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Default [ROM][11/20/10] VillainROM Presents... Villision for the G2/Desire Z NO SENSE (v1.0)

Welcome to VillainROM

This bit’s the introduction. If you’re not interested in who we are, or how we got here, or are of the TL;DR mentality, then skip this entire section.

I’ve been raging recently. That’s right... raging. I’ve moved house, had NO internet connection (and still have no connection, until the 29th November), and T-Mobile then decided to block my access after 4pm for exceeding my fair usage allowance on my “unlimited” internet package. So yeah, the fact that we’ve even found time to work on and release these ROMs shows how dedicated we are to bringing VillainROM to the masses.

As many of you have noticed, I’m well and truly back in to the world of custom roms, after a few months break over the summer. Believe me, it was well and truly needed. It’s great to be back though.

If you’ve come from a HTC Hero/Desire or Magic, the chances are, you’ve heard of VillainROM. For that reason, I won’t go into who we are in too much detail. Sufficed to say, we’re a hardworking team of collaborative developers, working towards a common goal; to improve on manufacturer’s versions of the Android OS’ and to provide alternative, AOSP versions. We will no longer be providing 'experimental beta' releases, but instead, only releasing ROMs we deem to be 'final'.

So, enough of the "sales" pitch... let’s talk about the ROM!

Before I do, though, I’d just like to take this opportunity to offer a huge message of gratitude to the team at #g2root. Scotty2 and the team worked their arses off for weeks on this, and together they achieved what HTC attempted to make impossible. We all owe them a huge debt of thanks.

Well, we’re a bit later than we’d hoped on the G2 scene, so we thought we’d say hi with a bang. Well, three bangs actually. That’s three ROMs of course; we hope you like them.

The first of the three ROMs is Villision. The other two ROMs which are finished, but undergoing internal testing are coming over the next couple of days.


VILLISION 1.0.0



If you’re looking for speed, and as close to G2 stock/AOSP (without being an AOSP of course) as possible, then this is the ROM for you. Villision is our stripped down version of the G2 Stock Rom, De-odexed and with all T-Mobile branded crap removed.... with HomerSP's and my very own tweaks. We're personally using this as my daily driver, until we get around to ROM number 4, which will be a compiled AOSP build based loosely on CM6.1.

I would like to thank HomerSP of VillainROM for his assistance on this ROM, which is the first ROM we've every worked together on. He's been a legend to work with.


Villision 1.0.0 Features

- Based on OTA G2 Stock ROM
- Custom Power Menu (Reboot & Reboot to Recovery)
- Coolbho's 1.497Ghz OC kernel (thanks CM team) - We will be compiling our own range of kernels next week, so expect an update on this.
- Languages added (including GB English - that's right, colour > color)
- De-odexed
- PNG Optimized
- Zip-Aligned
- Dalvik heap tweaks
- Custom wallpaper & bootanimation (Designed by Mikebeechm and animated by HomerSP)
- Removed T-Mobile applications (bloatware)
- Removed all market downloadable apps such as Earth, etc - YOU PICK the apps you want.


NOTES:

Busybox NOT included: If you need it, download it via Titanium Backup’s ‘Problems’ link. It will download and install immediately.

INSTALL SETCPU TO SET OC!

INSTRUCTIONS:


1. Boot into clockwork recovery
2. Nandroid backup if you're nervous
3. FULL DATA WIPE
4. Flash the ROM
5. Reboot!


Your download link:

DOWNLOAD MEH!

Credits:

The ever growing list of credits - Thanks to: Cyanogen, Scotty, #g2root, HomerSP, Pulser (legend), Ninpo, Kendon, Mike Coffee, Lenny, Shen, Jeremy, Paul (Modaco), Richard Trip, MikeBeecham, RaiderX, lox, benhaam, strange Chinese guy whose name I don’t know but regularly places leaks in my dropbox, ALL VILLAINROM users, and in advance to anyone who downloads any of these ROMs, and leaves feedback.

Join us on irc for banter (chat.freenode.net : 6667 - #villainrom) for support!

We hope you enjoy the ROM! Stay tuned for 2 more ROMs over the next couple of days, and a fourth in the next week or so!


KEYPAD 4 BUTTON FIX DOWNLOAD (thanks to redglasses!)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z13DE4QE

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Due to the way xda is, and the split between g2 and z sections I reccomend that if you have any important comments or find any bugs about this rom please post so on the correct section of the VillainRom forums which can be found at www.villainrom.co.uk

Also it might pay to read the g2 post for this very same rom.

LINK - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846376

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Current: Google LG Nexus 4, Google Asus Nexus 7,
Retired: Samsung Galaxy Note II Samsung Galaxy S III, Advent Vega (Tablet), Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung Galaxy S, HTC Desire Z, HTC Desire HD, HTC Desire, HTC Hero


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As i have heard the Z and G2 are diffrent on some ways and few have get problem doing stuff that was z/g2 flagged better ask is this one for pure G2 or will it even work on Z? Maybe some one have try it on a Desire Z and can tell?
 
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I have it running on my DZ absolutely fine. Shame no HTC keyboard. Bring on the Sense ROM lads!
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BTDAG's [Guide] Complete Newbie Guide to Install a Custom Rom & Newbie FaQ
PHAELOX's [HOW TO] Make your own bootscreen and create signed zip
Some useful info from BONESY on adding apps to a base ROM here --> How to create "update.zip" for integrate apps?


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Default 4 capacitive buttons not working

Hey just flashed this rom it looks just fantastic....the raw android is amazing..but the issue on my asian desire z is tat the four touch sensetive buttons r not working...need help plzzz
 
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Hey just flashed this rom it looks just fantastic....the raw android is amazing..but the issue on my asian desire z is tat the four touch sensetive buttons r not working...need help plzzz
Did you use all the wipe options in your recovery?

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Hey just flashed this rom it looks just fantastic....the raw android is amazing..but the issue on my asian desire z is tat the four touch sensetive buttons r not working...need help plzzz
Edit - it's already been sorted by redglasses. Flash this on top of the rom if you're having issues

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z13DE4QE

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bit of a noob question, do i need a goldcard to install this rom? I'm already perm-rooted, S-OFF and i have clockwork/rom manager installed.
 
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bit of a noob question, do i need a goldcard to install this rom? I'm already perm-rooted, S-OFF and i have clockwork/rom manager installed.
then no, put the .zip on your sd card, boot into clockwork mod recovery, backup, wipe and then select the zip to flash.
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Retired: Samsung Galaxy Note II Samsung Galaxy S III, Advent Vega (Tablet), Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung Galaxy S, HTC Desire Z, HTC Desire HD, HTC Desire, HTC Hero


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awesome, thanks Lennyuk

 
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