Due to the recent quantity of repeat questions in the forum I have decided to make this guide to the Blu Kuban rom by Rujelus22. I hope to answer most of the basic questions to limit these FAQ clogging up the forum in dev. Feel free to suggest any questions I may have missed. Thanks to Rujelus22, MoHoGalore, TrayLunch, Venum, Sn1per117, Esoteric68, ThirdCoastRaised,Mark.J.Linskiy, 1brainsurgeon, and anyone else who has helped out in the Blu Kuban forum. I will be maintaining and adding to this as necessary.
For anyone looking to link on a specific issue or just trying to find a problem,I have organized the posts into sections.
Post 1- Intro and installation
Post 2- The ROM updater
Post 3- Commonly asked questions
Post 4- Current/Version specific issues
Post 5-Helpful links
Disclaimer: I am not Rujelus22. I did not create this ROM. I am more than happy to help with any issues you may have, don't be afraid to ask.
Installation
Prerequisites: you must be on a custom recovery with the ability to flash zips. Your Android version is irrelevant if you follow the steps below.
Q. How do I install the Blu Kuban?
A. This is taken from the OP. I have elaborated where necessary.
1. Download the rom and the format all x2 script. They are both available in the op here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1625535 Place these in the root directory of your internal storage or somewhere you can easily locate them.
2. Check to make sure your MD5 sum matches what is shown by the download link.
3. Boot to a custom recovery. It is not necessary to ODIN back to EL29 but it will not harm anything to do so. Just make sure you have a CUSTOM recovery with root.
4. Make a nandroid backup of your current setup. If desired backup your apps with an app such as Titanium Backup before changing any rom.
5. Go to flash zip from SD card or flash from internal storage depending on where you stored the files in step 1. Run the format all x2 script. This does not wipe your sd card or internal sd storage, only the system files and installed apps. Its the same as a factory reset, but MUCH safer as it will not trigger the EMMC bug.
6. Flash the Blu Kuban rom.
7. Reboot the device. This boot will take slightly longer than usual, but should not take over 4 minutes. If you do not see a boot animation by this point you may have a problem and need to start over.
8. *This step is optional.* Once the phone has completed booting, go into the system menu and select Rom Updater near the bottom of the menu. Select Put Things Back to Stock and locate and install Full ROM Part 2. Select reboot and install if it says the MD5 matches. Part 2 themes Google Talk to match the rest of the rom. If you don't use talk, you don't need to do this step.
9. Congratulations, you are now running the Blu Kuban ROM.
Q. I am already running Blu Kuban, but how do I update to the latest version?
A. Check what version you are currently on. This can be found in the about phone section. If your version is only one version old, you can update directly. (Ex: you are on 1.0.4.3 you can update directly to 1.0.4.4 If you are on 1.0.4.2 or below, you will need to perform a clean install.) You may either install the UPDATE in the op or go into the Rom Updater and select Rom then check for update and install. There is no need to wipe.
Q. A cartoon guy with glasses just popped up in my notifications, what's the deal?
A. Congratulations! You have just been blessed with an updated version of Blu Kuban. Check your Rom Updater for the download, reboot and install.
Q. I heard there is a new version, but I don't have a notification yet. Why?
A. One of two things could cause this. If you are more than one version old, you will be unable to use the updater. Perform a new install. Otherwise, you may have changed a setting in the Rom Updater pertaining to checking for new updates.
Before posting a question about the Blu Kuban, be sure to check out my FAQ The Blu Kuban FAQ
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The heart and soul of the BK rom. Here you can customize your phone in a number of ways. Make sure you read any notes that Ruj has put in the description of the mod. They are usually very important and will keep you from messing up your phone. I will break it down by the sections of the updater.
Updater Basics
Q. Can I flash more than one mod at a time?
A. In general, yes. However if you are flashing more than one modification to a given area, it may not work. Don't try to flash a new lock ring image AND a lock screen mod that changes the secondary button. They both modify the same file and can cause issues.
Q. Ok, so how do I flash more than one mod at a time?
A. After your mod sucessfully downloads with a good MD5 you will be presented with 3 options. Cancel, Ok, and Reboot and Install. Choose cancel. Download your other mods and chose cancel on all of those. When you have finished picking them select settings-> downloaded files from the rom updater. Check all the mods you wish to install and click install. Your phone should reboot instantly and install the mods.
Updater Sections
ROM
You can update to the next version of BK rom, find the xda homepage, and donate to RUJELUS22 here.
GENERAL MODS
Various mods including removal of roaming notification, restoring stock sounds, add/remove ad blocking, disable rotation and CRT animation, charging LED mods, and change screen shot file format.
LOCK SCREEN MODS
Change your lock ring image or modify the secondary lock function. Default is camera. Currently the lock screen only supports unlock and one secondary function. If you need more, feel free to install an app such as GoLocker.
BATTERY MODS
There are several different battery display options here. The default setting for battery display is the red battery bar at the top of the screen and no clock. Image (icon style) battery indicators will not work until you install one of the options on the bottom of this page. Install your preferred combination of clock/battery bar/image battery. Then chose the image or color bar you want to use. If you wish to display a numerical battery percentage, go to system menu -> Display → Display battery percentage.
STATUS BAR MODS
Various WiFi icons and images for your notification pull down.
BOOT ANIMATIONS
Do I really need to explain this one?
LAUNCHERS
Several popular ICS launchers themed for awesomeness. Default is Apex Launcher.
ADD-ON APPS
Lots of removed stock apps and new ones too. Many have fixes to fit the theme. Note that TW widgets and some TW apps will not work unless you are using a TW launcher.
THEMED APPS
These are already baked into the rom. No need to install these unless you went back to the stock unthemed app.
KERNELS
Source based awesomeness. If you don't know what a kernel does, just keep on moving.
All kernels listed are verified to work with BK.
KUBAN KERNEL TWEAKS
You can choose various governors to tweak the kuban kernel. Don't run these with the AGAT kernels. This section is currently in testing.
MODEMS
All of the leaked ICS modems. Modem performance is very subjective and device specific. Try them all to see which works best for you.
FIXES
Most of the time this section will be empty. Any problems found that need to be addressed before the next release will have a patch placed here.
PUT THINGS BACK TO STOCK
Your lifeline in case you screwed anything up and home of part 2 of the rom install. Make a mistake changing those battery icons around? Flash back to the stock status bar here. You can also download the full version of the rom here to make it easier to come back after testing one of those “other” roms.
STOCK GOOGLE APPS
Don't like the themed GAPPS? Want the latest version that just dropped in the market? Uninstall the themed version first, then get the stock version here.
UNINSTALL APPS AND MODS
Just like it says. If you installed it in the updater, get rid of it here.
LABS
Wanna see the not quite ready for prime time stuff Ruj is cooking up? Grab it here.
INSTALLED APPS
A list of everything on your phone. Anything marked with a red ! is a system app.
SCRIPTS
Reboot your phone, refresh your battery percentage (you flashaholic!), and get log information here.
SETTINGS
Various settings for the rom updater. Downloaded items from the current session can be batch flashed here.
Before posting a question about the Blu Kuban, be sure to check out my FAQ The Blu Kuban FAQ
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Q. Hotmail/Exchange/Live/Some M$ based email isn't working. How do I fix it?
A. You just have to use the test server.
Put in your email address and password then choose the manual setup up button.
Select exchange
Username: (is full email address @live.com or @hotmail.com)
Password: (your password)
Server: debug-m.hotmail.com
All other boxes are left with default settings.
BTW This is not a rom issue. This is a hotmail issue, this fix should work for all roms. Microsoft is changing a bunch of stuff on their end to sell more windows phones and its not playing nice with the default options on android email apps.
Q. Why does my lock screen weather say 90° C?
A. Damn that's hot! You've got a little touchwiz issue there. Go to settings-> display-> lock screen weather settings.
Change it to celsius, turn your screen off, change it back to Fahrenheit. All better!
Q. Can I change the DPI of this rom?
A. Technically yes, but it will break theming among other things. Rujelus22 does NOT support any DPI changes and has no plans to in the future. Don't ask. Questions on this topic are usually ignored.
I've seen the custom icons in the ROM revert to the stock icons before. DO NOT USE DPI CHANGER IN THE MARKET. It will Bork your install and get stuck on the splash screen. The app of choice for this is ROM toolbox.
A little more education on the topic, courtesy of Sn1per117.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sn1per 117
Theming isn't broken at all until you go past 180 (might be 190 I can't be certain right now). The only things that will be affected are the phone dialer and calculator being smaller and the market not showing some apps. The dialer and calculator you can use as is or use replacements. The market can be made to show all your apps if it eventually starts not showing them with a simple mod. I've applied that mod to the market in my mods thread/my website.
I have personally run it at 190 with very few theming issues. The only one that is really noticeable is the URL box in chrome doesn't like the non standard DPI.
Q. Why can't I read this menu/button. It just shows up as black on black.
A. This is a fairly common known issue. It is caused by app developers forcing text color. Any dark themed rom will be plagued by this. Please note the name of the app and where you are having the issue in the main thread. If there are enough requests to fix a particular app, a fix may get added to the updater.
Q. My status bar just disappeared. What happened?
A. This happens if the systemui crashes. It will come back on a reboot. Most commonly this is caused by flashing battery and status bar mods that are incompatible. i.e. flashing a battery bar and image battery, but not one of the dual battery status bars.
Q. I think I just messed up flashing a mod from the updater. It doesn't look the way it should. What can I do?
A. When in doubt, use the “return to stock” section in the updater. This will get you out of trouble 90% of the time after flashing something new.
Q. Can you add a 4g toggle on the notification pull down?
A. No, not at this time. There have been issues trying to implement this. A good workaround for this is click settings on the pull down and the 4g toggle is right there. Or use a power widget available in the Play store. When he gets it working, it will be added.
Q. Why aren't my contacts importing at all? Why is contacts app crashing?
A. Odds are you have a corrupt contact that you are trying to sync. Try to locate it via a web browser and delete that contact. They should import after that.
Q. Why is my rom updater crashing/hanging/ not displaying all options?
A. This usually happens when you have a poor connection. Connect to wifi and try again.
Q. My notification light isn't working when charging. What can I do?
A. This is a known issue. Until a fix is released you can use either Blink, or Light Flow in the Play Store.
EDIT: This has been fixed as of 1.0.4.8
Q:I can not install x program on my sdcard
A:The Rogue kernel that comes with the ROM does not allow installing to the sdcard. Unmount the sdcard and install the app.
Q:I can not update x program from the market
A:If it is a themed app. They can not be updated from the Market. They must be updated from the updater. You can also always uninstall the themed version and install the market version.
Q: Why is Part 2 so small?
A: Part 2 only contains the second part of the Talk theme. It should be small and flash fast.
Q:I downloaded something from the updater but it did not flash?
A:Try choosing the Flip SDcard name option in the Updater settings. If not all zips downloaded from the updater can be flashed manually through CWM.
Q:How do I change the keyboard?
A: Ruj removed the annoying ICS keyboard notification so to change the keyboard change it in the system menu.
Q:Is LOS an issue like on AOSP?
A:*No, no one has seen any sort of LOS with this ROM.
Q:What modem comes with this?
A:None. Your current modem will be retained. All Modems can be flashed after the ROM install from the updater.
Q:Will you theme Facebook?
A:No, Facebook is to time consuming, It will not be themed it anymore.
Q:My battery life is not that good.
A:Check to see if anything is stuck running in the background. This ROM has shown great battery life. Check out some of my links in the next post. They can really help with battery life.
Q:Will you offer more colors?
A:No, It takes forever to theme a whole ROM. There is so much changed theme wise I will not be making other colors. Themers are more than welcome to have a shot at it.
Q: Can I install a different font?
A: Yes. ROM toolbox isn't recommended. The best way is using flip fonts. Ruj has a repository of fonts here in apk format. Just download and install. http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=29654968
Before posting a question about the Blu Kuban, be sure to check out my FAQ The Blu Kuban FAQ
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1.0.4.9 & 1.0.5.0
Both of these builds require a full wipe on install due to major system file changes. Follow the install instructions for a new install, not an upgrade.
Issues in 1.0.4.7
Anyone that uses the touch sounds option will notice the clicks aren't working properly in this version. Check the fixes section for a keyboard fix.
Issues in 1.0.4.5
Some users were reporting slow charging rates. There is a new version of the Kuban kernel in the updater that addresses this. Please download and install.
Issues with current version 1.0.4.4. Keep em coming guys.
Q: After updating to 1.0.4.4 Gtalk keeps freezing and crashing on me. It worked fine in the previous version. How can I fix it?
A: Talk 1 Talk 2
1. Remove all talk and data (everywhere) /data/app/ /data/data/ /system/app/ and reboot.
2. Talk should now be gone not even showing up (If it is there is something you did not remove)
3. Flash Part1 of Talk. (Reboot and you will have the half themed talk)(But it will work)
4. After you have Part 1 working Flash the second part to update to 4.0.4 and to finish theming.
If that does not work then I have no idea what you did and I would do a fresh install.
Before posting a question about the Blu Kuban, be sure to check out my FAQ The Blu Kuban FAQ
Don't forget the thanks button. Its free and I promise it doesn't hurt!
A nice step by step for improving battery life.
I have found turning off all GPS options helps immensely. Maps is always waking the phone every 5 minutes.
I posted this info in another thread asking about bad battery life and find myself linking people to it all the time, so I am just going to repost it here.
Quote:
I work at a battery shop. Granted its mostly car batteries, but deep cycling any battery is hard on it. Personally I avoid going below 10 percent if I can help it. That being said, I wouldn't throw it on the charger until around 50 percent. Every battery has a limited number of cycles. So unnecessary charging will reduce battery life as well.
Constantly reversing current flow is almost as bad as draining it completely. Fast charging is also bad news. The slower you can charge any battery, the better. So steer clear of any chargers or apps that promise shorter charging times. They will just generate more heat. And as we all know a hot battery is a bad battery. I actually mount my car dock right next to my vents so I can keep it cooler as it charges. I use an OEM Motorola charger because it controls the voltage. My old moto back flip wouldn't work with a generic charger that didn't have this voltage control. Now I won't use anything that doesn't have it. Got it on amazon for 6 bucks.
Yes I know a lithium ion battery is not the same as a car battery, however all batteries work on the same premise, just different chemical makeups. I've seen batteries explode, catch fire, and boil themselves dry. A swollen battery is extremely dangerous even at these low currents and voltages. Any swelling OR becoming concave means get yourself a new battery.
(someone then asked about battery dropping 20% after a reboot)
Battery can drop significantly on a reboot. It does not necessarily indicate a problem. I've lost 40% before on a reboot. However the length of life was still roughly the same. In fact I actually saw battery percentage rise 2 - 5 points an hour for 4 hours before. Getting the exact state of charge for a specific battery at a specific point in time requires a little guess work. The amount of guessing is reduced when there is a constant in the equation (remaining on for a while). Rebooting takes all the consistent data the computer has and throws it out the window. You can't accurately tell the state of charge by voltage alone, but that is the only data Android has to work with. So it has to compensate as best it can.
To continue the car battery comparison:
A fully charged car battery will read 12.6V. A reading of 12.3V will equate to roughly a 60% state of charge. In order to get a more accurate reading we use a hydrometer to pull the acid on each individual cell. If the battery just came off a charger it could read over 13V. However if one of the six cells is bad it will reduce the total voltage of the battery by 1.5V. This will come close to that 12V reading. By checking the individual cells I can determine the battery is in fact bad. But merely checking the voltage, one might think it is just discharged. This is the limitation Android cannot overcome. Now if you think of the phone battery as only around 3v (I forget the exact spec) divide the above numbers by 4. That .3V difference at 60% just became .075V. As you can see, it won't take much to get an inaccurate reading.
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