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Basically, due to a few of my friends having this phone and the lack of development here, I'm going to attempt to whip out a rom or two.
I plan to start with a stock rom, deodexed, zip aligned, optimized, bloatware removed, blur removed, ADW or GO launcher added..custom kernel..we'll see. I'd like to eventually port a few roms, but we really need a stable and legit Froyo rom to get anything stably ported.
At the moment, the only stock rom I have is a .SBF. Unfortunately I have no idea how to decompile this and the kitchen I plan to use won't do it either. I've tried ezxcodec, sbfcodec, and sbftool to open the file and none of which will work!
Currently I'm not around one of my friends with the phone, so I can't do this myself. We have some pretty bad weather conditions around here right now and I might not see him for a day or so.
So, what I need is a CLEAN nandroid. Preferably, fresh flash, root, nandroid..it would be great if you could run the optimizer script before nandroid also. As my testing time is somewhat limited since I don't have the device.
BUT please be sure this is a fresh flash with no sim card in or Google info ever entered...I don't want to accidentally get someone's private info.
Please send me a message if you can help me out and let's get the long over due development started.
Are you going to attempt to work with the Korean 2.2 ROM or the 2.1?
I think the 2.2 would be the one that would most benefit this community at this point. I know that the biggest piece to the Korean 2.2 ROM is that it does not work in the 1700/2100 Mhz range to allow US 3G service. Maybe this is something that you could help us to fix?
No matter what you end up doing, it is much appreciated.
I think I could knock out a nice 2.1 rather quickly, enough to hold people over while I work on a 2.2 rom. A cleaned up 2.1 would be much faster, better on battery, and still maintain stock functionality and stability..and would only take a little work to be released.
Has the radio issue been explored at all yet or is it still unknown to the cause? I could certainly work on Froyo, as a stable-ish 2.2 rom would lead to the ability to port other roms to the XT but I want to get a stable 2.1 out first.
The other problem is that I don't actually own the device, so testing is somewhat limited..
Either way, I need a nandroid before I can get started with anything because nothing seems to decompile these SBF files.. :-/
custom kernel? just curious how are you going to flash it in? are you aware that the bootloader is locked?
i've got a spare xt720 at home, i'll try to do a flash install and upload the nandroid when i have time.
Thank you.
Crap I forgot about the locked bootloader..I come from all HTC devices and forget about how locked down Moto is.
There is a thread already working on a custom kernel, which once completed could be baked into a rom and flashed with open recovery. However, since there's no source released, it's still in development..
Back to the locked bootloader tho, what additional limitations does this place on custom roms? I'm assuming it means no custom roms? Which would mean that unless someone manages to unlock the bootloader we're limited to only official Moto roms/leaks? I hadn't even fully considered that issue...
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Ok so from my understanding, due to the locked bootloader, any rom built around a custom kernel can't be fully ported and retain all functionality unless its somehow piggy backed on the stock kernel.
So a modded stock rom would work fine then, right?
Once a working open source kernel is out, either for 2.1 or 2.2, at that point we can begin to modify it to work with different rom ports.
I'm going to continue research and hopefully will have a clean 2.1 out soon, so there will be something to play around with.
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I will upload my nandroid later tonight for u. U can get the system.img from a link on navalynts abandoned thread if u wanna start now. The boot.img i uploaded was from 2.1 (im an idiot) so ill upload the right one later.
I looked thru that thread and couldn't find anything useful..I'd greatly appreciate it if you can upload the nandroid, I would like a full nandroid of 2.1 and the 2.2 leak if possible (the original 2.2 nandroid was pulled), as I'm currently unable to find a way to recompile the official SBF files from Moto. I won't be able to work on this till tonight tho, so no rush on anything.
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On one of the last pages of the thread someone posted the link. Navalynt took down. It only contains system tho. Yea i work all day so it wont be till tonight grill i can post it.
Thanks man. Please do 2.1 first so we can get a stable/clean/fast rom out, then work on the Froyo issues, since it seems to be very buggy at the moment!
Hopefully will have a stable rom and a WIP rom ready by the weekend. Since testing is limited, it may take a little while longer than desired, but this forum knows how to wait lol..
Hi,
Well we have an Froyo Kernel (UK,Orange,Chinese) well the guys at the XT720 got Froyo with 2.1 UK Kernel to Work.
Someone gonna try 2.3 with 2.2. UK/Orange Kernel?
That would be something really nice we could work on
Cause with 2.2 UK / Orange we have perfect working Froyo, now there ist only 720p (half done) ,FM-Transmitter (seems impossible) and finally Bootloader Cracking(really hard work) left for Developers
We could use CM7 or Milestone Gingerbread Port
Regards
the guys that are working on milestone baked a fully?! working gingerbread, can't the same method they used to get it working on milestone be used for our defy? i also read that custom kernels can be loaded on droid x and milestone
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/pr...5-getting-custom-kernels-running-droid-x.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941346
can anybody make an attempt!?
I dont care about pays rom or s.froyo all what we want is stock gingerbread or even cm7 but no more froyo blur roms plz!!!
Bendary said:
I dont care about pays rom or s.froyo all what we want is stock gingerbread or even cm7 but no more froyo blur roms plz!!!
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personal i dislike motoblur!
my defy's rom are deblurred!! the dream its to have a cyano porting for our defy!
Can someone describe to me what a deblur rom is cz it still looks like blur to me.
adi4motion said:
the guys that are working on milestone baked a fully?! working gingerbread, can't the same method they used to get it working on milestone be used for our defy? i also read that custom kernels can be loaded on droid x and milestone
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/pr...5-getting-custom-kernels-running-droid-x.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941346
can anybody make an attempt!?
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Unfortunately I can't find any information that they actually used the kexec method to load a fully custom kernel. I'm hoping they are still hiding it for the public to get rid of bugs. I fear though it's never going to happen. Despite that fear, a true CM7 on our Defy with a Moto kernel would already be quite nice. The custom roms so far are nice, but they are nothing more than adaptations of the original firmware. There is still Moto stuff in them, and don't we all just want to have Gingerbread on our Defy?
Honesty.... Gingerbread is the worst update google has done.. might as well wait for Icecream for some REAL update besides some phone off animations. Before we even got a froyo rom I attempted to port it with advice I got from dexter awhile ago... obviously didn't work.
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All I can say is can't wait for blurless tmous froyo (cue jboogie)
2.3 doesn't seem to do much really...
It would be nice to have the latest ginger just to have the latest ginger to keep our Defy up to date.
I agree with jboogie3, it would be better keep some energy to concentrate our efforts on the next release during this time if you don't like blur stuff I would advise the latest jboogie3 rom which is really fast and as blurless as it's reasonable to be (only miss ginger keyboard which has improvements and drawbacks .
A core CM port would be nice though.
Cheers,
Kribou
I hope Motorola gives defy little ginger, because froyo its close to final release.
I think that Motorola developers will not stop there.
But its only me..
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2.3 doesn't seem to do much really...
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Yes, there are few small changes, but if the kernel could be ported that will be nice...maybe in some we could really have fully customizable roms on our defy
I just want 24bit gallery back.
iaio72 said:
personal i dislike motoblur!
my defy's rom are deblurred!! the dream its to have a cyano porting for our defy!
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Unfortunately even the deblurred ROMs aren't running stock apps. They still have Moto contacts, moto dialler, cmp and more at a minimum, not to mention there are moto services you can't get rid of.
It's not that I don't appreciate the work the devs are doing with ROMs but all I really want is a proper Froyo stock ROM, maybe one day I'll get bothered enough to try and make one
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Unfortunately even the deblurred ROMs aren't running stock apps. They still have Moto contacts, moto dialler, cmp and more at a minimum, not to mention there are moto services you can't get rid of.
It's not that I don't appreciate the work the devs are doing with ROMs but all I really want is a proper Froyo stock ROM, maybe one day I'll get bothered enough to try and make one
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Good luck....
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bam0 said:
Unfortunately even the deblurred ROMs aren't running stock apps. They still have Moto contacts, moto dialler, cmp and more at a minimum, not to mention there are moto services you can't get rid of.
It's not that I don't appreciate the work the devs are doing with ROMs but all I really want is a proper Froyo stock ROM, maybe one day I'll get bothered enough to try and make one
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at this moment the most we can do with rom deblur, is to change
some applications aosp with some blur .... not easy to delete all app
motorola, there are some default app that you just replace them, but must rewrite the correct library for it to work properly, such (for example) as a keyboard (or gingerbread Android) ..
Everyone, could you plz save your efforts with all the blur roms and start baking stock roms cz I believe it is possible but just needs alot of work, so to all the devs here can u all work on the same project of unlocking the bootloader and porting stock roms, plz!!!
are you serious?
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Kribou said:
It would be nice to have the latest ginger just to have the latest ginger to keep our Defy up to date.
I agree with jboogie3, it would be better keep some energy to concentrate our efforts on the next release during this time if you don't like blur stuff I would advise the latest jboogie3 rom which is really fast and as blurless as it's reasonable to be (only miss ginger keyboard which has improvements and drawbacks .
A core CM port would be nice though.
Cheers,
Kribou
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Gingerbread keyboard works dandy on my defy.
There is a port for 2.2 devices...
Gingerbread is all in all a nice update. made my hd2 faster, better looking and added this little orange bumps to the lists...
btw: 2.3.3 enables a lot of apps made for multiple processors.
There are many kernel sources (and more sources) available on motodev
ex:
https://opensource.motorola.com/sf/go/projects.moto_defy/frs.defy_skt.jdskt_u3_02_20_0
https://opensource.motorola.com/sf/...ects.moto_defy/frs.defy_latam.jorla_u3_6_14_5
There are sources of the 2.1.1, but i find nothing related to the 3.4.2 build
but kernel Makefile shows v2.6.29 and not 2.6.32
Ok, so it looks like the Miui ROM posted on the I9000/Vibrant forums that uses the Custom Bilboa1 CM7 Kernel works for the Captivate.
Here is the Link to Bilboa1's Kernel thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=979206
Link to I9000 Miui ROM Thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992251
Follow the direction on the I9000 thread and substitute the CM7 captivate kernel in. Also it is noted that you have to flash the CM7 kernel right after flashing the beta 3.zip file (the zip file installs a I9000 kernel). Good luck hunting
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there is already a miui port but from the fascinate. i would love to see a more functional; version though. just need someont to get the aosp kernel straitened out and reorient it. but that takes a lot of work.
Miui was being worked on and it was dropped. Have to ask master because he was the thread Creator for the captivate port as to why it was stopped. He is a vibrant dev.
This is my Captivate. There are many like it but this one is mine
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Miui was being worked on and it was dropped. Have to ask master because he was the thread Creator for the captivate port as to why it was stopped. He is a vibrant dev.
This is my Captivate. There are many like it but this one is mine
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it could be something as simple as one idiot making a flaming post, and master getting pissed off and quiting, but as far as i knew darkyy and DG were in on it too, and both of those are experienced on cappy. however, darkyy has his own rom to focus on and im sad to say it but it kinda looks like DG has moved to focus on his atrix. Not that i blame him, but i know that i will miss his work
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it could be something as simple as one idiot making a flaming post, and master getting pissed off and quiting, but as far as i knew darkyy and DG were in on it too, and both of those are experienced on cappy. however, darkyy has his own rom to focus on and im sad to say it but it kinda looks like DG has moved to focus on his atrix. Not that i blame him, but i know that i will miss his work
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You mean like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12006864&postcount=2104
MIUI was picked up by the french developer jblanc, and then tinkered some by another dev in i9000 land. It's basically the NS port of gingerbread miui jammed together with CM7 and bilboa's kernal for CM7 one. So we do need a reoriented kernel, as the one they are using is not the CM7 since it wouldn't boot properly. Please don't spam the thread with requests for ETAs like what happened to the old Miui thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992251
I have been following that thread. It looks to be much further along than the last port. This one reads like it will end up being usable, once ported here. I am running cm7 and bilboa has a captivate version of his kernel. May have to give it a run when I can afford dealing with a soft brick
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Wasn't asking for ETAl, just didn't know if anyone saw. Its not the port Master put out there it was the nexus S port the uses that custom CM7 kernel. It has some of the same problems as CM7 but its miui. Seriously this is an awareness thread no flame. We have a Bilboa Kernel for Captivate, is why I'm saying why it might be possible
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I would not pay mind to those who enter threads just to criticize without reading or knowing what they are talking about.
If this works on the captivate it would have all of the same "bugs" as cm7 as it is using all the set up including a custom kernel built from cm7 source.
Reading the thread it its farther along than the last port as wifi, data, and calls work. It is also gingerbread where as the last port was 2.2.1.
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sold1erjjt said:
Wasn't asking for ETAl, just didn't know if anyone saw. Its not the port Master put out there it was the nexus S port the uses that custom CM7 kernel. It has some of the same problems as CM7 but its miui. Seriously this is an awareness thread no flame. We have a Bilboa Kernel for Captivate, is why I'm saying why it might be possible
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Sorry, didnt mean you specifically. Just a word of the wise for all the lurkers who read these threads
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Yeah, it would just be interested to see. I've never personally seen Miui so it could be cool.
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hope that they can make it a stable rom then port it to captivate..
i used to use MIUI rom on my nexus one and now it's the only thing i miss... it'll be great if MIUI rom b able to run on captivate!!!
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I have been following that thread. It looks to be much further along than the last port. This one reads like it will end up being usable, once ported here. I am running cm7 and bilboa has a captivate version of his kernel. May have to give it a run when I can afford dealing with a soft brick
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Has anyone tried using it on the Captivate with Bilboa's kernel? I might have some time later today to try.
Ok I got it to boot following the instructions from the MIUI thread in the i9000 forums:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992251
All I did was subsitute the captivate equivalent files from CM7. I also had to flash a captivate modem from the CM7 section too. going to test it out now.
Ok FYI after you do these steps and Flash MIUI Beta 3 it will install a i9000 kernel and modem. You will have to go after the initial steps and install a captivate CM7 Kernel and Modem.
So you used bilboas captivate kernel after you flashed the beta 3 zip?
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doctahjeph said:
Ok I got it to boot following the instructions from the MIUI thread in the i9000 forums:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992251
All I did was subsitute the captivate equivalent files from CM7. I also had to flash a captivate modem from the CM7 section too. going to test it out now.
Ok FYI after you do these steps and Flash MIUI Beta 3 it will install a i9000 kernel and modem. You will have to go after the initial steps and install a captivate CM7 Kernel and Modem.
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Hows it running? I know GPS doesnt work in addition to the stuff that doesn't work on CM7, just didn't know for the Captivate.
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I hop i 'll come to our Captivate T_T
tmhung said:
I hop i 'll come to our Captivate T_T
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It already work, albeit it has bugs. Try it out
Hello everyone.
I have the Droid 2 Global. I'm wondering if there's a way to get the Gingerbread Rom from the Droid 2 on the phone and working. I've seen people saying there's a patch that you can apply for the radio so it uses the right frequency being that this phone is for Global use or GSM and all is this correct?
I mean I've seen people say that you can take a Droid 2 Rom apply it to this phone then patch it right?
So does that mean that I Can use a Droid 2 Gingerbread Rom on here and that I just need to patch it after?
If so please do tell because I don't see any one mentioning this any where and I've looked for the last few weeks now.
Thanks ahead of time people.
No, trying to install the droid 2 gingerbread on a d2g will result in an instr-brick that you can't fix. That patch that you're talking about is the get r done rommer that only applies to froyo Roms from the d2, it doesn't work on gingerbread Roms until the d2g gets gingerbread.
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I really wish some one would show this phone some love already.. This is a good phone. I keep seeing people asking about roms. Do I need to donate because I will? I came from a welcom a88 that was a piece and it had gingerbread via cyanogen and an hd2 that had cyanogen. I don't understand why this one has nothing yet.... Thank you for answering me by the way.
Much appreciated.
Cyon mod needs to be able to get to the bootloader, to work we have a locked one so we cant get cyon till its unlock. but we have some devs coming up, but they are waiting for a leaked Gingerbread or OTA, before they start to build a rom, some people feel that the GB is only days aways
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Cyon mod needs to be able to get to the bootloader, to work we have a locked one so we cant get cyon till its unlock. but we have some devs coming up, but they are waiting for a leaked Gingerbread or OTA, before they start to build a rom, some people feel that the GB is only days aways
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GOD i hope you're right it's driving me nuts. I already made my status bar transparent on my own using ninja morph. Now I'm trying to find some one that can give me a status bar drop down background that's transparent and I will be happy until the rom is released.
I can't see my text right now on the drop down because it's pitch black and the text is pitch black.
FRESH OUT THE KITCHEN
STACKZzHOUSE PRESENTS TO YOU
SENSE 2.1 FULLY OPTIMIZED
ULTRA STABLE NOT A SINGLE PROBLEM(hopefully lol)
A LIL CELLSOUTH A LIL CDMA
BUT FIRST OFF
NOT RESPONABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE YOU DO TO YOUR PHONE
FIRST RELEASE PRETTY GOOD FOR FIRST
Code:
ROOTED
SUPERUSER:rolleyes:
DEODEXED
ZIPALIGN
APPS2SD BOILED IN(BAKED):cool:
WIRELESS TETHERING
CUSTOM BOOT ALLOWED
BASH SHELL:p
GOOD OLD PACMAN GAME HEHE
SOME BLOAT WAS REMOVED
MUCH MORE:D
WORKING ON GETTING MORE FREE SPACE 110MB AFTER INSTALL
LINK TO DOWNLOAD
http://www.mediafire.com/file/zvrmvvq6d5wle4l/STACKZzHOUSE_V1.0.zip
ONE MAN TEAM
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Quick question. Is this Ginger bread 2.3, Froyo 2.2, or Eclair 2.1?
I know its sense 2.1, but what android version is it?
alex_camacho said:
Quick question. Is this Ginger bread 2.3, Froyo 2.2, or Eclair 2.1?
I know its sense 2.1, but what android version is it?
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Given the market icon that represents android 2.1, I'd wager it's just a modified stock rom...could be me, but wasn't this done more than enough times already? Like almost 2 years ago? Android 2.1 is completely obsolete and nobody really wants it anymore...plus, liquidsense and nfx are already the best 2.1 roms out there...nothing can really be done to improve on them...OP, why not just use Android 2.3? I could just ruu and root if I wanted this
Holy Miracle Batman! It's alive! (Been trying to flash ROMs all week trying to revive this HERO from the dustbin...all other ROMs have been stuck at the HTC screen and bootlooping.)
Thanks for making a ROM that works for my HERO...now I got music at the gym! Just in time too...3 minutes to spare!
alex_camacho said:
Quick question. Is this Ginger bread 2.3, Froyo 2.2, or Eclair 2.1?
I know its sense 2.1, but what android version is it?
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this is straight from stock sprint and a lil stuff from overseas versions
SiNJiN76 said:
Holy Miracle Batman! It's alive! (Been trying to flash ROMs all week trying to revive this HERO from the dustbin...all other ROMs have been stuck at the HTC screen and bootlooping.)
Thanks for making a ROM that works for my HERO...now I got music at the gym! Just in time too...3 minutes to spare!
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glad to hear
goliath714 said:
Given the market icon that represents android 2.1, I'd wager it's just a modified stock rom...could be me, but wasn't this done more than enough times already? Like almost 2 years ago? Android 2.1 is completely obsolete and nobody really wants it anymore...plus, liquidsense and nfx are already the best 2.1 roms out there...nothing can really be done to improve on them...OP, why not just use Android 2.3? I could just ruu and root if I wanted this
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its probably was done alot but this my first time modding a rom so i decided to start with an old phone with it on stock if you knew its stock then maybe the post didnt apply to you ,,just saying i know for a fact theres people who is looking for this just like the guy who wants it for music in the gym
money2392 said:
its probably was done alot but this my first time modding a rom so i decided to start with an old phone with it on stock if you knew its stock then maybe the post didnt apply to you ,,just saying i know for a fact theres people who is looking for this just like the guy who wants it for music in the gym
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That's good job man. Ive been wanting to learn how to do this stuff but i just never get around to it.
You took a step in the right direction. Keep up the good work.
good to have another stock rom easily accessible, thanks for this
Multilingual ?
Does this rom support Multilingual?
Thanks
hey money,
if you want to reduce rom size, offer anything non-system essential in an optional update.zip. i see from screenshots you have pacman and nba, those could be offered in a separate zip. if you need any help at all doing this, feel free to ask, and ill help as much as possible. keep up the good work, i know you will go far.
maybe also if we feel froggy we can adapt aroma to your rom and let users choose exactly what they want and dont want?
also i see your on cellular south, maybe offer a separate update.zip for a sprint fix? this would include mms.apk from a sprint stock rom, sprint eri.xml, and telephony.db from a sprint rom. that way both carriers are supported.