yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranajideb:
Hi Guys,

Ive been facing a lot of issues with my rooted HTC Desire, since last year or something. (Basically right from the time I rooted the device) I haven't been able to find a single stable ROM. I'm pretty sure I have tried almost all the ones available in this forum. I'm also quite sure that I have rooted my device properly. Some of the issues I face after installing any ROM are -

The screen stays off when I press the power button, the led of the hardwired buttons lights up

Random reboots

problem accessing data from the sd card (any application)

I am using a SanDisk Ultra 8GB, with 512mb ext4 partition made using Gparted live boot cd.

My phone information is:

HTC Desire soff with revolutionary

hboot - 6.93.1002

radio - 5.17.05.23

ROM - currently trying out PARANOIDANDROID v2.99 betaNINE+ | PIE | TabUI | QUICKTOGGLES

I'm not able to understand if this is a device issue, a rooting issue or a memory card problem (I even bought a new memory card recently).

It will be of a big help to me if I can get some expert opinion on this and if someone can help me out with this issue.

Thanks,

Rana
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
It may be an ext problem. Partition it again. Check the guide in my sig.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dodge67:
Best rom I think is Rsk sattellite Rosie v8 I havnt had any probs with it.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranajideb:
Problem persists

Hi,

Thanks for the response, I followed the steps mentioned in you guide to partition the SD card, (made a 512mb EXT4 partition)

mounted as USB storage from recovery and copied the ROM and after doing a data complete data wipe I installed the ROM, but the same problem occurred.

Tried COS - Bravo ICS and Paranoidandroid 2.99, after the second try my device booted with the alert that sd card is damaged.

Is there any step which I might be missing here?

Thanks,

Rana
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranajideb:
Thanks

Hey Thanks,

I will try this one and see, have steered clear of sense ROM till now as they tend to consume a lot of battery. Will let you know if this works out.

Update: Tried RSK.. it hung twice during first boot, third time it started, however, it freezes quite a lot and then you have to remove the battery to reboot.

Thanks again,

Rana
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infozerich:
Hello ranajideb,

The ROM you are currently trying out is only 2 weeks old.

If you are looking for a relatively stable ROM, look no further than ICS. I'd recommend starting with Gingerbread ROMs for stability, because those have been actively developed for years. ICS and Jelly Bean are very recent, and the developers have clearly stated these are not fully operational.

Android Versions

ICS and JB are pretty much at the bleeding-edge of development so you should stick with Gingerbread (2.3) if you are looking for stability, MildWild, MIUI, CM 7.1 etc. have been out for awhile and should be relatively stable.

The benefit of using Gingerbread ROMs is that there are a range of choices for which kernels you can use. This can result in more power-savings and efficient use of energy. However, if you prefer using ICS/JB ROMs, stick with 4.1.2 for awhile and use the V6 Supercharger script for memory management. I would recommend reading zeppelinrox's post regarding undervolting and overclocking because these can cause random reboots that leads to a subsequent consumption of a lot of energy due to booting up.

In relation to the V6 Supercharger script, skip the boot-up scripts to avoid boot loops.

Power Issues and Random Reboots

This sounds like a kernel issue. I would suggest testing No-Frills CPU Control or something similar to SetCPU to set Min/Max frequencies within an acceptable range. Generally, 245 - 998 MHz for the HTC Desire is advisable. Try setting it lower if your phone heats up. Recommended settings would be selecting the ondemand governor and either noop/deadline as the I/O scheduler.

SD card problems

If the sdcard filesystem has been damaged you will need to repair it. There is an option in 4EXT Recovery to do just that. If you have formatted the sdcard, can you describe your partition table? To partition your SD card in 4EXT Recovery, select partition, EXT4 (fs), 512 (sd-ext), skip sd-ext2, 256 (swap).

Additional Questions

Can you provide a logcat for errors and fatal errors? It'd be useful to diagnose the problem.

What recovery are you using?

For convenience, try the 4EXT Recovery and partition your SD card from there.

Have you compared the checksum of the ROM you downloaded to the checksum on the ROM download page to make sure it is a complete download?

What do you mean by problems accessing data on your SD card? Can you browse the SD card's contents?

Try fixing permissions from 4EXT Recovery.

Some ROMs feature an A2SD script. Do you activate these in Terminal Emulator? The ROM you are currently trying out has A2SD. From the Terminal Emulator app get superuser access with: su

install with: a2sd install

enter options with: Y, enter. N, enter. Y, enter. (reboots).

This provides more usable space on data that you can use to install more apps. After this, reboot and leave the phone alone for 5 minutes on boot-up for the phone to stabilise.

Before flashing a new ROM, charge your phone to >60% battery, better at full. Also, try wiping data to factory defaults and the dalvik cache. After flashing a ROM, it is advisable to leave it alone for 5 minutes or so.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 5099998:
Stable Rom

Hey,

I'm running a totally stable Sense 3.0 ROM right now.

Link : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1268279

Haven't had any problems with it yet, using it for 1 month now.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infozerich:
We will need to logcat to determine the cause.

Have you tried flashing INT2EXT4 scripts? The link is:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1716124

I'm wondering if incorrect permissions are causing problems with symlinks. The INT2EXT script does not use symlinks so perhaps it will work on your device.

This is not a problem. From a terminal type: free. This will display the free and used space for the swap partition. If it shows 0, it means the swap partition is not being used.

Can you flash the ROM I'm currently using to test stability?

http://woh-roms.weebly.com/android-412-pa--pac.html

I'm been using it for over 2 months on main phone with the V6 Supercharger script and have only rebooted once due to too many tabs open in the browser app.

The script can be found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18703418&postcount=5021

The script can be run using the SManager app. There will be a series of prompts to answer for settings, but if you want to skip the text just set scrolling speed to 0. After running the script, the configured settings for your device will be loaded at boot time via /etc/init.d.

The HTC Desire is using a later edition in terms of firmware compared to the one I am using. Does your HBOOT look like this?

-Revolutionary-
PVT-4 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT- 6.93.1002
MICROP-051d
RADIO- 5.17.05.23

PVT-4 SHIP refers to hardware model.

Odd that tmpfs is being used. It's usually avoided for the issues it can cause.

Try typing this in terminal: ls -l /dev/log

This should display the permissions for the directories/files. if there is no rw-rw-rw- it means the user running terminal does not have the proper privileges to access the file/directory. Try typing: su, to gain superuser access, and try getting the logcat.

An alternative would be to download the Quick System Info (by Shawn Q.) app and retrieve the logcat from there. You can also see the Dmesg log entries for interactions with the kernel.

Under the logcat menu you can use filters to check errors and fatal error messages. This will assist in understanding the cause of the force closes.

As long as the dalvik cache is also wiped, it should avoid common problems with apps force closing.

This makes me suspect a hardware fault. Can you tell me if the smartphone has ever been dropped and/or hit hard and/or exposed to liquid?

From the 4EXT Recovery, there is a fix permissions option from tools -> Fix Permissions to be run after installing A2SD. I'd still recommend using INT2EXT and see the results.

This indicates the problem resides in the device, unless the sdcards are all the same class/brand or formatted/partitioned the same way via GParted. Just in case, can you tell me the version of 4EXT Recovery (Touch or no touch) you are currently using?

You're welcome. We'll solve this yet!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranajideb:
Have attached the logcat files, the .txt one is the one i got from emulator and the zip file contains the one quick system info generated.

Have never tried flashing a separate A2SD script, but don't I need a ROM which doesn't have an inbuilt A2SD script or can flash INT2EXT script after installing any ROM? Is there any specific ROM which is known to be stable with this scrip, then maybe I can try that ROM.

Yes, it looks almost the same, there is one more line after MICROP-051d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101

Any way I can avoid using tmpfs too?

Have dropped it a few times but no major drops and has not been exposed to liquid.

If you're talking about fixing UID/GID mismatches from the 4EXT tools, then yeah, I did that after moving my dalvik cache to sdext after installing the current ROM (COS-Bravo)

The current recovery version im using is 4EXT Recovery touch. v1.0.0.5 RC9 Testing. Build 70

I hope the logcat file I attached will help in pinpointing the issue, if not maybe I can try installing a stock GB ROM with INT2EXT script and see if that works.

Thanks :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranajideb:
Just wanted to put an update on this. Tried a lot, but since all sorts of problems persisted, I flashed a RUU and reverted back to stock GB. Lets hope this works.

Thanks :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stratoll:
somewhere in this thread you mentioned that your rom freezes while using some forms of A2SD and the only way to fix it is to remove the battery and put it back in and power on

also somewhere you mentioned you are using a Sandisk 8GB class 10 card with ex4 partiton

i experienced the same thing once

its the card

that why i never purchased sandisk again

unfortunately for some strange reason when you are using both partitions on a sandisk card it auto unmounts itself

in certain roms where data has been moved onto the ext the system freezes as it cant access data on an unmounted ext

i swapped it out with another card i had

its class 2, so its slow but atleast it doesn't auto unmount!

as for the stock experiment it should work just fine because you will not be using your ext on a stock rom
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frosty68:
For some reason I think I've read that class 10 cards can be flaky on the desire?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stratoll:
I heard the same

but I also heard that there is no issue

so i took a leap of faith and bought a class 10 card

I believe its specific brands that cause problems

Sandisk being one of those brands

My class 10 sd card has not given me any issues so far, knock on wood

I got a Transcend 32Gb class 10 microsd card
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranajideb:
Yeah, the issues have reduced drastically, if not stopped altogether after I reverted back to stock. (I still get the screen on problem if I open 3 or 4 applications, I assumed its a memory problem and avoid too much multitasking)

I was anyways thinking about buying a new sdcard and checking. Since you mentioned transcend is a good option, I think I will get one 8gb class 10 and see if that works.

Thanks Guys. :)

Update: Did some research and found that class 4/6 would be the best option considering the amount and the time of data write in case of EXT partition, so ordered a Transcend 8GB class 4 instead. Lets see how this turns out.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deboned:
have you aligned and use a partition of ext3
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiehk6:
he's using 4ext recovery, partition will be created and aligned properly. 4ext recovery can even check this.

ext4 partition should in theory be faster and supported in most cases, unless the script specifically asks for ext3...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranajideb:
Thanks.. Yes, I was using 4ext recovery with ext4 partition. After every battery pull, I used to go and check my alignment and fix the partitions.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stratoll:
yes due to the limitations in hardware class 4/6 might be the best option

i ordered a class 10 so if i ever upgrade to a device without such limitations i don't need to purchase another sd card

i was just advising against sandisk due to past experience
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taha.snoussi:
Hi ranajideb,

I've been working hard to find out what is the most important factor that causes all these bugs/hangs/BDODs.

Today, I'm quite convinced that it's the SIM/3G usage. :(

I did a test during 10days with another SIM without any data connection capability (a very old SIM).

For this test, I used:

- 32Go Kingston SDHC class 10.

- recovery 4ext latest

- sd-ext 1Go swap 256

- INT2EXT+

- JB 4.1.2

- overclocked to 1500MHz

- more that 92 apps installed (including system apps)

- Wifi enabled and several different connexions/day.

No freeze or ANR message during 10 days. A real paradise :fingers-crossed:

After this test, I just replaced the SIM with My "Free" French career's 3G SIM and no more able to start my Desire :(

I mean that just when I leave the airplane mode with data enabled, any of the tested roms behave the same. BSOD or Freeze just after some minutes. I tested also RUU like you, and it also freezes!!!

FYI, the least freezing is marius.a ICS rom v3.4/3.5

Hope devs can help looking to this.

Regards, Taha
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranajideb:
Update:

So I got my hands on a Transcend 8GB Class4 microsd HC, partitioned it using 4EXT and tried installing the latest VJ10 ROM. The same issues, persisted however.

I tried installing an old version of COS Bravo ICS ROM (30-4-2012) with 1GB EXT4 partition, changed HBOOT from stock to Data++ and this has been running without glitches since the last couple of days.

I had only one instance where the screen refused to switch on, so i did a battery pull, rebooted in recovery and fixed UID permissions

But I am still a bit skeptical about trying to install latest version of any ROM for the fear that the device will start giving problems again.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moadip:
[Jan 27 2013]MildWild CM-8.0 JG Stable had almost no issues with this ROM whatsoever
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bagpipes88:
I have the boost mobile variant of ET4G (SPH-D710BST). I have tried to flash many different modems to my device, using CWM, ODIN, and Mobile ODIN Pro. It seems the phone is working fine. I can send/receive SMS/MMS/Calls/WIFI how ever in the system information screen the baseband version is stuck on GA10. Is this something to be worried about or do I just have to try and remember which modem I have installed? Again, the phone is working just fine, so I know the modem did flash otherwise I wouldn't have service on my custom FI22 ROM.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigj231:
If everything else works, then why worry about it? Does mobile data work? When I was being stupid and flashed a JB modem on an AOSP ROM, I still had WiFi, but no mobile data.
[LG Nitro HD] murali219:
Hi Friends,

I want to install CM10 on my LG optimus 4G LTE SU640 ICS phone. When I try to go to recovery mode(volume down+ower button), it is always giving option to factory hard reset. There are no options to to wipe data and install CM10 from memory card.

If anybody have steps, please help me.

Thanks,

Murali.
[LG Nitro HD] salimbaba:
When you see the factory reset text. Press power twice and you'll be inside clockwork recovery assuming you have flashed cwm already.

You can follow

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2141757
[LG Nitro HD] murali219:
Thanks for quick reply. I didn't install any custom roms after purchasing. when I press power twice, it is factory resetting the phone.
[LG Nitro HD] salimbaba:
In order to install custom roms, you need recovery, cwm or twrp. If you are on stock then you won't be having any of custom recoveries instead you'll just factory reset the phone using the above procedure.
[LG Nitro HD] murali219:
I rooted my LG Optimus 4G LTE SU640 and installed ROM Manager and flashed CWM recovery. But when i boot into recovery mode, always getting below error

securebooting error

cause: boot certification verify

Enter the fastboot

Enter the fastboot

Long time no see

Does CWM recovery won't work for ICS running SU640?.

Please help ....
[LG Nitro HD] KronicSkillz:
yeah LG has secure bootloader on updated ICS etc. you have to unbrick now, make sure you use unbricking for su640

---------- Post added at 11:08 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:04 AM ----------

i used this guide to unbrick my phone

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1597488

but im not sure if it works on su640, you'll have to verify that.

just to clarify for you if you are new, you have to unbrick later versions of nitro because of a secure bootloader or something. in order to remove it you have to unbrick your phone, which involves flashing a leaked kdz and and old korean rom, then upgrading to stock at&t, once you have stock at&t installed from that point you can install a custom rom or restock flash rom.

any more questions just ask

---------- Post added at 11:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:08 AM ----------

i'm nice so i decided to read down a bit, a see a few users with the su640 having problems but a few that said it worked, most likely this means it works and the people who had problems were just not doing it right. if i was you i would try that guide i linked, and if you have any problems with any of the steps you can ask us here.

note: when doing modifications to your phone it is always at your own risk.
[LG Nitro HD] murali219:
Thank you Mr.KronicSkillz for your post. I will try that.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DevSwift1:
Unofficial MIUI for Sony Xperia U based on CM9 FXP project, compiled by latest patchrom tool Thanks to munjeni!. Some things is missing but rom is for daily usage without problem!

Screens:

Not working:

- FM radio audio routing

- You tell me :)

Download link:

http://d-h.st/Jmn

Changelog:

BETA1

- initial release

BETA2

- persian translation

- polish translation

- all tethering things fixed

- reboot to recovery fixed

- full changelog https://github.com/munjeni/miui_sony_xperia/commits/master

Install instructions:

- copy rom to phone

- install rom via recovery

- reboot

MIUI source code:

https://github.com/munjeni/miui_sony_xperia

Full credits:

Munjeni for PatchRom

FXP (CM9 rom)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] leos0000:
Re: [ROM] Unofficial MIUI CM9 Xperia U

Can u pirt for locked BL please ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] elia222:
Thanks for the rom DevSwift, awesome work as always ;)

On which miui version is based on?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] hell1134:
Is it for unlocked or locked bootloader ?

Also, have you removed any miui apps ?

BTW downloading now ...... was waiting a loooooooooooong time for updated MIUI for xu....thanks a lot, dude.

EDIT : I think there is some problem in the link you provided ... it points to some beta-1 website. I had to copy & paste the text in the provided link.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] VocaloidBoy:
downloading :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] hell1134:
copy & paste the link ... do not click it.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] babu.rajiv2007:
Re: [ROM] Unofficial MIUI CM9 Xperia U

This is cool..!

Can you tell us which version of MIUI you've ported? :confused:

Thanks!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] xgunax:
Read comments :) Dont click the link! Copy and Past and it will work ;) downloading! Will test it soon
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] emosis:
It s great new :)

MIUI is the best Custom ROM i think ..

hope we have a perfect working miui soon :) thx to everyone who working on it..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] doctor_droid:
Re: [ROM] Unofficial MIUI CM9 Xperia U

i was waiting for someone to make this for xu from munjeni's work

thanks munjeni and devswift.... :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] leos0000:
Re: [ROM] Unofficial MIUI CM9 Xperia U

Work on locked BL ?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] RockitOut11:
Use atis patch and it will probably work as this is based on CM9 from FXP
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SpaceCaker:
Re: [ROM] Unofficial MIUI CM9 Xperia U

Jup atis patch works
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] thebrainkafka:
AW: [ROM] Unofficial MIUI CM9 Xperia U

Nice work!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] VocaloidBoy:
Re: [ROM] Unofficial MIUI CM9 Xperia U

When i install rom it start abort 7 why?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] doctor_droid:
Re: [ROM] Unofficial MIUI CM9 Xperia U

flash given kernel first (boot.img file in zip)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] underskyzx:
Can't wait to test this:silly:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] underskyzx:
Used Atis instructions from this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2134440 but using this rom instead and now the launcher stops working...everything else works I can even make a call by the launcher itself doesnt work, i use the notification toggles to access the phone.

I did flash 6.1.1.B.10, rooted with Flashtool and CMW by Atis, all good til after flashing this roms zip which I modified following SEMC thread instructions

edit..I get also two bootloop to sony logo everytime before the system starts to miui logo and then not working launcher

edit 2...My phone is Xperia U ST25a

im going to reformat this post once i get home, not a tablet typing talented

my english sucks

help plz i love miui :crying:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] VocaloidBoy:
I think Bcuz you edit your build.prop wrong :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] D.Price:
So it gives 3 MIUI + mine (which topic have mysteriously disappeared on XDA...), can you describe it more PLZ
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] happy3777:
Re: [ROM] Unofficial MIUI CM9 Xperia U

Miui 3.0 is released...

Can to try to port that???
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] underskyzx:
didnt touch that file
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] VocaloidBoy:
why don't you make FXP for lock bootloader and install it let it booted on your device than port MIUI to your FXP booted .zip ROM it will work :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] underskyzx:
coz i dont know how to
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] knight862:
+1. I can't use the launcher either. Is there a possible fix for that? I am on Locked BL too. Thanks.

Edit: BTW, I did make FXP to Locked BL, flashed it, booted it and then I flashed MIUI Rom. Still no launcher :(

Edit 2 : Also I attached logcat. Maybe it helps.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] xgunax:
I also tried and the launcher stays at Loading.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] knight862:
Use adb shell :)

Guys,

I think I found a temporary solution for that. Just download any kind of ported Miui Rom for our devices( doesn't matter Locked BL or Unlocked BL) Extract the MiuiHome.apk from that, using adb shell :

1 - adb shell

2 - mount -o rw,remount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 /system (Mount system as RW)

3 - mv system/app/MiuiHome.apk system/app/MiuiHome.bak (rename original home apk)

4 - Ctrl+C (exit shell)

5 - adb push MiuiHome.apk system/app (I assume MiuiHome.apk is in the sdk/platform-tools)

5 - adb shell (enter the shell again)

6- chmod 644 /system/app/MiuiHome.apk (set correct permissions)

7 - cd system/app (go to app folder)

8 - ls (just verify that both MiuiHome.bak and MiuiHome.apk are there)

9 - reboot

After reboot wait a little bit for settle the system. Then Voilà!!! :laugh:

Edit: Theme manager is not working...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] VocaloidBoy:
Re: [ROM] Unofficial MIUI CM9 Xperia U

I face that problem on unlocked bootloader too
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] underskyzx:
Eh not worth the effort imo...I'm sticking with http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1980490
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] VocaloidBoy:
Re: [ROM] Unofficial MIUI CM9 Xperia U

Waiting for new update bro ;)