[NAND] IceDroid V8 with BEATS [FINAL] [10/7/12]

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Elibl

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I formated SD card back to MBR because with GUID Android don't recognize it...

I am currently trying to get it working... and I have something strange... when you plug the storage card in, before the code makes a jump with the space and in big letters ANDROID, I hope you get what I mean. Then It recognize the SD card and show it and boot it. But when it is pluged in since power on, it doesn't

for me it boots no matter when i insert the sdcard as long it is after the sony ericsson logo or in the last second of it...
 

wallaceff

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All this booting working/not working says to me is that if there's a valid file system on the card, it won't boot, otherwise it will. Not sure that is helping to get anywhere?
 

Elibl

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All this booting working/not working says to me is that if there's a valid file system on the card, it won't boot, otherwise it will. Not sure that is helping to get anywhere?

Yes that's right but as it worked for neoofoox before and now not anymore we can identifiy that it's not sdcard model related nor anything else with hardware it must be something on sdcard that makes it bootable for some people netherless the problem in the kernel...

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SPyxOff

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Hey, sorry for interrupting you guys from solving the problem
with SD card, but I got one more question and I can't find any relevant answer.

Is there any chance to take sharp photos with android camera?
No autofocus and its focused on macro so I'm only able to take macro pictures.
Any chance to manual focus?? Idk how.

Thanks for your time :)
 

scuarapopas

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walter79

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/system/etc/vold.fstab is maybe the problem:

I use this config on my Touch Pro 2 and your rom boots with sdcard (+Touch Pro2 kernel)

Code:
# Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.


## Vold 2.0 fstab for HTC Dream or Sapphire
#
## - San Mehat (san@android.com)
## 

#######################
## Regular device mount
##
## Format: dev_mount <label> <mount_point> <part> <sysfs_path1...> 
## label        - Label for the volume
## mount_point  - Where the volume will be mounted
## part         - Partition # (1 based), or 'auto' for first usable partition.
## <sysfs_path> - List of sysfs paths to source devices
######################

# Mounts the first usable partition of the specified device
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0 /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc1
 

Brickpsp

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/system/etc/vold.fstab is maybe the problem:

I use this config on my Touch Pro 2 and your rom boots with sdcard (+Touch Pro2 kernel)

Code:
# Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.


## Vold 2.0 fstab for HTC Dream or Sapphire
#
## - San Mehat (san@android.com)
## 

#######################
## Regular device mount
##
## Format: dev_mount <label> <mount_point> <part> <sysfs_path1...> 
## label        - Label for the volume
## mount_point  - Where the volume will be mounted
## part         - Partition # (1 based), or 'auto' for first usable partition.
## <sysfs_path> - List of sysfs paths to source devices
######################

# Mounts the first usable partition of the specified device
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0 /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc1

Tested , Work on my X1 :D
 

scuarapopas

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SD card on boot

For sure Jerry will try to implement next sunday
Actually the random reboot of the phone is a very annoying problem, specially after a missed call when another new call is arriving, even the 'Newding' app. is running in background.
Solving the problem of the boot with SD will be very good , the back cover of my X1 ia almost broken.....
Thanks
 
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jerrytan93

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/system/etc/vold.fstab is maybe the problem:

I use this config on my Touch Pro 2 and your rom boots with sdcard (+Touch Pro2 kernel)

Code:
# Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.


## Vold 2.0 fstab for HTC Dream or Sapphire
#
## - San Mehat (san@android.com)
## 

#######################
## Regular device mount
##
## Format: dev_mount <label> <mount_point> <part> <sysfs_path1...> 
## label        - Label for the volume
## mount_point  - Where the volume will be mounted
## part         - Partition # (1 based), or 'auto' for first usable partition.
## <sysfs_path> - List of sysfs paths to source devices
######################

# Mounts the first usable partition of the specified device
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0 /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc1

LOL I don't know that my ROM can works with Touch Pro .. :cool: Before that I had tried all the available vold files from other thread but none of them was working correctly.. :rolleyes:
Will try to use this vold later and if the SD problem was solved then I will include it in next version.. thanks for your help.. :)


For sure Jerry will try to implement next sunday
Actually the random reboot of the phone is a very annoying problem, specially after a missed call when another new call is arriving, even the 'Newding' app. is running in background.
Solving the problem of the boot with SD will be very good , the back cover of my X1 ia almost broken.....
Thanks

Just a suggestion for you all.. if you are using task killer, memory optimizer, RAM manager, fast reboot, or any other apps that close apps automatically.. remember to set the app settings for excluding Newding being killed..
when Newding was killed it will not restart back automatically and have to launch it again by yourself.. or else you will getting the annoying reboots.. :)
 

Brickpsp

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Weird ,after i copy back vold.fstab (backup) , it boot with sdcard normal,and sdcard mount exactly
 

Kdio

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Wi-fi & USB

Hi Guys

1st of all, thank u jerrytan93 for the great job. Followed the kerfooly guidance and installed my 1st droid (IceDroid V7) perfectly. It's fast and stable but (there is always some but) ...


a) All Wi-fi connecting signals are "poor" and the phone never connects.

Tried connecting to a router with no security at all (just MAC filtering) wich antenna is right beside the device and signals keeps poor and dont connect.

Tried an ad-hoc wireless connection with W7 (notebook and PDA are side by side) giving poor signal and never connects.

I was using radio 1.17.25.09 ... downgraded to 1.16.25.48 and 1.14.25.55 from here but no changes at all.

Any advices ?


b) USB Connection

When plugged to USB, the phone starts recharging (as expected) but the device does not appear at Devices Manager. Not even the plugged notification appears on the X1.

Going into Settings > Applications > Development and turning USB Debugging ON, an "Android USB Device > My HTC" (drivers OK) and "Others Devices > CDC Serial" (drivers not found) entries appears on Devices Manager. A new disk drive is found and, when SD card is inserted, the files are available on Windows.

Then, I've tried installing HTC Sync but the software does not identifies any devices. (Note: before installing it, the device recognized by Windows was "HTC Desire")

When I try "USB Tethering" sometimes it gives me "USB not connected" (wich is) or a message that it's in data mode and can't perform tethering.

Any sugestions ?

Best regards.
 

jerrytan93

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Hi Guys

1st of all, thank u jerrytan93 for the great job. Followed the kerfooly guidance and installed my 1st droid (IceDroid V7) perfectly. It's fast and stable but (there is always some but) ...


a) All Wi-fi connecting signals are "poor" and the phone never connects.

Tried connecting to a router with no security at all (just MAC filtering) wich antenna is right beside the device and signals keeps poor and dont connect.

Tried an ad-hoc wireless connection with W7 (notebook and PDA are side by side) giving poor signal and never connects.

I was using radio 1.17.25.09 ... downgraded to 1.16.25.48 and 1.14.25.55 from here but no changes at all.

Any advices ?


b) USB Connection

When plugged to USB, the phone starts recharging (as expected) but the device does not appear at Devices Manager. Not even the plugged notification appears on the X1.

Going into Settings > Applications > Development and turning USB Debugging ON, an "Android USB Device > My HTC" (drivers OK) and "Others Devices > CDC Serial" (drivers not found) entries appears on Devices Manager. A new disk drive is found and, when SD card is inserted, the files are available on Windows.

Then, I've tried installing HTC Sync but the software does not identifies any devices. (Note: before installing it, the device recognized by Windows was "HTC Desire")

When I try "USB Tethering" sometimes it gives me "USB not connected" (wich is) or a message that it's in data mode and can't perform tethering.

Any sugestions ?

Best regards.

a) the signal is fake.. even though you stand beside the router it will still show you the same level.. no solution yet..
and if your WiFi protect is using WEP then it will never connect (stuck at obtaining ip address).. change your router to WPA2 solve the problem.. ad-hoc will not work too if not mistaken

b) Try to make a full wipe.. reinstall the build.. when first time boot into Android make all the setup.. then connect the phone to pc and enable USB debugging.. see whether the PC recognize the phone or not
 

Kdio

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Thank u very much for ur response.


a) and if your WiFi protect is using WEP ...

Sorry ... my bad ... didn't mention that router is set to "no security" (MAC list protection. Ad-hoc is set to WAP2.


a) ... ad-hoc will not work too if not mistaken

Quite experienced in ad-hoc so, it isn't.


b) Try to make a full wipe.. reinstall the build.. when first time boot into Android make all the setup.. then connect the phone to pc and enable USB debugging.. see whether the PC recognize the phone or not

Will perform this recommended procedure today and report later.

Best regards.

Just to clarify: what should be recognized by W7 when IceDroid V7 is operating under normal conditions?
 
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Elibl

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Weird ,after i copy back vold.fstab (backup) , it boot with sdcard normal,and sdcard mount exactly

Could you write us a detailed description how you got it to work? It would be very helpful and if we can reproduce it it may point to a solution for this issue...

Thanks in advance

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Brickpsp

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Could you write us a detailed description how you got it to work? It would be very helpful and if we can reproduce it it may point to a solution for this issue...

Thanks in advance

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Ok ,

First i backup vold.fstab of X1 , after that i overwrite vold.fstab of walter79 ,but it not mount sdcard, so i restore vold.fstab back to X1 and it boot with sdcard

i will try reinstall my rom and do again to certain
 
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    *Features:

    - Based on CyanogenMod 7.1 Android 2.3.7
    - FULLY working Camera
    - Better WiFi signal
    - FULLY working Market (able to search and compatible will all kind of apps)
    - Working USB storage mounting
    - Ice cream sandwich launcher
    - Ice cream sandwich font
    - Ice Cream Sandwich AOSP theme
    - Ice cream sandwich bootanimation
    - init.d script support
    - Added Nano text editor, Bash shell
    - Further tweaks by using init.d scripts
    - Zipaligned with latest SDK to optimize RAM usage
    - Added data/app function to install user apps separately
    - All apps are up to date as the time of ROM updated


    *Notes / Tips:

    - Since I was using Zargloub's kernel, some problems/ bugs are kernel related so I can't do anything with it.

    Kernel related bugs:
    - Unable to boot if SD card inserted [FIX HERE]
    - WiFi unable to connect WEP protected network
    - Hardware acceleration (That's why you can't play HQ video)
    - Maybe more..

    - Open 'Auto Mount' app and tick 'Enable SD card Auto-Mounting'

    - When first boot into Android, choose 'Default Activity' instead of 'Setup Wizard' to prevent FC

    - Go to Settings -> Display and untick "auto rotate screen" to avoid wrong screen orientation

    - Go to Settings -> Cyanogenmod -> Display -> UNTICK 'screen-off animation' and everything EXCEPT 0° & 90°

    - Go to Settings -> Display -> Animation -> select 'Some animations' or 'No animation', you will get faster phone response

    - Go to Spare Parts -> Window animations -> select 'Fast' or 'Off' to get faster opening speed

    - If experiencing Wifi problem (unable to connect) try to change your router Wifi settings to WPA/WPA2, WEP WILL NOT WORK

    - GAPPS had already included in this build, so no need to flash the zip separately

    - GAPPS like Market will NOT showing out if you din't sign in to Google

    - You have to remove your SD card before booting NAND or else you will STUCK at the linux screen

    - System will be slower when first time boot into Android:
    ==> Open all apps, sync your phone with Google, then reboot your phone
    ==> Install 'Advanced Task Killer' or 'RAM Optimizer' from Market to free your RAM after heavy usage

    - Go to Theme Chooser and apply ICS theme to enable ICS style effect


    Battery Saving Tips:

    - Charge your battery until 100% before installing the build, after that go to recovery and 'wipe battery stats' and then install the build.. this will give you better battery performance and calibration

    - Close your WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, Data Plan and disable 'Auto Sync' in Account Settings.. with all these steps you can save MORE battery

    - Disable 'Auto brightness' in display settings and select your own brightness

    - Use any CPU scaling apps or directly from Cyanogen options in Settings to adjust your CPU Max and Min frequency


    *Huge Thanks to:

    - CyanogenMod
    - SP3DEV
    - Zargloub
    - Dsixda
    - RockoDev


    *WHAT CAN YOU DO IF YOU APPRECIATE MY WORK:

    - CLICK the Thanks Button

    - RATE THIS BUILD

    - BUY ME A COFFEE





    DOWNLOAD IceDroid V8 with Beats HERE | MIRROR




    * Screenshot:

    View attachment 911167 View attachment 911166 Phone.jpg Menu.jpg screenshot-1331806913507.jpg screenshot-1331943102168.jpg screenshot-1332007375483.jpg
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    Change logs and Updates:

    10/7/12

    IceDroid V8 with Beats

    - Final version of IceDroid, thanks for your support
    - Using Zargloub latest 29-6 kernel
    - Fix for the lost call bug
    - Fix for camera blur shot
    - Improved battery life
    - Updated market apps
    - Zipaligned with latest SDK R20
    - Removed debugging info for framework and system app file.. BENEFIT= SUPER FAST SYSTEM!!


    25/3/12

    IceDroid V7 with Beats

    - Using Zargloub latest 23-3 kernel which improving battery accuracy
    - CPU was set to minimum 128MHz by default, thanks to Neopeek and Zargloub
    - Wifi performance should be faster now by changing WiFi related lib files.. ( Tester needed for confirming this)
    - Go to Setting > Cyanogenmod settings > interface > LED notifications > unconfigured > select the application and in LED mode select 'Force LED off', save it.. this will save much more battery
    - Added wireless tether (Tester needed for reporting it works or not)
    - Updated QuickPic


    18/3/12

    IceDroid V6 with Beats

    - FIX USB Storage bug!! :D
    -> Remember to open 'Auto Mount' app and tick 'Enable SD card Auto-Mounting'
    - Added NEW IceDroid init.d tweaks which improve ROM smoothness
    - FULLY fixed market apps not compatible problem!! Prove? Car Home Google able to install now
    - First boot RAM achieved 97MB !! :cool:
    - Antutu Benchmark scores 761 points
    - Better battery performance (Last almost a day)
    - Added new keyboard Touchpal (features swipe to text function)
    - Added Mobo Video Player Codec
    - Updated apps
    - New wallpaper (useless :p)


    12/3/12

    IceDroid V5

    - Updated Beats lib files.. more powerful bass!!
    - Added new keyboard from Xperia device
    **Experimental because the keyboard is for ldpi screen device so the layout was a little bit smaller on screen, but it's working perfectly

    - Main focus on performance more than graphical in this release
    - Optimized RAM memory, highest free RAM achieved on first boot 93MB!!
    - Better battery life because the processor does not need to load so much heavy proccess from apps.

    Apps Replaced:

    Go Launcher EX --> Launcher Pro (lower memory usage and faster)
    Original Gallery --> QuickPic (super fast picture preview)
    Original Browser --> Opera Mobile 12 (faster web browsing)

    Apps Added:

    Fast Reboot - Free up memory by performing a 'fake' reboot
    Mobo Video Player - Supporting more video format

    Apps Updated:

    Google Music --> Google Play Music
    Google Market --> Google Play Store

    Tips:

    For those who wants more RAM, search Market for "Auto Killer Memory Optimizer" and "Advanced Task Killer" and install these two apps


    Work In Progress :

    - USB Storage will stop working in second boot after first time successful connected, means that USB storage will only work ONCE

    - I had contacted Zargloub and discuss the problem with him. Zargloub told me that it's NOT kernel problem, however he can't see any critical errors in logcat so we can't locate the problem. I know we can change the system/bin/vold file and also etc/vold.fstab file to make the USB work,
    so this will be a workaround and need some time to find a working bin file


    6/3/12

    IceDroid V4

    - Beats audio effect implant into the ROM!! Beats implant+ DSP Manager 'bass enabled'.. now the bass sounds like a BOOM! :D
    - Thanks to RockoDev for the Beats audio mod
    - Fixed no sound with music when headset plugged in problem
    - Using Zargloub latest kernel ( 1/3 ) which improved battery accuracy and performance and also light value
    - Updated Go Launcher EX 2.8.1
    - Updated Car Home 2.2.1.4


    27/2/12

    IceDroid V3

    - Using Zarglub's 20/2/12 kernel which improved minor battery performance
    - Updated latest SU Binary
    - Latest version of busybox installed
    -FINALLY FIXED 'App Not Compatible' and also missing some paid apps issue, now you can download or update any Google Apps like Youtube, Gmail.
    - All apps are updated to the latest version
    - Translated Newding app to BY MY OWN! Now it's 50% in English.. :D
    --> suggestion and help in translating the app will be welcome.. :)
    - Added adfree host into the ROM, no need to use Adblocker anymore.. :D



    20/2/12

    IceDroid V2

    - Fix the small camera icon
    - Removed ICS Launcher and replaced with Go Launcher EX
    - Added Go Locker with ICS Locker Theme
    - Added "Newding" app to solve missed call rebooting issue
    - Fix the wrong name of ICS Theme in Theme Chooser
    - Updated OI File Manager to latest version
    - Zipaligned all apk files with latest SDK revision 16
    - Somehow the ROM becomes faster.. :p



    16/2/12

    - IceDroid V1 released!!
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    Mod + Download Section:

    Full Wipe Script
    Introducing Full Wipe Script for Xperia X1 NAND, originally idea from Sensation forum and mod by jerrytan93 (ME!!).. :D

    The script was packed in a zip file and using updater-script to perform data wiping. Simply go to recovery and choose 'install zip from sd card' and then flash the zip


    What will the script do for you:

    - Remove old system files from older ROM
    - Remove old data files from older ROM
    - Remove old system created folders located in SD card, but it will NEVER format your SD card.. ;)


    Advantages of using this script:

    - Save your time, no need to wipe each partition one by one
    - FULLY CLEAN all the partitions so that you will get a CLEAN ROM installation (less bugs that caused by old files)


    Important Notes:

    - Since the script will format your data partition, means that you will lost ALL your user data like Apps, configured settings, account settings.. same meaning as 'Factory Reset'

    - This script is encouraged for those user who was having some 'weird issue' that did not happened on other users (including me)

    - If you want to keep your user data while cleaning all your phone's partition, you can choose to backup your ROM before applying the script, after that use 'Advance Restore' in Recovery to restore your data partition ONLY


    Download Full Wipe Script: View attachment 909578
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    I finally got some time to play around and make my sdcard also bootable this is the way i made it:
    (I hope this is finally the way that works for everyone with every card)

    caution: backup your sdcard or you will lose content

    thank to Elibl about MBR

    I think i found a way to temporarily solve the problem boot with sdcard

    first backup your sdcard data after that download my file , and extract

    1) open iBored as Admin

    2) choose your sdcard (often is physicaldrive1)

    Noted : physicaldrive0 often is hard drive , don't mistake

    3) Disk -> view structure (or ctrl + d)

    4) choose disk1

    5) Disk -> Write File to Blocks...
    6) Choose BootwSD.dat (together with ibored)
    7) program show a windows, choose yes (don't fix anything) ,and yes

    8) sdcard needs now to be formatted normally

    it worked for me every time immediately

    it's somehow logic as it then writes the file to the very beginning of the sdcard which is the section which is also checked by HDHacker

    again iBored as attachment

    huge thanks to BrickPSP
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    My final development post

    Alright so I'm sorry to announce that I'm leaving this project officially, however if someone are interested to continue this project, here's some info from Zargloub which you may want to fix if possible

    zargloub said:
    Hi,
    I'm coming back from hollidays.
    Having a quick look at your page "IceDroid".
    The video playing HW acceleration is done by dsp. kernel is not concerned.
    External libraries are used to give android access to dsp processor (somewhere like in /system/lib/dsp/*.so ).
    When he needs, Android checks if libraries for playing a type of video is presend (for exemple H.264, mpeg4, 720P), if yes, library is used, otherwise, if possible, he uses software rendering. You should check if dsp libraries are available for qualcom.
    For the wifi problems, i'll have a look soon .. lot of work when coming back at the office.
    about boot with sd card, if you have some time, it would be interesting to check removing all services in init.rc and init.kovsky.rc (axcept console one, to access with adb ;) ) and check if it allways block.
    Have fun ...

    For those advance user like CoolrunnerII and Elibl you can contact zargloub for further discussion, I believe in one day you all will achieve FIRST FULLY WORKING NAND ROM FOR XPERIA X1.. :)

    Finally, I will leave Xperia X1 development now and continue my Android journey to HTC Sensation as a themer.. happy to say that this place had let me learned many things about Android ( this is my first device running Android and the place I started to be a dev ), and meet some nice guys too! :D You guys are awesome and supportive! :D

    I will not replying any more PM about IceDroid and my other CWM project.. for newcomer if you are looking for help / support / tips you can contact those advance user as I stated above.. I'm sure they are always ready to help you. ;)

    Have a nice day and GOOD BYE ! :)