1src Forums - WANTED: ROM-editing app for LifeDrive!

06-22-2006, 11:38 AM	#16
yepayepa Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 13	Big thank you dmitrygr!. Like other people i will be really thankful to have the possibility to kick out and add software i want in my LD ROM.

06-25-2006, 12:26 AM

#17

Icecruncher

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dmitrygr

tell you what.
July1 i am releasing skinui 2
afterwards i will finish and release digitizer drift fixing app (i expect this to take 2 weeks max)
after that, i'll make you a LifeDrive rom crafter app. just remind me.

Yes, yes, yes.

I've been waiting for this since I bought the Lifedrive. Stupid Addit.

Icecruncher

06-25-2006, 05:49 AM	#18
jdebay Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7	I like it tidy and neat on my Palm devices... I have a Palm T, I used a T3, till it died. Now as a owner of LifeDrive... I would like the option PALM are you listening.... To decide what apps to have in ROM... I move all the icons to new catagory, not used... If I install an application and it has a part that I do not use, I put into not used catagory. I have looked for programs to hide application icons, I have tried hiding them too. But on soft reset, undone... I just like having a neat and tidy Palm. If I can do this on my Archos PMA 430 which is Archos first hand held. Then why can't Palm do it. j

06-25-2006, 10:11 AM	#19
iemand Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 155	Dimitry said he would make us a 'ROM crafting app', so I think and hope that means we will have full control over what we leave/put in or out of ROM...

07-01-2006, 05:42 PM	#20
Dan_Aykroyd Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 219	Although I'd LOVE this app, can you ease your mind knowing that, f.e. you removed Addit from the ROM? I know... it's crap, it's advertising, it's listed as spyware in many sites, etc etc... but... you won't have NO MORE the ORIGINAL LIFEDRIVE. Stop. It wouldn't be as it was meant to be... I only say this cause I suffer OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder)... but, that'd go through my mind all the time... just wanted to know what you think. In any case; Dmitry, go ahead and write that code for us.

07-02-2006, 08:27 AM

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iemand

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan_Aykroyd

Although I'd LOVE this app, can you ease your mind knowing that, f.e. you removed Addit from the ROM? I know... it's crap, it's advertising, it's listed as spyware in many sites, etc etc... but... you won't have NO MORE the ORIGINAL LIFEDRIVE. Stop. It wouldn't be as it was meant to be...

I only say this cause I suffer OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder)... but, that'd go through my mind all the time... just wanted to know what you think.

In any case; Dmitry, go ahead and write that code for us.

Euhm, actually, for me, this is the exact reason I want this app; I don't think the LifeDrive is what it should be in it's original state, that's why I want to change it to my needs.
And I don't have ANY problems with that, to be honest...

07-04-2006, 06:28 AM	#22
iemand Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 155	@Dimitry: I don't want to push my luck, but earlier in this thread you said you would make us a ROM crafting app for the LifeDrive. This would be after you released SkinUI 2 on the first of july, and an app that would solve the digitiser drift problems. You said that would take two weeks, but since you already released PowerDigi (works great on my old T3 by the way!), do you think you can start work on the ROM app...or did you already plan other things maybe? Like I said, don't want to push my luck, just curious if there's any progress... :-)

07-22-2006, 01:45 PM	#23
Upke Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7	I too am interested in such an application. What is the current status, if there is any status at all Thanks.

07-22-2006, 03:59 PM	#24
iemand Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 155	Good question! I was about to ask Dimitry about this, but like I said in the post above, I don't want to rush him, after all, it is ofcourse up to him when and if he wants to release it. So, in case you are reading this, Dimitry, any news?

09-07-2006, 07:23 AM

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Bexuanmai

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Today is 7-9-2006 , I have had Life Drive for 1 day ago and I feel Addict + Quicktour + pTunes classic + Documents To Go 7 + ..... are suck . I wish I can remove them as I did on my old T|T3 .

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09-08-2006, 10:36 PM	#26
nevarDeath Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: between it all Posts: 204	quicktour and docs to go can be deleted. I also would love a ROM editing app to get rid of Addit. It's a dumb prog and I would never miss it __________________ Palm Vx>Sony Clie NR70v>Sharp Zaurus SL-5000D>Compaq Ipaq 3600>Sony Clie TG50>PalmOne LifeDrive w/Universal wireless folding keyboard and Motorola Razr V3x

09-09-2006, 07:32 AM	#27
Bexuanmai Tungsten T3 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 129	@Dmitry : are you listening ?

11-05-2006, 04:13 PM	#28
PalmSole Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 129	Just a quick question: by removing ROM applications is it possible that the RAM size might improve as well? I read somewhere that the newer NVFS palms have to decompress from ROM so that they can be read in RAM. So it would make sense that there would be less initial demand on amount of RAM used if one chose to remove some of the oem ROM such as Quicktour, Realplayer etc...If this is the case please write this program for T5 users as well!! There are still quite a few of us around.

11-05-2006, 10:10 PM	#29
archangel Next Sunday A.D. Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: San Antonio Posts: 840	I would love to get rid of the overhead on the LD. All that junk like Addit is probably part of the reason LDs crash so often. However, I don't want a brick either so its doubtful this will happen. __________________ My Current Gadgets: 16GB iPod Touch, PSP 2000, Nintendo DS Lite

11-06-2006, 09:45 AM	#30
mrp123 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 212	Don't forget the hackndev method. It's a completely manual process but I used it to clear out my LD ROM. The ROM editing details are a bit vague however. It's documented for a Linux environment but I did it half in Windows and half in Linux because...well, it's a long story. Anyway, I've had a great deal of success for several weeks now. The unit soft resets faster, the RAM is cleared up, the Launcher isn't cluttered, Blazer always downloads, etc. etc. If you're determined to do it, the directions are there. Nothing about it is point-click-and-go. If you have a good working knowledge with computers, it's possible. You just have to work at it. __________________ LifeDrive with 4 Gig CF card & 4 Gig SD card