yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire Android Development] gummbah30:
turns out that the battery is draining if no sim card is present. Fixed when airplane mode is activated, and running on wifi, so not a problem. Thanks again for a great ROM!

gummbah30
[Desire Android Development] LaidbackNikez:
[ROM][Apr-8][4.4.4] SlimKat | The slimmest and fastest KitKat ROM for the HTC Desire!

That's a bold statement. Challenge accepted!

Jokes aside, sounds like (without looking at logs) it's trying to establish a connection too often (but fails due to no SIM).. Perhaps you could upload kmsg and logcat? It'd b really interesting to see what it tries to do..
[Desire Android Development] ze7zez:
Faulty electronics gives such symptoms. I have one such Desire, which eats 4% battery per hour in all circumstances, and turn on the radio consumption reaches 20% per hour.

On the other, a good item has no battery capacity usage of more than 0.4% per hour.
[Desire Android Development] galaxxian:
hi there,

i want to report some issue: one match the settings/security, after i touch this point i got an fc of settings. the other one match the time-widget on the homescreen. if i touch the weather-icon, btw it doesn't shows every only a stroke, i got a reboot.

hope i can help

cu
[Desire Android Development] ze7zez:
Nothing you write, how you install ROM.

I installed the ROM 2015-12 and once (in 4ext) on the ROM 2016-04 and is all right.
[Desire Android Development] galaxxian:
hi,

excause me. i installed this one "Slim-bravo-4.4.4.build.9.0-UNOFFICIAL-20160408-1820" and i use the "4ext-5r9-bravo-Recovery". Rom-flashing described in Post 1. Set a2sd, customized with many apps and user-configured. It runs some days for test without no probs. Only a simcard was not present.

I make a test this time after i read your post, hit the weather-icon on the clock-widget makes a hot reboot, and this time even an fectory-reset...:( I don't know what happens.

After this reboot i see that the language is always user-def (german) and time/timezone right. But all others are gone. Only Rom-apps are present, a2sd not set, no wlan configured, all user-cfg are gone too (means mail-cfg, contactlist, google-acc). Puhh, not fine...

So i gonna set up my phone new. In between, you can tell me something about this behavior? thx
[Desire Android Development] spezi77:
Hey there,

I hope that you were able to take a logcat and/or last kmesg when all this **** happened.. No one can guess from a remote distance what actually caused it.

I hope that you didn't install xposed or other apps that are candidates for causing insurabilities..

Willing to help.. but without logcat, there's nothing we can do for you. ;)

Sent from my beanstalk'd & hellspawn'd N4.
[Desire Android Development] galaxxian:
hi spezi77,

thanks for your fast answer. no, no experimental apps installed, only those, i used on gb before. just one specialists-app is used, the 4ext-config-app for the recovery.

i set up my phone new, an now, a new problem is coming up. i can't join the dev-menue, fc is the result of tipping the menue-point. all other menue-points are usable. brrrr....

i try to make logs, but i'm a long way far from you linux using concerning. so i will install "syslog" to take the logs.

btw, in the recovery i used single-parts of formating the partitions in order to do a clean install. i think only "wipe" is not enough? or is there an other way for real clean install?

thx

p.s.: i know, my english is not the best, but i hope u understand... deutsch geht deutlich besser *g*
[Desire Android Development] spezi77:
Alright, you could use syslog or catlog of course.

Before making a clean install, the best wipe option in 4ext is "format all partitions except SD".

Sent from my beanstalk'd & hellspawn'd N4.
[Desire Android Development] iakudi:
Hi, could I ask for some help please? I am a complete and utter newbie to Andorid having tried one about 8 years ago but ended up moving to the iPhone. Yesterday I re-acquired an old HTC Desire (plain Desire model) i had a long time ago and by pure luck I managed to install a Cyanogenmod ROM for Android 2.3 as it is the only one that actually worked. I would really like to intall this SlimKat Rom on this phone but I have zero skills. Could someone take pity on me and share a complete idiots step-by-step guide to do this please? Not sure if I am even posting in the right place. I dont mind having to read and learn new stuff but I was overwhelemed when I saw all the different things to do (partition, fastload, HBOOT etc.) - for the Cyanomodgen ROM I simply put the ROM on the root of my SD drive and installed it..... I was very surprised it just worked. SlimKat looks really slick and I would consider successfully installing this as one of my best acheivements (being an iPhone and Windows kind of guy!).

A million thanks in advance.
[Desire Android Development] l3zawi:
Hi folks

Can anyone reupload the 250/5/182 hboot, it's seems that it was removed from the thread.
[Desire Android Development] galaxxian:
hi,

the hboot-link in p1 linked to Custom hboots for HTC Desire (bravo), the hboot's shown in this thread are here on DEV-Hosts, i think so.

hope this helps

greetz
[Desire Android Development] ze7zez:
PB99IMG.zip - only if the SD card contains only one partition!

Reading a file PB99IMG.zip is done only if the SD card contains only one partition!

Change partition for SlimKat ROM other than the sock is not required. Changing the partition is very risky.

After changing the partition, it is mandatory to perform the check and mark bad block.Aware that the amount of bad block does not reduce drastically the amount of available space on the partition, you can install the ROM.

fastboot oem partition_test system
fastboot oem partition_test userdata
fastboot oem partition_test cache

Edit your post, because it is much too long, because you put twice the same text.
[Desire Android Development] V3ctorX:
Thank you for stating the obvious, I was using my phone as i stated so if you can provide better assistance please be my guest.
[Desire Android Development] ze7zez:
Using Android without Google Apps

I'm still on version 2015.12, as all system options work correctly.

Gapps did not work, but there is a way.

It should read all the post [MENTION=4343903]Rhonin86[/MENTION] Project CM 12.1 without GApps and follow the information contained there, based on the guide Using Android without Google Apps.

I have access to applications from the Play Store through BlankStore application that does not need google services and has a size less than 1MB.

BlankStore no longer continue project because, as wrote [MENTION=3999488]MaR-V-iN[/MENTION]:

"Google may not like this - you're responsible for what you do, i suggest using an extra account for this app."

But now SlimKat is even more slim. :laugh:
[Desire Android Development] lovalim:
I m not able to move app to sd, i m not getting that option at all in installed app
[Desire Android Development] ze7zez:
If you do

su

a2sd install (y / n / y)

then it will be moved automatically.
[Desire Android Development] kay9jay:
WhatsApp ?

Hi All,

i would like to install and use WHATSAPP.

I tried the version on google play and the APK that can be downloaded from whatsapp.com

Both fail to install. Is this some problem with dependancies? Something that is missing in the ROM?

Please help.
[Desire Android Development] desireleß:
probably you have insufficient memory left on /data. whatsapp is such a big app...

did you enable A2SD?
[Desire Android Development] kay9jay:
In the end i have installed GBWhatsapp on my other phone and am using that. This phone i use only to make calls anyway.
[Desire Android Development] TooNewAndroid:
Need help

Hiya!

Total newbie here wanting to upgrade by HTC Desire (Froyo) to 4.4.4. The problem is I have no clue how to upgrade this custom ROM into my HTC Desire.

If someone has some links on how to, specific to this mod developer, kindly link here.

Thank you :)
[Desire Android Development] dado023:
honestly i would not recommend you to "upgrade" to kitkat...... because almost every rom doesn't have full hardware support :(

I have atm Slimkat, but still, factory is very good, ...only limiting by storage space.......and actually storage space is main point of custom rom, because you can use yous SD card for it.
[Desire Android Development] TooNewAndroid:
But Froyo is limiting me alot. I have like only 512 mb internal storage and most apps require Android 4 (very few require 2.3 but froyo is 2.2).

And honestly I don't like the skin / interface which I have atm.

What do you mean by "every rom doesn't have full hardware support"?
[Desire Android Development] vietnam123:
My HTC Desire have a loop of logo SlìmKat after Flash ROM, although I do full step before.

Should I try anything?
[Desire Android Development] TooNewAndroid:
Try holding the screen for couple of seconds, an option for wallpaper should pop up.
[Desire Android Development] spezi77:
Pull battery and try again. Sometimes Kernel boot process hangs up. Be patient. ;)

If the problem should persist, please give us the detailed steps you did when flashing.
[Desire Android Development] theliquid:
Hi, it would be great if you could implement the latest security update since this fixes major issues.
[Desire Android Development] spezi77:
Yes, I could try to do this when I find a little time.

First off, let me make sure that I don't waste my time and ask in here if there is someone else interested in a security update?

Edit: If someone is interested, I could offer you to apply a patch with all updates until June, as I use this repository for picking up security updates: https://github.com/android-security/ and it has been updated on 7th of June.
[Desire Android Development] dado023:
yea, maybe just a zip file which could be flashed with TWRP, or something....

I am not sure, but i think my HTC Desire is maybe nearing its death, because its clock is everyday few minutes ahead, so i need to adjust time/date almost every day.....very weird problem.
[Desire Android Development] biggoof75:
Sounds interesting. Have just flashed the Rom a few days ago.

Installing the rom is to be the final effort for my good old device.

A flashable zip would be perfect.
[Desire Android Development] spezi77:
deleted.
[Desire Android Development] spezi77:
Hey folks, ;)

Here is a new build with security updates (1st June). Please let me know if it boots/works as expected, then I will add it to the OP.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591000424947207
[Desire Android Development] Davez91:
Hey. First of all thank you so much for all your work on keeping this old desire updated as much as possible.

I just flashed yesterday following all your instructions but there seems to be an issue. When I go to 'Settings' - 'Developer Options' it closes Settings giving : "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped."

Any idea on what might be causing this?
[Desire Android Development] spezi77:
Please take a logcat with this error. In case you don't know how to logcat, there are many nice tutorials here on xda.
[Desire Android Development] ze7zez:
I sent you a message on 18-04-2016, 10:48:

There is an error occurring alternately.

1. Fresh install:

Slim-bravo-4.4.4.build.9.0-UNOFFICIAL-20151231-1322.zip

Settings->Security -> [Open correctly]

Settings->Developer options -> [Open correctly]

2. Fresh install:

Slim-bravo-4.4.4.build.9.0-UNOFFICIAL-20160408-1820.zip

Settings->Security -> Failed: "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped."

Settings->Developer options -> [Open correctly]

3. Installing one by one:

Slim-bravo-4.4.4.build.9.0-UNOFFICIAL-20151231-1322.zip

Slim-bravo-4.4.4.build.9.0-UNOFFICIAL-20160408-1820.zip

Settings->Security -> [Open correctly]

Settings->Developer options -> Failed: "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped."
[Desire Android Development] spezi77:
Here is a new build with a potential fix for the FC in Settings. Please make a test: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591000424947688
[Desire Android Development] ze7zez:
Settings->Security -> [Open correctly]

Settings->Developer options -> Failed: "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped."
[Desire Android Development] spezi77:
Hum, did you have Bluetooth active in this case?
[Desire Android Development] ze7zez:
No BT. Default settings. Without gapps.
[Desire Android Development] spezi77:
Okay, then this build should be the solution: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591020540824386

*fingers-crossed*
[Desire Android Development] ze7zez:
Not help me. Still the same error.

Settings->Developer options -> Failed: "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped."
[Desire Android Development] spezi77:
Hum, then I have a last try for today: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591020540824404

I reverted all changes back in Settings, to have the exact version from December build.

*fingers-double-crossed*

P.S.: ze7zez, you are a patient guy and passionate bravo user. Hats-off! :cowboy:
[Desire Android Development] ze7zez:
Problem solved. :victory: I wish you a good rest.

Your work for the A8181 is a world championship. It's hard not to cheer for someone like you. :good:
[Desire Android Development] ze7zez:
1. Upgrade should therefore work, but does not work.

Installing one by one:

Slim-bravo-4.4.4.build.9.0-UNOFFICIAL-20151231-1322.zip

Slim-bravo-4.4.4.build.9.0-UNOFFICIAL-20160716-2218.zip

Settings->Security -> [Open correctly]

Settings->Developer options -> Failed: "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped."

2. It's obvious that will not work this type of upgrade.

Installing one by one:

Slim-bravo-4.4.4.build.9.0-UNOFFICIAL-20151231-1322.zip

Slim-bravo-4.4.4.build.9.0-UNOFFICIAL-20160408-1820.zip

Slim-bravo-4.4.4.build.9.0-UNOFFICIAL-20160716-2218.zip

Settings->Security -> [Open correctly]

Settings->Developer options -> Failed: "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped."
[Desire Android Development] spezi77:
And if you make a clean installation of the last build, will it then work?
[Desire Android Development] ze7zez:
Fresh install:

Slim-bravo-4.4.4.build.9.0-UNOFFICIAL-20160716-2218.zip

Settings->Security -> [Open correctly]

Settings->Developer options -> [Open correctly]
[Desire Android Development] zinconnu:
Wow, thanks for maintaining our Desire!
[Desire Android Development] FaserF:
First thanks for the update.

Running the build now some days. Quite stable, everythings working.

Only issue I had was that I couldnt flash the gapps. OpenGapps said: Get the right gapps for your android version (2.3)

And your gapps said something with error 20
[Desire Android Development] ze7zez:
Unfortunately, reinstall Slim-ROM after temporary presence Liquid-ROM on my phone, resulted in FC. :crying:

Settings->Security -> [Open correctly]

Settings->Developer options -> Failed: "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped."
[Desire Android Development] spezi77:
Dirty flashed, I guess.

P.s.: you should have created a backup :)
[Desire Android Development] ze7zez:
I was so happy that it worked, I did not do backup. :crying:

After many attempts to install 3 different devices, I have the following conclusions:

1. New fresh installation:

Slim-bravo-4.4.4.build.9.0-UNOFFICIAL-20160716-2218.zip

- first step

Settings->Security -> [Open correctly]

- the second step

Settings->Developer options -> Failed: "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped."

2. New fresh installation:

Slim-bravo-4.4.4.build.9.0-UNOFFICIAL-20160716-2218.zip

- first step

Settings->Developer options ->[Open correctly]

- the second step

Settings->Security -> Failed: "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped."

3. After installation a2sd

com.android.systemui is stopped (log inside).
[Desire Android Development] userx404:
Hello

I just switched to this rom, did a full wipe as mentioned, installed twice but i can't find the camera. May anyone give me a hint?
[Desire Android Development] userx404:
After manually un/installing from /system/app/ camera appears again. But when i want to start the camera-app it crashes (no connection to camera possible) and disappears again.
[Desire Android Development] spezi77:
Which is your boot, stock (250/55/147) or different?
[Desire Android Development] userx404:
actually i'm not 100% sure if it's stock but size is (250.0/147.6/40.0), coming from your KitKANG
[Desire Android Development] spezi77:
You are on stock. I didn't remember the exact partition sizes.

I have no idea what exactly went wrong for you. Maybe reading and following the installation instructions will be helpful.

Maybe you installed a Gapps package which deletes the camera.apk.... Who knows. ;)
[Desire Android Development] Sage:
just got my old desire out of storage. so happy to see SlimKAT still around! thanks so much!
[Desire Android Development] userx404:
Is your Camera working??

On my Desire (Bravo/Gsm) it won't install :-/
[Desire Android Development] _JPS:
I just installed this ROM to give the old Desire another life. Was charmed by the lean and secure design.

Though, my Camera doesn't work, with similar messages as 'userx82' above, when I try to start from within Whatsapp. I can't find a native/system camera icon or app.

How can I even try to reinstall the camera? Any help is very welcome
[Desire Android Development] brankos2@gmail.com:
Same problem with camera, but on the last update only

Slim-bravo-4.4.4.build.9.0-UNOFFICIAL-20160716-2218.

When downgrade to build before - camera works.
[Desire Android Development] ze7zez:
If there are any problems, I recommend that you start with the first version, which I consider to be the best.

Slim-bravo-4.4.4.build.9.0-UNOFFICIAL-20151231-1322.zip

All the versions you can find on AFH.
[Desire Android Development] _JPS:
Thanks for the great tips. I would like to roll-back to the first version, but I have a Noob question on how to do this and to make a backup of the app/config data.

I have already put the ROM zip-file on the SD-card. Can anyone help me with the steps to follow without losing my application data and config setting?

TIA.
[Desire Android Development] spezi77:
Another idea worth a try is to extract the camera.apk from a previous build, and copy it either into the rom.zip that you are going to flash or replace/copy it into your running system with help of a root explorer. The second option is for advanced users only.
[Desire Android Development] _JPS:
Camera.apk in the \system\app\ directory of the ROM-zipfile? In the ROM-images I only see Camera

2

.apk . I assume this is the mentioned file? :confused:

1) copying this apk into a Rom image will change the MD5 hash, so it increases the chance of a bad flash. I guess no big risk because it doesn't affect the bootloader?

2) is the default google backup function suitable to backup app&config data? Can I wipe data/Dalvik from the recovery menu safely then and restore after flashing the new image and connecting again with my google account?
[Desire Android Development] spezi77:
Yes, i meant camera2.

1) bootloader does not check md5. In 4ext or twrp recovery there is an option to ignore md5 check if necessary.

2) You should try titanium backup. It creates a backup on your local SD. In addition do a nandroid backup from recovery.
[Desire Android Development] _JPS:
OK, I first tried to replace the camera2.apk in the latest 2218 image. I used the apk from the 1322 version.

Unfortunately the camera still didn't work after flashing.

Then I flashed the original 1322 and the camera worked again. I could test this in Whatsapp and swiping the lockscreen to activate the camera. However, I can't find a camera icon/app in the menus. :confused:

Well, I'm happy I've got a working camera now. BTW, all original settings were untouched after flashing. I didn't know this, so I didn't need to restore the titanium backup.
[Desire Android Development] platiNa:
Hi,

I really like this ROM. Its fast and stable, just enough for my needs (just messenger, whatsapp...). Now the only thing not working is the camera, here as well.

Could you perhaps upload the 1322 camera apk here? I dont know how to 'extract' it from a previous ROM (just open in winrar or something?).
[Desire Android Development] _JPS:
Check post #161 in this thread for the images. I used 7-zip to open both images/zipfiles and copy-pasted camera2.apk from the 1322 to the 2218 image.

However, this didn't work for me, so I installed the 1322 image.
[Desire Android Development] platiNa:
Ok thanks a lot.
[Desire Android Development] userx404:
Initial starting from flashing 1322 img I wanted to check which version has a working camera after upgrade.

I can report 1820 is working wheras 2218 doesn't.
[Desire Android Development] thieson:
I have compared the files of 1820 and 2218 to see if I can find the cause of the camera issue and have seen that /system/lib/libcameraservice.so is different
[Desire Android Development] scrvldz:
Dead link?

Hi I am unable to access spz_gapps-slimkat.zip link? blank site?

This is my going to be my second root device.

Thanks.
[Desire Android Development] iadegesso:
No, the link is not dead... it just takes lot of time to load the page :)

Iade
[Desire Android Development] iadegesso:
Spezi,

I have to report some little issues of your fantastic rom :) that makes me able to keep alive my 6 years old HTC Desire :) since I use it for daily use and I found it the best even today...

I'm on the Release 3 (2016/04/08) because in the Release 4 the camera is not working but even in the Release 3 there are some issues that I found in the Release 4:

- DarkClock widget crashes every time I try to add it to the home screeen

- I cannot access the Security settings in the Settings app because it crashes every time I made a tap on it

- After installing two or three applications (e.g., GMail, Whatsapp, or similar ones) the Google Play Store crashes when you try to search new applications by typing some keyword (in your latest spz_gapps-slimkat.zip pack the version of Play Store is 5.3.x)... even manually updating the Play Store to the 5.4.x version leat to the same results, but... if I update the Google Play Services and I leave the phone on Play Store for a while, automatically the Play Store gets an update to the current version (6.9.21.G-all) and the problem disappears...

On the other hand, the rom is great, even if it becomes laggy after installing more than 8 applications, but it appears that lags has been reduced after a small overclock (from 998MHz to about 1100MHz). In particular, lags concerns the reaction to touch events...

Moreover, can I ask you if you tuned the parameter related to SD access?

By the way, installing Next Lock Screen and Event Flow Calendar Widget gives to the rom "una marcia in più" (as we tell in Italy) :)

Best regards and do not stop development :)

Iade
[Desire Android Development] thieson:
I fixed this issue by uninstalling the dash clock via SlimCenter in Settings app and reinstalled the latest version from play store
[Desire Android Development] ze7zez:
???

Where is the last version of the original Dashclock made by Google in the Google store?

Google ended the dashclock.
[Desire Android Development] thieson:
I don't know about the one google made, but I used this one.
[Desire Android Development] spezi77:
Hey there,

it seems that by adding the security updates to the latest version the camera driver inside the Android framework/OS got messed up.

In that case replacing the camera.apk or lib doesn't do anything.

Could someone of you take a logcat of the crash (when opening up the camera) and post it here?

Thanks in advance..
[Desire Android Development] thieson:
here
[Desire Android Development] ze7zez:
lower max. cpu freq to 998400 Hz ?

SlimKAT is really very slight ROM. It is worth to use it.

[MENTION=5091819]spezi77[/MENTION], if you would find the time to compile the kernel for SlimKat, which will have the lower max. cpu freq to 998400 Hz, as You did for LiquidSmooth?

Post #121 with LiquidSmooth thread:

Post #123 with LiquidSmooth thread:

Have you tried anything?
[Samsung Gear S2] wcarlton62:
When I go to my phone to add to my buddy list most of my contacts are not showing what do I do to get them all to show
[Samsung Gear S2] obsydian:
In gear manager goto setting then individual app settings then buddy.