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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MRsf27:
I was having a discussion with a friend of mine over Android custom ROMs. His first android device is the nexus 7 tablet. I have the N7 and the NS. so anyways, we were talking about custom roms on android and he mentioned something about these custom roms on android to having lots of "bloatware." I wasn't aware of this, but I looked up what bloatware is and it is "disease" in taking up lots of memory. I'm new to flashing ROM's and I've noticed that my RAM consumption is much lower then it was on stock jellybean which i find to be very amazing.

So if there's lots of bloatware in custom ROM's you'd expect my RAM to be in very low shortage, but it's not, these custom ROM's have actually helped me in this case.

Any thoughts on this if its true or not? I'm not a pro; just eager to know everything:p
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FirePoncho86:
Bloatware is any unnecessary program taking up space in the ram or otherwise. Custom ROMs usually get rid of bloatware, but it depends on what you consider bloatware. MusicFX is bloatware to me, but it is included in most ROMs. It constantly uses ram, but I never use it.

Bloatware=unnecessary programs!

Sent from my nexus s eating jellybeans in the matr- er...uhm...Marmite ;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jojoost:
And the big amounts of ram could also be because of bimem, or biggermem! Or highbigmem, or whatever does the trick these days!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MRsf27:
I see... So do you guys think he's justified in saying that the majority of custom ROM's add bloatware to your phone?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stremax:
just remember your using a pure google phone running a bloatware free rom by definition, just take a look at OEM rom from other manifacturers, so saying custom roms carrying bloatware is just a little too orthodoxic too me, for sure there are skinned roms as kravind ones but this are trimmed to the essential parts as less languages support, no google apps, but I will not define this as bloatware
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwibis:
No not really justified. Devs add some very handy stuff to help improve your experience, but I've never had any unwanted apps.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 063_XOBX:
Not even close.

If you have a custom rom you are free to delete any files on the system you wish (not that I recommend that approach). Bloatware is obnoxious add-on software you can't remove, like Carrier apps.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polobunny:
He simply lacks the knowledge to differentiate actual bloatware embedded by manufacturers and roms made to suit different needs. Some roms will include additional apps to help ease the transition or to add additional features, while others will stay very close to stock. Manufacturer roms are often full of carrier apps and UI wise they will use their own custom one, often just to strenghten the branding. That's the kind of crap most people don't like. A stock "feel" is often more appreciated as it's more slimmed down and to the point.

Besides, having only a N7, he's pretty much bloatware free, and so is the Nexus S. Both are Google devices thus lack all the additional carrier crap, so you pretty much get the "best" experience IMHO as far as stock roms go.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MRsf27:
Totally agree... he's an iPhone user so he doesn't realize the necessary programmes that need to run in the background for the os :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stremax:
He is an iPhone user? OK that's explaining everything...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albundy2010:
No it doesnt. It was explained quite well by others in the thread.

You can easily make the case that the official ROM includes bloatware. Maybe not when the majority of people consider bloat ex. Carrier apps.

But there are many that consider other things as bloat. Such as ALL the Google apps that are available to download via the play store. Examples. Earth, books, currents, Google + and so on. To me that is bloat. It is stuff that is included in /system ( the ROM itself) taking up space that is not needed.

I don't have a issue with them doing it but to me that is bloat. Google bloat.

Edit - not it doesn't ? Fail
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MRsf27:
So true that's wat I like about custom ROMs they get rid of those useless Google apps
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chronophase1:
Yeah. That's how I feel about all the Google crap they included with the official JB OTA. Those should be able to be uninstalled, not just disabled. It's not as if they affect the performance of the phone if they're uninstalled.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ironia.:
disabling them is insufficient
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RPK925:
My LTE speeds are great in the cities I live in the city Concord, and when connection to LTE in my area it is very fastest speed I ever got was 27 download, and 7 upload. The average is probably 15 down/3 upload. And hspa average is probably 5 down/ 1 upload.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Gadgetz:
Yeah man, I live in Sac and we don't have it here yet but I travel for work and when i'm in Davis I get it
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] steve_clifton:
Hi Guys

I recently updated my 10.1 7500 to ics and all was working fine,

I then flashed a rooted kernal, and since then i have lost all responsiveness to my screen. I have tried flashing stock roms (both HC and ICS) tried running custom recoverys but nothing is getting the screen to respond to my touch!!

It boots up fine, i can use the recovery with buttons all ok, but as soon as it asks to select my language, im f'd!

Any tips of a full restore or solution?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] caaznkid:
I would try to odin back to stock and see if that fixes it then go from there. Good luck.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] steve_clifton:
Thanks, i have tried that , have tried multiple kernals and still nothing gets it working?

Any other suggestions?

thanks
[Galaxy S II General] dadyal:
Build Date 31 July

PDA : I9100JPLPH

PHONE : I9100XXLQ6

CSC : I9100JPLPF

Download
[Galaxy S II General] arsalanaly:
channel log ?
[Galaxy S II General] ZOHAIBAR:
just wanted to know that if i install only d modem from this firmware "PDA: I9100JPLPH" into any other rom, then would be make any difference coz i am in Pakistan...
[Galaxy S II General] drelite08:
LQ6 is the modem.
[Galaxy S II General] MrDSM:
Is there any problem with wiping cache? I am now on 4.0.3 JPLPF and want to upgrade.

Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9100 avec Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] MrDSM:
Thanks for answer.

Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9100 avec Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] TUSHARKATE007:
can anyone port sense 4.0 for galaxy r

htc theming for us device
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] mj.vikram:
HTC Framework is totally different from Samsung so its almost impossible i think, But still our dev's can try this if can give some references or links if any one ported HTC sense to Samsung mobiles...
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] vipul12389mehta:
but theres already GO launcher...

why should v trouble our DEVs for it...

they are infact very buzy in devloping/porting other stuff...!!
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] UnknownzD:
Yep actually we are very busy @ other stuffs as well. For example, I have got a job interview next week and I still have about 8 tasks required to be finished asap (but I am still messing with my kernel build atm). And just for now, I have already used @ least 6 hrs+ for porting IO scheduler that was designed for 2.x kernel to 3.x kernel, just to ensure that it should work and does not cause any IO error on the device (because the port requires an algorithm change that may not work with 3.x kernel).

But I do wish more devs can get into the group such that more devs work for our device.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] 'cooleagle':
Best of luck for the interview buddy ! :good:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] parajsinghal:
Haha, I hope the job you are applying for is that of an android developer. Or else, you should probably stop messing with kernels and start preparing ;)

By the way, best of luck for your interview.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Grarak:
I already ported Sense Gingerbread but it have too much bugs.

Gesendet von meinem Galaxy Nexus mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Tab 2 Themes and Apps] ksh20480:
Please share links for SGS3 goodies for our tab2.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Themes and Apps] Ryanscool:
I wonder... if the note 10.1 launcher would work on our tablets?

Sent either from my p113 (gtab 2 7.0) or i997 (Infuse)
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Teshand:
Any help on this guys ? I'm unable to install more mods as my system ROM is full. I have already dedicated 1GB to internal memory. What to do to solve this problem ?

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[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] danisariandi:
delete unusefull apps
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] issak42:
- Are you really sure you need all those mods?

- You can always move apps to sd card, even if they are system apps - just convert them to user apps and move them.

- Integrate updates into system apps, and them move them to user (like gmail, maps, youtube...)

- Delete things like live wallpapers, xperia wallpapers, any app thats basicly just pictures, use the smallest size defaulttheme apk you can find: run file explorer, go to system/app, sort by size and start deleting things from the top (that arent really necesarry)

- save all images you got trough mms, and delete messages. They take up a lot of space (mine took up 14MB) Use SMS backup or something, save them and delete them in the phone, also clear dial history

Other than that, what the hell did you isntall that takes up so much space? Are you REALLY sure you need all those things?

Oh yeah, that 1gig you 'dedicated to internal memory', thats only really useful for android <2.1, which didn't support native app2sd. Link2sd allows you to move any app to sd card with native app2sd. And you can only store apps trough link2sd on that second partition, system doesnt see it as system (unless you remounted system as /system + /sd-ext but thats only my theory, I have no idea how that would be possible.
[Huawei Ideos X6] Tanuj Chhibber:
Hi all

My query is from all here specially elol, abenagial, CK, AEOI, RCSET, ARDX, Vivek.EZIO2, mattblk and all others

I found that Desire Hd now have roms (Blackout ICS incredible) with recording in720p. can someone take a lead and PM the dev of that rom so that we can do the same for our device.

Elol

You have ported ICECOLDSANDWITCH from desire hd, can you or some one else take a lead and do this for our device as this is last thing left for our near perfect ICS roms. I could have done it myself but I dont know anything about it.

I request all of you to share your views so that we can collaborate and improve camera for our device.

Here is the link for the rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1531218

Thanks in advance
[Huawei Ideos X6] elol:
i think i cant port it because for model or brand htc have a full sense....
[Huawei Ideos X6] Tanuj Chhibber:
No problem Elol

But can you pm him and help to improve the camera recording?

In this case anyone of us who has knowledge of camera liberary files can try to do so.

or may be some one can share this info with Tj sir, as he is the one who gave us working camera.

Even I personally request CK, ARDX, ABEN or RCSET and other guys to try so.(Vivek I think you are the person who can take lead on this)

Thanks in advance
[Huawei Ideos X6] mattBLK:
i have fully working camera while using ICS... i mean the zoom works, that is what you want right
[Huawei Ideos X6] Tanuj Chhibber:
I meant 720p recording, mentioned in first post
[Huawei Ideos X6] mattBLK:
Ah you mean camcorder not camera! yeah only 640x480 works with camcorder

perhaps change your thread title to camcorder as this is what you mean.

cheers :)
[Huawei Ideos X6] aeoi:
Good day mattblk.

Can you tell us more about the camera with zoom and camcorder with 640×480 recording?

I wanna have that on my toy too.

Thanks.

(⊙o⊙)
[Huawei Ideos X6] mattBLK:
PM Sent :D
[Huawei Ideos X6] elol:
So you are all ready fix for zoom,if so can you plss shared with me?
[Huawei Ideos X6] aeoi:
thanks man.

^▁^
[Huawei Ideos X6] elol:
Can you also sent to me?
[Huawei Ideos X6] Tanuj Chhibber:
Elol and AEOI

Hi to Both

Can you both share in details what are your porting plans for now as We all have high hopes from you and right now we dont know what all we are going to have in near future.

and regarding Camera for ICS do you have any plans for it. please share

Thanks in advance.
[Huawei Ideos X6] aeoi:
Good day man.

Our ICS camera problem is at the kernel level and I'm just beginning to learn code-works at kernel level. And learning all this is damn hard.

I am setting my sight to CM10 at the moment (but I'm not yet on the move to start my porting efforts ). Jelly Bean is much more fluid and RAM-friendly than ICS. CM10 is like the bug-fixed vesion of CM9 and all the problem we have on JB is also the camera, pretty much the same to the one we have on ICS.

So why do we not take our fixing of problem at the JB level?

Hope someone will.

I believe it's pretty easy to anyone who has experience at kernel modding.

To all FIH-FB0 people:

Do we know a Camera App in Play Store that can at least take pictures on CM10 even if it cannot zoom and everything else? Anyone?

:cyclops:
[Huawei Ideos X6] Tanuj Chhibber:
Do you think that the patch Tj Sir provided for CM9 will work as if there is not much diffrence between CM9 and CM10.

I think that patch can help us a lot
[Huawei Ideos X6] TheMasterMindGT:
would be great if this can be achieved
[Huawei Ideos X6] aeoi:
no man, the patch wont help.

we gotta make something new.

•﹏•
[Huawei Ideos X6] Tanuj Chhibber:
Hi aeoi

The camera in CM10 by rcset is connecting and showing screen but cannot take pictures as gallery is stopped msg occur.

Will this be helpful
[Huawei Ideos X6] aeoi:
ive also experienced that using rcset's cm10.

i think that is an indication that we gotta fix things at kernel level.

and i also believe aben's taking the lead on this via taking ov3r ardx's work.

lets giv our hopes 2 him.

^▁^
[Huawei Ideos X6] nachiketa.ramesh:
Maybe this might help

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1707177
[Huawei Ideos X6] reversegear:
someone can tell what is the Camera status in JB with ck's 0.4 Kernel
[HTC Desire S] teddy_irish:
Hi guys, I have a problem with reverting back to te GB stock european ROM. Today I updated to ICS from the RUU. My phone is factory condition, no root or s-off, unbranded. I used the latest european GB RUU but is giving me Error 131 or 155. Tested all the euro ROMs with the same result. Is the new ICS RUU changing the bootloader? Or the new partition is the reason not to be able to switch back to the stock GB european ROM? I just don't like the ICS and wanna go back to GB! Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
[HTC Desire S] chninkel:
Temproot your phone using whatever you want, change your misc_version to the oldest one or according the RUU you want to install. Then run the RUU.
[HTC Desire S] teddy_irish:
Thanks! I tried to do it but without success:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

(c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Всички права запазени.

C:\android>adb push zergRush /data/local/tmp

1072 KB/s (23056 bytes in 0.021s)

C:\android>adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp

3813 KB/s (367096 bytes in 0.094s)

C:\android>adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/zergRush

C:\android>adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version

C:\android>adb shell

shell@android:/ $ cd /data/local/tmp/

cd /data/local/tmp/

shell@android:/data/local/tmp $ ./zergRush

./zergRush

[**] Zerg rush - Android 2.2/2.3 local root

[**] (C) 2011 Revolutionary. All rights reserved.

[**] Parts of code from Gingerbreak, (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew.

[-] Not a 2.2/2.3 Android ...

255|shell@android:/data/local/tmp $ adb shell /data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 1.

27.405.6

/tmp/misc_version -s 1.27.405.6 <

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5038 *

* daemon started successfully *

error: device not found

255|shell@android:/data/local/tmp $

----------------------------------------------------------

Any ideas anybody? It looks it is not working for ICS... :(
[HTC Desire S] chninkel:
Maybe with tacoroot, search the thread "downgrade to old hboot without using htcdev V2" if you dont know how tacoroot works.
[HTC Desire S] helbet:
I do NOT like ICS also... My phone's animations doesn't look very smooth..

I really don't understand why peoples are so happy with this update..

If you will find a method to revert to GB please post it here!
[HTC Desire S] teddy_irish:
Unfortunately none of the methods are working right now for stock phones. I hope soon somebody to find the way. I don't want to play with my phone to s-off and so on... Will wait.
[HTC Desire S] hahnbanach:
Well, you could unlock the bootloader using htcdev and then install a custom ROM, apply misc_version, relock and run the stock GB RUU?
[HTC Desire S] mrp1nk:
Hello I'm new to installing Custom ROM's perhaps you could tell me if i'm right or wrong - after installing official ICS from HTC RUU I can still instal any custom ROM (like ICE_DS) by unlocking via HTCdev, installing CWM and gaining ROOT - all of those with the same methods as for GB guides? Is that all I need ?
[HTC Desire S] Kavrocks:
You don't need root before installing a custom ROM.
[HTC Desire S] mrp1nk:
So with current hboot (2.02.*), all i need is unlocked bootloader and cwm ?
[HTC Desire S] vndnguyen:
sure!
[HTC Desire S] mrp1nk:
now noticed in ice_ds requirements;

so s-off and lower hboot after all ?
[HTC Desire S] vndnguyen:
sorry but i'm not sure what you mean

but i can tell you that:

- unlock bootloader by htcdev (just unlock, no need to s-off)

- install recovery

- install custom rom

- root if need
[HTC Desire S] mrp1nk:
i meant if that's what i needed after all (meaning after what you've told me to do). Ok i'll keep your advise in mind, also EXT4 is better or worse comparing to CWM ? I've read somewhere that it gives faster user experience comparing to the same rom flashed both ways.
[HTC Desire S] vndnguyen:
what you need after all is custom rom installed, right?

with unlocked bootloader, you can install custom recovery (I'd preferred 4EXT, but CWM also OK)

with custom recovery, you can install custom rom and root the device

that's all
[HTC Desire S] mrp1nk:
Odp: How to revert from ICS Europe stock ROM back to GB?

Ok, any reccommended ics/jb aosp/aokp rom (smoothest one) ?

Wysyłane z mojego HTC Desire S za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[HTC Desire S] vndnguyen:
I didnt try so many rom, but Fallout and ICE DS should be great
[HTC Desire S] mrp1nk:
Ok, one last thing - i don't need s-off for custom rom's but if custom rom requires change of kernel/radio i need s-off ?
[HTC Desire S] Kavrocks:
Yes most (if not all) custom ROMs come pre-rooted.
[HTC Desire S] hahnbanach:
radio yes. but regarding the kernel you can, i.e., you must flash it via fastboot (e.g. "fastboot flash boot boot.img"). HTH.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] corei7qm:
hey guys,

Like the title says, I´m getting an FC when I would like set an alarm with XenonHD vX and the first JB release by AOKP.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jubakuba:
Did you wipe between installing these roms?

I run AOKP and I'd cry if I missed my alarm. It works fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] corei7qm:
yes wiped, then restored apps with titanium backup
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jubakuba:
You know not to restore system apps or data, right?

Only restore "missing apps."
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] corei7qm:
Going to test.

Thank you very much !
[G2 and Desire Z General] masterleron:
Hello XDA, I was wondering if anyone could compile these instructions into a flashable zip file. This mod basically changes the 'H' icon in the status bar, into the 4G icon for CM9 based roms only. However, if I change roms, or flash an update, I lose the mod. So, if the instructions could be compiled for me, or if someone tells me how to do it, I would be very grateful, as I am quite new to this stuff.

Instructions by TmpKranz as posted here:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1856493

Before doing anything, make a Nandroid backup, just in case something goes wrong!!!

0. Download the SystemUI.apk and place it in the root directory of your SD card.

1. Open the Terminal Emulator app.

2. Type su and hit the Enter button to gain root permissions.

3. Type busybox mount -o remount -w /system and hit the Enter button to make the /system partition writable.

4. Type cp -f /sdcard/SystemUI.apk /system/app/ and hit the Enter button to copy the modified file to where it belongs.

5. Type chmod 644 /system/app/SystemUI.apk and hit the Enter button to fix the file's permissions.

6. Reboot and enjoy.

System Ui.apk: http://db.tt/KrWrxQR5 (can't figure out how to upload files; sorry)

Thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z General] biohazrd51:
This thread gives a basic rundown of how to create one. Its pretty straightforward actually.

My basic rundown is this (I haven't done this in a while so I could be wrong):

1) the META-INF folder structure that I believe is part of every flashable zip. I forget what information it contains offhand, but I think it is specific to device. So you could pull this from any other flashable zip for the G2/DZ. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

2) The modified file within the file structure it is on the phone. So for yours it would be /system/app/systemui.apk I think.

3) The script to copy the apk (or whatever modified files) to the appropriate locations on the phone. This can include using show_progress to update that status bar in the background of recovery, a print output command to state exactly what steps are happening, etc.

Sorry its kind of vague. I'd help you write it, but I'm at work, and don't have everything I need in front of me. Besides the fact that none I've ever written work properly. :silly: Also that this is a simple and good learning experience to see how things work. It's good to know how to do this and can be a first step for larger things.

For reference, you can check out the zip someone had put together for me when I did the old Search to Recent mod in early ICS days. Located here.
[G2 and Desire Z General] masterleron:
Thanks mate, had a look, but he only really gives instructions on flashing zips.

I really need someone to do it for me, a reward may be offered*:)

*maybe
[G2 and Desire Z General] biohazrd51:
Ok. This is as far as I'm going to help. You need to help yourself a bit on this.

Attached is the new zip file, that should hopefully work. I take no responsibility for what it may do to your phone.

Edit: Added signed zip
[G2 and Desire Z General] masterleron:
Thanks, It worked! Don't really know what u mean by help yourself though.

Thanks. :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] biohazrd51:
Helping yourself meaning learning to do it rather than asking around. There is a lot you can do with a little learning and it is very rewarding.

Glad it worked.
[G2 and Desire Z General] masterleron:
Good, thanks, I'm making more .zips now. I also opened a new thread, making this public. I gave both of us the credit tho. Is that ok, or do u want me to say it was all you. It's your call. Thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z General] biohazrd51:
No. You provided the modified apk. I just modified the zip. Took 15 minutes, if that. :p
[G2 and Desire Z General] masterleron:
Cool, thanks mate:)
[G2 and Desire Z General] blk_jack:
Hm, which SystemUI.apk are you guys using for the base? The reason I ask is because mimicry contains many SystemUI changes that other cm9 based roms don't have. Replacing that file will break things for sure.

There are definitely better ways of doing this than providing a SystemUI.apk to flash over, though. I'll see what I can do.

EDIT:

Alright I just put together a flashable zip that'll modify the H icon to 4G on any ROM (hdpi only). This should also work in JB, though I haven't tested it. This doesn't actually replace the SystemUI.apk, it just replaces the icons inside it and re-zip/zipaligns it.

http://mimic.ca/~jeff/h_to_4g-blk.zip
[G2 and Desire Z General] biohazrd51:
Thanks. I don't know where he pulled it. I just was providing the zip :silly:
[G2 and Desire Z General] demkantor:
maybe could be added as a mod in mimicry through aroma... some may have an interest