[RELEASE] Steel Droid: 4.6 Gingerbread - 4-20-2012

[chevycam94]

Steel Droid v4.6 Gingerbread

April 20, 2012

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DOWNLOAD ROM
MD5: 380452148bd431c5e6625287525ca231

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ADDONS for 5.7.894
(for versions 4.x)
Download and flash via CWR or Safestrap:
Backup Assistant
DLNA
Google Talk with Video
Messaging
Photo and Video Editors
QuickOffice
Skype
Social Apps
Suggestions and Rules Checker
Swype
Updaters
Visual Voicemail

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* KNOWN BUGS *
* Let me know what you find in v4.6 *




NEW DEFAULT WALLPAPER


"FEATURES" (TRICKS)

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Open up the Browser, and type in "about:debug" (minus the quotes of course)
This will enable debug settings and the Java Console.
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Changelog:

4.6

Switched to Nemus Launcher 1.6.2.2 instead of GoLauncher
Updated Market to Play Store 3.5.16
Updated Superuser to 3.0.7 and 3.0.3.2 binary
Updated the default wallpaper to something newer and sharper
Updated Google Search
Updated Voice Search
Added in a TON of build.prop tweaks
Added Universal Inbox back in
Added included BlurEmail back in
Added in my custom Final Fantasy Ringtone!
Removed MotoFMRadio app
Removed GoogleFeedback app
Cleaned up a couple conflicting build.prop entries
Manually optimized all images and manually compressed the framework


Flashing instructions:
OK, this is where everybody is going to get confused. This does NOT work the same as the OG Droid did. At least not yet. So, follow my directions exactly, and you should have no problems getting what you need to work! These instructions will take you from bone stock, to my custom ROM, with the LEAST amount of errors.

NOTE 1: If you are on version v2.0, and have not gone hog-wild with messing with the system, then feel free to flash v3.0 directly on top of v2.0.
NOTE 2: When flashing a ROM, please make SURE your battery is OVER 75%. Lower battery levels have been reported to cause bad flashes.
NOTE 3: If you are already on the OTA 5.6.890, be sure to do a full wipe before flashing v4.0
NOTE 4: If you are on another ROM, be sure to do a full wipe before flashing v4.0
NOTE 5: Be careful if you are going to flash anything newer 5.7.903 or 5.7.905 OTA. You may not be able to get back to anything older.

FLASH 5.6.890 SBF (for a TOTALLY clean install for those with paranoia)
1: Download the 5.6.890 SBF file HERE
2: Download RSDLite 5.5 HERE
3: Extract the contents of the SBF file to a folder on your computer
4: Install RSDLite
5: Boot the Droid 3 into bootloader by holding both Vol+ & Vol- at the same time when powering the phone on
6: Select "AP Fastboot" and press Vol+ to select it
7: Select the XML from the extracted SBF file in RSDLite
8: Connect the phone, and when it says "Connected", hit "Start"
9: Wait for the phone to finish flashing, and booting (it will reboot a couple times, leave it alone, its supposed to!)

ROOT STOCK ROM
10: Install and run Petes Motorola Root Tools. Download it HERE
11: Follow the instructions in the app to root your phone

INSTALL SAFESTRAP RECOVERY
12: Once rooted, install Rick#2's Tweaked SafeStrap Recovery from HERE
13: Reboot your phone, and when prompted, hit MENU to enter SafeStrap Recovery.

BACKUP AND INSTALL NEW ROM
14: MAKE SURE TO MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE DOING ANYTHING! (just a precaution)
15: Go to "install zip from sdcard", then "choose zip from internal sdcard", then select my ROM's zip file
16: After it installs, back out and reboot the phone
17: YOU HAVE DONE IT! CONGRATS ON YOU NEW STEEL DROID INSTALL!

I would suggest using the latest 1.0.8f release of Rick#2's Tweaked Safestrap. It has a lot of safeguards built in that could really save you a bunch of time in flashing and/or testing.
Give the ROM time to boot. The first boot took me almost 5 minutes! If your phone doesn't boot in 15 minutes, pull the battery and try again. If it still doesn't boot, you need to go back and start over with my instructions at the beginning!

ALSO: Please be sure to check out the free tethering hack! I use it regularly, and it DOES work. Quite well I might add. Details HERE

Credits:
Here are my thanks, in no particular order:

Google! (Kickass Android OS!)
Motorola! (kickass phone!)
JRummy (init.d support)
Jewremy (testing, suggestions)
cvalenti15 (testing)
The creator(s) of Univeral Adrenaline Shot
0vermind (Speedy Tweaks)
and a few more...

[vegasblitz]

Glad to see you're gonna rom the r&d been using your d1 roms and love em.

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[stabl4life82]

Sounds good bro. Can't wait to see what goodies u will have packed in the rom

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[ItsTrentB]

Thank you Chevy!

[rvcjew]

this is very good news nice to hear it.

[Bloodhawlk]

cant wait. epecially for our overclocking developers out there too.

[tlpalmer01]

Awesome...i loved your roms on previous phones......

[chevycam94]

Well, I have a packaged ROM ready to go, problem is, that its in update.zip format. But thats not too bad I guess, since the fix for flashing ROMs from the recently released D3 bootstraped recovery is within a week away! Its not built from source, but currently based on 5.5.959. Not going to be a massive amount of changes, but at least its a custom ROM, right?!

[rvcjew]

Well, I have a packaged ROM ready to go, problem is, that its in update.zip format. But thats not too bad I guess, since the fix for flashing ROMs from the recently released D3 bootstraped recovery is within a week away! Its not built from source, but currently based on 5.5.959. Not going to be a massive amount of changes, but at least its a custom ROM, right?!

how come you didn't use 890 with all the fixes?

[Cdjones187]

I would be happy to do some testing for you =]