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[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yogi2010:
I am not sure if this is a ROM or kernel thing, but I would love for this device to NOT shut off the backlight and to let you still use the camera at 10% battery and below! I hate that Samsung dictates how I use the last of my power, lol.

another good tweak is to allow one to choose either completely silent, or vibrate by using the volume down button, rather than one or the other. it seems really unintuitive to me to have to go into settings/sound/vibrate to change this.

I wish I knew how to implement these tweaks, and I do not know if they are in the kernel or the ROM... but I know some Epic ROMs/kernels have them, as does CM7(the volume one for sure)

anyway, I was gonna make these requests a seperate thread, but what the hell lol... here they are. just throwing it out there. maybe we can work on it, and maybe I will run them by drhonk.

the ROM is running and looking great, btw :)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ayoteddy:
umm.. your so grateful ... lol

anyway i will release 2 themes compatible with this ROM. light and dark as i said so people can choose, and the ROM will have changes that i plan on making. if you want.. you can make the 3 extra themes, imo lol
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sduvick:
A working lagfix will be posted tonight by drhonk, we got it working correctly and tested. @ayo, you might wanna wait till tonight to release this, so you can add in the new kernel? just my 2cents.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] atrocityg1:
ok well it was a bad dl

dunno what happen with the mirror but the download v2 did not flash without bootloop of main logo...now its flawless after odin and new download...still didnt work after odin, so the new download is definitely the solution. thanks everyone
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Reviewers:
i'll make you 3 theme's sure , give me a guide and a tutorial . lmao & im talking about a light theme [ROM] . I have light theme's & wallpaper's lol .
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ayoteddy:
Thanks, glad your enjoying the ROM.

Also, the backlight and camera thing is are implementions by samsung to save battery. Idk about the backlight thing (I'm sure I can be disabled though) but the camera can def me modded to work below 10% as it was done on the SGS and vibrant . So its possible but I don't know much about it.

You can enable vibration from the notification bar and silent from the power menu

Those tweaks have nothing to do with the kernel but the ROM. The camera apk needs to be modded for that and I think a file in the framework.. but as I said before I don't know much about them
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ayoteddy:
You can use google for a start, and ROM doesn't need an entire ROM update just to change two files to change the framework images, which is why I am releasing two themes that can be flashed on the ROM
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ayoteddy:
I'm not releasing the new ROM tonight. Possibly before the weekend and it will include the latest kernel.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ayoteddy:
Glad to hear. Enjoy :)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yogi2010:
yeah, DEFINITELY enjoying the ROM. and thanks for the info... I might poke around on the camera thing, I might be able to hit up some of the Epic devs.

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[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sduvick:
sounds good, thanks much teddy for all your work and help today
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] droctii:
Two things:

1. My lockscreen occasionally freezes and won't unlock the phone.

2. Will the update with Bali 2.0 require a full wipe?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ayoteddy:
Update to v2 to Rid any speed issue's

and yes its a full wipe .. same install method.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] DJ_Caibel:
Having some serious lag issues with v2.0. Example: While playing Angry Birds the game slowed way down. Never had that happen with any of my previous phones (G1, G2, HD2 with GB 2.3.4 NAND, MT3G Slide, MT4G, Vibrant and GS4G - all rooted and customized).

Also, a guy mentioned a screen lock issue where it locks up and won't do anything unless you open the keyboard. Had that several times today already.

Lastly, everything is extremely slow to respond at times. I'll click the Home button and it'll go to the home screens with no icons and then about 15-20 seconds later the icons and widgets will finally pop up. Setting up widgets is slow as well. Custom user ringtones don't work either - I have several set for specifics contacts and they show up in the contact as being set to something different than the default, but only the default ringtone plays no matter who calls. LED notifications don't work either, except for charging - SMS, MMS, missed call and email LED notifications don't work at all.

NOTE: I know there is a Gingerbread ROM on the GS4G and noticed that you're using the SK4G/GS4G chipset for this ROM - so is it possible to use the code from the GB ROM for the GS4G to port it to the SK4G? I would assume we'd lose the SK4G lockscreen and jump button stuff, but everything else should work just fine, yeah? Just wondering.

Thanks for all the hard work thus far! If you need another tester, lemme know.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] tweeklulz:
That's odd, 99% of the people found this ROM to be very fast and smooth. Have you tried reinstalling the ROM?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ayoteddy:
You should redownload and reflash.

If the problems still occur, odin back to stock and start from there and it will solve your issue's

Those two solutions worked for the people having problems and the ROM runs perfect afterwards if you read back in the thread a bit..

And someone else will be working on a gingerbread ROM for our phone we just have to be patient and see how it goes
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] jomarxx:
I had some of those issues with the lag and taking forever for the icons to boot when I was running v1 with the xperia luncher but now the phone is smother the ever. No more fc and random reboots. Specialy with the new kernel
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ayoteddy:
Thanks.. V2 is smooth as is and with ext4 voodoo its just flying. The sidekick made progression faster than I imagined :) lol
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] jomarxx:
Lol I almost sold the phone when I saw that development was kind of slow at first but now I'm happy I didnt
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] droctii:
Thanks on v2 already.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] tweeklulz:
are there still ways to make it EVEN FASTER? i like high quadrant scores :D
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yogi2010:
the best way might be to make a kernel with overclocking.... our phones could almost certainly handle at least 1200 Mhz ;)

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[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Reviewers:
and then we have 10 minute's of battery life ;]
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yogi2010:
yeah lol, it would be a trafe off. but I have run kernels at that speed that got awesome batt. life. perhaps it's a matter of getting the voltages set up right, maybe even undervolting the lower frequencies a bit. but yeah, not everyone wants to get into all that.

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[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Datlilboricua:
How u get 1300 plus quadrent I only get 1039

With linda

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[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] redcheetah:
i'm having a problem with rotate. home screen will not rotate only work on apps such as web browser etc, to use physical keyboard home screen will not rotate. i did uncheck then check on auto rotate setting. stock rom work fine without problem maybe bug or something. i am using smooth 2.0 rom with newer kernel 2

*EDIT* nevermind i got it to work. "home screen: menu > preferences > homescreen settings > check landscape mode. then reboot." that is what i want.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Reviewers:
Yeah , i OC'ed my MyTouch 4G & it died within 1 hour , perhaps if we get a good kernal , & OC we would be fine . Would you mind testing Bali V2.0's LAGFIX kernal + OC it ?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] tweeklulz:
1038 is on the low side i think? do you have a lot of apps running in the background?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Datlilboricua:
Not really

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[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] DJ_Caibel:
I'll do that when I get home later tonight (when my phone stops blowing up with texts and such). I'll letcha know how it turns out. Thanks again for the hard work!
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] bburke88:
Id say more like 1500... I had my g2 OCd to 1400, lol
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Shaquiel Harris:
The G2 could go up to 1.9 ghz. :cool:
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yogi2010:
haha yeah, the G2 seems to be able to handle high speeds. when I had the Epic tho, even 1280 seemed to freeze it up, except maybe with 1 particular kernel..... I have a friend who runs his Epic at 1400 with that kernel tho! we will soon see what this phone can handle.... 1200 is perfect for me tho.

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[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] bburke88:
I prefer 1300 where possible... but 1200 is nice too lol
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yogi2010:
lol, I hear ya.

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[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Reviewers:
Im reaching 1200 without a OCing kernal , Once we have a LAGFIX OCing Kernal w/ all the tweak's we would be looking at 1500 .
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] vicmora5:
Got my first random reboot just a while ago, does anyone know why some of my apps changed,and why i have 3 maps now -.-
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ayoteddy:
is it possible you had some apps update from the market ? also use a different launcher and see if you have 3 maps .. (google maps wont download/install 3 times)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] vicmora5:
No I mean they look like they do in root explorer or something, like its looking at the file not the app. As pictured in the screen shot. Any idea what could cause that?

And the 3 different maps went to different functions in maps o.O one went to nav the other to find places and the other just to the map. I uninstalled update and now I only have one map icon.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ayoteddy:
i havent seen this happen before but those are most likely apps from the market, just uninstall/reinstall them and it shouldnt happen again. and if the maps update makes those 3 apps have the same icon doubt its cause of the ROM
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jabrutal:
Hello, I am a new user here and completely new at Rooting, Roms, Recoveries, etc. I've tried my best to install this ROM while searching the forums and without asking questions, but now I'm stuck. I've successfully rooted my phone (at least I think I did), downloaded ROM manager and the Smooth Maximus ROM. But here is when I get confused -

The instructions on post 2 of this thread says to put the .zip on the sd card, reboot into cwm, wipe data and cache. I did all of that. The next step is to change my mount setup from cwm. I CAN'T find options as to how to change the mounts from cwm recovery. My only options are 'reboot from phone', 'reinstall packages', 'wipe data', and 'wipe cache'.

My question is, where do I go to perform said actions, and what should I do next to complete the installation? Thanks for any help.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yogi2010:
so far you are still in stock recovery.... the .zip that you put on the root of your sdcard- did you name it to update.zip, and then in that stock recovery, choose 'reintsall packages'?

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[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jabrutal:
No, I didn't. I'll try that now... stay tuned!
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jabrutal:
It didn't work, I got an error message stating -

E: failed to open /mnt/internal_sd/update.zip (No such file or directory)

E: signature verification failed

Should I put the rom (update.zip) in that folder?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] jomarxx:
Did you push the recovery in to system bin
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Reviewers:
Put krylon's recovery in your /SDCARD then install root manager.

In root manager set as R/W then go to /system/bin & change recovery.bin to recovery.bak then copy the Krylon's Recovery.bin to your /system/bin then go to ROM Manager and go to recovery & reinstall package's .
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jabrutal:
No, I didn't do that nor do I know how to.

Please excuse my ignorance on the topic, although I am a quick learner, all this stuff is VERY new to me haha.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] jomarxx:
Yeah what he said lol ^^^^^^^^^
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jabrutal:
root manager is a $2.88 app in the droid marketplace? could i use root explorer instead? if so, are there different instructions on the ones you just gave me?

ps this 5 minute wait time is killing me haha
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] jomarxx:
I used super manger is free
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Reviewers:
Install astro file manager , then go to this website .

http://www.4shared.com/file/yJP2ZW_f/Root_Explorer_v2133__File_Mana.htm

Install that put it on your /SDCARD then open astro file manager go to /SDCARD then install the APK
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jabrutal:
I put Krylon's recovery on my SDCARD, can't find /system/bin anywhere though... is that specific to Root Manager? I installed the other two file managers and neither can see /system/bin... my ignorance is beginning to frustrate me
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] jomarxx:
If you are using super manager first you have to go to settings and check enable root function the use the file explorer.... in the file explorer go all the way back by pressing ..back up level folder... the scroll down look for system and the bin.... the look for recovery.... rename in recovery.bak and then add the new recovery
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jabrutal:
awesome, thanks i got it. i'm currently in the updated cwm recovery screen, now to install this rom! thanks everyone, ill keep tabs if i come across any more trouble
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] jomarxx:
No problem
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jabrutal:
Smooth Maximus install was a success! Thanks to everyone that helped me out. This was my first time rooting and installing a new ROM, now on to bigger things (that's what she said). Overclocking and things of that nature is next on my list, can anyone direct me to a thread explaining this or just help me in general? I don't want to spam this thread with such amateur questions.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Reviewers:
Shoot me a PM
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] LesserAnimal:
overclocking requires a kernel that supports it. None have been developed for the Sidekick 4g yet but its definately one of the next logical steps in further developing the sk4g. Just keep your eyes peeled here on xda and i'm sure itll show up sooner or later.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] jomarxx:
Is anyone having issues with with not receiving voicemail notifications?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] xxxxairwavexxxx1:
Make a video please!!!!!!!!!!!! D;
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yogi2010:
I'm not really sure myself... I've become a fan of Google Voice, and that works great.

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[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Reviewers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pElQTVi5ICc&feature=channel_video_title

there's my review.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] jahnbodah:
HOLY @#$%ING @#$% Take the youtube.commaximus4g off that intro and make that into a bootanimation! that would be great for this rom!
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] jomarxx:
Yeah is pretty bad a$$
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Reviewers:
I never thought of that , i have the intro , i don't know how to make it a boot animation ? :/ anyone wanna help me ?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] DJ_Caibel:
Finally got around to reflashing. So far so good. Currently doing my Titanium Backup restore (that's something I do miss...my phone automatically downloading and restoring all my apps for me). I'll letcha know if performance improves.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Reviewers:
I needed to reflash i ODIN'd , rerooted , reCWM'ed , installed the ROM through recovery & now it say's stuck at the Sidekick 4G screen . Help ?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ayoteddy:
did you check your mounts before you rebooted from CWM ? and system was unmount /system

you know the procedure . . if you get stuck @ SK4G logo you have to ODIN.

Anyways new release this afternoon. it will be the most stable and fastest version and also the final version. after this release i will be moving on to themes as one stable custom ROM should hold us down til we get a port of something better (CM7 or sumthing). No Point in me releasing Multiple Custom ROMs just for them to be the same (or very similar) with different themes. im aware some people dont prefer dark themes so i will make something that can suite a majority.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jabrutal:
Upgrading to this final version is essentially installing a 'new' or 'different' ROM, correct?

When I first installed this ROM, I lost all my data, apps, contacts, etc. How do I efficiently backup my stuff so I don't have to redownload everything after I get the final version?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ayoteddy:
you can use mybackup or titanium backup from the market to backup your apps but i dont recommend it, it could cause instability to the ROM but most people have done so without a problem .

and with GoSMS pro i backup my messages in less than 10 seconds, you can do the same.. your contacts arent deleted they sync with your Gmail so once you log into gmail your contacts come back after syncing
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Datlilboricua:
Send me the images ill make a boot animation

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[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] jahnbodah:
Here are the image files, They are bmp image files.

I started to rename them,

0000.bmp

0001.bmp

0002.bmp

These files are already renamed (there are more, just giving an example)

The files that are named

1 (54).bmp

1 (55).bmp

1 (56).bmp

have not been renamed, but you can see what number to rename it to.

example 1 (109).bmp would be renamed 0109.bmp

anyways, here is the link to download the file (zip)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10370245/MaximusSK4Gimages.zip
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Reviewers:
Nobody told you to post **** on the thread ! Delete that now !
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] jahnbodah:
Someone wants to help out with it, I dont see the trouble in providing the image files.

If he wanted to he could have just saved the youtube video and got them himself.

Im just trying to help out with the greater good.

I think the reason you are upset is because you want credit.

thats fine.

** If anyone makes a bootanimation out of the image files I provided, please give FawkReviewz credit for providing the intro to the youtube video... **
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] jomarxx:
He's just mad because people been giving him **** all week about he's threads.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] azcledel:
I had a really frustrating problem yesterday where my AmbientTime Home crashed 17 times in a row to where I had to do a soft reset and then a battery pull... I have no idea what caused this but it seems to be fine now we shall see
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] jonbloom:
+1

Someone really needs to have something done about his spam.

On topic, I love this ROM. I've been using LauncherPro Plus as my launcher and the newest kernel. Runs like a dream.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Reviewers:
I'm not mad at all I make more HQ post than more of you so stop . V3.0 will be coming out tommorrow ? & I made the bootanimation , I just need a tester PM me whoever want's to test .
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] tylerfromnj:
you are one of the reasons that nobody cares about our phone. shut up.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] jomarxx:
Have you tested on your phone?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] bburke88:
We aren't talking about quadrant scores. We are talking about cpu speeds.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Dripz167:
I'm so happy to see developers taking interest in this phone. By the time I get mines, there'll probably be a lot more. Thank you for your time in cooking up a rom :)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Reviewers:
Haha my youtube fan ;] thank god you joined , now i have a extra friend :D
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] rpmccormick:
Apps / Data: Titanium Backup for Root Users

(Caution restoring system data. User installed apps+data should be fine.)

SMS/CallLog: SMS Backup +

(Not only does backup/restore, but also lets you read SMS through GMail and see your call history on your GCalendar - Note: Make a GMail rule to move SMS out of inbox unless you want to be double notified)

Contacts: You are kidding right!?!?! I am so sick of TMobile and almost 100 other people making apps to backup your contacts. THIS IS ANDROID PEOPLE! Contacts/GMail/GCalendar/GVoice are ALWAYS synced to your Google account. Get any new Android phone or rom, login to Google, and they are all right there after the first 3min sync.

Also, the first time you go in to Market all your apps are there too, but you have to re-downloaded them all that first time or they will disappear. Therefore Titanium Backup is better.

I wish Google would auto-install your apps on all your devices, as well as sync app-data, bookmarks, SMS, and CallLog natively, but until then: There's an app for that!
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Datlilboricua:
2.3.4 and up installs apps after ever new sign in if u installed it from the market it will reinstall same for cm7 and up does the same thing hopefully we will see these soon

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[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] hailthethief:
Or you could make a backup of your phone before you flash, then after you boot up, let sit for 5 mins, reboot into CWM, advanced restore data :D
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Reviewers:
Who's ready for Smooth Maximus X Video Review in the morning as well with the download link ? ;]
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] hailthethief:
Alright so last night I rooted the unit, installed CWM from the thread as per the instructions, and made a backup. I downloaded the ROM and placed it on the SD card and I went to flash it and it told me the ZIP file was bad and it won't install. Any advice?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sduvick:
Sounds like you didn't get the CWM part right, or your download was bad. If this error is in the stock blue recovery, you need to make sure you moved the stock recovery to recovery.bak, then copied over the recovery from krylon. then copy the cwm.zip from ayo's first post, rename it to update.zip, and put it on your sdcard. reboot to recovery, it will be stock, so click 'reinstall packages' then you will be in cwm. install zip from sdcard.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] hailthethief:
I have a feeling that the download was bad because all the components in CWM were working properly. Wiping factory and cache and making backups and restoring backups. Anywho Ill try redownloading and installing later tonight since its my girlfriends phone. Im rocking my SGS4G ;)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ayoteddy:
Smooth Maximus ROM X [Final]

long ass changelog and pics are now in the OP .. instructions and link coming up ina few
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yogi2010:
many many thanks! i flashed Juwe's RAM script last night and was gonna let everyone know it works nicely... thanks for including. gonna flash this as soon as you get it uploaded :D
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] jomarxx:
Buahahahahahaha :-)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] azcledel:
Wahhh I want it nao!!!
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] badboi_zero:
To get the stock appearance of gmail, would I just have to uninstall the current gmail then download it through Market?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Datlilboricua:
Yea

Waiiiiting lmao

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[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Reviewers:
You & I both .

Hope it's not released at night time , I want to do a review & tutorial for my channel .
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] hailthethief:
Ive now tried this out on my girlfriends phone and it works great. This will be your best route to restore all of your apps and contacts and syncs.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] badboi_zero:
Who quotes themselves? Lol jk. Just anxious for Smooth Maximus X. It's only been within a month and this rom is now reaching its final stage. This rom's come a long way. Seems like it's been around longer.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Reviewers:
I agree , it seem's way longer . I hope X come's out tonight ugh iv been waiting