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[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
well... u got it, besides the footprint thing.

there will be no foot print cuz my theme only changes images and xmls... it doesnt touch the localization files that i took out.

just as an example real quick...

Settings.apk from the original htc rom is the size of 5.1 mb... mine is 1.62 mb.

the reason is that the file originally has localizations files for many languages in it.

we, the evo users dont need all of that cuz we will never use it, not to mention we cant even if we want to.

so... i think u get what i did here...

i removed all of those useless entries.

that resulted in a much smaller apk and/or a smaller reources.arsc file.

that translates into smaller loading time and takes up less mem for the program to run also.

thats why im saying there is no way that there is a faster sense rom out there... cuz all of them have bigger files and all of the packages that other roms use basically take up more mem to run and will load slower... u kinda follow?

how much faster it is... i cant really compare yet... in theory it should be approx 2-5 times faster... but that might not be accurate.

again... this doesn't mean that the whole phone is faster... just the apps will load faster and take up less mem.

as a result u will see an increase in speed and should also see an increase in batt life.

thats basically sums up what i did and why i did it.

i wanted to also cut out spanish... but i assumed that the only other ui that might be used out of all the languages is spanish... so i left it in.

and if im not wrong that is the only ui that we can actually switch to on the evo anyways.
[EVO 4G Android Development] tonwarr.the.incredible:
Awesome! I think faster loading times is all the more we can ask for. It's really refreshing seeing new things coming out of the forums daily! :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] m3xicanprid3:
whats gona b the name of this new rom?
[EVO 4G Android Development] tonwarr.the.incredible:
The Aamikam Express?? ;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
im writing the new thread right now... but its only stock rom plus a few addons and updated apps... there is no reason to give it a name... it should be used as a base... not as a main rom.... unless u like stock roms.

im calling it reengineered 3.70... rom.

it should be up as soon as im done uploading it... so a max of 30 min probably u will see the new thread.
[EVO 4G Android Development] rao740:
Great setup, loving the look and speed, thanx!
[EVO 4G Android Development] tonwarr.the.incredible:
I was more referring to your new, fully themed version when it's completed...lol
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
not sure how i will call the new rom... i think same though...

btw... a nice delay... im trying to fix the wifitether hack to have 4g... so hopefully i can get it and then release my base with all kind of goodies also.
[EVO 4G Android Development] wmdunn:
Looking forward to it ... by the way Steel got the 4/1 reboot working and just updated his 3.70 rom.
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
i already posted my port of it to the new 3.70 like 2 days ago man...

the old one worked btw... but the new one is different... so it was necissary to report... i saw some of the guys used the old one instead btw... not sure what Steel used.
[EVO 4G Android Development] wmdunn:
I should have known you'd be on top of it ... can't wait to test the new base!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Shauli20:
I can't wait for your new ROM! And if you can get 4G working, well... that would just be a dream come true...

I thought I would need to go to CM to get wireless 4G tether (they just officially got 4G working)!

You rock, Mik!

Sent from my EVO rockin' MikFroYo!
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
CM got 4g... wow...

maybe i should take a shot at CM when they come out with ginger.

i dont think i can get 4g tethering working... but the reason for that i s that i cant test it... if i could test it i would jump on it.

but i dont think it makes sense that i will send a few of u guys like 10 zips a day to see if its working or not... thats a bit too much.

anyways.. i hope i will have my rom up sooner than later... and once ginger will be working as it should on the evo... im sure ill make a jump to look at CM also.

I'm so used to using sense by now... even at the beginning... i tried CM... i just thought it was so empty and doll with nothing on it... u know... like a phone from the 60's or something... just sucked.

i still think CM is like that... but now its worth jumping into that world also i guess.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Shauli20:
4G is not actually live in the CM ROM yet, but they can connect to the towers and authenticate. So hopefully they will have ready for the public soon. They may release it together with Gingerbread.

Btw, are you going to have at least the 3G Hotspot and USB Tethering working?

Sent from my EVO rockin' MikFroYo!
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
in case u weren't paying attention... when vaelek made a port of it he ended up breaking the 4g for people... i took his port and fixed it to not break 4g.

thats happened about 5 hours ago... so yes... hotspot/usb tether is already alive.. it is also in the new base rom i have up for people.
[EVO 4G Android Development] alammori:
Aamicam,

I've watching your threads and saw your updates for the:

4-1 reboot mode, and

USB tethering fix in Valeak thead.

Your work is much appreciated.

I can't wait for an updated version of your themed rom.;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] mrimage:
can you release the rom without 4g tethering, and then update it when you get it working?
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
im not even sure i can get 4g tethering working... like i said before... its not like i can keep trying and testing it all the time.

and my rom will probably only be out in a few days anyways... i will start working on it tomorrow sometime.

anyways... by the time i will release the rom im sure that the new power widgets mod will be done by jschisurf... so that will be included... and even if he wont be done... ill port it over to the 3.70 framework.

another thing that im doing is re theming some stuff... which will also take some time... and i think im gonna go ahead and leave the menus like the stock rom this time instead of making it all shiny black like i have done so far.

its just too annoying to keep trakc and update all of the packages all the time.

like said before... i hope ill get done with it sooner than later.
[EVO 4G Android Development] wmdunn:
Would really like to use the stock version, if available. Thanks ...
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
What do u mean stock version?
[EVO 4G Android Development] rao740:
Having a battery issue, any known reason why my phone will not sleep? I have not added any apps since flash, it has been a few days and battery life is not going as well as I thought, any suggestions love all aspects of this rom.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Shauli20:
Do you run an Anti Virus app or some other service that always runs in the background?

You can check what services are running by going to settings > applications > running services. Most shouldn't be a problem, like keyboard and wallpaper. But you can experiment with different services to see if one of them prevents your phone from sleeping.

Sent from my EVO rockin' MikFroYo!
[EVO 4G Android Development] jlip5617:
hey mik, how is the new rom comin along? i am really stoked about it!
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
It will take time.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ma1993:
Hey Mike! I rooted my evo a while ago, and I installed and every time I turn off and turn it back on almost everything Forcecloses! This is getting annoying! I rooted my friends phone and installed the rom and same thing is happening. Could it be because I installed rom with unrevoked?
[EVO 4G Android Development] ICEReaction:
Try doing a full wipe (data/cache/dalvik-cache) and flash the ROM again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] iondokk:
I was having this same problem when I changed to the 131 kernel... so I just did a nand restore. Back to Mikrom :cool:and the world is good again...
[EVO 4G Android Development] ma1993:
At one point I had that silver wallpaper but now idk how to get back to it. Only 2 wallpapers are showing the.black squares one and the green one. How do I get the silver one?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Shauli20:
Mik, although this thread has been quite silent lately I'm still waiting anxiously for your new ROM... ;-)

Sent from my EVO rockin' MikFroYo!
[EVO 4G Android Development] zerowonderboy:
Hey mik is the stock king kernal that comes with the ROM HAVS or noHavs?
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
if i remember correctly... no Havs.
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
im happy to know people looking forward to it.

im opening a new thread... like i said before... first a stock theme rom which will also be closer to the stock when it comes to apps/wallpapers etc.

then i will start working on my new themes... similar to the old ones... but with a few changes.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zerowonderboy:
Thanks I think I might try the Collins ph battery tweak on it and see if it does anything.
[EVO 4G Android Development] stricklerjosh:
This Rom looks awesome!

evo, It's the poop!
[EVO 4G Android Development] juortiz85:
How's it going. I want to download your ROM. Where is the download link at? Is it one tab or a bunch of them to download?
[EVO 4G Android Development] cmart4:
opening post.... under downloads clean install. make sure you wipe data/cache/dalvik in recovery first
[EVO 4G Android Development] ma1993:
Do you have any results from the battery tweak? Or has anyone had any results from it with this rom?
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
guys... i will have to say im sorry... but im switching all of my attention to the new rom i got up.

yes i know... no theme yet... but it will come soon.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Nefariouss:
Can't wait till your new one gets themed. Love the white theme. Don't think anyone will be complaining about you focusing full time on the new rom. It's sweet.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zerowonderboy:
Well I tried it once and it seemed to make it worse so now im going to try it on his new rom.
[EVO 4G Android Development] iondokk:
Mik... when will we see the new rom with this Theme. Sorry if I seem impaitent I love this Theme... The pearl white matches my Caddie!
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
i wanna say tomorrow... bit probably not until after newyears.

it seems if i start over it will take too much time... so ill port the existing ones first.

im gonna give u guys the regular theme.. than ill work on the white widgets... anyways.. lots of more work to do.

and i might make u wait a little on a good 4x5 mod... or the other way.. not sure yet.

like i sad... a lot more work to do to make things work right... tons of time was spent of v4.xx to be the base.
[EVO 4G Android Development] iondokk:
That's cool It will be worth the wait...
[EVO 4G Android Development] fsuarez01:
what happen no more update
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
My Rom is keeping me busy... So no time to help out over here.

Sorry... I will take a look at things again once I have time.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Shauli20:
Amikam means he's busy with version 4.x which is in another thread, in case you weren't aware.

He will have the theme from 3.x on there soon.

Sent from my EVO rockin' MikFroYo!
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
great.... im happy u like... btw it could be the fact that jit is enabled that makes that tiny difference... although benchmarks should be better with jit on... so its a little strange.

but i think king #11 could be the reason... i never got high scores with is new kernels... just the old ones... not sure why.

my best one on this rom is something like 1550 plus minus.
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
ok... small progress on the lockscreen... works with the black text and white slider... but the notifications jump in black also... so i gotta fix that and fixup the incoming call slide thingy and ill be done.

i also noticed that the music control are kinda hard to see... so ill do something about that also. and get ride of the gray thats behinde the music note so that it will mix better with the black background.

so far it seems doable.
[EVO 4G Android Development] wmdunn:
battery and kernel

For those of you looking for max battery ... you might want to try Netarchy's 4.1.9 universal kernel. I used it while testing Amikam's beta and now with 3.0. It comes with a conservative governor, so no need to use setcpu, unless you want to OC. Very nice battery life ...
[EVO 4G Android Development] jjones1983:
I'm right in that ballpark too, I think 1490 was my highest on Quadrant, can't remember Linpack, and as I said... I don't really pay much attention to what benchmarks tell me anyway.
[EVO 4G Android Development] shawnten:
loving this rom. cant wait to see if there are any good differences with the new update
[EVO 4G Android Development] oigonzalez13:
This ROM is really smooth and snappy and awesome theme and battery life is just as good with the Collin Ph battery tweak
[EVO 4G Android Development] jordant2:
Ok. When I try to add the HtcLockScreen.apk myself, I lose my contact photos in messaging after a reset.
[EVO 4G Android Development] pgreeny69:
I loaded this rom yesterday and find that it runs very smooth with no problems, I also ran Quadrant and scored 1220. I work with a guy who has a Droid X and have played with it and found it to be very laggy and not very impressive but it scores much higher in Quadrant, like 1340 or something stock. So I IDK. my EVO runs much smoother and faster. BTW I am currently off charge for 10h 34m with 61% left on battery with light to moderate use. Very pleased!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
got ya... i made a mistake putting in the fix_permission script on boot... it fits more to a rom that is not being played with if u know what i mean...

i added it cuz my apps are always the same and i thought that by putting in all of the htc apps no one would add stuff and only take it apps... which is fine.

but there is a catch... it will uninstall apps if it can't fix it... and even though the app is actually working, its permissions might be messed up... i think u get what im saying... i should have left it as a script in the rom so u guys can run yourselves...

bottom line is that if u would never change up my packages with some u got somewhere else it would have no issues... but if u do... issues could pop up.

ill make sure the next version is more flexible to play with.

im not sure exactly what u saying here... but i understand that u like it... so im happy.

btw... to get higher scores on quad u would need to overclock... i dont think anyone scored over 1400 without overclocking the device.

also, keep in mind that quad is not really a good indication, or any of those utilities for checking things like that.

i think u not the first one here that made a comment about seeing higher quad scores on different roms yet this one seems to run much smoother.

so in the end... its not the size of the boat, its the motion in the ocean and how good it feels.
[EVO 4G Android Development] djserge28:
just installed mikfroyo on my evo works great. thanks!!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] cmart4:
awesome rom, well done. one of the best i've had on my evo and i've had 'em all:)

please keep up the good work!
[EVO 4G Android Development] pgreeny69:
Thats exactly what I am saying. This rom runs smooth as glass and the scores don't matter that much. I have tried several roms and by far like this one the best. Smooth, snappy, great theme and very good battery life. Thanks for the rom and all the work you put into it!! looking forward to what else you have in store.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jordant2:
Thanks for the great support. Looking forward to it. I always tweak these ROMs after I install them. I really love this theme though.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jus10o:
Good base and good theme. After some minor adjustments this will be my main rom. I dont change very often but this one was something new and not ugly.

Also as far as bootanimations go. If anyone wants to change it. Push the booanimation.zip file to /system/media. NOT /system/customize/resource like many other Evo roms.
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
yea... i never took the time to expand on that.... i took the default sprint location for the animation out of the default.xml...

i also never took the time to make a boot animation... i just replaced the android logo inside framework-res, and made it green instead of the kinda purple color.

thank for pointing it out to people...
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
sorry guys... but ill have to stop working on this for the next couple of days.

i got a bunch of hw do finish up.

ill make sure u guys will see an update sometime on Saturday or Sunday with the new ota.

ill also finish up the htclockscreen, and probably a few more tiny changes.

edit:

btw guys... im not sure whats up if u not getting a good battery life... i just looked and im at 52% after 17 hours.

im not a heavy user... but i think that the bottom line for every phone should be that if u can unplug in the morning and only plug it back up at night before u go to bed or something... its good enough... if u can afford to plug it back up only the day after... even better.

my suggestion for u guys is to use SetCPU with the given profiles, and use the Autorun Killer app to make sure things u dont want starting up wont start up. im also not using any taskkiller app. basically im using it exactly as u guys get it only with SetCPU running and configured Autorun Killer app, with a few tiny changes to how often my emails and such sync (i changed it to every 4-6 hours instead of the usual 2-3).

hope that helps u guys with batt life.

also, keep in mind that how the kernel really works on the phone is different from phone to phone and that many factor can affect the batt life (reception, how often u sync, etc.).

btw... i used to only get about 15 hours out of the phone when i used fancywidget... now im using the htcclock for a change and im not sure if thats why... but it might be a part of the reason.
[EVO 4G Android Development] FastJoe78:
I,m Confused...I would like to change the boot animation from the MIKFROYO back to ANDROID but can't seem to do it. What file should I replace, etc...
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
im not sure what animation u talking about... but if u want a custom anim... or any anim u should put the bootanimation.zip file into the /system/media folder to get it working.
[EVO 4G Android Development] FastJoe78:
got it working...
[EVO 4G Android Development] Blitzpwnage:
Can I flash the animations with another rom?
[EVO 4G Android Development] skoobz:
bummer, mik, you know i had your first evo roms back in pccgeeks and i've followed you here. too bad i can't get ver3 to properly work.

i wiped, then flashed. everything loads fine. then, it doesn't finish loading apps when i use titanium. reboot, i go to market and install program, it just stays at the install screen and the progress bar does not move. reboot again, this 3rd time, a charm, right? i tried to install using fex and no dice, same thing, install screen with the progress bar does not budge for 10 minutes, and it's just a the stupid scanlife barcode reader thing.

in other words, i cannot get anything to install.

oh well, back to ver2 beta 1. i like it better anyway, it doesn't have the tweet and other bloatware that's in ver3. looking forward to ver4!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
search a little... i said before that it should work but those files are made for my theme... so you will get some extras that might not fit your rom.

white taskbar is one of them... so if u using a rom that dont have a white taskbar... the date text will be messed up cuz its gonna be white on white.

ok dude... i think i know whats the problem u having.

it wont happen in the version ill put out on Saturday... if u can wait until then just pm me and ill tell u what to do to try and fix it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mplaines:
Nice rom! Anyone having issues with certain widgets not showing up? Gmail unread count not showing up any ideas?

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[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
only thing that has issues as far as i know is adding specific htc widgets.... i also put up a temp fix for it until i update the rom.

u can try the temp fix thats here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8825939&postcount=75
[EVO 4G Android Development] mplaines:
I rebooted and all widgets/apps worked. Great Rom!

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[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
glad to hear that...
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
ok guys...

im putting this zip up here for u all to try and tell me what u think.

its the white htclockscreen i made.

now... i took off the "sprint" cuz i really dont think it's necessary to show it... but if u one of those guys who really have to have it showing let me know and ill make u guys a version with showing...

another change i made is for the musicplayer in the lockscreen... background is now transparent... so you'll kinda wish u dont have the album art so u can just have the music note showing and the background.

notification icons were changed also, and a few other things...

keep in mind that this will probably not work on other roms just because i had to make changes in com.htc.resources to make sure that when a call comes in the text is black also so its using my rom''s files (if anyone wants to know how to change it to fit your own rom... pm me and ill do my best to explain).

i would like to say that htc really made this work to be sort of a ***** because of the way they setup things... its never the same way for everything. sometimes hex... sometimes predefined colors that are in a different apk...

and for backgrounds... they use images and predefined colors in the xml's and resources.arsc... too many things to find to make it work the way u want...

but i guess thats why its a closed source and not an open one.

please note that i didn't get a chance to fully test everything that should happen with the lockscreen because i dont usually use htclocksreen... so i have no clue what kind of popups it has and for what...

thats for u guys to help me with... so hopefully a good amount of u guys will d/l it and give me feedback so i can make changes if necessary before updating the rom.

thanks.

here is the link:

MikFroyo-White-HtcLockScreen-signed.zip

and here is a quick screen shot:

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[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
ok guys... good news.

i was able to port calk's usb tether tweak into the new framework.jar from the 3.30 release and got done with tweaking the new services.jar file also (removed debug notification icons/transparent taskbar drop down/white text instead of black).

i'm working on the android.policy.jar to see if can port the hibernate and hotreboot functions from the DHD.

worst case ill have to stick to what we had so far.

btw... im still waiting for some comments on the lockscreen...
[EVO 4G Android Development] FastJoe78:
I like the lock screen, although I still prefer the stock lock...Quick question regarding the Saturday update u mentioned a few posts up, is it an update to the new firmware 3.30 or just minor tweaks and what not?
[EVO 4G Android Development] commonplace:
Two questions (for now, hehe):

1. How do we get the Sprint apps back if we want them? I read about a bunch of ROMS and it some/most of them put the "missing" apps on the SD card. I couldn't find them, though.

2. When your next update comes out... well, how does that work? I'm new to flashing ROMS. (Yours is my first Android ROM and it is amazing!!) Do we just flash it over the top, or do we have to wipe out and start over again, or what?

Keep up the great work! Love your ROM!

/Kevin
[EVO 4G Android Development] Shauli20:
What is this Sprint Hotspot hack? Is it Calkulin's fix or something else. Does 4G work with it?

I'm thinking of trying this ROM, and 4G works wirelessly I will definitely make the jump!