Root [UPDATED 28/12 - NEW INSTALLER] CyanogenMod 7/Android 2.3.4 Is avaliable for GT540!

[dudeman1996]

I dont think its possible to have multitouch on the gt540, I believe the're looking to do dualtouch which is different.

The Joestone ROM looks nice but is very slow on the development front as the guy does it in his spare time, and at present a lot of it still does not work, ie SD card mounting, which is not good for me.

The bad battery life on the Mur4ik's ROM I think is more down to the extras CM7 puts in than the ROM itself. It should get a lot better when the new kernels are done.

Hmm I guess so, wouldn't it mean that we'd have pinch to zoom etc.?

That's what I was starting to this as well, CM may give better performance, but at the cost of battery life it seems..

 

[gizmo001i]

Hi,
I have the overscrolling menu setup, but what I'm after is the same effect as you see on the video posted just above. Where, when he scrolls through the apps menu, it looks as though they are on a cylinder or something similar. So that as they scroll, they go from small to large as they get to the centre of the screen, if you know what I mean. I am beginning to think it must be a seperatre app that has been used to get this effect.
Ian

 

[markonpower11]

I have one sd card 8gb... how to format;

 

[dudeman1996]

Hi,
I have the overscrolling menu setup, but what I'm after is the same effect as you see on the video posted just above. Where, when he scrolls through the apps menu, it looks as though they are on a cylinder or something similar. So that as they scroll, they go from small to large as they get to the centre of the screen, if you know what I mean. I am beginning to think it must be a seperatre app that has been used to get this effect.
Ian

Ah you want the 3D effect in the app drawer. You need to use either ADW Launcher or LauncherPro for that

 

[rocky7012]

can i install a file manager via recovery??i need it so that i wont download from the market everytime i flash a new rom...is this possible?

 

[dudeman1996]

can i install a file manager via recovery??i need it so that i wont download from the market everytime i flash a new rom...is this possible?

Root Explorer is a file manager that come's with the ROM

 

[gizmo001i]

Perfect Dudeman, exactly what I wanted.
Many thanks
Ian

 

[tejasdj12]

Yeah I saw that yesterday too, what's the MIUI ROM all about?

It's another custom ROM like CyanogenMod, except it's made by the Chinese developers. It is a combination of iPhone looks and Android system. It's a bit faster. But, still suffering the battery drain problems.

2.3.1, a bit outdated, and I prefer the customization of CM. Not sure what impact it'd have on my battery life. Also there are quite a few things missing.. but I guess that'll be sorted with time

I don't feel there are any big differences between 2.3.1, 2.3.2 or 2.3.3. Joestone's ROM has a great battery life indeed. It's my own personal experience that I ran it for 2 days with almost 50% battery left.

This confuses me a bit because multitouch isn't fully down to the software. Multitouch is limited to capacitive touch screens (the screen the Nexus S or iPhone has, it's very sensitive, you use a light touch to make it work) the GT540 has a resistive touch screen (the screen goes in when you press it and you need more force to make it work). As far as I know, multitouch is limited to only capacitive touch screens, so it'll be interesting to see how this works. Of course it'd be brilliant if it did

Multi touch and Dual touch are two different concepts. In Multi touch you can have 3 or more simultaneous touches where as in dual touch you have only two. Multi touch is only for Capacitive screens. Dual touch is possible for Resistive touch screens.

 

[tejasdj12]

Hmm I guess so, wouldn't it mean that we'd have pinch to zoom etc.?

Yup, like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld_kIpLWa3Y

 

[tejasdj12]

The Joestone ROM looks nice but is very slow on the development front as the guy does it in his spare time, and at present a lot of it still does not work, ie SD card mounting, which is not good for me.

Recently, Joestone has decided to take help from the Russians and Poles and I hope this would make the development process a bit faster and fix more bugs.

 

[dudeman1996]

Perfect Dudeman, exactly what I wanted.
Many thanks
Ian

No problem, enjoy

 

[dudeman1996]

It's another custom ROM like CyanogenMod, except it's made by the Chinese developers. It is a combination of iPhone looks and Android system. It's a bit faster. But, still suffering the battery drain problems.

Oh right cool. Definitely like to try that when it comes out

I don't feel there are any big differences between 2.3.1, 2.3.2 or 2.3.3. Joestone's ROM has a great battery life indeed. It's my own personal experience that I ran it for 2 days with almost 50% battery left.

That's because there aren't any big differences between the 3, 2.3.3 is the most blugless up-to-date version.. Ah I just wish CM didn't have terrible battery life, maybe that'll get sorted when/if we get that updated kernel

Multi touch and Dual touch are two different concepts. In Multi touch you can have 3 or more simultaneous touches where as in dual touch you have only two. Multi touch is only for Capacitive screens. Dual touch is possible for Resistive touch screens.

Ah I see, didn't know that. Thanks for letting me know Hopefully someone'll get it working on our GT540

 

[rocky7012]

Is it possible to install a file manager via recovery? coz i dont wanna download a file manager from the market everytime i flash a new rom....

edit:

nevermind, this question has been answered by dudeman...thanks dudeman

 

[tejasdj12]

Hey, is anyone having Profiles in Russian? How do I get it in English then?

 

[dudeman1996]

Yup, like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld_kIpLWa3Y

Cool, hope this get's working!

 

[dudeman1996]

Hey, is anyone having Profiles in Russian? How do I get it in English then?

In settings, change the language to English and reboot the phone

 

[tejasdj12]

Nope, I'd already did it, almost 6 to 8 times, and got the same thing.
I'd flashed 1.8 through Fastboot. Any ideas?

 

[gizmo001i]

No ideas Teja, but I have the same thing. Everything is in English apart from the profiles which have russian names underneath. I'm using 1.8 as well.

 

[Praccy]

Hey, is anyone having Profiles in Russian? How do I get it in English then?

I have the same thing, its also the same in the manage app groups list. I believe though that you can edit them to what you want them to be, although I have looked, I havent tried it yet.

 

[Praccy]

Can anyone tell me what the settings should be to allow the phone to check and send MMS but restrict it from connecting to the internet using the data connection?
Plus can I change the screen sensitivity? Because with this ROM for me when I use the keyboard its seem to be over sensitive and i'm getting alot of double letters.

Cheers

 

[tejasdj12]

Is it possible to install a file manager via recovery? coz i dont wanna download a file manager from the market everytime i flash a new rom....

edit:

nevermind, this question has been answered by dudeman...thanks dudeman

You can try MyPhoneExplorer or Android Commander if you want to install apps from PC directly to the Phone.

 

[gizmo001i]

Ok, one concern I have is that I just tried to find out what my balance was from Tesco. I dialled the needed number for the ussd code to run. However, I then got a message that said "Connection problem or invalid MMI code". Does anyone have any suggestions as to what might be causing this?

 

[tejasdj12]

No ideas Teja, but I have the same thing. Everything is in English apart from the profiles which have russian names underneath. I'm using 1.8 as well.

Last time when I'd installed 1.7 through Fastboot, I had them in Russian. But when I installed it through Recovery, it was again in English.

 

[rocky7012]

hey dudeman, how can i install market and youtube on v1.8..cant download any apps w/o market....

 

[dudeman1996]

hey dudeman, how can i install market and youtube on v1.8..cant download any apps w/o market....

Download this .zip file and copy it to your SD Card, then flash it through recovery