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Root [ROM ]--CHARITY--Smoked Glass Themed V.10 !! Froyo 2.2.1 - Fast, Stable, & Great Battery Life

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  • 5 Star ROM Rating: Elite

    Votes: 34 82.9%
  • 4 Star ROM Rating: Outstanding

    Votes: 6 14.6%
  • 3 Star ROM Rating: Average

    Votes: 1 2.4%
  • 2 Star ROM Rating: Not Ready for Primetime

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 1 Star ROM Rating: Not Usable

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    41

dew912

Android Enthusiast
Dec 9, 2009
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We'll call this version 10 - It's based on Froyo 2.2.1 (aka frg83) built from source!

Download link: sg102-update.zip

UPDATE.ZIP File. See instructions below.

v10 - Changelog from 9.x
Improved performance and battery life (LV Kernel)
Option in Browser settings for Full Screen
Long press on Volume keys to change tracks when screen is off
New version of Elliot Stocker Music App
New version of Cyan's MMS app
New version of Google Maps
New version of YouTube
New icon for Google Talk notification
New Battery icon in status bar
Removed Google Voice (Download from market)

Installation file is in update.zip format; compatible with both SPRecovery & Clockworkmod.


I've pretty much ported the smoked glass theme we all have come to know and love and packaged it into a pretty awesome Froyo 2.2.1 Based ROM. This is an update to my original posting found here: http://androidforums.com/droid-roms/197288-rom-charity-smoked-glass-themed-v9-0-froyo-2-2-1-built-source-brand-spankin-new.html

I don't think asking for personal donations is in line with the ideas behind open source software. Thus, I have decided to collect donation money for charity.

Please Donate, read below...

ALL (100%) of the money will go to NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: Oil Disaster Recovery. I will be fully transparent in this process and will show any donors proof of the organization's receipt. I know this is a new idea, I hope it catches on. Please check out the organization at:

Help Our Gulf Parks

Send donations directly by clicking the link above, or PM me for my PayPal address.

So far I have gotten excellent feedback on the ROM.

Here's some info on it:
ChevyNo1's 1100Mhz Ultra Low Voltage Kernel (Fast boot time, Improved Battery life, Great performance)
Built from AOSP source, Based on Froyo 2.2.1, newest available release
FRG22D Motorola Droid Propieratary Files
Deodex'd, Zipaligned, & Fully Optimized!
Custom Lockscreen with Rotary unlock
Music Controls on Lock Screen (Matching buttons to jog dial)
Long press on volume rocker for prev/next track
Added Silent option to the volume rocker
Added Reboot option to the power menu
FLAC support system-wide. Works in Music Player
Fully enabled & working apps2sd
Root Access w/ SuperUser 2.3.6
Busybox Installed & Working
All Ads Blocked! Apps & Browser
Smoked Glass Widgets (Credit to AdamZ)
Minimum Brightness Hack
Higher quality video recording
HTC Toolbar / Toolbar Icons
White Clock / All Ongoing Notifications Fixed (Music, Phone, etc)
Big library of system sounds (All 2.0, 2.1, & 2.2)
Droid X Ringtones
Green Progress Bar
Long WiFi Scan (Battery Saver)
Ringer Delay Fix
No file type restrictions for downloads (Without Download Crutch Lite)
Music App by Elliot Stocker (slightly modified, white notication, smoked glass widget, no artwork borders)
Pandora (1.5) in /system with matching white notifications and smoked glass widgets
Droid X Video Player - Avi/Dixv support
Video App
Camcorder App (credit to 4wei)
Includes Motoroi File Manager, Notes Widget, Slideshow widget, and World Clock widget
MMS app from CyanogenMod (more customizable, including black background)
Newest version of Google Maps (4.6)
Newest version of Google Street View (1.6.0.6)
Newest version of Gmail (2.3)
Newest version of Google Search (1.1.1)
Newest version of Voice Search (2.0.1)
Newest version of SuperUser (2.3.6.1)
Newest Version of Car Home (2.2.1)
Newest Version of YouTube (2.0.2.6)
Removed Twitter (Download from market)
I removed Visual Voicemail & Amazon MP3 from /system/apps.
In this release, I decided to leave Email & Car Home 2.2. If you want to remove it (or any other /system application) use Titanium Backup - free in market.
Wired/Wireless Tether Tested & Working (no longer included)
I highly recommend using Launcher Pro, It's free in the market. Much smoother than the stock Launcher....


Download link: sg102-update.zip

Instructions...

Backing up...
Google saves your contacts, programs, settings, and bookmarks on the cloud.
You can double-back up program with Titanium backup, which will also backup application settings
You can back up text messages with a market app called "SMS Backup & Restore".

File is in the UPDATE.ZIP format.

Clockworkmod
Place the file you downloaded anywhere on the SD Card. Easiest place would be the root directory.
Chose "Install zip from sdcard" from the main menu
Select "Chose zip from sdcard"
Browse to the file (SG9-update.zip) and select it. Confirm the install, let it do it's magic.
Reboot.

SPRecovery
Rename the file you downloaded to update.zip and place it in the root of the SD Card.
Select Install from the main menu
Select Allow update.zip Installation
Select Install /sdcard/update.zip (deprecated)
Reboot.

If you are running the most recent version of my ROM, you may not need to wipe data/cache (factory reset). It's never a bad idea though. If you bootloop, that is the reason.

Here's a few quick screenshots:

ZAAvz.jpg


cap201006110106.jpg


Here are a few more cool apps while I'm at it...

Get Wireless Tether Here:
android-wifi-tether - Project Hosting on Google Code

Get Wired Tether Here:
android-wired-tether - Project Hosting on Google Code

SetCPU:
Market (Support the Dev!)
-or-
SetCPU for Root Users [2.0.2] This *actually* changes everything. 08/02/2010 - xda-developers

Chrome2Phone (Download Android Program from Market, Download plugin for your browser here)
Downloads - chrometophone - Project Hosting on Google Code

DroidX wallpapers. Download here: xpapers.zip

Enjoy!
 
Looks like it is a battery meter.

Yep, battery meter...one of my fav's. Now I don't have to metamorph it myself!

Install was flawless. For some reason the time didn't show correctly and I had to manually adjust in settings...then put back to auto.

One minor issue is that from the lockscreen, when I rotate to "sound is off" the notification bar lists that the phone is in vibrate mode. Haven't tested this to see if it IS actually in vibrate mode or not.

Running very, very smoothly thus far.
 
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