Update:
FULL WORKING GPS, LIVE MAPS, GOOGLE SEARCH, VZ NAVIGATOR NOW POSSIBLE THANKS TO BORED!
His fix works perfect on this ROM!
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=49933
Not taking credit for the fix just posting that it works as intended on this ROM. I beleive we are hitting aGPS. 30 secoinds or less with Google, LiveSearch, TT7, VZ Navigator. Just like the TITAN DAYS!!!!!
Scott's VZNav ROM 1.0 for the Verizon XV6850
I built this ROM from the eRice Kitchen and the VZW OEM pack I created. Its not totally clean nor is it a bloated either. I amoved away from the 100% stock look. THis is just a good mix of tools and sensor apps while retaining a fairly stock look. I changed the default today theme and the modified the Verizon TouchFlow 3D look. I removed the internet, music and photo's tab for memory and speed. They can be added back in by the included TF3D Config.
OS / Kitchen:
eRice TP Kitchen v1.03.7 [SYS OS 5.2.20931 Build 20931.1.5.0] with my Verizon OEM Pack
- Removed -
JetCet Printing
Older Opera 9.5 from Stock VZW ROM
NETCF 2.0
VoiceCommand (Will make a Sep ROM with VC soon)
+ Added +
*NETCF 3.5 - Faster than 2.0 and now the standard.
*Apps
Opera 9.5 build 2649 (Has zoom slider!)
iContact Burt Edition 6.4.5 (finger firendly contact chooser, iphone-ish)
HTC YouTube From kitchen
VZ Navigator 4.1.5 - Turn on Location in Phone Settings first!
*Utilties
TF3D Config - Modify TF3D settings and themes
Diamond Tweak - Modify many system settings
Advanced Config 3.3 - Modify even more system settings
nueFonts - Change fonts and sizes. Trebuchet and Calibiri look great!
SPB Back up - Great back up app. 5 free uses.
A black themed psShutXP - Utility to soft reset
HTC Network Plug in from Kitchen
*Sensor
Gyrator - Utility to rotate screen automatically in any app
Diamond Hologram - Cool 3D sensor app that simulates a hologram
Seismo - Nifty program to simulate a seismograph using motion sensor
*Tweaks
Minor system tweaks for performance and useability
US Weather Database
Modified Verizon TF3D Theme with Internet, music, and photo tabs gone. Can be added back in using TF3D Config
Custom TF3D Icons
TF3D Flip Clock on VZW theme
Contacts mapped to left softkey on Home screen.
Internet Sharing
Free memory with TF3D :55.15 Megs
Free memory without TF3D :67.83 Megs
*** Let Customizations run!
*** As always your feedback and or Kudo's are appreciated but remember this is not my day job. Be nice!
Basic Instructions
Instructions:
Before you flash you MUST be unlocked. I do not support the unlock process or the software but I can tell you if you follow the instructions at the link it works perfect!
Link to unlocker is here: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=42503
Download ROM and extract to desktop using WinRAR. 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 BEFORE NORMAL USAGE!
Link to ROM and RUU is here: http://www.scottcrosler.com/
Some quick screenshots of apps and home screen.
Some quick screenshots of apps and home screen.
You will note I added all my extra apps in Sensor Apps and Utilities keeping the Programs folder a little cleaner. You can also see that I mapped Contacts (iContacts to be exact) to the left softkey when on the home page. Thats a must have for me becuase I dont use the contacts tab.
Flashed and running nicely, seems off the bat more the smoothest to date, haven't yet done much customization but from just walking through it, it seems to me that it is actually reclaiming ram from closed apps a bit better, but could just be that new rom feel Did you happen to add the htc update to this one by any chance or will i still need to install that?, all in all impressive as usual. Thanks for your hard work and mad kudo's.
Don't you sleep?
I will be trying the ROM either later today or tomorrow.
I look forward to reporting nothing but AWESOMEness back.
Awesome man, we all really appreciate your hard work. Havent tried out your new Rom yet, still pleased with your Rev 1 . Do look forward to the screenshots though, sounds tempting.
Nice rom! Thanks for supporting VZW TP!
can someone link me the stock vzw rom...not the prerelease that i found on ppcgeeks sticky page, i plan on exchanging vzw tp and receive a replacement due to hardware issue so would like official release. Thanks. I already searched as well...might have missed it tho.
I just put your rom on and love it! I have been installing everything you are putting out. My memory usage was exactly the same as yours. One issue I am trying to figure out is vznav is not working. It was working for me in your previous build but not this one. The error I am getting is that "there was a problem initializing the GPS. Please exit and restart vz navigator."
Any ideas? I set the location to on, I have checked my account and I have vz nav with verizon.
Thanks,
Mike
Very wierd, I just kept trying over and over and finally it started working. I did try starting it at least 10 times. Now it works. Wierd. oh well at least it works again.
Mike
mmcgough said:
I just put your rom on and love it! I have been installing everything you are putting out. My memory usage was exactly the same as yours. One issue I am trying to figure out is vznav is not working. It was working for me in your previous build but not this one. The error I am getting is that "there was a problem initializing the GPS. Please exit and restart vz navigator."
Any ideas? I set the location to on, I have checked my account and I have vz nav with verizon.
Thanks,
Mike
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mmcgough said:
Very wierd, I just kept trying over and over and finally it started working. I did try starting it at least 10 times. Now it works. Wierd. oh well at least it works again.
Mike
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That happens when you first instawll and launch it. Typical. Takes me three times and I am good ;c) Has done that on the stock ROM for me as well as my own cooked ROMS. After it initializes and sets itself up its good from then on.
Glad it's running though. Would sound stupid calling the VZNav ROM if VZ Nav didint work! hahahahaha
mrsamtee said:
Nice rom! Thanks for supporting VZW TP!
can someone link me the stock vzw rom...not the prerelease that i found on ppcgeeks sticky page, i plan on exchanging vzw tp and receive a replacement due to hardware issue so would like official release. Thanks. I already searched as well...might have missed it tho.
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That is the stock ROM. I now it says pre-relewase but its the same verision that came on the phone. I looked at this very closely before I flashed for the first time. Trust me, you can use that to send the phone back. Many people already have.
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Flashed and running nicely, seems off the bat more the smoothest to date, haven't yet done much customization but from just walking through it, it seems to me that it is actually reclaiming ram from closed apps a bit better, but could just be that new rom feel Did you happen to add the htc update to this one by any chance or will i still need to install that?, all in all impressive as usual. Thanks for your hard work and mad kudo's.
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It should be a little bit faster. Not a placebo affect if that is what you think. I added some of my tweaks and some tweaks from all over th enet. Nothing major... Just things like glyphe cache, services, etc. I also bumped up the touch sensitivity just a hair. That alone makes the phone feel 10 times faster. A little here and there is all it takes on this phone. Its has soo much potential.
Hey Scott,
Do you have something against the state of Washington?
j/k - FYI Weather tab Washington shows blank for all cities. Not that I live there,... but since it's usually raining in Seattle I like to have that city on there for the graphics of the windshield wiper.
Great ROM - not a huge fan of iContacts, but that's probably just because I haven't used it too much.
When I first powered up - it seemed very jittery and laggy,... but now - after I installed my core apps, it acts much better. I performed NO additional tweaks or anything - just rebooted after restoring all my data and logs.
Did notice that SMS sent notification is BACK,... I have to go find that registry edit and take that out again (very annoying). And Opera is not the default browser (I actually prefer that) but I didn't know if that was intentional or just happened? PIE seems to load so much faster when clicking a link in e-mail,... but Opera has all those neat features.
I like the new look with the new icons and the flip clock! Thanks for that!
Keep up the great work - truly do appreciate it!!
Thanks for that info Scrosler!
Disable SMS notification
Got it from the PPCGEEKs essential thread:
Disable SMS Sent Notification: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Settings] Set SMSNoSentMsg to 1
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=42730
SeeBeatty said:
Hey Scott,
Do you have something against the state of Washington?
j/k - FYI Weather tab Washington shows blank for all cities. Not that I live there,... but since it's usually raining in Seattle I like to have that city on there for the graphics of the windshield wiper.
Great ROM - not a huge fan of iContacts, but that's probably just because I haven't used it too much.
When I first powered up - it seemed very jittery and laggy,... but now - after I installed my core apps, it acts much better. I performed NO additional tweaks or anything - just rebooted after restoring all my data and logs.
Did notice that SMS sent notification is BACK,... I have to go find that registry edit and take that out again (very annoying). And Opera is not the default browser (I actually prefer that) but I didn't know if that was intentional or just happened? PIE seems to load so much faster when clicking a link in e-mail,... but Opera has all those neat features.
I like the new look with the new icons and the flip clock! Thanks for that!
Keep up the great work - truly do appreciate it!!
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I hate the state of washington. No just kidding! I dont know why it did that. I used the same weather database I used in my last ROM. i will look at it tonight.
The reason it seems slow and laggy on first boot is because it is. I dont know if it was a good idea to have TouchFlow launch during first boot and autoinstall but i did.... Heheh... but like you said, after that it is fine. The lag isnt very bad as long as you wait for everything to load first. Thats my biggest challange. Getting the boot time down. Not sure how to make that great yet.....
The flip clock is indeed nice ;c)
Sorry you are not a big fan of iContact. I think I have tried every contact app and liked this one best. I will post the kitchen sometime this weekend and you can always cook one without it. I also need mod my site to include the link to the VC ROM. I will do that tonight. I know alot of peeps use VC but I hate it. Never ever recognizes my voice for anything at all. I dont get it.
Thanks for the feedback and I am glad you are enjoying it!
SeeBeatty said:
Got it from the PPCGEEKs essential thread:
Disable SMS Sent Notification: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Settings] Set SMSNoSentMsg to 1
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=42730
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Cool, here is the cab that I OEM'ed. I dont know how I left that out... My bad!
I also included a cab for Start Clean. This erases your recently used programs from start menu everytime you boot. I love it. I hate the MRU set up.
Would someone with the new rom post some screenshots?
RonMac said:
Don't you sleep?
I will be trying the ROM either later today or tomorrow.
I look forward to reporting nothing but AWESOMEness back.
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Sleep? WTF is that? No just kidding. I have two modes for ROM building.
Tinker mode which is at my leisure. Sleep normally and only work on the ROM at home. Then there is XDA mode where I litterally dont sleep for two or three days and just keep coooking all night long like a meth addict! Thats usually starts on Friday night and ends on SUnday night around 3:00am Monday morning! hahaha.
This weekend will be chill though. Just going to sit back and wait for comments to roll in to see how I did with this ROM and go from there.
stanglifemike said:
Awesome man, we all really appreciate your hard work. Havent tried out your new Rom yet, still pleased with your Rev 1 . Do look forward to the screenshots though, sounds tempting.
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Yeah, you may or may not like this ROM as I did detract from the stock look and feel just a little bit. But on the same note its the quickest Rom yet and has more available memory with no missing features.
I will try to get a couple screenshots up in a few. Sorta busy with crap at work today. Let me see if I have My Mobilier on this work machine. I forget....... Long night last night. hehehehe....
EDIT: Ok I got the home screen and App screen up. Let me know what else you may want to see before flashing....
Not sure if this should have gone in Q&A but since it's an app...
Anyone having problems running Google Nav 5.0 on JL5? Mine is just stiting at Waiting for location forever. Really it's not a big deal since I don't use my V for the gps but was just curious.
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If I set to use GPS and Wireless Location, it sits at Checking Navigation availability...
Hi. Been having the same problem. Does it work better without wireless? Or is there a better app or modem to use? When it did lock on and start working, sometimes I really got turned around or pointer would jump to adjacent streets. Not fun for night driving!
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Mine works fine. I just don't have the live wallpaper for some reason.
Forgot about this. But, fyi, after I fresh installed JL5, navigation 5.0 works fine. Not sure what the heck happened.
I'm having the same problem in Nero v2 (JL4)-sits at Waiting for Location. GPS locks really fast but I can't use Navigation at all...
Try this... Uninstall Google Maps 4.5.0 with Titanium. Then go to market and install the latest 5.0. Just be sure to back up 4.5.0 first and store it somewhere to restore just in case.
For some reason this app is not working right for me, I have tried reinstalling it but it does not help. It will not let me add any new sports or a favorite team to the app and the widget doesnt work at all. Anyone else have this issue?
Had this same issue. I just ended up coming to the realization that it will not work on the NC in its current state.
Just use Live Score. Has the same widget, can allow favorite teams. An all around better app. Even notifications if you like that sort of thing.
darkhunter139 said:
For some reason this app is not working right for me, I have tried reinstalling it but it does not help. It will not let me add any new sports or a favorite team to the app and the widget doesnt work at all. Anyone else have this issue?
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I had the issue when using the stock rooted, but works just fine on Froyo. As the person said above, Live Score works fine though.
I am running stock 1.2 manual nootered and the trick to getting this app to work is set up an espn account on a pc and pick your favorite teams and sports then sign in on the scorecenter app. Works great now.
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Works fine for me on CM7. Only problem I have is when launcher pro starts or is restarted, the ScoreCenter widget will not load so I just drag it to the trash can and reopen it again and then it loads fine.
I had an ESPN account long before I obtained a Nook in January and the app has worked on every firmware from Eclair to Gingerbread with doing nothing special.
Maybe try setting up an account from a PC like the previous poster suggested, good luck.
The app worked fine for me. The widget works it just took some time to initially load. Its also not very configurable. Looks like it will only show you scores for your MyTeams scores instead of all the sports you've selected.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...-over-wifi-using-a-simple-gorgeous-interface/
Now if only it could somehow do screen-casting it'd be (just about) the best thing ever.
Nice find
Ill have to compare it to the one I'm currently using (Remote Web Desktop) https://market.android.com/details?id=net.xdevelop.rm&feature=related_apps
That one is a little buggy, Screenshots wont display correctly, and Uploading files to device is wonky..
Hopefully this app will take its place
This is neat!
Just tried it and it works!
Thanks for sharing that. It works great
Works pretty well on my Evo 3d and my nook tablet. It's a little wonky when I tried to access the evo from the nook.
This is awesome...works flawlessly for me
Works great! (Even from my SGT10.1!)
Hello,
Recently upgraded to a phone that supports Google Now. Seems pretty nice except there's one thing that is bugging the crap out of me. The work commute card never appears by itself. I always have to open Google Now, go down to the bottom and click "More" and then the commute card loads. I've been trying to figure it out for a couple days now and it's pretty annoying.
I only have 2 cards set up that I want to see: Weather & Work Commute. I attached a screenshot of what Google Now looks like. The widget is the same, only displays the one card for weather.
Any suggestions? I would really like for Google Now to give me my work commute card without me having to explicitly go into Google Now and click More.