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last updated: 2011-Oct-29 [DISCONTINUED]
ROM version described: 3.0.8
If you wish to use the data in this FAQ in any way, you are free to do so without any need for links\attribution, except for people mentioned in the FAQ itself - please mention them where applicable.
I'd like to thank Lee for the wonderful ROM, fred_be9300 for the initial FAQ, and anderl78 for... lots of help.
Also thanks to alpharev and others who are quoted or otherwise mentioned on this page.
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1. What is the difference between A2SD+ and data++ versions of LeeDrOiD V3.x.x Bravo GB?
With Desire's stock ROM, little ROM is available for user apps as the \data partition is very small (147 MB).
With A2SD+ ROM, somewhat more is available, as dalvik cache and apps are moved to sd-ext. However, some data is still written to the \data partition, so no matter what, the "Internal memory" will decrease.
Data++ version gives you yet more internal memory for app installation than A2SD+ version, however, it is a little trickier to both flash and customize. As it does not move dalvik cache to SD, unlike A2SD+, dalvik cache still occupies a considerable amount of internal storage. This makes the system marginally quicker than A2SD+, at the expense of available internal memory and placing a cap on the total volume of installable apps (which is still considerably higher than in the A2SD+ version). Furthermore, it can be moved to sd-ext as well, freeing more memory still (see subsection "Things to know if using Data++" below, item 5).
To actually free more memory for user apps, data++ version moves a number of system files from \system partition to sd-ext. This in turn allows to redistribute the partitions of the phone memory:
- system partition is reduced to 90-100mb at the expense of files moved to sd-ext and\or deleted
- cache partition, originally 40 mb and empty most of the time, is reduced to 5mb
- data partition (the one shown as "internal memory" and available for your user apps\dalvik) is increased at the expense of the two mentioned above
This partitioning is determined by the hboot you use. So, in order to enjoy the benefits of data++, you will have to flash the required hboot first. There are currently several hboots that are compatible with LeeDroid Bravo GB. However, to obtain the maximum benefit you have to flash Oxygen hboot (revision 1), second best is Oxygen-r2. More details on flashing \ updating can be found in the respective section.
You can get an overview of different ROM variants looking at the picture Bravo ROM allocation.jpg by clicking the preview at the end of this post. The picture may be not very precise and perhaps even partially erroneous, but it will give you a graphical overview and it is correct in general.
Last point: data++ is NOT the same as Data2Ext. Simplified explanation: Data2Ext will increase the size of "internal memory" as percieved by your system to the size of your sd-ext (it may also usually require two ext partitions instead of one, etc, etc). Data++ will NOT increase your internal memory to the size of sd-ext; it will only free some NAND memory by moving some system files to sd-ext and re-allocating the freed space to \data by using oxygen hboot.
Things to know if using Data++:
1. As cache partition has been reduced to 5 mb in data++ version-compatible hboot:
- a ramdisk is used instead of it for caching downloads from the market. However, RAM is not used when not needed, so you should not worry about your RAM being squandered.
- to update the radio, you have to use fastboot ('fastboot flash radio radio.img'. Radio.img is to be extracted from the radio update.zip beforehand) or update radio using stock hboot prior to flashing modified hboot.
2. Since location of some system files has changed in data++ relative to stock ROM, flashing UOT kitchen mods and themes can be tricky. More on this below in the respective section.
3. Having sd-ext on sdcard may negatively affect the read\write performance of the fat32 partition (this one goes for A2SD+ as well, though).
4. There are two most suitable hboots for data++: oxygen r1 and oxygen r2. The difference between them is that r1 has a 90mb system partition while r2 has a 100mb one. As LeeDroid Bravo GB 3.0.7 has a system partition exceeding 90mb, you have two options:
- prudent option for people who have hands.sys and head.sys drivers installed on their system:
-- use oxygen r1, as it leaves more space in data partition hence more space for your apps
-- modify LeeDroid Bravo GB rom.zip in any of the below ways to reduce the size of \system folder:
--- open the rom.zip in either WinRAR, 7ZIP, Total Commander with an archive-reading plugin will also work, other methods have not been mentioned but might also work; do NOT unpack rom.zip, just open it
--- remove bootanimation (rom.zip\resource\customize\bootanimation.zip) and boot sound (should be somewhere near it) by pressing the del key inside the chosen app (WinRAR\7ZIP\TC)
--- and\or remove unnecessary stuff like wallpapers and jpegs and whatever you believe is ok from rom.zip\system\customize\resource
--- copy the modified rom.zip to sd card for flashing, keeping in mind you will have to turn off signature verification (as we've changed the rom.zip and the embedded signature is now no good) in the recovery prior to flashing (e.g in Amon-Ra it's Other\Toggle Signature Verification)
- strange option for people who are lazy and\or do not have hands.sys and head.sys drivers installed (what would they be doing flashing hboots and roms then is another question, particularly data++ roms):
-- use oxygen r2, as it has a 100mb system partition and no modification have to be made to rom.zip prior to flashing - but your data partition will be about 10mb smaller than with oxygen r1
5. Even if you install data++ version, which has dalvik in internal memory, you can move dalvik cache to sd-ext to free space for your apps at the cost of a small performance decrease. To learn more, see post by anderl78: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14297694&postcount=4751
6. If you want to go back from Data++ rom to a2sd+\stock rom, be it by flashing or restoring a nandroid, you will have to flash stock hboot first!
2. Requirments for flashing (i.e. before you flash, you need)
a. General requirements
- Rooted HTC Desire
- SD card partitioned into two partitions - FAT32 and EXT3 (EXT4 supported, haven't tried it but people confirm it works)
- hboot 0.93.x - some have reported successfully flashing with older hboots, but it usually took multiple attempts, so it's easier to S-OFF
- Desire should be fully charged, just in case
- It is always better to flash critical stuff using a notebook or UPS-connected PC for obvious reasons
To partition your card, you can use:
- your recovery
- ROM Manager app
- GPARTED (linux software for partitioning, also can be run on any PC using a boot-cd, site: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php)
- minitool partition wizard (freeware windows partitioning program, site: http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html)
- any other reasonably advanced partitioning program (such as Acronis Disk Director)
Keep in mind:
- both partitions should be primary (how to check if your partition is primary?)
- FAT32 should go first, EXT3\4 should go second (EXT4 claimed to be supported, not tested by author of this post)
- if partitioning via recovery\ROM manager, specify swap size as zero
- do not label the partitions
- reasonable size range for ext partition is 1-2gb
- if you are not experienced in partitioning, back up your sd card data (if you need it), for there are many ways to lose it when partitioning and only a few not to. You can just copy your sdcard data to a folder, then copy it back to fat32 partition if necessary.
- the last, but NOT the least: method of partitioning should be irrelevant, however, best results seem to be obtained by using GPARTED \ minitools partition wizard. Gparted is the surest way, but least convenient; minitool Partition Wizard is very easy to use and requires no reboots.
b. Requirements specific to Data++
- S-OFF
- Oxygen hboot downloaded and ready to flash
- Stock hboot in case you want to go back
Obtaining S-OFF is described here: http://alpharev.nl/ OR in detail http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805811
Brief explanation (sapienti sat): download S-OFF CD http://alpharev.nl/alpharev.iso, burn it and reboot (or mount it as bootcd in a virtual machine and reboot), connect rooted HTC Desire, cross your fingers and follow instructions.
Flashing hboot is described here: http://alpharev.nl/ OR http://androidtricks.net/fastboot-custom-hboot-partition-table-htc-desire-52 OR http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14259861&postcount=3683 OR read this post by anderl78 with detailed instructions of flashing it via fastboot.
Flashing hboot via PBIMG is in my opinion easier and is the only way I ever tried. Flashing via fastboot requires having ADB installed.
All necessary files can be found in the last section: "7. One-stop download reference".
3. Flashing guide
1. Make a Titanium backup of apps (optional but reasonable)
2. Make a Nandroid backup
3. Copy both backups (titanium and nandroid) to a PC for ultimate safety (optional but reasonable)
4. Have the following files on your SD card in the root folder:
- Lee's ROM (make sure to have modified the updater script if it's 3.0.8.2 Data++)
- Ext3 alignment patch
- [optional] radio if you update it from sd
- [optional] any other zips you may want to flash (kitchen mods, backlight mod)
- [optional] hboot files (stock and chosen oxygen) if you want to install Data++ using the PBIMG way
5. Flash recommended radio (32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.08), reboot to old rom to check in Settings\About phone\Software Information\Baseband version
6. Make sure you have an EXT3 partition as described in the Requirments section above (EXT4 claimed to be supported, not tested by author of this post)
7. [data++] Flash necessary oxygen hboot (r1 or r2) if you are flashing the data++ version
8. [optional but highly recommended] Perform a full wipe (can usually be omitted if updating from most prior sub-versions of this rom e.g. 3.0.x where x<8 but better to do this, you do have titanium backup anyhow). Still, you can always try flashing without wiping, and if it doesn't work or works but is buggy, you can reflash again with wiping.
9. [data++] Toggle signature verification to off if you are using oxygen-r1 hboot and have modified the rom.zip to reduce system partition
10. Flash rom.zip
11. Reboot and wait for the ROM to first-boot, which may take quite some time (up to 10-15-20 minutes is a safe bet; if you worry your battery will run low, nothing keeps you from connecting the charger)
12. If everything is OK, reboot back to recovery and flash optional mods if you have them (you can flash them right after flashing rom.zip prior to first-booting, but if the rom fails to boot it will be hard to determine the reason - maybe it's the rom, maybe it's the mod - so easier to flash after first-boot)
13. If you have problems flashing the rom \ first-booting, read the following section.
14. [optional] restore Titanium backup if you have one, but make sure you do not restore any red items. To totally make sure, you can choose to restore only user apps+data, and set up system settings by hand, if you like to be on the safe side.
Note: DO NOT flash EXT3 Alignment Patch as described on Lee's official page (step 3 of his flashing guide). With all due respect to Lee, flashing this patch has resulted in non-mountable sd-ext partition for many users. So do not flash it unless the rom won't start, as described in the following section.
The ext3 aligtnment patch has the following purpose, however, ROM works fine for virtually all who go without it and the opposite is not true. So the guidelines are:
- if it works without it, don't flash it;
- if it doesn't work without it, try flashing it
- if you you've flashed it first and the rom doesn't boot, use any partitioning software to delete the ext partition, then re-create it and flash without the alignment patch.
4. Troubleshooting ROM installation
Usually, failing to flash\boot the rom has the following causes:
1. Incorrect card partitioning - perhaps number one among other reasons.
To check for it, reboot to recovery (if you can't reboot by key combination, pull the battery). Try mounting sd-ext in recovery.
If it fails, this is indeed a problem.
Solutions:
- flash EXT3 Alignment Patch (http://leedroid.ftp.rshost.eu/Bravo_Addons/alignment-ext3.zip), then try reinstalling rom by repeating steps starting with step 10 of the above flashing guide.
- delete sd-ext partition in any partition manager such as Gparted \ minitool Partition Wizard and recreate it again, then try reinstalling rom by repeating steps starting with step 10 of the above flashing guide.
- if above fails, repartitioning the whole card (fat32 backup may be necessary if you have needed data on it), then try reinstalling rom by repeating steps starting with step 10 of the above flashing guide.
- if all above fails, ask the gurus such as anderl78 or mod-author, and don't forget to press the THANKS button once they have solved your problem
2. hboot - rom incompatibility, such as:
- flashing data++ rom on a device which is S-ON and\or has stock hboot (Solution: if so, S-OFF your device and flash correct hboot)
- flashing unmodified data++ rom with oxygen-r1 hboot (Solution: either modify rom or flash oxygen-r2 hboot)
- flashing a2sd+ rom on oxygen hboot (Solution: flash stock hboot)
- flashing rom on old hboot (<0.93): may take several tries, though I'd suggest S-OFFing as an easier alternative
3. Corrupt ROM file
- If flashing 3.0.8.2 Data++, modify the updater script as described here
- You may want to check MD5 signature for the rom file just in case
- If you have modified data++ rom to use oxygen-r1 hboot - make sure you did it without extracting stuff with consequent recompressing; make sure you haven't deleted anything not meant to be deleted
- If you tried integrating kitchen mods into rom.zip file - try flashing a vanilla rom, this way you'll determine the cause (maybe you modified rom.zip incorrectly, corrupting it)
4. Unrooted phone
Solution: Learn to RTFM and root your phone
You can read up here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696189
5. Attempt to flash modified ROM without toggling signature verification to disabled
If you have modified your ROM, you have to toggle signature verification off; e.g in Amon-Ra it's in the menu Other\Toggle Signature Verification.
6. Other causes
If your problem does not fall under the above list, ask the gurus such as anderl78 or ROM-author in the MAIN THREAD, and don't forget to press the THANK button once they have solved your problem
5. Customizing guide
5.1. Kitchen customization - battery icon, etc.
To customize your phone by changing the appearance of top bar icons, notification panel, fonts, battery icon and the like you can use the UOT kitchen: http://uot.dakra.lt/kitchen/.
Just cook the file you need as described here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990829, then flash it from recovery.
Data++ customization
Now if you have installed data++ version, things may be somewhat complicated. This is due to the fact that in the data++ version, some system files are partially on sd-ext:
/system/app goes to /sd-ext/app_s
/system/framework goes to /sd-ext/framework_s
/system/media goes to /sd-ext/media_s
/system/fonts goes to /sd-ext/fonts_s
You can actually check it yourself by opening the rom.zip file.
As the files which are changed by the kitchen mod you have cooked are usually among the ones relocated, the mod has to be a little different from the standard.
There are several ways to do this:
1. When cooking the mod in the kitchen, set the "Kitchen\File Upload\Flashing for Data++ ROM option" to ON.
This worked for most users.
2. [OR] edit cooked file manually, replacing file paths as described below:
Open the theme's zip file (e.g. one from UOT) and edit \META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script file, changing paths of files that had been moved to sd-ext in the data++ rom. After that you can flash it from recovery as usual, having toggled signature verification to Disbled.
For instance, with the data++ version of 3.0.6 I used the following lines (could be different with 3.0.7 official data++, but enought to get the picture, and you can always figure out the paths and which of them to alter from rom.zip):
Code:
ui_print("Applying UOT framework");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/sd-ext");
package_extract_dir("framework", "/sd-ext/framework_s");
package_extract_dir("app", "/sd-ext/app_s");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/sd-ext");
whereas original was like this:
Code:
ui_print("Applying UOT framework");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
package_extract_dir("framework", "/system/framework");
package_extract_dir("app", "/system/app");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/system");
So it's the "spot 10 differences" game. Just check the official data++ rom.zip for files moved to sd-ext, then check what files are changed in the theme\mod zip, and alter the update script accordingly. Remember not to extract files and recompress them, but rather to open the archive and edit the script from the archive.
3. [OR] integrate the cooked file into rom.zip. To do this:
1) Browse through your cooked mod and see what modded files are in there. Usually its SystemUI.apk and framework-res.apk.
2) Extract these files to any folder.
3) Now open you rom.zip using WinRAR, 7ZIP, Total Commander with an archive-browsing plugin or any other decent software.
4) Locate the files you found in (1) and replace them by dragging the files extracted in (2) over them. E.g.:
You have extracted from the kitchen mod.zip:
framework-res.apk from the app\ folder
SystemUI.apk from the framework\ folder
to some temporary folder on your pc.
In data++ rom.zip, you'll most likely find
framework-res.apk in rom.zip\sd-ext\framework_s\
SystemUI.apk in rom.zip\sd-ext\app_s\
So, for each instance, you drag the respective file from temporary folder to the archive, and confirm if the program you're using asks if you want to replace the files. In any case, ignore the META-INF\ folder.
The resulting modified rom.zip should be flashed with Signature Verification toggled to Disabled in recovery, as we have modified it.
Troubleshooting:
Check if you have selected the right source files in the kitchen. In the UOT kitchen, on the FILE UPLOAD tab, under the heading "Select your rom from kitchen's list, or upload your own files", make sure you use "Kitchen's list", and select "LeeDrOiD 3.0.7 A2SD, ROM" from the dropdown. Alternatively, you can upload the actual files from the rom.zip.
If it still isn't working, then, most likely, you have incorrectly followed the above guide.
With all due respect, go to the main thread and bug people there - they will be very amused by yet another repetition of the "how do I flash the UOT kitchen mod on data++" topic... but will help you anyhow, as they are indeed nearly saints.
5.2. Adding notification panel widgets
The question of how to add widgets into the notification panel seems to appear every now and then in the main thread. There are many ways to do that. However, not all of them are easy\are easily customizable as the way I am describing below.
I solved it for myself by using the free Widgetsoid app.
It allows to make any number of highly customizable widgets, and can also place any of them in the notification bar.
The way to setup is first:
1. Install widgetsoid
2. Run it from the apps menu for initial settings:
ADVANCED tab:
- Flash led setting is METHOD 2
- Select desirable Brightness levels if you're going to use it (suggest using Seekbar first to get the hang of which levels are good for you, then using custom levels to set them up)
- I'd suggest setting "Widget focusable" to OFF, haptic feedback to ON
- Service in backgroud ON
NOTIFICATION tab:
- Hide notification icon to ON
- Open popup to OFF
Other settings you can change to your taste.
Then, to create your widget:
- Create a widget on your desktop, i usually use Widgetsoid Switcher 4x1 widget
- On network, Screen, Sound, Other, Shortcut tabs -- select which widgets are needed
- by clicking on a specific widget item in the preview you can move it to any place you want
- Go to theme tab, set it up to look as you want
- go to advanced tab, suggest following settings:
-- Modifiable - YES, you can turn it off later after you're sure you got what you wanted
-- Modifiable icon - up to you, I set it to off. What it does is show a small icon in top right corener which you can click to bring up widget editing screen; it works the same way without the icon, so it looks cleaner. It affects only the widgets placed on desktop, it won't be visible\usable in the notification panel widget
-- Notification - ON if you want to see the widget in the notification bar - so you want it ON
-- Widget invisible - as you want. If you check it, widget won't take place on your desktop, it'll only be visible in Notifications panel. Can't undo that later, so decide on the spot. You can always make another widget, though, if you later want to have one on the desktop and had made the previous one invisible.
-- Click Apply tab
It will ask you if you want to edit global prefs - no need to do that, so answer NO. The widget should appear in notification panel.
Some notes things:
- depending on notification panel style (transparent\white\other) you may want to change the color of your widget's icons so they are clearly visible (Widgetsoid app\Notification tab\Choose icon color). In transparent panel of 3.0.6-r2 it doesn't seem to work; as I remember, it worked with a white panel.
- In some cases, you may get a popup with the widget after you tap a widget item in notification panel after initial setup. If that happens, got to widgetsoid app, go to Notification tab, check state of "Open Popup" checkbox. If ON, set to off. If OFF but you still get the popup, check it to ON, then set it back to OFF, this solves the issue. It appears, you'll have to do that each time you add a widget to notification panel.
- If you made your widget visible only in notification panel and want to edit it, you can go to Widgetsoid app, go to Widgets tab, select widget you want to edit, tap the pencil button, edit as needed, tap apply tab.
- If you choose the widget to be Invisible on your dektop when you set it up initially, there is no way to uncheck this option if later you change your mind and want to see it on you dektop as well as in the notification panel. The only way you can do that is by recreating the widget.
- You can put more than one widget panel in the notification panel.
- If you use task killers (why would you want to?), make sure widgetsoid service is on the exceptions list.
VOILA, LeeDroid GB3.x.x with a notification tab switches in an easily customizable way!
PS you can watch it, if I am not mistaken, starting with 14:00 of the official widgetsoid video guide at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pyf7U1cByI
6. Troubleshooting other issues:
There's not much issues I know of with this rom, unlike the HD ports. They may be user-specific, but I'm listing them here just in case.
- Lockscreen not appearing on power-on, i.e. after on button is pressed, phone starts direct to desktop.
Problem surfaced after several months of use. Fixed by reboot.
- When I want to select which calendars to be synced, I can only select [x] of my [x+n] calendars.
Fixed by clearing all data in the Settings>Applications section from processes containing the word Calendar.
7. One-stop download reference:
ROM links
ROM itself: see middle of this post
EXT 3 Alignment patch
Recommended radio 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.08, MD5 03cd7972412bec4b4ed6f2699e4c9af0
S-OFF links
Site: http://alpharev.nl/
Live-CD used to S-OFF, MD5 3ca4c4803fe1eb309c980420788ad3f
HBOOT links
Site: http://alpharev.nl/
Bravo oxygen r1 (with 90mb system partition, alpharev took it down after releasing r2 for some reason):
- fastboot flashing: link courtesy of anderl78, OR backup link to same file, MD5 0ac1bd252276a7e81c24d601569746e1 (if you use the second link and want to check MD5, unpack .img first, then check MD5)
- PB99IMG flashing, MD5 4f19784ae373fbfd8c2e5de6d32696a0
Bravo oxygen r2 (with 100mb system partition):
- fastboot flashing, MD5 532e39f7b0e8cf9aff07d4556fe6d841
- PB99IMG flashing
Stock hboot:
- fastboot flashing, MD5 7bd5234711364880de1fa982dcf3a2d6
- PB99IMG flashing
Mods and fixes
- All mods courtesy of anderl78, so if you like them, I'd suggest pushing a THANKS button on the respective post by anderl78
- Nandroid prior to flashing is a reasonable policy
- Some mods may require toggling signature verification to "disabled" prior to flashing
Hardkey backlight always off (good for those who like to read at night), backup link
Bluetooth autoconnect
No-sense patches for A2SD+ and Data++ versions: for LD3.0.7 and for LD3.0.8
Camera tweak (media_profiles updated, reducing jpeg compression)
Unlimited browser tabs tweak
3G\EDGE\MMS not working:
- reset your APN to default (goto Settings\Wireless and Networks\Mobile networks\Access Point Names\ press MENU key on your device, choose RESET TO DEFAULT)
- if unsuccessful, enter APN details manually (your operator should know) OR see this post for how-to on importing a large APN preset list
Black HTC Home widget (flip-clock+weather), works for 3.0.x and 2.5.0
Various performance improvements
Autobrightness tweak for 3.0.8
Juwe11's Ramscript for Leedroid
Leedroid 3.0.8.2 data++ updater-script fix
Database defrag mod (frees internal memory, speeds up operation a bit, slows down boot a bit)
Tools
[url="http://www.paehl.de/cms/fastmd5_deutsch]Software to check MD5[/url]
GPARTED - linux software for partitioning, also can be run on any PC using a boot-cd
- site: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
- how-to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVK-tJe8pXE
MiniTool Partition Wizard - freeware windows partitioning program, site: http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html
DISCLAIMER: whatever you do, you do on your own initiative and the results of your actions are your responsibility.
Hello s300pmu1!
respect, very good FAQ-Thread!
oxygen_r1 hboot (bravo_alphaspl-oxygen.img) http://db.tt/eNlzMrS
md5: 0ac1bd252276a7e81c24d601569746e1
hi,
indeed very well done.
I would suggest that this thread url is pasted to the OP Lee's thread. would be easer for everyone's as an howTO
awesome thread .. resolves most of the issues that crop up related to data++
Thx a lot. Seems to be complete and clear !!!
hi,
Is there a easy way to check if my sd-ext3 is set as primary? Im using Win7 and i try booting into Gpart via a usb drive, but it doesnt seem to detect my sd.
My sd-ext3 have been partitioned using RA when i flashed LeeDroid 2.4.0.
kobezt08 said:
hi,
Is there a easy way to check if my sd-ext3 is set as primary? Im using Win7 and i try booting into Gpart via a usb drive, but it doesnt seem to detect my sd.
My sd-ext3 have been partitioned using RA when i flashed LeeDroid 2.4.0.
Click to expand...
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Firtsly, if you partitioned using ROM manager \ Recovery, your partitions should be primary, because the writers of that software are not saboteurs
So you need to check it only if you partitioned the disk yourself using partitioning software and are no longer sure if you did it right (one can always forget).
If you're using Windows, it's very easy:
If you don't have a card reader or do not want to open your desire to get the card out of it:
1. Connect phone to PC with USB and boot into recovery
2. Enter USB-MS mode and wait for the PC to see your flash card
If you have a card reader and don't mind opening it to get the card out:
1. Open Desire, remove card
2. Connect card reader to your PC, stick the card into it, wait for the PC to see it
THEN:
3. In windows, press WinKey+R to get the Run dialog
4. Type DISKPART, wait for a prompt to appear (it could take some time)
5. type LIST and hit ENTER
6. It will show you a bunch of disks that are on your system. You have to find in the list the one which is your flash card (by the size) and mark its number.
7. Type SELECT DISK <disk number here> and hit ENTER
8. Type LIST PARTITION and hit ENTER
9. It will show you partitions and their types
10. After you're done, just close the windows with the mouse
ALTERNATIVELY, for the GUI-minded:
3. In windows, press WinKey+R to get the Run dialog
4. Type dikmgmt.msc and hit ENTER
5. Wait for it to initialize, locate your flash card in the bottom half of the screen, using scroll bar if necessary
6. It should show two partitions, xx.xxGB FAT32 / Healthy (Primary Partition) and x.xxGB / Healthy (Primary Partition)
7. When done, close the window.
OR, if you have acronis Disk Director, you can:
3. Launch it
4. Find your flash card
5. In the top half, partition types are specified
6. In the bottom half, you can check the color of the partition against the legend (primary is yellow, at least in version 10)
s300pmu1 said:
Firtsly, if you partitioned using ROM manager \ Recovery, your partitions should be primary, because the writers of that software are not saboteurs
So you need to check it only if you partitioned the disk yourself using partitioning software and are no longer sure if you did it right (one can always forget).
If you're using Windows, it's very easy:
If you don't have a card reader or do not want to open your desire to get the card out of it:
1. Connect phone to PC with USB and boot into recovery
2. Enter USB-MS mode and wait for the PC to see your flash card
If you have a card reader and don't mind opening it to get the card out:
1. Open Desire, remove card
2. Connect card reader to your PC, stick the card into it, wait for the PC to see it
THEN:
3. In windows, press WinKey+R to get the Run dialog
4. Type DISKPART, wait for a prompt to appear (it could take some time)
5. type LIST and hit ENTER
6. It will show you a bunch of disks that are on your system. You have to find in the list the one which is your flash card (by the size) and mark its number.
7. Type SELECT DISK <disk number here> and hit ENTER
8. Type LIST PARTITION and hit ENTER
9. It will show you partitions and their types
10. After you're done, just close the windows with the mouse
ALTERNATIVELY, for the GUI-minded:
3. In windows, press WinKey+R to get the Run dialog
4. Type dikmgmt.msc and hit ENTER
5. Wait for it to initialize, locate your flash card in the bottom half of the screen, using scroll bar if necessary
6. It should show two partitions, xx.xxGB FAT32 / Healthy (Primary Partition) and x.xxGB / Healthy (Primary Partition)
7. When done, close the window.
OR, if you have acronis Disk Director, you can:
3. Launch it
4. Find your flash card
5. In the top half, partition types are specified
6. In the bottom half, you can check the color of the partition against the legend (primary is yellow, at least in version 10)
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Thank you so much for the detailed stepped.
I tried using the the steps with DiskPart as well as Disk Mgmt. But I can only see one primary partition on my 8GB SD, that is the FAT32 Primary with around 6GB+ size. I could not see the ext partition which I have partitioned to be 1GB.
Does this mean my ext3 is not primary? or Win7 just cant detect ext3 since it suppose to be for Linux?
Does this mean my ext3 is not primary? or Win7 just cant detect ext3 since it suppose to be for Linux?
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It means, most likely, that something is wrong.
Win7 can detect sd-ext, though it will not be able to work with it.
Still, it will display the ext partition in both diskpart and diskmgmt.msc, and also show if it is primary.
How did you connect the flash card to your PC?
If you just connect your booted Desire to PC in "Disk Drive" mode, it will never show the sd-ext partition. You have to do it as described, from recovery or by using a card reader.
If you still can not see the sd-ext partition (BTW, what size is your card?), try partitioning it using recommended software (you can start with minitools partition wizard as it is much easier than Gparted and yields the same results).
first, I'm sorry I can't post my question in the main thread (not enough
posts ).
Question :
i have Leedroid 3.0.7 A2SD+ installed, everything seems fine, but I can see my internal storage free space going down and down (now only 5 mb) and at the same time the SD card (A2SD ext3 partition) still has 284 Mb free.
Anyone knows where the problem could be ?
Anyone knows where the problem could be ?
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Yup. See the first post of this thread:
However, some data is still written to the \data partition, so no matter what, the "Internal memory" will decrease.
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To get more memory, you will have to use Data++ version.
Or somehow integrate data2ext which will give you even more space (which is, however, rather complicated, and I assume, less stable).
s300pmu1 said:
Yup. See the first post of this thread:
To get more memory, you will have to use Data++ version.
Or somehow integrate data2ext which will give you even more space (which is, however, rather complicated, and I assume, less stable).
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Hey guys,
Everybody just keeps saying that, but there must be a limit to data accumulation, isn't?
Even with data++, if it is just normal to lose 5mb each day without new installs or updates, well...
I'd address this question to anderl78\lee.
They are better equipped to answer it ^)
Just don't forget that apps do store data (e.g. gmail stores incoming mails somewhere, and this somewhere is most likely the \data partition).
TomLeeDesire said:
Even with data++, if it is just normal to lose 5mb each day without new installs or updates, well...
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What, you're losing 5 MB of internal memory EACH DAY? That's insane! I'm about to switch from A2SD to DATA++ because my internal memory is dangerously low but should I now?
I'd address this question to anderl78\lee.
They are better equipped to answer it ^)
Just don't forget that apps do store data (e.g. gmail stores incoming mails somewhere, and this somewhere is most likely the \data partition).
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Hello! I looked into the Rom configuration but could not find a problem that would cause this space consumption. Apps are saved in sd-ext, app-data is saved in nand Memory (internal).
Dalvik-cache is on ext or internal, depends in the Rom, is ok too.
In data++ is a little error, app-private (buyed apps) is not on sd-ext, its completely on internal memory. To change this, flash my dalvik2nand.zip ;-) (see link in OP) - perhaps its that? But this is only in data++ and not in a2SD+ ROM... I don't think this is the reason...
I looked into the space available here on my phone for a few days now, and I have to say nearly no space is gone... 116mb free to 115mb free in 3 days... Absolutely ok what I think. (data++ with the above dalvik2nand "extension" )
I think, the described problem is related to some apps, which are storing a lot of data in internal memory. If somebody have this problem, I recommend to see into "manage applications" sorted by needed space, or use "diskusage" from market to look, what app(s) are causing this.
One other thing I have seen is Titanium backup. After a flash I restored my apps with tb as usual. I wondered why some apps last so long to restore and suddenly i got a low space warning message. Looked into the apps and see for example xda-app using 90MB for data! Wiped all, restored nothing with tb, installed all from market and the problem is gone...
I hope this helps somebody... ;-)
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Ghisy said:
What, you're losing 5 MB of internal memory EACH DAY? That's insane! I'm about to switch from A2SD to DATA++ because my internal memory is dangerously low but should I now?
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See my post above, you could use data++ without fear! ;-)
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Ghisy said:
What, you're losing 5 MB of internal memory EACH DAY? That's insane! I'm about to switch from A2SD to DATA++ because my internal memory is dangerously low but should I now?
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Hey don't panic.
I am a happy data++ user.
Those 5mb were just a way to speak about this subject coming back every time.
I just can't stop installing and uninstalling apps so I have no real number to give you.
I also use a cache cleaner that frees some internal every day.
I just thought there would be a max data an app can store that would avoid explosion...
Thanks for your replies guys. I went ahead and updated to DATA++. I've checked apps sizes in the "manage applications" menu and they don't seem out of the ordinary.
I guess that's what you get when you have 130+ apps installed!
anderl78 said:
See my post above, you could use data++ without fear! ;-)
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It may be something wrong with the A2SD version.. When I was using that I was constantly losing memory, I switched to the data++ version and no longer have the problem.. the memory always stays the same (give or take a few mb for app caches etc..).
Something seems weird with the A2SD version for sure.. (well that's what I think anyway lol)
himeshladva said:
It may be something wrong with the A2SD version.. When I was using that I was constantly losing memory, I switched to the data++ version and no longer have the problem.. the memory always stays the same (give or take a few mb for app caches etc..).
Something seems weird with the A2SD version for sure.. (well that's what I think anyway lol)
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I can't believe it, cause a2sd+ Rom and data ++ Rom are using the same a2sd-script, the difference is, in easy words, only that the dalvik-cache is not moved to sd-ext in data ++ Rom. But I'm not the Rom-cook, perhaps I'm totaly wrong... I have only looked a bit into scripts and a few other things perhaps related to this - I'm not a real expert in this... Let's see, if lee provide us with more infos and perhaps a solution in his next build!
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Hi
I have rooted my phone with unrevoked, s-off'ed with alpha rev 1.8, partitioned 1gb of my 4 gb card to ext 3 and installed Gingerbread F1 V3 Ap2SD ENG.
On first load of the rom i can see that my SD card FAT 32 storage has been reduced but the only other memory internal memory which was at 147mb when i first booted the rom.
All apps are installing to the internal memory by default with only the option of moving to the SD FAT 32 partition. and there is no option to move to the sd ext3 part as there is no option - so I have lost 1gb off my sd card.
What have i done wrong?
on a 2nd note i appear to have a call delay when answering the phone my radio version is 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27 - do i need to update this ? will it solve the problem ? my carrier is vodafone UK.
appreciate the help
ararararar... Sorry had to do something.
This has been explained SO many times by me included. The way a2sd works is by symlinking the folder containing the apps(/data/app) to you ext-partition.
You cannot see this partition listed in the system info, as the partition is not supposed to be there. The system have no way of knowing that you are using an ext-partition, as it just installs apps to /data/app, however as it's symlinked to ext, they are actually being placed in sd-ext/app.
This means that you will only see you internal memory, but it still works. Your apps will just take up less space on internal, as the apk file is placed on the ext-partition. They will still take up some space for data and dalvik cache.
edit: bonus info. Install "quick system info" or "titanium backup" from the market to see the size of your ext-partition in those apps.
edit2: and if i did not make my self clear. The partition-size info in the system settings is not supposed to be a partition manager. It's written to be userfriendly, and it only provides the regular user with the partitions they should care about(/data and /sd-card). If you want a detailed view of all your partition(and there is more than a few) go get root explorer. It'll let you play around with all the partitions mounted.(you won't have access to recovery, bootloader and so on from here)
Ok thanks. I'm new to this and there's so much info to take in
With regards to the radio is there a simple way of flashing as I have alpha rev installed the method via recovery wont work. I see alot of people talking about doing this through a terminal but I could not find a comprehensive guide for this like the xda root guide. Thanks.
Darren
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Well i take it that your cache partition is too small(this is why people using alpharev cm hboot cannot use recovery for this). In that case you have already flashed another hboot(using "fastboot flash hboot hboot.img") if you haven't done this, you cache-partition should not be too small, and the recovery method should be able to do this just fine. If you have done this, use the same command to flash the radio eg "fastboot flash radio radio.img"
Either way it is very unlikely to fix your call delay(read: it won't fix your problem, as it's got nothing to do with the radio). It's a problem caused by some incompatibility between the htc libs and GB. It's quite common on GB roms apparently. Wait for HTC to release the real GB update, and we might very well be able to solve this problem.
dazzr123 said:
Ok thanks. I'm new to this and there's so much info to take in
With regards to the radio is there a simple way of flashing as I have alpha rev installed the method via recovery wont work. I see alot of people talking about doing this through a terminal but I could not find a comprehensive guide for this like the xda root guide. Thanks.
Darren
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Install android sdk:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Howto:_Install_the_Android_SDK
Copy the downloaded radio.img to e.g. partition C: on your computer (if you downloaded a zip, extract the radio.img from there). Check the md5sum!!!
Boot your into fastboot mode (start it with pressed back and power button) and connect your phone to your computer.
Now open command prompt on your computer and type
Code:
fastboot devices
It should list your device now. If it does, type
Code:
fastboot flash radio C:\radio.img
(in case your radio.img was copied to C: ).
Now, observe the computer and be patient TOUCH NOTHING!!
The process will copy the image to your phone, write the image to the radio partition and perform some magic be patient TOUCH NOTHING!!
Watch the little indicator at the top of your phone screen.
Once the process appears to finish (it may not say complete) wait a further FULL 60 SECONDS and be patient TOUCH NOTHING!!
Then, and only then, reboot your phone.
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A nice guide about adb/fastboot can you find here:
http://androidforums.com/desire-all...fastboot-windows-updated-1st-june-2011-a.html
Flashing radio is a risky thing. Because if there something is wrong, your phone won't be more than a paperweight.
Hi,
First i will say thanks for the great rom, i will try it asap (a little bit more stable)
i read about this rom in the topic since it was started .
i have some Questions, it will be my first "clean" Android (without Sense)
There should be a installer after first start of the rom after flash? Where can i found more information about the things i can chose?
Evervolv toolbox, is that an addtional Settings Dialog with more Options or still a app which can be used as "standalone"
(sorry for the bad english)
When you install it you will get some options to choose a launcher and a2sd-script.
On first start you won't get the app to set your g-acc and so on, you'll have to do that in the system settings.
And the Evervolv-Toolbox are additional settings the this rom it's not a standalone app.
Hope this helps
grtz
Please note that Sandvold ICS v. 0.4.2.1 has some stability problems at the moment. Many people experience "black screen of death", device fails to turn on screen after a period of inactivity, battery has to be removed to reboot. I found that raising the minimum CPU speed from 245mhz to 384mhz completely removes this problem. With this small tweak the rom is great! You *should* be able to change this setting with Evervolv toolbox, sadly it does not work. For some reason the toolbox runs with insufficient rights to tweak cpu speed, I did my own scripts to set cpu speed from the console instead.
cheers
/Stig
stig_dk said:
Please note that Sandvold ICS v. 0.4.2.1 has some stability problems at the moment. Many people experience "black screen of death", device fails to turn on screen after a period of inactivity, battery has to be removed to reboot. I found that raising the minimum CPU speed from 245mhz to 384mhz completely removes this problem. With this small tweak the rom is great! You *should* be able to change this setting with Evervolv toolbox, sadly it does not work. For some reason the toolbox runs with insufficient rights to tweak cpu speed, I did my own scripts to set cpu speed from the console instead.
cheers
/Stig
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Black-screen-issues can be solved by flashing MIUI-kernel:
http://www.miui-au.com/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=166
Hi! I use ICS since beta 0.3.9 and I'm now updated to 0.4.4
This release seem very stable now. Just remember that the camera preview doesn't work. Also, you might have some problem with MMS.
App space problem
Hello - some help for a newbie please (well Desire newbie)...
I did try reading though Sandvolds thread, and I have tried to remedy, but I don't seem to get much further ....
I am running an ICS beta on my tablet, so I thought it would be interesting to try it on my Desire too. On the tablet there is more memory, so I have never experienced space problems with apps.
I rooted the Desire OK - and flashed 0.4.2.1 ... ran fairly smoothly, but hit space problems when trying to load up some of my favourite apps. I have a 16gb sd card. I downloaded apps2sd from the market - and moved some of the apps. However still not able to update some system apps from the market due to insufficient space (even though there appears to be enough).
Reading the other thread, I have gathered some/little understanding... and so before flashing 0.4.4 I reformatted my SD card from recovery choosing the largest ext4 that I could.
I was then ready to go to try 0.4.4.
On trying the Amarullz script and Nova launcher - I was having lots of lag after boot and I kept getting prompted to enter PIN number and reboot the phone. (I had done a factory wipe and cleared Dalvik after flashing the ROM).
I then reflashed choose Apex launcher, stock Kernal and data2sd option.
I wiped after flashing, did a few waits and reboots - as others recommended this.
Now seems to run quite smoothly, I have added back a bunch of apps via Titanium Backup ... but I don't see any apps 'automatically' being moved to sd card. I have moved as many as I can manually.
But I can also see that I am going to run out of space again soon ....
If I look in the settings at storage I see...
Internal storage - Apps 104MB Available 26.86MB
SD Card - Apps 239MB
Am I doing anything wrong?
Looloup said:
Hello - some help for a newbie please (well Desire newbie)...
I did try reading though Sandvolds thread, and I have tried to remedy, but I don't seem to get much further ....
I am running an ICS beta on my tablet, so I thought it would be interesting to try it on my Desire too. On the tablet there is more memory, so I have never experienced space problems with apps.
I rooted the Desire OK - and flashed 0.4.2.1 ... ran fairly smoothly, but hit space problems when trying to load up some of my favourite apps. I have a 16gb sd card. I downloaded apps2sd from the market - and moved some of the apps. However still not able to update some system apps from the market due to insufficient space (even though there appears to be enough).
Reading the other thread, I have gathered some/little understanding... and so before flashing 0.4.4 I reformatted my SD card from recovery choosing the largest ext4 that I could.
I was then ready to go to try 0.4.4.
On trying the Amarullz script and Nova launcher - I was having lots of lag after boot and I kept getting prompted to enter PIN number and reboot the phone. (I had done a factory wipe and cleared Dalvik after flashing the ROM).
I then reflashed choose Apex launcher, stock Kernal and data2sd option.
I wiped after flashing, did a few waits and reboots - as others recommended this.
Now seems to run quite smoothly, I have added back a bunch of apps via Titanium Backup ... but I don't see any apps 'automatically' being moved to sd card. I have moved as many as I can manually.
But I can also see that I am going to run out of space again soon ....
If I look in the settings at storage I see...
Internal storage - Apps 104MB Available 26.86MB
SD Card - Apps 239MB
Am I doing anything wrong?
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1). www.revolutionary.io use this
2). www.alpharev.com download cm7r2.img
3). flash the hboot
Code:
fastboot flash hboot hboot.img
4). re-flash 4.4 and choose stock a2sd
5. enable a2sd
Code:
su
a2sd install
#choose settings#
Thanks for quick response..... I have a fee more questions....
I originally rooted my Desire via revolutionary .... do I need to do it again?
I guess I then flash the zip file.
The fastboot command - can I do this from the terminal app?
hi,
fastboot command and adb must be running from computer.
you need to instal sdk android sdk android
if you run revolutionary, u don t need to do once again but to flash an hboot you must be Soffed.
dunno if revolutionary does the job... i used alpharev to do son gain S-offed and able to flash hboot from fastboot command.
I saw the option to install agps in the installer but i chose gps. How can i add the agps when i already installed the rom? Because getting gps fix in navigation is taking way to long, so long that i abort it while trying
Getting closer
@bortak
1. Done OK
2. Done OK
3. Done OK
4. Done ... BUT ... no Gapps, no Terminal app ... not much really not even a keyboard (even after 2 reboots)
- The link to Gapps for CM7r2 no longer works
5. Unable to try this as no Terminal app ... and I can't get ADB working on my PC.
where have my apps gone?
So I can't get cm7r2 to work, so I reflashed hboot back to standard, I then reflashed 0.4.4 choosing stock a2sd. I installed a2sd via terminal and moved cache too. After reboot I installed a bunch of apps .... and eventually ran out of space - as if apps not being moved.
I then rebooted, and all of the apps except the paid apps have gone. I installed a couple of apps from the. Market and they have also gone after reboot.
I turned a2sd off, then I was able to keep apps over a reboot ..... but I would like to get a2sd working.
Any ideas?
For now I am manually moving apps to SD card.
Sorry for this question...
Your 3G, Wifi is working.. My wifi, 3G is not working..
3g (once APN set up) and wifi both working well
Looloup said:
@bortak
1. Done OK
2. Done OK
3. Done OK
4. Done ... BUT ... no Gapps, no Terminal app ... not much really not even a keyboard (even after 2 reboots)
- The link to Gapps for CM7r2 no longer works
5. Unable to try this as no Terminal app ... and I can't get ADB working on my PC.
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Did you do a wipe after flashing the rom? I had a similar problem when doing that. CWM Recovery also deletes the sd-ext partition, and as on cm7r2 there are also system apps on sd-ext, they are gone.
With the included a2sd apps should be moved to sd-ext automatically. It is not shown on the phone.
How big is your ext4 partition? And did you create it with CWM Recovery? If so, try recreating with gPartEd.
muellersmattes said:
Did you do a wipe after flashing the rom? I had a similar problem when doing that. CWM Recovery also deletes the sd-ext partition, and as on cm7r2 there are also system apps on sd-ext, they are gone.
With the included a2sd apps should be moved to sd-ext automatically. It is not shown on the phone.
How big is your ext4 partition? And did you create it with CWM Recovery? If so, try recreating with gPartEd.
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This.
10chars
I created the extra partition via CWM recovery - maybe too large as I made it 4gb.
I wiped the device and Dalvik cache after flashing the ROM.
I then set a2sd via terminal and allowed reboot.
I then downloaded apps (or restored via Titanium)
Eventually ran out of space when downloading apps - so they were not being moved.
Apps run OK.
When I did a normal reboot - the apps 'disappeared '.
Reading Bortaks debug guide the only thing I can see that looks relevant is to try reformatting the SC card with 2 primary partitions.
Read what i wrote? Do the following:
1) Recreate the partitions on your sdcard using GParted
2) Do a full wipe BEFORE flashing.
3) Re-flash the rom and select stock a2sd
4) Do NOT wipe again
4) Reboot, start Terminal emulator, set up a2sd
5) See if apps stay
On my first try I selected stock A2SD and set it up as explained using the terminal. (using a 2GB ext3 partition, placed after FAT32)
I rebooted and everything seemed fine, and I installed several apps. After a while, though, I got the "insufficient storage" error whenever I tried to install something. In the application manager the internal memory available had a large negative value.
I then wiped everything, reformated the 2GB ext3 partition to ext4, using "Minitool parition wizard" and reinstalled the Sandvold ICS ROM with Amarullz. Everything seems fine, and it shows 2GB internal memory. However, I've noticed that the ROM gets more unstable the more apps I install (it shows 500MB installed apps now, after removing around 50MB)...
Most of the time what happens is that system apps start crashing (Google Music, Dialler, Contacts, etc.) out of nowhere. After a while normal apps crash on execution as well. Google music is useless, as it crashes after a few songs and brings down the whole phone. Other music apps don't have this problem.
Am I doing anything wrong with the way I set up Amarullz? Should I retry stock A2SD with ext4?
I'm using stock HBOOT, Nova launcher and stock kernel.
Got there ..... but.....
After repartitioning my SD card for the third time ... I finally have this working.
Thanks to all for help/advice ..... but (isn't there always a but) ....
Downloads from the Market/Play are extremely slow maybe 5+ times the same apps took before .... I have tried on different WiFi connections - still the same.
Is this a consequence of the write speed of my SD card (it is only class 4) ... I did see a post in another thread where a class 4 wasn't recommended, but this was refuted by others using a class 4 card.
Otherwise all apps seem to be running OK, with no real loss of performance.
I guess once I have finally loaded up on all the apps I want, the Play updates will be more infrequent and less of an issue.
Hi,
As i mentioned in topic, music not take in to account from sd also gallery, and fm radio doesnt work
I did full wipe, fix permission, reinstall rom 3 times.... and still the same effect
Have you have some idea ?
vvojtek said:
Hi,
As i mentioned in topic, music not take in to account from sd also gallery, and fm radio doesnt work
I did full wipe, fix permission, reinstall rom 3 times.... and still the same effect
Have you have some idea ?
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I finally manage gallery and music, I had to format SD card... and recreate manually music folder. For gallery it was enough toke picture and dcmi folder recreated.
Still problem with radio, after plug headphones, told me headphones not plugged etc... any idea ?
Sorry, but...
Is there any way for me (I have registered only for this purpose, otherwise I'm a pretty read only guy and mostly finding the answers otherwise) to post a question about the installation failure of this ROM?
I use 4EXT recovery, done a full wipe (have been using many versions on this and my previous devices so not a completely noob user I guess ), and installer appears to be finishing successfully - but then in the log there are two lines showing it wasn't successful after all:
"mount: failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p26 at /data: Device or resource busy"
and
"error: file_write: write: I/O error
Installer Error (Status 1)"
Now what can the cause be?
Oh, I forgot: have checked the md5sum and was correct (I mean throughout recovery on the SD after the zip was copied to the SD...
Again: sorry but not allowed to post at the ROM's thread...
Totyasrac said:
Is there any way for me (I have registered only for this purpose, otherwise I'm a pretty read only guy and mostly finding the answers otherwise) to post a question about the installation failure of this ROM?
I use 4EXT recovery, done a full wipe (have been using many versions on this and my previous devices so not a completely noob user I guess ), and installer appears to be finishing successfully - but then in the log there are two lines showing it wasn't successful after all:
"mount: failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p26 at /data: Device or resource busy"
and
"error: file_write: write: I/O error
Installer Error (Status 1)"
Now what can the cause be?
Oh, I forgot: have checked the md5sum and was correct (I mean throughout recovery on the SD after the zip was copied to the SD...
Again: sorry but not allowed to post at the ROM's thread...
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Theres a known bug in the aroma script. Youll have to select "perform a full wipe" in aroma and not tick the reboot checkbox that shows up when flashing is done. Then all should be fine
Script will be fixed in future releases. Sorry for the inconvenience
Mikenif said:
Theres a known bug in the aroma script. Youll have to select "perform a full wipe" in aroma and not tick the reboot checkbox that shows up when flashing is done. Then all should be fine
Script will be fixed in future releases. Sorry for the inconvenience
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Cheers - I'll give this method a shot right away
EDIT: Apparently this way it worked... Thanks again!
Totyasrac said:
Cheers - I'll give this method a shot right away
EDIT: Apparently this way it worked... Thanks again!
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Youre welcome Enjoy!
@vvojtek
FM Radio is a known issue. Will be solved in the next update
Mikenif said:
Youre welcome Enjoy!
@vvojtek
FM Radio is a known issue. Will be solved in the next update
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Thanks
btw.
I have and also others guys problem with "metalic" sound during the conversation, sound is strange comparison for stock rom and ICS AOKP 8.5.
Radio : 12.56.60.25U_26.10.04.03_M
Anyway I have to say again very very good job with this ROOM
in my dhd,music and gallery work well so i think that maybe your sd card need formated.
the same thing is that fm doesn't work,it's universal.
How to flash rom?
Can you guys include some basic steps on how to flash this rom?
My DHD is currently on the Revolution HD rom.
JonCYY said:
Can you guys include some basic steps on how to flash this rom?
My DHD is currently on the Revolution HD rom.
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its real easy all you have to do is place the rom on your sdcard, coming from another rom I would do a full wipe you can use ARHD superwipe and then flash the rom in recovery.
JonCYY said:
Can you guys include some basic steps on how to flash this rom?
My DHD is currently on the Revolution HD rom.
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I'm assuming you know how to get in recovery.
Full wipe:
Wipe data/factory reset.
Wipe dalvik
Format all partitions (except sd card).
If you want to go that extra mile, check the md5 checksum to see if it matches right after downloading, before wiping. Do the full wipe, then go wherever you downloaded the rom, flash it. First boot with all roms, is on averqge 5 minutes. If you reach 10 minutes, then something went wrong. Make sure you make a backup of your rom in case anything wrong happens.
Edit: with this rom and only this one - and only this version since it will probably get fixed in the next one, when you are in aroma installer, choose the full wipe. When it prompts you to reboot, say no, and reboot manually. Do not download from dev host. Use one of the mirrors.
Sent from a dream.
So basically when installing this ROM (as of now) to make sure it succeeds all should select to
- wipe throughout the Aroma installer
- select NO to reboot from within the Aroma installer.
Otherwise it doesn't really matter whether you use CWM or 4EXT or any other (Aroma-capable) recovery...
Another issue:
After half a day of awesomeness I ran into the "try to send an SMS and lose your data network" problem described earlier in the original topic the following way (originally Posted by yankee_pr):
"hello!
when sending or receiving mms my data disconnects and signal drops completely to nothing at all then back up to full bars until data connects then back to nothing and so on. this goes on for about a minute. I'm not able to send or receive. when receiving i just get a message trying to download the attachment."
After rebooting or erasing the root_of_cause MMS that I wanted to be sent I went to check APN settings,and figured it wasn't the correct one (for the internet not for the MMS!!!). I have changed it back to the good ones, rebooted and voila.
To be honest I have no clue if the settings were correct beforehand (since installation until it went wrong) so if anyone could check this the community would really appreciate I guess
So 2do:
1. check internet APN settings while it's workin'.
2. Try to send an MMS (like a picture to someone via messages)
3 Wonder why no mobile net connection is available
4. Check if the APN settings are the same or have changed throughout the process
Sorry again but I can post issues here only about this ROM :-o
Gallery and music issues
For those of you that encounter problems of having trouble finding your gallery and music, but yet those files are still in you SD card
Follow instructions below:
1. Plug your phone to your PC
2. Use the search function on your PC and search your SD card for ".nomedia"
3. Delete all
4. Reboot your phone
TADA!!!
Hello,
I installed on my Desire with STOCK HBOOT Sandvold ICS in the Version 0.17.1.1. I choosed stock a2sd in the installation and active in terminal a2sd install. Then I restored my apps by Mybackup Root. I have now the problem if I want to install a app from the market I get the error message "No Disk space available" (or something like that, I'm using German language).
I have a 512mb ext4 partition and activate a2sd in Terminal. I searched the topic for problems like that and found that I have to install mount2sd. I did this, but it didn't help either.
What should I do now? I haven't enough posts to post in the sandvold ics topic.
Greets,
Burak
You should go back to GB...
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nlooooo said:
You should go back to GB...
Sent from my GT-P3100 using Flashes and Thunders
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Why? No.
If you can live with slower perfomance, active the stock a2sd again with answers: y, y ,y
vBurak said:
Hello,
I installed on my Desire with STOCK HBOOT Sandvold ICS in the Version 0.17.1.1. I choosed stock a2sd in the installation and active in terminal a2sd install. Then I restored my apps by Mybackup Root. I have now the problem if I want to install a app from the market I get the error message "No Disk space available" (or something like that, I'm using German language).
I have a 512mb ext4 partition and activate a2sd in Terminal. I searched the topic for problems like that and found that I have to install mount2sd. I did this, but it didn't help either.
What should I do now? I haven't enough posts to post in the sandvold ics topic.
Greets,
Burak
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I had exactly the same problem. At first I chose during flashing the option "Regular a2sdext" as it seems good to me. However, nothing has changed, it was not working for me at all. Then I reflashed again with "Stock a2sd" and after booting I went to terminal and activated it. I tried it with several combinations (in some of them I got the message "Insufficcient storage available" and I only had like 5 apps installed...). At the end I finally made it work with the combination that is recommended by Sandvold - Y N Y. After that I have been installing several apps and my internal memory does not go down almost at all :good:... I will see later, but for now, this is the best set up for me....
I had this problem
I had this problem with one application. When installing from market, there'd be a pop up message saying that there was no more storage space even though there was plenty.
A few hours later, everything went back to normal and I managed to install all the apps I wanted.
(Side question: have you guys updated to Sandvold ICS 0.18 Beta?! I have, but I lost root access, so now I'm trying to regain it. Could someone alert Sandvold? I'm a new member and I can't post to 'Android development forums")
CzarD said:
I had this problem with one application. When installing from market, there'd be a pop up message saying that there was no more storage space even though there was plenty.
A few hours later, everything went back to normal and I managed to install all the apps I wanted.
(Side question: have you guys updated to Sandvold ICS 0.18 Beta?! I have, but I lost root access, so now I'm trying to regain it. Could someone alert Sandvold? I'm a new member and I can't post to 'Android development forums")
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what do you mean that you lost root access? I was planning to upgrade to 0.18 today (I flashed 0.17.1 yesterday, but I have an issue with my phone - I cannot recevie any phone calls - and I hope another flash might help it...), so I guess I will wait a while....
skubko said:
what do you mean that you lost root access? I was planning to upgrade to 0.18 today (I flashed 0.17.1 yesterday, but I have an issue with my phone - I cannot recevie any phone calls - and I hope another flash might help it...), so I guess I will wait a while....
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I have been testing 0.18 for a few hours now. Your phone issues should be resolved except you will encounter a new issue. You will lose superuser privilliges, to restore this, you have to install a zip of superuser through recovery.
My comments on Sandvold ICS 0.18
skubko said:
what do you mean that you lost root access? I was planning to upgrade to 0.18 today (I flashed 0.17.1 yesterday, but I have an issue with my phone - I cannot recevie any phone calls - and I hope another flash might help it...), so I guess I will wait a while....
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I had 0.17.1.1 and all was well, it was tiny bit laggy, but overall it was cool.
i updated to 0.18, and I lost root access: the apps requesting SuperUser premissions were denied. (If you don't know what root access is, please google it)
As iyf said, you can flash the zip provided in Sandvold's official thread to restore root access. Check page 1601 or so for the flashable zip that will restore root access. I did so, and regained root access.
Then I got back all my apps as Sandvold 0.18 is my daily driver. But as I was using it, I noticed that whenever you change something in the system settings, it does not apply immediately. For example, I want my phone to lock immediately when it goes to sleep, well it simply doesn't. The power menu lost a few of the shortcuts it had in 0.17.1.1 (sound profiles...) and even if you restored them in the system settings, it won't change.
All in all, 0.18 is great step in terms of stability and reactiveness. No more scroll lag, apps open seamlessly, and no more 3G signal problems. The camera still isn't working though. Nevertheless, bizarrely the system lost its coherence: the system settings are not immediately applied and used, and the screen just won't lock. Those are the problems I encountered this afternoon.
I hope Sandvold takes a look at this thread as I cannot post on the official ROM thread coz I just registered on XDA.
(My Home button died today, even if I press it really hard, it won't respond, but I think it's a hardware issue)
EDIT: About the no more space issue, I had this today even though there was plenty of space left. I rebooted the phone and the warning disappeared.
CzarD said:
I had 0.17.1.1 and all was well, it was tiny bit laggy, but overall it was cool.
i updated to 0.18, and I lost root access: the apps requesting SuperUser premissions were denied. (If you don't know what root access is, please google it)
As iyf said, you can flash the zip provided in Sandvold's official thread to restore root access. Check page 1601 or so for the flashable zip that will restore root access. I did so, and regained root access.
Then I got back all my apps as Sandvold 0.18 is my daily driver. But as I was using it, I noticed that whenever you change something in the system settings, it does not apply immediately. For example, I want my phone to lock immediately when it goes to sleep, well it simply doesn't. The power menu lost a few of the shortcuts it had in 0.17.1.1 (sound profiles...) and even if you restored them in the system settings, it won't change.
All in all, 0.18 is great step in terms of stability and reactiveness. No more scroll lag, apps open seamlessly, and no more 3G signal problems. The camera still isn't working though. Nevertheless, bizarrely the system lost its coherence: the system settings are not immediately applied and used, and the screen just won't lock. Those are the problems I encountered this afternoon.
I hope Sandvold takes a look at this thread as I cannot post on the official ROM thread coz I just registered on XDA.
(My Home button died today, even if I press it really hard, it won't respond, but I think it's a hardware issue)
EDIT: About the no more space issue, I had this today even though there was plenty of space left. I rebooted the phone and the warning disappeared.
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of course I know what root is, otherwise I would not be here, right? ... I just did not understand what happened to you when you updated to 0.18.... Now I understand.... and regarding to your issues - in 0.17.1 I had exactly the same problem - my screen did not lock even I set it up correctly and I also had the problem with Home button, it simply did not work + I could not receive any phone calls... all of that was really annoying and I tried to find some help on sandvold's blog, without any success, I also tried their IRC, nobody helped me either. I did not want to do a full wipe again, but at the end I did (and now I have to set up everything as well ) but after full wipe, everything is working correclty... I can receive phone calls, my screen locks and home button is also working ... so I recommend you to do a full wipe, I am sure it will resolve your issues as well...
CzarD said:
I had this problem with one application. When installing from market, there'd be a pop up message saying that there was no more storage space even though there was plenty.
A few hours later, everything went back to normal and I managed to install all the apps I wanted.
(Side question: have you guys updated to Sandvold ICS 0.18 Beta?! I have, but I lost root access, so now I'm trying to regain it. Could someone alert Sandvold? I'm a new member and I can't post to 'Android development forums")
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I also lost the root access with Beta 0.18(with full wipe),
(Beta 0.17 "root access" is OK!)
Superuser is out of order with this issue so that I can't activate A2SD
btw,
I have once tried the "AD2SDX", but didn't work normally:
I merged 1GB ext4 for it. And every time when I install about 10~15 Apps
A message on the top of the screen would tell me that I almost reached the limit.
(I'm using traditional Chinese, I don't know what it was written in English)
skubko said:
of course I know what root is, otherwise I would not be here, right? ... I just did not understand what happened to you when you updated to 0.18.... Now I understand.... and regarding to your issues - in 0.17.1 I had exactly the same problem - my screen did not lock even I set it up correctly and I also had the problem with Home button, it simply did not work + I could not receive any phone calls... all of that was really annoying and I tried to find some help on sandvold's blog, without any success, I also tried their IRC, nobody helped me either. I did not want to do a full wipe again, but at the end I did (and now I have to set up everything as well ) but after full wipe, everything is working correclty... I can receive phone calls, my screen locks and home button is also working ... so I recommend you to do a full wipe, I am sure it will resolve your issues as well...
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By full wipe you mean:
1. wipe data/factory reset
2. wipe cache
3. wipe dalvik cache
4. wipe battery stats
right?
I always do that when I flash a new ROM... Anyway, will try again later and hope that it works.
Caesar
CzarD said:
By full wipe you mean:
1. wipe data/factory reset
2. wipe cache
3. wipe dalvik cache
4. wipe battery stats
right?
I always do that when I flash a new ROM... Anyway, will try again later and hope that it works.
Caesar
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yes, it is what I meant... I did full wipe before flashing and then another after it ... I do not wipe battery stats during that process,but it does not matter I hope it will work for you...
UserMatty said:
I also lost the root access with Beta 0.18(with full wipe),
(Beta 0.17 "root access" is OK!)
Superuser is out of order with this issue so that I can't activate A2SD
btw,
I have once tried the "AD2SDX", but didn't work normally:
I merged 1GB ext4 for it. And every time when I install about 10~15 Apps
A message on the top of the screen would tell me that I almost reached the limit.
(I'm using traditional Chinese, I don't know what it was written in English)
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Whenever I got this message, I'd reboot or hot reboot and it would disappear. I can't remember if I had the same script.
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skubko said:
yes, it is what I meant... I did full wipe before flashing and then another after it ... I do not wipe battery stats during that process,but it does not matter I hope it will work for you...
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I did a full wipe again, and everything went back to perfect working order. Thanks man
CzarD said:
Whenever I got this message, I'd reboot or hot reboot and it would disappear. I can't remember if I had the same script.
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I did a full wipe again, and everything went back to perfect working order. Thanks man
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you mean working with AD2SDX ?
Can I ask you how do you merge and format ext4 ?
Actually, I'm using MiniTool Partition Wizard, is it okay ?
cause I did reboot after I saw the message, but didn't work.
But I surely know that I can see "1GB" in "Apps" in "settings"
quite confusing
UserMatty said:
you mean working with AD2SDX ?
Can I ask you how do you merge and format ext4 ?
Actually, I'm using MiniTool Partition Wizard, is it okay ?
cause I did reboot after I saw the message, but didn't work.
But I surely know that I can see "1GB" in "Apps" in "settings"
quite confusing
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It's not okay, minitool doesn't do that correctly. Use 4ext recovery to partition your sd card.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Flashes and Thunders
UserMatty said:
you mean working with AD2SDX ?
Can I ask you how do you merge and format ext4 ?
Actually, I'm using MiniTool Partition Wizard, is it okay ?
cause I did reboot after I saw the message, but didn't work.
But I surely know that I can see "1GB" in "Apps" in "settings"
quite confusing
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Quite confusing indeed. I must say I'm no expert developer or programmer, heck I'm an engineering student. i just experiment on my Desire. But my experience in bricking/unbricking/flashing/etc tells me the following:
Minitool wizard apparently is not okay. I used it at first too but my Desire just could not read or detect the EXT3 partition I created. I tried EXT4. I tried different roms and scripts, none worked for me. (To be honest, I only tried 3 roms and a few scripts).
What I used is plain simple: Clockworkmod Recovery partitioning tools. It works for me!
First restore your SD card to full FAT32 configuration (I might suggest changing the basic storage unit from a few bytes to a few kilobytes as it might increase SD card responsiveness).
BACK IT UP, you will lose everything on it when you partition it in CWM.
Boot into recovery and select partition SD card (It is advised that the size of your partition does not exceed 1.5 GB as a few ROM developers have pointed out - not Sandvold though- I use 512 MB, which is more than enough for me). Set SWAP to 0 Bytes. (i have no idea what swap is, should google it, but most threads advise a swap of 0 B).
That's it, you have your partition.
I use CWM and Sandvold 0.18. If you use this setup, everything should be okay, at least it's ok on my phone.
I use stock a2sd when flashing Sandvold ICS ROMs.
I'm on stock HBOOT, S-OFF, and using the regular Kernel that comes with Sandvold 0.18. (I tried tiamat, but the battery dies after half a day of use!)
CzarD said:
Quite confusing indeed. I must say I'm no expert developer or programmer, heck I'm an engineering student. i just experiment on my Desire. But my experience in bricking/unbricking/flashing/etc tells me the following:
Minitool wizard apparently is not okay. I used it at first too but my Desire just could not read or detect the EXT3 partition I created. I tried EXT4. I tried different roms and scripts, none worked for me. (To be honest, I only tried 3 roms and a few scripts).
What I used is plain simple: Clockworkmod Recovery partitioning tools. It works for me!
First restore your SD card to full FAT32 configuration (I might suggest changing the basic storage unit from a few bytes to a few kilobytes as it might increase SD card responsiveness).
BACK IT UP, you will lose everything on it when you partition it in CWM.
Boot into recovery and select partition SD card (It is advised that the size of your partition does not exceed 1.5 GB as a few ROM developers have pointed out - not Sandvold though- I use 512 MB, which is more than enough for me). Set SWAP to 0 Bytes. (i have no idea what swap is, should google it, but most threads advise a swap of 0 B).
That's it, you have your partition.
I use CWM and Sandvold 0.18. If you use this setup, everything should be okay, at least it's ok on my phone.
I use stock a2sd when flashing Sandvold ICS ROMs.
I'm on stock HBOOT, S-OFF, and using the regular Kernel that comes with Sandvold 0.18. (I tried tiamat, but the battery dies after half a day of use!)
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just to add - I have Amon RA Recovery and I partitioned my SD card by that, it was also working without any problems everytime I did it...
@CzarD - I am glad to hear that the wipe helped you...
You should try out the Amarullz or INT2SD from the Aroma installer. I have INT2SD and I have 1,3G of free space (2G EXT partition)
CzarD said:
Quite confusing indeed. I must say I'm no expert developer or programmer, heck I'm an engineering student. i just experiment on my Desire. But my experience in bricking/unbricking/flashing/etc tells me the following:
Minitool wizard apparently is not okay. I used it at first too but my Desire just could not read or detect the EXT3 partition I created. I tried EXT4. I tried different roms and scripts, none worked for me. (To be honest, I only tried 3 roms and a few scripts).
What I used is plain simple: Clockworkmod Recovery partitioning tools. It works for me!
First restore your SD card to full FAT32 configuration (I might suggest changing the basic storage unit from a few bytes to a few kilobytes as it might increase SD card responsiveness).
BACK IT UP, you will lose everything on it when you partition it in CWM.
Boot into recovery and select partition SD card (It is advised that the size of your partition does not exceed 1.5 GB as a few ROM developers have pointed out - not Sandvold though- I use 512 MB, which is more than enough for me). Set SWAP to 0 Bytes. (i have no idea what swap is, should google it, but most threads advise a swap of 0 B).
That's it, you have your partition.
I use CWM and Sandvold 0.18. If you use this setup, everything should be okay, at least it's ok on my phone.
I use stock a2sd when flashing Sandvold ICS ROMs.
I'm on stock HBOOT, S-OFF, and using the regular Kernel that comes with Sandvold 0.18. (I tried tiamat, but the battery dies after half a day of use!)
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As I know, swap in linux is somewhat like virtual memory in Windows.
Will be launched when the system is in low memory.
That's exactly everything I know
I'm now Using Revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4, stock HBOOT, S-OFF
And just follow your way to full wipe then install the system again(stock a2sd)
I still can't get the root access. thus, I can't activate a2sd in terminal
PS: with Beta 0.18
But Beta 0.17.1 currently work!