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[Desire Android Development] danarama:
I dont understand all your questions.

Eviollet is based on an older kernel base (.35) where as GV are newer (.37 or .38? not sure anymore)

Old kernel base generally better battery life. Faster USB transfer speeds.
[Desire Android Development] KuliX:
GingerVillain 2.0d = 2.6.37.4
[Desire Android Development] redrum781:
Anyone tried https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vaelek.sdspeedboost

As I understand it changes /sys/devices/virtual/bdi/179:0/read_ahead_kb

What are the downsides to this, less memory available to apps, shorter sd life?

EDIT: Just tried it to the max. Read speed almost doubled and write speed is improved by over 50%.

I would still like to know if there's any impact on sd life.
[Desire Android Development] AlboGio:
ok, this is clear :)

Now my question, i hope to explain well

I can choose which to install... :rolleyes:

Enviolet is an "upgrade" of the old Defrost kernel. It is a energy saver kernel

GingerVillian is the new kernel that use more energy than Enviolet but it can give us...

... better performances?

... better stability?

... better animation?

So, why i can install GingerVillian kernel instead Enviolet?

What GV offers more than Enviolet, that i can chose to use more energy? :D
[Desire Android Development] :
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF

HBOOT-0.93.0001

MICROP-031d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101

RADIO-5.09.05.30-2

Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18

In recovery mode, when seeking to mount the sdcard, the error message:

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)

Can't mount SDCARD

In the file system, I can see that in / dev / block a mmcblk0p2 there, but there is no mmcblk0p1

tutorial for usb-brick assumes that I have access to SDCARD, at least by telephone, which does not occur.
[Desire Android Development] AlboGio:
I found this link http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f4/updated-move-caches-to-sd-card-11167/ can be usefull... i hope... :)
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Thanks but I am aware of that. That is specific app cache, not /cache itself. The market in there is just the market cache you can clear via manage applications, not the cached download location unfortunately.
[Desire Android Development] AlboGio:
Got it, so nothing has changed :D
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Create a linux virtual machine, mount the SD in a card reader and put the files on the EXT partition then move them using root explorer or something to the directory recommended?
[Desire Android Development] azz_kikr:
never mind, fixed by flashing a new kernel
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Which kernel were you on?
[Desire Android Development] azz_kikr:
stock GV 1.7 kernel
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
What did you go for?
[Desire Android Development] azz_kikr:
2.0d svs + CFS 1113, seems to be working so far...updates are working again
[Desire Android Development] :
Android not enter the sdcard. Unable to mount.

No use to format the sdcard and put the files there.
[Desire Android Development] Leeyron:
look here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1010807

there it's well explained how it works. :)
[Desire Android Development] Leeyron:
my post above was related to this post, sorry. ;)
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Not talking about the fat partition. You said you can see mmcblk0p2 (ext) .

Does quick system info show a2sd working?
[Desire Android Development] :
In my sdcard I have two partitions, the first one is ext2 and a second fat.

It happens that the android does not recognize the card itself. I've tried several cards, formatted again, and nothing ...

The android also does not recognize the USB connection to PC, both windows and linux. So adb does not work.

The directory / dev / block / vold is empty.

In recovery mode (CWM-AlphaRev Recovery v.2.5.1.8), and storage mounts, mount sdcard = Can not mount / dev/block/mmcblk0p1,

mount sd-ext = Can not mount / dev/block/mmblk0p2

Quick System Info: SD Card Storage, information not available / A2SD storage, information not available
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Only thing I can suggest is post your problem in the brick thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=691639

And see if anyone there can help. Unfortunately I am at the edge of my knowledge :(

Sorry
[Desire Android Development] sookster54:
As far as I know it shouldn't impact SD card life, only things like using ext4 format and improperly dismounting the fat32 partition of the sdcard while unplugging it from your PC can shorten SD card life.

On that note, I was shocked at how some roms (HTC's RUU) uses 4 KB, I'm using a class 2 and set it to 1024 and I get almost 30MB reads, the writes I could care less about (~2.15MB). With the right read ahead and dalvik VM heap settings, you can have a rom that flies.
[Desire Android Development] kzakhar:
Guys, I know this is slightly OT and probably's been asked a gazillion times, but still: why do I get such a low score in Quadrant using GV?

DeFrost 6.1a + A2SD+ = 1600+

GV 1.7 (kernel 2.0d HAVS CFS) + A2SD+ = ~1100

GV doesn't feel slower, just the score is low. It's been low on my device since GV 1.0.
[Desire Android Development] kzakhar:
Don't GV kernels include the read_ahead tweak already?
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
3D graphics are not optimised.
[Desire Android Development] KuliX:
afaik, fat32 has to be the first partition, and ext2/3/4 the second one...

Do you have a card reader?

If so, have you tried to format the complete sd card with fat32 (one partition), put it in the phone and mount mass storage in recovery mode?

(and check if it will be mounted on your pc)

This is only an idea to limit errors...
[Desire Android Development] KuliX:
128 kb as default
[Desire Android Development] Jejja80:
Hello. Do GV fit in oxygen or CM hboot?

sent from my Desire using custom ROM!

Oxygen 2.0.2

Oxygen Hboot
[Desire Android Development] Manek49:
No, you can use N1 or Sense table.
[Desire Android Development] luhu:
Any news or anything ongoing on the wifi issue?
[Desire Android Development] ganjbass:
update

any update tonight ? :P
[Desire Android Development] Kazuya17:
Anyone else having delayed incoming calls? I hear the ringer but dont receive notification of the call, same seems when picking up greeting the person twice before he/she answers back. Faced on several different calls already.
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Most people have this. Its a known issue on all GB roms. Theres an app that some report works "call delay patch" but im not sure its made any difference to me.
[Desire Android Development] lrcquest:
Flicker in the apps gridview page

sometimes there is a flicker in the apps grid view page. The screen flickers for a few seconds when I try to scroll. at first I thought this was due to the trackball wake enabled but even with that disabled, I sometimes I get the flickering.
[Desire Android Development] kzakhar:
I've switched to N1 table (145/95/197) today and moved dalvik-cache to /cache, while A2SD+ (DT) is still putting apps on /sd-ext. Together with SD card tweak it's a very fast setup. If more speed is required, apps can be moved to /data and A2SD+ can be disabled until NAND free space gets low.

This is my current app list: http://goo.gl/m7oVT With all these apps on /sd-ext, there's lots of space in /data and some space in /cache:

/system 145M 129M 15M 4096
/data 197M 52M 145M 4096
/cache 95M 58M 36M 4096
/data/dalvik-cache 95M 58M 36M 4096
/sd-ext 472M 44M 428M 1024

If dalvik-cache exceeds 95MB and doesn't fit in /cache when I install more apps, I'll just move it to /sd-ext.

SUGGESTION:

If I may, I'd like to suggest adding the read ahead tweak to GV as an integrated option or as a flashable addon. My stock class-4 SD card reads 12 MB/s with GV's default 128K read ahead setting and 80-90(!) MB/s with 2048K. This is a considerable boost for apps and data reads from /sd-ext and /sdcard.
[Desire Android Development] EViollet:
Have you noticed a REAL speed increase in the way the phone reacts?

Tests are one thing, and real life is another.

I'm not sure I'd want to lose 4Mb of RAM just to satisfy some speed test benchmark.
[Desire Android Development] kzakhar:
Yes, the phone boots faster and widgets start sooner. Other than that no, I didn't have much time to test it. Moreover, it's 2MB not 4MB.
[Desire Android Development] richardtrip:
Update:

Version 1.8:

* Latest CM7 commits (thanks to CM team).

* Update busybox to 1.19

* fixed sd-ext ext3/ext4 mounted as ext2

* kernel updates 2.0e :

- disabled keep-alive for wifi
[Desire Android Development] Jameswgm:
Having a bit of an issue using terminal emulator to run the a2sd script. I'm getting a line saying 'cannot rename dalvik', then a load of force closes before reboot. After reboot everything is really slow to load and I have to restore a backup. I have had this working before on previous versions so don't know it's causing an issue now?
[Desire Android Development] EViollet:
Aaargh!! I just installed 1.7 2 days ago!!! :)

Thanks Richard! :)
[Desire Android Development] KaspaII:
Wipe

Do I need any Wipe - from 1.7 to 1.8 ?
[Desire Android Development] Vaedryn:
It is not a April Joke :D
[Desire Android Development] Vaedryn:
No you don't
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
You dont need to wipe to upgrade and you only need to run a2sd cachesd if you wipe data or dalvik.

I havent tried it on this version, but I ALWAYS get force closes before reboot when running this. Its common because those running apps have just had their dalvik removed to be moved to EXT
[Desire Android Development] kzakhar:
I reinstalled 1.7 with N1 table 2 hours ago :D
[Desire Android Development] Jameswgm:
My bad, a2sd is working, I checked using a2sd check in terminal emulator and using quick system info. In a way that's more annoying because my internal space is really low, I guess there's not a great deal I can do about if a2sd is working?
[Desire Android Development] Hooolm:
Since the MD5 sums of framework-res.apk and SystemUI.apk in 1.8 are identical to those in 1.7, I'm guessing that my CirclesMod releases for 1.7 will work on 1.8, right?
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Basically Apps are always in sd-ext/data/app with a2sd. Dalvik defaults to NAND with this a2sd Script. If you dont wipe, when you last moved dalvik to sd-ext via terminal emulator a2sd cachesd, it should still be there.

It may be you have a lot of app cache on NAND though. You can use an app called acCleaner to manage this. That could also save a lot of space.

If you are still running low after this, it may be to s-off and change to a different partition table or custom mtd layout as per my sig. The latter being a bit more involved and advanced than the former.
[Desire Android Development] kzakhar:
Btw, can someone please clarify, whether dalvik-cache defaults to /system or /data? I'm trying to choose the best NAND partition table :)

Upd: never mind, found that it defaults to /data/dalvik-cache.
[Desire Android Development] Jameswgm:
Thanks I'll give that a go with that app. I'm s-off'ed but I'm still on the default partition table. If the cleaner doesn't work, I'll try a different table. Thanks for the input.
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
/data
[Desire Android Development] richardtrip:
I think you are absolutely right :-)
[Desire Android Development] redrum781:
Nice april fools day, thanks :D
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
I also always have /cache/dalvik-cache too
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Brilliant, so no updating for blufrost? Can you point to the 1.7 files for villain setup (if you haven't already) pretty please? Thanks a lot... :)
[Desire Android Development] azz_kikr:
for some reason, my data doesnt work on GV 1.8 :(

i tried both 2G only as 3g but it doesnt work...

and for some reason the signal strenght icon is white (i think it normally green)

:(
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Do you have the correct apn settings?

And the icons turn green when connected to Google services.. log into gtalk and they should turn green...
[Desire Android Development] KaspaII:
Terminal emulation

After Upgrade (from 1.7 to 1.8 - without WIPE) my terminal emulation is not working..

On any command TE answer "not found"..

Any idea?
[Desire Android Development] MrUsta:
It is working for me (also updated from v1.7 to v1.8 without wipe).
[Desire Android Development] azz_kikr:
no data -> so no green icon -> that is normal

i checked apn settings...nothing wrong there...(hasnt changed)

//hmmmm will try to recharge the prepaid card later this day, maybe it's that... i'm low on money :p
[Desire Android Development] botellito:
i have the same problem, but when im connected on wifi...whenn its connected its green, but after a few minutes it turnes white....then i go to my gmail account via pc and i saw there 2 mails that wasnt pushed....when i turned to mobile data the mails arrived.....
[Desire Android Development] devcager:
FB info at contact

Hey,

I have one thing which probably is not a problem of GV. I don't know. Some of my contacts have Facebook shortcut in contact info and some does not. I synced Gmail contacts and fb contacts as well. I have this problem since I use android I hoped GV solves this. Again, just some of my contacts have it.

Any idea what is wrong? Thanks.
[Desire Android Development] luhu:
What does the disabled keep-alive for wifi mean?
[Desire Android Development] richardtrip:
Changed it.
[Desire Android Development] hannomag:
Just replace the Browser.zip in the ROM (system/app) with the one of the oxygen ROM. Flash it and you should be fine. I'm doing that since 0.4 and no problems so far.
[Desire Android Development] jannnnn:
what radio version is recommended ? thx
[Desire Android Development] Silver_172:
Ive got it working on my standard radio 31.49.00.32H_5.11.05.27,

Works a treat love it although battery life is a little shorter that i would have liked,

HTH
[Desire Android Development] Silver_172:
Hi guys ive came across another problem or two, Youtube I cant get that app to run Vidieos after instaling Flashplayer 10, Is there away round it or a way to fix it ?

Also a Clock on the home screen, Im a noob to Flashing Roms and finding add-ons could you assist in this problem for me,

Also in Vanila Setup app the updates Such as Kernels and MODS,

I will install mads as theres no overcloking involved But when i go to install it asks for a back up, so i back up then it forces close so then i go back in and install again and i sont get asked to create a back up , so has one been created ?

Many thanks

Any help appriciated
[Desire Android Development] BarnOwl:
If you value batt. life don't use ADW launcher (The new one, payed). It drained my battery in half a night!
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Hi, I can help with villain setup, instead of using the install button on the app, just go to your recovery ( mine is clockwork mod) and just go to install zip and then chose zip, and I think it goes into a folder called Defrost setup (unless that's just cos I've come from Defrost it looks there). You can also do a backup within the recovery you have.. also, you don't need to overclock on an overclock kernel, if you flash a havs bfs @875 it will still be the same clock speeds, unless using an app to overclock, like setCPU..

HTH, Matt
[Desire Android Development] jeedjaad:
This rom no fm radio and camcorder,right?
[Desire Android Development] broderbluff:
Correct, as stated on the first page
[Desire Android Development] benitt:
Good job.

Good job!

Looking forward to Waking up by pressing trackball button.
[Desire Android Development] jason4656:
is there a circle battery mod or battery percentage at least available to use?

thanks :)
[Desire Android Development] belylal:
Yes there is, check this thread...
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Not too sure but try using the uot kitchen with the framework for the Rom.zip.. I can't see why it wouldn't work.
[Desire Android Development] lolka23:
Nice ROM

Thanks for this nice ROM.

Fast and beautiful.

Life is easier now! :)
[Desire Android Development] :
Good Rom. Although the booting takes a bit too much time.

Cant wait for a CyanogenMod ;)
[Desire Android Development] jason4656:
thanks any ideas where? searching the thread and reading 20 pages didnt really turn up any ideas?
[Desire Android Development] belylal:
http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=477483&d=1293809451

Post #514...I don't mind finding it for you, but it is something you could have done yourself...

Have fun...
[Desire Android Development] herghost:
Was the call blocker removed from 2.3? or was this a mod in defrost?
[Desire Android Development] jason4656:
thanks i did search, couldnt find it
[Desire Android Development] jason4656:
this doesnt install but weirdly enough the numbers seem to be showing so far

E: failure at line 4:

symlink /data/local/bootanimation.zip system:customize/resource/bootanimation.zip

installation aborted
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
That strange, and looks like it was made for leedroid desire Rom :confused: did the BIOS boot animation load, or just the battery mod?
[Desire Android Development] richardtrip:
For the previous 2.0d version i enabled it, but because it has nothing to do with the wifi bug some people had i dropped it (should drain less battery). it isn't in the original htc kernel and the manu kernels also.
[Desire Android Development] wilbur-force:
grrr ... first time i dont do a full backup before updating and im stuck on the boot animation .... not rebooting, just the animation going on and on and on ... waited 20 mins before taking the battery out. tried several times and managed to get into android but then SPB hung on a blank screen and i couldnt do anything !

battery out again and tried reflashing (again) - this time wiping the cache first ... 10 mins and still boot animation :mad:

anyone got any thoughts before i give up and revert to a month old backup ? :confused:

interestingly ive got a flashing LED indicating i have an unread sms .... if only i could get past the boot animation :o

animation isnt the 'stock' ginger villain btw ... cooked a few tweaks in the kitchen a while back. changed animation and added fly in animations.
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Have you a titanium backup? Maybe you will have to wipe data on this one.
[Desire Android Development] wilbur-force:
worst case ill do a full nandroid. usually flash using rom manager. which 'wipes' should i do from recovery if i were just to go for a clean 1.8 install instead ?
[Desire Android Development] devil-kin:
OFF TOPIC: Mobilevikings is down at the moment...

http://status.mobilevikings.com/
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
I always do everything via recovery. Not a fan of rom manager myself. But yeah try and wipe from recovery. If you flashed boot animation to data/local and its still there, data has not been wiped.

Similarly if flashed to system/media (whcih I think UOT does by default) system hasn't over written properly.
[Desire Android Development] kleinmischa:
Finaly 10 posts x_X

I got a big problem with GV since GV 1.6. If i use mobile data it work first fine, but after sone hours (sometime after 30min) i cant use the browser/market. I still see the mobile data icons which are white (while they were green before), but i can send mails via gmail. I flashed GV 1.6 -1.7 -1.8 and got always the same problem. Changing kernels doesnt help, also changing radio roms doesnt help (ok i tried only the last 2). Wiping APNs doesnt help. Sometimes it works for 12hours, sometimes just for 30min and only reconect or flight mode helps until it dont work again. First i thought its my phone problem but after testing another provider (E-Plus in germany) it worked for days fine with GV 1.7. Than i thought its just provider fault (Vodafone) but with GV 1.5 it works perfectly.

There are also some Desire HD user (original rom) with the same Problem. It can happen everywhere (defferent citys) and on every part of the day. Vodafone cant find a problem yet.

I#m just confused why its working fine with GV 1.5 but not higher and how can i solve this problem ~.~
[Desire Android Development] wilbur-force:
just done a full nandroid back to GV 1.6. trying a full 'clean' flash of GV 1.8 now with a full wipe .... hopefully it will work better :)

we all like to grumble when things go wrong but its actually half of the fun of being a 'Flash addict' :p

its a good way of filling a boring afternoon at work anyway :D

Keep up the good work Richard :cool:
[Desire Android Development] Jameswgm:
I'm aware there was a problem with lock screen gestures back at 1.6, but has this been removed from the Cyanogenmod options? Am I being an idiot here, but I can't find them? Just wanted to change the trail colour to match my theme.

1.8 working fine so far, no issues.

James.
[Desire Android Development] leader288:
same thing happened to me, except no LED flashing. still trying to figure it out. thought it would like the last time, no problem at all, but nope, it just had to screw up....
[Desire Android Development] williamj1:
"Changelog:

Version 1.8:

* Latest CM7 commits (thanks to CM team).

* Update busybox to 1.19

* fixed sd-ext ext3/ext4 mounted as ext2

* kernel updates 2.0e :

- disabled keep-alive for wifi

Richard, is this my much awaited fix for wifi? :P
[Desire Android Development] peter_ng:
When i try to Dalvik Cache to SD! when i type following command there give this error>>what i can do now?

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell

# a2sd cachesd

a2sd cachesd

[ ] Apps2SD is launching...

__ _____

| \ |

| | |

|__/ | Darktremor Apps2SD 2.7.5.2 (2010-09-30)

[ ] Startup Boot Sequence

[ ] GetProp Command = /system/bin/toolbox getprop

[ ] SetProp Command = /system/bin/toolbox setprop

[ ] Mount Point = /sd-ext

[ ] Checking for existence of Dalvik Heap Change Program.

[!] Dalvik Heap Change Program Not Found.

[ ] Starting Darktremor Apps2SD Version 2.7.5.2

[*] Ext partition found and already mounted.

[ ] Realigning /data/dalvik-cache to /sd-ext/dalvik-cache

[X] Swap block device not found

[X] Swap not active.

[ ] Setting swap variables to 0

[ ] Heap Size set to: 32m

[ ] Launching Apps2SD Start Program with cachesd

[ ] Starting Darktremor Apps2SD in cachesd mode

[ ] Moving/Resetting dalvik-cache.

mv: can't rename '/dalvik-cache/*': No such file or directory

[ ] Activating Dalvik to SD Flag

[ ] Reboot phone.

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>
[Desire Android Development] TyKH:
He guys I need some help/clarifaction here.

I was first rocking Gingervillian 1.0. Everything was fine and all but I started to have issues with the storage of the phone (Even with installing most apps to sd). From what I understood is that you could partition your SD. So I did using making the phone S-Off and partition with Gpart; FAT32 partition of 13 gb and EXT3 1,5 GB.

I wiped the phone and installed GV 1.8. But now when i look at the storage of the phone it's 104 mb free. I thought that the ext3 partition would be seen as phone storage. Do I miss something here?
[Desire Android Development] Large Hadron:
The ext3 is treated as an extension of the internal storage, but doesn't appear in the "storage" menu. Install "Quick System Info" and you can see it as a2sd storage.

Did you read the first post (about moving Dalvik cache)?
[Desire Android Development] Staggers:
Guess not...
[Desire Android Development] wilbur-force:
for info ended up doing a wipe and clean install - all working fine now except i lost my outbreak zombie ID and its reset me as a zombie this time :p

basically no problem with the ROM - maybe just a quirk of flashing over the top.
[Desire Android Development] LuGoFe:
Thanks for this rom, is very fast in instalation.... 7 m, guauuu

I have a question because "wifi n" don´t work and I chose WEP configuration for work.

Is there a patch for this?

thanks again for all!!
[Desire Android Development] wilbur-force:
In your app list go into Villain Setup and try some of the other Kernels. Never had wifi problems myself but some people who do have better luck with the other Kernels. ;)