I just read through all of the Icarus install thread, this thread, and several other posts/threads around the site/wiki. I took notes and downloaded files as I went along so hopefully 1) I'm not about to ask something already answered and 2) have all the files I need for which ever route I decide to go (and for the record, that uploading.com site is bloody awful, I can has mediafire?). I'm hoping you lovely peeps can answer some clarification questions that came up as I was reading so that I can pick with better insight.
Currently I'm sitting on a z4rooted 2.1 Cricket phone. I still only have the stock SDcard. Upgrading this is not an option for budget reasons (seriously, I have no dollars all of those great deals you know of will not help me at all). Nor is buying the paid version of any apps (Titu, etc.) for the moment. I'm leaning towards CM6 because I want 2.2 and some specific problems mentioned for CM7 would bug the bejeebus out of me.
Apps 2 sd options (Icarus, CM6/7)
This is both the biggest reason I'm looking to flash to a new rom and potentially the biggest problem with my doing so. I have three apps that are either widget based or cannot be run off the sdcard (Widgetsoid, Minimalist text, ColorNotes). These apps are deal breakers; if I can't have them functioning correctly I'd rather stay with stock 2.1 and whine about how little room I have. So I'm trying to figure out if there's anyway to use this option that allows me to pick which apps will move so that those three don't.
A post a few pages ago references the fact that there's a way to do this but doesn't go into any specifics.
My other thought was that I'd like to see if I can force an app back to the phone if it is automatically moved.
Since the various guides for the roms repeatedly state that not all apps are moved to the SD card, are these three exempt from moving? Does one of the roms allow me to choose with apps I move? Is there an alternate app I can use to overwrite the ones in the different roms? Should I just go with Links2SD (which works for android 1.6 and above) in the marketplace? Is it possible that using darktremor's app would work since (quote from related thread) "It's the way that he wrote the code, everything thinks it's on the phone but it's really on the sd card"?
CM6 questions
Just to clarify, since I use GoLauncher, I can uninstall the launcher that comes with CM6 and reinstall mine, correct? I tried them all and liked Go's the best.
CM7 questions
The gapps link is borked in install post. I found it elsewhere by googling the file name in the link (and someone posted it above but I didn't know that yet when I googled).
Is the camcorder thing still a problem? Everything in this thread says no camcorder but the wiki says the camcorder works. I don't actually use it often but I'd like to play with the barcode scanner eventually so the option would be nice.
Other misc questions
Is the headset thing still a problem with CM6/7? I almost always use it for calls because the speakers on the Ascend kind of suck.
I saw the specific partition recommendations for all of the rom install instructions but they all seemed to be working with bigger cards than mine. My SD Card is 1.83G according to my PC. Recommended partitioning sizes (does this vary with the different roms)? I'm not an uber apps junkie (though I'm full up at the moment) so the small amount of space doesn't bother me.
So yeah that should be it... Any help and clarification you guys can provide would be great. Major kudos to everyone working on all of the roms and guides. I've been lurking here since I got the phone and pretty much figured out everything I've done with it so far through you guys. Despite how it may seem with my overly wordy post, I think y'all are excellent at providing nice clear instructions. Rock on.
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