yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] blahbl4hblah:
Oh well, I'll stay up like usual and hopefully he'll be on

Btw, the rom is just too fast, I put the new market too that you linked sparks to in irc

I was sleeping hahaha
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Straightflush:
sweet, thanks sparksco and cris, this rom looks and feels great :D
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] single:
how do i flash this other kernel? should i flash it right after the rom and before gapps?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] crisvillani:
yes.:D

10char.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] single:
I really love this beautiful fast rom. too bad that when i flashed the arabic support zip it stuck on boot animation :(
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] homerc:
I know this sounds like a stupid question:

In contacts, how do i show phone and sim contacts?

I couldn't find any relevant option in "VIEW"...

Currently i can only see the google contacts ^^"
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] blahbl4hblah:
Go into contacts and then menu and import from sim, that'll show everything and u can decide which contact you want to import
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] markdexter:
is it possible to get a version of this ROM without the kernel auto detect? I believe it may be something to do with this thats giving me problems.

Its taking almost 5mins or more to boot up from off. Is that normal. By the time it boots up ive lost 5% battery life??
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] crisvillani:
By tommorow hopefully I will have one without autodetect.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] markdexter:
Cheers Mate.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dhruvnukul:
i am getting greenish tint on screen anyone how to resolve that??
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] markdexter:
flash the kernel thats on the first page.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dhruvnukul:
:)

hey thanks for your help ,i did not notice that
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] doc13:
The 1.6 rom is so coo and fast..

One question, is there any possibility to have gingerbread keyboard including as input language greek as well?

Thanks again for a great ROM!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] gkenny1991:
try wipe => wipe sd card ? its the 5the option i think :D
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] valon2:
I tried different things, nothing worked but hey I'm using 1.6 right now so no problems so far. Thanks anyway :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] blahbl4hblah:
I'm not sure if cris has the flash version of it in the OP but if he doesn't I have it
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] nobooya:
I just flashed this rom. It's very smooth and looks great, but boot time is just killing me, it takes over 5 minutes, while others lunch in 1-2 minutes. Is it because I have class 2 sd card or 128MB ext partition? And is there a way not to use apps2ext with this rom? I tried flashing it without, but rom kept restarting on HTC animation.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] blahbl4hblah:
Well boot time for me doesn't really matter because of the new kernel so the battery life is great and as for you not wanting apps2ext? That's bad because you want the space off from your phone for more speed. I think there's an option for it if you use the terminal and type in

sh /system/etc/fr-patch141-BETA3.txt
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] nobooya:
I know apps2ext speeds up phone, but got only 2GB card, because my 8GB is dead, so every MB is important to me :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] blahbl4hblah:
That might be true and all but the way I see things, your not going to be using more than a gb of it unless your app crazy or your phone is your mp3
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] crisvillani:
You need EXT for the rom to boot, as for boot time idno why people are getting this problem mine boots up fine, make sure u follow ALL the steps on the first page, and you shoudnt get any problems, one thing though can please post a logcat of your boot so maybe I can see why its taking so long.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Brillntred06:
The boot time is a little longer than some of the other ROMs I've used recently, but doesn't seem too long. I'm also not getting the green tint that people are talking about and I'm using a Roger's 32A. Good work on this ROM!!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] rquattro:
Almost 24h of using 1.6 and I only have one thing to say:

1. Perfect.

Thank you very much, that's all.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] homerc:
I have just finished flashing and customizing this rom.

I have to say this is one great rom!

It is amazingly fast and smooth and having a 512mb app2sd partition is a wonderful idea - for app collectors like most people!

One little thing tho - just to nitpick lol - compared to the smoki rom which i was using before this one, strangely the app drawer is a little bit not as smooth, also the 3d gallary is a bit laggier. (very odd smoki somehow made 3d gallary very smooth even on magics)

I would suggest, if possible, to include the old photo browsing app from 1.5, 1.6. So that for people who don't mind a less cool photo viewer we can have a faster one.

Btw is there a way to choose what apps are to be installed on the phone and what are to be installed on the sd card? I suppose the actual rom is faster so i'd like to put the core apps on the phone like tasker killers, while things aren't so important like games can stay on sd?

Anyway back to the topic - GREAT JOB on this rom! I am really looking forward to the later versions!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] doc13:
Great!

can you post it somehow?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] blahbl4hblah:
@homerc just do

sh /system/etc/fr-patch141-BETA3.txt a2sd

You can pick which ones to use there

@doc13: I'll do it when I get home I'm currently at the library trying to study
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] crisvillani:
Ginger Bread Keyboard is already in rom , to get diffrent languagae goto settings then Keyboard settings the Android Keyboard then there should be a language settings .
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] valon2:
Love this ROM!!!! have been playing with it for couple of hours now and you can see the performance in the attachments :)

Setpcu; max 576 min 384 (scaling: performance)

JIT; on
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] crisvillani:
so the long boot is because it zipaligns everything on boot , so that the apps use less ram, which is good , its kinda like a win-loose situtation slower boot , faster rom.

Also is there anyone that has green tint issue?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] valon2:
No green tint here, just the long boot :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] doc13:
Yeah, i know.

This rom has a hell of keyboard language along with their dictionaries,

but no greek keyboard language:(
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] gmocibob:
I instaled the rom this morning it worked pretty good until I installed setcpu 2.0.4.

then started to freeze and restart even after i uninstalled setcpu

thanks!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] sparksco:
You'll need to talk to the cyanogenmod team on support for languages ;)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] crisvillani:
Can u give me a logcat, or try following the first page exactly when setting up phone.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] crisvillani:
Fast app drawer

Hey guys i just discovered some settings that will make ur app drawer fly in ADW .

Go to ADW Settings-Drawer Settings-Show app labels-uncheck that!

Now ur app drawer will be much faster.:D
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] avicho:
Could u plz help me? I'v chosen the hebrew language that exists on the language settings but i can't see the hebrew fonts on the keyboard.

What should i do?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] crisvillani:
For Language i cannot do much , sorry :(

Try searching the market for a hebrew keyboard maybe u will find something?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] qberty:
Now I know this idea seems farfetch'd but I was thinking if you could port rVoix over to this rom. I know it's dependant on a certain HTC driver. But one person got it working on a vanilla rom.

:D
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] blahbl4hblah:
Yeah it does make things a lot faster, just at the price of the labels haha

if you wanna keep the speed but the labels too, just uncheck the fade option
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] crisvillani:
Like voice recording built in to the phone application?

Like in seo's espresso rom?

I can try but i wont promise anything :D
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] homerc:
Using absolute system tool i found apps in the following locations:

/system/app/

data/app

/mnt/asec/

/system/framework/

/data/app-private/

Which ones are the ones on SD card and which ones are the ones on the phone?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] homerc:
Also when i try to scroll down a long list of things (e.g. app drawer, app list, file list etc) it seems to lag...is there a setting to adjust this so that it goes smoother?

I am using launcherpro btw. Would ADW perform better?

I really like the people and agenda widgets in LauncherPro tho >_<

Thanks
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] loukvlav:
I also have the same problem and I had it with all roms I have tried. I believe everyone has it more or less, so there is no magic setting to eliminate it.

Launcher Pro is completely lag free with the default apps. But as you install more apps, it get more laggy.

I have also tried ADW and in my experience it was worse. It starts lagging from the begging, and gets worse afterwards...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] c0mrade2:
The rom is great, but sometimes it freeze y.y

I've taken a logcat while I was restoring apps from Titanium Backup (via batch).

I found this line:

E/AndroidRuntime( 249): *** FATAL EXCEPTION IN SYSTEM PROCESS: PackageManager

Everytime i do that it freeze, but also in other case..

I've wiped everything before flashing 1.6!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] 3rdcoast:
I've recently gone back to my Magic while waiting on the crappy Galaxy to get fixed and I thought I'd be suffering from the speed but this rom is the fastest and most stable 2.2 I've tried so far. I prefer ADW and I turn off all animations and special effects. I have no need for eye candy, I want it to work fast. Not so much by the benchmarks but by how it feels. I don't see the lag, in fact the lag is less on this rom than the otherwise more powerful Galaxy S.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] loukvlav:
Why is this rom so heavily dependent on the ext partition of the SD Card?

32A Magics have plenty of space and so they don't need to transfer apps/cache to sd. Is there any way we can flash it with fat32 only formatted sd?

If I comment out the execution of firerat's script in firstboot.sh will that remove the requirement for an ext partition?

Thanks!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] DannyBiker:
How to restore the standard animations ? I like the original ones better.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] crisvillani:
If you download cm6.1, extract it get framework-res.apk and push to phone with adb. But u will also lose gingerbread theme.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] crisvillani:
I will talk to rest of the sparksco team, to see wat we can do, but for now we need ext .
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] 3rdcoast:
Are there any potential side effects of using ext? I know many people want it but I've never run out of space so have never used it. If there isn't a problem then I'm fine, this rom is really good by all measure so far. I dare say that the lag is better than the Galaxy S that should be much faster.

One issue though, location doesn't seem to work unless I turn on GPS. I've never needed GPS to get location that was good enough for my needs. I saw the same thing once on a Galaxy rom which got fixed in the next update. Basically if I enable GPS to get my current location working for things such as Latitude and weather it will always show that same location no matter where I go.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] DannyBiker:
And get the old icons and white theme? If so I'd be pleased...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] crisvillani:
No there are no side effects of app2ext, I personally think it make ur phone faster..
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] sparksco:
The theme with adw launcher was themed to match the gingerbread theme if I'm not mistaken, which means everything will be black and green to match the theme. You really think a white background on adw launcher would look better then it looks now, I think not..
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] sparksco:
If you change the animations it could get slower, I mean think about how fast this rom is now with these animations. Compared to 1.5 and the stock animations, I think these ones are faster. Did go to spare parts and check fast for windows and transitions?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] valon2:
I have the feeling the Biffkernel still has a better batery life. Can I be wrong and it's possible to flash it on 1.6 isn't it ? (just wipe dalvik cache?)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] sparksco:
Yes it is faster, that's why you should also do this: Settings > CM Settings > Set Applications install location to sd-ext > check "allow moving of applications"

;)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] sparksco:
I'll get with cris and we'll make a new pershoot one. We'll just make it a no wipe update, I'm on the pershoot one right now and my battery is fine.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] sparksco:
^^^

Your date title up above is kinda old...(04/12/10)?? Please change to the date on mine thanks
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] crisvillani:
My bad :P
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] homerc:
Every time i go into setting>sound it FCs.

process com.android.settings has stopped unexpectedly.

any ideas? ^^"

Thanks
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Straightflush:
err... did you flash an external keyboard?

before I got this rom, i flashed a gingerbread keyboard, and after that I got no notification sounds and it crashed everytime i tried... thats one of the reasons I switched over
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ricowix:
I just installed Sparksmod 1.6DS on my G1 dream T-mobile. Its running ok, but the camera doesnt work. Would you please be kind enough to tell what went wrong with it? Thank you very very much.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] o0lx0o:
feel sorry about it

i have followed these steps but stop at the second screen

just can't get in
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] crisvillani:
These steps are for older rom, not 1.6.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] alfaiz:
Waud you tell me please,The speed of the rom

thanks
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] pokgat:
quite speedy..fastest froyo for magic..
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] homerc:
Actually i did!

I installed a chinese keyboard and a japanese keyboard from the market.

Anyway i have somehow managed to have it fix. I went into application and than wiped the data for settings and it worked!

Thanks anyway ;-)

P.S. i guess you should thank the problem you had with your previous keyboard otherwise you wouldn't have moved to this great rom! haha
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] DannyBiker:
Yup I know about Spare Parts.

What I want is the standard CM look : white notification bar, grey-black/green icons, with simple sliding window transitions and pop-up menus (I don't see how those animations could slow down the device, they are far less complex).

Like this : http://www.androidup.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/CyanogenMod-Screenshot.png

How do I achieve this ?

I don't get the need of variant ROMS to enhance the visual look with actually far uglier choices. The network icon looks terrible and I get incoherent icons, like the alarm one that is blue instead of green. And I hate green by the way !

I know it's all about taste but that's the thing and this why the best policy is to offer a naked ROM with links to extra's.

As for the ROM itself, it achieves its goal : offer a fast/usable Froyo experience on the HTC Magic, something that regular CM can't provide.

Booting is awfully long though (around 3 minutes against 1 on other ROMS) but I could stick with it despite its flaws. I come from 2.1 Sense ROMS that already offered great speed but with the eye-candy in bonus...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] FirstNoobToBrickHisPhone:
How long is this supposed to take for first boot of Sparksmod 1.6?

It's been hanging on the HTC Magic screen.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] DannyBiker:
VERY LONG. I mean regular boot is already long but first boot can take up to 15-20 minutes...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] blahbl4hblah:
If you want a stock looking rom then just go into the ui in CM settings and change it to stock, it's not that hard is it? and besides if you want a stock 2.2.1 rom then go to biffmod and their slow speeds. this rom is faster than ANY other rom for magic and g1 it's as fast as a donut if not the same to it.

YES we know about the LONG boot time, it'll be fixed in the next update

Yeah, we know about the long boot time, itll be fixed don't worry
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] markdexter:
DannyBiker. What you have to remember is that these Guys contribute to the ROMS in thier own time! We get the benefits of that, so to complain about something that your getting for free, doesn't say alot about you.

Also if your not happy with the way this ROM looks, or acts, guess what dont flash it!! Why dont you figure out how to make your own, just the way you like it, without the colour GREEN!!

you also said "I HATE GREEN" sorry about that, the guys should have developed this ROM completely around you and your needs, screw everyone else!

I just hate seeing people complaining about something there getting for free.

Never Happy.:mad:
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] blahbl4hblah:
Yeah that's true everyone put their own time into the rom

and he has the nerve to complain about the appearrance
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] c0mrade2:
Ok, I had wiped all and reflashed following the first post and it was worse than before lol

So I've tried to flash the kernel from 1.5 and it works! No more f*****g freeze!! :D

But the problem with titanium backup is still here :confused:

Maybe is for the AutoDetect Kernel?

Anyway, the new theme is wonderful!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Villani10:
The ROM may be that good and fast, but i think its ugly.. =/
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] crisvillani:
Idno why ur getting these problems but it could be the Autodetect, but for Titanium does it force close while restoring or as soon as u open it?

Thanks.... :/
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] FirstNoobToBrickHisPhone:
You can theme it yourself.:)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] marcimix:
This is flame war #%%#$ $%*

I like this Rom so far I just like it and please don't be idiot :/

God theme Mr.dev :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eyegor:
You are the one who's flaming now. He just said that he thinks that it is ugly. I must admit that he could have phrased it better, but you have no right to call him an idiot whatsoever.

Just like you approve of the theme, he disapproves of it. Tastes should not be a matter of discussion.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] marcimix:
nah There are so many themes. How can not like the ADW or just install another luncher e.g. luncher pro?

I'm Sorry :/
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] DannyBiker:
Well no sorry. Just because you do things for free, you are not immunized from criticism. I think it's not a good thing for devs and users to live in a world of "everything is so wonderful"; there would be no improvements !

Beside, I was way less virulent that you both are ! I acknowledged the ROM speed which is its main strength and said that I would give it a shot.

The argument of "don't like it don't run it" is simplistic. As I stated in my previous post, post that you should I have read better, I just find CM6.1 unusable on our Magic; it's slow and sluggish with some dumb choices (Gallery3D for example). Therefore, SparksMOD is the only solution for a CM based experience. It's faster and optimized for speed.

Our device is no Nexus One or HD2, it's not like there are 55 ROMS to choose from. I'd say there are 10 Roms at best that are worth the flash (3.22 and 6.35 mixed). Sparksmod is one of them.

My point was : a good ROM policy is to offer a standard experience with untouched UI. After that, you can provide .zip's of as many addons or "visual enhancements" as you like. Everybody will agree with a Facebook app already provided. But when it comes to looks, taste can be very different.

I'm with Villani10, this ROM looks ugly. Am I right ? No, it's just my taste. But I think I should be able to CHOOSE myself and not be forced to open the terminal because of some poor choice. Those icons ruined my experience and I went back to Sense UI ROMS.

With a standard looking ROM, nobody would be complaining as I do !
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] crisvillani:
OK. So this thread is getting out of hand, everyone has the right to there are opinion but please say ur opinion nicely, also next release hopefully we will have flashable zips for themes, to keep everyone happy, so everyone please just be nice to each other.

Thanks.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] DannyBiker:
I'm always nice to everybody. That's what my mom always says...:D
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] rquattro:
I am very happy with this ROM. My HTC Magic was never this fast and smooth. All things are working well and battery life is just great. I want to thank all the ones involved in this ROM: Thank you very much!

You worked hard to release a FREE ROM for us and the job was awesomely done!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] JuriCrows:
I'm sorry guys, especially you crissvillani, your hard-work porting this over and yet Sparksco still putting his name on everything, he just pissed off Ohsaka on his forum, because he stole Superwipe, then changed it slightly and put his name all over it.

This is a Cyanogen's ROM, with other people's hard work attached, but with Sparksco name all over it, as though he made the whole thing from scratch.

It sounds like it could be a decent ROM, but yet, seems to be alot of issues, long boot times, a slighly faster CM6 experience, but yet we have no choice and have to use theme where given. For me I want the Cyanogen look, with the speed.

Im going back to Cyanogenmod forums, the real creator of this ROM.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] blahbl4hblah:
I don't see why your saying he's saying that he put his entire name all of this rom, that's basically the same as Biffmod and other roms too

So why don't you say that to them as well huh?

besides, he says thank you to everyone that contributed to the rom

And besides we know Cyanogenmod was the creator, the base of this rom is because of him without him the rom won't even be created same goes for every other rom