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Sorry can't post in dev section yet but drod was nice enough to let me get my hands on cyanogen mod 7 release candidate 2 and said I could share. This is not an official release and not supported yet. To flash place zip on internal sd boot in clockwork wipe data and install zip.
I used clockwork .08
Update: fix for internal sd problem
Credit goes to drod2169
Updated Install
www.mediafire.com/?usumbwxusn8vnzj
Here is a link to the gapps for Gingerbread that gives full market out of the box
I installed the rom first and let it boot up then went back in clockwork and installed gapps. Don't know if it matters.
http://goo-inside.me/gapps/latest/7/universal/
When you say the internal SD doesn't work, do you mean it doesn't show up at all? Or could it possibly be /mnt/emmc?
Roadzero said:
Sorry can't post in dev section yet but drod was nice enough to let me get my hands on cyanogen mod 7 release candidate 2 and said I could share. This is not an official release and not supported yet. only problem I saw is the internal sd doesn't work. To flash place zip on internal sd boot in clockwork wipe data and install zip. Clockwork sees the internal sd just not cm 7.
Sorry can't post links yet
w w w dot mediafire dot c o m /?wxbtl23g46vxvho
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Anyone tried this yet?
Went thru the archive, seem genuine, I may give it a try later, I'll post mileage...
Lets make this easy: http://www.mediafire.com/?wxbtl23g46vxvho
Up and running as I type. Looks really nice. Put soft buttons on status bar which will help me at night not having to feel for the home and back buttons on the side since they don't illuminate. Market is full and working quite nicely as it backed up all of my purchases and dl's right away.
Only thing not working for me so far is the docking station. Still a nogo. Just came off of bitrix to try this......
Well done!!!
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Up and running as I type. Looks really nice. Put soft buttons on status bar which will help me at night not having to feel for the home and back buttons on the side since they don't illuminate. Market is full and working quite nicely as it backed up all of my purchases and dl's right away.
Only thing not working for me so far is the docking station. Still a nogo. Just came off of bitrix to try this......
Well done!!!
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FruitLoop here, even after wipe... curious... retrying...
Tried wipe, removing SDHC cart, reflash still a FruitLoop oh weel back to
my trial of Calkulin's G-Tab v1.0 [ 3991 l Battery Saver script w/ Profiles
which boot...
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FruitLoop here, even after wipe... curious... retrying...
Tried wipe, removing SDHC cart, reflash still a FruitLoop oh weel back to
my trial of Calkulin's G-Tab v1.0 [ 3991 l Battery Saver script w/ Profiles
which boot...
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Odd it worked fine for me coming out of vegan 5.1.1 just by wiping data. you could try wiping system or re downloading the zip
Where is the recovery folder? I downloaded the update...... .zip folder and it wouldn't load the rom, CWmod said it was "bad"
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Where is the recovery folder? I downloaded the update...... .zip folder and it wouldn't load the rom, CWmod said it was "bad"
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What version clockwork are you using? I used .08
Installed this last night from a link he sent on twitter. Think its the same version. Only issue i see so far is my sdcard is not showing up. I get sdcard for internal memory but not for my actual card. A message comes up when I insert it saying that one was inserted then it says its safe to remove. Not sure how to mount it. I don't see it in /mnt either.
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FruitLoop here, even after wipe... curious... retrying...
Tried wipe, removing SDHC cart, reflash still a FruitLoop oh weel back to
my trial of Calkulin's G-Tab v1.0 [ 3991 l Battery Saver script w/ Profiles
which boot...
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Calkulin has a nice format all zip (see first post here)that you flash like a rom before flashing a new rom. works good only 1 step instead of many. only thing it doesn't seem to format is Delvik so that has to be done manually but it cuts out a few steps in the rom prep work.
This rom has the same shape icons in the right corner as the vegan roms and the same notification icons as cm rc2. The mounts are sdcard and emmc for external. The res has been changed so some apps wont scale properly. If it wasn't for that I would have kept using it because I prefer the minimal notification icons compared to vegans experimental new icons.
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This rom has the same shape icons in the right corner as the vegan roms and the same notification icons as cm rc2. The mounts are sdcard and emmc for external. The res has been changed so some apps wont scale properly. If it wasn't for that I would have kept using it because I prefer the minimal notification icons compared to vegans experimental new icons.
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On my tab the internal storage is mapped to /sdcard while /emmc is empty. my external (actual) sdcard is nowhere to be found. settings-storage shows the sdcard as having 13.07gb total. my actual sd card is 4gb so this is confirming its actually the internal memory. All the Vegan roms showed my sdcard as mounted at /sdcard2. was just curious as to how I should go about mounting my sdcard so i can access it? I have no issues with this memory mounting setup just curious how to get my card to be mounted. Can i type something in a terminal to mount it?
I realize that the vegan series is a moddified version of cm and this is an attempt to be true cm tweaked to run on our tabs and that some things are gonna be different. So if I am missing something with the sdcard mounting please let me know. I think Drod2169 does great work and have loved rubix on my X for months now.
I jumped on this rom from Bitrix and my sd card reads exactly the same as it did before as sdcard while my internal is emmc. It seems as if it's not liking the change from your previous association to this new association of internal/external storage. Were you using a pre-Gingerbread rom before? If so check out this link for the association of storage files...this may help
I also use rootexplorer and have no problems accessing/copying/moving files etc.
I was on Calkuins beta, then wiped and installed vegan ginger experimental 3/8/11. After it started and loaded apps from market Drod2169 sent me a link to this one on twitter so I wiped and installed this. Maybe that the kernel didn't install right our something.will try to redownload and try again.
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Unofficial? So it isn't really Cyanogen 7 RC 2 then. Just saying.
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Unofficial? So it isn't really Cyanogen 7 RC 2 then. Just saying.
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It is cm 7 rc2 I say unofficial release because it may be changed slightly before they officially announce its release. If you don't want it you don't have to use it, I just thought I would post it for people that do.
So. It turns out that if I knew how to read I could have fixed my problem a while ago. The first post says right on it that it was updated to fix sdcard problem. The version I had was from before this "fix". Downloaded updated one and installed. All is well. Market seem good so far all items are mounting speed seems good. Don't use youtube so cant comment on video but flash works on the sites i've tried it on. Thanks Drod2169 for giving us some more of your time.
I'm curious as I've ran bittrix's unofficial and several of gojimi's Ginger vegan. Do installed apps show up on the market under My Apps? On every other Ginger rom I've tried, Market-My Apps just shows nothing. Love gingerbread but it makes it a pain trying to keep apps up to date. Also does purchasing work, or does vending FC when trying to?
Thanks
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Since "official" nightlys have not been compiling for the g-tablet, I have been compoiling them myself on my personal computer. I'll compile the source every so often and upload it here https://www.dropbox.com/s/w3vhon1u5a2orsk/smb_a1002/kang?v=l. The time stamp in the file name (MMDDYYYY-HHMM) is the time that the repo sync was done.
In the meantime I'm setting up an old computer that I have as a buildbot to automatically compile every night for us. I'll let you guys know when I have it up and running.
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I thought it might be nice to get a thread going for discussion on the CM7 port for harmony for our gtablet device. There are nightly builds which are starting to incorporate some great things such as video acceleration and the new google release of 2.3.4 could be around the corner. In fact some 2.3.4 code made it into nightly#60.
I am in no way associated with CM7. If someone from CM7 or someone in some way associated with CM7 wants to run this thread or create a similar one please do so.
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Rule #1 of CyanogenMod: Don't ask about release dates.
CM7 Harmony Stable Releases
http://mirror.teamdouche.net/?device=harmony&type=stable
CM7 Harmony Nightly Releases
http://mirror.teamdouche.net/?device=harmony&type=nightly
Changelog
http://cm-nightlies.appspot.com/?device=harmony
Tablet Tweaks II (original TT is already incorporated)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002000
For firsties...
How-To Guide:
(slightly edited from Wiki http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Viewsonic_G_Tablet:_Full_Update_Guide)
Before you do anything — Make a backup
Don't forget to back up your data. If you have synced the device with a Google account, then the contacts, calendar, Gmail & select other Google-related data will not be lost and will come back after the next sync. However, you should backup anything you want to keep that is not stored on the SD card:
Bookmarks,
Applications; use Titanium Backup or the Astro File Manager, for example,
Any application data not on the SD card.
It would also be a good idea to backup everything stored on the SD card in the rare case the SD card must be formatted to resolve any major problems.
Backup for Root Users is a free application that can assist with backing up your data.
Installing ClockworkMod Recovery
For this guide, it is not necessary to root the Viewsonic G Tablet in order to flash CyanogenMod. You can simply install ClockworkMod Recovery & continue on.
Warning: Installing ClockworkMod Recovery on the Viewsonic G Tablet will void the warranty.
Download the ClockworkMod package: Download
Unzip the ClockworkMod package & copy the recovery folder & the update.zip to the root of the internal memory (NOT in any folders & NOT to the removable SD card).
Power off the Viewsonic G Tablet and reboot holding the Volume Up button and the Power button until the device is in the stock recovery.
While in the stock recovery, use the Volume buttons to navigate to the apply update.zip & press the Home button to select it.
Once the it the update.zip is applied the Viewsonic G Tablet will have ClockworkMod Recovery. Please continue to the next section.
Flashing CyanogenMod
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...according to this tweet we're not supposed to flash between the stable releases and the nightlies. ....
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jerdog said:
Echoing the above -
DO NOT USE ROM MANAGER ON THE VIEWSONIC GTABLET!!!!! IT WILL BORK YOUR DEVICE 99% OF THE TIME. MAGIC VALUE MISMATCH AND OTHER ASSORTED ERRORS.
We've been dealing with these issues for months now - don't discount because you think you know better because you've used it on XYZ phone.
IT CAUSES ISSUES ON THE GTABLET. PLEASE EDIT YOUR OP TO REFLECT THIS. THERE ARE POSTS ALL OVER HERE DETAILING THIS. PLEASE ALSO POST A LINK TO BEKIT's CWM .8 - THAT IS THE ONE THAT WAS MODIFIED TO WORK WITH THE GTABLET GIVEN THE MULTIPLE QUALITY CONTROL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARTITIONS AND WHAT NOT.
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Place the CyanogenMod update.zip file on the root of the SD card.
Optional: Place the Google Apps .zip on the root of the SD card also.
Boot into the ClockworkMod Recovery.
Once the device boots into the ClockworkMod Recovery, use the side volume buttons to move around, and either the power button or the trackball to select.
Select the option to Wipe data/factory reset.
Then select the option to Wipe cache partition.
Select Install zip from sdcard.
Select Choose zip from sdcard.
Select the CyanogenMod update.zip.
Optional: Install the Google Apps by performing steps 7 - 9 again and choosing the Google Apps update.zip.
Once the installation has finished, select +++++Go Back+++++ to get back to the main menu, and select the Reboot system now option. The Viewsonic G Tablet should now boot into CyanogenMod.
Having issues with finding your Internal Storage?
Check your fstab. CM has a different paradigm. See below from maxdamage2122
maxdamage2122 said:
This is a flashable zip file that I have created to backup the vold.fstab file and replace it with one that mounts the internal storage as /sdcard.
http://goo.gl/DS8u9
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Edit: Thanks and props to the CM team and all involved. No thanks to me, I am just a copy/past whore.
Edit: Removed RomManager Method (thanks badfrog and jerdog)
Edit: Added reference to fstab mod. Thanks maxdamages 2122
Do not use rom manager on the gtab
do not use anything but bekit 0.8 recovery
do not use rom manager on the gtab
do not use anything but bekit 0.8 recovery
do not use rom manager on the gtab
do not use anything but bekit 0.8 recovery
do not use rom manager on the gtab
do not use anything but bekit 0.8 recovery
do not use rom manager on the gtab
do not use anything but bekit 0.8 recovery
Great job Oozura. Make sure Mad-Murdoch links this thread in his post in the nook forum. I had volunteered to do the same but he didn't get back to me. I'm a long time CM nightlies user on Droid, and now on GTab as well. I'll post as much as I can here.
And that bad frog is right. Use bekit's 0.8 GTab recovery and forget about Rom Manager. You'll just end up having to nvflash...
Thanks!
MC
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Do not use rom manager on the gtab
do not use anything but bekit 0.8 recovery
do not use rom manager on the gtab
do not use anything but bekit 0.8 recovery
do not use rom manager on the gtab
do not use anything but bekit 0.8 recovery
do not use rom manager on the gtab
do not use anything but bekit 0.8 recovery
do not use rom manager on the gtab
do not use anything but bekit 0.8 recovery
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Are you sure about this? If so I dont mind editing that part of the CM instructions.
Echoing the above -
DO NOT USE ROM MANAGER ON THE VIEWSONIC GTABLET!!!!! IT WILL BORK YOUR DEVICE 99% OF THE TIME. MAGIC VALUE MISMATCH AND OTHER ASSORTED ERRORS.
We've been dealing with these issues for months now - don't discount because you think you know better because you've used it on XYZ phone.
IT CAUSES ISSUES ON THE GTABLET. PLEASE EDIT YOUR OP TO REFLECT THIS. THERE ARE POSTS ALL OVER HERE DETAILING THIS. PLEASE ALSO POST A LINK TO BEKIT's CWM .8 - THAT IS THE ONE THAT WAS MODIFIED TO WORK WITH THE GTABLET GIVEN THE MULTIPLE QUALITY CONTROL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARTITIONS AND WHAT NOT.
Search for the endless threads on hard bricked and soft bricked tabs from using rom manager on the gtab. And before all you fanbois jump in and tell me you had no problems understand this....there are at least 2 different partitioning setups on the Gtab from the factory. Sometimes you can't even boot after flashing Gingerbread roms without nvflash.
MicroChip said:
Great job Oozura. Make sure Mad-Murdoch links this thread in his post in the nook forum. I had volunteered to do the same but he didn't get back to me. I'm a long time CM nightlies user on Droid, and now on GTab as well. I'll post as much as I can here.
Thanks!
MC
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Been a long time droid, dInc user. I had sent you a PM about half way through the OP but decided what the heck. I hope this helps keeps discussion in one place for our gtab and CM7 (soon to be 7.1)
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Are you sure about this? If so I dont mind editing that part of the CM instructions.
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Yes, I'm sure he is sure about this. Do NOT use Rom Manager to install any of the roms or to update CWM. Only use bekit 0.8 recovery.
I don't even install Rom Manager on my Gtab.
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Search for the endless threads on hard bricked and soft bricked tabs from using rom manager on the gtab. And before all you fanbois jump in and tell me you had no problems understand this....there are at least 2 different partitioning setups on the Gtab from the factory. Sometimes you can't even boot after flashing Gingerbread roms without nvflash.
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Sounds good to me. I will take it out. As long as the other method works then no need to make anyone cry over a bricked tab.
+10000 I learned this the hard way on day one.
Sent from my CM7 GTablet
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Sounds good to me. I will take it out. As long as the other method works then no need to make anyone cry over a bricked tab.
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Please - don't just take it out - add a warning about it. And provide the link to the known working CWM (Bekit .8).
RomManager method removed
OP Edited. Thanks.
jerdog said:
Please - don't just take it out - add a warning about it. And provide the link to the known working CWM (Bekit .8).
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I quoted your post. Link was already there to correct version in the clockwork mod package. thanks.
Thank you. There is something flakey about these devices and they don'y like Rom Manager
So who is using the latest nightly? I'm running 60 and seems stable. I occasionally get a stall on browser apps after a long sleep. But can't find any other issues.
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So who is using the latest nightly? I'm running 60 and seems stable. I occasionally get a stall on browser apps after a long sleep. But can't find any other issues.
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I am. No issues to report, camera is still grainy. Video playback is still great.
Sent from Desire HD or Inspire 4G or whatever this thing is called via premium XDA app.
Hardware Decoding?
So I installed AOSP the other day (the one in the Dev forum) because it was claiming hardware acceleration. It loaded up and was super laggy, but also didn't play the same video files that Vegan 5 played. I loaded up CM7 today and found the same thing. It's not nearly as laggy as the AOSP build, but still does not play video. I get volume, but no sound. Am I mistaken is thinking that we in fact have hardware acceleration now?
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So I installed AOSP the other day (the one in the Dev forum) because it was claiming hardware acceleration. It loaded up and was super laggy, but also didn't play the same video files that Vegan 5 played. I loaded up CM7 today and found the same thing. It's not nearly as laggy as the AOSP build, but still does not play video. I get volume, but no sound. Am I mistaken is thinking that we in fact have hardware acceleration now?
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Progress is being made but we aren't there yet. Did you try mobo player? Engage software decoding and you'll be good to go.
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I've been using RockPlayer and havent had any issues. Most notably for me though was YouTube HD videos now play with no lag.
I think Irs421 is right. Its progress but not complete hardware acceleration until Nvidia releases GB drivers I would guess.
I figured as much. Progress, even slow progress, is good. I'm liking CM7 so far any how.
Just got my T-Mobile G2X on October 18. My very first Android phone!
Played with it stock for two days, then backed it up, rooted it and flashed the latest CyanogenMod.
After installing about a dozen apps from the App Store and getting things nice and settled, I noticed that startup for my G2X was pretty slow, maybe around one minute? So, I plugged it into USB and ran Diskeeper. Told me fragmentation on the G2X internal drive was 1.41 (very high).
There is conflicting information out there about whether defragging an Android internal flash drive makes any difference. I shut down my G2X, restarted, then connected to USB and defragged the internal flash.
Boots to the lock screen in 22 seconds.
Never had to do that on my G2x and i'm running Cm7 Stable. And i can honestly say that boot-up was always less than 20 secs.
I think it may be a placebo effect since CM7 doesn't use the internal storage as the main storage, plus mine always boots in about 20 seconds.
Actually, mine did take a long time to startup. Maybe it was because I had done so much to it in a short period of time.
Just turned my phone off and timed it, exactly 20 seconds to lock screen. Running CM7 177 nightly.
Joseg1320 said:
...Running CM7 177 nightly.
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Sorry for the newbie question but... what does "CM7 177 nightly" mean?
I know CM7 = CyanogenMod 7.
EEngineer said:
Sorry for the newbie question but... what does "CM7 177 nightly" mean?
I know CM7 = CyanogenMod 7.
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http://cm-nightlies.appspot.com/?device=p999
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http://cm-nightlies.appspot.com/?device=p999
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O.K., so to update, I download the latest CM7 .ZIP to my SD card, then from ROM manager do Install from SD Card.
This will install the new CM7 firmware while keeping my phone's flash data intact.
Am I correct?
Another thing to remember, you can't use windows tools to defrag, (which personally I don't see the point in defragging a linux file system.) The filesystem that is used by android on our phones is ext4. (ext3 for stock) Windows can't even read the filesystems for the most part, so all you did was defrag the internal sd card memory, (which on cm7 is at /mnt/emmc), didn't do anything with the filesystem.
Android, especially on a new install, takes a while to settle down. You usually can't gauge speed for a day or two, because you need to fully create the dalvik-cache. Once that happens, then see how fast it loads up.
EEngineer said:
O.K., so to update, I download the latest CM7 .ZIP to my SD card, then from ROM manager do Install from SD Card.
This will install the new CM7 firmware while keeping my phone's flash data intact.
Am I correct?
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Yeah it will flash the newest version of CM7 while still keeping your apps and data.
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App
Thanks!
Seems that if these are the recent stable releases:
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=p999&type=stable
I'll stick with stable releases until I get to know Android better.
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Thanks!
Seems that if these are the recent stable releases:
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=p999&type=stable
I'll stick with stable releases until I get to know Android better.
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The newest nightlies are ahead of the stable releases.
You can follow the progress here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108201
I don't flash the nightlies one after another when a new one comes out. I'm still on Nightly 177 and I have no problems with it, so I still have it on my phone.
But if you have problems with your phone, you can try flashing the newest nightly.
Here you can see the what has been added to the newest nightly.
http://cm-nightlies.appspot.com/?device=p999
Do the nightlies include the Google apps?
What about my installed apps? And I have one paid app (ROM Manager) and want to flash so I don't lose it.
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Do the nightlies include the Google apps?
What about my installed apps? And I have one paid app (ROM Manager) and want to flash so I don't lose it.
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Paid apps stay in the market. Cm7 does not include gapps and must be flashed seperately.
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Do the nightlies include the Google apps?
What about my installed apps? And I have one paid app (ROM Manager) and want to flash so I don't lose it.
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Once you flash CM7 for the first time onto your phone, you have to also flash the Google apps because they don't come with CM7, but you only have to do that once. When you flash a nightly you still keep all your apps including Google apps.
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Just got my T-Mobile G2X on October 18. My very first Android phone!
Played with it stock for two days, then backed it up, rooted it and flashed the latest CyanogenMod.
After installing about a dozen apps from the App Store and getting things nice and settled, I noticed that startup for my G2X was pretty slow, maybe around one minute? So, I plugged it into USB and ran Diskeeper. Told me fragmentation on the G2X internal drive was 1.41 (very high).
There is conflicting information out there about whether defragging an Android internal flash drive makes any difference. I shut down my G2X, restarted, then connected to USB and defragged the internal flash.
WOW! Boots to the lock screen in 22 seconds!
I recommend defragging your Android internal flash.
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You don't need to defrag a Linux-based system. The internal memory that application saw as being fragmented was likely the "internal sdcard" partition which has nothing to do with your system booting.
When you flash a new rom, the first boot takes significantly longer because it has to build the dalvik cache. Its only on the first boot that it takes that long, or possibly on the boot after installing or restoring several apps. All subsequent boots will be much quicker. Mine boots in less than 20 seconds and I have several dozens of apps installed.
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Once you flash CM7 for the first time onto your phone, you have to also flash the Google apps because they don't come with CM7, but you only have to do that once. When you flash a nightly you still keep all your apps including Google apps.
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O.K., so, I've already flashed CM7 7.1.0.1 (Oct 11). I installed the Google Apps after that, and two T-Mobile apps (from .apk) off my backup.
So now if I flash Nightly 177 over my existing install, I keep all my existing apps. Do I use ROM Manager to update to Nightly 177, or do I boot into ClockworkMod Recovery and flash Nightly 177 from there?
When I tried to download from ROM Manager, I got a popup that said "install additional update zips off the sd card?" I can't find any explanation for that - what is it asking for and I do need it?
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I don't flash the nightlies one after another when a new one comes out. I'm still on Nightly 177 and I have no problems with it, so I still have it on my phone.
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The last stable release still does not support HDMI.
Does Nightly 177 support the G2X's HDMI interface?
FYI, the first boot will always take long because the system has to build the cache, I think. Something like that
Any reboots following the initial boot should be fairly quick
Hi Guys,
I'm running the 21y update for my G2x and not Cyanogen MOD. Maybe Cyanogen Mod 7 is stable on a G2x, but CM9 is awful on my Dell Streak 7 (much better after dropping trebuchet 0.1 and switching to ADW Launcher), so I'm apprehensive about trying it. However, it takes roughly 3 minutes to boot my phone and it's very annoying. Is it possible I've configured it to rebuild my dalvik cache at every boot? How would I check that? Any other suggestions? Is there a boot log with the program being loaded and the load times?
Thanks,
Christian Blackburn
Hey all, buying an XT720 today.
Looking to get it up from 2.1
What is the most stable update at the moment?
I have done CM 6.1 on a HTC Dream, was pretty happy with it.. would like to get up to 2.3 on this..
Suggestions? I am using Wind Mobile in Canada for this phone if it makes a difference.
James
Hi
Their are choices cm6 is very stable
I would try flfalcon cm7.
Their are J.Y.Daddy cm7 these were made for the motorio to use these you would need to apply bootfix.
J.Y.Daddy even ported miui ics 4.01.
You need check out the development page.
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I also have a list of most of the ROMs and their +/-'s. Ill find the link and post it. I'm mobile now so can't find it that way.
Im on wind also and i truthfully find bravo the best.... everything is really stable and HD cam and whatnot works
Here is a somewhat dated list but a list nonetheless and here is the thread it came from.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1298208
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There are a host or ROMs for this phone right now and it is quite hard to narrow down to "The Best". Each as their own +/-'s and while one might be a monster in speed, it might have poor muti-tasking or bad camera. Here are some of the ROMs we have and some of the +/-'s they have (not all, just some +/-'s).
In no particular order other than the top came out first and bottom is the latest.
2.1 Stock - Came with the phone. You can falsh via RSDlite the sbf file for your region.
2.1 Stock~ESB (Eclair Strikes Back) - Same as above, but has aorking app2ext, camera, FM Radio. Still it is 2.1
Dexters 2.2 with MZ patch - First successful attempt to port 2.2 to our phones. All features of 2.2 but camera is sketch and FM radio doesn't work (unless you apply FJfalcon radio patch but then it is still loud), media button doesn't work.
Kahlpower's V2/3/4 - Optimized version of Dexters. Same issues as above but is more stable and generally was the choice as a "home" ROM for many users. I have my wife on this one as we speak. Low maintenance, a good everyday driver. Has App2ext/ Link2sd, native Froyo App2sd.
Cincinnati Bell's "official" 2.2 - More or less a glorified version of Dexters 2.2 but I think the Mioz7AE found a "listening" script that may or may not send info back to developer. I would stay away from this one. Plenty more to choose from.
Wanhu 2.2 (also Wanhu's Kahl's Optimized) - Korean port of 2.2. FM radio and camera does work. Number formatting is off. App2ext works fine as does native Froyo app2sd.
XDA Special/ Hellmonger Edition - This was moveing really well and then Hellmonger's phone crapped out on him and his carrier gave him an HTC Penache, so no more support for this one. But is DOES work and worth a try.
CM6 - our developer Mioze7Ae's masterpiece (for now until he moves on to something else) All the features of CM6, including themer. Has App2ext and Link2sd.
WIPs
Brianlili's Brovo 2.2 - This one is almost done, jsut a few little thing to finish it off.
JYDaddy's CM7 (nightly/ HoNo/ iceandfire...)
FJfalcon's CM7.1 (make massive progress daily on this one as it is being built from source).
Like I said there are +/-'s to each but the are all spelled out for you in the OP of each thread. Plus, unlike other phone forums, we actually answer your questions and dont respond with, "search".
Good luck and remember to always BACK UP.
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S7icky said:
Im on wind also and i truthfully find bravo the best.... everything is really stable and HD cam and whatnot works
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Where is this Bravo??
Also I have rooted..
but I have not found a good guide on Openrecovery. (EDIT) got this done, went through ADB shell.
I unzip the the openrecovery to the sd card.. gives me openrecovery.zip a directory and an images directory.
SO then to flash a new rom I just put the .zip file in the updates directory.. and bingo bongo?
Going to try Cyanogenmod 7.1 first.. not sure where to find the brovo? bravo? mentioned.
James
Custom Recovery is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242259
Bravo is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332410
All ROMs and Mods are in the Dev thread.
I vote for CM6 RC3 / RC4
it's by far the most stable & fast which allows you to run most resources intensive games
AllGamer said:
I vote for CM6 RC3 / RC4
it's by far the most stable & fast which allows you to run most resources intensive games
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I might give this a try next.. I have bravo tweeked out.. and I like it for the most part.. but there are somethings that dont seem to work as well as my G1.
I will just save my current phone in nand and then I can just reload it all back in - correct??
James
Yes
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this one fjfalcon's CM7 , http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350453
Nandroid and battery
I just bought an XT720 (Rooted and unlocked)
Is there any way to change the battery level increments from 10% to something more exact like 5% and how do we create a Nandroid back up?
I also want to install bravo2.2 do I need to do a factory reset before installing this rom?
I am running stock rom 2.1
Well if its Rooted, then you should have Open Recovery on it.
When you boot the phone hold VOL up and it will boot in OR...
or when you power off.. it should give you the option to reboot into RECOVERY.
There are lots of threads on here about OR .. but if you follow the menus you should be fine.. on an XT720 you push the camera button (big one) to accept a selection in the OR menu.
You can back up - which will save EVERYTHING.. a Nandroid backup is the best thing to store away somewhere should you mess up your phone.
YES you will have to loose everything when switching from 2.1 to (anything else)
If you are just updating to a newer build of something you put on.. then no.
You do the RESET and clear caches etc.. in OR.
Do a search its all on here .. usually the first page of whatever rom you want to TRY.
Have fun.
James
Thanks for the reply, time to install some rom's
Hilarious...after wading thru a few hundred pages of replies on this phone and the various roms, I completely missed your thread here James which is about as close to what I'm trying to accomplish as imaginable..
I posted some of my saga over here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399242
Do you mind me asking James/BikerBob...how did you make out? Anything I should know (if you have a sec read my long winded post lol!)
Did you have 3G/Wifi switching issues with stock, or maybe you didn't bother testing that / noticed it..before rooting I mean..
thnks!
(don't know if mods merge threads in this forum but mine is probably a candidate! sorry!)
racer321 said:
I just bought an XT720 (Rooted and unlocked)
Is there any way to change the battery level increments from 10% to something more exact like 5% and how do we create a Nandroid back up?
I also want to install bravo2.2 do I need to do a factory reset before installing this rom?
I am running stock rom 2.1
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No, kernal(maybe driver) can't support 5% or 1% percentage battery level.
OK, so I decided that changing the SD card to a class 10 might help app usage ..
I copied the old sd card to the new one.. and if I try and get into OR .. I get the exclimation mark in triangle instead of the OR logo.
What do I need to do to get back into OR? do I need to RE-Root?
James
If you don't have it already, grab Mioze's modded OR for the xt720 & follow the instructions. If that's all you did was to switch sdcards there should be no need to redo everything.
Sorry, never mind the OR issue, my bad.
I have played with this too much.. lol.. get things mixed up..
I had the OpenRecovery.zip from one version mixed with the directory of the other..
Jezz
OR runs from the files on the sdcard (the openrecovery folder & openrecovery.zip) if something is corrupted (or missing) you wont be able to boot into OR.
Hello. I recently had a mishap where my xoom was low on space and i tried creating a nandroid which actually let to a boot loop followed by a loss of all my data. Is there any way to use fastboot to create a nandroid backup directly to a pc? If not there should be a way to do so. Also, what's the best backup tool for data if you're switching roms and don't want to lose your app data? Finally, is anyone here familiar with using both kang CM9 and Team EOS nightlies? Which one is more compatible with apps? I only have a wifi xoom so I don't exactly need 3g support or anything super elaborate. Any help here? Thanks guys.
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Hello. I recently had a mishap where my xoom was low on space and i tried creating a nandroid which actually let to a boot loop followed by a loss of all my data. Is there any way to use fastboot to create a nandroid backup directly to a pc? If not there should be a way to do so. Also, what's the best backup tool for data if you're switching roms and don't want to lose your app data? Finally, is anyone here familiar with using both kang CM9 and Team EOS nightlies? Which one is more compatible with apps? I only have a wifi xoom so I don't exactly need 3g support or anything super elaborate. Any help here? Thanks guys.
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First off. Wrong section.
Second no there is no way to backup directly to the PC.
Third. The best backup option is titanium backup along with Rogue Recovery because it won't wipe /data/media when you do a data wipe.
Lastly. I've heard that cm9 has better compatibility with gameloft games. Those are the only apps that I've seen have problems on Eos.
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Ah. Just like a noob I saw the sticky about how questions posted here will be deleted. Sorry. Won't make this mistake again. Thanks for answering my questions.
Like d3athsd00r mentioned, the Gameloft games seem to be the only ones that don't run on the EOS ROM, but I believe that has been resolved as of the last few nightly instllments. To tell you the truth both the EOS and CM9 ROMS are super excellent choices. At this point, they both have pretty much resolved most if not all of the most common major issues, and are both pretty stable, so it really boils down to what you prefer as a priority. For example the EOS ROM has overclocking built-in which isn't on CM9, but then CM9 has Trebuchet which gives really nice customization for your homepage, and they have this nice feature where you can kill an app by double-clicking the back button (which can be enabled/disabled) at anytime. Also, CM9 has some sort of GPU acceleration capability. Also their boot animation is pretty cool, but then again, this can easily be changed with your own or stock. Honestly, I go back and forth with each since both are tremendously excellent ROMS. Both teams are brilliant developers. Right now, I'm on EOS since it seems to give me a better Antutu benchmark score (performance-wise) on my wifi XOOM.
I've searched myself for any ideas on how to backup to a PC. I think theoretically it can be done through Android SDK, but probably no one's bothered to tinker with that idea since nowadays microSD cards are getting so much cheaper. I just purchased a Lexar 32GB class 10 for $40 US, and it works like a charm (plenty of space for my backups).
Just a verification. I am running eos nightly 40 now, and can run gameloft games.
Also bootanimation.zip is located under system/media and can be changed using root explorer. Help me, I can't stop flashing new builds...
Wow. That's great to hear. I should try out nightly #40.
One more thing I forgot to mention, is that I heard that previously the 2 ROMS had an issue where the 2 CPU cores were not in sync where one would be running at a certain frequency, but after the screen goes out, and comes up again, the 2nd core would drag (not the same frequency as the 1st core), which could affect app and overall performance. I confirmed that the CM9 ROM has resolved this issue, but I'm still not sure if the EOS ROM has addressed it yet.
solarnz himself said that this is purely a cosmetic issue and doesn't affect performance at all. Just in case that makes a difference.
akurup said:
Just a verification. I am running eos nightly 40 now, and can run gameloft games.
Also bootanimation.zip is located under system/media and can be changed using root explorer. Help me, I can't stop flashing new builds...
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I tried swapping the bootanimation.zip file in /system/media using the Root Explorer app & a zip file that I downloaded off the EOS thread, but it won't let me overwrite the current bootanimation.zip file.Could it be perhaps a permissions issue? I'm using nightly #39 w/ GAPPS 10.3 & for sure it's rooted so why won't it allow me to overwrite the file? Any suggestions?
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I tried swapping the bootanimation.zip file in /system/media using the Root Explorer app & a zip file that I downloaded off the EOS thread, but it won't let me overwrite the current bootanimation.zip file.Could it be perhaps a permissions issue? I'm using nightly #39 w/ GAPPS 10.3 & for sure it's rooted so why won't it allow me to overwrite the file? Any suggestions?
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Just put it in /data/local. It will work there and you don't have to overwrite anything.
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