yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Desire 500] dummie999:
This looks awesome indeed!

No. You need to update your radio, else you can't make phonecalls

Update with firmware.zip, tutorial somewhere in the thread.

Edit: on further prospect: It might actually work, because ril is untouched. Just be sure to make a backup, and try out

Edit2: on even further prospect: this might actually work for dual sim as well.
[HTC Desire 500] shabaz_53:
I have created a cool flashable htc hand font zip check it out https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7KjEWb29mGDQ2lKRF9PUW1GN0E/edit?usp=docslist_api
[HTC Desire 500] jetboss:
What do I need to be on to use this
[HTC Desire 500] shabaz_53:
Nothing a rooted htc phone with recovery
[HTC Desire 500] dummie999:
Your google docs is restricted access
[HTC Desire 500] shabaz_53:
I have uploaded it on mediafire now check it out
[HTC Desire 500] ufonek:
The first error is caused by a lack of HTC Sense. This item is out to erase.

White area in the settings I can not find where to change.

com.htc.provider.CustomizationSettings setting Sense. That is also unnecessary and comes deleted.

Likewise com.android.providers.calendar.HtcCalendarProvider.

Google gallery and camera are just there because I have not figured out which system applications set the wallpaper.

Holo Launcher is a free version, so I do not know if it would be a problem. The paid version would not dare.

"Also, one request: the dropdown from the top menu with google style but htc form, if you know what I mean. Any chance you can change that??"

So I do not understand.

It would be good to do a typical installation the whole rom including Kang kernel. Which by the way is absolutely amazing. If you wanted to and edit.
[HTC Desire 500] jetboss:
Link?
[HTC Desire 500] shabaz_53:
I have uploaded it on mediafire check it out https://mfi.re/download/y0dd8c3saxscgvb/update_htchandfont.zip

Don't forget to thanks ;)

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https://mfi.re/download/y0dd8c3saxscgvb/update_htchandfont.zip here it is :)
[HTC Desire 500] jetboss:
Thanks man is there a way to restore to default in case of anything?
[HTC Desire 500] vangelis0:
@ ufonet

can you tell us which system applications have you delete?

thnks for sharing your work.. looks promising.. :o
[HTC Desire 500] ufonek:
yes :)

here are:

7digital-htc-tracking-1.0.apk

Automotive_Home.apk

Automotive_InternetRadio.apk

Automotive_Traffic.apk

Basic.apk

Books.apk

Browser.apk

CalculatorWidget.apk

Calendar+nonprime.apk

CIMEXT9.apk

DemoFLOPackageInstaller.apk

Dropbox.apk

Facebook.apk

Facebook_Client.apk

FacebookEngine.apk

FaceLock.apk

Flickr.apk

FlickrEngine.apk

Frisbee.apk

GenieWidget.apk

Gmail.apk

GMS_Maps.apk

GoogleFeedback.apk

GoogleTTS.apk

HoloSpiral.apk

HomePersonalize.apk

HTC_CIR.apk

HtcAirplaneModeWidget.apk

HtcAutoRotateWidget.apk

HtcBackgroundDataWidget.apk

HtcBtWidget.apk

HtcCalendarWidgets.apk

HtcCarGps.apk

HtcContactWidgets.apk

HtcDataRoamingWidget.apk

HtcDataStripWidget.apk

HtcDropboxGLRPlugin.apk

HtcFMRadioWidget.apk

HtcGetStarted.apk

HtcGpsWidget.apk

HtcHotspotWidget.apk

HtcLavaLiveWallpaper.apk

HtcLockScreen_5_DD_DS.apk

HtcMobileNetworkWidget.apk

HtcMusicWidget.apk

HtcNotes.apk

HtcNotesPainterView.apk

HtcNotesProvider.apk

HtcPhotoEnhancer.apk

HtcPowerStripWidget.apk

HtcProfilesWidget.apk

HtcRingtoneWidget.apk

HtcScreenBrightnessWidget.apk

HtcScreenTimeoutWidget.apk

HTCShoeboxEngine.apk

HTCShoeboxShare.apk

HtcSyncWidget.apk

HtcWeatherClockWidget.apk

HTCWeatherClockWidgetAgent.apk

HtcWeatherLiveWallpaper.apk

HtcWiFiWidget.apk

ChromeWithBrowser.apk

Idlescreen_5_Base_DD_DS.apk

IdleScreen_Music_WVGA.apk

IdleScreen_No_lock_screen.apk

IdleScreen_Photo.apk

Idlescreen_productivity.apk

idlescreen_shortcut.apk

IMEXT9Arabic.apk

IMEXT9BahasaIndonesia.apk

IMEXT9BahasaMalaysia.apk

IMEXT9Bulgaria.apk

IMEXT9Croatian.apk

IMEXT9Czech.apk

IMEXT9Danish.apk

IMEXT9Dutch.apk

IMEXT9English.apk

IMEXT9Estonian.apk

IMEXT9Finnish.apk

IMEXT9French.apk

IMEXT9German.apk

IMEXT9Greek.apk

IMEXT9Hebrew.apk

IMEXT9Hungarian.apk

IMEXT9Italian.apk

IMEXT9Kazakh.apk

IMEXT9Latvian.apk

IMEXT9Lithuanian.apk

IMEXT9Norwegian.apk

IMEXT9Polish.apk

IMEXT9Portuguese.apk

IMEXT9Romanian.apk

IMEXT9Russian.apk

IMEXT9Serbian.apk

IMEXT9Slovak.apk

IMEXT9Slovenian.apk

IMEXT9Spanish.apk

IMEXT9Swedish.apk

IMEXT9Turkish.apk

IMEXT9Ukrainian.apk

install_flash_player.apk

JETCET_PRINT_Resources.apk

JETCET_PRINT_S50.apk

KidMode-google.apk

LinkedIn_Fsplugin.apk

LMIRescue.apk

LMIRescueSecurity.apk

Magazines.apk

Mail+nonprime.apk

Music2.apk

MusicVisualization.apk

MyBreeze.apk

MyDropbox.apk

MyGoogleTaskPlugin.apk

MyHTC.apk

MyPen.apk

MySketcher.apk

MyTask.apk

NewsPlugin.apk

Nfc.apk

NoiseField.apk

OneTimeInitializer.apk

PartnerBookmarksProvider.apk

PhaseBeam.apk

Picasa_GLRplugin.apk

PlusOne.apk

PolarisOffice.apk

Prism.apk

Prism_AppUpdate_DummpPackage.apk

Prism_AppUpdate_UpdatingScreen.apk

Prism_LocalFeedProvider.apk

Prism_SocialFeedProvider.apk

Stock.apk

Street.apk

Tag.apk

Talk.apk

talkback.apk

Tips_Help.apk

Tube2_Configuration.apk

Twitter.apk

Twitter_Client.apk

TwitterEngine.apk

WorldClock.apk

YouTube.apk

ZeroEditing.apk
[HTC Desire 500] shabaz_53:
https://mfi.re/download/35olizvipjgp6n8/update_stockfont.zip flash this for stock fonts
[HTC Desire 500] shabaz_53:
Check out this font too ;) http://www.mediafire.com/download/2tqtwcbeiyxok54/update_addisababa.zip
[HTC Desire 500] vangelis0:
nice... :laugh:

i see IMEXT9XXX.apk... It has to do with keyboard language or menu language?

I ask because i'm from Greece and i need greek support language in menu and keyboard..

If yes is there any way to find and install this later? or export them from my phone before i install your rom?

thanks in advance..
[HTC Desire 500] raxerox:
Wow, this is great, I flashed it and I kept getting an error: "sorry, com.htc.bgp closed unespectly", but after a few try I uninstalled the right thing and now everything works great.

There are still a few issues (dpi, laggish), but I'm keeping it and I'm waiting for the next release. Great job!

Hi, everybody btw. Lurking from a long time but never posted anything untill now
[HTC Desire 500] ufonek:
IMEX9 is only a prediction for the keyboard. Can you upload it to the card and return later to system/app. I use TouchpalX, which is much better;) Languages​​ not deleting from the phone menu.

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The error com.htc.bgp after a week of use I've ever seen. It's something with htc calendar and gmail. DPI is changed quite deliberately. The screen is too big for the 240 dpi you can change it in build.prop ro.sf.lcd_density = 200 change to 240. But continued to proceed with the improvements.
[HTC Desire 500] cedrictelint:
Defect power button

Hi,

I have a defect power button and i dont want it to get repaired because HTC is F***** slow..

Is there any way i could use one of my volume buttons as power butto?

Thanks in Advance
[HTC Desire 500] Fliwatt:
The link for the James ROM on the first page is broken, please update.

Fliwatt
[HTC Desire 500] dummie999:
Which one?

1. The next ultimate kernel release is going tos feature doubletap2wake and sweep2wake.

2. You can *not* boot the phone without using the powerbutton, but I could write a kernel mod that allows using the volume butttons to wake it from deep sleep

[MENTION=5719128]ufonek[/MENTION] you need to shrink the size of the /system partition. Else you have 300 mb free in system but no space free in data
[HTC Desire 500] 007gamer:
I will upload the james rom soon.

Greets
[HTC Desire 500] ufonek:
Partition size

[MENTION=5753275]dummie999[/MENTION] The partition size is stored in Hboot. If I'm not mistaken. And for that I am quite scared.
[HTC Desire 500] dummie999:
No, I think it changes if you flash /system as system.img, instead of copying files.

Else, perhaps in the kernel? I once read sth about a kernel module that allowed changing the size of /system on the fly

Edit: I might be wrong. If it is indeed stored in hboot, then it's indeed better to leave it alone, imho.
[HTC Desire 500] ufonek:
@ dummie999 it's even worse. I have free space on the system 1170 megabytes. You know how to reallocate?

Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize

/dev 389M 132K 389M 4096

/mnt/asec 389M 0K 389M 4096

/mnt/obb 389M 0K 389M 4096

/app-cache 8M 0K 8M 4096

/system 1892M 721M 1170M 4096

/data 1261M 598M 663M 4096

/cache 219M 4M 214M 4096

/devlog 31M 15M 15M 4096
[HTC Desire 500] dummie999:
Hmmm, don't really no. On linux I would immediately say parted/gparted, but on android...? Will check if busybox has some usefulness.

Btw: is someone willing to test this boot.img: boot_beta.img

It has doubletap2wake and bidirectional sweep2sleep. Plz tell me if it went on in your pocket accidentally. 1.32/1.26 only as usual
[HTC Desire 500] xkons:
I just got my hands on a htc desire 500. I plan on just modifying it through different apps. I've been a Galaxy S user ever since so I'm actually very used to custom ROMs and being rooted. I will only own this device for two months or so. Would there be away to unroot again?

What are the modifications I should perform? Please help me out :p
[HTC Desire 500] liman3:
Hi all.

I have a question about Desire 500 earphones.

When I tap answer button on them twice phone redials last number called and sometimes changes the song on stock music player.

Im trying to get it to change song only.

Tried couple of programs but always get redial.

Is there any way to get rid of redial and get next song only?

Thanks.
[HTC Desire 500] dummie999:
You can unroot it by selecting unroot in you root app :p

You cannot, however, make the phone look like it was never rooted.

Get used to fastboot instead of odin, google it and find out how it works.

On the first page, there is a tutorial video about rooting.

next, install either the Ultimate kernel or the kangbang kernel

The only custom roms are a few pages back in the thread.

@ everyoneelse Busybox doesn't provide much usefulness, but I found a guy who cross-compiled parted for armv7a, will try
[HTC Desire 500] ufonek:
dt2w works great. S2S is no longer working on the softkeys.
[HTC Desire 500] myabc:
sure, yes, tested... it's a zip!!
[HTC Desire 500] joe-khalil:
update????

is there any rom update????? like more then 4.1.2? or more then 1.20.401.3???????????
[HTC Desire 500] DahakePL:
Not yet,

HTC will update Desire 500 directly to 4.3 and then to 4.4, when it will happen... only HTC itself knows
[HTC Desire 500] drafts:
Hope 4.4.x is coming sone for the HTC Desire 500.
[HTC Desire 500] 007gamer:
Hey guys ive found a way to speed our phone up! Im using it for two days and i think that i will use it for everyday now.

Just download a Kernel Tweaker/CPU App like NoFrills CPU Control, and set the cpu clock speed one higher. (From 245mhz to 320mhz). The Battery Usage is the same and i don't have any problems =) Everything is much smoother.

Greets
[HTC Desire 500] morbete:
Problem with Desire 500

Hello, good morning, thank you in advance, and appreciate the work you do.

My problem is this.

Attempt to root my htc and when I try to release the bottloader,

I give power and volume down button, I go into the menu,

I give bootloader and I get a message saying the usb enabled device is not recognized.

I installed all drivers, and all programs.

tien someone any idea, which may be, thank you very much

sorry for my English, I am Spanish and use a translator
[HTC Desire 500] Fliwatt:
You cannot do that without a Custom Kernel cause the Phone is S-ON
[HTC Desire 500] peterhevesi:
Oh well, didn't know that...

And actually, we might have S-OFF already.. Someone posted this Firewater S-OFF method:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2632385

But nobody reported here, if it works on Desire 500 or not... Has anybody tried it???
[HTC Desire 500] DahakePL:
I have searched some Polish forums and "Firewater and KangBang kernel combo" works and it's S-OFF
[HTC Desire 500] myabc:
please, what does it mean? i don't understand
[HTC Desire 500] peterhevesi:
S-OFF just means " security off ". This term is used for HTC phones...

"Since the Desire, HTC have been securing their phones better than before by locking the internal flash memory (NAND or eMMC) to stop it being written to, unless the file being flashed is signed by a private key only known to HTC. This is controlled by a flag (@secuflag) and is identified as the device being S-ON. Telling the HBoot the device is Security Off (S-OFF) stops this check for the key, and allows us to write anything to any partition."
[HTC Desire 500] waspa:
Hi to everyone.Is posible to change the icon of weather on sense panel?
[HTC Desire 500] myabc:
i know what means s-off but i don't know what sayed dahake about that unknown kernel....
[HTC Desire 500] andeld:
+1 and with smartassv2 governor it feels even smoother. I don't know how you discovered this but it's really amazing. Thanks a lot!
[HTC Desire 500] myabc:
"The Battery Usage is the same" this is simply impossible. the technology law says this is fantasy... goodbye
[HTC Desire 500] peterhevesi:
Kang Bang Kernel is the first custom kernel for our devices: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2600294

Firewater is the method for making your phone s-off : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2632385

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When you guys talk about Battery, I have a question for you... I want to buy another battery for Desire 500, so I have 2 times longer battery life.. I found, that HTC Desire 500 has battery model BA S890... But when I want to buy it on some sites in my country, there is always written, that its for HTC One SV... So, will it work on my Desire 500 ??

And btw, it is much much cheaper than on official HTC website (like about a half of the price)...
[HTC Desire 500] myabc:
for battery it's same article of one sv, i posted some weeks ago... please can you link (in private message) the link for longer battery? thanks
[HTC Desire 500] peterhevesi:
What?? Is there any battery for HTC Desire 500, that last longer than the original one?
[HTC Desire 500] joe-khalil:
:crying:

No there isn't any battery! The htc one sv battery is the exact same battery as the htc desire 500 it has a 1800mah the exact same amoint as our device! So no there is no battery with extanded life! Shame:rolleyes:
[HTC Desire 500] sssimo96:
So its confirmed that Firewater method works?
[HTC Desire 500] jetboss:
Quick question still on stock kernel whats to benefit of either ultimate vs kangbang
[HTC Desire 500] dummie999:
Well, it's not a bug, it's a feature, lol.

I disabled it, but if you want, I can reenable it, and add a sysfs interface. I think the next release is going to have an aroma installer anyway.

On both kernels:

System write protection removed, means no longer install via recovery, delete system apps while the phone is on, etc.

Custom governors and ioschedulers, google that if you don't know what it is.

Ultimate kernel: (software version 1.26/1.32)

Fast charge: allow charging your phone at 1000mA via usb

init.d support: allow running scripts at bootup

Sweep2sleep

And now: doubletap2wake link <-- I only just realized it's in german, it's not a problem for me, but well, just look

Kangbang kernel: (software version 1.20 and possibly below)

Overclocking

Also, the doubletap2wake options:

0 disabled

1 enabled, full screen

2 enabled, bottom part of the screen

Sweep2sleep options:

0 disabled

1 enabled, both directions

2 enabled, sweep from right-> left

3 enabled, sweep from left -> right (or the other way around I can't remember :p)
[HTC Desire 500] AlexVat:
A little off-topic, guys.

I'm sorry to bring you some bad news :(

As others before me I've contacted HTC Support via LiveChat.

Asked them if they know something about an OS update for the Desire 500.

The official answer was "it is too soon to know" :eek:

:eek: After almost an year it's too soon :laugh::laugh::laugh:

Well, at least he did not say "NO" :)

Attached to my post you will find my conversation with them.

I've copy-pasted all the screen in a single PNG file so you can have the flow from start-to-finish.

At least we can keep the hope alive for a little longer;)

PS: maybe others can stress them with this question so they'll know that there are still living people who use this phone :D:D:silly:

Sorry for the not-so-great news:rolleyes: and many thanks to all contributors on this thread :good::good:

Have a great weekend everyone! :highfive:
[HTC Desire 500] AlexVat:
[MENTION=5753275]dummie999[/MENTION] Thank you man for all the interest you show towards the Desire500. Keep up the good work!

I pressed the Thanks button but I wanted to write this post in order to know that your work is appreciated ;)
[HTC Desire 500] ufonek:
I'm sure it will be reenabled. Now i shift the dock in launcher. :laugh:
[HTC Desire 500] dummie999:
There you go. But I was to lazy for a sysfs interface :p
[HTC Desire 500] ufonek:
Now it's perfect :good:
[HTC Desire 500] eexter:
How to switch it?
[HTC Desire 500] ufonek:
In sys/android_touch are two files: doubletap2wake, sweep2sleep. In each one number that you change.
[HTC Desire 500] xkons:
3,04 GB of my internal storage is occupied by "Other". I guess a factory reset wouldn't fix that and that's just all the f*cking bloat that htc has put on this phone. If I would root, how much of that space could I free up?
[HTC Desire 500] dummie999:
This is literally discussed one page back. You could use root to move normal apps to /system, which would free up memory.
[HTC Desire 500] raxerox:
Sorry but I don't remember, 'cause I've deleted a few. I think it was something that has to do with the calender.

I've a question. Is it normal that now I can't move any of my apps to the SD Card? It's the my first time with rooting,..
[HTC Desire 500] xkons:
Alright I unlocked the bootloader, flashed a custom recovery according to my hboot version and then flashed the latest SuperSU package.

Do I know have full root access? Do I really need to install a custom Kernel? What need/use is there for busybox? thanks:silly:

Also is there like a list where you can see what apps in a htc ROM are actually bloat and can be deleted without causing any issues with the OS? for example if I could just delete the kid mode stuff.

And could I replace the htc messaging app with the stock 4.1.2 messaging app without causing any trouble?

I'm not a root noob and I've been rooted on my Galaxy S for at least 2 years now I'm just not used to htc branded ROMs and how to deal with them :/
[HTC Desire 500] dummie999:
Flash my kernel, then you have full root access (first page, ultimate kernel or kangbang kernel)

Check jamesrom

no, I guess, but try it.

Fastboot vs. odin
[HTC Desire 500] xkons:
Thanks.

Any bugs occuring with those Kernels? I'm running 1.32
[HTC Desire 500] dummie999:
No. If you are on 1.32, install the ultimate kernel
[HTC Desire 500] dummie999:
boot_beta3.img

New version, close to release. Plz test and provide feedback.

new features:

add option for doubletap2wake to only work around the center-bottom of the screen, if you get what I mean: option 3

bidirectional sweep2wake: options same as sweep2sleep, but works over complete screen (if it doesn't work, then swipe faster ;) )

vibrate options: 0 off, 1 strength 50, 2 strength 100, strength 200

pushed the source to github
[HTC Desire 500] vangelis0:
doubletap2wake: work. test and option 3.

sweep2wake: work. need fast swipe

vibrate : if you mean vibrate_switch, no changes, try 0,1,2,3
[HTC Desire 500] dummie999:
Doesn't work? I mean vibrate when waking with s2w/dt2w

Also, do you feel s2w left->right has a longer timeout than right->left? Or is that just me?
[HTC Desire 500] 007gamer:
Hi guys, finally ive uploaded the james rom.

Still not based on the newest Stock Rom. I have big problems with unlocking my bootloader again.

But you can still use the Rom. It's still amazing.

PS : Works also on older firmwares.

Single Sim Only

Greets

https://mega.co.nz/#!pgVXEBYC!JMWFsznwM8xT3dUx7-tibXLDnz1Yt_EffF-hvusUbcA
[HTC Desire 500] xkons:
I'm on 1.32 with Ultimate Kernel and the phone is starting to not feel too crappy :/

I'm trying to replace system apps (currently contacts, mms and dialer) from htc with CyanogenMod ones which I received from a dev.

But whenever I replace the apps in /system/app and tap to install the CyanogenMod package so that cashe files are created, the install won't succeed.

Can somebody help me out please?
[HTC Desire 500] vangelis0:
its ok with vibrate now.. I had vibrate key function via phone settings off and that was the problem. I make it on and then it works. Now even if i make it off the function again, still vibrate s2w/dt2w works like a charm :good:

For s2w left and right i don't mension timeout differences. It's the same.
[HTC Desire 500] dummie999:
I'm not very good at this, but I think you should install them first, and then move them from /data/app to /system/app

I'll make a longer timeout for it, then. It's 300 600 1000 ms now, will make it 600 1200 2000

Edit: here's a download: boot_beta4.img
[HTC Desire 500] vangelis0:
works great...
[HTC Desire 500] xkons:
What Xposed modules are you guys using with this phone? :D
[HTC Desire 500] vangelis0:
i use only gravitybox
[HTC Desire 500] MARahnama:
Thanks man It's Awesome .
[HTC Desire 500] nastiv:
App Settings and Advanced Power Menu are pretty useful. I also use greenbatterycircle mod for percentage battery, I missed this from CM ROMs.
[HTC Desire 500] xkons:
could you link me to the battery one you are using? I'm currently using Gravitybox's Kitkat one but I'm curious how yours looks.

Can somebody tell me if I can use Greenify with this device? Got to be sure :silly:
[HTC Desire 500] AlexVat:
If you have root access sure you can :D

Cheers!
[HTC Desire 500] nastiv:
[MENTION=4433736]xkons[/MENTION]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2296698

I use the first one. I also has nice charging animation :good:
[HTC Desire 500] ufonek:
new version

The new version of the transformation package.

Removed more unnecessary applications. Fixed screenshots and wallpaper selection. Replaced DeskClock (thanks TheDarkDefender). Modified installation script.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/shshghopwzhv4ee/D500_1.32_DDK_B2.zip
[HTC Desire 500] xkons:
Lockscreen modification

Since I'm used to Cyanogenmod it kind of annoys me that I first have to move the lock and THEN enter my pattern lock instead of just having the pattern lock there from the start.

Is there a way I can achieve something like this?

From this http://imgur.com/a/pjX6Z to that http://imgur.com/UFZluU7 :fingers-crossed: