Chevyno1's Simply Stunning ROM updated to 4.7 > Includes Redraw lag fix?

[Bateluer]

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/ch...er-more-statusbar-options-music-controls.html

New Stuff

Again, most of the effort went into Tools. The highlights:

1. Screen lag on any of the launchers should be improved! That being said - I really do recomment another launcher. I'm partial to ADW - ADW.Launcher v1.0.1 standalone Application for Android | Productivity, VERY small memory footprint. It is also now an option in RM, which also installs an 'mvadw' script. If you DO use another launcher, use my tools to DELETE the stock Launcher2 (it will back up to SD). Otherwise, it will still take resources even though you don't run it.

2. You can now control your tunes (Media Player, Pandora tested) while the screen is off! Longpress volume up/down to skip tracks. Camera focus (lightpress) to pause/play. Camera shutter (hardpress) to toggle the extended media controls on/off (not permanent like Tools UI which sticks beyond a reboot). I did NOT add graphical controls to the lockscreen. To me it seems pointless.

3. Google fix for Pandora (all streaming AAC) included - this is NOT the hack that disabled stagefright; this has FIXED stagefright

4. Ability to change the carrier text to whatever you want! Should not affect any other apps.

5. Now when you 'delete' system apps, they are backed up to SD. So just in case you want it back .. you can get it back

6. rstapps has had a few fixes - you should see no FC's while restoring, or much less than the past. Also, there is a fix to prevent future market update errors (ie. insufficient storage).

7. Extra low dimness now available. Check out Settings -> Display

8. OTA patch capability - yet to be tested (on YOU )! I can now push out updates to all phones running my ROM. Everything EXCEPT a full ROM update. That is better left to you or Rom Manager. But any other updates, including patching APK's, I can now do automagically

9. Chrome To Phone now included

10. Bypass lockscreen option added in Tools

11. MORE things to hide in the statusbar - alarm clock, cell signal, 3g signal, battery, adb, usb. I have heard you all ask for being able to customize images themselves. I will get there

12. All options (ie scripts) selected in Tools are remembered, at least until a reboot.

13. I'm told I don't promote this enough - you can change pretty much ALL colors in the statusbar, ON THE FLY. No reboot, no xml hacking.


As you can see, I've been busy!

 

[Anubis]

interesting

 

[foghorn67]

I'll see about it in the next day or so. Looking for something that top Sapphire is going to be hard.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

I'll have to update tonight/tomorrow and see if I like it.

 

[Anubis]

anyone tried it yet?

 

[SunnyD]

OTA updates for a custom rom? That's fucking SWEET.

 

[MDE]

Been running it since this past weekend. Upgraded from 4.6, no issues at all, and my phone seems a bit snappier.

 

[Spoooon]

Tried it this morning. Something went funky with the hardware keyboard. The multitouch keyboard is nice though. Went back to sapphire since I didn't have time today to really mess with it.

Also, the icons look great.

 

[Anubis]

Yea i installed it last night, running smoothly, I dont see the OTA updates in the tools menu however. other people have also reported this. I do miss the customizable power widget from CM6

 

[Anubis]

Correction OTA updates work fine, rebooted phone and now they show up

 

[Spoooon]

Reinstalled it without wiping. Works fine, no problems with hardware keyboard. Need to adjust colors and what not. Main thing I don't care for is the SS logo sprinkled on the notification drop down.

 

[Anubis]

Logo or do you mean the SS text? you can edit that text to say whatever you want

Settings - Chevyno1 tools - status bar - carrier text

 

[Anubis]

 

[Spoooon]

Logo or do you mean the SS text? you can edit that text to say whatever you want

Settings - Chevyno1 tools - status bar - carrier text

Can that part can be edited or is yours different because you've got the blue them going on?



As an aside, I really like the emoticon weather icon set that someone did.

 

[Anubis]

humm yea i guess it is the theme that eliminates that SS you are talking about, i just chose blue theme on the initial download

yea that weather icon pack is great i just DLed it

 

[Indolent]

I'll see about it in the next day or so. Looking for something that top Sapphire is going to be hard.

There does look like some interesting options there. Sapphire has seemed pretty slow for me for some reason (@1ghz). I just turned the compcache option on and it seems to help so far. I'll give it a couple more days, but Chevy's rom does look tempting.

 

[Spoooon]

There does look like some interesting options there. Sapphire has seemed pretty slow for me for some reason (@1ghz). I just turned the compcache option on and it seems to help so far. I'll give it a couple more days, but Chevy's rom does look tempting.

You can install it without wiping. I went to it from sapphire with no problems. I'm liking it so far, especially the keyboard.

 

[Bateluer]

You can install it without wiping. I went to it from sapphire with no problems. I'm liking it so far, especially the keyboard.

I am of the mindset that one should always do a full wipe between ROM flashes. It always always gives better results. If things go south with flashing the new rom, then you can always flash your working nandroid backup. One should always keep a working backup. I believe I've actually got 'blank' nandroids of CM508, Sapphire 1.0, and CM6RC2.

 

[Spoooon]

I am of the mindset that one should always do a full wipe between ROM flashes. It always always gives better results. If things go south with flashing the new rom, then you can always flash your working nandroid backup. One should always keep a working backup. I believe I've actually got 'blank' nandroids of CM508, Sapphire 1.0, and CM6RC2.

It depends. If you're going from 2.1 to a 2.2 build, then definitely. If you flash and funky stuff starts happening, then try wiping and flashing. If everything is working without a hitch however...

What's funny is that when I wiped and flashed, my hardware keyboard was screwed up somehow (ALT + combinations did not return the correct key). Flashing without wiping worked without a hitch (so far).

edit: I should further qualify that, if the ROM developer is saying WIPE FIRST, then yeah, it's probably a good idea.