ICS AOSP user discussion

[Guest Davidoff59]

I was going to ask about gapps. the first boot setup didn't work and then things like gmail and market closed as soon as clicked.

[Guest Davidoff59]

there is an install.sh file in the gapps package, is it of any help? I don't understand it so am not sure if its part of the install process or whether its something the user has to check,edit or install in a folder.

#!/sbin/sh

# don't use nfc or tag if the device doesn't support it.

# check for support to see if the base rom has those apks.

if [ ! -f "/system/app/NfcGoogle.apk" -a ! -f "/system/app/Nfc.apk" ]

then

rm -f /tmp/gapps/system/app/NfcGoogle.apk

# no nfc means no google wallet

rm -f /system/app/Wallet.apk

rm -f /system/framework/com.android.nfc_extras.jar

rm -f /system/vendor/firmware/libpn544_fw.so

fi

if [ ! -f "/system/app/TagGoogle.apk" -a ! -f "/system/app/Tag.apk" ]

then

rm -f /tmp/gapps/system/app/TagGoogle.apk

fi

# LatinIME.apk vs LatinImeGoogle.apk.. case sensitive

rm -f /system/app/LatinIME.apk

for f in $(ls /tmp/gapps/system/app | sed s/Google//g)

do

rm /system/app/$f

done

cp -R /tmp/gapps/system/* /system

[Guest liamdunn]

Also, on the not working list:

gapps

I wouldn't say its not working its more hit and miss, for me Google accounts the market Gmail contacts sync stuff like that work the only thing that doesn't for me is YouTube, also the gallery in U12 worked but fails in U15 I've tried uninstalling it through TB but says it can't find the apk and I can't replace the apk because it won't let me replace it till its uninstalled go figure.

[Guest oxyg3n89]

Shouldn't hardware acceleration be marked as unfinished/partly working status..?:) (latest alpha)

Edited December 10, 2011 by oxyg3n89

[Guest ZTR]

im about to flash Update16 (cause i also wanna try ICS :D ) and wanted to know which gapps should I flash?

This one? http://code.google.com/p/ics4blade/downloads/detail?name=gapps-ics-20111125-2.zip&can=2&q=

or some other?

[Guest One Two]

It would be nice if someone could make and upload a video to see how good and fast the latest update (maybe u16) on Blade? Thanks if someone will do it for me!

[Guest JustasU]

It would be nice if someone could make and upload a video to see how good and fast the latest update (maybe u16) on Blade? Thanks if someone will do it for me!

I was about to ask same. :) It would be nice becouse on uprade 15 i cant see any smoothnes....

[Guest ayziaa]

I was about to ask same. :) It would be nice becouse on uprade 15 i cant see any smoothnes....

I tried making one but only have a webcam and the quality was terrible.

[Guest the_crevis]

I made this file out of the latest gapps package. It is the files needed to get the market and google accounts/contacts sync working. Im using it on a 160mb/system partition, works well! Flash in clockworkmod recovery!

Link: http://db.tt/uR5ebNLm

Edited December 10, 2011 by the_crevis

[Guest Davidoff59]

to get it smooth, go into developer settings, and you will see two options that need turning off. one is drawer animation, the other is windows animation. Viola, as smooth as you like. it was smooth before hardware acceleration was implemented so would love to see it with hw working but haven't got around to trying it as yet

[Guest Davidoff59]

what is that file crevis, too small to be gapps?

[Guest the_crevis]

Its working very well now with hardware acceleration, very smooth and fast on the whole! No need to turn animations off :)

[Guest the_crevis]

what is that file crevis, too small to be gapps?

It is the files needed to get the market working and google contacts sync, flash in clockworkmod!

[Guest JustasU]

Its working very well now with hardware acceleration, very smooth and fast on the whole! No need to turn animations off :)

Pleas make a video... becouse i cant fell smoothnes even turned of animations... I just need to see what u call smooth.

[Guest Davidoff59]

is there a messaging app in the latest rom as I've been wanting to test it out as a daily user. can txt instead of call as calling sound still out of commission

[Guest the_crevis]

is there a messaging app in the latest rom

yes there is now a mms.apk (messaging app) included in the latest updates

[Guest Davidoff59]

I would say with animations off previously, it was as smooth in general operation as cm7. some apps were buggy but the app drawer and general transitions from pages to pages were fine. I was even browsing The internet with no issues.

this will continue to improve.

[Guest purpse]

This may be a daft question, but what is the point of ICS on the blade? There are some very good roms already. What will ICS bring that isn't there already apart from plenty of bugs? Is it just a case of " we are doing it because we can"?

[Guest targetbsp]

This may be a daft question, but what is the point of ICS on the blade? There are some very good roms already. What will ICS bring that isn't there already apart from plenty of bugs? Is it just a case of " we are doing it because we can"?

From a user point of view, newer is generally better. You get more features. And also every version of Android has made the phone faster than the previous one. Hardware accelerated UI should certainly help ensure that ICS continues that tradition. :)

From the point of view of devs all the above will also apply to them as they'll obviously want their phones to be the best they can be. But I also suspect yout 'because we can' will feature fairly highly in their motivation. :D

Edited December 10, 2011 by targetbsp

[Guest tcmixx]

I tested update16, Im on the swedish blade. Wifi and all that works. The big problem is the slow interface. No bootlops with sim inserted.

[Guest the_crevis]

This may be a daft question, but what is the point of ICS on the blade? There are some very good roms already. What will ICS bring that isn't there already apart from plenty of bugs? Is it just a case of " we are doing it because we can"?

The point is to learn and have fun; feel that sense of exhilarating acheivement when we have something running well on our phone that was never designed to run on it at all. We can say to google and ZTE, bah look! You may have given up on us, but we still carry on all the same.

And ICS features: the long anticipated 2d hardware acceleration, spell check, better copy and paste fuctionalities, a beautiful new ui and lock screen, an improved contacts app and call functionalities (you are able tap once and send "ill call you back later" text... the list goes on. ;)

Edited December 10, 2011 by the_crevis

[Guest the_crevis]

I tested update16, Im on the swedish blade. Wifi and all that works. The big problem is the slow interface. No bootlops with sim inserted.

If you still have a slow interface turning off animations in developer settings might help :)

[Guest ayziaa]

If people want to take a look before flashing, to see how it's running, I've uploaded a video on youtube. It's the build 15 and I have a 210mb system partition.

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=7HT-uIJiguw

The quality is more than terrible sorry for that. If someone can do better I would appreciate it

Edited December 10, 2011 by ayziaa

[Guest oxyg3n89]

App drawer and general transitions with animations off is still far from cm7. Current ics alpha is comparable to cm7 running at 320mhz:)

I would say with animations off previously, it was as smooth in general operation as cm7. some apps were buggy but the app drawer and general transitions from pages to pages were fine. I was even browsing The internet with no issues.

this will continue to improve.

Edited December 10, 2011 by oxyg3n89

[Guest tcmixx]

If you still have a slow interface turning off animations in developer settings might help :)

OKey, Thanks. How far are the devs from a beta?