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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] G1ForFun:
Try changing your screen cache to low quality....works for most people with laggy ADW Launchers....although I still think ANY launcher is smoother than ADW....

And this rom is 99% CM7....so do not think that the rom is causing the launchers too act any differently on GV 1.5 or CM7 nightly....cause its honestly ALMOST identical.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ganii:
GingerVillain has more tweaks then CM7 Nightlys and ADW from Nightlys

is not the same as in market ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] G1ForFun:
You must be smoking something lol. If you can use ADB then u can make it EXACTLY the same by pushing it to system.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ganii:
You should compare all options,then you see ;)

Don`t work for me some problems there!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] G1ForFun:
Can you tell me which options are missing?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ganii:
Layouts,Gingerbread arrows,few Gingerbread icons etc.!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Tommebaas:
http://goo-inside.me/gapps/

goo inside me... lol
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] cjward23:
I thought the whole point of xda was that people shared what they created. And anyone else, as long as they gave credit (which teamvillain have done) to the original Creator they can use that rom or software as they saw fit.

I am following this thread, I tried to install gingerbread on my phone using the instructions from the other 2 threads, but found the instructions to be very poor.

I found the instructions in this thread clear and easier to follow.

Also I feel more comfortable downloading and installing roms from a dev I recognize. Teamvillain make great roms, I was a big fan of them when I had my hero, and will continue to use them on my desire z.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] salamanderdroid:
When I go into fastboot on the phone, go into terminal on the computer and try to flash the new recovery (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img), it's giving me an error saying that remote is not allowed. Can anyone help me? I really want gingerbread on my phone.

Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dictionary:
Are you serious? First of all, they give credit. Second, this runs TONS better than just straight compile from CM7 source, so they are definitely doing something. Three, you're talking about donating to your wedding fund. People will donate if they want to donate, be it for the ROM, or for your wedding fund. Get a serious grip dude. Open source is open source for a reason, and at NO point did they say ALL of the work was their own. NONE of the other cm7 straight ROMS at this point run anywhere near as smooth, as fast, or as great as this build/ROM does. Now, I don't know HOW much is cm7, and what modifications they did personally, but I know it's not placebo. 806mhz runs circles around other builds at higher frequencies.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] crowstar:
It is an INITIAL release.

It's like saying on the FIRST EVER cyanogen rom 'oh this is just a rip off of google, what are the changes?'

the changes come later
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ganii:
Seems you don`t have the "eng hboot" on you phone!

Without this,you can`t use fastboot.

First flash ROM,then try to flash recovery via Terminal Emulator which is

included at the ROM:

Open the Terminal program and type the following (with hitting enter at the end of each line):

su

flash_image recovery /sdcard/name-of-recovery.img

After this flash gapps with instructions from first post!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nprussell:
You clearly don't have the first idea of what you're talking about. I could link you 20-30 ROMs on this forum which are based on CM.

FYI - No amount of reporting will have this thread taken down. It's far more likely that you'll be banned for your childish behaviour.

Another thing: We are credible developers. Take a look at the VillainROM website. Averaging over 1000 people online at any one time. Show a little respect and decency ffs.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Stea1thmode:
Take no notice of him Nathan, the fact of the matter is that this Rom actuallty runs faster and smoother than his and thats what's upsetting him. Simples;)

Keep up the good work:)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] thatruth132:
Dude your causing problems nobody wants your rom any more ...lol stop being but hurt and get your coding game up and get on these guys level then you will have some action on your thread again until then delete your account no space on xda for your actions
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blackknightavalon:
Cyanogen himself said that anyone who can compile an Android kernel is welcome to cook up their own variant of CM. Troll harder next time.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nprussell:
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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] shenye:
You need to erase the recovery partition since you flashed the wrong thing. Boot into bootloader by powering on while holding vol-down. Then scroll to fastboot using the vol keys and confirm by pressing the power button.

Unzip the recovery image to the same dir as fastboot (usually where adb is)

fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery name-of-recovery.img

That should do it. I've pmed you it as well, incase you dont see this
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] zkid2010:
Why do people keep giving fastboot commands? That doesn't work for me and I suspect I'm not alone. Look, whenever I try those, and yes fastboot is in my droid sdk, it eventually fails with "remote not allowed".

Wtf?

Oh and happy new year.

PS - yeah yeah I list the fastboot device etc...fastboot commands don't work. :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JPHCCFC:
any views on the gps on this rom? I read earlier that there were issues with lock on location apps
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] salamanderdroid:
Same thing happens to me. They're telling me to install the rom first and then go into terminal and flash the new clockwork, but that seems kind of risky to me.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dstroy12:
Just sayin' if you dont know what your doing, dont do it. Pretty good idea. and as for the biting, just like everyone else said... its open source. So technically you should be complaining that everyone is "Biting" off Google. LOLOL :)

Roms working great, but whats this about when the phone actually syncs the notification icons turn green? or was this a farce?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] shenye:
Fastboot is just nicer to use, it pushes the file i'm flashing automatically, no mounting.

You need a modified hboot to be able to use it, most rooted G2/Z users will have flashed one with fastboot enabled when getting S-OFF
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Karum:
The ROM is pretty cool, had a go with it and it seems buttery smooth.

I think I'll prefer to stick to SuperVillain Z though but I'm having an issue reverting back to it.

Reading this thread I understand you need to revert to CWM 2.5.x or so I went into ROM Manager and hit Flash CWM Recovery to try and flash 2.5.1.3 which it tells me is successful.

So of course I go into recovery to perform a wipe and install Supervillain Z but after installing and rebooting I get stuck on the white HTC screen...does nothing else until the battery is pulled.

I can of course just go back into fastboot and set up CWM 3.0 and install Gingervillain again which works fine but would like to switch back.

Any ideas? Help would be appreciated, as would forgiveness for my noobishness here lol.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Sleef:
Great ROM. Using it as my daily for a couple days now. I never fail to be impressed by the community's skills. You obviously did a lot more than simply compile the CM source. I dig the stock launcher, believe it or not. Can't wait until the various devs iron out the bugs in Gingerbread. Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nprussell:
For anyone interested, I'll be updating this ROM tomorrow with the latest commits from the fantastic CM team :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mafiaboy01:
Awsome, can't wait. Thanks for all the work!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ganii:
Yes,latest market included there (market 2.2.11)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] G1ForFun:
Oh...well those aren't really settings, but rather themes. You can do plenty of that yourself, but I do see your point.

My point is that ADW in CM7 and ADW on the market have the same options. And if you need it in /system than push it there.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sonofabit:
I'm having this issue as well, and I'm on Bell....
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ganii:
Yes,only Layouts,Icons,no Lock Desktop Option etc as I said and it`s hard to do,because have to sign the app again

and don`t know about this ;) Also don`t know about editing the xml`s ;)

So in CM7 it`s a little bit different to the market version.

Missing "Lock Desktop" in market version too!

P.S.As I said,ADB commands not working for me!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] BriEE:
Where can we raise this issue as a bug?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kilroy672:
What is the best way to flash this rom? Currently running GingerVillain 1.4. Do I have to do a full wipe and back up? Or just a wipe? Or just follow the directions on page 1? How stable is this rom compare to the 1.4?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nik3r:
Weird ADW.EX with new vertical scroll and everything high quality - even transparent drawer - is by far the smoothest launcher and I really appreciate drawer category support with 200+ apps ;) But I guess it comes down to personal preference.

The new ROM is pretty speedy, I got it all set up and loaded like I used to and I can definitely say it doesn't feel slower - therefore it must be faster lol. HD video recording seems a bit smoother too for some reason.

Only feature I'm missing is wakeup with trackball, is that present somewhere like in 1.4 or do I have to add it myself? I couldn't find it in the settings.

-> EDIT: sorry I am just blind... Input - Trackball wake

In that case I have but one word - perfection :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dbaty:
Settings > GingerVillian settings > Input > Trackball wake

In 1.4 and now 1.5.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] TheShoura:
I want to change LCD Denisty permanently (using app now)

someone said build.prop but i cant find the line for it
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] TheMan42:
Nandroid backup, then just flash it, no wipe required. I did it flawlessly.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kilroy672:
So far I like this 1.5. But one thing is missing that I enjoyed in 1.4 was the way the screen dissapeard when you hit the power button and in this new one its gone. And also I can't reveive 4G only 3G. The "H" signal is not there only 3G, but in the 1.4 I can get H signal. Is there somthing I did wrong or a known issue?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kilroy672:
Why is it that I can't inport my contacts from my sim card? It says that I don't have any contacts on my sim card...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sonofabit:
It's already been reported in the CM7 threads as well as on the CM site. I've been following those threads, but there is no solution yet, or even any developer saying that they will look into this. :(
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jonbloom:
Quick question before I flash and potentially lose my CM data. Is it safe to flash 1.5 over the latest CM nightly? Or would I be better off backing up my texts and wiping my data?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] thatruth132:
i would backup and wipe to be safe
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jonbloom:
Thanks buddy. I'll make a backup, flash it over, and see what happens. If it works, it works. If it doesn't, SMS Backup and Restore Pro is my new best friend.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Takiwaki:
awsome rom

I have one issue and I am pretty new to this rom

I am having force closes with the folders is there a fix for this?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Benblanko81:
Is anyone having issues with wireless tether. I am coming from 1.4 and had no previous issues. I was using 202, but tried a few different versions. Tried un/reinstall, nothing. Tether says tethering started with problems check log. The only thing on is access control and bluetooth. Any help is appreciated. This rom is otherwise great, I am sure even my issue is something I did wrong. Thanks

Sent from my HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] RiTZiE_CDN:
I'm having the same issue with vm notifications and I'm with Bell.

Sent from my HTC DZ using the XDA App
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] RiTZiE_CDN:
Thanks for the updates!! Rom is running great!

Sent from my HTC DZ using the XDA App
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jonbloom:
Just gonna say that flashing this over the most recent CyanogenMOD nightly release worked flawlessly for me. Just run "Fix Permissions" in the ROM Manager.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] urmybaby:
cheers 1.5 ready
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Nighte:
Restoring 1.4 as we speak.

Nothing wrong with 1.5 update, in fact I love the app with the equalizer (please don't remove it!), but too many force closes and I don't have the time right now to wipe everything for a fresh install.

1.4 was working smoothly for me anyway.

Waiting for the major update!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kilroy672:
What app with the equalizer are you talking about?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] urmybaby:
1.5 respond a bit slower, I don't know why, especially the touch screen part. when I swipe the desktop or click on the application, it respond slowly

anyone has same problem?

by the way what is equalizer in 1.4?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] TheShoura:
Exactly same here. Locked at 1500 Mhz and it feels slower. bout to flash to another ROM or wipe and reinstall this 1... first eternal update then it seems slower, not too happy :/
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ajk1311:
Try pershoots kernel. That's what I'm using overclocked to just 998mhz and its very smooth

Sent from my HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] urmybaby:
You feel slower too right . I don't know what is wrong. 1ghz feelslike 600 mhz
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Nighte:
It started with a D, I forgot what it's called, but there was an equalizer for headsets and speaker. It's in the 1.5 update though, along with the FM radio.

I agree with the others, the update seems sluggish. However, I did not wipe my info and whatnot so I can't say for sure, but I flashed ontop of the 1.4 update and it was pretty much unusable from all the FC's I got.

I'm pretty sure it would have been manageable if I had wiped; but I'm happy with 1.4 anyway.

Like I said earlier, waiting for the major update!

You guys should try to wipe before flashing and see if performance improves if you want the 1.5 update, I think that should fix the problems.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jboy15:
does anyone how to get the battery left percentage right exactly inside the on the battery??
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Lennyuk:
DSP Manager
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Lennyuk:
Probably can't easily, that feature was built for the battery icon in CM6 and earlier it has not yet been updated for Gingerbread.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] The Great NY:
Yea wifi tether not working on mine either. It just says "wifi tether starting" and never makes it any further

After that if I try to use hotspot it says error.

Same thing was happened in cm6 roms. Wifi tether never worked. I think its just a cm thing or anything that has cm in it.

As I came from virtuous sense 9 to this and wifi tether always worked along with hotspot.

Any thoughts on the wifi tether?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dekeijzer:
The themes for the CM7 nightlies include this, so it is possible for Gingerbread and CM.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] noodles2224:
I think it'll be included towards the end of nightlies.. because since the battery is upwards now, it'll be misalign, plus the gingerbread theme for cm6 by sonny I believe, the battery was made bigger to fit the % but to me, it looked ugly and not lined up right with the rest of the statusbar.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Tommebaas:
"Improved battery life"

How can we notice that?

Im using this rom right know but havent noticed anything yet.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ryaninc:
Man, there sure are a lot of angry people in this thread complaining about a free product that is very clearly marked as beta and unfinished.

I, for one, am extremely grateful for this ROM which has given me a chance to use Gingerbread sooner than I would have been able to otherwise. Sure it has some bugs, but that's part of beta products. And yes, updates may be delayed by a few days, but that's nothing compared to waiting for stock updates from the carriers.

I can't develop ROMs myself, so I rely on devs like TeamVillian to do what I can't do, and I'm super grateful that they continue to deliver such great products, despite the negativity so often present.

So thanks to all who made this ROM possible. I just flashed 1.5 and it's working perfectly. You guys, and XDA as a whole, are part of what makes Android so great. Never stop being awesome. :-)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] skulk3r:
1.5 has some great features (like equaliser app, lockscreen options, etc) but I had trouble with consistent wifi connection and couldn't find a way to turn my data on (all the right options were ticked in settings) so I went back to 1.4. I flashed and reflashed and wiped and rewiped my cache/dalvik so that was covered.

maybe the ROM does better for some than others
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] breezy169:
I wouldn't say it that harsh but yea I agree . this rom is quick and stable as can be though. But I haven't seen much improved battery life and I'm usinq the setcpu profiles .
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jarski12345:
Wifi tether works great here. I wiped dalvik cache and flashed over 1.4. Everything feels smoother than in 1.4.

Thanks again TeamVillain! :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Tommebaas:
Thanks for putting the DSPManager in this rom.

Enable Bass Boost!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulzaplitny:
guess im one of the lucky ones. flashed 1.5 no wipe. rom works fantastic. fast smooth, no fc and everything works. great job really enjoying this rom.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lightningtrip:
Thanks for the ROM, I love it. I cannot comment on battery life yet, as I have only had it installed an hour or so now, but I will it say it performs better than 1.4. I have run several benchmarks and they all increased in performance.

NenaMark +4 ( went from 55fps to 59.1fps)

Linpack +3 (went from 56 mflops to 59 mflops)

Quadrant +80 (+-) (went from 2789 to 2869)

Everything appears to be working thus far with no FCs. :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dbaty:
W/R/T the screen off animation, it's still there. Settings > GingerVillian Settings > Display > check "Screen-off animation". It's only a change in the default setting.

I still get "H" (HSDPA/HSPA+) signals in 1.5 so it's not an issue with the ROM.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] harolds:
I concur whole heartedly.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mr.boonet:
screen off on animation is not working for me, i tried evrything, turning it of, rebooting, turning it on, turning on of, reflashing,....
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Craven68:
Which kernel did you use ?

I tried whith the stock kernel and with interactive/performance in setcpu ( frequency min and max to 1.5 ghz). I only get 47 to nenamark and 53 to linpack.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] geoja32:
This rom has been super smooth for me but I did notice a wifi problem its been slow loading pages but I think I can try to fix that. other than that love the rom, it takes me back when I had a hero lol
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lightningtrip:
I was using the kernel supplied in the ROM, I have 3 G2's in the house and have benchmarked them all wit varied results, and I of course chose to take the better performer for my own..lol

They all do well in benchmarks although not quite as aggressive as mine.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jyc124:
I did the same thing but I can't get wifi tether to work. It tells me to go look at the log. Any thoughts? I wiped everything prior to flashing the rom.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] AndroidHAX:
Downloads

Is anyone having problems with downloads? Whenever I try to download something it downloads the whole thing then says "download unsuccessful". After like 6-7 times retrying the download does it actually work.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] TL24:
How in the world are you getting almost 60fps for NenaMark and 59mflops on Linpack? :confused:

The highest I've gotten on NenaMark was 48.7fps back on CM 6.1 and i'm currently getting 54mflops for LinPack running CM7 nightly build 16 ---- all at 1.51ghz
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] noodles2224:
Maybe using 1.8 kernal but somehow I do see a lot of people get high scores once reboot and having nothing running and just run the benchmark.. even running at 1.5 like you and me.. I can never pass nenamark over 47.2 and linpack 53
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lightningtrip:
yeah...shut everything down and run the benchmarks...I can get 47fps running at 1.2ghz with several background apps running...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] edwarddl:
Is the Rom more stable than the CM7 nightly Rom?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lphillips80:
HSPA+

Im probably not posting this in the right place but im using the 1.5 gingervillain rom. I live in San Diego and i know for a fact after calling t-mobile that im in a hspa+ covered area. But i have never seen it only hsdpa. Does anybody have any ideas about this? Any help will be greatly appreciated.. Thanks in advanced.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] harolds:
How do you know that?

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lphillips80:
menu

settings

about phone

status

look at mobile network type
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ccb04:
Do I need to install a different kernel to get the wifi and hotspot to work with 1.5?? Or does the one that come with the rom work??
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] IMPEREAL:
The screen on and off animation will not work if you change spare parts animation speed to fast. Change it back to normal and reboot.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] G1ForFun:
Are you also overclocking?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] noodles2224:
It shouldn't matter if overclocked now, screen animation won't work if you have auto brightness on, set it off and above 50% and spare parts, speeds should be normal as well, won't work if set to fast
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] G1ForFun:
So your saying that the overclocking and screen animation off and on bug is fixed?

And brightness has to be above 50% for them to work for you? Mine work just fine on the lowest brightness.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] izanagi:
Fm radio works!!!! Holy sh!t!

great cm7 commits :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tbalden:
But if you have a call or start one it will irreversibly mute media volume till reboot. Is it like that in villain rom too?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Nighte:
Yikes!

People should take note when using the ROM, now I got no idea how severe the situation is, nor am I saying people shouldn't use the ROM (I'm using it myself right now) but people should be aware of this:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/29/android-2-3-security-bug-shows-microsd-access-vulnerability/

Supposedly, something similar to this is present in previous versions of Android too.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bibow:
apps from sd card.

just flashed to this rom from the stock rom. i had all my apps moved to my sdcard. shouldnt all my apps be on the phone still after flashing this rom?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ccb04:
Since no one has answered my question ill ask again....Do I need to install a different kernel to get the wifi and hotspot to work with 1.5?? Or does the one that come with the rom work?? :confused: :confused: