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[Desire Android Development] briga69:
Desire SD

My wondering around hasn't finished and brought some new insights.

First I have tested my bi-colour SD to check it and it seems all right. It has a write speed of 6Mb ... which makes it more a class 6 than 10 but not defective.

Then I followed DZ advice and tried Alex ROM (with Data2SD) but it was an utter failure. Bootloop. I haven't even tried to fix it (procedure seemed to easy to fail).

Went to CM7 + S2E, random freeze.

Eventually I swapped back the original Desire Card (a SanDisk Class 2 4Gb) and back to SuperNova. Some random freezes ... non often, but some. This was not happening a couple of months ago. Went for CM7 stock Boot (no Data++) only A2SD+ and again a couple of freeze. But what have I noticed (even with the other card) is that during normal run at times I get an error like the SD card is not there any more (including the FAT partition).

This happens with both cards (original and bi-colour) and with both ROMS. Of course when there is nothing running from sd-ext (or sd-card) I just loose the ability to access the files, when something is running from there (Data2SD) the phone freeze up.

It's difficult to judge afterwards but the impression is that it got worse after S-OFF. Than I realised that maybe it could be not the cards, not the configuration but the phone aging and starting to become defective. Would it make sense?

After a full day trying CM7 I have to say that is fast ... but honestly SuperNova is very close. I remember it only being slower at boot (stabilisation) but after that the difference, if any, is slightly perceptible.
[Desire Android Development] hvihavai:
"error like the SD card is not there any more" anything more specific?

Could be, maybe you should try rooted stock rom, and see if even that works?

(or maybe even offcial HTC RUU)
[Desire Android Development] popkid:
Thanks

This post is just by way of a word of thanks to droidzone! I've sent you a very small donation (popkid...), sorry it is not more, you've transformed my phone!

I love my HTC Desire, but for 18 months the one thing that has tainted my love has been the cursing of the lack of storage space available, I have constantly been having to remove apps to install others, really frustrating especially when e.g. kindle app updated I had to remove as it wouldn't fit any more, I have never been able to run up to date flash version because it used too much space, any Stock Desire owner will recognise the story!

My phone was almost due for upgrade with network so I took the plunge and Rooted (I'm still S-ON) and Installed Supernova on New Years day, not flashed any other ROMS on android before or since (though I'd flashed a few back in WinMo6 days on my touchdiamond2), Supernova looked like exactly what I was after for my Desire, just like stock but with space to install stuff! The procedure was easy to follow for a relatively novice user, and the phone was transformed, I went a bit mad in first couple of days and installed dozens of apps just for the sake of it! I've since settled back into "normal use" but safe in the knowledge I can install apps when I need them!

Couple of notes, I did notice it became super laggy (30s waits at times, almost unusable) and sluggish after a couple of weeks, and on a couple of occasions the battery seemed to drop from about 25% - 0% almost instantly. No permanent corruption or bootloops luckily, I nandroid backed up, then reformatted card and restored backup and that seems to have fixed it, no big issues at all since (2 weeks ago), I'd say it is still overall slightly slower than stock though, not enough to be a big problem tbh, definitely worth the compromise for the practically unlimited app space, I'm using my old class4 card currently, but have a class6 transcend on order to see if it is even better.

Conclusion to this is that I've one month of my contract left now, but my Desire is so good with your ROM, I'm not going to bother upgrading it, just go to a sim only deal until it dies (or some "must have" new phone turns up :rolleyes:). Be assured that If I'm still running your ROM in 3 months time I'll donate again, and once again, Thanks!
[Desire Android Development] thouvou13:
Thanks. Do I have to use a task killer for that?
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
@popkid, Thank you for the donation. But your words are more gratifying than any donation can be. :) When Sibere first introduced his data2sd code, we had the distinction that only people who'd be considered nerds would go into his thread and try it out. I was (believe it it not), a novice myself at the time, and while trying out his code, found a couple of typos which I was too scared to point out to him. ;) Anyway, while applying his code, I was struck by how radically it transformed our phone from a hardly usable one, to one as good/better than any other newer model out there, in terms of storage. I thought this needn't be confined to the command line and hence was born, first my flashable zips, then Starburst and Supernova.

Over the months, there have been innumerable hours spent fixing the roms, providing information on the site etc. But when someone tells me that they weren't rooted earlier, but have now done so and found the ROM install easy and our work useful, I regard it a job well done. Yes, there are radical differences in speed on this ROM when you have different cards, so I hope it gets better for you with your new one.

Thank you.
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
No you can use Autostarts and prevent them from starting at boot. Note that if this happens after a memory hogging app like a game, it's quite normal and to be expected
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
Hmmm.. It certainly seems like your board may be getting old (possibly with some contact issues). Normally the card should never get undetected during normal operation. When it does, it's usually a symptom of card failure. But in this case, since you've tried two, and one of them a new one, I think we can safely pinpoint it on the board component. Would it be possible to have the service centre look it over? Hoping that you can document this with a stock rom. Take a video of it when it happens. And get it back to HTC. I recently had the phone replaced even after 5 months of expiry of the warranty, but I'm a tough customer. ;)
[Desire Android Development] briga69:
You are right. I didn't write them verbatim since I don't know the exact English version of them and they vary ROM to ROM.

But facts (as in not suppositions) are the following.

CM7 - SD Card is empty

CM7 - Fixing errors in SD cards (forever)

Other roms - Your card has been unexpected disconnected (or something similar)

Suppositions

Supernova freeze because of that.

Of course I have no proof that is the allegedly missing SD Card but in the past the ROM was so smooth and faultless.

Add to that another quirk that seldom happens. The screen is gone. I mean press the power button and the phone goes idle. Press it again the lights on the keyboard come back but the screen doesn't. And those lights toggle with the power button just the screen stays black. Weird. The phone logic aging / board contacts could be a possible explanation.

Yes it could be. My Desire is just almost 2 years old (that's when the warranty will expire). First I am going to have a thorough test of the SD Cards. I have tried them with the SD Test app (with no errors) but I'll also use the PC. Apparently I have to boot in Windows to find some extensive testing software. If both cards are fine I will try a rooted stock rom and then a normal stock rom (which I suppose should let me loose the S-OFF and the root in case I need to service it).

Both of the SD cads have been re-formatted/partitioned with gParted 0.8.1 (on Ubuntu 11.10 64bit) so I was confident that was OK. 4ext recovery gives me aligned partitions and filesystem ok (on the ext4, the fat is often with errors but that's because of the freezes). I could try to partition the card with the recovery to see if it is any better....

Couldn't agree more. SuperNova is by far the best ROM I have ever had on my Desire and I couldn't recommend it more. Easiest one to install. Smooth to run. Unlimited memory. And frankly now that I am trying to stick to CM7 for few days .... I realise how cool is Sense ....
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
Happy that you enjoy the extra space with Data2SD!!

This space is what we should have had since the beginning if HTC wasn't so greedy :D

I'm sure that you'll see and feel the difference with the Transcend C6 card.

I luckily choose this one from the start and I never got disappointed. It's fast and reliable (I'm getting 10Mb/s writing speed).
[Desire Android Development] hvihavai:
OK,

I'll think that if you test sd-cards in a reader with testing software and they are fine, it's very likely that your phone is broken.

Flashing stock HTC rom from RUU is recommended before sending phone to service :)
[Desire Android Development] blejky:
Hi. Any way to s-off my desire. Tried revolutionary but my hboot is not suported. 0.83.0001,any other way to do this!? Or maybe how to upgrade to hboot that revolutionary supports. Any help would be appreciated.
[Desire Android Development] hvihavai:
:( You know that you can use the search function?

But, AlphaRev...
[Desire Android Development] blejky:
I did, found many posts but nothing relating to my spec.Hbott version on Desire.
[Desire Android Development] hvihavai:
Well try searching again, I can very easily find results.

But again the answer was AlphaRev, try using it to get s-off.
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
and hboot can be upgraded with ruu. Use only the 2.29.405 and not GB ruu, since you can't reverse the process with the latter
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
Kernel building for the Desire, on a Desire

Here's something interesting for the geeks amongst you.. :p

And there it is:
[Desire Android Development] siliconaddict:
Great! There's so many of them... Are they all the same, just newer builds, or not?

The README file doesn't tell this.
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
Oh well, I may have gone a bit overboard and tried to build more than a couple of times. :) They're all more or less same as the last alpha on the site. ;)

I'm running out of ideas for adding good things to the kernel. ;)
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
But on the Sourceforge builds, I have added kernel parameters for you to inspect and suggest improvements.
[Desire Android Development] siliconaddict:
Running the Feb_02_2012_0951AM kernel right now. The SmartassV2 governor is missing. Is there a reason for this?
[Desire Android Development] hvihavai:
:)

How about the i2c regulator fix to show correct microvolts?

And by the way how long does it take to compile kernel on the phone versus pc?
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
Should be fixed now.

I could use some hints.. I never found that commit from snq/bananacakes. Reinventing the wheel may be a waste of time.

Do check the latest build to see if everything is intact. Maintaining source code across four git repos is not easy. But thanks to that I didnt lose much data when my PC restarted during a power surge last week. Instantly corrupted my local repo.
[Desire Android Development] hvihavai:
Well, I can't help you on that :(

And will try this new kernel later tonight.
[Desire Android Development] siliconaddict:
http://www.apc.com/site/apc/index.cfm?ISOCountryCode=in :D
[Desire Android Development] hvihavai:
:) or :( Don't know what to think...
[Desire Android Development] siliconaddict:
Just trying to be helpful :rolleyes: I use an APC myself, great stuf.
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
Well, my ups rebooted. :)
[Desire Android Development] erklat:
Heck, your pc is out of action and you're compiling on Desire. That is a school example of legendary devotion in my book. :)

SwiftKeyed from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk.
[Desire Android Development] AndroidWill:
Really enjoying this ROM but I'm now having an issue.

Wifi was disconnecting constantly with suggested radio, so I downloaded a different one. Failed to reboot to recovery a few times but finally got there and was able to flash a radio. When I rebooted the first time, no pink light for mounting showed. Rebooted again, pink light showed but everything was wiped (apps etc.) and the memory showed 1.76GB (same as fresh install).

Any suggestions? I'm using Amonra recovery and had few issues till this.
[Desire Android Development] hvihavai:
Hi DZ,

I have now quickly tested kbase_sf_020212_105420 kernel and no problems found.

I keep it on the phone...
[Desire Android Development] ssechaud1982:
I seem to be having a problem installing this on a HTC Desire with AmoLED and a 32gb microSD by Samsung with a 2gb ext4 partition after the FAT32 partition. I have two other HTC Desire with SLCD and the same samsung microSD and they work fine. I do the usual installation but after the first boot where the pink led comes on, the blue led flashes once, the htc logo flashes on the screen then the phone goes black and just sits there until I pull the battery to restart. Any help or advice on getting this working on the AmoLED Desire would be greatly appreciated.

Here are the details of the AmoLED Desire:

AlphaRev

Bravo PVT1 SHIP S-OFF

HBOOT-0.93.0001

MICROP-031d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101

RADIO-5.17.05.23

CWM-AlphaRev Recovery v2.5.1.8
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
You've installed supernova on all three devices? it really does seem to be a problem with the phone/card.
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
There doesn't seem to be sufficient interest in this project to keep it open any longer. Closing this project (soon).

Any objections? Maybe	an indication of how many people actually use the ROM?
[Desire Android Development] blejky:
Wi-Fi

Hi. I think I might be having problem with Wi-Fi when connecting to open network.

Didn't notice it before because i usually connect to home network.

Yesterday i tried to connect to open network but couldn't.

It finds the network, starts to obtain ip address but then disconnect, and starts all over again.

Any suggestions would be great. If not i will stick to using data network.
[Desire Android Development] siliconaddict:
The reason why your users are pretty silent, is that your ROM (and your new kernel) simply works. Period. We're just a happy bunch, no need to moan...!

If I may make a suggestion: a Supernova version with INT2SD for Sense ROMs would make the ultimate GB ROM for Desire IMHO.

Do you think it's hard to incorporate this in your Supernova ROM?
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
It's just an alternative implementation of data2sd. It mounts ext 4 as /data at ramdisk, while we do it in init.d. Our implementation is much safer, as booting without an sdcard would kill int2sd roms, while in our case, it will simply use nand temporarily. Having a symlink isn't going to slow down performance, since the symlink is in mtd. In addition, there's a likelihood of issues if the sdcard is slow initializing. In short, it has no improvement over Sibere's method, and more potential for issues.
[Desire Android Development] howdid:
yeah i was suprised that you closed the thread this morning.... the point that this rom just runs perfectly and not much people post something in this thread is just a confirmation that this rom runs perfect, i installed this rom on 10 people from my school with a desire + on my dads desire, and not a singel one of them have / had any problem ....the rom just runs, i don´t see a point to post something because there is nothing :D i think you understand waht i mean....
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
10 people? You get 11 votes then. :)

You may be right, but since the Starburst days, the threads used to remain on first page all the time. Sometimes it's minor issues, or lively discussions about some improvement. Nowadays, it's not the case.
[Desire Android Development] siliconaddict:
Thanks for the explanation. So this means there isn't much left to desire with your ROM.
[Desire Android Development] shreddo:
Me and my girlfriend both have desires. I'm on this rom 2.4.0.0 while she is still happy with an old version of starburst. I don't see any difference in performance between the two.

Only issue I have after restoring a nand backup of SuperNova is that the camera crashes the phone about 50% of the time. Is this something I can fix because then it is perfect for the desire hardware.

I believe that I'm on the stock hboot, s-on 8GB class4 sandisk card with 1GB ext4 partition.

For my purposes I am still loving the desire and expecially the size, amoled screen and the tweaks to the interface on the supernova rom with data2sd.
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
Flash a newer kernel, put kernel in smartassv2 mode and then backup your ROM.
[Desire Android Development] hvihavai:
Noooooooooo...... :)

Be happy that there isn't much discussion, the rom works fine and because of that there is not that many posts anymore.
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
Or maybe there are just 3-5 people using it any more?
[Desire Android Development] jms2367:
I'm using it and I have no issues at all that's why I don't post that much. :)
[Desire Android Development] hvihavai:
There should be easy way to gather statistics, maybe rom developers here in XDA should together do something about this, or is this already done on some custom roms, but not in Supernova.

Maybe a small app to "call home" included in roms... And of course done in very open way or should I say in good fashion. :)

If done right, shouldn't be a problem for users.
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
I could do that, but not a big fan of trackback apps.
[Desire Android Development] erklat:
That was a year ago give or take when the development was more lively than it is now over here. Now, a great number of users already moved on, development is stagnating and the amount of members who's posts are not pure idiotics are in decline. Back then neither was q&a a ****hole it is now :)

Your devotion to this work is legendary, and I can understand that it takes your time which might be spent elsewhere at least if not even more productive.

You can take pride in one of the roms which are simply installed and they work. There is not much to add, and I myself am against adding a bull which might in turn compromise stability, which I'm preaching for months even but a few ears actually hear what I have to say. The fact that ICS is a good daily rom from 50 posts user counts more :)
[Desire Android Development] avrichter:
I am sure your user base is much bigger than this. Your ROM just works and this is fabulous. If you want to move On, do so, there is so much more to enjoy! You will be remembered for your work and absolute dedication.
[Desire Android Development] zakkkkk:
hi, 2 questions please help. 1. is there any way to speed up a full reboot of the phone because it takes about ten minutes to reboot.....2. is hot restart safe and what does it do and should i use it?? thx
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
The Rom has some additional checks to run at boot. It will especially be slow if you'd previously done a reboot instead of shutting down. Rebooting on a data2sd rom is not a good idea. Ideally you should use shutdown only. For repairing any potential corruption, the rom does a full check and repair of ext4 partition if you do not shut it down. This may cause the delay you notice.
[Desire Android Development] zakkkkk:
thx, another question is the blue led light supposed to come on at every boot?
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
Yes, it means data2sd is successfully loaded.
[Desire Android Development] zakkkkk:
ok thanks for quick replies sorry for noobism
[Desire Android Development] UltimateGoblin:
...LoL!!! :D That reminded me of the legendary "4 readers" of the book "The Betrothed", by A. Manzoni. In the introduction, he wrote that his book was going to be read only by 4 readers, while he knew perfectly well that they would have been a lot more ;)

I know there are hundreds of people enjoying SuperNova out there, it's just, as it has been pointed out, that they are happy!!! :) No problems, no worries, no issues... Nada. I myself have quite reduced my posts here in this thread, simply because everything works, and, aside some marginal improvements (like the new Sense UI), there is really, in my opinion, no room for improvement. You have done an excellent job by delivering us a stable, functional, gorgeous ROM. That's all we can ask for :)
[Desire Android Development] erklat:
Is it an improvement? :)

SwiftKeyed from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk.
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
I believe most of you have noticed that gingerbread roms generally have a poor wifi strength when compared to froyo. I was working on the issue, and have solved it partially. The latest alpha kernel will boost signal strength of wifi considerably. However, I say partially because there appears to be a ROM component too, which decides how often to check for a signal. Modifying it involves reverse engineering apks, and I will do that when I have free time, and if. For now, go to the wifi settings menu, click on the connection and connect manually. Once connected, you will notice that signal does not drop like previous kernels, and that strength has improved.

Disclaimer: It may be a placebo effect
[Desire Android Development] briga69:
Dear DZ I believe is your call to decide if to keep on updating this project or leave it as it is. One thing is sure. SuperNova is not an alpha, a beta, or a RC.

Is a full stable, mature product and as that it could be at the end of its development as in there's nothing major to be done.

Consider that the desire is a "static HW", the ROM has no bugs and nothing major missing .... so there's not much room left for debate on that. Not many people complain when things are working not many thanks neither (and that's a shame).

Personally I had to move to a CM7 with a different partition table because my Desire has problem in using the SD card in a sustained way. It's an HW fault and I am not going through warranty I think. I have to ship the phone and be without it for some weeks. This is my only phone..... and with CM7 it freezes only now and then. But as stated before your ROM rocks and I would advise anyone to go for it.

I think you can stop developing it if you like, you may even stop supporting it (that would be a pity but reasonable), but don't stop thinking is not a product loved by their users. And most of them are silent!
[Desire Android Development] siliconaddict:
+1

The new Sense is simply eye candy, would have been great to have it but I can live with not having it.

I will move on to the next phone in June/July of this year, and unless there will a fully functional rock stable ICS ROM for the Desire before that time I will keep this ROM.
[Desire Android Development] PlayPetepp:
May I humbly ask if the in call volume could be higher (kernel releated)? Not talking about media/headphone/speaker volume just so there's no confusion. Often I recieve a call while outside or in a crowded place and can't hear the caller clearly. This is the case ever since gb kicked in. Didn't have any problems on froyo.

-. typewrited .-
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
Anyone notice an improvement in wifi signal?
[Desire Android Development] PlayPetepp:
Flashed it, will see when I get little farther away from my office wifi network or when I get home and start shuffling (snow). :D

Weird, says Wed Feb 1 droidzone@supernova #14 in kernel version. Is it correct? I downloaded from your site (latest test kernel on the nightly page).

==edit==

Checked, it was an older build. Downloaded the latest version (080212-123912). ;)
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
And? Does it with through all the snow? I've never seen snow with my eyes. :)