15/May r6.1 - BigBearMDC and Paul's Pulse 2.1 ROM

[Guest BigBearMDC]

Does everything work cause if so please release it as it will be so much faster and lighter than this t-mobile 2.1 rom

It is indeed lighter than the T-Mo ROM, but it's awfully slow ;)

GSM, WiFi, BT and sound aren't working at the moment, I'm already trying to fix it.

It's the first ROM I got ever booting on my Pulse :)

Best Regards,

BigBear

[Guest niko1986]

I've worked it out, my phonebook is tied in with the contacts apk. I'll just remove it and install the vanilla 2.1 contacts apk.

You got a link to the vanilla contracts apk?

[Guest Josh04]

To get vanilla contacts working, you need to remove the T-Mobile Contacts.apk and ContactsProvider.apk, reinstall default versions of both, and delete /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts2.db

[Guest zerosignull]

Fortunately, this has nothing to do with the kernel ;)

Just downloaded and compiled the Eclair source :)

You could have ripped the files out of the Emulator image for Andoid 2.1 .....

[Guest Roman Kapl]

You could have ripped the files out of the Emulator image for Andoid 2.1 .....

I don't think it's a good idea - the files are probably compiled with a LOT of debugging turned on?

[Guest AndyTaylor]

Anyone else noticing dramatically improved battery life?

My pulse normally lasts a day or so, with 2G, WiFi, GPS and pretty much everything non essential off. With 2.1 I can run almost all of these, and do a fair amount of browsing and such and have at least a day, often more.

[Guest ogiogi]

Anyone else noticing dramatically improved battery life?

My pulse normally lasts a day or so, with 2G, WiFi, GPS and pretty much everything non essential off. With 2.1 I can run almost all of these, and do a fair amount of browsing and such and have at least a day, often more.

Yes battery life is much better. Camera is quicker, and i get my location faster on Google Maps. So i guess GPS is improved also.

[Guest robertopero]

Anyone else noticing dramatically improved battery life?

My pulse normally lasts a day or so, with 2G, WiFi, GPS and pretty much everything non essential off. With 2.1 I can run almost all of these, and do a fair amount of browsing and such and have at least a day, often more.

Yes, I think it too. :)

[Guest MarcusHenrique]

It is indeed lighter than the T-Mo ROM, but it's awfully slow ;)

GSM, WiFi, BT and sound aren't working at the moment, I'm already trying to fix it.

It's the first ROM I got ever booting on my Pulse :)

Best Regards,

BigBear

Is that vanilla 2.1 or 1.5? Looks like 1.5 to me

[Guest BigBearMDC]

Is that vanilla 2.1 or 1.5? Looks like 1.5 to me

It's 2.1

[Guest MarcusHenrique]

It's 2.1

Hm... I thought vanilla 2.1 came with all the botton icons. hehe

Good Luck BoBo!

[Guest robertopero]

It's 2.1

But this is for U8230, not U8220, right?

[Guest BigBearMDC]

But this is for U8230, not U8220, right?

Should work on both.

[Guest Samlock]

...Please note the initial boot takes a LONG time! ;)...

Are we talking 30 minutes and counting kinda long time? Worked fine with r4, just flashed to r6 and taking AGES to boot... Also my Nandroid backup of r4 doesn't want to re-apply and I (stupidly) deleted the zip! HALP!

Should probably add, r6 with A2SD included. Downloading the one without now, will try that out. :)

Edited May 14, 2010 by Samlock

[Guest Josh04]

You need to adb in and do the mkdir /system/sd thing.

[Guest Jan M]

Are we talking 30 minutes and counting kinda long time? Worked fine with r4, just flashed to r6 and taking AGES to boot... Also my Nandroid backup of r4 doesn't want to re-apply and I (stupidly) deleted the zip! HALP!

Should probably add, r6 with A2SD included. Downloading the one without now, will try that out. :)

take out the sd card (or disable a2sd or take out the ext partition) or create /system/sd for it to work

[Guest lilim_ac]

how to install this on my u8230? please need advise. cause this rom was made for u8220 right.. thank you....

[Guest jonathonf]

It's 2.1

How did you get 2.1 to boot? I've built Android previously but didn't have a kernel to go with it; which bits are needed from the 2.1r6(etc) ROM to get a built version booting?

[Guest andreass4]

does this version work for an 8230?

[Guest BigBearMDC]

How did you get 2.1 to boot? I've built Android previously but didn't have a kernel to go with it; which bits are needed from the 2.1r6(etc) ROM to get a built version booting?

It boots up without problems using the 2.6.29 kernel :)

The only problem is that I would have to compile it specific for the Pulse, and that is very difficult as I don't have all the files that would be needed to get it running properly ;)

[Guest Tom G]

This is probably not a problem for most of you (assuming you are t-mobile customers), but the 8220 roms (both 1.5 and 2.1) don't include settings for many APNs by default. Instead of entering it all manually it would be easier to include /system/etc/apns-conf.xml from the 8230 rom (or anything else with a lot of APNs) in the custom roms

As an example the 8220 roms don't include APN settings for any Australian networks, but the 8230 rom has all of them.

[Guest Josh04]

It boots up without problems using the 2.6.29 kernel :)

The only problem is that I would have to compile it specific for the Pulse, and that is very difficult as I don't have all the files that would be needed to get it running properly ;)

You should look up how Sebastian set up the vendor folder and scripts, it's possible to compile the rest of android against the edited libs we have with this ROM.

[Guest ogiogi]

This is probably not a problem for most of you (assuming you are t-mobile customers), but the 8220 roms (both 1.5 and 2.1) don't include settings for many APNs by default. Instead of entering it all manually it would be easier to include /system/etc/apns-conf.xml from the 8230 rom (or anything else with a lot of APNs) in the custom roms

As an example the 8220 roms don't include APN settings for any Australian networks, but the 8230 rom has all of them.

Try this http://www.androlib.com/android.applicatio...store-qAwz.aspx

Backup your APN's from the 8230 rom and than restore :)

[Guest screwface]

It boots up without problems using the 2.6.29 kernel :)

The only problem is that I would have to compile it specific for the Pulse, and that is very difficult as I don't have all the files that would be needed to get it running properly ;)

Huawei really need to get their foot out their asses and release the drivers. I thought they had to under the android agreement.

[Guest JingleManSweep]

I've been using R6 (both with Apps2SD and without), and I'm experience loads of "force closes" and reboots. Not sure why as other users don't seem to be experiencing this many problems.

For example:

- Android Core and Voice Search crash on every startup (including first)

- Setup Wizard crashes and restarts (although it does remember my Google login)

- Everytime I unlock the phone, I get an "Android Core" and "Voice Search" force close

- The phone reboots every 5 to 20 minutes

- Random force closes involving "Dictionary", "Input Methods"

When I installed (both Apps2SD and without) ROMS, I use the following process:

- Reboot into recovery

- Perform Nandroid Backup

- Enable USB Mode

- Copy Nandroid backup to PC

- Wipe System (Factory Reset)

- Wipe Dalvik Cache

- Wipe SD:EXT

- Partition ("0 Swap, 0 EXT2, Remaining FAT" for Non Apps2SD version, "0 Swap, 512 EXT2, Remaining FAT" for Apps2SD version

- Enable USB Mode

- Copy ROM image to SD FAT partition via USB

- Flash ROM

- Using ADB, create the SD mount point (optional step if using Apps2SD)

- Reboot using recovery mode "Reboot" option

Apart from random reboots (when phone is idle, e.g. no user input), I experience reboots when performing the following operations:

- Immediately after voice input returns the processed text from their servers

- After reading an email (not Gmail, but IMAP configured email account)

- Occasionally after unlocking the phone after it has been asleep

I've had more stability with the Non Apps2SD version. I have not installed any other applications (from the market or unknown sources).

I understand this is a beta version, so not a complaint, but thought I'd share my experiences so far.

Cheers,

Louis