yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire Android Development] davidep85:
1. if adfree doesn't work try to flash instead of using the apk

2. maybe only the market is slow, retry tomorrow

3. Alarm does not work when the phone is off because Android is an operative system! use flight mode!
[Desire Android Development] devcager:
Thanks

1. ok, where I find the file to flash adfree, please?

2. the problem lasts since I use wi-fi. Very very slow. Just bought a router so I don't know if the problem was with other previous ROMs. Tomorrow won't help. It's been almost 3 months.

3. I got it and I know about that but I can' help myself that Desire was waking me up even while it was shut down when I haven't had rooted phone already. But maybe I'm really stupid and don't remeber it properly.
[Desire Android Development] knova15:
I was using Defrost did a full wipe than G 1.5 but that had the same issue, i have updtaed to this hopeing it will sort it but it stayed. I restored only some apps with titanium bckup.
[Desire Android Development] davidep85:
1. http://dnlgee.me.uk/blog/?page_id=384/

2. tryed to wipe the rom? with 3g is ok?

3. you don't remember properly :-)
[Desire Android Development] devcager:
1. thanks, hope this will be working

2. 3G is ok. Yeah, I made full wipe before I flash GingerVallian (I had CM7 before and it was the same)

3. probably, or I had the battery still full :)
[Desire Android Development] vofh:
You can use Villan Setup to flash adfree, just enter Villian Setup and choose the mod for your setup ie s-off or no s-off.
[Desire Android Development] vofh:
Don't forget to remove the tick from Allow application moving and leave install location on Automatic in CyanogenMod settings -> Application

That might resolve your issue.
[Desire Android Development] vofh:
You can change LED color in Settings -> CyanogenMod settings -> Interface -> LED notification colors -> Miscellaneous, you can then choose the application and apply a color to it but be warned your choice of colors are limited.
[Desire Android Development] sunster:
Thanks for mentioning this as i was thinking about posting a question to confirm what these settings should be on.
[Desire Android Development] sookster54:
Nice rom, I was giving up on CM 7 RC2 (and nightlies) with its share of problems and was going back to 6.1.1 until CM 7 goes official but I saw this and gave it a run and so far no issues yet.
[Desire Android Development] botellito:
I flashed Kernel 2.0d and still have the wifi issue. My phone didnt connect automatically from wifi to mobile internet, so i had to go to the flight modus to make it work
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Could you answer the other questions please?
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Better yet, set to internal
[Desire Android Development] chroust:
Bluetooth

Hi guys,

I've flashed GV 1.7 (with full wipe) and I have a problem with Bluetooth! Phone will pair but won't accept any file. It simly doesn't know that the file is beeing sent to it.

Anyone has the same problem? Otherwise looks like good ROM.

edit: Sorry for spamming here ... I just tried to flash a latest radio and it seems to work now.
[Desire Android Development] Rickbob:
GPS

Anyone else having issues with getting a GPS lock?

Since upgrading to 1.7, 2.0c HAVS, 5.11.05.27. Ive been having problems, GPS work perfectly with fast lock in 1.6.

Outside on clear day with GPS status, it finds 8+ satellites easily and turns green but will not ‘lock’ ie I don’t get any location information. Also apps such as RunKeeper and Maps fail to lock/locate or track my location??

I must admit iv not been following this thread as closely as I should and we all know how easy it is to miss something. Do we need a bug tracker like we had on DeFrost??
[Desire Android Development] kzakhar:
sd-ext ext4?

Hi! Just a couple of quick questions, guys :)

1. How do I make GV mount /sd-ext as ext4?

I upgraded my ext2 partition to ext4 using tune2fs, ran e2fsck, mounted it manually with -t ext4 and it worked just fine. Unfortunately, after reboot /sd-ext is automatically mounted as ext2 despite the file system is ext4 :( Is upgrading to ext4 worth the hassle?

2. Not directly related to GV: which recovery should I use for ext4 support?

It seems that the old good CWM 2.5.0.7 can't write to ext4 partitions. Which recovery do you recommend for ext4 backup / restore?

Advices will be appreciated :)
[Desire Android Development] theopulus:
It happens to me as well, ext3 partition shown as ext2
[Desire Android Development] kzakhar:
Yes, ext3 is also mounted as ext2 according to mount and /proc/mounts.
[Desire Android Development] amir88:
I had a problem with my Battery as it went to 9%, my phone would turned off and when I turned it on again, it showed 0%.

Than some users suggested that I should do a Battery Calibration and so I did as follows:

1) Fully charge the battery while phone is on.

2)Turn off and charge it while its off till I get green LED.

3) Then I turned on the phone and went to recovery mode and wiped the battery status.

4) Then restarted and let the phone fully set it selfs up for about 2-3 minutes.

5) Then turned the phone off and charge it again till the LED goes green and then I was done.

So I tested my phone today and I got the same issue while it was on 12% !! any ideas how to fix it ? I did those steps as mentioned in different forums and websites !

thnx in advance ;)
[Desire Android Development] zlatkoimamovic:
I have the same...and I must say that the battery life got worse. I could get almost 2 days (!!!!) on versions below 1.6 and now not even 10 hrs...
[Desire Android Development] CPUpgrade:
I've had to drop this ROM for now. The power issue clinched the deal. My battery was dropping like a stone despite all the usual batt save tweaks that HTC Desire users know about. I also had problems with wifi signal strength.

I have now installed a Redux 2.3 rom and bingo, two wifi bars in my bedroom, instead of a GV 1 bar (an actual improvment of at least 10db!). No changes to router or it's position. Plus battery holding steady.

I know this isn't everyone's experience of GV and I still think it's a great ROM overall. I just use my phone for too many practical reasons and I have to be pragmatic. Over & out.
[Desire Android Development] richardtrip:
Darktremor is mounting the sdext. If you want to fix this you could change /system/bin/launch2sd :

if [ -e /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 ];
then
$bbcmd mount -o noatime,nodiratime -t auto /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 $mntpoint | $tee;
else
$bbcmd mount -o noatime,nodiratime -t auto /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 $mntpoint | $tee;
fi;

To something like this:

if [ -e /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 ];
then
$bbcmd mount -o noatime,nodiratime -t auto /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 $mntpoint | $tee;
else
$bbcmd mount -o noauto_da_alloc,commit=15,barrier=0,nobh,nouser_xattr,errors=continue,noatime,nodiratime,nosuid,nodev -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 $mntpoint | $tee;
fi;
[Desire Android Development] prm4:
my wifi drop issue have seemingly been fixed by upgrading the firmware on my Netgear router - since doing this 72 hours ago I have not had any issues.

I can leave it on constantly without issue, leave my wifi zone completely, return and connect without it dropping.

I would suggest all others try checking their routers as the issues I had were driving me crazy too.
[Desire Android Development] kzakhar:
Darktremor 2.7.5.3 (29 Jan 2011) fixes ext3/ext4 mounting issues. GV still uses 2.7.5.2, which is somewhat outdated. Is there any chance that newer DT scripts will be integrated into GV soon?

Thanks!

Upd: 2.7.5.3 is still beta04 atm, I haven't tested it myself.
[Desire Android Development] devcager:
Tried this, does not work anyway :( ads still appearing.

Wi-fi problem still keep lasting - so slow connecting especially to the market and appbrain :(
[Desire Android Development] PauloJ5:
I can confirm serious GPS problems. I went for a walk and a run yesterday and only a few minutes of GPS were recorded (Sporty Pal). Also had difficulties with gmaps not connecting. This never happened before-
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Are you s-off?
[Desire Android Development] devcager:
unfortunately I am not. Is it a problem?
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
No, not a problem. Check the box that says symlink from data/data/hosts and it should work..
[Desire Android Development] devcager:
Thanks! It looks it works now. I hope that some of the apps have implemented some adv boxes for their own services (e.g. Handcent in settings)

Do you know what the problem with wi-fi could be? Connecting is extremely slow (market, appbrain, xda, ...) but downloading has the speed, only sometimes it stops downloading in the middle of process and starts after a minute or more...
[Desire Android Development] flipside101:
@kzakhar

From what I cab see 2.7.5.3 is still in beta. I'm sure an upgrade will come when it hits release.

Have you tried installing the beta and seeing if it works?
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Unfortunately I don't know... I don't believe I have a WiFi problem... I leave my WiFi on, go from home to work to friends and it connects to all of them... the only problem.I have had with WiFi is that it disconnect from the internet (not the WiFi network) until I turn.off and on the WiFi again... but his internet connection is a 3 mobile "mifi" router... so runs differently...
[Desire Android Development] richardtrip:
The beta version doesn't mount the sdext at all :-(
[Desire Android Development] madd0g:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=15135

Try the lib provided at bottom, its not a proper fix, but it should be more stable and not needing to reboot every day.
[Desire Android Development] kzakhar:
According to http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=158812834168055, 2.7.5.3 is indeed beta04. I haven't tried it myself yet.
[Desire Android Development] kzakhar:
I apologize if my information was incorrect. I wanted to say that 2.7.5.3, which is indeed in beta stage, seems to fix ext3/ext4 mount issues according to the developer.

There are both 2.7.5.3b4 and 2.7.5.2 fixed for ext4 here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=715940 I could try them, but ext4 is kinda useless for me until I find a stable recovery that can backup / restore ext4.
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
cwm 2.5.0.7 seems to back up and restore my EXT4 partition flawlessly. Do you get errors?
[Desire Android Development] kzakhar:
No, not really. I read somewhere that CWM 2.x couldn't write ext4 and switched to 3.x, which did give me some grief (errors, FCs after restore, etc). Then I switched back to 2.x and ext2 simultaneously, thus I don't know if 2.x can restore ext4.

I don't remember if CWM formats sd-ext before restore. If it does, the new file system will be ext2/ext3, not ext4.
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Testing now. Checks MD5 then restores ext. No formatting.

If I knew what commands I could run in Terminal emulator to check the FS of mmcblkop2, I would to further confirm.
[Desire Android Development] virus2013:
Had a strange thing with the last version. Flashed it over 1.6 on sunday morning with cache and dalvik wiped as usual, nothing wrong. I have a scheduled Titanium Backup every night between sunday and monday followed by a reboot. So this last night, I was waked up by the light of the boot screen... I tried to wipe again cache and dalvik but every time, stuck at boot animation. Was forced to restore my 1.6 nandroid backup.

Any idea ?

HTC Desire

Ginger Villain 1.6

Default kernel

XDA premium app
[Desire Android Development] kzakhar:
These could help:

# grep 0p2 /proc/mounts
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /sd-ext ext2 rw,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0

# a2sd check | grep EXT
EXT Partition - [тЬФ] Mounted
Partition Type - [тЬФ] EXT2
Support EXT2? - [тЬФ] Yes
Support EXT3? - [тЬФ] Yes
Support EXT4? - [тЬФ] Yes

But there's something else I haven't considered: even if I fix recovery and startup scripts, every new GV update will overwrite them and the ROM will basically roll back to the current a2sd. I guess it's better to avoid the hassle and wait for an 'official' GV update to ext4. Another thing is that I'm not so sure ext4 is better than ext2/ext3 in terms of performance and battery life.
[Desire Android Development] richardtrip:
No need to apologize :-) I tested 2.7.5.3b4 and it doesn't moun't the sdext (but didn't debug). I'm sure the dev already knows about the problem:

I will say that some of the beta features are coming back out...
one of them is the search for a partition code.
I suspect that code may be leading me into issues with certain platforms,
so I'm going back to the 2.7.5.2 method of mounting (mmcblk0p2 or mmcblk1p2).
[Desire Android Development] kzakhar:
That's not a very good news. But I'm happy with ext2/ext3, or whatever GV says it is, anyway :)

I'm sorry for the offtopic, just a quick one: what's your personal opinion regarding ext4? Is it something worth using for a2sd or ext2/ext3 are perfectly fine?
[Desire Android Development] richardtrip:
If you want an easy solution you can create a file /system/etc/filesystems with just:

ext4
ext3

# /etc/filesystems

#

# This file defines the filesystems search order used by a

# 'mount -t auto' command.

#

Included in next version!
[Desire Android Development] :
I made a full wipe and flashed 1.7 again. Now the Home Button isnt working anymore.

Edit: When pressing the Off-Button, in the menu only appears: Resart and Turn Off...
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Sounds like you flashed an incorrect theme to me. Did you?

Reflash rom
[Desire Android Development] :
I reflashed, same thing again... Havent flashed any theme so far. Maybe its some settings I restored from Titanium Backup. But I dont want to miss all my settings. :(

Doing a nandroid restore now and hopefully everything goes well!
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
shows as ext2, but it was partitioned as ext 4
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
You dont need to wipe going from GV to GV. Maybe somehow something from a sense rom was restored.
[Desire Android Development] :
I wanted to wipe because I got some strange FC's ... Sense is in no way in my Titanium Backups... Havent had a sense rom since i got my new SD card.

Has to be something else...

And why is it that every of my cooked theme chooser apk's says: there is a problem with parsing the package?!

Is there any kind of rule when cooking a theme apk?
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Did you see my PM?
[Desire Android Development] :
Yeah I did ;) And doing as you say! ;)

Thx for your help
[Desire Android Development] ENGCowboy:
Just had the same happen to me, any solution? Search button not working either.

Wiped because I am having issues with internal storage being used despite a2sd cachesd.
[Desire Android Development] emzed:
Regarding that power button issue; I'm not using Smartass.
[Desire Android Development] mbroeders:
Nope, it really isn't there...

-edit- with the standard kernel i mean

Try using another governor, interactive for instance. See if that helps.
[Desire Android Development] vick82sydney:
hi the raidio is different by a letter .. is this a typo ??

u put 32.54.00.32H_5.14.05.17 in post but the link is for radio 32.54.00.32U_5.14.05.17
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
That's strange, cos on that thread (that link is just one post to the full thread I posted) and they all say U, which is what I flashed, but in my settings/about phone it says H... could it be the ROM changing it? But yea, that radio is the correct one to flash, as I flashed it before the ROM...
[Desire Android Development] vick82sydney:
yeah im not sure but since your sure its the link i will try it... thanks for that

edit: by the way is it the first or second to use ?
[Desire Android Development] mbroeders:
First, if you want the radio only...
[Desire Android Development] vick82sydney:
oh ok cool thanks alot
[Desire Android Development] acolwill:
Richard, whats the state on gps? I've come direct from DF6.1a no wipe. Only 1 minor issue with the market so far, however gps is farked.

Disable & enable gps and it works for 30 secs.then appears to stop. Maps works and seems to get a decent fix however 3rd party gps apps just fail to see the gps at all...

Any clues before I bite the bullet and wipe fully?

Sent from my BBC B using a V.21bis modem
[Desire Android Development] acolwill:
Never mind. It was the app "Toggle Settings" which was farking things up.

Now to find out why the market has broken and won't update...

Sent from my BBC B using a V.21bis modem
[Desire Android Development] quint__:
I have the same problem with the GPS. It looses its fix after a minute or so. If i wait fore some minutes it gets a fix again, only to drop it again after a minute.

Disabling an enabling again also does the trick but still only holds it's fix for a minute..

Edit: i did a wipe before flashing
[Desire Android Development] quint__:
I don't use that app. Then why doesn't my GPS work correctly?
[Desire Android Development] Narada2XK:
Nice ROM.
[Desire Android Development] richardtrip:
The power button issue is because of the gingerbread screen off effect. You can disable this with spareparts and never experience the wake issue again (but you lose the nice effect).
[Desire Android Development] richardtrip:
Wipe please :-)
[Desire Android Development] Fieser-Kardinal:
Any Ideas of implementing Adfree or provide a fix for it to work?
[Desire Android Development] judison:
Remove Ads without reboot

Hi Richard,

First of all, I'm using Ginger Villain and I'm in love with it, great work like always :D

(waiting cyanogen mods to come)

My question:

Is it possible to change the contents of /etc/hosts (with su permission) ???

If yes, it's possible to include it as an option in the second tab of defrost/villain setup. :P

If it's possible and if you need, I can help you to add this function to enable and disable the "adfree" without rebooting the phone :P

Have a nice day
[Desire Android Development] belylal:
Put the hosts file in system/etc before you flash...
[Desire Android Development] Thijmen1992:
This rom would be so much better if you could switch user agent in the default browser. Any way to integrate this?
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Desire Bios Boot Screen

I bet no one else noticed, but the date still said 1998-2010, so i changed it to 2011..

Richardtrip, Please replace the one in Villain setup with this updated one.

Happy New Year :) Matt
[Desire Android Development] :
Not so far... Did a nandroid restore ;)

Another quick question crossed my mind. Is it possible to activate the init. script for the vdd levels without adb or a pc connection?
[Desire Android Development] SidEwigk:
Hi i´ve used the search function but didn´t found the right answer for my question.

I would to change the size of a font, but dont want to use the way over the build.prop file and change the density because it also change the size of some icons/images in the Homescreen menue. So i hope someone can help me to find a way to change the size for the font in all menu´s and app´s.

thx for your help
[Desire Android Development] kzakhar:
So you've been using ext2 all the time, probably that's why CWM 2.x worked for you. The good news is that Richard will include the mount 'priority list' in the next update, that will hopefully make DT mount ext4 automatically. Still need to find a recovery that's stable and can backup/restore ext4.
[Desire Android Development] amir88:
When I click on voice-to-speech key on my keyboard, it doesnt work. My keyboard hangs, I have to press back ones and its all good. Any ideas how to fix it guys ?

Thnx in advance ;)
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
No, its ext 4 like I said. Dt just mounts it as ext 2

Known issue

From change log of Dt:

SD Card goes through individual mount commands now. This may fix the EXT4 partition mounted as EXT2 issue. (Beta 04)
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Root explorer if s-off
[Desire Android Development] fleixius1:
Anyone getting the 2 second delay when calling/answering phone calls?
[Desire Android Development] kzakhar:
If ext4 (or ext3) is mounted as ext2, you have none of the ext4 (or ext3) features and use ext2's feature set. You are right that the file system is ext4, but it works exactly as ext2 :D
[Desire Android Development] kzakhar:
I get the delay sometimes, sometimes I don't.

I'm not sure what's causing this issue and can't really point fingers at GV (or HTC Desire) as I had these strange delays with my iPhone and suspect they're caused by my carrier.
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Yes, but its still backing up and restoring to EXT4.

Also, when I used EXT4 with data2sd, it also backed it up and restored it fine.
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Have you tried "call delay patch" from the market?
[Desire Android Development] kzakhar:
Yes, 'cause your recovery also mounts it as ext2 :) I checked in recovery via adb, and it says ext2.
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Frantically trying to find some detailed information about what 2.5.0.7 does and does not support but can't find anything useful.

So worst case scenario is our partitions are Future proof.

Its a shame, I like CWM and 2.5.0.7 is the most stable, plus I patch it for custom MTD's.

Would be cool if someone created a patch for ext4 support.
[Desire Android Development] stringent:
I used to, but in 1.7 I haven't had it yet.
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
How to do this mate? Do you just long hold and go into permissions and set them at what they are now (as my script is already in place), if that makes sense..? Thanks.. :)
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Yep, mount as r/w, and paste in. Long press to set permissions as full (same as everything else)
[Desire Android Development] lrcquest:
Back to the villain...

Going to flash the 1.7, had earlier used 0.8 v (first flash to custom rom!!). Wanted to know if this will change my ext3 partition in any way (i dont want that to happen!). Currently using Sense HD rom with App2SD.
[Desire Android Development] :
Nice one ;)
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
It wont reformat the ext3 partition as something else if that is what youre asking?
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Thanks, but mine aren't full, the write to group and others isn't ticked.. is this correct? I chmod 755'ed it earlier.. is this correct? There are some.in init.d that have these permission but more with full permission...
[Desire Android Development] KaspaII:
HBOOTs

Which HBOOT is recommended for v1.7 ?

N1Table ?
[Desire Android Development] AlboGio:
Market temporary download place

I installed the new GingerVillian 1.7, after changing the Hboot (Data ++) 180-5-252.

And i also have moved the dalvik-cache with a terminal emulator.

I found a little problem in updating a few apps that are larger than 4MB, for example, Adobe AIR, Shuffle Board ...

The problem, perhaps off topic, it happened to someone else?

I tried to uninstall but then are still not downloable ...

The cache partition (5MB) is used by market as temporary download place (and in my case is too small)?
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Custom mtd is the best as you leave no apace unallocated... however, I use n1 table with no problems (after reading post 1 fully)...
[Desire Android Development] theo2:
how can i group my contacts?
[Desire Android Development] lrcquest:
yes,thanks..
[Desire Android Development] Andi9:
Hi sorry for my bad english.

I have a problem with the keyboard after a while the popup disapears.

If i press o the display of the umlaute and the numbers not visible.

Only reboot helps

Can someone give me a tip or help.

German speek in the settings.

Thanks
[Desire Android Development] lrcquest:
i had an ext3 partition, i was able to check it from my pc using minitool partition wizard. however, after installing the hd sense rom, i am not able to see the ext partition but the fat partition is still there. I checked with titanium backup & it shows the same as a2sd having the (512mb) partition space.

will there be a problem when i install this rom such that it cannot use the ext partition???
[Desire Android Development] rakludnet:
use quicksysteminfo..titanium isnt good regd this info