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[G1 Android Development] lotherius:
Well.. the point is it is something that doesn't work and us geeks like everything to work ;)..

Seriously... I found that I have a lot fewer problems and am much happier using the TMO base than the AOSP base I had been using. This experience also showed me that with what I do with my phone, I'm actually faster not having apps2sd since I don't have a ton of apps...

So yes, some folks would be better off with fewer features - I'm one of them it seems. However, there are still things that require root to do. For one thing, I'm pretty much determined I'm going to have Loccy's Better Browser with multi-touch. No can do without root, and you can't do Multi-Touch without the expansion pack since it is apparently a pretty low level change. Fair enough. But I shouldn't have to accept a fancy lockscreen and a bunch of widgets and things I don't want to get that.

As I said, I've found that the TMO base is much closer to what I *really* wanted than the AOSP, so I'm happy with that for now. Have even played with reinstalling the expansion pack since I already updated Google Maps to 3.3.1, but I'm not sure if it will break further updates. Time will tell.
[G1 Android Development] DarkPontiac:
In all honesty I think the stericson's lockscreen in the aosp is draining the battery (as the lockscreen was known for before)

I had the aosp for at least 2 days and my battery would drain a lot faster than usual. So far i'm on the TMO and the battery seems like it always has been for me, not draining either.

I don't use compcache (seems to me things slower for me), nor do I use a swap. I have the 10 MB ram hack and don't have the cyan's cpu freq mod on either..

It could just be a coincidence though.
[G1 Android Development] marty22877:
just out of curiousity, how long till the next release? i want to wipe my phone and rebuild it from the ground up, but if there's a new release coming out soon i'll just wait.
[G1 Android Development] DarkPontiac:
Sorry enom, I didn't blame you or flame you for any of these issues. I honestly think it was a good idea to include the updated maps app as you did, Google just decides to limit things sadly..

and im actually i'm happy you include the better facebook app along with the tether apps as well.

I didn't know it was tied into the fact I was on a tmo rom because I had the same issues when trying to update it as if I were doing it from the AOSP, and had got it (somehow) to work on the AOSP in installing 3.3.0 from the market but once 3.3.1 the same issue came back up about package not being signed correctly.

Sorry.
[G1 Android Development] ShermCraig:
DarkPontiac, you should be sorry! Stop pissing off enom! We need him to be happy and well soused!! ;) Just kidding DP!
[G1 Android Development] enomther:
ok ... so here we go ... GMAPS From the Market

All,

After some pondering ... I will be removing GMaps going forward in my updates.

Till the next update ... to remove GMAPS yourself from v2.3.x ...

Go into expsetup ... run Option #15, say "yes" to remove GoogleMaps ... then ..

Flash this ...

http://www.androidspin.com/download...file=Remove_GMAPS_From_TheOfficial_update.zip

In recovery. Boot up and Install GMAPs from the Market.

:)

~enom~
[G1 Android Development] Vlad83:
Get off your high horse. Realize that Enom is performing a service, donating his time, for free, for you. If you fall in the minority on an issue than go get another ROM, if not, then make the best of it. No one will every be 100% satisfied with any ROM, I have my quirks too, but in the grand scheme of things I am extremely satisfied and this is the only ROM I use (I tried most of them). The moment I feel I my preferences change from the majority of The Official's majority of users, I am not going to blast Enom, I will simply switch.
[G1 Android Development] bitter1:
Choices confuse the consumer. . .

Being unable to upgrade Maps is one thing, you at least still have the function. Apps that fail completely take some priority.

In the meantime I gave up on Google Voice and reverted to the Tmo build for the time being. So I don't have all the other bells and whistles. . .I'll wait for the next update and try again.

I have seen instances with developers pulling their work and support for things because of the constant chorus of craziness and demands. That's a bad thing. Keep in mind that ANYTHING you do in here is "unsupported" for a reason. It might break ****.

If you cannot handle the quirks of screwing around with the phone then chances are you shouldn't screw around with the phone. Or at least have a sense of humor about it. . . .
[G1 Android Development] DKM119:
Once again Thanks Enom....that ^^ did it for me...i have a FC after i install Gmaps so i uninstalled and installed again reboot and viola...thanks.
[G1 Android Development] JonInAtl:
I for one, don't understand why people are having these problems.

I uninstalled GMaps and installed 3.3.0 per the instructions in my last post, and have since updated to 3.3.1 via the Market with NO problems whatsoever.

Nor am I having any battery issues. Pulled the phone off the charger when I left for work at 6am, it's now 3:40pm and my battery is at 85% (did some twittering, a little browsing, and about 30min in calls). Phone is set at 128000min and 528000max clock, sampling off, wifi off, gps off.

I don't believe there's a problem in the ROM or Expansion Packs. (Using AOSP with EXP and Enoch theme).

Instead of all the whining, try examining what other installed software could be causing your problems, or, what steps were missed, skipped, misstyped, etc along the way.

Enomther does a fantastic service here and provides the most stable Rom on the site with performance that rivals all the others and *I* for one, thank him.
[G1 Android Development] trmacdonal:
Hey Enomther,

I just wanted to say thanks. This is by far my favorite ROM. It doesn't slow down like some of the others. I've had some issues, but most of the time I think I caused them myself. The updates and support for this are incredible. Remember a lot of people just aren't smart enough for a smartphone.
[G1 Android Development] xile6:
I was going to use you rom and my my own theme but im trying to understand what are the

cache\exp_theme

and where are the installed when you run the update

also

what is

exppack.tbz\vsapps

they look like add-on apks but were to they get installed to?
[G1 Android Development] cyrus13:
Excuse me but, where the f*** do you get off assuming that people are whining? My problem from the looks of it could be a permissions or certificate problem. I don't see where politely letting Enom know of an error is whining?
[G1 Android Development] enomther:
lol ... alright calm down :) ... nobody can hear anyone else's tone here ... downside of "text only" communications. Let's all give the benefit of the doubt. :p

Now then ... cyrus ...

Not sure mate ... I'd suggest reflashing the removal update.zip one more time and try again. Just to make sure. Also, had you performed any other steps before attempting the removal? Such as another Gmaps installation method, etc?

Let me know.

~enom~
[G1 Android Development] cyrus13:
Found what was causing the error. I looked in the packages.xml and found this entry:

"<shared-user name="com.google.android.apps.maps" userId="10045">

<sigs count="0" />

<perms />

</shared-user>"

I removed the entry, rebooted and installed google maps succesfully from the market.
[G1 Android Development] ShermCraig:
FWIW, I used the removal flash and rebooted. Downloaded GMAPS from the market and where I had problems before installing, this time it went smoothly. Thanks enom! You're awesome!
[G1 Android Development] enomther:
The apps located in cache/exp_theme are the alternative apps that can be setup in expsetup (option #16) theme profile. When one of these alternate apps are selected they can be themed now, where previously they could not.

For example, someone can use the "stock" browser or loccy's betterbrowser. Both can be themed. The stock exists in /system/app, while loccy's exists in cache/exp_theme.

Themed alternatives are installed during startup by the ROM's expinit script.

The bzip'd tarball exppack.tbz (in the expansion pack only, not theme templates) ... houses additional apps and binaries necessary to enable various other features/components of the ROM and is installed then erased on the firstboot after installing the expansion pack.

For theme-ing purposes ... just use the theme templates located in POST#1 (at the bottom).

~enom~
[G1 Android Development] enomther:
lol ... ok cool :D ... you're fast mate. Glad to hear it worked out.

~enom~
[G1 Android Development] enomther:
Thanks to you both. :)

~enom~
[G1 Android Development] cyrus13:
Thanks. Reading the error, screamed at me about something to do with permissions. I kinda put 2 and 2 together. I did remember something about the packages.xml file and how it contained certs and permissions.
[G1 Android Development] revengineer:
Quick question:How do I reinstall a "built-in" add-on once I have removed it using option 15 in expsetup?

TIA, rev
[G1 Android Development] olearyp:
On the non-US Maps front, Brut.all kicked it's butt again. There are some caveats, but it apparently does pretty much work. Follow enomther's directions for removing the built-in Maps but instead of installing from Market, you would install Brut.all's version. I haven't tested this, as I don't really have a good reason to, but that's how it should work.

(I'm sure I'm getting myself/enomther in some kind of trouble for bringing this up again...)
[G1 Android Development] enomther:
To reinstall built-in apps ... you gotta reset the expansion pack ...

In terminal or adb ...

su
busybox rm -rf /data/expstick/ep.version

Reboot into recovery and reflash the expansion pack. Boot up and all built-in apps should reinstall.

~enom~
[G1 Android Development] revengineer:
Got it... working... thanks!

BTW: Is there a description on the config options in expsetup. Couldn't find anything in the first post or on Androidspin. Reason I am asking is that my battery life has gone down since v2.3.x and the phone has become a hand-warmer. Was wondering if there is anything I can tweak to improve battery life understanding that speed my decrease. In specific I was wondering about "Cyanogenized CPU Freq Sampling".

rev
[G1 Android Development] bigstunta101:
really fast rom. one thing to really consider to top it off is getting the usb internet lik cymod has on his newer roms. thats the only reason im not using your rom at the moment cuz i rely on my g1 for internet for my laptop. consider it foreal guy, thnx
[G1 Android Development] Kerns_JW:
Do use overclock app or hack? Checked battery stats to see what flags for highest use? Have task manager to see what processes are running?
[G1 Android Development] olearyp:
*ahem*

That's in Post 1. Start with Posts 1-3, get TheOfficial installed, and we'll go from there!
[G1 Android Development] bigstunta101:
lol well damn. thnx alot bruh. really missed dat one:eek::eek::eek::eek:
[G1 Android Development] enomther:
No docs yet on expsetup. They are coming soon, I'm trying to put some concise and clear (yet not overly-elaborate) information together.

But to answer the question at hand. For those experiencing battery drain, I am recommending they turn on Cyan's CPUFreqSampMOD in expsetup.

Give that a try for a couple days and let us know how it goes.

~enom~
[G1 Android Development] bigstunta101:
hold on, i just flashed the aosp rom and i didnt find the usb tether on in. unless im looking in the wrong place. im looking under wireless control settings
[G1 Android Development] revengineer:
Nope, no overclocking app in use. Base ROM plus expansion pack only, no themes, plus I use Advanced Task Manager to close unused apps after one hour. I still make it through the day on one charge, but I am not a fan of the phone getting so warm. Trying the Cyanogenized CPU Freq Sampling...
[G1 Android Development] revengineer:
Some notes are a great idea. I don't think it is necessary to go elaborate on those. Just some basics would be nice.

Enabled Cyanogenized CPU Freq Sampling. Should know soon whether this worked.

rev.

PS: Used expsetup to remove built-in maps on my MT3G. Reinstalled from market with absolutely no issues.
[G1 Android Development] BloodyWasHere:
wooaah, alotta tension in this thread here, man, ive only been gone for a day guys,and look what happens... i say we all settle this the way my family settles everything.. with a couple of beers and a heated game of street fighter. (or madden). anyways enom is the best and most considerate dev out there.. he holds us close to his bosom, and cares about us like a loving mother. ok not really, but hes the man.. anyways, anyone know how to change the snooze time on the alarm?? lol

its an app actually, right next to wireless tether usually, says wired tethering, and the icon looks sorta like a vein.
[G1 Android Development] lordofsilence:
This is just a newbie thought.¿Why are some people so concerned about wired tether when you can use wireless tether and hook it up to your pc as well?Both will tether and both methods will charge the battery up.
[G1 Android Development] lordofsilence:
This is just a newbie thought.¿Why are some people so concerned about wired tether when you can use wireless tether and hook it up to your pc as well?Both will tether and both methods will charge the battery up.

Thanks enomther for such a great piece of art.
[G1 Android Development] BloodyWasHere:
well.. lets say you want to hook it up to a desktop computer? most desktops dont have wireless cards, also, wired tether is usually faster from my experience, its able to use the full 1.8 mbs that tmobile offers, with wireless, it goes 1mbs tops, but i dont know thats just my experience, they each have their own advantages of course, the list can go on
[G1 Android Development] lordofsilence:
I gotcha,I did not think of that it is a bummer since nowadays we want to keep wires away.

Thanks for replying?
[G1 Android Development] jamerican413:
I've had a problem with Google Voice since upgrading to 2.3.3 (forceclosing.) However, I have found that if you can find a copy of Google Voice 0.2.5 of 0.2.6 your problems will go away (they're now on 0.2.8). There's something about 0.2.7 and AOSP 2.3.3 that is causing them not to like each other. I up- and downgraded GV three times and I keep having to downgrade. Doesn't bother me which version I use - I don't need the latest version, I just need it to work. If you need a copy, send me a pm and I can text it to you.

I have been using Cyan's Freq Mod for the past few days and for me it's made a difference in this case. I don't know if it's because I have over 65 programs or not, but when I had very few, I didn't need it, I noticed...
[G1 Android Development] enomther:
Have you grabbed the latest Maps from the Market yet (3.3.1) ? ... Was curious if this was tied together or not? ... Meaning if the newer maps fixes it?

I personally haven't been using google voice ... but I suppose Ima gonna have to soon to see these issues first hand.

~enom~
[G1 Android Development] jamerican413:
I did grab the latest maps from the market (I didn't even think about the parallel!) using the method explained on here (expsetup, download file you gave us here, upgrade through market...) and it worked like a charm. The newest maps does not fix it. There will be another GV upgrade soon (0.3.0) and I'm waiting to see if that one makes a difference but I keep 0.2.6 on hand just in case...
[G1 Android Development] xile6:
How do i get the default lock screen i like it better then the Stericson.

I know its in the framework-res.apk , services.jar and android.policy.jar i believe so can i just push the stock files after i added the ex pack?
[G1 Android Development] stormlord:
Enomther, first I want to thank you for your great job.

Next, I want to confirm the battery problem this last version of ROM brings. On my G1, the battery autonomy was about 2 days of normal use until this version. Now it's below 24 hours, and I have to charge my phone every day. What do you think that can be the problem for this issue?

Another problem I observed: the Beautiful widgets somtime gives FC, thing which didn't happen untill 2.3.3 version of AOSP.
[G1 Android Development] bitter1:
Thanks, but I'm going to be doing some traveling now and can't test it and need it to work. I'm sort of glad it wasn't my imagination. With everyone freaking over not having the latest and greatest Maps I kinda gave up on apps that no longer work at all. :cool: I upgraded to the newest GV and TheOfficial Tmo and that seems ok. I'll try back to AOSP and Themed when I'm somewhere I can be without GV for a bit. It's not the end of the world thankfully. . .my phone still works which is technically what it is. . . .
[G1 Android Development] jamerican413:
Understood! (Wait until Maps version 4.0 comes out, which should be soon... hopefully that's the fix that's needed.)
[G1 Android Development] V_RocKs:
I have version:

2.1.2

What do I have to do to get to the current build?

Do I have to wipe? If so... Will there ever be a day when I won't?
[G1 Android Development] olearyp:
You should not need to wipe, but do backup your phone first. If you run into problems after upgrading (flash new expansion pack, reboot--see the changelog if you want to theme), restore the backup and wipe. I had a pretty good no-wipe run until 2.3.2->2.3.3 where I managed to break it, which wouldn't have been a problem if my nandroid had restored properly, which I believe wouldn't have been a problem if I didn't have the wrong recovery image installed! :o
[G1 Android Development] MrMind10:
I have the exact same problems, the GVoice already stopped the force closing since yesterday update, but my battery does drain really quick too. So what i did i disabled the refresh/updates for Gvoice to manual and i get a a bit of a longer lasting battery but not as good as when i had 2.3.1
[G1 Android Development] mdavidf:
FYI...Curvefish AutoSync Issue...resolved?

As it turns out, it appears my old Curvefish AutoSync issue came from remnants left over in the Freekyfrogy's DarkStar Theme.

I ended up doing a complete wipe (phone and SD) and reinstalling everything (including the Darkstar Theme), but the AutoSync kept appearing in Market.

The other day, I re-flashed the Hero theme and the Curvefish AutoSync disappeared from Market.

I switched back to
[G1 Android Development] garles:
Everything I play with my mobile in the darkness of my oyster... i HOPE for *permanent* and *LOCKED* :

echo 8 > /sys/devices/platform/trout-backlight.0/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness

And not a 20 or 30... flickering! ;-( ;-( ;-(
[G1 Android Development] enomther:
Nothing I work with my stationary in the brightness of my eagle ... I hope not for *temporary* and *opened*:

echo -8 > /sys/devices/platform/trout-backlight.0/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness

And a -20 or -30 ... solid/steady! :D :D :D

Sorry that's all I get out of that .... perhaps proof that translators don't actually work. ;)

~enom~
[G1 Android Development] BloodyWasHere:
lmao, im sorry, this is hilarious, "i play with my mobile in the darkness of my oyster", holy crap im rolling.. its somewhat poetic.. and graphic
[G1 Android Development] f00dstamps:
Enom,

I ran through expsetup, powered down my phone. Booted into recovery, the flashed the zip you have referenced below (without renaming). I downloaded Maps from the market but it would not install.
[G1 Android Development] marty22877:
for the people getting the volume issue i've read on here, where your volume is super low and a reboot fixes it. are you running silent time?
[G1 Android Development] revengineer:
Yup, the CPUFreqSampMOD significantly prolongs my battery life. The OS is not quite as snappy any more but this what I expected - it's a trade-off. I can live with that. At least the phone is not cooking my palms anymore... rev
[G1 Android Development] jamerican413:
+1 My battery is lasting a few hours longer also.
[G1 Android Development] sajidmib:
ETISALAT - UAE Branded 1.6 Donut

HI

It happened to be launched by UAE - ETISALAT operator can u guys get arabic language suppor tin the 1.6 Donut rom and also appreciated Etisalat Theme
[G1 Android Development] BloodyWasHere:
Edit: enom,is there any way to incorporate the arabic support kb7sqi has into his rom?? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=567371, he also has flash support for 32b htc magic, and its not a hero rom, its from the etisalat version of htc magic, any possbile way to port it here?. please forgive my lack of knowledge if what im asking is impossible,
[G1 Android Development] chief2842:
Can I get some help. I wiped and re flashed the TMO OTA DRC83 US along with the TMO US 2.3.3 exp pack and eclair theme now it seems as if my apps2sd isn't working along with Loccy's browser no multitouch. can someone help?
[G1 Android Development] srt4mn:
Is there a way to get rid of the Stericson lock screen on this ROM if I flash it? I am not a fan of it and would prefer the stock lock screen.
[G1 Android Development] olearyp:
Not really, however, the TMO builds do use the default lockscreen, so you can select one of those instead of AOSP/ADP if you don't need either the extended language support or a theme with a dark notification bar.
[G1 Android Development] xile6:
I asked about the lock screen and got no reply but isnt the lock screen controlled by the framework-res.apk and some .jar? So couldnt you push the old files to the new exp pack?
[G1 Android Development] Vlad83:
Enom, same here... removed in expsetup, flashed the zip, even download GV but to no avail. It tells me incompatible update when it fails to install...

Its no biggie, don't know why there was such a panic about updating from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1 a few pages back, just wanted to bring it to your attention.

Also, you asked me to keep you updated on the EStrongs Fila Manager and it's root incompatibility with AOSP. The newest release explicitly states that enabling root is only allowed on CM builds and not AOSP in the options. This is supposedly due to something in kernel according to their email... Its the best free File Manager imo. If you could get root to work on it I think a lot of people will appreciate it.

Keep up the good work.
[G1 Android Development] olearyp:
You can try, but no guarantees. Hopefully enom can answer when he gets back to the thread, but if you experiment and get it to work, let us know.

The incompatible update message is fixed by removing the package's old entry in /data/system/packages.xml and rebooting. I haven't looked into enom's update.zip but I don't know if removing that entry is scriptable in an update.zip.
[G1 Android Development] chief2842:
O'leary any help on why multi-touch isn't working with the Loocy's BB I have installed?
[G1 Android Development] olearyp:
Nope. Are you sure BB got installed? The browser settings should include options like "Visual zoom controls" and "Hide notification bar". If you've checked for that and it's definitely installed--expsetup option 8--create an eplog and send it to enomther at gmail dot com.

I should add, if you've selected BetterBrowser in your theme profile, you'll need to reflash your theme or the theme template to get it installed.
[G1 Android Development] f00dstamps:
HTC_IME

How can I get the HTC keyboard installed? I see that it is no longer a part of expsetup.
[G1 Android Development] Vlad83:
Thanks... Do I just remove those parameter or the entire google maps entry?
[G1 Android Development] olearyp:
The HTC IME is now installed by default. Long press a text box and select "Input method", "Touch input" to switch to it.

The whole entry starting with <package things which refer to the maps package name, etc> and ending with </package>.
[G1 Android Development] cyrus13:
You may also want to check in the package.xml for this entry:

<shared-user name="com.google.android.apps.maps" userId="10045">

<sigs count="0" />

<perms />

</shared-user>

If you have it, delete it too.
[G1 Android Development] chief2842:
Reapply the theme did the trick thanks.