yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] cyber_pete:
Just had something odd happen, not sure if it is relavant but thought i would post just incase. I have been working on theming ICS and flashed an updated phone.apk. I did a dalvik and cache wipe, flashed the new apk, and rebooted. During reboot a popup came up that said Android is upgrading and then said optimizing apps and went through 257 apps. Nothing has changed, everytijng still works, not sure what that was.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Pirateghost:
working on that one. decompiling apks isnt working out for me, and i think i borked my whole build environment...gotta roll back a snapshot and see

i have had this happen several times....i think its 'normal' behavior when you have your fastboot off and you wipe cache/dalvik
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] rprescott11:
Also, do you know if I can get rid of the keyboard icon in the right hand corner when using the keyboard?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] rkorzuch:
I was able to use the UOT kitchen to create a battery mod and it worked just fine.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] drewdatrip:
This seems to be on all builds of ICS i have played with. I cant recall if it is on CM9 builds with my Nook

Drew
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] rprescott11:
I know my friends Vibrant running ICS doesnt have it after he removed all languages expect English.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] drewdatrip:
Looks nice man! any chance you can make the Bat Theme available to XDA?

Thanks

Drew
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] rkorzuch:
Here is the battery mod created with the UOT kitchen. Just flash with cwm.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] harry655:
It's an ICS thing, it'll do it when you change something in system/app, data/app, do data restores from cwm backups etc.

I think its just google making their platform look more spiffy whilst its booting, this prevents the user from interfering with the phone to avoid lag/freezes and so on.

I think its cool.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] romeo0119:
Man what the hell keep happening to this forum? We losing dev left and right. Good thing I just sold my vivid today.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] jaredcg:
were did u go i loved you roms come back.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] knuckleheadAj3:
For those wondering, the answer lies in the Vivid General thread; just find the noob asking how to install Rum Float...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] drewdatrip:
Wonderful. I really wish people would stop talking out of their ass and actually read instructions several times and actually follow them.

If this ROM was bricking every phone that flashed it you wouldn't have pages of people thanking PG and saying what a wonderful rom it is.

I for one read the instructions a few times, followed them and reread them each step as i was doing it, and now i have a wonderful ICS rom on my vivid.

Its really a shame that ignorant people push away people such as PG whom devote hours and hours to people he does not even know at all just for the sake of being helpful and developing for a shared interest and goal.

Drew
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] ststeve123:
Sad to see this one go but then again, I understand PG's position. Why would you take the blame when people just don't have the intelligence to even read or follow up before fingerpointing others.

PG - I haven't tried your ROM and I was hoping to try this one out. Hopefully you would come back with a ROM for Velocity. Please :)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] carlosjcar:
PG I completely understand you, if I were

you I would be piss too,

But just so you. I was about to sell my vivid because I got bored of it and then boom, you slapped me in the face with ICS. All of a sudden it a new beast.

So I thank you for this wonderful Rom.

Pls consider keeping your work on Rom Manager. I bet a lot of pleople would donate to keep this going and motivate you. Thanks again. If I could I would send some good Puerto Rican RUM called pitorro but it is illegal...

Sent from my HTC Vivi running ICS thanks to the work of the Pirate that likes Rum.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] djfrost40:
What the? do you have another website?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] nielp96:
No people keep playing blame game....

Also pls pg don't go
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] goyjuss:
Alternate Location

I know this probably is not what Pirateghost wants, and I'm not sure he's still monitoring the thread, but:

Pirateghost, could you provide an alternate site to download your ROM for those of us who DO know what we're doing? I just got my VIvid a week back. Spent the whole week reading up on Unlocking/Rooting/Flashing Kernel & ROMs. I finally had time and, literally, as soon as I got done reading the last post on this thread you pulled the links to the files.

I've since gone ahead and flashed another OS but it's not ICS.

Sorry you had to deal with people that didn't know what they were doing but some of us DO take the time to read up on things before we dive in.

I hope you change your mind on releasing your custom ROMS.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] uberamd:
I think the problem was that Pirateghost simply put TOO much effort in. Hear me out.

Generally when a developer releases a ROM they allow the community to do all the troubleshooting. If people run into issues the ROM author relies on those who have successfully installed the ROM to troubleshoot issues with those having problems.

That wasn't the case here. I specifically went out and purchased a HTC Vivid yesterday afternoon because I wanted an ICS phone with a qHD display (Nexus S wasn't cutting it). Yes, Pirateghost, I purchased a Vivid specifically because of this ROM. As I was reading the threads I noticed that Pirateghost was popping in constantly to help people, even in other threads that were asking for help in the General section. That struck me as strange. Why? Well...

I'm not going to say I've done even 1% of the work Pirateghost has done with ROMs, but I did compile and distribute Cyanogenmod 7 for a device that wasn't supported directly. People were constantly asking questions in the thread. The ROM had thousands of downloads, so there were a LOT of people struggling. But guess what, I ignored almost all questions. I didn't care to waste my time answering them, thats the communities role. Someone releases a ROM and the community should step up and help, let the developer keep developing.

The issue was that Pirateghost didn't do that. He felt he needed to help people, and you could tell by his progressively more and more condescending replies that he was being burnt out. At the end of the day its his own fault.

On one hand you have people saying, "Try Android! Its awesome, customizable, and there are ROMs available so you can change your phone a lot!"

Then we have developers saying, "If you don't know what you're doing, piss off."

Someone, anyone, needs to step up and create a idiot-proof guide for ROMs. Look at the thread I ran for CM 7 on the Infuse 4G. Everything had a simple header, bulleted directions, and direct links to helper posts that were needed. It was simply easy for people to follow the install process and thus they asked less questions. That thread is up to 85 pages, for those wondering.

I have been flashing ROMs since I got my original Developer G1 from Google. I've had 30+ Android phones since the G1. Guess what, even I got stuck on this ROM. I got stuck on a bootloop even after the new hboot. RUU failed a bunch of times. ROM successfully flashed via CWM every time, but alas it still bootlooped. I figured it out eventually, but my god was the information scattered everywhere. I found my solution in a thread Pirateghost replied to where he basically told the original poster to piss off if he cant figure it out. Funny, eh?

Information is always scattered all over the place and it makes it daunting for new people to try ROMs. Everyone starts somewhere, so why shut out the little guy who is new to Android? Developers need to stop feeling like they need to answer every question. Theres a reason why most free software doesn't come with free support from the creator, and instead relies on community forums.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] hasoon2000:
I can see a few issues in your statements.

This is technical so new users who don't have a clue on how to use a computer should stay away until they learn. This is dangerous and can brick a phone.

The dev also gives support to. I made toolkits (look at my signature) to help make life easier. It was even stickied here! If followed correctly you will have an unlocked bootloader and your choice of recovery/kernel. All you need to do is research what ROM and the requirements to run it.

Just because he wanted to help is not his problem. That's great he shows he cares. You can't blame him at all, that's just rude.

Sent From My HTC Amaze 4G via Someone's Room ;)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] jh64dsb877r:
It's really too bad PG is leaving. I'm sad to see him go.

I empathize with the various reasons devs decided to leave, and it's just kind of depressing things have turned out like this.

I think the vast majority of users on this forum want to support and encourage devs. I hope PG makes the decision to return at some point, but I know it's a difficult choice.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] uberamd:
I'm more technical than most people and even I was getting bootloops (check my updated post, you replied before my edits). And the process, if laid out with simple and concise step by step directions, mitigates the risk of bricking.

And your tool is great, but that has nothing to do with what PG did.

Nope, I can and will blame him, and I will. He acted childish. Sorry, but its true. He is acting like the kid who takes all his toys and hides them because hes mad at his friend.

Tell me, what would be more beneficial to the Android community: PG continuing to release ROMs and having the community answer questions? Or PG taking his ROMs and running away because he feels the need to answer every question?

It would be like if you asked your teacher a question and he said back to you, "you stupid idiot, can't you read, this is how you do it!" How valuable is help like that?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] anthromatt:
I agree that it is fine that PG wanted to help, but uberamd has a very valid point.

PG could have replied once to a certain poster, then moved on. Perfect balance.

We don't know how many private messages PG got, but it is pretty easy to disable that option or delete them without even reading them.

However, if you cannot handle that members are going to mess up their phones trying to flash your ROMs and that a few of those will inevitably (and unjustly) blame you, the developer, then you really shouldn't be cooking ROMs and releasing them to begin with.

Even if PG had decided he was done and not putting forth any more work because of the actions of some, to pull his links, which he wouldn't have even been able to provide without the contributions of others, is the hallmark of childish behavior.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] NIKKG:
The issue PG had is that this ROM just came out on the weekend and since it’s a major ICS release, everyone with a Vivid immediately took a major interest in getting it. PG was trying his best to first acquire the OTA update as well has rooting it and making it available everywhere after he confirmed it was genuine. The problem is, with the high demand for it, everything was getting rushed. The noobs didn’t take the time to read up plus even some of the early directions weren’t too clear since I had bootloops myself until I figured it out.

So with all this mad rush to get ICS, PG got burned out, especially with WC and Bananacakes out of the picture, he had to deal with an even bigger load of people than he normally was used to. So my advice to PG is to just take it slow and relax, life is too short to get worked up over a phone.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bproulx:
Message to PirateGhost

I refuse to join in on the war over who's right. I don't see any point in placing blame or pointing fingers, but I do have one thing to say - PirateGhost you have been responsible for some of the best work I've seen on XDA in the Vivid/Raider/Velocity development scene, whether on your own or in collaboration with other devs. I am not alone in being sad to see you decide to leave..We here at XDA really do value your hard work and I for one can appreciate the lengths you've gone to already to provide us all with everything you have so far. Please don't be angry at the noobs. (I'm one too, although I'm learning fast..) We need guys like you who really have a handle on this to do the hard stuff for us all so we can play with the easy stuff. :)

Without you and the other devs and all your work we'd all be stuck on our respective carrier's *stock* firmware ... <shudder> ....I can't cook my own ROM. I'd try but I'd be more likely to recite Pi to the 500th decimal place from memory than to build a successful ROM on my own.. LOL.. We need you, simple as that. Please don't leave us..! :) But if at the end of the day you decide you have no other choice, well.. thanks for everything you've done for us.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] uberamd:
Agreed. And I'm not minimizing what he has done for the community, because he as done a LOT. But the most liked developers here are both knowledgable and humble about their work.

If anyone needs it you can download the ROM from my server, along with the RUU:

http://stevemorrissey.com/android/roms/vivid/
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] formicae:
It would be like that if ROM dev was a salaried job and Pirateghost had a social obligation to educate us. But it isn't, and he doesn't.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] uberamd:
PG takes donations as a form of payment for his work.

Moreover, as I said, questions from unexperienced people go along with every ROM. It has been like that since ROMs were first released. There is a learning curve, and the Vivid is one of the places here at XDA that has the WORST step-by-step guides from flashing ROMs.

Sorry, I try to be as neutral as possible, but he could have (and should have) ignored questions that upset him. Take a look at any (and I mean ANY) other ROM thread for ANY other device. The same type of questions get asked in ALL of them, but its all about how the developer handles the situation.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] hasoon2000:
Agreed. As azrionach (I think I spelled it wrong) said, this is XDA developers, not XDA support.

Sent From My HTC Amaze 4G via Someone's Room ;)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] uberamd:
And HE decided he would try to be the support person. As I said there is a reason free software devs rely on mailing lists and forums for support. They too make no money from their software and thus let the community of users support it.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Pirateghost:
Didn't know I was obligated to anything here. Its times like this that some of you show your true colors. How the hell am I obligated to do anything for you? After the WC and BC debacle I saw some of the savage behavior here. I was hoping that would die down and the community would get back together. I was wrong to think that and wrong to think releasing any ICS stuff would boost things around here. For those of you saying I should be able to handle the extra stress, why? Why should there be that much extra stress on me for doing what I love? I have the right to not share my work with you because its mine. You seem to act like I owe you something. What the hell do I owe you? There are too many people in this community that feel entitled and then there are others that are sincere in their gratitude toward the work that is done on here. Unfortunately the entitled behavior ruins it for the rest.

I have every right to pull my stuff from this forum and not share anything. You know, because its MY work. I will not sit here and take any more abuse from the vivid users who feel like I owe them everything or anything for that matter.

For the people that sincerely love the work I am sorry, but the actions of a few can spoil it for the rest. I have enough stress in my life I don't need the vivid section stretching me that much further.

Sent from my HTC PH39100
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Pirateghost:
Yeah that 10 bucks I made since the ics stuff came really went far and helped with the stress :rolleyes:

There is no payment. Donations are donations. No expectations should be attached.

Sent from my HTC PH39100
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] jazzmoe76:
Follow the link above for most of the files you will need to run Rum Float and follow "thecubed" link below to get the PH39IMG.zip

PH39IMG.zip - http://goo-inside.me/private/iomonst...ta/PH39IMG.zip

PG, I am definitely one that is grateful for your work. I hope you cool off and change your mind. I agree, you don't owe us anything. Also, like was said before, you should not have to chase the dragon and answer everyone noob questions. That's what the non dev users are for. As for the pm's... If you are pm'ing a dev with noob questions, then you probably shouldn't be trying to mod your phone. That's what reading and the forum are for...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] SnoopHogg:
Well stated PG. Hate to see you go, but I totally understand. I hate the way some people act like the DEVS work for them or something. You've been a huge help in this forum since the onset. So I'll just say thanks, and wish you the best of luck.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] pstevep:
Listen. Pirateghost did more to help than a lot of developers do. I read the instructions and they were easy to follow, much easier than the instructions that I had to follow on the first device I rooted. If i see anymore crap about him not doing his part or that he owes you something because of donations, I promise you there will be consequences. I'm sick of you all acting like children. If you don't want to brick your phone, don't root it and try to flash bleeding edge technology on it. You are on a development website, not a let me hold your hand, walk down the beach with you and caress your hair while you flash your first rom website.

You guys are hurting yourself.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lavero.burgos:
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. You are responsible if you mess up your tablet.

NOTE: ONLY MESS WITH Partitions 10 & 11 (media and userdata)

This Wipe Data error E: format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 is normal we all have it and it doesn't harm your device​

Repartitioning your Nook Tablet requires (you must have):

* ADB drivers working on your PC

* CWM installed either to Internal (EMMC) or SDCARD

[YOUTUBE]frVGh48Ofgc[/YOUTUBE]​

Big Thanks to @meghd00t

1. BACKUP INTERNAL SDCARD AND ROM

* To backup your Internal SDcard a.k.a: /media partiton, MyNook, /emmc:

Connect your Nook Tablet to your PC via USB, Turn on USB storage and copy all your files from MyNook to a folder in your PC.

* To backup your current ROM:

Boot into CWM, then go to backup & restore >> backup (external SDcard) so you can restore your /data later on.

Please NOTE that if you don't have a larger sdcard you will have to backup your current ROM to Internal SDcard, in which case you must use the method above to copy the clockworkmod folder to your PC.

2.0 PREPARATION:

IF YOU COME FROM THE OLD REPARTITION METHOD...

> cd path-to-adb-drivers
[B]> adb shell[/B]
# parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
(parted) toggle 10 lvm
# quit

2.1 REPARTITION:

# sgdisk -e /dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/mmcblk0

This will write the secondary gpt label and remove the parted prompt found error fix?

# sgdisk /dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/mmcblk0 -d 11 -d 10

This will delete partition 10 & 11 media and userdata

# sgdisk /dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/mmcblk0 -n 0:0:+12G -n 0:0:0
# sgdisk /dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/mmcblk0 -c 10:media -c 11:userdata

This will re-create both media (change +12G to whatever you need) and userdata will use the rest, then it'll set the name of the partitions

3. REBOOT YOUR DEVICE INTO CWM:

Ctrl+c to exit shell mode
> adb reboot recovery

This will exit from shell mode and reboot into recovery again. If adb reboot recovery doesn't work for you then do it manually.

4. FORMAT PARTITIONS:

> adb shell
# mkdosfs -F32 -n MyNook /dev/block/mmcblk0p10
# make_ext4fs -L userdata /dev/block/mmcblk0p11
Ctrl+c to exit shell mode
> adb reboot
> adb kill-server

This will start adb shell mode, format partition 10 to FAT32, format partition 11 to EXT4, exit shell mode, reboot your device to system and stop adb server from keep running.

5. RESTORE YOUR DATA

Reboot back into CWM recovery

CWM >> backup and restore >> Advanced restore >> /data

Click on this link to see the Old Method

~ Veronica
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] strictlyrude27:
This ought to be stickied. I assume this will also work for the 8GB NT, although of course numbers need to change to reflect the fact that it's only 8GB.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] schtuka:
I am sorry for noob question, but is this a tutorial on how to expand that miserable 1gb user data space and steal more space from 12gb locked internal memory?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lavero.burgos:
lol yes Mr.

~ Veronica
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] xdahgary:
too much text. someone make a youtube video. tks.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lavero.burgos:
Actually the commands are few...

"The bold text is the prompt and commands. The non-bold parts are screen output".

I did it in less than 10 minutes and reading the tutorial twice.

~ Veronica
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Sweetra:
Like a charm. So happy. F bn
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] fyrmd:
In the guys defense, not having ever used adb before, it took me about 30 minutes to do it last night. I had a hard time figuring out how to make the computer see the Nook while in CWR. Once I got that figured out, it went pretty fast.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] schtuka:
Ok, I am trying to follow the instructions before actually doing it ... bear with me..

So I boot in CWM Recovery.

Do the backup.

Then what? Open cmd on my computer and go to shell?

I am familiar with ADB, but I am confused about at what point in the script you change the size of media 10 and data 11...... I see that 2GB of user data 11 will be enough for me. What size the media 10 should be? I remember from GParted that you have to divide equally the space....

Also, it says in the end of summary to reboot back to CWM. I thought we are in CWM doing the script the whole time. When did we reboot?

Thanks.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] camapghe:
For noob like me, I actually wish to have some briefing about the commands. For example, in case I want to have less then 12GB of media data, 10GB may be, which number that I should change?

--------------

Edit: I guess

End? [2684MB]? 11.6GB

11.6GB

11.6GB

(parted) p

to

End? [2684MB]? 10GB

10GB

10GB

(parted) p

Correct me if I'm wrong. My NT is still on the way to my house :D
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lavero.burgos:
After the backup you plug your NT to your computer (you must have adb working already) open the cmd on windows and "cd" to the path of adb files then "adb shell" as explained in the tutorial.

You first resize/extend media partition (10) because that is the one mounts in your PC ("MyNOOK")

The part that the size is changed for /media is here:

(parted) resize

resize

resize

Partition number? 10

10

10

Start? [1611MB]?

End? [2684MB]? 11.6GB >> in this part 11.6GB is set to leave 4gb for userdata, i personally set it to 13.6GB so that leave 2GB for userdata as i don't install heavy apps and games like crazy.

11.6GB

11.6GB

The userdata partition is recreated after with what is left:

Start? 11.6GB >> as you can see its the same value that was set before in End? [2684MB]? 11.6GB of the /media partition

11.6GB

11.6GB

End? 15.6GB

15.6GB

15.6GB

As stated in the tutorial this is made while in CWM , you reboot back into it just to restore your data,nothing else. Let's put it this way when the windows updates install in your PC it ask you to reboot right? Sometimes reboots are required why? don't ask just do it is easy and it won't harm your device gee :D

~ Veronica