yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Yes, I also think that Windows Phone and iOS are far smoother than android. The only thing I hate about iOS is that there are too many restrictions.

I have tried the Nokia Lumia 930 before, and I didn't believe that such a smooth running phone actually existed. Also, Lumia cameras are one of the best phone cameras I have every seen.

However, HTC cameras are not very good. If you look at it, HTC M7 camera wasn't very good, M8 camera was still not good, and also in M9. HTC firmware is also very heavy and the battery in them are really crap.

I would like to recommend a YouTube channel: MKBHD. This one has great reviews. Personally, I always check online for reviews before buying a phone. But, if you consider a Windows Phone, then I recommend Nokia Lumia 930. I think the build material and the design of Nokia Lumia phones are awesome. *Warning: iPhone 6 Plus may bend in your pocket!
[HTC Incredible S] Eternalman:
Ha ha... Thanks for everything, especially the final warning LOL... :D
[HTC Incredible S] davidchuyaya:
I don't see how getting an iPhone is an option if you're having trouble financially?

Wouldn't you like to go for something low priced? Moto G or Zenfone 2?
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
+1

I had problems with all my HTCs

1. HTC Vivo --> broken power button, got it repaired under warranty

2. HTC m7 #1 --> broken mic, got a REFURB for a replacement of a $750 45 day old phone (pissed off at HTC)

3. HTC m7 #2 --> after 3 days the power button kept getting stuck

4. HTC m7 #3 --> Refurb still but this one is still working :)

Also
[MENTION=4412307]neniick[/MENTION] had experience which I would not have been happy about with HTC service centers also
[MENTION=4622338]szezso[/MENTION] also got dogged imo

So bad. HTC needs to life their game... its no wonder why they're in deep poo
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
My uncle and aunty used to have htc one m7 as well. It hadn't even been a year and their cameras started taking pink photos.
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
Its terrible

Even indoors and in like restaurants the pictures turn out a bit pink. Start turning lights off and all you see is purple

#nofilter
[HTC Incredible S] Eternalman:
Well, I said "if" I want to buy a new one LOL... Still a new laptop is my priority... And to tell the truth, none of the available phones have caught my eye, I might even wait for another 6 months or so...

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What you are saying is really odd to me... In the past 4 years, All I had to do was replacing a battery due to the fact that I used to use my phone while it was being charged and that ruined my battery... Except that, I've had no issue! :eek:
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
You have been lucky :P

Three m9's in Team Venom had to also be returned due to broken gyro sensors or something
[HTC Incredible S] nksoori:
It has been the same with me. I got my vivo at the start of 2013, which has been in use since 2011. Somehow, no issues until now. Even the battery stays up for 1 day.
[HTC Incredible S] alex3dv:
Szezso, thanks for your incredible work to adapt heavy Lollipop for our small “Incredible”. But can you upload again stable Jelly Bean 4.3.1 from CM10.2 #09/15, because the link in the next thread is dead? Don’t let to lose excellent rom.
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
Yeah, after my Nexus 4 I bought an M7. After two days, it started to charge really slowly, it was like ~ 10 hours to charge the battery. I thought it's only a SW issue. After 2-3 days, the glass of the phone came apart from the housing. The battery started to grow or something. So it was completely broken. I sent it back to warranty, but they said my warranty is void because this problem is caused by the user (me). So, I bought it for $250, and I had a non-working device after 2 weeks. So, I had to buy something and I bought a Moto G 2015 and I'm pretty satisfied. :) But I'll get a new battery for my M7 and will try to replace it at home.
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Yeah, I think the M7 phones were not manufactured properly. That's why most of the M7 were faulty.
[HTC Incredible S] Hawkysoft:
[MENTION=4622338]szezso[/MENTION], thanks for all your work mate

you brought life back to my old vivo :) my girls phone died so now she uses this one (5.1.1 is running like a beast on it!)
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
I am planning to expand the data partition. For this to happen, the data partition and the internal storage of the phone will be shared. This way, more apps can be installed, and they don't have to be moved to the sdcard. But, depending on how many files you keep in your internal storage, you might have to use an external sd card.

If I do expand the data partition then everyone would have to download the recovery I provide and wipe everything including the internal storage (but not the external storage). Then, the ROM I provide will be installed after that, and it will be sharing internal storage space with the data partition so you can install more apps.

If anyone disagrees with this idea then please let me know and I will not do it.
[HTC Incredible S] funCrash93:
imho, it's a great idea ;)

edit : please post here the link to the new thread :)

A0001?bacon
[HTC Incredible S] vuvkar:
It will be cool ^_^
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
For those of you who are wondering why I haven't released anything yet, it is because I was having trouble compiling the ROM first, and now it is not booting. So, I am sorry but I think this is going to take longer than it is supposed to.
[HTC Incredible S] funCrash93:
take the necessary time ;)

we all know that the result is more important :D

A0001?bacon
[HTC Incredible S] babicz99:
No-one ?
[HTC Incredible S] davidchuyaya:
That's right bro - no one.

(alright you don't deserve my sass

but I believe [MENTION=4622338]szezso[/MENTION] mentioned earlier that he couldn't solve this

If you check the article title, you'll notice that the latest build was 6/24)
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
If possible then can someone please try turning on the mobile data and record the logcat and upload it here? I will try to see if I can see the problem.

Thanks.
[HTC Incredible S] babicz99:
Really ?

I checked article and Im following it ;), dont be rude

But [MENTION=4847016]Hedigehog[/MENTION] tip doesnt workd by me :/
[HTC Incredible S] mumiby:
logcats. tried automatic and manual config

regards
[HTC Incredible S] Eternalman:
Why?
[HTC Incredible S] mumiby:
rqmok asked for it
[HTC Incredible S] Eternalman:
Oh sorry, my mistake, posted in the wrong thread LOL :D
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Hello everyone.

I would just like to say one thing:

I am trying to get a working cm12.1 build that will be a game changer for this phone. I cannot use [MENTION=4622338]szezso[/MENTION] sources because they contain many bugs/errors. So, I am trying to make much cleaner source code that would benefit other msm7x30 developers as well.

I would like to say that I will try my best to get a working rom, however, I do not promise anything. So please be ready for when I quit. But, I will definitely not go down without a good fight.

That's all I want to say. If you want to follow my progress then follow me on twitter [MENTION=4825202]rqmok[/MENTION]

Thanks guys, in advance, for all the support.
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Hey [MENTION=4622338]szezso[/MENTION], here is the logcat I am getting: http://pastebin.com/WYmjhG98

Any ideas?
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
Hmmm, the screen remains black, right? :)
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Nope. The screen is stuck at the hTc logo.
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
Did you change something in the kernel's drivers/video/msm_7x30 folder? Try to use the folder from my kernel.
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
I only copied over the vidc drivers from msm to msm_7x30. The msm fb drivers I didn't touch.

I'll have a look in my defconfig, maybe something important is not enabled.
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Looking at the dmesg log, it seems that the mdp driver does not initialise because it fails to get the mdp clock rate.

I have no idea what is going. Maybe the kernel only works for new msm fb drivers.
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
No, it must work with older also. :) My msm7x30 kernel had a working mdp. So I think, you should revert back to the older vidc drivers. Is your kernel source up-to-date?
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
I looked at the dmesg log and o think i found the problem. I will report back if I can fix it.
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Hello.

Anyone using this cm12.1 rom, can you please go over to this thread and help me out:

http://xdaforums.com/htc-incredible-s/general/screen-panels-incredible-s-t3165510

I need this information for the rom I am compiling.

Thanks.
[HTC Incredible S] chriscsh:
do u mean any device using the cm12.1 rom?
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Haha. No man. I meant only vivo.

If vivo only uses the sony panel, then I can advance forward faster. If it uses the sony AND hitachi panels, then I need to fix many things in the kernel to make the rom boot. That is why I am asking people to help me out.
[HTC Incredible S] chriscsh:
haha,

sorry for the stupid question

hahaaa

sure, i can provide the logcat later

:D
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
Hmmm, lemme try something! :p
[HTC Incredible S] vuvkar:
oho :D
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
I hope you can fix your ROM so then I can take it a bit easy. :p
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
I hope I found out, why my msm7x30 kernel didn't boot...
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
So, why do you think the kernel didn't boot ??
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
Sorry, I was wrong. The rom with msm7x30 kernel didn't boot. In my opinion it ran out of memory at the end of the booting process... We will see in some hours. :)
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Didn't work?
[HTC Incredible S] Mozziliac:
Quick question, is there anything i can do to help? I have a spare Incredible S.

Would taking apart the phone work? Seeing that there could be a serial number on the panel or anything?

Im currently running this rom, but i can ruu back to an older one.

anything , just let me know.
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Hello.

Thank you for your kind offer to help, but I believe there is nothing you can do at the moment. The problem is in the software, and looking at the hardware isn't really going to help. In my case, my computer stuffed up so I can't compile android right now. I am going to buy a SSD today to speed up the builds.
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Hello guys. Just another update.

I couldn't get the rom to boot. I tried switching to lcdc from mddi, but I just get a black screen.

So, I am going to revert back to the older sources that I was using before, because at least the rom was booting with those sources.

Thanks.
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
For me, things are getting better! I almost got it booting with msm7x30 kernel.
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
How is it better? You are still stuck at the same spot, are you not?
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
I was finally able to get a log, so I know now, what's the reason why the ROM doesn't boot with the msm7x30 kernel. I'll try to fix it today, but probably I can only try it out tomorrow, cause I have to study a bit...:rolleyes:
[HTC Incredible S] boris1993:
thank you szezso
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
If you want to thank him then click the thumbs up :good: button underneath his post.
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
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[HTC Incredible S] Sithhy™:
Can't believe that you still working on the old thing :eek:
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
[MENTION=4622338]szezso[/MENTION], any improvements? Did you get the ROM booting? If you need help then please provide the logcat and dmesg logs. Maybe I can help you with something?
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
It's getting better, me and paulb_nl are working on it. :) Something is messed up with the display driver, I have to figure it out...
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
What is messed up? Because I think I can help you out.

I will keep an eye out on your repos and see if I can fix anything.
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
I see you have reworked the drivers a bit, is it working now, what do you think? :)
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Hello.

The pull request I sent you is a fix of mistakes that I found in your latest commit. You can add them to your repo and test.

I don't know if those commits fix your problem or not, because I do not have the sources to test at the moment. :p

Good Luck! :D
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
Yeah, still the same... :rolleyes: Will try to make a clean build and take a logcat...
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Yeah ok. Send me logcat as well. Maybe I can help.

EDIT: I recommend you still merge the pull request, because they are fixes that need to implemented.
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Hey. Thanks. Is there nothing in the logcat? Can you send me the entire log please?
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
In logcat, you can only see that because of the surfaceflinger's failure, the system process kills other processes... Will try to take a logcat anyways. :)
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
The one you just sent me is a dmesg log or logcat?
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
Part of a dmesg. :)
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Hmmm. I can't really say if I don't have the full logs...
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
Here you go!

dmesg

logcat
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Do you remember when this log started appearing?
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
When we switched to msm7x30 kernel... :D
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Well. I can see why you are in a tough spot. The dmesg log is not really helpful.

However, I can see that the problem is with msm fb drivers. And, I can also see that it is a memory problem. Either a function is trying to access memory it is not supposed to, or msm fb has run out of memory. I'll try looking around to see if I find a solution.
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Ok. So I haven't found a solution yet, but I do know that msm fb is running out of memory. Have you considered the possibility that it might be your display HAL(s) causing the problem?Which display HAL are you using?
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
The display HAL shouldn't be the problem... I'll try with more zRAM, and I also sent the logs to paulb_nl, may he can find something. :)
[HTC Incredible S] Mozziliac:
This is exciting, Watching a group of skillful devs working on a complex situation. Hahah

Thanks so much guys !
[HTC Incredible S] davidchuyaya:
Yup, in case you two thought that no one else cared about this phone anymore

We still do!

Good luck making that new ROM!
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
CM13.0 is here! I'll start building with my old kernel, but I'm still trying to fix the msm7x30 one with LP first... :)
[HTC Incredible S] Eternalman:
Well, I don't get it. We don't have a fully functioning daily driver after 4.1 yet you guys are still making higher version ROMs? I don't know what to say really...
[HTC Incredible S] davidchuyaya:
Don't guilt trip the guy for trying to get us on the latest version man
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Hey guys.

I can't do much today even though it is a holiday. It is my birthday today, but my grandmother (my mother's mother) also passed away today. Must be a sign of bad luck... :(
[HTC Incredible S] Eternalman:
Look, I'm not blaming anyone for their efforts, but let's be realistic: every new version of anything needs more advanced technology and specially harddware. You go to a higher version OS, you need more powerful resources. Am I wrong? I'm not trying to add guilt to anyone's profile, but what would be the point of a higher version OS when you can't use it as your daily driver?
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
You know, the Incredible S is a sh*tty device from many angles. Its MDDI panel makes 4.1+ versions non fully-working, and that's just 4.1! Because QCom have stopped the development for msm7x30, Android versions above 4.1 will have bugs, beacuse it's just simply not supported! I think, it's a huge achievement that we got LP working on this 5-years-old hardware. Yes, it has bugs, what I can't fix, yet. Yes, older versions also have bugs, what I can't fix, I'm not a good developer, I have to say.

I know, you have asked me to make a 4.3.1 ROM with ION and other fancy stuffs. I tried it but because of this sh*tty MDDI panel, I wasn't able to get the screen working, because I would have to rewrite the display-legacy source, what I can't do, cause I have no knowledge in that. If you can tell me, what is your problem with 4.2.2, 4.3.1, 4.4.4 versions, I would try to fix it, but I would concentrate on KK+ versions now, because JB is getting out of support...

And I don't know, who uses the IncS as daily driver, but for him/her/them I'll try to make 6.0 working on this old device, may he/she/they found/s it more stable and better than any other versions. I'm doing several things in the same time, studying, developing for my M7, building CM13 and working on the vivo's msm7x30 while building CM12.1 for it...

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[MENTION=4825202]rqmok[/MENTION]: Respect bro!!
[HTC Incredible S] Eternalman:
Dude!!! Chilax!!! I'm not trying to pick fight here! LOL, All I asked was making the 4.3.1 the daily driver and I already told you the issue: The Battery!!! Something kills the battery and the device won't last more than 8 hours without a single use. And I didn't ask for ION on 4.3.1, I just asked you to fix the battery issue if possible. Besides, KK and ROMs after it won't function well when running apps, so I asked about the 4.3.1, That is all. I surrender LOL. And I never doubted on your abilities, I'm just curious that why would make the newer versions, That's all... ;)
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
Alright. Are you using the IncS as a daily driver btw? :) I didn't have any issues with battery on 4.3.1, 4.1.2 was draining fast for me. Did you try it without installing anything?
[HTC Incredible S] Eternalman:
Well, Unfortunately yes, I'm using it as my daily driver. I didn't install anything except GApps. That is as far as I can remember since it was more than a year ago the last time I installed it on my device.

Oh and about the issues of other ROMs:

1- 4.2.2 has lag issues

2- KK's launcher gets F'ed up after some time, you have to restart the device, and sometimes when the phone rings, the screen doesn't turn on by it self, you have to press power
[HTC Incredible S] vuvkar:
There are several reasons to use latest versions of android. For me design is more important than performance. And lollipop or marshmallow design is just incredible. The second reason is that there a lot of inbuilt features that you can use and those don't require much RAM like location screen lock in lollipop. And the final reason is the feeling. Personally I feel very well that I have latest version of android installed in my five year old device. :)

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I don't have such bugs in kitkat and I'm using it for months, the only bug is videos keys don't show up
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
1, For 4.2.2 I've uploaded a lagfix kernel as I remember. :)

2, Here is an app to fix that: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=951858
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
What an intense conversation. :D
[HTC Incredible S] davidchuyaya:
Personally, the one reason I'm looking towards marshmallow is because of Doze

if that fixes all my battery woes, then nothing else really matters
[HTC Incredible S] Eternalman:
Thanks, I'll try it when I get home, but please fix the 4.3.1 ;)
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
Okay, thanks to [MENTION=5464437]jonas2790[/MENTION], we got the msm7x30 kernel working! :)

But there are some stuffs to be sorted out:

- screen rotation doesn't work

- camera doesn't work

- RIL doesn't work

Will check these...
[HTC Incredible S] AndyYan:
Coming back to check up... and WTF, IncS got 5.x?! :eek: I don't know what more to say about this... Much awesomeness. Too bad my IncS was sold way ahead of this, and the Raider 4G I got as backup doesn't have any devs working on 5.x...

Maybe with [MENTION=4622338]szezso[/MENTION] 's effort, the IncS will be among the short list of devices whose last Android version is >3x of the first released Android version - IncS start at 2.1, so it's not *that* far, but yeah, HTC Dream still holds the record and will hold it forever :D (it starts at some 0.x pre-release and released with 1.0, stopped at 4.1).

Anyways, I hope [MENTION=4622338]szezso[/MENTION] can keep up the brilliant work for y'all, and wish everyone else well. See you in the subforums of devices I own (now and future) :)
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Good work bro! I hope you can fix these problems as soon as possible. :D

EDIT: Just curious, but how was the problem fixed?
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
If you delete the camera.vendor.msm7x30.so library, the ROM boots up as it should. That's why the camera doesn't work. And I don't know yet, how to fix this...
[HTC Incredible S] funCrash93:
so, I guess you remove the [DISCONTINUED]-label from thread's title? [emoji1]

as there is always a hope with such great Devs [emoji6]
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
I don't think so, because the most important feature (RIL) is not working.
[HTC Incredible S] funCrash93:
yes, but this does not mean it is discontinued :p

great, awesome people are still working on this (like you don't know that :D ) ;)

anyway it's just a title, the main content is inside, devs talking and solving problems with legacy stuff to bring to modern breath old hardware, this is just Incredible :laugh:
[HTC Incredible S] RmatriX1218:
I sometimes wonder, is your crazy and nearly impossible chase to keep IncS up to date with latest Android going to end ever? :confused:
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Hey bro.

I am in the same situation as you. My RIL and Camera don't work either. The ROM is able to get the SIM company name, but no signals. :crying:

By the way, where can I download your sources? I think it would be better to help you out instead, since we're working on the same ROM anyway.
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
Device tree: https://github.com/szezso/android_device_htc_vivo/tree/cm-12.1-dev

Kernel source: https://github.com/szezso/android_kernel_htc_msm7x30

;)
[HTC Incredible S] davidchuyaya:
just a FYI (since I flashed this ROM from ARHD again today)

the front page seems to be showing the 6/24 version, which has Wifi broken
[HTC Incredible S] szezso:
Sorry guys, this is truly the end of support for the hTC Incredible S from me, at least. Sadly, I don't have time to work on this phone at all, I have to study a lot for the university, which eats my time badly. :(

This was a really nice phone with a great community, thank you guys! :) We made some huge steps for newer Android versions earlier, for example the first ION kernel on an msm7x30 device or the Sense 5 ROM.

Thanks for all your support and everything, thanks for the donations, and I don't only mean money, I got my SSD and development IncS from you also!

Every source will be on my Github forever, I won't delete them, so everyone who has the time and patience to work on it, just pull my work. This is truly a great device, but this is the end, and I'm really sorry that I have to say this. :(

Good luck guys, I'll be here if someone has a question, but I can't make any progress on this or other ROMs...

I hope, you understand guys! :) Opendesireproject has already started working on CM13.0, so it's possible to bring up Android 6.0 also on this phone, come on, I'm sure someone can do it if there's need for Marshmallows. :)

Thanks again guys, have a nice day! :)
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Thanks for the hard work. No matter what, you will always be my bro! :crying: :good: :highfive:
[HTC Incredible S] azoz123456:
R.I.P

:(
[HTC Incredible S] vuvkar:
Hey [MENTION=4825202]rqmok[/MENTION] you have given up too? :'(
[HTC Incredible S] rqmok:
Well, I never said that.

Actually, my exams start in one week, so I am busy studying. So, it will have to wait until after the 17th of November (that's the last exam day).

So far, I have downloaded the CyanogenMod 13 source code, but I was having some trouble compiling the camera module. So I will build it without the camera module for now (since it doesn't work anyway). The only other problem is that RIL doesn't work yet as well. So, once I fix the RIL and Camera then I can release it. I tested this with CM12.1, so I have yet to see if CM13 actually boots or not.