yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] pitflyer:
Installed and testing now. So far the only problem is the Setup Wizard force closes... it loads, I click on Themes and the phone buzzes and FC.

Moving on to test my regular apps, etc.

Glad to see Skype/etc was removed from the distribution so its as lean as can be.

Other issue, same white on white for dropdowns as reported earlier. This worked fine for me on previous ROM (Gingerclone)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
What do you mean white dropdown?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
theres the services.jar in the go thread that i pushed into my services that fixes some led issues
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] insanedrunk:
If you have a copy of glorious overdose just extract services.jar from /system/framework and put it in your rom just source it.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] insanedrunk:
Its in the glorious overdose thread towards the end. I'm currently using it, it works great.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] pitflyer:
Same as the other guy: the font color is white in white dropdown menus and black in the notification menu.

It seems to come and go, but most of the time the notifications are white on white so I can't read them.

Everything else working pretty good.. except that Facebook is installed as a System App. Woohoo for Titanium Backup, all gone :) Also, there was a Titanium Backup for Hulu that was supposed to work on all phones -- and I'm pretty sure it worked for GingerClone. But not working on this release. Very minor since its one specific app (and a 'hack' of an app on top of that) but just FYI.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
Ill look into the notifacation issue, and hulu seems to be working fine on my phone.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
Just so every one knows ill be removing Facebook from 2.5 and also want your opionion on including Flash Player.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] insanedrunk:
You can remove them, they are both available in the market. Or you can make them available in an add-on zip file.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] papped:
Yeah personally i'd remove both, easy to install separately. Especially facebook since it would be updated regularly anyways.

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Not sure if this is exactly rom related or it's just stock kj2, but I get the infamous 3 vibrations when I connect usb storage mode. It's been a while since I ran stock kj2 so i don't remember if it does that or not.

Usb still works, just strange that I get that when connecting it.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] pitflyer:
I second the notion to leave Flash Player out (along with Facebook). While most of us probably do use it it is bloat that can be easily installed from Market.

You said Hulu works for you, I assume you didn't download from Market because it doesn't show up for our device there... are you using the same modified Titanium Backup restore that was posted on engadget/etc (and linked back to XDA)?

Thanks for working on this ROM.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
no i dont use any backup except for the app backup in super toolbox, and the hulu i use is linked at the bottom of the OP in the goodies section.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] pitflyer:
my bad. I meant Hulu Plus - the paid for service (that I got for free through various promotions). Its not officially supported on our device but someone put out a version of that APK which worked on GingerClone.

Anyway, no big deal. Been using the device some more and no issues to report other than the notification issue you already know about.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
i dont think the notification issue is rom specific but thats just my opinion
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
That's what i think since i've never gotten it. But im looking into it just to make sure.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] pitflyer:
It may not be ROM specific but I never experienced the issue before (stock, or running GingerClone for about three months).
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
maybe a system file went corrupt on certain phones during flashing through roms?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
should i odin and start from scratch right too this rom? do you see any issues with doing that? also if you have the 2.5 id start testing that one from odin if youre interested in trying that
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
I dont understand?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
Also, i put out more comprehensive instructions.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
Im saying should i use ODIN to go back to stock, then re root, install cwm and then flash this rom from stock? If i have time i think that is my plan to see if i can correct this issue
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
you shouldnt have too, i never odin back to stock when i flash new versions i make, it ends up working fine.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
maybe ill just deal with it, its just kind of annoying but i dont want to waste a day doing everything
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
true, but, im going to release the beta within the hour, just testing the product right now. If all goes well on my phone ill upload it and send out the beta.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
Scratch that, this update is performing WAY better than i expected. To be honest its faster and smoother by a long shot compared to the other two roms. Right now im throwing it through the works to see how much it can take, depending on the results of that ill either keep it in beta or throw it straight to full release.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
ill be flashing this when i get out of the office and back to my home computer. Im looking forward to it. Do you have any plans for a v3 if so what are you looking at changing/modding
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
V3.0 I'm going to release 3 different types of the rom, just regular stock, and then two different style themed ones. Ill keep looking into on porting a kernel and more tweaks that will make the rom better. Im always open to suggestions that people want to see
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Dr.Gonz0:
Time to give this one a shot. Looking forward to the performace, possible end to the force close, and the violent thoughts to stop haha
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
lol so far I'm been putting as much stress as possable on it, only thing I've noticed is it has slightly less ram than usual but there is 0 performance issues. I have had 0 force closes. So far the only issue I've found was in the theme changer, there is only 1 theme and its the default blue, I'm looking into why since first it force closed and now its that
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ultraprimeomega:
So far so good and fast, i cant wait for the tron themes.

The one theme thing is better, as i dont like the stock launcher

Are the files for the other themes still there?

i checked and i think they are still there, but does someone have the file names?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jax184:
With 2.5 out I've taken the plunge. I had to odin back to stock and then flash it, as my first attempt resulted in it not booting, but then it worked.

I notice that this ROM has the double boot animation problem, where it plays both the Sidekick boot animation and the shiny "android," overlapping each other.

The swoopy sidekick animation is in /system/media/bootsamsung.qmg and the shiny Android logo is in /system/bin/bootanimation. Renaming or deleting either of these will cause the other one to play on its own.

I also noticed that the version of Super User that comes with this ROM is very out of date. Simple enough to fix, but if you're a perfectionist, it would be easy to stuff in a newer one.

When I first fired up Titanium Backup manager it gave an error about the SU binary/busybox being wrong. After updating superuser and restarting, it went away.

This may be a matter of preference, but if you want to get rid of that shrill screeching noise that tells you to unplug the phone when the battery's charged to save power (Despite the fact that doing so will use more power in the long run and wear out the battery much sooner,) you can delete /system/media/audio/ui/TW_Battery_caution.ogg.

Otherwise things seem to be looking pretty good! I hope to see more of your work in the future.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HC13:
What number should I partision my SD card ??
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] pitflyer:
A factory reset required from 20 to 25? I installed a bunch of apps so i have to tb batch user apps and restore each app one by one?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
i use 1024 with max swap
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] insanedrunk:
Its been close to a week, its still hasn't randomly reboot, and its taken some abuse.... I'm ready for 2.5 :)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
Well good :D I aim to please. 2.5 is in the download section and its even better than 2.0, its smooher and faster.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HC13:
what do u mean with max swap ?? and nice job on the rom.. Thank you
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
Max swap, the second option during partioning
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] papped:
I'm getting a lot of system hangs using the native browser on 2.5
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
I'll look into it, I always use boat browser or opera.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] papped:
Yeah me too, I was lazy after upgrading and was using native just for that reason.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
I think the stock browser had problems through all updates they put out if I'm not mistaken.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] papped:
The easiest route might be to remove the stock browser and put in Boat or Maxthon as the default, would prevent people from encountering it.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
I might, but my main goal I to learn how to theme touchwiz.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
i have my launcher just open opera when i hit web, i removed the stock browser immediately, i havnt had an issue yet and it is smooth. I did think i was going to get a freeze when sending an email with pictures attached but it was a false alarm.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
i noticed it has twitches but rarely
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] tigertechmi:
I just wanted to say that I'm loving this ROM smooth, fast & stable. Thank you for keeping up the good work on this.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jax184:
Another report from 2.5. The ROM itself has been working well after fixing the things in my last post. But today I booted into recovery and it began spewing out errors.

E:failed to open /etc/recovery.fstab (No such file or directory)

E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/command]

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log

E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/last_log]

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/command]

And if I attempt to install a package from the SD card I get

E:unknown volume for path [/sdcard]

E:Can't mount /sdcard

Any thoughts? It's the orange Clockworkmod 4.0.0.2.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
Hmmm off the top of my head, if you saved your recovery file to sd and click that to go into full recovery, the file might be corrupt, or maybe the rom zip went corrupt....ill look into it when I get home on my pc. Try odin back to stock and then flashing it all over from scratch. And a second guess maybe when you where tailoring the rom to your specs, maybe you deleted a wrong fil causing it to flash wrong while going through the files whiles its flashing and since it can't find that file ends it into errors.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jax184:
I had done the odin to stock and such just the other day, so I'm hoping not to do it again. But it's possible that I bungled something up during the process. The sidekick's always had a weird relationship with clockwork recovery.

I didn't edit the ROM before flashing, and the only things I deleted from it after were t-mobile apps since I'm on the Wind network. Visual voicemail, cloud texting, wifi calling, account sync, that sort of thing. Oh, and some remnant of facebook.

This ROM has the voodoo lagfix and all that integrated into it, right? So shouldn't I be seeing the red voodoo recovery menu? I get the orange clockwork one.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] insanedrunk:
Did you use rom manager to update the recovery?

The red vodoo i have states its v3.0.2.8x idk about the orange one, but i dont think its over 3.

Rom manager's recovery is known to screw things up, and acting funny.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jax184:
I'm pretty sure I didn't. I have a feeling this is just left over from the previous ROM fiddling. How would I go about installing the red voodoo recovery at this point?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] insanedrunk:
im not 100 percent sure this will work, but go into the 2.5 zip and take out the recovery file from system/bin/recovery. then put it into your sd card and copy it over into your system/bin folder. I dont know if there is a free root explorer but i use root file explorer for that. I cant confirm this will work, in the aspect of changing the recovery back to vodoo. I know it the way to replace the original to cwm. You should wait for some one else to chime in though...
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
Voodoo Red Recovery should automatically install once you flash 2.5, reboot, then go back into recovery after linda sets everything up.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Dr.Gonz0:
Maybe I'm just lucky but I was able to flash this using the yellow cwm and not voodoo. I did the mount thing and formatting prior to pulling the trigger. Looking great so far man, thanks!
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] pitflyer:
So is a factory reset required to upgrade from 2.0 to 2.5?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
I don't think, but it's better safe than sorry.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] SheikValentine:
Love the rom, doing excellent so far. Is everyone removing the Pop Up Notification option in roms? I want to turn it off because I use GoSms lol.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jax184:
Well, it didn't install for me. Can it be installed separately?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
Hmmm, not sure, if you read a couple posts back I think some one said how to do it.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] xmeatizmurderx:
There is an option in the regular phone settings to disable that
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ultraprimeomega:
Running good from day one, doea anyone know what file is the bootanim sound i want to remove it
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jax184:
I know there's /system/media/audio/ui/shutdown.ogg. I don't know if there's a copy for the startup as well.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] SheikValentine:
Its not showing in my settings. I looked lol. IDK
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ultraprimeomega:
Might be the same one for startup, ill try right now

Update

I renamed the shutdown.ogg but i still get the startup sound
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] pitflyer:
Just flashed 2.5 over 2.0, no problems.

I'll note that my Phone->About still says Back to the basics 1.0 .. but since I started with 2.0 I'll assume that just hasn't been updated yet :)

Still have the notification issue, where the text is black on black when I pull down the notification. If I knew how to take a screenshot I would.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] tigertechmi:
Loving this ROM, it's super fast and amazing battery life. Thanks for the recent update. Look forward to seeing what other tweaks you can add.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] insanedrunk:
That happens even on a stock rom....
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
Ok, to every one with the notification problems, try Odin to stock than flashing the rom.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] insanedrunk:
Its not a thing wiping would fix.... I attached some images, this is what he is talking about, don't mind the rom it persists in yours too. It has to do with the system font colors not being visible.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] WolfV2:
How do u get those settings to appear in the notification pull-down?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] eurohomie:
how good is battery life compared to glorious overdose? I'm using Launcher7 pro so i dont really care about the launchers, just battery life and performance... I've had my phone since it first came out so its giving me issues now. Also i was wondering if i can use sduvik's 3 lockscreen mod with this rom
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] insanedrunk:
On the status update on the notification bar there is an arrow all the way in the right push it and it will give you those options.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
I had that issue with Weather Bug. Check inside the applications settings and see if you can change the font color.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] WolfV2:
Thank you I have been trying to figure that out for quite some time
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] insanedrunk:
Its not that either, I guess there's no way you'll get it untill you reproduce it yourself... its not a poblem with just one particular app, it happens with multiple apps, for the record, my weather bug didn't do it.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] insanedrunk:
See check out my screenshot, it doesn't bother me too much as I highlight it it becomes readable.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] insanedrunk:
Complete fail my image didn't attach :-)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] bleedingthru:
is the google apps dissapearing still happening to anyone ?? my wife phone had this happen yesterday and i reflashed and within hours the market and other apps just vanished... any help would be great cuz this rom seemed pretty stable other than this
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
I'm sorry to say, that im leaving the sidekick 4g since my phone had a tragic accident with a puddle... BUT not all hope is lost, ill still push development for this phone AS LONG as i have people that can test it for me as i will not be able too until i get my hands back on a sidekick.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HC13:
I can help .. I dnt use my sidekick anymore.. its my back up. I use the htc hd7 now.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
The HD7 is a beautiful phone when i had it, but how much do you want for it?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HC13:
Lol.. Yea. I like the size of the screen.. And im not selling my sidekick . But I can test stuff for you . As long I dont get a hard brick . Lol
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
I'm pretty sure you can't hard brick the sidekick, the unbrickable resdurector should work
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HC13:
Is that the one that u have to open the device and remove an electrica part ??
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HeavyYeti:
yep. And if I had to sit down and learn to weld real fast, spending maybe 30 bucks compared to 300, yeah I'd do it.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
But i dont think it would have to get to that point take a look

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1236273
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] linhans:
Help for helpless newbie...

I have followed your instructions to the letter and all I get when I try to flash b2tb is the error msg. everification error and such. I have a rooted sk4g with numerous problems such as 456 keys not working on keypad and the firmware missing for taking videos and pics. Can take a pic but the left side where menu comes from is frozen. Have rom manager and cwm and have tried all that but just keep getting error msgs. Have you any suggestions short of throwing this off a bridge? Really don`t want to do that but coming close. Thanks for anything you got for me.:)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ultraprimeomega:
I will keep an eye for a SK4g, i work in a small cellphone shop and get different phones in here used for a good price, mine cost me $70

But for the mean time i can test roms, soon ill get someone to mod my phone, my skills aren't that good in soldering, actually no skills.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Dr.Gonz0:
So far the issue I've had with this rom is once a week the data connection goes to crap. Last week a reloading of the rom fixed it. This week I wiped the dalvik-cache and data seems to be working for now. Ill pour a 40 out on the curb for your recently departed sk4g sir. Thanks for helping make this device decent.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
Hmm, I never had a data problem, try checking your APN. I'll take a look into it.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] nickmcminn60:
*** Disregard, Made my own***​
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Dr.Gonz0:
I'm on simple mobile and have the apn straight and when the downage occurred it didn't change. Weird stuff indeed but meh... oh well better to clear out the dalvik instead of doing a full wipe.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] nickmcminn60:
Enhancements.......

Best and most stable rom for this device "." ill post you a script that will actually change the read ahead cache if you like (it is still @ 128 as apposed to your "2048" script) sys/devices/virtual/bdi/137:0/read_ahead_kb If you want to check. That is my only complaint, not a knock on your rom but just pointing it out to you in case you just overlooked it. good work overall, I like the stock feel and overall performance and reliability.

For People wanting to raise their read ahead cache to 1024 vrs 128. In My Opinion (for what it's worth any Value over 1024 is overkill) I have found no Rom here that actually changes the read ahead cache

​

-download attached file

-Remove the ".txt" extension

-load onto sd card

-Using Root Explorer navigate to system/etc/init.d and delete the s77tweaks script.

-Now move my Script to the same directory where you deleted the script. (system/etc/init.d)

-Set permissions to the same as everything else in that directory (rwxr-xr-x)

-Reboot 2x

-You can check by going to sys/devices/virtual/bdi/137:0/read_ahead_kb

*You WILL Notice The Biggest Difference in How Fast The Gallery loads*

For people who want an ad free experience (who wants ads slowing down their internet and building useless cache This HOST file will remove most ads from app's and Web Pages)​

-Remove the ".zip" Extension

-simply move to system/etc and overwrite the existing HOST file.

-set permissions to rw-r-r and reboot

-enjoy an ad free Experience!

*REMEMBER TO REMOVE THE FILE EXTENSION ON BOTH FILES, HAD TO AD THEM IN ORDER TO UPLOAD THEM HERE*​
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
I'll implement it, and I know your not knocking it, ill accept all the help to make this rom better and better so feel free to speak your mind and add things.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] nickmcminn60:
This is what I'm running, until I get more time (cleaned it up a little, runs perfect for my needs right now.) It's all about working together and not a competition or we will never get 2.3. I just don't have the time I used to, and what time I do have Im recovering from a HD crash. If I have time this evening, ill write you a build prop and if you like it and performs well, you are welcome to implement.

ANYTHING I POST IS FREE FOR ANYONE TO USE, JUST DON'T PUT YOUR NAME ON IT!​
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Dr.Gonz0:
I totally agree... this is not some kind of pissing contest haha.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
I'm sorry to hear, but i completly agree, thats why i welcome all the help i can get with this. We need as many developers to work with as we can get, every unique opinion will help. So take what you want or do what you want to do to this ROM just give me credit and not try to hijack it.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] nickmcminn60:
I'm not a terrorist, so no worries there, Ill start with aoteddys deodexed KJ2 just like you did for my 2.2.1. Just noticed your thanks meter and a few things in the rom, and thought you might could use some insight. I know you can't always go by the thank's meter. Just trying to help, I should have just PM'ed you instead of making this conversation public. Thing is these work with all 2.2.1-2.3.7 builds for any rom with init.d support, so it's not just your rom that the read ahead doesn't change., there are others. Our Rom's may end up looking similar but I assure you I will not use your rom as a base ;-) I won't post anything else here. Ill share it in my thread, so it doesn't look like I'm knocking your rom. (Which I am not in any way) Just posted those files to fix a problem on a Rom I am running and others may want their "rac" upped, but like I said that script is free for you or any other developer/user to use who are having problems getting the "rac" to change.

nickmcminn60
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] MrKickstand:
Like I said, I know your not knocking the rom, the sidekick is naturally buggy. So post what you want all help and feedback is welcomed.

Sent from my LG G2x