need a few testers

[Shabbypenguin]

ok guys so i have a custom rom in the works for yall

its nothing fancy, but will improve speed and battery

now before i go releasing it publicly id like to test it first.. as i dont have this phone.... that is where yall come in

 

[anon(335536)]

SO I am confused - I thought we did not have a way of flashing this phone as of yet, so how do we get a custom ROM on there?

What can I do to help, and will this brick my phone? The correct answer of course is no

 

[djjavejav]

SO I am confused - I thought we did not have a way of flashing this phone as of yet, so how do we get a custom ROM on there?

What can I do to help, and will this brick my phone? The correct answer of course is no

Shabby,

I would be down for testing the custom ROM, especially cause my battery life is TERRIBLE...but don't we need a custom kernel and recovery? It's probably included in your package...but I'd rather ask than assume...

 

[Shabbypenguin]

no there is no recovery, i have a few tricks up my sleeve on how the rom gets there

i just want to make this very clear, the risk of "bricking" is slim.. but you do need to be forewarned, if it works and you are happy then great, you have a faster better custom rom on your phone.. but there is no way at the moment to return to stock, so if you need to return it or bring it in... i can help you make it look like it was never rooted but it wont be true stock

if your interested please click the prevail link in my signature and you can chat with me there

 

[Freakb18c1]

sweet ill test it no problem

 

[Shabbypenguin]

look at that, another first, freakb18c1 was teh first to have his rooted, and now is first to be running my custom rom

 

[Freakb18c1]

no bugs yet.. nice clean and light weight, lightning fast and much improved battery life!

thanks shabby!

 

[anon(335536)]

You have any issues installing, or did it work the first time Freak18c1?

 

[Freakb18c1]

You have any issues installing, or did it work the first time Freak18c1?

worked the 1st time but you need to boot into system recovery mode and wipe all data /factory reset on your phone after the flash. do this by powering the phone down and holding the U key while powering back up.

 

[anon(335536)]

Thanks - I had a bunch of errors when I ran the script, so none of the files actually got where they need to go. The file system was never mounted as read/write, so none of the other things worked. I suspect the "KillingMeSoftly" exploit did not work properly.

 

[Freakb18c1]

hmm so is your phone functional right now?

 

[anon(335536)]

When I type "adb shell" I only get the "$" prompt, not the "#" one, so I'm sure that's the issue (I am not super user). typing su changes the prompt to "#" so I know I am rooted. Now to figure out how to get the shell to always start as su...

 

[anon(335536)]

hmm so is your phone functional right now?

Yes - my phone is exactly the same - nothing changed, so working just fine.

 

[Freakb18c1]

ok cool... i guess post some screens of the errors so shabby can take a look.

 

[anon(335536)]

Yep - already sent him a PM with the screen. However I'm pretty sure it is the lack of su for adb shell commands. At least my phone is still working

 

[Shabbypenguin]

the issue was the script isnt grabbing a rooted shell, which is the purpose of it. i could put out a version that requires root first, i was kinda hoping to get this all set just like shabbymod does so that someone who is stock can just go right into installing it

 

[anon(335536)]

I'd leave the script as is. Most people will want to use it the way you have it, assuming they can get KMS to work properly. If I have time tonight, I'll do as we discussed and let you know how it goes.

 

[Shabbypenguin]

I'd leave the script as is. Most people will want to use it the way you have it, assuming they can get KMS to work properly. If I have time tonight, I'll do as we discussed and let you know how it goes.

cool, glad to hear it

 

[ultimind]

What has been changed in this ROM to affect the battery life? It it something that can be changed on a rooted Replenish without flashing a new ROM?

 

[anon(335536)]

I've got Shabby's mod running now on the Replenish (thanks to his help) and it is working beautifully. Seems more responsive so far. I've only had it running for a few hours, and major storms in the area knocked out sprints cell towers, so too soon to comment on it extending battery life. Hopefully the towers will be back up tomorrow and I'll have a better chance of evaluation. At any rate, all is working well. His installation process was a one-click deal that just took about 2 minutes to install, and another few minutes for the phone to reboot. Remember to do a factory wipe after the install (as the install states when complete).

Great job ShabbyPenguin!