I haven't seen or heard anything about it here, but it's been up on AllDroid, and I'm thinking about giving it a shot when I get home. Any feedback on it from users, preferably compared to the current ESE53 ROMs that have been floating around?
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I haven't seen or heard anything about it here, but it's been up on AllDroid, and I'm thinking about giving it a shot when I get home. Any feedback on it from users, preferably compared to the current ESE53 ROMs that have been floating around?
I have wanted to...just haven't...and dammit...now I'm gonna flash it!
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Well don't you need his recovery to do it? Or can you still use spre to flash his ROM? If we need his recovery then forget it.. I'm not switching back and forth between recoveries lol. ROM switching is enough already!
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Well don't you need his recovery to do it? Or can you still use spre to flash his ROM? If we need his recovery then forget it.. I'm not switching back and forth between recoveries lol. ROM switching is enough already!
You do need his recovery unless someone has made a nandroid of it with spre and started distributing.
The 2.1 launcher was quite stable. I forget if it worked in landscape
Does his recovery console work with other ROM Nandroid backups and update.zip files? I know it won't be compatible with the current backups I have. What I'm wondering is this - if I flash his recovery, will I have to flash SPRecovery back to the phone in order to apply, say, Pete's ROM if I don't like Koush's.
Also, is the theme custom? Any screenshots?
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Does his recovery console work with other ROM Nandroid backups and update.zip files? I know it won't be compatible with the current backups I have. What I'm wondering is this - if I flash his recovery, will I have to flash SPRecovery back to the phone in order to apply, say, Pete's ROM if I don't like Koush's.
You would have to flash back to sprecovery to load other roms
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Awesome Rom works with sprecovey... been running it for two days... very stable very few force closes...I've been looking for a rom that users the 2.1 launcher and 3d app drawer...this one works really well. It's pretty fast too...running it at 1ghz OC
Awesome Rom works with sprecovey... been running it for two days... very stable very few force closes...I've been looking for a rom that users the 2.1 launcher and 3d app drawer...this one works really well. It's pretty fast too...running it at 1ghz OC
It works with sprecovery? He specifically says it wont
Ears are perked up. Did someone say ESE53 and stable Launcher2?
brb... time to search and read.
edit: Dealbreaker. He is turning into an iPhone. Everyone else in the entire community is using sprecovery, but he claims you HAVE to use HIS recovery in order to get the ROM working. blah!
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Man... I do like that dock at the bottom. I'd be lying if I said the curiosity wasn't killing me. Man, I wish he was playing nicer with the rest of the community.
The dock is awesome! What's the drama? I'm not in the know...
The dock is awesome! What's the drama? I'm not in the know...
Not really drama, just my personal opinion.
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Dealbreaker. He is turning into an iPhone. Everyone else in the entire community is using sprecovery, but he claims you HAVE to use HIS recovery in order to get the ROM working. blah!
Same issue I'm having Fade. It looks like a sweet ROM, but I'm not really feeling installing a whole new recovery when all of the other Droid devs are using SirPsychos'.
I wish SPRecovery would have used the correct version of nandroid like Koush does. If SPRecovery used a proper version of nandroid then all nandroid ROM's would be compatible with it. Also the reason his recovery is needed is because to flash the CyanMod ROM you need certs disabled but SPRecovery doesn't do this so it won't allow you to flash it. This isn't Koush trying to lock things down. It's actually Koush doing everything the correct way and well SPRecovery doing it a......different way. Oh and he just added ROM manager support!
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Note: SPRecovery was using a heavily modified version of Nandroid (it was using tar rather than mkyaffs2image/unyaffs). This has it's benefits, but its pitfall is that those images are not fastboot compatible (which Droid does not support). I have chosen to use OFFICIAL Nandroid, as that is the tool of choice for every other recovery image (like Amon Ra) out there, and it IS fastboot compatible. No offense to the Sholes.info folks intended, but I don't want to go against the Android modding community grain, and I need a recovery system that works well on any phone. These backups are incompatible with SPRecovery backups. If you want to convert an SPRecovery backup, simply restore it via SPRecovery, flash my recovery, and choose Backup!
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I wish SPRecovery would have used the correct version of nandroid like Koush does. If SPRecovery used a proper version of nandroid then all ROM's would be compatible with it. Also the reason his recovery is needed is because to flash the CyanMod ROM you need certs disabled but SPRecovery doesn't do this so it won't allow you to flash it. This isn't Koush trying to lock things down. It's actually Koush doing everything the correct way and well SPRecovery doing it a......different way. Oh and he just added ROM manager support!
I stand corrected.
Any other tid bits I should know about? Are other roms compatible with his recovery as well?
I wish SPRecovery would have used the correct version of nandroid like Koush does. If SPRecovery used a proper version of nandroid then all nandroid ROM's would be compatible with it. Also the reason his recovery is needed is because to flash the CyanMod ROM you need certs disabled but SPRecovery doesn't do this so it won't allow you to flash it. This isn't Koush trying to lock things down. It's actually Koush doing everything the correct way and well SPRecovery doing it a......different way. Oh and he just added ROM manager support!
I know that he's technically the one doing it the "right" way, but when everybody in the Droid community has already been doing it a different way, it's a bit disheartening to have to change everything.
I'm using it right now. the recovery he uses is SUPER easy to flash, just download "ROM Manager" from the market and you can use it to download/apply the new recovery console for you.
The ROM itself is also awesome. I love the launcher and the ability to dock items. I installed the ported NexusTheme (I believe it was posted above) over top of the theme and now it looks great. Everything runs smoothly, and the ROM has included within it the ability to overclock (only to 1GHz, but it's good enough for me for now).
Also love the ability to have the phone auto-rotate in all directions (180° is off by default).
IMO it's definitely worth a shot. Just make a Nandroid backup before you do, and when you go to install Koush's new ROM, ROM Manager also has the option to make a backup of your current ROM as well.
Screw it... I'm going for it. Just did a backup of my current rom... have CM installed instead of SPR now. Actually switching ROMs will more than likely have to wait until after work, though. I am expecting to get called in at any minute here, and I have to have my phone 100% for work.
FWIW - His project is officially at cyanogenmod now.
Flashed this rom yesterday, and love it. Very fast and stable. Only problem I'm having is I can't get any metamorph themes or other update.zip themes to install. Has anyone been able to get this to work? I really don't like the white notification bar. Thanks
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I wish SPRecovery would have used the correct version of nandroid like Koush does. If SPRecovery used a proper version of nandroid then all nandroid ROM's would be compatible with it. Also the reason his recovery is needed is because to flash the CyanMod ROM you need certs disabled but SPRecovery doesn't do this so it won't allow you to flash it. This isn't Koush trying to lock things down. It's actually Koush doing everything the correct way and well SPRecovery doing it a......different way. Oh and he just added ROM manager support!
What am I missing?
I installed this by renaming the 'cyanogen_sholes-ota-eng.koush_1.0.2.zip' file to 'update.zip'. Then I put it on the root of my SD card BAM! Everything is functional. I was even able to back it up via SPRecovery, flashed a different rom, and then I restored my cyanogen rom...worked fine. The only issue I have had is that I can't install AdamZ kernels on it...it force closes EVERYTHING when you boot up and I had to pull the battery to reboot.
Someone who installed this the "right" way...please cross reference your "About" screen with mine below. I wan't to make sure the build information is the same. Thanks!
Agreed. I even have my precious LED notifications back working 100%. Other 2.1 ROMs can't seem to get them to work with the screen on from what I've seen. Gonna stick with this for a bit.
Installing it now. Just flashed Clockwork Recovery so I guess I'm doing it the right way. UBR, I'll let you know what my "About" screen shows as soon as I have it working.
I installed this by renaming the 'cyanogen_sholes-ota-eng.koush_1.0.2.zip' file to 'update.zip'. Then I put it on the root of my SD card BAM! Everything is functional. I was even able to back it up via SPRecovery, flashed a different rom, and then I restored my cyanogen rom...worked fine. The only issue I have had is that I can't install AdamZ kernels on it...it force closes EVERYTHING when you boot up and I had to pull the battery to reboot.
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Two differences in mine
-Kernel Version ends in "ubuntu #1" rather than "ubuntu #21"
-Mod Version lists as "CyanogenMod-5.0.4-Droid" rather than "Unknown"
As far as I know, as an update.zip it should work fine. It's the format of the Nandroid backups that are not compatible between the two recovery systems.
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Okay, I was driving myself nuts trying to figure out why this worked for me.
I did try to install the themed version (linked above) and installation aborted. I wan't to try it but I am not ready to just blindly flash to a new recovery...I hate change
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Can you do me another favor and post your findings with flashing back to other roms now that you are using the new recovery?
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I did, and I'm getting used to it, but it feels kinda foreign. Haven't done much with the ROM yet, I just finished downloading that theme and I want to apply it before I do much else.
If I get really uncomfortable with it for some reason I figure I can always just flash SPRecovery back.
I'll update with information on switching ROMs if I do go between any with Clockwork Recovery. Right now I'm gonna stick with this one for a while. The working 2.1 Launcher with the four icon docks is just sweet. Speed and fluidity are good, basically on par with other ESE53 ROMs I've used.
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i was using petes ese53 rom and i just did an update to this via update.zip. no need to flash his recovery console. this rom works well. the launcher is badass
I'd love to have that app drawer and 360 rotate, however in his forum post on cyanogen, people are saying MMS is broken and they're experiencing high battery drain. It was also stated it's based off of source, not ere25 or ese53.
He may have changed around some thing with the help of Cyan to make it work on other recoveries. Personally I love Clockwork recovery, I'm not using Koush's ROM now but I kept his recovery on. He is a true developer unlike basically everyone else, although I still have huuuuuge respect for most of the other guys. Koush is actually building a ROM straight from source code and compiling it himself. No one else has done this for the Droid yet.
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I got the backup I used from my droid world...I'll try to find the link. I did a complete wipe before resorting it. I don't know if it is modified or not but it runs awesome...
I love his ROM... But his recovery leaves a LOT to be desired. Whenever I screw something up, I'm having to install an older ROM and start from scratch.
Also, I have two droids, so I usually tweak one the way I want it, then make a backup and load it onto the second phone. I can't do that with his recovery. It keeps giving me error messages. Its insanely irritating. I'm really thinking about ditching his ROM just for that reason.
when I used it I didnt have any issues with his recovery but I found it quite annoying that it was hard to tell if it froze up or not. There is no status bar on the screen when flashing a new rom or backing up.
Had a G1 since day one, then switched to Droid on release day. I forgot how much I loved Cyanogen. Just little things like having the option to reboot when holding down the power button. Thanks to Koush and Cyanogen for the great work.
ok I gave up on this annoying ROM. I flashed the clockworkmod recovery and it the rom just fced off the bat on me, redownloaded a new copy and same thing. Flashed back to SPrecovery since people say they can get it working by renaming it update.zip, tried that and installation aborted. I guess god is telling me to keep BB 2.1 on here
i was using petes ese53 rom and i just did an update to this via update.zip. no need to flash his recovery console. this rom works well. the launcher is badass
Just making sure I understand..
you just did an update as if you were going from one of Pete's releases to the next (like from v0.7 to v0.8)? but instead used the Koush's 5.0.4 update.zip?
Just making sure I understand..
you just did an update as if you were going from one of Pete's releases to the next (like from v0.7 to v0.8)? but instead used the Koush's 5.0.4 update.zip?
What cpu speed is Koush's ROM set for?
The kernel maxes at 1000, but you should be able to install other kernels if you want.
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Just making sure I understand..
you just did an update as if you were going from one of Pete's releases to the next (like from v0.7 to v0.8)? but instead used the Koush's 5.0.4 update.zip?
What cpu speed is Koush's ROM set for?
Exactly what I did. I run my cpu at 800. Also his rom is updated with ese53 drivers.
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I just loaded Koush's ROM and wow this thing is incredible. Best ROM I have seen to date. Even with the 2.1 3d launcher. I used to get FC's immediately but I am going on the first hour and none yet. Smooth as butter, and I don't know what it is but just yesterday I was using simplystunning 2.02 and it ran constantly over 100 degress, this ROM is running noticeably cooler. I haven't hit 100 yet.
Still at work now, can't wait to mess with some themes later.
I am also having a problem with Setcpu defaulting back to 650 max after a reboot and the battery usage issue with cell standby....I just installed about an hour ago, so I will see how quickly it eats the battery.
NVM...I just realized I didn't have SetCPU configured, so it is working fine now.
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Best ROM I have seen to date. Even with the 2.1 3d launcher. I used to get FC's immediately but I am going on the first hour and none yet. Smooth as butter, and I don't know what it is but just yesterday I was using simplystunning 2.02 and it ran constantly over 100 degress, this ROM is running noticeably cooler. I haven't hit 100 yet.
