[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
I know there are some issues with bloater downloading some of the apps, that was a works-in-progress for Romanbb and he had/has a lot on his plate.

I'm looking at taking care of this, and i'd like to get bloater updated with more apps, and solve the few issues apparent now. As Roman has moved on from the MT4GS for the most part, and I haven't taken over bloater yet, using it is kind of on an as-is basis.

I wasn't aware of the themes not sticking after reboot. I left all the graphics and lib file references to the themes in the 1.0 release, as well as the few other places in the code of the ROM where they were referenced. This carried forward from the de-odexed stock ROM it's built from. It seems that's not enough, so I will see what it takes to solve this problem.

I was unaware of those problems with friendstream when re-downloading through bloater. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

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Try this for friendstream:

1 - Reboot to recovery, make a nandroid backup through CWM.

2 - I made an update, flashable zip, that will install both Friendstream and it's widget. Attached to this post. Download and flash it like you flash anything else.

* - It wipes cache and dalvik-cache, so expect the next boot after flashing this patch to take a bit longer.

3 - After fully booting and giving it a few minutes to settle, open friendstream (log in somewhere and let it load.) and then close it, reboot your device.

4 - If you see the widget in your 'add widget' menu, you're done.

If not:

5 - uninstall the friendstream widget through bloater, if applicable.

6 - Then download the friendstream widget through bloater. Now you will have the option back in 'add widgets' to put the widgets back on your home screens.

Note:

This shouldn't mess with any of your personal data or settings outside of friendstream, but make that nandroid backup just to be safe.

I tested this as far as I could, I don't have any accounts with any social media sites and so can't actually log in anywhere to test it completely.

Doesn't force close on me, though, so give it a shot and let me know how it works.

Also, I don't have any contacts in my list, so the third widget I am unable to add to my home screens. Please let me know if there are any problems with this one.

I'll get to themes as soon as I can, I might have to step out for a bit but if not i'll have a solution soon.

(...and you're not weird for using friendstream. A bunch of people here do, so it's important that it works - though it's important that it works even if no one uses it.)

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Edit:

Just updated the script. Being anal. The output on the screen was off, and after the third time flashing it over a fresh Bulletproof install, I had to fix it. Has no effect on the patch, just what you see on-screen in CWM while it's installing.

Also:

- The first time I flashed the patch, I didn't get the widget back in the 'add widgets' list, hence the steps listed to uninstall and re-install the widget through bloater.

The next two times I flashed it over a fresh Bulletproof install, the widget appeared in the 'add widgets' list as it should and I expected it to.

Not sure why it didn't take right the first time - so the uninstall / re-install steps using bloater should be unnecessary.

Trying to be as thorough as I can here, and explaining what's happening in as much detail as possible. I'd like people to know what's going on with any updates they get from me for their phone ( i'd want to know if the roles were reversed ).

I'll also point out any discrepancies I have during testing of a release version of a patch, especially to show in cases like this where ( the issue with no widget on first flash ) could just be a fluke.

This way people should have a better understanding of what could go wrong, issues they may run into, and how to handle them.

( future patches won't have the same explanations of explanations, this is my first one for the ROM so I wanted you guys to know how i'm approaching it and what you can expect down the line )

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Edit:

Friendstream_Uninstall_Bulletproof_Update_signed.zip will remove both friendstream and it's widget, and all the app data. Wipes /cache and dalvik-cache, and does not install anything.

This was made to solve a problem with the widget not being removed from the homescreen, so you can completely uninstall friendstream, boot your phone up to android, navigate to that home-screen and manually delete the widget.

Then you can reboot to recovery and flash the friendstream install script and hopefully have it all working again.

I keep editing in updates in case anyone out there is playing along and just hasn't posted as this problem is sorted out, and it might make a good read for someone trying to troubleshoot problems at a later date.

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Edit:

Moving on to try to remove / re-install all the social networking apps.

Instructions:

1 - Download both Social_Uninstall_Bulletproof_Update_signed.zip & Social_Install_Bulletproof_Update_signed.zip to the sdcard.

2 - Reboot to recovery, make a current nandroid backup.

3 - Flash the Uninstall update.

4 - Boot your phone, let settle for a few minutes, then verify all social networking apps and widgets are gone. Delete any widgets left behind on home screens.

5 - Reboot to recovery, flash Install update.

6 - Boot your phone, let settle for a few minutes, then open up and log into your social networking apps.

7 - Reboot phone.

8 - After letting it settle for a few minutes, set up widgets and verify they work.

Confirmed

-patch solved user problem.