[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] costasparisis:
Rom absolutely rock stable, rocking ++smooooth & ++faast (as usual) !!

ROM ABSOLUTELY ROCK STABLE, ROCKING ++SMOOOOTH & ++FAAST (AS USUAL) !!

<PLUS SOME DIGITAL PHILOSOPHY & OTHER BORING TO YOU YOUNGSTERS STUFF FROM AN OLD(ER) MAN DEDICATED AND THUS CONSTANTLY TRYING TO: "DIE YOUNG IN AN ADVANCED AGE..." ***>

STOP PRESS !! -BETWEEN WRITING/EDITING THESE LINES AND DOING FINAL THREAD CHECK BEFORE ME POSTING, THE (AWESOME ) # PLEASURE EDITION # ADDITION TOOK PLACE !!

I REALLY COULDN'T AGREE MORE, AS YOU WILL UNDERSTAND IF YOU ARE PATIENT ENOUGH TO READ MY POST.

AFTER ALL LIFE IS -OR MAY WELL BE- SHORT ENOUGH AND UNPLEASANT ENOUGH FOR ONE TO AFFORD TO NOT SQUEEZE EVERY DROP OF PLEASURE, FUN AND EXCITEMENT OUT OF EVERY SECOND OF IT .

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DEAR encho,

I HAVE BEEN RECENTLY (AND, AS MY USUAL SELF UP UNTIL TODAY, SILENTLY) FOLLOWING (AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF) YOUR OUTSTANDING WORK !!

BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY (TO ME AS A MAN THAT IS INEVITABLY AGING SOMEWHAT*****), YOUR GENUINE SPIRIT OF ENTHOUSIASM, ENERGY AND (THUS) MULTI-TASKING THAT, TOGETHER WITH YOUR MODESTY, PATIENCE (ESPECIALLY WITH US IGNORANT IDIOTS), KIND MANNER, AND EXCELLENT SENSE OF HUMOUR YOU EXHIBIT IN (AS WELL AS BETWEEN) THE LINES OF YOUR POSTS, CAN ONLY REFLECT THE JOY AND EXCITEMENT YOU EARN THROUGH YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THESE PROJECTS.

I WILL BEGIN WITH MY APOLOGIES TO YOU, AND ALL THE OTHER (KIND AND PATIENT) READERS/FOLLOWERS, FOR (OFF-)POSTING SOME -IF NOT ALL- OF THE FOLLOWING THOUGHTS HERE BUT THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO DEDICATED THREADS FOR SLIM LP 5.1, VANIR 5.0.2 UNOFFICIAL (WHICH "OPENED MY EYES") AND B75-COMMOTIO, WITHOUT OMITTING MOONLIGHT AND PAC (WHICH, I HAVE TO ADMIT, I HAVE NOT YET "PLAYED ENOUGH WITH" - ON SECOND THOUGHT I ACTUALLY MIGHT GIVE THEM A GO LATER ON TONIGHT, SINCE THINGS ARE CURRENTLY QUIET WORK-WAYS HERE IN GREECE WITH THE ORTHODOX EASTER).

I SUPPOSE, ALL OF THE ABOVE PROJECTS ARE SORT OF YOUR "PERSONAL EXPERIMENTS" THAT BEYOND ANY DOUBT MAKE YOUR (AND OTHER PEOPLES' TOO) LIFE (-VES) NOT ONLY POTENTIALLY EASIER, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY MORE FUN (aka MORE WORTH LIVING !).

IN ADDITION I THINK THAT THE PHILOSOPHY/GENERAL IDEA OF MY WAFFLING MAY BE PUT TOGETHER IN A MANNER THAT POSSIBLY MAKES MORE SENSE IF ALL OF THE ABOVE PROJECTS ARE DISCUSSED TOGETHER WITH YOUR THREE MORE ACTIVELY MAINTAINED (AND THUS HAVING THEIR OWN DEDICATED THREADS) ONES -INCLUDING THE CURRENT WHICH, TO ME, IS CURRENTLY THE MOST INTERESTING AND HAS, AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING, THE GREATEST POTENTIAL. (THIS IS THE REASON THAT I CHOSE TO POST -AND COMPLETELY RUIN THE THREAD / KILL YOU ALL WITH BOREDOM- HERE).

LET'S GET ON WITH IT THEN AND I HOPE, IN THE END, YOU MAY SEE THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE.

YOUR EOS LP 5 WAS FANTASTIC !!

PLAIN, S M O O T H , FULLY CUSTOMISEABLE USING X-POSED MODULES (ESPECIALLY POOR GRAVITY BOX, CURRENTLY RESTING IN PEACE UNTIL RESURRECTION WHICH WON'T BE LONG I HOPE) LIGHT, STABLE AND S M O O T H (AGAIN) WITH NO ANNOYANCES, THEREFORE MORE THAN SUITABLE FOR HEAVY DAILY USE SUCH AS MANAGING MY LARGE P.I.M. DATABASE SOLELY ON MY hlte (NO PC OUTLOOK SYNC / PROCESSING OR GOOGLE etc CLOUD SYNCS) SO, PLEASE, LET ME EXPLAIN MY SITUATION AS BRIEFLY AS I POSSIBLY CAN;

I AM CURRENTLY MANAGING THE ADMINISTRATIVE PART OF MY ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY PRACTICE ON MY OWN -WITHOUT A SECRETARY THAT IS- IN GREECE WHERE I LIVE AND WORK, HAVING MORE THAN 7.000 CONTACTS (MOSTLY PATIENTS) WITH NOTES etc MANY LINKED TO EACH OTHER AND ALMOST ALL INDIVIDUALLY LINKED TO ONE OR MORE OF THE APPROXIMATELY 15.000 (AND, THANK GOD, CONSTANTLY GROWING IN NUMBER) APPOINTMENTS.

ALL THIS I HAVE SET UP AND ACCOMODATED COMPLETELY EMPIRICALLY OVER THE LAST DECADE OR SO, SOLELY USING TWO OFF-THE-SELF UNMODIFIED P.I.M. MOBILE APPLICATIONS.

IT ALL WORKS OUT IN A MANNER THAT EACH CONTACT 'S JOURNAL VIEW (WHERE THE LINKED APPOINTMENTS' ENTRIES SHOW) IS LISTING ALL OF HIS OR HERS LINKED APPOINTMENTS AS JOURNAL ENTRIES, THUS SERVING AS A PATIENT HISTORY REGISTRY WITH ADDITIONAL INSTANT ACCESS -VIA THE LINK- TO EACH INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT WITH ITS OWN NOTES AND POSSIBLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH VARIOUS OTHER FILES LINKED TO EACH INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT (AND/OR CONTACT) -ie XRAY PHOTOS- SINCE THIS FUNCTIONALITY IS CURRENTLY PRESENT AND GRADUALLY BEING DEVELOPED AND EVOLVING THROUGH THE EXCELLENT AND CURRENTLY ACTIVELY DEVELOPED AND MAINTAINED "COMPANION LINK" DEJA CALENDAR & CONTACTS Android app THAT I HAVE BEEN USING (AND ABUSING) FOR THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS.

THIS IS SINCE THE LAST OF MY BELOVED HTC HD2s DIED ON ME (LUCKILY SHORTLY AFTER THE BEGINNING OF MY SUMMER HOLIDAY LAST AUGUST).

MY HD2s WERE RUNNING WM 6.5.3 SINCE THAT WAS THE LAST PLATFORM ON WHICH THE SPECIFIC (PHENOMENAL) "WEB I.S. POCKET INFORMANT" application VERSION -THE ONLY ONE WHICH COULD, TO MY KNOWLEDGE AT THE TIME, HANDLE THE ABOVE MENTIONED DATABASE (BEING THE PROGRAMME WITH WHICH I GRADUALLY BUILT THE ACTUAL DATABASE OVER THE YEARS FROM 2004) COULD RUN.

THE DEATH OF MY HD2 LAST AUGUST FINALLY FORCED ME TO LEAP AHEAD AND ENTER THE MAGIC WORLD OF ANDROID (TO ME DEFINITELY -AND LUCKILY FOR ALL OF US- THE OS THAT WILL DOMINATE THE PLANET FOR THE NEXT DECADE OR TWO.

APART FROM BOOKING APPOINTMENTS AND UPDATING PATIENTS' NOTES THE REST OF MY DAILY ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES UTILISING MY PHONE INCLUDE BACKING-UP DATA CONTINUOUSLY, SURFING FOR JOURNAL ARTICLES (WHEN NOT SURFING FOR NEW ROMS THAT IS) AND TAKING, EDITING AND CLASSIFYING PICTURES (MOSTLY OF PATIENTS' X-RAYs).

YOUR EOS LP 5 WAS FANTASTIC !!

I HONESTLY COULD HAVE STAYED IN LP 5.0.2 JUST BECAUSE OF THIS ROM BUT:

A) I WOULD HAVE BEEN ACTING OUT OF MY CHARACTER SINCE "CURIOSITY" FOR THE NEWER AND (THEORETICALLY BUT NOT ALWAYS IN REAL LIFE) "BETTER" IS A DOMINANT FEATURE OF IT (-THE CHARACTER THAT IS-. CURIOSITY, ON THE OTHER HAND, OFTEN, AS YOU KNOW BETTER THAN I DO -IF I AM GUESSING RIGHT- "KILLS THE CAT" BUT, THANK GOD, "WE CATS" HAVE APPARENTLY MANY MORE THAN SEVEN LIVES TO SPARE OR ELSE WE WOULD HAVE ALL <PEOPLE - NOT CATS> STILL BEEN LIVING ON TREES OR IN CAVES WITH UNDERDEVELOPED, MALNOURISHED BRAINS FROM EATING BANANAS AND RAW MEAT AFTER DRAGGING INSTEAD OF ROLLING THEM THERE, SINCE NEITHER THE WHEEL NOR THE FIRE WOULD HAVE BEEN INVENTED).

B) arter97's CM 12.1 UNOFFICIAL OF 2015-03-25 CAME UP AND "FELT" MUCH FASTER (ON ext4 -FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH) THAN (OFFICIAL) VANIR CM 12 (ON "FULL" -ie DATA, CACHE A N D S Y S T E M f2fs- -AGAIN FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, WITH arter97's 4.0.2 AND 5.0.2 KERNELS) AND POSSIBLY AS FAST AS EOS SO I "HAD" TO CHOOSE FREEDOM (TO MOVE TOWARDS THE -SUPPOSEDLY- BETTER UNKNOWN) OVER SECURITY OF THE KNOWN (-OR ELSE, AS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SAID**, I WOULD DESERVE NEITHER OF THEM -FREEDOM OR SECURITY

YOUR VANIR 5.0 WAS FEELING MUCH SMOOTHER AND FASTER THAN THE "OFFICIAL" ONES AND EVEN YOUR "BROKEN" I FOUND STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND FANTASTICALLY SMOOTH (THOUGH NOT SUITABLE FOR EVERYDAY USE DUE TO OUTDATED APPS & OTHER ISSUES - STILL, WHATEVER WAS WORKING WAS REALLY WORKING WELL AND I WAS SORRY WHEN I FINALLY HAD TO LET HER GO !!).

I EVEN HAD A GO WITH YOUR SLIM ROM YESTERDAY

I HOPE YOU WILL START A THREAD SOON, IF AND WHEN YOU DECIDE TO MORE ACTIVELY DEVELOP THE SLIM (AND -WHY NOT- THE VANIR WHICH, FOR NOW, SEEMS TO HAVE STOPPED TO LP 5.0.2), WHICH I THINK IS WORTH TRYING - ESPECIALLY WHEN GRAVITY BOX OR SOME ALTERNATIVE COMES BACK TO PLAY (AS I WILL EXPLAIN SOON).

WHEN I "DISCOVERED" YOUR SLIM YESTERDAY (INBETWEEN FLASHING - WIPING -REFLASHING YOUR BLISS-POP), I FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING AND WITH TRUE POTENTIAL.

IT IS -BY DEFINITION- MINIMAL, WHICH IS, IN MOST CASES, MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE SINCE I LIKE TO ONLY HAVE INSTALLED FEATURES AND APPS THAT SERVE MY SPECIFIC NEEDS MOST OF WHICH CAN BE ADDED AFTERWARDS BY AN "EXPERIENCED" USER -AS I, TOO AMBICIOUSLY, MOST OF THE TIMES LIKE TO CONSIDER MYSELF- ON A "LIGHT", SMOOTHLY RUNNING ROM AVOIDING ALL THE UNNECESSARY BLOAT THAT SLOWS DOWN THE SYSTEM AND PRODUCES CONFUSION WITH CONFLICTS AS WELL AS "HESITATION" AND "STUTTERING" WITH ABSORPTION OF RESOURCES AND A GENERAL UNNECESSARY "HEAVINESS".

THIS "SLIM ROM" OF YOURS CAME WITH THE "NICELY" OUTDATED APPS (ie MISSING THE "POPULAR" BUT NOT ALWAYS NECESSARY OR ESSENTIAL CM FEATURES ADDED LATER IN THE DEVELOPMENT, AND VERY - VERY FAST, SMOOTH AND STABLE.

I THINK THERE'S GREAT POTENTIAL THERE AND I WOULD HAVE GONE ON TESTING AND TRYING WORKAROUNDS FOR THINGS MISSING - WHICH I FIND FASCINATING ANYWAY (ESPECIALLY WITHOUT GRAVITY BOX)- BUT THE RADIO WAS NOT RECOGNISING MY SIM CARD SO I HAD TO GIVE UP FOR NOW SINCE I REALLY NEED A WORKING PHONE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE AND MAKE CALLS MOST OF THE TIME (INBETWEEN FLASHES THAT IS).

RETURNING TO TOPIC NOW !! : )

I 'VE BEEN RUNNING YOUR BLISS-POP SINCE YESTERDAY, INITIALLY WITH YOUR (ROBUST, FAST & SMOOTH -BUT DO FORGIVE ME I "HAD" TO TRY THE "OTHER" FOR ALL THE REASONS STATED ABOVE) KERNEL AND LATER WITH (THE UNFORTUNATELY RETIRING SOON -OR, MAYBE, SO HE T H I N K S HE IS DOING- LET'S SEE HOW LONG FOR HE WILL MANAGE TO STAY DRY - NO OFFENCE PLEASE I'M ONLY JOKING AND MAINLY PICTURING MYSELF) TEMASEK'S 5.1 KERNEL (WITH f2fs -DATA AND "CACHE" *quotes explained later* -NOT SYSTEM f2fs SUPPORT <LIKE IN arter's LP 5.0.2 AND NOT YET IN HIS LP 5.1 KERNEL>-, OVERCLOCKING CAPABILITY UP TO 2.8 GHz <FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH AGAIN> AND INTERESTINGLY arteractive GOVERNOR AVAILABLE AMONG OTHERS IN TEMASEK'S KERNEL CURRENTLY UN- AVAILABLE IN arter97's 5.1 DIRTY KERNEL IF I REMEMBER WELL - THIS IS THE GLORY OF OPEN SOURCE AND OPEN MINDED PEOPLE AFTER ALL-, FAST CHARGE OPTION <ALWAYS WELCOME>, READ AHEAD NAND VALUES UP TO 8K TO PLAY WITH etc )

I REGRET NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE ENOUGH TIME TO "FEEL" (IN THE SAME WAY THAT I ALSO REGRET NOT MAKING TIME FOR, AND/THUS BEING TOTALLY UNFAMILIAR WITH, BENCHMARKING) IF THERE WAS ANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE ROM's SPEED, SMOOTHNESS AND "FEEL" BETWEEN THE TWO KERNELS WITH THE ADDITIONAL "DIFFERENCE" (OR SHOULD I CALL IT "HALF DIFFERENCE" FOR REASONS YOU WILL SEE BELOW) IN THE PARTITIONS FILESYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS.

THIS IS:

A) WITH YOUR KERNEL: SYSTEM, DATA & CACHE PARTITIONS FORMATTED IN ext4 WITH TWRP 2.8.4.0

B) WITH TEMASEK'S KERNEL: SYSTEM PARTITION FORMATTED IN ext4 AND DATA & CACHE PARTITIONS FORMATTED IN f2fs WT TWRP 2.8.4.0 <OFF TOPIC AGAIN BUT HOPEFULLY RELEVANT/USEFUL: LATEST TWRP 2.8.5.0 & 2.8.6.0 HAVE PROBLEM FORMATTING DATA / SYSTEM TO f2fs - I HAVE NOT BUG REPORTED THIS TO TWRP YET - I HAVE THE LOGS THOUGH AND I MIGHT DO LATER ON TONIGHT >

BEFORE I PROCEED LET ME STATE THIS:

PLEASE DO FORGIVE ME IF I AM TALKING NONESENSE- I AM A TOTAL IGNORANT WITH CODES AND THE LIKE AND MY KNOWLEDGE ON PROGRAMMING IS SCARCELY ENOUGH FOR ME TO RUN MY DISHWASHER PROPERLY. ALL I KNOW AS AN EMPIRICAL END USER IS: A MAKES B HAPPEN, C PREVENTS D FROM HAPPENING AND -MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL- E CRASHES THE WHOLE LOT SO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BACKED UP EVERYTHING THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL BEFORE YOU EVEN THINK OF TRYING TO BE SMART AGAIN YOU IDIOT !

SO HERE IS MY <IF OFF TOPIC AGAIN => SORRY / SINCERE APOLOGIES !> OBSERVATION / QUESTION Re: CACHE PARTITION IN BLISS POP 5.1 (? OR MAYBE IN AOSP LP 5.1 IN GENERAL ?):

I DO NOT ACTUALLY KNOW IF THIS

PARTICULAR

CACHE PARTITION (PARTICULAR MEANING COMBINATION OF: TWRP RECOVERY FOR FORMATTING AND FLASHING, SPECIFIC FILESYSTEM CONFIGURATION, ROM, KERNEL ) IS AT ALL UTILISED IN LP 5.1 SINCE I HAVE NOTICED THAT (AT LEAST IN TWRP 2.8.4.0's ADVANCED WIPE OPTION - <I HAVEN'T TESTED Phil'z -DO TELL ME IF IT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE AND I WILL TEST AND REPORT- AND DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER RECOVERY SUPPORTS f2fs ON hlte>-):

A) CACHE NEVER APPEARS TO CHANGE ITS SIZE (104 Mb on f2fs) BEFORE AND AFTER INSTALLING AND RUNNING THE OS AND INSTALLING APPS AND

B) WIPING CACHE DOES NOT TRIGGER APPS OPTIMISATION (CACHE REBUILDING IT MUST BE) RIGHT AFTER THE NEXT SYSTEM BOOT.

WHEREAS:

C)

DALVIK

CACHE WIPING (WHICH -DALVIK- IS THEORETICALLY NOT SUPPOSED TO EVEN BE THERE IN LP 5.1 SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ART - BUT ALSO APPEARS IN KERNEL TWEAKERS, DIRTY RATIO IN SWAP etc ) INTERESTINGLY

DOES TRIGGER APPS OPTIMISATION AFTER END OF NEXT BOOT[

/B] ! - PLEASE LET ME KNOW ABOUT THIS IF YOU FIND TIME (AND IF IT'S NOT TOTALLY STUPID OF COURSE).

WITH REGARDS TO MY ACTUAL TESTING OF THE BLISS POP ROM ITSELF NOW:

A) I "DEBLOATED" IT WITH "GOOGLE APPS MINIMAL SCRIPT" AND (AS ALWAYS) I INSTALLED NO G-APPS (I PREFARE TO HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER MY DEVICE'S SENSITIVE AND VALUABLE DATA BACKUPS AND CLOUD SYNCS etc PLUS G-APPS DEFINITELY MUST UNNECESSARILY CONSUME RESOURCES TRIGGERING WAKELOCKS etc AND ANYWAY I FEEL SAFER WITH THIS CONFIGURATION - IT'S MORE PART OF MY PHILOSOPHY AS A -RATHER DEMANDING AND PROBABLY QUITE STRANGE- COMPUTER END USER ALTHOUGH, UNFORTUNATELY, DOESN'T MAKE ME A VERY USEFUL TESTER TO YOU GUYS, SINCE MY WAY OF USING PHONES, COMPUTERS etc IS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THIS OF THE AVERAGE EVEN POWER USER).

B) I TOOK THE LIBERTY TO UNINSTALL SOME SYSTEM APPS I NEVER USE (E-MAIL, TTS AND THE LIKE) AS WELL AS THE (NON FUNCTIONING) BLISS POP WALLPAPER/THEME INSTALLER AND BLISS OTA AND CM ACCOUNT AND UPDATER ALONG WITH THE (OTHERWAYS EXCELLENT) OMNI FEATURE (WHICH, SINCE I HAVE MANAGED TO SURVIVE WITHOUT FOR THE LAST SEVEN OR SO MONTHS I HAVE MIGRATED TO THE FASCINATING WORLD OF ANDROID , I THINK I CAN DEFINITELY MANAGE TO LIVE WITHOUT FROM NOW ON) AND ALSO FROZE THE BUILT IN CALENDAR APP.

C) I ALSO FLASHED SUPER ALPHA X-POSED 5.1 AND, OF COURSE, BECAME "YET ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE IGNORANTS" WHO -<IN SPITE OF THE REPEATED WRITING IN BOLD ON THE FIRST POST OF THE MAIN GRAVITY BOX THREAD BY THE DEVELOPER HIMSELF THAT ONE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, TRY TO INSTALL GB TO LP 5.1 !!!>- ARE IN THE PHENOMENAL POSITION TO BE ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT GRAVITY BOX DOES CAUSE BOOTLOOP IN BLISS POP 5.1 (AND EVERY OTHER 5.1 I HAVE TRIED SO FAR INCLUDING "SLIM" )****

LUCKILY THIS CAN BE SALVAGED BY ONE FLASHING THE LATEST X-POSED UNINSTALL ZIP AND RE-FLASHING FRAMEWORK ONLY AFTER GB UNINSTALLATION (DEACTIVATION OF MODULE DOES NOT TREAT PROBLEM IF I RECALL CORRECTLY - I THINK IT HAS TO BE FULLY UNINSTALLED).

SAME APPLY TO: X-BLAST TOOLS, X-POSED ADDITIONS, X-GEL AND POSSIBLY TO ANY OTHER MODULE THAT TRIES TO MODIFY NOTIFICATIONS OR BASIC SYSTEM UI COMPONENTS.

MODULES: "AUTO-CORRECT ALWAYS" AND "NO KEYBOARD POP UP" ARE FUNCTIONING FINE.

BE CAREFUL WITH "NATIVE CLIP BOARD" (AND POSSIBLY ALL OTHER MODULES OR APPS ALSO MODIFYING THE 3 DOT MENU / CLIPBOARD MENU). I HAD BOOTLOOP AFTER INSTALLING NATIVE CLIP BOARD 3.2 MODULE WITH "ADD CB BUTTON TO SELECTION MENU" ACTIVATED AND EVERYTHING RETURNED TO NORMAL WITH FINE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE APP AFTER DEACTIVATING THIS OPTION.

THE ROM IN GENERAL, AS EXPECTED, "FEELS" RUNNING EXTREEEMELY FAAAST AND SMOOOOTH WITH GOOD BATTERY LIFE AND NO REAL ISSUES (AT LEAST IN THIS STRANGE COMBINATION / CONFIGURATION OF MINE).

THE ONLY MINOR BUGS I CAME ACROSS (APART FROM THE ONES ALREADY REPORTED BY YOU AND OTHERS) IS THAT THE BLISS POP SCREENSAVERS CANNOT BE INSTALLED/APPLIED BY THE BUIT IN APP (ALTHOUGH THEY ARE DOWNLOADED OK) AND A SOMEWHAT STRANGE SITUATION WITH THE "UNOBTRUSIVE CALL" FUNCTION WHICH WAS INITIALLY NOT FUNCTIONING BUT SUDDENLY, AS I WAS WRITING THESE LINES, STARTED FUNCTIONING PROPERLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, MORE THAN 24 HOURS AFTER INITIAL FLASH. I'M CURRENTLY RE-CHECKING MY SETTINGS: HEADS UP IS ON AS IT WAS FROM THE BEGINNING -THE OTHER THING I JUST REMEMBERED IS HAVING BLACKLISTED AND LATER UN-BLACKLISTED PHONE DIALER FOR HEADS UP WHEN I WAS TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND THAT'S IT MORE OR LESS. I'M WONDERING IF IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME INSTALLING AND UNINSTALLING X-BLAST AND GB WITH BOOTLOOPS AND X-POSED DEACTIVATION ZIP FLASHING IN BETWEEN. THE OTHER THING I DID IS I INSTALLED-UNINSTALLED "L-CALL" MODULE WHICH DID NOT CAUSE BOOTLOOP BUT WAS OF NOT OF MUCH USE.

ANYWAY PLEASE DO HAVE A LOOK AT IT IF YOU FIND A MOMENT SINCE THIS FEATURE UNFORTUNATELY I COULD NOT SUBSTITUTE BY INSTALLING ANY OF THE OTHER RELEVANT AVAILABLE APPS SUCH AS CALL POPOUT, CALLHEADS OR HANDYCALL THAT DO NOT SEEM TO WORK ON THIS PARTICULAR ROM (OR IS IT AN LP 5.1 THING ? - YOU SEE I DON'T THINK I NEEDED TO USE ANY OF THEM RECENTLY AND SLIM 5.1's RADIO WAS BROKEN SO I DIDNT TAKE ANY CALLS TO SEE IF IT WAS OK).

IN CONCLUSION

AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, YOUR EXCELLENT BLISS POP PROJECT IS PRODUCING A VERY ENJOYABLE, STABLE, SMOOTH AND FAST RUNNING, FEATURE RICH OS FOR HEAVY EVERYDAY USE !!

ON TOP OF THIS AND ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE CURRENT LACK OF CUSTOMISATION ABILITY DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF A (STABLE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT GRAVITY BOX) X-POSED MODULE FOR LP 5.1, YOUR ROM IS, TO ME, THE ONLY CURRENTLY AVAILABLE VIABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR (ENTHOUSIASTIC, FLASHAHOLIC BUT ALSO PROFESSIONAL, HEAVY) ANDROID PHONE POWER USERS WITH hlte DEVICES.

THEREFORE, APART FROM THANKING YOU FOR A L L O F YOUR EFFORTS THAT MAKE THE LIVES OF SOME OF US NOT ONLY EASIER AT WORK AND EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES BUT MAINLY A LOT MOR FUN TO LIVE AND THEREFORE WORTH LIVING.

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PLEASE (AND I REALLY WISH YOU TO) KEEP (MAINLY HAVING LOTS OF FUUUUN !!) UP WITH THE EXCELLENT WORK YOU ARE DOING AND TRY TO RETAIN YOUR MODESTY ( "I AM A W A N N A B E D E V E L O P E R..." ) WHEN YOU (VERY SOON, I AM MORE THAN SURE) BECOME A WIDELY RECOGNISED AND APPRECIATED ANDROID OS BUILDER PROGRAMMER

WITH ALL MY GRATITUDE AND BEST WISHES

SINCERELY YOURS

COSTAS PARISIS

P.S.: A (RATHER COMPLEX AND VERY GENERAL AND ROM INDEPENDANT) ROM / KERNEL FEATURE REQUEST (AND OTHER BORING STUFF) I WILL POST LATER IN THE APPROPRIATE SECTION FOR YOU TO GO THROUGH IF AND WHEN YOU FIND TIME, SINCE THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS POST WAS TO PRAISE AND ENCOURAGE A BRILLIANT, TRUELY OUTSTANDING, MULTI-TASKING, BRIGHT AND FULL OF ENERGY DEVELOPER WHO LUCKILY SEEMS TO SEEK HAVING A LOT OF FUN OUT OF LIFE, EVEN (AND I DO SINCERELY HOPE NOT ONLY) THROUGH PROGRAMMING.

**"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"

***DIEING OLD AT A YOUNG AGE IS ONLY WORSE TO DIEING RICH (MOST OF THE TIMES aka: "SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO ENJOY WHAT YOU STRUGGLED TO MAKE AND NEVER HAD TIME OR ENERGY TO SPEND AND ENJOY YOURSELF...")

****I ONCE CAME ACROSS THE FOLLOWING THOUGHT ON HOW PEOPLE GAIN EXPERIENCE: "THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE; THE ONES THAT LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS AND/OR TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OTHER PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES AND THE ONES THAT HAVE TO PISS ON THE ELECTRIC WIRES OVER THE EDGE OF THE BRIDGE IN ORDER TO LEARN !"

***** "Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll; Too Young To Die" (Jethro Tull song & rock opera title)