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[Desire Android Development] 350Rocket:
Everything is working pretty good here. Just flashed it today at lunch but spent a couple hours setting it up and everything is working except camera which I forgot I was going to flash the camera fix, and MMS which I still have to install another messaging app.

It feels way faster than the cm10 based chromium rom I tried right before this. Maybe I messed up something on that one, I was being more careful with this install.
[Desire Android Development] otlet:
Hop update to 5 from 2?

Wysłane z mojego HTC Desire za pomocą Tapatalk :)
[Desire Android Development] nekkers:
... new compiled version?

Hello Chromium,

I'm still on version 4.5, and following this thread about version 5. Apart from the wifi problem and an occasional lockup, I have few problems. I would like to install a next version, but I have a little doubt about it, because there were some problems with the installation. It's my daily phone, so I need it to work.

My question is, do you plan a fresh recompiled version with the fixes so far, based on the latest Beanstalk. A version that can be installed without problems and that has a fix for the wifi thing. If so, when will it be available?

Thanks?
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Do a full wipe. (system, data, cache, dalvik, sd-ext)

Flash ROM

Reboot

Flash GApps

Reboot

Profit

The majority of people who reported problems with the installation of RC5 didnt follow the instructions exactly.

As long as you properly do a full wipe of all partitions (except sdcard) prior to installing, you really shouldnt have any issues.

Also make sure that you dont flash the gapps right after the rom. You need to flash rom, reboot, flash gapps, reboot. As long as you do this all should go well.

The only other problem I saw that was reported is that sometimes the phone might auto-read your language from your sim card. Since the keyboard only includes english (to save space), the keyboard will start to crash. In this case I guess you could either install with the sim removed (and put it back in after), or just go to settings and choose english.

I currently dont see any major problems with RC5, so I see no need for an update at this time.

Once I get some time I'll compile a build of the latest beanstalk, but I will wait for Scott to include some of the new features of the custom rom community, mainly PA's "Hover".
[Desire Android Development] Gil-:
The only bugs you can have with RC5 are :

- If you disable Wifi it get stuck -> reboot

- At boot the media process might crash over and over -> reboot and wipe dalvik

Except that everything works fine :)
[Desire Android Development] 350Rocket:
I installed the fixed camera and gallery apk and it worked. All I have left is to get MMS working. Other than that the only bug I see after 24 hours is a bit if delay/flicker when I turn off the screen and occasionally a small delay waking the screen.
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
This isnt happening to me anymore. Proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4twrZkJQRo

Yeah, this happens occasionally. Not too often though.

MMS supposedly works through the Chomp sms app.
[Desire Android Development] htc_desire_luke:
screen still going crazy and flickering

so I tried the restart systemUI and that worked fora while, but still goes crazy and flickery, I am not too sure how stable this rom is?

any other advice welcome
[Desire Android Development] Gil-:
For the media service bug it happend every time I reboot.

So at every reboot I have to wipe dalvik then it starts correctly.

(I use another Theme, don't know if it's related...)

But those bugs weren't there at first. But now it's every time.

Maybe time to flash :)
[Desire Android Development] nekkers:
.... oké but does autoconnect to know wifi-networks work? In 4.5 I cann't get it to work....

This never happend to my in 4.5....

Should I do a fresh install? Or can I do a dirty flash...?

.... I thought I read about some minor fixes and improvements you wanted to include...?
[Desire Android Development] Gil-:
Yes the autoconnect works perfectly !

I think you can do dirty but to get smooth experience it's best to do clean
[Desire Android Development] AlexOB1:
I've just noticed Chromium that you recommend 1.5gb max for sd-ext. Any reason for this?
[Desire Android Development] otlet:
I can update rom without fullwipe?

Wysłane z mojego HTC Desire za pomocą Tapatalk :)
[Desire Android Development] 350Rocket:
No issues here with data or WiFi connecting so far but I only turn them on when I'm going to use them. Don't worry about it auto connecting when I come home.

Very stable so far and it feels even smoother with Google now launcher I installed last night.

Also battery seems the same as everything else.
[Desire Android Development] deepgrass:
It need certain internal storage (eg 500 mb) to support the ext storage (eg 1.5GB).

If you have any extra ext storage it won't get use and wasted.

Yes you can. But if you experience problem, you will be suggested to full wipe install before posting issue to here.

See feeback below.
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Auto-connecting to WiFi is still not working perfectly. Sometimes it auto-connects, and sometimes it doesn't. I'd say its around 50/50.

I would recommend a clean install to minimize the possibility of bugs.

Technically it will work with partitions bigger than 1.5gb, but I just said 1.5gb max as a general guideline.

I've seen some people have stability issues when they create partitions that are around 2gb+

Yes, but you may encounter issues. Therefore its highly suggested that you do a full wipe prior to installing.
[Desire Android Development] manoloyloles:
Dirty install from 4.5 done some days ago... and no big issues. At least, not different from the ones commented here by clean installers :cowboy:
[Desire Android Development] Mr.Mefisto:
HTC Desire (Bravo) Index!

From now on you will find this custom Rom on HTC Desire (Bravo) Index! Good work Chromium!
[Desire Android Development] nonline:
Damn, with this rom I don't find any reasons to buy a newer device, geez. PLZ stop doing it, I gonna stuck with desire 4 ever :crying:

:D
[Desire Android Development] 350Rocket:
Considering its age, this phone with this ROM is doing pretty good. Occasional minor glitches but pretty solid. Only problem for me is I came back to this phone from newer faster phones like the HTC one s and a short time with an s3. So I feel the difference. But if I never had a newer phone this would seem fine.
[Desire Android Development] greek_lover_69:
Hello!

looks like really good work! This Phone belongs to my father and was nearly stock till some hours ago.... I choose to go with this rom. I noticed though that the phone has become somehow laggy and unresponsive. before the whole procedure it used to be much faster. What could the issue be here? is the phone maybe not fast enough for KitKat? and i created a 1gb ext4 partition but when i look in the phone settings-storage this ext4 partition doesnt show up anywhere!

+USB tethering does not work at all! when I plug in the USB nothing happens

I choose than USB mass storage (the only option and the phone hang up)

any ideas? thanks!!!!
[Desire Android Development] htc_desire_luke:
problems with sliding displays

After a week or so, it now seems like the phone has settled, and everything at the mo is working ok :good:
[Desire Android Development] nonline:
And it does not work in any 4.x.x roms.

Ext won't be shown in phone storarge settings...
[Desire Android Development] greek_lover_69:
ohh really...? I thought that didnt work on JB and ICS.. sorry my bad!

so how do I sue the Ext4? after installing the programs just "throw" them in there?
[Desire Android Development] nonline:
If u installed mount2sd correctly everything is automated and maintained by desire itself.
[Desire Android Development] nekkers:
Just to let you know.

Installed rc5 yesterday. I made a backup of my settings in my google account but I couldn't restore those settings (wifi networks, password and so on...) in a fresh rc 5 installation.... That would have made things a lot easier. Perhaps anyone could make a how-to for this... and Chromium could add this to the first page.

On rc4.5 I used Nova-launcher and if I had made a backup of the settings I should have been able to do a restore

My tip...: Make a backup-up of the Nova-launchersettings before you install an new version ;) :good:

I did some minor modifications in settings and I'm still reading this thread to find some more usefull things.

I'm going to test this week if wifi-autoconnect to known networks is working...

But the overall best news is ' it stable and smooth " :good::good::good:

Thanks Chromium! :):):)
[Desire Android Development] pc boy:
Some advice on how to have a good experience of this rom:

1. Do a manual full wipe, especially for the ext partition since sometimes it's not unmounted properly!

2. Do not change or tamper with anything in /system especially /system/apps!

3. Do not change the launcher (Go, Next or ...)

4. Do not enable Speedy Modified!

I have done these things and now I am having a GREAT experience with this rom!!
[Desire Android Development] 350Rocket:
I'm having good luck using the Google now launcher in place of the stock Nova launcher. I also selected speedy modified.
[Desire Android Development] pc boy:
After using the phone for a while, my widgets get stuck and are not refreshed anymore!! e.g. clock widget, weather etc.

I also don't get massages notification!!

Some Contact names do not show up in massaging and logs as well and just the phone number is shown!

What would be the problem?!!
[Desire Android Development] pc boy:
Found the problem with contact names!

I saved the number in local format e.g. 0123456789, when the person calla me the number is shown with the country code at the beginning e.g. +66123456789 and that's why phone thinks it's a different number and does not show the contact name. I have this problem in massaging and third party dialing apps like exdialer, but the stock dialer is OK!

Have never had this problem before, neither on 4.2.2 nor 4.4!!

Any solutions?
[Desire Android Development] greek_lover_69:
Hello!!

did anyone notice any change in their WiFi reception? I honestly think that with the stock Rom the WiFi reception was quite better!! who is yours?

and can you suggest any decent application- widget for contact favorites like the one Sense had to offer?? I tried various ones but none worked to my liking! thanks!!
[Desire Android Development] SaySayonara:
I've decided to reinstall RC5. This time i've altered the rom with 7zip.

Deleted some apps like google camera, email, exchange, gallery, terminal and added mounts2sd and swapper2. I've also changed the framework (the 2 usb images).

- full wiped everything except sd card twice

- flashed rom

- flashed super su

- cleared dalvik plus cache twice

- fixed permissions in recovery tools

- rebooted

- just unlock the phone

- let the phone settle and do its thing

- went to m2sd and did the settings

- went to swapper2 & did the settings there

- rebooted

- let it settle

- did most of the settings in settings :)

- rebooted in recovery

- flashed gapps

- cleared cache & dalvik- twice

- fixed permissions - twice

- rebooted

- let it settle

- play store -> finish install process

TA DA! :)

No errors, no fc's whatsoever..

Oh, i forgot to mention that i have installed xposed framework & kk module. The only thing that bugs me about this is that the navigation bar color resets itself with every reboot. Other than that, no conflicts..

There are some tips I want to share with you guys:

- one way to know for sure when the phone settled, is to open terminal and check if you can type anything or see the following text "u0_a40@bravo:/ $"

- if you don't see anything or can't type you still have to wait.

- i have about 95 apps now and it takes a while to load all of them

- most of the times i don't see the toast notification (mounts2sd)

- another tip is to install the apps that you want, but do not open them, reboot instead in recovery clear cache + dalvik, reboot and then use them. I never get fc's like this. Plus i batch install apps from sd with easy installer.

- i use rom toolbox lite to change dpi, font, but most important for me, Auto Start Manager (does wonders)

Hope this helpes some of you guys!
[Desire Android Development] pc boy:
and how much free RAM do you get?

Check it from recents Ram bar!
[Desire Android Development] SaySayonara:
I have a few questions for you guys:

1. This is for the Swapper2 users: i've set the swapp size to 256MB. Is it to much? What do u think the right size should be?

2. After deleting some apk files from the rom, i realised there are a few others i would like to delete, but i am not 100% sure i won't mess things up. Is it ok to delete the following?

- BluetoothExt.apk - will bluetooth still work?

- DeskClock - can i install it as a normal apk? (Not on system)

- DocumentsUI.apk

- HTMLViewer.apk

- PrintSpooler.apk

Funny thing: i didn't like Nova that much cos it did not have any free gesture controls so i installed Apex. After that i deleted Nova, but didn't move Apex to system apps. So now i run Apex from ext4 as a user app.

But if i remove the sd,i guess all hell goes loose - just funny, no big deal ;)

As for the ram, check my screenshot. I also use RAM Booster. Donno how much it helps though..
[Desire Android Development] pc boy:
How did you move the network traffic meter to the left? and how did you change the font?

As for the launcher, as far as I know the Nova itself is installed in /data not /system!

And deleting DocumentsUI.apk wouldn't bother you, but the others are tricky!!

How many third party apps do you install? Don't you have any difficulties using toucher pro?

There are many ram boosters in the market! Which one do you use?!!

Can you provide a download link to the rom with the alterations you made?!!
[Desire Android Development] SaySayonara:
- Traffic meeter to the left - xposed installer + kk module (the actual setting is in the kk module) - it took me two tries to install the xposed framework, as the rom has an integrated one already.

- I've changed the font with Rom Toolbox lite - Sony Sketch is the font name.

- My mistake about the location of the launcher, i wasnt very exact, but i hope my message was understood.

- Thank you for the tip about deleting DocumentsUI. I usually try things myself, but this time i was lasy, as i just finished configuring the phone the way i want :)

- at this moment i have 38 apps installed on my ext4 + the rom ones. When i delete dalvik + chache, optimisation says 95 apps.

- I've installed toucher pro just to take that screenshot lol It was impossible with the built one to take a screenshot of the ram bars. It keeps going to the home screen. Deleted it after hehe :)

- this is the play link to the ram booster, but as I've said, I'm not very sure how good it is. Not an expert. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gejos.android.rambooster

- as for the alterations that i did to the rom were very minor. Nothing you can't do yourself. U just need to download the rom on ur pc and install 7zip. Open the rom with it, delete the apk's that are safe to delete and of course that u choose, add the ones u want (just drag into 7zip the apk), close it, copy to sd, flash it.

I use an app to backup every apk that i install. It comes very handy sometimes. You can find it here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.droidsail.dsappremover
[Desire Android Development] nonline:
Unused RAM is a wasted RAM, I don't use any "boosters", KK has a very good and pleasent memory management.
[Desire Android Development] PapaJasy:
Everytime I charge the phone while it is turned off, the artifacts come back. The solution is to wipe dalvik and cache again.
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
You should leave DocumentsUI. If you delete DocumentsUI, when you open the downloads app it will crash.

The rest can be deleted.

This is true.

Settings > Developer options > Restart SystemUI should work.
[Desire Android Development] pc boy:
I had many ooms after installing third party apps (around 110 apps)!!

But when I increased Minfree value from 2048 to 16384 using performance control app everything went right and no ooms now!

How do you see that?!!
[Desire Android Development] greek_lover_69:
share you work! upload the modified ROM. Looks very nice!!
[Desire Android Development] nonline:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo

I got many services which are running in the background like DSP Manager, Mapfactor Navigator, Dropbox, AirDroid (currently removed, I finally found my usb cable), Yahoo Weather (tough one, is capable to make Galaxy S4 literally cry) Google Drive and many more..., and It's perfect smooth. Really. Old days with 4.2.2 and older roms I had to clean memory within each hour by Android Assistant, nowadays AA is not even installed... ;) And I don't care, Desire under KitKat command has a perfect cruise speed, not a warp but highly tolerable.

Here is my humble setup:

There is a wallpaper (if someone asks I made it myself):

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2540931/ASD/HTC/Public/Wallpapers/T1.jpg

Stock font, launcher nova, miui icons... that's all.
[Desire Android Development] Pai Mei:
I'm trying to update some apps from the play store (dropbox, play music, hangouts and google search) but I can't.

I know about the memory problem bound to mounts2sd, so I followed chromium's suggestion to download apk from 1 mobile market but nothing changed: insufficient space.

This is my phone's memory situation:

How can I solve?

Thanks!
[Desire Android Development] Skippernl:
You can try to erase cache and dalvic in recovery most of the time that does the trick for me.
[Desire Android Development] RoyW:
You can also try to move data to ext in m2sd, if you have a good quality SD card.

Moving data usually make your apps respond slower. But if you have a good SD card, the difference wouldn't be noticeable.

(Some people said a higher class SD card is more important. But I just use a class 4 SD card and the performance isn't affected at all after moving data (~200mb). So I guess quality is more important.)
[Desire Android Development] torwag:
User-Feedback

Hi,

here is some feedback after I used the ROM for some weeks.

1. Boot time. It is still ok but I feel it takes much longer to boot compared to other ROMS I used (chromium or CM). Is there a way to turn off the boot-splash and get a console output, thus I could check what is taking that long? (Beside of ADB on a PC could do that)

2. Directly after boot I can see the SystemUI as well as start applications (E.g. reading emails or address contacts). This I can do without entering the SIM-lock pin or using the selected Android lock, which will pop up several seconds later. I think the notorious safety geeks among us would call this a safety issue.

3. Wifi is a bigger problem. I often can't start Wifi at all. Going to the network menu, I can ask to activate it but it will remain off. Sometimes reboot helps, sometimes I need to clear dalvik and cache, sometimes I need to be lucky.

4. I have quite some hard reset. Usually 2-4 a day during moderate usage. The System-UI freezes and seconds later the phone reboots.

5. Sometimes the Display does not turn on again resp. turns on many seconds later. The keys are light up but the display remains dark

I feel that some of the above problems might have to do with the hard resets. This might leave a mess in davlik and cache. Cleaning those usally gives me a better expierence for some time.

Others then this, I feel the ROM is very fast, has heavily increased my battery life (well this is very hard to judge I might simply left a battery eating app out of the currrent installation). It has a lot of nice features and it defenitely will postpone a new device purchase.

Thus, thanks to the devs and I hope the above list gives some room for even further improvement.

If you need more detailed data, please let me know.

Thanks again
[Desire Android Development] nonline:
Step by step:

- wipe cache & dalvik (but cleaning Google Play cache/data should be enough) and reboot device (not necessary when just cleaning GP data)

- after boot go to mount2sd, go to settings tab (with wrench icon, second tab)

- scroll down to "Content", and tap "Data - Move application data to sd-ext"

- close mount2sd

- reboot (booting sequence after this is longer than usual, be patient)

- go to market (gplay) and install, update whatever u want and after...

- open mount2sd, go to settings tab

- uncheck "Data - Move to application data to sd-ext"

- close mount2sd

- reboot (also long boot)

Voila.
[Desire Android Development] nekkers:
My installation steps Chromium RC5

My installation steps Chromium RC5:

- Boot into recovery (ext4 touch)

- Full wipe *

- Flash ROM

- Reboot

- Flash GApps

- Reboot

- Flash M2SD_Apps+Dalvik+Libs.zip

- Start Play Store to load setup for WiFi, Google account, etc.

* Full wipe includes system, data, cache, dalvik cache, .android_secure and sd-ext

- Couldn't restore my Google settings backup.

- Manually installed all apps.

- Flash CamFix.zip

- set wifi regio code in Europe.

- Beanstalk options > Beanstalk Init.d scripts > Clear cache, Enable speedy modified, Enable loopy smoothness

- Developer options > Enable Force GPU rendering

- Developer options > Disable HW overlays (I saw a flicker when starting Evernote and this solved it)

- Mount2SD settings Intern MMC read ahead from 4 kb to 16 kb

Wifi is still not autoconnecting to known networks most of the time.

I had one reboot since last saturday after playing aroud with all kinds of settings.

My question to Chromium:

How can I make "Disable HW overlays" permanent? I think you had a fix for that in one of the Chromium-roms but I couldn't find it.
[Desire Android Development] pc boy:
For those who have WIFI issue!!

Turn wifi on and then go to options/advanced and change the wifi region to US!!

now reboot and you will have your wifi automatically connected after each reboot!

And guys; Do try SWAPPER2!

It has a very fantastic effect on speed and responsiveness of the device, especially if you have dedicated swap partition!!
[Desire Android Development] fr3akBut:
That app hasn't been updated since 2010.
[Desire Android Development] nekkers:
Because I live in Europe I had already changed it to EU. But that didn't fix my wifi problem... :(
[Desire Android Development] UncannyValley:
Well, hell... i tried this method because i had several updates failing. But now it either immediatly pops up "process media" errors all the time or just every time i open the play store (but then the play store closes as well so i cant update anything!). I tried wiping Dalvik (and Cache) several times but that didnt help at all.

Tried to move media to sdext as well, didnt help either.
[Desire Android Development] Skippernl:
Go to recovery and wipe cache and dalvik
[Desire Android Development] Pai Mei:
I tried this method but, in my case, it doesn't work.

I moved data to ext partition when I used RC 4.5 and the phone became very slow although I have a class 10 micro SD. So I avoid doing the same error (maybe my microsd isn't very performant)

This is the only method that works for me although a bit "complicated". Thanks for the trick ? and Thanks to everyone helped me!