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[HTC ChaCha] Alex C.:
Hello everyone,

As it seems that I really like writing a lot (in English especially) and writing guides (my job requires a lot of standards), I thought of creating a guide for devs/custom rom makers/stock rom modifiers.

This guide is not something that I want to impose, these are just suggestions and I will also include some known issues around here. So, let's begin.

1. Bootanimation

This can be selected as you wish. Any bootanimation other than the standard one should be fine. Or, if you want, you can provide more animations and a short guide on how to change bootanimation.zip and where.

2. Lock Screen

Removing the HTC Lockscreen will lead to the default android Gingerbread one. Now this one's buggy. Like hell. For example, pull the right slider (the one with the sound control) to change the profile to vibrations. Now you can see that the slider is hanging from the top, pointing to bottom (can be fixed with a phone restart).

Example:

3. Missing caller screen when phone is locked

If you have the default lockscreen you will notice that there is no incoming call screen displayed when the phone is locked (that or I removed too much stuff). Keep this in mind.

4. Icons/Notifications

Even though the default Gingercroissant (too much bread:P) looks black, if you pull the status bar (taskbar) you will notice that it turns back to white-grey (the default HTC Sense/ChaCha) one. Keep this in mind when adding icons/notifications. (picking white icons will render them barely visible)

5. Applications

Most devs/modders prefer to add their most liked applications and integrate them into the ROM (so that you cannot uninstall them from Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications) :P which kinda sucks since not everyone uses/likes the same stuff (it's called "taste"). Basically I am suggestion to add only SuperUser and let the users install their own apps (Titanium, Messenger, GPS, etc.). For example I have my own Titanium Backup.apk (it's personalized) which I want to install - cannot be installed if Titanium is already present though.

6. Google Sync

Some of us like to have the Google account synchronized with the GMail server and I would suggest leaving the Google Contacts Sync and Calendar Sync in the rom (they can be removed later). It's easier to remove than to search the internet and add them separately.

7. Bloatware

News, Weather, Mirror, Stocks, News&Weather (Yes, 3 different applications for the same stuff), HTC Likes, HTC Hub, Downloads, Facebook, Peep, Tweeter, GTalk.. There are more, of course (for example I have also removed Live wallpaper stuff since I don't use Live wallpapers, skin picker, skin scanner, profile widget, ringtone widget, and more) and it should be taken into consideration this question: how much is really enough?

8. Link2SD and ext-partitions

Well, since custom roms do allow the use of ext and Link2SD I suggest using them as much as possible.

I do hope that this could help some of you (or mocked by others) but any feedback is welcomed.
[HTC ChaCha] sabesh:
Excellent suggestions! I'd also like to keep the HTC Sense widgets, as I find them quite useful. HTC Likes & HTC Hub can be removed, as they don't provide much use. Cheers.
[HTC ChaCha] Moody:
Applications bundled with a rom can still be easily uninstalled, provided that the rom maker knows how to, and puts the apks inside an /data folder. Mounting and extraction is similar to that of the /system partition. The profit of this is the uninstallability (nice word, huh?) Of the added apks, the downside is of course that a data wipe will remove these applications. Ideal would be a /system rom base update.zip, and an applications.zip containing all the added applications the developer likes, to be extracted into /data. Just sharing my thoughts..
[HTC ChaCha] qtotter:
i have been customizing my rom based on the stock, but this was one of the irritating parts. finally, i have decided to use the original htclockscreen.

to change the icons in the lockscreen, you don't need to have rosie installed. all you need is simply to add setting.xml in /data/data/com.htc.lockscreen/shared_prefs. (i did it in init.d)

the format of setting.xml is as follow:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' standalone='yes' ?>
<map>
<boolean name="customized" value="true" />
<string name="shortcut1">#Intent;action=android.intent.action.MAIN;category=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER;component=com.android.htcdialer/.Dialer;end</string>
<string name="shortcut2">#Intent;action=android.intent.action.MAIN;category=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER;component=com.google.android.gm/.ConversationListActivityGmail;end</string>
<string name="shortcut3">#Intent;action=android.intent.action.MAIN;category=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER;component=com.android.camera/.CameraEntry;end</string>
<string name="shortcut4">#Intent;action=android.intent.action.MAIN;category=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER;component=com.handcent.nextsms/com.handcent.sms.ui.ConversationExList;end</string>
</map>
[HTC ChaCha] ajeevlal:
You mean Stock lock screen on CWM???, can you shows us how?
[HTC ChaCha] jd_dpgc:
regarding your chacha rom

hi ajeev, i am sorry i am posting this here... but i really need your help in fixing some problems with ZaSa_4chacha_GB1.57_v2.0... i am currently using it... the best rom... but i am having some issues i wanted to report....

1. Power off is not working properly

2. if charging turned off phone, then the phone gets stuck and needs to remove battery to start.

3. my '@' sign has been moved to '~' button and dollar has changed to pound :D

i tried to fix keyboard layout issue but couldnt get my CID to match the ones stated in other posts :(

in any case i am loving the rom thank you:)
[HTC ChaCha] Alex C.:
What do you mean by 1. ?

For 2. get the latest CWM, it's a recovery issue and has been fixed.
[HTC ChaCha] raymerjacque:
rom makers should not remove Gtalk, It is Incredibly hard to restore it once removed. and all just to save a few KB of space...
[HTC ChaCha] ajeevlal:
Thanks for trying my custom rom.....

1) what do you mean by this? does your power off button not showing the power options? if yes, you need to press and hold the button for 2 to 3 sec for the power option menu to show up

2) As alex stated, you need to flash the latest CWM recovery

3) what CID you have? what did you changed.

And did anyone know how to move this post to the original ZASA thread? ;)
[HTC ChaCha] MySelf_v1:
I've done the same thing you are doing over here and, beside Link2SD removing the Sense UI and things, i've removed even the default E-Mail client, News, Meteo, HTC Clock Widget, Facebook, Peep, Latitude, Messages Widget, Inform HTC, Meteo Widget, Music Widget, HTC Sense, Street View, Home Suggestions, HtcTrendsWidget, Photo Widget, Meteo Sync Provider for HTC, Ringtone Widget, Animated Wallpaper Selector, Sense Plugin Manager, HTC Meteo Wallpaper, HTC HubSync Provider, HTC Report Agent, HTC CheckIn Service.

Instead i've installed:

Kingsoft Office

Facebook for Android (From the PlayStore)

GoLauncher EX (i had an unlock bug, but i still see the volume button as you; i will change the lockscreen)

K-9 Mail

GoClock Widget

Quadrant Standar

* Winamp

Link2SD

Battery Indicator

Terminal Emulator (thinking about change it)

SuperUser

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*Thinking about removing "Music"

The reason for doing this is as simple as "You don't use it, you don't need it" and battery life ( IMPROVED! ).

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I'm having problems with the fB button, but i will fix it with the .apk that let's you choose what for to use it. I don't really need a fB button. Trying to make it sync the mails atm.

BTW, it was pretty hard to get it rooted and CWM installed. But i've done it!

If anyone needs help, pm me.

p.s. Keep the stock ROM, it's way better than everything atm.

p.s.s. i've used for work for 2 days so far and it's doing his job very well. F* BB&WP7 :))
[HTC ChaCha] jd_dpgc:
Hey

1. When I power off and put on charging ... Phone starts up automatically with HTC report notification that something went wrong...

2.I am updated with latest cwm. Temp work around was to use Rom manager and directly reboot recovery :D

3. I got my keylayout fixed. See this post ...... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1496730

Yeah I don't know If we can move the post to original thread coz at that time I was restricted to wait for 10 posts policy lol to comment in a development thread :(
[General Questions and Answers] fogeshan:
I'm looking for a launcher that can adjust icon size and text size for both the icons on the home screen as well as the icons in the app drawer. Also needs to be able to adjust number of columns and rows.

Best I've found so far is ADW Launcher EX - allows one to adjust icon text size and icon size for the home screen icons, but the icons become blurry when enlarging, so rather pointless.

Or is there an easy way of doing this manually?
[General Questions and Answers] Zmotocescu:
Or you could use an application to change the LCD density. Search on market for LCD Density. You should find plenty.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] emplox:
I haven't found a single thread that has any information/files necessary to go back to stock on the 10.1 LTE tab. Does anyone have any of this information? Is anyone able to pull the stock radio from the LTE tab? I used this file "samgtab10.1_lte_root.tar.md5" via odin. Ever since i did, my tab doesn't get 4G/3G service anymore. Seems like it was the wrong radio in that odin file or something. Any help would be appreciated.
[HTC Sensation] tbestie:
Hi guys, i was reading up on the HTC sensation XE. I noticed that most of the changes don't seem to be within the device itself....

There is a 1730mAh battery, and a different/darker back case with red parts too it. Any chance that battery and case could be bought online and would fit the original sensation?
[HTC Sensation] KlashbeN:
I'm pretty sure you could buy the battery and the case online after HTC Sensation XE launchers and it'll fit the original Sensation because they are the same thing except with some software changes.
[HTC Sensation] papao217:
follow up question:

So with the software of xe, would that make it superior than our sensation - given a choice (disregarding battery and external case)?

Would xe rom become the standard of modded roms then?

Tnx
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Asgarth974:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1217578

GO to this post and use the patch via recovery
[General Questions and Answers] DWZ:
Hi guys,

I've got a HTC Desire (Telstra) which I've used with a number of ROMs, most recently LeeDrOiD V3.0.8.2 GB Data++.

I was using the Bravo Oxygen HBOOT, note NOT the r2 version. I followed some guide around here on how to cut down the ROM at the time to fit on the smaller /system.

So anyway, this has all been working happily for a number of months. Yesterday I decided to upgrade to LeeDrOiD HD V3.3.3 Port R5 DATA++.

I downloaded the ROM to the SD card, did a full wipe + dalvik. Told it to install the ROM from the zip and that was all happy.

Reboot and the phone doesn't boot - just sits on the AlphaRev boot screen. I know you need to wait, I left it for a good half hour, but nothing.

I repeated the wiping + installing process two or three times without any luck.

Trying to work out what went wrong I came to the realization that I was using the non-v2 version of the Oxygen HBOOT so the thing was probably failing because of the different partition sizes.

I created a goldcard and flashed Oxygen r2 via a PB99IMG file which was successful.

Installed the ROM again (with wiping) but it's still doing the same thing - just sits on the Joker logo.

Anyone got any suggestions on how to proceed?
[General Questions and Answers] DWZ:
friendly bump :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] danielfc741:
Someone please help me!! Before all i problems my phone kept freezing in boot and i tried everything by cleaning my sd, ad hard reset and changing builds and the same boot freeze kept happening. So after getting tired of that and having to hard reset everyday i eventually flashed TMOUS stock rom then after tried to do the magldr 113 isntall. I got magldr installed on my phone and then i choose the ad recovery. When i do i get this message "no boot source". I tried looking up on these forums and can't find anything to fix my problems. Someone please help me with a step-by-step guide. I don't want to own an hd2 running the crummy wm6.5 :/ I NEED ANDROID:)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] blakphoenix:
download hd2 toolkit. afterward install magldr update recovery, follow the prompts to install and your done. in a nutshell...you were missing clockwork recovery. let me know if this helps
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] gdsbalaji:
do this...depending on the recommended recovery size (typically 5-150-5 for non sense versions) download a recovery from here ..then restart you phone...go into magldr...go to flasher...once the usb is linked to pc run daf.exe from the recovery (extracted folder)...u will then have recovery installed
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] danielfc741:
YOU SIR ARE GREAT!!! thanks so much!!!!! i can now use android! im glad it works.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] gdsbalaji:
Welcome...glad it worked
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] gprash:
Great ! I will try it out as well. I have been getting this error for the last few times. I am not sure why this happened.

I installed a WP7 rom and then went back to android (hopeless battery drain with my SD card ... not sure if I can ever do something about that). I could not get back to AD recovery.

Thanks again !
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Whatdoyaknow:
If you loaded WP7 it may have locked your SD Card - need to format in a Nokia phone. Or reduced the usable size to 200mb - this can be fixed with a partitioning tool from PC
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] rubledub:
when go back and forth between WP7 and Android the nand is overwritten ... thats why you loose your AD recovery.

REMEMBER - if you ever try WP7 and come back to Android dont forget youll need to task 29 (to clean out that nasty M$ dirt!), flash magLDR, flash recovery ( i usually stick with a 200 mb partition, as i usually run Hyperdroid, AND that way there are no worries about bad blocks), and then the rom.

although its not NECESSARY its recommended buuuut to avoid weird restarts, FCs, and any other random glitches that may occur down the short road ITS NECESSARY! :-D

good luck
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] begood.togreen:
hello everyone! I just installed android on my HTC HD2 successfully but when the phone reboot, shows me the MAGLDR says me that android booting from start and I have to setup android everytime I reboot the phone from the start. someone help me passing this step. thankyou in advance
[LG Optimus 2x] Higgsy:
That looks like an awesome mod Owain
[LG Optimus 2x] Imperticus:
Where's the download link owain?
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
still testing a couple experimental things to make it even more awesome xD

will be up soon!
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
file uploaded link posted (:
[LG Optimus 2x] orlox:
Tell me. How is going to help having a faster phone by coping quadrant to memory everytime in the startup? Placibo effect?
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
lol thanks for saying that to me mate!

i did that quadrant hack test a couple weeks ago but never deleted the code from my init.d :o

i just did a adb pull for my init.d folder it was faster

those two lines will be deleted in v3 :D

and btw quadrant will be giving lower scores

but it not about scores...

who cares about that

it is about how the phone feels!

am i right?
[LG Optimus 2x] orlox:
yes you are ;)

What does that smooth script does? Its above me. Tryed it with gscript I didnt notice any differece but again i am in cm and I use go launcher
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
you mean the loopy smoothness script?

it make thing smoother =D

go launcher isn't in there but animations and scrolling in the apps that are in the script

are a bit smoother and the opening of them is a bit faster

you only see it when you pay good attention on it but i think it is a nice thing to have :D

EDIT:

v3 script is almost ready so you only have to flash it and don't manully need to install an ext4 kernel and wipe dalvik cache but i have to go to school now :o

i will finish it on school and upload it for all the miui version when im home again!

optimized loopy smoothness so it won't execute so much useless code
[LG Optimus 2x] Imperticus:
Thanks for that owain. Any improvements in battery life so far?
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
a bit not much but it is a start :D
[LG Optimus 2x] Higgsy:
Updated to this weeks Extended settings/4way reboot
[LG Optimus 2x] kickassdave:
Installing this tweak on latest MIUI caused the internal sd card (which is all i have) to not be visible now.

Really frustrating. Going to revert back now.
[LG Optimus 2x] Filgaliel:
Is the version for 1.9.16 coming ? Or is it ok to use 1.9.9 for 1.9.16 ?
[LG Optimus 2x] Higgsy:
Which tweak

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[LG Optimus 2x] Filgaliel:
The one from here:

Download "tweaks.zip" for you MIUI version right here <----
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
wich MIUI version are you using?

comming soon!
[LG Optimus 2x] helldroid04:
will this only work on MIUI roms?

im using Fearkill's Fr19 + Neoblaze kernel
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
if it is ext4 kernel you can try to flash the tweaks if you want...

they might work i don't say they will and i don't say they don't

there is a chance it will boot up fine!

just make an NANDROID backup in recovery just to be safe!

Edit:

something must have changed in .16 i can't get it to work every time it will hang on boot...

cant work on it today and tomorrow im sorry guys so i hope i find the issue the day after tomorrow

again sorry!
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
Woops my bad will fix it when I am at my computer!
[LG Optimus 2x] harrykh:
Thanks and also is this normal: I applied your -normal version to avoid losing the internal memory but now, while it does mount the external sd as _ExternalSD, the "About Phone" says:

Internal Memory: 1.3GB (total)

SD card: 5.51 (total)

And nothing about the external. Even in "SD card settings" the external is not mentioned, so there's no Unmount or Format option for it.

I'm new to MIUI but I could swear the vanilla(no tweaks applied) stock MIUI rom saw my external sd card (16gb) in those menus.

Lastly if I were to apply your updated version do I have to start from scratch? Flash MIUI, your tweak, vorkkernel, etc ?

Thanks.
[LG Optimus 2x] eniux:
Whens the sd mod coming up :)
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
Updated!

@harry

No that is normal
[LG Optimus 2x] Higgsy:
SD Mod updated for .21
[LG Optimus 2x] droweed:
anyone here has a fix for music/sound suddenly disables itself, have to reboot to restore it :(

its quite annoying as I really like using miui

Edit: just found the solution myself, seems like if you have an mkv file either on the internal or external storage, it would lose sound
[LG Optimus 2x] Higgsy:
Extras updated for .21

I haven't tested as I am not in the position to flash stuff until tonight, so let me know if you have any problems.

Also this week there were 2 versions of the extended settings mod with/without overscroll. Some people had reported signal drops with the overscroll version last week, personally I did not get these (that I noticed anyway) so have just updated with the overscroll version.
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
Gives me a weird white status bar...
[LG Optimus 2x] Higgsy:
You might of already seen it but from the official thread:

"Go to the app.. Then Colour options, then turn the "Choose statusbar colour" toggle to off, or select a colour and transparency that you like..

Sorry about that, it should have defaulted that Toggle to off. I'll fix that."

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[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
**** I just reflashed my device to bad well gonna flash it again then =D

Thank you higgsy!
[LG Optimus 2x] Higgsy:
It deffo works just looks like Andy T forgot a default setting, on a side note, are you getting some wierd dimmed soft key lights every now and again, also what kernel are you using - I'm back on Vork 0901 as the 1021 doesn't boot and the 1007 one give me BSOD after every call
[LG Optimus 2x] PYCON:
I've installed

* MIUI 1.10.21

* MIUI Italian Pack 1.10.21

* Tweaks 3.3 for MIUI 1.10.21

* Extended RH for MIUI 1.10.21

* CM7 Camera

And now in stand by I don't see anymore clock + signal + battery... Nothing ! Only an upper grey bar with GOOGLE... :eek::eek::eek::eek:
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
10 chars :D
[LG Optimus 2x] Higgsy:
See below, looks like same issue

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[LG Optimus 2x] Higgsy:
Beat me to it :-)

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[LG Optimus 2x] PYCON:
Oh sorry :D
[LG Optimus 2x] harrykh:
Same with me, the vork kernel stuff, not getting dim lights atm(just flashed). Would it be better to just use the stock kernel for now or just continue to use the 0901?

Using the latest MIUI.
[LG Optimus 2x] hakankarani:
For the MIUI 1.10.21 is tweak pack 3.3 suitable? When will we get the 4.0 and will there a modified cam app? Thanks
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
3.3 is perfect for 1.10.21

about 4.0 im very busy with testing a lot of tweaks

i only want the good ones :D

about cam maybe who knows ;)
[LG Optimus 2x] Higgsy:
I just use 0901 works fine

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[LG Optimus 2x] hakankarani:
Thanks again for your quick answer. A new cam app would be perfect because the original miui cam and the cm7 one cant go near the original lg cam quality.:)
[LG Optimus 2x] xalix:
camera is very bad and laggy in last update ( 10.14 ,,, 10.21 ) ... :mad:

Try 10.8 , camera and video is fast without laggy chopping ....

i hope that in new update vil fix that .... other stuff is totaly full and i like it .
[LG Optimus 2x] hakankarani:
Hımm ok thanks Ill give it a try
[LG Optimus 2x] Higgsy:
I have amended the ICS Lockscreen by picard666 (see Op for details) so the camera option works with the CM7 camera.

While I'm posting, check out this ICS theme by cgvelmax - Its really nice and uses the above lockscreen (however it isn't modded for CM7 Cam) so id you are using the cm7 cam, first apply the full ICS theme and then apply the modded lockscreen after.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1318364&page=5
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
updated the tweaks!
[LG Optimus 2x] Ramdanih:
wooowww.. fast update...!!!

thx owain94 :D
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
you are welcome :D
[LG Optimus 2x] Higgsy:
I have updated the .28 Extras. SD Mod also updated

At the moment there is no 4 way reboot included as the dev has not updated yet.

There are 2 options, Overscroll (OS) and Non-Overscroll (NOS). The ability to change clock to right hand/centre/switched is now in the app rather than different versions for each.

Andy Thompson says the following on how to choose the clock location:

"Pick the one you want then open the control app and choose the layout you like. To apply the layout, either reboot or go into Theme manager, edit theme, select status bar , choose your theme (can be the one you're on or a different one) and apply."

People have reported that the battery icon is not present, I have not been able to flash .28 yet so let me know if its happening on our devices (not that I'll be able to do anything about it lol, we will have to wait for the dev to fix :D)
[LG Optimus 2x] Higgsy:
Update the .28 extras to v2 - now includes 4 way reboot - enjoy.

I expect another update on this fairly soon to fix some issues people have reported in extended settings.
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
thank you higgsy :D
[LG Optimus 2x] Higgsy:
Updated Extras .28 to v3

Fixes No battery icon issue

Please flash v3 if you have flashed the previous versions

Enjoy!
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
uploaded v3.4 for .28

check OP for changelog
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
uploaded v3.5 for .28

check OP for changelog

EDIT!

download set to private need to fix couple things sorry!

EDIT2

uploading working version now enjoy =D

EDIT3

uploaded!
[LG Optimus 2x] xXZaufiXx:
with newest version my wlan dont work - when i try to turn it on, i just get "error" :(:(:(