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[Desire Android Development] happyownage:
Bootloop

Got stuck in a bootloop today, after clearing the cache and dalvik cache. Need to reflash now...

This is the kind of thing I really hate about android. Maybe it's just my experiences, but I never feel that the OS is 100% stable. I always fear of having to reflash or do that sort of thing. I also think the file managing is really hard, since my SD card just fills up with all kind of folders from all kinds of apps, so i can't really see the forest trough the trees.
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
When u wipe dalvik it seems to boot loop, but this is when the dalvik is rebuilding... for me with over 200 apps it sometimes takes a long time, up to half hour...

About you feeling the stableness of android... remember pure android (aosp) isn't supposed to be the desire... if you wanted 100% stable then I would suggest sticking with HTC sense, and not rooting at all... :)
[Desire Android Development] zedmarcus:
+1

If you wanted stable, then why root and flash custom roms? Having said that, GingerVillain was one of the most stable roms I've ever used.
[Desire Android Development] happyownage:
hmm, maybe you are right at that, and it was rebuilding. Yet, after an hour of waiting without any kind of response I got fed up and just reflashed. Was acting quite slow anyway.

But I guess you are right about the stability, just need to weigh the balance against the speed/feature gain. I'm so used to custom roms now, i don't think i could ever go back. But most times it's the negative feelings that stick, in this case the bugs inside an unofficial OS or the fact that the HTC desire has almost none internal memory...

Thanks for your response :)
[Desire Android Development] i6bazar:
Hi all,

just a dummy question about this rom I use for months now, :

When I get a voicemail, I get a notification from my network provider with a small voicemachine icon in the left part of the notification bar.

If I click on the clear button, this icon disapear and it is not persistant.

If I want it back (in order to remind me that I have a voicemail to listen to) I need to get in airplane mode then enabling the network again to see this icon comming back

=> Do you know how to get this icon persistant and not cleared when I click on the clear button (to put it on the left part of the notification bar?) ?

Cheers
[Desire Android Development] AlboGio:
Ginger Villian 3.4 ... ?

New CM7 build ( update-cm-7-20120225-NIGHTLY-bravo-signed.zip ) with many changes ... ;)
[Desire Android Development] zedmarcus:
There's already a thread for the CM7 nightlies. This is for GingerVillain. And yes, maybe Richard is no longer developing this, but I'm sure there are still people using it.

Please don't spam this thread with links for other roms.

Cheers.
[Desire Android Development] AlboGio:
No, I'm sorry.

I knew that GingerVillian was a mod of the CM ROM ... :rolleyes:

So I hoped that Richard would update its Rom to the last CM :)
[Desire Android Development] StylishPirat:
Do you find this rom better than clear cm7? Because I don't know if I should move to it from cm7.
[Desire Android Development] rajverma3135:
Ginger villain got all tweaks of CM7 as well as the best battery life, as I have tried around 15 different roms (sense and soap without sense)

I always come back to Ginger VillainROM for its battery,stability and performance.

This this helps u.

Best advice will be just try and you will find otherwise go back :)
[Desire Android Development] i6bazar:
nobody has any hint?
[Desire Android Development] harm007:
Hello.

For several days, I used "Desire – Villain_Au – Talbess"

It is an upgrade of "ginger villain 3.3" of Richard Tripp.

(==> http://www.roms-au.com/home/villain_au/)

This upgrade contains a lot of interesting things.

This Villain_Au is also fast and smooth. :rolleyes:

I suggest you try it.;)

Regards.
[Desire Android Development] Mefistozisimo:
Tip!

Thanks for the tip!
[Desire Android Development] kevmeister46:
strange one, or two

Hi All, strange problem. For what seems like no reason at all (No updates or new apps etc).

My GMail went wrong. when i open it, i can see all my emails in the list (some read, some unread) but the screen suddenly starts blinking, sometimes its seems to blink black and come back again, then it seems to swipe sideways like a screen transition on powerpoint. Its also very unusable, it take several attempts to actually click anything and seems to hang the phone. as soon as i can get back to the home screen everything is fine again. Only GMail seems affected. I only reloaded my entire phone a week ago, dont really want to again...

I tried: reboot, pulling battery, clearing Gmail cache and data, flashing GV3.3 over the top. Nothing fixed the issue. I installed K9 and it works fine with my Gmail account.

Any ideas?

thanks in advance.
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Google problem... http://www.androidcentral.com/googl...says-fix-way?utm_source=ac&utm_medium=twitter

They are working on a fix... :)
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Can you reflash the rom? /data should stay intact and your apps still be there...

Also try a dalvik wipe...
[Desire Android Development] mlindert:
For a long time I've been a happy user of GV. Although it doesn't receive updates anymore, it's stable and I have no real problems with it, except one, perhaps someone can hint me for a solution.

Every now and then when I plug in my earphone's they are not detected. When I play music it goes through the internal speaker. At first I thought it was a hardware problem but luckily I can solve it by rebooting the phone, so it's probably a software glitch. Perhaps it's a matter of killing and/or restarting a task ?
[Desire Android Development] krader:
I've had this problem a few days ago with my new rom (yes, I've changed GV for the cm7.2 nightly), and I think it may be the same problem: has you been listening to FM radio but with the speaker? If so, ensure you disable speaker before disconnecting the radio. At least, it was my problem; everything was been played via speaker, I suppose it has to be due to some CM setting.
[Desire Android Development] mlindert:
No I don't listen to the radio but use Winamp to play locally stored MP3's. It only happens when my phone is up for several days, after a reboot everything's fine.
[Desire Android Development] mattyyey:
I too was using GV for a LONG while (certainly compared to how long I had kept other ROMs) I did mod it a little (removed n added some apps and mods - made it a Go4Android phone with matrix style theme basically), but the basics were GV. I had this problem many a time however I found a way of fixing it without a reboot. I do not know if this will work on CM7 nightlys but it did work for me on GV.

Here's what I did.

1)put in headphones. they were not detected. damn. :rolleyes:

2)removed headphones

3)pressed home to bring up launcher (go launcher att)

4)killed music app, and winamp and spotify and shavam n soundhound n EQ, and anything like it that i thought might be interfering. Many a time i would just click kill all on the GoWidget, if i wasnt doing anything else.

5)insert headphone quickly before the apps started to relaunch (due to widgets)

6)open music app - (didnt not just click play on widget!) and then press play.

all fine! it didnt always show the icon but it did work.

I am currently using Sandvold's ICS (just about to install 0.4.5 actually) but i remember that. I use my phone as am MP3 player quite alot. :eek: lol
[Desire Android Development] mlindert:
Thank you. I print this out and I keep it as a checklist for the next time the issue arises ;)
[Desire Android Development] topcaser:
Hi,

I have no space for apps any more. Now I read that I can utilize apps2sd to get more space on sd card for apps by partitioning my sd card.

In the OP I have read that I have to use some terminal commands to move dalvik cache to sd.

So I am very new to this and I am wondering what I have to do to get apps2sd working. Is it enough to I move dalvik cache without partitioning? Is there a tutorial any where around?

Thanks in advance.

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[Desire Android Development] EViollet:
Hi.

It's written on the first post.

Type "a2sd install" to start it up.

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[Desire Android Development] topcaser:
Hi again,

as mentioned in my post, the only thing I found in the OP is:

su

a2sd cachesd

And this command is to move the dalvin cache to sd.

Do you mean, I just have to type:

su

a2sd install

What will happen now to my SD card and my data currently stored there? Is there a tutorial any where around? Thanks for sharing
[Desire Android Development] rajverma3135:
Hi topcaser

for your sd card partition please see the following and easiest solution, which I recommend to everyone

If my reply help you, hit thank button and donate....lol

SD card partitioning

From XDA-Developers

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This page is meant to help you with easy partitioning the SD card to create:

ext2 partition (for android app2sd and other tricks)

swap partition (for android swap creation)

Windows

using MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition

Simplest way is to use "MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition" from http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html

This tool is compatible with Windows 2000/XP/Vista & Windows 7

requirements: USB SD Card reader.

pull SD card from phone, insert into USB SD Card reader. Windows should report new drive and content of the drive should be visible.

step 1: delete old partitions on SD card

Note: this partition manager QUEUES the operations. So nothing is deleted and changed UNTIL you click "APPLY" and then confirm by clicking "OK".

WARNING!

Make sure you are deleting partition on SD card! (not your hard drive for example)

This step deletes everything on SD card, so backup files first!

Dont be afraid, just read everything and think twice before selecting correct drive.

Do you see three gray icons on the bottom? Under each of them the capacity of each drive is listed, and SD CARD has slightly different icon.

Hard drives on the screenshot have 465.8GB and 74.5GB, and on the bottom, the SD card, with 3.8GB capacity.

step 2: create FAT or FAT32 partition

select "Create As": PRIMARY

Select "File System:" FAT when you have 2GB or smaller card.

Select "File System:" FAT32 when you have 4GB or greater card.

step 3: create ext2 or ext3 or swap partition*

select "Create As": PRIMARY

Select "File System:" ext2 - for App2SD

OR

Select "File System:" swap to make swap :)

If you want to create both: do not assign all the space for the first one :) this way you will have space for creating second one.

step 4: finish

finally, click "apply" button on top left corner.

partitions will be created and card will be formatted.

Notes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Retrieved from "http://xdaforums.com/wiki/SD_card_partitioning"

Original Thread

Now hit thanks button

Cheers

Raj Verma
[Desire Android Development] EViollet:
Yup. My bad.

a2sd cachesd is the correct command.

It will move the dalvik to your sdcard which should leave you with lots of free disk space. Is that not enough?

If not, then you'll have to move the data as well, but I don't recommend it.

Which HBOOT are you using?

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[Desire Android Development] mattyyey:
YOU MUST PARTITION YOUR SDCARD with at least 1 ext partition. I use 1024mb sdext using ext4 and the rest is my fat32 partition (meaning for normal use). A2sd will not work at all without at least 1 sdext partition :banghead:
[Desire Android Development] topcaser:
Hi,

thanks for your help. I have analyzed my sdcard and it owns already an ext partition but its ext3. Some apks resides there. The partition is round about 410 MB. May I use this partition for apps2sd?

If not, how am I able to save all my apps which I pushed to SDcard? Or do I need a wipe now? Very confusing to me.
[Desire Android Development] mattyyey:
Ext3 isnt the "best" for a2sd but it will work. if your really struggling just leave it as ext3

EDIT: @rajverma3135 sorry i didnt see your reply on my phone (using xda app) totally my fault. I might have suggested EXT recovery (the app) and do it from there but meh your way is just as good. soz didnt really need to reply...
[Desire Android Development] jurica_m:
Question

How much space do you have when you move dalvik through Terminal emulator? Thanks
[Desire Android Development] mattyyey:
that question wouldnt help you. :rolleyes: I am NOT using this a2sd method and my dalvik is on internal.

I use amarullz a2sdx method, which has app data and apps on sd-ext however dalvik remains on internal memory (faster :cool: ) but if u like i can tell ya...

internal 186mb free out of 286mb (davilk cache and system data)

sd-ext 491 free out of 1023mb (apps and app data)

thats what titanium backup says. I have 217 app elements but thats only like 50 apps in relality. Its also worth noting that I have the cm7r2 hboot, which increases the /data partition but reduces /system/

I imagine that is all too much info for you, I'd just be happy with what space you get. if you need more, create a larger sd-ext, or research more about other a2sd methods, or look at other hboots (dangerous if done wrong). GV is very versatile if u know what your doing....
[Desire Android Development] jurica_m:
Hi

Just flashed this ROM. Have 1gb ext 4 and 3 gb fat 32. With cm7r2 hboot have about 230 MB of internal storage and now move dalvik with terminal emulator. Have 280 MB of internal storage and that's enough for a lot of apps. ROM is amazing. Very fast and stable. Don't know for battery, will see. But if other told battery is great, then it will be.
[Desire Android Development] jurica_m:
Hi

This ROM is amazing. Everything is running fine except when copy something to my sd card. Speed is terrible, about 1 MB per second. Is there any zip file or something to flash and fix speed of my sd card? Thanks a lot. Regards
[Desire Android Development] mattyyey:
I cannot remember where i got this from! :eek: but there is an app for it iirc too. I didnt like the app as it kept relaunching during boot and remained open. anyway I did not make this but I have it on file. I happened to find it did improve the speed but not too much. I think its a kernel problem. anyway try it and see. However I used to find it easier to just boot into recovery for large file transfers, as it give the best possible speed.
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Yes, i used recovery for larger transfers... it is kernel problem... i used manu kernel, which helped the problem i think...
[Desire Android Development] sirlukas:
Apps2SD issue?

Guys,

I have swapped the SD card in my phone with new one, partitioned and followed all the instructions etc.

Everything was fine, but yesterday phone rebooted itself and I noticed that

I have no space on Internal memory whatsoever, even though I had EXT3 running fine and i don't recall anything I could have done to break it.

Can you please tell me how to force or check the status of my apps2sd?

How to force the apps to be installed on EXT3 by default now?

Thanks!

PS. I am not very fluent in adb.

EDIT: I moved Delvik cache to SD again and it freed the space, but the apps are missing, do I just restore the missing apps?

BTW, does it mean that EXT3 will be used as "Internal Storage" now or do I need to do anything else?
[Desire Android Development] jurica_m:
Here is tutorial how to partitioning sd card. Go with ext 4. Download Gparted, burn it on cd and boot your computer. Here are video instructions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V64S6cEkGw&feature=player_embedded . I have cm7r2 hboot and have 230 MB of internal storage. After activationing with terminal emulator from Market, have 280 MB. That's enough for a lot of apps. Go with cm7r2 hboot and 4ext. Happy Easter
[Desire Android Development] zedmarcus:
I know Richard has moved on from this excellent rom a while ago (he passed the Desire to his girlfriend when he got a new device), but is anyone still using this any more???

Just interested.

ZM
[Desire Android Development] jurica_m:
I am using this ROM. It's just great with best battery life. Use this ROM with LauncherPro. After using a lot of ROMs, Ginger Villain is best sollution for me.
[Desire Android Development] Ryther:
I've used it too! Great ROM, if it was still in development I think it would be the best ROM! Great performance (I did my record in Antutu, 3100) and battery life! But, I'm on MildWild 3.9 oxygen and there is no better ROM for desire, IMHO!
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Out of interest, you guys aren't interested in any of the ics roms?

I no longer use the desire, but had been running sandvolds beta build, which isnt really a beta (it just says that to cover his back I guess)...
[Desire Android Development] hello247:
I still use gingervillain on my pvt1 desire. Loving it ever since.
[Desire Android Development] EViollet:
Actually I'm back to Gingerbread. I miss the bells and whistles of ICS but not the frequent reboots and overall slowness compared to Gingerbread. I really think that the Desire isn't capable of running ICS. There just isn't enough RAM.

Regards

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[Desire Android Development] jurica_m:
I've tried a lot of ROMs, and think Ginger Villain and MIUI works best on our Desire. After trying many and many ROMs with Sense (Runnymede, RSK, Alex-V, RevolutioN, Nova by Droidzone etc), this ROM give me best performance for everything. It's stable and everything runs great. Also tried Sandvold ROM and been there about month but this ROM is still beta cause some of the game doesn't work - problem with multitouch, and couple of bugs. I prefer to have ROM which give me best for Desire and also ROM which runs all apps and games great. Also, with Ginger Villain have best battery life.
[Desire Android Development] zedmarcus:
GingerVillain was the second rom I ever tried (and I kept it for ages). Pity about Richard leaving, but most (if not all) of the true devs have now left the Desire (for a two year old device it's natural, it had a good run).

GV could do with a bit of a spruce up and update. I'll see what I can do (Redux2 ZM is now where I want it to be)...
[Desire Android Development] 2WildFirE:
EViollet

Try Cos-Ics ist very fast and no random reboots.

getappert auf COS-ICS HTC Desire
[Desire Android Development] sirlukas:
Hardware failure?

Hi Guys, need to revive this thread as my phone is behaving weirdly.

It can freeze, reboot itself, lose date and time settings few times a day to the point I have to remove the battery.

Moreover, when I try to move any application to anywhere (from SD to Internal and vice versa) it always complains about lack of space, when there is plenty.

I am thinking that my internal memory is at the end of life or something, what do you think?
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Nice theme ;)

Unfortunately this seems like it could be an internal memory failure, or at least starting to fail... Not too sure what to suggest to you...
[Desire Android Development] sirlukas:
Found it on the Internet somewhere ;) ;) ;)

That is what I thought, I can not explain it.

Looks like "hardware designers" did their job really well, as the phone starts self-distracting after two years of use :)

Oh well, how to get One X or S now?

Unfortunately I am forced to use Nokia N8, and utter nightmare, now!
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
It does seem that way... The batteries degrade after two years and everything starts to fail...

Anyway, I can recommend the one x... :)
[Desire Android Development] mickyw1980:
+1 for that

Defo the best ICS i have tried
[Desire Android Development] sirlukas:
Do you guys think I could do fsck or smart check of my phone via terminal?

If so, how?
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Yes, how I'm not 100% sure (i don't know too much about linux/busybox)... I believe you would need to find the partition info first, then check against that block... Might be worth asking in android general forum of xda where the guru's hang out... :)
[Desire Android Development] rabauss:
i nearly had the same problem after reflashing ginger villain...

then i cleared dalvik cache and afterwards i moved cache to sd-ext again!

now everything is fine - but don't know how long :rolleyes:
[Desire Android Development] Pris0n:
My power button ist stuck, so it activates himself like every 5 seconds.

Is there a chance to deactivate it?
[Desire Android Development] ASG11:
Hi guys,

is someone using the pdroid app with this rom on the desire? If yes, could you post the patch and the restore file?

Thanks
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Take a look in system/usr/key layout/ qwerty.kl and look for power... maybe delete that and see what happens... dont know if you'll see any "problems" with that though...
[Desire Android Development] dssenthil:
Your UOT looks so nice. Can you please upload this & give us the download link?
[Desire Android Development] m0nn3:
I have pm zedmarcus for give US a link from her uot Version of gv.

When He answere me i Post the link.
[Desire Android Development] erklat:
He made his own roms with custom ics theme in the meantime.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1743584
[Desire Android Development] m0nn3:
Yes i use Redux zm. But i like ginger villain. With ics style :D
[Desire Android Development] zedmarcus:
Sorry guys, all my Desire files went the way of the Dodo a while ago. I'm now a HOX man, and I didn't think I'd need my Desire files after I upgraded, so I don't have any of them any more. Sorry.

Cheers,

ZM
[Desire Android Development] m0nn3:
Okay.

Thanks for yor work on Desire.

And have fun with your nice hox
[Desire Android Development] dankerk:
Hi, I've been using this rom for a long time and its great, just wondering there would be any more updates, maybe 3.4??
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
No more updates... richardtrip left the desire scene a long time ago... I would suggest a nice cm7 rom...

U do have the option to flash an ICS 4.0 rom or jellybean 4.1 ROM, but they really aren't made for the desire...
[Desire Android Development] topcaser:
Matt, what about Sandvolds ICS Roms? Isn't it a daily ICS driver?

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[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
I was using that for a good while on my desire, before I moved on..

There is a good community there who will be able to help you..

I have heard ppl say that sandvolds ICS rom is one of the best there...

Give it a try :)

Edit: before installing, ask in there if the play store boot loop is still affecting the rom... not a big deal, easy to fix, but could put u off if u get it...
[Desire Android Development] impactor:
I'm on a CM7 euroskank kang at the moment and I am considering a new rom. Is this rom still a viable option or are there better choices for power users?

I need good undervolting, battery life, speediness of operation, stability and some script to move all things to SD, so I have been wondering whether to stay with kangs, move on to ICS/JB roms like Evervolv, which is getting a lot of good press, or to this Ginger Villan. The thing that appeals to me in that one is that I would not have to update it any more.
[Desire Android Development] Ravens97:
Does anyone have a download for gingervillain 3.3? I cant seem to find one anywhere :(
[Desire Android Development] abaaaabbbb63:
A few pages back:

http://www.roms-au.com/home/villain_au/
[Desire Android Development] formformer:
Best rom for Desire Bravo for all times imho (and i have tryed most of them)!

Now i found very decent substitute - paranoid android 4.2.2

Compared to GV has same battery consumption and speed, and even better.

Salute for Ginger Villain for desire!
[Desire Android Development] ryanraven:
anyone have the link for 3.3??
[Desire Android Development] abaaaabbbb63:
Look 3 posts above.
[Desire Android Development] Ravens97:
I just thought id upload an additional mirror just in case, here is another link to Gingervillain 3.3. This is the original Gingervillain, not the one downloaded from the link Andoo posted above.

http://www.mediafire.com/?kdi3z9qvjwhbjt5
[Desire Android Development] jmcclue:
lol whats the difference?