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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] liscoe:
I use HyperDroid GBX V9.0. speed is very good, very stable, energy saving.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jvh22a:
im using hyperdroid gbx v9 with v6kernel. everything i need is working perfectly. been trying it since v7. and love hyperdroid..
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dabigchina:
Both are great builds and in my opinion better than MDJs_CyanogenMod7_v.2.6_NAND_A2SD+CWM

if you want/need CyanogenMod7 features like theme support and DSP you currently have with MDJ's build then you want to dl

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=769026

That said, if you can live without those features, then i would suggest hyperdroid GBX (the other link). Its built from AOSP source and is, in my experience much faster and more stable
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] liscoe:
Or like hyperdroid gbx v9, gingerbread's ROM, I have been eliminated.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] crabtreebrandon29:
I LOVE MDJ CM7!!! (With My Custom TouchWiz UI)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ivangs1:
For me it is TyphooN CyanogenMod 7 - very frequently updated.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mzebrowski13:
Hyperdroid cm7 1.02 is actually the fastest for me
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] EhdisChris:
I like CoreDroid v1.5.

Pretty fast and stable. I use it Daily.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Specialk47150:
Most people like minimalistic, crazy, honestly pointlessly fast ROMs.

To be truthful, these phones can do so much, use them to their capability.

I really like http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=995272
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hoss93:
Best Gigerbread rom

MDJ 2.6 no more updates but everything works so no need. Pongster benchmarks faster but forums are full of issues daily AND after installing you have to edit the lcd density cuz icons are too small.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jellywobbles:
Having only recently switched from MDJs CyanogenMod7 v.2.6 NAND A2SD+CWM to Pongsters ROMs, my experiences may help.

I have tried / re-tried both of Pongsters ROMs that you quote above, and without doubt - BOTH are far better, faster & much more reliable than the old MDJ CyanogenMod7_v.2.6 ROM. This is no way a slant on MDJ - I loved his ROM's, but was fed up with the lack of support etc.

Pongster on the other hand is active, and the support here @ XDA is incredible for both of his ROM's. I guess HyperDroid-CM7-v1.0.4 is nearer to your old MDJ ROM as its also CM7, however, I favour HyperDroidGBX-v11. Its blindingly fast, very smooth & a joy to use. No crashes - very stable.

Without doubt the best I have tried. Hope this helps ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jzibit17:
Do you guys experience data drops that dont reconnect? I'm using americandroid gb sd rom but the only problem it has it's that data doesnt reconnect. Ive been thinking to switching to a nand built but just want to make sure the data problem isn't a gb problem. Thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bbot3k:
hyperdroid gbx is nice, but i personally dont like the overall everything smaller deal. but should anyone know how to fix that...

yea nexushd2-gingerbread v2.5 is great, atm im using ultimatedroid and BOYPPC-SHIFTPDA gingerbread v10
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jd691978:
there's a lot of roms to choose from.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] voncrane:
Use a file manager like root explorer to edit the lcd density values in the build.prop file from "167" to "240"...Or use an lcd changer app.

Mind u, if u read the first few pages properly, u would have seen where and how to do that easily.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] andreimafiot:
wow, this is wonderfull
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] private parts:
a*

great job this really helpfull
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] xprav:
can anyone suggest fast and good 2.3.5 rom with sense3.5

tried a couple but they are too slow and occupy most of the ram :(
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] acompres:
That's the fastest they get for now man :/
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] xprav:
which one are you talking about?

thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] warrenb213:
try ACA.

proven. solid. back in development.

once we get the .35 kinks taken care of, newer kernel too :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Nigeldg:
GB Sense ROMs are generally quite slow and eat RAM a lot. I personally don't find them suitable for daily use, but others do. I would recommend Typhoon CM7 or possibly ACA if you consider a CM7 ROM.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mentalityx:
Very true. Been using his ROMs since he was posting alpha ROMs for the SD.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] rumpelpumpel007:
I use Hyperdroid CM7 since yesterday.

I must say it eats my battery! From full to empty within 20 Hours!!!

Is there a single Android 2.3.x rom for the hd 2 that does NOT eat power?

I have tried nearly every popular rom. They all have have massive problems regarding battery consumption.

All Android 2.2 Roms seem to work fine.

If i can not find a rom that works, I kick my Hd2 out of the window an get a new phone from stock with Android 2.3....
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Kameirus:
kick it my way ..could really use a eu hd2 for testing purposes lol
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] malybru:
Hi,

The more things change,the more they stay the same. :D

HaHa,

Don't you know that the Best ROM is HERE

:)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] rumpelpumpel007:
Well, I really like Hyperdroid. Its a very good rom for the HD2 and everything works fine. But the battery draining is a big problem of every 2.3.x rom i´ve tested.

The devs should work primary on this issue. Every other thing ist cosmetic...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] XRCIST:
MXZ MIUI

This one is really awesome:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1209508

And battery drain is quite reasonable, easily a couple of days with moderate use.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] cd78:
Even real android devices have high battery drain. This isnt even a proper android device so what do you expect.

Large screen eats power simple as.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Pspman:
Which version of Hyperdroid are you using? I must say, that I've been using those ROMs for over half a year now and they normally have one of the lowest battery usage from all the ROMs I've tested. There must be somthing wrong with yours. Install Battery Monitor Widget and turn on the history. If you've got values higher than 2-5mA with Bluetooth turned on with the creen off than you've got some kernel related problems. Try flashing some other kernels, with Hyperdroid it's possible to use phone for 3 days without recharging.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] litvintchouk:
I've tried loading gingebread2.3.4 and had problems so i deleted the file and now cannot reload any android rom. Is there a file I need to delete and where?

Thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] madalinpascu:
best rom for me NexusHD2-Gingerbread V3.2a (GWK74)(Android 2.3.7)[tytung_r13]

works perfect with htc hd 2 and the battery life is fantastic

best regards
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sagarjawaress:
+1. For me, AOSP builds workd smoother than any AOSP builds on DHD, Sensatio XE and Nexus s. I feel miui builds much more smoother than all of my friend's pure android devices. Just sold my EU HD2 to get Tmobile HD2 (for sense builds:D)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] erhangulsum:
yes, i installed it. very smooth. i dont know battery life yet but i hope it doesnt drain...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] adnguyen:
eergy saving ???

Hi Bro,

do you remember what are the settings to get "energy saving" ? Because I 've the fellings that draining a lot with my HD2.

Thks
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ghost+:
Ive been playing around with my X10 Mini alot lately, but now i cant install apps from the sd card in root explorer or application installer. I can click on it and click install but nothing happens.

If I download from the market apps install fine.

any ideas?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ghost+:
never mind, fixed it, there was a problem with some system app, I replaced it and it works fine now.
[Galaxy Tab General] ayman07:
Spend a lot of time reading a lot of Bluetooth mouse related posts but can't find an answer to my question. Does the scroll wheel/ball on a Bluetooth mouse work on the tab? Meaning if I am in a long webpage, will I be able to scroll? If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel that can move left & right as well as up & down, are you able to scroll between homescreens? What about scrolling in the app drawer. Please include the name of your mouse. I'm really interested in getting an Apple mouse with a trackball. Thanks everyone.

Ayman

From the Tab.

www.twitter.com/ayman07
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] cegna09:
I'm sure the answer is out there, but my searching has failed me. Looks like a bunch of links to answers have broken since this phone was moved to legacy devices. anyway, my situation.

Tried to update the ROM on my Fuze last night. About 50% through pushing it, the USB connection crapped out (shouldn't have been using my laptop for this, but oh well). Now it just comes up the the tri-colored screen saying ROm update error, or something similar. Trying to run the update again doesnt' work.

I'm going to try again tonight, on a different machine, but any suggestions on how to get myself out of this predicament? I've flashed this phone several times, and never had the transfer go bad.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] borisku:
Did you try to flash from SD Card? put the raphimg.nbh file to the root of the card & go to tricolur screen (vol down + stylus), then it should flash, if i remember right ...
[Defy Android Development] xdaid:
This is my one-click installer to get debian linux 5.0 working on Defy.

Here we go, debian with desktop and all the graphic stuff!

FIXED - NEW APK - Tested on different Froyo roms: China 0.26, CEE 3.4.2-155, Finnland

New faster mirror: http://dogsr.us/debian-img.zip

Many thanks to texasice

1) copy the apk to your phone, install, open the app

2) click "download debian-img.zip" (wifi recommended)

3) click "install debian"

4) done

Terminal emulator not required!

but this time you need androidVNC (android-vnc-viewer) in order to display the lxde desktop.

So, make sure to install androidVNC - it's free, available on the market too - then start with debian installation.

The installation process will take several minutes, so, be patient :)

Once debian is installed press "boot debian" button, you'll be automatically redirected to androidVNC:

to access the debian desktop provide the data listed below then click "Connect".

Important: Let some debian stuff load, wait 5-10 seconds before clicking "Connect"

Password: password

Address: localhost

Port: 5901

Et voilà, you'll get debian-lxde on your defy, ready to run your favorite linux apps.

Once done, make sure to close debian properly, this is important:

from the androidVNC menu click "Disconnect", go back to DebOnDroid and click "quit debian" button.

* You may need to click "quit debian" twice in some cases.

As you can imagine, to remove debian just click "remove debian".

This will delete debian image and links, not the downloaded zip file (which can be used again). This file is placed in /sdcard/debian/, can be deleted manually.

Note:

You need 1,83Gb free on sdcard (1,5 for debian image + 339 for installation file).

debian-img.zip (339mb - file hosted on scdevs.com) contains the image of debian filesystem.

Once extracted the image size is 1,5Gb, so the "disk space" available for debian will be 1,5Gb.

All stuff is in the storage card, even if you download and install new linux apps no space in the defy's main storage is taken.

The storage card is accessible from debian too.

If you prefer to download the compressed image file (debian-img.zip) from PC, here are a couple of links:

http://dogsr.us/debian-img.zip

http://www.scdevs.com/debondroid/debian-img.zip

The downloaded file must be placed in "/sdcard/debian", so make a folder called "debian" in the root of the sdcard and copy the file there.

Credits to cocus, me, and many other guys who share info over the net.

enjoy!

Please post feedbacks, even if it works or not, it works flawlessy on my Defy and i wish to know how it works on different (Defy) roms.

euro beers

american beers
[Defy Android Development] reinsen:
hey, im not really into that linux stuff, but im curious.

is it (theoretically) possible to create a linux based OS/GUI for the defy?

so that the phone doesnt run on android but linux?

i can imagine that this is nearly impossible because of all the drivers and stuff...

what was your intention to use linux for on the defy anyway?
[Defy Android Development] xdaid:
hi, the final goal is getting a linux GUI able to use the mobile's graphic chip. Some attemps has been made, take a look here (thx to cocus for this link):

http://labs.igep.es/index.php/How_to_get_the_Ubuntu_distribution

At the moment you can have a linux GUI in your phone but it is only accessible via vnc (running locally in your phone) due to linux has not access to the graphics on android.

Running debian on our defy is not so useful but definitely interesting, however, some cool stuff can be done, for example you can use the command

"apt-get install ..."

which is a powerful tool to download and install new linux packages, in this case you'll get those packages installed on your phone.

Right now i used apt-get to install the gftp tool (ftp client for linux) in my defy, it works perfectly, although i have to use the command line :)
[Defy Android Development] cocus:
For the GUI: The hardware of the Defy is THE SAME of the BeagleBoard xM (http://beagleboard.org/hardware-xM). I've installed X11 on my defy, and the video driver for the OMAP3 FrameBuffer device (kind of extension for Xorg desktop (x11)).

As the Kernel of Defy firmware currently loads the driver, we really dont have to hack anything. (I think)

In fact, it doesn't work at all, but at least, the screen goes black, and the X11 omap3 driver detects the graphic device. There are some kind of fail initliazing the "plane":

(EE) omapfb(0): OMAPFBScreenInit: Plane setup failed: Invalid argument

Fatal server error:
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0

And if I run it again:

(EE) omapfb(0): Driver can't support depth 24
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Now, I've reached another error, I think its a stupid error, because the driver relies on the boot arguments... And I think it is impossible to add or modify any argument on the boot.

(II) LoadModule: "omapfb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/omapfb_drv.so
(II) Module omapfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.4, module version = 0.1.1
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0
(II) omapfb: Driver for OMAP framebuffer (omapfb) and external LCD controllers:
omap1/2/3, S1D13745, HWA742
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for OMAPFB
(WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card support
(II) Running in FRAMEBUFFER Mode
(WW) Error opening /sys/devices/platform/omapfb/ctrl/name: No such file or directory
(WW) Can't autodetect LCD controller, assuming internal
(II) LCD controller: internal
(II) omapfb(0): VideoRAM: 0KiB (SDRAM)
(II) omapfb(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0" for depth/fbbpp 16/16
(**) omapfb(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16
(==) omapfb(0): RGB weight 565
(==) omapfb(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(--) omapfb(0): Virtual size is 0x0 (pitch 0)
(**) omapfb(0): Built-in mode "current"
(==) omapfb(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4

Backtrace:
Floating point exception at address 0x2938

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 8 (Floating point exception). Server aborting
[Defy Android Development] zmesler:
Let me make your day...Android IS Linux :) and you are using it right now.
[Defy Android Development] xjlfu:
amazing work !

at last, can we use linux apps on our android system?
[Defy Android Development] xdaid:
Once you get into the debian shell you can download, install and use any linux package. But note, you won't have graphic UI, it's just console. This means it's better to install stuff that works with command line.

Soon an new installer for debian + lxde (GUI for debian) should be ready, you will be hooked to a vnc to see the GUI and all the apps with graphic UI ... i will post it as soon as possible
[Defy Android Development] xjlfu:
thanks for your great works :-)

if it can work find , it will easy to port Linux apps to android plantform, isnt it?
[Defy Android Development] Perilla_:
Waiting that new version...
[Defy Android Development] cocus:
Hey, I've tested Squeeze, and it works nicely. Even LXDE and all the stuff related.
[Defy Android Development] Perilla_:
Still waiting...
[Defy Android Development] xdaid:
Still working.. but almost done.

I had a little issue to make the underlaying terminal coexist with the lxde term, now solved.

Atm all it's working but i'm looking for a better way, i'd like to launch debian with no terminal interface, so the user can go directly to the vnc once "boot debian" button is pressed.
[Defy Android Development] Perilla_:
Nice nice ;) I only want some info about if it was going.

Thanks for your work
[Defy Android Development] m11kkaa:
Thank you for this work!

Can you please implement an option to choose this VirtualImage-size?
[Defy Android Development] m11kkaa:
Sry for double-posting but I have an interesting question:

Can we chmod an Android2.3-system using this method?

This would be very great because so we could experiment with newer kernels etc.
[Defy Android Development] xdaid:
honestly i have no idea but, in my opinion, there's no chance to chroot android2.3 for 2 reasons:

1) debian provides all the tools you need to build a filesystem image which can be mounted easily

2) I think android is not so "open" as debian, i mean, probably gingerbread will detect the underlaying eclair or froyo and won't boot at all (but, i can be wrong, i never tried such a thing).
[Defy Android Development] dbk3r:
after downloading image, the install process wont start, (nothing happens).

- term emu and your installer have su rights.

- running jboogie3 orange

????
[Defy Android Development] xdaid:
a dialog with a message should appear, even when the installation fails..

i'm trying to figure out what goes wrong after you press the install button.

Tested on Eclair EU deblur, France and (modded) Froyo China, the installation starts all the times, but not tested on jboogie3

PS. is busybox properly installed?
[Defy Android Development] m11kkaa:
Does anyone know, if there is an ARM-version of XAMPP/LAMPP or anything else?

Because it's very much work to install and configure everything myself.

Edit: I did it myself now. The problem were the user-setting in the mysql-server but now it works very well.

Edit2: Ther semms to be some right-problems. I have to run the server (mysql, apache2) as root so they can start.

Is there any solution?
[Defy Android Development] dbk3r:
Busybox is not installed

Dialog..installin Debian appears and disappers a second later

Sent from my MB525
[Defy Android Development] xdaid:
ok, i forgot to say that busybox is required.

please check busybox: open the terminal and type "busybox", if you get "permission denied" or "not found" then you really have no busybox installed

(i ask for this check because usually busybox comes with the root stuff)
[Defy Android Development] m11kkaa:
Is there a to try this without too much work?

I would do, but I'm not similar with this.
[Defy Android Development] madhuranand007:
I downloaded the debian installer and its image file of 93 MB too but whenever I try to install it, it gave me nothing :( Now what to do

my phone is ROOTED and BUSYBOX installed
[Defy Android Development] dbk3r:
Busybox installed, but

Still not working

Sent from my MB525
[Defy Android Development] xdaid:
Looking into that issue, it looks like tar is unable to explode the bz2 file.

please can you check this from terminal:

type "busybox tar"

and tell me what happens then
[Defy Android Development] dbk3r:
Output of busybox tar shows up the usage of tar

Sent from my MB525
[Defy Android Development] xdaid:
Done! all should be ok, debian, lxde desktop and so on work well on my defy :)

@ first post new installer and info
[Defy Android Development] m11kkaa:
Is it possible to install Java so we can start jDownloader? :D
[Defy Android Development] paijho158:
downloading the tar.bz2 @300MB.. i will post for report whether it work or not later.. nice work guys..

but anyway,, if we can load debian, so its possible to load another linux build? ecspecially android build like gingerbread or honeycomb?
[Defy Android Development] f4lkon:
I have the same problem like dbk3r. I push the install Button but after a short popup nothing happens. Busybox, Termemu, VNC etc installed.
[Defy Android Development] xdaid:
1) Check:

- There should be a folder "debian" in the root of the sdcard

- There should be the file "debian.img.bz2" inside that folder

2) If checks are ok, try this:

delete the content of the folder "debian"

Download the file "debian.img.bz2" from PC, then copy to the phone,

place the file inside the "debian" folder.

Open DebOnDroid, start installation

If it now works then the problem was the bz2 file not downloaded properly

(make sure to disable the Screen Timeout before the download starts)

If it still doesn't work then the problem must be related to the tar (un)archiver.

Someone else got the same problem?
[Defy Android Development] f4lkon:
I had already done your suggested steps...with no success. I can unpack debian.img.bz2 on my Ubuntu System and that means the bz2 file was downloaded properly.
[Defy Android Development] xdaid:
Ok, so, there's something going wrong with "busybox tar ..." that is the command the installer calls once the "install debian" button is clicked.

I'm preparing another version of installer which works with a zipped image file, then the unzip during the installation is made by java code instead of the tar command line.

You will have to download the compressed image file again, this time it'll be a .zip file. This should be solve the problem.

I will post it once done.
[Defy Android Development] xdaid:
In the meanwhile you can try this:

1) Copy the debian.img file (unpacked in Ubuntu) to the debian folder in the sdcard.

Before doing this it would be better to verify the image by mounting it in Ubuntu.

Note - to unpack the image i used this line:

(busybox) tar -xvf [path_of_image.bz2] -C [destination_folder]

2) In your Defy's main storage make a folder called "debian" in /data/local

So you will have:

/data/local/debian

This will be your mount point.

The installer will detect the image and you can skip the installation.

Try "boot debian" directly.
[Defy Android Development] f4lkon:
Thanks but now im getting vnc connection failed.

Ive used

Password: password

Address: localhost

Port: 5901
[Defy Android Development] xdaid:
Dumb question:

Since our Defy cannot access the sdcard while it's connected to PC through "USB Mass storage" mode, did you unplug the USB or set it to "None" before clicking the "install debian" button?

Probably you already did it, it's just to be sure.