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[Desire Android Development] germanhoss:
for german t-mobile users

German t-mobile allows market-purchases via the t-mobile bill since a week or so.

The problem is - officially only allowed for branded phones.

This can be circumvented via an entry in system/build.prop:

search for:

ro.com.google.clientidbase= XXXXXXXXXX <- don´t remember the XXX´s :-)

and change the whole string to

ro.com.google.clientidbase=android-tmobile-de

The above I found in german forums - but for users of GV 3.3 it´s also mandatory to change their market to 3.1.5 and not use the ICS-update.

The easiest way for me was to

a) clear market data

b) download the 2.7 market from here and

c) let the market update itself

After that I was able to buy apps via my phone-bill - an impossible thing, as an employee of t-mobile told me cause you need an original branded phone for that :)
[Desire Android Development] Hammerbak:
Hi everyone.

I recently installed GV 3.3 but just as I flashed it I got stuck at the "GV screen". It just hangs there but every 3-4 seconds the screen goes black and the GV logo comes back on.

I tried removing dalvik and cache, hell even tried doing a full wipe, but it still hangs on that screen doing the same on and on.

Firstly I thought that it was rebuilding dalvik, but after waiting 1 hour I thought that, that might not be the case, so I removed the battery to shut it down.

I tried doing a full wipe again (including dalvik etc.) at full battery and this time it booted and I got to the setup screen. I got past that but as soon as I turned off the phone and turned it back on (after installing a few apps) it got stuck again.

I tried downgrading to 3.2, which left me with problem for the market. So I installed the newest market version which helped on that problem, but phone still hangs on GV logo screen.

It's worth to mention that I do not have S-OFF and that I'm using A2SD.

Any suggestions?
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Try it again, but when it is on the gv screen, open up adb and watch the logcat... adb is within the Android sdk, andif you do a search you will find out how to start adb and logcat...

Keep watching the logcat and see if it gets stuck... I do wait about half hour maybe 45mins for the Rom to fully boot the first time, as it is building dalvik... you were building dalvik, then wiping dalvik for it build again, and so on...
[Desire Android Development] Hammerbak:
I will give that a try as soon as I get home.

I'm not quite sure it was building dalvik though. Usually when it does that the GV logo just keeps changing colors.. this time it actually disappears and comes back on

EDIT:

Okay.. Here I am. Running logcat through adb and it seems that it's running a whole lot of stuff building the dalvik cache. It's been going on for almost 27 minutes now. I'll leave it for a while to check on it later. There's still the thing that it keeps rebooting the GV screen logo which is has never done before.

How can I tell if it's not just going through an infinite loop? (I don't know whether this is possible though)

EDIT2:

It has been running for 1 hour and 11 minutes by now. As I can see on logcat it keeps counting upwards so I'm gonna leave it for quite some more time and hope this changes anything. I don't think there's anything else to do right now.

EDIT3:

2 hours now. It seems as it has restarted the "counting" process. It was at 20.000 or something last time I looked and it is now back on 6.000 in its dalvikvm "number".

If anyone got any suggestions then I'd like to give it a try since I spent almost 2 hours yesterday installing apps and making the settings just right and I'd prefer not to wipe it all over again.
[Desire Android Development] zigson:
Have you got a Nandroid backup you can turn to?
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Hi, it could be that there isn't enough room for dalvik to.build as you are not s off... have you tried moving the dalvik to SD card by the commands on my site (gv internal space problems link)?

It's to be done in recovery, go to mounts (i think its called something like that) and mount system, then type the commands, within the Android sdk folder (like running logcat)..
[Desire Android Development] Hammerbak:
Now that you say it I might have a very old one. Not sure though. Actually I doubt it. But I will give it a try.

EDIT:

I did not have one.. :'(

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But how do I move it to SD when it's not build yet? When I run the commands from that link of yours it just says "not found"..
[Desire Android Development] zigson:
Personally I'd go right back to basics mate, but then I'm a bit lower tech than Matt ;)

Wipe everything except SD card, and reinstall gv 3.3 (or your last working version in case your 3.3 download is corrupt) from recovery. Hopefully at least then it will boot. Next open a2sdgui app, select dalvik, and move and rebuild. It'll take a while then reboot. Now you can start re-adding your apps. I know it's laborious but it safe and simple.

Finally, always always always keep a Nandroid backup! (and Titanium backup of your apps). GL :)
[Desire Android Development] Hammerbak:
Yeah.. this is what I'm considering at the moment just to get it working. But as I said I spent 2 hours yesterday installing apps and more.. those two hours is something I'd prefer to not having been lost. If there's some way I can tell the phone to rebuild my dalvik cache on the ext partition that would be my prefered way.

I used to have my dalvik on the ext partition as far as I can remember, but I did that early in the process and didn't have a lot of apps back then so that wasn't a problem.
[Desire Android Development] zigson:
I got myself in the same situation a couple of weeks back, couldn't find a way to push dalvik to sd from recovery on an s-on phone. I know what you mean, you'd think there would be a way. If you find out then be sure to post it here. I took the long way round, wiped and reflashed. My issue turned out to be a basic one, the SD was completely full.
[Desire Android Development] Hammerbak:
Okay. I need to get my phone working ASAP.

I've wiped everything (data/factory reset and dalvik cache) and now I'm trying to install GV 3.0 since I remember that I had good internal memory on this one.

I'll come back to ya as soon as I've been through this.

EDIT:

Firstly I was able to start up the phone and install A2SDGUI and then I moved and rebuild the dalvik asap. Hopefully this solves my problems and I'll be able to update to 3.3 again. If I run out of internal memory is there something else than Dalvik I can move to the ext partition?

It seems to be working fine, but if I in the future choose to wipe dalvik.. what will happend then? Will it try to rebuild dalvik on the internal memory and end up ****ing it all up again?

EDIT2:

All is working fine now. I was a little weary on flashing back to 3.3 but it's working now. Ended up spending 3 hours getting some of my core apps back on the phone and did some tweaking here and there :)

Thanks for the help to all of ya! :D
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Yes if u wipe dalvik it will return to internal, either use the a2sdGUI or in terminal emulated write

Su

A2sd cachesdreset

Which will then wipe and rebuild on ext...

Sorry I didn't give u better instructions for moving dalvik to SD on adb, its been a long time since I've used adb properly..
[Desire Android Development] Hammerbak:
That's all fine now. Since I got it back up and working.

I'm just wondering. Isn't there some way to tell the phone to keep dalvik on the SD:EXT partition? I mean like saving a line of text in a file which will then tell the device to "always" build dalvik on the SD:EXT partition?
[Desire Android Development] CountZer0:
Anyone else having problems buying stuff from market since the latest update? Freebies are no problem but when i try to buy something i get an error and try again. Worked before flashing the zip. Deleting market cache makes no difference... :(
[Desire Android Development] 777.300:
Same here, cannot buy anything.

Wipe data and cache, no cure.

Hope to find a fix real soon.

Harald

P.s. work around: buy app thru the web version of the market and push the app to your phone
[Desire Android Development] laving1977:
booting up for the first time. excited. working. happy.
[Desire Android Development] jabbermacy:
Nothing but problems. Villain market update seemed to help but first reboot stuck. 3.0 no issues.
[Desire Android Development] leenukes:
Was about to flash this, but noticed it doesn't have the quick buttons on the notification drop down.

Shame.
[Desire Android Development] DonHuan:
Yes, it does have!
[Desire Android Development] leenukes:
Oh, not from the images in the first post it doesn't.
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Nice theme ;)

The pics in first post are very old... :)
[Desire Android Development] Hammerbak:
I think I might have found a bug in some of the settings but I had no clue on where to tell of it, so I thought it this might be the spot.

Anyway, it might just be my device acting wierd, but I found that when the screen lighting is set to "Dim" (lowest brigthness) it flickers a little bit? Am I the only one?

If not then that was it for me for now :D
[Desire Android Development] DonHuan:
Thanks for it! ;) Love this theme. If only you could do a theme for Go SMS Pro in BluFrost style...
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Will look into it..
[Desire Android Development] nbch:
First of all, thanks for developing this rom, it is a relief after using the stock rom for a year.

I joined at version 2.8 and all was working fine. After upgrading to 3.1 (I skipped earlier upgrades) I noticed my desire does not remember my preferences for default browser, my Twitter account details and sometimes my default dialer settings.

I downloaded these apps again when I was at 3.2, then it was working fine but after upgrading to 3.3 via Villainsetup the issue returned and is getting annoying. Does anyone have a clue how to solve this?
[Desire Android Development] Kryziek:
I have one quick question. Is this The stock android launcher?
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Yes :)
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Mine seems fine on lowest brightness (0%) :)
[Desire Android Development] Pris0n:
i wanna move from leedroid to gv

is there a need of formating the sd card?

what steps i need to consider?

current plan:

1. nandroid backup

2. wipe cache/dalvik/sd card

3. install gv
[Desire Android Development] leenukes:
Sounds like a plan to me. That's the steps I take when trying new ROMs
[Desire Android Development] zedmarcus:
Works for me :D
[Desire Android Development] GonsioR:
I had the same problem. It was caused by the Ice Cream Sandwich Market v. 3.2.

When I replaced it with older version - 3.1.5 the problem disappeared. Now I can buy apps like before.
[Desire Android Development] shamarshall:
Beats Audio

I noticed on a few Sense 3.5 Roms, they have Beats Audio featured, is there anyway to get that for GV, or is that a Stock/Sense kinda feature??

Edit:

I found this post

http://jailbreakjunkie.com/2011/10/19/how-to-install-beats-audio-on-htc-devices/

i downloaded the one for the DHD, and it seems to be working. With my earbuds (Skull Candy) plugged in, i could tell that there was a difference in the audio on maximum volume. the bass is less distorted, and sounds a bit better overall.
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Did you flash the zip? Or, what did you extract and install?

I wouldn't have thought you would be able to get beats to install in non HTC roms...
[Desire Android Development] brordavid:
I just want to say a big thanks to Richard. I have stayed with GingerVillain since 1.7 and just love it. I have configured the phone just the way I want and won't change this rom for the world! Once again, a big thank you Richard for all your work!
[Desire Android Development] kevmeister46:
i just flashed this, how can you tell it's installed? should there be a new app called beats audio in the app drawer or something.

i wasn't really paying attention to the script, but it said at the end something like:

DHD not installed blah blah

DHD not installed blah blah

Successfully installed

So i dont think it did anything, i rebooted and cant see anything new :O(
[Desire Android Development] redrum781:
Can't say if beats audio would work on non aosp roms, but I think the install script needs modification in these two lines:

mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p25", "/system");
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p26", "/data");
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
When I looked at it, there was a framework res apk in there meaning bootloop if it did flash properly... can't remember 100% tho...
[Desire Android Development] redrum781:
There's framework.jar, not framework-res
[Desire Android Development] Manny-:
Love this ROM, great work :D
[Desire Android Development] jult:
Can someone tell me if these are active by default in GV 3.3 and if so what their impact is on the CPU Min and Max settings in CM's Settings?

Also, why does the CPU minimum does not stay at 128 MHz in the Performance config of CyanogenMod settings?
[Desire Android Development] bugfix2k:
I fixed the updater-script for compatibility with my Desire and after installing this I was stuck in a boot-loop. Had to restore nandroid backup.

I wouldn't recommend trying this update until it has been ported to the Desire.
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
I think it will need sense framework, so will never come to this Rom, unfortunately... just my thoughts though..
[Desire Android Development] Laridia:
Every time I unplug my Desire from USB, OC/UV Genie requests Superuser permissions. I'm also not able to apply OC permanently, only temporary works.

I have another Desire which works perfectly.

Any ideas?
[Desire Android Development] okan22:
Same here on my desire
[Desire Android Development] jult:
What exactly is the advantage of this kernel over the ROM's own? And what is the impact on CPU min/max settings in Cyanogenmod's Performance settings?

Looking for a kernel that holds the 128 MHz setting as a minimum.

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Install 'Gemini App Manager' (market, free) and then switch all Autorun configs for OC/UV Beater2 to Off and reboot. I did and don't even notice a difference in batery usage, even seems faster now.
[Desire Android Development] Pris0n:
Anybody has this:

When desire's display is off for some time, when i wake it up again, the wifi is off and 3g is on. after some seconds it reconnects to wifi?
[Desire Android Development] zedmarcus:
Settings / Wireless and Networks / Wi-Fi Settings / Menu (Hard key) / Advanced / Wi-Fi Sleep Policy / Never
[Desire Android Development] Pris0n:
damn :-D

i crashed my phone with a new bootanimation.

can i use the 3.2 framework for recovery?

on the gv stie is no 3.3..?!
[Desire Android Development] lexxa:
The boot animation is not handled by the framework. Try to adb push sth from here. The new nexus animation look pretty slick
[Desire Android Development] Pris0n:
got bootloops....

how can i fix this, forgot nandroid backup,

yeah i know stupid :-P

tried to fix it:

recovery installing failure: package_extract_file("boot.img","/tmp/boot.img")

E:Error in myfix.zip (Status 7)
[Desire Android Development] lexxa:
if you mean boot splash you can push it via fastboot (i guess you know how to get to the fastboot environment)

in case you mean bootanimation it is easy - connect via usb, recovery, mounts and storage, mount system, back to the pc

adb devices (just to be shure)

adb push name_of_bootanimation.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip (not shure if you need to type the filename the second time)

adb shell

# reboot

for bootanimations you could see the original one (unzip from GV zip file) or as stated the nexus one (see thread)
[Desire Android Development] Pris0n:
thanks so far, unluckily i'm stuck at the splash screen. Bootanimation won't show up
[Desire Android Development] lexxa:
allright.

so you can go to fastboot.

if you are s-off you should be able to create some sort of a backup
[Desire Android Development] Pris0n:
i'm s-off

how do i backup in fastboot?

can't i do a backup in recovery?
[Desire Android Development] lexxa:
if you can get to recovery you can.

once you are there try to dump the dalvik cache and hope for the best
[Desire Android Development] Pris0n:
did a backup

droped dalvik

nothing changed

still stuck on splash

damn, me being so stupid

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Do you think if I install GV 3.2 again, just on top of this, it would work?
[Desire Android Development] leenukes:
Did you do a full format of data too or just dalvik?
[Desire Android Development] lexxa:
damn, me being so stupid

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Do you think if I install GV 3.2 again, just on top of this, it would work?[/QUOTE]

it should. have you done sth with the mtd partitions?
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Framework for 3.2 is same.as 3.2, which is why.only 3.2 shows.. should be able to flash that to restore a framework error...
[Desire Android Development] zedmarcus:
You mean "Framework for 3.3 is same as 3.2" :D
[Desire Android Development] devil-kin:
No more updates? I'm having withdrawal issues from my CFD... ;)
[Desire Android Development] Pris0n:
fresh install worked a bit, but now the system pretends to be low on space -.-

so my plan, backup files etc. and make everything new.

i would like to format everything and partionate my sd card again?!

i have the alpharev recovery, which options should i choose for partionating?
[Desire Android Development] Bradshort:
Try this and format Fat32 primary partion first and the Ext 3 primary partition second.

eg: 16gb > 15GB fat32 , 1GB Ext3
[Desire Android Development] Andyokane:
I know, I check everyday for a GV update but nothing comes.... :'(
[Desire Android Development] Pris0n:
thx so far,

installed gv, but got bootloops, didn't see the bootanimation yet, only the splashscreen...

i wiped, everything several times, and flashed again

are u sure, that 15gb fat 32 und 1gb ext3 work?

€: formated in alpharev recovery, installation worked now
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
A fresh install an take a long time...

When I install, I flash fresh rom then restore my apps (with titanium), move dalvik to SD card (see sig) and then it takes a ling time (maybe half hour+, I have a lot of apps) to rebuild my dalvik... so it might be that..
[Desire Android Development] zedmarcus:
Try an ext4 1gb partition instead of ext3. And I'd always recommend using GParted to partition your sd card.

Edit: And yay! 100 thanks
[Desire Android Development] jult:
Most of those space issues are solved when you first flash the correct HBOOT (CM7) and use ClockWorkMod version 5.0.2.* to wipe and factory default/format data partition of your Desire,

and then install GV ROM (and put backups back).

Best way is to flash .img files directly via USB in FASTBOOT USB mode using Android Flasher; http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794638

By the way, nandroid will most likely not restore properly with this method. You should go with Titanium backups and MyBackupRoot backups which reside on your SD-card's partitions.
[Desire Android Development] shamarshall:
Camera goes black and white

Whenever i turn my flash on/off the camera/camcorder will go black and white. it shoots/records in black and white, and will only return to colour if i restart the app

going to try a different app for now, but is anyone else experiencing this as well?

Edit: probably shouldve tried before posting, but i cleared data, and it has taken care of the problem. weird but hope it stays away.
[Desire Android Development] leader288:
I'm having trouble getting a gps lock sometimes on 3.3. Sometimes it gets a lock on a satellite sometimes it doesn't. I've tried modifying the gps.conf file but to no avail.

Anyone?
[Desire Android Development] Wario86:
hello... i have the gingervilain 2.6....can i update to 3.3 without problems? should i do the wipes?
[Desire Android Development] shamarshall:
Sorry Matt, just noticed the reply to my msg. I just flashed the lyapota_UNITY_MusicBOX_XL_Final.zip from recovery. it told me it installed fine, and i did notice a little difference in the sound quality. I wasnt sure either, but it seemed to work :)

i do have a Q that seems you are the person who might end up answering it haha. Hopefully i give u all the info you need.

16GB Card, split 15gb-fat32, and 1gb EXT2-about 700mb free (ive noticed a lot of ppl saying 3 and 4, maybe this is my prob) when i setup the card, i used GParted, and i guess may have followed an old guide IDK, but everything has been working GREAT except for this one memory thing.

Stock(AlphaRev) HBOOT, and latest CWR

Titanium says 133 user apps, according to Applications->Manage Applications i have 145mb of internal space, and right now im looking at 24MB of free space :S. Not sure if i should ignore it (as one posts suggest), but i tried to a2sd cachesd (as one of your posts suggested. it rebooted and gave me a 38MB of internal storage....still dont think this is a lot.

Would changing to ext3/4 make a diff?? what will i lose if i use Gparted to switch my ext partition to 3/4?? Can i even do it that way? haha

Also can u confirm the myth (at least in my head haha) of widgets for apps that are installed on your SD?? is this possible?? currently i have G+ sitting on my SD bc i like the newly themed widget, but its over 20MB

WHEW!! Hope that wasnt too much, and thanks for this amazing rom!! Any suggestions are greatly appreciated :D
[Desire Android Development] zedmarcus:
@shamarshall

If you're gonna use GParted to repartition your sd it will delete everything. Best thing to do is transfer all of your files from your sd card before partitioning it again, then afterwards put it all back onto your newly partitioned card.

Any app that has a widget you wanna use needs to be on your phones internal memory, not your sd card.
[Desire Android Development] shamarshall:
Thanks zed, appreciate the quick response.

so in gparted i cant change only the ext2 partition?? or will changing only that partition reformat the entire card??
[Desire Android Development] zedmarcus:
If you're gonna go to the trouble of partitioning your sd card, then I'd do it all so that it's properly aligned.
[Desire Android Development] shamarshall:
makes sense. Just making sure i have the steps

After i Titanium, Nandroid and backup my card, partition in gparted 16gb split 15-fat32, 1gb EXT4

Flash Rom

?? terminal a2sd cachesd

?? restore titanium

....then thats it??
[Desire Android Development] zedmarcus:
Titanium backup of apps.

Nandroid.

Backup sd card.

Partition using GParted (15gb fat32, 1gb ext4).

Restore your sd card contents.

Full wipe (factory reset, cache partition, advanced/dalvik cache).

Flash rom.

Reboot.

Terminal emulator to move your dalvik cache.

Restore apps using Titanium.

Good to go ;)

(ps - you'll lose your sms messages, maybe backup your messages using an app like "SMS Backup and Restore" from the market before your Titanium backup).
[Desire Android Development] shamarshall:
THANKS. backing up now, I'm sure it will go perfectly with your help

Everything is running smoothly!!! 148Total - 52.5MB Free with all of my apps restored to their rightful places :D
[Desire Android Development] jult:
I have 100% OK experiences backing up and restoring SMS using the MyBackup Root (free) Data option.
[Desire Android Development] leader288:
Anyone?
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Sorry, all is working fine for me...

U say u have edited the config files, you tried this? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1239713

or this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1233359 (this is the one i was searching for originally... :))
[Desire Android Development] fatspirit:
The source code for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is now available at: http://goo.gl/THT5G #Android #ICS
[Desire Android Development] hello247:
icecream villain is just around the corner :)