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Root [ROM] GB-CMod7-Beta

So its been awhile since I've done any work on this or any project but with the anticipation of final getting the internet in a few days I started messing around with a few things! I fixed that little bug where when you are using a touch tone service the screen doesn't want to wake up properly. I have to admit it annoyed the piss out of me after awhile cause it was a pain to check my bank balance. I will include that little nugget in an update soon. I will also include my r.O.C.K. kernel with this rom as well as whatever else I can fix. I'd like to fix some the minor audio issues as well(speaker phone pretty much sounds the same as regular call volume). Anyway, just thought I'd share that. Kind of excited to resume work on this phone!
 
My phone came stock with 2.2, Rooted shortly after.was running romzero for the last few months. Now running this rom.
Once i flashed in google apps. everything has been ok. But im not content with that lol.
so im going to flash in the ocable kernel
 
yayyyy now i dont got to shoot my parents

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So I finally got this running once again taking the chickeneater route. I have a few issues with a few apps force closing---specifically Titanium Backup and my web browsers that are stored on my SD card. I move them to internal and have no issues. I'd like them on my card though. Any one have an idea?
 
hey teh_dude or reppard.. have a question.. have you noticed anything with apps that use the gps? i know that the navigation works and google maps work.. took a clear cache and manually turning on the gps from settings menu for it to finally see where i was.. but any app that i open that uses teh gps to find where you are e.g, Food Spotting, Raindar. and a few others force close.. anything thats not a google app. i read something in this forum about the gps on this rom but cant for the life of me remember or find it. also i know someone said something about root explorer fcing.. wondering if there was a fix for this and why astro file manager was included? i cant do anything as far as the file system goes without using terminal. i deleted root explorer through terminal so that i could download it fromt eh market and maybe fix the force closing issue? havent downloaded it yet.. waiting till payday tmorrow. but androotfile.. another file manager that can use root permissions.. while it runs and you can see everything every time you try to set r/w permissions it says that it cant get root access.. should i try re-rooting my phone? i know the kernel is already rooted.. sd speed increase works.. no-frills cpu control works.. adfree works.. andmemory works.. just a few apps and its the file explorer/manager apps that i have the problem with.. gonna ahve to did around and see if i can find a command line to set permissions thrue terminal.. will post if i find anything. and for anyone havent fc issues with apps that came ont he rom and want to delte them here is the command line to use via terminal emulator

$ su
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
# rm /system/app/APPNAMEHERE.apk

# is there as a guide do not type it
then another rm line for the .odex if there is one
 
tripdoc79 said:
hey teh_dude or reppard.. have a question.. have you noticed anything with apps that use the gps? i know that the navigation works and google maps work.. took a clear cache and manually turning on the gps from settings menu for it to finally see where i was.. but any app that i open that uses teh gps to find where you are e.g, Food Spotting, Raindar. and a few others force close.. anything thats not a google app. i read something in this forum about the gps on this rom but cant for the life of me remember or find it. also i know someone said something about root explorer fcing.. wondering if there was a fix for this and why astro file manager was included? i cant do anything as far as the file system goes without using terminal. i deleted root explorer through terminal so that i could download it fromt eh market and maybe fix the force closing issue? havent downloaded it yet.. waiting till payday tmorrow. but androotfile.. another file manager that can use root permissions.. while it runs and you can see everything every time you try to set r/w permissions it says that it cant get root access.. should i try re-rooting my phone? i know the kernel is already rooted.. sd speed increase works.. no-frills cpu control works.. adfree works.. andmemory works.. just a few apps and its the file explorer/manager apps that i have the problem with.. gonna ahve to did around and see if i can find a command line to set permissions thrue terminal.. will post if i find anything. and for anyone havent fc issues with apps that came ont he rom and want to delte them here is the command line to use via terminal emulator

$ su
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
# rm /system/app/APPNAMEHERE.apk

# is there as a guide do not type it
then another rm line for the .odex if there is one
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Alright I will try my best to explain some of this. I've known about root explorer fc issue for a while but as I only have a tethering connection I haven't been able to fix the simple stuff like this in a timely manner. That being said, this was my first real project as it relates to all things android so there are a few things I should have done differently that I did not know at the time. When adding extra apps to a rom it is far better to add them to /data instead of /system/apps as it can cause some problems as many have found. Astro was just included because I like it. It handles compressed files nicely. Even apks. Es explorer can grant you root access as an alternative to root explorer. As for the GPS apps fcing try moving them to internal memory.
 
Ok I think I messed up somewhere with the ext partitioning. I noticed that the apps I moved to the sdcard force close. If I move the app back to the phone it works just fine.
 
Lebaanul said:
Ok I think I messed up somewhere with the ext partitioning. I noticed that the apps I moved to the sdcard force close. If I move the app back to the phone it works just fine.
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You don't move the apps, the scripts set it up so the apps will appear to install internal to Android but really are being installed on the sd-ext partition.
 
reppard said:
As for the GPS apps fcing try moving them to internal memory.
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I have the sd card partitioned with an ext3 partition and apps2sd enabled.. how would i go about doing this? havent had to do this b4 and not sure where to start lol. guess i could google it lol.. worked for everything else so far heh
 
Can't wait for update. My 2.2 runs this good.
Bluetooth connects to my kiwi faster then stock or romzero
Games like plants vs zombies that did not run in either Roms work now
For the first day lockscreen time was wrong
Tried a few GPS fixes.none worked. Downloaded waze to try it.
Clearded map tiles.allgps functions work
Proximity sensor works
Can't wait for of kernel
 
tripdoc79 said:
I have the sd card partitioned with an ext3 partition and apps2sd enabled.. how would i go about doing this? havent had to do this b4 and not sure where to start lol. guess i could google it lol.. worked for everything else so far heh
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Tryed googling it.. everything i find is about using ext and a2sd scripts to move things to sdcard.. havent found anything about moving an app from the ext3 partition to the internal memory
 
This rom the ext3 support is built in, your android o/s is not seeing a extended partition on the card, it is only seeing internal memory.

your phones user available memory, listed as 150mbs, is now extended by however big you made the ext3 partition. so if you made 512mb you now have 662mbs of internal memory as far as the o/s sees anyway.
 
new optimus said:
This rom the ext3 support is built in, your android o/s is not seeing a extended partition on the card, it is only seeing internal memory.

your phones user available memory, listed as 150mbs, is now extended by however big you made the ext3 partition. so if you made 512mb you now have 662mbs of internal memory as far as the o/s sees anyway.
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I'm not sure if that's entirely accurate. Any file system manager sees otherwise. Titanium Backup for example sees them separately, as well as of course the A2SD scripts themselves.
 
new optimus said:
This rom the ext3 support is built in, your android o/s is not seeing a extended partition on the card, it is only seeing internal memory.

your phones user available memory, listed as 150mbs, is now extended by however big you made the ext3 partition. so if you made 512mb you now have 662mbs of internal memory as far as the o/s sees anyway.
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umm.. not quite.. your phone will not "see" the ext partition without help from some other app, e.g, Quick info, DTs A2sd GUI, something of that nature.. the android OS doesnt see it as being bigger.. and there is no way to choose whether the app u download gets installed to internal or external memory because the script creates a symbolic link with the internal memory. your phone thinks its installing to internal when in fact its really installing to the memory card.. thats how it works.. and if u check the status of your ext memory with another app it does not show your ext memory being any bigger than what u set it for.. actually a little smazller because it reads it a little differant. the script is written to trick your phone into thinkin it is installing to internal. if you go to settings>storage and look in your internal storage its going to say something like 201 total.. and in my case 163 available because it does store a slight bit of info on the internal storage.. its stores the link basically to the app on internal pointing it to the ext.
 
tripdoc79 said:
umm.. not quite.. your phone will not "see" the ext partition without help from some other app, e.g, Quick info, DTs A2sd GUI, something of that nature.. the android OS doesnt see it as being bigger.. and there is no way to choose whether the app u download gets installed to internal or external memory because the script creates a symbolic link with the internal memory. your phone thinks its installing to internal when in fact its really installing to the memory card.. thats how it works.. and if u check the status of your ext memory with another app it does not show your ext memory being any bigger than what u set it for.. actually a little smazller because it reads it a little differant. the script is written to trick your phone into thinkin it is installing to internal. if you go to settings>storage and look in your internal storage its going to say something like 201 total.. and in my case 163 available because it does store a slight bit of info on the internal storage.. its stores the link basically to the app on internal pointing it to the ext.
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That is with the link2sd, now I could be mistaken, :D hell it happens all the time but with true support built into the kernel it does not use a symbolic link as it just sees one big space vs internal linked to external.
 
what i would like to know though.. is in response to teh_dudes reply earlier.. stating for the gps issues im having moving the app to the internal memory.. id like to know if there is a way to do this.. through terminal or anything.. with the a2sd script installed and everything being installed on ext partition.. if there is some way to move some of those apps to the internal storage.. there are no options anywhere for it. and the a2sdgui app wont allow the moving of individual apps to internal that i can see anywhere.. and the complete control app doesnt have any option that i can see for it either..
 
just tried the link its working fine for me.. when you click the 81mb link it says that google cant scan it for viruses would you like to download anyway.. just clikc download anyway
 
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