[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
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Ready to Bulletproof your myTouch 4g Slide, a.k.a "the Doubleshot"?

S-OFF devices only - S-ON UNLOCKED will not have a fully working ROM.

*Please read the entire post before downloading / flashing.

**See Post 2 for more information and links to updates through the thread.

Custom kernels now available - see post 2 for more information. ( 03-04-2012 )

Post 300 - Bloater update 12/17/2011

New in 1.1!

Kidzone icon hidden!

More Rosie tweaks!

Colored menu buttons!

Custom lock rings!

Major graphical overhaul!

Clutter cleanup - leaner, quicker, and more stable!

...and more - see post 186 for more details before flashing.

What is Bulletproof?

A stable, daily-driver ROM...

That is Sense-based, keeping the features you love...

With the HTC security flaws fixed...

...and the HTC camera app, with increased .jpg quality.

Also includes screenshot enabled with Power + Home.

Plus a stock kernel compiled by Romanbb.

...and much, much more!

Apps added:

File Expert By: Geek Software Technology Inc.

Terminal Emulator By: Jack Palevich

Wifi ADB By: ttxapps

Mobo Player By: Mobo Team

Goodies:

Bloater - Restore removed stock apps, remove ones you don't want!

Bloater Updated for Bulletproof!!

Improved overall UI smoothness.

TV-out enabled.

GPS enhanced.

Busybox with runparts (init.d support).

Bash command & nano editor.

EXT 4 optimizations.

Rooted, unsecure boot.img.

SD readahead set to 2048 (optimum).

Includes extended power menu & quick settings.

Quick-quick settings option (automatically turn to settings when no notifications to clear).

Custom Extended settings with an extra Ringtone slider.

Hide any extended settings you don't want!

Ability to hide recent apps in pulldown! (hidden by default).

Center clock!

Clock options (colors/am pm settings/hide).

Signal options (color/dbm text/hide).

Battery options (text/automagically colored text based on battery level/hide icon).

Documents:

T-Mobile tethering instructions from original sdcard in docx form in /data/reference

MT4GS User Manual in PDF form in /data/reference

Animations:

CRT Animations! (with ability to toggle which you want, screen on/off)

Boot animation!

More fun stuff!

Key mapping:

Front-face:

Genius button remapped to search.

1 - Short press for search.

2 - Long press for Voice control of phone.

Hardware Keyboard:

Home = Up Arrow.

Menu = Down Arrow.

Back = Left Arrow.

Genius = Right Arrow.

Future Additions:

Custom boot splash.

Custom down animation.

Re-skin stock apps (Thanks T-Mo ... we just love that pink).

Safely re-enabling Groups tab (preferred), otherwise removal.

Elimination of Kidzone.

Update Adobe Flash.

...To be announced.

Bugs:

Groups messaging non-functional.

Default theme not finished.

Big weather widget does not display current temperature.

? Tell me if you find something.

Flaws:

1 -

Hardware Video Decoding.

The doubleshot is flawed on hardware video decoding. It works mostly fine on the device itself, however when outputting to a TV it skips, lags, and generally does not work well.

I have included Mobo Player in the ROM, which has an option to enable "Soft Decoding" by default in the app settings. Enabling this will solve all problems when playing video on a TV.

The Doubleshot is more then machine enough to soft-decode video and multi-task other operations at the same time. Use it's abilities to enjoy your experience.

See Post 89 for more info.
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Caution:

1 -

Titanium Backup:

Removed from ROM. It was causing problems with users restoring data from prior Bulletproof installs. Please do not restore backups from previous Bulletproof installs. Start fresh here & now.

2 - Flashing a custom ROM, or rooting your phone in general means denying any official manufacturer updates from that point forward.

* - Please do not try to install any OTA (Over The Air) updates after flashing this (or any other) ROM.

3 - Please refrain from flashing any ROMs while in a moving vehicle, and try not to handle the device while flashing/booting/loading the first time. Causing the accelerometer and other sensors to activate could lead to a buggy install.​

RAM

Romanbb:

I've seen lots of users complain about how little RAM some ROMs have. RAM does not mean speed. It does not determine how fast a ROM is. It simply means how many apps you can have open at once without Android having to close another one. Have you ever filled up the amount of RAM your device allows?

Android is built to use RAM efficiently. Let it handle it. Don't worry about RAM. This ROM has about 190mb free running the Sense launcher out of the box. The more apps you have installed the less that number becomes over time. Don't pay so much attention to it and just enjoy your phone.

Blue6IX:

Task killers.

Don't use them.

If you use a task killer, please do not report bugs in the ROMs function.

If Android needs more RAM, it will free up RAM. Using a task killer prevents apps from closing properly and saving their data. This leads to corruption of data, and eventually force closes and other issues.

Friends don't let friends use task killers.​

Change Log

[u][B][SIZE="4"]Bloater[/SIZE][/B][/u] - December 17th, 2011.
- Added Stock Widgets
- Added 'Get More' Widgets
- See [url="http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20390031&postcount=300"]Post 300[/url] for more information.

[u][B][SIZE="4"]1.1[/SIZE][/B][/u] - December 13th, 2011.
- Many stock icons hued.
- Color menus added.
- Default system theme got a major start.
- Lots of graphical changes...
- Some apps updated.
- Removed last of the stock apps coming out.
(without good reason to remove others)
- Removed misc. clutter (fonts, libs, etc...)
- Kidzone icon hidden!
- Manufacturer updates/feedback fully disabled.
- See [url="http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20255928&postcount=186"]Post 186[/url] for more info.

[u][B][SIZE="4"]1.0[/SIZE][/B][/u] - November 24th, 2011.
- Security fix.
- Text field fix.
- TV-out fix.
- GPS tweak.
- Key mappings.
- Apps.
- Optimizations.
- Boot animation.
- Titanium Backup removed - was causing problems with users.

[U]Romanbb's change log:[/U]

[u][B][SIZE="4"]0.2.2[/SIZE][/B][/u]
- fix FC when pressing enter on certain fields

[u][B][SIZE="4"]0.2.1[/SIZE][/B][/u]
- fix FC on fields that have auto-completion/suggestions

[u][B][SIZE="4"]0.2 - Oct 8[/SIZE][/B][/u]
[LIST]
[*]Added overscroll animations
[*]Added screenshot with power + home & toggle for it in Tweaks
[*]Added advanced power menu
[*]Added Android lockscreen
[*]Added my Honeycomb lockscreen
[*]I think that's it for this version
[*]changed screenshot location to /sdcard/screenshots
[*](depink coming in next version I guess)
[/LIST]

[u][B][SIZE="4"]0.1 - Sep 27[/SIZE][/B][/u]
-initial release

Credits

-Romanbb - Initial ROM, much help and patience (Thanks!!)

-Cyanogenmod

-dsixda - HTC kitchen which makes things so easy for us!

-MoDaCo - CWM & initial base (thank you paul!)

-MMoodyB - Graphic

-XDA community at large for the wealth of information and help provided!

Notable:

-siani_8 - enabled uploading! ~ Thanks!

Testers:

-DistrictDigital

-siani_8

Developers not mentioned above:

-Geek Software Technology Inc. For permission to include File Expert with the Bulletproof distribution.

-ttxapps For permission to include WiFi ADB with the Bulletproof distribution.
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Install Instructions

Make sure you are using Official Clockworkmod 5.0.2.7

Make a nandroid backup. Losing 10 minutes of your life is easier to cope with than losing a phone ;)

Download, copy to SD card.

Reboot into recovery.

Install ROM from zip.

Reboot, wait 10 minutes (NOT a suggestion).

Perform on-screen setup.

Wait another 5 minutes, reboot, Enjoy!

Install Notes:

1 - I have handled all cleanup of any prior ROM install, simply flash and go over any prior ROM install with no extra steps necessary for a clean install every time.

2 - You must wait 10 minutes after first install for the ROM to finish installing itself in the background once it fully boots. Android is built to serve you, the user, ahead of itself. If you tell it to do something, it will break itself trying to serve you. Allow it to finish installing itself, even though you can't see it working. If you choose not to you will have a buggy install.

3 - Install will take some time, your phone did not freeze. First boot will also take longer, please have patience.

4 - Please review my Backup Guide to learn about making backups.

5 - After completing on-screen setup of your device, I recommend giving it another few minutes to settle and then rebooting into recovery to make a nandroid backup of your new, fresh Bulletproof installation.

6 - Market Problems:

**If you get the "insiffucient space" error when trying to download an app, reboot to recovery and wipe cache through Clockworkmod. Should get you all squared away.
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Download​

Bulletproof 1.1

md5 = 91487baf6b45f26825d4ecc43486fc55

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Bulletproof 1.0

md5 = 81875e26d5d9427d9ecd66dcb8f3a743
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Note: - Please test thoroughly before use in a business sense. The time to find unexpected problems is before you need to depend on the device.

Mods & Addons

Key Mappings:

Please see Post 274 for how to use actual search with the Genius button.

- Stock keylayout - Return to stock keylayout.

md5 = f19d69bcc7b38b1983e7b723c0f87b4b

- Stock keylayout + Genius to Search.

md5 = 3e2ff144af94432b297f58cf93cbedae

- Blue6IX Keyleyout + Stock Front Genius Button.

md5 = 8f16d4d2f4babb995df34e0d877ba480

- Blue6IX Keyleyout - Bulletproof Stock.

md5 = 2bfbcc7888b960a22b82ae4921e36c30

ATT USERS - GPS Patch

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- ATT GPS Configuration Fix

md5 = 9505d2ac0aee629536567799b78e9854

Colored Lock Rings:

Pictures at the bottom of Post 186

-Red Lockring

md5 = afccaf110b00f3e61b0f3f587d10a18a

-Orange Lockring

md5 = ebe65ed5a7c63d577d80d79ecdd224b5

-Yellow Lockring

md5 = ede6558536ae2daf6b7168d2b824be6e

-Green Lockring

md5 = 2a5d174b9779e8c79941cf0171f93c53

-Blue Lockring

md5 = e8cb0f7d6d5544ad49570577efa109b9

-Purple lockring

md5 = 3d268a0b0a533d68f6c48d1a509553af

-Grey Lockring

md5 = 090176aa6e65265175e5decd07c87f2e

-Stock Sense Lockring

md5 = 8ff56fe0d19542a57dbd390da6b6bd59

Batman Lock Rings:

Pictures in Post 278

-Batman Lockring 000

md5 = 1a181f3bd7927481973cb6d83bada3a7

-Batman Lockring 001

md5 = c6b1efd118ab0e8d6b4e1beaa42b4ffb

-Batman Lockring 002

md5 = e6242d9d297ec5b1281d5836ecadc20e

-Batman Lockring 003

md5 = fde9bafcbe2efa23ae2898df0c329ab3

-Batman Lockring 004

md5 = 51873a070c99cdc36f69a0411cc045c2

-Batman Lockring 005

md5 = cf8c6ccc230dcfb7b547db08ffbeb279

-Batman Lockring 006

md5 = f55614d57d76d7c7dea0c8e1855666cb

Domo Lock Ring:

Picture in Post 499

-Domo Lockring 001

md5 = 0d1dcc9f83cd40fd2de339e9193e8b7f

Misc. Lock Rings:

Pictures in Post 278

-Misc Lockring 000

md5 = 78bc3cb1cd705f7971d937b82af5c033

-Misc Lockring 001

md5 = c88e97ec8645ce826d853e7ba521b5f1

-Misc Lockring 002

md5 = b089b1f34d9f99a56051352bcf90cd90