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Root [Boost Mobile] [ROM] n00b (B10 based) VIII.II FULL Install 1/23/2013

i2f said:
Try this: #1207

It's a fix for the black text issue that Mr. Bobo released a little while ago. It's for stock N00b VI, but you shouldn't have any issues flashing it with N00b VII. Alternatively, you could install my theme, which includes the black text fix :)

The fix gets rid of most of the black text issues (e.g. Pandora, Play Store), but I'm still experiencing them when I receive files using bluetooth and downloading files using Boat Browser.
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Thanks Guys, totally forgot about that, I just updated the VII update to include this, also it's correct that you can also just flash the zip from the post mentioned above with no adverse effects.
 
for anyone who is interested, I updated my personal bloatware zip in post three.

for those who are new to the concept, I keep a zip of the apps I install after I flash a ROM, some users were interested in what I install on my phone, it's not much but some good stuff there.
 
MrBobo have you considered working with the B07 base rom from public mobile??? Supposedly this one has a working wifi tether! Do you know if there is any truth to that claim? Sorry if this steers the thread in a new direction....
 
Mathis436 said:
MrBobo have you considered working with the B07 base rom from public mobile??? Supposedly this one has a working wifi tether! Do you know if there is any truth to that claim? Sorry if this steers the thread in a new direction....
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We already stole the flashlight fix from that build, so yes I am looking at it. The wifi tether is the ONLY feature I have heard of so far in that ROM that we don't have working on this side, I don't see a compelling reason to bring that build over to Boost and base ROMS on it just to get that one feature since we on this side can use apps to do tethering. I am interested in digging in and seeing why it works, whether it's purely kernel/ramdisk related or something else but honestly it's just not a huge deal to me.

I have thought about going the other way though, starting with the PM base and creating a n00b ROM over there, the issue trying to do that is the extra time/effort it would take since I don't live in canada and can't test everything before putting it out.

I disagree that that build is newer, I think it's probably just opened up a bit more due to the carrier, they also have roaming for example where we don't on Boost. There are carrier specific requirements that were built into each version of the code base.

A very interesting exercise that I haven't tried yet is to do a file comparison between the PM B07 and Boost B07.

At the end of the day I kept n00b on B08c because that's the most up to date software for Boost (I went back to stock using the handset update tool from zte yesterday and that's still the version they are pushing). I don't think we have any real issues to speak of now that we have worked with it for over a year now.

I think for android 2.3.5 we are doing about as good as we can until we either see an update to 2.3.6, ICS or JB (be it from Boost (not likely) or from the devs). Until then I think staying with this version is a good idea. B08/B07 differences are very minor as far as I can see and the PM/Boost differences are also pretty minor and carrier specific.

sorry for the long post, I have thought about it. If people want to have a discussion further, please start a new thread on the topic ;)
 
Still an awesome rom none the less! Thanks for answering my questions. You are truly a gem when: it comes to devs around the scene! Again thank you for all of the hard work you and all the devs put in to our particular phone. Keep the enhancements comming
 
Anyone having sound issues, when screen locks and goes off music playback starts skipping and then I can't get screen to come back on... maybe something in build prop causing issues during sleep
 
Having some font issues...sometimes there's some spacing issues where some things are cut off/incomplete and in some apps it causes some graphics to appear stilted...any way to change it myself, and if so, how?
 
Everything else working fine though Mr.Bobo! Awesome rom and its come a long way since first implementation! I'm a semi noob (haha pun) so hopefully there's an easy fix for my font issues, albeit minor that they are, or maybe a theme that no one has reported font issues with yet for this rom? Or maybe a semi noob walk through for yours truly on how to do it myself...sorry in advance if this isn't the right place to be posting this btw
 
I've been thinking about this for a while, but I was wondering if it was possible for you to make it so that the stat_notify_more icon appears all the time, hiding all of the notification icons?

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bhays3 said:
Anyone having sound issues, when screen locks and goes off music playback starts skipping and then I can't get screen to come back on... maybe something in build prop causing issues during sleep
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what app are you using? I don't have much in the build prop so I doubt that would be the cause.
 
reality cheque said:
Having some font issues...sometimes there's some spacing issues where some things are cut off/incomplete and in some apps it causes some graphics to appear stilted...any way to change it myself, and if so, how?
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Added a link for ICS fonts in post three, can you do me a favor and post a screenshot of the issue you are seeing? Just curious since I haven't ran across that myself. I did see where one of the themes had an alignment issue on the lockscreen but that's out of my control since I didn't create the theme.

I might be convinced to change the font back if others don't like it, I find the VII font easier on the eyes that the one in the zip on post three, but I like that one too.
 
i2f said:
I've been thinking about this for a while, but I was wondering if it was possible for you to make it so that the stat_notify_more icon appears all the time, hiding all of the notification icons?

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I have never seen that come up even when I have about a million notifications in the bar, does it come up if a certain number of notifications are up there?

if it's triggered by a number of apps, it would probably just be a matter of hunting down that number in the framework-res, but I doubt this is something everyone would want so it would probably not make it into my ROM...
 
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That's a link to the screenshot I took of the jacked up alignment in one of my FF apps...seems like it may be due to the font spacing maybe? There's some cutoff in the NFL.com FF app as well, although not as major.
 
Okay so it posted the actual pic instead of the link, which works out better for me for my problem :) but yeah there it is...a little cutoff on the fb widget as well btw
 
I've been reading up on font changing and have come across two multi function apps that seem like they could do the task...Rom toolbox and absolute system root tools...looks like some users have boot loop and/or bricking issues with rom toolbox and it seems absolute system doesn't have such issues, at least from what I've found searching the interwebs...can anyone confirm or deny this?
 
I use rom toolbox. Only for some things though. I don't do anything with kernel, or other things on that level with it but I do change fonts all the time without issue. It's safe
 
Thanks smoothkaos, and much appreciated! Changed my font and thanks to this kick ass rom, didn't even need to reboot! Now speaking of rom toolbox, are the other customizable options okay/safe to use? Like perhaps the status bar icon changer and the theme options?
 
reality cheque said:
Thanks smoothkaos, and much appreciated! Changed my font and thanks to this kick ass rom, didn't even need to reboot! Now speaking of rom toolbox, are the other customizable options okay/safe to use? Like perhaps the status bar icon changer and the theme options?
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No problem. Some of the status bar icons can be changed like wifi, 3g,airplane, the icons on the left of the bar primarily. The signal and battery can't with rom toolbox. Don't mess with the themes, trust me.
 
After first flashing VII there was unseen before snappiness and responsiveness which of course made me very happy. However, I'm noticing lag after certain amounts of time and now I'm not getting texts on a daily basis. I flashed my girlfriends phone with VII and now she's missing texts as well. After reboot new texts begin to receive again but the old ones that were missed remain missed. I need to reflash noob VI I think on both phones. I won't know I missed them until getting phone calls that I never respond to texts so I restart my phone and then get new ones but not the ones I missed. This zram just might be the culprit and is too unreliable I think... I've never had this problem before. Very confused and uncertain of what to do. Not panicing though! Haha Very annoyed would be more accurate. My girlfriend was sending me mms photos while out shopping for our son this morning but I never knew. Because I didn't respond she thought that she shouldn't buy the items and now she has to drive all the way back to get the stuff because I do, in fact, want her to get the stuff. Grrrr

Update : I disabled all three zram, sd readahead, and voltage scripts. Zram to see if it's my lag culprit, sdreadahaed because the kernel already has it built in (what I'm using anyway), and voltage control because I set my own anyway. I'll let ya know how it goes but so far so good. Getting texts!
 
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