yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire Android Development] Pai Mei:
I installed last version of this ROM (v 5) and it seems to work very well. Thanks chromium... Again!

Two questions:

1- fly-on mod script need to be flashed?

2- picasa's sync doesn't work. How can I solve this problem? In previous version (4.5) it worked good.

Thanks!
[Desire Android Development] RoyW:
So..google has recently put their camera app on play store:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera

but after I updated our camera app, I found that lots of the original functions are lost, like white balance, panorama or countdown.

So it is our hardware not supporting the new camera app?
[Desire Android Development] TheValnar:
The fly-on-mod is just to improve the smoothness and have some tweks.

It is for you own benefit if you flash it. :fingers-crossed:
[Desire Android Development] lukasspro777:
Hey guys, is it normal for the Settings to be so extremely slow on RC5? Nearly every single settings group freezes the phone and gains SU rights a thousand times before the phone unfreezes and lets me change settings.
[Desire Android Development] gps3dx:
I think this happens only after fresh installing the ROM and booting for the 1st time ONLY / before enabling the TWEAKs under settings ( as writen in the OP ).

After a restart from that point - no problems at all. :cowboy:
[Desire Android Development] lukasspro777:
I did enable Loopy Smoothness, but enabling Speedy Modified completely screws up the UI as in : after rebooting, the background is black, scrolling through screens makes the screen flicker, and the previous screen stays "burnt in". It's weird
[Desire Android Development] gps3dx:
Did you install RC5 after FULL wipe ?

Did you choose ENGLISH US on the 1st boot after the installation ?

In recovery, did you install anything but the files that are provided in the OP ?

What did you install in recovery ( there are some file provided in the OP, that shouldn't be installed on RC5 ):confused:
[Desire Android Development] lukasspro777:
Yeah, it was a full wipe. I repartitioned my card with the EXT4 recovery, just like the tutorial said. After that I wiped everything (even though it already was after partitioning). Then I installed the ROM, rebooted, installed the Gapps, rebooted, didn't get to M2SD just yet. But I followed the instructions letter by letter and didn't flash anything else besides it.

Then I enabled those two tweaks, the Speedy one screws up the homescreen UI after reboot, and when it's off, everything works fine. Loopy one works normally without bugs. I didn't install the On The Fly script nor the optimized dalvik libraries (says it's not compatible with builds over RC3).

But yeah, basically, it's a clean-installed ROM and it gives issues when I enable Speedy Modified
[Desire Android Development] UncannyValley:
I found out that my phone is still set to 1036Mhz (although i thought i changed it back to 998) and its still stable. Strange, but good :)
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
1 - No, already included.

2 - Try flashing the CamFix.zip under the RC5 changelog in the OP

Like someone previously said, I only experienced the settings being slow on the first boot while I was activating the init.d options. After rebooting, everything is good and speedy.

Thanks, you seem to have found the cause of the graphic problems. :) So people that are frustrated by the tearing, just disable the Speedy modified init.d script. If you dont want to disable it, the graphical problems are temporarily solved by settings > developer options > restart systemui
[Desire Android Development] lukasspro777:
Well I didn't hope I'd find the source of the issue, but you're welcome! :D Maybe it's best to mention it in the OP, since that's where I saw the instruction to activate Speedy Modified
[Desire Android Development] GDB007:
Did a full wipe, installed Rom RC5, rebooted, after choosing English language in Setup Wizard, Setup Wizard is force closing. Whats wrong?
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Sounds like you didnt properly do a full wipe. If you did it and installed the rom, you shouldnt even have come accross the setup wizard (its not included in the rom...its in the gapps). Make sure you are wiping everything other than the sd: system, data, cache, dalvik, sd-ext

In 4ext just choose "format all partitions (except sdcard)".
[Desire Android Development] UncannyValley:
Oh you sneaked in some fix for the camera ;)

But first thing after boot i get is android.process.media stopped and it reboots, still fails, wiped dalvik, still fails... camera works again now, but i get that error all the time. :confused:

I wonder what tearing are you talking about? Didnt notice any difference between speedy and no-speedy...
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Try shutting down completely then booting back up.

It happens randomly I guess. You may have used Windows XP on an old computer and experienced this:

Its a very similar situation. Basically the launcher just draws on top of itself in an endless loop of insanity. Its actually quite fun and entertaining if you ask me :)

Ill try to take a video next time it happens.
[Desire Android Development] AlexOB1:
I had exactly that when the sd-ext partition was too full.

In my case wiping dalvik would temporarily fix things (as it clears space) but then shortly after booting the phone the sd-ext would refill. Obviously reflashing will clear space for you in the same way.

I've expanded the sd-ext partition to 2GB and now all is okay.

Check the free space on your drives with mounts2sd.
[Desire Android Development] jukyO:
Anyone succesfully flashed m2sd zip from OP in TWRP? I get update-binary error.
[Desire Android Development] Pai Mei:
I flashed that .zip but it doesn't solve picasa's sync issue.

Maybe I have to use gallery.apk from RC 4.5 version?

Or maybe in this ROM is not present a particolar sync.apk for photos (as chromebookmarksyncadapter.apk for bookmarks sync)?

Thank you!

EDIT: I solved replacing gallery2.apk in /system/app with the gallery apk taken from previous rom version. It works great!
[Desire Android Development] karo222:
Hi Chromiun,

I have added xperia kitkat launcher to system and never had wallpaper problem anymore

I suggest use this launcher instead of Nova . It is really small size

Here is the Link

Copy to system/app and set permissions
[Desire Android Development] gps3dx:
1. Odd... I have "speedy modified" enable and I'm not experiencing any graphics glitches.

My installation is as follows:

1. ROM RC5

2. M2SD zip

3. Fly-On mod

4. removed EXT4 journaling ( from here )

5. SuperSU v1.94

Then: restart-> enable init.d as in the OP-> checked M2SD config that is OK as in the OP->reboot to recovery

6. installed Gapps from OP.

My current init.d enabled switches are:

Zipalign

Clear Cache

Sleeping

Wifi Sleep

IOstats

SetReNice

SuperTweaks

Speedy modified

Loopy Smooth

The only time I'm having some weird behavioral is only after "HOT reboot", I get sometimes an error, like when MediaScanner isn't working.:confused:

( but I didn't change it settings at all - I should be configured as "enabled" ).

2.

On another subject

The camera did work after the first few restarts... but after a while, It stop working as reported by a lot of ppl here.

After flashing the CamFix it works again.

A question though: What is the best COMPLEX/Advanced camera app that can work flawlessly with our desire ?

I tried to use LevonoCamera, but after taking a shot, I cannot see the photo till about 2-3 min ! ( with the regular "camera" app that the rom got, it works without any problem ).
[Desire Android Development] UncannyValley:
Ok thanks, that seem to have helped. So is there a difference between Reboot option and powering off/on?

CameraZoomFX crashes, but this might be due to its latest update too. VideocamIllusion works (just crashes on close) and Tasker also shoots photos without triggering that error. :good:

Oh that, i've had this and fixed it by setting a wallpaper. Seemed to me like background was missing. I think it only happened after flashing the ROM and restoring old Nova settings. Would call it smearing, not tearing, though :p

Btw. in Quake games it was called Hall of Mirrors, when you looked 'outside' of the map... :)

Not me. Allready complained a while ago: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=51404365&postcount=725
[Desire Android Development] or1m:
Hi,

that is not my case, my drives are almost empy...

Wiping the cache nor dalvik did not help either,

only

reflash ROM + Mounts2SD from OP again.

And then CameraFix, too.

However, it is 2 days now since the last disaster, so I am scared now...

Sometimes I have to reboot 3 to 5 times because my wallpaper is missing

suddenly after reboot and there is that nasty graphical smearing effect in launcher...

I do not know, what to think, where to look.

Specs: 4ext recovery + 250/5/182 hboot + 1GB sd-ext + full wipe + ROM + mount2SD + camera fix + xposed
[Desire Android Development] UncannyValley:
Im struggling with this playstore problem once again...

This (symlinking download dir from /data to /cache) should help a bit. Still i can not install a 16MB app update (/data has 35MB free).

Cleaning cache didnt help much, freed like 3kb on /data . Cleaning /system cache prolly doesnt help here, also reset the wallpaper to default

Dont wanna backup and copy apk from my tablet to the desire every time i want to update a paid app... :(

I guess the only solution would be to use a hboot with bigger data partition?
[Desire Android Development] genseng:
It's been discussed previously. Use a service to download per Chromium's suggestion, or enable data in m2sd, reboot, install, disable data in m2sd and reboot.
[Desire Android Development] jukyO:
Tried replacing update-binart with one from rom, no go. Will play with updater script a bit when I find some time.

---------- Post added at 09:03 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:01 AM ----------

Do we need to rename it beforehand? Or just like that?
[Desire Android Development] karo222:
No it's not necessary
[Desire Android Development] genseng:
Here's a logcat where wifi wasn't working with what seems the relevant info.

W/CommandListener( 79): Failed to retrieve HW addr for wlan0 (No such device)
D/CommandListener( 79): Setting iface cfg
I/ActivityManager( 2309): Process com.android.contacts (pid 10943) has died.
E/WifiStateMachine( 2309): Unable to change interface settings: java.lang.IllegalStateException: command '349 interface setcfg wlan0 0.0.0.0 0 down' failed with '400 349 Failed to set address (No such device)'
I/wpa_supplicant(11334): Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
D/dalvikvm(11274): Note: class Landroid/app/ActivityManagerNative; has 182 unimplemented (abstract) methods
I/Choreographer( 2451): Skipped 40 frames! The application may be doing too much work on its main thread.
D/WifiMonitor( 2309): startMonitoring(wlan0) with mConnected = false
D/BluetoothAdapter( 2451): 1105330320: getState() : mService = null. Returning STATE_OFF
W/ManagedEGLContext( 5131): doTerminate failed: EGL count is 2 but managed count is 1
E/wpa_supplicant(11334): Could not read interface wlan0 flags: No such device
E/wpa_supplicant(11334): wlan0: Failed to initialize driver interface
E/memtrack(11274): Couldn't load memtrack module (No such file or directory)
E/android.os.Debug(11274): failed to load memtrack module: -2
E/memtrack(11369): Couldn't load memtrack module (No such file or directory)
E/android.os.Debug(11369): failed to load memtrack module: -2
E/WifiHW ( 2309): Supplicant not running, cannot connect
E/WifiHW ( 2309): Supplicant not running, cannot connect
E/WifiMonitor( 2309): startMonitoring(wlan0) failed!
E/WifiStateMachine( 2309): Failed to setup control channel, restart supplicant
I/wpa_supplicant(11390): wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:90:4c:5f:00:2a (SSID='####' freq=2412 MHz)
I/wpa_supplicant(11390): wlan0: Associated with 00:90:4c:5f:00:2a
I/wpa_supplicant(11390): wlan0: WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:90:4c:5f:00:2a [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP]
I/wpa_supplicant(11390): wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:90:4c:5f:00:2a completed (auth) [id=1 id_str=]
E/KeyguardHostView( 2451): Error when trying to bind default AppWidget: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: not a appwidget provider: ComponentInfo{com.cyanogenmod.lockclock/com.cyanogenmod.lockclock.ClockWidgetProvider

Attached are logcats where the boot fails with android process errors - a reduced log and the full version as well.
[Desire Android Development] Dragonji:
Well, yeap, but keep in mind there's a possibility to have a sd-ext partition for such :good:
[Desire Android Development] yeahman45:
thx for your work. I am currently using 4.3.. how is camera compared to 4.3? is it the same? does gps work?
[Desire Android Development] grizzlayleslay:
Hi all,

I have a spare HTC Desire CDMA (aka the bravoc) and I do NOT use it for making phone calls nor do I plan to. Since development for 4.4 ROMS for the CDMA-based Desire don't exist, I figured I'd at least try and flash a GSM-based ROM onto the device anyway. You know, for giggles.

I'd like to flash this particular ROM onto the phone, but 4EXT is giving me grief about the ROM being for "bravo" devices (gsm) instead of what I have, a bravoc (cdma).

Is there any way I can flash this ROM onto my HTC Desire CDMA? Again, I don't use this phone for cellular calls, at all. I am deliberately trying to be brazen with this phone as it was lent to me by a friend and neither of us care what happens to it. I'm simply looking to see what happens when we throw caution to the wind.

The question is, can it be done, and if so, what recovery tool is going to allow me to FORCE this ROM to be flashed onto this phone? Any insight/advice would, of course, be appreciated.
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Like others said, i highly doubt it works.

Camera is great for me. Maybe a bit better than 4.3. Theres no glitching, very smooth, takes nice shots.

However video recording does not work (Ive only tried with the stock app...it might work with thrid party apps).

Unzip the rom, go to META-INF\com\google\android, open the updater script, and remove the first line:

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "bravo" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "bravo" || abort("This package is for \"bravo\" devices; this is a \"" + getprop("ro.product.device") + "\"."););

Save the edited file, and rezip the rom. Then flash it.

This isnt the safest thing to do, so if you are doing this make sure you do indeed have a desire. (In your case, you said that you dont care what happens to it, so...but i wouldnt think anything too bad would occur).
[Desire Android Development] grizzlayleslay:
Thank you for the advice.

I take it that I'm going to need to compress it another way, as the good ol' right-click-and-zip method was not appreciated by the 4EXT recovery (error of "this zip file isn't meant to be flashed in recovery!"). What am I supposed to be compressing this zip in so that 4EXT will flash it proper? I should point out that I'm on a Mac. I have access to Windows machines, so I'm going to try 7zip next and see where that gets me.

The desire is strong, as are the puns :D
[Desire Android Development] bundo111:
GPS works well.

As Chromium_ said, camera is better than on 4.3. It is lag free and fast. Panorama is also working. Video recording isn't working, but you can use 3rd party app (I use Videocam Illusion, 480x320 works withouth lags).

Np man, thank you on this rom :highfive:

At one point today I even had 279 free ram :victory:

And btw.found one more bug: when using torch on lockscreen, led turns off as soon as the phone screen goes off.
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Here i did it for you: https://www.mediafire.com/?ksu1s271fbgcgal

I think i saw a fix for that somewhere on github. Ill check it out.
[Desire Android Development] Ikkuh84:
I presume that you mean with 279 mb free ram which you can see when you open recent apps? At least with Gravity Box I can see how much free ram I have, and mostly its around 80-109 mb.

And that is with Evervolv Nightly build... So, if I install this Rom I should also have around 279 mb free, or somewhere around that number? :eek:

Too bad that wake up with trackball doesn't work yet, cause that's the dealbreaker for me, for now. So I will wait patiently for next build with hopefully that fix :D
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Yep, with no apps running i usually have around 300mb free. Even when i open lots of apps, i pretty much always have at least 200mb free. Havent seen it go below that :D

The lack of trackpad wake is annoying for like a day, but then you get used to it. Once i have some time (probably this weekend) Ill add it.
[Desire Android Development] Ikkuh84:
:victory: You've convinced me... Downloading rom right now, and installing right after :o

Strange that with Evervolv rom I have only around 80-100 mb free. Huge difference...

Maybe when you can fix trackball, install it like a .zip would be awesome, instead of installing new rom
[Desire Android Development] grizzlayleslay:
Thank you, that's very kind of you!

Well, I tried my own, and then I tried flashing yours, neither work. It just sits at the HTC logo screen.

No worries, back to 2.3.7 (and the drawer) for this phone. You never know until you try, thanks again!
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
No problem. If you are feeling really desperate, you could give this a try: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2161520

I cant guarantee that it'll work (as its meant for ics/jb), but i guess it may be worth a try.
[Desire Android Development] deepgrass:
I can't use Keyboard too.

"Unfortunately, Android Keyboard (AOSP) has stopped". Happen to both English (UK) and English (US).

Using 4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.4. Flash with full wipe.
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Try English Canada. Thats what i used.

Im really confused by this keyboard thing. Can some more people comment on their experience with the keyboard crashing/being successful and there setup (recovery, what language, etc.).
[Desire Android Development] deepgrass:
Change the Language to English (Canada) and reboot still fc.

The solution is to reflash the rom and choose English (Canada) at installer.

off topic, is there a real difference between the language English (Canada) and English (US)?

EDIT: I found my answer, learn something new today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_English
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Yes, so basically you MUST choose any English language on the first boot. If you accidentally choose a different language and continue, you will need to do a full wipe/reflash otherwise you will get constant crashes as well as other problems.

Note that after going through the initial setup in English, you are free to use whatever keyboard that you want. This means that you can go into the playstore and install Google Keyboard. After that you can change the language of the keyboard.

Canadian english is extra polite and forgiving. Also "eh" is included in the dictionary by default. :p

(Canadian stereotypes for those who are confused)
[Desire Android Development] deepgrass:
In my experience, I need to choose English (Canada) on the first boot. English (UK) does not work.
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
I think US works too. Haven't tried UK.
[Desire Android Development] bundo111:
Yes, that's what I thought :)

Actually, I don't even remember having gb rom with this amount of free ram, so it's pretty refreshing to have 250+ free mb on Desire.

I chose English (UK) at first boot, not a single fc.
[Desire Android Development] Ikkuh84:
[MENTION=4883664]Chromium_[/MENTION]

I have to go back to nightly unfortunuatly... Same problem as I had with your JB builds:

When I use mounts2sd in your rom, Xposed modules won't be enabled at a reboot, only with a hotboot can I use Xposed.

It saids that Xposed module isn't installed (while everything is green, and all are same number)

I don't have this problem with nightly version...

:crying:
[Desire Android Development] bundo111:
Is there a way to make themes affect phone app, camera, etc. (themes don't change their icons, as they should). And I am looking for some solution that changes icons in app drawer, not like Icon Changer from Play Store.
[Desire Android Development] UncannyValley:
What do you mean by 'service' ?

Rebooting twice for updating an app unfortunatly is a bit overkill. Prolly its still faster to copy the apk from my other device then...

Thanks for pointing it out though.
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
I believe what youre looking for is an icon pack.

I think he's just referring to an alternative place to get apks from. ie. 1Mobile market, f-droid, etc.
[Desire Android Development] bundo111:
When I use an icon pack or cm theme, I can't get all icons changed. E.g. phone and camera have default icon, while browser and other icons are changed. So is there any way to change those icons, but not only change them in launcher's panels, but also in launcher's app drawer?

Screenshot
[Desire Android Development] genseng:
Yes, your post responding to the same question a few pages back (OK, it's more like 30 pages now...).

Here's Chromium's post with a better description of the work around referencing 1Mobile Market. Generally if you can sideload the application, the installer will detect the m2sd space appropriately. However, Google Play does not and will report not enough space for big applications. If you cannot find a version of your app to sideload then a reboot while changing the m2sd settings as I described will get around the problem. It's only needed for big apps of which I only have a handful that update at most once per month. For most of my apps <10MB Play store just installs them. I also do the initial installations as a restore from Titanium Backup which saves a lot of time on a clean ROM install.
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Nice screenshot, looks good. With nova you can change individual app icons on the homescreen and in the app drawer. For homescreen icons. just long press > edit > click on the icon to choose a new one. For app drawer icons, open the app drawer > long press and the icon you want to change and drag it to the top where it says Edit. I attached the icons that youre missing.
[Desire Android Development] MICH_**:
How did you make it look like this?
[Desire Android Development] UncannyValley:
Ok, but other markets are no option for play store paid apps, as i explicitly mentioned in my previous post.

So i just copied over the apk from my tablet now.
[Desire Android Development] genseng:
Yes in addition to paid apps there are other reasons for not using alternative sources such as potentially compromised apk's. This is why I make the settings changes in m2sd and deal with the reboots. For the record I have a handful of apps from Fdroid and the Amazon App store.

Your method is another good work around. Use adb or a root explorer app to pull the apk from one device and copy to another. Does this work with private apps like Swiftkey? Titanium Backup would allow for the same (just copy the backup to another device and restore).

Of the three Android devices I have access to, the Desire is probably the best performing! For me, I think dealing with the reboots is easier...
[Desire Android Development] UncannyValley:
Yes, i just used TiB to do this for SwiftKey. Shows up in playstore as up to date now.

Didnt want to wait for reboots and copying all the /data so i used gdrive to copy the backup. If theres more updates to do, rebooting might be easier though.
[Desire Android Development] nonline:
Transparent bars - there is an option in nova launcher settings (I think most modern launchers are supporting it).

Icons - HTC CM9/CM10 Theme from market :) e.g https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thomassafca.theme.htcsense but there are also free :P
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
And the wallpaper from here.