[HTC Pico (Explorer)] akya22:
v 1.5 is out !

This is the biggest update to NExtGen till now. Since I changed the base, I had to practically start from scratch. When I created this ROM, I had some goals in mind and I have tried to implement everything I wanted my ROM to have in this version. The big changes are -

- of course the latest European base providing atleast some languages other than english.

- The new aroma installation which will provide you with choices rather than forcing apps and widgets.

- I have compiled my own kernel and happy to introduce it in my ROM. :)

Technical changelog -

- Aroma based Installation, offering you choices of kernels, boot animations, themes, apps and widgets... First ROM to offer you a customized installation. Now you can select what apps and widgets you want..

- Changed base to HTC PICO EUROPE 1.28.401.1. Now full system wide support for English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish.

- Introducing akya's own kernel - 2.6.38.6 akya@quady_build-1.

- Applied all previous changes.. Updated preinstalled apps and host files.

- Enabled forced GPU rendering for 2D operations. (Smooth overall user experience).

- Added DSP Manager.

- Switched to default boot sound.

- Added Wifi Hotspot and all settings toggles in quick settings.

- New blue theme included and can be selected in custom installation.

As you can see changes may not be that huge on your part but on my end this was quite a load of work. I have edited about hundreds of apks and thousands of images. There maybe one or two minor visual errors in images here and there. but at this point I am beyond caring,, :p I have added screens of the blue theme in the 2nd post.

New Installation:

Now about the new installation. This installation is touch screen based. When you start the installation, you will be offered 2 choices, Default installation and Custom installation. If you don't want to be bothered with the choices and such, just click on default installation.

If you select custom installation, following are the choices available to you. Items marked --Default-- are the ones selected in the default installation.

Screen 1:

Kernel

- Default Kernel (Introducing my own kernel) --Default--

- Ateeq's kernel (New build of ateeq's kernel v 2.7)

- Yannou's kernel

Boot Animation

- Deafult NExtGen (Boot Animation that I created for NExtGen) --Default--

- Generic HTC (Generic white HTC Quitely Briliant boot animation)

Themes

- NExtGen default theme (NExtGen default theme in Teal Green) --Default--

- Blue theme (New Blue theme)

Recent Apps Mod

- No recent apps (Recent apps bar removed from status bar. This is the default setting for both themes) --Default--

- Recent apps enabled (Recent apps bar enabled in the status bar - Only for default theme)

- Recent apps enabled (blue theme) (Recent apps bar enabled in the status bar - Only for blue theme)

Screen 2:

Applications

- YouTube --Default--

- Google Maps --Default--

- Google Talk --Default--

- DSPManager --Default--

- DiskUsage --Default--

- Terminal Emulator --Default--

- Solid Explorer --Default--

- ES File Explorer

HTC Applications

- Friendstream --Default--

- HTC Facebook --Default--

- Mail --Default--

HTC Widgets

- FriendStream Widget --Default--

- Calendar Widget --Default--

- Contact Widget --Default--

- Mail Widget --Default--

- Music Widget --Default--

- Clock Widget --Default--

- Messages Widget --Default--

- Settings Widget --Default--

- Weather Widget --Default--

Languages:

If you are upgrading from previous version of NExtGen, you won't see any languages added in the settings menu. But you can still change your language by using MoreLocale2 and changing your locale. To see the new languages in the settings menu, you will need a full wipe using superwipe. Which I would recommend anyways... NExtGen now fully supports English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish. :)

Damn... I am sooo tired.... :eek: