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[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
thanks i ment to remove the launcher pro must have forgot to take out the install script, the wifi not working on first boot is due to the data2ext because it hasent had a chance to copy some config files to the ext yet you have to reboot after the first boot, google play will only dissapear if you dont have a data connection on first boot no idea why somthing todo with play store it might happen if you dont reboot once for the same reason as the data2ext the paid apps issue is related to this to, if calendar and contacts dont sync just check the box in accounts and settings and reboot.

thank you for your review the input is usefull, if you have any issues just pm me and i will do my best to help.

cheers
[G1 Android Development] cwwilson721:
One odd issue... Google Play Books refuses to run
[G1 Android Development] chakar.dee:
@ cron : good job, your sdext script working better than the original amarullz script
[G1 Android Development] da-pharoah:
so since this is for my pw phone I need no data2ext, swap, or any pretty extras. I did keep spare parts and dev tools, but I didnt install anything else. its cool i'm not worried. Its been since like 1945 since I last updated the g1, so its due! when I update im sure it will boot just fine..
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
ill check it out what radio/spl are you using and are you using the data2ext?
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
thanks glad it is working good for you
[G1 Android Development] cwwilson721:
13d 2.22.28.25, and yes
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
ok i am looking into it hopfully i can recreate the problem and fix it if not i will send you a pm to get your logcat if possible

edit:

i have found the issue report from google http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/static.py?hl=en-CA&page=known_issues.cs&ki_topic=28731

it will fc if you have no ebooks installed

hope that helps i am testing it currently

edit:

dosent seem to do much for me i will be fixing this if i can if anyone has an idea to what is happening let me know via.PM
[G1 Android Development] cwwilson721:
Can't install ebooks if you can't run app, and app will fc if no ebooks...

Thank You Google for making it impossible to use...

EDIT: Read the article you linked to, and less than useless. Did what it said, still fc.

Uninstalled/reinstalled, did the "fix", still fc
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
i am aware and trying to find fix
[G1 Android Development] cwwilson721:
No directed at you, just don't know if already known defective/fail/Microsoft-type app is useless, or it's compounded by the rom. (Sorry, MS Lovers. I don't do "pay us to alpha-test our operating systems")

I can live without it. Just the ONLY issue I have using this rom (so far).

I'm kinda stress testing it, throwing all kinds of apps at it.

1 out of 200+ apps so far, installing/uninstalling, all kinds of apps, and this is the only issue so far.

STILL love it! Still fast, stable, and rock solid.
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
awsome thanks i will still try to find a fix
[G1 Android Development] arceles:
Awesome ROM, Thank You Very Much for it, it gives (and proves) that G1 is immortal and it continues living as my main Phone.
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
i dont think it will ever die lol
[G1 Android Development] tempor2001:
hello, installed your ROM, working good :) but i am having a problem with google play too. tried to restore it from the backup - it was able to open, but crashed on one of applications update. and after that it crashing right after google play startup.

and also noob question (sorry :) ) is there way to set up "no wallpaper" wallpaper?
[G1 Android Development] chris122380:
Still not able to get mediafire web page to load. Still can't download this ROM :confused:
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
i am not sure why but it is a problem with mediafire and you cant download via your mobile browser.. i am looking for a new place to upload my roms.

cheers
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
just use a black image.. the no wallpaper option is part of the cmwallpapers.apk witch i do not include with the rom you can just extract it from another rom and push it to the phone using "adb push CMWallpapers.apk /system/app && chmod 644 /system/app/CMWallpapers.apk"

then reboot

google play has no bugs so i think your problem is local meaning your phones setup, send me a PM of your setup eg."spl,radio,kernel,and chosen options" and i will help you figure it out from there.

cheers
[G1 Android Development] chris122380:
I had to download it from my computer. The Mobile browser doesn't load the mediafire webpage. I think it has something to do with it seeing me as a mobile device. It was slow to download as well took about 30 minutes to download.
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
the links are very busy i cant help speed but i am looking for a better place to upload
[G1 Android Development] Infinimint:
TRy dev-host.org, they're really fast and even have special deals for XDA Recognized Developers.
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
thanks ill check that out havent got the recognized dev status yet tho.. hopefully i will :D
[G1 Android Development] Neo2SHYAlien:
google and dropbox are good for storing files too :)
[G1 Android Development] chris122380:
This is the best Gingerbread ROM I have used so far.
[G1 Android Development] chris122380:
I would like to see Zeam Launcher as a option for the default launcher when installing the ROM.
[G1 Android Development] cwwilson721:
Google Play Books App

I guess it's time for an update:

As I said before, Google Play Books was the only app I couldn't get to work.

Last night, after a week + of installing, tweaking, uninstalling, and wreaking general havoc upon this poor ROM, I finally got to the point where I decided to wipe/reinstall it.

So I did. And Google Play Books now works.

Why this is so, I do not know, but it must have been something in the trashing process I did to this poor G1 that caused the issue.

So. As far as I know, this ROM is PERFECT!

Fast, stable, and takes way more of a beating than any other ROM I've ever tried.

Good..Wait! GREAT WORK!
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
thanks glad to hear you got it working finally

cheers
[G1 Android Development] asxetosgx:
thanks for keeping G1 alive :)

i am trying to use this but i am getting a bootloop.

i am pretty sure i have followed all the steps without any mistake(including sdcard repartitioning).

i wiped everything and installed with the following options:

data2ext - no

swap - yes

adw - yes

es -yes

mail - yes

dsp - yes

spare parts - yes

dev tools - yes

then i installed the anykernel and rebooted.

Here are my g1 specs:

I am using the latest United Recovery v5.0.2.8 (released yesterday) which is based on clockwork.

here is the logcat from first boot after install:

http://pastebin.com/6L9XqCQN

and the bootloop logcat:

http://pastebin.com/4qKHYAvi

can you help me with this?

thanks!

----- EDIT

Turns out the problem was caused by the latest United Recovery.

I dont know exactly what caused it but after reverting back to AmonRA-1.7.0 and reinstalling (with sdcard reformatting) everything worked fine.
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
awsome it looked like it was an incomplete flash.
[G1 Android Development] asxetosgx:
After a few hours of playing around with this i spotted a problem.

It seems that my ext4 partition is not recognized and used.

I dont see any option to move apps to sd-ext and there is no app default install location setting in cronmod settings.

here is the parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 print (formatted from Amon-RA):

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 8017MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table:

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 7633MB 7633MB primary fat32 lba
2 7633MB 7888MB 255MB primary ext4
3 7888MB 8017MB 129MB primary linux-swap(v1)

here is the cat /etc/fstab when Amon-RA recovery is loaded:

/dev/block/mtdblock3 /system yaffs2 rw
/dev/block/mtdblock4 /cache yaffs2 rw
/dev/block/mtdblock5 /data yaffs2 rw
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /sdcard vfat rw
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /sd-ext auto rw

here is the cat /etc/fstab when rom is loaded:

/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 swap swap
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 swap swap
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 swap swap

also a request:

is it possible to add support for Greek input language for latin IME?

maybe as a separate flashable option?

thanks!
[G1 Android Development] chris122380:
Make sure to have picked the disk2sd during setup and it will place apps onto the ext partition. To prove that it works I did a nandroid backup and used the Nandroid browser app to view the ext backup. The backup of the ext had my apks for my apps.

Sent from my TMobile mytouch 32b
[G1 Android Development] ronnyhawks:
anybody got any tricks to make this rom less choppy like bananabread? seems to me like that rom is lightning fasty compared to this one, but misses the functionality of this rom lol. thanks in advance
[G1 Android Development] chris122380:
Make sure to have a swap partition and have it enabled. Also turn off animation as that slows down the phone.

Sent from my TMobile mytouch 32b
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
ya you need to choose the option on install and make sure that you have correct cluster size for your partitions i recommend to partition through recovery it is best..

edit: when android is booted the fstab normally is empty i added those three entries for the swap thay have nothing todo with data2ext if you want to see the system partitions just boot your rom and from adb type "df" and you will get a list of your partitions aswell as there mount points and size if you want to see your swap/ram type "free" from adb easy way to check the data2ext just look in storage settings and your internal storage sould say the size of your ext partition and there is no options for moving apps because the normal internal storage is like a loopback and is mounted where sdext normally is . hope that helps...

i will look around and see about the greek IME.
[G1 Android Development] chris122380:
Anyone having problems with Swiftkey connecting with Gmail on this ROM? I have reported to their support team but they didn't know of any existing problems. So I was wondering if it's the ROM or Swiftkey.

Sent from my TMobile mytouch 32b
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
i do not think it would be related to the rom. it could possibly be a problem with gmail or swiftkey i will test it when i get a chance and see if thats the issue
[G1 Android Development] chris122380:
If I new enough about logging in Android I would be more than willing to collect logs for Gmail and or SwiftKey. SwiftKey has been more than willing to help make it work and are quick at responding to my emails.
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
if you want to log your system just open an adb shell and type "logcat" and it will show the output in terminal.. if you want to save that output to a file type this command instead "logcat > /sdcard/logcat.txt" you may need to create the txt file first but i pretty sure it will make one for you, the output will be the file named logcat.txt on the sdcard, to end the logcat just hit "crtl +c" if you do log your system recreate your problem well logcat is running then send my the log via PM and i will try to help.

cheers
[G1 Android Development] AndDiSa:
adb logcat | tee logcat.txt

will show you the logcat on the screen while writing it to the file "logcat.txt", so you can decide more easily when to interrupt the locat. ;)
[G1 Android Development] askrulous:
Thanks for all your work, its so good to see fresh roms being worked upon. Nice instructions and detail for install - works well on my 32b..
[G1 Android Development] v0 HaVoK 0v:
My phone gets stuck on the G1 screen.

I haven't a clue why, I do a full wipe, Partition SD Card, Flash Rom, and Flash kernal, it just doesn't work. I even tried without Partitioning my SD Card.

My Radio : 2.22.27.08

SPL : 1.33.0013d

I really want to try this rom after reading all the good posts about it.
[G1 Android Development] SlashSpeed:
I'm in the same boat as him. Same problem. I have done everything correct, I'm sure of that, and yet, it's stuck on the G1 screen.
[G1 Android Development] v0 HaVoK 0v:
Ok, somehow I got it working, but not really the way I wanted to, because I want to use EXT4, but it only seems to work when I partition it to EXT3 instead.

I don't know why this is, can anyone help?

Edit : Maybe its because of the EXT3 or something, but this is horribly slow. I really need to know how to install this under EXT4, I haven't got a clue why this happens.

Edit2 : Ok, got it working fully now :D Only thing I done differently this time was partition in GParted instead of the Recovery (Amon Ra 1.7), Its a very fast rom, it loads almost any app so much faster than most roms, only problem I have with it is smoothness, Like the scrolling of menu's is a little laggy, but overall its very stable and fast, and seems to give me better performance in games.
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
ok good to hear it is working for you.. if anyone else is experiencing this issues please send me a PM i will help you get it working properly.
[G1 Android Development] chris122380:
You can stop the lagging in the menus by turning off animation (setting - display - animation). I have problems with animation in most ROMs including froyo.
[G1 Android Development] v0 HaVoK 0v:
This didn't work for me, I'm not sure what it is, its like my phone must be weaker than others or something, because this seems to happen in all Gingerbread roms I've tried. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I don't know what it could be because I always follow the instructions exactly as they are.
[G1 Android Development] chris122380:
I am also using the swap partition. Be sure to make a backup of the SD card first, before partitioning the card. Also do a super wipe that will make sure nothing was left behind. If still not work I would then post a logcat and see if one of the programmers see anything (I am not a programmer just a user with some Linux background).
[G1 Android Development] v0 HaVoK 0v:
Yeah, I did use wipe everything and done a complete format with my computer, I use GParted to partition it, 512mb EXT4 and 128mb swap, I will try a logcat and come back here.
[G1 Android Development] chris122380:
I tried doing the convert to ext4 using gparted and I ended up taking hours to get my phone back up. I do not recommend using third party apps to format your sd card. I recommend just using the recovery to do that.

Has been about a month working on a new build?
[G1 Android Development] ryo2456:
how can i change the font? via root explorer?
[G1 Android Development] demkantor:
try rom toolbox to change font
[G1 Android Development] ryo2456:
you mean replace the font folder in the rom?
[G1 Android Development] demkantor:
romtoolbox does it for you if you dont know how to do it manually
[G1 Android Development] ryo2456:
oh, I see.
[G1 Android Development] SwannyBhoy:
How long is the expected boot time? Mine has been stuck on tmobile G1
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
about 5 minutes if you dont get a boot after that then please pm me with your setup "i.e. radio/spl/recovery/kernel versions" and i will help you get it booting
[G1 Android Development] ryo2456:
I get suck on gallery, it's got very lag.
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
use the 2d gallery under extras
[G1 Android Development] ryo2456:
is the Hardware acceleration problem?
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
no 3d works fine it is just to much for the phone
[G1 Android Development] ryo2456:
really?! I have try the other rom before the gallery is not that lag....:confused:
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
i will look into it but if 3d was not working then games and animations would not work properly.

you could also send me a link to the rom were 3d gallery doesn't lag and i will try to make it work better
[G1 Android Development] v0 HaVoK 0v:
Hey again, I just thought I'd say that in all the roms I have tried it did work, Ginsense and frosense are 2 examples.

Its definately not the 3d, because this rom by far gives me the best gaming performance. I can play raging thunder 2 with very little lag.
[G1 Android Development] askrulous:
Very nice rom. After setting it up wrong got loads of force closes, now without data2ext and no swop it runs perfectly. Its great having those gb features without the usual gb slowness..

One thing I had to change was the text, I liked it but my eyes didn't!

Thanks for the great work so far, looking forward to any possible updates too.
[G1 Android Development] cwwilson721:
If you DON'T reboot right after the first "steady" boot, you'll get FCs like mad when data2ext is enabled, thus the FIRST POST TELLS YOU TO.

I have never had an issue with it, because I always reboot after the first Google sign in. The ext and swap makes it SO much sweeter, too. 4GB of room, and since I know how/what swap is, I always use it
[G1 Android Development] askrulous:
For the record I did read and install as per instructions but thanks for letting me know that you know what swap is, its really helpful.....excuse me while i put the last few toys back in....
[G1 Android Development] cwwilson721:
swap is a "file" for storing running stuff. The general Linux "rule of thumb" is double the installed ram. Mine I make as 512mb (Many reasons for this size for my own setup. Make yours whatever size you want). Seems to work well. There are pluses/minuses for using it,tho. It CAN shorten the life of your sdcard due to reading/writing.

The "extra" room I was talking about was the *2ext. It treats your sdcard as internal phone storage memory. It doesn't change the amount of "working" memory, tho. That's when swap kicks in.
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
ya that sums it up well thanks for posting this for people to see

cheers
[G1 Android Development] cwwilson721:
Yeah. There's all kinds of memory on the G1. There's storage, like a harddrive, Program memory, like ram, And the sd card. A lot of people get confused with this, and think memory is memory.

Maybe I'll write out a better description later, and post it to the G1 general forum
[G1 Android Development] Infinimint:
It has it's ups and down.

It is good for very heavy roms that use a lot of memory. Whenever applications fill the ram it'll store the background processes into the swap file (either on the sdcard or a seperate partition). And then with sdext it is also good because it allows you to download and store more apps, etc.

But as with all good things in life, they don't come without a price. Whenever reading applications that have been stored in swap it has to transfer them back into the ram which is time consuming and slow. Also, reading apps from an sdcard is much slower than from an on device partition making sdext slow as well. Plus all the reading and writing wears down the memory and shortens it's life.

So basically:

With swap you multitask more, but with out it you multitask faster.

With sdext you store more, but read slower.

Just my $0.02 worth of info.
[G1 Android Development] askrulous:
Nicely put. I think a lot of people throw stuff on their phones without thinking about it being really appropriate to them. Sometimes less is more.
[G1 Android Development] chris122380:
Nice update. Feels a little smoother and more responsive.
[G1 Android Development] v0 HaVoK 0v:
Downloading 1.0.5 now, Can't wait to try it and see what its like.

Will you be posting a changelog?

Edit : Installing

Edit2 : After google login, the market apps forced closed, and I don't have to market now. Going to Re-install and see do I get this again.

Edit3 : Ok, after trying again it worked, and the rom does seem a little faster, and smoother. My phone definitely is smoother when scrolling the menus now. Can't wait for future updates on this rom, I want to keep my phone on Cronmod for a long as I have my phone :P Its perfect and since I've had it I don't think I had any more than 3 force closes. Great Rom.
[G1 Android Development] vuvantuan59:
1.05 what new ???
[G1 Android Development] chris122380:
Will you be updating this ROM to use cm 7.2?
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
it is based on cm7.2 rc1
[G1 Android Development] v0 HaVoK 0v:
Here is from the changelog inside the phone for 1.0.5 in the system changelog section.

-pulled cyanogenmod source updates.

-tweaked data2ext script to make mount command universal for EXT 2/3/4 file systems.

-updated kernel "cronmodkernel-1.3-rc" (Bravo/Bravoc)

-updated to my kernal "banditkernel-1.0-rc" (Sapphire 32A-NR)

-modified device overlay for temporary fix of UMS function (Sapphire 32A-NR)

-updated google apps

-add 2D gallery as default and 3D gallery as choice (Dream/Sapphire)

-add full ringtone/notification packages (Dream/Sapphire)

Maybe there is more, but that's what it says in Cronmod Settings > System settings > View changelog.
[G1 Android Development] kiiiiiid:
On official Rom I had 3G but after installing this Rom I have no data.

please help to find out the problem.
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
who is your carrier? do you have the proper apns?
[G1 Android Development] kiiiiiid:
The carrier is Lycamobile and TDC but no one of them doesn't work.

Yes I'm telling you that in stock Rom it was working and everything just seems fine. I've checked "Data enabled" and right apn and unchecked "2G Network" but 3G never comes.
[G1 Android Development] arceles:
As much as I tried yesterday and today... I can't install the newer version and 1.0.4 worked wonders, my dream just keeps bootlooping right after the splash screen. no custom mtd or anything.

edit: Nevermind... it was my united recovery, apparently was causing errors. the rom flashed just fine after gone back to clockworkmod recovery
[G1 Android Development] croniccorey:
Ok I would try to replace the apn file with the one from your stock rom and then in settings restore the default apns if still no luck I would call you carrier and get them to refresh you network profilei had to do this with Rogers once and it fixed it. If you still need help or don't know how to change the apn file then send me a pm and I will assist you.
[G1 Android Development] sb56637:
Hi everyone,

Really glad to see developers still interested in the HTC G1. Although I haven't used CronMod yet, thanks to all the contributors!

So, can anyone help me with some pros and cons of CronMod vs. BananaBread? I currently use and like BananaBread, but I'm always looking at other alternatives. I'm especially interested in:

- Battery Life, battery life, battery life

- Stability

- "Speed" in terms of application launch time and app switching

- Anything else you could mention.

Thanks a lot for the help!
[G1 Android Development] arceles:
From what I have been testing:

Data2Sd is magnificent, you don't have to worry about space in your phone and application data is always put on the sd card too!

Theming ability, makes the phone look wonderful

Is fast, if you use autokiller memory manager I always get 40 mb free in the phone

Disabling animations makes it even more responsive

Overall fells fast, I recommend it.

P.D. don't use United Recovery, it causes errors and bootloops.
[G1 Android Development] chris122380:
BananaBread requires CustomMTD which this ROM doesn't require. I haven't used BananaBread because the last time I tried to setup CustomMTD it nearly almost bricked my phone.