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Hi
I had the day off, and decided to have a play with the Kitchen to see what I could come up with. After following the instructions on theunlockr.com I decided to base my rom on the OpenFire v.2.3 rom. Any issues that rom had, mine will have.
I have added a few things and changed a couple of things, but in the end, this is my first rom for a device I do not have myself. I have an HTC Desire, but noticed that the Wildfire isn't getting as much love, hence that choice. I hope to get a better understanding of what it takes to make a proper custom rom at some time in the future.
Removed:
Launcher2
Added:
Launcher Pro
Titanium Backup
Rom Manager
Fancy Widget
From the OpenFire v.2.3 post:
NO HTC APPS DO NOT WORK ON THIS ROM AND I WONT TRY TO PORT THEM (but if you try and suceed please tell me and I will maybe include them!)
This ROM is from the android source there is no HTC apps or extra apps from the start it do come with spareparts and dev tools from android source. At the moment it seems a bit slow I think that is due to animations, animations can be turned of in spareparts or in the settings menu.
Features:
- Froyo aosp 2.2.1
- Root + superuser app
- Busybox
- No htc apps!
- Some google apps
- Multi language
- Darktremor Apps2SD
- Patched market
- Usb & WIFI-thetering
- JIT
- 3 in 1 reboot menu
- It may make your phone explode! (You have been warned)
Bugs / Not working:
- Video recording working (but, bad quality)
- Cant import contacts from SIM ? no read/write acess to SIM ? (can anyone confirm or deny this?)
TODO:
- Get rid of above bugs
- HTC-camera (maybe)
Thanks to:
HCDR.Jacob - for the kernel and vendor
Yopsi - for sharing package with google apps.
danne_jo - for APN stuff, and for hosting to my ROM
Sympnotic - For his patched market app
AnantK123 - For pointing out a fix for the camera app
acavella - For hosting / making a homepage dedicated just for OpenFire
Notes:
NO HTC APPS DO NOT WORK ON THIS ROM AND I WONT TRY TO PORT THEM (but if you try and suceed please tell me and I will maybe include them!)
To get app2sd to work you need an ext partition when you have that you might have todo a full wipe and reflash the ROM to get app2sd to work
When you boot up first time choose "com.android.provision"
Anything you want to know about OpenFire can be found at the OpenFire website.
CFH [Wildfire] v1.0 Fault Log
Download:
CFH [Wildfire] v1.0.zip (58 MB)
Due to posting restrictions, I am unable to post links to the Rom. I will post it as soon as possible.
In the mean time, please leave comments below.
Thanks
Chronicfathead
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What did you change? We don't need roms like those. Everyone can customize his installed rom like he wants.
Why don't you stick to a phone you have and help projects that just need help instead of reinventing the wheel over and over again?
no offense, just my personal oppinion
bl1nkk said:
What did you change? We don't need roms like those. Everyone can customize his installed rom like he wants.
Why don't you stick to a phone you have and help projects that just need help instead of reinventing the wheel over and over again?
no offense, just my personal oppinion
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None taken.
I've had my desire for a while, and decided to root it about a month ago. I have now installed a custom rom, and I'm enjoying the fiddling around. I don't have too much knowledge, apart from experiences gained in the last week or so.
I tried talking a colleague into installing a custom rom, but he said there weren't too many for the Wildfire, so I said I'd have a play. I'm treating it as a learning curve, as I've always been interested in programming, but never really had the time. I have created a (very) small program for the Mac, and have written a few batch files but thats as far as I've taken it.
In an afternoon I've set up a Linux VM, installed all the needed software and had a play to see what I can realistically do. I see this as a first step. I'm trying to talk the wife into a Wildfire so I can have one to play with!
If the consensus is I should delete the thread, then so be it.
Chronicfathead.
Hello everyone,
I was reading all the posts about Custom Roms and I wanted to make something like an "XDA-Rom"... Maybe it would be better if I explain what I mean
Beginning from the system, I'd say it should be a very lightweight Rom (like the Gilgamesh one), so, without almost all the LG crapware. But I'd keep only few things of this softwares:
- contact manager (so far it's the best one I've found, but maybe because I lack of experience)
- keyboard (on some videos they say it's the fastest one, but I may be in error)
- LG home and Home switcher, so that we can keep the mirroring app working when needed.
Then, I'd add the last MoDaCo kernel (the ROM should be working in EXT4, if I understtod correctly, this shall make the phone faster), maybe we could make a proper boot animation, and just few app that are (in my opinion) the only really needed, like the gmail app, the calendar one and only the basic things. We could even update the baseband and root the phone directly from the rom, so that after a fresh install it's already running. I'd replace even the LG lockscreen, that is really nice, but it's too slow (when I switch on the screen, I see the home and then the locked screen, this shouldn't happen with the default lockscreen).
Ofc, any suggestion is welcome
Thanks for reading, and I hope my idea is not that bad
I agree on the bootanimation.
Only on that? d'oh, I wrote for half an hour btw, I'd add Root Explorer as default as well... but I don't know how to do, I mean, would be enough to create the ROM with the kitchen (really a nice tool!) and then edit the *img files adding the software I want in the /system/app directory? Maybe this is a noobish question, but it's the first time I even get closer to creating a custom rom
Oh, integrate BLN to have notifications would be a great idea ! (if you touch the kernel)
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Only on that? d'oh, I wrote for half an hour btw, I'd add Root Explorer as default as well... but I don't know how to do, I mean, would be enough to create the ROM with the kitchen (really a nice tool!) and then edit the *img files adding the software I want in the /system/app directory? Maybe this is a noobish question, but it's the first time I even get closer to creating a custom rom
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the root explorer is not for free.. so forget about this
Why? Install modaco and use filexplorer and delete all thing u dont want instead
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For the experience, I'd like to test
Just use the online kitchen...
I was actually 30 mins from posting a pretty close ROM to what you mention here yesterday, but built the one I'd like online instead (except for some tweaks I put in laster on).
If people is more open for a ROM like this for direct download, I'm happy to compile/maintain it Just thought that it wasn't needed...
Liberation
"Free yourself from your carrier"
Features:
[ROM Base] HTC Droid Incredible 4.08.605.2
Android 2.3.4
De-bloated
Deodexed
Battery percentage
4-in-1 advanced power menu
Removed E911 location icon
Red scrollbar and overscroll glow to complement the Incredible's looks
Zip-aligned for optimal memory management
CDROM.ISO removed (prevents that annoying Verizon install prompt when connected via USB)
Uses edify script, will flash in Clockwork Recovery 2.x and 3.x.
Removed Apps:
Adobe Flash Player (install from Android Market if you want it)
Adobe Reader (install from Android Market if you want it)
Amazon MP3 (install from Android Market if you want it)
CityID (annoying 3rd party bloatware)
Facebook (install from Android Market if you want it)
Slacker Radio (install from Android Market if you want it)
QuickOffice (for those who want a free Office reader, try Documents to Go from the Android Market)
Verizon Bloatware (My Verizon, VCAST App Store, Verizon Navigator, Verizon Skype, Verizon Backup; most can be installed via Android Market)
Youtube (install from Android Market if you want it)
Downloads:
Liberation v3.0 - 143.08MB
MIRROR (provided by BrettApple)
Changelog:
v3.0 (January 6, 2012)
Based on the latest official RUU - 4.08.605.2 (Android 2.3.4)
Red scrollbar and overscroll glow to complement the Incredible's looks
v2.0 (September 20, 2011)
Based on the latest official RUU - 4.06.605.3 (Android 2.3.4)
System hardware information corrected in about phone (bug with official OTA)
Removed Sprint section/tile from Market, replaced with Verizon (bug with official OTA)
Only 688MB available to user (see explanation in FAQ)
No longer patched to block Android Market malware (Android 2.2.2 and above are immune by default)
v1.1 (June 25, 2011)
Added battery percentage meter.
More efficient compression (smaller file size)
v1.0 (May 19, 2011)
Initial Release based on November OTA (3.21.605.1)
FAQ:Q: What was the difference between the standard and enhanced versions of Liberation?
A: In simple terms, Liberation Enhanced was deodexed, while the standard version was not. However, since the Gingerbread update, HTC has deodexed the /system/app folder, but has left framework odexed. I've decided to just deodex everything instead of having two separate versions with minimal differences in available storage, but vast differences in customization.
Q: Why is the Android Market outdated!?
A: If I insert the latest market, it won't update on its own, meaning more work for you. The version of the market I'm using is outdated, but auto updates. It will update in the background the first time that you run it, and should be updated within 2-5 minutes depending on your connection. You'll need to exit and re-launch the Market for the update to take effect.
Q: Some of my Google Apps (such as Gmail) are an old version, but don't show up on the Market as installed or needing an update. How do I fix this?
A: This is a bug or "feature" of the stock ROM, I'm not sure which. However, it as a very easy fix. Simply open Gmail from the Android Market. From there, scroll down to "Developer Info" and select "View Applications." This will display all of Google's apps in the market. Scroll down and update every app that shows as needing an update (they'll all display correctly from here). You may also want to disable automatic updates from here.
Q: Why isn't <insert app here> removed, I consider it to be bloat!
A: HTC did their best to put together an experience utilizing their Sense software. I left that intact as every user will get something out of it. Some use Friend Stream. Some use only Facebook/Twitter/Flickr. There is no perfect combination as every user wants something different. My goal was to present a stock experience without the carrier bloat. There are ways for you to remove unwanted apps yourself if you'd like.
Q: Why aren't there any screen shots?
A: It's a stock ROM. I've done nothing to differentiate this ROM in appearance from what your carrier/OEM ships.
How to customize Liberation BEFORE you flash:
Materials
Windows - 7-ZIP
Linux - nothing
Mac OS X - nothing (note, I have not done this on Mac OS X, so I cannot support this OS)
Steps
Download the above mentioned file(s) for Windows. You can use a different archive manager if you'd like, but my guide is based on using 7-ZIP.
On your desktop, create a folder named "Test." You can name it whatever you want, but I'll be referring to it as "Test" in this guide. If you are new at this, you need to follow the guide to the letter.
Find your downloaded ROM and extract it to the Test folder. The easiest way to do this on Windows is to open the ROM, highlight all of the folders/files (CTRL-A), copy (CTRL-C), then open the Test folder and paste (CTRL-V). Give it a minute to extract the contents.
Once you complete step three, modify the ROM to your hearts content (see details below). Once complete, proceed to step five.
Open the Test folder and highlight everything (CTRL-A). Right click and select "Add to Archive." This will open 7-ZIP's archive manager. On Linux or Mac OS X, just right-click (or equivalent) and select "Compress."
In the options menu that comes up, leave everything at default except the following. The filename should be Test.zip (change Test to whatever you want). Archive format should be zip. Compression level should be ultra. That's it.
Once done, you can copy this zip to your SD card and flash as normal. Keep in mind that I am not responsible for any changes that you made in this ROM, so make sure you Nandroid BEFORE you flash.
Specific Modifications (using the above instructions):
Ringtones - While the ROM is unzipped, open the test folder and look for /system/media/audio. Within this folder you'll see several more folders (Ringtones, Alarms, Notifications). Any should files you put here will show up in the system when you go to change your ringtone (or whatever corresponds to the folder). The benefits to this modification include; no storage space used up in internal, phone, or SD storage; ringtone works even if SD is USB mounted, no errors when the SD card corrupts or is in use. The ringtones (alarms/notifications) are stored in a partition that does NOT count towards your file storage
Replacement "stock" applications - If you use a differnent web browser (like Dolphin HD or Firefox), or a different SMS/MMS program (like Handcent or Chomp), then it is recommended that you remove the stock applications before flashing. This prevents conflicts, slowdown, memory usage, and the annoying popup where you have to constantly re-choose your default application. In these examples, you are looking for /system/app/browser.apk and mms.apk.
Add/Remove apps you don't want - Navigate to /system/app, and remove any APK files that you don't want. If you don't know what app it is, do NOT remove it
Modify Bootup Animation/Sound - Navigate to the /system/customize/resource/ folder. In there, you will see two files; VZW_bootanimation.zip an VZW_Droid.mp3. These files are the bootup animation and "Droid" noise. Simply delete the MP3 if you want a silent bootup. It really is that easy. Replace the ZIP File with another zipped animation (must give it the same name) to replace the animation with one of your own. NOTE: Make sure you verify compatibility. If unsure, don't do it.
Files needed for UOT Kitchen:
Download - framework-res.apk
Download - com.htc.resource.apk
Download - SystemUI.apk
The above files are needed for the UOT Kitchen. Ask questions in this thread if don't know how to use them. UOT Kitchen allows you to change visual elements of your phone's stock interface in a way that no launcher app ever could.
jaykresge, you gonna get anything going with this gingersense leak?
Why is this based off the November OTA? Use the new gingerbread leak!!
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josh0426 said:
jaykresge, you gonna get anything going with this gingersense leak?
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I'll mess with it.
tjrocks91 said:
Why is this based off the November OTA? Use the new gingerbread leak!!
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Need to have the stable release out before the test/beta releases
This seems like a cool idea. Looking forward to the download links.
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I agree.
I would love to see a ROM of yours based off of the Gingerbread Leak.
Nothing Special is the fastest and most stable ROM out. Hands Down.
I use it as my Daily Driver in a business setting and its perfect.
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This seems like a cool idea. Looking forward to the download links.
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Liberation is uploading right now, should be available in a few minutes. Enhanced is still cooking, might be another 30 minutes or so. As for the "cool idea," this is actually just a renamed update to an existing ROM. See below.
tincbtrar said:
I agree.
I would love to see a ROM of yours based off of the Gingerbread Leak.
Nothing Special is the fastest and most stable ROM out. Hands Down.
I use it as my Daily Driver in a business setting and its perfect.
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I'm cooking Liberation Enhanced right now, then I'll immediately start playing with the leak. We've seen a few developers upload flashable versions already. I can't commit that I'll release anything on this leak at this point. Let me play with it some and then I'll comment on it.
Both 1.0 ROMs are up based on the November OTA. Currently toying with the leak, will update.
Re-cooking then uploading the beta for 2.00 based on today's Gingerbread leak. Use at your own risk.
I agree with tincbtrar.
Liberation Enhanced v2.00 BETA, based on today's Gingerbread leak, is now up. Use at your own risk.
jaykresge said:
Liberation Enhanced v2.00 BETA, based on today's Gingerbread leak, is now up. Use at your own risk.
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Downloading now, Thanks.
I'm liking some of the changes. Reboot time (after initial flash) is insanely fast. HTC Car Panel now works in both portrait/landscape, however, most other apps still don't. Feels smoother than 2.2 (and I just did clean flashes of all of my ROMs, it's definitely smoother).
Let me know what you think, but so far, feels good for a beta. I'll make it my daily driver for the next few days and see what happens.
Downloading the beta now. Already a few out there, but I know you put out good work, and it's the slimmest so far. Fingers crossed, already put the new radio on. This is great! Long live the Incredible!
Will definatly give this a try when I get home.
Only thing that stinks is the cool mods (Pulldown Toggles, EVO Camera, ETC) wont work with the beta correct? Those pulldown toggles are amazing for me (Flashlight, Bluetooth and Sounds - especially)
Once that gets sorted out Ill be using your beta. Until then maybe ill flash Liberation for fun.
Great work sir.
Is 2.0 deodexed?
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BrettApple said:
Downloading the beta now. Already a few out there, but I know you put out good work, and it's the slimmest so far. Fingers crossed, already put the new radio on. This is great! Long live the Incredible!
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Just an FYI, it works fine with the existing radio. I won't be pushing users to update radio/hboot/etc. until the official release comes out.
tincbtrar said:
Will definatly give this a try when I get home.
Only thing that stinks is the cool mods (Pulldown Toggles, EVO Camera, ETC) wont work with the beta correct? Those pulldown toggles are amazing for me (Flashlight, Bluetooth and Sounds - especially)
Once that gets sorted out Ill be using your beta. Until then maybe ill flash Liberation for fun.
Great work sir.
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I'm going to work on getting an Evo camera working for it. As for flashing Liberation, it's just Nothing Special under a new name (and the minor change of Car Home switched for Car Panel). All of the mods you used on NS will work here
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Is 2.0 deodexed?
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Yes.
Unofficial CM 10.2 builds for Nexus 4
Hi all,
I decided to post my unofficial builds of CM10.2 for Nexus 4 after being asked by a few people in the CM10.1 Q&A and development threads, in order to consolidate questions and keep clutter down in those threads I decided it was best to make a thread specifically for these builds.
CyanogenMod is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.
Code:
#include
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* We are not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at us for messing up your device, we will laugh at you.
*/
CyanogenMod is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any need to have any Google application installed. You will need to provide your own Google Applications package (gapps). CyanogenMod does still include various hardware-specific code, which is also slowly being open-sourced anyway.
All the source code for CyanogenMod is available in the CyanogenMod Github repo. And if you would like to contribute to CyanogenMod, please visit out Gerrit Code Review. Your changelog is whatever was merged into gerrit.
How to install:
First time installing or coming from another 4.3 based ROM:
Download the ROM
Download a compatible 4.3 Gapps package (I have been using Banks gapps from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2012857)
Reboot into recovery
Wipe data/Factory reset
Flash the ROM
Flash Gapps
Reboot
Coming from a previous CM10.2 nightly:
Download the ROM
Reboot into recovery
Flash the ROM
Reboot
Coming from a previous CM10.1 nightly:
Download the ROM
Download a compatible 4.3 Gapps package (I have been using Banks gapps from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2012857)
Reboot into recovery
Flash the ROM
Flash Gapps
Reboot
Builds:
Built from official CM sources only, no cherry-picks, no changes, no additions. I will not be changing the official sources in any way so don't bother asking.
http://goo.im/devs/thracemerin/cm_builds/mako
Note: These builds are produced by my buildbot at 4am US Eastern time (build + upload takes approximately 90 minutes), the repo will be synced during the build process to ensure that the latest sources are used. The completed file size should be approximately 196MB, so if the latest download isn't it's not fully uploaded yet
Note 2: If the build fails for some reason, I will try to build one later in the day, but if I can't you may have to wait until the following day.
How to get root:
In order to get root access, you need to do the following:
Activate the Developer Settings by going to Settings->About Phone ant tap on the Build Number 7 times.
Go to Settings->Developer Options and change the Root Access to 'Apps and ADB'
You may also need to activate USB Debugging in Developer Options (some people say you do, others say you don't)
Note: If you have flashed a kernel that comes with it's own boot.img package it may not have the correct instructions to start the internal su daemon as a result root will stop working, at the moment the best way to fix this is to not use that kernel. If you absolutely have to use a custom kernel you may need to flash SuperSU for the moment or ask your kernel dev to support this feature.
Known Issues
None that I'm aware of, but keep in mind that these are pre-nightly builds and could contain bugs and/or non-working features at any time.
Thanks
Google
CyanogenMod
F.A.Q
Q: When will official builds start?
A: Soon
CyanogenMod Blog said:
“Who cares about the old, gimme 10.2!”
We have one last internal item on our checklist before we open the floodgates on CM 10.2 nightlies. We fell into an old habit in 10.1 and the settings menu became more cluttered than we would like, and at times confusing both in presentation and in code. We are working to resolve this before 10.2 nightlies begin, so the transition is less jarring than it would down the line. Expect the new layout to be in effect with the first nightlies. If all goes well, we are talking days, not weeks.
In the meantime, the majority of our 10.1 roster have transitioned to being 10.2 capable. This means for you at-home builders, things should be in a fairly good spot for your own personal builds. If you want to checkout all the stuff we’ve merged, click through the pages.
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Q: What is SELinux?
A:
CyanogenMod Blog said:
What is SELinux?
The project’s official description reads “SELinux is a security enhancement to Linux which allows users and administrators more control over access control.”
SELinux is a set of Open sourced and peer reviewed changes to the core Android Software stack to help prevent apps from performing malicious activities. This is done by establishing a set of policies that act as mandatory access controls (MAC). Depending on the policy, it can do things such as prevent apps from running or accessing specific data, to preventing root access altogether.
SELinux has wide-scale adoption throughout the linux landscape, with Fedora, Red Hat and others incorporating policies to better the system security. The default policies are usually written per distribution, by their maintainers – we have begun this process for CyanogenMod.
We will be working on this policy creation in parallel to Google’s own policies for Android, which we believe will be released with the Android 4.3 source; effectively getting us ahead of the eventual 4.3 source release. As this process is open source, policy creation and suggestions will be handled via our gerrit instance.
What it’s not?
SELinux is not a backdoor for government agencies to spy on you. It is not PRISM, PROMIS, CARNIVORE, The Great Firewall or any other ominous Big Brother-like initiative.
Access Control Modes
By default, we will be shipping with SELinux capabilities enabled in the kernel, but in a Permissive mode. What this means is that your phone will behave exactly as it currently does, with no noticeable change to the user.
There are 3 modes in total, Enforcing, Permissive and Disabled. While in Enforcing mode, SELinux policies are enforced, preventing whatever causes a violation (ie su). Permissive mode logs policy violations, but does not prevent the activity that caused it. Disabled turns SELinux off.
We are using Permissive mode as our default so we can come up with sensible policies. If you submit a log for us to analyze (via JIRA) for SELinux policy improvements, the logged exceptions will be of high value.
This will be an ongoing process as we work to incorporate sensible policies for each device repo. As always our source is available on Github and patches will be peer reviewed via gerrit. For those more attuned to personal data security, you are welcome to watch and audit our efforts. For the rest of you, sit back and relax – no need for pitchforks.
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amazing mate, keep it up the good work!
Hey, thanks for the builds. Do you have any idea in your great widsom as to why the various Gapps packages vary in size to such a great extent?
First, we have Banks, which is extremely minimalist, at least when compared to official 10.1 Gapps.
Then, we have a 10.2 un-authored Gapps package, often linked in the CM discussion, which is about the size of the official 10.1 one, but seems to require Banks's photosphere add-on.
Lastly we have doomed's version which approaches a whopping 200 MBs.
What on earth can account for such varying sizes, and as the purist that I think you are, why do you use the minimalist Banks Gapps?
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Nice man, thanks for this work, btw, the front cam is upside down.
floepie said:
Hey, thanks for the builds. Do you have any idea in your great widsom as to why the various Gapps packages vary in size to such a great extent?
First, we have Banks, which is extremely minimalist, at least when compared to official 10.1 Gapps.
Then, we have a 10.2 un-authored Gapps package, often linked in the CM discussion, which is about the size of the official 10.1 one, but seems to require Banks's photosphere add-on.
Lastly we have doomed's version which approaches a whopping 200 MBs.
What on earth can account for such varying sizes, and as the purist that I think you are, why do you use the minimalist Banks Gapps?
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BaNkS only includes the essential Google Apps that are needed for the Google experience -- working sync services, the Play Store itself, and so on. He provides other Google Apps in the form of an add-on, a separate zip, for the keyboard/camera/etc. Basically, most of the Google Apps are now available to download from the store itself (Keep, Earth, Maps, Voice Search, Search and so on). That wasn't always the case, but still some are releasing a full Google Apps package with everything.
The minimalistic approach is obvious - only install what is necessary, manually get anything else yourself. That is why the banks package is small because it is not forcing other apps that people may or may not use since they could simply download it themselves if they wanted to. I assume the 200mb or more package is simply every single Google APK that comes with the official factory images.
lwkkazz said:
Nice man, thanks for this work, btw, the front cam is upside down.
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Weird, doesn't seem to be for me.
floepie said:
Hey, thanks for the builds. Do you have any idea in your great widsom as to why the various Gapps packages vary in size to such a great extent?
First, we have Banks, which is extremely minimalist, at least when compared to official 10.1 Gapps.
Then, we have a 10.2 un-authored Gapps package, often linked in the CM discussion, which is about the size of the official 10.1 one, but seems to require Banks's photosphere add-on.
Lastly we have doomed's version which approaches a whopping 200 MBs.
What on earth can account for such varying sizes, and as the purist that I think you are, why do you use the minimalist Banks Gapps?
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markd0wn basically covered it, but it also depends on what you want in your /system directory, most of the apps that used to come in Gapps packages are now available in the Play Store as stand alone packages so you can still get them if you want them and they get installed as user apps instead of system apps, not that it makes a tremendous difference, but for the most part they don't need to be in /system.
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Weird, doesn't seem to be for me.
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It's ok now , Hey man, it is normal that the ROM occupy 4Gb of the memory? (I'm new to Nexus 4, I get my yesterday haha)
lwkkazz said:
It's ok now , Hey man, it is normal that the ROM occupy 4Gb of the memory? (I'm new to Nexus 4, I get my yesterday haha)
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Android reserves around 4GB of the total space on the device. Yes, it is quite normal.
Glad I picked up the 16GB model.
thracemerin said:
Weird, doesn't seem to be for me.
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My front facing cam is upside down using focal, but in the stock app its fine
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l.m.prowse said:
My front facing cam is upside down using focal, but in the stock app its fine
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Hmm....it's early for focal still, probably just an oddity.
@thracemerin, any way to know if the CM team are aware of the homescreen shortcut bug? maybe I should search JIRA for it... since I'm not sure they follow all threads here. Doesn't seem to happen to everyone though. Happens to me in every unofficial 10.2 build (gonna try yours now after full wipe). The only thing I'm changing is the number of homescreens from the default of 5 to less (for example 2). After that, it's very easy to reproduce - simply add a few apps from the drawer to the homescreen, also put some apps in folders, then reboot, and you'll see what I'm talking about (in case you don't already know). It also happens randomly without reboots, maybe when Trebuchet is refreshing itself or something, but reboot forces it to happen quicker.
markd0wn said:
@thracemerin, any way to know if the CM team are aware of the homescreen shortcut bug? maybe I should search JIRA for it... since I'm not sure they follow all threads here. Doesn't seem to happen to everyone though. Happens to me in every unofficial 10.2 build (gonna try yours now after full wipe). The only thing I'm changing is the number of homescreens from the default of 5 to less (for example 2). After that, it's very easy to reproduce - simply add a few apps from the drawer to the homescreen, also put some apps in folders, then reboot, and you'll see what I'm talking about (in case you don't already know). It also happens randomly without reboots, maybe when Trebuchet is refreshing itself or something, but reboot forces it to happen quicker.
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I heard about it, but I always use Apex Launcher so it doesn't happen to me. I'm not sure they want you to put things for 10.2 on JIRA or not (probably not) but its a fairly serious thing, so you could try logging it, worst case they ignore it.
thanks for posting this thracemerin. I've started my own builds (mostly for fun, to see if I could!), but I wanted to try some known good 4.2 builds before I flash one of my own. Your build and instructions are great. It's running smooth except for two things:
- I can't get my titanium backups to restore user apps, it just hangs at 0%. No big deal, I've just been installing from play store manually.
- Installing swype gives an error -24 . I did a clean install of your CM build, so data was wiped; there is nothing from nuance in data/data to wipe. This may or may not be related to the error with TiBu because it also was trying to install swype from a backup. I guess I'll play with the stock keyboard for a while.
thanks again.
nighthawkca said:
thanks for posting this thracemerin. I've started my own builds (mostly for fun, to see if I could!), but I wanted to try some known good 4.2 builds before I flash one of my own. Your build and instructions are great. It's running smooth except for two things:
- I can't get my titanium backups to restore user apps, it just hangs at 0%. No big deal, I've just been installing from play store manually.
- Installing swype gives an error -24 . I did a clean install of your CM build, so data was wiped; there is nothing from nuance in data/data to wipe. This may or may not be related to the error with TiBu because it also was trying to install swype from a backup. I guess I'll play with the stock keyboard for a while.
thanks again.
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For the titanium backup problem, I switched the backup folder to the legacy selection in the preference menu and was then able to restore. Hope that helps
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nighthawkca said:
thanks for posting this thracemerin. I've started my own builds (mostly for fun, to see if I could!), but I wanted to try some known good 4.2 builds before I flash one of my own. Your build and instructions are great. It's running smooth except for two things:
- I can't get my titanium backups to restore user apps, it just hangs at 0%. No big deal, I've just been installing from play store manually.
- Installing swype gives an error -24 . I did a clean install of your CM build, so data was wiped; there is nothing from nuance in data/data to wipe. This may or may not be related to the error with TiBu because it also was trying to install swype from a backup. I guess I'll play with the stock keyboard for a while.
thanks again.
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Thanks to DJLamontagneIII for this:
Titanium backup Users
1. In tb go to menu>preferences>backup folder location
2. Navigate to storage/emulated/legacy
3. Select your Backup folder and Select "Use the current folder"
4. Then it will ask you to move backup to that folder.... Select that
5. Restart app and restore.
jpreichart said:
For the titanium backup problem, I switched the backup folder to the legacy selection in the preference menu and was then able to restore. Hope that helps
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
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Beat me to it
Another bug that I think is introduced in the 08-11 build is lockscreen slider shortcuts not saving (but if you changed them on a previous build and updated to 08-11, they'd probably be set up right).
I managed to save them anyway using a workaround. Basically setting them all as 'Empty' and hitting the save button won't do - you'd turn screen off/on and it will still have the default ones. What I did to 'fix' this is set each one to empty and tap save inbetween changing each one, then tap save again after they're all empty, then I tapped the icon that restores all to default, suddenly the 'default' is what I just set up (all empty), then hit save again, and voila, saved successfully. Could probably skip a few of those steps that I did as I'm sure one of them did the trick and the others were just me testing, but at least it works.
Another thing that confirms that they're changing something related to lockscreen shortcuts, is that after achieving this, the lockscreen is now stock-style-behavior. Before, when you set all shortcuts to empty, pressing and holding the lock icon would let you drag it to each spot that became empty but it still appeared as an "empty shortcut". Now, you don't see the spots where shortcuts would normally be, it's just all a circle.
(I'm reporting all of this just in case it helps someone )
markd0wn said:
Another bug that I think is introduced in the 08-11 build is lockscreen slider shortcuts not saving (but if you changed them on a previous build and updated to 08-11, they'd probably be set up right).
I managed to save them anyway using a workaround. Basically setting them all as 'Empty' and hitting the save button won't do - you'd turn screen off/on and it will still have the default ones. What I did to 'fix' this is set each one to empty and tap save inbetween changing each one, then tap save again after they're all empty, then I tapped the icon that restores all to default, suddenly the 'default' is what I just set up (all empty), then hit save again, and voila, saved successfully. Could probably skip a few of those steps that I did as I'm sure one of them did the trick and the others were just me testing, but at least it works.
Another thing that confirms that they're changing something related to lockscreen shortcuts, is that after achieving this, the lockscreen is now stock-style-behavior. Before, when you set all shortcuts to empty, pressing and holding the lock icon would let you drag it to each spot that became empty but it still appeared as an "empty shortcut". Now, you don't see the spots where shortcuts would normally be, it's just all a circle.
(I'm reporting all of this just in case it helps someone )
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They're doing a fairly significant reworking of the entire settings apk and all of the CyanogenMod settings, it's possible something got added/removed that broke this temporarily. I would expect that certain settings menus, etc... may be broken over the next little while before the official nightlies begin.
Hi there,
i want to use my old Samsung Galaxy Note as Tablet for my little daugters. To protect the Phone (and also my daughters), i want use the multi user feature to be able to install Apps with my accounts and let her start only less alowed apps.
I always try some Custom ROMS with Android 4.2 or higher. But all of them without the Multiuser feature.
Could anybody provide me the name of a Custom ROM that provide the multi user function ? I found a old thred, that Revolt should support that. But the Version of the Revolt ROM that i found, was without this feature.
cu, Thiemo
starwhooper said:
Hi there,
i want to use my old Samsung Galaxy Note as Tablet for my little daugters. To protect the Phone (and also my daughters), i want use the multi user feature to be able to install Apps with my accounts and let her start only less alowed apps.
I always try some Custom ROMS with Android 4.2 or higher. But all of them without the Multiuser feature.
Could anybody provide me the name of a Custom ROM that provide the multi user function ? I found a old thred, that Revolt should support that. But the Version of the Revolt ROM that i found, was without this feature.
cu, Thiemo
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There are device related problems with multiuser support (Small /data partition and no emulated internal storage).
This could be changed in an rom but this would make all other roms incompatible without manual repartitioning.
This is also the reason why I have removed it some time ago from my lollipop rom
Hi Bauner,
thank you for that Information. Now i understand why i could not found a ROM with this feature.
Regards, Thiemo