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[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Hangouts/talk is not included in the rom nor gapps that ive linked in the op.

Feel free to use other gapps packages though. The ones from the op are minimal gapps (containing just the basic apps such as the play store), and I've only recommended those due to the fact that they are the ones that i initially tested the rom with, and they worked fine.

If you want to install hangouts as a system app, copy the apk into system/app and change the permissions to rw-r-r. The name doesnt really matter.

On a sidenote, what do you guys want in the next version? (besides bug fixes)
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Hey guys. Ive just been notified that build 10 hosted on AFH is corrupted. (Must've been interrupted during the upload). Im quite surprised that no one said anything, as it had about 200 downloads :confused:

Anyways, im uploading to dev host now and ill reupload to AFH at some point as well.

For anyone wondering, the correct md5 checksum is: d125f31f9bb8f41565a60f6c3e6408e8

Edit: Ive added a DevHost mirror and I've reuploaded the file to AFH. All mirrors seem to be fully functioning and md5 sums are matching now. Let me know if you're having any issues.
[Desire Android Development] Pai Mei:
Thak you for the answer but...how I can change the permission?

EDIT: I undestand how to do: through a file manager such as root exporer, right?
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Yes, root explorer is what I use.
[Desire Android Development] 266K:
Is Pie Control suppose to be working for build 10? I dun want nav bar since all physical buttons are working.

I flashed this over WOH's 3.68, full wiped, all working fine except Pie Control, disabled Nav Bar & enabled Pie Control but doesn't seem to work. anything else need to set beside Chromium ROM setting?
[Desire Android Development] Malk4ever:
How much corrupted? Can this be the reason why the Build 10 i downloaded is so crappy slow after patch? Does it make sense to download and flash Build 10 again?
[Desire Android Development] Stereohype:
I noticed this last night because recovery didnt allow me to flash it and its my first flash of this rom.

But Im having some weird issue with gapps. I dont see the playstore or anything added after i flash gapps. I suspect my /system partition of 240MB is too small? Should I make /system 250MB?
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Pie is working fine. I believe that you need to enable both the navbar and pie. Then hold the power button for a few seconds, and chose expanded desktop. Let me know if that worked.

Only the one hosted on AFH was corrupted. The one in mediafire was fine.

Yes, give stock hboot a try.

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[Desire Android Development] Stereohype:
I just removed the /videos folder from the zip file, reflashed the zip and gapps and everything is fine now.. 1.7MB free on /system :)

Restoring apps atm but the rom looks great so far, will report back after a week of heavy usage.
[Desire Android Development] jak3z:
Today my Desire went 100% bananas. Device was deadlocked, no response, but I could phone the number though nothing would happen, I had to pull the battery out, and crashed 3 times while trying to power it up again, seems to be working now, next time I will try to get /last/kmsg as I was out of home and had no time to run Terminal.
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
I've honestly experienced this with every jb ROM at one point or a another. Just pull the battery, reboot and it should be good again.

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[Desire Android Development] jak3z:
Oh well, sorry then. I might have to go back to a 2.3 ROM then, the user of the phone is my mother now, and she gets obfuscated quite easy, any recommendations for a 2.3.X rom?
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Yea its fine. I wouldn't recommend this ROM anyways for someone with limited android/ROM/flashing knowledge.

The best ROM for stability and no hiccups in my opinion would be milwilds redux 4.9.

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[Desire Android Development] jak3z:
Fine I will give it a go, I really wanted her to use the JB features but, either she gets used to this "problems" or back to 2.3 :)
[Desire Android Development] jukyO:
Will you update to 4.3 sources?
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Probably not anytime soon. If I were to resync to cm10.2 I'm 99% sure that there will be a ton of conflicts, meaning lots and lots of compiling errors. I'm quite busy with school at the moment, so I can't be bothered to spend much time on this unfortunately. Maybe during one of my breaks I'll give it a try, but like I already said...I'm too busy right now to screw up my repo and spend hours trying to fix it. It was already hard enough to get 4.2 to eventually compile, and I'm not ready to go through that again...especially while I've got school to focus on :(

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[Desire Android Development] Malk4ever:
Yes, i tried many ROMs for my sister, best was Mildwild Sense so far.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2204681

Incredible fast and everything works. Only 3G loss sometimes (not often). But that seems to be a general Desire problem.

A stable 4.2 is much better than a buggy 4.3... i would even prefer 4.1 if its more stable.

There are no advantages since 4.1 imho.
[Desire Android Development] Pai Mei:
I read in the op that is recommended 1.5gb ext4 partition on sdcard.

I already have 1 gb ext4 partition, is that a problem?

Thanks
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
No that's fine. As long as you used gparted or 4ext to make it.

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[Desire Android Development] 266K:
I got my Pei Control working now, Nav Bar can be disabled. Beside set it in ROM setting, need to enable Expandable Desktop using the Power button as well.
[Desire Android Development] t-minik:
Hi Chromium_, thanks for your hard work.

will you share your own repo ? I'd like to build my own without multilang for my personal use.

Best regards
[Desire Android Development] aledex:
Hi!

I flashed your rom yesterday and I have to say it's a pretty good rom :)

Only problem I have, sometimes the screen freezes or swiftkey closes without explanation. I've tried different governors, CPU frequencies and I/O scheduling without any success...
[Desire Android Development] D4vid:
Link for "Fix Tearing (Build 10 ONLY) " is not working for me.
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
All dev host links are not working at the moment. Devhost currently seems to be down, so give it a few hours and try again.

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[Desire Android Development] shoeseat:
Can in use this with ext3 partition?
[Desire Android Development] nekkers:
Cann't download the fixes and add-ons.....

Somewhere else...?

edit....

oeps: see devhost is down.... :((
[Desire Android Development] Christoph21x:
YES - EXT3 or EXT4

Greetz - Chris
[Desire Android Development] shoeseat:
Thankx a lot.It says 'A 512mb - 1.5gb ext4 partition on your sdcard' in requirement so i needed to be sure.i don't want to format my sd card again to get ext4. Need to wipe/format ext3 as well before flashing ROM?
[Desire Android Development] Christoph21x:
No wipe/formatting of the SDCARD required (system/data/cache/dalvik probably yes). I'm running here an ext3 partition from previous installation as well with this build.

Good luck (anyway ;) ) - Greetz - Chris

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What files are missing exactly for you?
[Desire Android Development] shoeseat:
Hai, thankx for the help.i meant to say.Do i need to wipe/firmat ext3 partition before flasing?
[Desire Android Development] Christoph21x:
No you don't. And also SHOULDN'T.

So you may have a roll back in case of any troubles.
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Yes you should wipe your ext partition.

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[Desire Android Development] Christoph21x:
Worked here pefectly without.
[Desire Android Development] nekkers:
all 4 files except defaultfonts

............

Already could download them
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Just a heads up, dev host seems to be back up. :)
[Desire Android Development] Ikkuh84:
I noticed the last time when your battery is low, the phone becomes much more sluggish. Even when around 60% already.

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[Desire Android Development] fr3akBut:
Thank you for the perfect jellybean ROM... 4 days with very light usage! :)

Screenshot attached below.

Cheers. :)
[Desire Android Development] Ikkuh84:
:eek: 4 days?? Wow... When I'm checking news on a website with WIFI for about 15 minutes I already lose about 8-10% battery... And I use juice defender ultimate and greenify...

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[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Wow thats pretty bad...i havent experienced anything like that. How old is your battery?
[Desire Android Development] Ikkuh84:
I guess 3-4 years old. Maybe it's time for a new battery. :p Ah well, I can use my phone the whole day (fortunatly I don't use it every hour) and every evening he's recharging. Could it be possible that my battery is the issue with keeping slower under the 60%?
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Yes its very possible. I dont experience that slowness when going under 60%, and my drain isnt as bad as yours.

3-4 years is a pretty normal life for a battery though. Probably time to get a new one.
[Desire Android Development] davidmeyis:
ridiculous .... these things to serve? have not used the phone in 4 days and you put like a feat ... and also to turn on the Bluetooth .... oooooo ..... sad that you do not have sent even a whatsapp???? ha ha ha ....

Enviado desde mi HTC Desire usando Tapatalk 2
[Desire Android Development] fr3akBut:
What? My desire is on 24/7, connected to WiFi, mobile network, and connected permanently to my nexus 7 via Bluetooth. All my SMS messages are routed to the nexus 7 via tablet-talk, and I pick up a few calls or SMS messages per day when they aren't connected. The point of my post was to highlight how this ROM puts the CPU into deep sleep, and has excellent standby times. If you want to ridicule my usage because it isn't the same as yours, then fine, but at least do it like an adult.

Not everyone uses their phone in the same way, and I'm happy with chromium as it gives me great screen off times while connected to WiFi/mobile/Bluetooth.
[Desire Android Development] davidmeyis:
I feel like I've misunderstood. I did not mean to ridicule anyone or anything like that. we all know the qualities of JB based roms, especially CPU and battery management ... if you see your screenshot you will see that the "screen on" hardly any activity, to that's what I mean ... a mobile with no activity, although this doing a thousand things as you say .... this together with the VJ are the best JB that can be used, but I think your comment may make people misunderstand the rom. That's it.

is a constructive comment, we all want the same thing here.

look at the pictures on the first page of the message to understand me. :thumbup:

this consumption is with another rom and non-original battery .... (hence it sure does strange things) ....

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[Desire Android Development] Stereohype:
Try clean master, if that doesnt help format with 4ext
[Desire Android Development] nonline:
Almost perfect :victory: I'm just missing polish dictionary for stock gesture keyboard. Rom is stable, smooth, pie controls are gorgous, camera app without any issues (besides camcorder).
[Desire Android Development] Ikkuh84:
Maybe a stupid question, but shortcuts won't work when you turn on pie control? With the shortcuts I mean those 3 apps you can pre set when you swipe your finger over the home button (when you have the navigation bar on bottom)
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Correct. When you are using pie, you can no longer access the navigation ring shortcuts.

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[Desire Android Development] nonline:
[MENTION=4883664]Chromium_[/MENTION]

Can u check why MapFactor navigator crashes under Chromium ROM? :< Offical support is helpess. I can post logs from this app if u need.
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
A log would be useful.
[Desire Android Development] nonline:
Ok, so logcat.

https://db.tt/cAlUKpYN

:highfive:
[Desire Android Development] nekkers:
Friday I finaly found the need and time to installl this ROM.

Everthing works fine and installed some apps..

Two things: I get the impressing this rom is somewhat less battery-friendly as the VJ 6.3 ROM I used before.... Can anyone confirm this?

Second: today I had the first reboot of this ROM. Could this have something to do with installing the latest Google Maps today?

Google Maps was mentioned here to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2368911&page=9?
[Desire Android Development] WatsonDue:
For me, this ROM actually is much better than VJ's one. Faster, more stable, and battery seems to last a bit longer.

It has some issues, but they are the same as other JB/CM roms for Desire.
[Desire Android Development] younoob:
Could you please explain what is the "Tearing" fix doing exactly?

I mean, how does the fix work? There is a real bug fix, or it moves tasks from CPU/GPU?

Thank you
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
It changes a few lines in the build prop to stop graphical glitches. Before this fix, you had to disable hw overlays in the developer options, but this would not stick after a reboot. Flashing the tearing fix is persisent.

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[Desire Android Development] nekkers:
I haven't disabled HW-overlays. I flashed the tearing fix, but after a reboot yesterday the HW-overlays still is disabled. In theVJ Rom I had glitches which I could solve by disabling HW-overlays. I'm not shure the tearing fix does what it should do...

But anyway I don't see glitches in this ROM.... :)

It is confusing for me....
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
If you're not experiencing any graphical issues, then there is no need to stress over this...
[Desire Android Development] TimHermans:
Sorry but this I can not support.. :)

If somebody whants to figure something out thoroughly, we should encourage him instead of saying it's not important to know HOW something works if it just works..

No harm meant whatsoever..

Greetz
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Sorry, i didnt mean it like that. I was in school and didnt have much time to post something thorough.

I already kinda explained it above. Also I wasnt actually the one who thought of this fix. It was generously made by [MENTION=4979504]UncannyValley[/MENTION] over here.

Again sorry if that post above, came out rude/ignorant. :)
[Desire Android Development] UncannyValley:
my fix should be the same as setting the checkbox in the dev settings. it just doesnt show it correctly on that checkbox, but there is no tearing, isn't it?

btw. im not completely sure about it, but i think i can confirm random reboots with 2g and none with 3g (as someone posted far above) and using mobile internet (not wifi)
[Desire Android Development] nonline:
[MENTION=4883664]Chromium_[/MENTION]

Have u seen catlog I posted?
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Yep, im a bit busy with school atm. Ill take a better look at it later.
[Desire Android Development] nonline:
Thanks :) I really like Chromium ROM, imo you should keep working on it. It's almost perfect.
[Desire Android Development] nekkers:
No problem.....

I checked the settings and they are as in the explanation what the fix does:

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

For those, the hw overlay fix doesnt work: i fixed it with Android Tuner, setting in System manager's build.prop:

Code:

debug.composition.type = gpu

instead of = mdp

also you should make sure this is also set:

Code:

debug.sf.hw = 1

debug.egl.hw = 1

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
[Desire Android Development] younoob:
Thanks. I was just wondering if it was forcing hw overlays off, or just fixing the tearing somehow.

On a different matter, I have a request and a suggestion for you:

-SUGGESTION: I have seen some people asking for A ChromiumROM based on Android 4.3. In my opinion, this can be quite a time consuming task, and personally I would much prefer if you could just maintain the current version (also remember to update the first two posts).

-REQUEST: Do you plan to make sources available?

As a math professor, I also strongly discourage you to neglect school for coding :angel:
[Desire Android Development] nekkers:
Hello Chromium,

Is there a way to disable a background? I want just black as background without any wallpaper. Is there a setting? Is it possible to do it manually. Where?
[Desire Android Development] Ikkuh84:
Why not choose a black background?

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[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Thanks. Your suggestion is what i will likely do.

As for your request, i plan to eventually upload my stuff to github, but first i want to improve my git skills.

Im still a bit confused on the process of how to push it to the remote branch, without having to upload every single repo (around 20gb).

I've only really modified a couple repos within the source:

-android/bionic

-android/frameworks/base

-android/packages/apps/settings

-android/frameworks/opt/telephony

-android/device/htc/bravo

-android/hardware/libhardware

IIRC i havent touched anything else.
[Desire Android Development] nekkers:
I cann't find a black background. So I choised one and now I cann't dump it
[Desire Android Development] Ikkuh84:
:confused: Download the black wallpaper Chromium provided a few posts above on your phone, set as wallpaper. You could even make a black wallpaper with paint :angel:
[Desire Android Development] younoob:
Ok thanks. Could you please tell me what machine do you use for compiling, and how much time it takes to actually compile the ROM? On my computer I can compile the linux kernel quite quickly, but it seems CM10.x is a lengthy process.

I have no idea what bionic is, never wrote a single line of code for android.

As for github, it's here to stay. So better to learn some. Desire is quite old hardware now, and even if it will be used for many years due to international large base, I am not sure that people will continue to develop for it much further. So I really hope that you would upload sources quick enough (ok ok, that's mainly because I want to start to play with android, and the easiest way is to try with some hardware I have, and this is my favorite ROM to try to tweak).
[Desire Android Development] nekkers:
Thanks for the background. But somewhere there must be a setting in some file where I can remove the default wallpaper...... I think. :)

In which file are all these kind of settings stored..?
[Desire Android Development] nonline:
Launcher settings but trebuchet doesn't allow to set a single color background. :confused:
[Desire Android Development] renw0rp:
Hello,

The ROM is great, works stable and as fast as it gets. I switched 2 weeks ago from Nikez (4.2.2 p4).

I have a question - is voice typing supposed to work? The button does not appear on the keyboard (even though it is selected in the options). Does it depend on GApps? (I installed small GApps which you linked to).

Talking about what we (or at least I :P) would like to see (except of stability/performance/bug etc. fixes):

* soft keys become not really usable in panoramic mode. Is it possible to make them rotating properly (that the back button is not outside of the screen) or just disable soft keys rotation?

* It might be nice to see more CPU governors (some conservative and maybe smartass or something)

* when I talk on Viber the soft keys do not really hide when the proximity sensor triggers, because of that i press something all the time with my face.

except of this it works pretty good :)

best regards!
[Desire Android Development] Ikkuh84:
I really don't see the problem... Just download a background, in this case just a black one, and set it as wallpaper. Launchers don't make a difference between colors or photo :confused:

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[Desire Android Development] nekkers:
... and Nova? I cann't find it.

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

... now I'm getting curious... Where are that kind of setings stored.... I already set it as a wallpaper.:good:
[Desire Android Development] nonline:
You can find Nova Laucher in Google Play Store, basic version is free. It's fast, stable, and got more options than stock trebuchet.
[Desire Android Development] Ikkuh84:
As s I understand it all you want is a black background in your launcher on your homescreens? So all you have to do is select black wallpaper and set it as wallpaper... Or do you mean something very different?
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
I build on my Dell Inspiron n5110 laptop, dualbooting win7 and ubuntu 13.04. Its got a i5 2450m, and 6gb of ddr3 ram. My ubuntu partition is only 100gb and its a hard disk drive (not solid state). It usually takes me 110 minutes (just under 2 hours) to compile a clean build of cm10.1 without using ccache. (i feel like using ccache produces a buggier rom, which is why i dont use it to compile my bigger stuff like this rom). When i do use ccache i can compile in around an hour though.

For github, would it be beneficial to you if i only upload the repos that i have made changes in?

That way you can sync with cm then just add my repos & overwrite the original cm ones. Also it probably wont work out of the box, due to the new commits that cm has made (one of the reasons i dont plan to resync my repo anytime soon :p). You'll have to dig around and make some changes before it actual compiles successfully...but when it does, man does it feel good :)

I think i might have removed the apk for voice search. You can try googling for it and install it in /system/app.

I'll try to see if i can fix the back button being cut off.
[Desire Android Development] nonline:
Ha, I found what I'm missing in this rom, DSP Manager :P
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
You can flash this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2393138
[Desire Android Development] Ikkuh84:
You can also use Audio Beats provided in the VJ threat, works great on this rom.

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[Desire Android Development] nonline:
I just instaled via recovery "awensome beats", need to check this out now :P
[Desire Android Development] Ikkuh84:
Sorry, I did mean that one. Great sound

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[Desire Android Development] nonline:
Works fine with newest Apollo but, it's just a phone. I don't expect superior quality :P
[Desire Android Development] younoob:
It would be great!! If you plan to fix some bugs in the next weeks I can wait to get the new code. But I am not in a hurry in general. My Desire is mainly used by an old lady and I plan just to use it to test.

Ok. I have a reasonable IvyBridge+8GB desktop at the university, so it should be at least as quick. I never actually coded on something as big as android. Let's hope it will not be source of brain strokes
[Desire Android Development] gavrochelegnou:
remove softkeys

Hi, this rom is really nice thanks a lot !

Is there a way to completely remove the softkeys ?

I didn't find any option in the settings and nothing to flash ...

Thanks a lot
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Yes there is a way. Read the second post of this thread, its there.

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[Desire Android Development] gavrochelegnou:
Oh great !

I read it before but thought the "navigation bar" was the top bar not the bottom one.

Thanks a lot !
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
No problem.

Top bar=status bar

Bottom bar=navigation bar

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[Desire Android Development] nekkers:
After one week on this ROM I'm still very satisfied with it. I had some doubts about its battery consumption, but I it doesn't differ much from the VJ rom. I plan to stay with this rom and hope Chromium will continue developing and supporting it. :good: