yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] indiacam:
Do not use B7, there are still some bugs like camera, etc... see some posts above.

I am still using B6 version of this rom which is outstandingly fast and almost bugless.

Check first post before flashing....may be you need to flash to 2.1 first after rooting and then try 2.2.x or 2.3.x. First confirm if it is already rooted or not. Rooting instructions are in my signature and also many other Milestone rooting posts already available. user proper SBF before rooting.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] indiacam:
Thanks a lot for your information, will check thoroghly at above links before posting such nasty things and pardon me for that.

EDIT: Just checked but his blog is non-english. is it brazilian?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] zeppelinrox:
Brazillion is a number, not a language! ;)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] indiacam:
LOLZ! We are out of topic. But I typed brazilian, I meant anything related to brazil. The number Brazillion have two L. Just googled.

Anyways thanks for info. I was not aware of language spoken in brazil.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] HinotoriBR:
I think that Brazilian Portuguese is the correct term, as only Portuguese usually refers to the language that is spoken in Portugal, while there are a lot of similarities, there are a lot of differences as well, think of Britsh vs. American English on stereoids... :p Our Portuguese fellows don't love they way we speak their languague (and I can absolutely understand why). :D

P.s.: no news on B8 yet, if I get any news from Edgard, I will post here as soon as possible.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] James91:
Thx, bro

i will keep waiting
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bayngen:
Contacting Edgar

Since we haven't heard from Edgar in weeks, can someone who have edgar's email address or phone number to send him a quick note asking him for B8 status and then post the answer here for the rest?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] James91:
bro, I dont think Edgard would like to have someone disturbing his real life, just for asking a mod update....

In fact, b3 is already perfect to me....
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] mystichobo:
Plus, as with most devs, developing is a hobby.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] Abazel:
People! Just chill, ffs! =)) When he will be in the mood, he'll update his ROM. ;)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] indiacam:
lolz...bayngen! chill up man... no need to try to direct contact to ED. I just got my ass kicked for asking b8 with impatience few posts back. we have to wait for some time.

btw....b6 is great. i m using it at the moment. no major bugs..not even minor for simple user like me who do not use 3d games or heavy apps. only phoning, browsing and emailing apps.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] HinotoriBR:
B8 Status - In progress, Edgard posts almost daily in ShadowMODBR Google Groups (Portuguese language), he said that something should be delivered one week ago or so, but it was not possible. So, status is, wait until it is done, no delivery date.

Send a message to his e-mail address or call his personal number asking why it is not released and when it will be released - Bad, really bad idea in my oppinion. Just accept the fact that this is free work AS IS and NO GUARANTEES. If people start to harass developers that do it for free in their free time, those developers will simply vanish.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] zeppelinrox:
Send money.

Lots and lots of money.

It works!
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bayngen:
Thanks Zeppelinrox, this is all I have asked for, a reason to keep hoping for an update and staying with ShadowMOD. As I previously said in my earlier post, that I can't appreciate enough for developer like Edgar for developing new builds for devices which are no longer supported by their manufacturers.

With that said, this is my 1st time I have rooted any phone and after reading how all of ShadowMOD users are happy with this ROM, I have installed it. I was eager for an update but not seeing a response from Edgar, was ready to give up and move to another rom. But now thanks for your quick note, I will wait for B8 and stay with ShadowMOD.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
until b8 don't come, testing MIUIBR, another amazing brazilian rom!
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] HinotoriBR:
MIUIBR is not Brazilian as far as I know, it is just a translation of MIUI (which is a great work, for sure, but not the same as making a rom) like the english translation we see here. ;)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
with a lot of customization by brazilians

new kernel, ram tweaks, vm heap size changes and lot more.

you can test the MIUI from here and MIUIBR and you will fell the diference, our is much more faster and smoth.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] James91:
HinotoriBr,

could u post the original post here?

I searched the shadowmodbr google group for a while but still couldn't find edgard's response~
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] jiddahidda:
Where can I get ahold of MIUIBR? So it's not the same as the MIUI from this forum? Is it available in English?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] James91:
I think they mean the same thing

if u would like to try, download from this forum...
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
It's only avalible in PT-BR

http://code.google.com/p/miuibr/
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] HinotoriBR:
About Edgard response:

https://groups.google.com/group/sha...1288525?dmode=source&output=gplain&noredirect

Basically he said it would be available next weekend on March 25th, that would mean the weekend o March 27th or April 3rd (yes, I know, our understanding of next weekend is not quite universal as in most languages, where April 3rd would be Next Weekend and March 27th would be this weekend).

He did not release it, but, he is actively posting in ShadowMODBR Google Groups and always answering some questions (except the magic one, when will it be ready, perhaps he noticed that right now it is difficult to have a target date) on a daily basis, so, he is not MIA, but, we don't have an expected ETA and he said about current development here:

https://groups.google.com/group/sha...dfa81e8?dmode=source&output=gplain&noredirect

That was last Wednesday,where he said he still is deciding which kernel he will use in B8, but so far he has been using the Brazilian Kernel and it is stable so far.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] indiacam:
It seems, its non-english. is there any english version or 100% working english pack availabile for MIUIBR?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
unfortunately no.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] framir:
This wonderful rom can works with italian frequency? :D
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] sdtaddey:
Sure!

Change basebands in AOR, ;)

SENT FROM MY MILESTONE POWERED BY GINGERBREAD
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
If i want to try this one, which build would you guys recommend? b3 or b6?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] indiacam:
Obviously b6.

But I am wondoring why expert like you who makes his own mod and themes and flashes 3/4 roms in a day, is asking this to kids like us. Any survey you are conducting?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] n3n00:
He didn't try it, so how can he know...
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] James91:
B3 is better than b6,

Coz b3 runs smoother than b6

And b3 doesn't have obvious bugs

just freeze on 3d gallery
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
I am no expert, bro. It is true that i flash roms like crazy and make my own mods, but that doesn't make me a expert. I have never tried this ROM earlier and thought that i should give it a go, that's all. ;)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] HinotoriBR:
Edgar still posts on ShadowMODBR Google Groups on a daily basis, but no news about B8 progress or any release date.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] indiacam:
Can you please tell us what is general topic he is discussing almost every day? May be he might have given some hint somewhere about this b8 or any other feature he may be working on? Sorry obviously I do not know your language and everyone else too.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] James91:
using the google translate, I can understand what those portuguese language mean

http://groups.google.com/group/shadowmodbr/topics

But I still cannot see any responses regarding b8,

can u post the topic in which edgard posts??
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] HinotoriBR:
Again, he has not posted anything related to B8 in the last weeks.

He posts in ShadowMODBR and Android Brasil google groups mostly helping to answer some basic questions and/or talk about other subjects...

For me, it is clear that the project is in a "when it is done" phase, Edgar won't talk about target dates as he is not being able to promisse antything right now. So, right now, all that is left to do is to wait.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] zeppelinrox:
Will b8 update cure world hunger or solve pollution or make me better looking?

The last one is most important.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] eybee1970:
rofl :D....
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] James91:
Thanks:)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] HinotoriBR:
Good news for some...

Well, not for all, as it seems that B8 won't cure world hunger, solve pollution or make users better looking... :D

Edgard was interviewed in a PODCAST (sorry, all Portuguese spoken) and it seems that he said that he will be able to resume working on ShadowMOD BR in the next two weeks...

So, at least two more weeks without updates, but, he will work on it for sure. ;)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] indiacam:
I believe that indirectly great rom like this in our milestone can make us look better...so waiting...
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] MakeW00t:
What kernel should i use to get the most out of shadowmod?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] indiacam:
The one which is selected by developer.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] HinotoriBR:
Summarizing the podcast (60 minutes long interview, portuguese language only, can be found here: http://www.euandroid.com.br/podcasts/2011/04/androidcast-11-edgard-cast-e-a-shadowmod/ ) about ShadowMOD BR and Android related stuff:

- Edgar plans to continue ShadowMOD BR while he still uses his Milestone and he intends to still support it for at least 2011, no plans for a new phone right now

- Right now he thinks that Froyo (9.16 ShadowMOD BR) is the most stable and he recommends using it for whoever is worried about stability/memory usage, and this is the one he uses as a "daily driver"

- According to him, it took about 3 to 4 months until Froyo ShadowMOD reached the current stability and reliability, and he thinks that GB Shadow will take at least 3 months to reach the same level of stability and reliability and he thinks that it will be possible to have it working as good as the froyo one as far as memory management is concerned (and everything else, just that most people nowadays are concerned about the limited free memory in gingerbread releases)

- As I've said before, he said something about 3 to 4 weeks until B8, most people that listened the podcast understood that a new release should be ready in the next 3 to 4 weeks, I've understood that he will be able to resume working on B8 by that time frame (so it should possibly take one or two extra weeks until it is released)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] zeppelinrox:
Perhaps you can tell him to try the SUPERTEST script as it does wonders for gingerbread memory issues, adjusting oom grouping while increasing free ram and making the launcher Hard To Kill.

Edit: But most important, it will make him better looking :D

/too obvious?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] James91:
Thanks~!!, HinotoriBR

As edgard highly recommends shadowmod froyo, should I try~??
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] HinotoriBR:
If you wanna try it:

http://code.google.com/p/shadowmodb...mbr-0.9.16-signed.zip&can=2&q=&sort=-uploaded

(this is the main ShadowMOD, Froyo, no overclock, AOSP launcher... I would recommend to change the launcher to Zeam, LauncherPRO, ADW or your favorite launcher as AOSP launcher is huge...)

After installing it using Open Recovery, you can (ROM is pretty much clean, no overclock, no notification bar customizations, etc):

- Install different governors ( http://code.google.com/p/shadowmodb....16-governor-pack.zip&can=2&q=&sort=-uploaded , unzip the file, choose the governor you want to have as default, get its zip file and move it to your sdcard to the OR Update folder, apply it)

- Install different overclock profiles ( http://code.google.com/p/shadowmodb...16-overclock-pack.zip&can=2&q=&sort=-uploaded , same instructions as above, unzip it, choose the profile you want, move it and apply it in Open Recovery)

- Choose a different "black notification bar" theme ( http://code.google.com/p/shadowmodb....16-Blackbar-pack.rar&can=2&q=&sort=-uploaded , never used it, but I guess instructions are pretty much the same as above )

- It comes with that kernel that doesn't give DSI errors, but, if you want the latest kernels and don't have the DSI erros issue on your phone (I don't), you can install either the latest Arabic or Brazilian kernels ( http://code.google.com/p/shadowmodb...l-g11068ed-nosign.zip&can=2&q=&sort=-uploaded or http://code.google.com/p/shadowmodb...-wfp018zbr-nosign.zip&can=2&q=&sort=-uploaded , also, move it to update folder yadda yadda yadda )

Also, as far as I know it only supports Brazilian Portuguese/Spanish/English. And it comes with Brazilian baseband, so, it is a good idea to either use one of the basebands provided with Androidiani Open Recovery or you can, before installing any of the updates, do a Nandroid Backup of your current ROM and them, after installing everything, just restore the Nandroid Backup of your baseband.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] LuigiC6:
SUPERTEST!!!! Amazing band!!!!! https://www.facebook.com/Supertest
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] zeppelinrox:
Umm...

1. Are you one of them?

2. If so, hello neighbour :p
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] qaz2453:
official milestone froyo

I really want to install this (complete noob at all these stuff lol)

Just wanted to know do i have to skip the step with this froyo?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] IFLPI:
Hey,

great rom so far,

stable, and fast. CM7 has the lacking ram issue, after day or two, it lacks ram, cannot kill any app to release, just ram leak somewhere, and it restarts.

This rom seem to not have this, but I will see.

Keep up the good work, please :P
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] James91:
Which rom are u using??

If u are using custom rom,

Just wipe all through OR,

Flash rom,

Then wipe all again
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] James91:
The ram can maintain at 30-50,

which is ok for daily use
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] indiacam:
Strange, my sim is not in mobile network with 9.16

Reading about edgrds interview about stability and performance I gave a shot to 9.16. Surprisingly and unfortunately when I tried Froyo (9.16 ShadowMOD BR), I found a serious issue, my Vodafone sim which runs in my city Mumbai (India) on both frequencies (900 and 1800Hz) did not register on network. I even could not find the Mobile Network in Manual search. Similar thing happened with ARAB kernel and BRAZIL kernel. (Another operator SIM from AIRTEL WORKED with no problem on 9.16)

Then switched back to SMBR GB v2.3.2b6, the vodafone sim did not work either.

Then switched back to Froyomod 2.6.1b, sim worked like charm too with no issue.

Can anyone suggest what could possiblly gone wrong with 9.16 rom with vodafone?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] iranterres:
There is nothing wrong really, but probably the rom doesn't have the APN's neither the locale of your carrier, but I've found many of those here somewhere in this forum.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] lalit79:
u need to change the basedband after u flash the update
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] indiacam:
thanks a lot lalit

As most roms I tried till date worked well for my most Indian Sims, I did not attempt to change baseband. Can you please provide more information to change baseband for my uk version milestone to work in india with vodafone operator in mumbai? sorry for noob question.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] HinotoriBR:
I've told about this specific need... Builtin baseband is Brazil/LATM/Canada, 850/1900/2100, same is true to Shadow MOD BR gingerbread.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] indiacam:
Oh no! I regret to completely overlook the last part in bold. Will try and put results later.

Thanks a lot and grateful for notifying. Generally people (geniuses) here, do kick ass of noobs for such questions :D. You did reply so nicely, thanks.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] James91:
http://groups.google.com/group/shadowmodbr-rom-dev/browse_thread/thread/36397e87f18bf2b3#

"Não. O edgard estava se mudando e por isso teve que dar um 'pause' no

desenvolvimento da ROM. A previsão é que ele volte a trabalhar nela ainda

este mês. "

there is a response regarding Edgard's development of b8....

The following is the translation:

No. edgard was moving and therefore had to give a 'pause' in

ROM development. It is expected he will return to work on it yet

this month.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] indiacam:
lolz..this is great....its well-known that most of the xda visitors do not know portuguese language, but this post gives new information that there are some prople who can read in portuguse but does not know english at all. else james would not put the matter in portuguese language also. james will you do this for all next posts?....lolz....kidding :D
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] ilya11g:
any news from Edgar?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] HinotoriBR:
What a coincidence... He just posted this a few minutes ago:

Again, this ROM was not abandoned.

I'm not having enough time to deliver a ROM that is good enough for everybody's use. Thus, because of that, I did not release a new version.

I don't think that it is interesting to release a "half baked" version just to make people stop asking about a new version. It is not my way to work, and it won't ever be this way.

Anyway, whoever wants to contribute, source code is available in my GitHub -- as always have been. You can just download, send any changes you make. I'll be more than happy to have contributors to the project, where, until today, I was the only one that mostly contributed with code.

Again: A NEW VERSION WILL BE RELEASED ONLY WHEN I THINK THAT THERE ARE IMPROOVMENTS AND CHANGES ENOUGH TO BE MEANINGFUL.

So that this can happen, I need time to do it. As I don't have enough time right now, it is taking longer than usual.

Meanwhile, who wants to use Gingerbread, my advise is to use CM7. There are a lot of forums out there that can help whoever wants to use CM7.

The tone of this message is because an idiot was... being an idiot.... :D There are people that really don't understand that volunteer work is something that there are no guarantees and no schedules and no obligations whatsoever. There are people that still insist on telling guys like Ed, Nadlabak and others, whenever they take longer than usual for whatever reason to release an update, that they MUST DO IT OR JUST THROW THE TOWEL....

I just hope that Edgar is more patient than I am and don't stop ShadowMOD work, as it is the cleanest AOSP release for Milestone.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] lfventura:
i think what everyone is missing is just a feed back from Edgar saying "Hey I am still busy". He only shows up once and them to say that he did not had time. If he still updating the people nobody would think that the ROM was abandoned.

But as you said, it is volunteer work. So I am not asking him over and over again to work on shadowmod. I know that when he finds free time he will do a new version, but unfortunately while this not occurs I am using other ROMs that are still being regularly updated.

All we can do is wait Edgar`s new version of shadow mod. And well, the success is not easy to deal.. Unfortunately even being volunteer work the fans will always be asking about it and when they do not got any answer for a long time they think the worse... That is how people work lol

I really hope he continue working on shadowmod soon, I really love shadowmod for being really AOSP what improves a lot the speed of the rom in our milestones. I hope to use shadowmod again before I buy an Atrix lol
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] indiacam:
Dude, you just spoke everyones heart loud. Well said...:) I am sure everyone here already knows about FroyoMod 2.7.0 by Luca. Its doing great. Faster, faster and almost no bugs, except few unnoticeable. Anyways goodluck to edgar and all the people in waiting....god bless all devs.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] ilya11g:
Just say Edgar that there is no offence or pressure from us :)

We just... you know... it is like a new iPhone for applers or new Twilights for teens.

So say him we want him only come and say "Hi!" and wish a good luck with businesses :)

P.S. Sorry for poor English
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] ilya11g:
and offtopic!

how can I patch/mod this ROM, to add a Russian language to hardware keyboard without using any additional keyboard?

Now I'm using stock keyboard + Russian keyboard for hardware keys + keyboard manager that switches stock and russian keyboard programs. It is too long way to type on Russian
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] HinotoriBR:
Look at what the guy I've said that is an idiot posted:

Friends,

Sorry if I'm being nonsense, but I come from other area (probably he is talking he is not into technology/IT).

I like technology and doing dangerous stuff (at least for me) in my phone.

Milestone has got me due to this possibility, but, I'm tired of trying to fix things (I don't know the exact translation of "pulando de galho em galho" expression, it is an expression when you are changing everytime). This phone is unstable. There are times it is slow, times that "call ended" of hell shows up when I try to make calls, #%@ $& internal memory is ridicoulous and even being possible to install some programs in SD card, there is not enough room, and soon comes the #%@$& mesage of "low storage space".

I'm not favorable to the iPhone, but what a stable phone! I have one, but I like to toy around with my Milestone and I'm not going to abandon it.

The big question is that the last version I've installed was B7, no more, where are more releases?

I was browsing ShadowMOD page every day and following-up the news, but it has stoped. Every time I browse it, everyone is talking about Ed not showing up. I agree with the guy that said it is disrespectful to not show up without even shaking your ass (kind of a disrespectful way to tell that you are not showing up).

Note that this is my personal oppinion, that this kind of attitude really sucks, and that is why I understand the tone of the last answer Edgar posted, as he said, he shows-up at least twice per month if he is very busy as he currently is. As much as I'm anxious for news and everything else, Edgard has been very open about his current status and that right now he can't exactly predict when a new version will show up, and that ShadowMOD project has not ended, he is the only guy that works on it and now it is not possible to do it... So, in my oppinion, he doesn't deserve this kind of attitude, I was not reffering to people just asking if there are news, but people being disrespectful. ;)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] James91:
True, bro

Edgard has his own job, his own life

It is not possible for him to single-mindedly engage in rom development, especially when it is just on a voluntary basis