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[ROM][CDMA][VZW]KhasMek's K-leanMod v3

(Yes I know clean isn't spelled with a K)
Well, I've been working on my personal ROM for quite a while now, since there isn't much out there for us VZW users, I've decided to share. This might work on sprint, but I haven't tried. Sprint users should stay away unless they really know what they're doing. As normal, it's not my fault if you fubar your tab by flashing this or if zombies come and speedhump your cat. You've been warned.
Preamble
1. Don't ask me on how to install koush's recovery, that's what his thread is for. Laymen's terms- Did you do THIS? If you did, you're good to go, if not. do it.
2. I am not going to teach you how to use, or set up the applications that you need to use/flash this. I have included links to everything you need to know, just click and read for a second. If you are not willing to put out a little bit of effort to better your experience with your Tab, I am not going to waste even more of my time that could be dedicated towards making my ROM better. Also, if you aren't willing to give yourself the fundamental knowledge required for flashing this and something goes wrong, you will then have the required skill to fix it, instead of blaming me for bricking your Tab. I don't need that. I am willing to support my ROM and help with some confusion, but if you want me to do everything for you- lo siento.
About This ROM
There's not too much to say about it. It's DJ11 with almost 100MB of bloat ware, Verizon/Samsung crap and worthless other nonsense pulled out and the good bits updated with parts of the EURO updates/dumps. I have also done some other mods and optimizations.
Features
Updated Samsung apps from newer GSM ROMS! (The only way you can currently experience the updates on your CDMA device)
Deodexed
Zipaligned
Ad blocking hosts
Screen density of 180 (you can fit more stuff on the screen. Change with build.prop edit or LCD Density changer)
Transparent Notification bar
Gingerbread launcher
Minimal Touchwiz integration
Custom notification and ringtones (a la The PHJC)
More! (Really, there is more, but I can't think of it right now, I'll edit this post as I remember)
Installed Apps
3G Mobile Hotspot (wifi needs it to work)
Browser
Calendar
Camera
Chrome to Phone
Contacts
Email
Gallery
Gmail
Google Search
Latitude
Maps
Market
Connected Music Player (from Motorola, it's sweet)
Navigation
Places
Spare Part
Superuser
Talk
Task Manager
Titanium Backup
Video
Voices
Voice Search
Youtube
Removed
Verizon Boot Animation (That's why all you see is a black screen on first boot, just wait. I'm working on a custom one right now.)
Touchwiz Launcher!!!
Accessibility features. Note: you can still manually download them from the market.
lot of other crap, I can't remember, blockbuster, games, it goes on. I pulled out almost 100MB of apps, unneeded audio files, apps and such.
Changelog
v3 - Installation Update
Not much has actually changed about this ROM, I started to theme it, I stopped, I need to replace the zips with the stock again
CWM flashable zip install method has been uploaded for ease of flashing
v2 - Application Update
Lots of apps integrated from the GSM JMI Dump from Rotohammer. As usual I have deodexed and zipaligned the apks. There are some nice updates in the task manager, Contacts, Calendar, email and several other apps.
v1 - Initial Public Release
I was having some core issues with previous versions, but I've been running for well over 12 hours now without a problem.
If people paying for the data plans would report back to confirm all wireless cell activity still functions, that would be great (I only use wifi, but my VZW location service still works, so your data should too).
Known Issues
The notification/ringtones are duplicated in the selection windows, don't know why but there are no redundant files.
You will get core FC's and FC's in contacts, calendar and email until your Twitter/Facebook/Gmail accounts are fully synced, this is normal. Just give it a couple hours to fully sync (or turn up the sync interval to speed up the process).
If you are having any issues with the ROM loading on the first boot (it shouldn't take more than 4 minutes at the black screen) Turn the Tab off by holding down the power button until it powers off (9 seconds or so), Boot into recovery, select advanced --> reboot recovery. Once the secondary recovery loads, select format/factory reset and reboot.
Set picture as lockscreen wallpaper doesn't work.
Plans
I don't know, it's fast right now. Probably just more streamlining, accurate battery mod, shutdown options and a theme are all on the list too. This is really just to get me through until I finish some other things. You can make requests, but don't expect me to listen to them. I'm just sharing the ROM I've made for myself, so it is, and always will be, configured the way I like it. There's always the random good idea though. Let me know if you find any serious bugs too please.
Installation
Download the VZW bootstrapper or manually CWM your Tab (instructions HERE)
Download ROM
Factory Reset (BACK UP YOUR DATA FIRST! Should only be necessary if coming from stock)
Boot into recovery mode (power off, power button + volume up)
Select Install zip from sdcard
Select Select zip from sdcard
Browse to the location of the ROMs zip
Select yes and wait for the flash to complete
Reboot
Extras
Metamorph to change status bar black - DOWNLOAD
Metamorph to change status bar white - DOWNLOAD
Metamorph to change status bar transparent - DOWNLOAD
Note: Metamorph can be downloaded from the market HERE or if you prefer ninjamorph HERE.
Thanks
jt1134, Adrynalyne, rotohammer, TCMAN and everyone in IRC as usually is great help.
Lastly, if you like my work, donate to me so I can donate money to devs that make my world easier (and therefore yours).

Great Khas.
Had an issue with the Market, even though you said it was in the rom. I had to use unyaffs on my CWM backup and pull the Vending.apk there and then push it. Otherwise I'm loving it. Great job

Awesome. We have been waiting for someone to step up for us VZW guys. I will be flashing tonight. Thanks man

Im getting alot of fcs when adding a gmail account. Im not sure. Why.
Sent from my DROIDX using XDA App

Two Quick Questions
Hi Guys, I have my tab rooted but that was the extent of my knowledge. I apparently am unsure what this means exactly.
Can someone explain how to do this - YOU MUST HAVE AN EXT4 FORMATTED FILE SYSTEM TO USE
Can someone walk me through the steps of how to - Flash Via Heimdall
Thanks for this..

@ Boushh ,
I have 3 VZW Tablets...funny I got them all for Christmas Gift from One Vocal Wish at Shopping center with my Friends...LOL
I am glad to Try out your ROM, test bugs and other stuff!!
If you can just Post a Descriptive Instruction "How-To" step by step short and brief understandable, will be AWSOME!! All I care is IT Works!! and Functional 75% of Time it is ON!!

andermk said:
Hi Guys, I have my tab rooted but that was the extent of my knowledge. I apparently am unsure what this means exactly.
Can someone explain how to do this - YOU MUST HAVE AN EXT4 FORMATTED FILE SYSTEM TO USE
Can someone walk me through the steps of how to - Flash Via Heimdall
Thanks for this..
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The easiest rout for you would be to download and install the "Verizon Tab Bootstrapper" (it costs a buck, also, not my app) from the market onto your tab. that will convert the necessary partitions to ext4. Alternatively you can follow the method to do it manually HERE
ekoandrew said:
@ Boushh ,
I have 3 VZW Tablets...funny I got them all for Christmas Gift from One Vocal Wish at Shopping center with my Friends...LOL
I am glad to Try out your ROM, test bugs and other stuff!!
If you can just Post a Descriptive Instruction "How-To" step by step short and brief understandable, will be AWSOME!! All I care is IT Works!! and Functional 75% of Time it is ON!!
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No to come off as rude or anything, but I do have instructions on the first post. They are pretty much all you need, so what exactly are you not getting or would you like explained more in depth? Once I discover this I can update my instructions to where it would be more helpful for some of you.

Beginners Terms
No to come off as rude or anything, but I do have instructions on the first post. They are pretty much all you need, so what exactly are you not getting or would you like explained more in depth? Once I discover this I can update my instructions to where it would be more helpful for some of you. [/QUOTE]
Hey Boushh,
When you said:
YOU MUST HAVE AN EXT4 FORMATTED FILE SYSTEM TO USE
Use Koush's recovery to get there.
Do you mean just wipe data and cache in cwm or something more?
Also when you said to Flash Via Heimdall - Im just not sure how to use Hiemdall. Can you tell me what steps to take.
Sorry for the questions and thanks for your patience.

Hey boushh, would you mind listing out all the apps that you deleted out of the /system? I just want to make sure that some of the stuff like divx, mobile print, etc is still there.
Thanks for all your hard work!

Boushh,
Thank you so very much for this. I just flashed v2 and I'm in love with my tab all over again! I do have 3g enabled, and so far it seems to be working just as well as the stock ROM. So far I don't notice any issues and it's blazing fast. I'm also using your new kernel as well. Thanks again and keep up the awesome work!

steveo11284 said:
Boushh,
Thank you so very much for this. I just flashed v2 and I'm in love with my tab all over again! I do have 3g enabled, and so far it seems to be working just as well as the stock ROM. So far I don't notice any issues and it's blazing fast. I'm also using your new kernel as well. Thanks again and keep up the awesome work!
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Im looking for some help, im not new to this completly as ive rooted and installed many roms on my phones but im new to this for the tab...
I downloaded the bootloader off the market. After i do the bootloader do i factory reset?
My question is with heimdall....when you have the screen up with all the different options(pda/code , kernal, etc) where do you put the rom to flash it?
EDIT* I got to the clockworkmod recovery screen. Can i wipe cache and install zip from there as im used to from my phone????
Thank again as any help is appreciated

Alright guys i need some help...The tab wont get pass the "samsung" when i try to boot. The only thing i did was run the bootstrapper from the market. I can get to download mode but i cant figure out how to install the rom from heimdall...
UPDATE: In Heimdall i got "flash successfully completed" but when the tab goes to boot it wont get past the samsung screen!!

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jkurl said:
I really hope you did a backup cause it you did then you can go into recovery and restore your system. If not you can still go into clockworkmod and reinstall the rom from there. that is where you should have installed the rom from.
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Well after all morning trying to figure this out...i finally got it! Had to restore to factory settings and whatnot first and then i figured it out!! Thanks again

steveo11284 said:
Boushh,
Thank you so very much for this. I just flashed v2 and I'm in love with my tab all over again! I do have 3g enabled, and so far it seems to be working just as well as the stock ROM. So far I don't notice any issues and it's blazing fast. I'm also using your new kernel as well. Thanks again and keep up the awesome work!
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Awesome, I'm so glad to hear 3G is still working! Thanks for letting me know that. Also, I'm glad you enjoy the ROM, I have some good things in store for it too.

newtonfb said:
Im looking for some help, im not new to this completly as ive rooted and installed many roms on my phones but im new to this for the tab...
I downloaded the bootloader off the market. After i do the bootloader do i factory reset?
My question is with heimdall....when you have the screen up with all the different options(pda/code , kernal, etc) where do you put the rom to flash it?
EDIT* I got to the clockworkmod recovery screen. Can i wipe cache and install zip from there as im used to from my phone????
Thank again as any help is appreciated
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You factory reset, as I said in the instructions, also, there is no zip. You flash via Heimdall in download mode, as I said in the instructions. The ROM will not boot unless you factory reset
newtonfb said:
Alright guys i need some help...The tab wont get pass the "samsung" when i try to boot. The only thing i did was run the bootstrapper from the market. I can get to download mode but i cant figure out how to install the rom from heimdall...
UPDATE: In Heimdall i got "flash successfully completed" but when the tab goes to boot it wont get past the samsung screen!!
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I would use the heimdall command prompt, the GUI doesn't always work right. Also, this has no verizon boot animation, so you will just see a black screen for a second once you get past the samsung screen.
jkurl said:
I really hope you did a backup cause it you did then you can go into recovery and restore your system. If not you can still go into clockworkmod and reinstall the rom from there. that is where you should have installed the rom from.
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No, you don't install the rom from Clockworkmod. You should read the directions before spreading misinformation in the future.

Does this rom have the bluetooth drivers fixed?

No, you don't install the rom from Clockworkmod. You should read the directions before spreading misinformation in the future.
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So what your saying is that you can't install this rom via clockwork mod?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_qwT7rTY4E
Above is a Video, how the ROM looks like after flashed with Hemidall.
I used Frontend instead of CMD, also purchased the VZW Bootstrapper!
This is 2nd Tried with Voodoo Kernel!
Everything moves pretty well as you can see. So far no Bugs, I just missed the good old File App from original stock rom.

Deleted as well no need to argue over a Rom. Now if you stole my beer than I can see.
@boushh is the CWM for vzw you using version 3 or a later version? Got some people asking me in another forum an I want to make sure I give them the correct info.

cm7 just wont install

Hello all...I am currently running cm6....everything works great...mytouch slide 3g rooted, and s-off with alpha-rev
I downloaded the cm7 rc2 and the correct gapps as well...gb-20110307....I reboot into recovery, and select wipe data/factory reset etc....I clear cache etc....I then choose install from sd card....pick the cm7....it says installation complete, I then do the same for the gapps...says it installed....then I reboot phone....and it just sits at the s-off alpharev boot screen.....no cm android screen comes up.....ive tried like 5 times now and I wait like 20 minutes each time, but nothing evr happens.....Can someone give me some advice?...what the heck am I doing wrong?.....Thanks so much for your time.....DIrtylarry

Are you running the latest clockworkmod? No clue if it makes a difference, but an idea.

ummm....I think so?.....I guess I dont know for sure.....link maybe?....

Download Rom Manager from the market or make sure its updated if you already have it installed.
Open Rom Manager and hit "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery". Then try again.

Try the 0120 gb gapps, some people have had issues with the latest 0307 ones.

ok....so i reinstalled 6.0 cm and now want to go to 7.....so clockworkmod recovey.....then wipe etc....then 7.0 from sd card.....and then gapps?....what i find weird is that 6.0cm has a yellow status bar that goes across screen when installing, and neither of the 7.0 rc and rc2 have this, and neither will install.......make sense?,,ty

Do you have custom MTD partition sizes setup? If so, it's possible that your system partition isn't large enough..
Have you tried pulling a logcat while booting the phone?
JTB

Had a prob like this once b4 on mt3g and I fixed by putting latest radio....do u have the latest radio 7.15 cux cm7 have wifi calling and hotspot.....just putting in my 2 cent

thanks for the advice guys....after 6 hours of no solution i decided to go with a different rom....and EVERYTHING worked instantly...I'm sure all this has to do with a size constraint on the mtd?......Now....I need to research this and figure out how to get more space on the internal....as I am almost full again with even moving apps to sd........if I can figure this out...Ill be a happy androider....lol....

dirtylarry10 said:
thanks for the advice guys....after 6 hours of no solution i decided to go with a different rom....and EVERYTHING worked instantly...I'm sure all this has to do with a size constraint on the mtd?......Now....I need to research this and figure out how to get more space on the internal....as I am almost full again with even moving apps to sd........if I can figure this out...Ill be a happy androider....lol....
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Do what I do and delete all the ringtones/notfications/alarms that you don't use. What radio are you on?
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CM7 problems?

I'm making this thread to try and solve issues and problems with cm7 for problems that you can probably solve instead of posting 10 times and making a repeated question in the official thread of cm7 development thread
If you have any issues we can help each other, to start with I got the blue then green light on my first restart, but after wiping data and cache AGAIN (I already did it before installing from zip) it worked!
I had problems with the notification widgets, but after a few restarts it didn't dissapeared. So that problem solved by itself
I currently have the flash notification widget not working (and it works on camera but not on video recording) I don't know if it is a common problem from the beta 3 version (If someone knows I would be thankfull***) but meanwhile you can get the flash to work with this widget https://market.android.com/details?id=com.advback.ledflashlight&feature=search_result
The Wifi is working OK but it seems like the refreshing time of signal is too low (I get close to the wifi router and maybe there are 1min. until the small widget at the top fills up) and viceversa I get away from signal and it is remained full until 1 min or so.
edit:
For Gps small fix you can find in the page 123 this from AkkiandDefy:
1.Search FasterFix in the market and install!
2.Open it and choose your region the
3.Now theprogramm will install the right Config
4.And then install GpsFix and let him search
Don't be afraid..let him search longer(till he tell the right adress). Once fixed he will find it always faster.
Admin or mods if there is any problem with my thread let me know, I'm just trying to help

good Idea

just trying to help hehe my idea is to get the important information in the first post just done the flashing of the test2 for gps going to try right now

I was installing this, and it was all going fine, used the recovery thing here, it booted up fine. I then rebooted again to put on the googleapps as an update.zip, updated and now it gets stuck at the Motorola boot screen?
EDIT: OK, so I tried another data/cache wipe and installing CM7 again as update.zip, but have to use the default bootloader now and it says "signature verification failed". :S

did you instal the nordic version? 3.4.3 11 (the last one) flash this, then install superuser (with superoneclick) afterwards instal the clockwork (I used the same one as you) then wipe data, cache install beta 3, gapps and gps test 2 and reboot it should work

Viridis said:
I was installing this, and it was all going fine, used the recovery thing here, it booted up fine. I then rebooted again to put on the googleapps as an update.zip, updated and now it gets stuck at the Motorola boot screen?
I had the same error - i reflashed the 3.4.3.11 sbf with rsd lite
after that, rooted , instaled clockworkrecovery and booted into recovery mode to instal CM7
After installing CM7, i allowed to boot itself (2init is set on automatic) then just reboot and enter into custom recovery via pressing vol down right after blue notification light appears - frome here you can acces custom recovery and install addons like gapps and gps fix.
Warning - entering from Clockwork recovery after CM7 installed will get you in bootloop and need to reflash the main sbf again.
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really? I think I did it and it didn't happen that, but anyway my recomendation for those we don't know so much is to install from clockwork the beta, gapps and any fixes (gps etc) at the same time without rebooting so we don't have to use it anymore (in this logical order, 'cause maybe it doesn't mind but maybe it can prevent us from getting any error)

Thanks for the replies everyone.
Right now I've flashed 3.4.3.11 on with RSD Lite, that went fine. I've rooted with Superoneclick and installed the custom recovery app from before, and I can get into Clockwork recovery with that.
Now though when I try to do a wipe it says "can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 (File exists)" and "error mounting /sd-ext/!". I took out my SD card and formatted and partitioned it with 500mb ext, 50mb linux swap and around 1.5GB FAT to see if that would help, but it hasn't. I did this with my PC, however I did use the one on the recovery before that, which was probably a bad idea. I didn't think to much of it since it should have only affected the SD card.
I think now I need to use ADB or something to fix this, I've also unrooted and rooted again. I also tried installing cyanogenmod before the mount errors when only an "app2sd" error was coming up on the wipe, but it didn't actually do anything, it just started up with the stock 2.2 froyo again.
EDIT: I tried just wiping and installing cyanogenmod.zip and gapps.zip anyway, but it just comes reboots with stock blur/froyo. I don't have any "update.zip"s or anything.

try wipe from stock. do: vol down + power and then when the ! appears with the android guy press vol down + vol up
afterwards you will get stuck in the moto logo. get out the battery, put it again and flash the nordic version 3.4.3 11 then enable adb and with superoneclick install root
IMPORTANT: NOW GET OUT ADB AND REBOOT
after reboot install clockwork and get the beta 4 and gapps into the sdcard,
then wipe data and wipe cache
install from zip first beta then gapps (if an error of line X appears and says installation aborted just try again it will work, happened to me several times) and reboot!

Hey, thanks for the thread.
I have a problem with FasterFix. Mine asks for root permission but it just won't load. Remains in black screen and does nothing. GPSFix opens, but don't sync.
Any ideas?
@Quarx
Thank you for the CM7 mod, I'm loving it.
Will post it to the original forum post once I'm able to.
And will buy you a beer

you made a really good point, fasterfix worked in beta 2 and 3 (installed it several times with some wipes) now that I've read your post and tried installing it it installed granted permissions but it doesn't run so it seems to be a beta 4 problem that wasn't present before!

mariosanoguera said:
you made a really good point, fasterfix worked in beta 2 and 3 (installed it several times with some wipes) now that I've read your post and tried installing it it installed granted permissions but it doesn't run so it seems to be a beta 4 problem that wasn't present before!
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I hope someone post this on the main thread.

I just applied the *.zip(s) and the am loading in for setup, it seems to be working so far. The boot screen is AWESOME as always... setup seems a bit twitchy but hopefully I'll get it to work here soon. *crossed fingers*

I think Im starting to have the earphone piece problem

Quarx posted another version to the main thread. Downloading now. Seems like it doesn't need to wipe. Lets see...
It seems a little buggy for those who have green lens. I'm waiting with 4.0.

Can I delete this post?

Problems to edit the contacts
Hello.
I've had problems to edit the contacts, in my phone book.
I syncronized my contacs with the Facebook contacts. Have all of then in my contact list, but when i need to add a phone number to the contact, it says that i can't edit Facebook contacts in that device. I need to create a new contact and put the phone number in that new one, and that pisses me cause i will need to have 2 contact from 1 person, duplicating my entire contact list. And all my contat that are in my SIM card don't show in the MOD. I have downgraded and all the contacts now have reapered.
Please, if someone knows how to help, since i was using the Blur, and had all my contacts from Facebook before, editing and merging then when they are duplicated.

It seems like the camera is not THAT working. When I zoom in too much it crashes and I lose access to the camera.
Is Quarx even knowing about this thread?
Edit: I was listening to a song in PowerAmp, opened an YouTube video and all sounds gone, some process forced close and no sound was played until restarted.
Edit2: it seems like that DSPmanager forced close when YouTube opened. Disabled for now.

I've updated to beta4 and the only issue I have is with GPS. Just tested camera, video and flash and all working.
Edit: also issue with video playback... it jumps.
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I can't play any videos at all. Guess I'll be back to froyo till this is fixed.
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Revolutionary on new wildfire problem (or extreme muppetry)

Hello everyone.
I enjoyed the noob video and also look forward to being pasted no doubt.
I have a wildfire running 2.2 android which I understand means I am running the latest firmware, which I also understand is going to make it difficult for me to root easily.
Never the less not being one to be beaten I have tried with EVO3, which no matter what I tried would not work, constantly asking if my firmware was too new. I even wiped it but no luck.
So I struck upon revolutionary, which yes I understand is beta.
This is perhaps where my lack of understanding comes in. Would I be right in thinking that custom roms require a specificly rooted device?
The thing is I have apparently been successfull with revolutionary. I can boot into it and I was able to instaly cryongena rom which worked OK until I installed google apps where by it constantaly showed the spinning blue arrow, round and round, rebooting and rebooting.
Thing is all other roms I have tried, everyone, has failed, with either script being old 'error 6' etc etc.
I found I needed a different kind of rom, which a few were offering however these also failed with error 6 which apparent was something to do with not being pure unix or something.
Sorry I am not up on the language, but I think I have tried all the popular ones, puzzle etc and none will install.
When I start up with the volume button pressed it shows the screen then says something about failing to load image, but goes away to quick to read pc4diag.img or something.
Is it possible I have not loaded revolutionary correctly, and have I gained 'root'
Thanks for reading, and please feel free to tear me a new one.

- Yes, I am sure you have Revolutionary installed correctly. You got a bootloop while installing GApps, in which case I would recommend performing a full wipe in Clockworkmod and try to install again. (Install the CM ROM first, then the GAPps Zip. Also, I hope you are using a filename called gapps-gb-2011xxxx.zip)
- If you want to install other ROMs, Sense and Android 2.2.1 ROMs require Clockworkmod 2.x. Attempting to flash them in Clockworkmod 3.x/4.x will give you the "Scripting not supported" error. The workaround to this is to download this attachment:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=662193&d=1311319218
Flash this in your new Clockworkmod Version, which will give you temporary 2.5, then proceed as normal.
- When you boot into the HBoot Mode, it will automatically perform a search for the files PC49IMG.diag and .nbh. It's normal, and theres nothing to worry about. After the search is over, and, it has not found the files, you can navigate properly again.
Oh, and I think you are being too paranoid about the video and everyone here trying to tear you a new one.
Good Luck

Thanks very much for your answer.
Honestly I spent 2 hours on google last night trying to get my head around it.
To be honest all I want is a quick phone, and I am not getting that with stock software on my wildfire, I get very frustrated when trying to scroll but it reads it as me tapping an app icon, and there are loads of them I don't want in here, footsteps and tweets and the likes, I am simply not interested and neither am I allowed to remove them. The cynogenmod looked amazing, but I can see even more processor intensive than the stock software.
I will have a look at what you have suggested and thanks for your help!

In that case, I think you might want to stick with the Stock ROM, and, get an app like 'Root Uninstaller' or 'Titanium Backup' which allows you to uninstall (Or, to be more correct - 'freeze') any apps you wish - Including System Apps.
Not trying to advertise Cyanogenmod here, since I understand ROM preference is a personal thing, but, I would recommend giving it one more try, after a full wipe. Also, go with the latest nightlies rather than the Stables. I have been using it since it was released back in January, and, honestly, I am never going back to Stock / Sense based ROMs.

Don't get me wrong it looks awesome. But the boot up time was just shy of 4 minutes (although I now understand it may have been because of first boot) and two attempts at install failed.
I shall look at how to fully wipe, but to be honest, being very new to hacking my phone I am quite happy having the back up there to revert too.

Well I tried to install anything but nothing works so I shall revert to my original back up and see about these tools for removing unwanted apps.
Thanks for the help, but something is not right. All roms either get as far as the twinkly noise on the HTC screen then do it again and again, and cynogen gets to the rotating arrow, then eventually an android zips across the screen and back to the arrow

Well I don't think I have root on this device. I tried to install busybox and titanium and both tell me my phone is not rooted.
Sigh.

If you are on the Stock ROM, you will have to flash this additionally:
http://bit.ly/su2361ef
This will install Superuser, which is what will give you "root". If you are on Custom ROMs, flashing this additional file is not required, since, they include the Superuser Binary already,. So, flash that, and then try installing Busybox / Ti Backup. (make sure you get a "superuser" icon in your app drawer after flashing that zip)
EDIT:
- Are you on Clockworkmod 3.0.0.6 incidentally? That version has caused bootloops for many users when installing ROM's.
- First boot time is extremely long (Upto 7-8 mins), and its normal.

Hello thanks for the info.
I am not confident I know what mod I am on, I just went to the revolutionary website and downloaded the latest beta.
When you say it can take 7-8mins to load up would this include the boot loops though? Thats all I get on all of them
I shall install the super user bit see if that helps.

No, not including bootloops. BTW, I am referring to the Clockworkmod Version, not Revolutionary,
When you enter the Recovery to flash something, at the bottom, you will "Clockworkmod Version x.x.x.x". It is that version I was asking.

Sadly I am not getting anywhere here, every single rom just goes round in circles in one way or another.
The version say revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4
I was unable to get the standard revoked installed as I am runnning the latest android firmware and it just kept failing.
Something I am getting rather used to!

I cannot see a clockwork mod number anywhere, although it must be there as I have clockwork folder on the SD card.
Sorry, I am being a muppet here.

[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.
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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.