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[Desire Android Development] volapyk:
I've used both oxygen (until RC4) and this rom and you're absolutely right. Both roms are pretty much GB AOSP and identical in most areas. Both roms are very good.

From my experience (and common sense) the battery life is pretty much the same in both roms. People need to realise that battery issues are rarely caused by the rom. Turn your attention to apps/restored apps, full discharge/charge, battery calibration, wipe or radio issues instead.
[Desire Android Development] ENGCowboy:
I have the same issue with the LED. Can't say I've had a problem with picking up calls.

All in all really stable and great improvement on FroYo DeFrost rom! Thanks
[Desire Android Development] julian.kueh:
Quote.."From my experience (and common sense) the battery life is pretty much the same in both roms. People need to realise that battery issues are rarely caused by the rom. Turn your attention to apps/restored apps, full discharge/charge, battery calibration, no full wipe or radio issues instead.

What really sets this rom apart from Oxygen is the simple use of a2sd/a2sd+ with no need to s-off and altering partitions. This rom requires less work and less technical insight. So this rom is a better choice for newbies and less experienced users (and people like me who don't really need s-off and custom hboot). "

I agree 100%. I started using this rom with .14 radio and got very average battery life on 3G, wifi was ok. Swapped to .27 radio any battery life has improved significantly on 3G. I can now get well over 20 hrs on only 3G with moderate use.
[Desire Android Development] psygbert:
oxygen uses a2sd+ by default if it sees a ext2/3/4 fs on 2nd partition of your sdcard just like gingervillain. the only change is that the dalvik-cache was moved to internal /data instead of symlinking from /sd-ext. oxygen hboot/s-off is only recommended but not required. s-on state will not affect rom's operation. the only advantage of oxygen hboot is the massive amount of /data that will become available on your internal memory.

sorry i really have no intention to hijack this thread. i know this is off-topic but i just can't resist to explain :o
[Desire Android Development] volapyk:
Thanks for the precise and insightful explanation. My words did give the impression that s-off/custom hboot is required to use Oxygen which isn't the case. My bad and point taken.

I realise that you can use Oxygen like before RC4. From following the Oxygen thread it does seem like a lot of non techs are adviced to go the s-off route though. which from what you explain is basically unnecessary unless they really need a huge amount of space. It doesn't seem like most users are aware of this.

Anyway. Thanks for setting things straight. Oh, and you're right. Let's concentrate on Ginger Villean.
[Desire Android Development] shokwaav:
i swear. try it out for yourself if you're so eager!

personally i believe it's like ppl asking about sense. "hi, i really like this rom and its really fast but can i get sense on it?" i mean srsly there is a reason why there are sense roms and aosp roms in the 'desire android development' section of this forum. and if you want the miui rom then DOWNLOAD THE MIUI ROM, NOT THIS ONE!
[Desire Android Development] vick82sydney:
Relax... maybe he just likes those 2 features of the other rom... even the stock rom has its problems... its only a question .. if you got nothing to say that can help just keep quiet. Alot of smart asses on these forums.
[Desire Android Development] shokwaav:
and a lot of dumbasses.. ppl need to listen and learn. rather than ask dumb questions.
[Desire Android Development] vick82sydney:
yeah there are alot of both dumbasses and smartasses... better if we had less of BOTH.

Better if someone that can help him answer and if they cant then dont say anything unless its nice.
[Desire Android Development] Silver_172:
Hey guys, This looks a nice rom, To be honest im a bit of a sense fan boy, but ive downloaded only one sense rom and not a big fan as its terribly slow,

Will be flashing this as my 2ND rom, Which is why im going to ask you guys for a guide on how to partiction my SD card unless theres a link somwhere on how to do it?

I know that i can partiction in windows, But unsure on sizes and what EX3 I think its called is,

If someone can help id be happy thanks =)
[Desire Android Development] xcesco89:
you must use ubuntu or gparted in liveCD!!!....is simple and fast!

windows is not recomended because the driver for windows are not fully compatible with the OS! ;)

you must create a first primary partition FAT32, than a primary partition EXT 3/4!!...for example i have 8GB SD and i've partitioned with 5.5 GB fat32 and 2.5GB EXT3!
[Desire Android Development] mbroeders:
Those are great programs, but I believe it is easier to do it with EASEUS partition manager from within Windows. It's free and does the job perfectly. Might be easier when you're not that experienced with Linux...
[Desire Android Development] Silver_172:
Thanks for you help guys apprichiated :) Ill try this method when im back on Windows 7

Im on the Ginger Villan What a sexy ROM, One problem im haveing is my contacts, i extracted them to my SD card then when i new rom import them from there but ive got duplicates of my contacts up to 6 contacts for my girlfreind , Which is odd lol

Any help ?

many thanks
[Desire Android Development] mbroeders:
I believe that your contacts are automatically synced with gmail, so it isn't necessary to backup. When you install a new rom, you're contacts are automatically restored from your google account. So, now maybe you'll have to delete the duplicates manually and next time when you flash a rom, don't restore contacts, but let google handle that for you...
[Desire Android Development] shokwaav:
use ROM Manager.
[Desire Android Development] redrum781:
I would like a localization in my language (croatian). Not that I need it but it would be cool. AFAIK Croatian localization is now supported in gingerbread, so I guess not much work should be done.

Any pointers, where should I start, what would need to be done, etc. Richard?
[Desire Android Development] Silver_172:
Yeah thanks i had them saved to SD card from when i was on Standrd ROM, so made sense to use it from there,

Also just downloaded Quad Standard, But didnt get an upgrade in score from standard, and that was useing Sense 2.2
[Desire Android Development] mbroeders:
Quadrant scores aren't reliable yet when using gingerbread. Has got something to do with the videodrivers, these aren't suited for gingerbread. As soon as the correct drivers are in, you'll see an increase in Quadrant scores. But, as long as real-life performance is/feels better, then why need a high Quadrant score ;)
[Desire Android Development] rakludnet:
after downloading the gv1.6.zip file, use 7zip and delete the apks from system\app folder and then flash gv
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Open (not extract) zip on PC witn winrar (or on SD card using astro file manager - but this way very slow) and navigate to /system/app and delete the apk's Then reflash it.
[Desire Android Development] cez10:
Do you guys also get quite few fcs with the latest build?? Every now and then ping fcs, quick desk and few more apps :/
[Desire Android Development] Yannn:
... which table must we have to make this rom works great ??? n1, oxygen or another ???
[Desire Android Development] Vaedryn:
I am using N1 Table and it is ok :)
[Desire Android Development] Vaedryn:
No, i have not only one FC with my Apps
[Desire Android Development] Yannn:
...does this rom could record video in 720p ???
[Desire Android Development] Staggers:
No

Swyped from my HTC Desire
[Desire Android Development] Macidoo:
No problems, just as usually.

#1 - Nandroid

#2 - Flash 1.6 via recovery

#3 - Boot the ROM and d/l Market + ad-block-host via VS

#4 - Boot in to recovery, flash 2 aforementioned files

#5 - Boot the phone

Process > less than 30 min.

Time required by me > less than 2 min.

As always, thanks RT!
[Desire Android Development] noobandroid:
Usb tethering failed to work, none of the usb driver revisions work, must be something wrong with the rom setup

And oh yeah I forgot to mention that after downloading stuff from villain setup and installing, it goes into recovery but does not do the installations, just sits at recovery menu

Sent via morse code encryption
[Desire Android Development] amir88:
Still dont know how to activate and use the two-way call recording feature :(
[Desire Android Development] Vaedryn:
Take a look there

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=993793
[Desire Android Development] Bucci:
I do it in another way:

0 - all components are downloaded before (at most via PC from richardtrips web)

1 - ClockworkMod backup

2 - Flash GV 1.6

3 - Flash HAVS kernel

4 - Flash 2.3.4 Market

5 - Flash ad-block for NON S-off

6 - restart

whole proces about about 5 minutes at all
[Desire Android Development] joeb88:
can't find recording call settings

just flashed 1.6 and i've seen the link of this post for the thread regarding recording calls

i can't see: settings - outgoing call settings

help?
[Desire Android Development] :
So the sysfs interface has come back to the svs kernel... The question is how to change the voltages? This line doesnt show me the actual voltages:

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels

Any idea?
[Desire Android Development] Vaedryn:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=993793

You Need the rVoix APK
[Desire Android Development] KuliX:
no problems with latest 2.0b SVS+CFS 1113Mhz - Kernel....

# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels

128000: 975

245000: 1000

384000: 1025

422400: 1050

460800: 1050

499200: 1075

537600: 1075

576000: 1100

614400: 1100

652800: 1125

691200: 1150

729600: 1175

768000: 1200

806400: 1225

844800: 1250

883200: 1275

921600: 1275

960000: 1275

998400: 1275

1036800: 1275

1075200: 1275

1113600: 1275

#

# echo -25 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels

# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels

128000: 950

245000: 975

384000: 1000

422400: 1025

460800: 1025

499200: 1050

537600: 1050

576000: 1075

614400: 1075

652800: 1100

691200: 1125

729600: 1150

768000: 1175

806400: 1200

844800: 1225

883200: 1250

921600: 1250

960000: 1250

998400: 1250

1036800: 1250

1075200: 1250

1113600: 1250

#
[Desire Android Development] ranasrule:
thanks....that did the trick
[Desire Android Development] :
Well I get: No such file or directory :(
[Desire Android Development] tt2000tt:
sync

HTC Sync not working, any way of syncing contacts with outlook?
[Desire Android Development] Bucci:
MyPhoneExplorer - the best way how to sync with Outlook - this is freeware

http://www.fjsoft.at/en/
[Desire Android Development] cez10:
download the rvoix app from here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=993793

install it, run the program, press start service and after the calls the recording will appear inside the recordings menu
[Desire Android Development] Hooolm:
CirclesMod_gingervillain_16-signed.zip

and

CirclesMod_gingervillain_16white-signed.zip

If it works, tell your friends - if not, tell me ;)
[Desire Android Development] tt2000tt:
thx, will give it a try...
[Desire Android Development] KuliX:
And as allways.... ;)

my alltime favorite white battery and statusbar icons for GV 1.6

if you like it, use it and enjoy
[Desire Android Development] xkdm:
@richardtrip did you need a logcat for the OpenVPN problem ?

mastermax12 had the same problem with the pptp.

If you need help for this, you can ask me anything for this, logcat or some tests.

Problems here
[Desire Android Development] alessandro_xda:
i've had some issues after installing 'bluefrost+batterymod 1.6', my device stuck on bootscreen (why so serious).

i had to reboot in recovery mode and reflash gv1.6...

it happened twice

bye

Alessandro
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Hi, I havent flashed 1.6 myself yet (am halfway through doing it), but updated the Blufrost theme, and did not realise that RT had put the link into Villain Setup. I shall test the themes, see what i did wrong, and reupload them!

I will also change the link on my site at the moment to stop others from downlaoding them!

I will report back!

Thanks, Matt
[Desire Android Development] noobandroid:
When i view my camera taken photos, why is the pictures have top and bottom black area (bars), seems like the picture is not "full screen", and whats the difference between the 2 "5MP" options in the camera setting?
[Desire Android Development] luhu:
Is Androidian.apk the default theme? Where can I get the apk?

If i would edit the battery icon, would i have to make a new one with every new version of GingerVillain?
[Desire Android Development] Killer2k8:
Hello, i like this rom verry much but i have a problem.

When someone is calling me, i answer and there is a delay of 2-3 seconds until the person hears me.

I do not know how to solve this.
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
No its not default. System is. Dont know where system is in the rom or if its even an apk at all.

Most themes are linked here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=948109

No, you dont have to keep making new themes for every new rom version. Thats the beauty of it.
[Desire Android Development] noobandroid:
that.. as stated in threads before.. if not mistaken... is a Android 2.3.3 problem, not the GV Rom
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Its a known issue on all gingerbread roms. There were some fixes from the Nexus1 OTA update but this caused echo on calls. Better the 2 second delay than echo.
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
The "System" is default and they are the icons that are laoded with the rom - for instance the battery icons and so forth. The theme chooser app changes the "stat_system_bat" (for instance, i know it isnt correct), and will change it to what ever is in the theme chooser apk... The default system, will just revert back to what it should be.

If this makes any sense... just wanted to jump in there and kinda explain it! lol
[Desire Android Development] cyleo:
This ROM is blazingly fast, and so far i've discoverd one problem with the latest release (and it appeared in the 1.5 version too). The keyboard sometimes literally disapears on me. I can still type but i don't see the symbols. Most of the time shortly before this happens the autocorrect is disabled and the symbols don't appear in the input field as they should, but when i hit send, it will still send them as though the words have been typed (and autocorrected).

Confusing story due my problamtic english skills but i hope it is understandable. Anyone else experiencing the same problem? If not, i'll hard reset ;)
[Desire Android Development] cez10:
same happening for me while using the htc ime mod keyboard

unfortunately i dont have any fixes to this :(
[Desire Android Development] noobandroid:
pssst, a hint: "use swype or other keyboards"
[Desire Android Development] Macidoo:
+1

Using SwiftKey without any problems.

Their Beta is a big no-no, but full market version has never let me down.
[Desire Android Development] luhu:
Thank you! Where can i get an apk for theme Chooser that looks like default?

That would be great, because i wouldn't have to cook a new battery mod with uot at each new ROM update...
[Desire Android Development] KuliX:
If you follow the link which rootSU postet above, you'll find

Stock gingerbread W/ Percentage icons

Maybe that's what you are looking for...maybe...
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
hmmmm... thats a good question... so you want a plain theme chooser apk, with just a battery percentage?

It may have to be custom made, and just include the battery icons...?!

EDIT: Kulix is right, if you go to that thread and use the Stock GingerBread with % then you can upload that to the UOT Kitchen, and then change the battery yourself! Well done Kulix ;)
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
I have found the problem and updated the files. Please redownload the Blufrost theme if you downloaded it earlier.

Downloads in the thread in my sig, my site, or from Villain setup!

Any problems let me know....

Thanks, Matt :)
[Desire Android Development] luhu:
Thank you man, i haven't seen this :stupid me:

But if i want to apply to this theme there is the error message "there are missing some assets for your device" or something. But when I apply to it there are the old (ugly) icons in status bar...

seems that i have to use this theme or cook my files in uot...
[Desire Android Development] devcager:
LED color question

Hey,

I just wanted to ask if the other colors of LED like pink/purple and white I had on my Desire with LeeDroid, are going to get fixed with this ROM. Thanks!
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Yep thats correct, as now you can change them in the UOT Kitchen to what you like. This is just a theme for theme chooser but with battery percentage. You can now create your own icons for theme chooser! Have fun ;)
[Desire Android Development] williamj1:
I agree with everyone above about the keyboards. Also experiencing random problem where keyboard disappears at random since GV 1.4+
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Fixed implies a fault. This is more a feature.request

I'd love this feature
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
No problem here. Only have HTC IME mod in /data/app
[Desire Android Development] mattmanwrx:
Do you take out the latin IME before flashing and then put the htc ime mod in data before flashing too? how does it cope without a keyboard on system/app, or no difference?
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
I take the Latin IME out yes, but without wipe, my keyboard is always in data. I've had it this way since defrost. Works perfect for me even whilst /data/app is symlinked to sd-ext
[Desire Android Development] zetxx:
i'm looking for app that will enable my phone to call(and make conversations) trough other phone via bluetooth.did anybody come across such app?
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Can't image such an app existing. Why do you want that?
[Desire Android Development] zetxx:
i have other dual sim phone :), and i want to be able to use only my desire and make calls through other one (issue: my phone bill :D).

when im riding a bike and my dual sum phone is at the bottom of my backpack and i need to call someone ...for example :)
[Desire Android Development] tt2000tt:
is there no support for bluetooth earpiece?... i could not pair with my earpiece device (samsung hm.1000) which i had no issues with leedroid or reflextsense roms...
[Desire Android Development] zetxx:
same problem with random devices.paired but not connected
[Desire Android Development] St4hli:
confirm. similar bluetooth problems here...
[Desire Android Development] luhu:
I realized that since version 1.6 the new market version is included ?!

So i made a flashable zip file with old market:

View attachment oldmarket.zip

I have not tried to flash it, so make a Nandroid first!
[Desire Android Development] luhu:
You're welcome!

Have you already flashed it? Is it working?
[Desire Android Development] ranasrule:
Amazing ROM....all issues from 1.5 are gone....thanks
[Desire Android Development] luhu:
Btw: why are the icons in statusbar are smaller than before?

Can I make them bigger?
[Desire Android Development] richardtrip:
Using openvpn all the time myself and just tested pptp and all working fine. You need an 2.0 (or higher) .37 kernel.
[Desire Android Development] route00:
for non stable

1.6 crashed 5 times. 1.5 is excellent
[Desire Android Development] street675:
Updated to 1.6

Doesn't play video's anymore.

Someone else having the same problem?
[Desire Android Development] androidpost:
Nope!

No problemos here!
[Desire Android Development] sretlow:
I now know what triggers my USB Bricking. After I do a nandroid backup in the recovery mode it bricks my phone. After an new start the SD card can't be mounted and bluetooth, phone network and so on doesn't work anymore. It happened to me twice now.
[Desire Android Development] KukurikU:
during the update to Flash Player 10.2 (might be only a coincidence) my device booted and went in a boot loop. i have a relatively fresh CWM backup but when i try to go in recovery i get a black screen. touching any of the buttons brings only "ClocworkMod Recovery v2.5.0.1". Any suggestions?
[Desire Android Development] paprkut:
Same
[Desire Android Development] Boonyard:
Download won't install for be. Keeps aborting.
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
What error? If it says bad you have to delete and redownload. Did you check md5?
[Desire Android Development] mr_clean5953:
everytime i reset my phone "STAY AWAKE" re-enables itself is there any way to fix this?
[Desire Android Development] KukurikU:
tried to restore my latest nandroid backup via Fastboot. the desire went again in a boot loop. ....now what? time to hit the panic button? :o

Partially SOLVED!!

i was able to reboot on the latest 1.6 but i keep getting random boots. i wiped and flashed again the 1.6 but the device is still randomly rebooting. help?!?
[Desire Android Development] xkdm:
I just tried kernel 2.6.37 :

2.0b HAVS 1113Mhz + CFS and

2.0b SVS + CFS 1113 Mhz

I'm actually on 2.6.37 2.0b HAVS 1113Mhz + CFS, first it doesn't work, but then i changed my DNS server, and it works like a charm !

Thanks a lot :-)
[Desire Android Development] amir88:
I already flashed it but hvnt tried it yet .. ill let u know ;)
[Desire Android Development] xepap:
Noob question regarding Villain Setup:

I would like to try out some of the different module updates.

Can I switch between the different kernel module updates listed in villain setup as I please by simply installing them "on top of each other"? Or will such a procedure slow my phone eventually?

What is the smartest way to try out the different updates?
[Desire Android Development] luhu:
Yeah, just download and flash the kernels via recovery.

Some kernels are better for battery life, some kernels are faster.

Hint/Tip: try setcpu
[Desire Android Development] xepap:
Cool. Thanks! Actually you answered my next question: any problems with using setcpu to configure the different module updates? But I take there isn't...
[Desire Android Development] bloosteak:
1.6 installs then after a while reboots and then is stuck on the loading screen. I think someone else had the same problem. This is with a fresh wipe and install.
[Desire Android Development] ajh499:
I'm having the same problem. GV 1.4 was fine.
[Desire Android Development] Boonyard:
Is there another link to this rom? The one in the first post gives me a file that wont install from recovery.
[Desire Android Development] vuolia:
Flashed over Oxygen 2.0.1 without wipe. Works fine. Haven't seen any bugs yet.
[Desire Android Development] Large Hadron:
You can find links to all versions at xda.richardtrip.org - look in the ginger directory. But I'm sure it's all the same sources (and same for villain setup if you have an earlier gv installed).

Did you try just downloading again, in case you first download was incomplete? Otherwise, what us the error message? That type of information might help someone help you.
[Desire Android Development] cez10:
How long did you wait at the white HTC screen ? After the first install It takes quite along time, took me about 5-10 without a wipe, maybe check the md5 sum of the GV zip
[Desire Android Development] bloosteak:
I waited until it booted
[Desire Android Development] cez10:
Oh right sorry misunderstood what you meant, did you wipe dalvik cache as well ??
[Desire Android Development] richardtrip:
on what kernel? (stock svs?).
[Desire Android Development] richardtrip:
Bluetooth is fine. Maybe you restored settings from a previous rom? (you should never restore system settings).
[Desire Android Development] Bomaster:
Anyone using the gingerbread email app having trouble scrolling left and right seems to stick or not move like not registering my finger up and down work and the Gmail app works this has been happening since 1.4
[Desire Android Development] virus2013:
I have a strange problem... Since 1.6, as soon as I try to update or install an app from the market, my phone reboots... Download is fine but impossible to install.

HTC Desire

Ginger Villain 1.6

Default kernel

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