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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jrkr:
Hi all,

I am thinking of using a custom ROM with my brand new DZ. On my current DZ I use stock ROM with Launcher Pro.

As I have never used a custom ROM before I have some questions. I did however once downgrade and root my phone so I think I am good with that. People are recommending the Wiki for the latest instructions.

Now with Virtous G-Lite, some things I would want to know before embarking on this little adventure of mine. Some questions might seem odd. :rolleyes:

I live in Finland, I have a normal GSM subscription. Will the ROM support this?

I use 3 different email accounts in the email program. Will the ROM support this?

I use a number of "normal" application/games from Market. Can there be any limitations or problems installing the same programs as I use on my stock DZ?

Is WLAN stable? I use WLAN at home.

Does the camera work?

I have the Scandinavian QWERTY keyboard. Will this ROM support ÅÄÖ åäö? (English language in the ROM is OK for me)

Does it have better or worse battery performance? Compared to doing the same operations with the stock ROM.

Any major bugs or annoyances in this ROM?

I regularly watch video on my phone, files I have encoded using Handbrake. Any reasons to worry about these files not working on this ROM?

Is this a stable ROM? This is very important to me.

Because I can't separate the different parts making up the Android OS and what exactly differentiates the ROMs some questions might be completely irrelevant. I want to use a custom ROM to get the phone a bit snappier. The performance doesn't have to be extreme in anyway.

Appreciate any help you guys can give me!

:)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] crestofawave:
I remember a thread regarding scandinavian layout and I think it had been figured out. Should work with all ROM's.

For the rest of your queries...you should have no issues really. I'm not aware of any bugs for this ROM, but I'm pretty sure there's none.

Also, this is a "barebone" ROM. This means that it's very light, very fast and battery efficient, but lacks in features. It's only packed with what's absolutely necessary. You can download apps from the market to make up for the lack of features, though.

Sent from my DZ.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jrkr:
Fail on that. Interesting ROM but as mentioned meant for the G2. I will go back to stock ROM. I can't spend too much time on this.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] captainreynolds:
Check back on this thread/bookmark this page. Maybe someone will be able to provide the answer you are looking for! This is so much better "under the hood," so to speak, than the stock rom.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jrkr:
Yes it most likely is! Just before going to bed I managed to get CM7 flashed and it works perfectly with my Nordic keyboard. I also bought SetCPU to get the phone snappier and everything seems to work so far.

I'll think I'll stick with CM7 unless I find problems in the next few days. Seems faster than stock ROM though. A bit difficult to say because my old DZ has been going on for a long time and according to what I have read even re-flashing the stock ROM will make the phone faster.

I must honestly say that I didn't think I'd get so far yesterday considering everything needed to be done but this site sure is a wealth of information

thanks to all you people willing to share your knowledge

. (temproot & downgrade & S-OFF & permroot & flash custom ROM)

By the way I did try copying a functioning vision-keypad-nor.kcm.bin file to the phone to get the keyboard working but it didn't work. I have no idea why, really no idea why should either... :) Anyways I'll leave it at that for the moment.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Mnementh666:
Congrats! Once you get into and understand the basics, it's a lot easier than it sounds at first.

Not to detract from tuna's perfectly solid rom here (and to be honest, it's a testament to how solid it is, not really needing to be updated), but if you're on CM7, you might check out ILWT's rom too. I won't claim anything on the keyboard language, but the rom itself is another step faster than CM7, and has some pretty great customizing features. :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] WTF?:
As a user of a G2 and an identical Desire-Z with prepaid T-mobile using this ROM for almost a year, I can assure you it works fine with T-mobile prepaid and I wouldn't know about the minutes usage though, as T-mobile prepaid has unlimited everything plans so cheap, starting at $50/month, although I prefer the $60/month plan because you get a full 2GB of data before any data throttling occurs.

The only issue I ever have with T-mobile's wifi calling is that the initial turn on (like after a ROM flash) must be done in the stock 240 dpi LCD density, although after that the program itself works fine at any density.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] leikamkei:
Hello fellow Virtuous G-Lite users, I have a issue with my phone at the current ROM and I would like to know if it's simply my own doing or perhaps a ROM issue. So without any further delay, here goes.

I currently use Soundhound to tag any new music that I come across that happens to catch my ears in a good way. Lately, it seems as if the app itself is quite slow to use, slow when switching from settings to main menu/listening to music, and changing from portrait to landscape orientation. I have tried clearing data and caches and no changes were noticed. I uninstalled Soundhound and had re-downloaded it and still the same. I'm sorry if it seems like it's an app problem and if it's right my in face, but I would like to know if any of you can replicate any of the mentioned above. I should also mention that I am using the default kernel and not the experimental one.

I also want to know if any of you have used Go Launcher EX and noticed a drop in performance.

Thanks in advance!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] captainreynolds:
I'll give soundhound a try in a sec. Have default kernel as well. Try reverting to an earlier version (quick google search will do the trick there) and see if the problems continue.

Any other apps have this problem?

3rd party launchers will have issues on even the most optimized systems
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] leikamkei:
As far as I know, no other apps have been giving me problems. Then again, my app list is rather small and limited. I find that what you said about 3rd party launchers having issues rather odd. Launcher Pro seems to run just fine. I haven't bothered reverting back to Launcher2(Is that right?) simply because I liked having the two additional slots in the dock and how it feel almost optimized specifically in this ROM. Call me delusional if you want. I'll look for the older versions of Soundhound now.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] captainreynolds:
Delusional! Haha :)

I've just had family members who I've installed very good custom roms on their phones have a lot of trouble when they install 3rd party launchers. For that reason I am averse to them!

Checked out Soundhound, it seemed pretty snappy for me. Let us know how the older revisions work for you if you can find them!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] leikamkei:
Call me dense, but I couldn't find any older revisions of Soundhound. :mad: I mean, it can find music rather quick. It's just navigating around within the app itself feels sluggish.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] WTF?:
my (current version) of SoundHound seems to be working fine - I would recommend the $3 4EXT app to be downloaded and installed - then select advanced mode, go to recovery menu, wipe menu, and wipe the cache and Dalvik cache

also, I would turn phone off and remove the battery for a couple of minutes and then restart

those two fixes will fix pretty much ANY app issue, and I have over 100 apps!

PS - I use Launcher Pro that came with the ROM and I do NOT use the experimental version of the ROM

also, when you are wiping the cache partition and Dalvik cache with 4EXT, it would be a great time check the additional checkbox to wipe the EFS cache as well, so your GPS will work like new!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] captainreynolds:
HELP!

My phone keeps telling me "Problem receiving data. Please try again later." It's one of those system messages that appears over whatever app is present, toward the bottom part of the screen.

It may or may not be related to sending sms and mms messages, as it has been happening recently around them. Also, MMS always makes the radio go crazy, from nothing, to G, to 2G, H, back and forth between green and white... annoying. I should mention that that occurred back on my stock rom as well.

I'd take a screen shot of it, but it comes and goes in about 4 seconds.

Any ideas? Below is a logcat dump right after it happened... I'm thinking the stuff toward the beginning could be the issue, or it could be the weather channel. I've frozen the weather channel for now to see if it is the problem.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] WTF?:
not sure - but I use Go SMS Pro v.3.59 as my messaging app and it kicks ass - couldn't be happier! :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] captainreynolds:
Cool, I'll check it out. Does it let you customize the vibrations for texts?

Do you know if what is happening to my radio is tied into the messaging app? I guess that's the one thing that hasn't changed since I've come from stock over a year ago.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tun4f1sh:
I looked at your logcat, and the problem appears to be due to the APN switching:

05-01 19:48:07.920 I/TelephonyRegistry( 2715): notifyDataConnection: state=0 isDataConnectivityPossible=false reason=apnSwitched interfaceName=rmnet0 networkType=3
05-01 19:48:07.970 I/TelephonyRegistry( 2715): notifyDataConnection: state=1 isDataConnectivityPossible=true reason=apnSwitched interfaceName=null networkType=3

Have you tampered with the APN settings? I suggest going to Settings > Wireless & network Settings > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names > (Hit "menu") Reset to Default.

Here's what mine looks like. I do not have the problems you're describing, ever.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Freekers1337:
I'm trying to get OpenVPN to work on my mobile phone.

Does anyone have the tun.ko file for this ROM/kernel?

Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ghostnik:
Hi I am having a weird problem. For the pass couple of days my phone has been losing battery power faster than usual. I have linked the problem to Google maps. For some reason the Google maps app pops up in the background every time without showing up. Meaning it will be running in the background, even though I never selected the Google maps app in the first place. Then when I go to settings and tell it to stop running the Google maps application, then it goes away and then a couple hours (maybe 2 hours) later the Google maps application pops up again in background and I never ever selected the Google maps application.

I want to know how can I stop this unusual behavior with Google maps application popping up in background without me selecting it and draining the battery. Also I want to know why this is happening especially since I don't have GPS or wifi-location turned on in settings.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] arsonist63086:
As for the drain your having is odd as everyone has good battery life even for heavy users , so your issue might be a bad rom flash or the area your in you don't get good signal and the phone is trying to get signal .. as for the maps app running its not the app that's actually running its more like network location is running .. go into the setting and find where the GPS option is located. Above the GPS you will see a networt based GPS location option, Deselect that option and the maps location will not show up. That option is just to give map and other app a ruff position of your location using the network towers. I myself have it on and I don't experience a abnormal drain of battery so you might have a bad flash or other apps running.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] leikamkei:
100 apps? Holy crap. I don't know how your phone survives.. :p I find the whole power down and removing battery solution to work most of the time. Throwing a random guess, can themes, or in my cases, pieces from themes bog down the system? I am running GO Launcher EX with a few bits here and there from different themes...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Freekers1337:
Anyone, pretty please *puppy eyes* ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ghostnik:
Thanks for help, it ended up being "location friend service" which I don't know how it got turned on in latitude app.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] captainreynolds:
I tried this, but to no avail. The same thing happens, and this same log stuff:

05-01 19:48:07.920 I/TelephonyRegistry( 2715): notifyDataConnection: state=0 isDataConnectivityPossible=false reason=apnSwitched interfaceName=rmnet0 networkType=3
05-01 19:48:07.970 I/TelephonyRegistry( 2715): notifyDataConnection: state=1 isDataConnectivityPossible=true reason=apnSwitched interfaceName=null networkType=3

happens...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] WTF?:
This is a tool that gives you the exact relative sizes of a phone on your screen in High Resolution - it is a blast to compare the sizes and weights of various phones in ACTUAL size and full color!

it's like you have the real phones in front of you, glued to your screen!

You can do your own comparison at : www.phone-size.com

make sure you enter the aspect ratio of your screen and your screen size at the top! :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] killj0y:
Ok so i've been looking around and I cannot find an answer to this. Does anyone have a flashable version of the experimental kernel? I can't seem to find a way of flashing it without re-flashing the whole rom from scratch. I really just want to overclock a tad bit to make my G2 a touch snappier.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] arsonist63086:
Their is no flashable zip of the experimental kernel you will have to reflash. Before re-flashing titanium backup all your stuff and just reinstall after re-flash.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kamild_:
???

1. Links are dead.

2. If I will just download this ROM and flash it with ClockworkMod Recovery, I'll be able to overclock my phone?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] magic_android:
If you want to overclock, use the experimental kernel that comes with the ROM, it has more frequencies to choose from and it's faster in general. Look at the instructions for installing it, the instructions are in the OP.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] djgodlike:
Does anyone knows how to get landscape mode in the call screen during calls?

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Very very happy with this rom!

I have tuned the rom with free market apps though to make it even better:)

Since launcher pro crashed on some widgets, i now use "ADW.Launcher". Very happy with the more features and the "Ice Cream Sandwich (theme)"!

Unfortunately the rom is not in Dutch language. What i did, i changed the spoken voice for maps/navigation with "Localized Apps" free from the market, into dutch:)

As a dialer i use the very nice and light "exDialer" with the nice "exDialer Ics theme" both free from market. Speed dialer is back again!

Bought the payed version to get landscape dialer for car mode.

For a good looking facebook widget i use: "Android Pro Widgets". Nice sense like widget.

I also use "Angel Camera" as 16/9 photocamera (since the stock rom camera doesn't do 16/9), unfortunately i have to start the camera with an icon on the homescreen..

Finally this is the first Rom i have tested without a camera flash lag! :)

Very happy with that aswell!

"Increasing Ring" works now even with the alarm sound!

Used Uot kitchen for "stock battery percentage meter" in menubar!

Newest radio version installed which cured the echo in voice calls for the receiving person!

Only minor thing is the call screen in landscape ;)

Thanks for the good rom! Keep up the good work!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] WTF?:
Not sure why anyone is still using ClockworkMod Recovery and/or ROM Manager any more, now that we have 4EXT available for our G2 phones!

just crazy!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mike102871:
I still use it because it works . Not to mention i paid i think 6 bucks for it.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Frag1le:
I recently freshly installed this rom on my Desire Z cause i was really curious about the batterylife. I used Google Play to newly install all my most important apps again.

I did encounter some issues concerning the Google Play store on this ROM for me in the Netherlands. As the Model Number of this ROM says: T-Mobile G2 i wasn't able to find a couple of apps in Goole Play Store cause of this model number not being recognized in The Netherlands.

For example most important and a popular app 'ING Bankieren' (major Banking app in NL) couldn't be found and also play.google.com/store marked the app as being incompatible with my phone.

I could simply restore it with Titanium Backup but then i couldn't update the app through the Play Store cause it wasn't listed there.

I then simply changed the line "ro.product.model" in /system/build.prop from T-Mobile G2 to HTC Vision. I deleted all Play Store data and cache and then i could find my banking app and the 2 other apps again and was able to install them from the Play Store.

Perhaps this was already addressed somewhere but i thought about sharing it anyway.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] WTF?:
make sure your screen density is at stock density (240) - Google Play does not play nicely with non-standard screen densities
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Frag1le:
I never changed any density.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] captainreynolds:
I'm kind of getting tired of launcher redraws on this rom. Anyone have any luck ever with Supercharger on this rom? I'm thinking I might give it a try.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] cswroe:
Supercharger never seemed to do anything but allow memory to be chewed up faster for me. But I have also never had launcher redraw.

Have you tried messing with the memory usage presets under Advanced Settings in Launcher Pro? I would try Medium or maybe even higher. Also make sure you don't have anything killing LP.

Also try enabling "Keep in Memory" in General Settings.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] captainreynolds:
Oh I use the stock launcher! Should have mentioned that, I'm sorry. Launcher Pro (and other 3rd party launchers) always gave me serious problems and reboots in the past, especially when I tried to answer phone calls. Also, I like the minimalism of the stock launcher.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] cswroe:
Gotcha.... well, have been running LP on this ROM day one and have never had a second of issue, but there are so many nuances between phones, programs, etc.

Made the move to the Galaxy S2 for a couple days and had to come back. This device with this ROM are just far superior in performance and battery life and outweigh the S2's screen size and cameras.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] scottmahoney:
What to I edit in the build.prop file to change my Model Number from T-Mobile G2 to Desire Z? Also lately when I hit the space bar on my physical keyboard its putting in a double space and sometimes triple one any idea what could be casuing this?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Atomix86:
Best rom for speed and battery by far, love it.

Sent via carrier pigeon
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ACHILLES R32:
I have to agree, I'm constantly flashing different roms, but always go back to glite.

Sent from my T-Mobile G2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] btrst:
can the experimental kernel be used in sense roms?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] scottmahoney:
Is anyone else having issues with their physical keyboard keys?:(
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nagash91:
There is a patch for desire z keyboard in the first post, give it a look :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] killj0y:
I am in certain apps it launches other apps like hitting e launches the email app :( I've been running this rom for almost a year and it just started doing this weird.

Also does anyone know if you can flash the experimental kernal (versus full reinstall)? I want to overclock this rom a bit for performance but I believe you cannot as it sits am I correct? I know my previous attempts caused the phone to instantly freeze :(
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] cswroe:
The app starting from the keyboard is called quick shortcut. If you press the search key on the hardware keyboard it will stop....I just disable it by removing all the entries in settings/Applications/quick launch

Experimental kernel is nice, but will take a hit on the battery life. It is a big hit, nothing like using the built in kernrl.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] killj0y:
cool thanks for that, and I don't mind a hit since I'm usually around a charger and my battery life is already not so great even with an extended life battery. I keep a spare in my wallet :laugh:

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Besides my problem is I can't find a zip file of the kernal to flash :( ps also the keyboard link on the first page is dead for me just thought I'd mention it.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] popimp315:
You should be getting excellent battery with this rom. I know I did when I was on this. In fact I did a fresh install and setup just in case.

Sent from planet Vegeta.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] killj0y:
Well I get a full day's worth of charge, which is enough, but hardly excellent when I hear about other phones doing 3 days with no charging. But i'm happy with it just want more power thats all.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Atomix86:
Show me an Android phone that lasts 3 days whilst being used at least moderately and I will eat my hat.

Sent via carrier pigeon
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ACHILLES R32:
I just want to let you guys now, today I had the crazy android glitch where text messages are being sent to wrong contacts (click here). I'm sure its a 2.3.4 issue and nothing else. I'm gonna do a fresh glite reinstall instead of a backup restore, just to be safe.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] crestofawave:
The Kayboard Layout fix is a 404 now. Does anyone happen to have it?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Darkseid83:
Yes I need this also. I cannot find it anywhere else.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] popimp315:
I dunno, been runnin this rom again and its been laggy and odd....just not very fast like it used to be. I may be leaving again.

Sent from planet Vegeta.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tun4f1sh:
Here you go fellas:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/102177/vision-glite-desirez-keyboard-fix.zip

OP updated. bleh
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] popimp315:
The fish is back

Sent from planet Vegeta.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paradoxgogo:
the best rom i have ever seen.. ram less usage.. great battery life.. this rom make my game like batman dark knight rises not lag at ll.older rom my batman lag like hell.. thanksssssssssssssss
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] moolash:
sense

are core parts of Sense, like the contacts app, sms app, calendar ripped off? Or is it just apps mainly, like friendstream and such?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] captainreynolds:
lolz
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] btrst:
no sense whatsoever.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Mnementh666:
I gotta say... I ran ICS for a while, but I came back to this. It's nice to not have to work around the small glitches, issues, etc. This rom flies, and it Just Works®. :D

Thanks again to virtuous team and tun4fish for this awesome piece of work.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ACHILLES R32:
Ran GLite on my g2 until the day I sold it, one of my all time favorite Roms (everything worked without any issues , battery life was amazing.) Wish there was a galaxy nexus slim rom by team Virtuous.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus