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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dodgexander:
BBC iPlayer/Media Player

Thanks mate. The application(s) I have problems with are BBC iPlayer (front end) and BBC Media Player (back end), its an on demand video player for the BBC in the UK. Due to the nature of the app, it makes it almost impossible for it to be tested outside of the UK...which is annoying.

But the apps actually have problems on all 4+ roms. Today I installed multiple ICS, JB, KK and GB roms to test and It seems only on Gingerbread do the apps work and play video correctly. I have searched thick and thin through the forums and there are a few posts from people with the same problem, only able to get working on Gingerbread. If I play a video back in mxplayer its a different story and usually works well, if not hardware, via its software decoder. Obviously the UK accounts for a small proportion of the total desire population.:laugh:

Anyway, I saw on the Evervolv website that if you want to report bugs on nightlies, do so in IRC rather than the bug tracker.

However, I installed the version Nikez released here: ev_bravo-4.0.0p2-turba and took a logcat of them running/playing after I installed the two apps needed via adb.

For good measure, also a logcat of the nightly ev_bravo-nightly-2014.04.01-squished.

I'm wondering, will it annoy Nikez by posting this on the evervolv bug tracker? If I do, should I assign it to him in particular? The last thing I want to do is add to any hassle, but instead just want to know if its possible to fix.

Also, is it worth reporting the bug reports on IRC?

The process I took while taking logcat was:

Start logcat>open application>attempt playback/seeking

Then:

Change quality preset and repeat. Tested with high, low and medium presets.

Funnily enough the nightly behaved worse than the release posted here, even though the changelogs state video playback should be better. But as I said I think this problem isn't only related to kitkat, but perhaps is kernel related since it effects every 4+ rom.

So am I getting my hopes up for nothing here, or perhaps is it fixable similar to the netflix problem?

Sorry for the long and complicated post, I find it difficult compiling everything short n sweet.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eryunt:
Hi all,

can someone please tell me what exactly os still not workinf in tha last nightly?

Many Thanks in advance :fingers-crossed:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paolo-red1:
Latest nightly solves WiFi tether and maybe MMS, because 4.4.2 r2 repo has a discarded commit in MMS app
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aledex:
I've tried to flash it after a dalvik/cache wipe, but it doesn't work... I see the access point but it doesn't connect, even without any protection... Have you tried it by any chance?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paolo-red1:
Next nightly will have this change. Maybe it will improve a little or maybe not and it is only placebo effect.. you tell me
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eryunt:
Installed latest nightly, but launcher3 settings don't work and I can't find toggle add/remove settings.

Any idea?

Thanks :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paolo-red1:
Yes it is a known issue. Live with it or try other launchers like nova or apex.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PuffMaN:
Its there :)

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eryunt:
Can anyone please explain me what exactly causes the choppiness in video recording and playing in all 4.X ROMs for Desire?

Many thanks in advance! :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saf98:
It needs kernel 3 which is still being developed so even stuff like WiFi vpn etc wont work.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aledex:
I have just flashed 15.05 nightly after a full wipe, with xdata.

Seems pretty much the same as before, for the moment it's ok... Maybe a little faster, e.g. loading hangouts? But it could be the effect of the full wipe...

I hope not to have the same stability issues I had in previous nightlies using xdata.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FastSkynet:
Guys i have like 30 apps installed and I'm starting to run out of space 20Mb left should i use something alce instead of ap2sd?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aledex:
Open the emulator and type

su

a2sd install y/y/y

Or

su

a2sd xdata

For both cases, only if you have a fast sd card

Inviato dal mio HTC Desire utilizzando Tapatalk
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FastSkynet:
Yeah i have Adata 8Gb 10 class sd
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khensu001:
Hi guys,

Been using Nikez roms already for a while, great stuff. Running the latest nightly at the moment.

Just have two problems popping up.

Problem 1: sms messages are coming in with a delay, is this due to a setting or just an operator problem?

Problem 2: can't seem to get play store to connect, both WiFi and data show no connection.

Hope you guys have a solution.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aledex:
In lastest build:

Project: device/htc/bravo/

95c9f04 bravo: add DEVICE_RESOLUTION for TWRP

:victory:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polac:
Can´t install latest nightly, error Status 7!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aledex:
Download it again

Inviato dal mio HTC Desire utilizzando Tapatalk
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polac:
Done it twice!

Solved wrong boot! lol
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aledex:
Have anyone tried the last nightly?

They should have merged 4.4.3, and lots of changes...

Don't know if it is stable, though.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kostelo:
Just flashed it after fully wiped. It is indeed 4.4.3. It is very smooth and fast and so far stable for me. You should try it out.

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jss22:
:victory: updating 4.4.3
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickleby:
Yes, latest nightly is Android 4.4.3 :good: So far is working fine on my phone.

Edit: I've installed Google Search and there's a problem with the search bar widget... Don't know if it's related to rom (launcher3)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gramzz:
A agree. Latest update it's great fast I and stable. But I want to say something more envervolv roms are the best roms for desire ever. I have desire 4 years so I have tested a lot of roms aosp sense. But guys your work is amazing.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aledex:
Yeah I've noticed the same bug... However I use Smart Launcher, so I don't know if there is a way to fix it.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] resoto:
I have problem with latest nightly.If somebody call to me I hear call music only 1 sec and its canceled.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickleby:
Yes, I switched to Google Launcher and the search bar is working fine! So the problem must be Launcher3.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] titani48:
Which gapps work with the latest nightlies?

I've tried with the ones from BaNkS with no luck...

http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/themes-apps/gapps-t2012857

Thanks.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickleby:
Weird, I've used the minimal GApps from that thread without any problem! Try again, be sure to use the minimal gapps package.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aledex:
Try [MENTION=5091819]spezi77[/MENTION]'s package http://www.mediafire.com/download/11j0xy7kc187tfg/spz_gapps-slim-4.zip
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alex_android:
Lame question, but how did you get the transparent notification bar? I've downloaded the latest build but mine is definitely solid black, even with the Google Now Launcher
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jss22:
Settings > Toolbox > Interface > Force fancy ui elementes
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polac:
How can i get the new theme chooser to this rom?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jukyO:
+1.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eryunt:
Strange, because QISS Team made videorecording working on kernel 2 and ICS Rom.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saf98:
That's what someone said the "porting kernel 3" thread.

AFAIK qiss did not release sources.

Dont't think that simply replacing kernel will work.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gil-:
Yesterday I installed the latest nightly (2014.06.10) and it's very stable and fast compared to other KK roms.

I just tried to add gravity box to add some target app on the lockscreen but it doesn't work.

One bug I have (maybe someone can test this also ?) :

When I add a Youtube shortcut on the launcher I got a hard reboot.

If I launch youtube from the app drawer then it's working.

I tried to uninstall / reinstall but still there.

Here is the last kmsg :

http://paste.evervolv.com/view/010b5ba1

The new CM Theme engine would be great.

So far it's the best kitkat rom I tested.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quimbexa:
Hi! I installed a recent nightly and it's very fine, but some apps i cant download, getting "invalid package error" on play store, i'm using minimal gapps. any help? :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zarac:
Have you tried with 'enable hw overlays' from developers settings checked?

It fixes any hard reboots for me. The only trouble is you have to check it every boot.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aledex:
I unistalled and installed again GB, and in worked.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PascalA:
Hi Nikez,

First thanks for dedication to the Bravo device.

Could you please comment the "versions" cells in your delivery Google doc ( *docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmpI_2Mt5re2dGFtNnA5TFg4WjJnUWx4akhmRnRyYWc )?

A t the moment, one can read multiple "P1" versions for example, and does not know how to link info with "Pre-alpha 1", "Turba" or other releases keywords for example.

(It's likely I did not catch some info to understand your releases workflow)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gil-:
Yep GB was updated. The targets are there :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klavyeteur:
What is the way to install new nigthly (current 2014.06.11 , I want to set up 2014.06.15)

recommended clean install ? sorry my eng.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxens63:
I do a dalvik+cache wipe then flash rom + gapps
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gil-:
Oh yes :)

You can see on Evervolv Gerrit (http://review.evervolv.com/#/q/status:open) : "ev: update to the new cm theme engine"

It's coming !
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andy47:
Hi

hello everybody. this is my first xda post.

I've had my Desire for about 3 years now, and the old Gingerbread-based Cyanogen 7 was starting to get a bit long in the tooth after using it for the past couple of years so this week decided to put on something more up to date and chose the Evervolv kitkat rom, and flashed the latest Nightly 2014-06-15 after a full device wipe and sdcard format.

I've been using it for about 4 days now I must say it's very impressive and very stable as a day to day ROM, and seems to have given my Desire a new lease of life. My 16GB sdcard has 2GB Ext4 and I've enabled a2sd xdata, and while there is a slight lag sometimes this is a small price to pay for have all the extra space. Wifi works OK, and GPS with Google Maps navigation.

a few issues/feature requests to report / discuss:

1. The stock dialer doesn't display the keypad, just a white screen with the blue bar & phone icon. I have to press the back button then press the Keypad icon again, then the keypad appears.

2. The PIN buttons on the lockscreen are very small and is very easy to enter the wrong PIN (sorry, sausage fingers). is it possible for this to be customizable to remove the clock which takes up most of the screen and have a bigger keypad?

3. I can't place any icons or widgets towards the top of the launcher screen, there seems to be some dead space there?

4. With CM7 you could have the lockscreen automatically unlock once the correct PIN has been entered, without the need to press the Enter key. would be nice to see that on this ROM as a time-saver.

thanks again for the great ROM !!

cheers

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Device: HTC Desire (Bravo) PVT4 S-OFF

HBOOT: Alpharev (stock)

Radio: 5.17.05.23

Recovery: 4EXT Touch 1.0.0.5 RC9

SD Card: Samsung 16GB Class 10

Rom: ev_bravo-nightly-2014.06.15
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuxy81:
With the combination in my signature i've no problem.

If someone already doesn't see nikez has tell that is working on 4.2 !!:fingers-crossed:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greatwarlord:
I've flashed that RIL, but no improvement, still got a poor cell network connection (3g). Only 20%, with other non JB ROMS I got 80-100% at the same location. :confused:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dwayno:
Random screen wakeup

Does anyone else have the problem where their phone screen wakes up every 30 seconds or so? I'm not sure if this is hardware button or ROM related? The problem seems to come and go every now and then so I can't work out the cause.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paddyankee:
Battery

Everything works good but Battery. I get upto 24 hours only.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TimHermans:
I've noticed some shorter battery life too.. With eternity kernel from cronmod seems better, but not as smooth...

Greetz
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jan Roman:
It seems that the mobile data problem still exists. I've been watching it this week and I'm slightly worried. (Probably) after I recieve a call, my 3G/EDGE signal is gone and I have to reboot the phone. Have you found a solution yet? Thank you very much.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TimHermans:
Have you tried to remove the "supl" argument after "default" in APN settings - > type..? Dunno if it works but worth trying..

Greetz
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drbobb:
I'm still having the issue that most updates from the Play Store fail with a "insufficient disk space" message. Even though I have over 40 MB free on /data (using a2sd and gapps2sd-ext). Why TF does that happen?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Looloup:
No one seems to know, I provided a logcat in the Dev thread but there was no reply - I think it maybe a generic JB problem not solely related to this ROM as I have seem similar on my Nexus 7 which is stock.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shailuk301:
camera buggy

htc desire bravo

stock hboot

cwm recovery

hiiiiiiiiiiiii, nice works but camera not working.

the games which worked on gb doesn't work on jb.

plz help.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RuudM:
Camera: known issue, pictures are OK. Probable fixed in 4.2, next update.

Games: that's not the ROM but a problem with the game. It is a bit the same if you expect Windows 95 software to be running on Windows 8.

Stick to GB?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mTx87:
maybe kernel 3.x would help fixing some issue's?

i saw on this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1980122 that there is already a 3.x kernel for our desire working.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alunduyn:
I don't think it is truly Kernel 3. Developer just copied-pasted the description from original ROM. Many users asked to remove it from OP. Actually, developer is in hospital so it is still there, but not in the ROM. I was very excited to see that, too, but it does look like we'll have to keep waiting for a Kernel 3.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackradbit:
First of all, big thanks to Nikez and the Evervolv Team for the time they spent for the community.:good:

I was on Nikez JB since p10 but with the time and the new releases (always installed with a full wipe), got too much bug to keep it as a daily driver.

Same here, last Radio & RIL but 3G not stable.

I've tried to left only "default" in APN settings, but no effect for me.

Also got a shorter battery life :(

I don't have these issues on GB Roms.

--

Bravo PVT4 S-OFF

Rom: MildWild V-4.4

Stock HBOOT 6.93.1002

Radio: 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23

4EXT Recovery Touch V1.0.0.5 RC5

SDCard: 16GB class 10 (1GB ext3)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csytracy:
This is a great project for desire.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csytracy:
Can't imagine a pre-alpha rom could be stable like this one!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lornz87:
I think GPS is killing my 3G :(

Whenever GPS turns on (maps, foursquare, etc) my mobile data instantly crashes and won't turn on again (only reboot fixes it. sometimes airplane mode).

Anyone else with this problem?

Or anyone with an idea how to solve this?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wroobi71:
Have you tried change value of APN Type in Settings? There should be only "default" - without "supl". For me it has worked. :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lornz87:
Thanks, but does not help for me.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TimHermans:
New nightly @ http://dl.evervolv.com :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickleby:
Hi!

I think the dialer keypad issue must be a compiler problem. I was experimenting the same behaviour with nightlies but now I'm compiling the ROM myself and the issue with the dialer is gone.

The top of the launcher screen have a "reserved space" for the Google Search widget (you must install Google Search first). However, the widget doesn't work properly (seems to be a problem with Launcher3)

BTW, latest nightly build is now 4.4.4!!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aledex:
[MENTION=4153938]paolo-red1[/MENTION]@

Lastest nightly:

Project: device/htc/qsd8k-common/

6987580 qsd8k-common: use linaro 4.9 gcc instead of 4.4.3 gcc :good:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quimbexa:
Has anyone been able to use ART? I reboot but it doesn't load ART on reboot, latest nightly
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickleby:
You need to move dalvik-cache to the sd-ext partition (you can use Mounts2SD) in order to use ART. After enabling ART, the boot time can take up to 20 minutes (depends in how many apps you have installed on your phone). However, I find ART slow for Desire. I switched back to Dalvik after a couple of days testing ART (maybe it was my miscroSD card [16GB class 4])
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quimbexa:
Which I did, moved EVERYTHING with Mounts2SD, selected ART in developers menu and reboot, but it doesn't even take it's time to reboot, basically just loads dalvik again. Mine is a class 10 sd card, no worries
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paolo-red1:
I switched today to ART (with linaro 4,9) and apps seem faster in opening. Maybe placebo effect or wipe effect. Let's see theese days
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PuffMaN:
Could be, that's what art does. Precompile app data to make em load faster. Dalvik compiles the data when you load the app. That's why first boot on art takes so long, it has to compile a lot of data. The more apps you got, the more data to compile, the longer it takes. And on a 1 GHz single core this can take long :p

Swyped with my Nexus 5.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paolo-red1:
Yes I know general behaviour of art. Btw when I tried first time in kitkat it was similar to dalvik or worse. Now with 4.4.X changelogs there were many fixes and improvements in art. Obviously it have more evidence on newer devices. But well guys.. 4 years old device with android 4.4.4, stable for daily use! And all thanks to Evervolv team
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PuffMaN:
Yes, evervolv is just kick-ass. And yes, I figured u'd know. I was wondering why I posted that. Some time after I posted it. Sorry I doubted you... :D

Swyped with my Nexus 5.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickleby:
My ART experience was previous to linaro 4.9. I've been compiling with 4.9 gcc all this week but I haven't tested ART until today. The phone feels faster but sometimes is unresponsiveness. Even got over 4K on Antutu.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paolo-red1:
what do you mean with unresponsiveness? it stucks sometimes? soft reboot? mine is working pretty well, like previous builds.

but we can all indagate more and if there are issues commit will be reverted.

Also I was thinking to restore email and calendar apk in build zip, but I have to check system free space.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fogman79:
Hi!

I've installed one month ago, this excellent ROM on my old Desire that my wife now uses. Works really well, whereas the Desire is the prehistory of Android!

Using an sd-card class 10 with A2SD set Y/Y/Y to have enough space for all apps.

But I have a very annoying problem: every 1-2 days, device slows down, some apps have crash and phone have reboots. If I go into recovery (last touch 4EXT) and control the EXT-4 filesystem partition, it is corrupted. I do repair and phone works fine again. I also tried another sd-card but the problem remains.

It may be a problem with A2SD script?

Should I try a different script? If yes, what?

Thanks for the help and sorry for my very bad English.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saf98:
Idk but I think ur supposed to y n y for the a2sd.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fogman79:
Thanks for reply!

I remember Y / Y / Y but I could be wrong because it's been a month.

However, I moved the data on ext partition, in fact, the phone sees 1.5 GB of available space for apps.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoyW:
Maybe you partition your SD card badly? do you partition it using the correct method?

if it doesn't change anything you may try to change to using mount2sd instead of a2sd. they both do the same thing.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fogman79:
Thanks for help!

The sdcard should be partitioned correctly. I redid the procedure several times, using Gparted (2 different versions) and exactly as guides.

Then, I try with Mounts2SD.

List the steps that I should do, correct me if I'm wrong!!!

1) Download from Play Store "Mounts2SD Storage & Memory" by Spazedog App, reboot into recovery, SD-EXT file system check and repair if necessary, Nandroid Backup, reboot;

2) Factory data reset;

3) ??? install Android Terminal Emulator - enter -> give permission - enter a2sd install -> n / n / n - reboot ???

4) Reboot in recovery, format SD-EXT in EXT4, reboot;

5) install Titanium Backup and Solid Explorer;

6) ??? Open Solid Explorer and what should I cancel? ???

7) ??? Restore Mount2SD Apk and what move to SD-EXT? Application (ok), Libraries?, Data (ok), Dalvik Cache?, And other settings? ???

8) Open Titanium Backup, Extract from Nandroid Backup, restore apps and data.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoyW:
As you don't know exactly what cause the problem so I would suggest you to start from zero - wiping EVERYTHING.

First backup everything in recovery => wipe everything => flash again whatever rom you are using to cover the a2sd script

=> install mount2sd from play store => tick whatever you want to move to ext-sd (the tick should light up instead of being grey)

=> reboot => install / restore whatever apps you want from play store / TB
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fogman79:
Thanks!

You're right! My method would be even longer! :)

To avoid incompatibility, it is necessary to remove from the zip of the ROM, A2SD script before flashing. If so, how?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoyW:
nope, you have to activate a2sd through terminal even it is included in the rom. So as far as you don't activate it, they will be fine.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] resoto:
Can somebody say me trick for better animation smooth and global performance ?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cătă:
Does this rom support OTG?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gil-:
Activate Developer tools.

Force GPU Render and set animation timers at 0.5x.

Message for paolo-red1 :

Do you think there is a way to reduce the delay between the moment I receive a phone call and the moment I can answer ?