Root [ROM] DroidSmith_Force - Beta

[jimsmith80]

Yeah, I have 2 of your sister phones OCd already smh, I dont see what I did wrong

Probably nothing. ZTE has released broken kernel sources in the past

 

[junkie2100]

not a problem, i spend most of my days helping out on the warp sequent and this phone seems to be in much more desperate need of a development community than the sequent is. if i had my way id make sure everyone gets a fair chance at having the same support as a flagship samsung device or something. zte is widely overlooked because its kind of a pain to dev for at times and its mostly just cheap crap but hey i couldnt afford any better so i had to get what i had to get, why does that mean i cant have the same stuff everyone else does? i gladly help and encourage anyone trying to provide for the underprivileged so to speak, and as far as dev support, id say that force owners fit that category

 

[junkie2100]

lol yea on the kernel source being broken thing, we had to fix their defconfig, the stupid thing wasnt set up to use the microphone. you could hear stuff all day but nobody could hear you

 

[rbheromax]

Well the thing is idk what the problem is lol

 

[GoatTheHero]

Flashed .2.3 Got stuck on boot animation. I let it sit for 10 minutes and got nothing. i restored stock tried flashing again. Waited 30 minutes stuck on boot animation. Just aint working for me

 

[jimsmith80]

Flashed .2.3 Got stuck on boot animation. I let it sit for 10 minutes and got nothing. i restored stock tried flashing again. Waited 30 minutes stuck on boot animation. Just aint working for me

Ok. Sounds like I got the setup for the data partition wrong. Ill pull it out for now, and get you something that runs tomorrow. Its a nice feature to have but isn't entirely necessary at this point

Edit: or in about 2 minutes. I can't leave you guys with something that doesn't boot if I can help it.

 

[jimsmith80]

0.2.4 is up. I removed the data partition setup from the updater script. The edits to phone.apk and facelock remain. Sorry for the last dud. GoatTheHero and all of you are great testers, and instrumental in making this rom a success. Thank you all for your time.

 

[MidshipAc]

whoa rebooting atm. Nice animation

 

[GoatTheHero]

0.2.4 Booted up super quick. Connection optimized is gone YAY! Still no face unlock. I tried flashing Chev's face unlock zip too. Still a no go.

 

[GoatTheHero]

Wi-Fi cuts on randomly as if the connections optimizer is on. I can't tether :'(

 

[junkie2100]

did you remove the connection optimizer apk? it may be called something else also, in our newest version of the sequent stock rom its called easy something

 

[GoatTheHero]

Well I found an option in my tethering app settings that keeps the Wi-Fi from killing my tether. Its the Wi-Fi driver reload option which forces wifi driver reloading inside the tethering script. The way it would cut me off was just like the way connections optimizer cut me off. The option is gone from the settings menu and im not finding any apk for it or anything called easy. Dunno. I got what i wanted working within the rom so all is good.

 

[jimsmith80]

did you remove the connection optimizer apk? it may be called something else also, in our newest version of the sequent stock rom its called easy something

I pulled the apk a while ago. It was just called connections optimizer

 

[jimsmith80]

When my wife got the force, on first boot it had a very vanilla ics. After the phone was activated boost pushed an update, which installed a bunch of system crap. Was this true for anyone else?

 

[GoatTheHero]

the guy at radio shack activated my phone so I didn't get to see the first boot

 

[jimsmith80]

Next pay day I'm ordering one direct from boost. Hopefully it is the same as my wife's phone. If it is I can get an image of the device before it was boosted lol. At least for now we have a working base

 

[Golono]

When my wife got the force, on first boot it had a very vanilla ics. After the phone was activated boost pushed an update, which installed a bunch of system crap. Was this true for anyone else?

I recall getting an update through the Boost ID app or some other Boost app. However, it continuously failed to update and I think it never did.

If you order from Boost's site, try finding a discount code online.

 

[GoatTheHero]

There was a remove carrier on the stock recovery, dont know about cwm. I wonder if that would do anything...

 

[jimsmith80]

There was a remove carrier on the stock recovery, dont know about cwm. I wonder if that would do anything...

I honestly don't know, but we have a working base for testing minor mods for now. I can get us a clean base in a few weeks, and it will be a snap for me to add the work we have done so far

 

[donjuro]

Next pay day I'm ordering one direct from boost. Hopefully it is the same as my wife's phone. If it is I can get an image of the device before it was boosted lol. At least for now we have a working base

Amazon sells phones cheapest. I always recommend amazon.

 

[jimsmith80]

Amazon sells phones cheapest. I always recommend amazon.

Ill check it out. As long as it never been activated, it shouldn't make a difference

 

[donjuro]

Ill check it out. As long as it never been activated, it shouldn't make a difference

Amazon always sells NEW phones cheapest

 

[jimsmith80]

I've posted a custom boot.img in the OP (first post). If it works it will provided the ability to add init.d scripts. It's compatible with DroidSmith and the stock image.

 

[donjuro]

Did you ever get a force?

 

[jimsmith80]

Friday I should be getting one