[ROM] Velocity V0.3 | LG Ally | Fast | VZB | Android 2.1 | Stable

Trident · October 4th, 2010, 08:00 PM

Please read this entire post before proceeding!

Features:
-ERE27 Android 2.1 VS740ZVB Base (credit to Google)
-Fully Zipaligned and Deodexed System
-Init.d boot sequence
-Custom Static Wallpapers (thanks RedFury, Vmanisme, and Jedii)
-Tons of tweaks to increase performance & battery life
-Google DNS for a faster and safer online experience
-System Audio from the Droid X
-Longer Duration Between Wifi Scans Tweak *Battery Saver*
-Version Information In Settings > About Phone
-Ads blocked by default in apps & browser *No need to use AdFree*
-Camera Sounds & Low Battery Sounds Silenced by default
-Optimized Native Process Manager *No need to use task killers*
-Percentage in Battery Icon (images by Xeudoxus)
-Velocity Boot Animation (thanks RedFury)
-Automatic Apps2SD, just create an ext partition on SD card and we do the rest (read me)
-Very fast and responsive!

Apps Included: *many moved to data partition for easy uninstall*
-Velocity About App (developed by RedFury)
-Native Sound Recorder App (thanks Pete)
-Testing App
-Flashlight App
-Spare Parts App (modded by Pete, customized by Trident)
-Velocity Tips Widget
-SuperUser (developed by ChainsDD)
-Terminal Emulator
-Droid X Live Wallpaper
-Droid X Video Player
-Droid 2 Live Wallpaper
-Barnacle Wifi Tether
-Astro File Manager
-ROM Manager
-Google News and Weather App
-Improved Google Car Home App

Tools and Utilities:
-Busybox
-Nano Text Editor

Scripts:
-ads show or block ads
-browser remove or restore browser app
-calc remove or restore Calculator app
-carhome remove or restore Car Home app
-cpuinfo displays CPU information
-email remove or restore Email app
-fixperm fixes script and Busybox permissions
-genie remove or restore News & Weather app
-lwp remove or restore Live Wallpaper apps
-mms remove or restore messaging app
-ota enable or disable OTA updates
-switchboot switch boot animation
-sys mount system as read only or write only
-usb enable or disable USB storage
-velocityboot enable or disable Velocity boot animation

http://androidforums.com/trident/177160-how-using-scripts.html

Removed:
-Amazon
-Amazon MP3
-Backup Assistant
-CityID
-Corporate Calendar
-Corporate Directory
-Facebook
-LG Bookmarks Widget
-LG Calendar Widget
-LG Clock Weather Widget
-LG Digital Alarm Widget
-LG Dual Clock Widget
-LG Home
-LG Home Selector
-LG Message Widget
-LG Socialite
-MySpace
-MyVerizon
-Skype
-Think Free Office
-Visual Voicemail

Theme: (credit to RedFury)
-Complete Dark Theme
-Modded services.jar file (for white clock)
-White text in all ongoing system notifications

Gridlock Kernel Information:
-Deadline is the default I/O Scheduler
-Netfilter Support
-IP Tables Enabled
-RNDIS Support/USB Gadget Support
-Swap Support (If you intend on using, please see this notice)
-ext3 and ext4 Support

Release Notes:
-Wiping data, cache, and Dalvik cache is MANDATORY
-I recommended ROM Manager and ClockworkMod Recovery
-ROM Manager OTA updates are enabled
-Developed in part with Peter Alfonso, RedFury, Gridlock, savoxis, and Vmanisme
-Check ROM download statistics here
-File hosting provided by Noodle Software!

ROM Download Link:
goo.gl/VnXo
Do not make mirrors or download from anywhere other than NoodleSoftware.com!

OPTIONAL ROM Add-ons:
Do not install any ROM add-ons unless they have been adapted to work for Velocity by me and are located in this post. Velocity now requires special adjustment for nearly all add-ons. To request something to be adapted, please PM me.

-Android Stock Theme
Don't like the new Velocity theme? Flash this just like you would flash a kernel. Do not apply over anything other than Velocity stock theme!
Download

-Baseband Version VS740MVB.5210.1015: (new radio.img)
Flash this just like a kernel. You must reboot into recovery once more after installing to wipe your cache.
*Only flash once! I cannot be held liable for any damage caused to your device by flashing this!
Download

-GNM Overclock Kernel:
Information
Download Version Adapted for Velocity V0.3

-GNM Turbo 4:
Information
Download Version Adapted for Velocity V0.3 (with kernel)
Download Version Adapted for Velocity V0.3 (without kernel)

Remember where you saw all of these options first..

ENJOY!

Have any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions? Post them here!

Please donate for my time and work
to help ensure future development.

*Please do not "kang" anything from my work without my permission. Always remember to give credit where it is due. I work very hard on my projects.

mattgaitan · October 4th, 2010, 08:02 PM

YAY thank goodness, ill be installing this in a few!

d0nd0n · October 4th, 2010, 08:06 PM

Thank you so much, download just finished and will be flashing.

Does the Apps2SD feature require a class 6 SDcard? I think the one included with the phone is a class 4 and I read somewhere that it requires a class 6.

If I format my SDcard to ext3, Windows will no longer recognize it, correct?

dots · October 4th, 2010, 08:06 PM

Downloading

Trident · October 4th, 2010, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d0nd0n

Thank you so much, download just finished and will be flashing.

Does the Apps2SD feature require a class 6 SDcard? I think the one included with the phone is a class 4 and I read somewhere that it requires a class 6.

If I format my SDcard to ext3, Windows will no longer recognize it, correct?

It's best to have a class 6, but it will work with lower class cards as well.

d0nd0n · October 4th, 2010, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trident

It's best to have a class 6, but it will work with lower class cards as well.

Will Windows fail to recognize my SDcard via the USB cord if I format to ext3 for the Apps2SD feature to function?

Trident · October 4th, 2010, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d0nd0n

Will Windows fail to recognize my SDcard via the USB cord if I format to ext3 for the Apps2SD feature to function?

Nope. It will still see it.

dots · October 4th, 2010, 08:13 PM

Everything is so far working very well. Thanks again.

d0nd0n · October 4th, 2010, 08:26 PM

Flashed and working well so far.

Thank you so much!

dots · October 4th, 2010, 08:33 PM

I did notice one thing just now. With the flashlight app if you close it by clicking home the front LED will still blink but if you exit it with the back button it will stop blinking.

Just wanted to throw that out there.

warttack · October 4th, 2010, 08:36 PM

Sweet!!! Thanks Trident

thelostsoul · October 4th, 2010, 08:40 PM

"-lwp remove or restore Live Wallpaper apps"

This script appears to have a type in the mount command. Have to type "sys -rw" first to mount the drive as read-write.

Trident · October 4th, 2010, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thelostsoul

"-lwp remove or restore Live Wallpaper apps"

This script appears to have a type in the mount command. Have to type "sys -rw" first to mount the drive as read-write.

I would like to recognize this a a bug. I will be releasing a bug patch in the near future.

Trident · October 4th, 2010, 08:45 PM

A guide for getting Apps2SD rolling:
HOWTO: Partition Your SDCard for A2SD

skater95 · October 4th, 2010, 09:03 PM

Trident, another amazing ROM. Thank you, but this one is short lived.. but it was worth re-rooting for a night!

GRZLA · October 4th, 2010, 09:23 PM

All previous releases I was able to download directly from my phone, a little let down that I am not able to do so with this version.

Also, I will be releasing a theme for this within the next week or so if you aren't feeling the way it looks!

Thanks for your hardwork Trident.

Trident · October 4th, 2010, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GRZLA

All previous releases I was able to download directly from my phone, a little let down that I am not able to do so with this version.

Also, I will be releasing a theme for this within the next week or so if you aren't feeling the way it looks!

Thanks for your hardwork Trident.

I just haven't had time to put it in ROM Manager yet.

savoxis · October 4th, 2010, 09:43 PM

IF YOU FLASHED THE VELOCITY 3 AND THE GNM TURBO 4 KERNEL AND THINGS ARE NOT WORKING:
Just reboot into recovery and clear Cache and Dalvik cache as per Drellisdee's instructions DO NOT WIPE DATA

d0nd0n · October 4th, 2010, 10:38 PM

Skype will not function.

Keeps saying it can't connect to the cellular network.

dvanlinton · October 4th, 2010, 10:56 PM

is the link down? i cant go to the page..

dumbteentarget · October 4th, 2010, 11:00 PM

Thanks so much! This is amazing! Just a few questions. So im running velocity .3 with the turbo 4 and i have my 16 gb sdcard partitioned. How do i install apps off of my sdcard wen transfered from my pc? i used to use thinkfree office. I tried using the terminal and found the files on my sdcard but when i tried running the .apk files, i got permission denied. The superuser app is allowing terminal su permission of course. How can i install these apps? Specifically, im trying to install setcpu downloaded from ppcwarez instead of paying for it.

Thanks

joeymogul · October 4th, 2010, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skater95

Trident, another amazing ROM. Thank you, but this one is short lived.. but it was worth re-rooting for a night!

Which ROM are you using?? Did you go back to V.2 ??

I miss the transparent status bar but needed the APPs2SD so this is a winner so far. At this point, all my APPs are redownloaded and working perfectly. Google Voice has a bug that the first attempt doesn't play the voicemail through the speaker phone. GPS still seems to take about 4 minutes to find me, but that's not a Velocity issue.

So far so good Velocity...thank you

dvanlinton · October 4th, 2010, 11:04 PM

is it just me or what? i cant seem to download any of the links.. its telling me the page is down..

dots · October 4th, 2010, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dvanlinton

is it just me or what? i cant seem to download any of the links.. its telling me the page is down..

All of the links are working for me.

ImageJPEG · October 4th, 2010, 11:30 PM

I restored back to Velocity 0.2

0.3 ran a bit hotter on my Ally and seemed a bit quarky...

dvanlinton · October 4th, 2010, 11:31 PM

yea maybe its my computer that is so weird but i got it working.. i just had to manually type in through my phone... lol looks good so far testing it out now.. thanks

savoxis · October 4th, 2010, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ImageJPEG

I restored back to Velocity 0.2

0.3 ran a bit hotter on my Ally and seemed a bit quarky...

Anything in particular any feedback would be great

bombay420 · October 4th, 2010, 11:47 PM

Trident, thank you very much for your work with the velocity releases. I was mildly impressed with the ally after upgrading from win-mo, but when I found velocity and started customizing, I have fallen in love with this phone. I run velocity 0.3 with the OC Kernel and have had no problems thus far. I have noticed that when overclocking to 797mhz with overclockingwidget, the system becomes unstable and crashes. I now run at 730mhz and runs alot more smoothly. Thanks again trident for another great release, I am definitely looking forward to a velocity 0.4 and will also donate a few dollars when I get the chance and extra funds. Once again, keep up the good work Trident and the velocity dev. team.

EDIT: Question I forgot to ask, does this update support android 2.2 update or not??

dvanlinton · October 5th, 2010, 12:09 AM

is goo.gl/VnXo the velocity 0.3 link cause when i installed it i got a new theme but my phone still says velocity 0.2 confused here o.0

CZEN2OOO · October 5th, 2010, 01:33 AM

I just tried to install it and it booted into fastboot mode and now i wont do anything i haven't seen this screen before any suggestions?

dvanlinton · October 5th, 2010, 01:54 AM

anyone having problems with widget. every time i try to open widgets it force closes...

dumbteentarget · October 5th, 2010, 02:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by savoxis

IF YOU FLASHED THE VELOCITY 3 AND THE GNM TURBO 4 KERNEL AND THINGS ARE NOT WORKING:
Just reboot into recovery and clear Cache and Dalvik cache as per Drellisdee's instructions DO NOT WIPE DATA

I had velocity 3 running with the gnm turbo 4 kernel but there were many applications still in application management that were old so i looked over Tridents instructions again and he says to wipe the data before flashing velocity 3 so i did this, cleared cache and Dalvik cache and flashed velocity 3 and now i am stuck in an endless loop on the velocity loading screen. I can boot into recovery but i dont know what i need to do to be able to boot the phone.. any suggestions????

Hostilityrider09 · October 5th, 2010, 02:21 AM

New to rooting and would like to try it because of the recent bloatware from the vzb update. how would I go about installing Velocity? thanks

-Jon

dots · October 5th, 2010, 02:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dumbteentarget

I had velocity 3 running with the gnm turbo 4 kernel but there were many applications still in application management that were old so i looked over Tridents instructions again and he says to wipe the data before flashing velocity 3 so i did this, cleared cache and Dalvik cache and flashed velocity 3 and now i am stuck in an endless loop on the velocity loading screen. I can boot into recovery but i dont know what i need to do to be able to boot the phone.. any suggestions????

Try re-wipiing data/cache/dalvik cache and re-flashing velocity?

dumbteentarget · October 5th, 2010, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dots

Try re-wipiing data/cache/dalvik cache and re-flashing velocity?

iv tried this multiple times, no luck so far. keeps getting stuck in the same loop

dots · October 5th, 2010, 02:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dumbteentarget

iv tried this multiple times, no luck so far. keeps getting stuck in the same loop

Try re downloading a fresh copy of velocity and flashing that. Maybe the one you currently are trying to flash got corrupted somehow.

dumbteentarget · October 5th, 2010, 02:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dots

Try re downloading a fresh copy of velocity and flashing that. Maybe the one you currently are trying to flash got corrupted somehow.

I dont really have another way of getting files on the sdcard without having it in my phone.

dots · October 5th, 2010, 02:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dumbteentarget

I dont really have another way of getting files on the sdcard without having it in my phone.

In recovery there is an USB option (cant remeber the exact words) on the main menu. You can use that to mount your sdcard to your PC and place the files on it.

Eridger · October 5th, 2010, 03:01 AM

Has a2sd been configured to move dalvik's cache to the SD card too? It doesn't seem so. Any way to enable this?

dumbteentarget · October 5th, 2010, 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dots

In recovery there is an USB option (cant remeber the exact words) on the main menu. You can use that to mount your sdcard to your PC and place the files on it.

seems to be doin the same thing.. looping at the velocity screen. it shows the velocity logo with the light going back and forth for about a minute then it stops, goes away and just starts the loop again.

Should i try to flash a stock rom or anything else?

darkxsun · October 5th, 2010, 03:04 AM

Great work. You've just converted me.

Hostilityrider09 · October 5th, 2010, 03:07 AM

ugh so being my stupid self i read up on flashing cause i already rooted my phone with Universal Androot and everytime i try and install velocity_0.3_release.zip it restarted the first time with the terminal and my computer installed some weird quickboot driver but now everytime I try it again i just get the android guy with the exclamation point but my phone still boots up to the non flashed OS

dots · October 5th, 2010, 03:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dumbteentarget

seems to be doin the same thing.. looping at the velocity screen. it shows the velocity logo with the light going back and forth for about a minute then it stops, goes away and just starts the loop again.

Should i try to flash a stock rom or anything else?

If you have a backup of your stock rom go ahead and restore back to that. You can then re-try the process or just stay on stock.

dots · October 5th, 2010, 03:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eridger

Has a2sd been configured to move dalvik's cache to the SD card too? It doesn't seem so. Any way to enable this?

I asked Savoxis this earlier today and he said no it's not enabled or included.

dumbteentarget · October 5th, 2010, 03:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dots

If you have a backup of your stock rom go ahead and restore back to that. You can then re-try the process or just stay on stock.

i dont have a backup of stock. do u know where i could find one?

Hostilityrider09 · October 5th, 2010, 03:13 AM

phew got it thanks to Velocity 0.2 For Dummies from fltblkvic

dots · October 5th, 2010, 03:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dumbteentarget

i dont have a backup of stock. do u know where i could find one?

You should have made a backup of your stock rom before attempting to flash any rom. All i can think of is re-flashing back to stock v6. Follow this guide. http://androidforums.com/ally-all-things-root/166588-how-flash-stock-lg-rom.html

dumbteentarget · October 5th, 2010, 03:29 AM

I was just looking at the code when wiping data and i dont think its supposed to say this...

-- Wiping data --
Formatting DATA:...
Formatting CACHE:...
Formatting SDEXT:...
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
Error mounting /sd-ext/
Skipping format...
Formatting SDCARD:/.android_secure...
Data wipre complete

Those lines in there with the error dont seem to be right. Any ideas what might be the problem?

dots · October 5th, 2010, 03:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dumbteentarget

I was just looking at the code when wiping data and i dont think its supposed to say this...

-- Wiping data --
Formatting DATA:...
Formatting CACHE:...
Formatting SDEXT:...
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
Error mounting /sd-ext/
Skipping format...
Formatting SDCARD:/.android_secure...
Data wipre complete

Those lines in there with the error dont seem to be right. Any ideas what might be the problem?

See the ADDITION section on this thread. HOWTO: Partition Your SDCard for A2SD

dumbteentarget · October 5th, 2010, 03:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dots

See the ADDITION section on this thread. HOWTO: Partition Your SDCard for A2SD

omg thank you so much. i shoulda read that thread more thoroughly.

EDIT: Just wanna say thank you again to dots for helping me out late into the night tryin to get my phone back online. I finally did it thanks to ur link.. I failed to read the ADDITION portion the first time around.