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[myTouch 4G Android Development] daryllh:
thanks for the specifics and tips.

This is my 2nd android phone. I've flashed several ROMs on each and never actually wiped the SD card on either of them. Specifically, I've installed CM6, Iced Glacier, CM7 on this phone (in that order) and never wiped the sd card contents. My phone has worked without incident (other than known issues of each ROM) each time.

I guess I'll start doing it. It will probably mean that I'll have the greatest working phone in the history of phones. haha.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] pbedard:
Wifi is brocken and rom is mad slow what an embarrassment
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Tazzaras:
Hope this is not a dumb question but if you format your sd card would you not lose the roms as well to flash, so should we format while booted and then put the rom back on the card and then goto recovery and flash?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] OuncE718:
I'm actually not new to ANDROID at all. I've owned a G1, (2) myTouch 3g, (2) myTouch Slide, G2, Vibrant 3g, HD2 (running Android), Nexus One, Touch Pro2 (running Android) and (2) myTouch 4g. Everyone of these phones has been rooted by myself. I've even rooted an EVO for a friend.

Thanks for your work. I will continue to look into why/what exactly is causing the rom to not boot. It may just be that the sd card needs a wipe. I will report my findings if I get it to work. ONCE AGAIN THANKS TO YOU AND THE TEAM.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Royalknight6190:
well there you go. Good Luck with the greatest phone in the world. lol. I am just saying the stuff I and others have done since the beginning.

What are you talking about, Yes wifi is broken but that is what happens when you dont send it to your testers to test and you are just getting bugged by XDA'ers to release. But Slow this Rom is not. This Rom is smoking fast.

You Format SDcard and then you mount the SDcard to your computer and transfer the file to a cleaned SDcard. then you flash the Rom. thanks.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] daryllh:
I'm glad you caught the sarcasm.

:D

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Originally Posted by Tazzaras

Hope this is not a dumb question but if you format your sd card would you not lose the roms as well to flash, so should we format while booted and then put the rom back on the card and then goto recovery and flash?

You Format SDcard and then you mount the SDcard to your computer and transfer the file to a cleaned SDcard. then you flash the Rom. thanks.

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EDIT:

In regards to these steps, wouldn't putting everything back on the card bring back the 'unwanted' data from the card? I'm thinking of things like the folders that are created for programs.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] ckisgen:
ATTN: I FIXED MY WIFI

i booted into recovery - wiped cache, dalvik, then fixed permissions. then i flashed the latest dumbfuq smartass kernel 2.6.32.28 ... (this is the one that apparently came bundled in this ROM so not sure why this would work?) ... booted up .. let it sit/fully boot for a couple mins before I touched anything..

then voila - wifi is working now! :)
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Tazzaras:
I wonder if using Faux's CM 7 based kernel would work as well to fix Wi-Fi
[myTouch 4G Android Development] ckisgen:
ya that's actually what i intended on doing when i first booted into recovery ... but then i remembered i had dumbfuq's latest kernel on there and decided to try flashing that first

(i tried fauxs and dumbfuqs with nexus S 2.1 and appeared dumbfuq's was a little more stable and got better performance and possibly even battery life a this point...but i LOVE fauxs stock/sense kernels and as soon as he gets his butt over here to CM7 world and starts working on his cm7 kernel again, i KNOW it's gonna smoke every other kernel out there)
[myTouch 4G Android Development] phaino00:
Worked like a champ. Thanks for the suggestion. Team Royal thanks for the experience. Look forward to more... ;-))
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Tazzaras:
Yea that's been my experience as well with it. Hope he gets to 1.0 soon on the sense kernel
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Dodolom:
I've done all the wiping that's mentioned by Royal including the SD Card but still a no go. I've been stuck on the white screen for 10 minutes now and I'll keep waiting a little more but I am not too hopeful.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] OuncE718:
I tried everything and still can't get it to work. I give up. I'm back on RoyalThunder.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Dodolom:
I am headed out that way too for now.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] OuncE718:
I don't understand what I could possibly doing wrong. I've flashed numerous of roms on numerous of devices. This if definitely a first. I guess we're doing something wrong since others are getting it to work.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] daryllh:
I got it to work but...

I read about installing the new kernel to fix wi-fi. I did all the steps in OP. Before I rebooted, I did the steps that the person mentioned when they installed the other kernel (I grabbed the CM7 version of the smartass. the number matched the one in the post).

I then rebooted. It went through its thing and brought me to the setup screen. i had a choice of completing action using:

com.android.provison.

setup wizard

I chose setup wizard. I followed those steps (normal) and it got me to the home screen. When i chose to go to wifi-it started bootlooping to the rainbow X over and over.

I am now in the process of bypassing the installation of the smartass kernel. I want to see if the phone works (minus wi-fi) with just the ROM and kernel included.

stand by...

EDIT:

I bypassed entering my google account. I can confirm that wi-fi gets an error with kernel included. I'm about to go into recovery and install kernel per previous poster's walkthrough.

BTW...I can never remember. How do you sign in to your google account and NOT have it start downloading your apps? I thought I chose not to 'back up' or whatever but when i did, it started installing stuff like an old wallpaper. Is it automatic?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Amd4life:
mine has been freezing intermittingly over the last two days, I have to keep pulling the battery 1.3, using the SV kernel
[myTouch 4G Android Development] daryllh:
Are you overclocking?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] voodoodoo1226:
My freeze came back alive in approx. 11 minutes. No overclocking (default 245-1113 Smartass.)
[myTouch 4G Android Development] rojovilla:
Was your screen upside down as well when it froze?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] ckisgen:
hey guys,

just wanted to you let you know we're working hard on the handful of you that are experiencing these bugs .. the logcats are INCREDIBLY helpful so please keep them coming!

the more we get from different peoples phones - the easier it is for us to start finding the common link between your phones as to what is triggering these events ... obviously we found some odd behavior in the logcats regarding the wifi service setting the phones to sleep but the fact that it's only happening to a handful of you is pretty strange....but obviously not unheard of.

we will get to the bottom of this. sooner than later.

thanks for hanging in there!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] yungtexas:
Damn seems like this rom needs ssome major work....what's even better is the determination of the devs to get to the bottom of bugs and fix them in a timely matter...I'm still on 1.2 just because I always tend to read before just upgrading. Ill wait and be patient....thanks to teamroyale!!!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] smirkis:
just a question, how can this version of cm7, be better than the cm7 from the cm team? just curious
[myTouch 4G Android Development] AlphaKoi:
You guys rock. Thanks so much for the troubleshooting. Let me know if you need anything else. I havent frozen since my last.....if I do i will wait and see what happens and post times for everything and/or logcat. I dont know if it helps or anything......but my MT4G is one of the original ones and not the "second batch" that came out later. I got my phone the day it was released. Im sure that doesnt mean anything, but just in case. Thanks again so much

No my freeze happens when attempting to unlock the phone or to wake it from sleep state
[myTouch 4G Android Development] AlphaKoi:
i spoke too soon :( I pressed the trackpad to wake the phone...swiped down to unlock the phone....felt the slightest haptic feedback and it froze on that screen. This has been my usu freeze experience.

I did wait 20+ minutes and it still hadnt unfroze. I pulled the battery, rebooted, got a logcat, and am posting.

Sigh :(
[myTouch 4G Android Development] pnut22r:
Love this rom!!! In fact I love everything TeamRoyal. I'll flash anything once...

Any idea on what/when the next TeamRoyal release is going to be?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] faux123:
Announcement:

For those of you who EXPERIENCED freezes I need the following:

logcat AND a copy of /proc/last_kmsg

Thanks in advance...
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Mac33:
I was having freezes with this rom too. I switched to the glacier rom. Also had the upside down screen freeze.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] rojovilla:
you want the other one i was going to post as well? or will that be a repeat of the one i posted yesterday?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] faux123:
so far the logcats are mostly useless.... /proc/last_kmsg may shed more light... I need those.. Make sure you grab those as soon as you reboot from a freeze

BTW... I need people experience freezes to report like this:

[ROM] - RoyalGinger 1.3

[Kernel] - version 2.1.0 Low Voltage

[CPU Frequency] 245~1113

[Governor] Smartass

[Theme] - None (or blah blah if you installed one)

[Live Wallpaper] - Google Microbes
[myTouch 4G Android Development] rojovilla:
i guess at this point i won't be able to pull a /proc/last_kmsg because they're only retained for a short amount of time, corrrect? every time i "adb pull /proc/last_kmsg" i get: "remote object '/proc/last_kmsg' does not exist"

here's the other info:

[ROM] - RoyalGinger 1.3

[Kernel] - faux123-Kernel-CM-v2.1.0-CFS-SV

[CPU Frequency] 245~1113

[Governor] Smartass

[Theme] - None

[Live Wallpaper] - Nexus

let me know if you need anything else. also, i haven't rebooted since doing so after the last freeze, and so if there's a way to retrieve the kernel message somehow, let me know.

thanks!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] faux123:
Without last_kmsg there's nothing i can do.. use root explorer to copy it out...
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Jclintcox:
TeamRoyal works so hard, and there is a special reason behind that

If you not had a chance to take a good look at the signatures of TeamRoyal, you should. Something caught my eye today, because they wanted help to "support the cause". Now me being judgmental already, I only assumed they were going to have something on there about beer money or new phones or equipment that need.

Boy was I open for a big surprise. If you truly appreciate what TeamRoyal has done for the glacier community, we can at least try and give back just a min of our time and go check out the link under Royalknights signature that says "What's the cause" or something close to that. Even if you do not plan on donating, at the least I really think it would be very respectful to know why the developers spend so much time for us.

If you are a parent (as I am) you wont have to wonder anymore why he does this.

Please take a min (compared to the countless hours they have give us) to go and check out his signature site and the website for TeamRoyal.

Just to clarify, I am not associated with the team, the did not ask me to post this, in fact I hope it is ok that I did.

I am just a father who understands, you the entire community would be more connected to our developers and each other if you go and take a look.

Sorry if you think this is off topic of this specific thread, but it needed to be said.

TeamRoyal, I personal want to thank you for all you have given us, and if there is anything on this post that offends or want take down, please pm me, and I will do what you like.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Dude,

I was just about to call it a night after watching a TV show with my wife, But I received a Gtalk from one of my Team Leaders, who advised me that I really need to check the Ginger Thread, I was anticipating seeing Complaints, Errors and anything else that deems my attention at a time like this. But boy was I surprised. A few words into your Post, My eyes begin to water. I want to thank you for taking the time and posting your thread. It totally means a lot. Thank you for clicking and reading and posting. I do everything I do for Android and for the XDA community for My Son and for the CFF (Cystic Fibrosis Foundation). All donations go to help the cause. Other Devs can do what they want with there donations. Mine go to support CF. Thank you again for your kind words. You will be in mine and my families prayers. It truly means a lot. Thank You

RoyalKnight
[myTouch 4G Android Development] lanternslight456:
home from work, had a totally glitchy night on CM7 (though I think it was the download, not the rom) I feel like a drunk getting ready for a bar room brawl but lets do this.

I've had nothing but bad luck with any ROM but CM7 (which has historically proven awesome) but reading through this thread convinced me to try.

Here goes nothing

"you know why? cuz f*** it... that's why" ~me

EDIT: Wow, this is the first non-CM rom I've got up and running glitch free, and it seems pretty smooth! Awesome job guys, and keep up the good work!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] voodoodoo1226:
Sorry, I didn't get a chance to come back in here. But yes it was upside down (happened when I wake the phone using the track ball) when it froze.

I also found out something else though. When it froze, I just let the screen goes back to sleep (about less than a minute) and wake it up (with the track ball) and it would be back to normal. I tested this 3 times (when it froze, and yes, it happens pretty frequently) and i got my phone back normally all 3 times, by this method. So there's really no long wait. For me anyway.

I am at work right now, so I can't really post anything (logcat, proc/last_kmsg ) for the devs to look at. Sorry.

Thanks.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] ckisgen:
i just saw a post on fauxs kernel thread where a guy had the same lockscreen freezing issues on rc2 .. and he said since flashing to fauxs latest kernel (2.1.2.1) he hasn't seen any freezes/lockups.

this may be a long shot but everyone who is experiencing this issue - please go flash fauxs latest 2.1.2.1 kernel FOUND HERE and report back if you continue to have the issue...

we will be continuing to work on it from our end as well ...

we already have a v1.3.1 update in testing with the updated kernel, a couple bug fixes, and some updated radio codes that may increase data speeds on 4g/2g for some.

thanks guys
[myTouch 4G Android Development] voodoodoo1226:
Will try that. Thanks.

Oh craps..... I tried to flash the new kernal after the usual routines (wiping cache, dalvik, etc.) it said I had a bad file. I guess the kernal I downloaded is corrupted. Now my phone just stays at the white myTouch 4G bootup screen, lol. And I can't download the file again on my company's pc. :-)
[myTouch 4G Android Development] darinmc:
Sorry. Error in quoting on phone, disregard.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Royalknight6190:
We are working on a 1.3.1 which should fix all the issues, hopefully lol, It will be out today. Thanks for your patience. And Like I said I will need you all for Version 1.4 when we update. Will tell you guys more in the future. lol
[myTouch 4G Android Development] smirkis:
always perform nandroids!

ill try this after its updated. on rc2 and haven't had issues, but ill give this a go.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Royalknight6190:
I know you guys had some issues lately, which talking with Faux and ckisgen, we think it has to do with a common app you all are using. But anyways ckisgen, and the other Testers along with me are testing RoyalGinger V1.3.1 and I have not had any freezes which I was getting on 1.3 when I was using ADW. Once I switched to Stock Launcher the freezing at lock screen went away. Anyways I know its hard to believe that we could make it faster but we did. This thing just flys like a F16. It should be posted tonight.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] ckisgen:
most of you should also feel a very noticeable performance boost in this newest update getting ready to roll out ... likely before the night is over :D :D

we were able to trim almost 10MB off the total size of the ROM and she's meaner and leaner than ever!

zzzzzzippy - this little beast is! really...she's purring like a mountain lion...

stay tuned to thread boys n girls ... another Team Royal gem getting ready to fall in your collective laps!

happy flashing! (...soon...)
[myTouch 4G Android Development] DADDYDC650:
Tonight? Faster? Nice!

BTW, remember the video orientation problem I mentioned? I don't know if you know this but according to Faux123, the issue lies with the video player or the gallery. I installed CM7 onto my sisters G2 and it also has the same issue.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Yeah I remember thanks for figuring it out. So its an issue because of CM7 so I would say maybe try to install a different player and see what happens. But yes Tonight!!!! Yes Faster!!!! Yes Smaller!!! and Yes Way Sexier!!!!!.

Also I included a new Launcher2. So hopefully there wont be a need for you guys to use an after market launcher it actually has features.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] phaino00:
Are you intimating adw and adw ex do not play well with faux's kernel?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] camalus:
Win.

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[myTouch 4G Android Development] DoUknoGREG:
I am getting an upside down FFC while using tango to video chat! Is there any way to fix this?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] ckisgen:
we haven't nailed it down exactly yet ... we think it's a combination of ADW and likely another 3rd party app + CM and or the kernel.

i have used ADW EX for most of the time i've been using RoyalGinger and naturally fauxs kernel and haven't had a single freeze. So if it was as simple as just "anything CM + faux + ADW (or _____) = freeze" it would be pretty much happening across the board for all of us using that setup...doesn't seem to be the case.

for now it appears that the handful of you that have experienced these issues should stick to the stock launcher ... and hopefully the update tonight with the new bundled kernel (along w stock launcher) will prevent this from happening.

we're also hard at work on some TeamRoyal themes...starting with yours and my favorite ROM - Ginger Spice...err, I mean RoyalGinger. We have an alpha build of Black Ginger built and we're testing and debugging it now. Along with a couple of other cool flavors for you guys to spiffy up your Ginger with.

FYI - I've been running the HoneyBread alpha 4 theme on the latest RoyalGinger build with no issues. Gotta say, it's a snazzy little theme.

We've also got a nice new boot animation for this souped up new version release! The old one was just kind of a placeholder until we got some other more pressing matters taken care of.

That's it for now boys n girls.

:D
[myTouch 4G Android Development] xxpada:
*excitement
[myTouch 4G Android Development] syaoran68:
i normally use ADW EX when i'm on CM7 roms but i treid launcher pro and it works pretty flawless right now.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] pnut22r:
Can't wait........................................... ....................anymore
[myTouch 4G Android Development] :
Flashed this I'd say a week ago and thank you so much team royal I absolutely love this rom. I have tried stock (obviously) , iced glacier, evil d's miui and cm nightlies but this rom absolutely rips all of them apart in every aspect imaginable. I just couldn't be happier however like others have mentioned there are some little quirks I think for me the biggest one is that sometimes after full boot it will freeze up sometimes in lockscreen and sometimes right after I unlock it. Perhaps I need to wait more time after booting up but I think I've tried that and it still does it. All in all absolutely fantastic rom, the best in my opinion! Thanks again
[myTouch 4G Android Development] lanternslight456:
Ok, I'm at work testing this through my first full night, so far smooth sailing and sweet battery life.

Sent from my Royal Ginger running Faux's 2.1.2.1LV kernal. Its good to be the King!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] phaino00:
Thanks. Did you remove stock launcher when in 1.3? If so, did you delete through a file manager or through remove commands through terminal? Just an hypothesis?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] ckisgen:
hey guys - looks like we're cleared for takeoff .. i think this will end up being v1.4 .. we started out with a couple bug fixes in mind and a v1.3.1 update but we ended up supercharging this little beauty.

..pretty soon you're gonna need a state issued license to drive this baby..

as soon as knight gets home - he'll be uploading it to his server you guys will be smiling like a little kid opening his red ryder bb gun on christmas morning ...

as soon as i get done testing a side project for a team member - my glaciers gonna be back where she belongs ... all ginger-fied and breaking sound barriers ...

later!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] rojovilla:
Good stuff!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] lanternslight456:
I just messed myself a little... I lied, it was a lot.

Sent from my Royal Ginger running Faux's 2.1.2.1LV kernal. Its good to be the King!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] darinmc:
I actually remember getting a red ryder for christmas....
[myTouch 4G Android Development] rojovilla:
see that we're good to go on v1.4! thanks for the upload royalknight6190!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Royalknight6190:
RoyalGinger1.4 Is Released!!!!

Now I just Released RoyalGinger 1.4. I am going to put it out there you should be able to flash this Rom right on top of Version 1.3. But if you start getting things that are causing issues then before you post an issue Wipe everything follow the instructions in the OP and then re-Flash and see if the problem is still there.

Also in this release besides it being extremely heavenly and super Fast. I included Themes to the Theme Chooser that are not stock from RC2. I removed all the RC2 ones and added ones I found in the Android Theme Section of XDA. Thank you to the Themers that made those themes. Your Credit is in the Change log.

Those Themes are freaking sweet. Enjoy. Thank you all for your Support.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Royalknight6190:
You are welcome. Enjoy the new speedy Rom with those great Themes.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] rojovilla:
10-4!

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[myTouch 4G Android Development] lanternslight456:
I was wondering, is boot audio supported natively?

Sent from my Royal Ginger running Faux's 2.1.2.1LV kernal. Its good to be the King!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] DADDYDC650:
Downloading now!! Thank you TeamRoyal!!!!!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Royalknight6190:
I havent added it yet, but I have been meaning to. I will add it in the next release Sorry. But keep that in mind when I ask you guys....What I will Ask you....lol.

RoyalGinger 1.5 is going to be so EPIC!!!!!!!!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] DADDYDC650:
I wish I was special enough to be able to test for TeamRoyal... :(
[myTouch 4G Android Development] lanternslight456:
Nothing to be sorry for, you guys are awesome.

Sent from my Royal Ginger running Faux's 2.1.2.1LV kernal. Its good to be the King!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Hey send me your gmail again, I just noticed I accidentally deleted the message. I will add you to the test list. You deserve it. Thanks for your hard work and flashing of almost every single one of our roms. lol

Thanks bro.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] jjdill:
like the new boot animation
[myTouch 4G Android Development] rojovilla:
i know you said to throw on top, but i'm going the longer route "just in case". backing up now, flashing, and hitting the sack!

you guys have fun this eve and i'll report back manana...