yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[myTouch 4G Android Development] ckisgen:
Mac33, glad you're enjoying it!

YES - PLEASE, IF IT'S BROKE - DON'T FIX IT!!!!

aka - if you've been having the freeze issue and the new kernel (or anything else) is working for you - DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING!!!

...we should continue to get a better grasp on the causes/symptoms/resolutions as time goes on and we continue to research and troubleshoot ... so ideally, we'll have it all ironed out in a future update across the board but for now ... as i stated in my last post just a min ago - it looks like what is working for some right now is not necessarily working for others in regards to their phones 'behaving' and not freezing.

stick with what works!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] ckisgen:
guys - you CANNOT 'judge' battery performance the day of a flash .. of anything really. but especially ROMs and kernels. but i've even seen my perceived battery life/performance affected by flashing a theme or aftermarket app/icon/font that I flashed thru recovery.

you need to use the phone until it drains down as close to 0% as you can (i heard recently from a knowledgable source that draining it all the way to dead/wont' turn on isn't really good for the battery in the long run) and the let it charge all the way back up to 100% (ideally turned off ... see here for details on how to do that since our gingerbread flavor recoveries won't technically 'allow' charging while the phone is fully off) and you should be good to go the next day or so ...

.. and for that matter, there's often a break in period after flashing ROMs, kernels, etc. of even a couple/few days before your phone/battery gets back to normal on battery reporting/performance.

PPS - you don't want to do this TOO often (maybe once every month to two at the most, as i understand it) - but you may also do the above steps PLUS wipe the battery stats (in recovery / under 'advanced') after you've charged to 100% ... after wiping battery stats, let it charge for another hour or two ...

the worst thing you can do for the day or two or three following a new flash is give it partial charges (IE - plug it in when there's 30% left for 30-45 mins...before it's back to 100% and then use it some more, etc.) during this period ... of course, in real life, this may not be feasible and you gotta do what you gotta do - IT WILL BE OK in the long run ... lol ... just may need to do the wipe battery stats deal as soon as you know you're gonna have a day or two where you can use it til its down to 1% or so and then charge it overnight all the way back up to 100%.

i'm fairly certain that after you've done these things and let your new ROM or kernel break in properly ... after a few days you'll be back to drooling at the kind of battery life you get outta this ROM :D

happy flashing!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] lanternslight456:
@ckisgen

I agree with you and your correct. I wouldn't have even mentioned it except its so far down from normal. Normal for me should be about 60% or so but instead I'm at 23%. Normal includes flashing new Tom's and kernals and apps. Before I was using the nightlies flashing every morning.

Anyhow, I'm not terribly worried but just thought it worth mentioning.

You are correct about lithium ion batteries, when they totally die crystals form inside and permanently reduce your life.

Sent from my Royal Ginger running Faux's 2.1.2.1LV kernal. It's good to be the King!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] rojovilla:
ckisgen, i actually had referred to your suggestion last time prior to posting my comments. for some reason, in spare parts, the end behavior selection didn't stick. i just enabled it again and will check out. RE: bookmarks, yes, i'm very familiar with how it operates. however, my comment was about alphabetical listing of bookmarks. in this version of the browser there isn't an option for it. just bookmark last-viewed page and list view/thumbnail view. and there's nothing in settings for it either. no big deal, i was just curious on why it was taken out (not by team royal i'm sure, but just this newer version of the webkit).
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Freek91:
dont feel bad...im in the same boat...followed the steps in the OP to the T and im stuck at the splash screen now for 12 or so minutes...for the second time

so ill just restore an old backup and wait to possibly hear why this is happening

either way i really look forward to using this rom...been waiting for as close to AOSP rom as possible
[myTouch 4G Android Development] daryllh:
Wi-fi works thanks to ckisgen's walkthrough.

I'm now with a phone that isn't married up to my google account yet. Everything seems to work.

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10 mins later:

I just logged in with my google account. i was able to install the google apps (I thought they were included?) and backed out when it got to the 'do you want google to backup your data' screen.

Rom Manager was already on phone (I'm guessing that was put in the ROM) and once i logged in, super user was downloaded and installed without me doing anything. i think that's standard procedure if i remember.

So now, I have a working ROM with kernel that made wifi work. I have the google apps that I manually installed and am in the process of installing my other stuff.

I'm guessing I can go copy my stuff from the SD card backup? Could I take the Titanium backup save and load that on without issue? I guess I'm leery when it comes to throwing stuff back on the card from before the ROM install. I understand my pics and music aren't an issue but how much stuff can i copy over so as to not affect the current ROM (I came from CM7 nightly 12).
[myTouch 4G Android Development] nickstewartroc:
Not working here either, I've done everything, this is the first rom i've ever had problems with! Not sure why though-

Nick
[myTouch 4G Android Development] daryllh:
what's not working? since i just went through the process, i might be able to help with some of the steps i did. i can't help with the technicals but i can tell you what steps i took. i pretty much followed every step in the OP and then the wi-fi kernel fix that was posted later.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] ckisgen:
I'm glad this wifi fix helped some of you.

Don't be stingy with the thanks button :D

I know I've helped more people than the couple nice souls that bothered to push the button.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] daryllh:
Here's something that I noticed about my setup.

My ClockworkMod Recovery shows 3.0.0.5. If I recall, it was that version when I was installing the CM7 nightlies too. I know the OP said 3.0.0.6 required.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] nickstewartroc:
Won't boot, just stays at the screen, tried flashing twice, wiped everything, formattted sd and everything, and still nothing
[myTouch 4G Android Development] trinitouch:
Flashed and running so smooth clocked a 2760 on quadrant.....:) Thanks Guys for doing such a GREAT job!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] carlos2384:
error when turning on wifi.. anyone else??
[myTouch 4G Android Development] daryllh:
These are the steps I did coming from CM7 with an SD card filled with files and folders:

transferred all my files to a folder on computer.

went into recovery and wiped sd card FIRST

rebooted and transferred ROM file plus smartass kernel for CM7

rebooted into recovery and in order...

+Wipe Factory Reset, Wipe Cache Partition

+Wipe Dalvik Cache, Wipe Battery stats (wiping battery stats didn't give a confirmation but i assumed it did it)

+Format Boot, Format System (the 3rd instruction was to wipe SD card but since i had the files on there and wiped earlier, I didn't do that step).

I let it boot up. The white mytouch screen took about 4 mintues, maybe less. it then went to the rainbow x splash screen. it was on there for about the same time.

it brought me to the setup screen that i mentioned earlier where it gave me a choice of 2 steps to take. i chose the regular setup. refer to my previous post.

once everything booted up and i didn't enter in my google account info, i rebooted into recovery (after trying to activate wi-fi).

I then cleared cache, then dalvik, then fixed permissions.

I then installed the smartass kernel that was suggested. i chose the CM7 one.

I rebooted phone and let it sit for 5 minutes.

I then went to sign in with my google account. it asked what google apps it wanted me to install. i chose them and it installed those along with superuser program.

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[myTouch 4G Android Development] daryllh:
solution was discussed in one of my later posts in this thread. go back to page 5 and you can find the solution. it involves installing the smartass kernel again.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] daryllh:
interesting. was that with setcpu installed?

out of a fresh install, i got 1745. that's with smartass kernel that i reinstalled to get the wifi to work.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] carlos2384:
will give it a shot. thank you
[myTouch 4G Android Development] nickstewartroc:
Im redownloading, and going to try your steps, i really hope it works! This is like the best rom
[myTouch 4G Android Development] robnok:
@ckisgen - Your instructions helped! WiFi up and running. Thanks! :)
[myTouch 4G Android Development] stlouie65:
Still unable to get this to boot. followed the method 3 times, 4 different SDcards, fastboot wipe method, recovery wipe method, still waiting for over 30mins per try and still no joy. Thanks for all your efforts on this TeamRoyal, going to go back to one of the other Royal Creations
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Sorry guys for all the issues I will remove the background scripts causing the issues and change up the kernel. I will do it tonight. Sorry again for all the issues. Just wanted to get it released. For the ones its working for glad you like it.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] phaino00:
I was hoping others were experiencing this very clean and smooth rom. Theme engine works great. Wifi works per suggestion to flash dumfuq's kernel. Calls, emails, SMS, and mms all appear to be working.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] nickstewartroc:
Same here, I was really looking forward to this, oh well, back to the other Royal
[myTouch 4G Android Development] stlouie65:
It's all good, I know for me, I enjoy trying new ROMS. This sounds like its going to be great, I have tried the other TeamRoyal Creations and wished I had a phone for every one so I can enjoy them at the same time :D
[myTouch 4G Android Development] charlessiri:
Signal Colors Changing

Great Rom Team Royal, just one question. Why do the signal bars change back and forth between green and white? Is this actually affecting the signal or is it just some weird gingerbread thing? I don't think its affecting my data speed or signal strength but wasnt sure just thought i'd ask.

thanks
[myTouch 4G Android Development] option94:
White - signed out of google

Green - Signed in to google accounts.

Not effecting signal at all, just your google login status.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] lanternslight456:
Something occurred to me... my "sucky battery life" is actually about where I'd be if I were stock... that's how much better this rom is! I litterally laughed out loud when that occurred to me.

Sent from my Royal Ginger running Faux's 2.1.2.1LV kernal. It's good to be the King!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] rojovilla:
okay, made some calls, and every time except for once, it reverts to a lockscreen.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] rojovilla:
and now it's fine after several more calls....weird.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] ckisgen:
you could also try opening the dialer, menu, preferences..theres an option to return to keypad after a call..

and lastly, settings , call settings, theres an option to always return to call log after a call

..might not be Exactly what you want but prob a step up from the lock screen every time
[myTouch 4G Android Development] rojovilla:
yep, got all those working...
[myTouch 4G Android Development] jentzschman2000:
One thing I would really like to see is the green load bar for web and the green overshoot color when scrolling.

I really liked that. It matched real well with the green status bar icons and the green on the genius button.

Something silly, I know, but was nice.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] 99danman:
Is it safe to use other launchers yet? The stock one is kinda lame. :(
[myTouch 4G Android Development] option94:
you can use whatever other launcher you want.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] cazper210:
i am using adw ex and its smooth nothing wrong yet
[myTouch 4G Android Development] lanternslight456:
I use launcher pro, no issues.

Sent from my Royal Ginger running Faux's 2.1.2.1LV kernal. It's good to be the King!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] ckisgen:
go to the theme chooser and pick sculpted 2.

Viola!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] jentzschman2000:
Hate the status icons....
[myTouch 4G Android Development] jentzschman2000:
Is there any way to change to color while using the keyboard? I am using the gingerbread keyboard, I like it a little better. Right now it has.. I guess a goldish color. Is it possible to change that to match the rest of the theme?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] phaino00:
Check out ultimate online theme kitchen. There is thread in the android themes section under development and hacking. I think I posted website earlier today. If not, uot.dakra.lt

Edit: corrected web address thanks to @ckisgen.

Sent from my HTC Glacier
[myTouch 4G Android Development] jentzschman2000:
Thanks.

What is uot.dakra.it?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] phaino00:
Web address.

Sent from my HTC Glacier
[myTouch 4G Android Development] jentzschman2000:
So what exactly do I do?

I have never heard of this before.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] phaino00:
This allows you to create your icons for status bar, etc. and you upload one of theme's apk and theme it cooks it for you. Download it and install with your own revised theme. Simple. Website is idiot proof. LOL. ;-)

It is like a buffet.

Sent from my HTC Glacier
[myTouch 4G Android Development] RavenWulf:
as always TR this is a killer ROM, I keep switching back and forth between this and RoyalThunder (this is the first Non-Sense ROM I have liked for this phone). so far (I flashed this morning) I haven't had any of the mystery lockup. over the last 4 days I have tried CM7, UD 3.1.1 and this... y'all's is the only one that didn't bork my wi-fi when I would flash the latest faux kernel. I am looking forward to v1.5, even though this isn't Sense I think I finally found the ROM to hold me over until RoyalMint comes out. keep up the great work, I haven't seen such a dedicated team since back in the Behold 2 days when eugene and barakinflorida were busting up bugs on almost a daily basis.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] gitm:
I completely agree with you. I love me some sense, and am patiently awaiting royalmint, but until then royalginger has been my day to day rom. Thanks again teamroyal.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] rojovilla:
Froze 2.1.4 LV, running SV now. Logcat soon to follow... this has gotta be a hardware thingamabob!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] rojovilla:
Too bad there's no Aida32 for android, or is there?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] syaoran68:
Did the torch app get removed from this update cause I still had it in 1.3? Sorry if this has already been talked about I'm on tapatalk so it's king of a pain to go searching. Thanks in advanced.

On a side note this rom is pretty crazy since I came from cm7. I know alot of people were wonder about this rom but it's pretty nuts of how much an improvement this can be from the stock cm7.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] awdlexusis:
Loving the battery life for sure..first rom that has lasted a day without charge..great job thanks
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Michaelr219:
you cant forget about team whiskey over in the vibrant section, killer worth ethic... i feel like we can expect the same from what we've seen. keep up the greaat work guys
[myTouch 4G Android Development] aalsmadi1:
Hey guys, I did a full wipe, been on 1.4 for a couple of days, my home screen keeps force closing on me. Also I keep getting force closes in other ads as well, 1.2 was the most stable.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] powduh09:
Not really sure about that myself. I have been running 1.4 for a few days now and have no issues whatsoever. But imo if you think 1.2 was more stable, you should continue running it. I myself feel confident that TeamRoyal will continue tweaking this work of art until its as stable as any other rom. I learned a while back when I was using the mytouch 3g that patience is a virtue with these things. Have an issue? Report it thuroughly and patiently await a fix, otherwise continue to the next rom and hope for better results. These devs work hard going through every aspect of these roms to figure out what needs to be done.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] darinmc:
If you had success with 1.2, then there is no reason for 1.4 to cause problems. When you find yourself reporting an issue that no one else is reporting (i.e. 1.2 works, 1.4 doesn't) you probably just need to do a clean install.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] ckisgen:
this is not normal. something didn't 'take' during install

re wipe EVERYTHING (including sd card...back up first!!) and reflash 1.4

also, make sure to follow EVERY step of instructions on OP including the two settling periods

you should be good to go

thanks
[myTouch 4G Android Development] ckisgen:
yes, torch was removed from this update. we took out almost everything non AOSP except for the cm settings menu. as a whole, that was one reason the ROM got speedier. there are several free flashlight apps on market or just unzip ginger 1.3 or cm7 and grab the torch.apk from system/apps and drop it into your system/apps folder

thanks, ya that was our goal. ginger was meant to be the ideal sweet spot between 100% gingerbread AOSP and CM7..which has so many great features/extras but for some - it's too many. at this point, by design - we are MUCH closer to AOSP than CM7 as a whole .. and as always - our #1 priority in our ROMs is to maximize SPEED, STABILITY, and BATTERY LIFE and not focus on one or two of those at the expense of the other.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] ckisgen:
it's actually uot.dakra.Lt (not .it)
[myTouch 4G Android Development] phaino00:
Thanks, my mistake.

Sent from my HTC Glacier
[myTouch 4G Android Development] jentzschman2000:
I dont see an option for changing the keyboard colors
[myTouch 4G Android Development] phaino00:
Don't think that is available, but you could use a theme that has the keyboard changes you like as the upload file. Otherwise, you have to make changes yourself which is not my expertise.

Sent from my HTC Glacier
[myTouch 4G Android Development] ckisgen:
Potential fixes for freezing issues ***

OK boys n girls,

Initial results of my private test group (along with untold hours of research, logcats, kmesg, etc) show a couple of options that should prevent the freezing from occurring (on the handful of phones that experience this) :

OPTION A)

1)

download faux's 2.1.4 kernel from here (LV and SV appear to work the same, but as always - try LV first and if any issues then try SV))

use our standard recommended kernel flash procedure:

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turn off 'set on boot' in setCPU (if using setCPU)

wipe cache

wipe dalvik

fix permissions

flash new kernel

boot system

upon getting to lockscreen - let device settle (don't touch ANYTHING for 5 minutes)

reboot device from lockscreen

upon return to lockscreen the 2nd time - let device settle AGAIN (don't touch ANYTHING for 5 more minutes)

unlock device

autodetect speeds in setCPU (if using setCPU ... open setCPU, press menu, hit autodetect speeds, follow prompts)

set your freq. to 1.1gHz max / 245 min - smartass gov .. enable set on boot (again only applic. if you are using setCPU obviously...if you're not, the kernel will do all of this by itself, do not adjust anything in the cmsettings/performance menu)

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2)

turn all screen animations OFF (settings/display) and also in spare parts

3)

reboot

4)

done, shouldn't freeze ... please report if it does with the usual details, circumstances, and a logcat

((**side note - one of the testers was able to keep animations ON under faux's 2.1.4 kernel with the MINIMUM FREQ SET TO 368hz))

OPTION B)

1)

download dumbfuq's cm7 kernel from here ((MAKE SURE IT'S THE CM7 ONE!! there are two cm6 kernels listed first above the cm7 one))

2)

flash using same kernel flashing procedure as above in Option A

3)

this setup appears to work with screen animations ON under all/most normal frequencies/settings/gov's

*** everyone with freezing issues, please try one or both of these and report back after several hours/days of use whether this fixed it or not ***

(fyi - we are still testing other fixes and researching other methods and solutions ... i know faux has been working extremely hard on his end as well so there's a good chance we will have additional options/fixes soon if those 2 options above don't work for most or everyone....also, again, our goal is to have this ironed out and nailed down such that in a future update to this ROM - no one will experience any freezing and you won't be required to follow a couple extra steps as one of the 'chosen few' who's phones are locking up)

HAPPY FLASHING!!

**special thanks to GITR for all of his hard work and multiple hours put in to testing and directly working with me to help bring you these fixes. along with all of the rest of you who reported accurately with the requested info, posted logcats, etc. we wouldn't be solving this without all of your help!! THANK YOU
[myTouch 4G Android Development] bballcat03:
Anyone else having FC issues with the stock launcher? Every 1 out of 4 times I unlock my phone, I get a FC on the launcher.

Have I missed something in all the pages I've missed?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] ckisgen:
something didn't get wiped right when you flashed (not saying you didn't do what you were supposed to do, sometimes something just gets left behind)

reflash - FULL wipe (in fact, sometimes i'll wipe everything 2 -3 times in recovery just to make sure) including SD card and reflash ROM
[myTouch 4G Android Development] bballcat03:
Hmmm, I did everything, including SD card.

So I guess I'll try it again. Thanks
[myTouch 4G Android Development] rojovilla:
yes, i'm having them as well, but not sure exactly when it started happening and it's happened a lot today. i'm going to do a complete wipe (including sdcard) and reinstall RG 1.4 as well as flash faux's SV kernel.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] darkpaniel:
I haven't had any issues with the freezing.. but one issue that I always have with cm7 based roms is the gps not locking down.

I remember seeing fix somewhere, but I can't seem to find it with the search. Can anyone help me figure this out?

The problem I have with the gps is that it does lock down to a location after maybe 20 seconds, but the location is sometimes a block or two off. For me, this seems to be the case for all CM7 roms I've tried. Sense roms, on the other hand, I have no problems with the gps.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] jhjmonnee:
faux's new update fixed the auto screen rotation for me ... :shrug:
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Hinouchi:
Question, is there a way to disable the auto rotation in homes screen? :confused:
[myTouch 4G Android Development] jhjmonnee:
should be under settings > display
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Hinouchi:
no luck, try both stock and cyanogenmode setting. :\
[myTouch 4G Android Development] ckisgen:
Guys - PLEASE use your search function. when a thread is 80+ pages long - there is a VERY good chance whatever issue you are having has been discussed before.

search: rotate screen

the above link will bring you the results for a search on: screen and rotate

anyone who has been following this thread and/or TeamRoyals ROM threads knows we LOVE to help :D :D ... however, at some point, these threads get out of control and multiple posts over and over asking the same question can be prevented by a handful of seconds and the search button in the top right :D

thank you :D