yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Casbah:
Did you do a nandroid backup before removing all of these things? It sounds like you have an update.zip on the root of your sdcard and recovery is trying to read and flash that. Check on it and if so then either remove or rename it. Then you should be able to get into recovery and re-flash the nandroid backup (if you have one). Also, go to his site, virtuousrom.com and download the application virtuous buddy. It will remove pretty much all the bloatware just be checking and applying. Good luck.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] cpupeli1:
No update .zip on the SD card, and I have a nand backup. Thank you very much with virtuous buddy, worked fantastic.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] bokajay@gmail.com:
Did you remove FriendStream.apk ?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] cortland1998:
v3.0

Downloading v3.0 Beta and will be testing :)

You guys will like what has changed or added.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rmk40:
We just started beta testing 3.0.0 (yes, 3 part version scheme). Take a look at the change log here:

http://www.virtuousrom.com/p/change-log.html

Now is the time to speak if you have concerns about any of the forthcoming changes and any obvious omissions. And by obvious, I mean I missed an update of an app which has a newer version, not requests for new functionality. I've received requests for the power options mod. It will probably not make it into this release but may be available soon via ROM Manager.

Cheers.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Thoa:
i've seen the change log, it says :

- Updated Gmail to 2.3 (config wipe).

what is "config wipe" ?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] bikercr:
I, too tried to remove friendstream twice and had to reinstall it both times because the sync icon wouldn't stop spinning. Leave it in next time and see if that fixes the problem.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] JHeal77:
Anyone else having trouble installing the new gmail app from the market on their incredible. I'm not sure if this is an issue across the board for DInc, or an issue specific to this ROM.

Thanks...
[Droid Incredible Android Development] larsrya8:
Hmm...

I think you're alone on this one. No idea if a fix is planned either.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] JHeal77:
Question is... has anyone figured out if it's device OR Rom related.

I can also read previous posts as well as the comments on the market. It seems to me that you clearly have too much time on your hands...
[Droid Incredible Android Development] larsrya8:
It seems to me that you clearly didn't have enough time on your hands to read the post I linked... or for that matter, to search the thread for "gmail".
[Droid Incredible Android Development] lealwai:
Seems to be rom-related, Stock has no probs. Read in another forum to uninstall the Gmail app through Titanium, reboot, then reinstall through app-market. Worked for me
[Droid Incredible Android Development] JHeal77:
If the link would have been included before you edited your original post I would have...
[Droid Incredible Android Development] JHeal77:
Thanks for the helpful information...
[Droid Incredible Android Development] larsrya8:
Which was also in this thread; or at least, the idea of renaming/uninstalling the original Gmail and then installing the market version. Method (Titanium backup, adb, Root Explorer, etc) is irrelevant. Though I would recommend the rename method, lest something goes wrong and you have to reinstall the ROM to get Gmail back. With the rename method, it's an easy revert.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] JHeal77:
Sweet... now this is useful information! Thanks!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rfarrah:
RE: version 3.0.0, the Change log says:

Support for Rotary Lock. It is not enabled in any way by default

Will the Rotary Lock still break the Sense Desk Clock?

....just curious. Looking forward to V 3.0.0. Thanks!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] larsrya8:
That's listed under version 2.7. There are no Desk Clock changes listed for v3.0.0 (yet).
[Droid Incredible Android Development] TCommander:
There is 175 pages of useful information. Had you just read the last 10 you'd have learned a lot about the rom, the gmail issue and even fixes for gmail and other common problems. Don't fuss at people that have taken the time to read the thread for being annoyed by a question that had been stated and even answered just a couple pages back.

Not to just single out Mr Heal, I wish the rotarty lock screen posters would read some of the previous pages. It's been adressed 100 fold in this post alone. I don't even use the rotary screen and know why your alarm clock requires a battery pull to turn it off.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] patchnauty:
I used titanium backup to remove (uninstall) gmail 2.21

Soft reset

Then installed from market with no issues.

I tried root explorer with no avail, Titanium works
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rfarrah:
You're right! Duh! And that means I already know the answer. :o (Nevermind)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ff4930:
Hi guys a quick question. I have removed all the bloatware and pretty much anything else that may drain my battery besides the necessary/required apps. Fully charged 100% phone, left it overnight, woke up and it is 95%. Which is awesome of course. But in one hour of usage of purely texting, I am down to 82%. Which is pretty insane! I was wondering if anyone may see what is causing this insane drainage.

One speculation I have is that I live on the first floor of my house and most time it would have low signal. Would that be a cause of my drainage? When I am texting it is using more battery power to find a signal to send my text?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] larsrya8:
It's probably because your display was on? Were you constantly texting throughout that hour?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] bobby janow:
Try this. Charge your phone while on to 100% then leave it plugged in and turn it off. The light will go orange for about another 15 minutes or so. When it turns green turn the phone on and use it. It's called a bump charge and that should fix your battery drain you experienced.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sdorn77:
Bump charging is a pain in the ass (having to leave your phone completely off for any length of time). I tried buying an external battery charger that I could put an extra battery in and charge to try and avoid the bump charging by just swapping out batteries, but that didn't work either. The external battery charger won't fully charge the battery either.

Why would the phone (while turned off) charge the battery more than an external battery charger? I am wondering if what is really happening is that the phone is overcharging the battery when we bump charge it.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ff4930:
Everytime I finish texting I shut off my display so avoid minimum drainage.

I will try this bump charging.

Also Im hearing doing a battery wipe will also help. How is this beneficial?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] bobby janow:
I agree turning off the phone is a pain. I, too, have an external charger and extra battery but mine works just great. I can charge the battery on the external and pop it in the phone and get no extra charge while off. Perhaps it's your external charger that's screwy? As for overcharging, no I don't think so. I think it's just that the phone is calibrated to not charge fully so it doesn't explode or overheat while on. Had to be the lawyers who made that rule. :eek:
[Droid Incredible Android Development] supremex3:
The New GMAIL update

I have Virtuous 2.7 - and they have a new gmail app on the market- i can't install it because it says it's "signature is incorrect" or something like that... do i have to wait for rmk to upload the new app?

I guess finally google is attacking the rooted users by not allowing them to upgrade google apps
[Droid Incredible Android Development] supremex3:
To be exact, It has an Installation Error: "Package file was not signed correctly."
[Droid Incredible Android Development] supremex3:
Actually found a Gmail 2.3 apk Recovery Flash over at the HTC Desire Forum - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=789182

Sorry for jumping to conclusions about gmail - i guess i was alittle impatient.. but here is the link for all who run in to the same problem as i did... all it took was a little bit of research

but i haven't tested it out yet- i will let you guys know if it would work.. if not, will there be one that is made for virtuous? that was be great and 100% that it will work!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rmk40:
Let me repeat this because I know it is nearly impossible to follow this thread at times.

I know about the inability to upgrade Gmail and expected it. The reason this is occurring is because our Gmail version had to be patched to work with Voice Search. The package had to be re-signed after it was modified (by ihtfp69). So, when you go to install it, the Android package manager checks and sees that the certificate used to sign the version Virtuous is using is different than that of Google's new version; hence the mismatch error. Sure you can push it manually but you are risking breaking other components, such as Voice Search.

We're already testing Virtuous 3.0, which includes Gmail 2.3, so please just be patient. It should be ready to go sometime in the next few days. There's really nothing exciting in the new Gmail that I can see anyway. So save yourself the trouble and let me do the integration work.

Use the time you just saved to check out what's coming: :D

http://www.virtuousrom.com/p/change-log.html
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Aaron1017:
I'd really like the custom kernel to have the same undervolting as the Hydra kernels.

Any chance we can get another kernel made?

ps: Confirmation number: 58B92658418656505
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Amin Sabet:
Just reviewed the change log, and everything looks great. Thanks for all that you are doing!

One question: Why remove My Verizon? I kind of like it. No big deal either way though.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] bahill:
I concur. Is MyVzw removed and can't be restored? Or is it present in /data and can be installed?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] supremex3:
Sorry, I should have read the previous posts - but anyways.. looking forward to v3.0 !!!

So after 3.0 it's going to be patches right? I like that idea alot! Since installing 2.6 to 2.7 i had to adb rm some of the apps i don't use to save space on my system memory and move some data app back to system app.

Just a thought though, say when I update through a patch, will it install the apps back in to data app?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] bluekat:
Been runniing verison 2.2 for 3 hours. Everything works fine. I will keep you posted. Thanks:D
[Droid Incredible Android Development] TD7424:
Does anybody know in settings under the sound section what "SD Card Notification" - Play sound for SD card notifications means. Mine does not seem to do anything!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Amin Sabet:
Thank you for making/sharing this ROM. Working great!

Will this automatically prevent the OTA from calling? I have a nagging worry that I'll accidentally install the OTA and lose everything.

Also, do you have any plans to make a de-sensed version?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jdmba:
Ugh

I certainly hope not. The one alluring feature of this ROM is that it is stock with no overzealous modifications.

Of course, as mentioned earlier, I have not yet flashed any custom ROM because they are all broken in one way or another. I am surprised at all the issues arising on this rom with the directories, adb, etc. because it doesn't seem like that much damage was done to it in the cooking process. I will continue to watch and see how this ROM progresses.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] TylerD004:
How can I use one of SkyRaider's patches to change the boot animation on this ROM?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] edogger:
First I'd like to say THANKS rmk40 for putting this together, and the rest of the folks in this forum...

I installed v2.0 yesterday, and so far all seems well, i did not wipe anything.

All accounts and software just works after update...

Previous to the update all I had done was root & Clockwork recovery and setup wireless tether.

Now I see the 2.1 and 2.2 updates... Do I need them? Both or just the latest?

If yes, since I have all the prerequisites, can I just Clockwork recovery the 2.2 zip?

Also, should we be doing a *228 after the update?

Thanks again!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rmk40:
No there will be no "Sense-less" version as it would defeat the purpose of this ROM; which, as you correctly stated, is to stay very close to stock.

There's nothing wrong with adb. Everything posted thus far has been user error (i.e. not knowing proper syntax or usage of adb). If there was a problem, I'd know immediately since I'm constantly using adb while building this ROM. One user was incorrectly executing adb commands from within adb shell and another was pushing apps to /data/app instead of using adb install. So, there are no known, valid issues with adb.

Quite honestly a lot of the issues being reported are carried over from the official ROM and not created by the minor customizations.

Just the latest is all you need. *228 is up to you. It only changes when VZW updates the PRL and is not ROM dependent.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] anothen:
not sure what I'm missing but I am not seeing the youtube app anywhere... it is in system/app or data/app or wherever suggested in first post. What am I missing? I tried installing an apk that I had from before of youtube and it is force-closing everytime.... anyone know what I'm missing?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] itisjustme:
rmk40, Thank you very much for what is a exactly the rom I am looking for. A sensible near stock rom without the nonsense added by htc and vzw. I am running 2.2 with no issues and I plan on watching your future developments. Please don't loose sight of your mission.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rmk40:
Sounds like you did a factory reset AFTER installing the ROM. Re-install version 2.2 and you should be fine.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] anothen:
You're right, I did. That is how I read the instructions. I re-installed 2.2 and it works fine. Thanks!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] nukeboyt:
Half-Speed sound during flash video?

I've been having an issue where some (but not all) streaming flash video plays the sound at half-speed (slow motion). Anyone else seeing this problem?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rmk40:
You're absolutely right -- I have updated the instructions accordingly.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] antmarching.41:
Vanilla Lock Screen?

I'm lov'n this ROM... thank you.

Question: Any way to get the Vanilla Lock Screen on this ROM?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] corefile:
Great ROM, but I have it working, but I have a problem now when I boot into recovery, my optical trackball button does not work to select anything. I use the sound up and down button to for moving choice up and down, but I can't select anything by pushing it down, even tried a long push
[Droid Incredible Android Development] anothen:
Not sure if this is ROM related or Froyo in general but one other thing I've noticed is that my internal pictures/video do not show up in HTC Gallery. Do I need to move them from emmc/dcim/100media to another folder that froyo might be looking for?

*edit* I have NO idea what fixed it but I restore a nandroid back to before the 2.2 Virtuous Rom, the reapplied the Rom WITHOUT a wipe and it works. Hope this helps someone out there...
[Droid Incredible Android Development] onetimeuse:
Excellent! Downloaded, about to install. Just what I was looking for. Thanks :)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] anothen:
reinstall clockwork mod and see what happens?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] godzilla8nj:
Coming from Sky Raider 2.5.2 Vanilla. Have 2.15 radio. Installed using ROM Manager with backup and wipe.

I get a black screen during activation. Buttons vibrate but do nothing. After about 10 minutes gave up and had to pull battery.

I have about 2k mp3s on my 16gb SD. Is it maybe scanning the media? Or am I doing something wrong?

EDIT: That appears to be it. Pulled the SD and all seems well.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] anicotra:
I second this. I've been following your work and the work of others you mentioned in the OP. You guys are making great roms that seem to just work. I appreciate all your efforts.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] wryun:
Even if it's removed, just go to the Market and download it.

Edit: HA! HA! *thumbs-up @ ardax*:D
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ardax:
My Verizon is available in the Market.

Edit: Beaten! *shakes fist at wryun* :)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rmk40:
I actually use My Verizon too. Since it's a Verizon bold-on and available in the Market, I'll drop it in /data/app and treat it like a 3rd party tool.

What about Teeter? I was thinking about disabling that. Seems kind of random to have a game included in a ROM. ;)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] JHeal77:
Yank teeter, it's worthless to the ROM for me.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] supremex3:
I agree - remove Teeter
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jdmba:
v3.0 in a new thread

As I am sure all veterans of this board know, 175 page posts may not as well exist; as no one will search thru those pages to find an answer, resulting in asking the same question over and over.

Any thoughts to posting v3.0 in a new thread? Hopefully people are done asking "can you include <fill in random app here>" or "why doesn't <random theme> work with <random app>" and then it won't fill up so much; or discuss bugs which were long since addressed.

My 2 cents.

Thanks!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ardax:
Useless and terrible as it is, I'm sure you'll get at least one person asking where it went. :)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] bahill:
My kid likes playing Teeter on my phone...I say leave it.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] 762x51:
Another vote for leaving Teeter in. It's a good time waster for kids.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] corefile:
Agree, Teeter would not be a loss, and I too like to use My Verizon
[Droid Incredible Android Development] corefile:
I'll vote for a new board with 3.0 too
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rfarrah:
+1: I LIKE this idea.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] WhammyDroid:
Remove it.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Studmf:
Actually it may be good the thread is so long. Maybe people will go to virtuousrom.com more.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] wryun:
Remove it.

I only played it once right when I got the phone and never have played it since.

Or maybe put it in the /app folder so we have an option to remove it.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jskolm:
+1 on this. This way if I want to remove it I can remove it. Also, why are you disabling the App Sharing?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Devildog8791:
Teeter

I actually enjoy playing the game myself. If you remove it, can you make it available through Virtuous Buddy or EZ Customizer?

Also, I would have to vote yes to a new thread for 3.0.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] chingy51o:
anyone have an issue with pdf viewer not working?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] wryun:
I use App Sharing. Maybe do the same with it as well. Put it in /app folder so we have the option.

BTW ...

Will all of these apps that you plan to "disable" in the coming ROM be available to install via Rom Manager or VBuddy?

Thanks.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Iamshakes:
I haven't reworked my UI in almost 2 weeks! I cannot wait for 3.0!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sdorn77:
Got a link on where you got that external charger?

Update: Just ordered the one from Seidio for $12.95. We'll see if that one works better since they make the batteries I am using.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sdorn77:
If you just go into your profile and change the "posts per page" setting to 50, this thread is only 36 pages long. It makes these long threads much easier to keep up with and read. I highly recommend it. You can do that on the XDA app on your phone as well.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jumbotron:
2.7 Directory...

Could you let me know where the bootanimation and boot audio directory is? And are they renamed VZW_bootanimation and VZW_Droid.mp3 respectively or are they still bootanimation.zip and android_audio.mp3?

Many thanks in advance!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sdorn77:
Looking forward to 3.0!

Confirmation #7UH39184RB178471B
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Matt Devo:
jeez dude, you quoted the whole first post, which was irrelevant to your question, and then asked something you could easily figure out just by downloading the rom on your PC and browsing the directory structure? poor form
[Droid Incredible Android Development] OSully:
Could you add notification window transparency as an option in the status bar mods / ez customizer?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] terribL_T:
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[Droid Incredible Android Development] rmk40:
Let me clarify app removals. From 3.0 onwards, nothing will ever be deleted/removed. Rather, they will be disabled by default. Every component which can safely be added/removed will have a "toggle" option for you to use. For example, Footprints is disabled by default but will have an option to enable in Buddy. You'll be able to do this as many times as you want with each component and have it persist between re-installations.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] vkennedy:
I think your list is aggressive and thorough based on what I've been reading and observing. I also agree with you that this change is more than a dot release and should be 3.0.

Thanks again to rmk and the rest of the extended team for all of the hard work that you have put into the Virtuous ROM. After all of these years working in and around cyberspace, it still amazes me how a small collective of like minded individuals can informally collaborate and create something of such quality.

Bravo!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Kerr_Avon:
Is there any way you can make the signal bars show 6 bars like the FrankenROM and can you make the bottom bar (I guess it's called the rosie bar, I don't know) look like the one in SkyRaider?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] gmichaelow:
I bet he could, but the idea behind Virtuous is "as stock as possible." And then let the user make their changes. Perhaps as an add-on, but I don't think in the default.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Amin Sabet:
Perfect .
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Kerr_Avon:
An add-on is fine with me.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Iamshakes:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=764935
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Fretless:
I tried every rom on this board (besides jdfroyo). This is the most stable I've seen. I like the ROM manager OTA updates too. Its very nice to update my rom and not lose my settings. Every other rom ive used gave me a random reboot at some point. This is the only one that hasn't.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] felkdogg:
Just wanted to say thank you for the excellent work on the ROM. Quick question about certain features such as Google Voice, Chrome to phone and other market apps that you are adding by default. Now that we see Google is starting to update these apps on time and is moving other apps such as Gmail to the market, will these features be upgradable from the market in the future because it seems to me that you should try and just stick to stock apps and let us download our own Google voice unless the market links will still be intact for everything that could eventually end up in the market.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] INTREPID-NY:
rmk40, what does Updated Gmail to 2.3 (config wipe) mean? Thanks for all your time and effort.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] nickespi:
My gmail wont update is there a fix?