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4Aug/107

{ROM-FroYo Sense} – Lambros Custom Rom r3.3 (HTC Desire)

Visit http://xda-developers.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=628 for info about this and use the search box.

Now we move on to my Rom. I used the official OTA2.2 from HTC (rooted by xda member @ieftm) as a base and from there i made a lot of tweaks, applied many MODS and i made it PERFECT, STABLE & FAST for me so i wanted to share it with you.

NOTE::::: Please before posting negative comments or questions try to format, wipe all caches and data and reflash the rom and if the problem exists then ok i am open to help you.


Lambros Custom Rom r3.3
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-Based on Official OTA2.2 Rom (by xda-member ieftm)
-Fully Rooted & Superuser & Busybox added
-Fully DEODEXED
-A2SD+ (Supports ext2, ext3, ext4 partitions)
-Wireless N (802.11n)
-OpenVPN enabled (TUN)
-cifs.ko & nls_utf8.ko modules added (Mount Windows SMB Shares with UTF8 filename support)
-Perflock Disabled on boot (underclock with SetCPU)
-changed bcm4329.ko module nosleep while in wifi (thanks Myshkinbob)
-CpuFreq Governors added (Powersave & Interactive)
-Nano text editor with sysro/sysrw added
-Bash command shell added
-/data/app enabled (add your .apks into the folder for automatic installation during flash)
-SuperBattery with % ver.C mixed with ver.D (thanks fightspit)
-Trackpad ONLY wakeMod
-All Locales Mod added (almost all languages availiable)
-GMT Time Zone Fix
-hosts file updated to block most ads
-Many APN's added (Cytamobile-Vodafone by me)
-HTC Wallpapers visible
-Custom Bootanimation enabled (place your bootanimation.zip & android_audio.mp3 into /data/local)
-Custom Nexus One Bootanimation
-Rosie Patched (drag and drop screens while in Screen preview)
-All Google Apps are in /data/app for easy Uninstall by anyone
-All .apks Signed
-All .apks ZipAligned
-Ram Optimized and tweaked values
-Some more tweaks made for speed and RAM optimization!!!
-If you want to update some of the Apps i have prebaked, first UNINSTALL them and then REDOWNLOAD them from the market

(Added '+' in /data/app if not mentioned)
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+Google Car Home
+DeskClock
+Android Keyboard
+Gallery3D
+Stock Contacts / Dialer
+Voice Dialer
+EmailGoogle
+HTC Widgets (battery,call mom,coin,dice,fortune cookie,notes,quick recorder,sand timer,tip calculator,today in history)
+Spare Parts
+LeoFroYo Spare Parts
+OpenVPN
+Market Enabler
+Titanium Backup 3.4.1
+Chrome2Phone
+Cifs Manager
+HTC_Ime mod
+Quickoffice
+Youtube
NOTE::::::: In order to update an app from the above firstly UNINSTALL it and then INSTAL it from the market!!!

moved from /system to /data
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-Google Maps 4.4.0
-Gmail
-Voice Search
-Google Search Box
-Superuser
-Teeter
-Flash Player
-Facebook
-GenieWidget

Removed in EXTREME Release
==========================

-Google CarHome moved to /system/app
-Google Contacts, Gallery3D, Email, Gmail, Voice Dialer
-HTC AppSharing
-HTC Stocks & Widget
-HTC Twitter & Widget
-HTC Car Panel
-HTC Footprints & Widget
-Facebook (The sync feature is not removed)
-Quickoffice
-Flickr
-DCSStock
-DCSUtility
-Youtube
-OPenVPN

ROM DOWNLOADS
Lambros Custom Rom r3.3 EXTREME(NEW VERSION) | MIRROR (hosted here)
Lambros Custom Rom r3.3 FULL(NEW VERSION) | MIRROR (hosted here)
Lambros Custom Rom r3.2 EXTREME (old version) | MIRROR (hosted here)
Lambros Custom Rom r3.1 EXTREME (old version) | MIRROR (hosted here)
Lambros Custom Rom r3.1 (old version) | MIRROR (hosted here)
Lambros Custom Rom r3 (old version)
Lambros Custom Rom r2 EXTREME (old version)

REQUIRED FOR ALL ROMS!!!!!!!!!
DOWNLOAD the new Radio in order to have a STABLE ROM: 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2.zip
Radio: 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2 (MIRROR hosted here)

Extra Goodies
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1) Choose how you want to wake up your phone from sleep(Power, Search, Home, Menu, Back, Trackpad)
power_wake_TrackpadEnabled
Power_Wake_TrackpadDisabled
home_wake_TrackpadEnabled
home_wake_TrackpadDisabled
menu_wake_TrackpadEnabled
menu_wake_TrackpadDisabled
back_wake_TrackpadEnabled
back_wake_TrackpadDisabled
search_wake_TrackpadEnabled
search_wake_TrackpadDisabled
trackpad_wake_KeysDisabled

2) Drag & Drop screens in whatever position you want in Screen preview (when pinched in - helicopter view - integrated in r3.2)
Default Rosie (Sense Home Launcher)
Rosie Patched (Sense Home Launcher)

3) Default bcm4329 module (WiFi N disabled, for anyone who doesn't have Wifi N speeds and want to preserve battery)

Visit the Rom's thread in XDA-Developers for more info on problems and bugs.

!!! Special Thanks to Donators !!!
PhysX @xda
Sarsippius @xda

ChangeLog
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r3.3 @ 24/08/2010
-fully DEODEXED
-Super Battery mod C mixed with D
-added cpu governors Powersave and Interactive
-new Cifs module added with UTF8 filename support
-removed OpenVPN, Root Explorer from EXTREME edition
-ALL new HTC Widgets(battery,call mom,coin,dice,fortune cookie,notes,quick recorder,sand timer,tip calculator,today in history)
-Chrome2Phone & Cifs manager to /data/app
-Google CarHome added to /system/app
-reAdded HTC Facebook & HTC Friendstream, news, geniewidget in EXTREME
-HTC ime mod v27 added
-Superuser, Voice Search, GoogleQuickSearchBox, flashplayer, teeter moved to /data/app
-The FULL release contains ALL google apps to /data/app for easy removal for anyone who doesn't want them

r3.2 @ 12/08/2010
-NEW SuperBattery version C integrated
-NEW cifs.ko module added for mounting SMS Shares
-changed bcm4329.ko module nosleep while in wifi (thanks Myshkinbob)
-NEW superuser 2.3.1 (thanks chainsDD)
-Perflock Disabled on boot (underclock with SetCPU)
-RAM & TaskKiller optimized values
-Rosie Patched (drag and drop screens while in Screen preview)
-Titanium Backup updated to 3.3.5
-OpenVPN application added
-HTC widgets added (Coinflip, Dice, Tip Calculator, Today In History - Thanks to PAUL)
-Maps updated 4.4.0
-Stock Contacts added
-HTC Car Panel added
-removed quick system info

r3.1 @ 06/08/2010
-reBaked from beginning
-every MOD,Tweak currently avaliable applied
-2 versions available (r3=All HTC Apps, r3 EXTREME=Many Apps Removed)
-HTC Wallpapers
-Custom Nexus One Bootanimation added
-QuickOffice working (/system/app)
-removed wifi status
-minor fixes

r3 @ 06/08/2010
-reBaked from beginning
-Same tweaks applied like r2 EXTREME but with following added too
-ROM Fully ODEXED
-Bluetooth CarKit & RAM tweak applied
-QuickOffice moved to /data/app
-NEW hosts
-Stock DeskClock & Android Keyboard & Gallery3D added in (/system/app)
-NEW Spare Parts
-Removed modInstallLocation (it is included into the new spare parts)

r2 EXTREME @ 04/08/2010
-initial release
+HTC Notes
+ModInstallLocation (enables you to change where you want the apps to be stored when using Froyo Apps2Sd)
+Spare Parts
+RootExplorer
+QuickOffice (installed by HTC in /system/app)
+MarketEnabler
+Spare Parts
+Titanium Backup
+Quick System Info
*Google Maps installed to /data/app instead of /system/app
-Stock & Stock widget
-Peep
-Facebook & HTC Facebook
-Footprints
-Friendstream
-App Sharing
-Voice Search
-Youtube
-Gmail

If you appreciate my work and want to contribute in its development you can donate any amount you want, either for my work or for something you want to be added or just for updating!!! Thanks


16Jul/1051

{App-Guide} – Sygic Mobile Maps 10 ( CYPRUS & GREECE )

Hello everyone :-P

It's been a long time since my last post but now i am back and i hope that i won't be so busy again and update the site regularly. Today i am going to tell you how you can install the "Sygic Mobile Maps 10" into your smartphone, either Android, Symbian, WinMo.

I am from Cyprus and it's very hard to find something GPS-like for my country so i am going to post this guide to make my country mate's lives easier.

Let's begin :-)

  1. Create a folder named "sygic" without the quotes on the root of your SDCARD. (root means the directory when you open your sdcard, let's say the sdcards letter is "x" the directory should be "x:\sygic" )
  2. Download one of the 3 Sygic Versions from below:

    ANDROID
    version (eg. HTC Hero, HTC Legend, HTC Desire, HTC Nexus One, Samsung Galaxy S, Motorolla Droid etc)
    ANDROID 2.2 FroYo
    version (eg. HTC Desire, HTC Nexus One, Samsung Galaxy S etc)
    SYMBIAN version(eg. N97 etc, sorry but i don't have any symbian phones to mention here)
    WINMO version (eg. HTC Touch Diamond 1/2, HTC Touch PRO 1/2, HTC Touch HD, HTC HD2 etc)
  3. Place the zip you downloaded inside the "sygic" folder you created in step 1.
  4. Right-Click it and choose "EXTRACT HERE"  (now you should have inside the sygic directory 1 setup file and 3 folders, MAPS, RES, DRIVE)NOTE:::: The winmo version has one more folder 2577, in my touch diamond 2 i didn't need it so i deleted it but i put it as i found it. i think it's for the old windows versions
  5. Now  using a file manager from your phone (Astro or Explorer for ANDROID which can be found in Market) locate the "setupandroid.apk", "setupsymbian.sis" or "setupwinmobile.exe" according to your version and RUN it to install the App. (You should have a new app named "Mobile Maps 10" now)
  6. Run the application, it will ask you to REGISTER your map. Proceed as it says until it gives you a DEVICE ID (write it down somewhere on a paper)
  7. Using your PC now access your memory card and go into the "MAPS" folder and locate "SygicKG.exe"
  8. RUN the keygen file mention above and click the "BROWSE" button. Now locate the "SMM10 Europe.mlm" file located into the MAPS folder again and make it the selection for the box.
  9. In the DEVICE ID box type in the code you got from the application when we run it in step 6 and then click GENERATE.
  10. Write down this code as this is your REGISTRATION code you will enter in the app wizard in order to register the app. Return to the phone and run the application. Register it with the code we got from the step above and you should now have a fully working GPS navigation program with CYPRUS & GREECE maps installed.

I hope i was descriptive and detailed.For any problem or question don't hesitate to ask me. Just post a comment and i will answer you ASAP. Especially Cyprus friends who are searching for Cyprus Maps. Foreign users can have this too and add more maps later.

Thanks for reading :-)

If you liked the program and the tutorial you can buy me a drink here !!! ;P


Original Sygic Mobile Maps 10 Website

Updated 24/7/2010
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ok i reuploaded the complete winmo version with the settings.ini file included for more convenience....the settings.ini file can be downloaded seperate for users who have the previous version from the link below.
WINMO version SETTINGS.INI (you should place this file in the same folder as the 4 folders inside the full zip)

Updated 23/7/2010
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i added the settings.ini file i accidently forgot to upload for the winmo users as a separate download until i upload the full zip with the settings. ini file included.
you should place the settings.ini file in the same directory as the setupwinmo.exe and the 4 folders.

Updated 22/7/2010
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Android 2.2 FroYo Version added in Downloads for users who upgraded their phones to the latest android version.

16Jul/100

New Layout for Mobile Version of the Site :-P AMAZING !!!

Hello everyone :-) , today i updated the WebSite layout for Mobile Phones and Mobile Devices...

Visit www.Mastergenius.net from your Mobile Browser and see the all new Mobile Site which is totally amazing and easy to navigate!!!

Thanks for the support ;-)

7Feb/100

{Turorial} – Ultimate Tutorial to SpeedUp Windows 7 | Make it Run faster than Light itself!!!

Hello everyone :P

Couple a weeks ago i made my tutorial to make your PC running lightning fast with some steps and 2 programs i gave you.
Which you can find here http://mastergenius.net/wordpress/2010/01/23/make-your-pc-running-at-full-speed-with-a-few-easy-steps/

This time i will concentrate just on Windows 7, the latest Operating System from Microsoft and Yeap! the best one so far. Windows 7 is the best, the least buggy and the fastest of all the OSes around in my opinion but why not give it a little more special boost and have our system running at its full capability ??? :-)
(let's clear something up, the previous tutorial i made is for all windows versions so for windows 7 too, some of the steps covered there are written here too just for completeness of this ultimate guide for Windows 7, and some of the steps here can be used in XP and Vista too)

Let's Begin the biggest and more covering guide/tutorial on making Windows 7 faster than it already is!
Good Luck folks :P

1)  Filtering the Start-Up Applications List

- Open the MSconfig tool:

Start -> type in search box "msconfig.exe"  without quotes and press ENTER

- Now click on the tab named Startup
- You can see now the applications that start when you open your PC. The more you have ticked, the more Apps will start, the more your PC will have slow boots.
- Just UNCHECK the Applications you don't want to start
- Now that you filtered out the startup apps click Apply (don't close msconfig since we are going to do some more work into it)

2) Configure MSconfig a tad bit more for optimum performance

- We have been to Startup tab so far so it's time to move on to the Boot tab
- Here you can change the timeout value on the right, i suggest something between 1-5 secs
- Now click Advanced Options
- Check the first box Number of Processors and in the dropdown box choose the number of CORES your Cpu has. (2 for dual cores etc)
- Now click OK and we are back to the Boot tab
- Check the box where it says "Make all boot settings permanent" and click OK

3) Ok we are done with step 2. Now we are going to edit the SERVICES running on our System.

This is one of the main reasons why our PCs are slowing down A LOT. A good optimization of the services and you are going as fast as a rocket in space.

Start –> type  “services.msc” without quotes in the search box and ENTER

- Now click the standard tab at the bottom
- Here you can see all services running on your system, some of them are automatic, others are manual and others are disabled. The point here is to have as less automatic as possible cause by being automatic they start when your PC goes on. So they slow it down making it a sluggish piece of machine!!! ;)
- Here i provide you a link to a site with information for each service and how it’s recommended to be, i used this guide for my PCs too.
http://www.blackviper.com/Windows_7/servicecfg.htm
Reading through this takes time and yeah it’s time consuming indeed. But as i said before SERVICES are one of the main reasons why PCs are slow so when you have time pay attention to this STEP 3.

4) Now we move on to Uninstalling All the uneccesary Applications from Our System.

- This step is my favourite cause by completing it you earn apart from speed improvement, hard disk space too. For completing this step i again recommend you a program like no other (Please try my recommendations, i spent a LOT LOT of time trying programs and these are really good), anw the program i recommend for this step is YourUninstaller PRO 2008. Not only it removes programs but also eliminates all traces they leave behind them.
- Download it by clicking the link above and install it with the keygen inside or if you are more ethical man buy the program.
- After doing this open the application, you will see all the programs installed on your system. By doing a strict choice for what you want, uninstall all the others by clicking uninstall on each one of them (finish one and then moe on to another).
- BE CAREFUL at this point, at first the uninstaller of the program will start as ususal, after finishing it DO NOT restart even if it’s suggests you to do. Finish the uninstall and then you’ll see that YourUninstallerPro goes a step ahead and searches for all the traces left behind, after finding them click next and it will clean them all.
- DO this for all the programs you do not need instead of the windows built in uninstaller cause this way all traces are deleted.
- YourUninstaller PRO has some nice tools if you search it but they are optional for anyone who is curious

5) Edit the Visual Effects and boost Performance!

Start -> type "sysdm.cpl" without quotes in the search box and hit ENTER

- Go to the Advanced tab
- Click the Performance Settings
- Now in Visual effects choose what you want and don't want from the list. The less you have the more boost in performance you'll notice. You can leave only the following on if you want for better user experience at minimum resources

  • Enable desktop composition (If you want to use Windows Aero theme)
  • Enable transparent glass (If you want to use transparency in Windows)
  • Show thumbnails instead of icons (If you want to show thumbnails in Explorer)
  • Show window contents while dragging (If you want windows to show content while moving them)
  • Smooth edges of screen fonts (If you want to show smooth fonts)
  • Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop (If you want to show shadows under desktop icon labels)
  • Use visual styles on windows and buttons (If you want to use Windows Aero or Basic theme.)
  • Show transclucent selection rectangle (for having a rectangle when selecting multiple files)

- Now go the advanced tab and check the "Programs" in Adjust performance best for!
- OK and again OK to exit :P

6) Folder Options

Open Windows Explorer and go to Organize and then Folder and Search Options and choose the View tab

Now see the list and check the appropriates for your taste. I recommend having the following disabled though:

  • Display file size information in folder tips
  • Always show menus
  • Display icons on thumbnails
  • Hide extensions for known file types (i have this one enabled to recognise the files :P )
  • Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color
  • Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items

7) Move on to the Sounds

Start -> type in the search box "mmsys.cpl" without quotes and hit ENTER

- Now click the Sounds tab
- Choose from the schemes list No Sounds or try to disable the ones you don't want
- It's important to turn off the sounds for "Windows logon", "Windows logoff" and "Shutdown"

8 ) You don't do Search ? Then why not disabling it

If you are the kind of user that just explores and gets the file he wants and do not use search regularly then you can disable the Search Indexing Service.

Start -> type "services.msc" without quotes into the search box and hit ENTER

- Now find the service called Windows Search
- Right click it and choose Properties.
- From the dropdown menu choose Disabled
- OK and exit

By disabling the service we can still do search normally but the system will not eat up memory indexing our searches. If you are using the search feature a lot then this might not be good to disable. Try it and see the difference yourself.

9) AERO Theme - Performance Vs Graphics

The Windows 7 Aero theme adds eyecandy features all around the system, shadows, transparency, and many other user interface tidbits. If you have a not-so-latest hardware and just want performance over graphic interface then you can disable the aero theme and you will notice a MAJOR boost in performance.

- Right click on Desktop and click Personalize
- Click the Window Color and uncheck the Enable Transparency and click Save Changes
- Now choose a theme from the basic ones and you will be fast like 100m dasher :-)

10) Turn off UAC (User Account Control) - Not for Newbies

Copy this into the adress bar of any of your explorer windows or go to it manually

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\User Accounts

- Change User Account Control Settings
- Slide the bar far bottom to Never Notify and click OK

Now you won't receive all those permission dialog boxes if you want to run the application etc.

11) Remove all the Windows features you do not use

- Click the START, then select Control Panel.
- Select Programs and Features.
- Select Turn Windows features on or off.

And check or uncheck the ones you want to have. Once finished click OK and wait for the windows to finish installing or uninstalling!

12) Disabling the Sidebar Widget

- Right Click on it and click Properties
- Uncheck the box where it says "Start sidebar when Windows Starts"

OK now there won't be any side bar!

13) Disable any screen saver and even wallpaper

If you want even more performance you can disable your screen saver and your wallpaper. Just use a solid color as background if you are in an aged pc.

14) Defragging and Registry Cleaning 8)

You can use my previous tutorial for detailed information on this topic but i will copy some parts here, Defragging, Cleaning junk files and registry are important tasks you should do every week if you ask me if not daily in order to help your system maintain its stability and performance.

First of all DOWNLOAD Auslogics Boost Speed 4

- When you open Auslogics you see the welcome page. I want you to click on Computer Clean Up from the left panel. Here there are 4 tools.

Disk Cleaner
Registry Cleaner
Uninstall Manager
Startup Manager

We will use the first 2 tools mainly cause the later 2 are already covered in the steps above.
- Run DiskCleaner and RegistryCleaner about once a week and you will always be ok. When you click on them there will be some choices for you to check. I check all the checkboxes although it says for some that is dangerous and didn’t have any problems so far, in contrary it’s better for best results.
- Now we go a little further, click on Optimization on the left panel and do the first 3 tools.
disk defragment
registry defragment
internet optimizer
it’s easy to complete them so no more details on this one.
- Information and Control is our last stop in Auslogics for now. Click on it and open the Tweak Manager. This is a manager that handles a lot of tweaks (REALLY HELPFUL AND USABLE) not easily found within windows. Discover this yourself and optimize it your way.
- The rest of the tools are optional for anyone to try them. Good they make bad they don’t

15) Some registry tweaks for you :) by me!!!

First of all Download this Registry File - Tweaks for XP / VISTA / 7 (right click on it and choose SAVE AS )

This file contains some tweaks that will make your PC even faster and with some shortcuts too. Below are the tweaks detailed:

  • Adds "Open Folder with CMD" and "Open File with CMD" so that you can easily open a folder or a file into the Command Prompt
  • Adds "Copy To" and "Move To" options in files and folders context menu, so that you can easily copy and move them to other locations.
  • Sets Windows to automatically end task of programs which are either hanged or taking longer time than expected to exit.
  • Decreases menus show delay time to 0, it'll show the sub-menus fast when you select their parent menu.
  • Disables the low disk space check so that you don't get the annoying low disk space notification in system tray.
  • Sets Windows to not waste time in searching for a program which no longer exists in your system when you try to open its shortcut.
  • Disables "search on Internet" prompt in "Open with" window so that it directly opens the program list.
  • Speeds up the Explorer navigation.
  • Adds "Take Ownership" option in files and folders context menu so that you can easily take ownership of files and folders in case you want to replace them for customization purpose.

Right click the file above and choose Save Target As(I.Explorer) or Save Link As (M.Firefox)
When the download is finished run it and click OK when it asks for your permission.

Restart and see the results!!!

Fewww that was another one big tutorial for you :P :-) If you follow my guide step by step i am sure you will be amazed at how fast your PC actually is. The most important points you need to have in your mind if you want the hard work you did now to last and have one super douper PC are:
Defragmenting Hard Drive
Removing Junk Files
Cleaning up Registry
Derfagmenting Registry

You can do these with Auslogics Boost Speed 4 i gave you above but there are other tools too if you don't want to get my recommendation. The point is to do these things to be consistent.

Also for the non Windows 7 users many of these tricks can be done in XP and VISTA, try them and see yourself which one is good for your configuration!

Thank you all for reading my guide and i am looking forward your Comments with Your results.

Ultimate Tutorial / Guide to SpeedUp Windows 7 | make it faster than Light itself!!! :P by MasterGenius.NET (Lambros Petrou)