ARCHIVED: [ROM] Shell ROM v2.2 (Google/Froyo experience) 7/24/11

[kpfeiffer]

Flashed this ROM tonight and I must say, I am LOVING it!!! It's basic and simple...and best of all, it's FAST!

Thanks again Nick!

 

[ccrs8]

Is there any way to enable stagefright on this ROM?

 

[kpfeiffer]

My phone has been off the charger since 10:30 last night and I am still at 75% battery. LOVE the stripped down ROM!

 

[Nick7]

Is there any way to enable stagefright on this ROM?

1. Download Jota text editor on market.
2. type "sysrw" in terminal emulator.
3. open build.prop and edit value with Jota.
4. reboot.

 

[ccrs8]

1. Download Jota text editor on market.
2. type "sysrw" in terminal emulator.
3. open build.prop and edit value with Jota.
4. reboot.

Thanks. Actually, 'sysrw' in terminal emulator returns a "command not found" error, but I figured it was trying to mount the file system as read/write, which I could do in root explorer. And now I can stream my NPR station.

 

[omarnova]

how does this rom compare to Reborn?

 

[NicksOptimus]

Any ideas on why I cannot go into WIFI settings and turn hotspot on? When i do that, it force closes and then turns 3G off and I have to reboot it to get it back.

 

[mrgay]

NickOptimus:

From first post:
"Todo:
- Enable native wifi tethering."

I hope it rolls out soon. =)

Question! When will the menu that pops up when you hold the power button have Reboot and Recovery options, also?

 

[anon(92556)]

NickOptimus:

From first post:
"Todo:
- Enable native wifi tethering."

I hope it rolls out soon. =)

Question! When will the menu that pops up when you hold the power button have Reboot and Recovery options, also?

Probably won't, since this is meant to be as vanilla as possible.

 

[anon(92556)]

went back to stock kernel, battery life is back to normal. for some reason, with pickasticks, my battery wasn't lasting as long....and that was just with the kernel's default settings.

i must say, enabling hardware acceleration did help quite a bit with autocad ws on the phone though. it actually moves a lot smoother than it did with the stock rom.

now if i could figure out why the gingerbread theme isn't working 100% properly, i'd be in heaven. this rom rocks!

 

[NicksOptimus]

NickOptimus:

From first post:
"Todo:
- Enable native wifi tethering."

I hope it rolls out soon. =)

Question! When will the menu that pops up when you hold the power button have Reboot and Recovery options, also?

Hope that happens soon. For some strange reason, my tablet only recognizes the hotspot and not the wifi tether app.

 

[shineforever]

My internal memory just increased from 30 to 100M. Thank you Nick!

 

[farfromuman]

Hope that happens soon. For some strange reason, my tablet only recognizes the hotspot and not the wifi tether app.

Hot Spot = infrastructure
WIFI Tether = Adhoc - not every device can handle that, on some you might be able to manually setup an adhoc network

 

[ccrs8]

disable front buttons for screen wake

I didn't realize how many accidental pocket calls the ThundeROM/Nameless/Reborn "feature" of disabling the front button's ability to wake the screen was saving me until switching to this ROM. Is there any way to disable those buttons as options to wake the screen on this ROM (leaving the top power button as the only way to wake the screen)?

 

[anon(92556)]

I second this. I would love to be able to disable all but the top button.

 

[sblood86]

I didn't realize how many accidental pocket calls the ThundeROM/Nameless/Reborn "feature" of disabling the front button's ability to wake the screen was saving me until switching to this ROM. Is there any way to disable those buttons as options to wake the screen on this ROM (leaving the top power button as the only way to wake the screen)?

Totally, it's the same keyboard files for the most part just some slight differences, give me a few minutes to get my desktop back up as I was moving some things around and I can upload a flash for yall if noone beats me to it.

Edit: Wow that took a lot less time than I thought: here's the keypad from reborn rom I checked it against shell only differences I see are the buttons wake so give it a shot.

Drop reborn_keylayout.zip on your sd card.
reboot to recovery
make a nandroid
flash zip
reboot and enjoy

Edit 2: Ironically people were asking how to make all the buttons wake their phone on the reborn thread earlier

 

[ccrs8]

Totally, it's the same keyboard files for the most part just some slight differences, give me a few minutes to get my desktop back up as I was moving some things around and I can upload a flash for yall if noone beats me to it.

Edit: Wow that took a lot less time than I thought: here's the keypad from reborn rom I checked it against shell only differences I see are the buttons wake so give it a shot.

Drop reborn_keylayout.zip on your sd card.
reboot to recovery
make a nandroid
flash zip
reboot and enjoy

Edit 2: Ironically people were asking how to make all the buttons wake their phone on the reborn thread earlier

Awesome, thanks a ton! Works as advertised.

I just noticed the opposite request in the reborn thread as well. When it was introduced in ThundeROM, it wasn't a universally liked improvement to say the least. I personally didn't care either way, but at the time I wasn't having a problem with pocket calls. However, since changing from reborn to shell, I have been calling people left and right. Today a guy from Montana called me back, polite as could be. He thought he had missed a call, and since he lives in the middle of nowhere, he had to drive to the top of the hill to get decent enough reception to call me back. So even though he was super-nice, I felt terrible making him do that. Stupid pocket!

Anyway, thanks! Much appreciated.

 

[Jouten]

I would love to see a stripped down, butt naked version of 2.3.4 for our Optimus S. I believe Nick could be the Chosen One to do it! ;-)

 

[fatal99]

I actually unmounted Reborn because the bottom buttons didn't wake it. My 15 month old daughter wouldn't know what to do if those buttons didn't work? I flashed Shell and absolutely LOVE it. Applied a theme to my liking and am completely happy. Thanks Nick7

 

[Nick7]

I would love to see a stripped down, butt naked version of 2.3.4 for our Optimus S. I believe Nick could be the Chosen One to do it! ;-)

Wayyy harder than it sounds, but what isn't? It's on my to-do list. Maybe sometime this summer?