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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] linoskoczek:
Proudly recommending this ROM! It took a while to configure it, but it was worth that! I have no idea why benchmark has lower result, but CM7 is much faster than CM10.1 (SlimBean). Working on this ROM is really comfortable, since it never lags.

If you don't like default interface/theme here's what I did:

- Installed Holo Launcher

- Installed Ice Cream Sandwich CM7 Theme

Both can be found on Google Play. I had a problem with preInstalled GApps, so if you have same, remove previous ones (with Titanium Backup or any likely tool) and flash these. Then after you launch Market it should invisibly start to upgrade. Turn Market off and after few minutes (depends on internet connection) run it again. It should turn to Google Play.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Frogkiller:
V3.03 turbo boost

This rom or kernel works with ? [V3.03]TURBO BOOST - Triple Swap Space in Cache, Data, System ...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HeaT420:
Yeah, That ICS theme really does make a huge difference. I tried Holo Launcher and it was really laggy. I tried changing the Cache setting but it didn't seem to help much if at all. Is there something I am missing?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] linoskoczek:
Did you remove ADW Launcher after you installed Holo?

My settings (settings -> ILWT CM7 settings -> Performance)

Compcache: Off

JIT: On

Surface dithering: Off

16 bit transparency: On

Scrolling cache: Force disable (enable if you want really smooth scrolling)

VM heap size: 48m
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HeaT420:
Just tried that, Didn't seem to make much difference. Scrolling in everything except the Launcher improved, Even with Scrolling Cache Force Enabled. Thanks anyway but i'm going back with LauncherPro. :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HeaT420:
Great ROM and Great Work

Really appreciate the work that went into this rom from tsubus and the CM Team. I would like to get some of your opinions on some things. I've been switching between this and G-Lite because it's so hard to give up the free RAM you get in G-Lite and the Music app works great. First question, Is there any way to increase the Audio Buffer Size so the Music app doesn't lag on this instead of using playerpro? Can you change it in DSP Manager or is there another app that can do it? Second, is there a way to get Text notifications for Facebook or a good smaller alternative to Facebook Messenger? With this ROM, my RAM drops to 180-190 with just messenger and playerpro running where as with G-Lite it rarely goes below 220-230 ever. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] agazza:
V6 supercharger, setting balanced option 3

Then replace gallery with quickpic and facebook with fastforfacebook
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HeaT420:
Already had quickpic, tried fast but didn't really like it. I'm using Messenger and browser for Facebook and using the Crystal CM7 Theme, fast and looks awesome. Also got Holo Launcher to run smooth by setting wallpaper scrolling off. I skipped on V6 supercharger.

EDIT: Switched over to NTSense Blue, the white and blue keyboard is awesome
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
this is what happens when you have a couple of free hours: https://plus.google.com/106490939796690729213/posts/YU8n7Ns5eaj

spoiler: ILWT ROM on Android 4.4.4
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] demkantor:
You sir rock!

I say make a new thread and please a lot of people!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
As stated on G+, I am not going to support this at all. I can make it available for those who'd like to check it out, but honestly it's not a good daily driver.

This was something I've wanted to do for a while, just to get my main ROM on my first Android phone, just to see if I could do it. It's got all the features in, nothing missing, but it doesn't run as smooth as ILWT CM7. The phone is not powerful enough for kitkat, seems like. In any case, I've used Andromadus as the base for the device parts of the code, so whatever issues you have there, you'll have the same here. The rest of the code is all ILWT, but it's mostly features, not optimizations, which is what this device needs.

TL;DR: KitKat is not a good daily driver on DZ, I can share the ROM to whoever wants to try it, but if the Vision is your main phone, stick to ILWT CM7.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] demkantor:
[MENTION=3252739]tsubus[/MENTION]

Most will agree that gingerbread runs best on the vision but many feel that the current KitKat ROMs are plenty good enough for daily drivers, that being said why not open a new thread, link your ROM along with a note saying this is a one time build, nothing further

People will love it nonetheless

Edit:

Actually if you really against creating a thread but aren't opposed to sending me your sources I'll build and upload it. But really it should be your thread. Either way let me know!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] magikstar:
[MENTION=3252739]tsubus[/MENTION]

i am agree with demkantor, make a new thread for your new rom
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
https://plus.google.com/106490939796690729213/posts/iukeUdVM7Qa

ILWT ROM 3.0.9 for HTC Vision made available for you guys. Everything I've stated before about the ROM still stands: very limited support and rare updates (I'll do an update once in a while when I add something worthwhile, but the device tree won't be worked). I still do not think it would be a good daily driver, but that's up to you guys. ILWT CM7 is much smoother on my phone.

If you wonder about the ROM size: Google Apps are already included (PA GApps micro).

Make sure you have an up-to-date recovery that supports KitKat updater-scripts. I'm personally using the latest 4ext.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
If anyone is using it'd be nice to get some feedback on how it runs compared to other kk roms.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vbaros:
I'm downloading it right now. I've been using your ROM until you stopped developing it [emoji17]

I really hope it will work well, because the other Kit Kat roms are frankly really bad.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JJKPL:
This ROM is awesome, other KitKat ROMs aren't as fast and stable as this one. The only one thing to change is making the stock launcher less laggy. Nova launcher is much better solution here. But, in general, well done :good:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bazantik:
Downloaded today, going to try it. Thanks for your work! :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
Default launcher is already set to nova. You can change options by looking at the "customize installation" menu or by using the file /sdcard/ILWT/ILWT.txt which works same way as it did for ILWT CM7 (different options, obviously).

Those options can be applied immediately and will persist through ROM upgrades
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vbaros:
OK. Here is my experience. I'll is definitely better then other kitkat roms, but it seems it has huge freezes sometimes. One example is entering settings and changing something or just the entering another page. The phone will appear completely frozen for few seconds and sometimes settings would crash. I have no idea what could cause it. I did benchmarks on a SD card and I have standard about 4MB/s write and about 15MB/s read. I can see the process mmcqd/1 at the top most of the time.

Acctually when you enter any app, everything works fine. Animations are fluid, applications do not crash. Just switching between different apps is really sluggish.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Frogkiller:
my review - ILWT ROM 3.0.9

Hi!

First impression after a clean install

Smooth and response

Google Account - ok

Call-ok

WIFI - ok

GPS - ok

3G- not test

CPU Clock is 256Mhz to 1200Mhz

but ....

after installing some applications and start playing with it

ProfiMail

Sygic

SwitftKey

Resource Monitor

Load Monitor

cpu spy

I notice that the CPU load is at a minimum of 6.5 to a maximum of 18 compared to CM7.2 that at least 1.5 to 10 (Load Monitor)

The various test I did notice that the system is always overload with values ​​above 8.5 (Load Monitor)

So HTC is unresponsive or slow to respond

A small example by use the default browser

is slow to load the pages

and if I leave the screen off makes it harder to get back on again

and if it receives a call, I can not answer on time

50% of battery was drain in 3h

back to CM7.2:angel:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
That's about the same experience I'm having. It seems to run fine once stuff is open, but has freezes when opening new apps. Reason why I still advice to use ILWT CM7.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vbaros:
Did you figure out what is causing this?

File system driver? Other processes kicking in when something is loading from the file system?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
I have not looked into it, but it's most likely simply the fact that KitKat is not meant to be run on devices with this little power. It could also be an issue with the interactive governor (I think we were using ondemand with ILWT CM7, it might make sense to use it on KitKat too). Of course at the end of the day, Gingebread will always be smoother on the Desire Z.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vbaros:
Google made some improvements in Kit Kat for low memory devices.

Can something from this page help?

https://source.android.com/devices/low-ram.html
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
I did not know that, and yes, that is interesting. I will take a look.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vbaros:
I did some tweaking which helped a great deal.

Here is the list:

1. Read ahead buffer is 128 instead of 2048

2. CPU max to 1401, 1200 is probably fine here. Governor is still interactive

3. Background process limit set to 2.

4. Rotation is locked.

5. All animations set to 0.5x

Number 3 and 4 helped a lot actually.

I don't have any freezes anymore and apps open as fast as phone can handle now.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
Thanks for those trials. I am currently compiling some changes to kernel and device to try to speed things up a bit. I have already tried to switch to the ondemand governor (keeping 1.2ghz max) and the difference so far seems huge, a big improvement. I'll post the build as soon as it's ready and you can test it and also try to incorporate your changes to see if it further improves the smoothness. If so, I can add them to the build by default.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vbaros:
I didn't notice any big differences when switching to ondemand. What I noticed is that ondemand will cap a CPU to 1024 MHz while interactive to 1200 while scrolling.

Are you sure you didn't do any other tweaks?

I'll get your next build and try it as soon as it is available.

BTW can we use the ILWT updater? I saw there was an update which includes Vision now.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
Yes it's usable, but it might be faster to do it from About Phone->System Updates as those are delta updates. Not really sure how fast the Vision can apply the patch, though, I guess we'll find out soon. The update in ILWT Updater takes a little longer to show up because I need to upload it to AFH.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
3.0.10 is up on AndroidFileHost. It seems to be running better for me so far, but I have only used it a few minutes, trying to open a few apps to see how it behaves. Let me know how it works for you guys.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] daivee:
Great work! Is there a recovery you recommend. I kept getting an error while attempting to flash via 4ext. Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] fireball0093:
I use TWRP as my main recovery and it works perfectly fine. :p

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Thanks for the great work man, it's a really wonderful rom. Probably in my opinion the best KK rom out currently for this device.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bradley_e_smith:
Some issues

running latest (it updated auto which was nice), but have issues with the 200 display setting, changing to 240 causes settings to crash. Also I seem to get random crashes, will try to get logcat. I was running mimicry 1.5, so I am comparing this to that.

Will continue to give it a try.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
Have you done a full wipe?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vbaros:
[MENTION=3252739]tsubus[/MENTION] unfortunately my sdcard died during the patching process along wiping all the data along with it. So I will be out of the loop for some time.

It's a shame, it never happened before. The card is definitely dead as I can't read it anymore even on the PC.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
Can you see it under disk management (if you use windows)? Maybe it's just a screwed up FS and all you need to do is repartition and format. In any case, the patch from System Updates is too CPU-intensive and it makes the phone hang until it's done, I will disable it in the next build. Better to download/install the ROM with ILWT Updater.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vbaros:
No, I already tried that. It is dead for sure.

I have another one from the different device (so I can't use it in the Z) and this one works perfectly with the card reader.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] crestofawave:
Tsubus, mate, I don't know what magic you put into your ROM again but it's flying. First KK ROM I flashed and can actually bear with using it...

P.S, Glad I'm also getting a N5, looking forward to trying your ROM's again :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bradley_e_smith:
Yes full wipe, I could re-install again but have the density reset so at current not an issue.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vbaros:
[MENTION=3252739]tsubus[/MENTION] I've ordered a new microSD card so in a few days I'm back in a game :)

I wan't let this little fat guy die that fast :)

BTW what kind of changes did you do for the latest releases?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
As stated on G+:

- added low-ram flags

- KSM enabled by default

- default kernel governor set to ondemand

I've also enabled module support for those who need it and merged in some minor changes from upstream.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
That's weird, I have not experienced any issue with the modified dpi. By the way, you can set the desired density upon installation from the "customize installation" menu. Anything set in there will be applied when flashing an update. I didn't want to include AROMA, but it basically does the same thing.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bradley_e_smith:
If I get a chance this weekend I will reload the phone again. Right now I use my phone for work and exercise (biking/running) - so reloading takes up to much time. I will keep on playing with it. Currently the speed seems good, I use smart launcher 2 (seems to be the quickest for me) with greenify and the xposed apk.

One question: If I understand your google+ comments, we do not need to set the background processing to 2 as you have done that in the compile?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
I have not applied any change to the number of background processes, but despite of that my phone seems to be running pretty smooth. What I did do is apply some changes from the link provided by vbaros (https://source.android.com/devices/low-ram.html). Those changes are aimed to low-ram devices like the Vision. I have also changed default governor to ondemand. These changes seem to have improved the phone's responsiveness and speed quite a bit, at least in my case.

edit: xposed is known in some cases to create issues, so please, if you report bugs, make sure to do it after a full wipe, with stock kernel, and without xposed.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
Updated first and second post to reflect the "new ROM". Should make it much cleaner for everyone.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] magikstar:
ILWT ROM 3.0.10 feels good

this rom works great

thank you for your good work
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Sagar LP:
It is really a great ROM ,it is faster than any other kitkat ROM so very very thanks & its looks beautiful :) but I'm facing problem in opera mini interface. Here is a image in attachment. If anyone knows how to solve plz reply ...thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] daivee:
I know this sounds very nooby but I still have not been able to successfully flash this ROM. I have tried both 4ext and twrp and both times I get an error saying something about status 7 installation aborted. Strange thing is that I can flash Pure kat just fine. If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
If you post the full error, exactly as it states it in recovery, we might have an easier time helping you.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] daivee:
Ok, I attempted to re-flash the Rom. I'm using TWRP 2.6.3.0 and my Hboot is 0.76.2000 (don't know if that has anything to do with it)

Flashed ILWT ROM 3.0.9 and received the following error:

Symlink: some sysmlinks failed

E: error executing updater binary in zip ‘/sdcard

Error flashing zip ‘/sdcard/ilwt-vision-3.0.9.zip

Updating partition details..

Prior to all of this I did a Full System Wipe, Wipe Dalvik and cache.

I also tried re-downloading the Roms just in case it was a bad download. I've done this many times so having a bad download can be ruled out.

Thanks for your help.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] demkantor:
Very good chance that the update-binary in this ROM is only compatible with the dz hboot

Try flashing this and then the ROM again

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1728208

Be sure to let others know your results

Best of luck
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] daivee:
Thanks for your quick response, I will try this later tonight and report back, as I am currently away from my computer.

Edit.

I flashed the DZ Hboot as instructed by the link. Flashed 4EXTrecovery and flashed the Rom.

Symlinking

set_metadata: some changes failed

E: error in /sdcard/ilwt-vision-3.0.10.zip

(status 7)

installation aborted.

bummed because I really want to try out your work. I hear a lot of good feedback from the users.

Edit.

4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.3 RC3

Edit.

I Flashed 4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.0.6 latest test build

Followed usual steps,

Wipe Factory/Data/Cache/Dalvik....

Flash Rom... and.

Profit!!

Thanks [MENTION=4334383]demkantor[/MENTION] I was flashing the new recovery at the same time of your reply.

Thanks.

I'll test this out and touch back with you all.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lorddavid:
Are you using the latest version of 4EXTrecovery? You need it
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] demkantor:
[MENTION=5146501]daivee[/MENTION]

As posted just above this, you have an older recovery which won't work with the newer KitKat ROMs, have a look here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2734590
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Sagar LP:
Try to install 4ext 1.0.0.6 RC1 because for me when I'm using 4ext 1.0.0.6 RC 2 it shows status 7 error but 4ext 1.0.0.6 RC1 is perfect .
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
Thanks for logcat, I will look at the code later. Could you show me a screenshot of you customize installation menu, so that I can also try to duplicate it? Thanks.

edit: I think I have found the issue. I will create a new build and upload within a few hours.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
3.0.11 is up. I will update the changelog later when I get back to a pc. This is mainly to fix the bug encountered by bradley
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bradley_e_smith:
great & thanks for your work.

---------- Post added at 08:12 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:11 AM ----------

Off to the races again... :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] oVeRdOsE.:
wow, great. thank you. I wish I can understand everything in this to build my own.

Right now I found a way to run purekat without issues. I can't wait to compare. ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bradley_e_smith:
.10 results

Okay so I wiped the device, made sure that /sdcard/ILWT was deleted and loaded .10. I did this twice with the same result. The first time the settings gave an error and the system didn't reboot, second time it worked okay (ie rebooted) - but then both hung. On the second change the only thing I changed was launcher from nova to stock.

I have attached the logcat from the reboot and as I write this my phone is still spinning the ILWT, hopefully the logcat will show you something. If you need more just let me know.

-brad
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
Why are you installing the old release?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] arunal_123:
I have installed the latest .11.

Things are fine, but the stock browser loads a bit slow, even I experienced delays in incoming calls, like 2-3 seconds with a black screen. Same with lockscreen.

Still I haven't changed anything, everything is still stock.

But I'm pretty impressed with the settings, it has lots of customizing options.

I'll play around and try to give some feedbacks.

Good job "ILWT". Thanks for your efforts for this device.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vbaros:
[MENTION=3252739]tsubus[/MENTION] I'm back. My class 10 card arrived (previously I had class 4). This actually doubled writing speed to about 7 to 8 MB/s.

Installation of 3.0.11 went fine. It seems that it works better then previous version though it had some slowdowns when I added my Google account which was expected as it was doing a lot in the background. What I noticed it needed a lot of time (about 10 minutes) to recognize my paid apps.

Also system update appears automatically after every restart so it seems menu is hidden but it still works in the background. OpenDelta service is running always. It this part of the system update? Maybe it should be removed completely.

Are you sure you enabled KSM. Because ksmd service is not running. And if I go to

Settings -> Performance -> Memory management

I can see that KSM is not enabled. When I tick the checkbox then ksmd appears.

I'm not yet sure will KSM help our device. I can see ksmd always at the top of CPU usage list so it could be that it makes things worse.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
Thanks for doing this, this kind of feedback is much appreciated. As for your questions:

- You are right, OpenDelta is still running. Since this is a multi-device ROM it's not as easy as to remove it completely from the ROM, but I will make an exception for the Vision, hopefully for the next update.

- KSM: that's weird, it's definitely running for me but I will need to try after a full wipe to see what happens at that point. As per CPU-usage: I am not sure if that could affect the device negatively, but if anyone using the device more than I do is willing to do some tests with KSM enabled/disabled, it would be great. I just test if the ROM is running when I make an update, so it's hard for me to judge.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
Try increasing the minimum frequency of the CPU, maybe that helps with the black screen. Please report any findings, thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bradley_e_smith:
wrong typo, it was .11 - sorry.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vbaros:
[MENTION=3252739]tsubus[/MENTION] what do you think, can you make a build without themes included? It coil potentially improve memory usage?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
It's possible to build without ThemeChoose and ThemesProvider, for sure, but I don't think it will make that much of a difference. I can create a test build if you'd like to test it, though.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vbaros:
If it is not too much hassle? I guess would need to do full wipe?

I remember when theme chooser was introduced it also brought a lot of problems to many phones. Will build without it also remove traces of it from all systems files?