[Desire Android Development] Chaosz-X:
After I have tried a lot of ROMs for the HTC Desire, and each one of them was perfect in another way, there was one kind of ROM I couldn't find: a ROM which is as small as possible, with Sense, and Gingerbread, and as clean as possible.

First of all: I am not an experienced developer, such as LeeDroid, or Coolexe (by the way, thanks a lot guys, loved your ROMs, and used each one of them without any issues, so kudos for your hard work!).

I'm just a 15-year old boy, who wanted to create a ROM which is as small as possible, but keeping Sense. If you have things to say like 'Loser, why would I flash this ROM, there are dozens of other ROMs', don't say anything at all.

However, if you have tips, questions, or think you can help me with this ROM, don't hesitate, and feel free to post!

About this ROM:

-Based on Gingerbread RUU from HTC for HTC Desire (Bravo)

-Bananacakes awesome new kernel (0.4), build by Sibere (0.4a), running on 1GHz, OC'able to 1.2.

-Su + Superuser + Busybox included

-Optional A2SD

-Removed a lot of stuff, resulting this ROM to be less than 120MB in size!

-Kept Sense, but some apps are removed (such as Stocks, Footprints, and Facebook, which you can download from the market anyway)

-Works on Stock HBOOT, and it should also work on Data++ or Bravo Sense (please post your experience with these 2 HBOOTs)

So, if you are looking for a lightweight version of Sense and Gingerbread, this is the ROM you're looking for. It may contain bugs, and I can not be held responsible for any damage. If you tell me about the bugs, I could try to fix them, but don't think I'm an expert with Android development, but I'll see what I can do.

To do:

-TrackballWake

-Perhaps create a special update.zip for some popular apps (filemanager, terminal, DSPManager)

-Fix the bootanimation (just a black screen at the moment, trying to find out how to fix it), the ROM boots just fine though

Removed:

-Apps you can install from the market (Facebook, Gmail, Flash, Flickr)

-Apps which have better alternatives (HTC Twitter)

-Apps which bugs a lot of users, even when they're not being used (HTC Stocks)

-Apps I simply don't like or use (Friendstream, Footprints)

-Apps of which I can't even come up with a reason why they would be installed by default (Polaris Office, if I'm right about the name)

-Live wallpapers which are pretty useless in my opinion (Smoke Wallpaper, Music Visualizations)

-HTC Sense Live Wallpaper, and the normal wallpaper is replaced

-Almost all ringtone/notification sounds, except for one in each category (the default ones)

Without further ado, here are the downloads:

Click here for the Non-A2SD build (version 1.5)

HBOOTs with 5MB cache won't work! Stock HBOOT or Bravo Sense HBOOTs will work fine, since they have a bigger cache (thanks Ronijs19!) For cMTD users: /system is 163MB in this build.

Click here for the A2SD build (version 1.5)

After you have installed the A2SD build, download a terminal emulator from the market and execute the following commands:

Your apps and the Dalvik Cache will be stored on EXT from now on.

Changelog:

Thanks to:

-DonUber, a good friend IRL, who always gives me tips and ideas for improving the ROM, thanks a lot mate!

-Koush, for his Anykernel Updater!

-Bananacakes, for his awesome kernel!

-Ronijs19, for tips and testing different HBOOTs.

-You, and every other user who uses this ROM!

Enjoy, and don't hesitate to ask questions or report bugs!

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