doogald

I know that we already have a post about this ROM, but that's already two versions old.

GSB 1.5 hit today, with the lastest CyanogenMod ROM 7 RC1 code incorporated. I actually haven't installed it yet, but will later tonight.

It's supposed to need just a Dalvik wipe, but remember that if you flash the update, you need to immediately follow with the Google apps flash before you restart, and you should also re-flash the xtrcache2cache for Froyo if you installed that as well.

Let us know if you've installed it and how things are running!

bobcat331

I'm downloading the zip now. Çan 1.5 be flashed over 1.4 without doing a wipe?

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scotty85

dagnabbit! i just finished booting up 1.4,lol... i tried an experiment. deleted the .android_secure folder before booting into recovery. once its up and running if it seems stable ill flash the 1.5 overtop and see what happens

Last edited by scotty85; February 16th, 2011 at 05:59 PM.

bobcat331

What is the android.secure folder?

doogald

It's actually .android_secure

The folder on your SD card where Froyo and Gingerbread store apps that you have moved to SD. Files and folder that begin with a period in a *nix operating system like Android are normally hidden from directory listings unless you specifically look for hidden folders. That's why the folder name starts with a period.

scotty85

well there ya go bobcat the idea came from doogald in this post: GingerShedBread v1.3

scotty85

doh! i knew id screw it up if i dint look at what it was first

v1.4 came up and is functioning seemingly fine,but im now having a computer issue so ill have to wait till later to play with it some more and download v1.5

bobcat331

So far no problems.

MOS95B

I flashed it last night, but since i worked tha late shift, I haven't had time to do any real testing

doogald

I did a non-data wipe flash, so any change to LP was unnoticed by me, but I did notice that it defaulted to the rotary lockscreen (which is easily changed in CyanogenMod settings.) Also, Erisuser1 has solved the undead call problem that was plaguing various Eris ROMs, and the change necessary was incorporated into 1.5. If you were having problems with undead calls on Froyo, GSB 1.5 is one easy solution.

bobcat331

In the theme choser what is the widget on the left side of the screens? Also good to know about the dropped call issue.

mjb34500

TiBu question for anyone who can help - if I do a backup, full wipe and flash the new GSB ROM, how can I find my old backup to restore apps and settings? When I look under Settings --> Manage Apps, no apps show as being there (even on the SD where everything is and most importantly, no sign of TiBu to be able to even execute a restore). However, when I check my SD on my computer, all that space is still taken up and all the files are still there?

I'm confused!!!!

EDIT: found my own answer, sorry for being 'that guy'

http://matrixrewriter.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=TB+-+HOWTOs

Last edited by mjb34500; February 17th, 2011 at 01:53 PM.

woodstorm

Not a dumb question and thanks. Was trying to play with TB myself. Thanks

jhewit22

Hi guys-

I'm not a pro at this, so apologies if this is a dumb question...

I've only used xtrROM 4.6 while being rooted and I'd like to try GingerShedBread v1.5 ROM, so do I have to install this "gapps" too? What is that, and what does it provide? I didn't have to do it for xtrROM, why for this?

Thanks!!! This community is amazing!

kobel1up

I am not a huge fan of 2.2 roms, but I wanted to try this one out. I like the green color, looks cool.

scotty85

the gapps are needed to incorporate some google apps. many are downloadable individually from the market,but if you dont flash the gapps,then you may not have the market!

i flashed the gapps with shedbred and am having no issues with doing so.(on another rom flashing the gapps caused repeated rebgoots)

woodstorm

1.5 onboard. TiBu is a Godsend.

Scynthetic78

Gingerbread isn't 2.2.

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paleodust

I just noticed this post. What's been your experience with GingerShedBread? I'm liking CELB 4.3 a lot but I'm curious about GingerShedBread. What does it add/fix that might be an improvement over CELB 4.3?

By the way, it can be found here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944430

Last edited by paleodust; February 17th, 2011 at 11:22 PM.

roscuthiii

I'm in the same boat here, coming from xtrSense. I thought I'd had all this in the bag but I've been happy with xtrSense for so long I'm having a brain fart after being away from the forums. My question is should I look for and erase the .android_secure file if I'm coming from 2.1? It seems to only be mentioned in the context of 2.2 but I'd like to make sure,

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zerocool79346

That particular folder is only used by Froyo and above apps2SD, you won't have it present.

paleodust

Does 2.3 handle apps2SD the same way as 2.2?

bobcat331

When I flashed 1.5 I had like 145mb of 167mb. Like Scotty I've flashed a lot of roms (you beat me to the gapps question Scotty) and I average about 112mb-117mb free (I don't download a lot of apps). With xtrSENSE and xtrROM, apps2sd showed up in TB and was all but 1.67mb full allthough doogald said in a post that TB maybe misreporting that. I think you have to patition the sd card for apps2sd and I'm not comfortable with doing that. I like 1.5 but it could be temporary before I'm flashing something else.

doogald

Not much of an improvement from CELB, except for a few things:

- if you Navigate and had the problem where it would disconnect after 30 minutes, that apparently is fixed in GSB

- if you had problems with "undead calls" - calls where it appeared the phone disconnected, then immediately reconnected, though it was live the whole time - that is apparently fixed in GSB (though it can be fixed manually in CELB for now.)

- it is reported that the camera has minor bugs - if it's live and the phone sleeps, it may come back to a black screen. I may be wrong about that, though.


I'm not sure if it's exactly the same process, but it does use a hidden folder on the SD card called .android_secure, as Froyo does. It doesn't use a partitioned SD card as the 2.1 custom ROMs do.

bobcat331

How can I make the keys click or make a noise when touched on the keyboard. And something I've been wondering for some time now is it possiable to resend a text. Like if somebody say's they didn't get it.

jhewit22

...installing GSB 1.5 now, will keep you updated on any bugs or issues (because I know I may be needing your help if I come across any).

jhewit22

wow, I'm surprised how slow this rom is. anyone else having that issue?

scotty85

not me... its just a bit laggy at times,but for the most part im finding it very smooth and quick.

im somewhat limited on what testing i can do since my eris isnt active at the moment,but i flashed 1.5 overtop of 1.4 and so far so good. for some reason i did have to flash the gapps over again to get market to work,wich took me through the "touch the android to begin" sequence again.

i cant say for sure that deleting the .android_secure file helped any,but it doesnt seem to have produced any negative side affects.

i think it might be an interesting test for those of you that have NOT reformatted your card or deleted this folder,and played with their 1.4 or 1.5 a couple days and are very familiar with your phones performance to make a backup and try deleting this file and see if your settings stick,and if there are any performance changes.

attetion doogald! should they simply delete the folder? or would it be a more valid test to delete the folder,then wipe and reflash?

doogald

The first time that you install a Froyo or GB ROM, if you enter Google account credentials in the setup program it will start downloading and installing all of your existing apps from the market in the background, in addition to calendar and contact syncing. While this is happening, the phone will seem slower.

Oh, also the ROM is overclocked by default to 587 MHz or something, since there is a small number of Erises that cannot handle 710 MHz. You can use your OC app of choice (SetCPU, CPU Boost Lite) to change this, or go into settings->CyanogenMod ROM settings->Performance and changing the CPU settings (and have them set on boot) there. As it says when you hit "Performance", you are supposed to restart the phone when you make changes in this category, though I would wait until that first sync is done.

paleodust

Does it give you more space for apps? I was thinking it might because it uses CM7 with a smaller version of gapps.

Also, I'm under the impression that it improves battery life. Can anyone verify this?

cmotion

Since updating I'm back to having LP take a second or two to load up my homescreen after leaving certain apps. It happened back in 1.3 then I checked the "Keep home in memory" in LP and CM settings which seemed to take care of the issue. Hmm... anybody else?

doogald

More space than what? The answer is no compared with ROMs that have cache2cache built in, like xtrSENSE, etc. The answer is I think yes compared with the Froyo ROMs, though it's probably about the same.

However, there is a beta script xtrCache2Cache for Froyo ROMs that also works with GB ROMs, so essentially it gives plenty of space if you flash that after flashing the ROM and gapps.

Better battery life compared with what? In my experience, all things being equal - ie, running the same apps with the same update schedule, same number of calls and texts, etc. - it has better battery life than the 2.1 ROMs that run the Zanfur kernel - xtrROM, xtrSENSE, etc. Compared with the Froyo ROMs that run Conap's CFS kernel, it's about the same.

paleodust

Sorry. I meant to say, "Compared to CELB Froyo."

paleodust

Is this the best Gingerbread app available for Eris users?

doogald

As far as I know, there are only three - KaosGB, which is incomplete (non-working camera, the last that I looked) and Tazz are the other two. I haven't tried Tazz myself; perhaps it is better.

paleodust

Anyone know what the differences are between this and Tazz?

SirEagle

GSB 1.6 is up now................. go get it.

paleodust

Any opinions on which to go with, this or Tazz?

Last edited by paleodust; February 18th, 2011 at 07:49 PM.

davidr2340

I don't have any experience with Tazz... But GSB is a damn nice ROM!!!

woodstorm

I have the same issue. Tried to tweak the settings but it still happens. Also had an issue with the camera today. Luckily had another phone with a camera to take the pics. None of the pics saved and had the black/white issue when phone went to sleep. After coming from Kaos, I am used to my camera being unstable at times. lol

T-Keith

I can tell you this is the first rom where the 3d gallery works perfectly, has no lag, and angry birds is actually playable. I would highly recommend giving it a shot. I can't wait to see what other cool stuff they will be adding.

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scotty85

at this point i believe sheds rom is maybe a little more stable. tazz is also a good developer and im sure his version will be up to par when finished.

tazz's vanilla froyo rom had some sense-like icons and such,but i dont know how this one will end up.

ive tried them both,and other than the gapps/bootloop issue with tazzs rom,i really couldnt tell them apart.

doogald

This happened when I first installed 1.2 but I did the same - keep in memory for both - plus I changed compcache to default/18mb in CyanogenMod settings->Performance. And, of course, restarted.

I've also dropped a widget - I think that helps.

paleodust

Coming from CELB Froyo 4.3, do I need to re-format my SD or will a data+dalvik wipe be sufficient?

jhewit22

1) How do I change the keyboard in GSB 1.6? I don't care for the one that comes with the rom and I can't figure it out.

2) Why don't I have any room left on my internal memory already? I only downloaded like 3 apps and I'm out of room??

paleodust

You can download them from the market. I've REALLY been impressed with SwiftKey. They will have instructions.

Basically, once they are installed, you long press on the field where you type and select "Input method." That will allow you to select the one you want.

Before it will show up there, you may have to go into your main settings and enable the new keyboard under Language & keyboard.

I hope that helps.

paleodust

I decided to do a full reformat/wipe and start with a clean slate. Flashing GSB 1.6 now...

paleodust

Well, I don't have much loaded on it yet but I'm impressed with how smooth and snappy it is so far.

Speaking of which, I flashed XTR's cache2cache app but I'm worried I might run out of space if I leave the installation location on automatic while installing all my apps.

Am I correct in understanding that, if I change installation location to External, I would get the most possible space for apps? (And do I need to check the "Allow application moving" box?

I tend to load up on them and eventually find my phone slowing down once I get down to less than about 30MB.

Last edited by paleodust; February 19th, 2011 at 01:18 AM.

bobcat331

I did a nand backup and flashed 1.6 over 1.5 and seems to be working fine.

Edit: I tried flashing over without reflashing gapps but no go. Also I didn't do a wipe either. See how that goes.

Last edited by bobcat331; February 19th, 2011 at 07:04 AM.

scotty85

bobcat i had that same prollem. might as well have wiped if we have to flash gapps again and reset everything up

when i flash the new nightly on my droid i wipe cache and flash overtop without flashing gapps and my phone is still set up the way it was prior. i was hoping it would be the case here too,but guess not.

i just saw that honeycomb was running on the desire z and ports have made it to the evo and incredible. wonder how long till someone attempts that for the lil ol eris