[ICS][4.0.3] MIUI V4 2.7.6 [R2 | updated Jul-2013]

[Guest Paulzie]

MIUI v4 2.7.6 on ICS 4.0.3 B926

Fast, smooth, plenty of RAM & themes

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MIUIV4-2.7.6-R2.zip (211MB) <<

Recommend change Minfree Taskkiller from 50MB to 25MB for better multitasking performance as described here.

Optional Extras from MIUIV4-2.7.6 repository:

G300-MIUI276-smooth-scroll-Rydlis.zip (8-28) framework mod that disables scrollingcache contributed by Rydlis.

CircleBatteryMod-MiuiICS3.zip (updated 7-17). CircleMOD battery icon. Courtesy of celrau.

browser.apk : different build with permanent bottom line showing bookmark link/fwd/back buttons.

MIUI V5 theme for V4 by BartL : alternative to the online V5 theme. This one has a better lockscreen and overall look, though the grey in title windows is a bit hard to see. I mix components of this and the online V5 theme to get my best custom V5 theme.

Roboto font from Android 4.3: improve the look.

RIL-960, RIL-952, RIL-940, RIL-926 : Radios from the different Huawei ICS builds. Can try newer B940, B952 or B960 if have an signal quality issues. RIL-926 is included if want to flash back to the original.

HwLauncher6-620: EmotionUI launcher 6.20 (smaller, doesn't pan wallpaper)

HWLauncher6-632: EmotionUI launcher 6.32.

HwWallpaper6.apk: Huawei EmUI wallpapers

[not recommended] The above HW* Huawei components are provided if you wish to experience the EmotionUI method of doing things. I prefer the MIUI launcher as it has the same feature set plus more and is integrated into the Settings->Launcher options.

Revision history

07-01-2013 - R2 (211MB)

FIX: build.prop modded to be Ascend G300/B952(spoofed) to eliminate Google Play issue. REF Mirayi.

FIX: Preloaded gapps-ics to correct library issue. REF Mirayi.

FIX: Now has two Gallery icons - HWGallery (for MEWidget compatibility) and GoogleGallery (for fixes: REF Mirayi, Pyntux).

NEW: Include uninstallable apps: Android Weather, Google Maps, MiUI Music+Gamecenter, ES root explorer. NOTE: one version older Maps included as current moved Latitude to Google+.

NEW: Replaced MIUIHome Launcher from 2.7.13 with 4x5 icon cell layout option.

NEW: Added AdAway /etc/hosts file to eliminate online ads

NEW: zipalign system and user APKs to reduce RAM consumption

06-24-2013 - R1 (186MB): first release

Features

Idea here was to create a lightweight, fast and smooth MIUI V4 ROM giving users unmatched extensive MiUI themeing. Resource usage is low- I often see 195MB+ with as much as 205MB of free RAM at idle after a clean boot. Performance is excellent for such a feature packed ROM. This is now my daily rom.

It was built on a Huawei ICS-B926 platform so can run Huawei apps like the FM radio or EmotionUI, both of which are included. Other niceties like long-pressing home button giving task management and a boot/background control app is integrated giving extensive control of what you want running and when. Long-pressing home button at lock screen starts the torch.

ROM mods/additions

+ OC kernel modified for init.d support. It's available as

boot.img in the in case others want to test it with newer MIUI 2.7.13-3.2.27 versions.

+ build.prop modded to be Ascend G300/B952(spoofed) to eliminate Google Play issue. REF Mirayi

+ preloaded gapps-ics to correct library issue. REF Mirayi.

+ include uninstallable apps: Android Weather, Google Maps, MiUI Music+Gamecenter, ES root explorer. NOTE: one version older Maps included as current moved Latitude to Google+.

+ rooted with SuperUser.apk,su

+ changed the default settings to English locale

+ system tweaks: V6 supercharger, kickasskernel, build.prop, GPS stable tweak

+ GPU tweaks: latest Adreno 200 GPU drivers, hw gui acceleration enabled (build.prop), disable CPU rendering

+ Set hw_defaults (animations=off, auto-brightness)

+ Merged some of the better 3.2.27 wallpapers

+ added default English browser

+ added Toggle Hotspot : adds a wifi hotspot widget since the toggles are missing one.

+ replaced MIUIHome Launcher from 2.7.13 with 4x5 icon cell layout option.

+ added AdAway /etc/hosts file to eliminate online ads

+ zipalign system and user APKs to reduce RAM consumption

Bugs

+ "export internal data to SD card" prompt symptom/solution in spoiler

If you get an annoying popup every time you reboot that saying "export internal data to sd card" as per screenshot below:

This will happen when you try to open Themes while your sdcard is still not fully mounted.

To fix it,

1. open root explorer

2. go to /data/sdcard/

3. there will be one empty folder named MIUI (make sure it is really empty first)

4. delete it.

+ it's not a multi-language ROM. Options for other languages appear but the translators as missing here.

+ In call lag and lose ringtone sound after connect to USB storage. REF & thanks mr_mufy

+ Changes in Settings->Language can sometimes result in "Settings has stopped" msg, though setting is applied.

+ Messaging app has recommended tab with Chinese characters. FIX: click settings->advanced->Hide recommended tab blurb which says "Hide recommend tab for Non-Chinese language". REF & thanks Pyntux.

+ If peruse internal SD card via USB and just disconnect the USB cable then the internal SD card is no longer visible. FIX: close the USB service via the USB notification toggle.

+ first boot adjustment of timezone may see status bar clock out of sync with system clock. Reboot to fix.

+ V5 themed lockscreen date is screwy. It shows just the day (eg: Thursday), not the full date with day, month and year. Workaround: apply just the V4 lockscreen after any complete theme that alters the lockscreen. This is a framework issue.

+ MIUI weather or clock+weather widget says "MiUI not installed". Appears CN specific. So use provided Huawei one instead.

+ The Browser dies if try to play a youtube video with logcat error in spoiler matching another user's here. Appears to be a MiUI 2.7x specific issue. Workaround: Settings->Request desktop page to play fullscreen or use youtube applet or use Chrome Browser.

--------- beginning of /dev/log/main

E/AudioService( 1138): Media server died.

W/lights ( 1138): TP Button Light current value is 60

E/AudioService( 1138): Media server died.

--------- beginning of /dev/log/system

D/ ( 6106): ++++++++++++++++++++++Setting up the canvas ID to be 1

W/dalvikvm( 6106): VFY: register1 v4 type 1095610904, wanted 17

W/dalvikvm( 6106): VFY: rejecting opcode 0x70 at 0x0028

W/dalvikvm( 6106): VFY: rejected Landroid/webkit/HTML5VideoViewProxy$VideoPlaye

r;.enterFullScreenVideo (ILjava/lang/String;Landroid/webkit/WebView;)V

W/dalvikvm( 6106): Verifier rejected class Landroid/webkit/HTML5VideoViewProxy$V

ideoPlayer;

W/dalvikvm( 6106): Invalid indirect reference 0x4160c5b8 in decodeIndirectRef

E/dalvikvm( 6106): VM aborting

F/libc ( 6106): Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV) at 0xdeadd00d (code=1)

E/Sensors ( 1138): sensors_poll_context_t::pollEvents, line 202: receive event #

### i=2, nb=0

E/AudioService( 1138): Media server died.

I/DEBUG ( 6080): *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *

**

I/DEBUG ( 6080): Build fingerprint: 'Huawei/U8818/hwu8818:4.0.3/HuaweiU8818/C1

7B926:user/ota-rel-keys,release-keys'

I/DEBUG ( 6080): pid: 6106, tid: 6130 >>> com.android.browser <<<

I/DEBUG ( 6080): signal 11 (SIGSEGV), code 1 (SEGV_MAPERR), fault addr deadd00

d

I/DEBUG ( 6080): r0 00000000 r1 0010ae70 r2 00000000 r3 00000000

I/DEBUG ( 6080): r4 deadd00d r5 40a6df48 r6 0000020c r7 5f100005

I/DEBUG ( 6080): r8 4160c5b8 r9 005e8b10 10 00000001 fp 4b458df0

I/DEBUG ( 6080): ip 00000000 sp 4b4589e0 lr 40a09613 pc 40a09612 cpsr 600

00030

I/DEBUG ( 6080): d0 74726f6261204d56 d1 000000000000006e

I/DEBUG ( 6080): d2 0000000000000075 d3 000000000000006c

I/DEBUG ( 6080): d4 46a1d610467b12b0 d5 46a1d68046a1d648

I/DEBUG ( 6080): d6 46a1d6f046a1d6b8 d7 46a1d76046a1d728

I/DEBUG ( 6080): d8 41d4738df1a4c240 d9 41d4738df1a7f573

I/DEBUG ( 6080): d10 0000000000000000 d11 0000000000000000

I/DEBUG ( 6080): d12 0000000000000000 d13 0000000000000000

I/DEBUG ( 6080): d14 0000000000000000 d15 0000000000000000

I/DEBUG ( 6080): d16 000000004160c5b8 d17 46a1d84046a1d808

I/DEBUG ( 6080): d18 46a1d8b046a1d878 d19 46a1d92046a1d8e8

I/DEBUG ( 6080): d20 46a1d99046a1d958 d21 46a1da0046a1d9c8

I/DEBUG ( 6080): d22 46a1da7046a1da38 d23 46a1dae046a1daa8

I/DEBUG ( 6080): d24 0000000000000000 d25 3ff0000000000000

I/DEBUG ( 6080): d26 0000000000000000 d27 bff0000000000000

I/DEBUG ( 6080): d28 0000000000000000 d29 0000000000000000

I/DEBUG ( 6080): d30 3ff0000000000000 d31 0000000000000000

I/DEBUG ( 6080): scr 80000013

I/DEBUG ( 6080):

+ The "Running Services" memory free is different to that returned by the home button task killer.

+ The kernel is a Geno build. It works with a stock ICS ROM but a stock kernel or derivative will hang this one's boot.

Wishlist: Help wanted to improve this ROM with full credit to contributors.

+ Fix the bugs.

+ Add Recovery power shutdown menuitem like in http://www.modaco.co...eboot-recovery/

+ Prefer it was built on the B952 platform like used by 3.2x MIUI versions -> requires a lot of work, see patchrom. 2.7.10 source available too which would be the cutoff version before they became far more memory hungry. Geno did a 2.7.6->2.7.13 increment.

+ alter the framework so the 2G/3G toggle goes to Settings->Mobile networks->Network type selection as it does in later MIUI releases. This one has toggle going to Settings->Mobile networks.

+ icon badges for things like incoming emails.

Source of base ROM

Geno's MIUI V4 2.7.6 found

at anzhi . Newer 2.7.13-3.2.27 releases consume 30MB-50MB more RAM onbootup. The bloat a dealbreaker for me. Likely due to the addition of the one-button memory optimizer added in 2.7.13+ per changelog . The 3.2.27 (Feb-27-2013) is the last Geno MIUI V4 released based on the Huawei ICS-B952 platform but is bloated and runs dog slow. Geno's releases after that sit on a CM platform, so maybe have improved performance but again a dealbreaker for me as I want a Huawei ICS platform to run Huawei apps on. 2.7.6 is the best for my purposes.

Feature screenshots: More screenshots and comments in my initial impression post with stock icons.

Home screens with stock icons, V5 default wallpaper, Android Weather and toggle hotspot widgets and some folder reorganisation. Lockscreen doubles as MIUI Music player controls.

Excellent application control, low memory footprint and overall great performance. Long press home button to bring up task manager click bottom left to zap tasks to free memory or bottom right for Running Services control. Long press back key to kill current task.

Huawei FM radio, toggles+notification pulldown and overclocking support

MiUI V5 themed home screens. Huawei's EmotionUI MEWidget on far left. My initial impressions post shows more themeing. Plus cool torch and compass.

HW Music's billboard top20 music chart tracks plus lots of free games (inc English ones). Need to intuit your way through some Chinese though. This and the odd Chinese names against themes is the only place where see Chinese characters.

Edited September 18, 2013 by Paulzie

[Guest smweb]

thanks for sharing, hopefully someone can work on the bugs :)

[Guest yoiyo]

where is link for ROM??

[Guest celrau]

Good job Paulzie. I've been running 2.7.6 with OK kernel as per your previous instructions and all is fine (except the mentioned bug) after a few days, battery is also excellent btw.

[Guest Mikac]

where is link for ROM??

Google what "Pending" means

[Guest sedj]

Nice cant wait :)

[Guest simongr]

maybe all language. I'm Italian and i prefer to have italian language on it..

with miui i can't...

if it's possible to have it...thank you!

[Guest Pyntux]

Downloading...gonna try now... :)

Edit:

For now, very good... You could get v4 theme from Narkoma88 Miui cm9, he use old lock screen wich doen not have glithes like others...

Can you tell what are those chinese stuff in "recomended" in message app? But, there's "hide recomended tab" option in advanced settings, so no big deal...

There's also lag when go in to gallery, but thats because effects are turned off, so you can try to use miui gallery and miui camera :)

For now this is my daily rom, everything is good...

If I can help somehow to improve this rom, I'm online... :)

Edited June 24, 2013 by Pyntux

[Guest Mirayi]

I Installed it :) I really like it :)

But there's something not working, when i was trying to restore some applications it wouldn't restore, so i went to the store and those apps like Google +, Contacts +, Android Weather and some more said "Incompatible with your phone Huawei U8815".

I hope this has some kind of fix :) Other than that, just the gallery doesn't load my sd card stuff but i installed picfolder and works just fine.

[Guest Paulzie]

I Installed it :) I really like it :)

But there's something not working, when i was trying to restore some applications it wouldn't restore, so i went to the store and those apps like Google +, Contacts +, Android Weather and some more said "Incompatible with your phone Huawei U8815".

I hope this has some kind of fix :) Other than that, just the gallery doesn't load my sd card stuff but i installed picfolder and works just fine.

Can you provide an exact app that doesn't install from Play for you? I just installed Google Maps fine. Don't see an "android weather" you mention to try. The fix would be getting the right device/product names in the build.prop file, which I had assumed were correct.

The supplied Gallery is a Huawei one that is needed for the "choose an album" picture/link to work from the MEWidget. Other gallery utils like the Google one wont work there but if not using MEWidget's "choose an album" icon then it doesn't matter.

Edited June 24, 2013 by Paulzie

[Guest Mirayi]

Can you provide an exact app that doesn't install from Play for you? I just installed Google Maps fine. Don't see an "android weather" you mention to try. The fix would be getting the right device/product names in the build.prop file, which I had assumed were correct.

The supplied Gallery is a Huawei one that is needed for the Gallery picture to work from the MEWidget. Other gallery utils like the Google one wont work there but if not using MEWidget's Gallery icon then it doesn't matter.

The apps that don't install for me are the ones i said:

I don't know why because all the others work :/

Edit:

I got it to work, i used the Market Helper http://codekiem.com/.../market-helper/ and i could download them from the market :)

Edited June 25, 2013 by Mirayi

[Guest kyan31]

@Paulzie

Change your build.prop settings so the phone is recognised as an ASCEND G300. Then more apps should work correctly. Also, when adding Antutu scores to your opening post, disable the SD card benchmark for accurate results.

Edited June 24, 2013 by kyan31

[Guest dadi11]

is it multilanguage? which languages are included?

yes it is, i've checked :D thanks i will stay on it :)

waiting for updates

Paulzie, could you make MIUIv5 too? :D

when i'm trying to change language to Polish (Polski), settings force closes

Edited June 24, 2013 by dadi11

[Guest sedj]

Is there any way of removing the app labels in the home screen? I think it would look a lot better without them.

I know another launcher would do it but i don't want to loose the Miui effect.

Good job regardless :)

[Guest Paulzie]

Downloading...gonna try now... :)

Edit:

For now, very good... You could get v4 theme from Narkoma88 Miui cm9, he use old lock screen wich doen not have glithes like others...

Can you tell what are those chinese stuff in "recomended" in message app? But, there's "hide recomended tab" option in advanced settings, so no big deal...

There's also lag when go in to gallery, but thats because effects are turned off, so you can try to use miui gallery and miui camera :)

For now this is my daily rom, everything is good...

If I can help somehow to improve this rom, I'm online... :)

Thanks. I've noted the fix for that Chinese text in the opening post. Something I skimmed and missed. ROM improvement suggestions are most welcome :)

The apps that don't install for me are the ones i said:

I don't know why because all the others work :/

Edit:

I got it to work, i used the Market Helper http://codekiem.com/.../market-helper/ and i could download them from the market :)

Yes, after trying:

- Geno 2.7.6 and 3.2.27 release -> same problem

- HTC Desire HD build.prop entry -> same problem

- B960/B952 build.prop -> same problem

I too resorted to using Market Helper to get the apps too. Strange thing is even though I set it to make the phone appear as a Nexus 4, the web version of the Play store identified it as a "Huawei Ascend G300". Is that what happened for you too?

Now the Market Helper sets the operator, something that the build.prop fixes I tried so far didn't do. I'm wondering if that's the cause of the probem?

@Paulzie

Change your build.prop settings so the phone is recognised as an ASCEND G300. Then more apps should work correctly. Also, when adding Antutu scores to your opening post, disable the SD card benchmark for accurate results.

Thank you for the feedback. I tried many build.prop fixes per response above this one and still couldn't nut it out. Fixed the Antutu score too.

Is there any way of removing the app labels in the home screen? I think it would look a lot better without them.

I know another launcher would do it but i don't want to loose the Miui effect.

Good job regardless :)

I agree, it would look good without the labels but I see no option for that in the launcher settings.

is it multilanguage? which languages are included?

yes it is, i've checked :D thanks i will stay on it :)

waiting for updates

Paulzie, could you make MIUIv5 too? :D

There's a V5 thread on here. If you try it would be curious how it's performance compares. I found 2.7.13 or newer builds are overly taxing on memory resources. This one runs as smooth and fast as a stock ICS one but brings a stack of awesome MiUI features with it.

[Guest dadi11]

There's a V5 thread on here. If you try it would be curious how it's performance compares. I found 2.7.13 or newer builds are overly taxing on memory resources. This one runs as smooth and fast as a stock ICS one but brings a stack of awesome MiUI features with it.

yes i know, i've tried them, and i'm using this MIUIv4.. btw i have amount of ~70MB free ram and less :(

but i mean, could you make fast, stable, smooth and low taking memory MIUIv5 like this rom? :P

Edited June 25, 2013 by dadi11

[Guest Mirayi]

Thanks. I've noted the fix for that Chinese text in the opening post. Something I skimmed and missed. ROM improvement suggestions are most welcome :)

Yes, after trying:

- Geno 2.7.6 and 3.2.27 release -> same problem

- HTC Desire HD build.prop entry -> same problem

- B960/B952 build.prop -> same problem

I too resorted to using Market Helper to get the apps too. Strange thing is even though I set it to make the phone appear as a Nexus 4, the web version of the Play store identified it as a "Huawei Ascend G300". Is that what happened for you too?

Now the Market Helper sets the operator, something that the build.prop fixes I tried so far didn't do. I'm wondering if that's the cause of the probem?

Thank you for the feedback. I tried many build.prop fixes per response above this one and still couldn't nut it out. Fixed the Antutu score too.

I agree, it would look good without the labels but I see no option for that in the launcher settings.

There's a V5 thread on here. If you try it would be curious how it's performance compares. I found 2.7.13 or newer builds are overly taxing on memory resources. This one runs as smooth and fast as a stock ICS one but brings a stack of awesome MiUI features with it.

After reserching for the Market Helper i found loads of posts that led me to the google apps "missing library" problem, so then i installed google apps again, i guess that's why i could finally download the apps from the Markert with the help of the Market Helper (Nexus 4) thing after refreshing the dashboard (as it said on the site), maybe that's why your still appeared as Ascend G300.

Hope it helped :)

Just a suggestion, maybe you could put the google apps with the rom all together, maybe that would solve the problem :3

[Guest Mikac]

did someone had network problems? I have one of those "funny sim cards" and when I flashed this rom, with full wipes of course, didn't have network at all, neither 2g or 3g...never had that or similar problem on any rom before...if it's relevant, i have officially unlocked bootloader

[Guest Paulzie]

did someone had network problems? I have one of those "funny sim cards" and when I flashed this rom, with full wipes of course, didn't have network at all, neither 2g or 3g...never had that or similar problem on any rom before...if it's relevant, i have officially unlocked bootloader

The first boot would see my 3G connection fail. Need to power off either by pulling the battery or using Settings->Factory->fastboot=off, then restart as a fix.

yes i know, i've tried them, and i'm using this MIUIv4.. btw i have amount of ~70MB free ram and less :(

but i mean, could you make fast, stable, smooth and low taking memory MIUIv5 like this rom? :P

Long-press home button to bring up the task manager, then ZAP the processes with the left bottom button. Press right-bottom button to bring up App process control.

After reserching for the Market Helper i found loads of posts that led me to the google apps "missing library" problem, so then i installed google apps again, i guess that's why i could finally download the apps from the Markert with the help of the Market Helper (Nexus 4) thing after refreshing the dashboard (as it said on the site), maybe that's why your still appeared as Ascend G300.

Hope it helped :)

Just a suggestion, maybe you could put the google apps with the rom all together, maybe that would solve the problem :3

I've made a candidate R2 build that's merged Google apps and so gets rid of the missing library error. Still needed Market Helper to get the Android Weather though.

Building 2.7.10 on a B960 platform

I tried to do a copy across of files to make a B960 + 2.7.10 build but found out the hard way that MIUI integrates into the base build. Required would be applying patchrom/u8815 to 2.7.10 source + [ROM][iCS] Stock+ ROM . Task looks a bit daunting so I've PMed the patchrom/u8815 author josalaito on here to see if he can assist.

Edited June 27, 2013 by Paulzie

[Guest celrau]

The first boot would see my 3G connection fail. Need to power off either by pulling the battery or using Settings->Factory->fastboot=off, then restart as a fix.

Long-press home button to bring up the task manager, then ZAP the processes with the left bottom button. Press right-bottom button to bring up App process control.

I've made a candidate R2 build that's merged Google apps and so gets rid of the missing library error. Still needed Market Helper to get the Android Weather though.

Building 2.7.10 on a B960 platform

I tried to do a copy across of files to make a B960 + 2.7.10 build but found out the hard way that MIUI integrates into the base build. Required would be applying patchrom/u8815 to 2.7.10 source + [ROM][iCS] Stock+ ROM. Task looks a bit daunting so I've PMed the patchrom/u8815 author josalaito on here to see if he can assist.

I never understood the benefits of B960 over B926 but as an exercise it would be interesting to get a Miui built for U8815, good luck. I would also caution against the benefits of too many init scripts and/or build.prop additions since in my experience (confirmed by some people with knowledge) they are mostly hype and work only as long as the placebo effect lasts. I'm still running your initial recipe and am quite satisfied with it.

[Guest sedj]

Been using this since release and it is really good, its not as smooth as Slim Rom but the themes and look make up the shortfall. It is my first delve into MIUI and it's a really nice o/s and one which i will explore further when i get a phone that can handle it with more memory as the G300 is lacking here.

Still using it though as battery life is great and no issues with 3g and everything just works as it should unlike the niggles i had with Baidu which i loved and is very similar to this.

Thanks for releasing it Paulzie :)

[Guest Tentmaster]

Very good rom, Any chance of adding emoticon to the Miui messaging app?

[Guest Paulzie]

Very good rom, Any chance of adding emoticon to the Miui messaging app?

MiUI is an awesome ROM indeed. The emoticon is there already. Just press the paperclip then smiley as shown below:

[Guest Tentmaster]

MiUI is an awesome ROM indeed. The emoticon is there already. Just press the paperclip then smiley as shown below:

Silly me :wacko: . Thanks very much.

[Guest Opicak松]

Hi,

rom parameters sounds perfectly. Could you please add alternative download link?

Mediafire have a problem in China...