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[HTC Inspire 4G] poketjjax:
i looked through the forum and didn't find this exact question so i'm sorry if it's been posted before.

basically what i'm wondering is if i have a ROM installed, let's just say one of the new ICS ones, and a new release of that ROM comes out, is there a way to upgrade to the newer version without having to install all my apps and stuff again through titanium backup? i hope that makes sense. in other words, is installing a new version of a ROM that you are already using going to be the same process as flashing a new ROM entirely? that could get annoying with newer versions of ICS seemingly coming out twice a week.

thanks in advance!
[HTC Inspire 4G] GuestK007:
It's recommended to wipe and reflash, but I just flash over top and if there's problems I resort to wiping. Clear cache and dalvik and just flash over top, your apps will still be there. But if you do it this way, you should not report any problems

Sent from my Inspire 4G using Xparent Blue Tapatalk
[HTC Inspire 4G] nine zero one:
Probably could have used search to find this. But typically, unless the dev say to full wipe, when an update comes out for the rom you are using you can flash the update over the older version without a full wipe. You are still required to clear cache/dalvik to do this. If anything that was working before does not work anymore after you have flashed the update over the older version, then you should go back and do a full wipe and flash the new version. I personally always full wipe when flashing a newer version.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Agoattamer:
It all depends on the ROM and what is updated. Seriously you have to go by what the DEV says in his thread. Some you can update without wiping and some you have to wipe. Others will automatically wipe for you. Best advice is to read the DEV's thread. They should all give you this info. And if you looked over the first few posts of his thread you really wouldn't be asking this question here.
[HTC Inspire 4G] funkss:
Some mods have the cache/dalvik wipe built in, so just make sure you read through the thread for whatever mod you're trying. Wiping it twice won't hurt, but just wastes a little time.
[HTC Inspire 4G] lgluna20:
RunnyDrOiD

I know that we have different method for rom installation but do you have any idea about RunnyDrOiD

Thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] MMM-BACONSTRIPS:
really? man. I'll make this very simple for you.

1. put rom on root of sdcard

2. boot into recovery

3. wipe data, cache, dalvik cache

4. install from sdcard the zip file

5. reboot.

almost all ROMs except for the PD98IMG.zip stock ROMs are flashed with the above method. Not all ROMs require a full wipe (data, cache, dalvik cahce) when upgrading within the same ROM but it is recommended to do so to avoid any issues. If you're switching between different ROMs, it is required to do a full wipe. Search my good man.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zheiko:
Hi, I have been asleep for a while now, so I was not watching the scene on 4.0 ICS recently. Now when I got my phone from second repair in last two months, I have noticed plenty of 4.0.3 ROMs, that seems to be more or less stable, with and without Samsung apps and so on.

Because it would take too long to check all of the roms and keep flashing reflashing modding, and testing, I got little tired of that now, and I dont have time to start studying how to cook my own ROM and do it. So I would like to ask you guys for help.

I am looking for some ICS ROM that would be as clean and stable as possible these days, which means, no samsung apps, no extra features, just clean android as close to stock from Nexus phones as possible. Dev should instead of adding new features focus on making the ROM as stable as possible.

Thanks for suggestions, as my signature says I am now on Simplistic rom, which is pretty good, but just wondering if there is anything even closer to what I am looking for you might see somewhere. Thanks for any suggestions
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigMrB:
Official out in a few weeks... wait

Or flash one of many beta roms but may have a few bugs

And search ?!!?!?!? All your answers are already out there
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tutsipoppy:
I recently moved from Gingerbread 2.3.6 to AndyX Rom v5.3 which is based on Android 4.0.3 [XXLB].

Very good.....stable....fast...and good battery backup. You can give it a shot.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zheiko:
Official from samsung will contain samsung apps+touchwiz, which I hate, and same does Andy's rom, I have already tried his 6.0 version.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galactus:
Did a nandroid of good old Hyperdroid. Im using andy's 6.0 version. Froze all the samsung bloatware and using the cm9 launcher. Been pretty smooth, widget locker runs like ass though so just sticking with Face Unlock for now.

Edit: Just needed to update Widget Locker. Working Fine now :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evolutiontheory:
Looks like you are already on a good rom. There are no stable roms yet.

I have tried almost all of them. I liked cm9 the most. Looks like it will be a rom which can be used right out of the box. But lacks some features since it is only experimental.

Wait for a couple of weeks, then you should have many stable roms to try out. Or in a month, or think we will have proper cm9
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RorixRebel:
I'm currently on XXLPH and its been awesome, stock rom of course but i got rid of all the sammy apps and so far so good
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zheiko:
Is with that one the vibration working for ringtones? On simplicity LP6 there are all vibrations except for ringtones... which is driving me nuts when using Instant messengers, where I dont want to miss anything, but tone is ridiculously annoying...

Edit: did anyone found out way how to switch off the phone waiting for second press of home button? it makes the phone feels lazy, when it waits like 500ms for second press, instead of immediate action.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibsonic:
hi there,

I'm using Westcrips LPH resurrection ROM remix V9.3... and really wow ! I haven't had any FC's or i haven't seen any crashes or something like that.. ? Its really weird because Android 4 is still under development... but this ROM is really ready for daily use !

Vibration with ringtone is within this ROM, You could delete the Google apps if you want bu using root explorer, The only thing that I've noticed is that the vibration don't works with notifications..

Ive already resolved that problem by downloading an app called: Sound Manager. And change the settings under 'Notifications' to Vibrate whenever possible.. And it works..

You should try that one ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaagi:
I've been testing the "resurrection remix v9.3 ICS black edition xxlph 4.0.3. full-wipe". Flashed it earlier today but I've had westcrips remix rom since v8.6 and it has some fc's but they are really rare and battery life is quite good. Also touchwiz has been removed and it has both trebuchet and nova launchers. Give it a go if you don't mind doing full wipe :) You can find a video of the rom from youtube or by searching android development section.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibsonic:
haha, at the same time :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beston94:
Not to be rude or anything...But is there a reason why this is your first post and you created this account in this month? Coincidence? I think not!

Promotion of your OWN rom? I think so!

Have a nice day!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WChurchill:
ive been using this one for a bit, its worked out surprisingly well so far. still needs a few little tweaks but its surpassed my expectations (been on villainrom, checkrom, omega ics previously)

Pure ICS v6.1
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcboyy:
The only thing I dont like ICS is battery drain. No matter what ROM I use, it drains my batt 1% every 8min when the display is on. I prefer CM7 and cant wait for CM9 to have its video recording fixed !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WChurchill:
I havent experienced that at all, I had it go around 30 hours with 3.5 hours of screen on time and still had 30% battery life the other day. And there was a pretty significant amount of internet usage in that time too
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pojiuk:
you can use different karnels for testing your battery)))
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zheiko:
use code *#9900# and disable FAST DORMACY and then see if your battery life gets better.. if you'd like to know what that is, check http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9191759/Fast_dormancy_to_improve_smartphone_networking_and_battery_performance_
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M1ch43lk:
I would also vote for "resurrection remix" I'm using the 9.0 version now with the xxlph kernel and beside a few glitches it has been very stable.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] menace1234:
Has anyone played with CM9 - ICS firmware, it would be great to know how stable that is.

Im using the XXLPH - but I have been have slight problems with Wifi Scan, it doesn't seem quick enough, not like the other android phones I've used.

Feedback would be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcboyy:
OMG! Thanks for your recommendation. Pure ICS has great battery life!! thanks!! Gonna stick to it until official by Samsung

---------- Post added at 04:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:58 PM ----------

IMHO, CM9 is the best ICS except you can't record video using the camera app. Wait until the devs get the source code. Other than that, this ROM is outstanding! I think next month is ICS month for all :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Schmich:
I've tried a few different ICS roms. They're stable but I find them to be slow, especially the browser. On 2.3.x you could do whatever you wanted in the browsers with the SGS2. Zoom in/out very quickly and it would be butter smooth with instant rendering.

On ICS roms it's laggy, Flash seems buggy (I'm not using the Chrome browser since of course it doesn't support it), zooming in and out makes the stuff disappear and appear after a second. It just doesn't feel right with the slow rendering.

As for the ICS Touchwiz I don't get why you can't go from the last screen to the first. When you're on the last screen you get a little bump effect instead of going all the way back to the first screen.

ICS having pretty much ZERO must-have features (unlike navigation and flash for 2.1/2.2), is slow and TW being worse (I tried ones without TW btw)....meant that I've gone back to a 2.3.x ROM. They're the best, hands down.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WChurchill:
no problem! :) my only issue so far is if you enable the battery mod and toolbar it breaks the calendar, so i had to remove it :/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Osyx:
You're right it's the best ICS ROM, using it for daily use. VERY STABLE(no fc and so on) and yes sound manager is the solution;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noreik23:
I recently tested the AndyX 5.3 and 6.0 and found them to be unstable...

My biggest question is will Pure ICS allow my phone to vibrate along with the ringtone??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zheiko:
so far not really, but you can download soundmanager off market for free and in vibrate settings set up vibrate whenever possible, that fixes the problem:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riptide666:
I'm gonna try Pure ICS 6.1 since I've had big problems with battery drain on Simplistic RC8. don't know why it drains my battery since it's said that it should increase my battery time.

Anyway, right now I've been testing the latest Samsungs leak as it is and it's been working quite good except some issues with apps locking up now and then.

Looking forward to the final release from Samsung so we can get cm9 to a stable release. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anthony062991:
I have a question about adding different governors to the init.d scripts?

Is it possible to just add governors to the init.d script even though it is not in the kernel itself?

For example adding this:

echo "800000" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/smartass/awake_ideal_freq;

echo "200000" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/smartass/sleep_ideal_freq;

echo "800000" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/smartass/sleep_wakeup_freq

echo "75" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/smartass/max_cpu_load;

echo "45" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/smartass/min_cpu_load;

echo "0" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/smartass/ramp_up_step;

echo "0" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/smartass/ramp_down_step;

echo "24000" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/smartass/up_rate_us

echo "99000" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/smartass/down_rate_us

Even though the kernel doe's not have smartass folder?

Will this run properly?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenSow:
Hey guys, so recently I added album art to my music to give make my player a little nicer, problem is, the stock player does not display all the album art correctly. It displays some of the album at very low quality while the same song on other players look fine. Here's an example:

Compared to how others looks like..

Anyone knows how to fix this?

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Misledz:
Stock player on HC doesn't seem to be able to support high res album art as normal stock player usually just ends up showing a fit sized thumbnail.

Try flashing Google Music. It's a better replacement for stock and available via Gapps that you can install. Had no issues with it being a stock player, Does the job too.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenSow:
Okay, quite sad since I love the stock player.. Hmmm what does flashing Google music mean? I have it by means of an apk.. Thing is it is more towards sharing music, was looking for a player with equalizer maybe?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoss_n2:
Download google music from the market and download a free app from market callet equalizer with an icon with two letters (Eq) that will integrate equalizer in the music player
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Misledz:
Actually Google Music has an Equaliser lol. Press Settings->Sound Effects and turn it on.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenSow:
That's in the stock HC music player, Google Music has no equalizer :/ Well downloaded the EQ app, testing it out soon :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenSow:
Damn. Using Google music and i like it alot.. so I used my PC to fill in those missing album art, transferred the songs back to the tab and tested it. It became worse, most of the music which have wlbum are no longer displayed, works fine though on other players.. so how to fix Google music? :/
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Misledz:
Dont fret if you can't get it to work right, G-Music is amazing I agree, but it's still in it's WIP stage, Maybe they will fix it properly in the next Gapps release. I just got into using GMusic a few days ago :) Might need to check it for you
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenSow:
Nah that's fine, I reinstalled it and now it displays them well, awesome :D Still a little buggy but yeah can't blame it since its still in WIP. They say Google music is a cloud service, how exactly does it work? O.o
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenSow:
BTW anyone knows what's the limit for size/resolution for album art for stock music player?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Misledz:
As far as I know their cloud service is only open to people in the US.

That and also it's temporarily down I think due to the whole SOPA/Acta thing going on. Since it back's up all your music to an online personal storage.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenSow:
Kays I just found out its not for non US peeps. Hmmmm.. Mine dissappears from the notification tray when I press pause, its getting annoying anyone has the same prob?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Misledz:
Nope maybe because your on HC? I'm on ICS and I don't get that problem.

What version you on?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenSow:
Im on 4.1.512.. its OK for the first few times then it suddenly does that..
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Misledz:
Actually, I would suggest you get something like "Market Unlocker" and fake it to Verizon US (If ever you aren't in US) because only US Market get's the initial/first update of Google Apps. I thought I had been updated on Youtube and such, then I faked to US one and guess what, major Google updates (._.' ) the other day there was another Google Music update.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenSow:
wow they restrict updates to apps we can download? Thanks for the suggestion but I haven't got round to root my tab so I'll have to wait...
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] dcsms:
All Credits belongs to Lidroid

Please refers to lidroid original thread below

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1289896

Notes:

1. need a Computer which is has JDK installed

2. apktool

3. notepad++ / other text editor

4. know how to compile/decompile apk (dont ask me.. just use the search bar.. there a bunch of tuts how to do that)

firstly download this file :

1. lidroid-res

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=750399&d=1318661697

2. LidroidSystemUI

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=750756&d=1318701014

3. QuickPanelSettings

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=751238&d=1318747162

or u can visit lid thread above n download it from #1 post attachment

How to :

1. Download LidroidSystemUI.apk and decompile it with apktool, then you get LidroidSystemUI dir.

2. Pull and Decompile your SystemUI.apk, copy LidroidSystemUI/smali/* into SystemUI/smali.

3. Open SystemUI/smali/com/android/systemui/status/StatusBarService.smali. Find(Ctrl + F) QuickSettingsView, changes codes below

(this code i've got from mr. sileshnair. big thanks for him :D)

.local v3, qsv:Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/quickpanel/QuickSettingsView;
const v7, 0x7f030002

invoke-static {p1, v7, v9}, Landroid/view/View;->inflate(Landroid/content/Context;ILandroid/view/ViewGroup;)Landroid/view/View;

move-result-object v3

.end local v3 #qsv:Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/quickpanel/QuickSettingsView;
check-cast v3, Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/quickpanel/QuickSettingsView;

.line 352
.restart local v3 #qsv:Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/quickpanel/QuickSettingsView;

with

const v7, 0x3030003

invoke-static {p1, v7, v9}, Landroid/view/View;->inflate(Landroid/content/Context;ILandroid/view/ViewGroup;)Landroid/view/View;

move-result-object v3

check-cast v3, Lcom/lidroid/systemui/quickpanel/PowerWidget;

.line 352
.local v3, qsv:Lcom/lidroid/systemui/quickpanel/PowerWidget;
invoke-virtual {v3}, Lcom/lidroid/systemui/quickpanel/PowerWidget;->setupWidget()V

4. Compile SystemUI with apktool,

5. open up your SystemUI.apk with winrar or 7zip

6. locate to SystemUI/build/apk/ and find classes.dex onto the winrar/7zip

7. Then Push it into /system/app/

5. push lidroid-res.apk in /system/framework/, push QuickPanelSettings.apk in /system/app, reboot.

More mod :

Originally Posted by sicopat@xda

To have 6 visible toggles : edit : SystemUI/smali/com/lidroid/systemui/quickpanel/PowerWidget.smali

change :

Code:

.field private static final LAYOUT_SCROLL_BUTTON_THRESHOLD_PORT:I = 0x5

to

.field private static final LAYOUT_SCROLL_BUTTON_THRESHOLD_PORT:I = 0x6

Code:

div-int/lit8 v2, v2, 0x5

to

div-int/lit8 v2, v2, 0x6

Note: i skip editing androidmanfest.xml (cuz when we do this... we should sign all of the apk in /system/app and /system/framework. :D ..but if u insist.. please see the original thread above how to do that...unless if u dont do editing androidmanifest.xml u'll got FC when pressing Flashlight button. anyway i dont need it.. so its not a big deal)

dont thanks me... please thanks too three man above for their great job

sharing is caring
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] simplyanin:
Nice but its too tough for me to do it
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Kousthubha Kumar:
Nice tutorial dude just made a nice bar but a bit complicated though.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] dcsms:
u'll never know, unless u try :D
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] bumslayer:
I will try this. Thanks for sharing dude!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] deathnotice01:
was going to modify the PNG files of this apk,

decompiled all files, recompiled and resigned APK however when i force it into the system status bar gets force close,
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] dcsms:
dont resigned the system .apk unless u must resigned all off the apk file in /system/app and /system/framework
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] bumslayer:
The SystemUI.apk is to be pulled from our SGY unit, right? You forgot to mention this on your tutorial.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] dcsms:
Ups .... em sorry ... my bad...
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] bumslayer:
Here's my statusbar: I'm using Hybrid 2.1.

Thank you very much for your wonderful tutorial bro! I am one happy camper! :D :D
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] dcsms:
Well nice dude :D thanks to lidroid btw

:-D

rawk
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] drichieboi:
ow this is a nice guide ...im planning to make a ICS status bar from this i wish its not impossible
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] kimbaduds:
Can you share this bro??
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] bumslayer:
Just follow the tutorial kill3d graciously provided. Worked for me.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] bumslayer:
Hey OP, apparently this works for deodexed ROMS only, because the SystemUI.apk of the DXLB1 stock ROM does not have a smali folder. :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] dcsms:
Indeed...

Cuz the smali came from came from the classes.dex.

rawk
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] kimbaduds:
im having a problem on making the notifcations work, i followed the tutorial, the notification works but the 14 toggles isnt working.. hmm. whats wrong
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] gilankpam:
can you upload your SystemUI.apk

I dont understand the tutorial :D
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] dcsms:
Did u edit the smali code??

Did u miss point 6?

Did u push lidroid-res.apk . Quickpanelsettings.apk . ??

rawk
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] bumslayer:
guys dont forget to change the permissions to the files you will push to the phone as well. just look at the permissions of the other files under /system/apps and /system/framework.
[HTC Sensation] Akatosh:
Hey guys. Due to me having hboot 1.23 and s-on I can't flash any new firmware files or pretty much anything. I just wanted to know if anybody has a link to an old version of any Tom running ics with either firmware 3.12 or android 4.01, it could be android 4.03 if it was based on 3.12.

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mrtim8383:
Did the update from the market and it erased my pm's and erased my favorites. Nope. Reverted back to old version
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Drumlistik:
Its forceclose with dark theme strange.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] skrambled:
I like that the new update has the ability to hit the Thanks button at least. I always felt like a jerk thanking someone from the app but not having the ability to hit the Thanks button.

Don't use pm much so not an issue for me...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jamesd86:
Been able to thank for awhile now from the app. Maybe this is the free version?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] DoctorQMM:
New version is a lot nicer... I had an issue with it duplicating My Favorites.... easy fix... just go to Manage Applications and for XDA app, clear cache clear data... then reopen XDA. Sign in, then set your preferences and favorites... all should be good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Drumlistik:
Its strange when i apply dark theme ....always force close when i enter in posts.

Someone having the same issues?

Regards
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] nrm5110:
I've had taptalk forever always had the thanks feature