yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Droid Charge] letsgophillyingeneral:
Then I'd have to stab myself in the face.

EDIT2: Just wiped data/factory reset and wiped cache partition again. Installed PBJT's kernel then the AB v4.1.1 ROM successfully. Rebooted phone and didn't hear the British lady again. It booted to the home screen after a couple of minutes and the Setup Wizard FC'd and I had to pull the battery. Now my phone is stuck on the boot animation and I am not hearing any british Voodoo lady. (boot animation is not going nuts like it does on the custom kernels, but I think I remember it going nuts the first time it booted up after reinstalling the kernel and AB v4.1.1

EDIT3: Ok, so I'm kinda F'd at the moment. I tried wiping the data/factory reset and wiped the cache partition then reinstalled the kernel and AB again and the same thing happened. After installing the kernel and ROM, I pulled the battery to reboot. The phone booted up showing the Samsung logo followed by the tweaked out boot animation. I DID NOT hear the british lady's voice. The phone eventually booted to the home screen (like it did in the first EDIT) but the Setup Wizard FC'd again. I couldn't do anything with the device. The Home button does nothing. However, the notification bar is there and the rest of the screen is black. I received a text message and was able to open it up through the notification bar. SMS app opened fine and I was able to respond to the text message. I tried hitting Home again, nothing. If you hold in Home, I can bring up the recent app list.

I pulled the battery and did a reboot. Now my phone is stuck on the boot animation again, and the boot animation is NOT tweaking out. Not only that, but the phone is definitely past the boot animatoin process as I'm able to "unlock" the phone by sliding the invisible slider. I can also slide the Volume slider that is on the lock screen, but I cannot see anything but the boot animation. I'm able to lock the screen and unlock it. What is going on?! If I pull the battery and attempt another reboot, it does the same thing.

If I boot into CWR and wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition then reinstall the kernel and AB rom then Setup Wizard FC's on boot. If I reboot again, then I get stuck at the boot animation. The same thing continues to happen every time I wipe and reinstall through CWR.

I feel like I posted enough information for someone with a brain to be able to figure out what is going on here :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] Mikey450GT:
Still loving the Rom but I just got my first random reboot, it happened still when I was on ED2 stock, no root so I know it isn't you. But just wondering if anyone else has had this issue? It happened to be a lot when I was plugged into my computer via USB cable. I'm running PBJ and 4.1.1, but I have thankfully not encountered the battery hiccup yet.....YET :p

Anyone else experiencing the random reboot? I'm thinking its either memory or phone based. I can obviously confirm nor deny and I know it isn't the rom/kernel combination cuz it happened before. Just wondering if anyone else has had this issue yet? Thanks.
[Verizon Droid Charge] chadness:
philly - have you tried running Odin? I'd do that and start over from scratch.
[Verizon Droid Charge] letsgophillyingeneral:
I was afraid to flash anything with Odin until I got a solid response. However, I decided to try booting into CWR and disabled the lagfix. Then I wiped data/cache/factory reset and installed the PBJT kernel and AB v4.1.1

I just rebooted from CWR and now it's on the boot animation. We'll see how this goes..

EDIT: It booted to the home screen but the Setup Wizard is still FCing. The EE4 OTA notice popped up. Still can't do anything as far as getting to the home launcher. Home key still does nothing.

EDIT2: Got it working, details here .
[Verizon Droid Charge] Amir_Clark:
Anyone else having problems with the hotspot app? Everytime i click it, it goes back into my launcher or my homescreen..
[Verizon Droid Charge] ffd173:
There was a problem with it. That's part of the reason verizon released an update.
[Verizon Droid Charge] ffd173:
This may not belong here, but I think it's kernel or ab rom related.

When I try and use 'wireless tether for root users' I get errors and it says active but it doesn't work. I am showing the error log it generates.

Thanks.
[Verizon Droid Charge] ffd173:
This may not belong here, but I think it's kernel or ab rom related.

When I try and use 'wireless tether for root users' I get errors and it says active but it doesn't work. I am staving the error log it generates.

Thanks.

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[Verizon Droid Charge] frogdod:
his latest Alteredbeast A4

can be found here

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CM5DJTN9

the download link on his OP sent me to A3

as well as his patch for 4.1.1

http://www.androphiles.com/files/android/altered_beast_4.1.1.zip

*maybe i missed it but i dont think he has updated his OP here at xda.

but i've been using AB since i got my charge and love it.

and alpha4 is amazing.

thanks to droidXcon and everyone involved
[Verizon Droid Charge] letsgophillyingeneral:
After finally wiping and reflashing PBJT/ABv4.1.1 successfully, I get Quadrant Standard scores of 1620!

The battery still seems to drain relatively fast, but the battery status info shows that it's mostly the display sucking the power from the battery. The phone idled overnight from 12am to 6am and went from ~99%-92%. Since I woke up at 6am I used the phone a bit (browsed facebook, sent/receieved a few texts) and it went from 92%-83%. It's only 7:24am, I don't think the battery should drop that quickly. Luckily I have two batteries.
[Verizon Droid Charge] mturley:
A little constructive criticism

Hey man,

FANTASTIC job on this rom. It runs fast, it feels slick, and it looks... well, that's where I have a problem. A lot of your theming is really cool, but some of it is (and this is totally my own opinion) stupid-looking. That's not to say the rest of the rom isn't awesome, because it is! But personally, I think some of the stuff (like the cloaked warrior dude on the USB storage screen, or the wavy signal bars) is just unnecessary and strange. Just my two cents.

That said, most of my gripes are purely personal preference. There is one piece of the theme, however, that gets in the way-- the carbon-fibery background on the notification pulldown. It makes the notifications just a little harder to read.

Obviously, most people like or at least don't mind these things, so the fix would be to offer a variety of themes so I can choose one I like better. With that change (and possibly some of the bacon offered by Cyanogenmod on other phones) this would be my favorite rom.

I absolutely love everything else. Keep up the good work.
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
Update to 4.1. 1

All the stuff you dislike was taken out
[Verizon Droid Charge] ryand0901:
Does the ab 4.1.1 have the EE4 update incorporated into it?
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
Negative ghost rider... the pattern is full. He will release in 4.2 ish
[Verizon Droid Charge] streetlightman:
ok everyone, i'm sorry for asking the question that's probably already been answered but i just kind of want a brief step by step guide to update from A4 to 4.1.1. My understanding is to just download it and put it on the SD and boot into CWM (which was put on to the phone when A4 was flashed). Once in CWM is where I'd get lost. I've never used it before and I was wondering if someone could tell me how to use it and how to get into it.

Also and just to verify, I should use the CWM that was flashed when this ROM was flashed right? I only ask this because I've been reading about people having problems with CWM

Thanks
[Verizon Droid Charge] Amir_Clark:
Im getting the EE4 update from Samsung...should i ignore the update or try to install it?
[Verizon Droid Charge] awdshenanigans:
not yet. wait for the version thats ready for it.
[Verizon Droid Charge] RaptorMD:
Ok, so while my phone was just sitting on my table it appears to have accepted and installed EE4 without my accepting it. Is this correct based on this info below? If so I should just be able to flash CWM (latest version) and install the GummyCHARGED v1.5 and Voodoo Lagfix if I want to?

Baseband version

i510.06 V.EE4

SCH-I510-EE1

Kernel Version

2.6.32.9

se.infra@SEI-07 #1

Build Number

SCH-I510.EE4
[Verizon Droid Charge] awdshenanigans:
maybe its just me, but isn't it kind of bad form to ask in one developer's thread how to abandon his hard work for the newest rom? just sayin.
[Verizon Droid Charge] RaptorMD:
I don't consider what I posted to be bad form at all. Until this morning I have been running AB 4.1.1 and enjoying it a lot. Like many others I hop to different ROM's based on what is available and what I like. At the moment I am running a stock with the EE4 updates installed. While I am waiting for AB VX.x that has the EE4 files included I like others may try GummyCHARGED it doesn't mean my post was derogatory or bad mouthing DroidXcon's works, he knows I happen to like the work.

I have a simple goal and that is to donate to all devs regardless of which ROM's, tools or apps I do or do not use. I believe in supporting their hard work because without it we would be stuck with stock and that just won't work for me.

I did post that question in three different threads on two forums so I could have modified it but I didn't see any issue with it at the time and still don't. If I had posted for users to dump AB and only look at GummyCHARGED that would be a different story. I would not do that, period. I look forward to AB with EE4 files and continued tweaking.

Nuff said!
[Verizon Droid Charge] ffd173:
I posted the above a few days ago. Since then, I have done the downgrade to ED1 and then upgrade through EE4. Oh, and when I went from ED1 to EE4, it skipped ED2.

Was that okay? That's the update that showed up OTA when I went down to ED1.

All is well. I flashed the EE4 with voodoo, jt's kernel and cwm, from driodxcon.

I have root again. I have updated radio. I also threw the sd card patch on for writing to the card when usb connected from computer.

AND...my wireless tether for root users works again.

So, I'm guessing that it was something in AB 4.1.1 that was debloated or removed.

Droidxcon, could you please look into this when you update AB with the EE4 files. I want to put AB back on, but I also want wireless tether to work.

Thanks in advance! Your work is greatly appreciated!!!:cool::cool:
[Verizon Droid Charge] awdshenanigans:
ok, so i renamed the ota file under system/etc/security to add the .bak to it and its still asking me to upgrade to ee4. tried the terminal emulator method to no avail as well. any ideas?
[Verizon Droid Charge] dcc123:
I'm currently sitting at EE4 with gummy and peanut butta jelly time. I really, really miss AB.

I'm still confused whether or not I can flash the newest AB while still retaining my EE4. Can anyone shed some light on that please?
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
No. No matter what you do you will always retain ee4 radio. You can even odin flash back to stock ed1 and it will stay. Go back to altered beast if you want. Radio will stay. Altered beast will need to update to ee4 if he hasn't already
[Verizon Droid Charge] Mikey450GT:
Your link is broken for the latest update... :(
[Verizon Droid Charge] Amir_Clark:
Im kinda confused, is there an AB update out, im using v4.1.1 atm
[Verizon Droid Charge] chadness:
No. You will be at ED2, but you should still have the EE4 baseband radio, which contains some of the 4G fixes (theoretically).
[Verizon Droid Charge] chadness:
You are at the latest, 4.1.1. According to the OP, he hangs out a little more often at Android Central, so you could watch the thread here for more up to date info.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Amir_Clark:
Ok, Thanks alot, that really helps :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] DroidXcon:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/ver...east-default-home-screen-opinions-needed.html
[Verizon Droid Charge] chadness:
Voted. Love those icons!
[Verizon Droid Charge] RaptorMD:
I am really looking forward to V5 w/ EE4 file support. Has there been any word on when this may come out?
[Verizon Droid Charge] chadness:
Watch over on android central - he's more active over there. Yesterday he said it would be a couple of days, so I'd suspect before the weekend.
[Verizon Droid Charge] wwalding:
help with stock ed1 rooted charge

i rooted using gingerbreak. on stock ed1. do i still need to update to ed2 before i install Altered Beast custom ROM? or can i just skip the step on reverting back to ed1 from ed2?

thanks,waylon
[Verizon Droid Charge] streetlightman:
I really don't think it matters if you are rooted or not before you install this. It also shouldn't matter if you upgrade to ED2 before or not. Since this ROM incorporates ED2 into it, you'll get ED2 when you flash it. When I flashed it, I was on ED2 stock. In your case though, you might want to upgrade to EE4 for the radio update and then flash or just wait a few days for DroidXCon to release V5 which will likely include EE4.
[Verizon Droid Charge] zeus_r6:
Is anybody else having trouble viewing the site?
[Verizon Droid Charge] dcc123:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/dro...0-11-acs-altered-beast-alpha-5-ee4-based.html

The new EE4 alpha 5 update is available.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Amir_Clark:
I just installed the new update, and i still get the EE4 update notification, any ideas?
[Verizon Droid Charge] Cruiserdude:
Did you install the official ee4 ota update first? AB doesn't flash your baseband, you have to do that first yourself.
[Verizon Droid Charge] DroidXcon:
Altered Beast Alpha 5 (to be flashed in CWM) this does not contain a kernel but is a full system flash not a patch

[info]Change log 6/20

Hulu (on boot, before you sign into google, go to settings privacy and make sure auto restore is not checked. Also make sure flash doesnt update)

voodoo control app

alot of themeing by gunner and myself

new tv shutdown animation that i modded up

charging fixed

aosp launcher themed up by me

Teamnew widget added

Androphile wallpapers added

icons added to /system/icons may need ES explorer or root explorer to get to them

For those of you who dont know how to use clockwork there is plenty of info on this site, otherwise wait till tonight or tomorrow and i will be opening a new altered beast thread as this one is cluttered[/info]
[Verizon Droid Charge] reflekt2099:
EDIT: I saw in your OP, that you mention to do a data wipe (ugh) but I suppose that's what will need to be done. thanks for all your hard work

I currently have GummyCharged 1.7.5 installed.

If i want to install ab v5, do i Need to do a system wipe/factory reset, and then install AB v5?

or can I retain all my apps, memory, data, and install ab v5 over it all, and be fine?
[Verizon Droid Charge] DroidXcon:
it does funny stuff when you dont wipe but give it a shot
[Verizon Droid Charge] Amir_Clark:
I asked if i should install the EE4 ota update awhile back, i was told i should wait til the next AB update was released...so what should i do then? Try to install the EE4 ota update now or reflash back to AB v4.1.1
[Verizon Droid Charge] dotson817:
Anyone see huge differences between this and rooted stock? Only reason I'm asking for Major differences is because I know I'll wipe if I flash,

Thanks
[Verizon Droid Charge] bsimcox:
I usually don’t comment or reply in forums but I had to say something about this ROM.. Unbelievable.. I appreciate your hard work and effort into making this rom DroidXcon. Thank you.. Works flawless...
[Verizon Droid Charge] gregh530:
Great ROM .. stock sucks, this made all the difference
[Verizon Droid Charge] reflekt2099:
can anyone provide any screenshots that show the improvements/changes from ab v4.1.1 to v5?

i'm trying to decide if i wanna convert over from gummy charged to AB.

I originally had AB, and loved it, but then wanted to try gummy charged for a bit. it's just that doing a whole data wipe is kind of a hassle (having to re-install all the apps, etc)

thanks!
[Verizon Droid Charge] dotson817:
I took the plunge and wiped and flashed! Amazing rom kills stock and im loving it :D awesome work team!
[Verizon Droid Charge] mossinonet:
Getting the buttons from Version 4 of AB

Hi,

I liked the bottom title-like buttons (messaging, contacts, phone) from the V4 build. I noticed they are gone and now look more like the standard android type with the two dots on each end. Is there a way to get the V4 buttons back on the alpha 5 release?
[Verizon Droid Charge] letsgophillyingeneral:
Use a different home launcher application like Go Launcher EX.
[Verizon Droid Charge] dslider85:
Love the new additions. One glitch, the stock cradle dock app will not launch the alarm clock app. Says " no activity found ".
[Verizon Droid Charge] t2xcrzy308us:
Hulu isn't working for me. I keep getting the message that Hulu does not work for mobile devices. Am I missing something?
[Verizon Droid Charge] DroidXcon:
no ill send out a patch when im not so hungover
[Verizon Droid Charge] t2xcrzy308us:
Thanks bro! Gatorade helps to rehydrate yourself. haha
[Verizon Droid Charge] K.AuthoR:
I installed the ED2 version of this on a friend's Charge, and I just installed the EE4 based version on my Charge. I'm having difficulty keeping the overclock settings from Voltage Control. The settings for the voltage tweaks and the CPU governor/IO schedulers always return to stock after reboot, and yes I've pressed menu and hit save boot settings on both pages. Help?
[Verizon Droid Charge] tbonepaint:
Im a noob so this is probably a dumb question but..

Do I need both the AB voodoo + CWM and the alpha 5 files? Or can I just use alpha 5 via ODIN?
[Verizon Droid Charge] Turb0wned:
So this isn't a zip I can just flash in recovery CWM?
[Verizon Droid Charge] DroidXcon:
Hulu Patch: (Flash with clockwork)

AlteredBeast_Hulu_patch.zip
[Verizon Droid Charge] streetlightman:
Awesome! I'll flash this tonight and report how it works
[Verizon Droid Charge] Baedarlboo:
I just need clarification, If I have AB v4 with ED2 flash on here, and i flash with the V5 with cwm, will I be up to EE4? Or is there another update that takes care of EE4 alone? I know you can't use the OTA update to EE4.
[Verizon Droid Charge] streetlightman:
you have to go back to stock rooted ED1. then accept the ee4 update. then flash cwm, then flash a kernel, then flash this rom. make sure voodoo is disabled before you do anything.
[Verizon Droid Charge] tbonepaint:
I had ED1, did the OTA EE4 update and then used ODIN to install Altered Beast, but now its telling me I need to update to EE4 again? What happened?
[Verizon Droid Charge] chadness:
You downloaded the wrong version. Make sure you download the one with the flashing disk under where it says Alpha 5.

DroidXcon - you might want to remove the old link.
[Verizon Droid Charge] flybyturkey:
WOW! That's all I can say. Just installed it. Was running GummyCharged and decided to give this one a try. I like this one better. This ROM has Backup Assistant. Gummy doesn't. Big plus on that one. All of my contacts had to be manually put in in Gummy. Not in this ROM. I love the wallpapers (regular and live). ROM seems to be snappier too. I like how menus fade from the right side of the screen. Beautiful ROM.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Baedarlboo:
Anyone else notice faster battery drain? I went from AB v4 to v5 and noticed the battery going down faster.
[Verizon Droid Charge] t2xcrzy308us:
Thanks for the patch. Hulu is up and running. U da man!
[Verizon Droid Charge] Kronia:
I've noticed that my battery drains a little bit faster, yes, but (as far as I know, please correct me if i'm wrong) this ROM is made for performance and stability, not extended battery life.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Slednek:
I also noticed a fast battery drain.

I thought that I could do OTA updates with this, is this incorrect?

My phone has been stuck on the "android guy and triangle with exclamation point" on screen.

Does anyone know if this is normal or did I brick it? :confused:

B
[Verizon Droid Charge] streetlightman:
i don't think you bricked it but you CANNOT do OTA updates with this if you have voodoo enabled (which you probably did). See if you can flash AB4 with ODIN. Next, go into CWM and disable lagfix. Then, flash back to stock rooted ED1. Then accept the EE4 update. Now you are running the latest update and you can flash AB5.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Baedarlboo:
I asked if anyone is experiencing faster batt drain.... to see if it was the norm. I didn't ask what the rom was made for.
[Verizon Droid Charge] letsgophillyingeneral:
Backup Assistant is lame. There's no need for it if you back up your contacts to your Google account.
[Verizon Droid Charge] flybyturkey:
I had an EnvTouch before this phone. Backup Assistant isn't lame when you actually need it. I use Titanium now. Thanks for your opinion though.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Yoweigh:
No kernel included?

What are the consequences of not having a kernel included in this file? Will I need to flash a custom kernel before applying this system flash, or am I good to go with this when I get the phone?

Thanks in advance for your help.
[Verizon Droid Charge] letsgophillyingeneral:
But you don't need the app.. When you got your Charge you had your contacts transferred, correct? Do you have a Google account? If so, you can simply backup your contacts to your Google account. Are you that attached to Backup Assistant?

I just don't see the point of having an extra app installed/running. You don't even need to bother with titanium backup. Backing your contacts to Google also makes flashing new roms a little less painless since your contacts sync automatically once you sign in. Convenient.
[Verizon Droid Charge] dragonstalker:
The point of using Titanium backup is to preserve the integrity of your apps and data. All you have to do is run the batch scripts and it will restore your apps and data to their original state so you don't have to lose out on anything.
[Verizon Droid Charge] letsgophillyingeneral:
I know that, I use Titanium Backup for that very reason, but not to restore my contacts (since the contacts restore automatically when signing into my Google account). Titanium is amazing and I'm not trying to hate on the app. I just don't really see the point of having Backup Assistant installed in the image, and I was trying to point out how to easily backup/restore your contacts using youre Google account.

Can't one just download Backup Assistant from the Market or find it somewhere on the internet anyway? Sorry if that's not possible, I haven't used Backup Assistant since my LG Dare :) . Altered Beast is awesome, let it stay lite.
[Verizon Droid Charge] streetlightman:
you should flash a custom kernel so you can take advantage of voodoo. i flashed imnuts's kernel (the non-overclocking one) and it works great. the steps to be taken should be as followed:

put the ROM, CWM, and the kernel on your sd card.

turn your phone off

(if you haven't done so already, flash back to ED1, accept EE4)

flash CWM

wipe device/cache

flash kernel

flash rom

since you're flashing a voodoo kernel the file system will convert to ext4 when you first reboot your phone. be patient. this will speed up the phone
[Verizon Droid Charge] SFniner415:
new charge user

hello fellow charge users. total newb here. so i have odin v1.3. samsung usb drivers installed. and the tar.md5 file extracted. am i ready to go into download mode? my phone is complete stock and i already did a factory restore.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Yoweigh:
Download link b0rked?

Is the first megaupload link not working for anyone else? I can't get it past around 50MB. I've tried multiple computers on multiple ISPs. I'm talking about the link with that totally rad 90's flaming .gif. I need that one in order to get CWM and voodoo, right?

Does anyone have a mirror?
[Verizon Droid Charge] twistedlim:
just installed. Looks nice. Any way to take the background droid out of the sywpe keyboard? I have looked thru the apk files but cannot figure it out.

Thanks
[Verizon Droid Charge] mrtruckincowboy:
I'm hoping this gets put on the gingerbread leak i miss having this on my charge but loving the leak
[Verizon Droid Charge] SCDroid:
So just got a charge. All i have to do is follow the directions in this post and i'll have root?