yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Defy Android Development] naenee:
Consider using the Android Market, it has a useful search function.
[Defy Android Development] jamoiholland:
So I'm down to 70% battery but the iconin the notification bar is amber, seems a bit early to go to amber? Shouldn't amber be at 40% or 30%? Is this the underlying Froyo leak, or something specific to the Barebones ROM? I've also found very poor GSM reception on GiffGaff in UK (o2 under the hood) - where I used to get very good reception I have none at all! But I'm investigating that further right now...
[Defy Android Development] Dewman4life:
I had that same problem until I wiped the battery stats in custom recovery and let the phone completely die. Then I charged it fully without turning out on until it reached 100%.
[Defy Android Development] pinkllama:
i'm also on giffgaff and have found exactly the same thing. normally at home i get 4+ bars of 3G, very recently it can disappear altogether. even more of a problem is that often when i open an app, it does not connect to the internet.

i'm sure it's not a fault of Barebones:) i have flashed every defy rom going and have had the same problem. i really like giffgaff, but o2 3G is pretty poor. i'm currently thinking of moving over to Three

yesterday i flashed the 3G fix (below) and so far all my apps have connected first time. too soon to say if its completely fixed the connection problem as i think the 3G software in most custom roms is the same as the fix i have flashed?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=944258

ps - i've 'cheated' on Barebones and flashed the korean rom, but will be back for 1.4:p
[Defy Android Development] fritolays:
Haha ya I was considering building off the korean rom, but some people have flashed non-downgradable roms so they would not be able to use this . .

So we are stuck on 3.4.2-155 for the time being.

If thats not the case speak up and I'll release a 3.4.2-74 korean build. However keep in mind that the korean build is an 'older' build; 74 is smaller then 155 . . . though I do like being able to flash the sbf directly.

Anywho, nough chit chat.

Oh yes, v1.4 is coming out tonight (for me at least) . . .
[Defy Android Development] xdaid:
Always great stuff here, already sure the next barebones will be the best rom ever
[Defy Android Development] floydz:
U could take the useful stuff from the Korean one only (if doable), i think 155 is the only one without blur along with the Polish so i wouldnt replace it anyhow.
[Defy Android Development] antony.ps:
There are some things from Korean that i like to see in Barebones, but there are problems too, and it's not well tested like 3.4.2-155. I vote for 3.4.2-155 with Camera 720p, assisted GPS and Phone Dialer from Korea =)
[Defy Android Development] fritolays:
Then we are on the same page hehe.
[Defy Android Development] Febernacke:
What is the difference between korean dailer and 3. 4. 2-155 dailer?
[Defy Android Development] antony.ps:
Voice Record and Block Call

But i didn't tested it xD
[Defy Android Development] schaggo:
Since it's my GF's phone I'm playing with, she nagged me about facebook not syncing with the contacts app. On my HTC the facebook app (the native app) syncs my existing contacts with my FB contacts giving my best friends an always up to date image with their contacts entry. On Motorola this is done by using Blur, installing the native facebook app on a blurless ROM like yours, it doesn't even offer to sync the contacts. So no FB sync, no Blur sync, any way to get FB to sync with my/her contacts? She want's the user pictures so badly, she says... :p

Does your base have to be blurless? 3.4.3-11 would be my suggestion. I have everything for that one. A nandroid backup and the fixed SBF. Pays builds off that one...
[Defy Android Development] diggedy:
I had the same problem when I moved from HTC roms to AOSP. Only HTC seems to pull this off well but you can use this program to link google contacts with facebook contacts.

http://heartofangel.com/google-contact-sync/

you can assign facebook pictures to your google contacts very easily. Granted if your friend changes their facebook picture you have to run a quick refresh with the program but its painless really. Ive been using it for months now and it works perfectly and I no longer miss the htc facebook sync
[Defy Android Development] fritolays:
Ugh need sleep . . .

So I lied, wasnt out 'tonight'. Once I get some sleep I'll finish the rom and post it.

Was testing it and a few issues arose, and well I didnt want to pass them on.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz................
[Defy Android Development] xelix2:
have a good sleep... waiting for that new barebone
[Defy Android Development] HOAP:
There is an app called SyncMyPix that does just this also

http://code.google.com/p/syncmypix/
[Defy Android Development] schaggo:
Excellent, nice find. Will have to do, Blur is... well read on about my Sense perception in a bit which is similar to Blur :p

A clarification though: I'm not talking about HTC's Sense-crap facebook sync bull. I'm talking about the Facebook for Android application syncing and linking FB contacts. On ASOP/CM7 that is.
[Defy Android Development] hirano:
Cmon fritolays, I want this 1.4 rom man!:mad:

:D

Brazilian carrier Claro launched an official Froyo ROM, I've tried it but after tasting barebones it felt so... slow!

Waiting for 1.4 to flash barebones back.
[Defy Android Development] antony.ps:
If there's still time for requests:

Lockscreen AOSP

Circular Battery Meter or Motocharger (really like it in xd1-Green and S.Froyo GO Edition)
[Defy Android Development] fabianowerner:
circular meter can be installed via APK, just send me your email and i send you the file.
[Defy Android Development] fritolays:
And here it is . . . .

Barebones v1.4 launched.
[Defy Android Development] danielck78:
Very nice...but no black status bar? Please make 1 if you can. Thanks.
[Defy Android Development] antony.ps:
Nice... almost going to bed, now let' play with 1.4!
[Defy Android Development] fritolays:
Oh dont worry, I got plans for theming this version.
[Defy Android Development] hirano:
Yay, 1:25am here and 1.4 is out!

What is the changelog fry?

Have to sleep now!
[Defy Android Development] danielck78:
I knew it....thanks for ur wonderful work!
[Defy Android Development] fritolays:
New background . . . milky way.

Call recording now works internally.

Integrated the update.zip from v1.3 so dont need to download 2 files.

Added a bunch of optional apk's, including Firewall to black calls/sms.

Enabled Camcorder view modes (b/w, sepia . . .).

720p playback support.

Asopish lockscreen.

Tweaked v1.3's settings - more stable.

Changed a bunch of images/animations that sucked (ie. green bar when on call and dialer is minimized).

Changed boot logo and animation.

To list some of the more noticeable changes. Full list is in second post.
[Defy Android Development] hirano:
Screw that, i'm installing it right now! MotoBlur is getting into my nerves!
[Defy Android Development] fabianowerner:
cant believe in you frito

getting the 1.4

its just 54Mb
[Defy Android Development] fritolays:
lol was it suppose to be bigger ?
[Defy Android Development] hirano:
1.3 was like 30MB so... ???:confused:
[Defy Android Development] fabianowerner:
i didnt try 1.3, with the long list of features and aplications i thought it would be at least 100Mb
[Defy Android Development] fritolays:
Well if you read the changes (which you asked me to type out) it says that now there is no update.zip for extra apk's.

Comes with the rom now; still copies them to sdcard. So subtract about 20mb for those files.

Its magic ? lol

Added upgrade instructions to OP; but here they are too.

Upgrading Barebones

1. Get new Barebones version and copy to sdcard.

Barebones: Barebones_14-signed.zip

2. Boot into recovery (make a backup ?) and restore Froyo nandroid.

Barebones: 3.4.2_155-Nand.CEE_DEBLUR.zip

3. Still in recovery, select install zip from sdcard -> choose zip from sdcard -> Barebones_14-signed.zip.

4. Reboot system, first boot will take time as it builds the dalvik cache; wait for the background to load, and enjoy Barebones.
[Defy Android Development] ziki:
Hi fritolays,

about my problem of the unwanted poweroff during the night I tried wiping Dalvik cache, but it does not fix anything (two power off last two nights). But now I wipe all and install the new 1.4 and I will see :-)

About 1.4, I have one question: you added the "3G Fix 850, 1700, 2100MHz", but for who lives in europe like me is it better to flash the "3G Fix 900, 2100MHz"? In europe countries 3G uses 2100MHz and 900Mhz (this last one frequency is not still really use in Italy for now I think, so also the "3G Fix 850, 1700, 2100MHz" should work for me, but to be rigorous...).

OK, now it is time to backup my data and apps :-)
[Defy Android Development] madhuranand007:
But fritolays why not on Korean ROM. It is official and have lot features like FlipFont, Shutoff animation, DivX and other.

WHY ?????
[Defy Android Development] fritolays:
Its more that your asking too late:

Also started a theming thread for Barebones over here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12661870.
[Defy Android Development] acus:
what is the different from 1.3...???
[Defy Android Development] fritolays:
So after a little looking, Italy uses 900, 1800, and 2100mhz for 3g.

Meaning I would flash the freq_F_UK_342_117-900-2100-signed.zip from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=944258.

Yes it is a wise choice to flash the appropriate radio files for your phone.

Seeing as there are hardware differences between a Europe Defy and a North American one.

Oh and its lemon scented too.
[Defy Android Development] ziki:
Yes, Italy is 900/1800 for GSM and 2100 for 3G:

http://www.mobileworldlive.com/maps/network.php?cid=159&cname=Italy

In 2009 EU decides to allow to use 900 GSM for 3G communications, but I think that until now no operator started to use it.

Two BUGS in 1.4:

-Calendar and task widgets do not work: if you select the widget nothing appears on the screen.

-It is not possible to create an event in the calendar: it exits immediately from the event window.

In any case I still prefer to use jorte and if it is possible, please tell us which apps must be removed to remove Calendar and Task as in 1.3 version, thanks.
[Defy Android Development] danielck78:
Hi Frito,

Hmmm cant seems to use swype after i install the apk. When i go to keyboard settings, the swype option is there but unable to choose it. How can i fix this? Thanks.

And also found that everytime i reboot my phone, the time zone keep jumps back to default. I have to re-choose it every time after reboot.
[Defy Android Development] pinkllama:
+1 re: keyboard

after installing and selecting smart keyboard pro in settings, i can't select it from a text field.
[Defy Android Development] antony.ps:
Problem with keyboard here too. Will try to install swype from the zip dedraks provided.
[Defy Android Development] ziki:
:-0 in camera setting only QVGA (320x240) is selectable for video resolution!

When you stop camera task and then re-run the Camcorder, appears the message "Camcorder setup file corrupt! Defaulting to QVGA resolution"

And there is not the entry to enable the shutter sound (there is a Shutter Animation option that I did not remember...)

Firewall app? where do you have found it? I installed it, but when I tap on the message "Keywords manager" it exits to the home.
[Defy Android Development] freemanlowell:
Woohoo! And its good, too. I love the fact that you've made things like email.apk an optional install - and then made that easy to do! Brilliant.

The *only* problem so far is that when I've got the Motoblur Calendar syncing with corporate email (that part works 100%), when I try to click-and-hold on a particular day or time slot in order to make a new event/meeting (or choose "new event" from the menu), the window pops up that you'd put the information into momentarily and then vanishes before you have a chance to add your meeting information.

I've tried a fresh re-install, factory reset and cache wipe of your otherwise dandy 1.4, and the problem persists. Its not a dealbreaker, just an annoying bug.

Any ideas? :)
[Defy Android Development] antony.ps:
http://4by.in/b

Aplying this Swype*.zip in recovery solved the problem for me (i could not select swype, now i can)
[Defy Android Development] reinsen:
hey fritolays, where and how did you change the intervals for wifi scan, the screen animation speed, delay etc?

is it possible to modify these on a running rom?
[Defy Android Development] diggedy:
would I be right in thinking that the memory usage is lower on this rom than a standard rom due to the lack of bloat?
[Defy Android Development] fritolays:
I just installed the swype I included, and it works fine. Are you remembering to check the box for swype under Language & Keyboard settings ? What language are you using ?

Heh was the only thing in Firewall I did not test. Looking into solution.

I will post a patch for the Camera/Camcorder's wrong settings.

Ok I'm pretty sure I know the cause of the problem for the Calendar/Tasks app.

Umm the screen animation speed you can change by going to Display Settings -> Animation, just switch it to some animations then back to all animations, so as to revert to the stock animation speed.

The scan intervals and delay's are in the build.prop file, its pretty self-explanatory when you open it.

So to sum up the patch I'm making:

- The swype I included works (in english at least) for me.

- Fix Camera/Camcorder settings.

- Fix Firewall keywords block.

- Fix timezone reset issue.

- Calendar/Tasks issues (widgets and creating events)

That it ?
[Defy Android Development] ziki:
If it possible add an option in the firewall app setting to enable/disable the icon in status bar.

Is the jpeg compression fix included in the 1.4?
[Defy Android Development] hirano:
The swype provided in the bb folder is working, PT-BR here.

Here all the bugs were replicated: camera bug (corrupted file and only qvga), calendar and tasks widgets not working, calendar not creating events properly.:(
[Defy Android Development] antony.ps:
When I tried to select Swype in input method, he is there but I cannot select it... very strange. Instaled the zip from dedraks and it's ok now.
[Defy Android Development] realityrat:
Love it. Id like the black notif. bar like 1.3 had and the fixes already mentioned in previous posts bur overall it runs great. Keep up the good work. OC@1100/58

Sent from my Barebones Defy
[Defy Android Development] Raccroc:
google.ca?

Great ROM and the 1.4 update fixed virtually all my quibbles. I've got just a just a few quick questions...

1st...After installing this rom, I've got a bookmark for www.google.ca with a lock symbol beside it. I cannot seem to figure out how to unlock it so I can delete it...any suggestions? (also kind of curious as to why it is there and locked to begin with)

2nd...Just a quick vote to use/install a file manager instead of Easy Installer. While Easy Installer is a nice program, it scans the entire SD card for APK files and there is no way in it to sort apps by folder to get to the "bb_extra" quickly/easily if you have a large number of other APKs (Root Tools backs up to APK files, so in my case I have over a hundred on my SD card and sort-by-date didn't seem to help).

3rd...Is there any "system" need for either Phone Portal or Manage SIM Card? Phone seems fine with them uninstalled (via Titanium Backup) and it seems to me that on a "bare bones" system, these would be better suited to go into the bb_extras section.
[Defy Android Development] fritolays:
1. Because I cant unlock it .. . lol Otherwise without the sql editor you cant change it. If I remove the locked one before hand it just bookmarks/locks the first page you visit with the browser; and well I didnt want to deal with the issues.

2. Give a suggestion for a file manager that is not annoying; just saying a file manager is a little vague. I personally have Root Explorer because it rocks (astro doesnt have sql editor). Easy installer was the just the most simple, least annoying, and lets you chain install a bunch of apk's. My vote would be for (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.speedsoftware.explorer). But link me some others.

3. I never use the sim manager either; I tried moving it to sd, but it wont install as a non system app. Same issue with Phone Portal, however I felt that since superoneclick and that sd-recovey use the app, it was better to leave it.

Nope, if Firewall is on - you get a status icon.

Nope, jpeg compression fix breaks the camera - if you took a bunch of pictures quickly in a row it would freeze when saving the image.

Ok conflicting messages here . . .

Where are you trying to select swype ? In the Language & Keyboard settings (is swype checked there) ? Or by long pressing in a text field ?

I have not been able to replicate any keyboard issues.

The only dif between dedraks one and mine is his has a differant lib for swype. So we shall see.
[Defy Android Development] antony.ps:
Language & Keyboard Settings. Swype is on, I can access swype options, but i can't select it in input method; when I click in swype in Input Method, always return to the default keyboard.

Installation from .zip from dedraks in recovery solved this problem.

Waiting for the camera patch, thanks!
[Defy Android Development] fritolays:
Ok thanks for clarifying. Yup patch will be up soon.
[Defy Android Development] hirano:
No swype problems here.

I have noticed that some screens are not translated to my language (PT-BR), could not fix it even with morelocale2. Never noticed that in other modded ROMs.
[Defy Android Development] Raccroc:
Thank you very kindly for the quick and excellent responses.

Thanks. I went ahead and figured out the workaround... Anyone else that this annoys, just edit the bookmarks.html in /system/etc/motorola/com.android.browser/databases and change the google.ca to a sight of your liking (e.g. google.com)

Agree, they are mostly annoying and I too have/use Root Explorer. Since RE is paid software, I'm with you and would suggest using Explorer by Speed Software too. Ad free and you are throwing awareness to a group that makes a good, solid product. That said, I didn't notice the Easy Installer "chain install" ability, as I tend to rely on Titanium Backup for most of my needs. After playing around with that, it's pretty slick and probably worth the annoyances I stated for those w/o TB. Good call.

Figured it was something like this and was just curious. I'll just keep right on removing them on my own. All is good.

Great work and thanks again.
[Defy Android Development] fritolays:
Didnt even think of that heh, thanks.
[Defy Android Development] fritolays:
Barebones v1.4 Patch

Ok here is the patch for v1.4.

Changelog

Camera shutter sound option restored.

Camcorder recording settings fixed.

All Firewall features work now.

- You do need to install KeywordManagerUI.apk & KeywordService.apk from bb_extras for the sms keywork filtering to work.

Timezone reset issue fixed.

Changed the Email.apk.

- Old one's menu buttons where a little messed. This one is better.

Calendar and tasks can now add/edit events.

- Widget dont work because they depend on BlurHome.apk. I wont be including this so this evil you must live with.

- Workaround: get jorte - widgets work fine.

Now includes /system/etc/gps.conf

- Edit the ntp server in this file for faster gps acquisition.

- You can find your ntp server here (http://www.pool.ntp.org/).

Added libSwypeCore.so from dedraks update.zip (so no more issues).

Added hosts file to block webpage ads.

Added tun.ko module for VPNC

Main file has been update as well, so you dont this patch if you re-download v1.4.
[Defy Android Development] hirano:
Less than 24h and all the major bugs fixed... Fritolays, you are amazing!:cool:
[Defy Android Development] antony.ps:
Thanks, downloading patch!
[Defy Android Development] danielponte:
Thanks a lot man, I was about to sell this phone.. now it's faster than a Nexus S ! :P

Guys, just one question, I can't play .mp4 720p videos :(

Does anyone know what standards they have to be? x264? mp4 container? base or main level?

I tried a 0 b-frames, mp4, main level and it's choppy as hell in all players (and some won't even play!)..

mVideoPlayer uses the phone internal codec and it's not playing.. I also installed the Video Player from the bb_extras folder and it won't recognize x264 720p files :(

All help is appreciated! Thanks!
[Defy Android Development] fritolays:
The 720p playback is from this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=935017

Personally I just use handbrake and downscale to the same res as the phone; using mp4 container, mpeg-4 video and aac audio.

I dont get why peeps want to playback high res/bitrate files on a screen that is 480x854. Just sucks more battery for nothing.
[Defy Android Development] danielponte:
I was just about to post this.. damn, youre fast! Anyways:

I copied these two files: libOMX.TI.720P.Decoder.so and libOMX.TI.720P.Encoder.so to /system/lib and everything is silky smooth now :D

(from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=935017)

Well, I still can't use high profile encodes, but I guess that's asking too much, hehe! Just to save someone's time, I'm posting my results.. I tested quite a few players, including:

Act 1

Flikie

Meridiean

mVideoPlayer

QQPlayer

RockPlayer

Vital Player

VPlayer Advanced

And the winner is... (for 720P at least): mVideoPlayer! Smooth, subtitles, etc. Works wonders!
[Defy Android Development] danielck78:
Hey Frito,

Thanks for the update! It's working great! Now waiting for the black status bar from u! Thanks again!
[Defy Android Development] Febernacke:
Awesome work with this ROM. I am still on 1.3.

My battery usage is going crazy last three nights phone has used 4% (defybat) during my 7 hours sleep. Only 2g radio on and data disabled. I had 78% left yesterday, after 36 hours altough very light usage :-) I connected my phone to usb yesterday to push some apk's to it so it got charged a bit.
[Defy Android Development] fritolays:
Hmm odd, v1.4 has those files already in lib. . . . whatever glad its working.

Yup thats next on the schedule.
[Defy Android Development] antony.ps:
I use this bat to convert the videos to the phone:

@echo off
set video=%1
REM "set video=%video:~1,-1%" uncomment in Windows XP
set audio=%video%.aac
set subs=%video%.ass
set avs=%video%.avs
set droid=%video%-defy.mp4
mkvextract tracks "%video%" 2:"%audio%" 3:"%subs%"
echo FFmpegSource2("%video%").textsub("%subs%").spline64resize(848,480) > "%avs%"
x264 --profile baseline --level 3 --preset slower --crf 18 --weightp 2 --vbv-bufsize 5000 --vbv-maxrate 2000 --output "%droid%" "%avs%"
mp4box -add "%audio%" "%droid%"
del %video%.ass %video%.aac %video%.ffindex %video%.avs
pause

You will need avisynt (with ffmpegsource2 and vsfilter on plugins), x264, mp4box and mkvtoolnix. The videos don't use too many battery, plays smoothly and the files are not too big. And the encode will be quick too! (use x64 versions if available) Credits for Jacques on Animetracker.org (brazilian anime forum/tracker ;)

Fritolays, is there a way to use both stock videocam recorder and lgcamera (with 848x480 patch from antibyte)?
[Defy Android Development] ziki:
I'm a little bit confused...what do you saying? that if I install the jpeg compression fix I fix the bug of image saving freezing, but I breaks the camera?! I do not understand.

Camera sound is OK.

Camcorder does not give anymore the error, but still has only QVGA resolution selectable in settings.

I will try it.

OK, I'm already using Jorte, and for me that I do not sync the calendar with Exchange or what else, Jorte is all what I need, so if the Calendar/task widgets do not work, I prefer to remove their apks, so could you tell me which apks I can remove to have the same calendar/task less rom as the 1.3?

AH! A bad news (at least for me): my problem of unwanted shutdown during the nights in airplane mode still be present after a total wipe and 1.4 installation too! :-( So, at this point could be a problem of an app that I have installed (I start to remove them one by one), but I remember that you tell me you may have an idea for what could be the problem...do you remember?