yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
and there i was, waiting for v0.2.1 ;) will the full release of v0.3 be a full install again, like this "preview"?

downloading now to check it out

edit: uh... adw launcher fc on boot.. lock screen looks nice though :P
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
Can you give me more detail on ADW force closing? Can you get a logcat and paste it here of the crash? Did you do a full wipe before installing? I'm not seeing it.
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
I'll give it another try. But I'm sure I did the big 3. I'll also have to install adb again before I can give you a logcat. You do do a logcat via adb on pc, right?
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
Yeah, that's right. I was getting FCs right after the initial setup dialog boxes because I had removed SE Home and had ADW in /system/app. I moved it to /data/app and everything was fine. Hoping that's not what you're seeing right now.
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
It was straight after set up. Waited a min or 2. Reboot (and cleared dalvik for some reason) and it happened again. Reinstalling after this post, then I'll get back to you if it does it again.
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
On my side, I get ADW's changelog popping up with ADW running. I just rewiped and reinstalled.
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
i've re-wiped data, cache and dalvik. re-installed, and it's happened again. i'm just installing java for the sdk, then i'll get to work on the logcat.
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
um.. never had to do a logcat before. there's a lot coming up on screen, but it's hard to keep up with what's coming up on it. how do you want me to get what you need?
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
Before you start the logcat, get yourself until right before you're about to trigger the FC.. then start the logcat and stop it within about 5 seconds. Don't do anything else during those 5 seconds to minimize the amount of crap to look through.

You can use:

logcat >> /sdcard/logcat.txt which will dump it to your SD card, then just attach it here.
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
do i just click close on the window and it will save it automatically? and i take it you dont want any level filters?
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
got something. dont know if it's usefull though :S i hope it is. the logcat should repeat 2 or three times if i did what i think
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
Good work, it does show me something here. Connect to the phone again with adb shell, and give me the output of the following:

ls -lah /data/data/org.adw.launcher/databases/

Try deleting the entire org.adw.launcher directory by using the following:

rm -rf /data/data/org.adw.launcher/

Then reboot. Make sure you type that properly. Everything should then work fine.
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
here's the output, and i'll give that a try

C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell

# ls -lah /data/data/org.adw.launcher/databases/

ls -lah /data/data/org.adw.launcher/databases/

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2.0K Sep 9 00:47 .

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2.0K Sep 9 00:47 ..

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7.0K Aug 1 2008 launcher.db

#

edit: BINGO!! i'm in! so now i can properly run and test :) thanks!! off to bed now as i gotta be up in 4 hours ;) lets see what tomorrow brings
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
Going to replace ADW with Launcher Pro which seems to not have the same problem.

Putting a hold on nano for the moment since hardly anyone's going to use it and I couldn't get past a certain problem I had with terminfo.

Took a hard shot at adding a Screenshot option to the Power Menu options, but it hasn't worked out yet. I haven't given up, but dealing with decompiled DEX code is difficult. I have another idea on how to take a run at this though. This may not make it into v0.3.

Do people want all the SE apps replaced with stock Android versions?
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
I like the Sony cam. Although, to be fair, the modded version with shoulder support is better. But I'm happy to see what the changes in apps will be like :-)

And the only thing ive noticed in the 0.3 preview is that sometimes I have to reboot to get data back. The symbol is still there, but no actual connection. Reboot fixes it. Until next time. Not a major issue though. Project seems to be going in the right direction regardless :-)
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
Extensive work on the ROM going on this weekend. Finally at a point where I can spend some real time on it. Going to be fun.
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
V0.3 being uploaded now. Adding screenshots and link very shortly. More to come.

EDIT: Uploaded. Let me know what you think.

Got anything else you'd like to see in this ROM? Let me know ASAP.
[Xperia Play Android Development] silvacrest:
personally i really wanted the galaxy SII theme but if there were issues regarding that i understand
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
aesthetically, i'm not too sure about the slider on the lock screen. not entirely sure what i like in a lock screen, but i just dont feel too sure about the current one :P all going well so far though (apart from the fact i've been cut off by my network operator:mad:)
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
That has nothing to do with the ROM, though... right? Unless your APN settings for your carrier are incorrect in the Cyanogenmod APN list.

I kind of feel the same way about the lockscreen, honestly. I really badly want to throw in the CM sliders. We'll see.

As for the Galaxy S scheme, I don't mind having a Galaxy S theme variant as well but yes, there was an issue that I was running into earlier in the thread.
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
correct. nothing to do with the rom. i went to bed on 0.3 preview with all forms of wireless connection working. woke up with a message from orange about updating my settings, which is code for "we've cut you off because we've buggered up your direct debit for the second time this year". lol. so nothing to do with you ^_^ i promise. i can receive calls and texts. i just cant send them. or access xda from work :'(
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
Hi everyone.

Just wanted to explain a little something about how my process has changed since I started working on this ROM a bit and how that will change how things will happen (for the better) from now on.

I switched over to using a full-fledged ROM kitchen a few days ago, which has sped up the entire process so very much. Also, keeping track of changes has been a pain, so I've switched over to putting the entire ROM under version control. The zip filename has changed to reflect this and is now in the following format:

R800i_zerorom_versionnumber_revisionnumber_releasedate.zip

What does this mean for you? It means I'll be able to put out flashable CWM updates much easier and I'll be able to tell exactly what version of the ROM you have with what set of changes.

As always, keep telling me what you want, what's broken and what you feel it needs. Your feedback is important.
[Xperia Play Android Development] HankKing:
This looks amazing, too bad i have a R800X:rolleyes:
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
I'll take a look at the patch put out for other ROMs and see what I can do with it. Interested in testing it out if I create a CDMA version of the ROM?
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
Something ive noticed on this Rom but no other versions prior, is that when I download an app from the market, after its installed, it the brings up a notification "updating *name of downloaded app*"? It goes away once it's been opened and doesn't cause any trouble. Just thought it was a bit odd.
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
Sure that you didn't update a preinstalled program? :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
Pretty sure :-) I'll download something I've never even heard of when I get home and check again. I know it sounds stupid, but I'm sure that's what happened last night.
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
Yup. Did it again. I'm not sure if it's actually downloading anything, but it definitely claims to be updating the app I'm downloading.
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
Which apps are we talking about here? I'm sure it's harmless. I am not seeing the same thing though.
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
Just done a quick "test" and it only does it when you exit the market before the download finishes. And it's any app what so ever. I went in the editor's choice n downloaded some free things.
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
When you click the supposed updating notification, it doesn't take you to the app in question, but a different app entirely.
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
I cannot reproduce this behavior. Not sure what is going on. See if it still happens with the next update.

Updated with latest targets, milestones and updates in second post. Hopefully v0.4 will happen before the end of the week.
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
Hmmm.. The Rom obviously prefers you then ;-) I've only noticed it in 0.3, so who knows. Looking forward to the next update ^_^
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
Status update: Almost ready for first testing of CDMA. Single unified build and installer for both. As long as your previous /system/build.prop is still there, it will be read to see if we're on a GSM or CDMA Play. If one doesn't exist (because /system was wiped beforehand), it will default to GSM unless there is another way we can tell that the Play is CDMA instead of GSM that I don't know about. Maybe something in /sys will give that away?
[Xperia Play Android Development] thenotdone:
Great rom!

My only problem is that the sony brightness widget has gone missing so my power options looks a little wonky.

Other than that, this is great! Keep it up!
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
Maybe it was a part of one of the packages I removed. Could you show me an example of the widget? I'll see what I can do.

And thanks for giving it a shot. Still a lot of plans for the future, so it can only get better from here (I hope).
[Xperia Play Android Development] Movax2:
This is a great rom, very basic, but still very functional. I would like to suggest GO Launcher EX as a launcher. It might be a bit overkill, but it's great, packed with features and seems very stable.
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
I'll take it into consideration, thanks.
[Xperia Play Android Development] excession3105:
I appear to be the only one who can't access the sd card. I created an ext2 partition on it, cleared out all the caches and flashed the ROM as per instructions. As I need full access I have had to go back to the Androhero's Gingerstation for now. I love the ROM for it's speed and simplicity, but without the SD access, it is sadly unusable.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Cat_On_Droid:
On GOlauncher ex ,its a huge memory hog =/ i say keep LauncherPROmium or ADWL

The customizations and effects are great for GLEX
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
SD card access works fine. I don't know why you created an EXT2 partition on your SD card though, which is probably the cause of your issue. The instructions say nothing about formatting to EXT2, so I don't know where you got that from...? And by the way, I'm using DooMKernel which has support for EXT2 built-in... so again, I have no idea what the problem could be.
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
I created an ext2 partition via cwm some time ago (a week or 2? Just to see how it went. Not for any real reason), and I'm able to use this Rom fine. Even use it as a MP3 player when my full time MP3 player is dead. Is it mounted when you are running this Rom? Or (silly question) is your back cover on properly. Coz the phone automatically unmounts sd card when it's not on right.
[Xperia Play Android Development] excession3105:
I think it was the software I used to create the partition,and the way I went about it. I used Easeus,and it shrank the fat32 partition rather than scrubbing the card and creating both partitions from scratch. I just deleted both partitions and reinstalled the card in my phone and everything played nicely. I think next time I'll just follow the instructions to the letter! Very slick ROM by the way. It will be getting a thorough work out today,so I will feed any thoughts back later.
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
Glad to hear you got it sorted :-) I'm very loyal to this Rom and it's nice to see others following this development with me. All the best with!
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
I think I'm close to getting a Screenshot menu item in the Power menu. Real close.

Other things that need doing at the moment: Fix up startup scripts, put out CDMA test build, add basis for allowing startup scripts to be easily tweaked by users to their preference, probably a few other small random things.
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
What kinda start up scripts you thinking of adding?
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
At the moment, there's two scripts for setting and tweaking various settings for making things a bit snappier, a dalvik2cache script, an auto-zipalign on bootup script, a sqllite "defragger", camera silencer.. autobrightness...

Basically, I'm going to allow the user to decide what they want to run on bootup in a very easy way, so it's just adapting this to a simple configuration system.
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
Sounds ace! It's basic (end user) configurations like this that I think are a bit lacking in the world at the minute. So I back you up completely on this :-)
[Xperia Play Android Development] Movax2:
GO Launcher EX is pretty nice, but it does seem to use a lot of RAM, so maybe let the end user decide if they want it..but, for what it's worth I do like ADW better than Launcher Pro. Is there a big advantage to Launcher Pro?
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
Launcher Pro being integrated into the ROM means I can remove SE Home. I prefer ADW but for some reason the ROM won't start up with it, so you end up with no launcher at all if SE Home is missing. Launcher Pro doesn't appear to have this problem.

I've updated the 2nd post to include all the random things I'm researching and working on with the ROM.
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
It was a really random issue. And a script needed running before you could use the phone with adw. I wonder if it would be possible to integrate a one time script into the Rom to allow it to work? I'd give it a shot if I knew what I was doing. But I don't *sad face* I'm happy with what I'm given though ^_^
[Xperia Play Android Development] d31b0y:
Been running this for about 24 hours. It's nice. One thing though. It seems like a real power hog. I'm using go launcher myself. Not sure of that's the reason for the battery drain. Unplugged at 7am. Played fpse for about 40 mins. Light net usage and the battery was down to 30-40 percent by 1pm. All the usage seems to be in the screen. I have dimmed it some to see if that helps.

Also, FPse lagged for me while playing syndicate wars. Was fine on stock. Other than that, it's ace. Lots of space on the internal even after installing a bucket load of apps.

Oh, and you have significantly increased my coverage! :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
i'd like to say that it may be go launcher. as i've been on this rom for weeks (been with it since v0.1) and the battery seems to be quite good for me. in fact, i've only just plugged it into the charger now (1730) after being unplugged since around 0800 ish yesterday morning. but i do more texting and web browsing with some mp3 playing on my journey to and from work, than game playing.
[Xperia Play Android Development] d31b0y:
Mhm, maybe. It seemed OK in stock though.

As for the lagging, I had stock overclocked... haven't oc'd this yet. Probable cause.
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
Sorry, I can't take credit or blame for battery or coverage. Too much is plain stock for my changes to mean much and I didn't touch anything related to any of those. I get the same performance on both at this point, though the new script tweaks may make things a little snappier.

On both meaning "stock with Doomkernel" and "my rom with Doomkernel". Actually, with everything I removed, the battery should be far lighter if anything.

If there is a script that needs to be run for ADW Launcher to be the only launcher and for it to work properly, please point me to it.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Cat_On_Droid:
Go launcher could be the reason... If it wasn't so sexxxy am considering switching to Adw launcher

I used the XDA App to post this, what did you use?
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
Zerojay, that one line of code that you gave me, that I believe deleted the the adw folder stuff, which ran through adb. If there was a way of running that just after install, and only after install on the phone itself, that may work? Obviously I don't know the ins and outs of script writing, but for people who would prefer adw, would that be possible?
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
Unfortunately, that folder wasn't the problem in this little case.
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
it wasnt? :( so even though it fixed it for me, there's more to it than just what you asked me to do? *sigh* and there i was thinking i was onto something.. lol
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
The problem you were seeing there was the app starting up and crashing over and over because it couldn't access its files, the permissions were different from my phone to yours.

In this case, the problem is that *no* launcher starts at all because for some reason, ADW will not respond to the launcher intent for some reason. Someone else in the Q&A thread also mentioned that even with my change, he's still having the same problem, so I'm not sure what is going on here.
[Xperia Play Android Development] excession3105:
OK, just to say, that after making a buffoon of myself with the ext2 problem (never mind, should learn to read instructions!) I appear to be having the same battery problem. I also run Go Launcher, so this does rather point the finger in that direction.

Other than that, everything looks fine and runs like a dream.
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
Just out of curiosity, what network are you on? And have you seen the post about battery drain on the 4.0.. Firmware? Switching from automatic network selection to manual has made a decent improvement to my battery usage.

Other than that, everything looks fine and runs like a dream.
[Xperia Play Android Development] excession3105:
I'm on T-Mobile. Yes I have seen the post, and made the switch to manual. I'll see if that makes a difference.
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
Build v04 r80 is in the middle of being uploaded and is ready for release. It supports GSM and CDMA with the same build. At the moment, I don't have time to prepare separate update zips for those of you upgrading from v03, I'm sorry.

CDMA build needs some testing, I don't know how correct it is. Be sure you have your build.prop in /system before you start as it will be used for detection.

Let me know what you think.

EDIT: Build uploaded and ready.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Ekusuperia:
Hi zerojay, I've been trying different roms available for the PLAY and found your work quite a unique one. It is as light and speedy as the famous CyanogenMod with full functioning as the stock SE. In addition, since you are putting a lot effort to enhance it further, I believe this rom will punch much better over its weight. There is only one minor request I wish you might take it into consideration. I have a favorite boot animation that I wanna display on my phone, but I could never replace your stock honeycomb animation with it in /system/media/bootanimation.zip. Is it possible to allow this change??
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
I believe you can replace the bootanimation without touching the original one. Try putting your bootanimation.zip into /data/local/ and it should use yours instead. Let me know if it works for you.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Ekusuperia:
Hi zerozay, you are right, I should replace it under /data/local instead. Now I am so happy to get my favorite bootanimation displayed and a superb rom running on my device. Honestly I feel your rom getting even faster and faster each version update and once you complete it in final release, I won't be surprised if it becomes one of the standard for the PLAY.

There is only one thing left in my mind. I used to get unnecessary system apps removed by using titanium backup to convert to user apps and uninstall subsequently, but now I can no longer do it as titanium backup fails to perform the conversion for those system apps stocked in your rom. Appreciate your guidance as always.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Cat_On_Droid:
Can the next update add CHAINFIRE 3D + It's plugins? I'd totally jump and leave gingerstation for good since hero stoped updateding for now

I used the XDA App to post this, what did you use?
[Xperia Play Android Development] myprelude:
I tried to install it on my cdma play but it keep boot looping on doomlords logo. I follow every step. So I don't know what I am doing wrong
[Xperia Play Android Development] solitarymonkey:
Try installing from a clean install that does work, but just wipe cache and dalvik (the update will wipe system after it identifies the model)
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
There's a chance you are doing nothing wrong at all. I don't have a CDMA play to test with so I have no idea how to help you. What you can do is connect to the phone and get the logcat of the crash. Maybe then we can work it out.

Chainfire is in my future plans.

Nothing on this ROM should stop you from removing system apps whatsoever beyond being rooted, so i'm unsure of what to say here.

Work continues, guys.
[Xperia Play Android Development] myprelude:
How can I get a logcat? Is there a app for it? Sorry I'm pretty much a noob when it comes to this.

Edit: I was able to get a logcat. What am I suppose to look for?
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
Don't look for anything. Attach it to a post here so that I can read it and see what the issue is. Hopefully this won't be too difficult to fix so that you and other CDMA play owners will be able to run the ROM without an issue.
[Xperia Play Android Development] frostthejack:
ok i have tried multiple things without success gsm version will boot but will not show unlock slider so i can not get into the phone im using the r800x if coming from cm7 if i add your line to the build.prop dont wipe it will detect cdma but it will boot loop adb logcat never detects device if i wipe data factory reset and push a txt file with your line to /system as build.prop it does not detect cdma. i would love to try this out some time.
[Xperia Play Android Development] myprelude:
here you go.
[Xperia Play Android Development] nickholtus:
Ive flashed this rom many times but the music app won't work

I get a force close when I open it

Also I can't set a ringtone because there are no ringtones

What can I do?

Edit: I can't also download something from the market
[Xperia Play Android Development] pricey2009:
Hey just want to say thanks for this I flashed from stock latest fw already on doom kernal and didn't have to wipe anything.. All working good, very fast ROM thanks man!
[Xperia Play Android Development] Ekusuperia:
Is there anyone having a same problem? My Titanium Backup cannot convert system apps stocked in this rom into user apps so that I can remove or upgrade anything inside.

I even tried to re-install the rom again but situation remains unchanged and I dont really know where I went wrong:confused: