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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jmwils3:
+1 to that idea, anybody got any tips on setting up the tools needed to work on android on ubuntu 11.04?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dustrho:
Another +1 to creating a pure AOSP experience for us all. I hate to say it, but I miss running Froyo AOSP.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
if i can get help i will start on aosp build i got the images and a booting build but i need help from programes/ other devs :) if i get more people to help will work on it for sure :)

just one 15 year old cant tackle this alone.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jmwils3:
well Im trying to get my ubuntu dualboot set up for android at the moment (and feeling more noobish the further I get, or rather dont get), but I might be up to taking a crack at it, perhaps.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Anyone want to help on rom please pm looking for people that have dev experience :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] MajorTom_:
awesome, glad to hear you're back in business. :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
working on build v1.7 right now fixed signal and hang on boot :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jmwils3:
awesome news :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
v1.7 will also have updated gapps :)

will have done in a day or two :)

possibly working beta tonight
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
gonna leave tourch in v1.7 becuase people want it

looks like i might have v1.7 sooner then expected :) might be released tonight or towmarrow morning :D

market updated to install latest version on install like aosp

removing bloat and then will have a beta

i found the cause of the mms blurry but i might have to fix it in v1.7.1 it is due to the stock mms wanting to limit it and cuasing it to be blurry it was a problem with the hd2 gingerbread build and we found a fix so im gonna try and use the method we did for the hd2 on g2 :) Its due to the custom user agent on stock mms apk
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lainvalenajr:
Lol wellcome back my friend
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
will have link for beta soon :)

last bit of testing and it will be released v1.7 :)

i need someone to confirm if mms fix works

ok for some reason gps wont lock but does pick up 4 statiliets dont know why thats the only problem left
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Beta v1.7 testing

updated working beta v.2 http://www.multiupload.com/4KOKECYT8U(do full wipe) (updated 8:10)

please test gps/mms

gps seems to take a little longer (200 seconds for me) but does work after first lock it should work just fine :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Please post bugs in thread
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hogg2500:
Still wifi softreboot

Gps instant lock

Will add more soon
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hogg2500:
could you get rid of profiles. And maybe the cyanogenmod part. But I don't know if you could keep the cool screen on and off animations and trackpad wakeup
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Ill try but I have to edit the framwork and I don't know how just yet
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
v1.7 released :D

im starting work on next version :D v1.7.1 will be a few days
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jdizzle5877:
W00t :D to think I was going back to stock froyo ^^ glad to have you back, great developer.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] KeeperOfThePizza:
Hi, I havent tried this rom just yet, does the hardware keyboard work? (slide out) Does it come with the stock launcher? and is there still a WiFi Bootloop?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Everything works wifi boot loop still
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] KeitaroSenpai:
I haven't seen on the first page : I'm on 1.6, do I need to wipe or an update will work ?

and Great Job and Thanks for your work, this roms rocks !!!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
I would wipe for safty sake

I'm might start working on a sense based rom to :) v2.3 gingerbread
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
I'm might start working on a sense based rom to :) v2.3 gingerbread
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jmwils3:
you might talk to blah4blah and team villain about that, as I know blah has expressed interest in working on a sense rom, and homersp and siulmagic have created some already for this phone. It might make it easier for you that way to have others to work with and bounce ideas off/ask for help.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Im gonna build from rnk leak and make with alot of fixes

- trackpad wake

- wifi calling

- superuser

- overclock kernel ?

- fast updates

- better battry life

- faster

- fixed sense lancher

- you add :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ra990:
There are plenty of (really good) sense ROMs for this phone. We need a solid stock gingerbread one until an official one is released by TMO/HTC. I'd be more interested in that AOSP gingerbread ROM than another Sense one.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
I'll work on both but i really need the devs support for aosp i got it booting but need help fixing all the drivers :)

So anyone is a dev please pm and lets get this aosp fixed :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jmwils3:
dude, if you could manage to get alll that working on gingerbread sense (with apps2sd if at all possible, for us app hogs who still like sense too), that would be the most awesome thing I could think of.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Gonna start working on it :) along with v1.7 and a aosp :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jmwils3:
if you need a tester, Im more than willing. Im still looking into getting android dev tools set up on my ubuntu partition, but cant seem to figure it out, so Im stuck researching that and flashing my nook color and g2.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] flamingblue8z:
I have to say, considering he's 15, (right?) I'm jealous that at 24 I've been trying to figure out how to make my own ROMs since before CyanogenMod was big, back in the days of JesusFreke... However, Xboarder, don't spread yourself TOO thin. The ROM we use will need to be kept up-to-date as certain bugs roll in, and certain other features come through as a so-called "point" update (like 2.3.3). On the other hand, I beg of you to find a way to get rid of the new CM7 stuff that has popped up in the midst of you moving the base of your ROM to CM7-RC4. Specifically, since you've included the "GApps" (or did you?) I noticed a direct update from 1.6.1 caused my News & Weather widget to disappear off my home screen. May very well have been me not paying attention. Also, as you've seen, many do want the very basic AOSP that you were originally going for, and hopefully do get a good grasp on it. But CM7-ultra lite is basically what your ROM has become, not to your own fault. I personally like a few of the customizations, but do agree with things like the Profiles needing to be removed. It's nice to have a reboot option, with "Recovery, Bootloader, Reboot" as the options, thanks to CM7, but I do understand where this all becomes a tangled web. That's why I'm saying that you should really think about not spreading yourself too thin with too many ROMs. Concentrate on the ones where there is no alternative. At the moment, a barebones, stock Gingerbread doesn't exist (So far as I see) for the G2 other than what you've made. And you've done a pretty damn good job! As for Sense ROMs, I know I've seen a few listed here and there. I don't want you to let this completely stock, and honestly in high demand, ROM go to the wayside. I thank you regardless for your hard work, especially now that MMS is fixed (though I personally haven't checked yet, I will be shortly). Oh and I already have a torch (teslaLED, free in the market) why do I need another? LOL
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
ok i will keep working on this and aosp :D

aosp needs help from more devs i got it booting and wifi and gps and overlock but buttons wont work for some reason. if i could fix the buttons it would be almost complete :D theres a previe off it on first page AOSP:

Normal users dont flash this its expreimental

http://www.mediafire.com/?c3h79740g8pc1vc version v.1 alpha

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The current rom is based on cm7 rc4 lol
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mckayrytting:
I prefer the CM Torch. It's the only one I tried that worked with the notification power widget. Does teslaLED work with the notification power widget?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] flamingblue8z:
In all honestly I doubt it does, I use a widget on my home screen for Tesla. I noticed torch also seems to heat up the light a lot more, whereas Tesla didn't.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] travisd4est:
Do it up guy! I know we all love speedy.roms :) throw in a little live feed video recording. Not video chat but the same idea? Lol if that exsist.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Will work on it when I have time after build aosp with keyboard fix
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Developers add on google talk bezzer68@gmail.com we could team up and fix the aosp of gingerbread I have booting :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] BlawkHawk:
So is 1.7 still based off of CM7 or off the rnk leak? Or are those the same thing. I don't really know, I just know that I get terrible battery life with anything CM7, but really would like to use this.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Rnk is sensed base this is cm7 rc4 with nightly 35 with a lot of fixes
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ra990:
What do you have in store for 1.7.1?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Not sure yet I'm gonna update it to the next newest nightly and what do you want
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ra990:
I love how enthusiastic you are about your work! I'm not looking for anything specific. I thought you had something specific you wanted to get into 1.7.1.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
I gonna update base mybea new kernel and the leaked gapps :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Tommebaas:
So your working on a stock gingerbread from aosp?!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
I have been I got a alpha in the first page of thread I just need to fix keyboard issues and its ready but I don't know how
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
v1.7.1 gonna try and add music sync back in with the latest market leak :) will have a alpha uptonight for you guys to test :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
gonna base the final version of v1.7.1 on cm7 build 36 :) will be 2 days

unless new nightly comes out
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] travisd4est:
Looking forward to it :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
beta really soon based on cm36 build i just built it fixing a few errors then ready

its v1.7.1 beta v.1

new overclock kernel based on Flippy125 but recompiled for a boot.img :) upto 1.9 overclock

new gapps

beta v.2 will have the overclock becuase im getting usb mount errors right now so i will keep 1.5ghz overclock kernel right now

beta v.1 link: http://www.multiupload.com/13VB3YWHN2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
I mighf try and include preshots kernel instead gonna test if not then v1.7.1 is final I got a build ready on my computer
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Battry life is excellent on 1.7.1 lasted all day with medium use left at 80 precent :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JackMagic:
I'm much more interested in building from source to create a pretty basic Gingerbread ROM - custom kernels, add-ons etc can come later for performance/usability.

I did a bit of messing about with building Froyo on Sapphire (HTC Magic), so the setup isn't alien to me, but not entirely sure how to begin building for the Vision - proprietary files etc. Could you post your basic script for pulling from the master branch or whichever it is?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
I built a nexus one build a replaced the boot.img, the htc radio drivers, wifi and gps. I think the reason the keyboard doesn't work is because it was compiled from nexus build
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JackMagic:
Ah I see, okay. Can't imagine the file which control the keyboard in Froyo roms arent too different, cant you try including those?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Idk which one it is you could try aosp is posted on first page of thread alpha 1
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JackMagic:
Okay well I guess that's where you were planning on starting RE trying to solve it?

Edit: I cant flash it atm, will have a look tomorrow probably. Are there any other changes made to the rom other than what you did?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
nope all aosp build with wifi driver, gps, and htcril.so to make gsm work everything else is complete aosp build
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JackMagic:
Well i had a quick look, i think /system/usr/keychars and keylayout are the relevant files, but your rom contains those? Where are those from, aosp? If so perhaps replace them with ones from cm7 or froyo? Shooting in the dark here really!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
i used the cm7 ones
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
v1.7.1 released for everyone :D I recomend full wipe but not required
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] phunky1:
thank you very much :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
no problem :D

now its time to try and find fixes to build 1.7.2 will be about a week though :D

v1.7.2 ideas

- updated base

- sd card speed fix (faster read write)

- Add updated browser

- even better battery life :D

- Updated tun.ko (vpn driver)

(anymore ideas that are possible in less then a weak post or pm me :) )
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lainvalenajr:
Great job bro
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jmwils3:
just a thought on the sd card fix, you might want to create it as a script that runs on boot, or else finds a way to make said change permanent, because as it stands now, it is erased anytime the phone reboots.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] MajorTom_:
thanks for the update man ROM is running great.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
It will be set to run on boot everytime
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jmwils3:
awesome :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ra990:
Overclock kernel 1.5ghz (based on cyanogenmod kernel)

Can you explain the overclock kernel and how it works? Is my G2 going to be running at 1.5ghz on 1.7.1 all the time or will it automatically overclock when needed? Do I need to do anything to enable the overclock?

In the Cyanogen performance settings, the min and max show as ~200mhz and ~800mhz respectively, which I think is stock speed for the G2.

I'm not familiar with overclocking on android, so can someone please explain this to me?

Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ra990:
Having a couple of issues with 1.7.1

Upon installation, Google Voice icon is missing in apps, but shows as installed. I went into Titanium backup and it was showing as frozen, I unfroze it and then it showed up. Weird, that's never happened before.

Also missing is the News and Weather app...that isn't listed in Titanium, so it's not the same issue as Voice. Was this taken out?

Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Niksie:
I've installed SETCPU to see what freq it is running. It's running at 800mhz. (ondemand) But you can use SETCPU for overclocking. I've tested it with SmartBench 2010

@ 800mz

Productivity Index=944

Games index= 1379

@ 1500mhz.

Productivity Index=1467

Games index= 2112

Also found another great thing: You can use DSP manager with this rom. Just install attached APK and you're good tot go. (that's because libcyanogen-dsp.so is included in this rom :D)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
I did remove the news and weather widget I could add it back and I will fix google voice in 1.7.2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ra990:
Looks like a fix was finally checked in for the initial wifi bootloop! I guess we will see that in 1.7.2. Looking good!

http://cm-nightlies.appspot.com/?device=vision
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
will add in v1.7.2 looks like it will be around 3 days till release :)

possibly less and will add weather and fix google voice also :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ra990:
OK so you're saying there is no overclocking going on unless I use something like SetCPU or the built-in Cyanogen overclocking? The overclock kernel simply allows these features?

Thanks,

RA
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
yes you got to use a app to boost it to 1.5ghz or what everyou want below that
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Almost got v1.7.2 done a few more fixes and it should be about ready :D

(If htc pyramid gets released for t-mobile gonna be picking it up on lanch day:D )
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] adamhlj:
I really want to put gingerbread on my phone now. Should I just wait until you have finished 1.7.2? Also, do I need to rename the file to update.zip or whatever?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] MajorTom_:
the current version is pretty stable and usable as a daily driver so I recommend you try it out.

you don't need to rename it to update. zip or anything.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] adamhlj:
Yeah, its working now. I went to the bathroom, came back, and it was ready to set up. Is there any way to get the screen to turn off like on the stock nexus one gingerbread? Its like an old-school TV set turning off, lol.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Ya settings-cyanogenmod-display-screen off :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Also remember to reboot right after wifi or boot loop and you have to take out battery
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] adamhlj:
LOL I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW!!! I have been dragging my feet on rooting this thing, and now I LOVE IT!!! Now i just need to find a great track pad notification color changer app, lol. Oh, the one thing I did notice was that on the stock froyo, there were 7 home screens. Anyway to get that back?

I am also noticing that with stock froyo I could play wmv's and probably wma's, tho I hadn't tried that out. With this ROM, I can no longer play those. Any way to get that feature back?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] guitarfreak846:
Waiting for next update then I'm jumping back on this train again. :) You do some great work, man.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] flamingblue8z:
There's no way to change trackpad light bcuz it is only one color. Only the Nexus One and I think some European Magics had different color LEDs behind the trackball. The notification light (in speaker grille) however can be changed either by an app or maybe in CM settings but I do remember it was in CM Bacon Bits for a while on CM6.1. Not sure about that now, don't pay much attention to the project anymore.

7 homescreens is either in the framework or hard coded into the Launcher and is an easy fix for those who look it up.

And I don't remember EVER getting a .WMV to play on this phone under stock FroYo. Windows Media Codecs are proprietary Microsoft technology and Google can't just include them in the AOSP that the G2 ships with. However, if u had a Desire Z with HTC Sense, I'm gonna go on a limb (since I have NO experience with SenseUI) and guess that HTC included it and paid the licensing fees for it. I know that my Samsung Vibrant, which has TouchWiz, had DivX/Xvid codecs available, and that was Samsung's choice to include them and pay licensing fees, and develop a special Videos app for it. Knowing how HTC likes to tie critical components into the Sense Framework, I'm gonna guess that "porting" those codecs is not an easy feat, and would probably need to be updated codecs for Gingerbread.

Put simply, Xboarder is going for the closest to pure, AOSP that he can get, which means none of the kludgey hacks and add-ons from SenseUI. Don't get me wrong, id like my DivX back, but I'm not complaining in the least, I love my phone with the bare minimums. Go look for RockPlayer and I'm pretty sure it'll play WMVs, and I believe Winamp does WMA (could be wrong, I'm not researching this, just going by memory). Our phones have a search button for a reason, trust me, any time u have a question, 99% of the time u just search Google and you will find an answer.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Testing a few more features and it should be ready :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mayurolla:
So is this still CM based or AOSP based?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
still cm based becuase i need developers more developers to help me fix the keyboard issue then it can be total aosp :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Version 1.7.2 released still has wifi boot loop i believe its becuase i dont run the provisions apk i do the setup will fix in next version

Its alot faster
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nubnutz:
overclocking to 1GHz possible with this rom ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Yes all the way up to 1.5ghz
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Gonna try fixing keyboard on aosp build talked to a dev on a trick gonna try. I hope it works :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lainvalenajr:
Nice bro. I will flash your rom later to night.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
keyboard for aosp was a no go i tried replacing .kl and the libjni_latinime.so with cm7 but nope didnt work anyother ideas please pm me :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] adamhlj:
So when I send text messages, The picture for the other person shows up fine, but my picture is just a gray box. Do you know how to get this to sync up with my own contact picture? It seems like when my nexus one updated to gingerbread, it did the same thing for a while. Then it just seemed to fix itself.

Also, I hope the HTC pyramid is pretty rad. I am thinking about getting it, but I am not gonna just up and get it until I find out how good or bad the battery life is. Does it launch on monday or tuesday? Or are they just announcing the device? I would want to get it, but I just blew 300 bucks on my G2, lol.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
Will look into mms i know the problem but cant find a fix in mms app so might have to include cyanogenmod mms app for a little. And i think its just an anouncement
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Spastic909:
Really guy? Are you trying to advertise or some ****...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] adamhlj:
You should really read earlier posts made by the OP.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xboarder56:
its ok just forget it :)

working on next release :D will be a few days :D gonna try and find a fix for mms

also looking into wifi reboot fix
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] flamingblue8z:
I noticed a few odd errors with 1.7.2, specifically, I had done a full wipe, installed 1.7.2 in hopes of that MMS problem being fixed, and immediately noticed YouTube wasn't showing up in the app drawer. So I pulled the YouTube.apk out of the 1.7.1 zip and copied it over the one in 1.7.2, works fine now. But then the market decided to "forget" most of my installed apps when I woke up this morning. I had to reboot to CWM and clear cache, then go to Manage Apps and force stopped the Market app, then cleared its cache. Now its fine. I think I'm gonna roll back to FroYo cuz a few apps I use were updated but don't show up in the 2.3.3 Market, so I can't update them yet. Also I've noticed odd hangs, FCs, and freezes just by sliding open the keyboard. So maybe I'll go back to 1.7.1 or give the AOSP without hardware keyboard a try after restoring FroYo and updating the couple apps that need it.