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[ROM] MIUI.us-Sholes-1.7.29.0 [DEV]

magiman7

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MIUI.us-Sholes-1.7.29.0
Development Build


This build is MOSTLY STABLE BUT IN DEVELOPMENT

This build was ported to the droid by MagiMan7 and TP4Bama, translations to english were done by MIUI.us

All of the MIUI.us build are now available on Rom Manager under MIUI.us which will allow automatic notification of future builds


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If this is your first time trying MIUI, read the MIUI Manual (credit The Batman) to become familiar with the interface and many of the hidden options.

Code:
#include <std-disclaimer>

/*Anything you do to your phone is solely your responsibilty, you choose
 to modify your phone. This rom has been marked BETA by the developer,
 however should anything happen to your phone neither of the developers
 "MagiMan7 and/or Tp4bama" nor MIUI.us nor MIUI.com developers are liable 
 in anyway.*/

KNOWN ISSUES:
  • Apps dont automatically load on fresh install, use the Miui Backup app to backup /restore apps
  • If you have having launcher force closes, switch back to the stock theme to verify the theme is not causing the issue.
  • MMS Videos playback as slide show (Chinese devs know about this!! This a MIUI problem and cannot be fixed by those here) If you NEED video mms, DON'T USE THIS ROM.
  • Facebook will sync ALL contacts
  • Instead of *228 call *228+ (hold 0 for + sign)
  • Rebooting into recovery tries to install update.zip, just select reboot recovery to reboot into proper recovery stage

POST BUGS HERE IN THIS THREAD.

MIUI CHANGELOG: Here

Local changes by US:
  • Upgraded Motorola Proprietary files to FRG83G (Prevents VZW OTA update from downloading)
  • Stock kernel set to ondemand governor with min/max frequencies of 125/800
  • Changed the default VM Heap to 40mb
  • Compcache working from install (40mb) should be compatible with any kernel that works with CM7
  • Changed SD Card buffer to 2048 for speed boost (credit brainmaster)
  • Adjusted multiple memomory configurations - Between Multitasking and Balanced 3 with Hard to Kill Launcher from V6 Supercharge script (credit zeppelinrox)
  • Added 4-way Power mod (Miui.us)
  • Added all ringetones from CM7 and Pete's Stock GPA
  • Added vim, nano, bash, terminal mods, fix permissions script (CyanogenMod 7)
  • Added Terminal Emulator from CyanogenMod 7
  • Added sysrw and sysro scripts to remount system partition with write or read only access
  • Added lockapp / unlockapp scripts to lock an app in memory (scripts by MagiMan7, idea from zeppelinrox)
  • Added Old 3D Gallery
  • Removed 3G Hotspot due to it not working
  • Removed ProTips due to it being useless
  • Added Rom Manager for future automatic updates (installed to /data for easier upgrades)
  • Added Google Apps: Car Home, GenieWidget to system apps (not available from the market)
  • Added Google Apps: Mail, Maps, Voice, Google Search, Youtube, Voice Search to data partition (can be easily uninstalled or updated)
  • Added Stock Motorola Droid QuickOffice in data partition (can be easily uninstalled)
  • Added some build.prop tweaks (credit metalspring for collection from varioius sources)
  • Updated Busybox to 1.18.0
  • Setup cron to clear unused caches and restart compache everyday at 2 am (can be changed)
  • Update Market app version 3

INSTALLATION:
  1. Backup apps with MIUI backup if you are on a previous GB release (1.4.8 or later)
  2. NANDROID BACKUP!
  3. Wipe Data/factory reset
  4. Flash this rom
  5. If apps do not show up after initial flash, rebooting should make them reappear
  6. Restore apps/data with Miui backup
  7. If you use Google to back up your contacts, restoring contacts with Miui Backup could result in duplicate entries
  8. Using Titanium Backup to backup and restore apps/data has reportedly caused FCs with certain apps
  9. [DO NOT TRY TO RESTORE SYSTEM DATA FROM ANY ROM INCLUDING MIUI BELOW 1.4.8!!!!!!! or you will get force closes...] You have been warned.

Info on the MIUI Stats included in MIUI.us builds 1.7.15 and later
Please check out what they are and how we use them Here



Version: 1.7.29.0 (Text Link for those on Mobile App)
md5: 87e2644829d9bd49749c2ae1b5dc651a



Have Rom Manager automatically download zip on your phone (suggest downloading on wifi)
You must enable Web Connect in Rom Manager on your phone to enable this option


Themes available HERE

Themers: Excellent guide on creating MIUI themes HERE

ERI Mod - Removes all Verizon / Roaming / Network text in menu bar and pull down. (Flash on top of 1.7.29.0)
MIUI.us_sholes_1.7.29-eri-mod.zip
md5: a387cac97c26fc838ac8abb8a6376d18

CRON OPTIONS
The set of cron tasks is editable in the /data/cron/root file. The root file lists all of the commands scheduled to run and the scheduled time. The file can be edited to add tasks or change the preset ones of flushing caches. All tasks in this file will be run as root (superuser privileges). The default cron tasks has a command commented out to cause the phone to do a soft reboot everyday at 2:45 am. This may help keep phone feeling snappy each morning. Remove '#' to have this run everyday

LOCKAPP / UNLOCKAPP INFO
Run lockapp script in terminal or from gscript. Both scripts are located in /system/xbin. Both scripts take a single argument, the process name. For example the Miui Music player has the process name com.miui.player. You can find process names for most installed apps under /data/app (just drop the -1.apk from the name listing).

To lock an app in memory you run lockapp PROCESS. For example, to lock the Miui Music player into memory, run 'lockapp com.miui.player' As a warning, Do not lock more than 1 app in memory. To lock an app in memory, the app has to be running. If the process is not running, the script will inform you.

Once an app is locked into memory, the only way to remove it from memory is to kill the process. The unlockapp does extactly that. It is run with the same arguement, unlockapp PROCESS. If you wanted to unlock the Miui Music player from memory, run 'unlockapp com.miui.player' This will kill the app you are unlocking from memory. If you want it to run the background unlocked, you will have to re-run the app.
 
What is the cron option for?

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Cron is a service that you can have run commands at specific time intervals. The reason I have set it up on the D1 is so that it will flush unused caches every morning at 2 am and then restart compcache (to clear up any unused swap) at 2:30 am. This should create a pseudo reboot experience for the memory use. I have also added an option (but commented it out because users may not like it) to have the phone do a soft reboot (hot boot) at 3 am. If you want to enable this you just need to edit the /data/cron/root file as mentioned in the OP

You can also use cron to run any service, task, script, shell command at any specific time. So you could have something run every hour, day, week, etc
 
Would locking the camera into memory help it stop freezing up? That was the main issue with 7.15. I lost some good videos because the camera froze.

The cron option sounds good

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Unable to set notification ringtone thru the theme manager. Set it and as fast as you go back to main settings page, it defaults back to silent. Had to set using the music option.

Other than that, running real good so far.
 
Would locking the camera into memory help it stop freezing up? That was the main issue with 7.15. I lost some good videos because the camera froze.

The cron option sounds good

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The Miui Camera takes a second to load and initialize because it is pulling the preview image of the last pic from the sdcard. After that, the camera seems fairly responsive. I haven't done a lot of testing on video though. Just give it a second when you first load it up before giving it any commands and it should be ok.
 
Snappy! Looking forward to seeing how it behaves over the next few days with the addition of the nightly maintenance.

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Two things I've noticed so far...
-4way boot to recovery still tries to flash an update zip
-the icons at the bottom of dock on the launcher always rearranges itself after ever reboot. So I will arrange the icon docs the way I want and after reboot the icons will be not in the order I left them prior to reboot

Before
20110730_205033-1.jpg



After reboot
20110730_205253.jpg


________________________
You had me at herro
 
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Two things I've noticed so far...
-4way boot to recovery still tries to flash an update zip
-the icons at the bottom of dock on the launcher always rearranges itself after ever reboot. So I will arrange the icon docs the way I want and after reboot the icons will be not in the order I left them prior to reboot

Before
20110730_205033-1.jpg



After reboot
20110730_205253.jpg


________________________
You had me at herro

I noticed the same thing about the icons rearranging themselves after a reboot.

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FYI, I have included cron and the nightly maintenance for several builds now (since 1.7.1) so there won't be any improvement from them. The option to do a soft reboot is new, but you have to enable that if you want to use it.

I have found the issue w/ rebooting into recovery. I will be testing it some more to make sure the fix doesn't create any issues.

I have also noticed the dock icons changing places. I think it is a miui issue, but will look into it.
 
FYI, I have included cron and the nightly maintenance for several builds now (since 1.7.1) so there won't be any improvement from them. The option to do a soft reboot is new, but you have to enable that if you want to use it.

I have found the issue w/ rebooting into recovery. I will be testing it some more to make sure the fix doesn't create any issues.

I have also noticed the dock icons changing places. I think it is a miui issue, but will look into it.
 
I just noticed some of my 4x4 widgets are missing. I use a calendar widget. I also noticed the 4x4 notes widget is a 3x4.

Thanks for the voice search!

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