09/Feb r8 - MoDaCo Custom ROM for the Advent Vega with Online Kitchen

[Guest What_The_Fox_Hat]

Changelog

r8 09/Feb

• Reoptimised - smaller, faster
  
• Updated Google Maps
  
• Now includes 'Link2SD' by bakpinar for A2SD functionality! Tested and working, use ClockworkMod recovery to partition SD if required. Do NOT move USB mode switcher to SD though!
  

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Hi Paul,

I notice that in the R8 kitchen, under 3rd Party apps, there are 2 entries for screen calibration?

Wanted to say as well thanks for your work in making this thing sing!

WTFoxHat

Edited February 9, 2011 by What_The_Fox_Hat

[Guest Sir Gash]

Changelog

r8 09/Feb

• Reoptimised - smaller, faster
  
• Updated Google Maps
  
• Now includes 'Link2SD' by bakpinar for A2SD functionality! Tested and working, use ClockworkMod recovery to partition SD if required. Do NOT move USB mode switcher to SD though!
  

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Holy crap! Looks like my prayers (made about an hour ago) have already been answered! Downloading now.

Cheers Paul!

[Guest Scanno]

Hi Paul,

I notice that in the R8 kitchen, under 3rd Party apps, there are 2 entries for screen calibration?

WTFoxHat

Yep i have that too. Using firefox 3.6.13 on Ubuntu 10.10. Two entries for the screen calibration.

[Guest Paul]

Hi Paul,

I notice that in the R8 kitchen, under 3rd Party apps, there are 2 entries for screen calibration?

WTFoxHat

Oopsie, just a typo, fixed. :P

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[Guest newbe5]

Interested in the "Smaller, Faster" part. Anyone now using R8 notice a good speed improvement over r7?

[Guest fudgeboy]

Paul,

Is the kernel overclockable? I tried installing CPU tuner (like SetCPU but free), but if you get it to check the device capabilities, it says that it's failed to change the governor or the CPU frequency.

Would be fun to be able to tweak the settings...

James

[Guest Lennyuk]

Paul,

Is the kernel overclockable? I tried installing CPU tuner (like SetCPU but free), but if you get it to check the device capabilities, it says that it's failed to change the governor or the CPU frequency.

Would be fun to be able to tweak the settings...

James

we had some issues trying to get governors to work, this has of yet not been solved.

[Guest TylerDurdenK]

Hi Paul,

It might be worth mentioning that Partitioning the sdcard in Recovery mode deletes the entire contents of the card, this includes any apps that you have previously used the "Move to SDCard" option on. There is no warning to this effect from within recovery.

Not too much of an issue to me, but could save others a lot of bother.

[Guest stimoUK]

hey guys complete android noob here, do i just need to run the adb-windows.exe in the zip file to install the adb drivers or do i need the sdk manager installed aswell?

[Guest mrlomax1978]

Flashed with CWM and everything seems fine - Any windows users out there who want to create an ext2 partition for Link2SD without wiping their sdcard, give Minitool Partition Wizard Home Edition a try ( free download) - allows you to resize your existing FAT32 and throw an ext2 in the empty space

[Guest TylerDurdenK]

hey guys complete android noob here, do i just need to run the adb-windows.exe in the zip file to install the adb drivers or do i need the sdk manager installed aswell?

Read the first post.

[Guest Komiket]

Many thanks for all the hard work Paul,

This rom seems to be fluctuating greatly in performance, on the quadrant scores its ranging from 1800 to 2400 where on r7 it was about 1900 to 2200, all else faultless

[Guest Scanno]

Which filesystems are supported for the Link2SD option. In the thread i read EXT2. But are also EXT3 and EXT4 supported??

Or is it EXT2 only?

[Guest Paul]

EXT2/3/4 should work with MCK...

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[Guest Scanno]

EXT2/3/4 should work with MCK...

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Thanks. I guess as long as the kernel supports EXT2/3/4, Link2SD will work with that filesystem also..

From what i understand is that Link2SD will move the apk to the ext2/3/4 partition and create a (static) link on /data.

It is a solution to the problem when you do not have any space left. It is more of a work around until there is a good native solution in android itself.

Will update to r8 when i am home. Sounds like another step forward.

Thanks for the update.

[Guest goldenbolux]

Hi all

thanks once again for the great work paul

just baked and added latest rom

Went to reinstall flash via sys shuttle.priv as usual

But it is not there

any ideas!

If it is not somewhere else is there an easy way to get it back on as im still learning

Thanks once again

[Guest Tainlorn]

Woo cool, we like an update! Will install once I get home to decent broadband. Under 300k where I am at the moment, what century are we in again?

[Guest MonkeyBoy451]

Hi all

thanks once again for the great work paul

just baked and added latest rom

Went to reinstall flash via sys shuttle.priv as usual

But it is not there

any ideas!

If it is not somewhere else is there an easy way to get it back on as im still learning

Thanks once again

You can jsut install the latest flash from the Android Market as it now appears to work fine on the Vega. :P

[Guest Tainlorn]

Hi all

thanks once again for the great work paul

just baked and added latest rom

Went to reinstall flash via sys shuttle.priv as usual

But it is not there

any ideas!

If it is not somewhere else is there an easy way to get it back on as im still learning

Thanks once again

Someone linked the apologize back at the start of the thread, around page 4ish I think.

[Guest jimh]

Installed using CWM over r7.

Feels slightly faster but could be imagination.

Several runs of Quadrant now show it at around 1900 - 2200 as opposed to 2300 previously with r7.

I have around 10mb more space left on the device.

[Guest Sir Gash]

Anybody got Link2SD working? I have a 16GB microSD with a 1GB EXT3 partition, the Vega doesn't see it at all. Even in ClockworkMod Recovery I cannot mount or format SD-EXT. I put the card into my HTC Desire and I can mount or format SD-EXT using Clockwork recovery.

I downloaded 'MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition' as recommended by bakpinar and when in Clockwork recovery's USB Mass Storage mode, on the Vega it only shows the FAT32 partition but doing the same on the Desire does show the EXT3 partition as well.

I have tried reformatting on the Vega and creating an EXT partition on the Vega (presumably EXT2 via Clockwork) but still no luck. Any ideas?

NOTE: Clockwork says "Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk2p2" if that helps!

[Guest goldenbolux]

You can jsut install the latest flash from the Android Market as it now appears to work fine on the Vega. :P

Thanks

Installed from the market and all is super

Cheers

[Guest Lennyuk]

Anybody got Link2SD working? I have a 16GB microSD with a 1GB EXT3 partition, the Vega doesn't see it at all. Even in ClockworkMod Recovery I cannot mount or format SD-EXT. I put the card into my HTC Desire and I can mount or format SD-EXT using Clockwork recovery.

I downloaded 'MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition' as recommended by bakpinar and when in Clockwork recovery's USB Mass Storage mode, on the Vega it only shows the FAT32 partition but doing the same on the Desire does show the EXT3 partition as well.

I have tried reformatting on the Vega and creating an EXT partition on the Vega (presumably EXT2 via Clockwork) but still no luck. Any ideas?

NOTE: Clockwork says "Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk2p2" if that helps!

I am looking into doing this on mine now, CWM has been "partitioning" for a while now.......

Will update this post if I am successful or not

Edit: well CWM did it succesfully, booting into rom in a minute to try to get a2sd working

Edited February 9, 2011 by Lennyuk

[Guest Paul]

Anybody got Link2SD working? I have a 16GB microSD with a 1GB EXT3 partition, the Vega doesn't see it at all. Even in ClockworkMod Recovery I cannot mount or format SD-EXT. I put the card into my HTC Desire and I can mount or format SD-EXT using Clockwork recovery.

I downloaded 'MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition' as recommended by bakpinar and when in Clockwork recovery's USB Mass Storage mode, on the Vega it only shows the FAT32 partition but doing the same on the Desire does show the EXT3 partition as well.

I have tried reformatting on the Vega and creating an EXT partition on the Vega (presumably EXT2 via Clockwork) but still no luck. Any ideas?

NOTE: Clockwork says "Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk2p2" if that helps!

Yes, I tested it and it works great! The 'partitioning' did take a little while in CWM, I was about to give up and then it finished. I guess the format takes a little while?

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[Guest Lennyuk]

Yes, I tested it and it works great! The 'partitioning' did take a little while in CWM, I was about to give up and then it finished. I guess the format takes a little while?

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yeah mine just took ages too, but then completed successfully.