Hello everyone, May I present to you LiQuID FroZeN YoGurT, multiple kernels, and Themes!!! ROM is completely built using the latest AOSP Froyo Source by yours truly and offers one of the most complete themes ever for the Droid, first one called BLuE BeRRy FroZeN YoGurT, with more to come…
Current release contains the latest FRG01B Google Apps and one of the highest performing 800 MHz low voltage overclocking kernel by LiQuID. More kernels are available with top clock speeds of 800-1250 MHz by the master himself P3Droid. These kernels use Standard or Low voltage and have Beta OMAP TempMonitor support. These kernels have made fantastic benchmarks using Linpack, Quadrant and SetCPU.
I have been working on this project for over a month now and it’s truly an honor to present this fine ROM to the community and share it with you. Updates and more themes will be in the works for the future and I will do my best here to answer any questions and concerns regarding my ROM's & Themes. Thanks EVERYONE in this community and my TESTERS without you this would not be possible! Get Ready To FLY with LFY :-)
*** Change Log v1.1 (07/27/2010) ***
- Rebuilt fresh from AOSP Froyo Source (credit LiQuID)
- Custom 800 MHz Low Voltage Kernel & Wi-Fi Module (credit LiQuID)
- Completely Themed Apps and Framework (credit LiQuID & Liquidzgrl)
- Latest ADW Launcher v1.01 Themed (credit LiQuID & Andrew Weber)
- Uses the Latest FRG01B Leaked Google Apps (credit CellZealot & P3Droid)
- Stock Transparent Modified & Blueberry Theme (credit LiQuID & JRummy)
- Blue Droid Shatter & Blue Droid X Eye Boot (credit Coolsaber57 & Stetsonaw)
- Hard Coded Accurate 10% Battery Notifications (credit to LiQuID & JRummy)
- Custom Updater Install Script (credit JRummy & Liquidzgrl)
- Latest Music Mod app (credit Elliot Stocker)
- Latest Wysie Contact app (credit Wysie from XDA)
- Latest Cytown Phone app (credit Cytown from XDA)
- Latest Super User app (credit ChainsDD from XDA)
- Latest Cyanogen Mms app (credit Cyanogen & Koush)
- Theme Updates & Xml Color Mods (credit LiQuID & JRummy)
- Reboot & Reboot Recovery Power Menu (credit LiQuID & CVPCS)
- System Images Optimized & Zip Aligned (credit LiQuID)
- System Sounds Optimized & Compressed (credit LiQuID)
*** System Script List *** a2sdauto - system will choose where to install apps a2sdoff - all apps will be installed internally a2sdon - all apps will be installed to your sdcard
backupapps - back up your applications stored in data/app blockads - blocks ads from apps freemem - frees 100mb internal memory
godmode - permission to system so any file manager may access root
mountsys - mounts system as read/write
reboot - reboots your phone
recovery - reboots into recovery
restorebackup - restores your backup make from the backup apps script
rmbrowser - removes stock web browser
rmemail - removes stock email app
rmfacebook - removes Facebook from system/app
rmgenie - removes genie widget (news and weather)
rmlwps - removes live wallpapers
rmmms - removes stock mms app
rmpandora - removes Pandora from system/app
rmquickoffice - removes quick office
rmspareparts - removes spare parts
rmtalk - removes google talk
rmwirelesstether - removes wifi tether
rmyoutube - removes YouTube app showads - shows ads from apps soundoff - turns off camera shutter sound soundon - restores camera shutter sound unmountsys - mounts system as read only
*** Clockwork Instructions ***
- Update & backup any files you wish to restore, this will wipe /data
- Place the ROM anywhere on your sdcard
- Reboot into recovery mode (hold the power and "x" button at the same time)
- Install ZIP from sdcard
- Choose ZIP from sdcard
- Reboot and Enjoy :-)
*** SPRecovery Instructions ***
- Update & backup any files you wish to restore, this will wipe /data
- Rename the ROM to update.zip
- Place the ROM on the root of your sdcard
- Reboot into recovery mode (hold the power and "x" button at the same time)
- Install
- Allow update.zip Installation
- Install /sdcard/update.zip (depreciated)
- Reboot and Enjoy :-)
*** HUGE THANKS *** to all my testers for all of their hard work and ongoing support!!! flyguide83, luniz7, JRummy, Birdman, r3dd09, h3dn3y and LTE
I got a quick initial boot from the Stock (non-themed) Rom. I was met with a root permission request as soon as the initial setup started; Titanium Backup (TiBu) was asking for root. Having TiBu preinstalled is a nice touch that saves me the extra step of having to download it. Plus if I choose to forgo the automatic Market restore and just let TiBu handle it, the process becomes a simple matter of skipping entering my Google account, restoring, and finally syncing to Google.
After letting the Market do its work I did my initial check to see what was missing, “No Shazam restored…hmm ok, well TiBu will take care of that!”
No dice. TiBu would not restore Shazam, no explanation given.
“Ok, I’ll head to the Market and get it.”
Nope, not showing up,
“Weird. Maybe if I try the Market fix in the thread?”
No good on that either, still not there.
“Ok, maybe it’s my problem let me wipe/flash again.”
Same issue again.
“Different Rom?”
Nope works fine on everything else I’ve tried; Conclusion: It is definitely an issue with the ROM. That right there would be a deal breaker for me (I love me some music identification) but for the sake of a full review I didn’t jump ship.
I did not have many problems actually using the ROM with the stock kernel; it wasn’t quick but not slow either. I did run Quadrant quite a few times over the course of booting, flashing updates, rebooting, wiping completely, trying again, etc. I was never able to break 550 in quadrant on the stock kernel. Next I tried the P3Droid 0.32.9 LV-1000 and still wasn’t able to get anything above 750. To be fair the ROM does not feel slow but ‘fast’, or ‘quick’, or ‘snappy’ are not the first words I would describe my experience.
All the major components do work (WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, Phone, SMS), and there are a few good basic Scripts included with the ROM, plus one really interesting “Backup Apps” script that I was excited to try. Unfortunately it seemed like the script was missing (no command found!). Reboot, and Reboot to recovery options are present and are always appreciated by me. Perhaps the most evident feature though, is the included Theme.
I flashed the theme after I finished my ROM testing and I have to say I do really enjoy the theme. It is crisp, easy to read and very extensive. Hell, I think there is even a themed TiBu widget (I say “think” because it keeps FCing on me). It is definitely one of my favorite looking “blue” themes. Interestingly, the first boot after adding the theme took an astounding 8 minutes!
Over all I think LiQuID is a good attempt, but it really does not seem ready yet. I do really like the theme, but the Yogurt underneath is a bit to melty right now to enjoy it. I am excited to see future, and hopefully more stable versions of this ROM, but as of right now I am giving it a 2 out of 5
Load and boot went very smoothly and quicker than most ROMs that I have tested in the last few weeks. I have to say that is an awesome boot animation! I installed the stock themed ROM with the patch and market fix and selected Launcher Pro before doing any customizing.
Sync with Google did not go very well as only about 60% of my apps restored, used TiBu to do the rest, I do have a lot of apps about 120 so its not surprising to me. The only ROM so far that has restored all my apps was CM6.
This ROM is smooth and very snappy. The stock kernel performed well and I was able to get 12.5 MFLOPs and 1089 on Quadrant, this is good for my Droid with any stock kernel at 800Mhz and actually better than most ROMs. Battery life is a little less than average for me during constant use for about 3.5 hours I lost 40% of battery life.
Everything seems to work well GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi. The few things I did have a problem with was the Shazam issue which has been noted in this thread and a continual FC when trying to change contact information, it is isolated to just a few contacts but nothing seems to fix it. I believe it may have something to do with a Facebook sync that I did, but I have never seen the android.process.acore FC before.
All in all this is a good beginning to a ROM and I believe that these issues and others that have been mentioned will be quickly fixed and the next verzion will be great. I give this a 2.5 out of 5.
- Installed via Clockwork Recovery
- Had trouble with apps syncing (could be a market problem) but only installed 5 of my apps (and I tried 3 times - went back to a nandroid to make sure google resynced the apps - 1 time using stock theme only, 2 times using the blueberry theme).
- Restored Apps with Titananium Backup. Would not restore all apps. The native Twitter app, WeatherBug, and Shazam for example would not restore and can not be found in the market. Tried Liquid's Market fix and bgill's market fix and still no success. After I installed the fixes, I noticed that SetCPU and Titanium were constantly being granted SU permissions (just like with CM 6.0.0 RC1). I think this is tied to the new SU app but don't know why it only started acting up after applying the market fixes.
- Glad to see the "Sapphire Reboot menu" being used in this ROM! Very nice feature!
- VERY SNAPPY with stock kernel (800MHz). Seemed like a 1.0+ kernel in terms of speed in normal usage. Launcher Pro is loaded down, full of apps and widgets and it has been VERY smooth on this ROM
- Secont test on Quadrant with stock kernel - 898 (before SetCPU tweaks)
- Second test on Quadrant with stock kernel - 1126 (after SetCPU tweaks)
- Loaded Jake's 1.2 GHz kernel. Benchmarks are horrible but the ROM is flying! Benchmarks aren't always the best indicator Short Test in SetCPU was averaging around 120 (low was 107!).
- Loaded Jake's 1.0 GHz kernel thinking that the benchmarks were so low due to stability (although I had zero FC's or reboots). No Dice, Quadrant doesn't seem to like Jake's kernels. Short Test in SetCPU was averaging around 150) Impressive considering it's a 1.0GHz Kernel)
- Loaded the recommended P3Droid 1.0GHz LV Kernel and boot animation loaded really slow and then the phone was caught in a boot loop. I then loaded a different P3Droid kernel (one used in the past on countless Froyo ROMs) and everything was very slow and couldn't adjust the speed using SetCPU (the slider bars were grayed out). Very strange but I am happy with Jake's 1.2GHz Kernel at this time.
OVERALL:
Market issues are indeed a problem but DO NOT CONSIDER THIS A 2nd RATE ROM! After a couple of tweaks for the issues noted above, this will be a major contender for my ROM of choice! Battery life seems to be good (not great...but not bad either). Blueberry theme is REALLY BLUE but looks fantastic and is prevelant throughout the ROM. Not just a couple of themed apps and a themed status bar...the amount of work put into the theme is very clear .
Score 3/5
Market issues hurt this release but if those are resolved, it is EASILY a 4 in my book! Looking forward to an updated release
Initial boot was very fast, only took about a minute to fully load. Absolutely love the boot animation, using the 3D Droid Does with the Droid X ani, replacing all the red w/ blue. However, my initial sync did not load any of my apps. However, the latest TiBu requested su permission immediately.
First thing you'll notice after everything is synced is that this is a very fast and responsive ROM. The stock kernel and default 600MHz is very capable of handling most of what you could ask of it. Flashing a trusted kernel gave me a very high Quadrant score of 1539 at 1GHz. That puts it on par w/ BBeast.
The Blueberry theme promises lots of blue and doesn't disappoint there. It's not overbearing, however, and I really loved that even the lil android smiley face in texts was blue). The nifty blue mushroom wallpaper, however was nowhere to be seen. I don't know if that's an issue I had during file transfer or not.
GPS and WiFi worked fine, but Shazam, as has been reported, would not restore. Also, I have noted my internet browser's inconsistency, but it's almost unbearable with this ROM. I can't seem to open the browser and search without it closing, and even opening a link from the News and Weather genie would close out.
The biggest draw back (and it's pretty severe for me) was the battery. It ran very hot (would go above 100F with lil effort), and the overall battery life was poor. Just turning on the screen after a full charge brought it down to 90% (I am aware many, if not most ROMs use a 20% increments), and 4 hours of fairly moderate use brought me down to 40%. In about a day and a half, I've had to charge 3 times. Even that seems to be an issue, needing about 2 hours to charge as opposed to about 1, from that same percentage.
Liquid Frozen Yogurt has potential to be a great ROM, but it has a lot of bugs to iron out first. If those issues can be addressed, this will be another solid option. Until then:
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
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I'm going to have to flash this one (despite my crazy ass schedule). It's just too damn pretty! Thanks for sharing liquid!
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Okay, I was stuck in a boot loop (never got past the Motorola logo) when I realized that the Blueberry Frozen Yogurt (BFY) file you have listed is just the theme.
Can I ask that you do one of two things?
1) Label the download file for BFY as "theme only". I downloaded from my phone so I didn't see that it was only 27MB...and thought it installed fast but didn't think too much of it.
or (better yet IMO)
2) Add a BFY themed ROM (much like JRummy does). This eliminates one additional file to download and install (that sounds really lazy right? ).
Just a thought...booting up now Love the boot animation!
Nice theme, looks great so far....but Titanium Backup loops it for me. Am i missing something here? Have tried with just 1 app and data and still reboots system.
Gonna move on and try some other stuff now (in this one).
I cant install anything, even from market. Gonna try to re-install and try again.
One thing so far, just a note for you. Camera not themed yet (would be nice to follow blue theme).
Update: Re-installed and working good now. Except for 10 apps that didnt update yet to work on froyo im guessing, so tried market fix, didnt seem to work (foursquare, movies, shopsavvy. just the few i remember)???
Went back to old one for now. Will play with later, really like the theme and seemed smooth with just stock kernel. Boot animation is the best i have seen yet !!!
Last edited by OneFast3; July 28th, 2010 at 02:20 PM.
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Nice theme, looks great so far....but Titanium Backup loops it for me. Am i missing something here? Have tried with just 1 app and data and still reboots system.
Gonna move on and try some other stuff now.
Have you tried to update Busybox through TiBu? Also, might help to fix permissions through ROM Manager.
Nice theme, looks great so far....but Titanium Backup loops it for me. Am i missing something here? Have tried with just 1 app and data and still reboots system.
Gonna move on and try some other stuff now.
Mine did the same but I didn't try the suggested fix yet.
So I already switched back to my previous rom, not because there was anything wrong with your rom, in fact i really liked alot of features on it, like the side wipe in stead of up and down scroll when viewing apps. The only reason i went back to my previous is because i just love it too much....
So here is my quick review:
Installed with Rom Manager with no problems at all. Boot animation is awesome, great build on that. I honestly on had it installed maybe an hour and was still using the stock kernel but it was super snappy from the get go, the only time it was even remotely lagging was when my phone was still syncing. I tested out the GPS, Wifi, and Bluetooth and all were working normal. the only thing i noticed was when i would give SU permissions to apps the grey popup saying permission granted stayed there for about 30 seconds after each permission set, i wasn't sure if it was ever going to go away :P.
After playing on the stock theme for a little while i flashed the blueberry theme. Everything worked just as great as they did with the stock theme. I noticed a wee bit of lag but again I didn't have this loaded on my phone for very long so i am sure that would go away after the phone got all settled in. That theme didn't fit me well though... it was a lot of blue! Some of the apps got lost in the background picture. For me if i go back to this rom (which i still might i did enjoy it for the hour i had it) i would use the stock theme.
Overall I would have to say Awesome job, if anyone is debating installing this i say do it, I just went back to my previous rom because I dont like change
Last edited by themans23; July 28th, 2010 at 02:20 PM.
That theme didn't fit me well though... it was a lot of blue!
I had the same experience with performance. Not bad at all. Pretty snappy. There was a LOT of blue but the theme is called blueberry. No joke there. Nice work!
I had been using Sapphire 8.4 or whatever it was and loved it. It had been on my phone for a while but I'm thinking I might leave this one on. Out of all the blue themes I've used with various roms, this is by far my favorite. Everything is incredibly snappy and I haven't had any problems so far. Restored everything with Titanium without any problems too.
The only thing that I would mention is when I flashed one of P3's kernels. I flashed it through clockwork and rebooted. The boot animation was extremely slow and took forever to finish booting. When it did boot, nothing was responsive for a little bit with a few fc's. After a little while though everything went back to normal and I scored around a 1400 with quadrant. I'm using his LV 125 1.1 kernel too btw.
Very nice theme all around and I'm looking forward to any additions that might be made in the future.
I want this ROM and I understand how to install it in the Root of the SD card, but how do I install the Theme?
And also, with all the Kernals in the link that he gives for the recommend downloadable ones to download....which ones do you download or should I? Or all of them? And where do you put them?
You install the theme as a zip from your SD Card using ROM Manager, same with the kernels. You may want to let the ROM settle for a day or so before you install the kernel. If you have SPRrecovery, rename as update and flash from recovery.
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HELP! Please!
I want this ROM and I understand how to install it in the Root of the SD card, but how do I install the Theme?
And also, with all the Kernals in the link that he gives for the recommend downloadable ones to download....which ones do you download or should I? Or all of them? And where do you put them?
You install the theme as a zip from your SD Card using ROM Manager, same with the kernels. You may want to let the ROM settle for a day or so before you install the kernel. If you have SPRrecovery, rename as update and flash from recovery.
Ok is there any ROM manager you suggest?
Also, now when I try and boot into SPRecovery I get a triangle with an ! in the middle and the phone below it....What is that and how do I fix it?
You don't have sp recovery or clockword mod recovery installed sounds to me like you have verizons stock recovery get ROM manager from market and flash clockwordmod recovery latest version is 2.5.0.1
You don't have sp recovery or clockword mod recovery installed sounds to me like you have verizons stock recovery get ROM manager from market and flash clockwordmod recovery latest version is 2.5.0.1
Gotcha... So I am using DMupdater to root it. Hopefully it goes well to get SPRecovery. Then I will try and flash this ROM.
Just downloaded the Rom and the Blueberry theme today. Applying the patch right now but so far I like the ROM. Nice look and seems to perform pretty well. I will rate it after running it for a day or so.
Edit: I seem to be having problems with the market. I applied the patch thinking that was it. I also fixed permissions in Titanium. Still cannot find many apps. Might just be me. Do I try to apply the market fix?
Last edited by crosschecking; July 28th, 2010 at 09:41 PM.
Edit: I seem to be having problems with the market. I applied the patch thinking that was it. I also fixed permissions in Titanium. Still cannot find many apps. Might just be me. Do I try to apply the market fix?
Me too, i just did a quick try with the patch posted. And I still cant get the 11 apps to install (know 1 for sure is foursquare).
Also the deal breaker to run this rom full time for me is the storm8 games dont work. But with them they only work on 1 ROM (ss4.5) i know of so far (think maybe others, didnt on CM6). It really is them not supporting froyo yet and not the roms themselves from what i read.
Me too, i just did a quick try with the patch posted. And I still cant get the 11 apps to install (know 1 for sure is foursquare).
Also the deal breaker to run this rom full time for me is the storm8 games dont work. But with them they only work on 1 ROM (ss4.5) i know of so far (think maybe others, didnt on CM6). It really is them not supporting froyo yet and not the roms themselves from what i read.
Yes, I can't get mytracks, cardiotrainer, weatherbug and others to show or even to reinstall from Titanium. I found a market fix for the new FRG01 but it did not seem to fix the problem. I even did a wipe and then a restore of the ROM and the blueberry theme but no luck.
I need those programs so for now I am retreating to my last ROM. I do like the features and look of this ROM and theme so I will keep trying.
Just got the Rom loaded and gotta say its awesome! Paired with Chevy 1. 25lv kernel and I got a 1725 quadrant. This Rom flys with no hiccups at all. I switched back to my sv 7 shine just too much blue for me. But keep up the good work and I'm lookin forward to some different themes, then I may be completly. sold!
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So umm HELP! lol I downloaded the ROM and theme. Named the ROM (the larger file of the two) Update.zip like ur supposed too. And all it does when I run the update in Recovery and reboot..it stays in the Reboot screen the whole time. Did I do something wrong? Obviously?
Yes, I can't get mytracks, cardiotrainer, weatherbug and others to show or even to reinstall from Titanium. I found a market fix for the new FRG01 but it did not seem to fix the problem. I even did a wipe and then a restore of the ROM and the blueberry theme but no luck.
I need those programs so for now I am retreating to my last ROM. I do like the features and look of this ROM and theme so I will keep trying.
I'm with these guys. It's very snappy but some of my apps won't even show on the market like twitter.
No I didn't.....In the main instructions...like for Noobs (which I am not, just been a long time since I have used a different ROM..my excuse and stickin' to it! haha) But it never said to clear cache/data...that I saw anyways...
You seem to know a lot about this stuff....Would you be willing (I hope lol) to PM and send me you're email so I can ask you some stuff. I need a clear answer on a couple things and just want someone to just answer it strait up.
(do you suggest a certain ROM manager to apply you're theme you made?)
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Review - LiQuID FroZen YoGurt 1.1
I got a quick initial boot from the Stock (non-themed) Rom. I was met with a root permission request as soon as the initial setup started; Titanium Backup (TiBu) was asking for root. Having TiBu preinstalled is a nice touch that saves me the extra step of having to download it. Plus if I choose to forgo the automatic Market restore and just let TiBu handle it, the process becomes a simple matter of skipping entering my Google account, restoring, and finally syncing to Google.
After letting the Market do its work I did my initial check to see what was missing, “No Shazam restored…hmm ok, well TiBu will take care of that!”
No dice. TiBu would not restore Shazam, no explanation given.
“Ok, I’ll head to the Market and get it.”
Nope, not showing up,
“Weird. Maybe if I try the Market fix in the thread?”
No good on that either, still not there.
“Ok, maybe it’s my problem let me wipe/flash again.”
Same issue again.
“Different Rom?”
Nope works fine on everything else I’ve tried; Conclusion: It is definitely an issue with the ROM. That right there would be a deal breaker for me (I love me some music identification) but for the sake of a full review I didn’t jump ship.
I did not have many problems actually using the ROM with the stock kernel; it wasn’t quick but not slow either. I did run Quadrant quite a few times over the course of booting, flashing updates, rebooting, wiping completely, trying again, etc. I was never able to break 550 in quadrant on the stock kernel. Next I tried the P3Droid 0.32.9 LV-1000 and still wasn’t able to get anything above 750. To be fair the ROM does not feel slow but ‘fast’, or ‘quick’, or ‘snappy’ are not the first words I would describe my experience.
All the major components do work (WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, Phone, SMS), and there are a few good basic Scripts included with the ROM, plus one really interesting “Backup Apps” script that I was excited to try. Unfortunately it seemed like the script was missing (no command found!). Reboot, and Reboot to recovery options are present and are always appreciated by me. Perhaps the most evident feature though, is the included Theme.
I flashed the theme after I finished my ROM testing and I have to say I do really enjoy the theme. It is crisp, easy to read and very extensive. Hell, I think there is even a themed TiBu widget (I say “think” because it keeps FCing on me). It is definitely one of my favorite looking “blue” themes. Interestingly, the first boot after adding the theme took an astounding 8 minutes!
Over all I think LiQuID is a good attempt, but it really does not seem ready yet. I do really like the theme, but the Yogurt underneath is a bit to melty right now to enjoy it. I am excited to see future, and hopefully more stable versions of this ROM, but as of right now I am giving it a 2 out of 5
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I got a quick initial boot from the Stock (non-themed) Rom. I was met with a root permission request as soon as the initial setup started; Titanium Backup (TiBu) was asking for root. Having TiBu preinstalled is a nice touch that saves me the extra step of having to download it. Plus if I choose to forgo the automatic Market restore and just let TiBu handle it, the process becomes a simple matter of skipping entering my Google account, restoring, and finally syncing to Google.
After letting the Market do its work I did my initial check to see what was missing, “No Shazam restored…hmm ok, well TiBu will take care of that!”
No dice. TiBu would not restore Shazam, no explanation given.
“Ok, I’ll head to the Market and get it.”
Nope, not showing up,
“Weird. Maybe if I try the Market fix in the thread?”
No good on that either, still not there.
“Ok, maybe it’s my problem let me wipe/flash again.”
Same issue again.
“Different Rom?”
Nope works fine on everything else I’ve tried; Conclusion: It is definitely an issue with the ROM. That right there would be a deal breaker for me (I love me some music identification) but for the sake of a full review I didn’t jump ship.
I did not have many problems actually using the ROM with the stock kernel; it wasn’t quick but not slow either. I did run Quadrant quite a few times over the course of booting, flashing updates, rebooting, wiping completely, trying again, etc. I was never able to break 550 in quadrant on the stock kernel. Next I tried the P3Droid 0.32.9 LV-1000 and still wasn’t able to get anything above 750. To be fair the ROM does not feel slow but ‘fast’, or ‘quick’, or ‘snappy’ are not the first words I would describe my experience.
All the major components do work (WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, Phone, SMS), and there are a few good basic Scripts included with the ROM, plus one really interesting “Backup Apps” script that I was excited to try. Unfortunately it seemed like the script was missing (no command found!). Reboot, and Reboot to recovery options are present and are always appreciated by me. Perhaps the most evident feature though, is the included Theme.
I flashed the theme after I finished my ROM testing and I have to say I do really enjoy the theme. It is crisp, easy to read and very extensive. Hell, I think there is even a themed TiBu widget (I say “think” because it keeps FCing on me). It is definitely one of my favorite looking “blue” themes. Interestingly, the first boot after adding the theme took an astounding 8 minutes!
Over all I think LiQuID is a good attempt, but it really does not seem ready yet. I do really like the theme, but the Yogurt underneath is a bit to melty right now to enjoy it. I am excited to see future, and hopefully more stable versions of this ROM, but as of right now I am giving it a 2 out of 5
Actually, I agree with almost this entire post except that I did not experience any initial bootup problems. I did have one issue where the first time I tried to backup this setup in SPrecovery, it hung up but the second time worked for me so no biggie. I agree that the performance is OK, not slow but not ultra snappy either. That said, I really like the them and yes the included reboot features and some others are really nice. If not for the market issue (yes, Shazaam was another one for me) I would be sticking with it. At this point, I would probably give it 3 stars but I would rate it higher if the market were fixed.
By the way, to liquid, thanks for all your hard work on this. It's a very nice design and shows a bunch of promise.
Last edited by crosschecking; July 29th, 2010 at 07:26 AM.
For the record, I won't *NOT* flash a ROM just because of "mentally challenged" spelling. My earlier post wasn't meant to be taken seriously, so for the two or three that did, nice job. I am actually going to try this ROM out based on: a) the positive reviews thus far, and b) the responsiveness of the dev to problems brought up by people who have tried it. Those two factors are very important to me, and with Pete now off on a Droid X kick, I don't imagine there will ever be a BB 0.5.
No I didn't.....In the main instructions...like for Noobs (which I am not, just been a long time since I have used a different ROM..my excuse and stickin' to it! haha) But it never said to clear cache/data...that I saw anyways...
You seem to know a lot about this stuff....Would you be willing (I hope lol) to PM and send me you're email so I can ask you some stuff. I need a clear answer on a couple things and just want someone to just answer it strait up.
(do you suggest a certain ROM manager to apply you're theme you made?)
1. there is only one rom manager.
2. if you are coming from anything other than a 2.2 froyo rom you will need to wipe data and cache.
3. you will need sprecovery or clockwork recovery to flash new roms and kernels.
No boot issues but do get android.process.acore that FC's everytime (and don't anyone laugh) I tried to edit my wife's contact info. I believe it has to do with the facebook sync that I did but not sure.
Load and boot went very smoothly and quicker than most ROMs that I have tested in the last few weeks. I have to say that is an awesome boot animation! I installed the stock themed ROM with the patch and market fix and selected Launcher Pro before doing any customizing.
Sync with Google did not go very well as only about 60% of my apps restored, used TiBu to do the rest, I do have a lot of apps about 120 so its not surprising to me. The only ROM so far that has restored all my apps was CM6.
This ROM is smooth and very snappy. The stock kernel performed well and I was able to get 12.5 MFLOPs and 1089 on Quadrant, this is good for my Droid with any stock kernel at 800Mhz and actually better than most ROMs. Battery life is a little less than average for me during constant use for about 3.5 hours I lost 40% of battery life.
Everything seems to work well GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi. The few things I did have a problem with was the Shazam issue which has been noted in this thread and a continual FC when trying to change contact information, it is isolated to just a few contacts but nothing seems to fix it. I believe it may have something to do with a Facebook sync that I did, but I have never seen the android.process.acore FC before.
All in all this is a good beginning to a ROM and I believe that these issues and others that have been mentioned will be quickly fixed and the next verzion will be great. I give this a 2.5 out of 5.
Last edited by droid_freak; July 29th, 2010 at 10:45 AM.
Reason: Update
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I finally got it to work! WHOOO! lol thanks for you're guys help, especially LiQuID!
Best ROM Out there!
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FELLAS! let me tell you! For the last week I have been testing ROMS and getting this whole thing figured out and I have some mad OCD when it comes to the particulars of ROMS (or life in general lol) And hands DOWN this is the Best ROM.
For Speed! Batter Life! Eye Candy! Responsiveness etc. This is the best ROM out right now!
NOT ONLY THAT, Liquid has been up ALL NIGHT trying to get the market fix for us! FOR FREE! This dude is dedicated to his ROMS and that right there tells me a lot about his ROMS and what kind of quality they have! DO his ROMS AND DONATE PLEASE!
Last edited by Oracle646; July 29th, 2010 at 12:15 PM.
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In the process of rebuilding the whole ROM. Stayed up till 5 am trying to figure out whats going on with the market and no luck so I am gonna start over and hopefully you guys can expect to have a new release later tonight or tomorrow at the very latest thanks for everything
LiQuID FroZeN YoGurT v1.1 (ROM & THEME Release) | Motorola Droid
Short Test in SetCPU was averaging around 120 (low was 107!).
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get ROM manager from market and flash clockwordmod recovery latest version is 2.5.0.1
