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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
No problem, I'm having issues with OTA. Better if people do it the manual way until I can get Scott Robertson to agree to allowing me on romhut.

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
yup, the old fashioned manual way is better :)

and I'm sure youll even get Robert Patinson to agree to allow u on romhunt ;) :) all the best bro :good:

ad tysm again for the ROM :highfive:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
*Robertson* , not Patinson. I'm talking about RomHut's administrator, not some Hollywood actor.

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
A quick question for you guys. I wanna port SlimKat to the Pico, but I wanna make sure that PAC is good enough to not require very frequent updates. Should I go ahead with SlimKat or is there anything you want in PAC that I haven't done till now ???

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
Just Flashed Build #3, its booting up now... see you in 15 minutes :fingers-crossed:

& should I flash the gapps after this boot ?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
GApps are not working at the moment, some problem with awesom3. You will have to manually copy files and set permissions. Or live without GApps.

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
I can live with that :highfive:

But its taking darn long to boot up .... :silly:

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Its been over half an hour now.... and its still booting :confused:

It just shows "android" animation, that's it, nothing else
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Did you read the flashing instructions I gave in post two?

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
YES !

should I flash int2ext too??
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
No no no !!! For stable OC, I have set the kernel to AUTOMATICALLY mount sdext as /data. That is exactly what INT2EXTV2 does, so that will cause conflicts. Also you have to ensure you are on TWRP 2.8.0.0 Recovery, because the last build used 2.7.0.0 which doesn't work now. That may be the reason why my beauty isn't booting up.[emoji16]

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
:silly: your booty worked bro, don't you worry :victory:

I followed every step, 2.8 TWRP :cool: and all

It booted.. its up and running from yesterday night :highfive:

Just needed a few things though, like (as seen on Kirmani's last kk build) :

customizable drop-down menu, flexible wallpaper setup, etc :fingers-crossed:

TYSM !!!

PS: I'll check the ROM out today and comment on it tonight :cool:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Yeah I know about the drop-down menu thing, but i'm not building from source so can't do anything about it. And what's flexible wallpaper setup???
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
I'll have to live with it then... wallpaper setup in the ROM is not smart enough, try it for yourself and see.... . May be a launcher like trebuchet will help me out in that case :silly:

Review:

Battery backup slightly better than Kirmani's

Wifi works alright (yay :victory: )

UI is kinda inefficient (can/will live with that)

What else ?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
I'll throw in Trebuchet next time. Or maybe Nova??

Battery life, yeah better

WiFi is a bit buggy, will fix in next build

What's the problem with the ui

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
UI.. umm... I'm not used to PAC ROM so customizing it is kinda tiresome for me...

the UI is not totally stock android, that's what I'm used to.. nothing fancy, Just Simplicity :victory:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
Battery Drainage over Night :rolleyes: About 25%
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
There was a reason I ported PAC ROM first. Try to use Wakelock Detector to see which wakelocks are used the most and then block them using the Wakelock Blocker in PAC settings. And also share their names so everyone can benefit from the knowledge. S2W is the main culprit here. I'll remove it in next build

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
Sir, yes Sir ! Will Do.

And, I watched a few video clips today for a few minutes and, BOOM !! 45% of the battery was gone... :crying:

very inefficient that was, So I just locked my phone and kept it in my pocket :rolleyes: (until now, I came home and took it out)

PS: I installed nova launcher 3.3 today morning, and It works great with this ROM. :good:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Okay I'll include it in the next build of PAC ROM coming tomorrow.

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
But this Battery Drains will kill all our Itty Bitty Picos
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
I'll remove sweep2wake in the next build. That'll help with battery life. I'm looking for other reasons that may be causing fast battery drain but I'm not getting the exact one. But don't worry [MENTION=5367414]jime1[/MENTION], the next version will have a couple of battery saving mods that may allow you to squeeze out some more battery life.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
jime1, send me the Nova Launcher apk ASAP.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jmb995:
Hi there, I've download and flashed this ROM, so far it seems great, I've been reading the posts and I've found that I shouldn't flash GApps cause it will cause trouble, is that correct? and will you fix it? If not, should I install the apps just by extracting them from the zip and install on the mobile or is there a better/more correct way of doing it?

Thank you!! Great ROM
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Hi there!

Hi [MENTION=2238888]jmb995[/MENTION], nice seeing old XDA guys like you appreciating my work. About the Gapps not installing, It's a technical glitch involving awesom3 (out of bounds write error - very silent) which I better not go into the details of. For the next version I hae reverted back to aw3som3 because I found it more stable even if it gives me a 100 MB less in /system compared to awesom3. To install the GApps manually, you will have to do a bit of copy-pasting and setting permissions. In the GApps package, Copy out the folders present in system to your /system using any Root File Explorer and then set permissions according to the other files present in that folder. I could not fix the GApps problem as such, So I have written and included a shell script in the next version that'll do the downloading,copying and setting permissions auto(matically|magically). You will only need to type

su
GETMEGAPPS

And after it's done, you will have GApps installed successfully. For those like [MENTION=5367414]jime1[/MENTION] who do not have internet on their picos, I have also included a functionality that checks for the existence of GApps in the /sdcard/getmegapps folder and if it is present, it will simply copy out the files and set permissions. Just make sure that You're using [MENTION=4858134]ZordanKV[/MENTION]'s YourZGAppsXS, I'll post the link in the OP Post soon.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
May be the battery Drain has something to do with the Auto Brightness feature on our pico, what do you think bro ?

will you check that out, I mean the coding behind the auto brightness ?

PS: check PM

I have observed that nova launcher keeps checking for newer version, so if there is any way to stop it, it would be great !
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
That's straight from latest CM sources, so no problem with that.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] sziraqui:
report please, a finall release with no bugs
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Build 3 is bug free but if you are willing you can wait till tomorrow night for a new version.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] sziraqui:
sure
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
Now the battery drain is a very serious issue. :crying: . we have to fix this

It wont even last 6 hours :crying:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Have decided to use kernel compiled for Build 1 by [MENTION=5218889]abhi_qwerty[/MENTION]. OC will be lost though. Maybe battery life will improve after that. I am also including a few performance and battery mods for you all.

P.S. The ROM WILL be delayed by nearly half a month because AROMA INSTALLER is taking time and I have got exams to study for.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
I hope you Ace the exams :good:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Thanks. I managed to fix everything in the AROMA INSTALLER for the ROM, but the problem's that the AROMA binary isn't executing my updater script. It's just sayin everything's done and shows an option to reboot. Will fix that soon and upload it.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
Bro, how to disable S2W ?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
I have compiled a separate kernel with sweep2wake disabled. My system broke down and my pen drive also corrupted so I can't boot a live CD. If you can, just compile [MENTION=5158920]kirmaniarslan[/MENTION]'s kernel on htclegacy GitHub. By default it has sweep2wake disabled. Or you can use the kernel and modules (located in /system/lib/modules) from previous build. OC will be lost though.

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
http://msfjarvis.tk/ROMs/anonymous-user-cm11/kernel_update_pico_no-wake-mods-cm11-20150923.zip

[MENTION=5367414]jime1[/MENTION],Flash this and s2w should be gone.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Requests for next build are open.

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
just a better battery life, nothing fancy :fingers-crossed:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Sure, I have also received WiFi modules from abhi qwerty that fix the WiFi bug. The kernel will be [MENTION=5165949]SachinT[/MENTION]homas's.

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
No doubt battery life sucks. [MENTION=5367414]jime1[/MENTION], can you tell if CM 11 Build 7 did better in battery life.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] BCCCPCEKCAHET:
What about identification name of incoming caller in this ROM? It is ok or it is slow like in weekly7 and RC4?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
weekly7 and RC4 both of them by [MENTION=4635923]galaxyfreak[/MENTION] & [MENTION=4332832]Kirmani[/MENTION] drained battery like anything, and even after multiple reporting of this issue to them (the devs) they kept telling all the users to use wakelockdetector and post battery stats (and similar nonsense) till the end.

There was no improvement in the battery backup whatsoever.

I believe we will have to take some help from a well experienced old developer (with a beard) on this regard, cuz at this point only a Guru can help us out of this enigma :rolleyes:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
It's a serious issue with the awesom3 kernel. We could use a non awesom3 and plain old kernel but 257 MB is too less for PAC ROM.

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
Its okay in PAC ROM :good: :highfive:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jmaa009:
No soy capaz a instalar esta imagen. Alguna ayuda?

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Eh, English???
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
then why not ask aw3som3's inventor (thewisenerd I guess) for help on this regard :laugh:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jmaa009:
Sorry. My english is bad. I cant install this Rom. I do it as manual, but dont work.

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
LOL :silly: Translation : "I am not able to install the image. Any help?"
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
He's dumped pico...
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
:crying: :mad:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
What did you use to flash the recovery?? I recommend fastboot.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jmaa009:
I try it and too with pc

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
I'm a bit busy so won't be able to help right now. But you can also try the alternate methods I have described in my recovery flashing guide. You can use the user profile to search threads started by me and you'll find it there. Sorry but I've got to go[emoji30] [emoji30] [emoji30]
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jmaa009:
Ok, thanks. I try it again

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3169486

Here's the link.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] galaxyfreak:
I'm amazed to see people still using and building for Pico. :highfive:

Wanted to stop by to say hi, and - talk a bit on battery.
[MENTION=5367414]jime1[/MENTION]

I'm sorry if I left the impression of ignoring or not being interested in battery issue. Sending you to see wakelocks was the best I can do.

With ramping up Android version, you are getting all those flashy effects, animations, more UI "layers", shadows, and so on.

Also playing more intense games, or surfing more intense websites.

If you look into CPU performance in Settings, you'll see that just scrolling makes Pico's CPU max out @ 600Mhz in order to scroll more or less smoothly. To give another perspective, looking at Snapdragon 801 device I have here, on scrolling it basically stays idle, doesn't even power up other 3 cores.

Good proof of this, was when once I shipped CM11 build, with wrong GPU composition setting or something and responses were:

Running KitKat or much worse, Lollipop, is like buying a small, economic car, then putting new engine to it and complaining "but it sucks my fuel now!?!". Not the best example, but I think you've got the point.

Now somebody will say - "Isn't KitKat optimized for lowend devices?". Yes, but legacy and low-end isn't the same.

Perfect example here being Xperia E1. It's a very cheap device, being able to run KitKat with 512MB of RAM, thanks to better RAM managment / task handling. But it still ports 1.2Ghz, dual-core CPU, and Adreno 3xx GPU. RAM managment (that's what KitKat brings) is not a huge concern. And usage of RAM doesn't affect battery. When you are out of RAM, Android kills some background apps, and you are good to go.

But you can't do anything lacking the raw horsepower (CPU/GPU), but squeeze it out as much as possible.

Another aspect y'all are not taking into account is battery aging. With time / recharging, it loses capacity, therefore you can't talk about how you had great battery life on CM9 2 years ago. Will still be better than KitKat, that's explained explained above.

Have a fun Halloween!
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
New launcher for build 4[emoji6] [emoji6] [emoji6]
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
[MENTION=5367414]jime1[/MENTION], despite [MENTION=4635923]galaxyfreak[/MENTION]'s fantastic explanation, I think we can do a bit better than 5 hrs. I've blocked the above mentioned wakelocks and cleared battery and amplify stats. Currently am charging to 100% hopefully something comes out of it.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
[MENTION=5367414]jime1[/MENTION], you were asking for quick settings customisation. It is here - Settings>PAC Settings> Notification Drawer> Quick Settings>Tiles and Layout. It is so deep inside that its our fortune, we ever found it.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
LOL, bravo bro, awesome ! haha.. only an Indiana Jones can find such things out ;) :silly:

and about the wakelock : can you test it with a sim card with only 2G network, no internet after you conclude your current flight mode test ? :fingers-crossed:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Just discovered that PAC ROM wakelock blocker is a dud. Wakelocks I block using it showed up on Amplify.

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
Then, remove it if you can man.. or else we'll just use Amplify to do the job of blocking wakelocks
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Of course I can remove it, just that I'll need my trashed laptop for that. As far as Amplify is concerned, it only blocks the network collector wakelocks for free. Rest will cost minimum $2.

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
and..

and....

None of dictionaries would work on the ROM,

and...

dial pad is shy :(

wont show "up" that easily

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So no free wake lock blocker around ??
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
1. Spell check works for me, if that's what you mean

2. My dial pad is quite confident.

3. Must be, haven't looked around.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
not spell check, try out meriam webster or other dictionary.

thats unfair.

.........
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
I'll try. But what exactly doesn't work ???

Does it crash or the searching doesn't work or something like that ???

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Team Redux has been trying to initialize a build environment for SlimKat for a while now. It didn't go well till now until I managed to fix the problem with the device tree. As soon as [MENTION=5218889]abhi_qwerty[/MENTION] returns from his half a month trip, we'll be attempting one last build. Hope it works, coz I haven't managed to get SlimKat ports to work till now :fingers-crossed:

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
it crashes :rolleyes:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
OK. But I don't think there's much to be done

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
:crying: why would anyone say that man :crying:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Because I'll need logcats and for that I'll need my trashed laptop.

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Okay guys I've managed to do a new build without AROMA & L Speed Mod coz they were giving me trouble. Will upload in 24 hours :)

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
The suspicious red light besides the htc logo (below the earpiece) keeps blinking rapidly all the time :eek:

is it something to get worried about ?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
That's the proximity sensor, which tells the phone if your ear is close by or not during a call so that it knows when to turn the screen off. It's blinking because of the prevent accidental wake-up setting. It should be somewhere in display settings.

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Build 4 is uploading!!!!!

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Guys the build HAS been uploaded but it's got a buggy updater script. If you can fix it, go ahead and try. If not, wait till I do the needful.

P.S. I may be able to get my laptop working tomorrow morning.

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
browsers wont work at all either :crying:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
I persistently fail to understand the problem with your device. First you s said dictionaries crash, them you say browsers crash too. I've been using Dolphin Browser since day one and never fc'd on me. So no, can't help on what I can't recreate. Try a clean flash, that's the most I can help.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
yeah, browsers work fine now. Just the dictionaries please, they are very imp to me :fingers-crossed:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
I managed to figure out that my Ubuntu iso was corrupted, so I've downloaded Wily Werewolf and will install after I copy over my compressed backups.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Nova Launcher 4 with MaterialOS Icon Pack. Fast, fluid and beautiful. Contender for unofficial PAC ROM port launcher.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
God Bless :cowboy:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] iamrohit7:
Do I need to have 3 sdcard partitions for build #4?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Dont use build 4 right now. My laptop is now fine with Wily Werewolf. I'll setup [MENTION=718594]super[/MENTION]r's kitchen and android SDK tomorrow night and then do a new build.

But three SD ext won't be needed as of now. I'll see afterwards.

Also updater script on build 4 is buggy. It won't flash.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
You amuse me. Anyways, where do you get your apps from ??? I manually place Gapps files and set perms. If you want i can h3lp you with that. Ive automated that process in build 4 with my custom made sh3ll script.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Goutham_SRIRAM:
Sorry for my noobness

What is the ROM file to flash in there bro?? what's the zip file??

There are number of zip files with build # 1,2,3,4 but I don't know what they are exactly,

So far I have known that Rom files are just a single zip, help me out here, I got to recovery and flashed these zips, but it just goes to bootloop to recovery again and again, tell me the steps clearly here, thank you.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Steps are clearly mentioned in post 2 for flashing build 3, the current stable version. Please learn to read and find, these skills are vital at XDA.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jime1:
lol !

and I thought the ROM was amusing :eek: :silly:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
It's awesome, not amusing.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Goutham_SRIRAM:
SLOW DOWN!!!

Buddy, I don't know what build numbers mean XD so sorry.

Build #3 means its the later version of ROM than its predecessors?

What's wrong with Build#4?

How to do partition on SD card, where are its instructions?

I already am having CWM recovery, do I specifically need TWRP?

Help me please, thankyou
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Larger build number means newer version.

Build 4 updater script has some error, so it won't flash.

You will have to use the recovery to be able to create partitions. First make sure you are running twrp 2.8.0.0, links to the recovery are in post 2. Then copy over the sdcard contents to somewhere else since sdcard will get wiped. Then reboot into recovery, select advanced> partition sdcard. Make swap 0 and SD ext to your choice. Swipe at below and after it is done, you can flash build 3.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Goutham_SRIRAM:
I am sooo sorry, bro help me here please, just ! I know I am nooby, but how to get TWRP, I downloaded awesom3.img, how to flash it?

After going to partition SD card, what to do, tell me clearly please

With build #3 flashed, I won't be needing those bugs fix patches right?

Do I need to flash that kernel too?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3169486

This thread has methods to flash a recovery. Just make sure you thank me over there as well. After flashing recovery, you only have to follow partitioning instructions i gave above and flash build 3.

You won't need any addons for this version as the patches have been integrated and the kernel doesn't work for build 3.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
For my Tapatalk brothers, I have created a copy of the download page at http://teamredux.proboards.com/ the official Team Redux forum, powered by Tapatalk. Links are in the OP.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Goutham_SRIRAM:
The link for drivers is dead, and I tried the driver downloaded by googling, but it did'nt work in adb, its not detected

Link: http://d-h.st/VWm3

Plus, I cant find android device or Htc anything in device manager

Edit: Somehow, using adb, the TWRP got installed successfully luckily, I'll let you know if it works
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Goutham_SRIRAM:
One last help bro, copying gapps to sdcard\getmegapps\ dose'nt work, need help

The ROM works perfectly, but there is no google apps, help

Thank you
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
I know it doesn't. That instruction is for build 4 with which I am shipping a custom, self written shell script that will do the needed. I will throw you a link to the script as soon as I am able to get to my laptop.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Goutham_SRIRAM:
Alright, I'll be waiting,

Does the gapps package for anroid 4.4.4 works on this thing? You know the one in the forums??

Or I will have to wait for yours?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Any gapps package with size ~18 mb will work. But I suggest that you use the one whose link is in the first post.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Goutham_SRIRAM:
No, it's not working, get me gapps bro!!
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] MSF Jarvis:
Flashing doesn't seem to work. Apparently the kernel has som3 issue. I'm compiling a new kernel as our in hous3 kernel dev, [MENTION=5218889]abhi_qwerty[/MENTION] is on a holiday.