[OLED] 06/Dec r4: MoDaCo Custom ROM (MCR) downloads + Online Kitchen

[Guest tandeh]

r4 is a non wipe update.

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thanx :)

[Guest StickyGeko]

can any1 offer any help, one of my good friends rooted and flashed r3 onto my SF, but all im getting is constant lagging, errors ie application rom manager(in process com.koushikdutta.rommanager) is not responding, i get a few diff things that flash up sayin is not responding force close

im not very good with these sorts of things hence my mate doin it for me, its rooted and has clockwork on

[Guest southpaw1]

sorry for the daft question guys , but is r4 only available to download for "ad free" account holders ? cheers

[Guest jimbobvfr400]

so did u keep ur stuuf or did u have to reinstall everything

Yes

Just taking a while to check it works

[Guest jimbobvfr400]

so did u keep ur stuuf or did u have to reinstall everything

Yes

[Guest asim18]

sorry for the daft question guys , but is r4 only available to download for "ad free" account holders ? cheers

Yeah, but only for now. The precooked one will be available for everyone soon.

Edited October 12, 2010 by asim18

[Guest Skerved]

Thanks for all the answers! :)

[Guest Winston69]

If I choose to remove the stock Orange launcher using the kitchen, how can i install LauncherPro? Don't want both on there really...

Would it be possible using Titanium Backup or would I not be able to access it as there won't be a launcher installed?

Many thanks

[Guest dwl99]

I already have apps2sd installed on the r3 ROM - is there anything I should watch out for if I flash the r4 ROM?

[Guest bugeyes]

@ Paul

got an interesting problem!

just rooted and flashed the mcr rom with Apps to SD on reboot what i'm getting is a boot loop at the modaco logo, re flashed about three times before i took out the sd card , with this gone it rebooted fine.

Now this sd is the old 8gig card from my old hero with a 512 meg ext2 partition formatted using Amon Ra's recovery img (forget the number) now this is my problem how do i get to re format the card to work with the SF? cant reformat with the hero as it took a nasty fall.

Using clockwork's option to format sd-ext i get this:-

E:cant mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

(file exits)

Error mounting /sd-ext/!

skipping format...

done.

any help would be great as i'm really missing my storage/a2sd. at the mo stuck with the stock 2gig card and no idea how to get a new partition. can follow instructions well enough, just got very lost with installing a gparted live cd iso on my laptop! so stalled for ideas now.

cheers in advance

[Guest bugeyes]

If I choose to remove the stock Orange launcher using the kitchen, how can i install LauncherPro? Don't want both on there really...

Would it be possible using Titanium Backup or would I not be able to access it as there won't be a launcher installed?

Many thanks

If you have launcher pro set up on your SF already do a backup from menu button, options and then after you've flashed your new rom. install launcher pro from the market and restore your backup, then all you have to do is restore your widgets.

hope that helps

[Guest AndyHibberd]

I'm on v3 planning on moving to v4, regarding the transition once it's done will I be able to remove certain apps from that I couldn't before, I'm pointing at Adobe Reader, Touchpal (with the language packs too) i.e. the ones that come preloaded.

I had planned on building a v4 update without them but would assume the v3 ones will be left there?

Previously when I tried to uninstall them it wouldn't let me.

Thanks,

Andy

[Guest Winston69]

If you have launcher pro set up on your SF already do a backup from menu button, options and then after you've flashed your new rom. install launcher pro from the market and restore your backup, then all you have to do is restore your widgets.

hope that helps

No I am looking for a way to install launcher pro on my first Rom flash without having to install the original launcher, not how to backup It's settings as I'm only receiving my sf today

[Guest crumplycord]

just get titanium backup free from the market you can use that to uninstall and systems apps you dont want/need

[Guest subvertbeats]

Hey Paul

Thanks for r4

About to try installing for my gf.

I noticed your first post still says a list of things planned for future releases that are now delivered :)

[Guest sorrowuk]

People should try Sebastian404's de-orangeated Rom r4 here - http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...-san-francisco/

I found it alot alot faster than this Modaco custom rom. Much smoother, less crashes and no random reboots.

[Guest Paul]

I haven't actually had any crashes or random reboots using the ROM tbh!

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[Guest Davie1888]

I haven't actually had any crashes or random reboots using the ROM tbh!

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Same here :)

[Guest Marinetux]

Me neither :)

It's just running fine (r3)..

[Guest flash2004]

I haven't actually had any crashes or random reboots using the ROM tbh!

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No crashes so far for me as well...

[Guest sorrowuk]

Ok well if you haven't had crashes this rom is definatly slower and laggier than Sebastian404's de-orangeated Rom r4.

So there is something that is causing this. Maybe we should see what it is.

I have tested this 6 times now flashing each one and this custom rom is definately slower. Don't know why. Think some of it is to do with having hardware acceleration on. It actually slows things down.

[Guest Spykeuk]

When can we expect a non-kitchen release :) cus im loving R3

[Guest waj1234]

No crashes so far for me as well...

I get freezing for upto 15 seconds and fc too but it is always Launcher pro. I have r3 on it at the mo. I get none with the default launcher though. I have tried uninstalling and re installing but it has same problem, strange. Dont think its MCR though.

[Guest AndyHibberd]

"sorrowuk" You raise an interesting point regarding hardware acceleration and it's impact on responsiveness.

I noticed my keyboard being really slow so went into settings for a mess about, thought "I don't want to turn off hardware acceleration cos surely that MUST improve things" but hey-ho I turned it off and now there is ZERO lag on my keyboard inputs aka I can type really fast (with word predictions etc).

So my point is, perhaps this hardware acceleration IS doing more harm than good? I have nothing to compare to but it seems you do.

Other's thoughts?

[Guest x.balli.x]

a2sd (not from online kitchen) , doesnt seem to work after r4.....wt now guys?