ok so my wife is getting frustrated with the bloatware/sense reboots on the mt4gs....(I have stressed to her the importance of backing out of apps the correct way and not task killing but I guess old habits die hard...)
At any rate I'm researching/reading through the threads on here and I've got just a few questions that I haven't seen come up yet (in the same iteration that I'm thinking of)
- How much different is this phone from the Sensation z710e? (aside from screen size & physical keyboard)
- I'd like to just root and remove the bloatware and keep the phone stock (no rom install) [ok, she would like it to stay stock, I'm leaning towards bulletproof myself] so the question is:
Is it possible to stay with factory settings after rooting (s-off)/de-bloating this phone so that she can continue to receive o.t.a updates? (odds are though that o.t.a updates may put her to s-on again, possibly)
- Is there a way to exit the internet browser and have it reset, i.e: press home screen after browsing, then go back into internet and have the home screen come up and not last viewed site?
- sorry for my long winded statement/questions I just kind of think of way too many things at once.
- FWIW, the h-boot is 1.44.0007 so I'm fairly certain I'd have no issue using alapharev and the walkthrough guide on here to s-off and root.
- titanium backup is not recommended for the bulletproof rom? that sucks, but Blue must have his/her reasons. ( I think I'm misreading this but I'm not sure yet, there are a lot of 'link-to' posts in the first post of that thread)
- anyone know if any of the following apps aren't working with the themes or the rom? (yeah I know this would be better geared towards the Bp rom thread but why make two separate posts)
+handcent mms (used in place of stock messenger service)
+beautiful widgets HD
+live wallpapers in general
Sorry for the overly noobish-ness...please be gentle
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This is my main homescreen, I made a custom shortcut on adw launcher ex. Its a bookmark to google. I use that shortcut to get to google as my homepage, and I use the browser button on my main bar to open the internet into my last open website
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I don't think you will receive ota updates unless u are not rooted, however there are countless apps that will let you remove anything you want once you are rooted.
I would imagine that if you delete the stock messaging app and you are only left with handcent, it will take over everything automatically and you should have no issues... However I wouldn't try that until you made a nandroid backup in clockworkmod recovery
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Ota updates will always be posted onto the forums. The latest one turned the phone s-on and unrooted though, so I didn't try it
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Shroomster said:
ok so my wife is getting frustrated with the bloatware/sense reboots on the mt4gs....(I have stressed to her the importance of backing out of apps the correct way and not task killing but I guess old habits die hard...)
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I think on this one, the only way to solve it will be to stop using a task killer. You shouldn't be having any problems like this, certainly not to the point of being 'frustrated' with it, so it's pretty conclusive that the task killer is your issue.
The problem is that apps don't get to shut down correctly, any data in use either doesn't get cleared or becomes corrupted, and the longer this process continues the worse it gets.
I know it's hard to kill old habits, but she will continue to have a worse and worse Android experience on any device with any ROM as Android grows unless she stops using a task killer.
Shroomster said:
- I'd like to just root and remove the bloatware and keep the phone stock (no rom install) [ok, she would like it to stay stock, I'm leaning towards bulletproof myself] so the question is:
Is it possible to stay with factory settings after rooting (s-off)/de-bloating this phone so that she can continue to receive o.t.a updates? (odds are though that o.t.a updates may put her to s-on again, possibly)
...
- FWIW, the h-boot is 1.44.0007 so I'm fairly certain I'd have no issue using alapharev and the walkthrough guide on here to s-off and root.
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Yep, you should have no issues, it's pretty straightforward. You can just run the program, flash superuser and be done with it, but I would also recommend installing Rom manager from the market and updated your clockworkmod to the official one for the device.
Might as well update superuser too, but you can then leave it alone and call it done.
Will be stock and fine until an OTA is applied, then you'll probably lose root and possibly the ability to get it back.
You can install bloater and busybox (as per the bloater thread) and be able to remove stock stuff easily with it once you get root.
Shroomster said:
- titanium backup is not recommended for the bulletproof rom? that sucks, but Blue must have his/her reasons. ( I think I'm misreading this but I'm not sure yet, there are a lot of 'link-to' posts in the first post of that thread)
- anyone know if any of the following apps aren't working with the themes or the rom? (yeah I know this would be better geared towards the Bp rom thread but why make two separate posts)
+handcent mms (used in place of stock messenger service)
+beautiful widgets HD
+live wallpapers in general
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(he)
Some people have used titanium and it's been fine, i'm still on the fence about it.
Issue was I was changing a lot of things, and when people restored app data to things i've changed it caused problems - so the best way to handle that was to say don't use it.
I know the thread is long now for the Bulletproof ROM, but in it there are some pretty detailed instructions on how to use Titanium with the ROM that people generally agree upon. I've never tried it so can't say personally.
I'll eventually put it back in, but i'm pretty busy with work right now and getting time in my dev chair is hard - hopefully i'll get a break in my schedule so I can get some work done soon. You should be able to use it, just don't try to restore any data from another ROM or previous version of Bulletproof and you should be alright.
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Beautiful widgets HD and live wallpapers work fine, never used handcent so can't say, but don't see why it wouldn't work.
If it ends up not working, post in the thread and i'll fix it.
That right there is what makes xda great. ^^^^^
Thank you.
On a side note, the megaupload site was taken down....so I'm daring to ask the following question: the 'how-to-root guide >>>XDA LINK<<< said to d/l other files instead of the ones from alpharev's site.....they were hosted on megaupload. Now what ? lol
Why can't the files downloaded from alpharev's site work?
I see that in the link, the Op said that it is the adb tools for the MT4GS, why wouldn't the current adb tools I have work/ones d/l from alpharev's site?
I've always used the file from the author, I got it from them when it was first available, and just recently when a friend of mine got this phone.
Always works fine for me, and I would rather use the tool from the original author anyways generally speaking.
When you run Revolutionary tool, either install clockworkmod or not at your choosing, it doesn't matter because when you're done with it all you should go to the market and download ROM Manager. Then you can use it to upgrade or install your clockworkmod to the most recent version ( 5.0.2.7 ) directly, it will find the phone, download the right version, and install it for you. Couldn't be easier.
You do have to have superuser (root) access to use ROM Manager, so make sure to root it after running the Revolutionary tool.
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Hello,
This is a program that uses polling to check if tasks have been changed and then posts the changes to the homescreen. Written in managed C# code. We will start the most recent version as v0.0.1 because i have done several changes since the beginning of the project and none of them were documented we will consider this as the base version and will build from there.
---(VERSION 0.0.1.5)---
fixed problem from 0.0.1.4 were it would try to delete a registry key subtree that would not be there because it was the first time running the program.
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Windows Mobile 6.1 Enabled Smartphone
---(INSTALLATION)---
The One Step Installation
(since im new and don't know how to create a .cab its just an executable)
-unzip the .exe into a directory and execute.(Technically this could be 2 steps but im going to consolidate them into one because they are quite simple.)
---(CURRENTLY KNOWN PROBLEMS)---
Known problems that I am trying to work on.
-There have been accounts of the homescreen locking up with users using NRG Mini Weather.(Not sure if there could be a solution to this so if you have this program there may be possible problems. If you don't experience problems please leave comments.)
-When the selected task is selected and the middle button is pressed it takes the user to the tasks screen and not to the selected task.(Currently it is just executing the tasks.exe programn, but im still working on a way to change this).
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https://OpenSVN.csie.org/viewcvs.cgi/?root=ChomePlugin
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Upon request
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(and yes that plump bust is mine)
Could you please post a screen shot?!
Hey unknown man
about my previous post. I've got one real task, but there are three pages. one real task, and two that say 'create new task' this is on 0.0.0.9
I'll update and see what happens.
Screenshot of Task
Billyvnilly said:
Hey unknown man
about my previous post. I've got one real task, but there are three pages. one real task, and two that say 'create new task' this is on 0.0.0.9
I'll update and see what happens.
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I know the update fixed my problems but please respond as to if they had fixed yours please.
on Ricky's 1.6 remake of NRG's rom, the 1.5 really freezes everything. I put it on my phone, rebooted, opened file explorer, 1. the icon/Chomeplugin flickers like crazy, 2. the loading pie never disappears 3. when i click home, i can go back to the home screen, and the panel works great, my bug with the # of tasks shown is resolved. When I click edit task, it goes to tasks, 4. but as soon as i do anything (clicking on the tasks themselves, clicking menu button) Tasks freezes. 4. Celetask, file explorer, and Tasks are all frozen.
I'm gonna say that this app or vice versa the ROM are not ready for each other. What Rom you running unknownman? I may go back to Ricky Rom v24, I'm just unhappy with how many problems are in my current one.
[edit] a second reboot yields better results, it doesnt freeze anymore.
Billyvnilly said:
on Ricky's 1.6 remake of NRG's rom, the 1.5 really freezes everything. I put it on my phone, rebooted, opened file explorer, 1. the icon/Chomeplugin flickers like crazy, 2. the loading pie never disappears 3. when i click home, i can go back to the home screen, and the panel works great, my bug with the # of tasks shown is resolved. When I click edit task, it goes to tasks, 4. but as soon as i do anything (clicking on the tasks themselves, clicking menu button) Tasks freezes. 4. Celetask, file explorer, and Tasks are all frozen.
I'm gonna say that this app or vice versa the ROM are not ready for each other. What Rom you running unknownman? I may go back to Ricky Rom v24, I'm just unhappy with how many problems are in my current one.
[edit] a second reboot yields better results, it doesnt freeze anymore.
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the rom im using is the one that was stock with my Pantech Duo. So im not using any cooked roms.
Unknownman, thanks so much for your hard work on this application! I will be installing this tomorrow hopefully and I will hopefully find some bugs for you to squash.
Also, very noobish question, but when you come out with a new version, do you just run the exe again, or have to uninstall the previous?
dcoaster said:
Unknownman, thanks so much for your hard work on this application! I will be installing this tomorrow hopefully and I will hopefully find some bugs for you to squash.
Also, very noobish question, but when you come out with a new version, do you just run the exe again, or have to uninstall the previous?
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As it currently stands when you need to get a new version either reboot your phone or shut down the app by creating a task with the subject line of "shutdown" without the quotes. Ill add that to the instructions when i release a new version.
Things are going great on 0.0.1.5 (?). Quick question though; I use Agenda One to handle tasks and such. Is there a way to allow the tasks panels to link to Agenda One's task creator/manager instead of the default WM task creator/manager?
Another quick question: Does anyone know how to set WM to look beyond "tomorrow" for appointments? It would be nice if we can set how many days in advance to see the upcoming appointments. I used Facade previously, but it doesn't work with the Sliding Panels. Any ideas?
Just a quick note. I have created tasks but once they have been completed, they do not disappear from the panels. Is this still a problem?
Ummm... i dont believe this was ever a problem. If you could please check to see if the ChomePlugin.exe is still running in the processes on your task manager in you phone. Could you also please explain if you are using a third party app for task support or if you have any other 3rd party apps running like NRG. Thanks.
Ahh, yes, that was the problem. The Chome plugin wasn't running. However, when I go to launch ChomePlugin.exe through Resco Explorer, the wheel just spins and doesn't go away. The program still launches because it is working, but I'm not sure if this is supposed to stay like that or not. I don't have NRG loaded. I do use Agenda One for calendar/contacts/tasks, etc.
Another quick thing. When I go into Chome Configurator, it get an invalid operation exception message. Any ideas? Thanks!
Justa quick note. I am getting an error coming up saying "ChomePlugin.exe experienced an error. Plase restart the program." The details are "IndexOutOfRangeException at CHomePlugin.TempTask.CreateTempTask(Page p) at CHomePlugin.Program.run()" Trying to restart it gets the same message.
I will take a look at that... first of all could you tell me the tasks that you currently have shown on your task panel plugin because thats where the error is. And did you use ChomeConfigurator to edit any of the listed panels?
Here is what I had in the tasks section: One that ended today. One that had been completed a week ago. And one that is due 3 days from today. Clearing the one that ended today and the one completed a week ago allowed the program to run now. No program error anymore.
I used Chome Configurator to change the order of the panels but no new ones or changes to the details.
I tried this before when you introduced it in the Excalibur forum. Just tried it again to see how the update works, but it blanks out my homescreen. Wasnt there a companion app that refreshed the home screen?
I am currently going to hault updates on this application untill the new year because im going to learn mobile application development in C++. Shouldn't take me south of a month or two. Then i will be able to update the homescreen like NRG does without refreshing the whole homescreen. Ill keep everyone posted on any updates.
Thanks again for the support.(Even though I didn't collect my money from the people who said they would give $10...j/k)
It'd be great if we could work on this some more once you have some more time. Don't feel rushed, please... We know you are doing this on your own time.
Any more developments coming for this great app?
http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/motorola-droid/2477-download-froyo-2-2-your-motorola-droid.html
It's been done. I've been struggling with MD5 errors, so I have no experience to share yet.
I have been running Froyo on my Droid since yesterday. I was using a Jrummy remix rom prior to Froyo. Froyo is everything an Android owner can ask in a rom. It is extremely fast. I have set record scores with Quadrant(1464), Link(18.03mflops). The only draw back is the rom i was using previously had apps2sd and I was able to save all of my apps on my sd card and I did not use any phone memory. Froyo has this installed however the developers of the apps have to enable the ability to save apps2sd. Therefore, I had to severly cut back on all the apps I had loaded, but for the speed of the phone it is all worth it.
Developer Pete Alfonso is working on a Froyo version of Bugless Beast. Petes roms always bring the joy. More info;
http://alldroid.org/tabid/62/g/posts/m/1433/Froyo-Bugless-Beast-Info.aspx#post1433
Big reason I want Froyo up and running is the Bluetooth voicedial support. Unless we can somehow get it ported over from the Milestone...? That's my only complaint with 2.1. P3 kernels give me speed AND battery life on 2.1 so...
Bxrider117 said:
I have been running Froyo on my Droid since yesterday. I was using a Jrummy remix rom prior to Froyo. Froyo is everything an Android owner can ask in a rom. It is extremely fast. I have set record scores with Quadrant(1464), Link(18.03mflops). The only draw back is the rom i was using previously had apps2sd and I was able to save all of my apps on my sd card and I did not use any phone memory. Froyo has this installed however the developers of the apps have to enable the ability to save apps2sd. Therefore, I had to severly cut back on all the apps I had loaded, but for the speed of the phone it is all worth it.
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I'm currently getting 1641 on Quadrant. http://mychalhix.woodel.com/Android/pics/droid2.2.JPG
Linpack is at
MFLOPS:18.928
Time: 0.29Seconds
Norm Res: 3.36
Precision: 2.220446049250313E-16
I think my phone is freaking awesome now!
So happy for this Froyo release!
Just flawless.
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good thing I just got a moto droid from a former employee sent in. I cannot wait to give froyo a try (until I can get root on my incredible )
Titanium Backup will let you now load from sd
was wondering if anyone has had any problems installing this back up. Im using chmod recovery and i cant get past the error cant flash boot img. I would greatly appreciate any input.
Um, if I do this will I lose all my apps and such? And it says you loose wifi, do you actually loose the ability to use wifi?
Nevermind, im an idiot...
Shiny_Lucario said:
Um, if I do this will I lose all my apps and such? And it says you loose wifi, do you actually loose the ability to use wifi?
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You are wiping the phone, so everything on the phone is gone. Google should be backing up your info though (you have it checked in your system right?). Contacts are stored in Gmail, so those are safe.
WIFI was edited out of the initial release because it had the info of the developer/employee who owned this Release Candidate and they didn't want that getting back to their employer and costing them their job.
New kernals have been released allowing for overclocked speeds (up to 1200mhz) and Wifi.
I used Titanium Backup and restored my apps that way (because some have data that I've configured and didn't want to reconfigure) but after booting the first time in to 2.2 my phone was dog slow....I noticed it was re-downloading everything automatically that I had downloaded from the market on 2.1. After it fully synced it was flying.
Quadrant benchmark score of 758 @ 1200mhz on OS 2.1
Quadrant benchmark score of 1573 @ 1200mhz on OS 2.2
Do you have to reactivate your phone? And also my phone is unrooted, so I can't use titanium
Shiny_Lucario said:
Do you have to reactivate your phone? And also my phone is unrooted, so I can't use titanium
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if your phone is unrooted then you cant even flash this...
Ah, I was thinking it was a bit odd that nothing mentioned you needed your Droid to be rooted, I must have missed something... Anyway, I know you need to reactivate your phone to root it, and I've heard you just need to dial a number and select the first option, but one of my friends said they had to go through a ton of stuff to reactivate their phones. What exactly do you have to do?
Also, would Astro work fine for a backup program?
Been running it for two days now and loving the speed. The baseband is out. It requires you reactivate your phone which is as easy as dialing #228. I haven't loaded the newest baseband but will most likely do it tomorrow. Quadrant scores are insane. Still waiting for Jake's kernel for Froyo. I love being rooted
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You do not have to reactivate your phone after root. You do have to reactivate your phone after doing a baseband upgrade.
Astro will backup your apps but it does not restore the market links....so you don't get "update available" when in the market, so you will have to download each app.
Root is getting Superuser access to your phone, kind of like having the admin password to your computer. Changing out Roms, adding themes, etc...is stuff you can do after you gain root.
As for reactivating.....if your account is fine then it's just a matter of pressing "Activate" as presented to you and the pressing "1" and waiting.......until you hear "your phone has been successfully activated, goodbye".
Otherwise it's just dialing *228 then pressing "1".
tcrews said:
You do not have to reactivate your phone after root. You do have to reactivate your phone after doing a baseband upgrade.
Astro will backup your apps but it does not restore the market links....so you don't get "update available" when in the market, so you will have to download each app.
Root is getting Superuser access to your phone, kind of like having the admin password to your computer. Changing out Roms, adding themes, etc...is stuff you can do after you gain root.
As for reactivating.....if your account is fine then it's just a matter of pressing "Activate" as presented to you and the pressing "1" and waiting.......until you hear "your phone has been successfully activated, goodbye".
Otherwise it's just dialing *228 then pressing "1".
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Account meaning Gmail account?
Also, rooting doesn't clear your SD card right?
jcase said:
Just flawless.
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you crack me up, on an HTC forum no less
Hey guys, i've just sold my Omnia 2 for an Milestone (crappy OpenGL drivers from Samsung makes the O2 like sh1t with manilla...)...
I'm kinda new with android, but what is the main diference with Droid and Milestone?
Can I use the Droid 2.2 rom on the Milestone ? Or it means a phone-brick?
FRF91 Droid2 AOSP Final
A True Vanilla Froyo Expiernce For Your Droid2
By AngDroid, Matt4542 & Drod2169
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IRC:
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Thank you to all who tested. Now start getting your phones ready for the final build.
Themers:
Check Post #2 for a package of app & framework files. A good majority of the apps are from FRF91 Vanilla Android build so if you have packages that already work with that build then most should work here. Please make sure all packages are compatible. Please use the framework-res.apk provided since it is unique to this ROM. It is much different than the OEM Drodi2 packages.
ROM Developers:
Feel free to use this as a base for your own ROM. Please just respect us and give Matt, Drod and myself the proper credit and a link back to the threads.
History:
Being bored one day and sick of Blur with all the extra services I started to rip the ROM apart. Finally getting it as clean as I can and being forced to have a bit of blur I began a search on how to get rid of it all. I ended up on the MotoDev website to see what I can find when I bumped into the D2 SDK. Shockingly it was a plain vanilla build of Android. I thought why not and tried to boot it up. Ii did ( see first video here[/URL] ) with lots of bugs. The screen res as all off and we had no radio or many other hardware functions. On top of that it ran like a turtle stuck in some molasses. I sent a message of my my buddy Matt4542 and our journey began. From there Drod and I hooked up and now we have this. It has been a long rough week getting this sucker to where it is now. It was fun, frustrating and we nearly killed each other a few times but all ended well since we have a great finished project.
We kind of built AOSP ROM by hand. Some may say it is not a true AOSP ROM but it is. There is no difference between this build and a true AOSP ROM besides any tweaks that the developer may add when creating a ROM from source. We had no choice to do it this way since Moto locked us out of the bootloader (for now and next project). Many of the apps are built from source. About 90% of the app folder is built from source. We added some packages from the D2 that are a bit better and required for hardware reasons. There is NO Blur left in the ROM but for a moto-res.apk file that is required by the framework.
What will this ROM do?
It will give you a true Android Vanilla experience much in the same way the Original Droid (OD) did. It is not loaded with bloatware and everything functions as it should. Facebook will sync with your contacts and you will not have all of your memory being used by wasteful stuff on top of much more. Your phone will run more smoothly and feel a lot faster.
What can you do to help?
The most important thing is to provide feedback. When reporting bugs please be clear and with detailed explanation. Do not say this does not work and leave it that. The more feedback you provide will make it easier and quicker for us to kill any bugs. You may also give us a small donation to help with our continuing development of ROM and *POSSIBLY* get this bootlader cracked. It cannot be done with one device. I have a couple of friends who have experience with low level programming of chips and with their help maybe it can get done. They are Blackberry guys and not going to buy a device just for this. This is nothing more than a promise that it will be tried. I cannot say when and IF it can be done so please keep the questions to a minimum about it. If the project takes off then I will have updates. You can donate to the project by clicking HERE.
Install Instructions: - YOU MUST FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS!!!
BACKUP your phone using Bootstrap before installing any ROMs so you can go back to your current setup if anything fails.
Pre-Installation Tasks:
Before you install this ROM or any ROM you will need to have root and have Bootstrap on your phone. You can find out how to do all that HERE.
BACKUP your phone using Bootstrap before installing any ROMs so you can go back to your current setup if anything fails. Notice I said that TWICE!!!
Download and place ROM on SD Card
Open Bootstrap and tap Bootstrap Recovery
Reboot into Recovery
Create Backup
Mount System
Wipe Cache -You may choose not to wipe but MAY have problems
Wipe Data - You may choose not to wipe but MAY have problems
Mount System and Data - Yes double check that both are MOUNTED (Reads UNMOUNT when MOUNTED)
Install Zip from SD Card
Choose Zip from SD Card
Select your ROM
Yes - Install
Wipe Cache Again - You may choose not to wipe but MAY have problems
Wipe Data Again - You may choose not to wipe but MAY have problems
Perform a Factory Reset through Android - Settings > Privacy > Factory Data Reset. Wiping Cache and Data from recovery is not enough.
Reboot
Enjoy!
Download HERE
Themes:
Themers:
App & Framework Files - Please only use these files to create your themes. This ROM is unique to the combo of files.
Black (HTC) Status Bar
Droid 2 Theme
Add-Ons: - Install - Do not wipe anything. Just mount system, select your zip file and install.
On Screen Keyboard
Droid 2 Multi -Touch Keyboard
Android Keyboard - Default with ROM
Gallery
Droid 2 Gallery
Android Gallery - Default with ROM
Bugs:
Compass Calibrate FC in settings. - No Fix yet.
HotFix:
AOSP Dialer working now
Download HERE
Please donate to project so I can get this ROM up 100% on both devices
holding for later so sgrg
You have no idea how anxious I am to try this. Soon as I get home its going on. Thanks!
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I'll be the first to ask - do we need to do all of the wipes if we are upgrading from RC1?
is this the final build?? cause its version 1.0 and are you guys going to provide ota updates?? other than that rom looks AWESOME
Appreciate the hard work guys!
Works great! So much better than the stock D2 ROM.
Cell standby is still an issue
So far so good.
Only two minor things. There is no easy to get to end-call button, which you already know about, and it seems like there is not speech to text support. Not that I really use speech to text, but it could come in handy.
Edit: Nevermind. Might just need to enable it in settings.
Contact Ringtones still don't work
Otherwise, it's gRRRRRRRRReat!
Seems like some bad blood brewing over this ROM on the droidforums page for it. AngDroid/MotoBoy, we all greatly appreciate your work (you too Matt4542! (and anyone else who doesn't get as much time in the lime light!)). As long as you are satisfied with the outcome of the ROM we all appreciate you sharing it with us. Just ignore the lamers that expect you to jump at their every beck and call. It's the first AOSP type ROM for the Droid 2, very first of it's kind for a very locked down phone, which in and of itself is a great accomplishment. If you ever fix anything in Fission, great, if not, I'll continue to look forward to what you develop in the future.
I'm still also curious about your twitter post from the other day, talking about your new Fusion ROM series. Interested to see how that one differs from both stock and Fission.
I am getting the USB problem like I was getting in Beta II. It would connect fine when I first loaded the rom up, and then half the day would pass by and then I can't connect the phone to the computer. Kind of weird. Pretty sure that I can charge from the wall. Just not sure why the USB isn't working.
darkonion said:
I am getting the USB problem like I was getting in Beta II. It would connect fine when I first loaded the rom up, and then half the day would pass by and then I can't connect the phone to the computer. Kind of weird. Pretty sure that I can charge from the wall. Just not sure why the USB isn't working.
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I wonder if it's something underlying with your phone that's causing that issue. You'd think if it were a common bug you'd see other users complaining about it (as this thread on droid forums is about 8 pages long at this point). Given that it's you, who wrote the tutorials for some of the early D2 stuff, I have no doubt you followed all the steps for installing the ROM. Did you happen to SBF and start stock before going to Fission? I wonder if it could have resulted from flashing over another ROM. Very strange issue though, when I get a good chance to roll my phone up to Fission 1.0 I'll see if I experience the same thing (Thursday is probably a good day to flash, too many phone calls I can't miss between then and now).
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I wonder if it's something underlying with your phone that's causing that issue. You'd think if it were a common bug you'd see other users complaining about it (as this thread on droid forums is about 8 pages long at this point). Given that it's you, who wrote the tutorials for some of the early D2 stuff, I have no doubt you followed all the steps for installing the ROM. Did you happen to SBF and start stock before going to Fission? I wonder if it could have resulted from flashing over another ROM. Very strange issue though, when I get a good chance to roll my phone up to Fission 1.0 I'll see if I experience the same thing (Thursday is probably a good day to flash, too many phone calls I can't miss between then and now).
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Before concluding the phone I would ask if it were happening before this rom. Have you tried any other usb mode to see if it recognizes it? I'm sure you have because you are darkonion...
wsfanatic said:
Works great! So much better than the stock D2 ROM.
Cell standby is still an issue
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How is it an issue? If your phone is on for 10 hours and you use cell for 1 hour of course it is going to eat the greatest percentage of battery use. The issue is the time is off now and then.
one. said:
Contact Ringtones still don't work
Otherwise, it's gRRRRRRRRReat!
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We tested this on IRC and it is working for everyone who tested.
if ud like a phone apk like this hit me up with a pm and ill send it to u
Does this ROM contain the ability to link contacts?
The reason I ask is because there are a few facebook contacts of mine that do not list their numbers on their profile but I have their numbers in my phone book. And when I installed Fission RC1, Facebook will list them as a contact but will not show them with the profile and with phone numbers I have in my phone. I recall being able to have that ability to link contacts in the stock D2 rom. Is this feature part of the Blur crap?
It really wouldn't even be an issue if the Facebook contacts were not read-only. I'd just add the numbers to their contact information on the phone then... But I can't. Go Facebook.
Go to the contact u want. Hit menu>edit then hit menu>join then u can pick the facebook contact u want to link it to
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whezzel said:
if ud like a phone apk like this hit me up with a pm and ill send it to u
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Do the sliders work on incoming call? If so can you pm me a link to it please. Does the call log work?
whezzel said:
Go to the contact u want. Hit menu>edit then hit menu>join then u can pick the facebook contact u want to link it to
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And I spent hours looking for this option and it was right in front of my face.. Figures.
Ya learn something new everyday.... Thanks!
and before anyone says do a search, i've already done that and they all point to the same useless crap about downloading pdanet or some other app to tether.
i've done it before but for the life of me can't remember how it was done without having to use an app or the hot spot feature. i'm in an office and don't need everyone seeing the SSID and tethering is much faster than hot spot.
my phone is rooted so that's done and i can use the hot spot feature which works fine but when i tick the "usb tethering" checkbox to tether it doesn't work. wtf am i doing wrong? this is frustrating the hell out of me.
do i need to download some extra drivers or is there something else i need to check off or enable to make this thing work? HELP!!!
If you are already rooted all you have to do is download Titanium Backup Root from the market. Then run it, and find a program in the list called tethering manager and REMOVE it. It will be a system file and will tell you as such. Remove it anyhow and the stock tethering program will work fine.
I will be no help, but for those that can help it would be nice if you included more info
What rom are you running?
What kernel?
Or are you just stock rooted? If stock rooted froyo or gingerbread?
Provide as much info as possible, more is better than not enough. Again can't help you figure this out as I've never tried to tether...but I hope someone can help you figure this out
Sent from my SGH-I997 using XDA
MrBooMY said:
If you are already rooted all you have to do is download Titanium Backup Root from the market. Then run it, and find a program in the list called tethering manager and REMOVE it. It will be a system file and will tell you as such. Remove it anyhow and the stock tethering program will work fine.
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I'm in it now and don't see any apps called tethering manager.
mg2195 said:
I will be no help, but for those that can help it would be nice if you included more info
What rom are you running?
What kernel?
Or are you just stock rooted? If stock rooted froyo or gingerbread?
Provide as much info as possible, more is better than not enough. Again can't help you figure this out as I've never tried to tether...but I hope someone can help you figure this out
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ROM: Infused V2.2.3
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-I997RUXKG3-CL366622
Not stock rooted and the Infused version I'm using is GB.
Its there... where are you looking?
I was able to find it under Backup/Restore..
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Open TB (Titanium Backup)
Click top middle tab labeled "Backup & Restore"
Find tethering manager (light switch icon)
Tap it, then tap "Backup!"
Tap "Uninstall!"
Long press your home button
Tap "Task Manager" and END anything tethering related
try to tether,enjoy
p.s.
Being rooted you should already have TB installed and have a backup...i learned the hard way
drnecropolis said:
Its there... where are you looking?
I was able to find it under Backup/Restore..
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tripartist1 said:
Open TB (Titanium Backup)
Click top middle tab labeled "Backup & Restore"
Find tethering manager (light switch icon)
Tap it, then tap "Backup!"
Tap "Uninstall!"
Long press your home button
Tap "Task Manager" and END anything tethering related
try to tether,enjoy
p.s.
Being rooted you should already have TB installed and have a backup...i learned the hard way
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Sorry, guys, but I just checked and there is nothing in there called "tethering manager." Am I supposed to download this or should it just come with the ROM?
The only things I have listed in the "T" section is Task Manager, Tip N Split (cause I'm a damn good tipper), Translate, TTS Service 2.3.3, TwLauncher 2.3.3 and TwWallpaperChooser 1.0.
I've even done the filter to find anything with just "teth" or "tet" but still nothing.
As a last resort, I uninstalled TB and re-installed but still nothing. This sucks major balls!
update 1:
After doing some more digging, I checked the network connections in the control panel on my laptop, and it looks like I'm connected when I check the "USB tethering" feature on my phone but there is still no internet access. What could be causing this?
I've already checked the IP settings which are set to dynamic and my firewall is disabled so that's not the issue. I'm sure it's something simple but I can't figure it out.
Here's a screen shot of what I'm showing:
If you cant find tether manager in titanium backup then maybe try a factory reset and then see if it appearsjust to let you know our infuse custom roms tether and mobile hotspot far better then stock, and tethering manager is not included in any custom roms that I've ever seen.cm7 works the best for me but many of them work great ..trust me I play MW3 on Xbox live all night sometimes with solid connection.....read the stickies and FAQs in the dev forum if you want to flash some custom roms. Your missing out on some greatness
On my phone you have to connect and wait for about a solid minute before it works. Try waiting longer.
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In my titanium backup I have to go into "batch" then freeze Alps and when it goes to the screen where it shows all of my apparently listed I can see it when I scroll way down, just another thing you could try
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I have been seeing a lot about TB and am wondering how useful the pro version is over the basic version for a noob that is just playing around trying to find the best ROM to do what i want while still liking the looks of it. I am using a Samsung Infuse4G that presently hasCM7 installed. I use both Google's Play and the Amazon App store for my apps. I would not even be looking past CM7 right now if it allowed my Bluetooth to work as the tethering portions of it are great. based on all of this, which Titanium would be best and why?
Thanks,
Gary
Tether Manager issue
I have also been dealing with this issue. In some custom ROMs the tethering manager does not show up in TB so you cannot remove it. In others I have removed it and yet the tethering still does not work. This does get confusing for those of us that are not developers and are just learning how to root and load custom ROMs. Is there an easy way to tell if tethering will work before one goes through the process of downloading and flashing all of these different ROMs? I like CM7 the best, but it has no BT so I am looking for something close to it in function that has both.
Thanks,
Gary
dadofsix said:
I have also been dealing with this issue. In some custom ROMs the tethering manager does not show up in TB so you cannot remove it. In others I have removed it and yet the tethering still does not work. This does get confusing for those of us that are not developers and are just learning how to root and load custom ROMs. Is there an easy way to tell if tethering will work before one goes through the process of downloading and flashing all of these different ROMs? I like CM7 the best, but it has no BT so I am looking for something close to it in function that has both.
Thanks,
Gary
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If tetheringmanager has already been removed (which is the case for most custom firmwares), wifi tethering SHOULD work.
Tethering Manager
That is what I thought I was told, but it is not working. It still says you need a tethering plan from your carrier. Call 611 to arrange for one, or some such message. Is there something else that needs to be done as well? Also, what about USB tethering? What needs to be changed to let this work?
dadofsix said:
That is what I thought I was told, but it is not working. It still says you need a tethering plan from your carrier. Call 611 to arrange for one, or some such message. Is there something else that needs to be done as well? Also, what about USB tethering? What needs to be changed to let this work?
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I was hunting around and found this thread and was looking for some answers?
And at the end of your question the thread just ? stops. did you ever get a answer to your problem?
Or did this thread get moved to a different folder?
I had been trying to help my SO get her recently (me) rooted infuse to tether so I got fairly familiar with how to do it. Not cause I'm an expert but cause I read the crap out of all threads.
It's on your phone and you just need to clk a couple more locations to get to it.
If your still looking to resolve it answer back in this thread.
I was able to do usb tethering on Aeon rom based on GB without 3rd party app.
1. Set phone to debug mode.
2. Settings>wireless & network> tethering and portable hotspots>check the usb tethering.
3. now i can browse the net on pc using data plan of my phone.
hope it will help.
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Do you have the Samsung drivers installed on your computer?
Hi guys, i know this has been done before, what elements of a stock ROM can be removed safely...
I aways used stock debloated ROMs, done by hand w Titanium Backup, after the latest 4.0.4 update i did the same thing.
First time i loaded TB i believe it read 207 elements, i deleted everything i dont use, and i know it not mess up my phone... at the end, after many weeks of freezing/deleting 1-2 elements at a time (so i can determime what i delete wont cause any problems) i was left with only 41 elements! 165+ frozen/deleted !!!
First of all, before you start anything, back up your ROM with CWM or TB.
Second, use your brain and common sence... if you use Swype, dont uninstall it etc... i dont so i removed it...
BEFORE YOU FREEZE/DELETE ANYTHING, MAKE SURE IS A SERVICE YOU DO NOT USE, CLICK ON EVERY ELEMENT YOU ARE PLANNING TO DISABLE, THEN CLICK ON ITS NAME IN THAT WINDOW THAT POPS UP, AND LOOK AT THE APP NAME OF THAT ELEMENT, MOST OF THE TIME THAT WILL GIVE YOU MUCH BETTER IDIA OF WHAT SERVICE IS CONNECTED TO.
For example, i do not synch my google calendar, thefore i dont need that element, so i deleted "GoogleCalendaySynch" app element, but probably most of you do...
What i am trying to say is, do not blindly go and delete everything i have removed, some thing you might use will stop working.
Besides that, its a absolutely fully functional ROM with minimal bloatware, exeptional battery life, very fast boot and small footprint as a CWM backup file.
Below you see Screenshots of 5 pages Titanium Backup of what i have left on my ROM, and i want to insure you, it works just fine, but is very snappy, loads much quicker on phone startup, and a CWM backup is only 382MB
Battery life is very much improved, as you can see in the screenshot after the original post, i charged my phone, unplugged it, and went to sleep, phone was in service, absolutely normal state, only lost 4% overnight in 8 hrs! that is 0.5% per hour... i dont think there is a possible lower overnight drain that can be achieved when the phone is still in servise...
Here is a list of all (about 200+ elements) Samsung ROM elements with description of what each one does and if its safe to remove in spredsheet format if you wondering what is what before freeze/delete it:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...1gdDJRekl4QmkyNmIzUmRvX2h3UDVkQXc&output=html
Upon deleteing all of T-Mobile bloatware/spyware you will be pleasently supprised that the native "Mobile Hotspot" tethering app works! (I am on the $70 unlimithed 4G plan that doesnt alow tethering btw) Works just fine as you were on a unlocked Nexus device etc.
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Overnight Battery Drain:
CM 10.0 20130630 Running on 27 Elements!
No Maps, Chrome, Gmail, so make that 30
Insane Battery Life, will post SS soon, but i got 1% drain in 6hrs...
Overnight Battery Drain:
R e s e r v e d
A month later im still on my extremely debloated ROM...
Working just fine, no FCs, the only thing i have changed from my OP is that i deleted "Web" the stock browser also as i downloaded and using Chrome...
Sorry for the bump, some people might found it helpful...
Nice complete list, I went ahead and disabled a few more. Thanks!
hristopelov said:
A month later im still on my extremely debloated ROM...
Working just fine, no FCs, the only thing i have changed from my OP is that i deleted "Web" the stock browser also as i downloaded and using Chrome...
Sorry for the bump, some people might found it helpful...
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Extremely useful post using it to debloat my gfs blaze and even my skyrocket
Dumb question as I'm kinda a novice, what are the basic steps to debloat my Blaze? I'd LOVE to prune out the extra crap... thanks!
AdvantageGuy said:
Dumb question as I'm kinda a novice, what are the basic steps to debloat my Blaze? I'd LOVE to prune out the extra crap... thanks!
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One step is to look for an already debloated custom rom...
Sent from my Provisioned Galaxy S Blaze
I had an issue with custom ROM on my Exhibit 4G whereby the Tmobile TV would no longer authenticate. I'd rather just trim out junk from an otherwise stock rom to avoid that problem again...
AdvantageGuy said:
I had an issue with custom ROM on my Exhibit 4G whereby the Tmobile TV would no longer authenticate. I'd rather just trim out junk from an otherwise stock rom to avoid that problem again...
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just root your phone, then get Titanium Backup from the Play Store, use it do delete each app you dont want while keeping the essentials as shown in the Original Post Screenshots.
Thats all
Thanks but I think rooting my Exhibit was what caused Tmo TV not to authenticate... anyone see this? If I root but keep stock ROM and prune it, will the same problem happen again? BTW I'm liking the Blaze
I think I will give this a try as I hate bloatware! What is the best way to root the Blaze, is there an easy app or utility a novice could use to root it with?
Is been 3 month since my OP, for the last few weeks i removed another 6-7 elements off, so i downed it to only 47 out of the initial about 210 the ROM comes bloated with !!!
Everything works just fine.
Updated the OP screenshots and info, check it out guys.
Happy Debloaing, and make sure you backup/freeze first before you delete anything!
Deleted 4 more elements lol i think ive reached the bare minimum now at 43
Been running it for a couple a days no problem whatsoever, deleted the "Network location" it does just fine w GPS and i almost never ever use location anyway, deleted "Serial number read/write" and "Service Mode" tried entering Odin mode, nonproblem, isnt needed...
Updated the OP w fresh SS of the Titanium Backup 43 elements left... i think thats it, nothing else that i dont use can be removed.
Cheers!
That's impressive man! And everything on your phone works perfect?
Sent from a Paranoid Blaze
njstein said:
That's impressive man! And everything on your phone works perfect?
Sent from a Paranoid Blaze
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Yeah man, absolutely, i wouldnt b posting it if it wasnt
Freeze everything and youll see... very fast, no drain of battery etc, i lot of those things run in the backgrownd even if they arent turn on and you are not using them, like the "Network Location"
you can delete a lot of more elements if you dont use em at all, like the "calculator" "calendar", "music player", "video player", the "divx codec", "folder explorer" etc... i use all those things tho...
anyway, you wont see it anywhere trimmed so much, as atleast 15-20 of the elements i deleted, if not even more, if you read in other threads they are marked as "do not freeze/delete"...
I guess someone has to try it first, they r not needed, everything works just fine.
Updated the second post in the Thread with a screenshot of my overnight battery drain...
I do not think there could be a better one, only 4% in 8 hours while i was sleeping... 0.5% per hour.
I just charged my phone to 100% and unplugged it before i went to sleep, phone was in service, as you can see from the SS i even got some txts and emails overninght, just normal phone standby...
Great Battery
Deleted those 2 otherwise very important looking elements too, without absolutely no effect on my phone:
Ran it with them frozen for a couple a days, then deleted them, ran without em for mybe close to a week now, no effect on the phone whatsoever...
If you click on them and read the app names otherwise they look needed...
I was looking for the lowest possible elements in a stock ROM, and now i think that is it, there is nothing else left from the Android/Samsung system that can be eliminated...
41 elements only... OP updated with the new screenshots.
Thats it... absolute bare minimum has been achieved.
Promise no more bumps on that Threat