yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Opt1kal:
Yes I do.

After some searching through the webernetz, trying different usb ports, and even using Kies Mini I got it to install the correct drivers but it was coming up with an XML Parsing Error. After some more looking around and trying different things now it's just installing as "Unknown Device". Which is what shows up in Device Manager as well. I'm quickly coming to a loss of any other solution then to re-format and re-install Windows.

EDIT: I'm resorting to just reinstalling Windows. Everything I try now the phone is just showing up at "Unknown Device". So I'm doing my last ditch effort and just re-installing. While I'm collecting the much needed drivers for Motherboard and the like for after the re-install I'll be checking back here. If anyone has any other idea's I'll gladly try them first.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] insanedrunk:
Are there any x64 bit drivers available ? Might be installing 32 bit? Bad cable? Just throwing ideas out.... reinstalling windows is a drag...
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] :
I got 64 bit ine but idk were i got it lol
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] dcontrol:
I always have debugging on to use adb, so I don't remember exactly, but don't you install the USB drivers from the Android SDK? Have you turned debugging off and put it in Mass Storage mode?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] insanedrunk:
This worked for me when it happened, download pdanet. Uninstall your drivers then install pdanet, after the program installs, it will ask for what type of phone you have, select Samsung. It will then ask you to connect your phone, connect it and it will install the correct drivers.

I do not know why but my computer didn't like the drivers from Samsungs site.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Opt1kal:
Yea, I tried turning debugging off, and even then it would only install as Unknown Device.

Yeah, I don't know, the only ones I've found were Kies Mini and the ones from Softpedia.

I don't think it's a bad cable, but that may be it. I've got some idea's to try now. And yeah it was, but my computer needed it anyway...so *shrug* figured this was reason enough for it.

Hmm, I'll try that now, thank you. Though the thing is, I don't know where to uninstall any current drivers I have except uninstalling Kies Mini and going into Control Panel>Programs and Features and uninstalling the "Samsung Drivers for Mobile Phones". Other then that, nothing is showing up in Device Manager because when I connect the phone it only shows up as Unknown Device.

Update: PDANet did not work. Talking to Samsung live chat agent now.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Kediil:
I am having an issue, that I hope can be fixed. I was previously running GOv2 for a couple of months and then my phone got run over, so I got a new one, and put GOv2 on it, it worked fine for a bit, but now I'm having a charging issue.

The phone will only charge when it's connected to an active computer. It won't work if the computer is in sleep mode. Sometimes if I let it sync to a computer, then immediately switch it to the wall plug, it will bing and charge.

If I odin, the charging works fine. I odined yesterday, charging worked, so I put GOv2 back on, and it continued to work for several hours before failing again.

Custom stuff I've put on, in case it makes a difference:

GOv2

nxd-bali kernel

V6 Supercharger

TweakZV 6
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] :
My phone on gov2 NEVER charged while the computer is in sleep mode....
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] siber54:
Good job

Good job bro. this is a nice build so far. had trouble. was on Orange CWM then installed rom and would not boot. then went into CWM it now was red. so all i did was re install and now works awesome. My phone after first install was booting and Vibs like crazy and boot logo would just repeat.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] LinuxAssailant:
Finally got the alternate link. Checking out now...
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Kediil:
So. I take it there's no fix on this issue with not charging from a wall or asleep computer?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] rpmccormick:
I haven't run GOv2 for a while, but it was my daily-driver for months, and I always charged it from wall.

An asleep computer might not charge if there is no USB power when asleep (which is how it should be). ...but if it works stock, then it should work for GOv2.

Have you tried a different USB cable?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Kediil:
True with the asleep computer thing. I have tried multiple usb cables and converters for wall charging. The wall charging worked fine for me with my previous phone running GOv2 for some 3+ months. This is a 'new' phone as the other got run over. It worked fine for about a week before this issue arose. If I plug it into a computer, then once charging switch it quickly to the wall, it will continue to charge for at least a few minutes and sometimes completely. When I did Odin it, the wall charging worked just fine. Reflashing GOv2 the wall charging worked for about a half an hour before quitting on me again. I'm considering flashing another ROM, just to see if it's GOv2 specific for some reason.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] danageis:
Did u run battery calibration after u flashed?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Kediil:
I did. I went ahead and reflashed GOv2 again before attempting another ROM to check against. It's been charging from the wall again as of the reflash 2 hours ago. If it changes, I'll repost.

Third time's the charm perhaps.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] rabbit505:
How do you apply themes to this rom
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] rabbit505:
Well i been using this for a couple of days and visual voicemail doesn't want to activate nor does YouMail any way to fix this
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sduvick:
This is actually more stock than GCv2, it is a different goal. This ROM is designed to be smoother and faster than any other ROM we have put out so far, where GCv2 was designed to try to be as vanilla as possible within the constraints of our Touchwiz prison.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] LinuxAssailant:
Since you know my particular preference, I should avoid this beast?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sduvick:
I know you prefer AOSP styled, this is faster and smoother than anything we've ever made, but it is more stock styled yes (TW stock that is).
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HC13:
im getting better signal with this rom..
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] testsim:
Thanks for your work. This rom is no such smoothness and stability. Browser does not open some pages at all. For example yandex.ru.. I'm back to GingerClone v2
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] The Pope of Dope:
but do the voicemail notifications work?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] :
yes pope THEY DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sduvick:
yandex.ru is blacklisted in the hosts file (/etc/hosts) which is why it doesn't load, Ayo should be able to make a quick flashable to use the hosts file from GCv2 rather than the new one, I'm guessing that yandex.ru showed up as spam or something else in whatever generated that hosts file for him.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] lintfiend:
This is awesome, thank you both for all the hardwork. Butter smooth and very clean looking.

And now for the noob question:

How do I change the shortcuts on the launcher, or change the number of homescreens? Or is it just not possible?

---------- Post added at 10:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:00 PM ----------

Oh also, I appreciate that the default e-mail client you include has been updated.

I use my phone for getting push e-mail from an exchange server for work, and having the ability to search for e-mails and other features is awesome (though I always feel sick agreeing to the 'remote-wipe' security setting).
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] LostInNorth805:
The music app froze and I had to restart the phone. Could this be a ROM problem? Or something else? I was listening to music then I changed the song then it froze.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] lmendoza23:
Whenever I try to open attachment gallery on the messaging app it force closes
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] LostInNorth805:
You sure dude? I tested it out and it didn't FC on me.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] lmendoza23:
Yeah I'm sure so it must be a problem on my end huh
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] LostInNorth805:
It could be or not. I say reboot the phone, then have someone send you a picture message and try it again. Just to be sure.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] drumm3rb0y:
Ive just got to say how awesome the battery life is on this rom. I turned my phone on @ 7am this morning and have had it on all day and it still has 33% battery @ 1am the next day. I have about 5 widgets that refresh every hour and wifi and gps off. 4g all the way. im a big texter as well but I just wanted to say thank you.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] pintek:
currently haven't found the other bugs everyone else has posted though chainfire with the nvidia setting running shadowgun it does randomly cause the phone to reboot >.>
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ayoteddy:
I'm not sure what went wrong there, you should try again sometime this ROM is one of the smoothest I've used yet you'd be missing out. Make a backup; Wipe cache and dalvik cache when installing. If it happens again then I'll know somethings up
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ayoteddy:
This is a stock aosp launcher so you can't do much modding with it. Install LauncherPro from the Market and you can remove the stock launcher afterwards if you want. I'll update the ROM link and replace the stock launcher with LauncherPro
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sduvick:
The hosts file in this ROM is very different from GCv2, I would suggest replacing the hosts file, it seems to be causing problems.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] jcsww:
Does this ROM support the KG2 1.2GHz overclocking kernal?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Kediil:
Continued issues with charging from the wall.

Reflashing the ROM worked first for three days. So I just reflashed it yesterday. I had Pandora playing last night while it was plugged in and charging. This morning it stopped charging and won't connect via wall again.

I'm going to try flashing another ROM to see what's what. But if anyone has any ideas or suggestions, please let me know, I really like GOv2.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] SgtMac02:
Sorry. Wish I could help. I've been running this ROM for months and have never had any charging problem. I'm going to be reflashing it soon because it hasn't been running right ever since I tried to apply the super charger script to it.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] stryfe1986:
when i click on the download link it sends me to a website called Internet vs. Hollywood.....anyway around this?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] digimancer:
Your file host sucks....No rom 4 me.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ivoe:
Please look at how long ago this was you idiot ... go find a ref with download links should be stickyed ....
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] RicAndroid:
Hahaha...all the old roms are located at the sticky called reupload of SK4G roms.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] LinuxAssailant:
This is what I am getting via the link in the OP:

Sorry, this offer is currently not available in your geographical area
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ivoe:
the rom closest to this would be glorious overdose v5

Please note the download would. Be on the 2 page and you will get the option to install or not install things just read the instructions while doing it (basically check the things you want finish go to advance in cwm an fix permisions)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] azeem40:
This didn't work for me and now I factory resetted for no reason. CWM didn't show those options in mounts and storage.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] azeem40:
When it boots up, what boot animation are you supposed to see?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Kediil:
New to GOv5

I previously had v2 on my phone, but have moved up to v5 here. I like it quite a bit, but I'm having a little issue. My phone isn't producing sound for notifications. When I go to select a ring tone or notification sound, it doesn't play them automatically (to hear before selection) either. My phone does ring when I get a call though.. so.. I'm sort of confused. I'm going to play around with it when I get home, but the chance of a response would certainly be nice. ^..^
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] idontknowanythngabtrootng:
I know, its 2018 why the heck am I trying to run a sidekick?? but yes, I am, and hopefully you guys still check this forum. Anyway, I bought this thing already running glorious overdose v2, but it doesnt seem to have any way of getting apps, and I can't connect it to my pc to get apks on it, is there any way to fix it?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ivoe:
Your using the worng link (rickandroid was the last to update this Phone use his roms)

Most of the roms are dead

All apps have been dead (no apps run on typically Gingerbread) and most now require a 4.0+ to run

I'd doubt there will be any development on these forums.

Most were Unable to port Android version 2.3 and up

The last of 2.3 remains unfinished with no connections (you can't do anything but turn on and off) no data no wifi.

This is where the sidekick died.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Hisoka7:
Reflash the ROM, should be that simple.

For all its worth, I can confirm this is still working today and with active service via T-Mobile prepaid. Calls, messaging, Data and wifi all functioning albeit the data only @ 2G speeds. Most play store apps and apk's still function but must be an older version made for 2.2. Still flawless when optimized to potential.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] insanedrunk:
Maybe if you use the kg2 modem from the other thread, it might be possible? Not sure just making an assumption.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] :
i am not sure if anyone has this problem but the phone seems to just plummeted in battery after runnfs shift 20% drop in under 30 min
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] LostSoul119:
Have you calibrated the battery? if not download battery calibrator from the market, charge your phone to 100 percent, while it is still connected open the app and calibrate the battery, then disconnect the charger and use it for a couple of days as you normally would and see if you still have the same problem.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] :
i did that before u i started using it
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] testsim:
I understood. Very good rom. Thank you very much!
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sduvick:
@jcsww, no that kernel will not work, a KJ2 rom requires a KJ2 kernel, not to mention that the KG2 overclock kernel is incredibly unstable. I am working on a new kernel that will have that ability without crashing every 5 minutes, but until then, I would suggest that you stick with the included kernel.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] beauTOICHI:
Looking forward to a stable oc kernal!
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HC13:
hey i dont know if its just me but every time im texting i get this glitch that it goes crazy and starts typing random letters. any ideas why?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ged92781:
I haven't experienced that. Though, with the stock KD1 and KG2 ROMs, the phone would miss random keystrokes when messaging. It was the worst thing about the phone. This ROM is much better.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] azcledel:
Happy with this rom so far ^_^ getting 1800 quadrant oced to 1.25ghz and some ram tweaks
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] lmendoza23:
Am I the only who's market turned green again?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] azcledel:
Mines fine
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] eurohomie:
After testing for a couple of days now, this is the best ROM i've had so far and battery life at the end of a typical day for me is at 58%. Usually it's at 5% or i've charged it a bit already. Keep up the great work guys...
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] azcledel:
I had 2 crashes involving opening the gallery app last night while loading the contents. Locked up one vibe then double vibe then reboot. If it happens again ill let you guys know.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yoyowhatup22:
Alright i had the email crash after deleting all the messages in it. Besides that smooth running.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ummkiper:
So is this better then gingerclonev2? Granted I got rid of launcher pro and I use adw launcher ex.but going with speed and overclocking.is this better.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] :
i am not sure if this is my fault but when i restarted my phone all the installed apks fc so i had to delete them and re install it

Now only seepu , sms backup ,tonido do not hold the passowrds or connections which forces me to manually input to get them to do their job (also with android lost which is a tracking app for my phone
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] beauTOICHI:
I use astro file manager to backup my apps too and after enabling voodoo I had to reinstall a few apps as well.

After reinstalling and fixing permissions everything has been running smooth and I've had no problems...
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] tylermaciaszek:
I haven't put out my thoughts about this rom yet so i will now

while this rom is responsive it to me has a few bugs, gps is slow to find location, the gallery does not load very well it lags

but other than that i like the theme and the smoothness!

great job will be looking for an update!
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] azcledel:
After using this for a while I noticed my free ram dropped to 50mb with the same apps installed that I always have. I get 90+ with ginger clonev2 so I switched back. I couldn't find out what was hogging the ram :-/
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Brundonm:
The battery is acting up. Ill get an x on the battery around 10-20% I've tried battery callibration what should I do?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] insanedrunk:
I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but the text color on the status bar for ongoing items is black when unselected, making it unreadable...
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] :
all my apps keep fc idk why
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ayoteddy:
it shouldnt look like that, did you do something to the framework or flash a theme or something ?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] beauTOICHI:
I noticed that some system popup windows had that color scheme while using zeam launcher. Switching launchers fixed that issue for me.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] insanedrunk:
@ayoteddy

I havent themed it yet its all untouched,I usually test out a rom about 1 to 2 weeks for a stress test before I do my personal modifications to a theme.

@beauToichi

I have also encountered some other context menus around the rom that too have odd colors, but they are in the sytem ui text not the launchers. I've tried zeam, adw free, launcher pro and the roms laucher just to be sure.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] beauTOICHI:
Yeah I just noticed a bit of weird color scheming with system ui text as well. My ongoing processes look normal though and I can read it fine....who knows what's going on lol.

I guess its just something relatively minor to be ironed out with the next update hopefully. :D
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ged92781:
Google is silently pushing out a newer version of the market OTA. Check it out, the last digits on your market version are probably.11.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Undeadk9:
3.3.11
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ged92781:
What he said.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] rpmccormick:
Great rom. Everything working perfect for me. Fast and good battery. Thanks!

Personal Grips:

Font is way too huge. No spare parts app. I installed SparePartsPlus and set font size to tiny, now it is normal size. Also, I hate icon theaming... GMail sould be red not blue.

Other then that it looks great. Love the transparent widgets!
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] AFAinHD:
Wow, I didn't know my phone could look this nice, and run this fast, I test every rom that comes out, when it comes out, but I don't know if I will be able to part with this one.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] badboi_zero:
I hear you man. Looks like the keyboard input lag has been greatly improved. Well, just now either I omitted an A or it did lag lol. But it's not as bad as before. This is the best rom out for the sk4g as of yet.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ayoteddy:
Next update i'll keep the Gmail icons untouched ;) anything else you guys want to suggest we do for the next update ?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] :
any way to have a sense or miui or cm lockscreen or launcher?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yoyowhatup22:
Different load circle? (Everytime i load up xda it looks awful on the brown back ground XD0

Also is there a way to get landscape swype?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] tylermaciaszek:
For next update some things i want to see:

an oc kernel (sduvick you working on this?)

more stable, can have random lag at time not always though

cooler bootanimation this one looks terrible on our phone

some more speed increases

updated su binary

stock android sms not touchwiz sms

remove lockscreen just keep pattern

gingerbread port
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yoyowhatup22:
I'm overclocked on the kernal that comes with this, gone up to 1.2
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] madrrio:
using what? how stable is it?

yea i dont mind the touchwiz sms, def down for overclocking and maybe alittle less touch screen/homepage lag though :)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] rpmccormick:
I have been getting lockups. I had to pull the battery 3 times today and once two days ago. 2 of the lockups where while using google nav, one in google maps, and one in Whats App! (Messaging program) It also locked up twice today in the browser, but recovered 30sec later and ran all the cashed key presses (of back, home, and menu) in fast-forward. Oh, and I had one incoming call that locked up until it was done ringing, so I could not answer it (broght me back to the damn G1 rom days).

I was on Ginger Clone before and over a month+ only had 2 crashes, both in Google Nav.

Speed wise this is same as GC (both very fast). The battery is slightly less good then GC but about the same. The GPS connects way faster on this over GC. Keyboard "lag" and even other weirdness happend once on this and a few times on GC (pressing home and then re-entering text always fixes it.

FYI: I always use SwiftKey X and ADW Launcher and Dolphin Mini for any ROM/phone
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] :
never had that u wipe dalvik 2?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yoyowhatup22:
Tegrak overclock, I havnt used it for more then 30 min, cuz I really don't need the power, but felt stable, also tegrak super or plus or whatever the pay one is doesn't work.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] rpmccormick:
Yeah, wiped all 3 during install (+ batt stats), checked mounts after every step including final reboot. Restored only user apps using titanium +bt/wifi connections
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] madrrio:
I found formatting the sd card helps the gallery... before I would have lags n freezes
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] cpkfolief2:
I love this rom! Very smooth. Except for the crappy launcher, btu launcher pro fixed that of course. Only 2 thingss... 1) the gallry is unstable, and can often lock up( I know others have commented on this) , but not too often... but 2)the vm notification is permanently stuck on the lockscreen, and shows up in the not.bar every time I boot up, even though I have long had no vm messages. I hit clear to solve the bar problem, but its permanently on the lockscreen. VM, Y U NO DISSAPEAR WHEN I CHECK YOU? And thanks for the good work!
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] tylermaciaszek:
my accelerator is broken and i cant fix it even reflashed
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yoyowhatup22:
The stock launcher on this rom doesn't have auro rotate dl launcher pro.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] tylermaciaszek:
no its broken in games like air penguin and turbo fly 3d
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yoyowhatup22:
Mine works fine in moto x mahem, also works fine in xda premium.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] tylermaciaszek:
this sucks im afraid i may have broken the actual piece of hardware
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] mksin11:
Can you make an alternate lock screen like the one you used for gingerclone? And a version with launcherpro? i would really appreciate that. also a honeycomb battery stye? lol sorry if its a lot, but i just really liked the added stuff from looking like stocked.

besides that though this rom has been great. battery is improved and ive noticed that its faster then gingerclone [mine atleast]. the only issue i have is that it has no option to remove home screens. 5 is just too much for me, i usually just use 3.

overall though, great rom.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yoyowhatup22:
Seconded on the lockscreen and battery.

sent from my.....what was it again?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] :
Great rom, I hope you're still working on this rom. It's working great so far though