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[flibblesan]

Development on the rom was stopped by myself but continues as a Gen2 ROM by LanceH. Check his thread out at http://android.modac...hat-gen-2-only/

What is FLB-Froyo G2?
It's a ROM based upon the most recent Chinese Froyo ROM for the ZTE Blade with all operator customizations removed and elements from stock Android 2.2.2r1. This is designed to provide the most vanilla Froyo experience for the ZTE Blade along with some speed.

ROM Features
- Google apps
- Full Market
- Custom kernel with overclocking, RDS radio, TUN, CIFS, EXT4, smartass and BFS/BFQ
- Small enough to fit on the smaller 128MB system partition for resized TPT users
- Rooted with working Superuser
- Pretty good battery life
- ROM built on the ZTE Chinese 2.2 base with some elements from the Japanese leak and recent Swedish ROM. Most system apps updated to Android 2.2.2 versions to take advantage of bug & security fixes.


Hints & tips
- Facebook & Twitter contact sync only works if you are using the stock Android contacts & dialer
- Battery levels can be incorrect after a new flash. Wait until you have run the ROM for several days as Android will need to recalibrate the battery levels. Alternatively you can perform a full charge with the phone is on, unplug the phone and switch off then charge it up again until the light goes green. Turn on the phone holding VOLUME DOWN to enter recovery and wipe battery stats.
- ROM is ready for overclocking. Use No-Frills CPU Control or SetCPU, both available from the Market
- Smartass is enabled in the ROM. Again use No-Frills CPU Control or SetCPU to switch the default governor to use this.
- FM Radio is missing? Removed by default as it drains battery. Get it here if you want to install it.
- Applications force closing a lot? Wipe the phone fully and re-install again

Downloads
FLB Froyo r11 with ZTE SmartDialer & Contacts: Download (82.2 MB) MD5 64CF52941660A5B27F4AA3DE9BE38E77 - THIS IS CURRENTLY FAULTY. REMOVED UNTIL A FIX IS AVAILABLE
FLB Froyo r11b with Android Stock Dialer & Contacts: Download Mirror (81.9 MB) MD5 A147F96572667ADEB25661B4486AA9AD

Patch to remove the pull-down notification bar widgets: flb-froyo-notification.zip Mirror (2.54 MB) MD5 6473CB97A86BEE46A5035345F67A6AAE
If flashing a custom theme from frankish then please flash the notification bar removal patch before the theme. You only need to do this once.

If you want to use r11 with the ZTE dialer then you may have to wipe and do a fresh installation. You will also need to wipe if you've updated to r11 stock dialer then decide in the future you want to use ZTE dialer instead. Changes to the contact database between dialers means that it's difficult to switch dialers without causing problems.

Problem with the ROM? Please post in the discussion thread. LINK

Want the Gingerbread theme? Frankish is your man. Download them (and more) here

Kernel source blah blah gpl compliance blah blah
Oh ok then. You can find my modified kernel source on my github. Feel free to modify as much as you want. https://github.com/f...TE-BLADE-2.6.32

A message for people that like to build their own custom kernels
Feel free to share your custom kernels for FLB if you like! I have absolutely no problem with people releasing custom versions of my ROM with a new kernel.

A message for people that like to edit roms
As above, feel free to make changes to FLB and release as a custom ROM. Just please mention that it is based on FLB and make sure you list all your changes and improvements.

Why am I doing this?
Seeing people release their own versions of CM7 and custom kernels gave me this idea. It's already popular on the Pulse forums where users are taking the existing ROMs and improving upon them with little or no input from the original authors. I like this a lot as it takes the load of the original author (ie me) and allows people to have a version of a popular ROM with specific options they want. Some people might not want overclocking but need CIFS support, for example.

Edited by flibblesan, 20 May 2011 - 02:51 PM.

[flibblesan]

Changes since r10:

r11b - 22nd March 2011
- Reversed some wifi changes that broke USB & wifi tethering.

r11 - 21st March 2011
- Superuser and root fully fixed
- Custom kernel with BFS, BFQ, Smartass, overclock, CIFS, ext4, swap
- Google apps updated
- Notification pull-down widget modified
- ZTE Dialer version available
- Some system files updated to latest zte versions

r10b - 1st March 2011
- virtual operators shown on lockscreen again correctly
- Superuser and busybox permissions fixed

r10 - 28th February 2011
- Added lines to build.prop and replaced all WiFi files to try to resolve all issues.
- Split larger apps off into an extras zip to assist users with smaller system partitions.
- FM Radio app updated to 0.6 RDS
- Added NoFrills CPU Control application from XDA to provide easy overclocking.
- Relocated superuser binary to /system/bin/ and created symlink to xbin to try and resolve issues people have been experiencing.
- Superuser upgraded to latest version

Known bugs
- WiFi and USB tethering faulty. Fix in progress
- Smart dialer crashing. Looking for a fix
- Loss of cell signal when wifi is enabled. No fix as yet

Edited by flibblesan, 22 March 2011 - 06:42 PM.

[wookie16081965]

silly question maybe is this an upgrade from r10b which is by far best rom

Edited by wookie16081965, 21 March 2011 - 10:36 AM.

[rak007]

Thanks for the latest release. Will try and report back

[flibblesan]

wookie16081965, on Mar 21 2011, 10:35, said:

silly question maybe is this an upgrade from r10b which is by far best rom

Always an upgrade without wiping. But if you experience odd force closes you'll need to wipe. Same for all roms

[rak007]

@flibblesan

Is there any other FM Radio app apart from the one linked by you ??

[wookie16081965]

flibblesan, on Mar 21 2011, 10:39, said:

Always an upgrade without wiping. But if you experience odd force closes you'll need to wipe. Same for all roms

thanks very much your the man thanks for your hard work best there is

[flibblesan]

In before questions.

Smartass is enabled but is not default. Reason for this is because it's still in the test stage and because it drops the CPU down to the minimum level when the screen is off it may affect some background apps that need a bit more CPU power. Some CPU intensive audio players like Droidsound for example.

Best thing is to experiment with it.

If you want to set smartass to default then edit /system/etc/init.qcom.post_boot.sh and change this line:

echo "ondemand" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor

obviously changing ondemand to smartass
but this is for experts. Much easier to install No-Frills or SetCPU to do it.

[flibblesan]

rak007, on Mar 21 2011, 10:39, said:

@flibblesan

Is there any other FM Radio app apart from the one linked by you ??

Only Andorkos app works.

[Hans Gruber]

Maybe a silly question but is this for G1 or G2 phones? Or both?

[andy9876]

Do I need to install the extras zip after installing 11?

[flibblesan]

andy9876, on Mar 21 2011, 10:52, said:

Do I need to install the extras zip after installing 11?

There are no extras for r11  

[flibblesan]

Hans Gruber, on Mar 21 2011, 10:47, said:

Maybe a silly question but is this for G1 or G2 phones? Or both?

Only for G1 phones

[rak007]

flibblesan, on Mar 21 2011, 16:31, said:

There are no extras for r11  

In that case is it fine if i just remove the non-required APKs and install the ROM ??
If possible can you list down the apps that you have included in this ROM ??

[flibblesan]

rak007, on Mar 21 2011, 11:06, said:

In that case is it fine if i just remove the non-required APKs and install the ROM ??
If possible can you list down the apps that you have included in this ROM ??

Yes, you can remove apps from the zip.

I didn't really want to do this as it's pretty pointless but here is a list of the apk files in the rom:

20/03/2011  16:56		   141,311 AccountAndSyncSettings.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			43,245 AdFree.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			17,985 ApplicationsProvider.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			16,138 AppWidgetPicker.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   508,210 BarcodeScanner.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   248,204 Bluetooth.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   456,176 Browser.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			74,177 Calculator.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   311,653 Calendar.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   116,736 CalendarProvider.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   473,635 Camera.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   585,319 CarHomeGoogle.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			13,350 CarHomeLauncher.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			63,806 CertInstaller.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   190,199 ChromeToPhone.apk
20/03/2011  18:32		   196,521 com.noshufou.android.su-1.apk
20/03/2011  19:44		 1,419,006 Contacts.apk
20/03/2011  19:44		   164,693 ContactsProvider.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			11,395 DefaultContainerService.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   306,641 DeskClockGoogle.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			71,077 DownloadProvider.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			18,663 DrmProvider.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   917,924 Email.apk
17/03/2011  06:09		   128,636 Emode.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		 2,723,511 Facebook.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		 1,303,963 Filer.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   557,484 Gallery3D.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   529,789 GenieWidget.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		 2,248,539 Gmail.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   105,232 GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   114,720 GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			56,935 GoogleFeedback.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			 7,885 GooglePartnerSetup.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   802,431 GoogleServicesFramework.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			11,995 HTMLViewer.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		 1,730,811 LatinIME.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			78,561 LatinImeTutorial.apk
17/03/2011  06:12		 5,662,444 Launcher2.apk
21/03/2011  11:08				 0 list.txt
20/03/2011  16:56		   946,835 LiveWallpapers.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			26,947 LiveWallpapersPicker.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   207,229 MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		 6,143,559 Maps.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			 5,674 MarketUpdater.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			47,109 MediaProvider.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   301,058 MediaUploader.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   953,867 Mms.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   452,511 Music.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			94,934 NetworkLocation.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			44,749 NotesPad.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			72,707 PackageInstaller.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			 3,790 PermissionToAccessLocApi.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		 1,584,183 Phone.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			15,941 PicoTts.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			84,620 Protips.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			 3,601 Provision.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   535,754 QuickSearchBox.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			38,585 Reboot.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		 3,089,140 Settings.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			39,990 SettingsProvider.apk
20/03/2011  19:47		   295,113 SmartDialer.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			92,937 SoundRecorder.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			21,966 SoundRecorderWrapper.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			19,546 SpareParts.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			50,478 Stk.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   187,326 Street.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   637,478 Talk.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			90,806 TaskManager.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			72,080 TelephonyProvider.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			76,101 Term.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			25,737 TtsService.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		 1,583,520 Twitter.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			61,472 Updater.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			 9,885 UserDictionaryProvider.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		 1,820,247 Vending.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   137,352 VisualizationWallpapers.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			85,080 VoiceDialer.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		 2,183,701 VoiceSearch.apk
20/03/2011  16:56			24,434 VpnServices.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   120,257 Wiper.apk
20/03/2011  16:56		   834,075 YouTube.apk

[shanewaz]

Hey Flibblesan. posted a message to you asking if you wanted a ZTE cover as I'm currently in China, where they're available on Chinese Amazon (ADVERTISING SPAM).

Post me if you want one.

[stealthyboss]

Can i use your gingerbread theme zip from r10b?  The one with the gingerbread themed dialer?

[flibblesan]

stealthyboss, on Mar 21 2011, 11:31, said:

Can i use your gingerbread theme zip from r10b?  The one with the gingerbread themed dialer?

Yes but that will only work with the stock dialer version of r11

[pbrar]

Thanks flibblesan - am getting both 10b and 11 - my sh*te connection is making them a really slow d/l.

Currently on r8 - so looking forward to trying both new ones.

Will probably run 10b for a couple weeks before then trying 11(x).

[Superfuzz]

Flashed r11 from r10b without wiping. Apps that were installed to the SD appear to be missing now. If I reinstall them will the settings (game saves etc.) be restored too?

edit: Forget about this, all the apps appeared now, seems it just needed a couple of minutes for the sd card mount.

Edited by Superfuzz, 21 March 2011 - 11:45 AM.