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LiQuID FroZeN YoGurT v1.4 (FRG22 Custom ROM Built From Source!!!) *Updated Patch - OTA Update Fix*

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  • 5 Star ROM Rating: Elite

    Votes: 70 79.5%

  • 4 Star ROM Rating: Outstanding

    Votes: 13 14.8%

  • 3 Star ROM Rating: Average

    Votes: 2 2.3%

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    Votes: 1 1.1%

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    Votes: 2 2.3%
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Question: Not sure if I should be posting this here or in the watermark'd thread, but I decided to give this rom a shot along with the smoked LFY theme. I had been running LithiumMod w/ Watermark'd before this, and for some reason I cannot get rid of all of the icons that came with the Watermark'd theme.

I don't necessarily have a problem with this, except that it's just in the back of my head that everything hasn't been uninstalled from the theme and I want to fix it.

Example:

After wiping data/cache twice in recovery (not through RM), I installed the LFY rom as I normally would, but immediately after installing, it was still themed with the Lithium Mod watermark'd theme. So I installed the Smoked LFY theme, and it replaced the notification bar as well as some of the icons.. but there are still plenty of icons that haven't been restored and still carry the image of the watermark'd theme. Am I missing something?
 
vr6dubbin said:
Question: Not sure if I should be posting this here or in the watermark'd thread, but I decided to give this rom a shot along with the smoked LFY theme. I had been running LithiumMod w/ Watermark'd before this, and for some reason I cannot get rid of all of the icons that came with the Watermark'd theme.

I don't necessarily have a problem with this, except that it's just in the back of my head that everything hasn't been uninstalled from the theme and I want to fix it.

Example:

After wiping data/cache twice in recovery (not through RM), I installed the LFY rom as I normally would, but immediately after installing, it was still themed with the Lithium Mod watermark'd theme. So I installed the Smoked LFY theme, and it replaced the notification bar as well as some of the icons.. but there are still plenty of icons that haven't been restored and still carry the image of the watermark'd theme. Am I missing something?
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Many of the themed apps you have are on the system partition, meaning that wiping data will not erase them. The smoked theme is not very heavily themed in terms of icons (most if not all of the stock icons are used). You would have to wipe the system partition to delete these (but that WILL leave you without an operating system).

I know I have posted this before somewhere on here...

Best Practices - When loading a new ROM where the base ROM is stock (vs. themed ROMs), you should get all of your applications installed and get everything set up the way you want it. After you do so, MAKE A BACKUP OF THAT ROM...then proceed to adding themes. If you find a theme you don't like, simply revert to your "Unthemed" backup and then flash a different theme.

If you were to load the Blueberry or Tangerine themes over the Watermark'D theme, you would most likely find that all traces of the Watermark'D theme are replaced with the other themes. Smoked is the exception to this because the icons are stock and with those apps being on the system partition, wiping data will only clear the data from the apps...not the themed icons.

Make sense?
 
Hey all, after reading around and much deliberation :-) I have chose to make this my first flashed ROM. I dl'd it and flashed it after wiping cache and all that.. But with i rebooted it looks like a stock phone as if i bought it from the store.

I also noticed that the ts said facebook wasnt in this rom. but im seeing that also. Did i do something wrong? How do i bring back my previous apps?

Update: I had tibackup so i have my old apps.. but im still looking at a stock screen. Is this normal until i try and flash a theme?
 
Ok, checked phones status.. says im running LFY so im good.

But I want the watermark'd theme.. the link is down though. Is it still available??
 
bsems1000 said:
Hey all, after reading around and much deliberation :-) I have chose to make this my first flashed ROM. I dl'd it and flashed it after wiping cache and all that.. But with i rebooted it looks like a stock phone as if i bought it from the store.

I also noticed that the ts said facebook wasnt in this rom. but im seeing that also. Did i do something wrong? How do i bring back my previous apps?

Update: I had tibackup so i have my old apps.. but im still looking at a stock screen. Is this normal until i try and flash a theme?
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Yeah, what your seeing is normal. Also remember that google remembers what apps you downloaded from the market. If google recognizes that Facebook is not on your phone but you have installed it from the market previously...it will automatically download it for you. Here is a little better explanation on stock vs. themed appearance:

Custom ROMs com in 2 different appearance flavors...themed and un-themed and there are 2 types of build...source build and modified (or hacked) ROM.

Themed and Un-themed: A ROM that is packaged with a theme is a Themed ROM...meaning you can't get the ROM without getting the theme with it. This ROM (LFY) is not a themed ROM...it is a custom ROM with several themes available for it (slightly different as you have to install the theme separate from the ROM). One is really not "better" than another...just different ways of doing it. For example, JRummy had a ROM (kangerade and perhaps Lithium Mod was this way) where you had multiple theme choices but each one came loaded on a brand new ROM. It was a "packaged" deal. Like I said...just different ways of doing it.

Source build vs. hacked ROM: Source build ROMs are compiled from the source code that google has publicly available. The "official" Motorola 2.2 or 2.1 ROM that was on your phone before you rooted was built from google's source code. Motorola added drivers and come customization (minor tweaks as the Droid is vanilla android).

Source built custom ROMs do the same thing that Motorola did to compile the ROM but they have control to add features and tweak settings. The motorola produced drivers and compatible google apps are ALWAYS used in source built ROMs.

Hacked ROMs just use Motorola's ROM as a base ROM and then optimize it. This is a simpler process (from what I understand about it) and offers fewer possibilities to add additional functionality (like menu driven reboot options for example...never been done on a "hacked" ROM).

Both source built and hacked ROMs can be themed or un-themed.

That was a lot of droning on...and this is simply from a layman's perspective. I am not a dev, nor do I truly understand what all goes into creating a source built or hacked ROM. Just trying to give you an idea of the differences between the various ROMs out there so it makes more sense to you. Hope this was helpful :D
 
UBRocked said:
Yeah, what your seeing is normal. Also remember that google remembers what apps you downloaded from the market. If google recognizes that Facebook is not on your phone but you have installed it from the market previously...it will automatically download it for you. Here is a little better explanation on stock vs. themed appearance:

Custom ROMs com in 2 different appearance flavors...themed and un-themed and there are 2 types of build...source build and modified (or hacked) ROM.

Themed and Un-themed: A ROM that is packaged with a theme is a Themed ROM...meaning you can't get the ROM without getting the theme with it. This ROM (LFY) is not a themed ROM...it is a custom ROM with several themes available for it (slightly different as you have to install the theme separate from the ROM). One is really not "better" than another...just different ways of doing it. For example, JRummy had a ROM (kangerade and perhaps Lithium Mod was this way) where you had multiple theme choices but each one came loaded on a brand new ROM. It was a "packaged" deal. Like I said...just different ways of doing it.

Source build vs. hacked ROM: Source build ROMs are compiled from the source code that google has publicly available. The "official" Motorola 2.2 or 2.1 ROM that was on your phone before you rooted was built from google's source code. Motorola added drivers and come customization (minor tweaks as the Droid is vanilla android).

Source built custom ROMs do the same thing that Motorola did to compile the ROM but they have control to add features and tweak settings. The motorola produced drivers and compatible google apps are ALWAYS used in source built ROMs.

Hacked ROMs just use Motorola's ROM as a base ROM and then optimize it. This is a simpler process (from what I understand about it) and offers fewer possibilities to add additional functionality (like menu driven reboot options for example...never been done on a "hacked" ROM).

Both source built and hacked ROMs can be themed or un-themed.

That was a lot of droning on...and this is simply from a layman's perspective. I am not a dev, nor do I truly understand what all goes into creating a source built or hacked ROM. Just trying to give you an idea of the differences between the various ROMs out there so it makes more sense to you. Hope this was helpful :D
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Actually..that was very helpful.. B/c i'm not the one to be satisfied knowing what to do to make things work, but WHY they work the way they do. Thanks for breaking that down for me!! :D
 
GirLuvsDroid said:
No, you're not SOL -- just take them out of the ROM file and push them back (or put them back using Root Explorer).
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True, I was only thinking in terms of market availability lol.

UBRocked said:
Yeah, what your seeing is normal. Also remember that google remembers what apps you downloaded from the market. If google recognizes that Facebook is not on your phone but you have installed it from the market previously...it will automatically download it for you. Here is a little better explanation on stock vs. themed appearance:

Custom ROMs com in 2 different appearance flavors...themed and un-themed and there are 2 types of build...source build and modified (or hacked) ROM.

Themed and Un-themed: A ROM that is packaged with a theme is a Themed ROM...meaning you can't get the ROM without getting the theme with it. This ROM (LFY) is not a themed ROM...it is a custom ROM with several themes available for it (slightly different as you have to install the theme separate from the ROM). One is really not "better" than another...just different ways of doing it. For example, JRummy had a ROM (kangerade and perhaps Lithium Mod was this way) where you had multiple theme choices but each one came loaded on a brand new ROM. It was a "packaged" deal. Like I said...just different ways of doing it.

Source build vs. hacked ROM: Source build ROMs are compiled from the source code that google has publicly available. The "official" Motorola 2.2 or 2.1 ROM that was on your phone before you rooted was built from google's source code. Motorola added drivers and come customization (minor tweaks as the Droid is vanilla android).

Source built custom ROMs do the same thing that Motorola did to compile the ROM but they have control to add features and tweak settings. The motorola produced drivers and compatible google apps are ALWAYS used in source built ROMs.

Hacked ROMs just use Motorola's ROM as a base ROM and then optimize it. This is a simpler process (from what I understand about it) and offers fewer possibilities to add additional functionality (like menu driven reboot options for example...never been done on a "hacked" ROM).

Both source built and hacked ROMs can be themed or un-themed.

That was a lot of droning on...and this is simply from a layman's perspective. I am not a dev, nor do I truly understand what all goes into creating a source built or hacked ROM. Just trying to give you an idea of the differences between the various ROMs out there so it makes more sense to you. Hope this was helpful :D
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That sounds familiar. But is presented in a much better format than the one I remember...
 
SigmunDroid said:
Nein.

I used DMupdater to root
(I think Easy Root essentially copied DroidMod's work) and charged for it

but besides that I have been loading ROM after rom, kernel after
kernel and just about every update.zip using either ROM manager
or SPREcovery and both work, everything works, zero issues.
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I'm glad it worked for you, and maybe I fouled something up along the way in my newbie trials and tribulations. However, if you read through the ROM's forum and notice how many folks have the exact same issue and the only common demoninator among them is the "one-click" root tools, you tend to begin to form an opinion. Just sayin'.
 
johnlgalt said:
That sounds familiar. But is presented in a much better format than the one I remember...
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Yeah, it's probably been posted by a variety of people but I figured I could do a "quick sketch" of the information faster than I could find the appropriate threads :D
 
Yeah, it is getting harder and harder to find such posts - I need to make a bookmark folder of all such posts / threads, but I am too lazy lol.
 
johnlgalt said:
Yeah, it is getting harder and harder to find such posts - I need to make a bookmark folder of all such posts / threads, but I am too lazy lol.
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No doubt! I was looking for information I posted a while back (cause I didn't remember how to do something that I used to know how to do LOL) and took me an hour to find my OP.
 
(Hint for all users: The QuickLinks at the top of the of the page has links to show all your posts and all your threads (aka threads you created).) <--UBR, you prolly already knew this, being a guide...

Yeah, when you get above 1000 posts, it's hard to find them sometimes.

Heck, most of my own posts that I refer to have been thanked, and I only have 273 thanked posts, and even *then* it gets hairy to try to find them :P
 
Okay... Just installed this yesterday, its awesome. Two questions- the auto brightness does not work, anyone else seeing this?
The second question, in the original post, there is the scrips list. I see some of those things I would like, such as turning off ads, removing some of the apps, etc. how does that work? Can anyone give me a noob answer that I can understand? :D
 
ugghh every time i add a theme everything seems to force close still. i meen EVERYTHING. Ive wiped the cache before installing and ive completely restored and started over. But still everything force closes. Any ideas?
 
chosendude said:
ugghh every time i add a theme everything seems to force close still. i meen EVERYTHING. Ive wiped the cache before installing and ive completely restored and started over. But still everything force closes. Any ideas?
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Can you post your exact process for loading this ROM, and Theme. It will help us all troubleshoot this. Step by Step Please.
 
to install the rom. first i wipe the cash and data, and everything else im supposed to wipe in CM. Then i install the update.zip. After that i restart it and everything works fine.

For the theme. I downloaded it and transfered it over to my sd card. (without changing the name to update.zip i dont think it matters but just saying) Then i wipe the cache again.. and in CM i install the .zip file of the theme. Then i turn it on. and the theme is there, but every 2 seconds a force close keeps popping up.
 
chosendude said:
to install the rom. first i wipe the cash and data, and everything else im supposed to wipe in CM. Then i install the update.zip. After that i restart it and everything works fine.

For the theme. I downloaded it and transfered it over to my sd card. (without changing the name to update.zip i dont think it matters but just saying) Then i wipe the cache again.. and in CM i install the .zip file of the theme. Then i turn it on. and the theme is there, but every 2 seconds a force close keeps popping up.
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Don't wipe before installing a theme! Only for ROMs.
 
ghmerrill said:
Okay... Just installed this yesterday, its awesome. Two questions- the auto brightness does not work, anyone else seeing this?
The second question, in the original post, there is the scrips list. I see some of those things I would like, such as turning off ads, removing some of the apps, etc. how does that work? Can anyone give me a noob answer that I can understand? :D
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Get terminal emulator from the market and you can use the scripts.
 
i installed the latest LFY but cant seem to find the smoked theme anywhere. i tired the links on this page but i just get a error screen after i click on them. any help?
 
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