yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
Battery life depends much more on how you use the phone rather than the rom/kernel (although I have seen evidence which suggests rom/kernel can affect battery life - however it is a small difference in comparison to how people use their phones)
[HTC Sensation] jngfjngfvng:
I've got background data on but all syncing is manual. Try turning auto sync off for a day and see what happens. I know someone else with an XE and they don;t always get a day out of it but they use it for emailing and browsing. Most of the drain is from the screen.
[HTC Sensation] D F:
Anything new Jonny?
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
Currently porting tweaks, then hq camera already works with new base and im not sure about mudhi's beats mod. When ive found out and finished porting whatever needs doing, new rom will be out a couple of days later :)
[HTC Sensation] D F:
Great news Jonny. Really looking forward to installing it.

I told you about a problem with the audio part in video files, which interrupts on high level noises. It still happenes. Whan can be wrong?!

LE: Jonny, please don't forget about the mail apk, which doesn't work in this version and the key's sound which is too loud. Thank you!
[HTC Sensation] jngfjngfvng:
Mail works fine, I use mine daily. I'm sure he hasn't forgotten about the hugely top of the list issues like key tones either.
[HTC Sensation] D F:
The mail apk didn't work for me (install with superwipe performed twice). I had to replace it with the previous version in order to make it work.
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
It caused problems with yahoo mail for some reason.

HTC already fixed this in the 3.33.x bases anyway :)
[HTC Sensation] D F:
Oh, so no need to replace the apk in the next build. Great!

Jonny, can you give us a hint about wneh the new will version be ready?
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
No I cant really, it depends on how quickly me and a few others get the tweaks done, about half of the apks are done and all but 2 jar files are done so hopefully soon.

Also I go on a 2 week holiday to Italy Friday next week so if tweaks arent ported by then it will have to wait...
[HTC Sensation] D F:
I c. Enjoy ur holiday dude! Italy rocks.

I'll keep an eye on the forum, just in case.

Jonny, please, please check the camera audio problem I have mentioned before. I have runied my trip vids because of it.... :(
[HTC Sensation] ukG1freak:
Have been using this ROM for about a week and a half now. Must say, very impressed with the additional features (example, quick link to Play Store on the App List) and so on.

I do suffer , from time to time, quite a bit of LAG whilst changing from App to App, or quitting an app, but apart from this, no restarts, no FC's ... all good :o

Looking forward to the next update, the sound quality on this is great, far surpasses the poor volume levels of the Stock ROM.

Keep it up! As said look forward to the next Update!

P.S I know its a minor thing to ask, but would it be possible to add Titanium Backup to the List of Apps you build into the ROM? Just as a convenience thing really :)

Matt
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
Nope, sorry, its a paid for app and if I include it in the ROM, its warez and I get banned :cool:
[HTC Sensation] Dandle:
Hi Jonny, I'm clutching at straws here but thought I would ask anyway. I just got a new car (BMW for info) and I'm having trouble with the phonebook syncing to the cars bluetooth. My last car (older BMW) worked fine but the newer car has extra features so the bluetooth seems to transfer more data from the phone. The trouble is its only transferring about 30% of my phone numbers. I have tried repairing, renaming the phone, changing advanced settings on both devices, renaming the contacts and changing the numbers in google (then syncing the phone again) and also delinking both photos and facebook accounts from the contacts but I still cant get them all to sync and show in the phonebook.

Is there a newer bluetooth apk or do you have any idea what I can look at now?
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
can you get me a logcat?

Either way, I cant do too much about it for 2 weeks now because I'm busy packing then going on holiday :)
[HTC Sensation] Pard0ned:
It's not a paid app.

There's a separate version that is paid for though. Are you thinking of that one?
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
Yep, What does the paid for version offer that the free one doesnt?
[HTC Sensation] syriano56:
Does anyone know if this ROM include Arabic typing? If there anyone who installed this ROM, could u check please.

Thanx

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Does this ROM include Arabic typing?? Please can anyone check?? Thanks.
[HTC Sensation] chukis13:
Online backups, 1 click restore, a couple other perks. Free version is more than capable.
[HTC Sensation] D F:
Jonny, u must do something about the video recording' s audio problem. It has just messed up 4 of some very important vids. Please don't forget dude. My video camera is almost useless in these conditions.
[HTC Sensation] ashraf.hneini:
i had a problem with the rom so i Reflashed it without a super wipe, but now the battery % is not showing, even after choose "stock % battery" so how can i make the % appear again inside the battery !?
[HTC Sensation] Dandle:
Hi, Just a bit of feedback. There was nothing wrong with the rom it was my google account that had created seperate accounts and multiple accounts in some cases causing issues.On the phone they looked like one contact but they werent and the bluetooth couldn't deal with it. Once the were sorted out in gmail and resynced on a fresh rom install all worked fine.
[HTC Sensation] D F:
Hi dude! You need to replace the apk in this version with the one in the previous version. The newest one isn't functional.
[HTC Sensation] D F:
No Jonny, no activity.

Any way, I just wanted to remind you Jonny about that audio problem in video recording. Please take it into consideration my friend.

That and they keys' tone. That's all I can remember right now.

I hope u enjoyed your holidays, I know I enjoyed mine :)

Have a nice day!
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
No activity because Im still on holiday :D I get back on Saturday so will be to sort an update out soon :)
[HTC Sensation] D F:
Oh, I see.

Enjoy your holiday dude!
[HTC Sensation] goatee84:
I had some issues with 6.3.0, so have been on 6.2.0 for a while. Can I go straight to 6.5.0, if so with or without super wipe?

Cheers :good:
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
You can go straight to 6.5.0 and super wipe is recommended but not mandatory
[HTC Sensation] laoruga:
Problems with SMS

This is the second time it had happen the SMS wont send nothing check settings everything normal.. Went crazy again try to check everything again..but like the other time just a re installation of the rom fix it... So have someone had this problem? Or there is a fix for it? Help I love this ROM and My phone also.... Hope there is a fix or some kind off a setting that I can change to fix it.... :confused:

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Did a complete re install and for 5 minutes it work....now it came back I hate this s@#$... I will wipe completely the phone and try again....
[HTC Sensation] D F:
Dude, I installed the ROM on 4 different HTC Sensation phones. None had this problem. I m guessing it must be something wrong with your phone.
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
Statement about the next update is in the following link. When its finished and uploaded it wont have any of the leedroid/darkforest tweaks because I wont put beta/buggy/test material in my ROMs but feel free to flash them separately.

http://darkforestgroup.com/forum/index.php/topic,11080.msg83877.html#msg83877
[HTC Sensation] goatee84:
Just FYI, been having quite a few hard reboots on 6.5.0. Initially thought it was random but it actually seems to happen when opening an app, doesn't seem to matter which app. Possibly a memory management issue? Usually seems to happen after having used a number of apps in a short space of time and then the next app is the straw that breaks the camel's back :p
[HTC Sensation] D F:
Well, 650 works like a charm for me. I have also installed a whole bunch of apps, uninstalled, reinstalled them without any problem. This ROM is, at least for me the most stab;e Darkforest ever.

>goatee84

I have left all the settins with their default value when installing the ROM with superwipe, apart from: OC GPU (first level) and I have chosen the lagfree governor.
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
did you superwipe when flashing? logcat? last_kmsg? what kernel you using?
[HTC Sensation] goatee84:
I did a superwipe before flashing, I'm using Bricked 3.0 v1.4.

Apologies for the disgraceful bug report and the delayed reply, had to do some quick self-education on logcat and last_kmsg ;)

last_kmsg attached, having some dramas with logcat though, "Unable to open log device '/dev/log/main': No such file or directory" apparently.
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
No worries for the logcat, Its a boot.img problem - I put the wrong line in default.prop so adb cant find device, already fixed with v6.6.0.

I'll take a look at the kmsg later and as for the other problem with having loads of apps open at same time, I think my minfree RAM values are slightly too high - again fixed in v6.6.0 :)
[HTC Sensation] goatee84:
Cool, I managed to get logcat working by commenting out the init.d script that was removing dev/log/main.

This afternoon I had a reboot whilst on a call (actually waiting for the other person to answer) and after having removed all apps from memory 5 minutes earlier so that kinda stuffs my theory.

Thanks for your consistent work on this ROM :good:
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
Which init.d script was that? didnt realise I had wrote that into the script - oops!
[HTC Sensation] D F:
Jonny, one more thing. The bugreport folder on the SD...it would be so nice without it...
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
I'll check the init.d scripts for that, they are the only thing I can think of that would cause that - I've double checked just about everything elsw, though I know you can manually save a bugreport to that folder by holding vol up + vol down until the phone beeps/vibrates...
[HTC Sensation] goatee84:
In 08Cleaner, right at the end:

#remove main log

if [ -e /dev/log/main ]

then

rm -f /dev/log/main

fi

So it's conditional and something to do with errors and fatals only? Anyway I commented that out and that got logcat working.
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
I think -f tag mean overwrite which makes sense considering what the script is doing:

Simpler syntax (not correct but easier to understand):

if (/dev/log/main present){

remove dev/log/main

}

Removing the file is overwriting the space on the disk where its stored.

And thanks, I'll delete that part of the script though I think everything else in that script is fine. Having said that, there is a new way I've just thought of for getting rid of the /sdcard/bugreports/ folder on every boot, same sort of thing but just change filepath - cant think why I didnt think of that before :)
[HTC Sensation] goatee84:
Sweet, makes sense to my limited knowledge :P I deleted that script, all good.

Also, not sure if its any help, I'm pretty sure the reboots are occurring every time the Play store notifies me there's updates available. Either the notification appears just before the screen goes black, or its there as soon as it reboots.

Got a logcat of it I think, will attach it when I get home.
[HTC Sensation] meegs:
I really want to try this rom but can't download, I use my phone to download and it comes up Web Page unavailable :(
[HTC Sensation] D F:
>goatee84

No restarts for me mate. This ROM is really stable...in my case.
[HTC Sensation] Royalfox:
Same here, I want to try this Rom but the links aren't working

HTC Pyramid
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
They do work, I just checked, maybe you have an ad blocker enabled (disable it) or dont know how to use ad.ly (press "Skip Ad" button on the top right side after waiting 5 secs)

This link is a direct link to my FTP where the file is stored so you should be able to download it without any problems
[HTC Sensation] chukis13:
Gonna give this a go and report back. Everyone talks about ARHD and it's greatness, but everytime I try it it's all laggy and not all that great.

edit: I like it... smooth and stable. TY for your good work.
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
Small taste of what to come, please note that expected release date is entirely dependant on whether I am allowed on my pc tomorrow :)

Change Log:

v6.6.0 - 20th August 2012 (Full ROM)

Rebased ROM to RUU 3.33.401.106

ROM comes without Darkforest tweaks for now - I'm still porting them, feel free to go to the thread and flash them manually

Updated Bricked kernel to v1.4 - show-p1984

Added option to install SebastianFM kernel in Aroma

Updated Aroma Installer to v2.51

Added XLoud Mod as optional in Aroma

Fixed Orange UK app with Sensation XE

Fixed adb logcat not working

Added script to delete the sdard/bugreports folder on every boot

Lots more boot.img tweaks

Added option to remove Cifs Manager in Aroma

Added option for JellyBean Animations in Aroma

Some init.d script changes and tweaks

Tweaked minfree and other RAM values slightly for higher multitasking priority

Disabled Signature Checking by default

Updated Play Store to 3.8.15

Updated all 3rd party apps

All previous smali/apk hacks included - apart from tweaks

hmm.. Looking at the changelog it doesnt seem proportional to the amount of time I've spent doing the update - smali hacks and my apk scripts take ages though... :p
[HTC Sensation] RoBy46:
Today?

Tonight?

When?

I will have patience ... :cyclops:
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
v6.6.0 is availble to download from the OP however, I ran out of computer time so MD5 and official changelog will have to wait for tomorrow - what I will say though is read the changelog in aroma, theres been some major changes/additions since yesterday :)
[HTC Sensation] gowm:
Orange UK Signal boost is not working :(

My Wifi signal keeps jumping from 3 bars to 0 bars ??

On quick settings is there any wat to add the toggle to turn on wifi, as its wifi hotspot that is there

Mike Gow
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
What did you choose during Aroma? and I think its just that the signal boost files just arent compatible with this version of ICS - ive tried literally everything to get them working.

For the quick settings - yes, flash the Darkforest Tweaks for 3.33 bases
[HTC Sensation] gowm:
the only think i chose was orange, not even the xe model

abd bricked kernel

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just installed the darkforest tweeks 3.33 and i have all the options on the quick links and the ability to boot into recovery etc, but there is no shortcut in the apps drawer, and when i click it from the quick start menu it wont run, any ideas ?
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
Flash RC 2.2.2 from here

Also did you superwipe?
[HTC Sensation] gowm:
yip did superwipe, just installing 2.2.2 now, i had the orange signal boost working 10 mins ago, all i did was reinstall the .apk and added the 2 lines to the build and default prop then i worked :) rebooted since then and not working again, do you think it will work if i just do the above everytime i have to reboot it ?

Mike
[HTC Sensation] gowm:
2.2.2 works fine :)

any idea about the wifi signal, going between 0 and 2 bars sitting next to the router :'(
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
No idea about that - try reflash the kernel, there have been some issues with all 3.33 bases on wifi because htc fix some things but break others... :(
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
default.prop?? what lines did you add in there?

Im guessing the build.prop lines were adding in wifi calling, ro.ganlite.xxx (cant remember exactly what it is from memory)

This orange app is from GB so im suprised it works at all tbh - remember the trouble we had with Tmous app before tmobile released an ICS version?
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
Thread Updated with changelog and MD5 :)
[HTC Sensation] Layio:
Is there way to disable percents in battery bar? Tweaks only give option to add or disable this, but only if battery icon is stock, not have percents on images.
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
It does have this during the setup in Aroma - choose stock battery
[HTC Sensation] Quincux:
Nodo-GT HQ Camera mod 1.5 works on Darkforest 6.6.0?
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
Included by default with tweaked FPS settings by me to give smooth playback - original was 15 FPS which is stuttery, for smooth you need at least 24 FPS
[HTC Sensation] euplio:
What does this means: "Before flashing this ROM, you NEED to upgrade your firmware to 3.33.401.106"
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
Frankly I would have thought the meaning is quite clear - upgrade firmware to 3.33 base (I put 3.33.401.106 because thats the RUU version I based the ROM off)
[HTC Sensation] MarcLister:
Hi Jonny. I've downloaded an RUU file from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1412618. I specifically used the last link in the first post, "Firmware from 3.33.401.6 & 3.33.401.106 RUU

--- MD5 checksum: A28BABD1636C406FA953E56008128F31 *PG58IMG.zip ---

--- Only for 3.33.401.6 & 3.33.401.106 based ROMs".

When I put the PG58IMG.zip on my SDcard, it flashes OK but the Build number on my phone is staying at 3.32.401.5_R2. I've downloaded two different PG58IMG.zip files from the above link and the build number is the same each time.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Have I got the wrong thread/link for the PG58IMG.zip? Would you mind linking to the thread/post that you think offers the best firmware for your DarkForest build? :)

Thanks.
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
This is normal, updating the firmware does not update the OS build - to get the OS to say build 3.33.401.106/3.33.401.6 just flash v6.6.0 then optionally flash the Darkforest Tweaks to restore tweak functionality
[HTC Sensation] nickislauw:
Can you please add the option to install faux kernel??

Its much smoother then bricked and sebastians + better blife

Thanks
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
The problem with that is twofold:

1. Faux updates his kernels at a fantastic rate - which I dont want to discourage, its a good trait - however it makes it a pain the the ass for rom makers because as soon as we release a rom, the kernel is out of date and I dont want to release a new ROM say every week with changelog of only:

*Updated faux kernel

2. Adding another kernel makes the size of the ROM bigger and because of the amount of customization I built into the installer (more than any other sense rom in fact) the ROM is quite large in the first place.

That being said I am working on a solution to the size problem, a clever little solution that only uses one boot.img and one set of config files so I am considering adding in faux kernel as well.

Also please note that kernel selection is highly selective, what works best for you may not work best for someone else but as I say it is highly likely that in the next version you will get a choice of faux kernel as well.

I did add sebastian kernel in this mainly because he has added USB Host function which is a commonly asked for thing in ROMs :)
[HTC Sensation] MarcLister:
Oh, right. Will do that. Thanks. :)
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
Tweaks RC 2.2.4 has been released and should fix the app not launching :)
[HTC Sensation] akpe:
Just flashed DarkForest, I guess this means that by selecting "default" camera in aroma I don't have to flash the HQ Camera v1.5 again, right? ;)

Quick question, have you included the normal 20mbps version or the ultra 40mbps one?
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
Correct, and I included Ultra 40Mbs one
[HTC Sensation] D F:
I have chosen to go back to the previous version. Darkforest seems incomplete without tweas.
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
They are available as an extra by manually flashing them from the thread in my sig but until they are bug free, I wont include them in the ROM
[HTC Sensation] D F:
I understand. I mostly miss the GPS, WIFI on/off from the drop down menu and the Google Play button from the main menu.

I will only install the tweaks after they will be available in your ROM.

After using the last version of your ROM for a few minutes, it seemed to run smooth.
[HTC Sensation] akpe:
First impressions with latest DarkForest: wow!

Smooth, fast and a whooping 190-230mb free ram! Don't even know how this is possible, on every other rom I tried I used to have 100-120 free :D

Only issue I had was media scan. I couldn't get HTC Music to "see" my mp3 folder no matter what I tried. After about four hours of constantly rebooting and calling the media scanner through three different apps it finally worked, but Music and Gallery now include folders with .nomedia files in them... I'll just clear their data and try again.

I just launched SDRescan, I guess it should take more than an hour on a 64GB sd card.

I also had a hot reboot following a normal reboot once, but after rebooting so many times in one day I guess it's normal :P Three finger salute fixed it and no issue since :D

edit: after numerous rescans, reboots, remounts and prayers to whoever-god-deals-with-HTC, I managed to get all my mp3's showing in HTC player by just copying them on a different folder, deleting the original one, renaming the new one with the same name as the original and unmounting/remounting the SD card. Works like a charm :D
[HTC Sensation] lord5619:
I had just the same issue with the player and copying files helps me too :) but in another ROM i tried wipe dalvik and cache and it worked also :)
[HTC Sensation] slipknotfn:
New 6.6 no WIFI or USB connections?

Has anyone else noticed that the new Darkforest 6.6 ROM doesn't allow connection to PC via USB? Also not allowing me to activate WIFI. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. It is very fast though. I installed the Brick kernel since I didn't check one. Running a bit warm even with the screen off and doing nothing so I will try the Sebastian kernel instead. If no improvement I will return to the 6.5 ROM.
[HTC Sensation] goatee84:
Liking 6.6.0 so far :good:

One thing I've found, selecting power off from the power menu doesn't seem to fully shut down the phone. It plays the down animation and turns off but when the power button is pressed later it goes straight to boot animation and boots up in a few seconds, sort of like it's picked up in the middle of a hot reboot. Also selecting restart sometimes doesn't do anything, just goes back to the home screen?
[HTC Sensation] D F:
>slipknotfn

Reinstall the software with full wipe and averything will be fine.

>goatee84

Pressing the power menu for shutdown, or choosing the Power off option, puts the phone into sleep mode. The phone is turned off only after removing the battery.

Another option would be to deactivate (untick) "Fastboot" in Power menu.
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
I suggest reflashing with superwipe but this time make sure you check 1 of the kernels - I didnt add any failsafes into my script for a default (my mistake - should really have though of that) so im not in the least bit suprised to find your having issues with it.

Next version will have failsafes that select a default if nothing is selected
[HTC Sensation] goatee84:
Ah yes, silly me. Can't believe I forgot that...
[HTC Sensation] D F:
Jonny, please let us know when the tweaks are ported in your ROM. And, of course, when the player problem reported by the forum members is fixed.

Thanks!