im running CM7 on my Atrix, which is awesome, but i do miss a few of the MotoBlur features, such as the Locate My phone/lock out security things. is there anywhere i can download parts of motoblur to install back onto CM7?
thanks
ishamm said:
im running CM7 on my Atrix, which is awesome, but i do miss a few of the MotoBlur features, such as the Locate My phone/lock out security things. is there anywhere i can download parts of motoblur to install back onto CM7?
thanks
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This is the exact reason im not using CM7, if they could bring this feature I would use it but I doubt its going to happen because blur is not open source which makes porting any or all parts of it pretty much impossible.. Feel free to correct me if Im wrong.
ishamm said:
im running CM7 on my Atrix, which is awesome, but i do miss a few of the MotoBlur features, such as the Locate My phone/lock out security things. is there anywhere i can download parts of motoblur to install back onto CM7?
thanks
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No. There are other roms that will give you customization and Blur, though.
There are a lot of 'locate my phone' market apps
https://market.android.com/search?q=locate+phone&so=1&c=apps
One popular app with such a feature is Lookout Security & Antivirus. If you don't want the antivirus/wiping part, Where's my droid is way more simple and works nicely too.
thanks, thats a shame Blur is not opensource, i imagine if the devs here got hold of it it could be made awesome! which Roms do use it, and are comparable in performance/features to CM7, if there are any?
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Aura is a great ROM. There is a Blur version which you would probably want, and also Accounts and Debloat versions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186990
ishamm said:
im running CM7 on my Atrix, which is awesome, but i do miss a few of the MotoBlur features, such as the Locate My phone/lock out security things. is there anywhere i can download parts of motoblur to install back onto CM7?
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Well, the easy part would be downloading parts of blur.
The HARD part, however, would be reintegrating all the frameworks and filelinks and etc etc etc etc into CM7 to actually have those parts work. It is so close to impossible to completely deblur a motoblur rom that it isn't worth the effort. The other direction is also true.
Your better off checking the market out for apps to see if you can replace those missing features without the hassle of trying to get MB back on first...
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which Roms do use it, and are comparable in performance/features to CM7, if there are any?
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I could be wrong - and if I am, I'm sure somebody will speak up, but in general, anything other than CM7 and other AOSP projects will be based on the motoblur framework. They may pull out apps and stuff, but the framework is there.
I think this would include things like Alien, Homebase, Aura, etc.
CM7 is built from the ground up, so it doesn't have all of the blur stuff in it.
A lot of the other ROMs have versions that are less deblurred or have separate downloads you can flash that will include some of the blur apps and functionality.
As far as performance, CM7 is the best I've run, but that makes sense because it is lightweight compared to ROMS that include all of the additional blur framework/functionality.
Of course on this phone, there really isn't any ROM I've used that seems "slow". For me it is more about preferences and features.
Home base is a good rom too, with bur and deblured versions.
If you can install blur, you drops all good things from cm7 ;-)
Enviado desde mi MB860 usando CM7
It comes down to two different types of roms aosp cm7 and miui (hopefully one day) or customized themed stock roms alien aura just try them and land on one you like
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http://seekdroid.com/ is by far the best phone-locate app for $.99. (EDIT: used to be $.99... guess it's $4.99 now)
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As soon as i got this phone I rooted it and flashed xtr rom because it looked reliable and stable. Which it was the rom was beautiful but i got the froyo bug and decided to move on to 2.2. I installed kaos froyo and love it but there are a certain things i miss specifically the htc contact app which allowed me to merge contacts from all my different sources and really minimize doubled up contacts. Is there anyway to get the htc contact app on a 2.2 rom without sense that doesn't involve flashing? Is there an apk or an apk for a similar contact app?
TLDR: Can i install HTC contact app on Kaos Froyo rom?
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As soon as i got this phone I rooted it and flashed xtr rom because it looked reliable and stable. Which it was the rom was beautiful but i got the froyo bug and decided to move on to 2.2. I installed kaos froyo and love it but there are a certain things i miss specifically the htc contact app which allowed me to merge contacts from all my different sources and really minimize doubled up contacts. Is there anyway to get the htc contact app on a 2.2 rom without sense that doesn't involve flashing? Is there an apk or an apk for a similar contact app?
TLDR: Can i install HTC contact app on Kaos Froyo rom?
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Unfortunately, there isn't any way of getting the HTC Dialer (which is what you're looking for) on a non-Sense based ROM. It would have to be ported, and noone has been able to do so. It may be hard or impossible without the original source code.
I have used Dialer One in the past, which is a lot more like the Sense Dialer. I don't know for sure if it has the feature you're looking for, but there's a free version on the Market. Check it out.
Edit: FYI in case you're curious enough to try putting the HTC Dialer on other ROMs anyway, forget it, I've already tried it. It's just not that easy.
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Unfortunately, there isn't any way of getting the HTC Dialer (which is what you're looking for) on a non-Sense based ROM. It would have to be ported, and noone has been able to do so. It may be hard or impossible without the original source code.
I have used Dialer One in the past, which is a lot more like the Sense Dialer. I don't know for sure if it has the feature you're looking for, but there's a free version on the Market. Check it out.
Edit: FYI in case you're curious enough to try putting the HTC Dialer on other ROMs anyway, forget it, I've already tried it. It's just not that easy.
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What about xtr rom? It's a vanilla rom with the htc dialer. It might be sort of hybrid but it uses launcher pro (not sense) and the same dialer. I was kind of upset the htc dialer has so many little features that you take for granted until they are gone.
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What about xtr rom? It's a vanilla rom with the htc dialer. It might be sort of hybrid but it uses launcher pro (not sense) and the same dialer. I was kind of upset the htc dialer has so many little features that you take for granted until they are gone.
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It is still based on the HTC framework, which is why so much of the HTC stuff is still present and works.
I really miss the HTC Alarm/Timer/etc app, too. Sigh...
Just flash xtrSense and switch to Launcher Pro or something.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
It is still based on the HTC framework, which is why so much of the HTC stuff is still present and works.
I really miss the HTC Alarm/Timer/etc app, too. Sigh...
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What rom do you use?
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What rom do you use?
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I'm using Red Glass, Workshed's themed version of his FroShedYo v8: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824160
I may switch to his Vanilla, just because it's based off a newer CM build.
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Just flash xtrSense and switch to Launcher Pro or something.
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I think he's hoping to get it or an equivalent on a 2.2-based ROM. As much as I like xtrSENSE and xtrROM, I like CM6.x-based ROMs because of the ease of access to toggle widgets in the notification menu, Froyo-native Apps2SD, and the Froyo-native USB tethering, which has been working much better for me than any other kind or method of tethering recently, and tethering is my only internet ATM.
I don't know if the OP likes the same things out of Froyo ROMs or not, but I would assume he doesn't want to go back to more stock for anything more than the HTC alarm clock and/or contacts.
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I think he's hoping to get it or an equivalent on a 2.2-based ROM. As much as I like xtrSENSE and xtrROM, I like CM6.x-based ROMs because of the ease of access to toggle widgets in the notification menu, Froyo-native Apps2SD, and the Froyo-native USB tethering, which has been working much better for me than any other kind or method of tethering recently, and tethering is my only internet ATM.
I don't know if the OP likes the same things out of Froyo ROMs or not, but I would assume he doesn't want to go back to more stock for anything more than the HTC alarm clock and/or contacts.
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Thank you for the help. Xtr sense with launcher pro is almost equivalently the xtr rom. You hit the nail on the head perfectly as well. I love the stability smoothness and just all around solidness of the xtrroms sense and not. I just feel like i'm missing out when i roll 2.1 there is not much but just a lot of little things above ones mentioned are big. I'm going to rock xtr again for a little then switch to a 2.2 maybe kaos again or possibly what you use and weigh out what i like about both. I would drop both options if we can get a daily use gingerbread though.
Hi everyone,
I must point out that I am pretty new to the whole custom ROM thing, I still have the stock ROM and everything on my xperia x10,
so my question is which ROM gives the best performance (ie less lag, good battery life, not many bugs, etc)? and can you give me simple instructions on how to install it because I don't want to screw something up and brick my phone, please?
Also when having a custom ROM installed, are you able to implement (install) patches given out by sony ericsson or you just follow the forum and wait for the developer of the ROM to make a patch, and if there's a patch from the developer how do you install it? (I presume you can't install the patches from sony ericsson, I'm just asking). And how often does the developer release the patches?
And do I have to delete everything with a factory reset from my phone before I do ANYTHING? at which step should it be done? can I backup everything using backup and restore program that's already aboard the x10 and restore it later, or the program will disappear when I install a custom ROM? if it wont, will it bring back my sms and mms effectively, and applications too?
Try this, Wolfbreak's CM 6.1.3 V54(fully working, very stable froyo 2.2 rom with CyanogenMod settings and themes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1028493
I'm definitely a fan of trips miui rom. He also just came out with a miui gingerbread rom, it's a bit unstable at this point though.
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use wolfbreak's latest rom. it's very stable with lots of things you can tweak and have fun with!
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Try this, Wolfbreak's CM 6.1.3 V54(fully working, very stable froyo 2.2 rom with CyanogenMod settings and themes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1028493
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+1 for wolfbreak's
Hi there, as you can see from my post count, I'm pretty new to this as well. I've only tried wolfbreak so far but am amazed at it's stability. As far as I've seen you will lose SMS etc however lots of things can be saved to the cloud, so first thing I'd do is make sure all contacts are marked as Google sync
I initially found the flashing to be problematic, but that was mostly because I was an idiot and failed to notice that the flashing software also adds functions such root access and xrecovery when the phone is NOT in flash mode. Since. Then I've been able to upgrade to the latest version (06) without even using a computer. Simply downloading the file onto my phone, moving it with the included file manager and rebooting to the recovery menu
I know have a faster more responsive phone with lots of added features such as Flash, Voice Search and loads more customization options. IMHO well worth the twenty minutes or so it will initially take
Make a note of your favourite apps as well, as the market only remembers paid for apps not your free ones, but for me the change over was pretty seamless and after only a day and a half with it am more than happy. So much stuff is held within the cloud that setting back up isn't the mega ballache it seems before doing it
Wolfbreak's ROM is the most 'fun' to use, the most tweaks avaliable
TripnMIUI's ROM is one you need if you just want your phone to work. Also, it has an iphone-like look (IMO I hate it, but some people like it)
Jereplea's Gingerbread mod is for those who want to be active in making the ROM better and test Gingerbread and custom kernels. It's not really that stable, but it's getting better by the day and it's the most updated ROM.
IMO those are the 3 big ROMS, there are smaller ones and you're free to check them out, they're pretty good too, but those are just my opinions on the top 3 ROMS.
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Hi there, as you can see from my post count, I'm pretty new to this as well. I've only tried wolfbreak so far but am amazed at it's stability. As far as I've seen you will lose SMS etc however lots of things can be saved to the cloud, so first thing I'd do is make sure all contacts are marked as Google sync
I initially found the flashing to be problematic, but that was mostly because I was an idiot and failed to notice that the flashing software also adds functions such root access and xrecovery when the phone is NOT in flash mode. Since. Then I've been able to upgrade to the latest version (06) without even using a computer. Simply downloading the file onto my phone, moving it with the included file manager and rebooting to the recovery menu
I know have a faster more responsive phone with lots of added features such as Flash, Voice Search and loads more customization options. IMHO well worth the twenty minutes or so it will initially take
Make a note of your favourite apps as well, as the market only remembers paid for apps not your free ones, but for me the change over was pretty seamless and after only a day and a half with it am more than happy. So much stuff is held within the cloud that setting back up isn't the mega ballache it seems before doing it
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you can keep your sms, call logs, contacts by using mybackup root
Thank-you, that certainly makes me more tempted to try the other flavours out there, as I said I'm new to Android fiddling, appreciate the advice
Awesome ROM i'm using right now is Freex10 Beta 4 (Android 2.2), with the video recorder fixed. The ROM is stable and excellent. Runs really fast.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=900441
Cyanogen 6.1.3 (gingerbread) by rendeiro2005
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=947613
Cyanogen 6.1.3 (gingerbread) by rendeiro2005 with bitsnacker theme(go3easy)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1015765
If you want a really good looking ROM, try the Bitsnacker 2.1 rom. It is basically the stock rom with the bitsnacker blue glow theme.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1005636
If you mean THEMES, check the bitsnacker theme out for the x10 which works on android 2.1 stock and 2.2 Free X10 Beta 4 (for Freex10 ignore first post, check the second half way down the screen)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=935187
Finding the links took me ages, i got them all mixed up
If you like, it plz thank
the answer will always be it depends on what you want from a device and its really your opinion and your opinion alone thatll lewt you decide
another +1 for tripnmiui's rom, pretty well featured
for me TripNMiui is always the best
TripNMiui with custum kernel
I'd say Wolfbreak's so far...
It runs flawlessly...
I've been testing many custom ROMs for a while, and up to now, the ones I liked the most are TripNMiUI's and Wolfbreak's ones. It's hard even to pick up one of them... TripNMiUI's has a great visual and is very clean. Wolfbreak's, in the other hand, works flawlessly and very stable, and I love that ARC's style.
Actually, I'm using Wolfbreak's now.
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Hi there, as you can see from my post count, I'm pretty new to this as well. I've only tried wolfbreak so far but am amazed at it's stability. As far as I've seen you will lose SMS etc however lots of things can be saved to the cloud, so first thing I'd do is make sure all contacts are marked as Google sync
I initially found the flashing to be problematic, but that was mostly because I was an idiot and failed to notice that the flashing software also adds functions such root access and xrecovery when the phone is NOT in flash mode. Since. Then I've been able to upgrade to the latest version (06) without even using a computer. Simply downloading the file onto my phone, moving it with the included file manager and rebooting to the recovery menu
I know have a faster more responsive phone with lots of added features such as Flash, Voice Search and loads more customization options. IMHO well worth the twenty minutes or so it will initially take
Make a note of your favourite apps as well, as the market only remembers paid for apps not your free ones, but for me the change over was pretty seamless and after only a day and a half with it am more than happy. So much stuff is held within the cloud that setting back up isn't the mega ballache it seems before doing it
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Or use the app Titanium Backup to restore all apps and data when switching. Works like a charm for me.
is there a ROM that is completed gutted of everything except the absolute essentials needed for the phone to work?
im talking like all bloatware, messaging, internet browser, htc apps, sense, live wallpaper, etc.... everything removed
is such a ROM around?
voxigenboy said:
is there a ROM that is completed gutted of everything except the absolute essentials needed for the phone to work?
im talking like all bloatware, messaging, internet browser, htc apps, sense, live wallpaper, etc.... everything removed
is such a ROM around?
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No ROM I know of lacks a browser. CM7 won't have Gtalk, market, any HTC anything... stuff like live wallpapers and the like you can find with root explorer and delete.
Omgb is the leanest ROM.
CM7, stripped everything for me, OMFGB is good too
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[ROM]Cyanogenmod 7 RC1.4
[Kernel] Drod BFS AOSP. 9
CM7 is the most stripped down rom I have used.
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You cant really strip the browser from the rom. Well, you can remove the apk, but android has a lot of the webkit framework tied into it for other applications, so the browser apk is just a small portion of the entire webkit framework that many things depend on (things such as the xda app, netflix, etc).
Anyways, the default browser on non sense roms is more usable anyways, though it's still my secondary browser most of the time, but it doesnt lag like the sense one does.
I really CAN strip the browser from the rom....Been doing it for months, never broke a thing.
I prefer to use Th3oryRom's base, then go in with titanium and delete system apps (browser, sms, email, live wallpapers, widgets, other stuff). CM7 and OMFGB work well as a clean-ish base too, but I get much better performance out of Th3ory's stuff. clear cache/dalvik, and you're good to go.
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Omgb is the leanest ROM.
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this is true.
greenjeans said:
I really CAN strip the browser from the rom....Been doing it for months, never broke a thing.
I prefer to use Th3oryRom's base, then go in with titanium and delete system apps (browser, sms, email, live wallpapers, widgets, other stuff). CM7 and OMFGB work well as a clean-ish base too, but I get much better performance out of Th3ory's stuff. clear cache/dalvik, and you're good to go.
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never said you couldnt remove the browser apk. I just said you cant remove the webkit libraries, which are technically larger than the apk is.
i guess i should have stated that i prefer to stay away from AOSP ROM's(just personal preference)... i've tried both CM7 & LiquidThunderbread before, but i suppose i'll give OMGB a try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1201600 is a stripped to hell GB CM7 rom, it's like 81MB. Build to suit. But that's AOSP. Th3ory has a Sense based rom too, but until it gets it's own thread it's buried somewhere in the last few pages of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186218&page=136
I am trying to disable the sound and the light mainly as it wakes me up.. I found this blog http://ykkfive.blogspot.com/2011/10/remove-battery-fully-charged.html but I don't understand how to do what he says.. does anyone have an APK or anything else I could do that would be easier.. I have a Rooted (no roms installed yet) S2.. Thanks!
If a new Rom flash is the only way I will go that route but would rather not.. Are there any roms that don't require me to loose all my settings but do disable this useless feature.
If you understand that post and have the required programs (sdk etc), go for it. To do it you will need root. If you are going that far its not much further to just flash a custom ROM.
I think all the custom ROMs suppress that annoying message. Check the change logs to be sure. Plus with all the custom ROMs you will get tethering enabled and a host of performance tweaks.
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I see you said you are already rooted. Taking the systemui.apk from a ROM that has already been tweaked may cause issues with your phone. There are many jar and apk files that are inter-related, and taking that one may bring broken links, or be reliant on links not there.
You choices are to mod it yourself manually, or flash a full ROM that already incorporates it.
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quarlow said:
If you understand that post and have the required programs (sdk etc), go for it. To do it you will need root. If you are going that far its not much further to just flash a custom ROM.
I think all the custom ROMs suppress that annoying message. Check the change logs to be sure. Plus with all the custom ROMs you will get tethering enabled and a host of performance tweaks.
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I see you said you are already rooted. Taking the systemui.apk from a ROM that has already been tweaked may cause issues with your phone. There are many jar and apk files that are inter-related, and taking that one may bring broken links, or be reliant on links not there.
You choices are to mod it yourself manually, or flash a full ROM that already incorporates it.
Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
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Yeah sadly I don't understand it all that well and based on what you saying is if I am not 100% on it, flashing a custom rom will be easier and less BS.. Well time to research the best custom rom for SG2. Thanks for the info man!
Try them all, what's best for me may not be best for you. Sometimes you have to see the ROM running, because the screen shots don't do it justice.
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i've tried some and i think the closest one to original stock is "unnamed rom". (it retains touchwiz, but remove useless at&t apps and bookmarks, and also some tweaks).
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i've tried some and i think the closest one to the original stock is unnamed. (it retains touchwiz, but remove useless at&t apps and bookmarks, and also some tweaks).
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That could be said for all ROMs except CM7 and MIUI. Some of the others ditch the TW launcher, but they still have TouchWiz, and are based on stock, debloated and tweaked. It's a misnomer that TouchWiz is just the launcher and app drawer, that is only a small part of the deep integration TouchWiz has. The biggest difference between them is theming. UnNamed and Cognition are mostly stock, others like S8 and H8's are still TouchWiz, even if they don't look like stock.
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I used Battery Charged Silencer (free in the market) and it worked great. Now I'm using the UnNamed ROM, so I don't need it any more.
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I used Battery Charged Silencer (free in the market) and it worked great. Now I'm using the UnNamed ROM, so I don't need it any more.
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Snagged this last night, worked like a champ... thanks man.. Also with unamed is everything working for you? GPSs ect.. and is this really a huge improvement in battery life I am trying to decide to flash that rom or not.
OK so a year later and frustration with Moto update waits, I'm considering rooting this phone. My main reason for doing so is mainly to freeze or remove Blur and carrier (Bell) bloatware, but I have some questions about which way to go with this:
1. Rooting but not flashing a custom ROM. Instead, freeze the bloat using TiBU. This would be the far simpler method I think. I would then install a custom launcher (I currently prefer Launcher 7) and freeze the Blur home launcher so it doesn't run behind Launcher 7. My concern about this method is that I've read occasional reports by people that some of the "frozen" Blur system apps actually continued to work...
2. Flashing CM7. This is my 2nd choice. I'm a pretty lazy guy, and I don't mind rooting with how easy it is to do these days, but the extra work flashing custom ROMS isn't appealing to me. If I am forced to go this route, (a)What's the best way to freeze or remove the launcher that comes with CM7 and replace with one of my choosing so that two launchers are not running at the same time? (b)Does CM7 come with all the Motoblur and Carrier stuff removed?
I would go with the CM7 route. it is a little more to do but not by much and the payoff will be much greater. once you have it though as far as the launcher goes just install the one you want and use titanium back up to uninstall ADW (the launcher that comes with most CM7 builds). And use CM7 is a non BLUR ROM so blur is fully non existant on it. and all the other bloat ware is gone as well. You can go even further and use the nuetrino ROM witch is reall barebones and you can add on the stuff you need but i would suggest grabbing the CM7 RC1 nightly and running with that. Any question on how to do any of this just read the noob guide over and it is a breeze and you will even seen how easy it is to do after that and find yourself testing out many diffrent roms.
thanks, I only have 2 questions that will make or break CM7 for me -
has a good stable solution been found for the poor camera quality I've seen reported with CM7?
How well does CM7 play with GPS and the Motorola Cardock? I use those a LOT
I hae had no issues with camera quality on my CM7 and as far as the GPS car dock not sure how it will effect it. i can say that GPS over all is also not a issue for me. i dont have the car dock but i do use GPS navigation most of the day every day and have no issues.
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thanks, I only have 2 questions that will make or break CM7 for me -
has a good stable solution been found for the poor camera quality I've seen reported with CM7?
How well does CM7 play with GPS and the Motorola Cardock? I use those a LOT
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Have you tried the miui camera app? I notice better quality with that camera app on cm7 than the stock cm7 camera app.
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I have not tried that one I have seen that it is really nice and has many more options than the stock cm7 just never worried to much about it
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