[Android General] yodafone:
Stripped down Stock ROM (tested!)

Here's the first of a few stripped down stock ROMs I've found for the A830S only.

All of these "ROMs" come in the form of a CWM backup, which seems to be the only way to get around the Sky Update Service ActiveX control's security check.

Full link: http://bbs.anzhi.com/thread-5530590-1-1.html

Stated benefits:

- Based on stock 1.26 (this is not the latest, btw)

- Some 109 system apps have been removed. Some Chinese apps inserted

- ROM deodexed and framework.jar modified to enable proper sending of SMS

Personal experience (bugs and benefits):

- A LOT of Sky and SK Telecom stuff stripped out. Fast and clean. Stable, as far as I can see.

- No issues with long SMS. Indeed, the force is strong in this one...

- You can't change launchers in the usual way. If you download any launcher and attempt to switch to it from the default Sky launcher, the phone will warm restart. You need to move the launcher's APK from /data/app to /system/app, change permissions to match, disable the default Sky home launcher, and then reboot (bear in mind that I only tried this with Xperia Home; using some other launcher may produce different results.)

- No GApps. You have to find one and flash it together with the ROM. Google Services Framework may FC the first time after starting up, and Calendar Sync has to be added separately after GApps - see this thread for details: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19722468&postcount=176

Note: Notwithstanding what I've said, you proceed at your own risk. Bricks, SD cards, thermonuclear war, dead dog, etc.

THIS ROM IS ONLY FOR THE A830S! A830K and A830L users, STAY OFF to avoid bricking! :)

Basically:

1. Download the ROM from http://kuai.xunlei.com/d/OFIEYRWFMMVC. (I suggest using JDownloader, as Xunlei is known to be unstable.)

Unzip and copy to microSD, put into phone before starting.

2. Flash the "non-sticky" CWM from the link given by hackarchive in the first post. See the post for full details.

3. Once inside CWM, restore the backup named "1970-02-22.21.54.43" from the SD card.

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Found this "superpatch" as well.

Full link: http://bbs.anzhi.com/thread-5355598-1-1.html

This claims to give various video/camera quality/Wi-Fi/rendering/scrolling/touch response/battery life/stagefright/3G/AGPS tweaks.

The information here was translated by me. I have not tried this patch yet; you do this at your own risk. You need root in order to proceed.

EXPERTS: I don't know enough about build.prop, gps.conf and the hosts file to know if the modification of these files can give the stated benefits. If not, please let me know and I will gladly delete this post.

1. Get the RAR from my mirror at http://www.mediafire.com/?6ikfc102cpv9z8j

2. Unzip and use Root Explorer to copy the 3 files as follows:

a. build.prop - copy to /system and set permissions to rw-,r--,r-- (A830S ONLY)

b. hosts - copy first to /system and set permissions to rw-,r--,r--, then move it to /system/etc (works for A830S,L,K)

c. gps.conf - copy first to /system and set permissions to rw-,r--,r--, then move it to /system/etc (works for A830S,L,K)

Reboot.