yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
Yeah, I'm definitely shooting for all 3 to be fixed. I'm testing somethings now. I'm gonna just try to clean it up a tad and hopefully it will be as good as it gets. There will be changes from gov3 everyone has their opinions on battery life but I'm sticking to my guns on what I think is best
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jurai:
my main issue is still the white on white text in the texting app

is there an option to disable contact photos when browsing Contacts? that'd be nice too if doable

also pre-set APN information, maybe integrate the improved keyboard commands into init.d as well (support via the custom kernel doesn't, by default, enable the keyboard improvements, just allows you to actually make those changes)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] madrrio:
fixing of the white on white would be great, i dont really have a problem with anything else.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
Ok preset apn and hq bid will be fixed as well as an input method and other things. Ill try and get it out soon I'm testing everything now
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] pmp326:
sweet cant wait!!
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] TheLastSidekick:
Yeah the fixes I did I gave permission for Hewett to use it, as he's trustworthy
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
testing is going well, apns auto set ive included a keyboard and most of the things you guys want and the HQ video works well now too
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] madrrio:
thanks for keeping this section alive sir....:good:
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jurai:
is the white on white fixed?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] TheLastSidekick:
No. We don't know what's causing that yet.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jurai:
bummer, i'd take a return to black background and legible text if nothing else
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] TheLastSidekick:
Yeah. But Hewetts busy, and I'm also busy. We need more people contributing to the effort.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
i tried a million things im stumpped, i even looked ast the mms app and tried recompiling it, got nowhere.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] TheLastSidekick:
We should take this problem to another forum, and see if someone else can help us with it?

sent from my SGH-T839 (Sidekick 4G) running Glorious Overdose V3.0.3.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] orange808:
Apktool is your friend. You should be able to write a fast hack in the app itself.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] TheLastSidekick:
Thanks. Ill look into it.

sent from my SGH-T839 (Sidekick 4G) running Glorious Overdose V3.0.3.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] cwalton4077:
Every time I open the gallary it says there are no files... even when I take a pic it won't show up there. I have to use a file manager like root explorer or astro to see them
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] TheLastSidekick:
Hence why my version doesn't use gallery3d. Or are you referring to quickpic?

sent from my SGH-T839 (Sidekick 4G) running Glorious Overdose V3.0.3.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] cwalton4077:
It was the 3d that didn't work I didn't look to see if quickpic was on there. But I'm back on ur gov303.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] T3kB0i:
Bricked

I applied the ROM through CWM Recovery and when it reboot, my SideKick was bricked. All I get is the T-Mobile Sidekick Samsung logo. I try to get into recovery, the screen flashes, and then I see the same thing. What do I do?

I haven't tried much of anything else, cuz I'm pretty much a noob, but this didn't happen when I installed the rom on my Nex7. I would post this question in general, but I think this is related to development

EDIT: I read some of the CWM threads and such, and people suggested trying to boot without the SD card, I tried that, and still no luck, I'm stuck on the SideKick screen.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ged92781:
First, a huge thank you for this ROM! I've been using GOv1 for a while now which was very good, but this has definitely taken things in the right direction. I flashed it last night onto my Sidekick. I did notice a bit of sluggishness in the UI. So, I installed RAM Manager Pro (there's a free version too with fewer options) and turned on Hard Multitasking mode which improved things right away. Also, I had some audio problems while talking on the phone. I flashed the Blaze modem/radio firmware onto the device which fixed that.

There were a couple of things I removed once I flashed the ROM as well. One is the logmein app. It was there for T-Mobile reps to be able to remotely diagnose issues on the phone during support calls and it's no longer in use. I also removed the T-Mobile device carbon app since the group SMS and cloud SMS features are not installed and I don't intend to install them.

I did experience the issue with not being able to play HQ videos in the YouTube app. I tried installing the updated version from Google Play, but that didn't fix the issue.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] TheLastSidekick:
You'll need to ODIN. Search for Hemidall Sidekick 4G

sent from my SGH-T839 (Sidekick 4G) running Glorious Overdose V3.0.3.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] T3kB0i:
Thank you. I was able to recovery back to stock.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] TheLastSidekick:
No problem. PM if you need additional assistance.

sent from my SGH-T839 (Sidekick 4G) running Glorious Overdose V3.0.3.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jurai:
Is there any chance of getting access to source to attack the messaging color issue? I'd be willing to attempt to fix
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] TheLastSidekick:
As far as I believe I would think not as this isn't an OS .apk but I could be wrong. Regardless, its a lot of effort. Because of the complaints with this sms client I may just include a 3rd party sms client known as Pansi.

sent from my SGH-T839 (Sidekick 4G) running Glorious Overdose V3.0.3.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] rpmccormick:
It's fine with me if you don't include any SMS app at all... I only use the GoogleVoice app for SMS anyway (because it is the only way to send a text from your GV# instead of your CELL# afaik).
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] TheLastSidekick:
Well to be completely honest here, I'm aiming to make it usable for the average user. So I will include an SMS app. I'm considering which one though. Its a close tie between Pansi and Chomp.

sent from my SGH-T839 (Sidekick 4G) running Glorious Overdose V3.0.3.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
im not so sure that is a problem in the apk i think its gonna poke its head out in a lot of apps
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yogi2010:
I think you're right. I remember i pushed the messaging apk from GingerClone ROM(which didn't have white-on-white), and it was still the same.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] orange808:
C'mon, get serious. Fragmentation can make things difficult, but notification behavior is handled (defined) by the application that throws it.

Start here:

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/notifiers/notifications.html
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
yeah were not talking notification, were talking about text fields in the contacts area for the apps, so thanks but youre not talking about the same thing.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jurai:
My only real complaint with the SMS app is the color issue, though I do get the occasional failed to send message but I chalk that up to the radio
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] dad-gum:
White text in SMS recipient selection

Yeah, sure enough, pansi does the same thing.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] orange808:
So, you're talking about a scrolling menu object that belongs to the app?

And, it's not the app?

You're kidding me, right?

Apk manager is still the answer.

Let me get this straight; because altering a couple hex values here and there isn't fixing the issue, it's not the app?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
Correct sir its not the app. You have to trust me on that, I don't think you're grasping what I'm saying, it happenes with any dropdown menu in any app you try to use for contacts or messaging. I think the community and users can back this up. I've spent a large chunk of time trying to figure it out, maybe I overlooked something but noones been able to come up with a vaible solution.

Also, watch the talk down talk, you sound like an angry girlfriend with the "you're kidding right" don't ask questions you're going to answer to take away from what I'm saying, ****s not nice and I don't appreciate it.

Either way though, its not gonna stop me, I'm gonna make some more changes I'm not happy with the performace in 4.0 its nice but it could be better, also may issue a large overhaul in a week or so when I have time.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] dad-gum:
I had always imagined it was two items set with white color value in some theme setting somewhere, but that belies my total lack of experience in theming and packaging.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] orange808:
Did you maintain a changelog and a version history? Where did you first encounter your issue? I looked at the first version of your rom a long while back briefly.. it was a hot mess, but I don't recall glaring problems in the ui.

And.. Android doesn't lock developers out of customizing ui objects. It's just a matter of defining your own setting--or overriding Android's method entirely (if you are feeling ambitious). You can hack a fix inside the app if you want to; no doubt about it.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
Shoot, it may have been a hot mess. You love asking questions like you already know the answer. I understand what you are saying but the issue poked it head out from day one. The framework was modded, but I've expierenced this issue on every rom I've used, including the base roms. Its not an issue to me, the issue I have is fixing it. I've tried many different methods but nothing has stuck. I'm not going to put anymore time into he issue unless I come up with something I havnt thought of. I figured I could get solve this but I have not been able to. Anyone who thinks they can take a crack at it feel free. Id love to help.

Orange I'm not trying to be an ass, I get where you're coming from, I'm jut trying to be playful with the situation. the roms still not where I want it but I'm testing a beta on my phone right now, I wanna give it a week or so before I release it. Try it out, let me know what you think, if not that's fine too. Keep it real brother, I'm always down to listen.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ultraprimeomega:
Does the cm6 merge have anything to do with the white letters on a white background on the message app and the notifications being black letters on dark background
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] orange808:
I'll try pulling the apk and see if I can reproduce the problem on my device.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jurai:
just curious, does anyone else fail to get email/sms led indicators? the only LED indicator I seem to get is the missed call one
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] TheLastSidekick:
Yeah probably an .apk we ripped somewhere along the road.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] orange808:
Handcent is the only third party app I know of that has robust led support across devices.

Don't go getting too excited. Feature creep, Froyo's age, and Handcent's development team have doomed sk4g users to endless crashes; it's unreliable.

Handcent also has a habit of starting a service to handle mms and hanging...
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jurai:
I thought LED indicators for basic device functions were built in as part of the android ecosystem? anyone know a solution, indicators are sure handy when i'm working and something comes in
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
the sidekick uses some non standard LED settings
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] LinuxAssailant:
The only real issue I have with this is the background and foreground of contacts being the same color, other than that AWESOME JOB!!!

This has been really stable, and although I don't spend every waking second on my device like I used to, I use the hell out of the thing.

Thank you!
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] TheLastSidekick:
No problem. Hewett and I coordinated our ROMs. He's using gov32 as a base but his perception of style on the sidekick gives it more glam than I could ever give.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] stryfe1986:
Noob question, is this still froyo or an updated android OS?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] azcledel:
Wow... Didn't think this question even still existed...
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] LinuxAssailant:
Youtube in HD still not functioning... I am aware that you are, but others testing might not be...
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] TheLastSidekick:
This ROM is oudated.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Exit_Only:
How is this outdated? Did samsung or T-Mobile release a "New and improved" stock factory IMG? Looks like its based on the exact same froyo ROM yours is built off of. So how would this be "Outdated"??? Just trying to see the logic (Or lack there of) with your statement.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] azcledel:
I think he meant to say discontinued
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] TheLastSidekick:
Actually, base wise sure it's built off of Froyo.

I think you're missing the point. There's still problems with YouTube HQ on this ROM, not on mine. Build.prop was modified quite a few times, and .apks were added and removed and updated. Get it? I have but one major bug left to fix, MMS.apk.

And being that I have college, and this isn't even my DD anymore, I can't spend as much time as I'd like to with it.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
posted an update
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] JonathanBarca10:
Why is there a G AND an H for the signal?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
im working on the theme some more, theres an issues with the icons, the H is for TMobile 4G im going to be changing this as well as the batery color, im not a fan on how it turned out after using it for the last day, performance wise im happy with how smooth it runs.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] eurohomie:
H= HSPA+
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] JonathanBarca10:
Yes I know what the H stands for, I was wondering why there was also a G. For what? GSM? Can't we just assume that if you have service, you have gsm service? Lol
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
that we could
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] JonathanBarca10:
i suppose its a matter of preference, but i just think it looks too cluttered with that extra symbol/letter in that status bar.

but in the end, its really what you want. i just wanted to try and clarify what it was.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] wjcarpenter:
You can assume that for voice, but data is a lot more complicated. Most ROMs that have different status bar symbols make the distinction based on the type of data available. I believe the possibilities for T-Mobile in the US, from slowest to fastest, are:

2G (you always have this if you have voice service)

EDGE

3G

HSPA+ (marketed as 4G, but I believe technically is not 4G)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] wolfepakt:
G = gprs data(which is 1.5g)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] orange808:
Have you taken a close look at the scripts you included? Seems almost like a kitchen sink approach...

I also noticed your lagfix script isn't pointing to the launcher; it's giving priority to Android's acore instead.

You might get better results if you filled in the 360 launcher there.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
im working on it, ive flashed my phone so many times in the last week, testing different things, and i had a situation where i lost some backups so i lost a lot of progress there
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] doemoe:
Uploaded the rom yesterday... So far so good... Cant find anything wrong with it... Pretty stable...
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] LinuxAssailant:
Alright, I tried this for a day, and I am a REAL HEAVY USER of my phone, and do a lot on it. I had similar issues with this as I did with stock, with FCs, and lag-factor-10 for no reason at all, like I am running the UI as a nice level 20000. :)

It just could be me, in fact it might be how much I do on it, but I have fewer issues issue with other builds being more stable for my use. It looked great, but I have to move on... Rage V1.1 is what I tried. If I hear good things about the new version, I may revisit. Any issues with using Launcher Pro on 2?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
overhauled check OP
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ReActiveDisorder:
Hey. You kanged my rom. Just kidding :D I need some humor today. lol.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
its kind of a mix of a bunch of stuff, i figured id offer it to the masses if they like it they like it if not well im still learning. and im here to help whoever with testing their projects as well.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] kideskimo:
You got the Battery % Mod? May I ask, how did you decompile/recompile the framework? I would like to get it to work...

EDIT: Oh, and when everything gets up and running fine, if I have your permission, may i port MB to this ROM as well? I'd love to be of help.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
yes sir, but i may have to pull this rom, i may have made a big mistake.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ReActiveDisorder:
What mistake?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
I used the wrong framework I'm thinking, I have to look at it when I get home, but while I was puttting everything together I'm worried I may have included an old framework, but if no one is expierencing any issues then ill keep it up. Also I'm gonna trim down the fat on this when I have some more free time.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ReActiveDisorder:
There is not a huge diff between 2.2.1 & 2.2.2
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
I'm running this and havnt seen issues but I really am trying to slim this guy down, work has sped up and I'm trying to make time. I get distracted by messing around with these files at work and the next thing I know its lunchtime... the company is going to go under if I spend too much time on here ;)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] pmp326:
phone keeps telling me to insert sim....... no prob on other roms
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
yeah im pulling the link there are some issues with the file i uploaded. I will fix this when i get home from work.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] pmp326:
Now thats a fast response!!.......sorry to have to be the one to give the bad news.....looking forward to the fix ..other than that issue no problem whatsoever
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
yeah i thought i may have messed up when got to work this morning, it wasnt just the framework it was the updater script as well
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yogi2010:
I flashed Rage 3 to have a look, and the first flash was incomplete, so I flashed it again and got the boot animation and it booted up, but no service. I have a hunch that flashing the kj2 modem could fix it tho, because I restored my nandroid right away, had no service on that either, but then flashed the kj2 modem, and all was well.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
i'm pushing out a fixed version this evening in a few hours, i messed the modem flash up when tweaking the US, it will be fixed along with the framework files and everything else i think i missed, my desktop is all roms and files with similar names so my organizational skills got me this time.

desktop 1

me 0

sorry about this guys
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yogi2010:
no problem, will have a look again later.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
http://www.mediafire.com/?h4482eqyte997fm

link to 3.0 is up
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] d3xtro.:
AOSP messaging or is it the default sidekick one?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
aosp
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] dad-gum:
Does this basically pi k up where cm merged left off, with your new efforts added?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
its not the same, it is mostly based of reactives work, but this also has a lot of stuff from teddy incorporated as well. the theme is very similar to gov2 but im working on changing a few more things.

short answer sort of.

haha try it out, im sure you will love it

update is live

3.0.1

http://www.mediafire.com/?57cs8cc3cuzyxes
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] kck17288:
I love the way this look, and I really want to flash it, is the calendar "big g" issue fixed?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
Ohhh damn. It might still be like that. I don't use the calender app that comes with the phone, ill check into it though :)

It will be fixed in the next release no matter what
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
next release will have option to remove the social network status in settings
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] kideskimo:
Definitely downloading this when it comes out. Customizable toggles on the status bar? :D
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
I will be uploading later tonight, I have removed all apps that had issues like the calender. I am working to fix these. After this release anyone who flashes this please let me know what you want me to try and incorporate.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Dr.Gonz0:
For sure... bouncing into recovery right now to flash this sucker!
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
A new release will be out later tonight so if you wanna hang on or just flash and give me some feedback. I'm still trying to get this bad boy to where I want it without bogging it down. What are your opinions about having only the apps necessary to have a functional phone and leave it up to the user to install what they need? And what about fb and twitter? Any input is welcome
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] d3xtro.:
I like the idea of having the least amount of apps on it possible.

And with Facebook and twitter, do you mean the apps, or like the integrated account things? If it's just the apps, its not too big of a deal to install them on our own. ;)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
Yeah just the apps you can still sync the accounts. That would be the plan. I think a lot of the android apps suck anyhow. Like the calculator and calender and whatnot. I plan on this project (next release being good) then if you guys have suggestions add them and and release 4.0
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] djh:
Just flashed 3.0.1, looks good, but there is no Camera app. So "Camera" button does nothing. And by the way, how can I remove 'Update your facebook status' from notification area?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] d3xtro.:
The remove status updates is going to be in the next release.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Dr.Gonz0:
This is from flashing 3.1... I got drunk after I flashed it and watched a movie

Aside from the camera, email and calendar are simply not present. Yea I use them but big whoop there are plenty of other apps that can scratch my ass err check calendar/email. The UI is looking great except for the download bar flashes now and then like as if all the black lines or the blue ones... I dont' remember disappear. Also the touch keyboard is broken (boohoo) good thing I use perfect keyboard haha. Paid for that one. Also the APN's don't auto populate, had to manually input mine, liked that feature kinda. (still have to edit it though given that simple mobile doesn't need server/proxy settings for MMS to work)

Like the UI, like the 1% battery hack, stability is good. And most of all, I was able to flash it the first time around. Impressive!

Keep up the hard work and to all the fanboys and kangers, can you please shut the hell up so you don't spook this dev off? I and many others will appreciate it.

Also this would be a great ringtone!

http://www.4shared.com/mp3/Cj5kWak2/trolololol.html
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] HewettBR:
im going to push out 3.0.2 there not a lot of changes but for people who are new id like them to use it opposed to 3.0.1 also im just piecing this thing together piece by piece, ill spend time tomorrow getting the apps back the camera missing was due to my use of another camera app that works better in low light. Also, if anyone wants to hate on me or whatever i could care less. im just trying to get this thing looking as good as possible with good performance. alot of credit goes to nxd ayoteddy sduvick and reactive for helping create everything before this point.

if one person appreciates it as much as i do ill be happy, if everybody hates it well ill still be happy because i love it, hence why im making it the way i want it ;)

ill try to remember to add the ringtone ;)