yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
If your are referring to apps2ext, it does not work on this rom.

There is an app called link2sd in market which tries to copy the apps to fat32 partition. I have not tried it personally.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] ccrows:
No I'm looking for something like this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=697475&page=2

Just wondering if this works with this ROM? And if so How? :confused:

Basically looking for ANY type of "Eclair" method to store apps on the SD on the Milestone... (hopefully with a decent ROM like this)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
That is apps2ext. It works on stock rom. Does not work on this rom.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] shiyou:
is this rly the fastest rom out there?

currently im using CM7 and it crashes on many heavy games

does this rom do the same?

i geuss i cant use my ext4 with this so how do i push my apps to sd?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] n3n00:
Try FroyoMOD 2.7.0 :).
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] nashapps:
Thank you very much.

But it's kinda strange. I'm not getting new phone apk (as stated in OP since v5.1) and firmware configuration version in "About phone" section still TelusLite_V5.

Is this normal?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] sdtaddey:
Ooppsssorry
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] Babis_ECE:
Hi everyone, today after some months of using Froyo and Gingerbread ROMs, I reverted back to Stock 2.1 and also installed on top of it Telus Lite 5.2, since I've been reading very good things about it.

First impressions:

- Brute Speed. The phone is snappy as hell, simply put there's no comparison with any other ROM. :)

- I miss the Power Widget in the Notification Area tha CM ROMs have.

- I face 2 problems: I can't change the background and android.mms force closes, so I can't access my SMS. Is there anything to do and fix it? It is really important.

- Finally, we can have multitasking again with apps running on the background. For example, Market & GMail, when I press the Home button don't close anymore. With Froyo/Gingerbread ROMs I had to say "goodbye Multitasking".

Thanks for your time.

PS: Should we wait for any further updates?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] n3n00:
I would definitely go back to Telus, if Eclair wasn't 30fps capped. Any way to remove the cap? :)

And I think dev abandoned this ROM. Too bad :(.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] Babis_ECE:
After I changed the Language from greek to english SMS work just fine. I removed ADW and LauncherPro Plus. I believe its better.

Probably the fastest ROM ever for Milestone. :)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
apps2ext

I have made some progress in getting apps2ext working. The module loads, the ext partition is mapped to the system/sd folder, but the apps still install to the data/app folder. Atleast some progress from before.

Hopefully, i will be able to get it working fully. A few snapshots
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] amossam:
I had success with apps2ext on this one. You need to use script that, I believe, you provided few pages before with just small changes... after that it worked, because I had over 200 mb of apps installed, and around 80 mb free in phone, and /sdcard/Android folder was empty. When I come home, I'll try to reproduce it...

Sent from my Milestone
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
Good. Get home quickly. I could not get it to work with the old script that i posted. It worked on stock rom.

Hows your job btw?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] amossam:
I'm not resposible if your phone bricks!!!!

:D

Ok, still not home, but checked files....

Problem is in next lines, if I'm not mistaken...

if [ -f /system/bin/mot_boot_mode.bin ]
then
echo "mot_boot_mode.bin exists"
else
mv /system/bin/mot_boot_mode /system/bin/mot_boot_mode.bin
fi

cp mot_boot_mode /system/bin/
busybox chmod a+x /system/bin/mot_boot_mode
busybox chmod a+r /system/bin/mot_boot_mode

mot_boot_mode.bin and mot_boot_mode files already exists on this rom, so you have to remove these lines from script "install_with_busybox.sh", run the script, and in existing /system/bin/mot_boot_mode add last line from scripts mot_boot_mode file, one that starts with mount -t ext2 ....

And that should be it! But nandroid before because I'm writing this from the phone, by memory, because I'm now on the froyo mod...

Plz report back!

Its good on work, not to hard and interesting.... :)

Sent from my Milestone
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
You are correct. I did exactly as you said to get this far. But i am having problems mounting my ext partition using the install_using_busybox.sh script. It always gives me device unavailable or busy. So the commands that actually copy and symlink are not executed.

But the ext partition mounts up from the mot_boot_mode script.

I think once i get those commands to work, it should be ok.

Thanks Buddy.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] amossam:
Well, if your ext2 partition gets mounted on boot, then remove busybox mount -t ext2 line from install_using_busybox.sh... did you tried that?

Edit: just checked! It will give you that error if you try to mount already mounted partition or you are using wrong module version, for ex ext2 for ext4 filesystem..

Edit 2:

You can try to paste folowing code to a .sh file and execute it. It won't copy any module, or mount anything, just create symlinks and copy stuff around...

So, it will work only if your ext2 is already mounted at /system/sd! And it inserts mount line to mot_boot_mode file, so it may become duplicated...

Sent from my Milestone
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
Thanks buddy, got it working using the first method. Commented out those lines and they worked perfectly. Kudos to you. I am not much of a linux guy. I'll give you all credit when i post it here.

Good day.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] amossam:
No problem, glad to be of help. If you want, I can modify script to work on clean telus lite, so you can post complete script...

Sent from my Milestone
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
Please do. PM it to me.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
Wow! App2ext development for the most popular Eclair ROM out there. Thanks guys!

And if it ain't too difficult, I'm sure a flashable zip version of Telus Lite would be appreciated by alot of other users as well.

silesh/amossam: Can you confirm if the app2ext in Eclair (stock or Telus Lite) will make the phone bootloop if the sd card is removed before boot?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
Yes, sdcard cannot be removed. Else it will be stuck on M logo. Unless amossam can come up with a script which will allow that.

I am also looking at goodwin_c's script to see how i can use it for this, but my linux skills are very mundane. So i'll try a few changes on my phone before releasing it for others to screw up theirs. :p
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] amossam:
Ill check it, but in theory, it should work without sdcard, but it will take some space in /data, and only system/preinstalled apps would be available....

Ill do it this evening, in 3 or 4 hours, when I come home...

Sent from my Milestone
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
As long as it will boot, it sounds good. The users will just need to be warned that they need to push their launchers (or at least a back-up launcher) to /system. Else they would boot up with just a status bar. :p

Again, thanks for looking into this guys. Once completed (and assuming you will be able to come up with a Flashable zip), I recommend opening a new thread for it. It might become the most popular ROM for the Milestone. Light, fast, and app2ext enabled!
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] n3n00:
With 30FPS cap :@ damnnnn.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] n3n00:
And it is really sad that developer stopped working on this ROM. It is really good, but has some stupid bugs like sms app not working etc.

Edit: Crap, sorry for double post.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
For the mms.apk bug, that's easily fixable by swapping the apk from the version 5 release.

As for the 30fps bug, sorry for being noob, but what's that? Do you mean watching videos will max out at 30fps? What does Froyo and GB have? Also, is it a Telus Lite bug? Or an Eclair limitation in general?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] n3n00:
30 fps cap from Eclair, it will block max.fps on 30, so games are laggy. On Froyo and GB, it is removed, and it's 60. Seems that there is no way to remove that cap from Eclair and its custom ROMs.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] will5:
It´s a motorola limitation.

2.0 60fps

2.1 30fps

Emulators are crap at 30fps :(
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] n3n00:
But wth, why can't it be removed :(...
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
apps2ext working

Ok guys,

For users of this rom, good news. Apps2ext is finally working. You can boot your phone without sdcard as well, no problems.

I will release after i test it on my phone.

All credit for script goes to amossam , creator of cpustats. I am just posting info.

So stay tuned.

Update : will release tomorrow. Have to make some minor changes.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] gpw11:
Sorry to repost this, but does anyone know of a way to change the lockscreen and dialer back to stock on this ROM? I tried stock Froyo and miss the snap of Telus Lite but those two things (and a quicker GPS lock) are keeping me from going back.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
I'll make a stock theme once i finish with the apps2ext. For stock dialer, replace it with the original one. If you meant, existing dialer with stock looks, it will be there in the theme file i create
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] imzkng:
Hey sileshn, any luck getting the bugs worked out of apps2ext for this rom? Thanks for your work on this and all the work you do for the Milestone. Much appreciated!!!
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
Yes. I will upload today. The only issue is that dalvik-cache is moved to the /cache folder by default. I was trying to get this to move to the sdcard. I was not successful to get it to work with the script running only once.

So, now I get the option from the user. If he wants to leave it there, you need to run the script once. Else you need to run it twice.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] xslntx:
A quick update regarding why I haven't been around much.

My phone wound up getting destroyed a few weeks back. Like, destroyed in every sense. Ripped in half, bent, beaten, etc.

I will say, as easy as the glass was to break, the phone held up amazingly, lol.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] Babis_ECE:
That's very unfortunate my friend. :(

Hope you are getting another Milestone and continue modding, as Telus Lite is a great ROM..!
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] xslntx:
I'm having doubts. It was my favorite phone by far, but the Desire Z is more appealing to me for now. I'm more of a kernel guy, and my main problem with the Milestone is the inability to run my own kernels.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] Babis_ECE:
Yes, that is definetely a con of the Milestone's locked Bootloader..

Well, hope you get again a Milestone, I've seen the Desire Z and I believe Milestone is better as a device (hardware and build speaking)..!

We want Telus 6..! :)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
Or... I hope somebody takes over development of this beautiful ROM. (It is open sourced as it is right?)

I have the same wish for CM6, I hope someone continues development for that one...
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] imzkng:
Thanks, post it and I will give it a try.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] Ekofasc:
Either way, big thanks for what you've done! I'm confident this is the best ROM for the Milestone and I can't think of anything that needs to be fixed. It's complete. Great job :)

Edit: I could use the wallpaper from the first post. TIA
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] sdtaddey:
Sorry for this absurd question, but i wanna give this ROM a shot and I wonder if I have to downgrade by flashing 2.1 sbf, or I can do it without doing so. FYI : I haven't flashed the 2.2.sbf (always with Got leaked) but I'm running CM7!

What should I do?.... 3 wipes would be enough?

TIA!

SENT FROM MY MILESTONE POWERED BY GINGERBREAD
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
GOT 2.36 -> Telus Lite 5.2
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] sdtaddey:
Thanks @saileshen!....btw... how is app2ext in this ROM, cos' I read you that davilk cannot move unless you applied the script twice... is that right?. And finally ...isn't it better (in terms of stability and performance) leaving it in cache?

Because the only advantage to moving it it's the gained space and Telus has space enough in comparison with another's ROMs, ain't I right or I'm talking senselessness?

SENT FROM MY MILESTONE POWERED BY GINGERBREAD
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
Yes, it is better to leave it in the internal space. It is faster and will work without problems.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] sdtaddey:
Ok...Thank you so much!!!

SENT FROM MY MILESTONE POWERED BY GINGERBREAD
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] xslntx:
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd165/Difinity21/grey-wood-slant.jpg

No idea who created it, sadly.

Thank you very much for your kind words. It's been a lot of fun working with the Milestone.

If anybody would like to take over, I'll gladly hand over the thread.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
Did I miss it? AFAIK, app2ext for this ROM has not been released right?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
No, you didn't. I have not posted it yet.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] adamz667:
Hi, does somebody have a fix for killing sms app by system when there is not enough ram memory? Something like Lock sms app from Cyanogenmod.

When I'm playing in Shadow Guardian HD sms app is going to be killed and I am not getting any messages.

I'm not using any AMM/AKMO and task killers. Just default Telus settings.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] javachris:
I hate to disagree, but it Apps2Ext does work on this ROM. The only problem is installation. The original installation script assumes that you have stock ROM and that there is not mot_boot_mode.bin file in your /system/bin folder. I will try to post a script to make it work on Telus and upload it in the next days.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] javachris:
Well, I've noticed that many have been looking for the stock theme for Telus Lite. Here it is:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14205203

I did not include the original fonts however, if anyone wants the fonts too, I'll upload another package.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] choudu1:
Has anyone managed to get the protected apps market fix done for this rom and the 1% battery incline. I'm thinking of releasing a rom with those changes based on telus lite and just wanna make sure it hasn't been done yet
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] mimariposa:
Stock fonts...please!!!

We would appreciate you uploading a package to restore the original fonts. Thanks in advance!!
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] nashapps:
I suggest you use font changer from the market. I assume the original font is still on your internal/sd card memory. otherwise you can try to extract from the original rom.

the app (font changer) is easy to use.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] mcdevtingz:
Do it mate.

does this have notification power control thing?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] mcdevtingz:
how do install this if i am on 2.2.1 G.O.T leak running a gingerbread rom?

do i flash a 2.1 sbf?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
GOT 2.1 first. Then the nandroid backup.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] choudu1:
What happened to thw golden sbf rule.

NEVER DOWNGRADE THROUGH A SBF. It might screw up your phone. I learnt the hard way-bricked my defy.

The only safe way to downgrade is wipe then apply update (openrecovery) or wipe and nandroid
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
Thanks for the tip. I guess I was lucky because that is also what I did to flash me this Telus Lite.

Or maybe the Milestone is different from the Defy? :confused:
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
Well, i have done this a dozen times without any issues. Guess, my milestone might be special. Download is not recommended if the baseband is different.

Good luck doing it your way.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] mcdevtingz:
http://groupoften.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/g-o-t-shols_u2_36-0-released-for-uk-and-central-europe/

this?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
Yes. Just check if the bootloader is 90.78 in rsdlite. I am damn sure it is, but still.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] mcdevtingz:
bootloader on phone says 90.78
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] mcdevtingz:
will this wipe data? or should i wipe data?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
Not on phone, buddy. Select the sbf file in rsdlite and see the file properties.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] mcdevtingz:
Filename: UK_36_GOT_SERVICE.sbf

Creation Date: 06/16/2010 19:02:54

File size: 174828133

RAM DL Version: v0x009078

Bootloader Version: -------------

Platform: 4G OMAP

HAB Type: Signed Production

phones not showing up in rsdlite

just instaled drivers as well what should i do??
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
sbf file is fine.

Which OS? Are you in bootloader mode?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] mcdevtingz:
yeah course

2.3.4 rom

2.2.1 G.O.T
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
check your pm
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] TheKawa:
is this rom supports app2ext like cm7 for example?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] gpw11:
Does this, by chance, include the original lockscreen/dialer?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] giugiu:
Hello, I switched back from Cm7... Im eexperiencing a strange problem: i cant see lot of apps in market- like appbrain, skype, whatsapp...

Do i have to try reflashing sbf+ plain nandroid of the rom? Anyone else experienced this issue?

Thank you

G.

Inviato dal mio Milestone usando Tapatalk
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] giugiu:
Solved with market-settings-show all. Strange that whatsapp requires a high maturity... lol

Ciao

Inviato dal mio Milestone usando Tapatalk
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] kv1dr:
How can I implement 1% battery steps? :)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] neato4u:
Ah the Telus.. After all those flash to this and that ROM.. I still find myself back on Eclair and Telus.. the best! :)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] LuigiC6:
How do I get Apps2ext working?????
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] skadude66:
AFAIK it was being worked on but it wasn't completed. But I may be mistaken.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
No. It works. I just lost interest in continuing and i dont have the scripts with me now. I have to ask amossam again.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] LuigiC6:
Would greatly appreciate if you could find out for me. If not, no biggy :P
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] abhinitagrawal:
will it work on indian milestone..
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] guitarhero923:
Are we going to see any way to move apps to SD card with this mod? I want to use it, but the lack of the ability to move the apps prevents me from flashing it. :mad:
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] amossam:
Those asking for apps2ext, i'll upload it tomorow evening, after I return back to this rom! I bought tablet, so i dont use my milestone as much as before, so eclair will be good, mostly because of battery life!

Sent from my Milestone
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] filchi756:
Any news on the apps2ext file for enclair?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] amossam:
sorry guys for delay, had too much to do in RL... i will upload it this evening (i mean in 20 hours or so.. ;) ) when i flash my mm...
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] amossam:
apps2ext GScript script

Hey everybody!

Finally i got some time to finish this... :D

So, here is script for GScript (Lite) that will enable apps2ext on Telus Lite!!

Do this on your own risk!! I cannot be held responsible if your phone doesnt start after this, or anything else! This is provided without any warranty!!!

BACKUP YOUR PHONE BEFORE RUNNING THIS!!!!!!

It has two scripts and folder (what to do with it read in step 1). Script named "app2ext.sh" will move /data/app, /data/app-private, /data/dalvik-cache AND /data/data to sdcard! If you don't have fast sdcard, you probably don't want to run this one!.

Second script is named as "app2ext_nodata.sh", and like name implies, it will move all folder mentioned EXCEPT /data/data.

In folder, there are modified /system/bin/mot_boot_mode and ext2.ko module. This will only work on TelusLite!!!

Also, if you installed/runned any app2ext before, you need to remove (if exists) /system/lib/modules/ext2.ko, and it's recomended to wipe ext2 partition.

Good luck! ;)

Procedure:

Step 0:

BACKUP YOUR PHONE!!!!!!

Step 1: extract content of attached zip to /sdcard/gscript (i'm not shure about caps, so create folder gscript with all small leters"")

Step 2: Open GScript (Lite), press Menu key, tap on Add script, tap on Load file, select app2ext.sh, make sure that Needs SU is ENABLED and then tap on Save

Step 3: Tap on app2ext item in scripts list (main application window)

Step 4: Ignore some errors, and wait until it says that you need to reboot your device

Step 5: Cross your fingers and reboot device!!! :D First startup could/will last longer, so be patient!!

Step 6: Enjoy!!!! :cool:

If you remove sdcard from phone, it will work, but only with apps that were on phone before you executed this script!! :cool:

I tested it on fresh install of TelusLite 5.2, and it's working perfectly. I moved /data/data to sdcard, rebooted, and had 190MB free space on /data, even after I installed Skype!
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] daduy:
I haven't got the chance the to try it out, but please allow me to say Thank you very much in advance! :D
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bilalbilal:
Just bought myself a virtually brand new milestone, 1 hour old, it was on official 2.1 and it restarted like 40 times a day the phone was unusable. I then updated to official 2.2.1 and the problem was still there but it restarted less. I got fedup so I went and flashed this custom rom and now whenever I turn the phone on it restarts once or twice but then it is fine. I changedturned it on and off to test and it only reboots once or twice on the first start. Could this possibly be a hardware problem? Or can anyone provide a solution, cheers!
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] vesparados150:
ok noob question,

how can i run boot script?..

usually in froyo, i wud just paste to system/etc/init.d and set permission.

I notice that eclair's path is at system/bin/boot_script.( so i paste the .sh file here)

i had done everything from setting permission, adding .sh to the script, but all failed.

do you mind helping a brother out here? =)

Thanks in advance
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] amossam:
did you matched uid/gid to those already there? and followed the naming in there (altough I think it's jot necesery...)? with number prefix?

also, can you post first few lines of your script?

at least you can try just to make a copy of already existing script with cp -a (to presserve permissions) and then alter it content?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] vesparados150:
thx amossam,,....finally got it to work...=)..amazingly it is due to permissions and scripts from froyo's/ginger have this "[]" at the end of the line wwhen I put into eclair...i wonder why scripts in eclair have .sh....

thanks for helping out =)...a big thanks button for yah..
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bilalbilal:
U R G E N T

I seriously require a solution now please:confused::confused::confused: