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[ROM] [05/28/2010] Tainted Vanilla - Build Your Own!

-Tainted Vanilla ROM-
is an ongoing attempt at creating a vanilla android experience on the Eris. Since HTC hasn't given us a good way of getting rid of all of their Sense bits, all of our roms are "tainted" by it. Eventually, we'll have a way of getting rid of it all and this rom will be reborn as Pure Vanilla ROM.
I will always strive to remove as much of the HTC Sense components as I can without losing functionality, replacing them with Vanilla pieces whenever possible.
Hey all,
I've received several requests both public and private to continue work on Tainted Vanilla. I have been very pleased that so many of you have enjoyed it, and equally pleased that it has performed well for you and that you desire more. I am not the person to continue work on Tainted Vanilla. Honestly, I have lost interest now that we have some projects cranking out true vanilla roms. They're not perfect yet, but they'll get there. I realize that there are several features that Tainted Vanilla offers currently that the vanilla roms don't. The hybrid nature of TV makes it ideal for some of you. I am not part of that group. Here's the plan: if you want TV to continue, feel free to work on it. any one of you (or multiple) may continue working on this rom as their own. You have my blessing, I'll pass over the thread to you (is that possible?) and here's my final gift to you, tainted.vanilla.kitchen.tar.bz2 available in my folder on http://android.grdlock.net
Included is a rom kitchen credits dsixda http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246, a signing script (for creating updates), and a script I wrote which will take pretty much any sense rom and make it "Tainted Vanilla".
I wrote it for running within Ubuntu Linux, but any Linux distro should work. Make sure you have java installed and configured. The script assumes that you have unpacked everything inside /home/yourusername/android/.
Enjoy and good luck!
Hey all. I appreciate your support over the last few weeks. As stated in the introduction to my rom, the goal was to create the most vanilla-like experience for the Eris as possible while we were still forced to have any pieces of sense in our roms. Well, thanks to the work of several wonderful developers, it looks as though we're quite close to that goal.
Kaosfroyo - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=685594
Senseless - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=686870
Generic kernel - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=686797
Each of the above links will take you to partial work (both Kaosfroyo and Senseless have a bunch of missing features) but those devs have done an incredible job and I would like to support them now finding/reporting/fixing bugs.
You are free to continue using Tainted Vanilla as long as you like, but I encourage you all to help out the new pure vanilla efforts.
Thank you!
Props:
Ivan - Base ROM
Unknown - Creator of boot animation
Zanfur - kernel with OC support
jcase - always helps me when I have questions
testers - you all help make this work!
anyone I've forgotten, let me know
THANK YOU!!
Always remember to create a nandroid backup before flashing, I'm not responsible for broken phones. You do everything at your own risk.
Enjoy!
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Features:
Removed:
*Most of SenseUI including:
Mail.apk (replaced with vanilla)
Mms.apk (replaced with vanilla)
Music.apk (replaced with vanilla)
Calculator.apk (replaced with vanilla)
Browser.apk (replaced with vanilla)
Added:
*Vanilla DeskClock (use this for alarms)
*Vanilla MMS
*Vanilla (droid) Email
*Vanilla Music
*Vanilla Contacts
*Vanilla Calculator
*Vanilla Browser
The following are installed by default but can be un-installed via the standard android application manager!
*Gmail.apk (use the vanilla mail program instead, it'll give you a unified inbox!)
*Launcher2 (AKA Nexus Launcher)
*Helix Launcher (My favorite Launcher by far!)
*Autokiller
*CorCAL (For exchange corporate calendar sync)
*Facebook
*Google Talk
*ASTRO File Manager
*Google Voice
*Home Switcher
*Google Maps
*Spare Parts (set animations to "fast" for an even faster-feeling rom!)
*Wired Tether
*Wireless Tether
*YouTube
Other:
*Add task killer tweak for speed
*Experimental support for apps2sd - ext2/ext3 only, *not* ext4 (please test and report back success/failure!)
*Zipalign all *.apk files to optimize RAM usage
*Changed boot animation
*Disabled OTA updates
*Changed default wallpaper
*Live wallpapers are back & maps navigation working
*HTC keyboard and vanilla both available (use htc for voice typing)
Which launcher should I use?
When you first boot (after setup), you'll be prompted to choose a launcher. You are given the following options:
*HelixLauncher - from the market. This one is my favorite! Has a toggle-able number of home screens, supports tilt rotation, and more!
*Home (Launcher) - very stable and FAST.
*Nexus Launcher (Launcher2) - fun 3d effects but has some issues on Eris.
Notable changes in 1.4:
Vanilla/HTC hybrid dialer - Thanks jadesdan!
Helix Launcher added - Thanks arctu
Autokiller - Thanks AndRS Studio
ASTRO File Manager - Thanks Metago
Google Voice - Thanks Google
*Many apps made un-installable via standard android package manager in case you don't want them!
*Speed tweaks!
Known issues with version 1.4:
*Some people experience Browser force closes under some conditions. Visit the market and browse around to fix it as a workaround for now. After doing so, no more FC's.
*Gallery will not work with opengl LWP patch found elsewhere (makes images transparent and kills performance)
*OOPS! I don't use corporate calendar so I didn't notice it force closes.
To fix, flash the file called "TV.1.4.CorpCALfix-update.zip" located in my folder on httpd://android.grdlock.net. No wipe needed. Sorry about this silly issue!
Downloads:
Version 1.4 (Full-wipe install)
Download from my folder on: http://android.grdlock.net
MD5SUM - 589503d43314b816b1eb67e96c6073ae
When tweaking overclock settings with SetCPU, don't check "set on boot" until you know you have stable settings. Start at 528MHz and move up to see where the sweet spot for your phone is. This can avoid getting your phone into an unbootable state if you set the frequency too high and have it set at boot time.
Further performance increase (possibly less stable), use:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6444197#post6444197
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downloading now .... .......
will let you know
looks good though .......

Re: [ROM] Customized Aloysius v6maps (-sense, +vanilla apps, +rotary dialer)
Any way to get you to share that delicious lock screen for those of us not wanting to do a full switch?
Sent from my aloysius eris using the XDA mobile app

Lemcott said:
Any way to get you to share that delicious lock screen for those of us not wanting to do a full switch?
Sent from my aloysius eris using the XDA mobile app
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I agree if I could get my hand on that vanilla mms that would be cool....pm to get som

Lemcott said:
Any way to get you to share that delicious lock screen for those of us not wanting to do a full switch?
Sent from my aloysius eris using the XDA mobile app
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Sure thing.
Only apply this update to sprint roms. Do a nandroid backup first. I only have tested it on Aloysius:
http://www.multiupload.com/R9RM9GQE7Z

Spencer_Moore said:
I agree if I could get my hand on that vanilla mms that would be cool....pm to get som
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rm /system/app/Mail.apk
cp this: http://www.multiupload.com/TM2F81N7J9 to /system/app/Email.apk
chmod 644 /system/app/Email.apk

So is this the one w/ LWP??
As far as navi...is it working??

vash8806 said:
So is this the one w/ LWP??
As far as navi...is it working??
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It says at the top (and in the title) that it is the port of the maps version. No live wallpapers, and working maps

hoban_eris said:
Sure thing.
Only apply this update to sprint roms. Do a nandroid backup first. I only have tested it on Aloysius:
http://www.multiupload.com/R9RM9GQE7Z
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So if I am NOT on a sprint rom, I can't use this lockscreen right? Any way this can be made to work on the latest 2.1 rooted leak? I would flip. This rotary lock is cool. I liked the nexus one lock, but dismissing alarms didn't work and I use my alarm clock alot. Man If we can get the rotary lock to work on a verizon rom and dismiss alarms I would c*** in my pantalones...

Lemcott said:
Any way to get you to share that delicious lock screen for those of us not wanting to do a full switch?
Sent from my aloysius eris using the XDA mobile app
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I found a script here --> http://code.google.com/p/sensehero/downloads/list but I'm not sure how to run it
I tried plgging in the phone and running it but nothing happened.

Also, there's an open gl patch in the Aloysius tread that allowed V7 to run maps, galley and LWP's. Any chance that it would work on this?
My basic qeustion is, how would I get LWPs to work on here, aside from flashing or installing another launcher?

semmtexx said:
So if I am NOT on a sprint rom, I can't use this lockscreen right? Any way this can be made to work on the latest 2.1 rooted leak? I would flip. This rotary lock is cool. I liked the nexus one lock, but dismissing alarms didn't work and I use my alarm clock alot. Man If we can get the rotary lock to work on a verizon rom and dismiss alarms I would c*** in my pantalones...
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Sorry, but in order to use other lock screens apart from the normal HTC one, you have to be rooted to have write permission to /system/app/.

jadesdan said:
I found a script here --> http://code.google.com/p/sensehero/downloads/list but I'm not sure how to run it
I tried plgging in the phone and running it but nothing happened.
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Look at post #5, I've actually already given a link to the update file you can flash on sprint roms (and those ported sprint roms like Aloysius2eris) to get the rotary lockscreen.

jadesdan said:
Also, there's an open gl patch in the Aloysius tread that allowed V7 to run maps, galley and LWP's. Any chance that it would work on this?
My basic qeustion is, how would I get LWPs to work on here, aside from flashing or installing another launcher?
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Your assumption is correct, if you want live wallpapers to work, you can install jcase's lwp update that's linked to all over the forums. There is also a opengl patch that enables more live wall papers to run (and not to die when the phone sleeps), but it *will* kill navigation.

hoban_eris said:
Sorry, but in order to use other lock screens apart from the normal HTC one, you have to be rooted to have write permission to /system/app/.
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hoban: I AM rooted, but not using a sprint ROM. I was wondering because you specified that this can only be used on a sprint ROM.
EDIT: eh, I'll give it a go anyway. nand restore if the sh** hits the fan lol.
EDIT: Interesting. I flashed it from my recovery image and rebooted (wiped dalvik before) and still have the hero lockscreen. weird...

semmtexx said:
hoban: I AM rooted, but not using a sprint ROM. I was wondering because you specified that this can only be used on a sprint ROM.
EDIT: eh, I'll give it a go anyway. nand restore if the sh** hits the fan lol.
EDIT: Interesting. I flashed it from my recovery image and rebooted (wiped dalvik before) and still have the hero lockscreen. weird...
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Yeah, that was what I experienced when I tried it before as well. I assume that the framework file that the update replaces references files that aren't in non-sprint roms but I've not bothered to dig in to find out. Anyhow, the update I posted is for sprint roms only. Thanks for testing and verifying though!

Downloading this one now, I'm kind of a Vanilla freak so to me, this looks like a nice ROM. I'll give some feedback later today.
Thanks for the work on this one.

I like it so far but it force closed twice during the initial setup menu.

theGross1 said:
I like it so far but it force closed twice during the initial setup menu.
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Did you make sure to factory wipe and dalvik cache wipe before installing? I didn't have any force closes. Just make sure you click "always allow" when the autokiller superuser allow prompt appears.

Re: [ROM] Customized Aloysius v6maps (-sense, +vanilla apps, +rotary dialer)
yes i did wipe. other than the fc issue at the start i love it. This is my favorite so far. thanks
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Car Home Project

I am wondering if anyone can take up this little project.
Basically this is the Car Home from the T-Mobile Vibrant and i am wondering if anyone can play around with it so that A: it can fit on the Galaxy Tab (app does not center properly as you can see from the picture), B: if the Contact icon can be made to work properly (as you can see an error mesage comes up) and C:when selecting the search icon nothing happens(the one on the right hand side of the contact icon)
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Bellow please find the link to the app so anyone can play around with it. It is called com.sec.android.app.cradle-1.apk. Hopefully someone can give it a try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895638
Thank you in advance.
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Wow no one wants to pick up this little project? :-(
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adinis78 said:
Wow no one wants to pick up this little project? :-(
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Maybe just not in the 1 day since you posted it.
There's already a few good car home apps that work fine on the tab, which may be partially responsible for peoples reluctance to spend their spare time on this project also.
It's probably just a case of changing the name of the app it's calling, why not take the APK apart and see if you can work it out yourself?

i extracted the apk, but that's as far as i can go. have no idea what to do
this can get the ball rolling
as you can see there are three folders layout, layout-land, and layout-port
i dont know how to mess with xml files or dev in any other way, so someone can take a crack at this.

knightnz said:
Maybe just not in the 1 day since you posted it.
There's already a few good car home apps that work fine on the tab, which may be partially responsible for peoples reluctance to spend their spare time on this project also.
It's probably just a case of changing the name of the app it's calling, why not take the APK apart and see if you can work it out yourself?
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yea, the default google one is pretty good. i plan to use it in my car w/my tab and the samsung car mount.
on a side note, using the car mount right now just on my glass desk. works pretty dang well too!

That's pretty cool.
Looks like most of the images are intended for a 480x800 display, which is the resolution of the vibrant. You'd probably need to go through and scale a number of the images to fit the higher resolution screen of the tab. (Edit: Looks like the app is intelligent enough to scale this itself)
It's possibly a fair bit of work, but probably not all that hard. You mainly just need to extract it, work out what to edit, make the required changes, remove the META-INF tag and then manually resign and recreate the .apk. Not quite as straightforward as that (you'll need the Android SDK for a start). Might be a good exercise though.
I might have a play just for something to do. Maybe
Edit: Right, as with most things, _way_ more difficult than I estimated. I've decompiled the APK and I'm having a poke around in the sourcecode. I'll see how I go, but it's quite possible that I'll end up giving up and putting it in the "too hard" basket. Disclaimer: I'm completely unfamiliar with this sort of code so I'm having to decipher the syntax as I go. Editing just the graphics is a piece of cake, changing application calls and layout is a different story.

I managed to get most of it sorted. The icons are now centered and the Contacts button works. The search button doesn't even seem to be _trying_ to do anything though, so I'm not sure what it's supposed to achieve. I might just get rid of it, a text-based search in a car dock app seems a bit redundant to me.
I don't get a "Voice Search" icon on mine, I get a "Browser" icon instead, so I'd be interested in seeing what happens on yours.
The .apk is a little larger than the original, probably as it's being compiled against a newer SDK.
http://db.tt/qN07wwk
I fixed the "Alarm" option not working with the Home dock application as well:
http://db.tt/bFXrBWr

knightnz said:
Maybe just not in the 1 day since you posted it.
There's already a few good car home apps that work fine on the tab, which may be partially responsible for peoples reluctance to spend their spare time on this project also.
It's probably just a case of changing the name of the app it's calling, why not take the APK apart and see if you can work it out yourself?
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I do have a car home app that came with Roto's JME v4 but i still like the one from the Vibrant.
I am not a programmer so i would not know how to fix it.

knightnz said:
I managed to get most of it sorted. The icons are now centered and the Contacts button works. The search button doesn't even seem to be _trying_ to do anything though, so I'm not sure what it's supposed to achieve. I might just get rid of it, a text-based search in a car dock app seems a bit redundant to me.
I don't get a "Voice Search" icon on mine, I get a "Browser" icon instead, so I'd be interested in seeing what happens on yours.
The .apk is a little larger than the original, probably as it's being compiled against a newer SDK.
http://db.tt/qN07wwk
I fixed the "Alarm" option not working with the Home dock application as well:
http://db.tt/bFXrBWr
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Great work on the Car Home, but i was wondering if you could make some changes:
This what it looks like on my Vibrant, any way you can get to look this way?
and in regards to the Desk Home, the Alarm does not work i get an error message:
and one question on the Desk Home, on the weather icon next to the date and time shouldn't it show the current temperature? on both the Vibrant and Tab it just shows 00 C, not that important but it is weird that it does not update after you set the City and change the temperature to F on the Daily briefing icon.
Thank you again for your help.

The apk on your vibrant must be different, the one I'm working on doesn't even have the images for "Phone" or "Music".
As for the alarm, I've no idea, it works fine here. I'm running the JME firmware which may have something to do with things.
The weather displays 00 if it doesn't have a net connection, it works fine as soon as it can access the server, but it looks like you've got data running. Can you put it on Wireless and see if it updates then?

knightnz said:
I don't understand why you're getting different icons than I am. It'd take me a lot of work to decipher it and try to fix things, someone who has a better understanding of smali code would need to have a look at it.
As for the alarm, I've no idea, it works fine here. I'm running the JME firmware which may have something to do with things.
The weather displays 00 if it doesn't have a net connection, it works fine as soon as it can access the server, but it looks like you've got data running. Can you put it on Wireless and see if it updates then?
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The Car Home from my Vibrant i got it via the market when it was available, the one currently on my tab i got it from the link on my first post so i could not tell you why they are different. Well i gave it a try, i'll keep it the way it is but it looks better than before and at least the contacts work. Thanks.
Regarding the alarm i am lost, i am running Roto's JME v4 so not sure if that has anything to do with it.
In regards to weather on the Desk Home i'll try and get better signal and i'll try wifi connection see if makes a difference and i'll report.

Well it seems that Samsung came out with a Car Home app and you can get it via the Samsung Apps app
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Samsung Apps
For those of us with Verizon GTs, is there any way someone can post the official apks for the Car Home app? While Verizon was adding all of their crap, they removed Samsung apps.

jesand83 said:
For those of us with Verizon GTs, is there any way someone can post the official apks for the Car Home app? While Verizon was adding all of their crap, they removed Samsung apps.
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you can find the app and download it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922601

Thanks,
It seems as though there are several threads on this subject, I guess I just never found the right one!

jesand83 said:
Thanks,
It seems as though there are several threads on this subject, I guess I just never found the right one!
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you are welcome.

Have they done desk home.yet
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brilldoctor said:
Have they done desk home.yet
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It hasnt come up on the Samsun App store yet
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[GB][2.11.605.5][Sense3.5]BAMF SoaB v1.04

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Credits: The RCMix Team and Samuel especially for a great base and all the input! Adrynalyne for providing moral support and figuring out that apparently HTC uses a "calibration" file for Wifi now. He saved my phone from certain death. The boys from IRC and gTalk who tried it out for me and kindly alerted me to my inability to actually fix things. ​
This ROM is based off of:
2.11.605.5 - Barely...
1.26.605.6 HTC Rhyme Shipping RUU
RCMix 3D Runnymede (Bluetooth Drivers.)
What you will find in features:
Sense 3.5
Custom Notification Bar (Thanks Ihtfp for the extra toggles and guidance!)
All new BAMF Settings!
Reboot Options
HTC Hub
HTC Notes
HTC Watch
Lots of Pink
Changelogs:
v1.04
Adrynalyne's 3++ Kernel (as compiled by...hell I don't know, whoever compiled it last )
Completely redone BAMF Settings
Launcher Hotswap (Thanks to JonMS for the orginal mod)
Quick Settings Defaults and Rosie Remap (courtesy of Ihtfp)
Disable Rosie Unlock Animation (using the Romanbb method from the MyTouch 4G)
Added CM File Manager
Added ROM Stats. Please opt-in, it's to satisfy my own curiosity.
Too much more to list
v1.03
Fixed inverted FFC in Video Chat apps
Revamped Camera app
Removed boot lock for SD mount - It will now boot faster, but I highly recommend you let it settle before you unlock it or you're going to have problems.
Discovered some serious problems with Mail accounts. See Below for more information.
Market Version of VVM included for now.
v1.02
4G Fixed Correctly
End Call Bug should be gone again
SRS working
VM Number retained after reboot
Google Voice Set-up works (Still have to forward your number)
Framework Tweaks
SMS Tweaks
v1.01 (Patch)
Fixed slow data speeds
My Verizon/Verizon apps back
Task widget back
BT Audio working - all credit on this to Cmo220! Thanks man!
v1.0
Everything. Literally. 100% new base.
BAMF Settings
Custom Notification pulldown
Picasa still requires the workaround in the notes.
v0.713
Charm nonsense removed. Should help with battery.
No more FC on Settings Shortcuts
Removed all the non-functional Pen settings/apps.
Weather now defaults to Fahrenheit.
Baked in Screenshots - Thanks Ihtfp69!
FM Radio working
Added Accurate battery - Framework Courtesy of Adrynalyne, images courtesy of Ihtf69
Workaround for Picasa - see notes.
VVM should now install from market.
Couple of other minor annoyances fixed
v0.5
Initial Release
Changelog for Themes/Mods:
I recommend you make changes ONLY to a base ROM, and that you encourage users to return all settings to stock before flashing mods. ie. Don't make a mod for the Rezound launcher, then flash it while running the Rezound launcher. Settings will get all messed up and features will probably not work.
There is now a fusionrun.apk (handles fusion tasks for the Rezound/Runnymede Launcher)
There is now a Rosierun.bak (The actual Launcher for Rezound/Runnymede)
Idlescreen_Base.apk has Smali changes.
Rosie.apk has Smali changes.
SystemUI.apk has Smali changes.
android.policy.jar
com.htc.fusion.fx.jar
services.jar
Instructions to install:
Download ROM
Copy to SD Card
Reboot to Recovery
Wipe Data/Factory Reset
Did you Wipe Data?
Install ROM
Enjoy!
Some Important Notes and Tips:
If you use Picasa, make sure you upload a photo from the phone BEFORE you sign into your google account. This will prompt you to sign in and save the credentials for the future. If you don't follow these steps, it won't work!
If you feel the need to "borrow" my work, please don't without my consent. I literally have 3 weeks straight in getting data, BT and WiFi working. I will be more than happy to point anyone in the right direction though.
To change the quick launch widgets on the home screen, press anywhere on the home screen and drag it to the bottom left "edit" icon. From there you will be able to pick and choose which apps you want for your quick launch widgets.
Known Issues - if its listed here DO NOT ask about it in the thread:
The following issues are known about and they are being worked on. Before you post an issue with this rom, you must be on a clean install. If you have not performed a clean install, then your issue cannot be considered valid.
Some things that are just the nature of the beast:
SD Card Mounting
- This comes with the advent of the 3LM device encryption that was introduced (it was here before, but not implemented) in Sense 3.5. This is similar encryption as to what is used in Blackberries that has made them so popular among corporate clients. With Blackberry on the downturn, Android, and more specifically HTC, is trying to get up to the standards set by RIM in an apparent attempt to pick up their business. Unfortunately, it is tied into nearly every aspect of the framework and apps and nearly impossible to disable without causing major issues down the line. I have done everything reasonable (and one not so reasonable thing) to make it work for as many folks as possible. If you are having problems with it, I would recommend you try a different SD card. My 32GB Sandisk Class 4 has no problems. I've also had good luck with an 8GB Samsung class 2.
- If you experience the problem, unmounting and remounting the SD card will fix the issue.
Exchange policies
- This also goes along with the increased security measures HTC is trying to implement. The EAS policies on Sense 3.5 are about 100 times stricter than they ever were before. Can I bypass them? Probably. I'm not going to do that though. They are there for a reason. Your company feels that they are needed for their safety, and I'm not in any position to tell them otherwise. You always have trade-offs when you run a rooted device, and in this case, your ability to have fancy battery icons, may prevent you from getting HTML emails from work. In my opinion, if your phone is that mission critical to your life, you should have either left it alone, or get a second.
Superuser errors
- Ah the cost of progress. The SuperUser team is working hard to get an updated, more intuitive product to you. Unfortunately, it's making it a major pain in the arse to keep it up to date from version to version. If you get force closes, go into the app, and update the binaries. After a reboot, everything should be good.
NEW - Mail Accounts
- While trying to figure out some of the syncing problems with Mail and settings not being retained, I found another major oopsy. I don't know if it's the mail app, or the accounts themselves, but if you use the "Gmail", "Yahoo", "Hotmail", etc... Accounts, you will have a number of problems.
None of them will sync properly
If you set options for one, they will be transferred to all of them and vice versa
Gmail will always BCC you when you reply
Hotmail will never delete on the server
Basically, it's a huge cluster f.
I recommend you use the regular "Mail" account type and set your accounts up that way. Everything is smooth sailing that way. Unfortunately, to do this, you have to wipe data because in addition to the other issues, the accounts also won't delete. Yay HTC!
Burst Mode Force Closes Camera.
WiFi drops out
Mobile Hotspot won't connect - I'm still working on this.
Included VVM may or may not function
Using the alternate Lockscreen causes the notification bubbles on HTC shortcuts to look funny.
Using the alternate Launcher causes the notification bubbles on HTC shortcuts to look funny.
Switching Launchers will cause any non-HTC widgets to disappear from the home screen and be replaced with "Problem loading Gadget"
Switching Launchers *may* cause Sense Widgets to disappear from the personalize menu. You can either Clear data on HTC Sense (loses home screen settings) or access them from the "Browse All HTC Widgets".
Some hub skins cause weird graphical errors.
HTC mail app - email portrait body preview reverts back to 2 lines after changing it
Downloads​
[URL="http://www.teambamf.net/topic/1280-romgb2116055sense35bamf-soab-v104/"]BAMF SoaB 1.0.4[/URL]​

Reserved! Since the source of the drama here is gone. We are back. Good to see you all!

Awesome!
I have been jumping through ROMs like crazy, trying to find one that I really like. Well, my search is over. I LOVE this ROM! SOAB is fast, stable, and very much to my liking.
My only problem I had, was (as posted in the description) the Visual Voicemail wasn't working. But after some hard searching, and trial and error on many APK files, I got it working, so now I'm completely happy with this ROM.
Kudos to the cooks.

SoaB
Nice to see back on XDA Butch!

Love to see Butch's remix with this baby

LordSith77 said:
I have been jumping through ROMs like crazy, trying to find one that I really like. Well, my search is over. I LOVE this ROM! SOAB is fast, stable, and very much to my liking.
My only problem I had, was (as posted in the description) the Visual Voicemail wasn't working. But after some hard searching, and trial and error on many APK files, I got it working, so now I'm completely happy with this ROM.
Kudos to the cooks.
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Would you be so kind as to share what apk ended up working? I miss terribly my vvm on this rom!
Thanks!
Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk

nolmt60243 said:
Would you be so kind as to share what apk ended up working? I miss terribly my vvm on this rom!
Thanks!
Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk
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Here you go. This takes a few minutes to start up (and get occasional data not available), but once it connects, it works flawlessly.
(Hope I attached it right LOL)

thatdudebutch said:
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...I'm so out of the loop. Hi Butchie (first good news I've read here in a whiiiile) xoxo

How is this version different from the version 1.04 released on BAMF forums last year????
Has the OP made a special version of the old SOAB from last December??
Thanks for your clarification!!

chromiumcloud said:
How is this version different from the version 1.04 released on BAMF forums last year????
Has the OP made a special version of the old SOAB from last December??
Thanks for your clarification!!
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Its the same version

I downloaded this from team bamf forums and was my daily for a week. Loved it. My only problem was that the swiftx keyboard (paid app from Amazon) kept looking for predictions to load. It's probably due to the same security measure mentioned in the OP. Since I depend on that keyboard, I had to change (now using miniBamf aosp). Good to see you guys back.

loveubuntu said:
I downloaded this from team bamf forums and was my daily for a week. Loved it. My only problem was that the swiftx keyboard (paid app from Amazon) kept looking for predictions to load. It's probably due to the same security measure mentioned in the OP. Since I depend on that keyboard, I had to change (now using miniBamf aosp). Good to see you guys back.
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I use swiftkey X with no problem on SOAB 1.04
Try uninstalling and then re-running the learning algo's.
Thus far, my only complaint is that every day or so I have to reboot it to fix connectivity issues with the 4G. Otherwise its fantastic!

This rom is a thing of beauty man you guys really did an amazing job, runs smooth as hell and theme job is really nice!

Ryanmo5 said:
This rom is a thing of beauty man you guys really did an amazing job, runs smooth as hell and theme job is really nice!
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Thanks. Theme job is stock HTC Rhyme, so all credit to them.
Sent using Morse code.

erishasnobattery said:
Thanks. Theme job is stock HTC Rhyme, so all credit to them.
Sent using Morse code.
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well its nice subtle touches like different battery/status bar icons etc that work out well i think
wife has been running it on her tbolt for awhile, great work as always

Is there a mirror for this? Id like to try it.
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA App

My understanding is the deposit files link still works, as well as a couple others.
Sent using Morse code.

Ive tried several, dont know where deposit files are.
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Nvm, found it, thanks!
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WOW! Dude, this rom is awesome! And i love the arrowless keyboard! Thank you for your hard efforts.
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Sprint's new emergency alert system on any 4.1 NS4G roms

I was playing around with some different aosp roms the other day and I thought since the new emergency alert system Sprint was so kind to give us in the 4.1.1 ota update is such a great new feature to have maybe I should try to get it to work on a rom other than the OTA. Well, it turns out it 'just works' by default!! The app will not install the traditional way, but if you copy it to /system/app and change permissions to rw-r--r-- it works! The menu shows up in system settings>wireless & networks more> cell broadcasts
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Code:
http://rapidapk.com/u0sy9p4bmwlb/CellBroadcastReceiver.apk
I thought many people may find this useful. I haven't tested it on any other carrier' device or any other model other than nexus s 4g (d720)...I would assume it should work on all devices in the sprint network, though! Please report back with any success stories from other devices

For those wondering what it is, because I had no clue about this:
http://www.fema.gov/commercial-mobile-alert-system

FEMA wow, no way is this coming near my phone, eff that

YAY! Now I can be informed via Klaxon that rain sometimes causes flash floods. If you use this, keep your phone on mute or people in theaters and conference rooms will hate you. Personal embarrassing experience talking here.
I would be okay with it if you could shut off the alarm. Trust me, it's nothing like any other notifications else that exist on your phone. I want to know about Amber Alerts, and very severe weather events, but this appears to be all or nothing. Imagine the chaos if everyone had this on their phones and they all went off at once, which I assume must be the intent. Talk about shouting fire in a crowded theater. Not well thought out, but neither is FEMA.
for the record this was on an epic 4g touch, i assume the same behavior on anything else unless the federal govt is building device specific apps

btrcp2000 said:
YAY! Now I can be informed via Klaxon that rain sometimes causes flash floods. If you use this, keep your phone on mute or people in theaters and conference rooms will hate you. Personal embarrassing experience talking here.
I would be okay with it if you could shut off the alarm. Trust me, it's nothing like any other notifications else that exist on your phone. I want to know about Amber Alerts, and very severe weather events, but this appears to be all or nothing. Imagine the chaos if everyone had this on their phones and they all went off at once, which I assume must be the intent. Talk about shouting fire in a crowded theater. Not well thought out, but neither is FEMA.
for the record this was on an epic 4g touch, i assume the same behavior on anything else unless the federal govt is building device specific apps
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did you not see the screenshots I posted?? There are toggles for different types of alerts. And you can turn notifications off, as well as test notifications. Also, if you don't like your alarm notification, just change it. We live in a world where rooted phones are possible and you can do these things It's as easy as swapping ogg files!

no, actually i did not, thank you for calling my attention to them. apparently pictures get cut out when i access xda from behind a firewall, literally looks like there's nothing there on pc, but tapatalk on my ns4g has them. Maybe they are getting it right, I will have to take another look at it. When I found it on my nonrooted e4gt, it looked nothing like this.

hp420 said:
I was playing around with some different aosp roms the other day and I thought since the new emergency alert system Sprint was so kind to give us in the 4.1.1 ota update is such a great new feature to have maybe I should try to get it to work on a rom other than the OTA. Well, it turns out it 'just works' by default!! The app will not install the traditional way, but if you copy it to /system/app and change permissions to rw-r--r-- it works! The menu shows up in system settings>wireless & networks more> cell broadcasts
Code:
http://rapidapk.com/u0sy9p4bmwlb/CellBroadcastReceiver.apk
I thought many people may find this useful. I haven't tested it on any other carrier' device or any other model other than nexus s 4g (d720)...I would assume it should work on all devices in the sprint network, though! Please report back with any success stories from other devices
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tried copying to system/apps then changed permissions to rw r r and rebooted and nothing.
there must be something missing in your steps. or maybe my rom. im using rasbeanjelly

Tried installing it 3 times now on SlimBean and it won't install.

robogoflow said:
tried copying to system/apps then changed permissions to rw r r and rebooted and nothing.
there must be something missing in your steps. or maybe my rom. im using rasbeanjelly
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nope...nothing missing. I've even just dropped the apk into several different roms before flashing and it worked at first boot for me. have you tried running fix permissions from recovery?
mdean1981 said:
Tried installing it 3 times now on SlimBean and it won't install.
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Did you copy it to /system/apps with a file browser or did you try installing it the normal way?

hp420 said:
nope...nothing missing. I've even just dropped the apk into several different roms before flashing and it worked at first boot for me. have you tried running fix permissions from recovery?
Did you copy it to /system/apps with a file browser or did you try installing it the normal way?
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Yep I'm using rasbeanjelly and fixed permissions in cwm and still nothing. Installing the normal way won't let you. Did you try on this ROM?
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium

robogoflow said:
Yep I'm using rasbeanjelly and fixed permissions in cwm and still nothing. Installing the normal way won't let you. Did you try on this ROM?
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium
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I can't say I have. It's on my long list of "roms to flash"

hp420 said:
I can't say I have. It's on my long list of "roms to flash"
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Great rom.
I tried playing around with it and for some reason it wont work.
Idk i really want to have this feature but for some reason i cant figure it out.
Lets just review.
I move the apk to /system/apps.
Then fix permissions to rw--r--r.
Reboot
Fix permissions in cwm.
Reboot check settings?
Is there something im missing?

Try accessing it from Messaging app. Hit settings.

If I can find some time this afternoon I will flash RBJ and see if I can figure out what's up

I will also look into it also but not for myself, lol. I hate the alerts.

This works on today's port off rasbeanjelly for ns4g by rustyjay. I used root explorer to move the apk to system/app, changed permissions to rw-r--r--, and rebooted. No need to go to cwm.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk 2

Wow thanks for the responses and help just for this.
Today's rasbean? There's a new one!!!!! I'm going to check and flash then follow the steps again.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium

Awesome, thanks for this!

It shows the settings in messaging but doesn't show in wireless network settings where I can pick the different alerts.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium

Running CNA 3.6.6 and this is all I see. Seems different then screenshots shown in OP.
idk how I got here...

Possible Quality Control issues with ZTE Axon 7

Pros:
beautiful screen and overall a nice phone, got headphones with pre order. and am excited about the prospects of a new flagship phone.
Cons:
Camera stopped functioning today, it was delivered at 4:10pm July 27th, it is now 5:05am July 28th as i write this. Customer service is closed and i've already gone through wiping the cache, formatting and factory resetting the phone. removing my sim card and SD card.
formatting again, clearing the cache on the camera app
then resetting the phone and clearing the cache and reinstalling.
i even went so far as to stop google from recovering my downloads from the playstore to be on the safe side and insure that the phone was completely stock out of the box.
and i got "Unable to connect to camera,Camera has been disabled because of security policies or is being used by other apps" the phone and the flashlight are not functioning. and installing 3rd party camera apps doesn't fix the issue.
Will follow up if ZTE is able to give repair steps that don't result in mailing my phone back to newegg.
Other Thoughts:
Would not recommend to anyone at this current time, as this same issue plagued another phone of ZTE's called the ZTE max and seems to have followed to their newest flagship
if anyone has a fix for this sort of issue please let me know otherwise ill do a write up based on what ZTE provides to me later on today

Hey bud. Make sure you post on here: https://community.zteusa.com/community/forums/axon
Some of the community members may be able to help you or a ZTE moderator. Its more active there than here.

aknotts415 said:
Hey bud. Make sure you post on here: https://community.zteusa.com/community/forums/axon
Some of the community members may be able to help you or a ZTE moderator. Its more active there than here.
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most definitely! though i hope that changes when BL is unlocked

Bakurei said:
most definitely! though i hope that changes when BL is unlocked
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me too lol :good:

Do you think it's possible that you revoked its permission to use the camera? I would check the app manager.
Other possible solutions I found:
* Turn off OK Google detection from any app
* If you can boot into a recovery mode, wipe the cache partition
* Turn off face detection smart lock
* Make sure camera shortcut on the lock screen is enabled
* Remove any Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account you might have setup

dennis96411 said:
Do you think it's possible that you revoked its permission to use the camera? I would check the app manager.
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I haven't revoked permissions although i did check again. i formatted the phone a total of 6 times and had it bare bones. however when the camera doesn't work neither does the flashlight. so a tail tail sign in the past has been if both dont work. an RMA is needed. hopefully ZTE will be able to help sort this out so i can amend the post content to reflect their customer service.

Bakurei said:
I haven't revoked permissions although i did check again. i formatted the phone a total of 6 times and had it bare bones. however when the camera doesn't work neither does the flashlight. so a tail tail sign in the past has been if both dont work. an RMA is needed. hopefully ZTE will be able to help sort this out so i can amend the post content to reflect their customer service.
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See my edited reply for other things to try.

dennis96411 said:
See my edited reply for other things to try.
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I've done all of those things with the exception of Turn off face detection smart lock as the phone didn't have any locks enable at all. ill enable and disable just to see if any of it sticks, worst case ill update post with ZTE/Newegg results
I appreciate your help !

Bakurei said:
I've done all of those things with the exception of Turn off face detection smart lock as the phone didn't have any locks enable at all. ill enable and disable just to see if any of it sticks, worst case ill update post with ZTE/Newegg results
I appreciate your help !
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One last thing to try: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lrodlor.camless
I looked up the error message and it seems to have something to do with device policy. This app should be able to change the camera policy.

dennis96411 said:
One last thing to try: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lrodlor.camless
I looked up the error message and it seems to have something to do with device policy. This app should be able to change the camera policy.
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I'll give that a shot, i rebooted the phone into safe mode and camera and flashlight still didn't work. im on hold with newegg now so. here's hoping camless fixes it!

Bakurei said:
I'll give that a shot, i rebooted the phone into safe mode and camera and flashlight still didn't work. im on hold with newegg now so. here's hoping camless fixes it!
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Let me know how that goes.

It didn't work but.
I hope its resolved relatively soon as well.. i wanted to post pictures so people knew i wasn't just slandering the phone or anything. i have tried different camera apps. but they dont work. nor does the Flashlight feature in the quick launch. i looked up old threads on similar issues and saw people doing things from disabling security certificates (all of them manually because the clear option was greyed out.) and i spent about 20 minutes doing that while on hold with newegg since ZTE was closed. hopefully this issue will be a fluke and it wont be the same with the second and third phone i have coming.... one tomorrow and one tuesday because that would be disheartening.
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Gee, read the ZTE USA forum and it seems there are several random issues plaguing some users, and not small issues, hopefully software based and will be remedied with updates. I will do a wait and see approach before I order, I'm in Australia and will have to use a post shipping house, as not being released here, so quick if any warranty maybe problematic. Will want to make sure everything is honky Dory before committing to a purchase. Maybe back to opo3 if not resolved.
Sent from my A0001 using Tapatalk

bedubie said:
Gee, read the ZTE USA forum and it seems there are several random issues plaguing some users, and not small issues, hopefully software based and will be remedied with updates. I will do a wait and see approach before I order, I'm in Australia and will have to use a post shipping house, as not being released here, so quick if any warranty maybe problematic. Will want to make sure everything is honky Dory before committing to a purchase. Maybe back to opo3 if not resolved.
Sent from my A0001 using Tapatalk
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Was the camera/flashlight error ever resolved? I just bought an Axon 7 and it has same problem. My phone is not rooted, just stock.
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Bakurei said:
It didn't work but.
I hope its resolved relatively soon as well.. i wanted to post pictures so people knew i wasn't just slandering the phone or anything. i have tried different camera apps. but they dont work. nor does the Flashlight feature in the quick launch. i looked up old threads on similar issues and saw people doing things from disabling security certificates (all of them manually because the clear option was greyed out.) and i spent about 20 minutes doing that while on hold with newegg since ZTE was closed. hopefully this issue will be a fluke and it wont be the same with the second and third phone i have coming.... one tomorrow and one tuesday because that would be disheartening.
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Did you get the problem camera/flashlight resolved?
Thank you

The only issue with this phone I've read about is the dust inside the camera lens. I have some particles there but I don't think it affects the picture quality yet.

aLexzkter said:
The only issue with this phone I've read about is the dust inside the camera lens. I have some particles there but I don't think it affects the picture quality yet.
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And the broken OIS (incredibly common) and the lack of an antibricking measure in place and the screen dying because it didn't like your hand's humidity... ZTE replaces the phone with all of these problems luckily. But when they have stock.