yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus One Android Development] arunciks:
:((

Nice ROM, but seems very buggy....

Formatted with parted..

fat32 ~12gb

ext4 2500mb

ext3 400mb

linuxswap 128mb

did factory reset.. clean cache and so.....installed.. enabled the profile scfg

Issues:

random reboots...

flipping sensor way to slow.. 5 and more sec delay...

usb mount to pc doesn't seem to work - even allows on off function..

when reboots takes maybe 3-7 minutes.. seems few looping reboots before boots up.

core system and some core components keeps FC

:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:confused::confused::confused:
[Nexus One Android Development] loggie1:
My small partition is EXT3. The nand backup I had was rod's miuiv3.1.2 and that worked ok with the sdcard partition as recommended.
[Nexus One Android Development] loggie1:
Maybe your EXT4 partition is to large. max 2GB

From first post:

"Partition No.1 = xxGB Fat32 (xx = whatever you want)

Partition No.2 = 1GB EXT4 (Apps Partition)

Partition No.3 = 300 MB EXT3 (Loopback Partition)

Partition No.4 = 128 MB Linux Swap

percental bigger or smaller partitions are possible but not bigger as 2 GB"
[Nexus One Android Development] deenoo:
Yeah, the ROM did not recognize the ext4 & ext3 partition at all. I think it has to do with the partition. I was having so much issues when partitioning the SD using gparted iso link provided in the 1st post (basically I was not able to create all partition at once, it would keep on error out, had to do it one partition at a time).

I ended up installing gnome partition editor in uBuntu, and it partitioned without any issue. And bang the ROM flashed without any issue as well. Now it's just the wifi issue, let me see if changing theme (anything but black) works.
[Nexus One Android Development] sl8125:
I don't have random rebooted or anything else. Screen rotation is very laggy. I confirm it will take 5 to 10 seconds. Also when starting the phone up it will bootloop five minutes minimum. At first I thought there was something wrong but it worked all of sudden. So reboot and waited and it booted up. I figured that the 3rd partition was for the bootloop somehow. I control know how it works but its noted on OP that ext4 of 300mb was for bootloop. So... Not sure but taking a guess. Other then that so far so good. I think many will complain of the bootloop and think that something went wrong. But its not just wait for it. It will start up. Cuz I thought the same. Will report again later the status.
[Nexus One Android Development] bori1030:
so has anyone had any luck with this 3.5 yet? all I see are problems....... im running 3.4.1 just bout flawless and dont want to start 3.5 if its not working at least 85%... Thanks
[Nexus One Android Development] net.cat:
I hope Rod will base the next release on the 1.6.10 that should fix at least the theme panel FCs' !
[Nexus One Android Development] deenoo:
hmm...another issue. Some apps would not install. It would prompt Package file is invalid.
[Nexus One Android Development] Docmjldds:
That's the older ROM. No fix.
[Nexus One Android Development] Docmjldds:
Are you using Gpart and SD card in a reader and re-formatting your EXT's. If not, then the sense rom install is leaving bits and pieces causing your issues. IOW, if going from one rom to another, it's imperative to do the absolute clean install, including the format utility to format system, data, and cache, besides the wipes.
[Nexus One Android Development] Pryda:
After flashing Stock then Rod's, everything is fine. After a few reboots, can't mount sdcard anymore and my Ext4 is back to Ext2... wtf? :(
[Nexus One Android Development] Docmjldds:
With MIUI, push the volume down key and menu key at same time. You should hear a click. That's taking a screen shot. Look in MIUI folder and screen_cap folder. Then look for paper clip next to the smiley top of the message reply box and a window opens to point to the location of a file to upload. Browse and load, then make sure you click on the upload tab in that box. If you want a slick program, install QtADB. Google it to download. With phone plugged in you click on the program and a dual box op0ens up. Right side is a program manager of your phone and left side is files you choose to copy to and from the phone. There are tabs for screen shot. I highly recommend this. It's a sweet way to move files back and forth to system and data instead of alternate programs. It's basically a GUI version of ADB commands as the best way to describe. Free app, but they ask for donations. Not a market app. It's a windows app from folks like here on XDA. It's my own private secret to making this stuff easy. I guess I have to try to beat your 2800....nah...27xx was ok enough for me :)
[Nexus One Android Development] Docmjldds:
Yes...I really believe this is critical. Formatting MUST be done in a card reader for success. Yes, it is possible to leave the SD card in the phone and have Gpart see it, or use the minipartition tool to do same, but this is where I believe errors are happening that users do not see. As an aside issue, I was having issues with reformatting my Linux swap file. This was being done in the phone. When I finally started over and did it all in a card reader and using Gpart from a bootable disk, all went well and I had zero issues with the install.

So, basically everyone who says they are only seeing boot loops...are you setting up your partitions with the SD card OUT of the phone in a card reader and using a Linux bootable disk. I have seen all sorts of issues with minipartition tool. For many users, they may say it works for them. But I still say, try it my way and then tell me you still bootloop.
[Nexus One Android Development] sebastie:
yes, still having boot loop
[Nexus One Android Development] Docmjldds:
See my last. You must Partition in a card reader or you are going to bat 5% probability of it installing correctly. Yes, some users will say they partitioned in the phone. And I say, look at all the users here saying they have problems. I guess i will eat my words if a users will go the distance and absolutely install with my mehod and still have boot loops. If so, then they also may have some bad nand or bad blocks that can cause issues. I suffered thru that for months trying to install ROMs, mainly large Sense Roms that would NOT install, or would only bootloop. A logcat running during the boot after install would show if there are bad blocks .
[Nexus One Android Development] Docmjldds:
Are you using my modded format utility that formats system, data, and cache 2x. THEN...use wipes. System files left over from prior installs etc will also mess this up.

I am attaching the format file I modified. I did NOT sign this so you MUST TURN SIG VERIFY OFF. ZYes, I should rename my file which I technically did when I uploaded same file to a hotfile mirror.
[Nexus One Android Development] Docmjldds:
And are you formatting partitions in a crad reader using Gpart. And are you formatting System, data, and Cache with the modified Format utility I posted?

(It's not signed....you have to turn off sig verification) Look at one of my prior posts for a link to the file I attached.
[Nexus One Android Development] Docmjldds:
EXT4 must be less than 2GB. Rod has stated this too in OP. I have non of your issues.
[Nexus One Android Development] Docmjldds:
No problems with Theme manager at all if you use the file I posted.
[Nexus One Android Development] Docmjldds:
I'm at a loss then, if you partitioned in a card reader, used the format utility, then used the amon2.2.1 wipe options, then flash the rom
[Nexus One Android Development] sl8125:
Hey doc, do you get bootloop on restarts? Sometimes I get bootloop sometimes I don't. Its random.
[Nexus One Android Development] zerolove:
I formated per Rods first post didn't wipe or format anything. Everything works great had to adb push thememanager.apk from previous post. I'm using setcpu instead of sscfg. Quadrant score of 2180,

Thanks Rod!
[Nexus One Android Development] Docmjldds:
No bootloops, BUT,,,,,I can confirm what others see and what Rod has PMed to me also. The EXT4 is somehow being converted back to EXT2. I just looked. I don't have any problems, but I see it shows as EXT2.

I am officially taking my family out to dinner and will report back for duty sometime in the next 12 hours. Nothing much is going to happen in the short term right now.
[Nexus One Android Development] dvdschnck:
Grab a knife and fork. :)

First. THANK YOU for the guidance offered.

The problem does not ALWAYS lie in what you are insisting here... I have followed the partitioning instructions EXACTLY. As have some others here, I must presume.

The SINGLE deviation in my case is I am using my SD micro in a SD card reader on my ubuntu netbook, using Gparted. Go ahead and insist that I must burn a Parted Magic boot cd (or bootable USB stick for netbooks) for the proper partitioning to occur. You'll be wrong.

So, with SD card reader in a netbook slot (two different sd cards tried):

FAIL: FAT32 + ext4 + ext4 + swap.

FAIL: FAT32 + ext3 + ext4 + swap.

FAIL: FAT32 + ext4 + ext3 + swap. (tried this one dozen(s?) times)

FAIL: FAT32 + ext3 + ext3 + swap.

FAIL: FAT32 + ext4 + swap.

FAIL: FAT32 + ext3 + swap.

FAIL: FAT32 + ext4.

FAIL: FAT32 + ext3.

FAIL: FAT32 + ext4 + ext3.

FAIL: FAT32 + ext4 + ext4.

FAIL: FAT32 + ext3 + ext3.

FAIL: FAT32 + ext3 + ext4.

FAIL: Partition ordering as specified, primaries all.

FAIL: NO unallocated gaps between partitions.

FAIL: Trailing unallocated space.

FAIL: Partition sizes exactly as OP instructs.

FAIL: Minor size variances to see what would happen.

20 plus, probably 40 plus cycles of this. Result... Always the same boot-loop, with no deviance.

I have years of experience with Gparted. I can read. I can quote you what the OP says now (without looking) and can quote you what it has said before Rod edited it to improve it for clarity.

I know that some boneheads are straying from the very detailed OP instructions, but by now in this long discussion, many (most?) of us with the boot-loop issue are FULLY informed as to what you are rightfully insisting must be done. Now would you please begin to believe that there IS more underlying this problem than you now know? If not, thanks for trying. You've shown great patience.

Been running a "e2fsck -c -c /dev/sdbX" (badblocks write-intensive check) for two hours now. Will report results when complete.

My recovery log from the MIUIMOD "choose zip from sdcard" process logged a few /system/SOMETHING-OR-OTHER unable-to-finds. There lies the problem, I suspect, unless those logged errors are expected and routine. Will attach/quote it after a short break from this stuff.
[Nexus One Android Development] sl8125:
Maybe bad SD card? I used gparted. I didn't have any problems.
[Nexus One Android Development] dvdschnck:
Yes, maybe. Maybe two bad cards. I am awaiting the results of a badblocks check on the smaller of the two I've been using. It should be finished around 1am CST.

Also:

FAIL: Nandroid restore of MIUI Stock v1.6.3 (with boot to home screen), prior to writing Rod's.

FAIL: Nandroid restore of Rod's MIUIMOD 3.4 (with boot to home screen), prior to writing Rod's.
[Nexus One Android Development] jchap2k:
Got everything working on my phone at last! So many boot loops, but it finally all fell into place, and after a few reboots, its going smooth.

The only thing that doesn't work for me is Wifi (Same problem many seem to have, says Obtaining IP Address, then disconnects)
[Nexus One Android Development] dvdschnck:
Good to hear! Could you share what puzzle piece made it all work for you?
[Nexus One Android Development] arunciks:
:( still no solution

I can confirm that both ext3 and ext4 were displayed as ext2 in parted after I checked again.

second time :)

Re partitioned, now with smaller than 2GB partition..wiped everything.. installed from scratch and now stuck in infinite loop for maybe 30minutes.. :)..:confused::confused::confused:
[Nexus One Android Development] bori1030:
loaded PMagic open partition tool loaded my sd in card reader when you pick the sd card right click on linux swap go down to format to and choose linux swap size 128 after command pops up in the bottom APPLY it. after its done go down go to small partition 300mb and right click do the same process as the linux go to format to, and choose EXT 3 (if its EXT 2 0r 4) when THAT command pops up at the bottom Apply it. let it do it format and repeat the same method right click on final partition it format to and choose EXT 4 let the command pop up and APPLY that last one let it do its thing and when thats done reboot your com (very Important that partitions are exact how ROD shows..

after computer is back up put Rom 3.5 on ROOT OF SD CARD AND FLASH LIKE NORMAL ROM AFTER first WIPING DATA, CACHE , DALVIK CACHE,AND 5 FULL WIPES. ONCE ITS DONE AND YOU REBOOT THE PHONE . IT WILL LOOK LIKE ITS LOADING FINE BUT IT WILL START BOOTLOOPS ABOUT 5 TO 10 LOOPS OR 8 MINS OF LOOPIN AND THEN ITS ON. THATS NORMAL JUST LEAVE IT!

EVERYTHING SUPER FAST SMOOTH AND THE BEST rom ever working great! my Theme mang just fc , use Docmjldds fix on post #9478 if that apk dont work use this apk i have here the one from 3.4.1 its flawless

no problem can apply anything no FC running super nice

flawless ROM DOC ROD keep up the good work will report if i start have any issues Ill test gps tomor but damn its Fast as HELL!!

quad at 2610 everything still looking good
[Nexus One Android Development] dvdschnck:
Attached: Gparted screenshot, plus one

Well, checking my sd card completely, e2fsck had no new bad blocks to report.

Here one shot of Gparted doing it's thing all right, and another looking at the root of my fat32 1st partition:
[Nexus One Android Development] miguelm75:
the same here. strange thing is, that i've installed some apps from my SD Card or from Android Market, and now it's impossible...
[Nexus One Android Development] miguelm75:
this ROM is fabulous: beatiful, incredibly fast and so on, but at the moment to buggy (disconecting WiFi, trouble with installing apps). will wait for next version, read this thread, and go back to Gigglebread.
[Nexus One Android Development] deenoo:
I thought about maybe it was Titanium backup issue coming from another Rom. So I tried just install the apps through Market installs, but after a bunch of apps installed, I got the same invalid package issue such as Gmap, gesture search, groupon, etc. On top of that, still having wifi connection issue, had to use static IP to be able to connect to wifi.
[Nexus One Android Development] dvdschnck:
I give up

Continuing from exactly here...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14558860&postcount=9575

Next, in recovery, with my fresh partitions as per OP and Doc:

Wiped data twice, wiped cache twice, wiped dalvik-cache twice.

Ran Doc's unsigned power-wiping script, twice.

Wrote MIUIMOD Stock 1.6.3.

Booted MIUIMOD Stock to home screen.

Reboot to recovery.

Wiped data twice, wiped cache twice, wiped dalvik-cache twice.

Ran Doc's unsigned power-wiping script, twice.

Wrote Rod's MIUIMOD 3.5.

Moved recovery log to sdcard.

Reboot.

Boot-loops, lost count at around 20 cycles, continued on for about twice that count.

Also jacked in and poked around with an adb shell session during the boot-loops. Not sure what looks normal during initial ROM boots, but at least I see that /init is running.

Let that looping nonsense continue for 25+ minutes.

Battery pull.

I am seeing that I have MASSIVE bad NAND being reported in recovery.log. Could this ROM be too large to be written to my remaining good NAND? Wouldn't it report a ROM write failure, and not ROM write success?

Anyone wish to advise me on next steps? Guess I will go research generic boot-loop threads and NAND stuff, just to learn.

Attached recovery log in two parts, also a look at some running processes from later in the constant looping phase:
[Nexus One Android Development] Pryda:
Finally got it working.

Guys don't forget to wipe everything in recovery after partitioning.

There is no need to boot the stock miui, just flash it, wipe cache, dalvik then flash rod's and you win.

Edit: 2460q without oc, airplane.
[Nexus One Android Development] Docmjldds:
Where were the bad blocks. I was able to compute amount of memory as in 85MB worth in /data. IOW, Even after an install, when users would report lets say 120MB free, back in pre Froyo days, I would have around 45Mb free or less. I don't think there's any active process that actually marks them as bad. As far as I know, if the blocks are in a state where a ROM installation needs to place information, then that specific information etc doesn't get installed. This isn't like a desktop where the bad blocks can somehow be isolated and taken out of the picture so to speak by some software disk program. The only fix is a new board. HTC doesn't replace individual hardware parts. Been thru this process already. Not sure there's much more you can do.
[Nexus One Android Development] Docmjldds:
I will look later at recovery log, but based on "massive bad nand"...this is YOUR issue specifically. After I had HTC replace my phone, I no longer had these install issues. There is NO FIX for bad nand. System board has to be replaced, and that means basically a replacement phone. A rom cannot cause bad nand. It just happens. Hardware failure. And depending on where this is happening will determine reports of what is being written. The Nexus one was initially plagued by bad nand in the boot partition, which meant the developers here had to work with the kernel folks to write smaller boot img files as a work around for many users with boot partition bad nand.
[Nexus One Android Development] arifhanid:
Curious to know what quadrant score you're getting.

Are you getting close to 3000?
[Nexus One Android Development] maikelnaii:
Yes, it works perfectly.
[Nexus One Android Development] alladin77:
instruction on how to install....

Hi all,

with my deepest respect to all of you guys.

Can anyone send me step by step instruction on how to install rodriguez ROM, I have evil's 1.21.3 and I could not install rodriguez's rom...

thanks in advance.
[Nexus One Android Development] Cpt.Curry:
why can't you install it, and which recovery are you using?
[Nexus One Android Development] alladin77:
I do not know, in case of evil's I just download it, wipe everything and flash rom from zip file.

but with rodriguez rom it does not recognize the zip file I've downloaded

how I can find out which recovery I am using?
[Nexus One Android Development] superlantern:
is there any way to change the Long press home app in a similar way to CM6? i liked pressing home and going to the launcher and long pressing for the virtual task switcher
[Nexus One Android Development] superlantern:
how'd you get it to work? on my installing swype reboots the phone. it does install but then when i try to use it all I get the swype is configured for another device
[Nexus One Android Development] mikra44:
Do you have rom manager from the market? If not download it, and install clockwork recovery. With that you can disable signature verification. After disabling, try again!?
[Nexus One Android Development] maikelnaii:
I downloaded it from Htcmania, version 2.4.44.10912 for WVGA. Mine is the version with spanish language, but I think that there are another languages.
[Nexus One Android Development] :
It's also been recommended to wipe twice before installing this rom.

When you boot into recovery the screen will show what one you have. Didn't you flash it when you rooted?
[Nexus One Android Development] scintillahx:
You have to place the zip file at the root of sdcard. If you download directly to your phone, it's saved at /download.
[Nexus One Android Development] prodigiez:
thx for the rom..i really like it! the fm radio is working..real great!
[Nexus One Android Development] b33zy682:
the instructions say double wipe and im already running this rom no problems but just for my own curiosity soes double wipe mean wipe everything twice then install or full wipe install then full wipe again and install?
[Nexus One Android Development] poochie2:
While importing my apps via TB I lost 90% of the speaker volume. Resetting "Settings 2.2"'s settings + reboot fixed the issue!
[Nexus One Android Development] loveact:
any idea how to make the sound louder?

which kernel to use?
[Nexus One Android Development] Cpt.Curry:
custom THEME for ROD's MIUI

I made a bit of custom theme which has a bit of rods theme, and a bit of the smooth green theme, made by someone from the droid incredible themes and apps section and a bit of my theming done for some of the icons, it works fine on rods rom I have tested it, can't get screen shots in right now, but I've also included the original framework of rods rom, in case you want to go back to the original look. these are flashable zips and can be flashed from recovery. Do so at your risk...remember nandroid.

Thanks
[Nexus One Android Development] :
Wipe twice then install. I did and have zero issues with Rom.
[Nexus One Android Development] mgear356:
i cant seem to change the twitter to black/smoke version.

anyone done it successfully?
[Nexus One Android Development] jetrii:
Could you post a screenshot of the themes?
[Nexus One Android Development] skorpioneMM:
All works fine in this ROM but i found a big issue using apps that requires a GPS Auto Location.

In Weather & Toggle, Fancy Widget etc... when you select auto location option the weather in the widget doesnt appear and if you refresh the weather manually, same thing.

Any ideas?
[Nexus One Android Development] zahni_tue:
I used the roms from CM almost a year, now i was curious about the MIUI and wow, it's a really nice rom! So i want to use it for a while but got also a problem.

I can't use the whatsapp app, cause everytime i submit to get a sms with the verification code, it ends with a reboot. It also needs a long time to get started.

Does anyone has the same problem and know, what could be the problem? :o

Thanks for any help! :D
[Nexus One Android Development] Docmjldds:
Bad nand is his issue, as my best case guess right now.
[Nexus One Android Development] Docmjldds:
EXT4 issue workaround

Rod,

Haven't had time to test difference in how the ROM is working currently and Quadrants. What I did was a Nandroid backup, then convert the first EXT Partition which originally was EXT4 and had become EXT2 after the 3.5 installation, back to EXT4. I then Nandroid restored and so far, it is now staying as EXT4. I will run a quadrant later and also test c2sd and see if that will now work. Attaching a screenshot showing Partition scheme booted up right now.
[Nexus One Android Development] arunciks:
:)...

Ok this is maybe 4th time i Tried... I had some success - at least rom started this time..:).. I don't know if that might been an issue I switched recovery from clockwork to ra... another strange thing happened again now ext4->ext3 and ext3->ext2 not like before both partitions went to ext2.

So no apps2sd or so .. everything installed to internal memory.. wifi worked after sleep doesnt connect or show any networks..:(.. quadrant tester FC 2d test.

3 days spent ..:) I am going back to orig miui...:(.. lets wait for bulletproof rom from rodriguez

:eek::eek::cool::cool:
[Nexus One Android Development] lcchan1:
Close...............
[Nexus One Android Development] Docmjldds:
With my workaround using Nandroid backup to restore to a partition scheme changing the EXT2 back to EXT4, my Quadrant scores are now consistently 1700+. But...before I could not run the c2sd command. I would see symlinking errors and on reboot, it would stay stuck on the X. Now, after using terminal and c2sd, no error, and it reboots with about a 4 minute wait on the X. Attaching a screen shot showing settings via QuickSystem Info Pro. I should have checked what my System Cache setting was prior to running this command, but it now shows 95MB total and 92.82MB free. Can anyone verify what theirs is without running c2sd if they managed to get it to run.