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[EVO 4G Android Development] amart79196:
Google Backup issue

I appologoize in advance for being long winded, but I would like to give as much detail for the dev's to help correct the issue found.

When I flashed the RC1, it felt real smooth and fast. I was having a problem with the voice search, so I tried to do a reflash of everything when RC2 came out.

I cleared, wiped, formated and partitioned the SD card as well as everything that I can possibly wipe inside the EVO using AmonRA 2.3 and a clear storage as well. Basically, it was clean and ready to start flashing! :-)

I then loaded onto the SD card RC2 and flashed RC2. Everything went smooth and I entered my info into the setup software where it asks for your email and passwords. I "UNCHECKED" the box for the google backup and restore and finished the setup. Once I opened up Market it started downloading all of the apps I had previously installed on my last flash.

I then did some research and found that the settings inside of PRIVACY, under BACK UP MY SETTINGS --the bottom box was checked for "automatic restore".

I decided that since I unchecked it inside the setup program and it didnt work the way it was supposed to, I decided to just clear all, format and try it once again since it is real easy to try again.

So, I did it once again, but before filling out the HTC setup program I decided to go into the settings menu, go into privacy and uncheck the bottom two boxes.

Then i went into the HTC SETUP, made sure I unchecked the box to not have backup/restore working and finished.

Now this time it did what it was supposed to do. I though all was good, but upon further review, I went into the setup once again to do some more testing and even though I had the privacy settings unchecked, it somehow actually went and tried to redownload all of my apps once again from the market.

My suggestion would be to have those two boxes "back up my settings" and "automatic restore" examined for proper functionality and if the initial setup program is working properly since when I went through it a bunch of time it was not acting properly.

My humble second suggestion would be to have those two options in privacy for the backup/restore unchecked by default.

Thanks for your time and excellent rom!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Solicitous:
Good find man! This optimization is not included to my knowledge. Maybe Myn can take a look at it and investigate
[EVO 4G Android Development] EvoCM7fTw420:
Yes I am and i appreciate the help will try to dl from my pc thank u very much :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] mystery_tx_man:
I had the same thing happen to me. I thought it was weird cause i always uncheck those boxes.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dougjamal:
Just before taking my kids to see the latest Harry Potter saga, I flashed RC-2 after a clean wipe. I then flashed dkdude36's Rosie 3.0 Carousel and Sense 3.0 widgets. The installation went well and my apps were automatically restored and saved to the ext3 partition without me having to do anything except wait for it to finish. The only hiccup I've noticed thus far is with the HTC Photo Frame widget. When I attempt to place a photo frame on one of my homescreen, it goes through the motions of installing and, instead of displaying the photo on the homescreen, I'm taking back to the screen where I would select the photo to use. After repeated attempts, i was able to get one photo of my oldest son to stick. My initial thoughts are that it is a glitch with the Sense 3.0 Carousel. Of course, I'm only guessing. I will indeed play with it some more and even do a few reboots to see if that will rectify it. Anyway, other than that, all appears well. The rom is fast, responsive, stable and my available internal storage space is well one 300MB.
[EVO 4G Android Development] DaveMW:
Question: I swear there was a setting somewhere that allowed me to go back to the stock android lockscreen?

As nicely done as the ring lockscreen is, I'm not digging it for daily use.
[EVO 4G Android Development] suprano:
no prob bro.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dougjamal:
Look in the Display settings at the bottom. Place a checkmark in the box next to "Stock Android Lockscreen"... :)

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[EVO 4G Android Development] iBlowpot:
I redid it for RC2, but someone said it did not work. I can't test it out because my EVO will not pick up service.
[EVO 4G Android Development] amart79196:
Cool, I thought I was nuts at the start...at least the issue can be reproduced and possibly corrected. Thanks.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Lrod0175:
The settings I have r as follows:

I have the zipaling on boot, make sure that in this settings the first choice shows apps on sd.

In the dalvik settings, it should show; dalvik in internal memory, also dalvik JiT on, heap size should show 48.

In the memory settings I have ultimate low memory settings, when u make your choice hit change.

If the system changes the memory settings (u can check that by looking into the memory settings, if u don’t see one of the settings selected) download Terminal Emulator and type:

Su

A2sd lowmem-ultimate (or aggressive)

U can also type:

A2sd help

That command will show u all the commands u can use, please make sure u read before typing any of the commands.

Lrod's evo
[EVO 4G Android Development] Bizdady:
Damn I guess I should get on the ball and partition my sd card now as its the hot thing to be doing now lol. I guess I'll wait till Friday since I have that off lol
[EVO 4G Android Development] Lrod0175:
R u talking about the one with the speedo battery?

Lrod's evo
[EVO 4G Android Development] and_droid:
I can help if you need any thing please look the link and if there is an ability to compile the functions with the build of libwebcore.so

I'm a programmer myself but I'm not working in android sdk so which part you need help with we can make it together
[EVO 4G Android Development] AaronM7:
Has anyone flashed this script and verified that it doesn't cause any issues with RC2?
[EVO 4G Android Development] dclan4life:
so far so good....
[EVO 4G Android Development] leerage:
Has anybody noticed and issue with Exchange push email. I'm not getting emails when they arrive. I've checked the settings it is set to push email. I deleted the account and re-set it up, making sure push email was set again. But to no avail, the email won't show up til i force it to sync.

If anybody has any suggestions I'd greatly appreciate it... I'm on call right now :S
[EVO 4G Android Development] abusedcloth:
Really great ROM, thanks for all the hard work....
[EVO 4G Android Development] AaronM7:
I believe this issue was encountered with RC1... lemme check and see if I can find the fix that was used...

*edit* looks like dougjamal beat me to the punch...
[EVO 4G Android Development] dougjamal:
After reading your post, I sent myself an email from my gmail account to my exchange mail account and sure enough, I did not receive a push mail notification. I checked the settings and it was set to check messages every 15 minutes. Keep in mind that I haven't had RC-2 installed but for a few hours and haven't had the time to set my phone up like I normally have it. Anyway, I changed the setting to push mail and then sent myself a second message and was notified almost instantly.

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[EVO 4G Android Development] Jjday7:
Same here. This Rom is running awesome. I don't have the picture problem because I don't use it but just wanted to say that this Rom is running great with 3.0 widgets flashed.

Myn you da man!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] leerage:
Awesome, thanks. What is odd is I didn't have this issue with RC1, just since I've updated to RC2.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cdsbj6508:
SD Card issues

I notice that after I download RC2 my sd card (8gb) is showing that I only have 185mb left. My sd card was already partition from RC1 and I was informed that I did not have to repartition my sd card. I wiped everything but still the same issues. I know that I did not use all of my sd card. Any help would be great!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Solicitous:
I just wanted to tell you that I used ES File Explorer and detected the three folders. I had to enable Root Explorer in the settings. My hypothesis is that the terminal didn't detect it because the folders were masked
[EVO 4G Android Development] rcharles:
Is there anyway to keep from going to the lock screen while the phone is connected to the charger with this ROM.
[EVO 4G Android Development] smw6180:
I addressed this earlier. It's not in the script but I see no reason why it won't work. Add it in according to the instructions on that page and see how it works for you then report back. Nandroid first. Be aware that those settings are for a completely different ROM and set of hardware so your results might not be what you expect, and you might get worse battery life/speed. Or it could be better. No way to know without testing.

Did you wipe sd:ext as well? Also if you had dta2sd installed prior to flashing RC2 you need to reflash it after you update.

Interesting. Those directories aren't masked...they're standard. Maybe TE just didn't see them for some goofy reason, I don't know. Glad you got it going though. :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] mccurt29:
change screen timeout to never
[EVO 4G Android Development] abusedcloth:
blank post
[EVO 4G Android Development] kibbles-n-bits:
after being a wm6.5 user for ever all the android stuff is completely and totally blown my mind. Can anyone with out *****ing and complaining tell me how to get this rom installed. i have it D/L to my sd card and got into recovery mode and it just sets there untill i pull the battery out. the terminology is new so use idiot terms if possible thanks

getting pissed at sprint for lying to me and now i cant customize my phone, i am fixing to cancel my service.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Bizdady:
Are you Rooted with S-off? Which Evo do you have?
[EVO 4G Android Development] abusedcloth:
I saw your post, I have been playing with RC2 all day at work. I don't seem to have that problem on my Evo. I can post HTC Photo Frame on any wall. I know I don't have an answer, but maybe try a reflash.
[EVO 4G Android Development] smw6180:
What recovery do you have installed? AmonRa or Clockwork?

Are you rooted?

In either event, you have to choose 'flash zip from sd card'. Scroll to wherever you saved the ROM, then select it. Confirm your choice and wait for it to finish, then reboot.

It will take 5-15 minutes on a first boot, so don't get discouraged if you're sitting at the white HTC screen for awhile.
[EVO 4G Android Development] exek215:
Hmm does anyone have a working mirror for the new candidate? Been trying since last night and nothing is working for me... Thank You!

Sent from Syncity using XDA App
[EVO 4G Android Development] krwdre:
What browser are you guys using? I've been using dolphin mini but random files on my SD started to get corrupted, starting with my dolphin mini downloads folder. The files corrupted were originally folders and they renamed themselves and were no longer folders.

For example, 'Dolphin Browser Mini' was renamed to something along the lines of 'D0LPH!N'

Other folders started to do this and became unclickable 0kb files.

I've repartitioned my SD card and everything is fine now. Anyone else experience something like this before?

I'm on a 16gb class 10 btw. Thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] kibbles-n-bits:
what came on the phone is all i have other than the rom i d/l

not rooted, i hear this new evo cant be rooted?????

it never asks for flash frrom zip. i am guessing that is because i need additional(recovery) software

thank you for your time
[EVO 4G Android Development] Active_Matrix:
Did you wipe your android.sercure, and SDEXT?!
[EVO 4G Android Development] MikeWjF:
All this hype about RC2 is tempting, but I'm getting amazing battery life out of RC1 right now, and of course stability. I flashed RC2 for a little while with the carousel mod, but I don't like the way it looks on the screen. It makes the homes screen look hazy and stretched horizontally. I ended up nandroiding back to RC1. Should just hold off till a final release, or is RC2 leaps and bounds better than 1?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Active_Matrix:
does anyone have a deodex, or working version of the watch app for synergy?
[EVO 4G Android Development] smw6180:
Depends. Go to 'menu' 'settings' 'about' 'software information'...let us know what Android version, Software Version and Build Number you're on, then we can let you know if you can root it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Lrod0175:
Maxthon 2.2 here and working great, never had that issue, sounds like your sd got some errors there, its good to know u fixed it though.

Lrod's evo
[EVO 4G Android Development] ORam78:
As the saying goes...a true flasher wouldn't have to ask this..lol. Anyway, I had issues with lag on RC1, so far its not as bad on 2. Take the dive bud, be a true flash junkie!!! :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] bluezr1:
I use Caffeine, you can get it in the market. If set correctly, it will keep the screen from dimming as well while on charge.
[EVO 4G Android Development] kibbles-n-bits:
android version: 2.3.3

baseband : 2.15.00.05.02

kernel: 2.6.35.10-gc0a661b date 6-14-2011

build number:4.24.651.1

pri: 2.15_003

prl: 60680
[EVO 4G Android Development] dougjamal:
Thank you, my friend. I just finished extracting the photo widget from the Sense 3.0 Carousel zip and installing it. I will do a reboot momentarily and see how it goes. It's really not a big issue and does not take away from the awesomeness of this rom. I use the photo widget on one of my homescreen to display close-up photos of my kids. I also use the photo album widget on one homescreen to display general photos of them. Anyway, thank you for responding and enjoy the rest of your day.... :)

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[EVO 4G Android Development] AaronM7:
This will cause the screen to stay on all the time unless you manually turn it off (short press on the power button)

Go into Menu|Settings|Applications|Development and check Stay Awake. That way it only stays awake when you are plugged into a charger.
[EVO 4G Android Development] smw6180:
Unfortunately you're stuck. There hasn't been a root yet for that version of the software so you'll have to stick with stock until there is one.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cdsbj6508:
Yes I did will redo wipe and try again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Solicitous:
RAM Optimization Tweaks

Hey guys. I am curious about RAM and ever since I saw the optimization tweak in the previous post. I am wondering if there are any known tweaks to get my RAM up and my Evo speedy. Thanks in advance!

Titanium Backup reads my System Rom info as this: 367 MB (14.8 MB free)

Task Manager says I have 74mb free.

Running Services says I have 191MB free for RAM

Random: I have 32 apps installed (yes I use them daily) and I have an internal storage of 365 mb. Partitioning is awesome
[EVO 4G Android Development] kibbles-n-bits:
ok, thank you for your help
[EVO 4G Android Development] smw6180:
Are you using the built-in cma2sd (I can't remember, sorry.;) )? If so flash the dta2sd from the Synergy updater...moving your dalvik-cache to internal will lower your memory about 130mb but it should speed you up.
[EVO 4G Android Development] smw6180:
No problem. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Eventually they'll get that rooted, I believe.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dougjamal:
The typical file manager cannot see system level files and I can assure you that the ES Explorer app does not make those folders available for viewing without its root explorer hack. Those folders are also not readily available for viewing via the Astrology File manager app.... ;)

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[EVO 4G Android Development] smw6180:
That's so weird.

But then I do everything through an adb shell rather than file managers on the phone, so ... :)

Edit:

More I think of it the weirder it is.

Here's the directory permissions on /system/app:

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-05-23 10:47 app

It's owned by root, group root, but it's readable by everything. There's no reason that those directories should be unavailable to TE or any file manager. I'm confuzzled.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Solicitous:
Yeah I am using cma2sd. I set my swap to 0 since the HTC kernel doesn't support it. Will I have to repartition to use it?

Btw what is your name in the huddle? I am John
[EVO 4G Android Development] smw6180:
I'm Steve. ;)

You don't have to repartition. Swap isn't going to be usable until there's a kernel source released anyhow.

Just flash it from synergy updater (after doing a nandroid of course) and your dalvik will automatically move to internal storage. You won't notice any difference...except that your phone should speed up and lag should virtually vanish. :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] Solicitous:
Root Explorer seems to be the best app to use for file managers then
[EVO 4G Android Development] leerage:
Ok I tried setting it to push mail, but still not working. I deleted the account again, rebooted, and made sure push mail was selected when setting it back up. Still didn't work.

I decided to reset to factory settings and then set it back up, that worked. I think what I did wrong when setting it up for the first time was selecting not to sync all data. I didn't want all my other stuff sync'ing and forgot mail was part of that. Before reseting I had forgot to check under Accounts & Sync.

What is weird though, after now receiving push emails, I went under accounts & sync and it is still set to 15 min frequency under peak hours and 1 hour off peak. I went ahead and changed them to push email and still getting email as it arrives. Oh well, all good now. Thanks everybody.
[EVO 4G Android Development] phsteve:
When I do a nandroid with Amon Ra, should I backup everything? i.e. boot, system, data, cache, recovery, wimax, sd-ext & .android_secure? Or should I just leave the boot, system, and data default options checked and forget about the rest? I'm coming from RC1, and I've never done a nandroid with my SD card partitioned before (8gb stock card with 1024 sd-ext3 and 32 swap). The warning "sd-ext and .android_secure backups require lots of SDcard space and may take a few minutes to back up!" gives me pause. Is it necessary to backup sd-ext and .android_secure? I have about 1.8 gb free on my card now.

My hunch is that I should backup sd-ext but not android_secure, but I want to confirm with you guys first.

Thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Solicitous:
I back up sd-ext, right?

Edit: Hey Steve!

Edit2: I backed up sd-ext anyway
[EVO 4G Android Development] rcharles:
Thanks, thats the option I was looking for. Never thought to look under applications. I was looking everywhere else.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ewmccraw:
Well Vanessa, you were right. I went ahead and did a full wipe and then restored all of my apps, now everything works like a charm.

I don't know why I put off doing full wipes, I guess I just don't like being without my shiz for that amount of time....

Thanks a lot
[EVO 4G Android Development] WINKSTER:
Anybody got any idea when we should see a kernel for this. I can't wait for one that's undervolted. Oh and is rc2 stable enough to come up from rc1 yet or should I hold out?
[EVO 4G Android Development] phaseL:
Myn addressed this:
[EVO 4G Android Development] Solicitous:
I looked back and saw it, thanks man
[EVO 4G Android Development] AaronM7:
Just came across this-http://thetechjournal.com/electronics/android/android-2-3-gingerbread-source-code-now-available.xhtml Is this what we've been waiting for? Am I right to be super happy right now???
[EVO 4G Android Development] smw6180:
If you're doing a full wipe, don't bother with sd:ext or .android_secure. If you're backing up prior to flashing a mod you want to do both.

Why? sd-ext contains your apps.

.android_secure typically contains some settings (angry birds and pvz I believe use it for saving game states, for example).

When backing up to something I might want to restore I usually backup everything but cache, recovery, wimax. Just be sure you have a wimax only nandroid saved someplace (or multiple someplaces) in case you ever have a problem.

Yes, like I said above if you're saving it to something you might want to go back to backup sd-ext and android_secure. :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] smw6180:
That's nice and all but I'd rather see HTC release THEIR source, especially for the kernel. ;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] roscoenr:
When htc releases source code. And rc2 is great give it a shot you will like it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dougjamal:
I agree... ;)

I use the Root Explorer app most of the time, but I also use the ADB method from time to time

Not if you hope to make a profit from the sale of file manager apps. Most of the free versions will not give root access whereas the pay versions do and you and I both know that the majority of people do not want to deal with ADB or any command line stuff.

You're preaching to the choir, my friend... ;)

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[EVO 4G Android Development] AaronM7:
I figured it was too good to be true. And I think in the back of my mind, I knew it wasn't what we are waiting for. Still kinda cool, though, for the AOSP guys.
[EVO 4G Android Development] MikeWjF:
That's from 7 months ago.
[EVO 4G Android Development] WINKSTER:
I'm loving rc1 and I just got it all set up the way I want it with dta2sd but I want to see that panorama camera and hopefully its not too buggy to keep so yea next time I get some free time I think I will.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Solicitous:
Even the nightlies could be used as dailies...that's how good Synergy is
[EVO 4G Android Development] whiterider13:
I use 'file expert' from the market. It is free and is a root level explorer. It also has some other nice features. I have been very happy with it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] smw6180:
Oh I getcha. The free apps (by and large) intentionally do NOT look at root level stuff...so unless (ES root extension for example) you enable it, or pay for it, you're not seeing anything in /system at all.

Sorry, took me a few to figure it out. Thanks for setting me straight. :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] AaronM7:
Wow... I guess that's what I get for reading the headline date and not the comment dates... don't I feel silly now...
[EVO 4G Android Development] phsteve:
Awesome response, thanks. I appreciate the full explanation. One more question, about the "wimax only" nandroid, if I've done a nandroid in the past that had wimax checked along with other options, is that adequate? Or to restore wimax, do I need a nandroid of solely the wimax part? Thanks again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] MikeWjF:
Easy mistake to make.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Steve98124:
As mentioned earlier no root for version 2.3.3 but there are a few mods available for unrooted 2.3.3. Check out TT's thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1148978
[EVO 4G Android Development] smw6180:
Technically that SHOULD restore your wimax with everything else. However it's probably best to have a single wimax nandroid...you really don't want to restore wimax unless you have no alternative so if you were to go back to that old nandroid for a reason OTHER than your wimax you would be risking a bad restore of wimax and lose 4g. ;)

Which is why I recommend doing a single wimax nandroid, backing up in 62 places and never doing it again until you change phones. :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] Steve98124:
Appears to be a common problem. I have not been able to download RC2 on my phone or PC. I always find the PC easier but downloading with the phone has worked for me before. I've tried firefox on my home PC. Miren and stock browser on phone. I get the same result as bpc4209. Any suggestions?
[EVO 4G Android Development] myn:
push /system/app/HTCCamera.apk from RC2 to your RC1. You'll get the panoramic camera :)

adb remount
adb push HTCCamera.apk /system/app
[EVO 4G Android Development] WINKSTER:
Just got into terminal a day ago to set up dta2sd zipalign. I'm a noob. I'll do a nandroid on my rc1 flash rc2 and if I can't deal ill just come back. By the way I'm loving this Rom and this forum. Best ever. Are you gonna do synergy for the 3d?