[Captivate Android Development] bravomail:
Is your Captivate running slow? Are you tired of included stock applications taking up your RAM and CPU? Are Gingerbread bugs and battery drain taking on your nerve? Do you want the noise free conversations?

Are you nostalgic of good ol' times when everything just worked?

Then Nostalgia ROM is for you!

Change log

1.6 - upcoming, Bionic 1.0 libc will be integrated

1.5 - full wipe fixes, framework was screwed up, app pack updates from Market

1.4 - fugutweaks AOSP 3, app pack separated, no2chem dalvikvm libdvm.so recompiled, LiveWallpaperPicker added

1.3 - supposed to be fixed, tested twice :-) MediaUploader added to system

1.1 - Arabic and Thai fonts added back, color gradient fixes, Youtube removed (in the market), MyFiles in user apps

1.0 - original release

Highlights

- based on Torch 1.5 - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=963922

- EXISTZ KB1 kernel - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=988805

- FuguTweaks - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=981125

- Rage patch - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1013385

- optimized recompiled from sources Dalvik VM libdvm.so - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1017781

- tried, viedo player not worked, Bionic libc.so - http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-1018622.html

- great stability, battery life (a week in standby and light use),

- silky smooth speed, OC/UV kernel (try app drawer scrolling, or unlock screen),

- size - no bloat,

- BLN, Voodoo Sound, noise suppression with Audience chip,

- less than zero screen brightness

- GPS settings (not binaries) from PlumbBob fix

- AdFree hosts applied

Changes

- no2chem Dalvik VM

- boa juice v2 - optimized/recompressed apks, framework, sound

- latest Market 2.3.6 and Flash 10.3

- prepacked with dalvik cache for faster first boot

- removed some apps, sounds, wallpapers

- added back many useful apps

- massaged many apps for easy uninstall - Allshare, Email, Gallery3D, Memo, MusicPlayer, MyFiles, SoundPlayer, TouchWizCalc, Talk, QuickOffice, TWWallpaperchooser etc

- replaced Launcher with TW30Launcher for smoother app drawer (though I like Zeam Launcher ;)

- Maps, StreetView, Gmail, YouTube can be installed from Market (Google Maps will track you down, it runs as a background process for a reason)

- included apps - Adfree.apk,BrightnessLevel.apk,SgsTools.apk,TitaniumBackup.apk,VoltageControl.apk,VoodooSndControl.apk

Warnings/Issues

- still uses CWM 2.x update script language, not for Gingerbread users, flashing back to 2.2 or 2.1 stock recommended

- (inherited) turning Wi-Fi on takes a lot of time to connect, I force it with Settings/Wireless/Wifi->Scan.

- no themeing - it's not my thing, you are welcome to do it

- (inherited) nearly impossible to restore any system settings from TiBu except for WiFi points

- backup all your user apps before applying

- keep backup ROM zip (like Torch.1.5.zip or Cognition.4.4.2.zip) on your phone for easy rollback

Some speed test numbers:

quadrant - @1GHz - 1610, cheated with mount - 2436.

quadrant - @1.4GHz - 1916, cheated with mount - 2854.

linpack @ 1.4GHz - 19.615

SunSpider @1.4GHz - 4333.8ms (compare at http://www.anandtech.com/show/4416/...8x60-phones-htc-sensation-4g-and-htc-evo-3d/2 )

Mount cheat: mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /data/data/com.aurorasoftworks.quadrant.ui.standard

Pix worth billion (due to inflation)

Full size screenshots here:

http://s1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/nostalgia25/Nostalgia ROM/?albumview=slideshow

Download link

http://www.uploadonall.com/files/1HXTWFSY/Nostalgia_1_5.zip

Non-wipe version

http://www.uploadonall.com/files/0MQNGORK/Nostalgia_1_4_nonwipe_script.zip

Unzip Nostalgia_*.zip file. Unzip Nostalgia_1_4_nonwipe_script.ZIP to the same directory. Zip it back together. Apply to your phone. For example:

>7za x Nostalgia_1_5.zip c:\temp\rom

>7za x Nostalgia_1_4_nonwipe_script.ZIP c:\temp\rom

>7za a Nostalgia_1_5_nonwipe.zip c:\temp\rom\*

See this to bulk restore your apps:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13955145

Application pack - all user installable/uninstallable, boajucified (except wallpapers)

http://www.uploadonall.com/files/WPE72ZVW/Nostalgia_App_Pak_1_5.7z

Adfree.apk, AndFtp.apk, AndroidTerminal.apk, AstroFileMgr.apk, CalcBuddy.apk, ColorDict.apk, CoolReader.apk, Dlna.apk, Earth.apk, Email.apk, Fring.apk, Gmail.apk, klye.plugin.en.apk, LiveWallpapers.apk, LiveWallpapersPicker.apk, MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk, Maps.apk, MemoPad.apk, MultiLingKeyboard.apk, OperaMini.apk, Pandora.apk, SecretWallpaper1.apk, SecretWallpaper2.apk, Skype.apk, SmoothCalendar.apk, SnsAccount.apk, SnsProvider.apk, StreetView.apk, Talk.apk, TATLiveWallpapersAurora.apk, TATLiveWallpapersBlueSea.apk, TATLiveWallpapersDandelion.apk, TATLiveWallpapersLuminescence.apk, TouchWizCalculator.apk, TwWallpaperChooser.apk, VisualizationWallpapers.apk, Zeam.apk

Older links

http://www.uploadonall.com/files/0D759WUZ/Nostalgia_1_3.zip

http://www.uploadonall.com/files/CIOUUJGK/NonwipeScript.ZIP