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Root [ROM] MS910 Alicia v1.0

Bard

Android Expert
ROM DESCRIPTION
MS910 Alicia v1.0
This ROM is based on ldrifta's Number Two (#2) v2.6

KERNEL
MS910 ZVD Speed Unleashed (overclock-able up to 1.9Ghz)
Although many users claim that their Esteem can reach 1.9 or even 2.0+, stable overclock rate is different by each device.

CONTENTS
All mods and tweaks implemented by Rom #2 are included
Custom Notification Bar Icons, Battery Icons, Lock Screen Icon
Slide Up Stock Lock Screen
Apex Launcher
Themed Miren Brower - It looks like Chrome but it's not haha.
Few Apps added / removed

DOWNLOAD LINK
If you are brave enough to trust my initial release, go ahead lol.
Although I did test many times with two different LG Esteems and they all worked okay.
Download at your own risk!!
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B69dMfqyU4n9Q3pCQ21VM01ubzg
http://d-h.st/J4q

DONATE LINK
If you appreciate this ROM donate it to Ldrifta
If you have few cents left and really want to donate to me you can visit my homepage and hit donate button :)

SPECIAL THANKS
Big applaus to all of pioneer LG Esteem Developers.

CHANGE LOG
V1.0 - 11/29/2012, Initial Release

QNA
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Q) Who's Alicia
I decided to name my ROM a girl's name starting from A-Z.
No specific reason, it just looked cool haha.

Q) Hey! This is just #2 ROM with different Kernel and Launcher!!
It is :)

Q) What is Apex Launcher? How come I don't see it at the Play Store.
Apex is very light weight luncher (660kb) which is availalbe ICS and above.
Someone ported it and make it available for GB so I grabbed it and put on this ROM.

Q) I only see 4 Icons on dockbar?
Somehow Apex's default Dockbar Icon setting is set as 4.
At home screen click Menu, Apex Launcher Setting then change Main Dock Style to 5.


Q) Can this make a folder?
Push empty area on home screen, select Folder.
You can drop multiple Icons on it. You can also place the folder on dock bar as well.

Q) Fianally I can use Chrome. I've been waiting for it!
Sorry, it's a themed Miren browser -_-;;

Q) How do I overclock this?
* Overclocking can reduce life span of CPU and may damage the device.
* Do at your own risk!!
Download tool program which can adjust CPU setting (i.e. SetCPU, RomToolBox)
Do not check []Apply on boot yet!!
Gradually increase Max Slider then exit the tool program.
Test current setting with other apps; web surfing, play game, run bench mark etc..
-If you experience reboot, lower the setting.
-If okay, go back to tool program then try higher clock speed.
-Once you find comfortable clock rate, check []Apply on boot.
Reboot the device
Go back to CPU setting and check if overclock setting is stick.
Enjoy overclocked Esteem
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SCREENSHOTS
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Dude, this rom is great! #2 was badass as it was, I just wanted a change of scenery. Snappy no lag and not even overclocked. I like the pre installed apps too. Great work!
 
Dude, this rom is great! #2 was badass as it was, I just wanted a change of scenery. Snappy no lag and not even overclocked. I like the pre installed apps too. Great work!
Well damn, guess I'll have to install this when I get home. I just now saw that its based on #2, should be good battery life
 
Glad to hear it's working :)

Battery life and performance should be just same as Rom #2.

If you see little bit of difference it might just be the launcher's behavor :)
 
Download link not working

It seems like Google Drive is somewhat unstable ><

Please try again and see if you can access to the file.

I am also uploading the file to dev-host as well.


Edit
dev-host file available. Please check the original post.
 
LIke the tweeks you did but only issue i am having is with Speed Unleashed kernel it keeps crashing my phone, I had the same problem when ldrifta used it.
 
LIke the tweeks you did but only issue i am having is with Speed Unleashed kernel it keeps crashing my phone, I had the same problem when ldrifta used it.

Ah... sorry to hear that.

I am pretty sure you have tried bunch of different approaches (flashing, deleting, downloading again) to fix the kernel ><

Just a shot.. try to download from different source (Google Docs vs Dev-Hst).. and if it makes any difference ><

Wish I know more so I can fix the problem.
 
This is working very well for me so far. I love the look of the status bar and to agree with an above poster, it seems quite snappy and I haven't oc'd it either.

I've used #2 for a long time liked it a lot but I've found lately that some things just weren't working as well as before. I was having problems updating apps from play store, I would often get the invalid file error when trying to update. I did the delete data/cache thing from play store/services and then it might work once with no problem but then it would be back. I've reinstalled from scratch, including factory reset, about three times in the last two weeks to try and correct this problem but it still persisted.

With this rom, updates are working first time everytime. I also use amazon appstore and a couple of times over the last week it told me there was an update to appstore itself but when I tried to install it nothing happened. I thought maybe it wasn't compatible with this version of android. Not the case as shortly after installing alicia the update popped up and installed properly.

I don't know exactly what you've done but it's working real good on my phone so far. Thanks.
 
I don't know exactly what you've done but it's working real good on my phone so far. Thanks.

Unfortunately I don't know what I've done either lol.

I did remake ZIP file with my kitchen setting so.. it has slight different app settings, update script etc.. I dont know if they did something on your phone :)
 
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