[G1 Android Development] terence_oh:
Hi,

Firstly, daveid, all kudos to you. It was a good call and please ignore the detractors.

Cyanogen - it's tough going for you, but amazing work as usual. Thank you very much!

The best compliment I can think of, having used the Android and used all the great work on this forum in 'stealth' mode so far, is that the atmosphere and energy here feels like what it did when I first picked up my Palm III and started participating in THOSE forums....

Have used Cyan's ROMS for a while now on my ADP, and actually had enomther's ADP ROM V1.9.3 over last week with Amon_Ra's Recovery. The installation steps I took as below, in case it helps anybody.

First impressions after a half-day of use:

1) with enomther's ROM, I had Cyan's clock upgrade applied via expsetup - however, the 4.1.999 just seems that LITTLE bit snappier. This was most obvious when switching between apps, or using the Home button to bring up the task bar to switch between tasks. For some reason, TasKiller worked a little faster too...

2) Same ringtone on 4.1.999 sounds louder than on stock enomther - about the same as enomther with 'Increase Max Volume' installed

3) Other than that first setup wizard freeze, has been stable and fast. Everything I would expect a cyanogen ROM to be

4) CM Updater prompted an update, and displayed the 4.1.999 changelog, explaining why CM Updater would not work for now. Very well thought out, and a fine example of how a great developer crosses his 't's and dots his 'i's

5) For some reason, the first reboot came with a prompt that Google Pinyin IME failed to start up. I did not have it enabled in cyanogen but DID have it on the previous ROM, when I did 'Backup to Root'. Could be that.

6) Despite the high clock speed, there does not seem to be undue battery drain. Then again, that has never been a problem with my 2600mAh Seidio battery 8)

**Quick update: Bluetooth worked fine with my car kit. CM Updater prompted of new update (changelog) on every reboot, changed Notifications settings to stop that. Google Pinyin IME worked perfectly after a manual uninstall/reinstall.

INSTALLATION

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These are the steps I took:

1) Used 'Backup for root users' to backup everything

2) Using Amon_Ra,

(a) went to console and did a backup with switchrom V1.1 (for an instant snapshot and restore)

(b) wipe ext partition; (have only a FAT32 and a EXT3 partition)

(c) wipe data + cache

(d) flash any zip -> chose daveid's ROM

3) on bootup, was able to login without additional APN settings

4) Setup wizard froze after login, but sync icon appeared on notification toolbar and the login was obviously successful. Was able to exit to home screen using 'Home' button

5) installed 'Backup for root users' from market, then did a restore of Everything except 'Contacts/Calls'. As the restore was happening, was repeatedly prompted about app installs

6) Did a Quick Uninstall of some unwanted apps (previously deleted) that came back. Probably because they were still sitting in the 'Backup for Root' database somewhere.

7) Reboot the phone. Just in case that 'frozen' setup screen interfered with anything....

8) Put back short cuts and widgets on my homescreen. Happily, I used 5 screens on either ROM, so was able to restore exactly the same look-and-feel I was comfortable with. Now if only there was some way to export and re-import the widget and icons across different ROMS......