yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 Android Development] justinhub2003:
i my self perfer the Google default keyboard however..

cant the dev (op) make it with out the HTC IME to conserve space and then just provide a link on the same page to download the HTC IME .apk so that people can install it themselves? It is possible to install the HTC IME on this build correct? hell i even gave to the Apk to someone who wasnt even rooted and it worked..

So i mean if the dev wants to conserve space then he should just not include it and those that do want it can just download the APK
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
Well put... minor update
[G1 Android Development] mattgman:
just want to make sure this will run on my g1...can somebody please check my signature and confirm what I need to do?

thanks in advance!
[G1 Android Development] marty22877:
currently i'm running ion rev1 and i love it. to anyone who's flashed from ion rev1, is this build as fast or faster? and do i need a special sd card to have my apps on there?
[G1 Android Development] joey3002:
its as fast. I also use an overclock app.

Btw, the reset camera fixed the grey scale issue i was having, huge thanks
[G1 Android Development] chief2842:
Thanks going to try this out, I have IONr2 now.
[G1 Android Development] acidnine:
v1.1 gets stuck at second splash it seems...it just keeps repeating the new android splash...

I tried to reflash 3 times and did total wipes + reboot before flashing and still get the same problem..

I did let it sit for about 15 minutes and all it did was the loop...never a full reboot.

I haven't tried a new image because I'm at work without a card reader.
[G1 Android Development] skweints:
I've found that these errors (even after a wipe) is usually related to the apps2sd. If you have Cyanogen's recovery image, boot into that, and load up the console.

Once you're in, type the following code:

mount /system
mount /system/sd
cd /system/sd
rm -r *
reboot

Then reflash the update.zip, and you should be able to boot without any problems.
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
Cyanogens recovery has saved me from some partition related boot loops when away from a pc. There's an option to scan and fix corrupted partitions too. On average scanning it for errors and deleting everything from /system/sd helps. You can upgrade to ext3 I believe from his recovery too. Ill give y'all some md5sums with the next update to prevent against corrupted downloads too.
[G1 Android Development] acidnine:
I have a feeling it's my partitions...I really should go back and start over on it, it's been upgraded a few times I'm sure something got messed up, I haven't install cyano's recovery yet, I'll install that first.
[G1 Android Development] Deuces:
loving this mod, very good work
[G1 Android Development] acidnine:
Alright, that did it guys, thanks, the old JF recovery had problems mounting the /system/sd dir...

funny thing...the only other image I had was the JACHero 2.1F or whatever...I loaded that up to play with the sd card during this process...then I forgot to do a wipe before I installed your v1.1...

lol, it loaded up without the setup wizard and I was like "ok, what did soulife do to this build this time?" and then I noticed that I had new email! I was like...um...ok? So it's possible to move from JACHero 2.1F to your Soulife v1.1 w/out a wipe...lol...wouldn't recommend it though. The HTCMusic App worked pretty slick though, ha.
[G1 Android Development] acidnine:
The launcher drawer icon in v1.1 is only showing the top of the icon and is pixely.

That is in portrait mode, landscape mode's looks great.

I have Adobe CS4 if you want to send me the raw images and tell me what you need, I can produce. I'm a UI designer for a living. Planning to put together a theme once these roms can get on a same page for theme updates.
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
I might take you up on that. I'm tryin to get gimp down. Adobe brings "my" pc to a stop. Some lower quality images help save space, but on some artwork its noticable. I have some ideas though so ill definately keep in touch.
[G1 Android Development] Senorkabob:
How much space does this leave you with after install?

Is it like Ion r2 where you have close to 80mb?
[G1 Android Development] chief2842:
Which version of apps2sd is everyone using with this Rom?
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
I assume on your data partition. No version 1.2 will fix that. 1.1 is (I didn't want to say it yet) not odex optimized. So your dex files go to dalvik-cache instead of staying on system partition. I did this cause I want to get opinions on speed diferences between the 2 so I can weigh my options for a slim version. Ironically enough I think the non-odexed is faster but I haven't got any feedback from the community yet.
[G1 Android Development] Senorkabob:
Oh right on, when I get a chance tonight I'll flash them both and weigh in on my findings.

Thanks :D
[G1 Android Development] acidnine:
sounds good. acidnine at gmail dot com is my email and google talk account, I'll probably be working on stuff tonight, so it would be a good time I'll be on the computer.
[G1 Android Development] Brutal-Force:
So far have to give this build a +1. Ion Rom seems to be the winner for speed.

Eye candy is nice, but it doesn't help if it makes the phone non-functional.

Thanx Soul.
[G1 Android Development] subguy812:
Dude really it is getting hard to tell which is quicker...I would love to say beyond a reasonable doubt which is faster but I can't tell. If I had side by side phones maybe...I will tell you I enjoy both and lag is a non issue. The ROM's are very snappy and I don't feel my experience is suffering because of the eyecandy.
[G1 Android Development] ratana412:
This is the best rom yet imo. I am having an issue getting the HTC IME to work in the latest, however. I renamed it update.zip, flashed it, but it still does not appear under input methods. Does anyone with the latest have it working? this may be a simple mistake I am making.

edit : the "touch input" just never appears in the settings for locale and text.. strange.
[G1 Android Development] Docavelli:
I'm feelin' this ROM. Soulife, you sh@t on this one kid. I was on ION r1 and was loving the quickness. The remix is sweet.

The only issue (very minor) is the rotaion on the home screen. I had grown to like that the home screen didn't rotate. I really don't care for the switching now. But it's not that big a deal.

Excellent work!
[G1 Android Development] Docavelli:
Good question. I've tried AppsToSD 1.5 and 2.15 and I only have 32MB left. I had 60 on ION r1. What's up with the Apps2SD?
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
Ill update my original post instead of linking to cyanogens page. Apps are automatically installed on ext2/3 (/system/sd) if partition is present. Its all done automatically. Dont use any other a2sd as its not needed. Space is shown in settings. It uses bind mounts instead of aufs, unionfs or tradional symlinks. The size difference your seeing is because all system apps are puitting their dex files in dalvik-cache. Version 1.1 is not odex optimized. I did this so the community can weight the speed differences between version 1 and 1.1. In version 1.2 ill re-odex the apks but I wanted feedback as to which you all thought was faster. Any opinions yet? I got 1 vote so far.
[G1 Android Development] Docavelli:
Sorry. I did read that in another post. I just didn't quite understand what it meant in terms of InMem. I usually don't jump ROM's alot but I like your work so I will try v1 and report back.

Oh.. And now I remembered why I don't like the rotating home screen. It messes with my alarm. When I pick it up to either snooze or turn off, the screen will rotate and it will pick and option on it's own. Is this something you can also incorporate into v1.2 or do you like the rotating home screen? I personally don't see a reason for it. Other than just showing people, "look my screen rotates too." :rolleyes:
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
I guess that's why cyanogen patched alarm clock for snoozes. Ill try the same and see if it plays well with ion. If it does it'll be in the next update. I wish I knew how to make autorotate an option you could turn off in settings. It hasn't annoyed me yet though but the day I find it inconvient ill take it off.
[G1 Android Development] 1NfE5T:
Dunno if this is a bug or if some how i did something wrong. But when i try to go to the gallery it doesn't force close but just flickers the pics then goes to the home screen.

nevermind...just had to reboot i guess.
[G1 Android Development] Docavelli:
Well I played with both and it really is hard to tell. But it seemed that v1 seem a little more responsive. I mean a little. I would be happy with either.
[G1 Android Development] crackzattic:
i didnt see anyone else with this problem so maybe its just me but im putting it out there. i copied everything off my sd card (like 300mb). and then i formated it to fat32 and partitioned in through cyans recovery console and terminal. its an 8gb card and i put 7gb for fat32. neway everything went fine but when i went to copy everything back on the sd card would just randomly stop and unmount. i had to use a card reader to get everything back on. now everything works fine, i dont have apps2sd but i think this rom does it automatically right. just posting to see if anyone else had this problem

also this is a great rom, very fast and completely stable. i had a modded 1.1 rom but not a cupcake rom but im glad i decided to use yours. great work soul cant wait for more updates. also when i update it with new versions do i have to wipe or change anything on my sd card or can i just update it and all my apps from the sd card are installed?
[G1 Android Development] acousticfish88:
I've used apps2sd on v1 and v1.1. I haven't seen too much of a difference. Both are very fast. I love this ROM... Excellent work my friend.
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
you may have to wipe coming from ionR1/2 but you shouldnt have to wipe between my updates. and yes a2sd is automatic if the partition is there. ill update my original post asap
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
fyi

due to the holiday weekend and me getting slightly trashed and pinkeye this aint gettin updated today. will try throughout the week to put finishing touches on it, ill upload a beta and test throughout the week. and you'll have a solid v1.2 by this weekend. whats to come...

update post to give credits

(haykuro provided the rom, give huge thanks. cyanogen provided kernel etc, another huge thanks. stericson gave android htcmusic, thedudeoflife provided the method for extra icons in app tray. manup456, moonspoon, stericson, and i cant remember the other name provided the theme... just to name a few)

theme will match my rogers theme (ion looks cartoon-ish to me, porting as i type)

odex will be re-optimized

cyanogens newest kernel and boot

squashfs instead of cramfs

stericsons newest HTCmusic

more cyanogen goodness

script goodies

maybe some more

whatever else the week brings

keep an eye out.
[G1 Android Development] chicojd:
Soul... How difficult would it be to port either the Hero or Magic email (mail.apk) into this build. This is really fast, but many of us like to be able to empty our trash and the default Google email app is S$%T when it comes to this simple task. I love the ROM, but need a real email app. Anyone else!??

BTW, Great ROM, faster than stock G1.
[G1 Android Development] Docavelli:
Go to the market. Get K-9. Its a good mail app. I haven't had any problems with it.
[G1 Android Development] Senorkabob:
How much space are you left with if you dont go the apps2sd route?
[G1 Android Development] chicojd:
I've used K-9 in the past and it's no-where near as nice as the HTC / Hero email progs. I just wanted to know how hard it would be to port one of these into the ION ROM that Soul has so kindly put together.
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
It hasn't been done yet. Stericsons the most likely candidate to do it first. He ported music, and is porting dialer and people. And maybe one day mail. I think it'd be cool if he did since most people use htc builds for dialer and exchange. If he ports that our phones will be that much closer to perfect.
[G1 Android Development] chicojd:
I completely agree... I will DEFINITELY move to the ION for good with the Dialer, People AND Mail!!! These phones are pretty damn close to perfect as they are, and if I were more confident in my java skills, I'd try this out for myself.
[G1 Android Development] eleme:
Excellent! Been looking for a good Ion alternative. Very much looking forward to your 1.2 release. Keep up the great work!
[G1 Android Development] Deuces:
im on v1.1, and manually added htc-ime.

it works fine in compact qwerty, but landscape qwerty force closes every time. anybody else having this issue?

i've formatted my ext3 partition and wiped/reflashed 3 times.
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
I tried gettin it to force close with logcat running and it didn't do it once, I was so frustrated I just removed it, plus its like 5mb. I do have 2 ideas though, try opening settings and un-check android keyboard and leave only touch input. They were both checked on my setup. Also try another htc-ime package other than the one I provided, maybe mine got corrupt. (Search the forums, its out there somewhere)

Its on the bottom of my to do list
[G1 Android Development] joey3002:
any update to this rom? I really love it..

thanks again
[G1 Android Development] setspeed:
I'm on v1.0 (with the integrated HTC-IME) and I get force closes left right and centre when inputting text either with the T9 or with the physical keyboard, when Touch Input is turned on.

I have had to turn it off and resort back to the Android keyboard, just to get my physical keyboard to enter text without force-closes.

This is an annoyance, in what is otherwise an excellent ROM.
[G1 Android Development] marty22877:
Is it required to have app2sd with this build? I still have the original sd card and i'd love to try this out
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
a2sd is not manditory in any build.... except hero. Hero is the plague.

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH.......
[G1 Android Development] lilithpro:
In GIMP, use stroke on path rather than selection. This gives much smoother lines, while selections always are a bit blocky.

I'd also like to see the landscape drawer handle also in portrait, but the overall look is good.
[G1 Android Development] subguy812:
I already like the build but these features would make it awesome..I could even do without mail but the dialer and people would be nice.
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
The app tray is fixed, and I don't wanna speak too soon but I haven't had the HTC-IME force close yet, so it looks like that's fixed. I just need to finish porting the theme and re-odex and you'll hopefully get 1.2 before this weekend ends. Running cyanogens .29 kernel and squashfs etc... ill probably put the ability to slide down statusbar on lockscreen like in cyanogens too.
[G1 Android Development] lstevens86:
I like your roms but its missing one thing. I've been using Cyanogen's latest rom and it has Auto A2SD. It would be great to have an ion build with that feature
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
It does ;)
[G1 Android Development] lstevens86:
Ok cool. Cause I get tired of typing in the scripts for a2sd
[G1 Android Development] Docavelli:
I agree, v1.2 should make this phone almost perfect. I've been loving the ION ROM since Haykuros first release. It's easily the best of the native G1/Magic ROMs. IMHO of course.

You da man soulife.
[G1 Android Development] Rurouni Requiem:
Just wanted to say thanks to Soulife. I keep trying the Hero Roms, but I always seem to come back to the ION Remix. Lookin' forward to v1.2! :D
[G1 Android Development] subguy812:
Soulife getting excited about a new update...you going to have time to complete one this weekend? Appreciate the ROM
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
Yea, got some unexpected time behind a computer yesterday. The themes ported, its re-odexed, and I got some minor things on the to do list to complete, but as long as nothing unexpected comes up, update later today.
[G1 Android Development] subguy812:
That rocks! Lookin' forward to it:)
[G1 Android Development] senaia:
I've always been a cyanogen guy, but I'm gonna try this when the update comes, can't really be much slower than the jachero rom I tried, but then again I only have a class 2 card and no swap, had to donate my class 6 to my partner :(
[G1 Android Development] lilithpro:
just one thing: Since it messes up my german keyboard layout, i dont use the new spl, but the normal hard...and 1.1 is working good with it. little more than 2mb space on system, after integrating bluetooth pan tethering.

thought you might mention that on the first post.
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
yea, there will be a regular and extended version when i upload v1.2, right now im trying to troubleshoot a script to give the option to have dalvik-cache internal or on sdcard but im stuck. it looks good on "paper" and appears to be working but its not. otherwise the build would be updated by now. if i cant get it soon im gonna put it off untill v1.3

first post is crude and will be updated
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
v1.2 updated. lemme know what works and what dont.

and for all the regular users out there (as in not extended), would you rather have odex or HTCmusic. everyone said the speed difference between odex and non-odex is barely noticeable, but there is a 5mb difference in space so i cant give you both.... yet, maybe i can move some stuff around
[G1 Android Development] bfunk04:
is there any way to get 1.2 with theme from 1.1 instead of the rogers theme? I really prefer it a lot more.
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
unless you port it yourself... no.

to me 1.1 looks like a cartoon. imho. thats why i changed it. if you want to take a stab at it its the icons from aero suite. im gonna make a default theme for extended soon (default, as in no changes at all, like the day you got your phone).

actually, let the community vote. majority gets a theme.

so far your +1 on v1.1.

im +1 on rogers.
[G1 Android Development] bfunk04:
Well I already made my own changes to 1.1 like adding the 4x3 clock, putting in the full size launcher tab, and changine the status bar to the darker version, and taking the wifi icon from the hero 1.4.5 theme. If I just copied all of the drawables from the framework apk would this work?
[G1 Android Development] graphreak:
Wont the default theme for regular 1.2 work with the extended 1.2?
[G1 Android Development] Docavelli:
I'm flashing now. Will play with it for a while.

Thanks soulife. :)
[G1 Android Development] xadaniman:
i cant login to gmail i says " this could be a temporary problem or you sim card blah blah" any suggestions
[G1 Android Development] eleme:
Thanks for the update! Will be flashing today.

I've been on your Rogers 2.8 rom for a while and while the theme is great, the grey on grey / black on grey buttons make it hard to use without cranking up the brightness (I usually keep mine around 20% to save battery). Also, the date on the status bar is black, which makes it near impossible to read. Fix those issues and it'll be perfect.
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
Yea I was just login in to tell everyone bout the bug. Try flashin the regular version and see if it fixes it you shouldn't need to wipe if you already flashed extended. I just flashed the regular beta I had on my sd and it signed in. But I'm not in front of my change log to look at the exact changes I made. Ill be at a computer tomorrow hopefully to upload a fix.
[G1 Android Development] r3tlaw:
Nice

Great rom man, thanks. Was using the cyanogen which ran pretty well, then tried the jachero 2.63 which was way to slow for me. Upgraded without a wipe to your regular version and no problems noted so far. Runs really smooth, quick and no freezing. Thanks!
[G1 Android Development] Rurouni Requiem:
Great build, Soulife! Switching from extended to regular did get me signed in. Keep up the good work; it's definitely appreciated.
[G1 Android Development] cobrien13:
great rom lovw it
[G1 Android Development] bonanza87:
Does this rom offer exchange support like your excellent Rogers version?
[G1 Android Development] Deuces:
Great Rom, could only be better with HTC-Dialer

I first did a no-wipe upgrade from 1.1 extended to 1.2 extended, everything worked fine

i then did a wipe and full flash v1.2 extended, confirming i cannot sign into gmail.

going to reg 1.2 full wipe now
[G1 Android Development] dilfatx:
sync error

I can't sync my phone after this install?

I have latest spl and radio installed

I did a wipe before install

I restarted the phone

I did a search on this thread and haven't found anybody with this issue.

3g and edge work cause I'm posting this from this rom just can't sync..

Can somebody pls help me out..
[G1 Android Development] Deuces:
the extended version is having issues with the google sign in.

try regular version 1.2, its working fine
[G1 Android Development] Docavelli:
I flashed the 1.2ext last night before bed and thought all was good. As I played with it today I noticed a few force closes so I wiped and re-flashed. that's when I ran into the Google sign-up bug. I checked in here and saw it had been temporarily remedied. So I flashed 1.2reg and got signed in then re-flashed 1.2ext.

I have to say, all is pretty much good to go with a couple of minor things.

1) Settings force closes when trying to get into ringer volume. Not a big deal I can adjust with the buttons. Just thought I'd put it out there.

2) Market force closes (sorta) after downloading and uninstalling. I say sorta because it doesn't actually close but you get the force close pop-up and you get taken back to the market home page. Again, just a minor glich.

3) I have to say +1 for the old theme. I don't totallly hate this one just the grey icons and the dark menu pop up.

With that being said I think it's still a good ROM. When someone gets the HTC dailer nailed and you get it in the mix, you'll have the best ROM out!

Thanks again Soulife!
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
I hate bugs but I love when people let me know about them. I'm gonna flash the light version again and see if its related. Thanks
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
updated

fixed everything but fc when using volume from within settings. its top priority though, i hate force closes.

edit:

fixed that too. version 1.2.2 is stable... unless somebody finds something else

uploading now...
[G1 Android Development] Deuces:
no forcecloses yet, lookin very stable
[G1 Android Development] dilfatx:
Can I do a flash without doing a wipe?
[G1 Android Development] dilfatx:
Thanks for suggestion btw.. it worked after I did that..

but then also noticed the same force close that others had..
[G1 Android Development] Docavelli:
Now that you've got that flashed, you need to flash v1.2.2. :D :cool: It fixes all of those.

soulife

That's cool. Didn't think you would bang 'em out like that. Now it's on point. :) I was just showing my friend. He was a hero head. Now he's coming over to get ion-ized.

Wonder why Ion gets no love? :confused:
[G1 Android Development] ravenjr:
I love cyans a2sd also so this is what i did: opened cyans 3.6.5 zip using ASTRO and open system/bin and copy a2sd and paste it to the root of the sdcard, then from terminal:

$ su

# mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

# rm -r /system/bin/a2sd

# cp /sdcard/a2sd /system/bin

# reboot

Now it will auto apps to sd and u will have around 85/86m internal memory!
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
AIt uses his a2sd. It just doesn't move dalvik-cache in this one. I wrote a script to give an option to copy the unmodified a2sd script to replace my modified one if you typed a command in terminal. But it looked like it worked (it moved dalvik to sd) but if I cleared dalvik on internal memory it would regenerate on reboot. Almost like it was mounted twice. But if your reporting a change in available memory maybe I just gotta play with it some more.
[G1 Android Development] chief2842:
Thanks using your earlier ion rom about to flash.