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[Motorola Milestone Android Development] 1xinfusion:
Issue 1

I cannot apply the theme/mod "milestone black notification" http://www.droidforums.net/forum/motorola-milestone/47165-theme-black-notification-bar-milestone-2-0-1-2-1-update-compatibility-fix.html properly.

The text resources are messed up.

ie power off is replaced with airplane mode,

the letters "powering off" is replaced as "screen lock"

the words "charging" is replaced with "sim card not inserted"

etc etc

there are many other words replaced with things that has nothing to do with it.

i believe framework res apk and services jar used by this rom are different from the ones from motorola?

or is this mod based on the last update?

I have found the answer here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=715359

Issue 2

on another topic, are there other themes that work with this rom? I'm so sick of this theme... i prefer the sense ui theme on the mod described above lol

Issue 3

I believe this nandroid backup is only for the system folder/partition, any user preferences are saved, including settings and preferences that are not compatible with this rom. is this correct? if so this may be the cause of many problems users are having with this mod, such as location.cfg (supl being wrong.. is it in the data partition? i forget)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] zninja:
OK guys...been using the Tom all night and LOVE it thanks!
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] zninja:
Lol..of course you know I meant "ROM" ;)

Cheers!
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bloke76:
i do have a big problem with 5.2: always get an fc on process sms/mms when rebooting oder starting the sms/mms app. thing is: i cant receive any sms/mms, even with market sms/mms apps.

flashed back to 5.0 and there is no problem.

i did a full wipe before i flashed, even tried to get back from 2.1 plus vulnerable and then 5.0, 5.2. no change.

has anyone a solution?

many thanks!
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] leobg:
I do not have problem with sms, I am running 5.2 since release day (as upgrade over 5.0 without data wipe, just cache).

Try disabling overclock script to see how it will behave. If it doesn't FC when not overclocked, thinker a bit with the OC settings.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] thenotdone:
I'm not sure why, but sometimes when I lose reception... the apn defaults from Telus to Telephonica (like 5 different apns of this company)

No clue why its happening....

Any thoughts??
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] zuli007:
bloke76, I have the same problem. You must overwrite sms/mms app (root explorer) to any other (I found it somewhere in internet via google) and reboot.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bloke76:
that's the trick! many thanks for your help!

i just copied the mms.app from telus v.5.0 to my sd card and then back after flashing 5.2, changed the permissions and after a reboot everything works perfect now.

but wondering what happened to the sms that i didnt receive for a week... well, have to live with that. they must be deleted....

thanks again!
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] byaco:
I downgraded from the CM7 2.3.3 release to this one and now i don't have any network service with AT&T. I checked the APN settings and everything seems alright, what might the problem be? :confused:
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
you need to edit the baseband files with AOR nto your country
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] PLEEZEFRAGME:
Hey i get the same error here,do you mind to load the sms/mms apk up? I would be very pleased.

Btw i simply love that rom!!! Fast and stable plus the battery remains (at least for me) very very long...from about 10hours with cm7 rc3 to over 20....and i use my mobile as it should be, 2-3 hrs surfing 1-2hrs music and msn almost all the time...

Milestone Tellus lite v5.2 XDA App
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] zninja:
Hi guys.

Is there an easy way to revert from CM7 back to this ROM without RSD Lite (I'm at work and don't have admin rights here)? CM7 is cool, but it's just not s stable or quick as this ROM ever was, and I really wanna come back to it.

I have tried the Nandroid restore route to this ROM and it didn't work.

Thank you!
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] zninja:
omg....RSD Lite doesn't even see my Milestone now. Akk! I'm on Bootloader 90.74 if that makes any difference. Can somebody please point me in the right direction? Thanks so much...gonna try this on another PC in the meantime.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] zninja:
Phew...figured it out.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] Ekofasc:
Here you go.

Remember permissions. User Read + Write. Group Read. Others Read.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] ldq:
Is there planned support for Coby Kyros ? I'd love to have this for my kyros :(
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
Sorry, but can anyone point me to the post, or confirm, if APP2EXT is doable in this ROM?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
I'll let you know. I have had enough of Froyo and GB.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] zeppelinrox:
oo so you can test stuff on eclair.. heh.. i wonder if the autostart gscript will work with eclair
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] ravram:
apps2ext

Hi sileshn,

Any news with the apps2ext on this ROM? I also had enough of Froyo and GB.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
lol. Same here. CM7 was a difficult time for my Milestone. :p FroyoMod was such a breath of fresh air. And... testing out one of my officemate's stock Eclair Milestone, I almost forgot how quick, reliable and stable this phone was. :p

Thanks for looking into it sileshn. As the Milestone is my primary phone, I can't do too much tinkering with it. :)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
I didn't get time to check it. Busy with work. I'll let you know tomorrow.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
No worries. Take your time mate. :)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] gpw11:
I'm also entertaining the idea of rolling back to eclair. I do enjoy Froyomod, but miss the snappiness of this rom as well as the stability. I can easily live without flash and can make due without apps2ext, but really like my frosted glass theme I have going right now. Can we mess around with the themes in Telus Lite as we can in Froyomod?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
Thinking about it...

I realized that I might not go as far back as Eclair. One of the apps I use throughout the day is SayMyName. It's a TTS alert app. And AFAIK, Eclair has very weak support for custom TTS output. I'm currently using Loquendo TTS Susan, and I'd miss her voice if I move back to Eclair's default pico TTS. :p

In any case, if sileshn would be able to provide an app2ext tutorial for this ROM, it would still make lot's of people happy.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
Ok, figured it out. It took time because i needed to find modules that work with the eclair kernel. It will not be easy as in applying update.zip. You will need to have some knowledge of using basic adb commands.

I post the procedure later. I am busy with work. Also, i tested it only on stock 2.1. I do not know if it will work on others.

Cheers.

update :
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
Procedure for apps2ext on 2.1

Rather than provide my method, i found a post on the internet describing the same procedure. You can find it in the link below. Make sure you follow procedures.

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?p=45000601

Move down to the section that mentions apps2sd

Let me know if it worked.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] devwithzachary:
This is the same help guide i found this morning ready for when i would try and get it working myself this evening, however now when i go to the link it will not load just get 'waiting for http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?p=45000601' on a loop, could you post it here if you can connect? maybe the site is down or something.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
Same with you. The site may be down as of the moment.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
Procedure

Disclaimer : I will not be responsible if you lose data or your phone blows up.

Ok. here is the procedure as mentioned in the thread that i described. This is for eclair 2.1. I have tried it out only in the stock rom. You need to have adb installed in your pc and your phone needs to be rooted.

Download the attached zip file and extract it to the root of your sdcard. You should have a folder called apps2sd on the root of your sdcard now. Connect the phone to your pc. Choose " charge only mode " and set usb debugging on.

Now use the following commands in order. Go to the folder where you have adb installed and change to the tools folder. Usually it is in c:/android-sdk/tools

[B]adb devices[/B] ( it should display your device no. )
[B]adb shell[/B]
[B]su[/B] ( confirm when superuser asks for permission on phone )
[B]cd /sdcard/apps2sd[/B]
[B]./install_with_busybox.sh[/B] ( The script should run and say that it is complete. )
[B]reboot[/B]

The phone will reboot.

It will take sometime if you have a lot of apps in ext. I needed 2 reboots to get it to work. Once it reboots, connect your phone again and type this in adb.

[B]adb shell[/B]
[B]cd /system/sd[/B]

If you have the folders app, app-private and dalvik-cache, your script ran successfully. Your phone memory will still not show the correct memory. You should now remove the following folders from the /data folder

app1

app-private1

dalvik-cache1

Reboot. You will see that your phone memory has increased.

Let me know if you were successful.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] evenelia:
after I have installed app2sd, can I then choose which app to install on the sdcard?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
No. Try link2sd for that. Available in market.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] evenelia:
and what is the benefit of jit?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] devwithzachary:
I cant seem to get the install_with_busybox.sh to run i type ./install_with_busybox.sh it says permission denied, i run su ./install_with_busybox.sh and nothing happend just get the #
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
The original link is up. You may want to try instructions mentioned there. The scripts i posted are the same mentioned there.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] daduy:
Unfortunately it doesn't work for me.

I use sh install_with_busybox.sh

everything looks fine, it asked for reboot confirmation, said yes, had to reboot manually, then it just stop at blank screen after the Motorola symbols.

Anyone else had better luck?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] yonexfreak:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1010807

I tried this and it really works...but wondering how to make this change permanent..

tried to make a file called 99sdcardreadfix in the folder /etc/init.d/ but no luck :mad:

anyone else with a good solution?

/me will have a further look, but first back 2work :D
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] devwithzachary:
Using the info from the website i got the script to seeminly run however when i rebooted i was met with a load of force closes that would not stop and had to reinstall a backup to get it working again
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] daduy:
but does it work in the end? does the application moved to ext2?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
I'm on FroyoMod right now so I can't test it. But:

1. Have your tried just flashing the zips at the bottom of the OP in your link?

2. Have you tried hardcoding it?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] yonexfreak:
i tried the last option (init.rc) but after reboot the line was missing :confused:

(will try again later 2day to see if perhaps i made a mistake...you never know)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
If you entered it as the last line, try putting an extra line break. I think Android sometimes uses an empty line break at the end to confirm code completion. (Or something.)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] yonexfreak:
i tried to put an extra line break but still no luck (or i am still doing something stupid :D)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] TowaTou:
Excelent MOD, tnx a lot!
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] gpw11:
Well, after a month or so on 2.2 (Froyomod), I rolled back to Telus lite. Extra features of froyo aside, you can't beat this rom for stability, snappiness, reliability, and battery life.

I will certainly miss the power widgets in the notification bar, themes, and updated gmail/youtube/etc, but it seems once you try Telus Lite it's really very hard to move on. Great job.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
Were you able to successfully use App2ext? Or you also minimized your installed apps?

My friend's wife has a stock Eclair Milestone (with only external 5 apps installed I think), and it is snappy as hell. :p We're all kind of caught up in getting the latest Android versions in our phones, with all the latest features, that we're slowly forgetting how quick our Milestones used to be when it was just a phone. :D
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] terayder:
Enough of chasing latest Froyo & Gingerbread ROMs for me...funny how we've come full circle back to Eclair. My Milestone is up for more than 3 days now with Telus Lite...haven't seen this in a long, long time :)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] amossam:
I also come back from Froyo and Gingerbread! :D

One question, this rom has 30fps bug.... can something be done to fix it?

Thx

Sent from my Milestone
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] rdamcw92:
Another one returns to Eclair

I too have returned. Froyomod was the best of the 2.2 crop and 2.3 was as reliable as a politician! This may not have as many beels and whistles, but it runs just as fast for me, if not less laggy. Used App 2 Card app and thats me done. No reboots (other than what I cause) and no redraws on the home launcher. The others I know can be tweak etc, but its just not worth it and the results are mixed. Thanks to the creator of this rom.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
May you provide a link to the app2card app?

So it's an app that enables app2sd in Eclair ROMs?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] zeppelinrox:
Well I'm curious about eclair now and whether it supercharges good :p
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
Well, I believe Telus Lite is "supercharged" as it is. But... why not "ultracharge" it? :p
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] will5:
Sorry to ask this... I guess was asked million times... but, there is a way to run adobe flash properly on eclair?

I tested some "hacks" previously, but none worked...
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bandroid842:
HEY!

Everyone PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN THIS THREAD, Comparing ALL MILESTONE ROMS:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1029887

Thanks!
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] leobg:
Same here. And I think I'm staying here with this phone. Even now after official 2.2 is out and kernel sources too (all kernel modules fixed and working), Froyo (as well as Gingerbread) is certainly not suitable for the Milestone with its miserable 256MB RAM.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
Details : here

Market Link : here
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-install-flash-10-1-on-android-2-1-eclair-devices/

I have not tested it, so don't flame me if it doesn't work.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] will5:
Thanks sileshn :)

Im having some problems with telus 5.2. Sometimes screen goes black, and there is no way to turn it on again. It happens on idle, or when phone is connected on usb. I have to take off the battery.

And... after some use, the phone starts with an sms app error, and whrn you go to the sms app, just get force close.

Dont know if they are common bugs with telus lite...
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
I haven't had that problem with i was using it. Have you done anything additional to the rom? I used it as it is with no modifications.

But it beats the **** out of all the other Froyo/GB roms. So fast. I am going to create a GB theme for it. That will make it perfect.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
Wow! I didnt know that there was an app that enables app2ext in eclair! Thanks silesh!

Sent from my Milestone
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] Ekofasc:
Replace the mms.apk in system/app with the one from 5.0.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12440259#post12440259
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] will5:
Im using just stock telus 5.2, Nothing additional done to the rom.

Ill test that mms app :D thanks!
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] akantoch:
Yeah, this mms.apk did the trick, now everything works perfectly:)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] n3n00:
App2sd or app2ext possible on this ROM?

And how do games behave? (that are heavy, like Gameloft HD games..)

Edit: oh I see there is Link2sd :)...
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] eybee1970:
just look 4 posts above yours, my dear :rolleyes:
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] n3n00:
Yup already noticed. But nobody answered on 2nd question xD.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bengsa:
I'm having the same problems.Sometimes screen goes black, and there is no way to turn it on again.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] xenogearz87:
i wanna ask.. can use adobe flash in this rom..? because i heard there was a custom rom in 2.1 that can use flash in their browser..
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
Btw, coming from a froyo rom, what do i need to do to use Telus Lite?

Also, what's the best OR to use with this ROM?

I'm assuming:

1. RSD an eclair sbf with vulnerable recovery. Such as GOT's 2.1 sbf.

2. Nandroid restore Telus Lite using AOR.

Sent from my Milestone
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] n3n00:
Correct. I did it with AOR.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] gpw11:
For the record, I rolled back from Froyomod a few weeks ago and skipped step one, instead opting to just restore my old Telus Lite nandroid image. It worked fine, but I can't help but notice lower battery life (which may or may not be related) and the "time without signal" bug. Think a fresh sbf flash and reinstall might fix this? The battery hardly lasts a full work day....to the point where I've been contemplating flashing a stock rom.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
I'd recommend a full SBF flash when changing android versions. I read from somewhere (sorry I can't find the link), that nandroids don't format all partitions in the phone, so it's possible that there's a misalign somewhere in your system causing the battery bug.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
I'm not sure if I missed it, but did silesh already uploaded his GB theme for Telus Lite?

And silesh, (only if you have the time) can you make a Telus Lite theme with is pretty much the same as the stock one (it's called Elegant Steel I believe). But, with the status bar on semi-transparent? (Like in the miui ROMs) Or can you show quick steps as to how to do it on my own?

Disclaimer: I will fully understand if my request requires more time, or way too much time that it will not be worth it. :D
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
link me to elegant steel theme and i'll have a look. I didn't make a GB theme.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
Actually, the theme I'm talking about are the screenshots in the OP.

I called it "elegant steel", because that's how Android-Hilfe is calling it.

The theme in itself looks pretty good already, but I'm thinking making the status bar (and some parts) semi-transparent (like those in MIUI roms, or in MAC OSX), would make it even more awesome.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
These might help.

http://droidpirate.com/2011/01/14/metamorph-notification-bar-transparent/

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=860368
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
Sweeet! The Metamorph from Droidpirate is exactly the effect that I'm looking for.

Will now read what Metamorph is, and how to use it on a Milestone. :p
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
Simple. Download metamorph App from market. Download theme to sdcard and apply using app. Just like theme manager for CM7.

MM@XDA
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
The themer inside me dislikes the "Yearly" text. :p

Can anyone tell me how to do what xslntx is saying? (I don't even know how to extract the policy.jar from Telus v5. :(
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
After trying the hardwarezone steps, I'm exactly where you are at.

@silesh, were you able to successfully implement the app2ext steps with Telus Lite? I'm wondering if the steps are only applicable with stock 2.1.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
You will have to use smali to decode classes.dex inside android.policy.jar, then replace the string which says " Yearly " with " Reboot ". For that you need to use apktool to decompile framework-res.apk to find the id of the string " Reboot ".

After that you have to compile it again and reflash.

If you can attach the framework-res.apk and the android.policy.jar from the rom, i will make the changes in android.policy.jar.

Edit

: Nevermind, i have attached the modified android.policy.jar as a flashable update file. Just put it in openrecovery/updates and apply using AOR. Let me know if you have any problems.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
It worked ok with stock rom. I could not get it to work with Telus lite.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] zipfelQ:
Ive replaced the MMS.apk with the given rights. Now it works fine, but i get an error if i would change the LED Colour in the Settings.

Any SUccestion?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you silesh. Your update works perfectly. I now have "Reboot" instead of "Yearly". Your flashable zip should be in the OP.

Sad to say though, that I was also unsuccessful in trying to enable app2ext. I encountered multiple types of errors:

Ending up with a lit black screen after the "M".

Ending up with FC's across all apps.

Even getting stuck in the "M" logo.

Too tired, I will now Nandroid back to FroyoMod. Thank God for Nandroid...
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] will5:
I have noted that there is a 30fps limit on this rom. There is a patch to avoid this?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] neato4u:
The fastest Eclair ROM ever, period! I'm glad to have found and flashed this!
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] gpw11:
Just before I get into flashing the eclair sbf, wiping, and reinstalling this rom; what type of battery life are you all getting on this rom? I'm fairly certain I'm on the low end, but figure I should check.

I imagine it shouldn't be dying after an 8 hour work day with minimal browsing, some texting, and rare calls?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] zipfelQ:
Could someone reupload the exchange-update.zip ?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] Ekofasc:
That shouldn't be a problem at all. But regardless of ROM, I'd recommend getting a spare original battery off eBay for $10-15, and always keeping it with you, e.g. in your wallet or cardholder. I never have to worry about my battery level :)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] nashapps:
Could someone please upload this rom (v5.2) to mediafire. I cannot access all file hosting sites except mediafire.

Thanks before.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] jon313:
Here you go :)

I have to flash 2.1 if I currently have 2.2 (if I'd like to install this ROM), right?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] ccrows:
OK 88 pages is too much for one simple question that I need to ask.

Does app2sd (or any way to install apps on SD) on this mod? If yes, how can I install it?... :confused: