[ROM] TrulyEpic Rebirth v1.5 AC - no planned EB13 update :'(

[Paul627g]

I think if visitors follow my method and flash the Sprint App Restore before the Mini Theme v1.5 they will be fine.

I will flash tomorrow again and install the mini theme first before the Sprint app restore to see if it its related causing Nascar and Football from working.

Theres 2 ways to remove the network branding change.

1. Reflash the rom
2. Flash the Mini Theme v1.0

I will verify tomorrow if the Mini Theme v1.5 has anything to do with tit.



Sent from my Epic 4g.

 

[ggoomani]

Hello,

For the most part, I've been thrilled with my virtually new feeling epic. While checking battery stats... I noticed that my time without signal was sometimes as high as 40 50%. I recall that with the stock 2.1 I had 0% time without signal under the same conditions and schedule. (work vs. home).


My battery life seems decent... But just wondering if anyone else has noticed this with ROM.

Thanks.

 

[Catman]

Very nice. Have one issue where I get connection errors on my Exchange account on the email app. Using Touchdown anyway but I thought I would try it. I really appreciate the lack of bloat now.

 

[ragnarokx]

Hello,

For the most part, I've been thrilled with my virtually new feeling epic. While checking battery stats... I noticed that my time without signal was sometimes as high as 40 50%. I recall that with the stock 2.1 I had 0% time without signal under the same conditions and schedule. (work vs. home).


My battery life seems decent... But just wondering if anyone else has noticed this with ROM.

Thanks.

This is a problem with Froyo in general. Toggle Airplane mode on/off after rebooting to fix.

Very nice. Have one issue where I get connection errors on my Exchange account on the email app. Using Touchdown anyway but I thought I would try it. I really appreciate the lack of bloat now.

Try flashing the stock email app from the 1st post.

 

[mjbelknap]

Have we fixed the reboot loop/cache dump problem yet?

I purposely left slacker running to drain the battery in order to cycle it. after turning it back on this morning it went into a boot loop and I let it just do it's thing to try and get everything out of the battery I could. I did expect the bootloop as I had seen this issue come up a couple times, but I was surprised to see the little setup wizard after plugging the phone into the truck on the way into work.

I needed a number out of the phone so I dropped my gmail info in and was further displeased to see everything force closing repeatedly, and no cache memory when opening the apps that would work. I could only assume that this was because entering the gmail info caused the apps to begin restoring from the market, but then I started seeing many system apps crashing.

Reluctantly, I put it in recovery and restored a week old CWM3 backup (thank FRICKIN god I had that much to work with!) and everything's back to normal, or at least as it was a week ago.

I apologize for my laziness in not searching through the 50+ pages of this thread for my answer, but I'm sure that the astute (and quite genius) of you that have been tracking this thoroughly can point me in the right direction. And as always, a *HUGE* thanks to those of you that have put this ROM together and also the ones helping the inept troubleshoot!

 

[DaveInFL]

Got a replacement phone yesterday and a new battery. Last night was the first full charge for the battery. So far the phone has been unplugged for 2 hours and I'm down to 80%. Ouch. Haven't done too much on the phone, maybe 20-30 mins this morning over breakfast reading news/sports on the internet.

I understand that it can take several days for a new battery to break in so not sure yet if this is going to fix itself.

Wireless, Bluetooth and GPS are all off. How do I check the time without signal? I don't see that when I check the battery usage.

 

[mjbelknap]

This is a problem with Froyo in general. Toggle Airplane mode on/off after rebooting to fix.

Hell, that seems to be a huge problem for the Galaxy S in general, even back on Eclair...

 

[DaveInFL]

One more question on the battery. Is it best to let the battery drain to 0% before recharging to improve the battery life in the first week, or does it not really matter?

 

[Paul627g]

One more question on the battery. Is it best to let the battery drain to 0% before recharging to improve the battery life in the first week, or does it not really matter?

Yes I would try and get as much as possible out of the battery especially during the initial few days.

Also whenever switching ROMs it seems like it takes a cycle or two before things get back in order.

 

[DaveInFL]

Thanks Paul...will give that a try over the next several days and see how things go. So far, Froyo and this ROM are certainly making this phone a much nicer experience

 

[dzitran]

So I've flashed Rebirth on my and my wife's phone about a week ago, and things are still running great! This was the first flash I've ever done and it couldn't have been more simple to do it. Definitely worth the 15 minutes to figure out.

Yesterday I flashed some add-ons and wanted to provide some feedback in case anyone is on the fence on trying them.

- Browser Stock does indeed fix the "Long press-Save Image" issue.

- Power Button In Call Revert performs well.

- Mini Theme v1.5 takes a bit of a toll on the battery. Had to remove.

- Hulu App. I did an uninstall-updates on my adobe flash app and did flashed the Hulu app. It worked, and I can play videos on Hulu, though a little laggy. The only problem is when I exit out of the app, the audio continues to play. Btw, app and video does not do landscape mode.

This ROM is still the best thing thats happened to my Epic.

 

[Paul627g]

So I've flashed Rebirth on my and my wife's phone about a week ago, and things are still running great! This was the first flash I've ever done and it couldn't have been more simple to do it. Definitely worth the 15 minutes to figure out.

Yesterday I flashed some add-ons and wanted to provide some feedback in case anyone is on the fence on trying them.

- Browser Stock does indeed fix the "Long press-Save Image" issue.

- Power Button In Call Revert performs well.

- Mini Theme v1.5 takes a bit of a toll on the battery. Had to remove.

- Hulu App. I did an uninstall-updates on my adobe flash app and did flashed the Hulu app. It worked, and I can play videos on Hulu, though a little laggy. The only problem is when I exit out of the app, the audio continues to play. Btw, app and video does not do landscape mode.

This ROM is still the best thing thats happened to my Epic.

This is very understandable. Stock TrulyEpic Rebirth or The Mini Theme v1.0 require your phone to do less. There is probably about 1/4 of the graphics and XML coding required to make those two function over Mini Theme v1.5

 

[Paul627g]

I have done some more testing concerning the Sprint NASCAR/FOOTBALL problems when using the Sprint Apps Restore. This is what I found out.

1.) Mini Theme v1.5 will not allow you to "initial boot up" of Nascar/Football.

Answer: Because I added for personalization to the Mini Theme v1.5 what they call a branding name change. When you goto your Lock screen or Notifications drop down it says TrulyEpic Rebirth. At the time I did this it was unknown this would effect certain Sprint apps from starting because the section that was modified is known as a Network branding change. Its harmless, doesn't do anything except mess with Sprint apps.

Solution: If you would like to use NASCAR or FOOTBALL from Sprint, flash Mini Theme v1.0 then go start NASCAR/FOOTBALL in 3g/4g mode only. This will allow the apps to get the "proper network certification" needed because it will now say "Sprint" instead of Truly Epic Rebirth. After you let those two Sprint apps start up for the first time you can go back into CWM and reflash Mini Theme v1.5 and everything will be fine.

I apologize for this inconvenience. It was something I never even considered/thought about. It's an easy fix and you can still use your NASCAR/FOOTBALL Sprint apps and enjoy Mini Theme v1.5.

NOTE: all other Sprint Restore apps work fine without the fix. They are not effected by this, so if you don't use Nascar/Football then disregard.

 

[mjbelknap]

This is very understandable. Stock TrulyEpic Rebirth or The Mini Theme v1.0 require your phone to do less. There is probably about 1/4 of the graphics and XML coding required to make those two function over Mini Theme v1.5

In what ways is MT v1.5 working harder than the others? I definitely prefer the looks and feel of 1.5 (especially the battery icon w/percent!) but if it is putting that noticeable of a tax on the system, I'd rather work with stock or 1.0 and try and find a stand-alone mod elsewhere. Which, as I've noticed with the edify, is difficult at the time because the support is just getting started.

Either way, give me something to chew on. 1.5 is an awesome theme and the phoenix wallpaper was a wonderful addition!

 

[dzitran]

1.5 is an awesome theme and the phoenix wallpaper was a wonderful addition!

Agreed. 1.5 was definitely a nice looking theme. The battery issue I stated earlier might be a little misleading. Maybe the battery wasn't decreasing as fast as I thought. Maybe because this ROM has been extremely efficient that its become an unfair comparison. Also, maybe because the theme actually shows the battery percent, I am more aware of the battery status and can actually see it ticking down during use. Could be all in my head.

 

[Paul627g]

In what ways is MT v1.5 working harder than the others? I definitely prefer the looks and feel of 1.5 (especially the battery icon w/percent!) but if it is putting that noticeable of a tax on the system, I'd rather work with stock or 1.0 and try and find a stand-alone mod elsewhere. Which, as I've noticed with the edify, is difficult at the time because the support is just getting started.

Either way, give me something to chew on. 1.5 is an awesome theme and the phoenix wallpaper was a wonderful addition!

The problem with the modded battery meter is with stock meter or MT v1.0 there is roughly 15 graphics that are used to make it work. Very simple, and that is why what it shows you isn't very acurate because it is done in 10% increments. Any of the 1% increment battery mods have as you could imagine a lot more graphics to make it display properly. The bat mod I used had 125 graphics to made it all work. I would bet any of the 1% bat mods you find will use roughly the same 125 graphics just modified to display different meter pics. I may not be completely accurate in everything I've said here but I'm definately in the ball park on the reasons behind the increase power draw needed to run ANY bat mod in 1% increments.

Bottom line its the price you pay for having a nicer/accurate battery meter verses the normal 10% battery meters.

 

[Sirus213]

If their anyway to disable geotagging on photos?

 

[Mobius360]

I have done some more testing concerning the Sprint NASCAR/FOOTBALL problems when using the Sprint Apps Restore. This is what I found out.

1.) Mini Theme v1.5 will not allow you to "initial boot up" of Nascar/Football.

Answer: Because I added for personalization to the Mini Theme v1.5 what they call a branding name change. When you goto your Lock screen or Notifications drop down it says TrulyEpic Rebirth. At the time I did this it was unknown this would effect certain Sprint apps from starting because the section that was modified is known as a Network branding change. Its harmless, doesn't do anything except mess with Sprint apps.

Solution: If you would like to use NASCAR or FOOTBALL from Sprint, flash Mini Theme v1.0 then go start NASCAR/FOOTBALL in 3g/4g mode only. This will allow the apps to get the "proper network certification" needed because it will now say "Sprint" instead of Truly Epic Rebirth. After you let those two Sprint apps start up for the first time you can go back into CWM and reflash Mini Theme v1.5 and everything will be fine.

I apologize for this inconvenience. It was something I never even considered/thought about. It's an easy fix and you can still use your NASCAR/FOOTBALL Sprint apps and enjoy Mini Theme v1.5.

NOTE: all other Sprint Restore apps work fine without the fix. They are not effected by this, so if you don't use Nascar/Football then disregard.

Amazing work Paul, I am glad it has been traced to the 1.5 theme.

 

[Catman]

Try flashing the stock email app from the 1st post.

Sorry if this is redundant question......do I place the zip file on the SD card and just flash the app itself? I didn't recall the menu options. Thanks

 

[Paul627g]

Sorry if this is redundant question......do I place the zip file on the SD card and just flash the app itself? I didn't recall the menu options. Thanks

Yes place on SD card and then flash the stock email app .zip file using CWM