Moto Droid 'Sapphire' 1.0 Froyo ROM released

[Bateluer]

http://sapphire.ccroms.net/wiki/releases/sapphire-1.0.0

I made a back up of my CM6RC2 build, wiped, and tried this out. Didn't have much time to work with it, but its very slick and smooth. I didn't seem to get very good quadrant scores when compared to CM though, ~600 vs ~1400 in CM, both with 1Ghz kernels. Like JIT isn't enabled. Also, the Bekit based kernels provided on their site tend to make my Droid run much warmer than I would prefer. I made a back up image of Sapphire so I can try some different kernels to see if I can get around that problem later. Definitely among the better ROMs I've tried though.

They have a version for the Droid Incredible in the works, under the name Ruby.

Core Features

Below are a list of the core features provided by Sapphire 1.0.0 (for a list of changes since 0.8.4, view the changelog at bottom of the page):

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Base Features
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Built from source
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Fully zipaligned
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Fully deodexed
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Fully optipnged
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Adobe FLASH support Download (also available in market)
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Kernel Features
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Overclocking started automatically at boot time (regardless of whether SetCPU is there or not)
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Proper working “modprobe” command (makes loading/unloading kernel modules easier)
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Command-Line Tools
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Vixie-CRON low-level task scheduler (command-line task scheduler)
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Colored BASH shell (simply type “bash” after entering adb shell or terminal emulator shell)
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NANO text editor with syntax highlighting (simply type “nano” using a terminal emulator [syntax hiyghlighting for asm, c, css, html, java, php, sh, xml, and more])
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Busybox (lots of fancy tools and stuffs)
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Apps
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Superuser (provides root access)
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Spare Parts app (allows for some nice tweaking)
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Dev Tools (good for developers)
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App2SD works
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Eliot Stocker Music app (stock/milestone available through switchapk)
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ScriptyBox (scripts!)
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adblock (turns ads on or off in the browser/apps)
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camsounds (turns camera shutter/record sounds on or off)
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compcache (turns compcache on/off)
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cpuinfo (display CPU info)
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halt (shuts down the system)
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meminfo (display memory info)
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mtdinfo (display internal system partition info)
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rmapk (remove various APKs, such as amazon mp3 and whatnot)
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sysro (mounts the system partition read-only)
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sysrw (mounts the system partition read-write)
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swapinfo (displays swap space info)
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switchapk (downloads and swaps between various apps, i.e. milestone and 2.1 music, without the need to put them on the sd card)
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zipalign_apks (zipaligns ALL apks on the entire system)
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Other Tweaks
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Increased wireless scan time to 90 seconds (saves battery life)
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Reboot to recovery option
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Ability to pick colors for notification texts (in spare parts)
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Reduced ring delay
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FLAC support
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Use of volume/camera buttons to control music while screen is off (see changelog for instructions)
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Battery percentages in status bar
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Branding
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Custom boot animation (looks pretty slick if i say so myself)

 

[trmiv]

http://sapphire.ccroms.net/wiki/releases/sapphire-1.0.0

I made a back up of my CM6RC2 build, wiped, and tried this out. Didn't have much time to work with it, but its very slick and smooth. I didn't seem to get very good quadrant scores when compared to CM though, ~600 vs ~1400 in CM, both with 1Ghz kernels. Like JIT isn't enabled. Also, the Bekit based kernels provided on their site tend to make my Droid run much warmer than I would prefer. I made a back up image of Sapphire so I can try some different kernels to see if I can get around that problem later. Definitely among the better ROMs I've tried though.

They have a version for the Droid Incredible in the works, under the name Ruby.

The quadrant scores are lower because they disabled Stagefright in favor of going back to Opencore for media because of the complaints about streaming audio quality with Stagefright. The h.264 part of Quadrant does better with Stagefright. Other than a benchmark score, Sapphire 1.0 flies. Explanation of the Quadrant score thing here:

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/cvpcs/66732-sapphire-1-0-quadrant-scores.html

 

[Bateluer]

The quadrant scores are lower because they disabled Stagefright in favor of going back to Opencore for media because of the complaints about streaming audio quality with Stagefright. The h.264 part of Quadrant does better with Stagefright. Other than a benchmark score, Sapphire 1.0 flies. Explanation of the Quadrant score thing here:

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/cvpcs/66732-sapphire-1-0-quadrant-scores.html

Ah, will have to given it another try this weekend with Chevyno1's kernels.

 

[MJinZ]

Doesn't Froyo make the phone faster anyway?

/me finds hacking and rooting phones to be too much hassle

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

I might try this out.

I did Cyanogen first (and what I'm on now), but it has performance issues I'm not happy with. It is very slow response times, and feels "laggy." I switched to JRummy's Kangerade and it's been beautiful for speed, looks, and feel. What sucks is the lack of built in features of Cyanogen that I miss.

 

[Anubis]

Doesn't Froyo make the phone faster anyway?

/me finds hacking and rooting phones to be too much hassle

downloading an app and clicking 1 button is too much work for you?

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...lick-root-droid-1-droid-x-works-intended.html

 

[MJinZ]

downloading an app and clicking 1 button is too much work for you?

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...lick-root-droid-1-droid-x-works-intended.html

If it keeps all of my settings, that would be fine.

But if I have to spend another hour getting all my settings right again and setting up programs, I'll pass

 

[Anubis]

read the thread

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

If it keeps all of my settings, that would be fine.

But if I have to spend another hour getting all my settings right again and setting up programs, I'll pass

What else are you going to do at work?

 

[Bateluer]

If it keeps all of my settings, that would be fine.

But if I have to spend another hour getting all my settings right again and setting up programs, I'll pass

Launcher Pro, ADW, and htc-ime all allow you to export settings and Froyo DLs all your apps automatically. Shouldn't take more than 10 or 15 minutes to switch roms.

 

[rudeguy]

If it keeps all of my settings, that would be fine.

But if I have to spend another hour getting all my settings right again and setting up programs, I'll pass

Froyo does keep all that. After I wipe and change ROMs, all I have to do is sign back in to my account.

 

[MJinZ]

I don't want to have to setup Google Voice again, my Exchange account, Gmail accounts and you know, crap like that.

 

[MJinZ]

Froyo does keep all that. After I wipe and change ROMs, all I have to do is sign back in to my account.

So I'm on 2.1 ... if I use this "one click Root" app to Froyo, I don't have to do anything?

 

[Spoooon]

Just downloaded and installed, pretty smooth so far.

 

[rudeguy]

So I'm on 2.1 ... if I use this "one click Root" app to Froyo, I don't have to do anything?

It saves all important stuff. Now that I think about it, I do have to redo my alarm. Wifi networks and all that are saved.

I'm not sure at all about Exchange servers and that kind of stuff. Once rooted, you can use Titanium to backup everything and one click restore.

 

[MJinZ]

It saves all important stuff. Now that I think about it, I do have to redo my alarm. Wifi networks and all that are saved.

I'm not sure at all about Exchange servers and that kind of stuff. Once rooted, you can use Titanium to backup everything and one click restore.

Is there anything in these unofficial Froyos that don't work/work properly that the official 2.2 from Motorola/Verizon would fix?

 

[rudeguy]

Is there anything in these unofficial Froyos that don't work/work properly that the official 2.2 from Motorola/Verizon would fix?

Pretty vague there boss.

Be more specific?

 

[Bateluer]

Is there anything in these unofficial Froyos that don't work/work properly that the official 2.2 from Motorola/Verizon would fix?

There's a minor glitch in the CM roms with the Market's build.prop which doesn't show some apps. Its easily corrected though. Another than that, I'm fairly certain Sapphire, CM, Insanely Clean, Bugless Beast, etc, will all be superior to Verizon's Froyo build.

Edit - Just backed up my new CM6RC2 install to reflash to Sapphire but using Chevyno1's ultra low voltage 1Ghz kernel.

 

[MJinZ]

There's a minor glitch in the CM roms with the Market's build.prop which doesn't show some apps. Its easily corrected though. Another than that, I'm fairly certain Sapphire, CM, Insanely Clean, Bugless Beast, etc, will all be superior to Verizon's Froyo build.

Edit - Just backed up my new CM6RC2 install to reflash to Sapphire but using Chevyno1's ultra low voltage 1Ghz kernel.

OK, so I would want one that is light, clean, and fast. Stability above all though.

Which one? Sapphire?

 

[MJinZ]

Pretty vague there boss.

Be more specific?

I just see stuff in the initial Froyo releases that don't work supposedly or whatever.

 

[Bateluer]

OK, so I would want one that is light, clean, and fast. Stability above all though.

Which one? Sapphire?

I like CM myself, though I never had an issue with stability with any of the major ROMs, those built from source and otherwise. For stability, they are all pretty solid, provided you don't flash a kernel that's beyond your Droid's ability. Stay conservative there. You might try Insanely Clean, Sapphire, or CM, you'd likely be happy with any, though with your goals, I'd wait until CM6 final is released.

 

[MJinZ]

I like CM myself, though I never had an issue with stability with any of the major ROMs, those built from source and otherwise. For stability, they are all pretty solid, provided you don't flash a kernel that's beyond your Droid's ability. Stay conservative there. You might try Insanely Clean, Sapphire, or CM, you'd likely be happy with any, though with your goals, I'd wait until CM6 final is released.

CM6 final ok. So yea if that gets released before VZW's official 2.2 rolls out.

I bet even with 2.2 and no overclock, things will be faster enough anyway.

 

[destrekor]

I'm still on CM 5.0.7.1, the JRummy's Remix version. It seems like JRummy stopped making the CM Remix, so I just haven't switched to CM 5.0.8. Figured at this point, especially since the DarkEdge UI team decided to skip CM 5.0.8 and work on Froyo stuff... I'm just waiting for CM6 Final, and even then will probably wait for CM 6.0.1.

 

[rudeguy]

I just see stuff in the initial Froyo releases that don't work supposedly or whatever.

I'm currently running Chromatic 4.2 which is based on CM6.0. I'm not aware of anything that doesn't work on it.

 

[Spoooon]

I just see stuff in the initial Froyo releases that don't work supposedly or whatever.

Anything specific? I haven't encountered anything that doesn't work. Or anything that is supposed to work but doesn't.