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[Motorola Droid Android Development] eye__dea:
Thanks. Removing the velvet.apk did not work. However, I was able to change permissions to match the vending.apk and then the update installed from Google Play. Everything works now.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] donhwyo:
I have tried swapper but see it being granted su from time to time. I am thinking it is getting killed and restarting. Are you doing something to keep it alive?

Thank,

Don
[Motorola Droid Android Development] mgross029:
As far as I know everytime Swapper needs to update or write to swap you will see SU granting it permissions, but I could be wrong. I am not doing anything to keep it alive...
[Motorola Droid Android Development] donhwyo:
Hmm wonder if there is a way to test it?

Thanks,

Don
[Motorola Droid Android Development] slaZzz:
Why don't you check from logcat, "ps", etc. whether swapper2 is getting killed and restarted?

I don't use swapper2 app and just modify one of the init script directly for swap and sd card partition mounting. Not as convenient as changing it via an app. For reference, the file init_early_bind_mount.sh in system/bin. You don't need to build your own ROM to change that file. Note that unless you put in extra logic there, that file gets incorrectly executed twice per boot (maybe it is fixed now?).
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Shredder87:
Another bug, might be pretty big if camera flash starts working correctly. When I take a picture with flash on (I thought I had it off.) it gives me a black screen of a picture. With flash of it works correctly. Dunno if it'll help.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] mgross029:
Shedder,

Tested this last night and did not have a problem. My flash flashes early then the picture is taken. The picture doesn't seem to benefit much from the flash, but I don't get a black picture. May be a YMMV issue...
[Motorola Droid Android Development] jamesxbond:
Issues installing apps from Google Play

I just wanted to say thanks again for this new build kfazz. It seems to have fixed my original issue with installing apps to my SD card fine now. However I am still having an issue with installing certain apps from Google Play Market, Chrome is the only one that I can think of off hand. Though this is now happening with far less apps with your newest build, the issue that I am still having is when I try to download certain apps from the market, they download fine, they fail when it says it is installing the app. And the error that I'm getting says that "Insufficient storage available". Anyhow I don't if anyone else is experiencing this, but if anyone can help with this please let me know.... :confused:

Thanks in advance :D,

jamesxbond
[Motorola Droid Android Development] slaZzz:
I think the flash issue is a timing issue between flash firing and image capture. Flash fires first, then image capture occurs after (when the flash is already off). In a very dark scene that requires flash, the photo will be black. If the scene is bright enough, the resulting image will still be darker than normal since it adjusted exposure as if flash fired properly.

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BTW, does anyone else see occasional freezes that requires a reboot? If I leave my phone sleep for an hour or so, sometimes unlocking the screen will show my previous app but I can't do anything with the phone. Lock screen still works, but outside the lock screen using the touchscreen will soon display error popups. Logs show the CPU is mainly idle but there were a log of dead object exceptions at the system level.

Not sure if this is because of apps I have installed...
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Shredder87:
That could be true, I took a picture of a list I was going to send to my bassist in the dimmest part of my room, so that could be?

Also I don't get those errors you're talking about. Maybe others?

Plus I dunno if it's just me but lately I've been getting crazy battery life, went through 98 hours between charges. Regular texting, calls, occasional music and web surfing.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] drewski_1:
Camera has completely disappeared with the 9/18 build. From your flash issue, I know that should not be the case.

Full wipe of system, data, caches prior to flash.

Need to run some errands. Will try again later.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] mgross029:
There basically is not enough space for Chrome on the phone. I was able to install after I used something to tell all new programs to install to the SD. When set to auto I would get the same error as you stated above. However, I think Chrome is pretty buggy because it really wasn't usable. The stock Browser responds much faster, but then with the size of Chrome it could also require more RAM to run it efficiently. I used Link2SD to adjust install location, but there are may other app2sd programs out there that allow you to adjust that setting. Hope that helps.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] ironmaskusa:
Anyone having trouble getting some apps to install ? I have tried voxer a and no luck.. even tried to push it.. other than that this is really nice... have had it lock up on lock screen once or twice... maybe somewhere else as well... great ROM though I'm real impressed overall.. can't get over the fact I'm running a later version of android than all my friends and their phones hardware etc is much more advanced.. :D
[Motorola Droid Android Development] b4silver:
Can someone post a link for the nightlys or latest build? Thanks.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] chemahg7:
Android 4.1.2

Android 4.1.2 released today ladies and gentleman, still i'ts Jelly Bean so no new Android "Big" update.... For now.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] drewski_1:
i think this 9//18 build is the latest

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31853667&postcount=263
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Kyle Chen:
Where can I get a bootanimation for this build? thanks
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Kaptinkrunk:
Any animation will work just gotta know where to put it

Fascinating AOKP Jelly Bean 4.1.2 test...
[Motorola Droid Android Development] mgross029:
I use ROM Toolbox. It has a lot of different bootani's to choose from and it will load them for you. Just a suggestion.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] signupstuffid:
Just wanted to thank kfazz for this cool JB project for the old Droid. It is slower than GB, but still useable with the known issues already posted in the thread. I have a few questions for you guys who are more familiar with the tweaks needed to get JB a little quicker. I have installed the latest build and gapps in the OP, as well as a few apps.

1) Is there a tutorial of a link to tutorials that show how to set-up your high speed SD card and JB OS to use a ext partition on the card as more system RAM?

2) Can some of you chime in on which scripts are good for speeding up the droid, aka the super charger scripts, as well as a link to tutorials for how to install and apply them?

3) Is HW rendering still not possible in ICS, JB due to lack of drivers?

4) I read the post below and used es strongs file manager in root mode with system files in writeable mode to put the audio_policy.conf file from the 9/7 build into the system/etc folder, and the etc folder. I still get the "FM Radio is being launched, please wait" error.

Is there anything else I can try to fix this?

5)I removed the file from the install zip, (velvet.apk) to prepare the OS for a newer version of Google Now, but I don't see it on market. Should I be looking for something else, like voice search, or did the newer Google Now get posted in this thread,and I missed it?

Thanks again to Kfazz, and all who have worked to make JB usable?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] mgross029:
Best way I've found to speed the rom up is using an auto memory manager. I used Rom Toolbox but you can use others I'm sure.

For Google Now looks for Google Search in the Market.

Link2sd let's you use an ext partion on the sd card but so far it has been a little flakey. I have been using it to move apps to the sd card though and that has been very useful.

Hope some of these work for you.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] imanol01:
...

Waiting for The Next Update.. :rolleyes:
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Kyle Chen:
How do I speed up the camera and the browser? Sometimes these work fine, but sometimes they get too slow or freeze altogether.

for example at times the camera works fine, but at other times camera takes a photo, and freezes for a while, before responding again

also is there a way to get the turn off tv animation? thanks
[Motorola Droid Android Development] imanol01:
..

Like Said #mgross029 I Use Memory Mananger Pro Setting- Balanced (More free Memory), A Swap file of 256mb , App Data Size - 24

:laugh:

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I Search it on Youtube and i got this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU670VqIX5w
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Kyle Chen:
Does the memory manager on romtoolbox work too? thanks
[Motorola Droid Android Development] mgross029:
Yes... I use the Optimum preset and I notice a good reduction in lag. The Minfree setting for that preset are 8,12,16,53,67,80 in case you want to try them with another memory manager.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] imanol01:
Yeah''

Ye'' true the next week :mad:
[Motorola Droid Android Development] ASAM123:
What's the best launcher to use with this rom?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] fash99:
I think you should use the stock launcher because the other ones take so much ram. But you'll tried apex or nova launcher.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Kaptinkrunk:
I use apex! Always

Fascinating AOKP Jelly Bean 4.1.2...
[Motorola Droid Android Development] mgross029:
I use Nova Launcher. It has a smaller install size compared to others. I've uninstalled Trebuchet because it frees up 12MB of space in the system fs.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] ASAM123:
Does Nova use up less ram compared to Trebuchet?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] mgross029:
I don't have Trebuchet currently installed, but Nova Launcher was using 6.85MB PSS Memory and 15.48MB RSS Memory atm. Not sure if someone has Trebuchet installed that can compare.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] ASAM123:
Just noticed the latest build bootloops on me most of the time. The only way to fix it was by installing the safe kernal on the OP. anyone else having this issue?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Shredder87:
It bootloops like three-four time for me, then it boots up normally. It's been like that since I installed the ROM, though it is the second to last one. Didn't feel the need to flash the newer one since I don't use bluetooth.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] ASAM123:
oh. with safe kernal i don't have bootloops but it broke native wifi tether :(
[Motorola Droid Android Development] philo_enyce:
wow, that made a huge difference!
[Motorola Droid Android Development] ASAM123:
I saw a class 10 32 GB micro sd card (SanDisk) on sale for like $22.99 on amazon. I was wondering if it's worth getting for this phone. Will it speed up the device in terms of apps2sd, links2sd, and swapper2, running Jellybean? Right now I have a 16gb class 4 micro sd card on it. thanks
[Motorola Droid Android Development] mgross029:
I bought the same one and I'm happy with it. I have done a lot with app2sd and link2sd. The performance is better than my class 4.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] ASAM123:
Does it improve the performance a lot and make the phone snappier?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] mgross029:
The best performance increase IMHO is the minfree, but with this card I use swapper2 and feel that helps greatly with swap performance.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Prack:
Is the Gapps on the OP the latest version?

Finally getting around to updating my alarm clock to JB lol.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Prack:
I installed the latest build from post 263 and the gapps from the OP and it would not boot.

I then re-wiped everthing, flashed the same items and the safe kernel from the OP. This time it boots but wifi does not turn on at all. My guess is the safe kernel from the OP doesn't work with the build from September?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] drewski_1:
i had issues the first time.

i did a complete wipe, installed the ICS build linked in the OP, and then the latest build + OP Gapps and it booted fine.

it did reboot a few times in the process (M logo), but eventually booted into JB.

like you, my OG Droid is my alarm clock. funny it's on JB while my Droid Razr Maxx is on ICS :)
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Prack:
Just now I tried the latest build, no gapps and it still just bootloops the M logo. I'm thinking of trying the build right before this one and see if that does it. I really hate to go to ICS and then "upgrade" to JB.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] mgross029:
Latest build date is 9/18 on page 27 of this thread. This should correct your problems with boot loops. Keep reading from that page and you will find some performance tweaks. Hope this helps.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Prack:
Tried that one as well, won't boot without the safe kernel. I can get just about any of these up I just can't get wifi to work with any of them. I tried going to ICS and then this after and the same result. Looks like safe kernel will not work with wifi on my device and I can't get any to boot without the safe kernel :(
[Motorola Droid Android Development] ASAM123:
I'm having the same problem too. My phone doesn't boot without safe kernal, but with safe kernal wifi and wifi tether don't work for me. :(

But my droid is activated so I can still access the web and stuff.

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[Motorola Droid Android Development] Prack:
I tried safer kernel just now as well. Boots but wifi is greyed out :(
[Motorola Droid Android Development] mgross029:
Can you get /proc/kmsg or any logcat info on the ones that do not boot? I know I've seen some posts were for some it boot looped for a while then finally was able to get into the system.

Another thing to try is get the system booted with the safe kernel. Reboot into recovery, format /system and clear davlik, install the latest 9/18 ROM and see if it will boot. Do Not Wipe Data...
[Motorola Droid Android Development] wolf45801:
Is it me or has it been awhile since kfazz has been on?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] chemahg7:
Two days for one month since his last post :(
[Motorola Droid Android Development] wolf45801:
Yeah I know it would be nice to get another build with 4.1.2 lol ROM is running great since I installed min free and running under aggressive preset
[Motorola Droid Android Development] chemahg7:
Yeah and what are we gonna do when Android 4.2 comes out. :(
[Motorola Droid Android Development] kfazz:
Still around, just working more, and been busy with real life stuff.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Prack:
I can try to get logcat logs if needed but I have tried everything in this thread and the only way to boot this on mine is to use the safe or safer kernel and with either I have no wifi at all.

If anyone has any other suggestions I'll give it a shot and report back with the results.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] wolf45801:
hey the man talks again lol
[Motorola Droid Android Development] chemahg7:
Browser

If you want a fast browser and few in RAM you mous try Naked Browser it's

fast like hell and doesn't freeze like the Android default browser perfect for this ROM and this phone.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] ASAM123:
Thanks. and also...any good app for a faster camera? :P
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Kaptinkrunk:
what recovery should i be using to boot this? jb builds it just loops m right now im getting the newest cm9 now
[Motorola Droid Android Development] ASAM123:
clockwork recovery i guess...

but i was having bootloops too. only safe kernal could fix it.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Kaptinkrunk:
Ya now he doesn't know his Google account info lol

Fascinating AOKP Jelly Bean Oct 27 Devil 1.7.5...
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Prack:
still using this with safe kernel and no wifi :( I don't have 3g either. Any chance you could look at the safe kernel or the kernel in the latest build to see why they won't boot or don't have wifi?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] mgross029:
Talk Back on Google Now

I pulled the latest gapps down from goo.im... Extracted a few of the apps to update, but saw that TalkBack.apk was there. Pushed that into my Vendor/App folder. Now I have Talk Back working with Google Now! It's pretty slick.

I also pulled in the voicesearchstub.apk, which I believe is associated, and GoogleTTS.apk. IMHO Google Now is running much better but it may be a YMMV type of thing. There are also some new lib files plan to push those in to see if they have any effect.

Also, one additional app Thinkfree.apk, so far I haven't seen what effect that has. I did a normal install of it and it comes up as a document viewer. I still haven't rebooted so it may take a reboot to take effect. We'll see.

Kaptinkrunk,

I did try out the Naked Browser but so far I'm not able to see an improvement over the stock browser. I happen to go to a web page that was calling for flash and of course that was not loaded. But I also tried downloading and that seemed to hang on Naked Browser but ran fine on the Stock for me. I'm keeping both on the phone to keep testing them. Thanks for the post!
[Motorola Droid Android Development] chemahg7:
Re

You can try this: (With every build install you must Wipe ALL! [Not the SD Card])

Download last ICS Build - http://www.mediafire.com/?sndcftxoq9g51gd (cm-9-20120712-UNOFFICIAL-sholes.zip)

Download firts porst JB - http://www.mediafire.com/?rm3t3813wwxaewd ( cm-10-20120826-UNOFFICIAL-sholes.zip )

Install Safe Kernel - http://www.mediafire.com/?0kci9mvja4b9ssn ( jb_safe_kernel.zip )

Download last JB buil - http://www.mediafire.com/?kntiiidum9i08nm ( cm-10-20120918-UNOFFICIAL-sholes.zip )

Enjoy :)
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Kaptinkrunk:
I got it going for him used rtb to get memory maxed out alls good so far

Fascinating AOKP Jelly Bean Oct 27 Devil 1.7.5
[Motorola Droid Android Development] ironmaskusa:
I'm having problems with my camera... one time I installed the ROM and it worked great... then I install Gapps.. it was gone... then I reinistalled the ROM again (without wiping anything) and the camera still didn't come back... maybe I can just extra the camera.apk and copy it back with a root browser? Not sure.. I've tried reinstalling several tries using the first technique... I thought I read in some earlier posts that is what was needed to do to get the camera back... anyways... just wondering if anyone else had this problem recently with the latest build?

Thanks in advance...

Oh and I also tried using the Xbox Smartglass app from the google store.. it installed fine.. but then when I installed it... unfortunately I got a message when the app semi-loaded telling me that this device wasn't compatible... but maybe later LOL

Thanks KFazz you are a freakin' GENUIS! ;)
[Motorola Droid Android Development] mgross029:
The latest build has the Gallery2.apk in it, which is the Gallery app and Camera app combined. If you extract that with Root Browser and paste it into the /system/vendor or /system/app folder you should be good to go. Make sure you long press after copying the apk and adjust the permissions to 644.

I tried the Smartglass app as well. Still haven't found what its looking for to be compatible.

UPDATE: Found a modified apk file which is working from xda member Corngood. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1957911
[Motorola Droid Android Development] mgross029:
This phone continues to amaze me. Thanks to androidpolice.com I was able to pull down the 4.2 Camera and Keyboard. I have pushed both into the phone and was able to use the camera and keyboard. The camera so far performs about the same has the this builds camera, with regards to it hanging and being a little laggy, but I've taken several pictures so far seem to come out clear. The updated gallery does not hang like the previous gallery from 9/18 build. I've found there are picture effect feature you can use in the new gallery now too.

The Sphere camera feature pops up a message saying the Motorola Droid does not support this feature. Interesting that the it actually states the phone name.

Panorama works but laggy. I think the phone just does not have the memory capacity to keep up. Video capture seems to work well even with the lag.

As for the keyboard. Swiping does work but at first it did not, so not sure if it could have been just a memory limitation or not. You can also type as normal with this keyboard.

Now there are severl things that I have done to make this phone perform better and expand the storage capacity. I am using the Minfree settings of 8,12,16,53,67,80. Which have improved performance for me quite a bit, but I still do notice when there are times that the phone just hangs.

I've had to use Link2SD and created a second partition on my SanDisk Ultra Class 10 SD card of 2GB. I have pulled in a ext4.ko module and established and ext4 mount script with Link2SD.

With Swapper2 I created a 256MB swap with a Swappiness of 100. I was running this off the FAT32 partition of my SD card but have found my moving the file to the ext4 partition on my Sdcard it seems to perform better for me. (Link2SD creates its mount on /data/sdext2 just for fyi)

I've also had to link the 4.2 Gallery.apk (contains both gallery and camera) to the ext4 partion because of its size using Link2SD. So far this has not hindered its performance from what I can tell.

I have had to juggle quite a few files around because of space limitations. I have moved the majority of the larger apps to the SD. There are lib files needed with these new apps. Without the lib file for the keyboard for instance it will FC all the time. One of the camera lib files are over 3MB, so the system fs needs room. I found some none essential apps in /system/app/ and removed them. Remember /system/vendor/app also uses space from the /system fs. I have mainly been using /system/vendor/app to push these new apps to. I have also moved the older versions of the apps in /system/app to my Sdcard so I could revert back if needed.

Forgot to mention: I've also loaded the latest Gmail.apk and that is working very well. Pinch Zoom and all.

This is truely for the advanced tinkerer and not for the novice android user.

Enjoy and Perform at Your Own Risk. :)
[Motorola Droid Android Development] ASAM123:
Thanks for the info. I need to try that when I have the time. I am probably gonna be on this phone for probably a bit longer, considering that the Nexus 4 isn't coming to Verizon or doesn't support LTE

Hope we get 4.2 in the future. that'll be awesome!
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Kyle Chen:
mgross, did u by any chance experience bootloops? if so, Did you use the safekernal to fix it if u did? if not, do u know ways to fix it without the safe kernal? Thanks
[Motorola Droid Android Development] mgross029:
Kyle,

Had bootloop issues and still do from time to time. However, it is usually seeing the M once then loops to the M a second time then boots into my bootani and all the way into the system. So one bootloop typically but it happens spuratically. I did notice it happens less often when I have the wifi turned off, but not sure if that is the cause.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Kyle Chen:
In my case, it bootlooped 0-3 times before booting up. Eventually it stopped booting altogether, until I flashed safe kernal

and I just saw this on droid-life. Should I try it? http://www.droid-life.com/2012/11/0...oid-4-2-keyboard-made-available-for-flashing/
[Motorola Droid Android Development] TuxDroid:
Installed this ROM this morning and it's great. Just one issue: I can't install the license app for ROM Manager or Titanium Backup. Any ideas?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] mgross029:
I wouldn't because the default install location /system/app does not have enough space. I've had to push them into /system/vendor/app and clear up some of the /system fs to make room for the libs that are needed.