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[Desire Android Development] peikojose:
Thanks!

I already have enabled SD-Ext and that is my default install location.

I say again, this ROM rocks!

I have only found these small details:

Music controls while locked don't work with Winamp (Default music player is not bad, but how cannot I play the "Most played songs"? That's the only reason to install Winamp).

Video player doesn't work with AVI files... I had to install MX Player.
[Desire Android Development] k3lcior:
Yeah, but does it move apps which are already on internal memory?

I think it doesn't.
[Desire Android Development] charliebigpot:
hi there!

I really like the rom, it's fast and smooth, however - I used the the "apps on sd-ext method" listed in the first post but somehow after 30 apps the internal memory is basically full (less than 10mb) while the ext a2sd memory still has more than 800mb free (out of 1gb). Is there anything I can do to move more from the internal storage to the sd card?

I already checked most of the apps, the biggest ones, and they are already on the sd-ext since I only can choose between "move to phone" and "move to SD card" --> from which I assume that they are on "SD-Ext", right?

thanks!
[Desire Android Development] bransyeah:
It would seem you have messed up at some point setting up the sd ext. I would reccomend you read carefully the OP and repeated the process...

Enviado desde mi HTC Desire
[Desire Android Development] nickabbott:
Sorry I can't help with this question, hopefully someone else might know the solution! The only thing I can think is to check the MildWild Oxygen thread to see if someone has posted an answer.

I think the video player is normal, it's only the stock one unfortunately so I would use MX player too :)

The issue with music player lock screen controls is known unfortunately, but I just use the stock one myself. I'm not sure why it works with the stock player and not with the other players. I think it's do to with the way I set it up to refresh the lockscreen controls, for some reason the other players don't like it but the stock one does!

I might have a look through cyanogenmod code and compare at some point to see if I can fix this issue in the future.
[Desire Android Development] malso:
First of all, very nice rom! Really like your theme.

I have just one little question concerning the lockscreen calender.

Did I need to enable it somewhere? I tried to look it up under the calender app

and in the settings but couldn't find any according switch to enable it.

Or is it enabled by default? I've got two google accounts and I'm using two

calenders. Is that causing a problem?

Edit:

Oh, nevermind. I thought that lockscreen calender was a built-in setting,

didn't know that it's an app. Seems just not to be installed.

I guess you can ignore my question :)
[Desire Android Development] peikojose:
Thanks for your reply!

I'll try with powerAMP and see if it makes a difference an I'll let you know!

Oxygen "Cos'ed" (17-04-2012), the ROM that I was using before, worked fine with Winamp.

What else can I add?

The battery is very good and the phone feels fast and responsive. What kernel did you use?

I'll continue testing.

PD: I don't know if it has to do with my wifi, but "sometimes" ( 1 of 10 tries), they browser loses the connecting... "It shows this page is not available, please check your internet connection".. But if I press refresh, it works fine...

PD2: What about adding "Dropbox", "GPS Status" and "Maps". Into the ROM? That would save us some space...

THANKS AGAIN! This is "THE" ROM for the HTC Desire if you want stability and battery life.
[Desire Android Development] MrUrgit:
As suggested, read the instructions in the OP.

"Move to SD Card" means SD FAT32 partition.

You will see "Move to SD-Ext" when you have done the steps as per the OP, and if you have any apps which you have already installed on the phone or the FAT32 partition. It also depends on whether you set "SD-Ext" as your default install location as well.

On a different note, I noticed I was having similar problems to some others, and having random restarts etc. I set the Max CPU frequency back to 998 MHz and this seems to have fixed the problem.
[Desire Android Development] abbojee:
Download not working?

Hi All,

is it just or download not working:crying::confused:
[Desire Android Development] nickabbott:
The lockscreen calendar is enabled by default, you don't need to install an app for it to work. The only thing I can think is it's not working because you have 2 calendars, or because your appointments don;t have reminders. As far as I know it should pick all appointments from all calendars, as when I converted the CM code - I left out any specifics, so it should pick everything.

I only use one calendar and everything works as it should for me.

Poweramp should work fine on this ROM, as will Winamp, it's only the lockscreen controls that get confused and don't work correctly. The app should work fine in all other ways.

The Kernel is the one Roalex compiled which is _thalamus' R4 version but with the call recording patch included.

I don't have any issues with wifi so far so can't really advise with that issue, sorry.

You're welcome to add any apps you like to use in the ROM yourself, it's pretty straight forward and you just need to put the apk in the zip before you flash it and I agree, I do this myself to use up space on /system.

My phone is strange, sometimes it works fine with 1113mhz for days and sometimes it reboots like yours does, I guess it just depends on what you're doing at the time on your phone!

998mhz is the safe speed to use, if I make another ROM I'll probably look to make 998mhz the default speed.

It should be working as far as I know, but Mediafire is a bit funny sometimes and you need to close down all the internet pages and then just load this one (so copy the link to clipboard) and it should work fine.

Most often it works alright but I find this fixes any issues.
[Desire Android Development] MrUrgit:
Most of the reboots happen when the phone is sitting on my desk at work and is not being used ;)

It's only that I hear the buzz when it reboots and look at the phone to see my splash screen that I realize it has restarted.

Mind you, I have issues with overclocking my device on other ROMS as well, so I think it's an issue that is very much dependent on your actual device, as some devices seem fine with overclocking and others don't. It was just this one seemed to run fine @ 1113 MHz when I first installed it.
[Desire Android Development] peikojose:
I can confirm that my phone works fine at 1113 Mhz, haven't had any reboot!

---------- Post added at 09:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:00 PM ----------

Thanks!

Is it that easy as pasting the .apk inside the .zip in the "system/app" folder?

I have never changed the size of the phone's partition, so I think /system is 250Mb (That's what DiskInfo says as well), and only 123 Mb are used!

I'd like to add "inside" the rom Maps, MX Player, Kingsoft Office and maybe Instagram (That's about 73Mb)....

And what would happen if for example Kingsoft Office is installed inside the rom (In /system) and it gets an update OTA, will it be updated in /system? I hope you understand my point.

Thanks you!
[Desire Android Development] JT-on:
Thanks for the Hboot. Could you post its MD5?
[Desire Android Development] peikojose:
Best battery life, ever. Period.

It shuts down at 11%, it's not a sense rom. I don't see know to fix that.

Best regards.
[Desire Android Development] MrUrgit:
Take a look at this:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24599586&postcount=284

The thalamus kernel should support the calibration process.
[Desire Android Development] peikojose:
Thanks.
[Desire Android Development] nickabbott:
If you're using the stock HBOOT then you're definitely wasting an awful lot of space! I would look to use a custom one or at a minimum the CM7R2 one. (150MB system).

It is as easy as that to put them in the ROM, you just need to put them in like you said. The only issue is some applications won't run right if you do that, they force close or don't work (for some reason) even if they're free apps! I think MX Player is one of them too. It installs and appears OK but when you run it then it instantly force closes.

Also, I understand your point and it's a good question :) If there's an update then it will put it in the /data partition so the /system apk will be taking up space and won't be used. You would have to reflash the ROM after putting the newer APK in the zip or you would need to use Titanium Backup as that has a feature (from what I remember anyway!) to merge updates into the /system partition.

Yeah it's definitely a device issue if it can't handle the higher mhz, but some ROMS might push the limit more so it causes a reboot. Although some ROMs will use a kernel that pushes the MA up for different speeds so some might appear more stable than others, but actually they use more power because they up the MA.
[Desire Android Development] k3lcior:
Thalamus kernel has just too low/too high voltages for 1.1Ghz and thats why it's unstable, and since it's not SVS or HAVS it's not easy to change.
[Desire Android Development] schalmers:
The MD5 is f7a16b5d1c2653b5656cbeda7f7745e4

I also added it into the post with the Hboot download
[Desire Android Development] peikojose:
Yes, I'm using stock hboot.

How can I change the size of the hboot to something like 140 Mb?

I want to do that this weekend.

Can I revert it back? If I sell the phone later I would like to sell it with the stock hboot?

Best regards.
[Desire Android Development] k3lcior:
http://alpharev.nl

Yes you can revert it back.
[Desire Android Development] peikojose:
Thanks, my phone is rooted and S-OFF with revolutionary.

But somehow I don't understand this well. Do I have to download one of the *.img files shown in AlphaRev 1.8, for example, I think "Bravo CM7 r2" will work with this ROM. (Is there an advantage or disadvantage of using smaller cache partition?).

With the selected *.img should I burn a boot CD and follow instructions? Phone turned off?

Including the .apk of the apps I want to be inside the rom to use /system free space seems easier :S
[Desire Android Development] k3lcior:
Download this: http://alpharev.nl/PB99IMG_cm7r2.zip

Rename it to PB99IMG.zip (or PB99IMG if you have hidden file extensions)

Put it on root of your SD Card, turn off your phone and while holding vol - & power start your phone in HBOOT mode.

It will automatically scan for the PB99IMG.zip and ask if you want to flash it, choose yes. (vol + if i remember correctly)

And you're done.

Ofc before you do all of this, full wipe first.
[Desire Android Development] MrUrgit:
As always, nandroid backup first !!! Also, back up all of your apps with Titanium Backup or similar app.

Go to the Alpharev website: http://alpharev.nl/ and choose the hboot you want (or use the one from the OP - gives you plenty of space) and then:

Download the corresponding PB99IMGxxxxx zipfile, put it on your sdcard, and rename it to PB99IMG.zip.

Then start the phone in HBOOT mode (VolDown+POWER) to flash the HBOOT without a PC - follow the prompts about updating and rebooting. I usually do the update and then say no to the reboot and them reboot to bootloader manually. You can navigate the options on the bootloader screens by using volume up/down and the power button to select.

It is however still necessary to either restore your nandroid, or reflash your ROM after doing this. The partition LAYOUT has changed, the actual data still needs to be 'moved'. I usually do a "Wipe all except FAT32" to ensure the partitions are formatted to the correct size and re-flash the ROM from the start.

You can change back to the stock hboot by following the same procedure.
[Desire Android Development] peikojose:
Dear friends!

Thanks for your help! I was able of doing that! (I don't see the "thanks" button)

But there is something strange, DiskInfo reports the cache size 984Mb (The same size that my SD-Ext). What is that? With this hboot the cache is 5Mb AFAIK (Is that ok? 5Mb?).

Best regards.
[Desire Android Development] _Pablo_:
Are you S-OFFed?

fastboot flash hboot xxx.img; xxx.img, you can download from here: http://alpharev.nl/
[Desire Android Development] twisted_forever:
Already playing with this Rom? :)
[Desire Android Development] robertsu:
Nice ROM, i`m stuck on this one for sure.... Very smooth, but sometimes color on status bar is black and need to be changed since background is also black, can`t see anything...
[Desire Android Development] _Pablo_:
Hi there I found strange thing, I had problems with my sd card so decided to blank it completely,

I done this with dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sde command.

Nextly a put this card into windows machine and format it to fat32.

This rom cant see card prepared in this way,

I checked and my recovery could read from this card and my tf101 also.

I played with this card about an hour without any effect,

At the end I blanked it again with dd, made partition and format it to fat 32 using linux gparted.

It works!

Probably windows create partition table in strange way and this rom can't understand it.
[Desire Android Development] MrUrgit:
I re-flashed this ROM and I'm using the included kernel and it seems to be a lot more stable than the thalamus_R4 kernel when my device is overclocked.

Now running at 1113/245 MHz and it doesn't seem to randomly reboot.
[Desire Android Development] ravenchad:
can use stock hboot?

Hi,

Is it possible to use stock HBOOT?

My phone is already s-off.

Thanks.
[Desire Android Development] peikojose:
I had it installed with stock HBOOT, check my posts previous posts.

Best regards.
[Desire Android Development] nickabbott:
I think that's normal because the ROM will use the SDCard or the SD-EXT for the cache because 5MB isn't enough for downloading and extracting large apps from the market. I think it will pick either one depending on if you have an EXT3 or EXT4 (recommended) partition.

I know what you mean about this and unfortunately it's down to the app developer that specifies the colours to be black, instead of letting it pick the system colours! I've modified the styles of the ROM so it should always use the correct colours, most applications will work, but some won't unfortunately. Even googles on Bluetooth.apk file specified the colours to be black instead of letting it pick the system colours?!

What application is it you're having trouble with?

Thanks for sharing this with us and hopefully it will help others who might have a problem! I would always recommend you use GParted to format and partition the SD Card (unless your recovery can do it, but I don't use one that can!).

It's straight forward and all you need to do is download the livecd, boot it up and then go to recovery and select mount USB. Gparted will see this and allow you to specify the partitions.

Remember, it's FAT32 first followed by EXT4!

You can use that HBOOT but you will be wasting an awful lot of space, unfortunately.

The custom HBOOT posted previously or the CM7R2 HBOOT fits this ROM better, but it doesn't mean you can't use any other HBOOT as long as the system partition is 130MB or greater.

Nick
[Desire Android Development] robertsu:
I was downloading some mp3 in i think in some old version g-tunes and there is only progress bar, can`t see % and text, but that`s not a problem at all, don`t waste your time on that. Rom is great, i think best oxygen ever. Restored my backup and like always disabled some apps so they can`t boot on startup and waste free RAM. Now i have 156 apps installed and 246MB free ram after boot :) No need for any kind of task killer and that craps...
[Desire Android Development] gmangm:
What method do you use to stop specific apps from booting on startup?

Nick, very nice work! This ROM is smooth, fast and looks awesome. Everything I need works flawlessly. I even removed some things to fit this ROM on the Oxygen r2 hboot. Perfect ROM for this device. Thanks!
[Desire Android Development] biron_w:
Which kernel would people recommend to use with this ROM? or should I just stick to the kernel that comes with it?
[Desire Android Development] robertsu:
Autorun Manager or Rom Toolbox, just hold long on app and chose Advance Freeze and good luck :) worst thing can happend apps wont load, but enable them back everything works again, if not just reboot...

Try DX toolbox also.
[Desire Android Development] MrUrgit:
Had a couple problems with this ROM over the last few days:

1. Sounds not working properly (stored on SD card)

2. Lots of lag in the launcher

So I checked out a few things and noticed that my /system partition was full (0.0MB free) - I was using the 125MB /system custom hboot from the OP, so I have switched back to the cm7r2 hboot to see how it goes.
[Desire Android Development] dziegiel:
Is there any chance to change progress bar in stock browser, I think that is too thin.
[Desire Android Development] nickabbott:
To be honest, I would just stick with the kernel that comes with the ROM as it's based on Thalamus' R4 Kernel anyway (his latest). The only other options you have are his vanilla kernel or the mod8 one which is based on an earlier kernel.

Thanks for mentioning this, and I would say it's probably related to having no /system space too. I still stick with the CM7R2 hboot but the 125 system one should be enough if you remove a few more things like Gmail or the stopwatch app, if you don't need it.

To be honest I did think it was a little small at first but then I got used to it and don't mind it being this small. I should be able to make it larger though so might take a look at this the next time I do a re-compile, thanks for the comment :)
[Desire Android Development] robertsu:
I don`t know which launcher you using. But try good old LauncherPro v0.8.6 it`s very old one from 2011 and that`s a super smooth launcher for Desire. If you have lag with that, than use some system info to see what`s eating your ram and cpu usage. Check your free internal SYSTEM space. You should have always 3-5 MB free for any case. You lost like 50 MB internal mem with that hboot. Make your own Hboot. Go to oxygen forum to see how to do that. It`s super easy.

I`m using this rom since it`s far best i ever seen by now for Desire. All is implemented what should be. nicks do excellent job here. Even i removed some theme and crap as system apps :P and resized hboot to 115 Mb :)

Every app i install working except which are written for ics and JB of course, no single FC or reboot or that crap... Oxygen never reboot for me...

Got 116 installed apps now + system apps. Disabled many from startup since i don`t need them. There is one super free progam for that: SystemCleanup try that one...

GL.
[Desire Android Development] dan55:
hi Nick,

just flashed your rom - looking nice a smooth - thanks

.....also i like the fact that youve used a nicer ics style color for icons :)

cheers

dan
[Desire Android Development] MrUrgit:
Using the included Holo launcher. All seems fine now that I have freed up some space on /system.

I agree that Nick has done a great job on this ROM and it's why I am staying with GB for my Desire.
[Desire Android Development] dan55:
hi all

im using holo pro and all good here - very nice - thanks

cheers

dan
[Desire Android Development] dan55:
sometimes my volume keys allow wake, but other times they dont :/ normally this is due to the system lock for rom, but here either on/off

doesnt always enable rockers :/
[Desire Android Development] bluedesire:
Thanks for this great rom i have made an mirror that is because after a while mediafire remove files here is my mirror: http://ul.to/f/ivrqdx

Really great rom iam admire this rom realy good work no fcs camera is working perfectly nice work =)
[Desire Android Development] nlooooo:
I'm not sure why camera wouldn't work, this is a rock solid GB rom, all respect to developer.

Sent from my HTC Desire using Flashes and Thunders
[Desire Android Development] dan55:
camera ok on mine too - no issues seen at all - great work Nick - thanks :)
[Desire Android Development] nickabbott:
Thanks for the mirror, hopefully it won't be removed any time soon though!

I think the original poster meant there are no force closes and the camera is working perfectly. Not that there are force closes on the camera! Glad you're enjoying the ROM! :)

Thanks for the comments :)
[Desire Android Development] island3r:
Has anyone successfully applied the smooth scrolling mod on this rom? Every time I tried it I get FCs on startup. The mod works ok on stock Oxygen.
[Desire Android Development] hellbrandt:
My new rom

I've been struggling for a while to find a ROM that has the right balance of stability, performance, space, and battery usage combined with a nice desktop, icons etc. I have been through all kinds over the last few weeks - MIUI roms, ICS roms, GB roms, Sense roms... and just when I think I have found the right one, there is some kind of problem. For a good while I used MildWild's CM7 based rom and that was quite nice, but I felt the performance wasn't as slick as I wanted.

Yesterday I switched from Stock HBoot to CM7r2 Hboot - and I'm glad I did. The use of space is so much more efficient. With that in place I next tried MildWild's Oxygen based rom which is very similar to this rom, generally looks good and has some nice features, but, and this is a big but... the notifications on the statusbar drop down look terrible... I just can't use that every day. I also tried the default Oxygen, which despite being quite old runs blazingly fast - but I just didn't like the look of it.

Finally I came across this rom, and it does just about everything I want. It's seems to be as fast as default Oxygen 2.3.2, it looks great with Holo Launcher and Nick's customisations, it's very responsive, I have over 140Gb of space left with all of my apps on (including some weighty games), the statusbar notifications look fantastic, battery usage seems to be very good, it is stable and really ticks all the boxes.

I've wasted enough hours trying to find the right rom to breathe new life into my desire and I reckon this is the one, combined with the CM7r2 Hboot. A big thanks to Nick for sharing it.
[Desire Android Development] dan55:
yes this rom is one of the best I've tried :)

for me, cm7r2 and a smooth GB rom is the best for desire

...ideally nicely themed too
[Desire Android Development] Ph@lo:
This is the best ROM I have ever used for the desire and should keep the little machine going for the next few years, so thanks Nick for all your hard work :good:

My phone recently updated Holo Launcher automatically, and now I seem to have lost all that consistency goodness you implemented (transparent and colour coded bits and pieces). Any chance you could advise me on how to port that consistency from your ROM Holo Launcher 1.2.1 over to the now updated Holo Launcher version 1.2.4? :D
[Desire Android Development] byngo:
Hello chaps

I just installed nicks custom hboot and it worked! First time changing hboot. But after following AlphaRev's instructions to then fastboot reboot-bootloader and fastboot erase cache now I'm in recovery to wipe everything else and 4EXT Recovery Touch has no options visible. It has the bar at the top with the battery left and time but nothing else. Anyone got any ideas what to do now?

thanks
[Desire Android Development] Ph@lo:
Hum... also seem to have lost calendar on lock screen although still showing on Simple Calendar Widget. Only on Gmail account on the phone so no conflict with multiple accounts... could it be the Holo Update?
[Desire Android Development] ironjon:
Sometimes 4ext recovery lost system partition (happens to me)

Come back to fastboot and:

fastboot erase system

Then you must enter in recovery mode

Tapatalking
[Desire Android Development] Ph@lo:
Sorry nothing here, I do remember the Hboot change being incredibly temperamental at first and nerve racking as thought I'd bricked it!!
[Desire Android Development] byngo:
Thanks, but that didn't do anything. I might try another hboot later or maybe try reinstalling 4EXT recovery? Any reason not to?