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Root [Virgin Mobile] Android 4.4.4 d2lte Nightlies

Ab5traktion said:
Nice. I'm running the latest AICP with leankernel. Running very smoothly here as well.

I'm having issues with the PA GAPPS. At least, I figured out my problem was the PA GAPPS. I use fitness apps quite a bit. When I'm out, I use Endomondo Pro with a voice alert telling me the distance/times, etc. I also use Play Music because I make playlists and save them offline onto my phone. Well, since using PA GAPPS using both Play Music and Endomondo Pro with voice coach at the same time would crash my phone. Like, literally, crash it. My phone would bog down so hard making it virtually impossible to use and then would force reboot. I tried different ROMs, fitness apps, and kernels only to figure out it was the PA GAPPS causing it. So, I found a GAPPS Minimal X package that I'm using now and I don't have that problem. It's strange.

I think AICP now tops my list for favorite ROM. It's always been near the top. At first, my favorite was C-RoM. But that died of, at least for d2lte, 3 months ago. And then, my favorite was Dirty Unicorns. But then it died off for d2lte, then came back for a bit, then kinda died off again. I do have to thank Joe Carbone for keeping it alive for d2lte though. I hope he continues his work.

But now, AICP is the only one of the 3 that has solid, continual development. Plus, I haven't yet had any overheating problem with AICP. I usually had that problem with Dirty Unicorns. I really like the features overload that allows you to pick and choose what you actually want on your phone. It's truly a great ROM.
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AICP has also been one of my favorites. Gotta give it to them they do nightlies even on weekends. I would always go back to that rom after I gave others a shot but someone got me addicted to Dirty Unicorns. I'm currently running DU test build by Alex Cruz with the Blacked out Gapps someone posted on their G+ page and BMS kernel. I love the look along with the Obsidian theme from play store. It does suck waiting a while til someone does a test build or an unofficial build but what can you do. I've been tempted to try compiling myself but I currently have cheap internet and downloading 40 gigs+ of source would take a while. Hopefully, once Google releases Android L source several projects might come to life just like they did for kitkat.
 
pbailey212 said:
I'm cracking my first attempt at building mahdi for d2lte. I haven't compiled since gingerbread wish me luck
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You reminded me, an unofficial Mahdi d2lte build came out about a month ago. I ran it for a little bit. Mostly stable. I forgot which developer made it. I posted the link for it in the Unofficial Builds section

Alex Cruz made another Dirty Unicorns build yesterday that has the OmniROM Tinted Status/Navigation Bar feature built in. If you don't know what tinted status/navigation bar is, it matches the color of your status/navigation bar with each app your currently running so both aren't black all of the time. Alex Cruz incorporated this feature with Dirty Unicorns and it works great. It's a very stable build. Currently using it now. Definitely enjoying it. It's also in the Unofficial Builds section.

I just found about an app called ROM Settings Backup. It's currently in beta right now. It only works with AOSP ROMs. What it does is backup all of your current settings in your ROM including: quick settings, sound, display, privacy, etc. If you ever need to clean flash and reinstall your ROM, you just install the app, click Restore, and all of your preset settings will be restored without having to go through each item in the Settings menu. I tried it with the previous 2 Dirty Unicorns builds and it actually works. It saved me so much time because Dirty Unicorns has a ton of features. The Play Store link to the app is under the Kernels section in the list. I highly suggest installing it.
 
Alright, have yet another unofficial Dirty Unicorns d2lte build for you. Alex Cruz just released one today. Currently running it and it's very smooth and stable. He corrected some issues with the tinted status/navigation bar. The status bar icons, namely the battery and clock icons, are more responsive and turn black with lighter colors instead of staying white. I'd definitely suggest trying the build out. It's the 10/9 8.0 build in the Unofficial Builds section.

Don't let the words 'unofficial' and 'test' throw you off. They're just labels. It doesn't mean that the ROM builds will be any less stable than the 'official' builds. And thankfully, with Alex Cruz and Joe Carbone, they update their builds frequently in case of a bug or issue.

And don't forget about the ROM Settings Backup app. The Play Store link is under the the AOSP d2lte Kernels section. It's a must have if you're using an AOSP based ROM.
 
Trying out beanstalk again ROM is smooth lol I'm liking the newest play store update. I found that link on Facebook for the playstore looks great.Beanstalk for some reason my battery is awesome.
 
pOsSuM72 said:
Trying out beanstalk again ROM is smooth lol I'm liking the newest play store update. I found that link on Facebook for the playstore looks great.Beanstalk for some reason my battery is awesome.
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I like Beanstalk. I'm glad it's not sucking the battery dry. Ed Chen does good work making d2lte builds. He also makes d2lte builds for OmniROM and the BMS kernel.
 
I dont know if anyone here uses gummy rom. But a post i read on g+ said that the rom is done. As in no longer being updated.
 
ravollmer said:
I dont know if anyone here uses gummy rom. But a post i read on g+ said that the rom is done. As in no longer being updated.
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I saw that. It looks like a donation fell through and they're having problems securing a host server. I hope they're able to find something because Team Gummy has done such great work. Gummy is one of the best ROMs out there. Sad day, indeed.
 
Alex Cruz released another Dirty Unicorns 8.0 d2lte test build. Currently running it now and it seems quite stable. I had some problems with overheating with the last build. This one doesn't seem to have those problems. The OmniROM status/navigation bar dynamic color changer is awesome. It's awesome how this was ported to DU. I think I've gone back to DU as my daily driver. The link is under the Unofficial Builds section

Don't forget about the ROM Settings Backup app. The link is under the AOSP d2lte Kernels section. I think it's a must have if you're using AOSP ROMs.
 
Looks like someone wants to try to keep Gummy ROM alive. Unfortunately, it does look like the ROM is gone. Really sad because it was an incredible ROM. A guy named Aaron Weis released an unofficial build today. The link to it is in the Unofficial Builds section. Looks like it's working fine. I hope more unofficial Gummy ROM builds keep coming.


EDIT: Looks like I read the date on the unofficial build wrong. It's 2/10/14, not 10/14. I'll keep it up there though.
 
Ab5traktion said:
Alex Cruz released another Dirty Unicorns 8.0 d2lte test build. Currently running it now and it seems quite stable. I had some problems with overheating with the last build. This one doesn't seem to have those problems. The OmniROM status/navigation bar dynamic color changer is awesome. It's awesome how this was ported to DU. I think I've gone back to DU as my daily driver. The link is under the Unofficial Builds section

Don't forget about the ROM Settings Backup app. The link is under the AOSP d2lte Kernels section. I think it's a must have if you're using AOSP ROMs.
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I need to install that one. I'm still on the previous test build and had a few problems. The major one was that phone failed to wake up. Had to take out the battery. Also, com.android.systemui was eating a bit of the battery. Did another clean install plus bms kernel and it seems to be okay. Well, that still seems to be eating battery. I installed greenify and my phone has been idle for 2 hours and 40 mins and it has barely used 2%. I do love the Dynamic color changer.
 
alexizawesome said:
I need to install that one. I'm still on the previous test build and had a few problems. The major one was that phone failed to wake up. Had to take out the battery. Also, com.android.systemui was eating a bit of the battery. Did another clean install plus bms kernel and it seems to be okay. Well, that still seems to be eating battery. I installed greenify and my phone has been idle for 2 hours and 40 mins and it has barely used 2%. I do love the Dynamic color changer.
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I had a problem with com.android.system ui also. It popped up a lot. Also, my phone would pause for a few seconds then the lockscreen would show. So far, the newest build is quite smooth. Haven't had either of the issues yet. Have to give it a couple days for final word.
 
Madbat said:
I tried aicp last night. Found out on the drive to work this morning that GPS is problematic on that one too. Lol
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Thanks for the heads up. I'll stay away from that build.

I've been helping test the betas for Conquest so I haven't been able to keep up with the nightly builds. The AICP backup I've got runs like a champ. I wonder what went wrong with GPS on that build. Whatever it is I'm sure they will fixed ASAP. :thumbup:

Speaking of AICP, I do believe it's time to flash my backup. It's definitely one of my favorite ROMs. :D
 
wetbiker7 said:
Thanks for the heads up. I'll stay away from that build.

I've been helping test the betas for Conquest so I haven't been able to keep up with the nightly builds. The AICP backup I've got runs like a champ. I wonder what went wrong with GPS on that build. Whatever it is I'm sure they will fixed ASAP. :thumbup:

Speaking of AICP, I do believe it's time to flash my backup. It's definitely one of my favorite ROMs. :D
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What build are you using? Because I'm kinda diggin this ROM and I need GPS to work.
Update: latest nightly has GPS working fine on aicp.
 
Madbat said:
What build are you using? Because I'm kinda diggin this ROM and I need GPS to work.
Update: latest nightly has GPS working fine on aicp.
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I'm running the Oct 6 build. It's been running rock solid for me. GPS is spot on. I just checked it and it's showing my exact location in the house. :D

Thanks for the update on the latest build and that GPS is working. :thumbup:
 
I just had an idea. I wish I had it earlier. We are coming to the end of Android 4.4.4 ROMs. Dirty Unicorns just released a statement that they're doing one more build before Android 5.0. Then they're stopping development to work on the upgrade and to determine what devices will get maintained or dropped. There's a chance d2lte might get dropped, even though the latest builds for us have been unofficial or test builds. Other ROMs are probably going through the same process too.

My idea is to collect recent nightlies/builds of ROMs just in case they stop development for d2lte. If a ROM stops development for us, it's gone just like Gummy and SOKP ROM. They don't leave behind older builds to be used. They just disappear, which really sucks. I have a few cloud accounts so I can post links to nightlies of ROMs if needed. I just hate losing a good ROM.
 
Wonder if they're focusing on lollipop already, or if just tired with dealing with the shenanigans of our phone. BACON PLZ
 
xstefen said:
Wonder if they're focusing on lollipop already, or if just tired with dealing with the shenanigans of our phone. BACON PLZ
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Unfortunately, Gummy ROM is gone. They had problems with funding for a host server. So, the entire ROM is no more. SOKP barely had any updates to begin with. The dev who does the official Dirty Unicorns d2lte builds is the guy who makes the LiquidSmooth builds and the deathly kernel, so he's been primarily focusing on those. Thankfully, Joe Carbone and Alex Cruz have been making unofficial DU d2lte builds for is.

We'll have to see in the upcoming weeks about Lollipop. The new design paradigm, 5,000 new APIs, and ART make me think Lollipop might have problems running on the GS3. I'm not sure if there are hardware requirements with ART. If we're able to get Android 5.0 on our phones, I'll be ecstatic.
 
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