[Hero CDMA Android Development] LiquidSolstice:
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Massive

credits to Kifno on getting the kernel cooked in and also for adding back in the mail apk.

For those of you who don't know, LiquidSense is a ROM series that focuses on speed and stability with minimal bloat, except instead of the Cyanogen approach, this is for Sense lovers. Any apk I have removed can be re-added very easily :).

Credits:

NFinite - for damn near everything, inspiration + an excellent base ROM, as usual. He gets full credit for the rooting/installation of busybox/integration of Apps2SD, and the best of luck to him as he gets

ASimmons - For the wonderful optimization scripts. Seriously, this man is a genius.

Decad3ance - Amazing kernel, and relentless drive to give us the best our Heroes can get :)

TpyoKnig - For the extremely fast FTP so that my Dropbox Public folder doesn't get hammered like an Irishman at Oktoberfest, also for some indispensable help building up the ROM as well

Kifno - MAJOR help with integrating the kernel into the ROMs, as well as adding back the mail apk which I stupidly removed. He understands what he's doing, and we should be interested to see what he comes up with next.

What it is:

~ NFinite's Latest ROM Release (NFX-Sprint.STOCK.2.32.651.2.ODEX.A2SD)

~ Decad3ance's #589 Kernel capped at 691. You can easily flash over uncapped if you'd like.

~ 100% png-optimized and zipaligned + odexed for massive performance and fast startup

~ Fully rooted + busybox (credit for both goes to NFinite)

~ Tons of Sprint Bloat removed (can be added back)

~ Original ROM size was 106 MB, my ROM is only 88 MB

What's been removed:

~ The usual Sprint Stuff (Nav/VVM/Sprint Zone/Nascar/NFL/TV)

~ Some HTC Stuff I felt was not needed at all (a few widgets, Teeter, Flickr, Twitter, Stocks, Learn More)

~ More specific list coming later (if you can't wait, take a look at the Removed APKs zip at the bottom of this post)

Special Notes:

~ Google Maps has been left in this ROM. I could have easily taken it out and removed 5 MB, but I felt too many people depend on it to have it removed

~ Facebook has been removed. I feel the app is garbage, but if you want it, it's just a download away in the Market.

~ Market is the latest one, it includes auto-update.

~ Ringtones have been left inside the ROM since the last time I removed them, people's phone process was crashing.

~ Wired Tether is no longer pre-cooked into the ROM, but it is stored on your SD card. Install with the provided ES File Manager if you wish to use it.

Screenshots:

Nothing is visually changed about the ROM. Screenshots could be put up, but if you've seen a stock ROM before, you've seen this one.

Instructions:

Ready? Here we go! Veteran users probably won't need to read all of the steps.

Step 1: Power off your phone.

Step 2: Press and hold volume down while powering on the phone to get to Recovery..

Step 3: Please please please nandroid!

Step 4: Mount USB Storage (while in recovery)

Step 5: Download and put the ROM of your choice on your memory card:

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Odex (Faster, Not easily themeable)

LiquidSense 2.1.1 Final Odex Deca 691Mhz + Sprint VVM

LiquidSense 2.1.1 Final Odex Deca 691Mhz with no VVM

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Deodex (Slightly slower, extremely easy to theme)

LiquidSense 2.1.1 Final Deodex Deca 691Mhz + Sprint VVM

LiquidSense 2.1.1 Final Deodex Deca 691Mhz with no VVM

IF your phone can handle 768, simply flash over Deca's Stable #589 kernel over your flash.

Step 6: Wipe/Factory Reset (I strongly suggest this)

Step 7: Flash the ROM you downloaded.

Step 8 (

optional

): Without leaving the recovery menu, proceed to flash the #589 768MHz kernel as well, if your phone can handle it.

Step 9: Reboot, setup, and enjoy.

Removed APKs/Widgets:

A fair amount of stuff has been removed from this ROM. You can find all the removed APKs here, just push them back into /system/app: Removed System APKs

Also, with massive thanks to Kifno, the Sprint VVM builds are fully updated as well. He is the reason this ROM is finished, keep a close eye on his dev threads. He's bound to do something big for us.