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UPDATE FOR NEW USERS: Please read the entire first two posts on this thread before asking questions. Many questions have been answered at the release of the ROM a couple months ago. I tired to keep the major questions updated below. If anything needs clarification from a newb perspective please PM. Its easy for ROM builders to take things for granted so I apologize if I left out anything pertient. Remember you will have to deal with Damager if you post a question that was answered here! I dont even want to do that ;c)
**Many thanks go out to Damager and bitserve for keeping up the thread! Ive been really busy lately. I have about 5 big or growing posts spanning two sites and three phones. Not to mention I have a real job too!
**Please dont be discouraged from participating, just read first ;c)
Updated: TIPS TRICKS AND HOW TO'S, Post #3, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2889799&postcount=3
*START ORIGINAL POST*
Round 4 Reloaded highlights: (More info to include credits to follow later!!!)
+DCD 3.2.6 Base kitchen with base comm manager and base dialer. Upgrades included for a "Diamond" look if you so choose.
+ With or without ROM Pack and Themes.
You can choose Reloaded "Loaded Edition" or "Economy Edition" and of course a Kitchen is coming soon....
Loaded has everything you see to include the ROM pack and the extra themes.
Economy does not have the extra M2D themes nor the ROM pack.
Kitchen has everything of course.
+M2D "Scott's theme" by default. Older White Diamond and 11 more included. White Diamond was the predominate favorite before this one.
+HTC Album, HTC Audio Player, Google Maps 2.2.0.20 preinstalled and functioning with M2D. Tabs are disabled by default. Must enable them in M2DC (Customizer).
M2DC (Customizer) pre-installed and MUCH MUCH more stable than the previous builds.
+ROM pack. You get an installable ROM pack. It includes the following apps and will place the installer in a ROM Pack folder in My Documents. From there you can choose what to install if anything. The ROM pack includes:
All DCD Carriers
Matching Diamond Dialer and Com manager for "My Theme"(screen shots)
Older Touchflow finger scroll app
HTC X Button (Task Manager button)
Large Title Bar
Large Start Menu
VistaHide Battery gauge cabbed up by me
Memory
*M2D Enabled, Fresh Boot, Oxios Hibernate ran first - Free RAM: 21.99
*M2D Disabled, Fresh Boot, Oxios Hibernate ran first - Free RAM: 25.45
*Requirements:
+ NueSpl 2.47, olipro 2.40/ I reocmend the first as it is much easier to install.
+ Radio 2.3.3x or higher. Look at my sig block to see what I am running. What I run is what I prefer and recomend you run.
+ Working and hopefully prior exp in flashing custom ROMS. Many new flashers for the first time have followed the GA Medic link and uised it to flash the ROM. They all had great success. We can only help sop far so we recomend that new people research hard before flashing for the first time. If you have flashed to a custom GPS ROM already then this is no different. With all that being said.... What you do is your repsonsibility and not me or any memomber of theo forum or theo forum itself. We will however tryto help you as best we can and I have yet to say a flash go bad we couldnt fix in no time. Post your problems in the forum. Alot fo people with experience read it and answer some questions that are tough even for me ;C)
**You must install a DCD Carrier CAB which is included in the ROM Pack for all carriers before your data connection will work.
Pics:
1. Default theme for M2D
2. Added Dialer from the ROM pack, otherwise it will be stock DCD.
3. Added Comm manager from the ROM Pack, otherwise it will be stock DCD.
Download link!
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www.scottcrosler.com
Thanks Link (Pay Pal, no account with them required). If you want to donate and cant dont worry about it. Any one can use the ROM and kitchen for whatever purpose they like. The only request is that you at least link to either my home page or the appropraite thread. This goes for my older series as well. This is of course if you post something on the internet. Dont worry if you do it for your buddies a few cubes down. That removes the Shock and Awe effect ;c) Remember donations are not required but loved :c) heh
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webs...=PP-DonationsBF:btn_donateCC_LG.gif:NonHosted
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Bugs and Fixes
Issue #1: Installing the Opal Comm Manager causes duplicate icons on the Connections Control Panel.
Fix: Install the attached cab instead. Its fixed. I removed the registry settings causing the duplicate icon.
Note: You can uninstall the old COM Manager and install this as a fix. You will not need to hard reset.
Tips Tricks and How To's - Updated 12 Nov 2008 at 11:00am
Tips Tricks and How To's - Updated 12 Nov 2008 at 11:00am
1. 12 Preloaded themes will keep you busy. You can easily switch between themes using the M2DC program. Its an excellent program that helped inspire me to do this ROM. Check out his page. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427392
2. I attached the latest version of the customizer. Seems 100% compatible with the ROM. Use my repacked cab becuase the original wont install correctly with this ROM! Nothing to do with the app itself its how the ROM is built. My CAB installs to the ROM location and not the original location of the app. Dont worry, works great! Original: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427392&highlight=manilla
3. Use the NEW ATTACHED customizer to utilize Internet Explorer instead of Opera!!!! Works GREAT!
4. Make your phone jump to the home screen whenever you choose. You can do this by remapping a soft button to the <Today> command. See my screenshot. I programmed the command to my Messaging button. Everytime I press messaging it returns to the home screen! Tight or what???
5. Change the default Softkeys on the Home screen. Use the customizer to do this. See my screenshots.
I added google adsense to my website. See this single post for the details ;c)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2998678&postcount=534
We are about to hit 7000 page hits since November first. Thats alot.
I found the ROM being higlighted on two websites that are in Asia and Euorpe as well! Thats cool as hell!
http://www.darkclockers.com/foros/sh...0584#post80584
http://www.mogul.net.ua/index.php?showuser=3 <--I wish these people wouldnt deep link. It throws my stats off.
Oh if anyone can translate these into English that would be fantastic.
about to flash....
i thoght it was a kitchen. i guess i'll use this for now
when is the kitchen going to be available? do you plan to use dcd 3.3.4?
twe90kid said:
about to flash....
i thoght it was a kitchen. i guess i'll use this for now
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Kitchen is coming soon as well as the lite version. I just have to get them uplaoded. About 1/2 more hour.
Try the rom and tell me what you think for now... Something to do anyways untill the kitchen is up. I will Bump it from third upload to second.... Hang tight...
scott i realize you are busy tonight.
i'm one of the ones that asked for more "calendar room". I just noticed your "reloaded" and dcd 3.3.4 are out at the same time and noticed it this evening.
Do you ever think there will be any more calendar room available on the home tab where the clock doesn't take up so much room?
also...any other responses on battery drain?
scrosler said:
Kitchen is coming soon as well as the lite version. I just have to get them uplaoded. About 1/2 more hour.
Try the rom and tell me what you think for now... Something to do anyways untill the kitchen is up. I will Bump it from third upload to second.... Hang tight...
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flashing... the rom right now.
when the kitchen is release i will redownlaod and reflash... couple more mins and i'll test and give feedback/review. thanks for the hardwork. btw how's ur stomach treating you?
Just came back from a very boring day at school and saw this... You made my day!, let´s flash!!!
flash done. loading contacts.
jshaas2 said:
scott i realize you are busy tonight.
i'm one of the ones that asked for more "calendar room". I just noticed your "reloaded" and dcd 3.3.4 are out at the same time and noticed it this evening.
Do you ever think there will be any more calendar room available on the home tab where the clock doesn't take up so much room?
also...any other responses on battery drain?
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Both ROMS just came out today.
As far as the calendar that is not within my ability at this time. The program is built to work the way it is. I cannot actually modify the core program itself. I can only tweak the themes and overhead it takes like most customizable apps. I have three fortune 500 companies for clients as a help desk manager. I understand your issues with seeing all your appointments. Have you ever thought setting a reminder an hour to 24 hours in advance? That might help? Trust me as soon as someone hacks this portion of the app I will be the first to incorporate it.
As far as the battery drain you are the only one reporting the issue. I dont know what to tell you on that. Try swapping back to a stock ROM and load up manila manually and run for a few days. Do some variations of such. Tell me how your battery is. Mine will go well more than 24 hours with this set up. Usually 36 to 48 before its dead.
scrosler said:
Both ROMS just came out today.
As far as the calendar that is not within my ability at this time. The program is built to work the way it is. I cannot actually modify the core program itself. I can only tweak the themes and overhead it takes like most customizable apps. I have three fortune 500 companies for clients as a help desk manager. I understand your issues with seeing all your appointments. Have you ever thought setting a reminder an hour to 24 hours in advance? That might help? Trust me as soon as someone hacks this portion of the app I will be the first to incorporate it.
As far as the battery drain you are the only one reporting the issue. I dont know what to tell you on that. Try swapping back to a stock ROM and load up manila manually and run for a few days. Do some variations of such. Tell me how your battery is. Mine will go well more than 24 hours with this set up. Usually 36 to 48 before its dead.
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hey man..thanks for your reply. i appreciate it. I'm going to check on a few things with your ROM and get back with you. i'm out of town for a few days, so it might be a few days till i can report back. thanks again!!
grypho said:
Just came back from a very boring day at school and saw this... You made my day!, let´s flash!!!
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Sweet let me know what you think. I busted my sick tail on this!
scrosler said:
Sweet let me know what you think. I busted my sick tail on this!
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Oh man.. What a tough tough decision to make. Try the 3.3.4 or go with your Reloaded... Hmm.. I hate decisions. Did you have any luck by replacing your kitchen xip with the os.nb.payload you dumped from 3.3.4?
Man.. if it was an easy change to 3.3.4 from 3.2.6 in your kitchen, I would be in heaven!!!
Thanks for the work!
djbeames said:
Oh man.. What a tough tough decision to make. Try the 3.3.4 or go with your Reloaded... Hmm.. I hate decisions. Did you have any luck by replacing your kitchen xip with the os.nb.payload you dumped from 3.3.4?
Man.. if it was an easy change to 3.3.4 from 3.2.6 in your kitchen, I would be in heaven!!!
Thanks for the work!
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IM working on it but not getting anywhere. May may have to wait untill DCD releases the new ktichen. Tweaking XIP's is not my thing (yet!). Tweaking OEMS and working kitchen files.... thats my thing!
BTW Is that where the XIP comes from and if so where do I put it?
awesome rom so far. still testing.
running smooth like crazy and everything is very fast. i'm loving your theme though. still customizing and getting back thngs.
btw is the kitchen 100% tonight? if so, i'll jsut test and fix everything when the kitchen is released
From what I understand, there shouldn't be any XIP tweaking needed. As DCD has mentioned, all you have to do is replace the os.nb.payload in your kitchen with the one dumped from the 3.3.4 tear down. Copy/Paste.
twe90kid said:
awesome rom so far. still testing.
running smooth like crazy and everything is very fast. i'm loving your theme though. still customizing and getting back thngs.
btw is the kitchen 100% tonight? if so, i'll jsut test and fix everything when the kitchen is released
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Kitchen is uploading... No kidding.. 15 more minutes maybe? Then the Economy edition for all who are interested. I'll post at the completetiion of each. Dont worry man.
djbeames said:
From what I understand, there shouldn't be any XIP tweaking needed. As DCD has mentioned, all you have to do is replace the os.nb.payload in your kitchen with the one dumped from the 3.3.4 tear down. Copy/Paste.
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Hmmmmmm Interesting. I will mess with it later on this week. Waiting on feedback about this ROM first. See if there are any emergency fixes I need to do first.
Scott’s VZW ROM - Working VZ Navigator (eRice kitchen v1.03.7) - Rev 1 out!
UPDATE 19 DEC 2008 @ 18:00 Central Time. New ROM is out. Consider this thread discontinued. Files will be on the website for historical purposes. I would recomend upgrading to my latest ROM here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=461524
UPDATED 12 Dec 2008 @ 19:00 Central Time
** You will need to dial *22899 after you flash to reprogram. Do this before anything else.
** Other model phones from other carriers will loose custom EPST settings per NexVision's testing.
REVISION 1 Changes at the end of this modified original post
This ROM IS FOR VZW USERS ONLY!
Greetings fellow VZW users. My first creation for us is Custom a ROM based off of eRice’s kitchen in this thread: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=46965.
ROM Info:
**The ROM I created is nearly identical to the “STOCK” ROM with a couple minor additions and an upgrade to the core CE OS files to version 5.2.20931. I pulled all the apps and drivers from the leaked VZW ROM in this into the eRice kitchen from this post: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=42741
**I stripped out the Sprint drivers and applications from the eRice kitchen and added the VZW drivers and Apps from the VZW leaked ROM. It was fairly seamless to do. I tested VZ Nav and it worked great!
** This ROM is considerably more smooth than the stock ROM and more responsive in most applications including Touch Flow. No, it doesn’t fix our missing memory problem but I dont think you will notice it as much now. What makes it great is it is based on the 20931 CE OS but retains the 100% stock look via proper drivers and applications.
**VZ Navigator runs well on this ROM!
As far as I know this is the first “Custom” ROM with any sort of GPS for the XV6850.
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*Revision One Changes*
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Added N2A Weather Patch to Autoinstall. INcludes most US cities and patched weather server.
Added Diamond TF3D Config to Autoinstall (Runs with no errors)
Added Nue Fonts with a few extra fonts than what the OEM normally has. They look great on this screen!
Added Advanced Config 3.3
Added Turn off SMS Sent Notification - cabbed by "mixtapeking1900"
Added DotNET CF 2.0 along side DotNet 3.5. DotNet 2.0 installs first then ver 3.5 via Autoinstall (CONFIG.TXT in extended package OEM for the kitchen users.) I bieleve either could be removed but not truly sure. DotNet 3.5 was needed for Advanced Config.*Note - Selecting dotNet 3.5 in the KITCHEN will cause problems! Dont do it unless you proplery modify config.txt to not load them in the AutoRUN.
Removed IE 6.1 (Breaks My Button Setup!)
Removed JetPrint Bluetooth printing (whatever it is called, not sure)
Fixed My Button Settings not launching from the Settings Tab in Manila
Fixed Voice Command> I added it back in. Go to "Settings -> Voice Command" to turn it on before it will RUN!
Kept HTC YouTube
Kept HTC Network Plug in
Kept Internet Sharing
*All Three of these are from the eRice Kitchen. Big thanks to eRice for all 3!
No other installed programs than those listed and the VZW OEM apps.
The ROM is now pretty close to Stock which was the goal. This should be the last revision unless someone finds a major bug.
AS always, please report bugs and any thing you like as well.
Files located at www.scottcrosler.com
Mad Thanks go out to eRice, Commenex and ImCoKeMan for making this possible! Without them none of this would exist!
UPDATED 12 Dec 2008 @ 19:00 Central Time
Basic Installtion Instructions
Download ROM and extract to desktopp (Now includes RUU). Start the ROM Upgrade Utility and follow instructions Flashes just like ANY other phone or ROM. Flashing will destroy ALL data on phone. Always sync with ActiveSync before starting the upgrade utility OR place your phone in bootloader mode (Power, VolDown, and reset)
A call to *228 or *22899 (automated activation line) WILL BE REQUIRED for normal usage! This is true of ALL ROM's and even a simple hard reset of the Verizon stock ROM.
Before you flash you MUST be unlocked. I do not support the unlock process or the software but I can tell if you that if you follow the instructions at the link it works perfect.
Link to unlocker is here: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=42503
Link to ROM and RUU is here: http://www.scottcrosler.com/
Bugs so far:
Wiped Clean on new revision
**Here is where you will see gains with this ROM over stock...
1. Navigating through menu's, especially the settings menu.
2. Smoothness of TF3D (debateable depending on the tabs.) First time will be slow for EVERY device if you leave ALL the tabs enabled. Each tab is a like a sep app that has to load when you select it. After the tabs are loaded you will see even more gains over the stock ROM.
3. File explorer. Go to the Windows folder. No further explanation needed there, trust me. The stock file explorer took nearly 15 seconds to load Windows. This does it almost instantly.
Updated Kitchen Files!
This is for the eRICE KITCHEN. This is not my own Kitchen but an add on of VZW OEM files to the eRice kitchen.
Its the OEM pack that I used to create this ROM. Its what I stripped out of the VZW leaked ROM. I added just a couple OEMs that are not in the cooked ROM. I dont have the original OEM's broken out! IF anyone wants to break it down further like eRice did with his original kitchen let me know and I will host it on my site.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR KITCHEN SET UP:
Download and extract (to desktop) eRice 1.03.07 kitchen from here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=42796
Delete the entire OEM folder from inside the kitchen!
Download and extract the VZW OEM folder from www.scottcrosler.com and place it in the eRice kitchen as to replace the one you just delted. I made one minor change to the pure VZW OEM folders.I dropped the phonecanvas XML provisioning file into OEM apps. i think it supposed to be in SYS but I dont know.... It works fine the way it is. If you have never heard of the file then ignore this part of the post.
Start RaphealKitchen.CMD and follow instructions.
***Do not select DotNET 3.5 in the kitchen!!!. It is enabled by default, delelect it. Will cause issues.
I will try to support the kitchen as much as possible. Please do not bother eRice with this hybrid kitchen as I am sure he will not support my hybrid creation.
Thank eRice for this kitchen.
Thank the original poster of this thread for the leaked ROM I worked with:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=42741. Not sure who posted it.
Thank me for putting it together!
I AM NOT TAKING CREDIT FOR ANY OF THE FILES. I do however take credit for converting to VZW OEM.
Should there be a link to your ROM here?
Are there instructions on how to flash?
Like putting phone into bootloader mode or anything else necessary?
Does the unlock process wipe the phone or does only the ROM update wipe?
Anyone tried this yet? Any reviews?
It's a lot of work to reinstall everything and to re-apply my special settings, even though I've been documenting what I've done.
Also, I was thinking of trying that Telus radio. Can I still try that on this? Does a radio update/change wipe the device clean or that's non-destructive?
lexluthor said:
Should there be a link to your ROM here?
Are there instructions on how to flash?
Like putting phone into bootloader mode or anything else necessary?
Does the unlock process wipe the phone or does only the ROM update wipe?
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I updated the second post with the steps you need. Sorry was trying not to get flamed on my thread. Someone over at PPCGeeks flamed me for pretty much no reason other than the fact that they could. It only stopped me from releasing my ROM over there. Oh well. There loss. Too bad because there are some really good people over there. The eRice kitchen was perfect in every aspect of a ktichen. I was never so impressed. Impressed enouhg to download the leaked ROM and portover the VZW software ;c) Its a nice change over the stock CE OS. If you flash let me knwo what you think.
Hi Scott,
I've been lurking on both forums since I got my Titan last December. I have learned much from everyone here and over at PPCG: these are the best resources by far for those of us into our phones and the tech behind it.
I agree that you were treated less than "professionally" over at PPCG, and hope that you will continue to work on the VZW TP/XV6850. Thanks for this great use of Eric's kitchen tools and stock ROM, along with your knowledge on how to get them all working for us! My take from the eRice thread is that he has no issue whatsoever with you using his stuff, and in fact he welcomes it for us VZW stepchildren... hehe.
This ROM does indeed kick arse, and hopefully GC and others will figure out the PRI lockdown and we will all have an amazing little machine to play with: it is w/o a doubt a much slicker device than the Titan, and I dug that little unit for the better part of a year
Cheers Pal
digitalattic said:
This ROM does indeed kick arse, and hopefully GC and others will figure out the PRI lockdown and we will all have an amazing little machine to play with: it is w/o a doubt a much slicker device than the Titan, and I dug that little unit for the better part of a year
Cheers Pal
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You've installed this ROM? Is the difference completely obvious?
digitalattic said:
Hi Scott,
I've been lurking on both forums since I got my Titan last December. I have learned much from everyone here and over at PPCG: these are the best resources by far for those of us into our phones and the tech behind it.
I agree that you were treated less than "professionally" over at PPCG, and hope that you will continue to work on the VZW TP/XV6850. Thanks for this great use of Eric's kitchen tools and stock ROM, along with your knowledge on how to get them all working for us! My take from the eRice thread is that he has no issue whatsoever with you using his stuff, and in fact he welcomes it for us VZW stepchildren... hehe.
This ROM does indeed kick arse, and hopefully GC and others will figure out the PRI lockdown and we will all have an amazing little machine to play with: it is w/o a doubt a much slicker device than the Titan, and I dug that little unit for the better part of a year
Cheers Pal
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You know what Dude, that is all I needed for motivation! You verizon users have some serisou **** instore for you ;c) Thanks for the positive feedback! Im motivated again!
They will figure out the PRI crap. It will take time. I wish skywing would port over his adapter program. I could incormporate that and we would have 100% GPS just like everyone else. He stated in his thread he was not interested in doing so. Thats a huge loss for us that we never even had ;c(
For the record!
For the record:
I have always asked permission before I redistribute any item found here. I asked DCD for his kitchen when I posted my R4R ROM for the Titan's.
I asked eRice specifically if I could port his stuff over for VZW users. His response was:
"if you can get the sprint carrier files split from the rom/kitchen and include the vzw ones, more power to you. that's what this forum is about. sharing ideas and results and improving on them for the benefit of everyone."
Its posted here. Just for the record ;c)
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.php?p=567803&postcount=56
lexluthor said:
Should there be a link to your ROM here?
Are there instructions on how to flash?
Like putting phone into bootloader mode or anything else necessary?
Does the unlock process wipe the phone or does only the ROM update wipe?
Anyone tried this yet? Any reviews?
It's a lot of work to reinstall everything and to re-apply my special settings, even though I've been documenting what I've done.
Also, I was thinking of trying that Telus radio. Can I still try that on this? Does a radio update/change wipe the device clean or that's non-destructive?
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A few people have tried on PPCGeeks with great success as posted above.
Keep it coming. Two things to note. And YES I Just installed this ROM.
First, I had to *228 (not surprised but it is required to get data connections to work. This has been true for every ROM i've played with as well as custom ROM's i've built in the kitchen.)
Second, Comm Manager is missing from the slider menu with TF3D enabled. (Although still accessible via the keyboard shortcut.)
I will play some more and let you know what else I find. Thanks.
bkurek said:
Keep it coming. Two things to note. And YES I Just installed this ROM.
First, I had to *228 (not surprised but it is required to get data connections to work. This has been true for every ROM i've played with as well as custom ROM's i've built in the kitchen.)
Second, Comm Manager is missing from the slider menu with TF3D enabled. (Although still accessible via the keyboard shortcut.)
I will play some more and let you know what else I find. Thanks.
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The comm manager TAB or the comm manager link in the settings Tab? Its just fine for me. There is no Comm manager TAB in VZW version of TF3D.
I see you use the PPC Kitchen. That does have the Comm Manager Tab and you are used to that. This version is stragiht ripped from the ROM. No changes AT ALL. The stock phone doesnt have COmm manager Tab.
How about responsiveness?
Launching VZ Nav opened Opera and downloaded the CAB. CAB launched got to privacy screen but complained about not being able to save privacy settings. Only option is to lick OK. You are then brough tto the "default" VZ NAV error screen telling you there was a problem with your GPS device. I do have the CAB for VZ NAV now however.
Re-Launching VZ NAV produces the same result. Unable to save privacy and crashes out.
My mistake. You're right. I've gone through so many ROM's that it's a blur. The "Communications" link is still under the "Settings" tab in TF3D as it should be.
So far responsiveness is good. I have not configured the settings for my "regular" business use however.
Perhaps the reason VZ NAV will not install is because it's the official signed version?
bkurek said:
My mistake. You're right. I've gone through so many ROM's that it's a blur. The "Communications" link is still under the "Settings" tab in TF3D as it should be.
So far responsiveness is good. I have not configured the settings for my "regular" business use however.
Perhaps the reason VZ NAV will not install is because it's the official signed version?
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No, It always crashes twice at the initial set up, even on the Stock ROM. Its a crappy program I know! Try it a third time and you are good from then on. If not let me know and I will upload the Cab that I have. Nothing special about it though.
EDIT: I relfashed my phone, installed and it worked for me. It still does the three times to load problem. Two GPS errors for me. Then the third time it starts. THis is the EXACT behavior of the stock ROM.
bkurek,
How do you "go through so many roms"? Isn't it an hour or more to reinstall all of your apps and personal settings or is there some easier way that I'm missing?
I can't restore with SPB Backup, right?
Would you say this rom is noticeably faster?
lexluthor said:
bkurek,
How do you "go through so many roms"? Isn't it an hour or more to reinstall all of your apps and personal settings or is there some easier way that I'm missing?
I can't restore with SPB Backup, right?
Would you say this rom is noticeably faster?
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You MAY be able to restore with SPB back up. MAY being the keyword. You can always try it. It wont hurt anything. Worse case scenraio; Hard reset.
I will let bkurek answer the respoinsiveness question. Anything from me woudl be purely biased ;c)
bkurek said:
My mistake. You're right. I've gone through so many ROM's that it's a blur. The "Communications" link is still under the "Settings" tab in TF3D as it should be.
So far responsiveness is good. I have not configured the settings for my "regular" business use however.
Perhaps the reason VZ NAV will not install is because it's the official signed version?
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I relfashed my phone, installed and it worked for me. It still does the three times to load problem. Two errors that you just click though then the third time it starts. THis is the EXACT behavior of the stock ROM. It crashes twice on the Stock ROM as well.
Also did you install to storage card or main memory? I only install to main memory.
scrosler said:
You MAY be able to restore with SPB back up. MAY being the keyword. You can always try it. It wont hurt anything. Worse case scenraio; Hard reset.
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That's true. Since it's basically the stock ROM, I might have a shot. I guess the one thing that might be a problem would be your IE6 update.
lexluthor said:
bkurek,
How do you "go through so many roms"? Isn't it an hour or more to reinstall all of your apps and personal settings or is there some easier way that I'm missing?
I can't restore with SPB Backup, right?
Would you say this rom is noticeably faster?
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I go through them because I enjoy doing so and I'm looking for what *I* want. Yes it can be that long but I don't go through all the motions until I've found the right combination/foundation to build on. I did not for instance configure ALL of my email accounts or setup active synch in vista, etc etc
Yes it does feel very snappy but just like anything else you'll find it to be faster today and go back to *****ing about how slow it is tomorrow. It's a matter of perception in the end. You'll always want more. I'm actually more interested in a stable build than a faster one because I already know it'll never be as fast as I want it to be. I have experienced a myriad of stability issues that if I don't find a remedy for I will return this phone. They manifest mostly in the messaging components at this time. I have not had to soft reset a phone this much since 1990-something. Speaking of which, as a completely uninteresting side note, I have not posted to a forum since early 1990-something but the point is that I do like this device and would like to see it improved upon is why I am taking the time to post now. It’s a cool phone. Give it some time. Someone, somewhere will make it faster and more stable. I think.
scrosler said:
I relfashed my phone, installed and it worked for me. It still does the three times to load problem. Two errors that you just click though then the third time it starts. THis is the EXACT behavior of the stock ROM. It crashes twice on the Stock ROM as well.
Also did you install to storage card or main memory? I only install to main memory.
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Interesting. My stock did not have this problem but it came pre-loaded with VZ NAV. Third time is the charm.
Program files and things I don't want to lose always go to main for me.
If you do not mind testing/flashing and would like to try this ROM please do so.
Build 20771, TP2 TF3D and some other Rhodium apps. Can you please test Data, activesync, bluetooth, GPS and other basic functions. Please report back even if nothing is found.
Thanks!
Updated
20 March 2009
07:00:00 GMT
Just added the usual missing stuff and cleaned it up.
Anyone test GPS yet?
http://www.4shared.com/file/93909516/d3e9cb1e/RC_At0mAng_V51_03-20-2009_HTC_TP2_TF3D.html
For new people who may need some additional programs loaded up before using the ROM.
Cab file to install UC config setup on Storage Card. To be run before you flash. If you are a UC user just back up your cab storage folder and sdconfig.txt file. Or dont use it at all
Select Storage Card as install directory
http://www.4shared.com/file/93912051/c54bf7e3/At0mAng_Pre_Install.html
Files included:
Advanced Config
GSensor Config Tool - Will give the writer credit once I find post again
Clear Temp
SoftReset
SPB ScreenCapture
Total Commander
At0mAng said:
If you do not mind testing/flashing and would like to try this ROM please do so.
Build 20771, TP2 TF3D and some other Rhodium apps. Can you please test Data, activesync, bluetooth, GPS and other basic functions. Please report back even if nothing is found.
No need to report about the TP2 Manila bugs.
Thanks!
http://www.4shared.com/file/93878824/dfd20272/Test_3-19_RUU_signed.html
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Is this a New build or the same one posted from last night?
davezaff said:
Is this a New build or the same one posted from last night?
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A newer build...just want to make sure it is ready for general relase.
Installed, so far data and activesync look the goods. Ill test GPS etc over my lunch break.
Some different program icons...what do you think?
Same for me... Data, activesync, and basic functionality looking good so far. A couple of big pluses for me - memory use is only about 33%. It was above 50% on NRG's rom with TF3D 2 (that's not meant as any kind of negative towards NRG, I love his newest rom too, just a comment). And Weather Watcher works correctly. On all other cooked roms I've tried Weather Watcher appears "zoomed out".
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Some different program icons...what do you think?
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Do you have new taskbar icons too? (hopefully I'm not being too greedy here).
I just flashed with this rom and checked the date. It said rom date is 03/14/09 was wondering maybe you just forgot to change the date?
thanks
A small problem (with a solution). You can't add file explorer as a favorite anywhere in the first two rows of favorites. Or more acurately, you can add it, but it won't launch. The solution is explained in post #500 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3463613&highlight=file+explorer#post3463613
Joecd04475 said:
A small problem (with a solution). You can't add file explorer as a favorite anywhere in the first two rows of favorites. Or more acurately, you can add it, but it won't launch. The solution is explained in post #500 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3463613&highlight=file+explorer#post3463613
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Try my icon pack I posted a few rows up and it should work without the fix.
Thanks for the solution but it may not be needed with the icon pack.
Please report back.
Thanks!
Yes the date was not changed.
If you are talking about my status icons I may have them done before this build is officially released. If not I will have an add on pack when this is officially released.
Thanks for all the help.
Just flashed your new test ROM. One stupid question - how does the GSensor work? Also the default keyboard does not seem to be of Fuze - guess I need to install the fuze keyboard cab from your other thread.
pkshr said:
Just flashed your new test ROM. One stupid question - how does the GSensor works? Also the default keyboard does not seem to be of Fuze - guess I need to install the fuze keyboard cab from your other thread.
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Go to tools...and in there is a nifty little app to change it.
Not sure what you mean how it works. I believe it is there for apps that use so they can auto rotate.
At0mAng said:
Go to tools...and in there is a nifty little app to change it.
Not sure what you mean how it works. I believe it is there for apps that use so they can auto rotate.
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Regarding the GSensor thing, I was expecting "it is there for apps that use so they can auto rotate" but it is not working for all of the apps. it works for the calculator program but so far calculator is the only program that rotates as it should. I wish my Garmin XT would rotate .. is there any whitelist thing where I need to enter the information of Garmin XT ?
I will keep on testing this ROM and update.
pkshr said:
Regarding the GSensor thing, I was expecting "it is there for apps that use so they can auto rotate" but it is not working for all of the apps. it works for the calculator program but so far calculator is the only program that rotates as it should. I wish my Garmin XT would rotate .. is there any whitelist thing where I need to enter the information of Garmin XT ?
I will keep on testing this ROM and update.
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Yes there is...I will find it and let you know or include it in the ROM
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Sorry dont have the info for Garmin...search around may find it
voicecommand
Atom.
I'd love to install this ROM and give it a go, however I really need/use Ms Voice Command and WorldCard Mobile from the stock ATT Fuze rom. I know youve taken VC out of your previous roms, if these are not included in this rom either, would it be possible for you to cab these up as post installs?
At0mAng said:
Yes there is...I will find it and let you know or include it in the ROM
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Sorry dont have the info for Garmin...search around may find it
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You can use the G-Config program to add programs to the whitelist, available here. Makes adding applications a breeze, hit add new app, open the app and put the stylus in and reset. Works real nice with tf3d too
nableezy said:
You can use the G-Config program to add programs to the whitelist, available here. Makes adding applications a breeze, hit add new app, open the app and put the stylus in and reset. Works real nice with tf3d too
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Nice...will have to add it to my SDConfig package
abhi2879 said:
Atom.
I'd love to install this ROM and give it a go, however I really need/use Ms Voice Command and WorldCard Mobile from the stock ATT Fuze rom. I know youve taken VC out of your previous roms, if these are not included in this rom either, would it be possible for you to cab these up as post installs?
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If you send me a PM to remind me when I release this ROM I can cook one for you with both in there.
Edit...I am cooking one now if you want to test it...will post a link when done
Here is your link...
http://www.4shared.com/file/93897817/8aa5ae3c/Test_3-19_2RUU_signed.html
Has what you asked for.
Thanks a ton man
Downloading it now..
First impressions, very fast, quickly syncing with my Exchange, no flaws found im my first couple of minutes playing with it.
Was hoping to see the new start menu (the unpopular one, is seems, but the new one) and it wasn't there...is there a fix or cab to have that?
Thanks for allowing the preview to this tight rom!!!!! will get more details and will edit this post if bugs are found
Jholton
Due to illness and being TDY for a couple of weeks, this project was on hold, but now I'm back like a vertebrae. Test up Ninjas!
Ladies and gentlemen, I need your help. I've tried to work on this ROM and need some feedback. There is only so much that I can test on until I need some feedback from outside sources. So, please give it a shot.
As the title states, this is a Manila 2.5 ROM. I've tried to tidy things up as much as possible before publicizing it. I decided to go with the older UI because, #1 it's more stable and #2, it works well with the qilin dialer.
Features:
MS Core 21885 SYS/XIP
HTC Manila 2.5
Opera 9.7 35541
Advancedconfig
hTorch
PHM Reg editor
X2 Taskbar
Camera 6.4
FM Radio
.977 Radio
Office 2010
Qilin Dialer
added animated winter wallpaper by devision
...and a few other odds and ends
WARNING: This ROM is GSM only! Do NOT try to flash if you have a CDMA phone. Don't know which phone you have? RTFW!!!
Known Issues:
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Screenshots: post#2
Download: post#3...READY!!!
Thanks to:
Da_G
Amarullz
Akeo
Kisja
Alexx
Xboomer55
Devision
Vetvito
Captain_Throwback
jmckeerjr
Author of the X2 Taskbar... I'll find you...
If you think I'm using your stuff and you're not listed above, drop me a PM and it'll be corrected ASAP
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Screenies...
Download 4shared:
Ver#4 Final, yes this is the final test.
http://www.4shared.com/file/179401002/91e0bcc6/silentP_Test4_Final.html
Test is up. Please give feedback, issues, and even suggestions. This is not a request thread, but maybe if it's awesome enough I'll add it in. Thanks again guys.
silentP
working to add 21882 if it works well...
trying to get the scroll wheel to play nice with album
changelog:
bunches and bunches of fixes
updated to 21882
added X2 Taskbar
updated some blank folder icons
several Sense 2.5 updates
added seasonal themes in My Documents, Autumn mod installed
added Opera per request
NOTE: This ROM is made for a Fuze, not TP.
WARNING: This ROM is GSM only! Do NOT try to flash if you have a CDMA phone. Don't know which phone you have? RTFW!!!
Hello, you should have above two lines in Bold and in Red Color...I was about to give it a shot to test the Qilin dialer but i am saved now as I have TP.
Zahurtex said:
NOTE: This ROM is made for a Fuze, not TP.
WARNING: This ROM is GSM only! Do NOT try to flash if you have a CDMA phone. Don't know which phone you have? RTFW!!!
Hello, you should have above two lines in Bold and in Red Color...I was about to give it a shot to test the Qilin dialer but i am saved now as I have TP.
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As long as your TP is GSM you'll be ok, it's just a warning to CDMA users
Why is it a COM1 Build ?
I think till COM3 the builds are very stable.
Some chefs out there are building COM8 !!
And one more question, chef why is the TP Keyboard selector baked in the ROM many people use Raphael and that should be necessary asin all other ROMs please try and include in net release
Keep up the good work !
Will try your ROM.
madnish30 said:
Why is it a COM1 Build ?
I think till COM3 the builds are very stable.
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I can give you an answer on this topic. COM1 is official, which means stable, COM3 is experimental, which means buggy.
pilgrim011 said:
I can give you an answer on this topic. COM1 is official, which means stable, COM3 is experimental, which means buggy.
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Thanks for answering that for me. Plus, as I mentioned earlier, the old UI plays well with Sense 2.5 and the Qilin dialer. If you use the dialer in a COM3 or the new WMD branch, basically any branch that has the larger taskbar and buttons at the bottom, the dialer sticks out like a sore thumb. Plus, like pilgrim said, it's stable.
madnish30 said:
Why is it a COM1 Build ?
I think till COM3 the builds are very stable.
Some chefs out there are building COM8 !!
And one more question, chef why is the TP Keyboard selector baked in the ROM many people use Raphael and that should be necessary asin all other ROMs please try and include in net release
Keep up the good work !
Will try your ROM.
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Where is this selector? I searched and didn't come up with anything. EDIT... found it!!!
Hey, I'll give this a shot. I'll use and abuse it tonight and tomorrow and share my findings.
BTW, first actual post after lingering for months. I feel special.
reverendkjr said:
Hey, I'll give this a shot. I'll use and abuse it tonight and tomorrow and share my findings.
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SUWWWEEETTT!!! Thanks
BTW, first actual post after lingering for months. I feel special.
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LOL... I'll print it out and hang it in my office
Okay, here's a few quick things.
First of all, after I set up gmail with activesync, it downloaded my mail and I went in to open a few new messages, but I can't. No way to open the mail from inbox.
Second, no matter what I did, it kept wanting to finish my input for me. Even after I turned every input option off, and used advanced config, it keeps predicting everything. Not sure about that one.
Thirdly, there's something askew with the photo album. Fuze center scroll doesn't zoom, and the flip through the pics is really rough.
I do have some positives:
Overall feel is very stable. Ran smoothly and booted quicker than some other builds I've fussed with. Smooth motion.
I would probably try another build from you if you posted again, but for the mean time, I'll switch back to something slightly more user friendly, but unfortunately not as smooth and quick.
reverendkjr said:
Okay, here's a few quick things.
First of all, after I set up gmail with activesync, it downloaded my mail and I went in to open a few new messages, but I can't. No way to open the mail from inbox.
Second, no matter what I did, it kept wanting to finish my input for me. Even after I turned every input option off, and used advanced config, it keeps predicting everything. Not sure about that one.
Thirdly, there's something askew with the photo album. Fuze center scroll doesn't zoom, and the flip through the pics is really rough.
I do have some positives:
Overall feel is very stable. Ran smoothly and booted quicker than some other builds I've fussed with. Smooth motion.
I would probably try another build from you if you posted again, but for the mean time, I'll switch back to something slightly more user friendly, but unfortunately not as smooth and quick.
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Understood, thanks. Like I said, this is a test ROM. After running it on my Fuze, I get used to any quirks it has so outside input is needed. Thanks again. Are you using a Fuze or TP? I know they are pretty much identical, but just for reference
I'm using an ATT Fuze, unlocked in every way possible.
Its always weird when something works wonderful for one person and not so great for another when their using the exact same hardware. It makes you wonder about the manufacturers sometimes.
same for me
reverendkjr said:
Okay, here's a few quick things.
First of all, after I set up gmail with activesync, it downloaded my mail and I went in to open a few new messages, but I can't. No way to open the mail from inbox.
Second, no matter what I did, it kept wanting to finish my input for me. Even after I turned every input option off, and used advanced config, it keeps predicting everything. Not sure about that one.
Thirdly, there's something askew with the photo album. Fuze center scroll doesn't zoom, and the flip through the pics is really rough.
I do have some positives:
Overall feel is very stable. Ran smoothly and booted quicker than some other builds I've fussed with. Smooth motion.
I would probably try another build from you if you posted again, but for the mean time, I'll switch back to something slightly more user friendly, but unfortunately not as smooth and quick.
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hi silent,
visually your rom is what im looking
but i found the same bugs that mentioned by reverendkjr. ill add i i find more
i think your rom will be my best rom when final version is released
mrtkts said:
hi silent,
visually your rom is what im looking
but i found the same bugs that mentioned by reverendkjr. ill add i i find more
i think your rom will be my best rom when final version is released
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Thanks, I'm fixing the bugs now that reverendkjr found now. I will upload the new version later
Ver#2 is up. Incorporated change fixes, it works for me anyway...lol
hey, Ive flashed this ROM yester - Ive used a few ROMs and your has a lot of what Im after. Really enjoying the whole look and feel.
I'll flash the new rom tonight and get back to you with anything I find.
Thanks for your work and keep it up!
Thanks for the words of kindness. It's much appreciated.
Also, anyone maybe experience a bug with the weather? Maybe it's just me since I live in a fairly rural area, but I had a lot of problems updating my weather last night after my final flash. For simplicity, I removed all cities in the weather tab. No problems before last night, but it wouldn't update until I added an extra city. Again, maybe it's me since I live in the middle of nowhere, but just thought I'd throw that out there.
I compiled my first ROM from source FRF91 for N1 w/root su+busybox+de-odex+gapps. The time of my AOSP -b master sync was around 9:00a pst, 07/10/10. This is not a "kang" of Modaco or CyanogenMod but I credit both and all teamdouche since I regularly need to look into their work to teach myself. Thank you dferreira and jr33 for not flaming my many noob questions and also thanks to dsixda for his reqularly updated android kitchen.
I still can't do much customizing and adding features because I still have to get better at too many things...sorry. Feel free to report bugs and I hope some of you could tell me how to fix simple things or add features by directing me to resources.
I am using themes by micromod777 for FRF91 that do work on this ROM.
Added:
Original Boot Animation (aka Holiday)
APN list
Trackball wake/unlock (crimsondr)
NFL app (jlevy73)
AccuWeather widget (allows multiple locations)
Logger app (michael.novakjr)
If you don't have the new radio installed, fastboot flash radio first.
Flash the ROM .zip after full wipe.
Remember to to do a nandroid backup first.
Radio Download >>> 3321c196d8ec1cf748fd20c3c4068520 32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.12_7 radio.img
(Fastboot flash using "fastboot flash radio radio.img")
ROM Download >>> 6af5516125105c92d8a3d87c6110defc shameless_aosp_frf91_1.0_signed.zip
...saved...
Really had to bump your Rom because no one was using it? nice...
nopenope said:
Really had to bump your Rom because no one was using it? nice...
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Why this kind of comments? Do u think they help in anyway?
Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk
He's also the kind of guy who knows nothing other than wipe & flash and has nothing positive to offer the community... =/
nopenope said:
Really had to bump your Rom because no one was using it? nice...
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no... i bumped it because i had an old post that i wanted to re-title and use. that post had no replies so i recycled it. why the hate?
Quick84 said:
He's also the kind of guy who knows nothing other than wipe & flash and has nothing positive to offer the community... =/
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thanks for trying out this rom guys. it is not a cut-n-paste. i really did compile from source. it took 5 alphas to get to this release. it is like a hobby for me to try and solve puzzles and that's how i tackled making the rom. i have zero programming knowledge and have fun relaxing trying to follow steps in a process to accomplish a goal.
When will you work on your desire rom project again? We really need someone to work on desire port beside paul. hopefully you can challenge yourself and make that desire rom perfect.
lpasq said:
no... i bumped it because i had an old post that i wanted to re-title and use. that post had no replies so i recycled it. why the hate?
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If you added stuff then cool but just the post saying *bump* not added new things to first post makes it seem that you just wanted your post to the top again. And to the guy who says i've never done anything for this community you might wanna change that and then your post well what have you done. my reply is don't worry its more then you'll ever. SO props to the update then
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If you added stuff then cool but just the post saying *bump* not added new things to first post makes it seem that you just wanted your post to the top again. And to the guy who says i've never done anything for this community you might wanna change that and then your post well what have you done. my reply is don't worry its more then you'll ever. SO props to the update then
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thank you. ...not an update though. it's a source build compile. the post i recycled had a paste-n-bake kang of an early aosp 2.2 that chris soyars put out via a tweet... ...and hundreds of people downloaded it but not one person posted a reply since i made clear i simply was passing it along.
so you know... i think the other flame was also intended for me...not you.
not bad! gonna give this a shot!
How about compiling Stk.apk and extract the dictionaries from the LatinIMEGoogle.apk and putting them in the corresponding locations in your LatinIME source. That will get you more layouts than the Google keyboard and still all the features since they have now been included in the AOSP version. The Stk.apk (SIM Toolkit) is also useful for a lot of people, and only work AOSP based roms, and might possibly drive more people towards this rom if they want the stock experiance.
It should simply be a matter of running 'make -j4 LatinIME' and 'make -j4 Stk' with the -j flagset to your number of cores + 1 or 2.
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How about compiling Stk.apk and extract the dictionaries from the LatinIMEGoogle.apk and putting them in the corresponding locations in your LatinIME source. That will get you more layouts than the Google keyboard and still all the features since they have now been included in the AOSP version. The Stk.apk (SIM Toolkit) is also useful for a lot of people, and only work AOSP based roms, and might possibly drive more people towards this rom if they want the stock experiance.
It should simply be a matter of running 'make -j4 LatinIME' and 'make -j4 Stk' with the -j flagset to your number of cores + 1 or 2.
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I shall pm you prior to attempting so I can get clarification on any questions I may have. Thank you.
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I'm working on the same kind of project you are. The problem I'm running into is that every app that tries to access GPS location FCs on me. Did you ever come across this? Maps won't run at all, and I've had to set my homepage to something other than Google since it FCs the browser when it calls for location. I've got a working build otherwise!
RMGeren said:
I'm working on the same kind of project you are. The problem I'm running into is that every app that tries to access GPS location FCs on me. Did you ever come across this? Maps won't run at all, and I've had to set my homepage to something other than Google since it FCs the browser when it calls for location. I've got a working build otherwise!
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Very cool that you have a working build environment. What OS are set up in?
I do not get the error you describe. Run a logcat either with ADB or using Logger from Market. Reading the log makes it easier to ask for help based on the specific errors. That is what I do. Ask the pros for advice. Some are helpful. Most ignore us noobs.
I am happy to offer whatever help I can as a rookie. Just PM me.
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lpasq said:
thanks for trying out this rom guys. it is not a cut-n-paste. i really did compile from source. it took 5 alphas to get to this release. it is like a hobby for me to try and solve puzzles and that's how i tackled making the rom. i have zero programming knowledge and have fun relaxing trying to follow steps in a process to accomplish a goal.
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I'm in the exact same boat, just jumped into android about a month or two ago with my nexus (from an iPhone 2g, no less lol), ain't no turning back now
I'm also building a rom from source, more as a side-project to better familiarize myself with Android, but if it turns out well then that's always a plus.
Good luck on your rom!
wdfowty said:
I'm in the exact same boat, just jumped into android about a month or two ago with my nexus (from an iPhone 2g, no less lol), ain't no turning back now
I'm also building a rom from source, more as a side-project to better familiarize myself with Android, but if it turns out well then that's always a plus.
Good luck on your rom!
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it is nice to know that other "hobbyists" are playing with aosp and the tools used to make roms. much success to you my brother