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Geek 4 Me is proud to announce:

Fresh Rom 2.0 (Android 2.1) by flipz

Not working:

• Protected market apps
• Visual voicemail

Requires a work-around:

• LED notification for SMS/MMS. The stock sms app will not trigger it however 3rd party apps like Handcent will.

Working:

• CAMERA!! (video will not work as of now, only still image)
• Live wallpapers (Only in Android Home screen, it’s not made for SenseUI)
• MMS (Send and receive, doesn’t require the telephony.db fix)
• All sensors
• Bottom leds (excluding jogball at random)
• Google sync (I only experienced the sign out on reboot issue when I was messing with files)
• Bluetooth (mono and stereo)
• WiFi
• Properly working on Sprint’s towers

Features:

• 2.6.29 Kernel!
• HTC Power Manager
  
• Modified kernel to add memory tweak script to improve performance (thanks to gbhil from gumbo rom for the settings)
• Espresso bottom bar by flipz
• Espresso lock screen (actual port of the apk)
• 2.1 taskbar by flipz (not shown in video)
• Removed:
  • Amazon mp3
  • Google maps
  • Google sky map
  • HTC Footprints
  • HTC Navi Panel
  • HTC Ringtone trimmer
  • HTC Sound recorder
  • HTC Stocks
  • Quick Office
  • Teeter
• Added:
  • Busy box
  • Super User
  • Wifi tether 2.0-pre-7

Does this have apps2sd?

It currently does not because I wasn't able to fully test it.

Can I use Fresh Pre-Kitchen 0.2 on this rom?

Overall the answer is no. Some functions (like the toolbox) will work. However you do not want to push any roms / themes / applications to this build because you will break it. They aren't made for 2.1. :) Once this project has stabilized a little bit I'll be hammering away at the kitchen.

How do I use the live wallpapers (lwp)?

Live wallpapers started on the nexus and they are made for vanilla android, not for sense. For that reason if you want to use them, you need to stop using sense. You can do that one of two ways.
1) Completely remove SenseUI (Rosie.apk) from /system/app/Rosie.apk . If you do that and reboot then the phone will default to Android Home. Then just change your wallpaper to a live one.

2) The other option (which you can see me doing in the video) is using both. You can do that by doing:
Menu < Settings < Applications < Manage Applications < HTC Sense < Clear Defaults
Now when you hit the Home button it will ask you if you want to use Home or HTC Sense. As long as you don't check "use by default" then it will ask you every time you hit Home. If you prefer it to go to Home or Rosie every time then just check that and pick which one you want.

How well do live wallpapers work?

Many of them work really well. They aren't really made for our phones so some run a little slow. Additionally any that require OpenGL 2 won't work. But there are a lot of free ones on the market that work great. I have included a few with the rom. Keep in mind that these aren't made for our phones so it may not be 100% stable. :)

What are protected apps / how can I get them?

Protected apps are applications on the market that are considered copy protected. Probably the most popular one that people ask about is twidroid. With a developer rom like this you can not see protected apps. Now that doesn't mean you aren't able to use them. If you have purchased any apps or there are any apps that you want that are protected then you need to download them from another rom and then back them up. Once you back it up you will have the .apk that you can then install on this rom.