Today, JRummy pushed out a major update to his über popular ROM Toolbox app, with a whole re-write and new features inside. He has added cloud backup storage through Google Drive, Box, and Dropbox, allows for backups of contacts and messages, and an entire re-write of the task manager. It is essentially the go-to application for any rooted user. 

Changelog:

• Re-wrote the entire App Manager!
• Added cloud backup support (Dropbox, Box, Drive)
• Backup contacts, call-logs, messages (new permissions required)
• Improved scheduled backups and batch options
• Extended app info and more app actions
• Re-wrote the Task Manager!
• Kill apps at boot & customize minfree
• Removed ad blocker (required for Google Play)
• Tons of other stuff

If you like what you hear, go check it out in Google Play.

Play Link: Free | Pro ($4.99)

Click here to view the embedded video.

JRummy’s ROM Toolbox Updated, Re-written and Cloud Backups Added is a post from: Droid Life

Are you the developer of an ad-blocking application or the user of one? Well, Google says, “shame on you!” Today, Google has gone ahead and removed some offending ad-blocker apps from Google Play.

Google cites these applications violate certain terms that developers agree to, by interfering with or accessing another service in an unauthorized manner. It might suck for people who love ad-blockers, but Google can’t have you messing with their revenue stream.

Here is the email Google is sending out to offenders:

This is a notification that your application, Ad Blocker ★ Root ★, with package ID com.jrummy.apps.ad.blocker, has been removed from the Google Play Store.

REASON FOR REMOVAL: Violation of section 4.4 of the Developer Distribution Agreement.

After a regular review we have determined that your app interferes with or accesses another service or product in an unauthorized manner. This violates the provision of your agreement with Google referred to above.

All violations are tracked. Serious or repeated violations of any nature will result in the termination of your developer account, and investigation and possible termination of related Google accounts. If your account is terminated, payments will cease and Google may recover the proceeds of any past sales and/or the cost of any associated fees (such as chargebacks and transaction fees) from you.

If your developer account is still in good standing, you may revise and upload a new instance of the application that is compliant with the developer terms. Before uploading any new applications, please review the Developer Distribution Agreement and Content Policy.

If you feel we have made this determination in error, you can visit this Google Play Help Center article for additional information regarding this removal.

The Google Play Team

Via: @jrummy16

Google Begins Removing Ad-Blocker Apps From Google Play is a post from: Droid Life

Jared Rummler aka JRummy16 is one of our favorite people here at Droid-Life. He has donated 5 copies of 2 applications for us to give away during our amazing Reader Apprecation Week for all of you to enjoy. Both applications are for rooted users only. Droid Overclock is an overclocking app, naturally, just like SetCPU. And with a beautiful interface it’s a must have for any rooted user who enjoys speed boosts. Root Tools is an extremely powerful application which installs custom fonts, boot animations, allows users to change build.prop, and seriously a whole mess of other features. Sound like fun?

And the winners are…  

Root Tools:

EvanTheGamer
Nathaniel Watkins
Ryan Ball
versusxiii
Steelertown7

DROID Overclock:

Hobbs Jacob
Sjm614
Blueliner19
Lolitsnoah
Raven

Congrats everyone!  We’ll forward your info on to Mr. Rummler and get you all set up.  And thanks for all the fantastic comments.  Some great laughs in there if you have a few minutes to spare on a Friday night.

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Since we’ve been asking you to tweet phrases for the bigger prizes, all I will ask is that you tell me in the comment section below…

Why do you love rooting your Android device, and which application you would rather win?

And from all the answers I will choose 10 winners at 5 PM PST. Make sure to answer the question with a valid email address so we can contact the winners properly.

It has been a wonderful week here, and I am extremely proud and grateful to be such a big part of it. Not only is Droid-Life appreciative of you all, but I myself am extremely appreciative towards everyone’s support and kind words over the two years I have been reading and working on this site. It’s my favorite place to be. You guys and girls are the best, and I’ll continue to try my best in meeting all of your Android needs. Thanks again everyone!

-Tato

Cheers JRummy for being a great guy and amazing developer! Follow him on Twitter.

Win 1 of 10 JRummy Applications – DROID Overclock Or Root Tools *Updated with Winners!* is a post from: Droid Life

JRummy and Kejar dropped Liberty ROM 2.0 on us this morning for those of you that have not upgraded to Gingerbread or are willing to flash an SBF back to 2.3.340.  This new version includes a revamped theme by @davekover, new wallpapers, a tad bit of Blur for stability issues, and a crazy new Toolbox.  The previous versions of Liberty were top notch, so you can bet this will be too.

In order to get it right now though, you’ll have to donate $5 by purchasing the Liberty Toolbox Pro which will then download version 2.0 automatically.  If you aren’t down to drop $5, then just wait a couple of days for it to go fully-public.   

Download Liberty Toolbox Pro.

*WILL NOT FLASH OVER GINGERBREAD. YOU HAVE TO SBF BACK TO 2.3.340.

Changes in 2.0:

- Redid some of the base of the ROM
- added some blur framework back which was causing battery and stability issues
- New default Liberty theme by Dave Kover 
- A TON of changes to Liberty Toolbox. So much I can’t remember
- Updated wallpapers
- sysctl enabled by default. HUGE!
- Raised default minfree
- Set dalvik vm heap to 48m
- Add interactive and conservative governor support
- Redid init.d and cleaned up startup and other scripts
- Update busybox to v1.17.2
- Remove kang check script
- Enable cron schedular (Thanks IMosey On)
- Set default colors in Terminal Emulator to Liberty gold/yellow

Full support can be found at this thread.

Liberty ROM 2.0 Released for DROIDX and 2 is a post from: Droid Life

Two beasts in the DROID ROM community partnered up to release something new that I’ll be recommending for all Droid X and Droid 2 owners.  The ROM is called Liberty and it comes from Kejar31 and one of our all time favs, JRummy16.  The base for this beauty is Kejar’s GummyJar ROM and then has Rummy’s toolbox and tweaks written all over it.  You’ll find goodies like the old school rotary lockscreen, Gingerbread themed Swype, custom wallpapers, and seriously, so much more.  For fans of yellow, this is also a nice replacement for the Gingerbread green we’ve seen everywhere.  

Download for DX:  LibertyX-1.0.zip

Download for D2:  Liberty2-1.0.zip

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Instructions:

*Your DX needs to be running .320 or .340.

1.  You obviously have to be rooted.  (Instructions)
2.  You need to have Koush’s Bootstrap Recovery.
3.  Open the DX Bootstrap and “boostrap” the recovery.
4.  When that finishes, “reboot recovery.”
5.  Once your phone boots to Clockwork Recovery, scroll down to “backup and restore.”
6.  Choose “backup” to make a clean backup of your phone.
7.  After that choose “wipe data/factory reset” to wipe your phone.
8.  When that finishes choose “install zip from SD card.”
9.  Then “choose zip from SD card” and find the Liberty1.0.zip, select it and hit “yes.”
10.  Your phone will apply the ROM. When it finishes, reboot and enjoy!

Full support thread can be found here. Donate!

DROID X ROM: Liberty by Kejar and JRummy is a post from: Droid Life

Our buddy, original Droid ROM master, and Droid Life wallpaper app developer JRummy, has returned with his first ROM for the Droid X called Rumm RX.  It’s a almost Blur-less ROM, but has a few of the essentials left which seems to give it a good overall feel.  He’s tweaked some things like the battery meter, added a bunch of scripts, tossed in some source built apps, and of course used the now popular “fancy” animations that you’ll notice when switching between any screen.  This is good stuff.

It’s built off of the 2.2.1 leak so you’ll have to be running that in order to flash this.  And I’m sure there will be a variety of themes on the way if their aren’t already.  

Download:  Rumm_Rx-v1.0_shadow.zip (alt link)

Instructions:

1.  YOU HAVE TO BE RUNNING 2.2.1.  (Instructions)
2.  Do I need to say it again?  YOU HAVE TO BE RUNNING 2.2.1.
3.  You obviously have to be rooted.  (Instructions)
4.  You need to have Koush’s Bootstrap Recovery.
5.  Open the DX Bootstrap and “boostrap” the recovery.
6.  When that finishes, “reboot recovery.”
7.  Once your phone boots to Clockwork Recovery, scroll down to “backup and restore.”
8.  Choose “backup” to make a clean backup of your phone.
9.  After that choose “wipe data/factory reset” to wipe your phone.
10.  When that finishes choose “install zip from SD card.”
11.  Then “choose zip from SD card” and find the Rumm_Rx-v1.0_shadow.zip, select it and hit “yes.”
12.  Your phone will apply the ROM. When it finishes, reboot and enjoy!

Let us know if you run into any issues along the way and don’t forget to drop into our IRC channel for live support!

Donate here.  Support thread here.

JRummy Returns with DROID X ROM, Rumm RX V1.0 is a post from: Droid Life

JRummy, one of our favorite ROM developers of all time released his Droid X and 2 overclock app this morning and it doesn’t disappoint.  We told you about the Unstable Apps release earlier, but this is another option that I highly recommend.  The UI is as pretty as his ROMs, you can clock your device up to 1.45GHz, change the voltage and even set them on boot.  Oh, he even tossed in some goodies like an ad blocker and apps to SD support.  How can you beat that?  

Same $.99 price as the other one.

UPDATE:  OVERCLOCKING INSTRUCTIONS HERE.

Download Link

JRummy Releases Droid X/2 Overclock App, 1.45GHz Speeds and Voltage Settings is a post from: Droid Life

To those of you new to the site, we’d like to welcome you to Custom Theme Friday which is a segment posted at the end of each week featuring one of the hot new custom themes on the market.  You will need to be rooted to follow this process, but that should be easy after we showed you the “1-touch” method this morning (before it was suspended from the market that is).

So today we have one of the new themes for JRummy’s series of ROMs which is built off of FRG01B, the official Froyo release.  Again for those new, you’ll be seeing a lot of JRummy’s work around here and that’s a good thing.  The guy provides more custom color schemes and themes than anyone in the business.

We’ve also added some extra details to our usual instructions to hopefully help you out along the way…

Theme:  Golden Elegance for Lithium Mod  (Created by kookahdoo)

Instructions…

*Warning* – Just a reminder that rooting VOIDS your warranty and could potentially do permanent damage to your device.  Installing a custom ROM or theme could also possibly brick your phone.  This is not a recommended practice and you do so at your own risk.

1.  Download and install ROM Manager Premium.
2.  Open and tap “Download ROM”.

*If it’s your first time opening ROM Manager, you will need to tap the top option to “Flash Clockwork Recovery” first.

3.  Choose JRummy and “Lithium Mod V1.0.12″.
4.  Choose “Golden Elegance” or whichever color package you prefer.
5.  Choose a kernel, font, and any Addons.
6.  Once the ROM and add-ons finish downloading you will be prompted with this:

7.  Check the box to make a backup in case something goes wrong with the install.
8.  No need to “wipe data and cache” if already running a Froyo ROM.

*If you run into issues after installing, you may need to re-flash the ROM and make sure to wipe data and cache.  Just follow this same process, but check the box to wipe.

9.  Press “OK” and your phone will reboot and work some magic.
10.  Once it finishes, your phone will reboot and you will have Lithium Mod installed!

*If you get stuck at the boot animation, then something went wrong.  Either your phone doesn’t like the kernel you chose or you just need to “wipe data and cache.”  Boot into recovery (hold Power + X with phone off) and flash a “nandroid” backup that you created in step 7.

11.  Enjoy!

Let us know if you run into any issues!  And feel free to leave tips for any of our readers that are new to rooting their phones.

Full support thread and donate link here.

Full gallery after the jump!

Big Cheers to the whole Lithium Mod team:  Billygalbreath, insanenemesis, N8dyddy, jdlfg, romanrish, ronx, canvs2331, and JRummy!

Gallery:

Custom Theme Friday: Golden Elegance for Lithium Mod is a post from: Droid Life

If you are running the newest version of JRummy’s Kangerade which we posted on Friday, chances are that you have thought about breaking your phone due to a constant wi-fi icon in your notification bar.  Well peeps, the man has issued a fix so that you can return to your non-hair pulling lives.

Download: Stock Theme Fix

Download: Custom Theme Fix

Instructions…

1.  Download the file necessary for your ROM to the root of your SD Card.
2.  Open ROM Manager and choose “Install ROM from SD Card.”
3.  Scroll down until you find the file you just downloaded and tap on it.
4.  Check the box to make a backup if you’d like; no need to “wipe data and cache.”
5.  Phone will reboot and that notification should be gone!

Big thanks to JRummy!

Let us know if this fix doesn’t seem to be working for you.

Cheers Chris!

Download: Fix Wifi Notification Icon for JRummy’s Kangerade is a post from: Droid Life

Pretty sure this is 2 JRummy posts in one week, but the guy just seems to never stop working.  (We also tried to install this theme and failed miserably.)  Late last night or early this morning, Mr. Rummy released his entire lineup of FRF84B themes which as you may know, is the newest Froyo build out for the Motorola Droid.  What does that mean?  Stability.

Oh and we’ve also chosen one of his newer themes called Nex-Tang (made by @manup456)  to change it up a little bit.

Instructions:

1.  Open ROM Manager, choose Download ROM>JRummy>Froyo Kangerade V4.0.7
2.  Scroll down to choose Nex-Tang.
3.  Then finish up with whatever options you’d like.
4.  Make a backup if you don’t have a current one.
5.  No need to wipe data and cache if coming from another Froyo build.
6.  Phone reboots, loads ROM, and done!

Gallery:

Full support thread and donate link here.

Thoughts or issues?

Custom Theme Friday: JRummy’s Nex-Tang is a post from: Droid Life

We’ve been waiting for our boy JRummy to finish up his Froyo ROM and the time is finally upon us.  Please say hello to Froyo Kangerade V1.0 in just about any color you could imagine.  He’s actually ported over all of his REMIX themes into this new Froyo build.  It’s as beautiful as everything that he’s done in the past.  Oh, and this might be the fastest ROM I have ever used…and that’s not a joke.

Color choices…

-Blueberry Flavored Froyo (Blue Theme)
-Daiquri Ice Flavored Froyo (Cyan Theme)
-Key Lime Pie Flavored Froyo (Green Theme)
-Pink Lemonade Flavored Froyo (Pink-Life Theme)
-Strawberry Flavored Froyo (Red Theme)
-Plain Froyo (Stock Theme)
-Froyo with Nex-Theme

Instructions…

1.  Open ROM Manager and choose Download ROM and then JRummy.
2.  Choose the Froyo Kangerade V1.0 Customizer.
3.  Follow each screen you are presented with to customize the Froyo ROM.
4.  Once finished, check the box to make a back up if you do not have a current one.
5.  You can skip “wipe data and cache” if coming from another Froyo ROM.
6.  Allow the phone to boot into recovery and work some magic.
7.  Once it finishes, it will boot back up into Kangerade. Enjoy!

For the full support thread, donate link, and installation without ROM Manager, visit this post.

Gallery:

JRummy, you are the man.

Release: JRummy’s Froyo Kangerade V1.0 is a post from: Droid Life

While reading this post, just imagine the giant smile running across my face.  This, is pretty cool stuff right here.

As many of you know, we’re big fans of JRummy’s CyanogenMod ROMs and his newest release has a special connection to this site.  JRummy’s Pink-Life went live on Friday and has some special Droid Life goodies attached to it.  Not only did he feature our pink and black color scheme, but he included the DL boot animation plus our black and white live wallpapers that were released a couple of weeks ago.  Oh, he also optimized them to work even better with Cyanogen ROMs.

This may sound biased, but this might be the best work JRummy has done to date.  And to make this install even easier, he included a special Pink-Life Customizer in ROM Manager which will allow you to choose each option along the way.

Instructions…

*Note 1* – In brackets are the choices I made to get the full Droid Life experience.

1.  You have to be rooted to perform this.  (Root here.)
2.  Open ROM Manager and select “Download ROM”.
3.  Select JRummy and “Rom w/ Pink-Life (Customizer)”.
4.  Choose “Rom with Pink-Life”.
5.  Choose a kernel.  [Bekit 5 Slot 1.0Ghz standard voltage]
6.  Choose a launcher.  [LauncherPro]
7.  Choose a live wallpaper.  [Droid-Life Dark lwp]
8.  Choose a boot animation.  [Droid-Life Boot Animation]
9.  Choose a font if you wish.
10.  Choose extra apps if you wish.
11.  Choose apps to delete if you wish.
12.  Your custom Pink-Life ROM will now download.
13.  When prompted to backup or wipe data and cache, feel free to make a backup.
14.  No need to wipe data if you are coming from another ESE81 ROM.
15.  Choose to reboot your phone.
16.  Allow your phone to work the Pink-Life magic and reboot.
17.  Done!

Full support thread here including JRummy’s donate link.

Try your hardest to support his continued work by donating.

*Note 2* - The pink Beautiful Widgets skin is available under “Download Skins” at the very bottom of the list and is called “cashmere.”

Gallery…

Release: JRummy’s Pink-Life is a post from: Droid Life

You thought last Friday’s theme was spot on with red?  Wait until you see JRummy’s new V.7 themes which include a red version.  This might be the sexiest theme I’ve seen to date.  Scratch that.  This IS the sexiest theme I’ve seen to date.  Obviously you all know I’m a huge fan of JRummy’s work, but he may have outdone himself with this one.

*Note 1* – For rooted users only.  Rooting instructions here and here.

Instructions for installation…

1.  Open ROM Manager
2.  Tap “Download ROM.”
3.  Tap “JRummy.”
4.  Choose the red theme and allow it to download.
5.  When prompted to “wipe data and cache” and “backup” read below…

JRummy’s V.7 themes are based off of Cyanogen 5.0.6.2.  If you are coming from a 5.0.6 ROM you can skip “wipe data and cache.”  I even managed to go from 5.0.5.7 without having to “wipe data” but it’s up to you.  If you are coming from anything before 5.0.5, you should probably “wipe data.”

Backup is a good idea just in case you are nervous or don’t have a current one.

6.  Tap “OK”, allow the magic to happen and your phone to reboot.
7.  BAM!  Enjoy!

Check out the official JRummy thread which includes additional goodies here.

*Note 2* – Many of the JRummy’s themes run on a low voltage kernel so you may want to upgrade to a standard voltage.  Bekit kernels in ROM Manager offer you all kinds of options.

Questions?  Comments?  How you liking the red?

Theme Release: JRummy’s Remix Red V.07 is a post from: Droid Life

So here we go!  Let’s get everyone on a custom 2.1 ROM and rooted…

*Warning* – The process we are about to layout is extremely risky.  If you choose to do this, we are not liable should you brick your phone or cause any sort of permanent damage.  If you do harm to your phone, please do not email us asking for help as you have already been warned and accept all risk involved. Cheers!

Initial steps…

1.  You have to follow the steps from yesterday on flashing SPRecovery using RSD Lite.

2.  You need to find a custom ROM that you would like installed.  In the video I’ve chosen the ROM that I’ve been using over the last week called JRummy’s Remix which is based off of CyanogenMod 5.0.5.7.  It’s a fantastic ROM.

3.  I used the “update.zip” method of installing a custom ROM in this video.  This process will work for any ROM which has the option of installing using an update.zip file.  Here is a list of similar ROMs to the one I have in the video…

• JRummy’s Cyan Theme
• JRummy’s Blue Theme
• JRummy’s Green Theme
• Simply Stunning 3.1

4.  If you find a ROM which will only allow the Nandroid backup method, this video should help you out.

Video instructions…

Step-by-step instructions…

1.  Update and backup any files you wish to restore, this will wipe /data.
2.  Download your ROM of choice and rename to update.zip.
3.  Place the ROM on the root of your sdcard.
4.  Reboot into recovery mode (hold the power and “x” button at the same time).
5.  Choose “Wipe data/factory reset”.
6.  Choose “Wipe cache partition”.
7.  Choose “Install”.
8.  Choose “Allow update.zip installation”.
9.  Choose “Install /sdcard/update.zip (deprecated)”.
10.  Reboot and you will have to add your Google accounts again.
11.  Done!  Enjoy!

*Note 1* – Keep in mind that you can flash one of the ROMs listed above which will give you 2.1 plus root access and if you do not like it, download ROM Manager and change to whatever you’d like.  There is also a 2.1 stock ROM with root available in ROM Manager.

Questions?  As always, drop them in the comments so that we can all take a shot at answering them!

Video: Installing a Custom ROM Using SPRecovery is a post from: Droid Life