[TouchPad Development] nevertells2:
OK, I took the plunge and installed Cherry Kang. I did a clean install, ie,

1. ACMEuninstaller

2. ACMEinstaller to install Moboot 0.3.5 and CWM

3. CWM to flash the Rom and Gapps

4. My Backup Root to restore my apps that I had backed up earlier

5. Big glitch, tried to restore my icons, desktop settings and widgets

for Nova Launcher that I had backed up from my last Rom and that trashed

Nova Launcher to the point the only way to recover was start over. Otherwise

all my programs and data restored normally.

6. Found that if you don't delete the old vending.apk before or after pasting the replacement apk in the system/app folder, they both end up in the same directory and the old one won't let you run the install of the new one after you have rebooted. Might want to update the instructions to delete the old apk after you paste the new one in the system/app folder. You can tell the old one from the new one by the date on the files.

After all that, I have not found anything so far that does not work. I saw someone report that FireFox is not working, mine works. I can download apps that before I replaced the vending.apk would not download. I had a couple of apps that would not run because they were not compatible, now they run. Wifi appears rock solid, however, the real test will be extended use on different AP's and I'll try changing my router back to channel 11, which neither of my TouchPads would work with no matter what Rom I was running including all the CM7 Roms and CM9.0.0, Xron 2.9.1 and Classicnerd v.1. One thing I have noticed is wifi starts almost instantly after reboot or turning it on after I had turned it off to save battery power while doing something I did not need WiFi for. That definitely was not the case with CM9.0.0. or Classicnerd. It took upwards of 30 seconds to come on. I like the 132 dpi setting. I can get a 10x10 icon grid using Nova Launcher. However, I noticed that the icon text disappears when the TouchPad is changed from portrait to landscape orientation, but I use it in portrait the most, so no biggie there. I definitely like Nova Launcher over Trebuchet, so good call including that in the Rom. I selected Nova at the default launcher, but can't find a way to revert back to Trebuchet if I needed to. I'm sure there is a way, just have not found it yet. I do have a suggestion, instead of all the gyrations to get the vending.apk installed after the fact, what's the chance of removing the current vending.apk from the gapps.v11 and replacing it with the fixed vending.apk and calling the file gappsv11.fixed.dpi.zip. This is where I don't have the know how to know if that would work. Someone who creates these gapps files to install all the market apps is gonna have to answer that question.

Anyway, so far so good. The Rom is smooth, snappy and responsive. All the known issues remain, h/w acceleration, microphone, etc. I am not seeing battery charging or discharging issues, screen too or not sensitive enough, SOD or random reboots that others are reporting, at least not yet. I fully believe that doing a clean install eliminates those kinds of issues. I never had them with CM9.0.0 or Classicnerd.v1 both of which I did a clean install. I've used My Backup Root to restore my apps in Classicnerd and Cherry Kang. I'll have to see later when I install an updated Cherry Kang if the icon for Nova Launcher still trashes it.

I've rambled long enough, good job philicibine. Hopefully the work you are doing here with this Rom will benefit the Android community of all flavors of ICS. No other team has had the where-with-all to tackle the wifi issue by taking the proposed wifi drivers and put them in a Rom and put it out for others to test. If this turns out to be the fix, I hope you get the credit for making it happen. Cheers!