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[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
Here is a flashable version of the full HTC Eris stock ROM - v 2.41.605.6.

March2011_OTA_ReferenceROM_v1.zip ( 99,606,802 Bytes; MD5: 770786915545a16f564a42e344ce7bb6 )

( 02/15/2012 - Re-hosted download link - thanks to XDA user doogald for providing a home for this ROM )

This is what you would get if you took the HTC 2.1 Leak-V3 PB00IMG.zip (same thing as the "Official 2.1 RUU") ROM, and then upgraded it twice - first with the July 2010 OTA, and then after that with the March 2011 OTA. (Using this ROM flash basically saves you that trouble.)

The ROM itself is completely stock, but unlike the "Flashback21" series of ROMs, this flash does not restore a stock recovery, nor flash any radio firmware - you can use it just like any other ROM.

(It is not meant to used for preparing a phone for resale or return - use the FlashBack21 ROM for that).

AGAIN, please note that this ROM is completely stock - it is not even rooted.

Feel free to use it as the basis for other 2.1 Sense ROMs.

If you want to have a "pure HTC stock ROM", but with the benefits of overclocking and rooting, I suggest you flash the "engtools3.zip" and Conap's "CFSv9" kernel immediately after flashing this. This would get you "stock+root+overclocking" - kind of like the original "PlainJane" ROM, but patched up to the current (3/2011) HTC software release.

One other note. Out of curiosity, I decided to run some benchmarks on a GB ROM vs. this HTC ROM, but using the same kernel (CFSv9), and clocked at a fixed rate (setCPU min = max = 748Mhz). So, I performed the kernel replacement and then ran a couple benchmarks.

This allows a crude comparison of what the improvements in the underlying dalvik engine have been between the Eclair release and the Gingerbread release - it is sort of "apples to apples" because the same kernel, scheduler, applications, and clock rates are used.

The numbers here are not the absolute benchmark values, but rather their RATIO - GB:Eclair. (In the cases where the benchmark value is "lower = better", or elapsed time, the value is inverted so that in all cases, a number greater than 1.0 indicates an improvement in Gingerbread). I used JIT = on, and compcache off for the GB ROM.

Ratio Benchmark
1.57 Quadrant Full
1.16 Elapsed Time (wall clock time) for Quadrant Full
1.10 setCPU "Long Bench"
0.96 setCPU "Native Bench" **
-.-- Linpack for Android - Skipped (not meaningful - too sensitive to JIT)

** This one should be very close to 1.0, as native code does not depend on the dalvik app engine.

In "real world" terms, Quadrant's raw score probably is not too meaningful - but notice that in elapsed time for the full benchmark, the GB ROM was consistently about 16% faster to completion. That measurement - wall clock time - is a "real world" metric. So, in addition to all the other goodness of Froyo/GB, you do seem to get a decent improvement - 10 to 15% - by switching to GB.

cheers,

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] korben dallas:
ah nice work man :D
[Droid Eris Android Development] moos3y:
Good work! I will definitely use this because I always keep falling back in love with stock HTC Sense xD
[Droid Eris Android Development] tenzomonk:
nice! bftb0 always providing quality work/info for the Eris community! i was actually doing something similar! good to see you providing the Eris users even more choices!

thanks again!
[Droid Eris Android Development] sk842018:
Great work!!! This will definitely come in handy
[Droid Eris Android Development] api1996:
Very nice!
[Droid Eris Android Development] chlila:
This is great - thanks!
[Droid Eris Android Development] zach.xtr:
Thank you bftb0!

This saves a lot of time for all the base work on future updated versions of xtrROM and xtrSENSE! I really appreciate all you do for us in the Eris community.

Cheers
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
I think that the superlatives being tossed around here are causing the eyes of the real devs in this forum to roll backwards in their heads. I hope not!

There's not much skill in putting a stock ROM together - just a bunch of checking to make sure you've got all the symlinks, file modes, and permissions set up correctly. Then, zip it up and sign it!

( I did load it onto my phone and check everything to make sure nothing had gone horrible wrong; I suppose that counts for something - but that's not mad skilz, either. )

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] semmtexx:
Oh stop being modest. You rock admit it.
[Droid Eris Android Development] CPCookieMan:
So what's different in this new ota?
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
Looks like it is mostly bug fixes with some enhancements in the Exchange client, MMS capabilities, and several other things.

Here is what Verizon had to say about it.

I did a "file differences analysis" (see this XDA post) that showed that 101 (out of ~127) different pre-installed apps had (.apk) changes, and 20 different framework libraries (.jar) showed changes too. Whether they were major or minor, I don't really know - just that it was apparent that a lot of stuff got "touched". The "system" image in both releases have a little north of 810 files in them - about 260 of those got changed.

I only had the ROM running for a short period of time (to do testing); the one thing that I noticed is that on my home WiFi (uses WPA), the association process was instantaneous - that was sort of rare for me in the past.
[Droid Eris Android Development] endoki:
Was the radio changed at all in this update?
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
NO.

10char
[Droid Eris Android Development] zach.xtr:
Agree :D ;) :D
[Droid Eris Android Development] roirraW "edor" ehT:
bftb0, the amount you help EVERYONE, no matter what ROM they are running or trying to run, is extraordinary. You may feel that you're "just doing your thing", but you deserve the praise that you get.
[Droid Eris Android Development] doogald:
I never had problem with WiFi and stock, but I do for sure with CM ROMs running CFS when I turn on WiFi from a widget. However, just to test, I flashed CFS v9 over this last night, turned off WiFi for a while, then turned it back on from the widget, and it also associated right away for me.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jonathanphx1:
I have themed this ROM and am about 80% done with it. Thanks for this runs really well on the stock kernal. I am just wondering how popular 2.1 is now with Froyo and GB out. If there was a base of people that like sense eclair I would consider releasing it once it was finished.
[Droid Eris Android Development] chlila:
I would love a theme with a blue battery and themed dialer! Would it be similar to the "Sensibility for Sense 2.2" theme you were working on?
[Droid Eris Android Development] roirraW "edor" ehT:
No offense to anyone, but I would likely only even try the March OTA in the form of an updated ROM from zach.xtr, or if I modified it myself.

Nothing against you, it's just that whenever I want to go back to near stock, xtr's ROMs are just too well established for me to experiment with anything else.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jonathanphx1:
No offense taken. If zach decides to release another xtr ROM based of this OTA I would run it as well. I am in no way knowledgable as far as tweeking ROMs, I just figured that what better ROM to theme/customize then the most up to date stock HTC rom.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jonathanphx1:
Yes it would, I have actually found that theming 2.1 is easier then 2.2. As far as 2.2 goes it just seemed that all the ROMs that were released just didn't have all the bugs worked out of them yet, which is fine.
[Droid Eris Android Development] CPCookieMan:
Hey johnathan, wanna work on a rom together? I can add some speed optimizing stuff like in THERom, but I'm not so good at theming. I suppose I could release a sense without a theme but if you're game to work together, why not?
[Droid Eris Android Development] zach.xtr:
Thanks to bftb0 doing the heaving lifting on preping the base I got pulled into an all night building of xtrSENSE5.0 last night ;) I hope to have it ready for beta in the next day or so...

If you can make themes that can flash on top of the ROM or via Metamorph I am all for including a link to them in the ROM OP...

As for if folks are still using 2.1 both my ROMs still get a number of downloads as there are a number of items that the HTC codebase does more reliably than any of the CM or ASOP builds.

:D
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
:D

:o :D

The camera in particular (but other stuff too). I'm convinced that the focus behavior in the AOSP camera app is quite poor compared to the stock HTC software.
[Droid Eris Android Development] LexusBrian400:
Does TiBu batch restore work for anyone on this rom? It FC's for me on all Sense 2.1 roms, always. Really frustrating!
[Droid Eris Android Development] zach.xtr:
I could not agree more ;) with 3 little boys this is ALWAYS the reason that brings me back to a HTC based ROM... I really like the GB ROMs though...
[Droid Eris Android Development] doogald:
Titanium works fine for me with rooted Sense 2.1 ROMs, but this one is not rooted, and Titanium requires root.
[Droid Eris Android Development] roirraW "edor" ehT:
I've never had a problem with TB like that. Note that I actually prefer My Backup except now that I'm on Gingerbread, back from a short hiatus on xtrSENSE, that I like TB because of restoring apps back to the locations I originally had them in (SD or Internal), plus being able to so easily move apps en masse from one to the other.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jonathanphx1:
I have released Sensibility v1.0 which works on this ROM the link is in my signature if anyone is interested.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] CptCrackers:
I love this phone when it's working. That's WHEN.

Here is a short list of some of the various problems I'm having consistently with the phone. It would be great if anyone else can confirm if these are happening to them. Would be nice to see if this is a problem with the GS4G in general or just with my specific unit. TIA.

1. Wifi sometimes cannot be turned on. Clicking it on will just result in the word error apearing. Nothing more. A reboot will always fix this.

2. Bluetooth will regularly have to be manually connected to the Sync in my Ford and it will arbitrarily disconnect from Sync in the middle of calls. Never had any bluetooth issues with the Ford with my s740 for more than a year. It's not the car.

3. Ringtones and notification sounds magically stop working. They simply act as if they are playing, but don't. vibration does work. Rebooting will always fix this.

4. Google Navigator will only speak to me when it feels like it. It will stop speaking mid route or not speak at all when it doesn't feel like it. No idea how to fix this one. Reboots or restarting the app don't help. It's random.

The good news is GPS on this phone is GREAT. The screen is AMAZING. Most of the time it's pretty fast. It's a bit laggy sometimes thanks to the bloatware I think. I used link2sd and partitioned the memory card. Also the memory card in this phone is CLASS 2!!! I have a Class 6 on order so that should help.

ALL the problems existed prior to partitioning and installing link2sd and pror to rooting so that is not the cause of the trouble. I suspect the problems may be related to the limited rom and ram being overloaded and system processes crashing until reboot. I HOPE it's not defective hardware although I guess I'm still withint the 30 day return period so hope to sort it out and keep it rather than turn it in.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Deleted member 2653512:
i would try and odin to stock using krylon's post in the dev section. if you do that and you still have these errors... most likely hardware related and you need a new phone. i have zero issues with mine.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beefvvl:
I got the same issue when I had my regular Vibrant using Bionix V with the Wifi toggle. Same thing with my Galaxy S 4G. Most of the time I can go into settings and toggle it from there and it will work. Sometimes not. I also use SuperPower App and it turns off the Wifi when the screen is off I think.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] flyinbird93:
only issue I too am having is that my wifi does error out at times as well. It is quite annoying but aside from the rest of the features of the phone it's not a huge deal; especially given that the internet speed top notch and most any connecting to my home system is ran via wan not lan just for comparability reasons when i leave the house.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Henchman:
I've had all those issues.

I hate the lag.

I replaced the 16gig 2 class with my 8gig class 6.

Still lag, and just not very snappy.

This thing is going back this week.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Kenyar25:
I have all these problems too - both before I rooted and installed link2sd and after.

I really like this phone but am probably going to have to take it back because of these issues.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Deleted member 2653512:
the original Vibrant had lag, as well. but over a few months... custom roms saved the day. i would stick it out cuz the hardware is pretty awesome. just my two cents. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] nwpro3:
The only problem I've Had is the WiFi (AP) Froze ON once, and the screen did not want to respond well. Reboot fixed it. That problem happened after uninstalling some apps. I haven't had any problems since. Phone works Good.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] CptCrackers:
I've figured out a couple things. Basically all the problems on the phome seem to be thanks to bad software and bloatware.

1 the wifi refusing to turn on issue. This seems to be caused by the "drive smart (small)" app. Using Android Assistant killing that app allows wifi to turn back on immediately. The app does not always block wifi from starting, but when wifi is not starting, killing this app lets it start. At least on my phome.

2 no sound from navigation apps and other notification sounds not playing. When connecting to my ford sync, there are two bluetooth profiles used. One is the phone profile and one is bt audio. This is normal. Every phone i've had connects both. The problem is that this phone tries to send all audio to the car when it should only be sending phone call audio and media playback to the car. This is not how my old winphone devices behaved. I don't know if this is an android thing or just bad bluetooth software on the gs4g. Sometimes once the car is turned off, the phone still sends all the notification sounds to bluetooth. I know this because when there are no sounds toggling off bt will fix it. The answer was to simply uncheck the bt audio option on the phone for the ford sync connection.

I still have not figured out how to get the phone to stop randomly disconnecting frpm ford sync in the middle of calls or even having to be manually connected to bt devices in the first place. I thonl maube the bt stack in this rom is just really poorly written.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] orionshock:
I have issues too with BT auto connecting with a Sony Headset. I would agree that the BT stack is f'ked on this ROM. I have CY6 on my G1 & it never ever had issues with my headset. I'd just turn my headset on, turn BT, wait for magic & play pandora.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] slipin3:
I feel you on that one. we all just need to wait for some good roms to come, which is really soon. i have the app2sd app which helps but i do have lag (at times) but for me tegrak overclock, galaxy tuner, and sgs tools. all help a lot.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] CptCrackers:
App2sd didn't help me much. Instead I partitioned the card and used link2sd.

That worked for a while but then i started getting storage full notices again.

So today I also used the fota fix which clears up 250mb all by itself. And I also ised titanium to freeze some system bloatware apps so they won't run in the background.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] heartspains88:
I have had NONE of the issues everyone is talking about.. additionally i've removed all of the bloatware, original ROM and SD card on phone, and it's snappy as heck.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] CptCrackers:
I have not had any random bt disconnects since freezing some sytem apps and doing the fota fix. Only been a day but the phone is running like a dream w/those fixes so far.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ntxchick:
you're using all those with your sgs 4g? I've heard of sgs tools creating issues (namely, camera) with the 4g.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ntxchick:
Oh and +1 for the wifi issue, although it's only happened to me once I think. Then again, I don't use wifi very often.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] icy56:
I'm not sure if it was sgs tool's fault but ever since i used it my phone has been acting up so i might have to flash krylons stock rom. Now i have like no available ram memory, recording fails constantly, video that actually does record make the video player crash a lot, touch wiz no longer works, wifi always has an error, and i can't set ringtones anymore. Ill ive done on this phone is change the gallery, camera, and touch wiz through sgs tools and now its acting up a lot. I wish i can flash the rom now but my stupid computer says download error once i get to around 50%. I seriously learned my lesson, I'm not gonna mess with things that i don't really understand.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] gpz1100:
Can you please provide a list of what you actually removed? I'm familiar with what's bloat on the evo, but not on this device.

In a few days i'll be helping someone root their device along with installing a bunch of actually useful programs. This person is not interested in a custom rom/kernel, but getting rid of some of the stock bloat would be great.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hayn_pryde46:
Theres another weird thing I noticed about sgs4g, when you turned data off signal doesnt come on or takes a long time... Anybody else getting that and mine is stock no root nothing
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] smyk44:
Since we're talking signal in here...sitting at work, my G1 got great signal, now with my SG4G I bounce between 1 and two bars...

Do the SG4Gs only use 4G or Edge?
[Desire General] arknailed7754:
Hi ive seen pics where the icons up the top are coloured...like original android? How do i do this,im rooted and running coolexe rom hd
[Desire General] snakeeyes21:
cook framework in ultimate online theme kitchen? then flash from recovery

uot.dakra.lt
[Desire General] Manek49:
Or find some framework theme here on XDA and flash it. (Be sure that it's for your rom.)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Utopia73:
What is the best Z ROM that is not change with stock sense?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarge201:
Just try a couple and see what works the best for you. Personally if you want a sens Rom look at Magnolia it is my daily driver and love it!!! Have not tried z roms myself. All the ones I looked at had to many bugs for my tastes but some will swear by them. Just look at the posts and see what is working and what is not.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Keyboards:
Run Super Z. Best Z ROM, hitting consistent 1900's on quadrant, can be OC'ed to 1.2GHz, and has just been updated to 5.0.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dunemessiah:
are you hitting 1900 without overclock? I get 1100 with just the rom lol. 1900 sounds amazing...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khanam:
The sd card you use makes a massive difference to quadrant scores. 32 gb cards are typically class 2 while 8 gb cards can be class 6.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khanam:
Speed wise its super or incredibly. Features wise its uber, no other z rom comes even remotely close.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sitrucz:
I like Warm Z.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cleveratticus:
I really like Re-EngineeredZ. The Dev's had some trouble with it, but I know chingy is extremely committed to his ****.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trickster2369:
Re-Engineered Z has worked just fine for me. I have had no problems.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spyke562:
I am using Warm Z TwoPointTwo Nightlies. Its my first ROM and I love it. Not super buggy and can be used as a daily driver. Only one issue with call waiting, I don't get a notification of an incoming call when I am in a call. But do get a notification when they leave a VM.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vince47:
I have been using Nils' Business Sense v6.1. I preferred it over Warm Zs. All the dev's here do excellent work. Don't put too much into the quadrant scores. Quality isn't always the fastest. The speed is usually in the kernel (Ziggy makes some great kernels).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calico_NC:
I tried to root my phone using the tutorial here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=838448

Everything went fine until I got to the point where im guessing it was suppose to boot into recovery mode but it didnt. Instead it stayed at the HTC logo for a while and booted up as normal..as so it seems. This is the log....so what do I do now?? The phone still works, but im not sure as to what i did..HELP!!!!:confused:

Starting ADB server...

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

Checking MTD configuration...

Phone uses the old block size.

Firmware version '3.70.651.1'

Battery is at 77 percent.

The ADB Shell does not have root permissions.

Installing exploit...

Rooting...

Looking for Root...

Got Root!

Checking for needed files...

Pushing res\flash_image to /data/local/flash_image...

Pushing res\mtd-eng.img to /sdcard/mtd-eng.img...

Pushing res\URFSOFF.zip to /sdcard/URFSOff.zip...

Pushing res\URFSON.zip to /sdcard/URFSOn.zip...

Flashing misc partition...

Rebooting in to bootloader...

Verifying bootloader status...

Bootloader shows Firmware Version '1.17.651.1'

hbootpreupdate set at '11'

Verified the phone has the older MTD setup with hBoot Version '2.10.0001'

Verified NAND is locked.

Setting RUU mode...

*

* Flashing Firmware...

*

* It is very important that you do not interrupt this while flashing.

* Unplugging or turning the phone off while it is flashing can easily brick

* your phone.

*

Rebooting...

Waiting for the phone...

error: write failure during connection

** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon

** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon

** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ducats:
Just use unrevoked. Download and run the reflash package. This will give you root and NAND unlock/S-Off.

http://unrevoked.com/#evo
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acerbusconfig:
You shouldn't have any problems at all.

Simply follow the directions, and don't forget to install and uninstall HTC Sync prior to.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calico_NC:
I downloaded the reflash program and ran it..seems like nothing is happening..the phone rebooted to the red exclamation mark screen with the phone icon been here for atleast 15 minutes.....on my pc, the evo 3 icon is in the traybar says: failed to push recovery:Termating

Recovery Image:CLockworkmod Recovery

the cmd.exe still says daemon still not runningerror.Cannot connect to daemon..

ugh

DO i wait? Restart? idk what to do
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Put that on your sdcard and boot into the bootloader, select update, reboot, reboot back into recovery, and you'll have amon_ra 2.3. The triangle with the ! is the recovery but you have no recovery.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calico_NC:
Oh..so what exactly do i put on the sd card? The reflash program? and is it safe to restart the phone?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
No, the file I attached above, also do not extract it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calico_NC:
So how do I go about restarting the phone..Remove the battery? I dont think the power button functions to restart now.

I downloaded that zip file before but forgot to install it on my sdcard..silly me thanks