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[Desire Android Development] 420p:
Some guys just have to recognize that Adam is doing a free service for us, the android community. If there are problems, report them and check out if it is a general issue or a personal and don't ***** about them (I always refer to my need for psx4droid which took some time to work on OD, but isn't essential). If you compare things to other roms, just use them if you think they are better. And learn to use the search function, don't ask about what an OJ is and if Sense-Functions work(FM-Radio, Camera, Contacts) until they are explicitely mentioned. I am not trying to be a smart ass. But somehow you have to keep your expectations low, since this is a community based rom (which works better than stock).
[Desire Android Development] allgxxd:
I cant get out of this problem.

i cant use mobile network.Not HDSPA at least.

And the damn funny thing is that, if i flash this rom 3.6.0 first time, with wiped all and reseted my phone, the at the beginning i get HDSPA icon and i think it is connected, and then it disappears and that is it.

I thought it was some setting that maybe got restored via google account, but i didnt log in few times and still the same ......

didnt connect wifi if you may think that.

tried chancing network type, didnt help

GSM disconnect says : fail because Activation Reject unspecified ....

what could it be
[Desire Android Development] zeussn:
It's a real shame. Hopefully Handcent devs if not google devs would fix this some day.
[Desire Android Development] kuhine:
I solved the "stuck on starting download" problem in this way:

1. I opened a browser and logged in at googlemail.com

2. Anywhere in the account settings I changed my password

3. After that I opened the market app on my phone

4. A password input dialog appeared and I gave the new password

5. I give the new password and all stucked downloads started immediately.

6. You can change your password back the old one (if you like).

The trick is:

Use a browser to change your google password at googlemail.com

After that, your phone ask you for the new password and the market works again.

It is easier than fiddle around with converting the goolemail account to a gmail account and back again.

I think, the effect is the same: your phone ask you for a password... and that solves this type of market problems.
[Desire Android Development] karmatt:
I have had the 3.6.1 now since release and I really like it, fast and stable.

Thanks for your good work Adam
[Desire Android Development] kuhine:
maybe it is a problem of your keyboard app.

If you use a htc_ime keyboard try to use the stock keyboard instead or vice versa.

The special characters can be coded as a "one byte character" or a "multi byte character".

I think, your keyboard app will use "multi byte codes" and so a special character consumes more than one regular byte.

In windows system exists a "unicode" character set and something called "codepages".

Maybe there are similar things in android.
[Desire Android Development] zeussn:
Nop, just tried with the Android keyboard and same problem.
[Desire Android Development] sfjuocekr:
I highly doubt it, but will test over night with a completely clean install.

Saved setting's should not cause this tho. This issue came back after 3.5 before this it has always kept online fine.
[Desire Android Development] bemymonkey:
Hi sfjuocekr,

I don't mean because of the settings being restored, but rather the process of backing up system data throwing something out of whack. After a reboot everything should be back to normal.

I'm starting to become dismayed at my own WiFi issue. Just wiped again for some more testing (every single wipe option in Amon RA), and before I'd restored even a single app, I'm getting the issue.

To reproduce (maybe AdamG could try?):

1. After first boot, log onto a WiFi network.

2. Set WiFi Sleep Policy to "Never"

3. Turn off screen

4. Wait 5 minutes

5. Ping phone with WiFi IP

I get constant "Destination host unreachable" errors :(... not to mention the more obvious symptoms such as Web Radio streams cutting out when the screen turns off (or rather, a few seconds after the screen's turned off) and late E-Mail/IM notifications.

Right after turning off the screen, pinging works, and if you continue pinging, it'll keep the WiFi awake indefinitely. But if you wait 30-60 seconds and THEN start pinging, it gives only a bunch of "Destination Host Unreachable" errors, because the WiFi goes to a sleep/powersave mode that's so deep that it doesn't even respond to ping :(
[Desire Android Development] sfjuocekr:
Im working on a sanity test.

First I'll test 3.6.1, wiped and completely clean with the new radio. If this fails, I will test again with the old radio after wipe etc etc.

The only application I will restore is the Blizzard Authenticator because I need it to play and ofcourse I will connect to my wireless LAN at home.

Also you note you can't ping your phone after a minute? I tried pinging mine after about 30 minutes after I turned off the screen and I could ping it. It has high latency on the pings tho, but that has always been the case when it was in sleep.

/edit:

So I have done the wipes, put ROM back on and put new radio back on.

Phone is pingable a minute after I turn the screen off, now I'll just let it rest for a long time and see what happens. I can look on the AP page to see if the phone has disconnected or not without turning on the screen.
[Desire Android Development] bemymonkey:
More like after 20 seconds, tbh. And it doesn't ping successfully until I've turned the screen on AND loaded something over WiFi...

And I get completely random ping times even when the phone is completely on - anywhere between 2ms and 2000ms... :|
[Desire Android Development] MacCarron:
This fix worked at first, then the market started going crazy again :p. Thanks anyways. I am experiencing random stuck downloads, failed downloads and unnatural slow speeds (speedtests reports ~10Mbps over wifi but market goes at ~100Kbps). Clearing the market data and cache can be a temporary fix for those who wonder..

Wifi is a bit crazy as well, aside from the known standby bug sometimes it doesn't detect known networks and has speed and authentication problems with static ips.
[Desire Android Development] sfjuocekr:
Reply from 172.16.0.120: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=64

Reply from 172.16.0.120: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=64

Reply from 172.16.0.120: bytes=32 time=74ms TTL=64

Reply from 172.16.0.120: bytes=32 time=97ms TTL=64

Is what I get with the screen on.

Reply from 172.16.0.120: bytes=32 time=2330ms TTL=64

Reply from 172.16.0.120: bytes=32 time=267ms TTL=64

Reply from 172.16.0.120: bytes=32 time=190ms TTL=64

Reply from 172.16.0.120: bytes=32 time=109ms TTL=64

Is what I get with screen off.
[Desire Android Development] bemymonkey:
Sounds like my Desire's wifi is broken, because I get far less consistent times :(
[Desire Android Development] sfjuocekr:
I noticed something more bizar while I was smoking my joint ><

Had totally forgotten to turn wireless to never sleep, so by default it should turn wireless of during sleep? Guess what it is still connected! Confirmed by my AP page and the ping replies.

So clearly the policy setting is not working correctly, will flash older radio to see if this solves that.
[Desire Android Development] aunder90:
im not tryna start another war but have you tried what i said earlier as it worked for me when i had the wifi issue?

wipe everything, install whatever OD did work, then flash all the other ones on top with out wipes? like i said it worked for me last week so if you havent tried then maybe give it a go, and sorry if you have but i havent seen a msg saying you have :)
[Desire Android Development] UpSpin:
I get the exact same results.

ok, maybe a possible solution. Maybe worth a try. But I don't have the time to, and a fix for future releases should be included out of the box, without such a cumbersome install procedure ;)

But just for the sake of completeness, I had OD 3.5.2 running, did a full wipe and then installed OD 3.6.1 directly.

So if others don't have those Wifi issues, how have you installed the latest version?
[Desire Android Development] sfjuocekr:
Will try that.

Also after this wipe, Google Talk can't authenticate and I'm suffering the problem mentioned a few pages back :(

Going back installing older releases and "upgrading" them might solve the problem, but maybe not and will not tell is what the problem was. As it happens in 3.6+ it will probably happen too in comming releases?

Also note to others who do not seem to be suffering this wireless issue (surely there must be more than two people). Connect your wireless when you goto bed, when you wake up check your phone if wireless is still on.
[Desire Android Development] aunder90:
i think ive found a bug, used search and cant find any reference

everytime i open a screen, or new menu my phone opens it in landscape? ive always had it but thought maybe i was holding at a slight angle, but was definately holding it straight and it still did it. can anyone else let me know if they have the same issue?

its only minor but just wanted to check
[Desire Android Development] aunder90:
see i dont have this issue anymore, i wake up and it turns on after about 20 secs (i dont have the sleep policy set to never as i get better battery life this way) but when i did, this fixed it. i agree it doesnt tell us what the problem is, but if it works then i dont mind. alternatively just use 3.4.2 for now as imo it had the best battery life and i uploaded a camera apk earlier from the new vision rom that improved the camera performance however it only takes 3mpx pics, but if camera isnt that important then use 3.4 for now untill its been fixed. also the camera apk takes better HD video quality at 30fps
[Desire Android Development] dakore:
Yeah, some times it happens to me when I open a browser, messaging app or settings menu... It is frustrating but I can live with it.
[Desire Android Development] sfjuocekr:
Well it is more of an annoyance really, everytime I wake up I have to manually reconnect wireless because SIPDroid has switched to 3G.

I really just want SIPDroid to stay connected locally all the time instead of 3G > ISP > back home.

Also have you tested if turn wireless off when screen goes off works? Because after a fresh wipe/install it doesn't seem to work for me. Wireless simply stays on, this is not optimal for battery drain if you don't want to use wireless.
[Desire Android Development] MacCarron:
Wow compared to yours my wifi is **** up big time! :p:p

This is what i get with screen ON then OFF (that's right, i didn't mess up the order)

Reply from 192.168.1.100: bytes=32 time=92ms TTL=64
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.100:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 1, Lost = 3 (75% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 92ms, Maximum = 92ms, Average = 92ms

------------------------------------------------------------------

Pinging 192.168.1.100 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.100: bytes=32 time=78ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.100: bytes=32 time=268ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.100: bytes=32 time=188ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.100: bytes=32 time=109ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.100:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 78ms, Maximum = 268ms, Average = 160ms

I repeat, first results with screen ON, second with screen OFF. Other devices work just fine.
[Desire Android Development] aunder90:
yeah sorry thats what i meant, thats how my settings are and all is fine my end hmm strange ill keep looking to see if i can replicate this problem and let you know
[Desire Android Development] daffie:
Do you by any chance have the update zip for 3.4.2 lying around somewhere? I've found v3.4.0 but can't seem to locate 3.4.2.
[Desire Android Development] aunder90:
indeed i do sir, its below for you
[Desire Android Development] MacCarron:
Here you go mate ;)
[Desire Android Development] sfjuocekr:
Argh Market won't download anything right now. Changed my password, didn't work. Tried to login with Talk (used to solve the problem for me in the past), didn't work either. Killing Market, Talk etc all didn't work either :(

/edit: After a DATA and CACHE wipe it worked again, now lets check wireless!
[Desire Android Development] daffie:
Terrific...thanks a lot guys :)
[Desire Android Development] ghmail2:
10char

edit
[Desire Android Development] zoltrix:
I was having some signal issues on 3.6.1

During a phone call teh call would cut out and be silent for a few seconds. I just flashed the fix and will test and report back :)
[Desire Android Development] hib1000:
Is it just me or its this ROM getting flakier with every update?

Installed 3.6.1 and even though I can surf the net on 3G and wifi nothing actually downloads from the market... Starting, but never actually doing anything. Wiped all data, reflashed 3.6.0, then 3.6.1 made no difference. Went back to 3.5.2, and its all sorted once again.

I noticed in the APN's that Vodafone Contact Internet was missing in 3.6.1 and only Vodafone Contact Wap was there and selected. Why does this stuff disappear and reappear from ROM to ROM?

Also, and this happens in 3.5.2 too, if I go out of the signal area of my wifi, my phone sets that network to disabled and will not reconnect until I manually force it to... Very annoying. I have watched the wifi settings page, and the phone seems to try to reconnect maybe 5 times, then gives in and sets it to disabled, never to connect again.

Anyone getting this issue? Note this its NOT the wifi turning off in standby issue that seems so prevalent at the moment
[Desire Android Development] AdamG:
this is perfectly normal when the screen is off, wifi goes into power saving mode, if it was kept active your battery would be dead in no time
[Desire Android Development] aunder90:
i think i saw a fix or a work around a few pages back for most of your issues mate look back about 20pages and work up sorry i know its long but i cant remember the page
[Desire Android Development] Zayeen:
Oj problems maybe related to Overclocking

After having problems with the OJ dying i removed setcpu for 1 day now and having no problems ATM.

That's keeping you guys updated i hope eventualy the problem can be fixed because i loved the extra speed.
[Desire Android Development] sfjuocekr:
I know this is normal behaviour because of powersaving, noted this myself a few posts back too.

But wireless acts really strange, not like the options would suggest. Mainly wireless stays on when set to turn off when screen is off.

And wireless disconnects after a long period of time when screen is off but policy is set to never disconnect.

I have my phone with new radio and fully wiped right now, will leave it like this til I wake up tomorrow see if wireless disconnected.
[Desire Android Development] nachtschicht:
Flashable ZIP

I created a ZIP-file that will copy Adam's hosts-file (as a basis) to /data/data/hosts, delete the hosts-file in /system/etc and create a symlink from /system/etc/hosts to /data/data/hosts. It can be flashed through recovery.

So this is helpful when you update OD to a newer version. You can just flash the ZIP after the OD update and have to update the hosts-file with Adfree again (don't forget to check the box at the bottom that says "symlink from /data/data/hosts").

No more hassle with adb :)
[Desire Android Development] yeahtyeaht:
can i install a black notification bar with battery version a? when yes, where can i find it?
[Desire Android Development] SNaReX:
@AdamG; Will you release new version recently?. I didn't install 3.6.1 yet. If you will release i will wait for newer and i will install.
[Desire Android Development] aunder90:
sorry but what benefits are there to this? what does this mean exactly?
[Desire Android Development] aunder90:
go to the themes and apps section, also dnglee has made one i believe?
[Desire Android Development] ergoulf:
Release 5.2. The most stable i have used. Playing psx games and doing whatever. Unbetable speed, standby and stability. Did a clean install with the latest radio :)

Edit: cpu at 1276mhz 24/7, still insane battery standby
[Desire Android Development] nachtschicht:
- You always get the latest hosts-file updates via Adfree (from market)

- You don't need a PC to push the hosts-file to /data/data and make a symlink by hand, thanks to a flashable ZIP

;)

EDIT: If you are asking about the benefits for a modified hosts-file: Adblocking (redirecting them to you own local address 127.0.0.1). Just in case :)
[Desire Android Development] kuailan:
Thank you....I am such a lazy ass, this will definitely help ;)
[Desire Android Development] nachtschicht:
You are welcome :D

I'm also really lazy, plus I want to be able to do a complete OD update even when I'm not around a computer. So I created this and additional ZIPs (for push my sounds to /system/media/audio/..., pushing my modified certificate so I can use CITRIX with work, modified HTC_IME in black, etc...).

Yes, I am lazy too :D
[Desire Android Development] aunder90:
nice thanks buddy.

wow this thread has become calm and helpful again lol

this is how it should be. thanks again
[Desire Android Development] kuailan:
Just wondering will the zip also work in 3.5.2 version?? I am thinking about going back to previous release. Just find signal pretty much lacking in the newer 3.6.1.
[Desire Android Development] nachtschicht:
It should work with ANY rooted ROM out there, not just OD or any specific version.

No framework-res.apk or similar file will be touched, so no bootloop etc.

Just flash it after you flashed your ROM of choice and you will be fine.
[Desire Android Development] KazeKitsune:
Just something else I'be noticed is a WiFi drop followed by the WiFi not scanning at all. I have to disable then re enable WiFi to connect. Did 3.6 have something to do with WiFi drivers ?
[Desire Android Development] sfjuocekr:
You make the link like this in the adb console:

ln -s /data/data/hosts /etc/hosts

For those that don't know ;)

Also wireless went to sleep, with policy set to never sleep! I turned on the screen the icon for wireless was still there at max, but it showed as disconnected on my AP and I couldn't ping it. It took four hours for the phone to turn wireless off, also it reconnected itself first time when I turned the screen on!

So I'll flash the older radio to it now, do a wipe etc and report back when I wake up :)
[Desire Android Development] cyg:
Hi

can anyone advice on this problem i am facing with the latest rom.

i cant seem to open up the contacts

thanks
[Desire Android Development] pramdit:
Hey Adam...great job, tried using 3.6.1 for two days with set cpu 1276 and no problem at all. Also never had wifi problem, maybe i'm the lucky one..:) thank man..
[Desire Android Development] domparry:
Once upon a time I had battery drain. I did a full wipe and now it's awesome again. The end.
[Desire Android Development] kfasheldon:
Before wipe had market issue with better keyboard update not finishing just downloading but nothing.

Full wipe looked to fix 169 apps no problem but this morning I find gde launcher doing same 5 other updates OK this one stuck. Uninstall works but can't then install from market.

Pass change etc makes no difference any one ideas

Thanks
[Desire Android Development] akxak:
No doubt, my intention was at no time to create an inacceptable risk.

Thanks!

As already mentioned, I would appreciate such "extensions" as small update-zips which can be flashed after the main OD version has been installed. That would allow everybody to choose his suiteable way.

Do you know by chance how to replace the hosts-file by a link to /data/data/hosts with 644 rights?

Later... the solution was already posted here thanks to Nachtschicht.
[Desire Android Development] akxak:
;) Many thanks for this, that was exactly what I was looking for.

At home, it is no problem to fire up adb and do this, but when being elsewhere (and updating or restoring a version) adb is not available.

Am I right that removing the hosts file from the zip and the line "copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:" from the update script would leave the existing /data/data/hosts untouched and just create the symlink?
[Desire Android Development] allgxxd:
anyone?

it seems that ppl are having wifi problems and mobile one works everyone, what am i doing wrong?
[Desire Android Development] goofoon:
Wrong, they can't fix it. It's just the way sms works. Special characters will make the sms shorter. Just read this thread:

hxxp://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-570633.html

Hmm I cant use links in my first post ;) Ok.. let me quote some then:
[Desire Android Development] khenderick:
I'm using this rom for a while, but how can i use the apps2sd+ (is included in this rom right?). Now, I'm using the froyo apps2sd. Works for a few apps, but some apps like copilot and google earth are taking huge amounts of space.

Is this correct:

1. partition sd card: 32MB swap, 512MB ext3, rest FAT32

2. should work

But will programs like copilot automatically be moved to sd? And what about widgets, as they don't work well when on sd card.

Can you guys help me?
[Desire Android Development] akxak:
Hmm... I just connected my in-ear headphones and started the android mp3 player. I do not hear any additional "sound/noise"...
[Desire Android Development] zallaaa:
I'm on 3.6.0 and one thing I noticed is how better the battery management is. I used Set cpu 245-245 (screen off) on 3.4.1 but still the phone lost a lot of charge overnight. Now just 3% with the same settings.

I don't know if the new version has improvements in this field, however, good job AdamG!
[Desire Android Development] akxak:
In the settings, you can configure the behaviour (automatic, internal, sdcard). Additionally, with the application manager, you can move single apps manually back and forth.

Personally, the automatic use of the ext3 partition for the cache released much internal memory, so I have no need to manually move apps to the sdcard. And I have quite a lot tools installed.
[Desire Android Development] bemymonkey:
Interesting - willl look into this. Are the ping times different between phone in standby with sleep policy on "never" and "when screen is off"?

That's pretty much what mine looks like, except that my standby pings return "Destination host unreachable" instead of timeouts. Maybe we have some similarities in our WiFi setups?

My details:

-DHCP on (192.168.178.21)

-Desire MAC 38:E7:D8:B2:D5:9C

-WiFi Channel 1

-WiFi Mode: 802.11b/g mixed

-Encryption: WPA2 CCMP

I don't think he was complaining - the ones of us that are concerned (like me) are getting "Destination host unreachable" or timeouts when trying to ping the Desire in standby :(...
[Desire Android Development] kartoffel1212:
Wf clock widget (HTC clock/Weather like widget) makes strange batterie drain.

Can anybody confirm that ?
[Desire Android Development] nachtschicht:
Bitte schön :D

You are right: If you remove folder "data" from the ZIP and delete the copy_dir-line, then your existing /data/data/hosts-file won't be touched.

BTW: In the post before this you talked about 644-tights. I gave 655-rights, you might want to correct that in your ZIP as well ;)
[Desire Android Development] ali8383:
Hello my friend <<

I cant read arabic lang. , in internet or sms

please help me , i like your rom it fast on my device

thank you again
[Desire Android Development] bemymonkey:
For everyone else having WiFi issues:

Setting the router to...:

-802.11g only (and turn off that crap like 802.11g++)

-WMM off

-IPTV optimizations off

-Powersaving (Reduction in signal strength when idle) off

... has helped a little. I'm now getting far more stable ping times, and when I try to ping after the Desire has been in standby for a while, only the first two or three pings come back with an error, while the rest go through. Seemingly the Desire is "woken" by the first few pings and then subsequent pings work fine.

I guess external influences (router settings for instance) would explain only some people having these symptoms. Any other tips from people with perfectly working setups on things to change?