...guessing that has to do with another kernel.
6: Nope, just freshly flashed
Maybe its just inexperience for me using a newer ROM thats more advanced for the phone. Maybe its a matter of using a different kernel or it just how it is.
Thanks!

Goatshaver i have ran this rom as my daily driver since it was released...maybe i can help u get the lag out because it is one of the fastest roms i have run...let me give u my setup and u can go from there...my partition is 0..1024..and rest fat..i also used Caulkin's wipe all script...i use amon ra haus mod edition...and download no frills cpu control free from market..it will let u set your i/o..governors and cpu min and max speed....i run my i/o on sio..my governor set to ondemand x and my min cpu speed at 245 max at 998....now these settings may work perfect for u but every evo can be different so u might have to play with those settings to your liking....hope this helps and feel free to ask if i can help you further....be sure to hit the thanks if helped.....Carp

carp532 said:
Goatshaver i have ran this rom as my daily driver since it was released...maybe i can help u get the lag out because it is one of the fastest roms i have run...let me give u my setup and u can go from there...my partition is 0..1024..and rest fat..i also used Caulkin's wipe all script...i use amon ra haus mod edition...and download no frills cpu control free from market..it will let u set your i/o..governors and cpu min and max speed....i run my i/o on sio..my governor set to ondemand x and my min cpu speed at 245 max at 998....now these settings may work perfect for u but every evo can be different so u might have to play with those settings to your liking....hope this helps and feel free to ask if i can help you further....be sure to hit the thanks if helped.....Carp
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I can't seem to find a download link for Caulkin's wipe all. Where can I find it?
What are the dangers of messing with the CPU speed and govenors on the phone?
I'm getting some fc's and the browser doesn't work at all, it just crashes right after it opens. When go into messages it seems to hang for a few seconds.
I'm going to try and wipe again and flash again.
Thanks!

There has been several people that have had the browser problem including myself on the 1st install...but after i used caulkin's wipe script and partitioned my sd card again it installed perfect....i may have 1 fc a month which is so random i dont worry about it...Smelkus has a new recovery in the development section that may fix your problems...it has been stated its the best recovery for the evo right now...i would try this, do a complete wipe with smelkus recovery then try the rom again and see if corrects your problems...good luck....Carp
Also i am running Ca1ne underworld sbc version 6....version 7 just came out and i loading it as i type....some have said that the browser problem may be kernel related...so u may want to try this also....Carp

Ok so I'm in recovery and put the Smelkus recovery on and went into the bootloader and its just stuck saying Parsing....[PC36IMG.zip]
Edit: I think I see my problem. I needed to name the recovery file exactly what it was named before. I never renamed the Amon Ra file to PC36IMG.zip, I left it named how I downloaded it. Noob mistake

Guess not. I'm just stuck in this loop now.

carp532 said:
There has been several people that have had the browser problem including myself on the 1st install...but after i used caulkin's wipe script and partitioned my sd card again it installed perfect....i may have 1 fc a month which is so random i dont worry about it...Smelkus has a new recovery in the development section that may fix your problems...it has been stated its the best recovery for the evo right now...i would try this, do a complete wipe with smelkus recovery then try the rom again and see if corrects your problems...good luck....Carp
Also i am running Ca1ne underworld sbc version 6....version 7 just came out and i loading it as i type....some have said that the browser problem may be kernel related...so u may want to try this also....Carp
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So I've got Smelkus recovery mod and did a superwipe and then Re-flashed the ROM with the Underworld kernel and flashed the newest Underworld kernel on and I'm still having FC issues with the browser.
I'll try messing around with govenors and see how that works out.
Thanks!

Man i'm sorry...if u got smelkus flashed and working then did his wipes i'm kinda stumped...i remember reading in the bliss rom thread where some did not get there browser working....Outerdepth posted he was working on a update.back several pages in the thread....try wiping just the cashe,and dalvik cashe,then reboot and see if this helps....if not bro i'm sorry out of ideas...i have flashed a ton of roms and sometimes run into 1 that just doesnt like my evo...this may be your case but it sure runs great on mine....hope it works out for u and once again good luck bro.....Carp

Well I tried getting it to work but its just not working great for me. On to another ROM I guess. Thanks for the suggestions!
I actually flashed the Warm Two-Point-Three ROM and so far I've had no problems and it uses much less memory and space.

[Tutorial] Installing Wildchild and getting it working on VM WFS CDMA

I'm not entirely sure where this topic would go, but I have figured out how to get wildchild 2.0 and 3.3 up and running on the VM WFS. It might work for other CDMA Wildfires, but I'm not sure. I figured it out after reading a post by 'threefootsmurf' who said he got it working. I'm just making a tutorial on how to install it and get it running fully without problems, since I had a few problems, and to show that we have a great rom for CDMA phones. Oh and these steps are pretty straightforward, but I left out things like backing up everything since you should be in the habit of it already.
1. Download the wildchild file. Either 3.3 or 2.0, I have found that the odex version for 2.0 and the deodex for 3.3 tend to work better than the other..
2. Download the 'Hensemod' VM patch.
3. Put them on the root of you micro sd.
4. Boot to recovery and factory reset and wipe dalvik
5. Flash the wildchild ROM.
6. Boot the phone and go through everything, you will probably get error messages and the phone may shut off and power back on, but your main goal is to get to the home screen after doing the google setup and everything.
7. Reboot back into recovery and do a factory reset and dalvik wipe again.
8. Flash the hensemod VM Patch. (You may need to reflash the rom again and then the VM patch in one go here, it all depends)
9. Boot the phone and go through the google set up and everything again, and the phone should be in working order.
Those were the exact steps I used. I tested multiple ways to do it, some gave me bootloops, some stayed on the HTC splash screen, and some kept rebooting the phone. I like the wildchild ROM and this tut will open up the wonderful rom for VM and possibly all other CDMA users. I hope this helped you guys.
Wildchild 3.3: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842771
Wildchild 2.0: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652973
Hensmod: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434497

thanks for the shout out.
yeah not sure why exactly but i usually need to flash the keyboard add-on to get any keyboard function. and the flashing of the rom on official CWM for marvelc seems to have its issues like deodexed don't like to load right or boot loops. after i switched to the unofficial CWM touch recovery for our phones not an issue at all loading after flash. and i usually flash it all at one time. if anyone has the same CWM as me, to do a data/cache reset select it then press vol up 5 times and you are on yes even though you can not see the option, press power and let it finish its wipe. definitely a great fast rom. found some new tricks i wasn't to test so might go back up to 3.3 soon for the extra speed boosts, only thing holding me back is i don't want to spend a whole night restoring my apps backups again lol.
love experimenting with this little thing though even if i am slightly noob to droid

I advise you to post tutorials like this in the General section

threefootsmurf said:
thanks for the shout out.
yeah not sure why exactly but i usually need to flash the keyboard add-on to get any keyboard function. and the flashing of the rom on official CWM for marvelc seems to have its issues like deodexed don't like to load right or boot loops. after i switched to the unofficial CWM touch recovery for our phones not an issue at all loading after flash. and i usually flash it all at one time. if anyone has the same CWM as me, to do a data/cache reset select it then press vol up 5 times and you are on yes even though you can not see the option, press power and let it finish its wipe. definitely a great fast rom. found some new tricks i wasn't to test so might go back up to 3.3 soon for the extra speed boosts, only thing holding me back is i don't want to spend a whole night restoring my apps backups again lol.
love experimenting with this little thing though even if i am slightly noob to droid
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I know what you mean I'm a pretty big noob at this stuff too, but it's fun thinking I have some kind of involvement in something. I'm using WC 2.0 right now since I can't get 3.3 to load on the odexed version with wifi and data working. I gotta edit my post. I got the deodexed version running, but it's got bugs, like FB wont work, and a few apps wont work right either, and of course no A2SD support... Lame. And I tried flashing all at the same time. But i'd get bootloops with 2.0. So I had to do it the way I described. Not sure if it's my phone my recovery or what. But yeah....

THANKS

This should be stickied for marvelc.
Thank's wc running great on marvelc.
Sent from my HTC_A510c using xda app-developers app

I just flashed WildChild 3.3 to my VMUSA Wildfire S last night. Here is my experience so far:
Definitely install WC and the VM patch right on top of each other in one shot
Skip the keyboard tutorial in the setup
If you get to the wifi setup and yours isn't listed, you need to wipe/reset/clear dalvik and install both files again or you're gonna have a bad time
I've got video playback problems. Videos I record playback with horizontal matrix green crap, and videos in the YouTube app give me audio only
Opinion: There are a few things I don't like about WildChild which are causing me to abandon it after 24 hours. The video issue is unacceptable, and a bunch of strange app choices make this not much better than the crap apps that come with HTC/VM Sense to begin with. Stock browser is absent in favor of Dolphin, no Google Talk app, no default Calendar, required use of Startup Manager (Free) which I feel is pretty useless to me, and a whole list of other apps (like a dozen) I am too lazy to deal with. I realize what I am looking for is a barebones setup, and I'm going to look for it starting now.

Thanks for this post. I've been running Wildchild 2.0 for a few months now. The video issue mentioned above comes & goes with certain app installations - oddly enough a reinstall of the youtube app usually clears it up on my WFS.