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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
Changelog:

STABLE2 (26/9/2012):
MAJOR UPDATE:-fixed icetool (partially, entering "system" force closes the app... but it works).
MAJOR UPDATE:-added extra apps zip file.
-fixed backlight being too bright.
-tested and confirmed that Kbeezie's sd-ext/dataswap mod works (needs full wipe).
-one more thing: i can make the phone faster by removing CPU rendering (tested), but it has a small impact on battery. please tell me if you want CPU rendering removed.

STABLE1 (12/9/2012):
-Fixed issue related to installing apps.
-removed proximity recalibrator.
-implemented EliteKernel (Thanks Nik3r)
-busybox issues should be gone.
-fixed ICETool.

test2 (24/8/2012):
-implemented stock CM kernel from latest CM7.2 stable build
-fixed cam
-fixed keyboard
-fixed bootloops, but there's a chance you'll get it... Sometimes

test1:
-first release
-issues: hw keyboard not working, maybe screen orientation too, camera not working, bootloops
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] strawmetal:
You have two threadds for the same rom?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
i deleted the other one, it was an xda bug

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pm me if you need any app... ANY app
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jacklc000:
Something a bit differant!......I will gladly test, as for fixing things I'm not gonna be much help.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
thanks for the support! please test and report bugs, even if the bugs you encountered are the same as the ones i reported.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
ok so now i'm trying to fix the camera problem, and i'm implementing EliteMOD kernel into the ROM.

hopefully i can get to a stable ROM.

i got it to work with EliteMOD kernel, but the cam still crashes the ROM when i enter it... any idea?

logcat when entering cam (filtered in warn and errors):

http://pastebin.com/KYUFgU6g

also keyboard doesn't work.

please help me! this is my chance to learn!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kbeezie:
When the camera crashes upon entering the app on EliteMod, nik3r's suggestion was to go into Manage App, click the camera app, force close if it's running, and then wipe data/cache and retry it. For me that worked under elitemod.

Far as the keyboard *shrug* you may be missing some keymap files if this was porting from a completely different device. ie: under /system/usr/keylayout should be some *.kl files with keymappings to the hardware keyboard, however I wouldn't the faintest on how to make it 'enabled' under the hood.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
thanks on the keyboard, i copied the layouts, and will be testing soon. as for camera, the app ite=self doesn't crash, but the whole ROM hot reboots.. there is a major problem in the cam.

EDIT: i've replaced the Camera.apk and removed MiuiCamera.apk

let's see what happens
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kbeezie:
Yea was going to say, you may have to use a camera app that was designed to work with the Cyanogenmod kernel (or an offshoot of it for the Desire-Z), and not the one ported since that was specific to a different device.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
well... it's actually ported from the DHD, so not much of a difference... but still: why is this happening?

EDIT: tested with the layouts, it didn't work, and the screen orientation was in portrait.

camera hot rebooted the phone too... PLEASE HELP!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mesaj:
https://github.com/alienmind-org/BlackICE why just not try to use sources? Better chance for fully working ROM, also probably you can ask developer if need any help.

I think the same, ICS on DZ is good, but not fast as Gingerbread. Sadly, tsubus haven't updated his ROM for long but CM nightlies are available.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
unfortunately i can't build from source for 2 reasons:

1) my bandwidth can't handle that much downloads (maybe in the night... maybe)

2) i don't know how to build from source :D

so i should learn first, then check whether i can handle that much downloads, and maybe start building it.

EDIT: oh, and i don't have a linux/Mac OS environment. and a VM would be really hard since hardware vitualisation is off.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=667298

Sagely advice..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
yes i've seen that thread before.

and could you stop trolling me? what's up with you? you've been trolling for a week now!

i'm still a beginner in this, and if you're such an expert you should help me through this, not give some "friendly" advice.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ajhavery:
The keyboard issue can be fixed by following the method I've provided in my rom porting guide for orientation fix. Follow it.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
thanks that was helpful, i didn't follow your guide because you didn't put CM7 in it. but thank for the keyboard fix.

the cam still isn't working though.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
You may have read that thread, but you certainly didn't pay it any heed. As for trolling, well, I don't recall having replied to anything you've posted in months, though I could be wrong.

Ultimately I think that before you release something to the public you should have a good understanding of what you're releasing. Why not try some test builds locally and ask people for help in the many development help threads on xda or chatrooms on freenode first?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
about the trolling, yes, you did reply to some posts before.

as for the test builds, i've been working on this for 2 weeks now, and just one user offered the help (and he was REALLY helpful). so i thought i should release it as a test build to possibly attract more people to help me.

since you're an expert in this, can you please help me fix the issues? we can go to IRC, just name a channel

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
ugh! i still can't get the keyboard and camera fixed, thanks ajhavery for your help, but it didn't work with CM7!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hdorius:
Congrats for ur port...:D

Sent from my Desire HD
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
thanks! and thanks for helping me :D

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
i want to express my feelings with tapping caps lock, and a bunch of exclamation marks:

TEST2 HAS WORKING KEYBOARD AND CAM!!!!

i'll start uploading now, i'll be changing OP to test2 and probably a stable build... further testing still required ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Palingenesis:
What all is not working?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
/system and /data "fills up" quickly, so you can't install many apps... i don't know how to fix that... but i'm willing to learn.

it actually doesn't fill up, but for some reason Android says no space left, where there is already 400MB of free space. weird.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Pantherx12:
Let me know what you need testing, I have all the time in the world right now.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
thanks, actually i'll be happy if you test "Test2" for me :)

NEWS: going to summer vacation tomorrow, i'll be off for a week. ii won't be making updates, as ii'll be on 3G (100MB plan), but i'll still be giiviing full support for my work.

MORE NEWS: ROM abandoned due to lack of support from the users... no one wants to help me fix a small issue.

thank you.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
well, i decided to try and improve this ROM for myself, since i have no support and help, i'm banging my head to the wall and try to fix some issues here.

i may be talking alone... but please give me some help so i could learn a thing or two... at least tell me where the problem is so i could fix it... there is a problem, but where did i make a mistake?

ROM updated to test3... but it maybe useless, since no one tested/flashed/downloaded my ROM ;(
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Carlovn:
Hey man,

Great to see you're trying to learn how to build ROM's! It's bummer you're not getting the response you hoped for. I think that has something to do with the fact that all other devs and users are focussed on ICS and JB ROM's. I'm not a developer nor do I have the knowledge to help you out in the fixing department. The only thing i could do is point out bugs you allready know are there.

Maybe you could try porting a ICS or JB ROM. You would gain more attention and you're still learning the samen thing (building ROM's)

But that is just a suggestion.

I think 99% of the visitors here a leachers and are not capable of helping you out. The other 1% is busy trying to build there owne ROM's and fixing things. They are not getting payed to teach others how to do so. Your only hope is to present your quistions as easy as possible for them to answer (maybe as a pm, with logcats and bugreports included) Maybe then they are willing to help you out. But nothing is free in this world. Try helping them out with something if you can to show your good wil!

Anyways, I hope you can build a flawless ROM. I know you infested a lot of time and effort in it and it is frustrating if nobody seems to recognize it. But you are learning an art and people are mostly only interested in the end result.

Keep it up!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Palingenesis:
Wish I knew how to help. I look forward to this rom becoming stable. I love GB rom. Keep up the good work. :D I hope you do. Not give up.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
thanks for your support guys :)

i'll try fixing the problems I'm encountering.

in the mean time, please flash my latest test build and see if you can find any bugs, even the ones i know about.

thank you for your support :)

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
MAJOR UPDATE!

yes! i have fixed all the problems i ran into, the ROM is now 100% BlackICE!

this is build STABLE1! :D :D :D

poll added!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Carlovn:
Congrats! When I have some time on my hands I will flash your ROM.

Great work!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Palingenesis:
Using this rom now. So far so good. Thanks very much. Have not discovered any problems yet. Fast and smooth. :D Will let you know if I run into problems.

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The physical keys back light is too bright.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
yes i noticed that, i'll fix it once i figure out how :)

could you please get me a screen shot of ICEtool?

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
MAJOR UPDATE. see OP. doesn't require a full wipe.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] TheRealOne:
Does anybody has some experience with this ROM? Can you recommend it? What about battery lifetime? A short review could be nice :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
i can't review it because i made it. but anyway, my opinion is that this ROM is really stable, battery is better than all ICS+ ROMs, and it has unique features other ROMs doesn't have.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
Well I am clueless about dev stuff but as soon as I get 2 seconds I will install it and do whatever I can to help. Do you know if it can send mms?

Sent from my G2 running Mimicry 1.5.0
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
i never tried... mainly because we never send mms here

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
No worries. At this point whenever I try to boot into it, after wiping everything before and after installing it, the setup wizard force closes. :(

Sent from my G2 running Mimicry 1.5.0
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
did u flash gapps?

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
Yep flashed gaps. I will play with it again tonight. Oddly enough the one time I didn't flash gapps the wizard didn't force close but all the gapps stuff did.

Sent from my G2 running Mimicry 1.5.0
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
please recreate that, and launch a logcat...

if i didn't fix this, it not that bad... setup isn't that important

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
I will give it a shot.working out of town stupid hours so it may take a couple of days. Also since I'm using my phone for almost everything while I'm out of town do you know of a link to an idiots guide to doing a logcat?

Sent from my G2 running Mimicry 1.5.0
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
i'm an idiot in logcats departement, i use an easier way:

open up cmd

turn your phone on

type "ddms"

a program will open up showing your connected phone

click on it, and logcat will show up colored :D

now to copy it, just click where you want to start copying, hold shift, and click where you want to finish.

please give me both verbous logcat, and warn logcat.

thanks

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
Do you know if ddms is available for linux? Yeah I'm one of those guys

Sent from my G2 running Mimicry 1.5.0
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
never worked on linux... but i think it is.

try checking in platform-tools folder (or tools) if there is a "ddms" file, then it is available.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] demkantor:
there are apps in the market to pull logcats on the fly, otherwise open adb, type

adb logcat

when you want a copy hit

control c

to stop logcat then type

adb logcat -d > logcat.txt

this will give you a text file (I'm sure this is similar in linux but you'll have to check on the exact steps)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Setherio:
You can also use

adb logcat -d > logcat.txt & adb logcat

To simutaneously write to a file (logcat.txt) as well as display on screen (if you want to view as it logs to the text file). Press CTRL+C to stop.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
Still havnt had a chance to get a logcat (had to boot and nuke last night on the laptop) but I tried reinstalling it a mess of times last night. One thing I noticed is if I tried to install it after having mimicry on the phone it would not work at all. Flashed iwlt and then tried it and I ended up with a weird hybrid of the 2. Which makes me wonder.... is this a full rom or a set of customations over another rom that I missed somewhere?

Sent from my G2 running a random rom.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
this is a full ROM, i also tried going from EliteMOD AOKP to this and it works fine.

some questions:

what recovery? CWM? if yes, please try 4EXT... CWM has its issues.

what preflash/postflash steps did you make? wipe? superwipe? and did you flash gapps? anything else?

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
I am using some version of cwm that the wiki here has you install when you root. And I am going to see if I can find the 4ext directions since it seems like everyone is using it. And as far as wiping goes I do a cache wipe then a system restore wipe install the new rom then do them both again. and I have tried flashing gapps (and as far as that goes I have tried every version of gaps I could find) then fix permissions (hold over from the old cliq days) then boot into the rom.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
well, steps you should try before swiitching to 4EXT:

-wipe data/factory reset

-flash ROM

-reboot

just like that.

you just only wipe /data, the ROM will wipe /system for you.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
Thanks for the info guys I really do appreciate it. I got 4ext installed but havnt had a chance to reinstall it again. Had to boot and nuke my system again and am piecing it togather and havnt been able to get fastboot to run bewteen the laptop and the phone to install the dz hboot because some of the stuff I have been reading seems to say compat with roms is better with it. And I just had an epiphany.... I must really want to try this rom with all the goofiness I am doing to try and get it installed. :)

Sent from my G2 running a random rom.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
u can flash this without the dz hboot... dz hboot is required for sense roms only

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
And this is why I love people who hack on stuff. Allways willing to share info. Looks like while I am taking an hour long drive to my next jobsite here in a bit I will be doing a mobile flash. :)

Sent from my G2 running a random rom.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
nice... I'm glad i gave you the info :)

added mirror for STABLE2. thanks setherio

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
Bah I cant win for losing. Still haven't had a chance to flash it. for some reason I can't get 4ext to back up /data on my current rom. When I get off tonight I am going to just nuke it and install blackice (or try to).....
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
you'll succeed... i'm sure.

what error do you get when trying to backup /data?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
Just says unable to back it up.

Sent from my G2 running a random rom.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
so did you flash it yet?

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
Woohoo I has me some blackice! Finaly went through a flashing spree. After about 30 flashes it works! And it has smartass so I am a happy little girl! Now to find out what the extra apps are and if I want to try them next....

Sent from my G2 running Mimicry 1.5.0

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Not bad so far but a question. I havrn't flashed gapps and if I remember you needed to for the rom correct? Kinda odd since everything seems to be running fine,,,,,,
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
try intalling viber, or tasker.

some apps need "maps shared libs"... according to the error i posted in OP.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
Well after a full day so far so good. What are the extra apps for?

Sent from my G2 running Mimicry 1.5.0
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
usually bloat...

i recommend those directly after a clean flash... because it will ruin your customizations...

you could always backup and try them :)

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
Still haven't installed the extra pack yet but absolutly loving the rom! Runs smooth battery use isn't bad (but to be honest mimicry 1.5.0 seems to have a bit better battery life) and very few reboots and hangs (and I think the few I have had has been caused by me and not the rom). You have done a good job with the port. Now you just need to get auto update into it and keep going.

Sent from my G2 running the random rom of the day.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
well, first: i don't know what causes the battery life... stick with smartass, the kernel is optimized for this governor.

second: i don't know how to implement auto update, so if ssomeone can help me i'm happy to do it.

third: please backup the ROM, then flash the extra apps zip... cuz it will ruin some customizations settings.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
Wasn't fussing about the battery just giving input. And the auto updater isn't a biggie I just know it seems to be the hot thing right now that people seems to love. And as far as the extra apps go I'm happy with what I have right now so if I do decide to flash them I will pull a nandroid then try them just honestly not in a rush to do so since the rom is running so well so far.

Sent from my G2 running the random rom of the day.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
addded extra apps section: what does it include, how to use it, etc...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
Ok I know dev on this rom has stopped but I like it so I am using it but had one question. The pimp my rom thing floating around...... will it do much for this rom? And any recomended settings if so?

Sent from my G2 running the random rom of the day.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
Hmm?... What?? I never stopped supporting my work.

I don't think it will do much, the ROM is fast by itself, you could try it (test it) and report back here... But please backup first, just in case.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
Sorry didn't put that well. Did not mean you were not supporting it just that you had stoped working primarily on this one to work on mildwild. I will try to play with the pimp mod tonight and report back. Do you know of any list of best settings for things like that? I'm kinda clueless.

Sent from my G2 running the random rom of the day.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
i didn't try pimp my rom too... I'll try it soon and give a list

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
umm... none? it slowed down the phone actually... don't know why.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
Just found something interesting. I normaly use a headset for calls but have made and received a few calls this morning and both ways it defaults to speaker phone when not using a headset and can't fins an option to change it. Anyone else experianced this?

Sent from my G2 running the random rom of the day.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okmijnlp:
I'm trying to change MIUI's wifi icon, please could someone post the default theme MTZ? Here's the theme I'm talking about:

Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hrffd:
I've been looking around for black and white widgets to match the black infinitum theme. Possibly as dark as possible, if anybody wants to help me find some. I may just try to recompile some myself but who knows. Thanks :D