HTC Desire Cyanogenmod: Starting Out

EskimoErased · 25-02-2011 3:19pm #1

I recently rooted my Desire and installed Cyanogenmod 6.1.1 and, even though everything is working fine, I have a few questions.

1. Do I need to upgrade the radio? Or should I bother, as the stock one is still working? I've seen several mentions of this on various sites, but no conclusive yes/no answer.

2. Is there a good camera app available that's closer to HTC's version? The stock one on Cyanogenmod keeps crashing after a few minutes, requiring a reboot to open it up again after each crash. Alternatively, is there a way to just make that camera more stable?

3. What are the benefits of doing the S-Off procedure? I've seen that mentioned, but am unclear as to what I'd actually gain from it.

Any information would be greatly appreciated!:)

Inquitus · 25-02-2011 3:37pm

EskimoErased wrote: »

I recently rooted my Desire and installed Cyanogenmod 6.1.1 and, even though everything is working fine, I have a few questions.

1. Do I need to upgrade the radio? Or should I bother, as the stock one is still working? I've seen several mentions of this on various sites, but no conclusive yes/no answer.

2. Is there a good camera app available that's closer to HTC's version? The stock one on Cyanogenmod keeps crashing after a few minutes, requiring a reboot to open it up again after each crash. Alternatively, is there a way to just make that camera more stable?

3. What are the benefits of doing the S-Off procedure? I've seen that mentioned, but am unclear as to what I'd actually gain from it.

Any information would be greatly appreciated!:)

First off I would recommend installing Cyanogen Mod 7 RC1.

Download the most recent radio, which is linked to in that thread, also download the google apps. Install the lot. Then download and run simple 2 ext from the market to enable Apps2SD+

The reason your camera currently crashes is likely because you have not flashed a more recent radio.

Gryzor · 25-02-2011 3:48pm

Your camera crashing could be related to your radio being on an old version, you should probably upgrade it the recommended version, you can always roll back if you need to...

Adfree used to work for me before, then, no matter what ROM i used, it wouldn't block any ads...i read somewhere that S-off would help. So i S-offed, and adfree works again....other than that i'm not sure of any real world advantages....i'm sure others are...

One suggestion is to go for CyanogenMod 7, gingerbread ROM. I'm running it for a couple of weeks now, very stable...really like it...

Doh, Inquitus got in there before me :-)

The_B_Man · 26-02-2011 1:55pm

When u boot into that bootloader, look up the top. Mine says pvt4 s-on. The pvt4 is the newer one and I think needs something different to get s-off.

EskimoErased · 27-02-2011 1:15am

Inquitus wrote: »

First off I would recommend installing Cyanogen Mod 7 RC1.

Download the most recent radio, which is linked to in that thread, also download the google apps. Install the lot. Then download and run simple 2 ext from the market to enable Apps2SD+

The reason your camera currently crashes is likely because you have not flashed a more recent radio.

I'd rather wait for a stable version of Cyanogenmod 7 before moving to that. Can one install that radio version on earlier versions of Cyanogen?

ongarite · 28-02-2011 12:38pm

I've just started using this as a test, have a NAND backup of my original SENSE ROM.
I'm using Build #8 and it seems great so far. The browser is super fast and the phone responsiveness is excellent too.
I'll do some battery test over the next 2 days and see how it goes.

I am drowning in menu options I have no idea what they do.
There are so many (cool) options in Cyanogenmod and ADW Settings to try and figure out.

Any tips for first time Cyanogenmod users?

The_B_Man · 28-02-2011 1:18pm

Get Launcher Pro and Beautiful widgets. Basically turns it back into Sensem with all the cyanogen goodness!

Also, use the power widget on ur home screen, the default settings are fine. Through this, you can turn off wifi, 3g, gps, brightness and bluetooth easily. Works better than anything for saving battery, especially since JuiceDefender cant turn GPS/wifi off in gingerbread.

also, I only have 3 or 4 screes. First one apps, 2nd one home screen with clock, power, core apps (txt,phone), 3rd screen is games and 4th is music player and FM radio.

I think the less screens with useless widgets, the more battery you'll save too.

johnny_adidas · 24-03-2011 5:02pm

Inquitus wrote: »

First off I would recommend installing Cyanogen Mod 7 RC1.

Download the most recent radio, which is linked to in that thread, also download the google apps. Install the lot. Then download and run simple 2 ext from the market to enable Apps2SD+

The reason your camera currently crashes is likely because you have not flashed a more recent radio.

decided to try out cm6 yesterday. impressed by the speed, coming from leedroid, but was having out of memory issues on my desire after reinstalling apps from titanium backup.
does the app2sd+ work ok with cm7rc1 (or should i go with rc2??) and is the build fairly stable (on 6 my wifi dropped once or twice which never happened with leedroid)

ongarite · 28-03-2011 5:03pm

Release candidate 3 is out now for all supported handsets.

Looks like final release of CM7 is close, lots of features being held back for 7.1

The_B_Man · 28-03-2011 10:48pm

Does it have a changelog this time? I couldnt find one for RC2 when that got released. Must have a search around the site.

Gryzor · 29-03-2011 8:26am

couldn't find a specific version one either, only a general major version one...

ongarite · 31-03-2011 12:02am

RC4 out now, more bugfixes.
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/

The_B_Man · 31-03-2011 12:57am

ffs, i just updated to RC3 last night!!

seanybiker · 31-03-2011 1:08am

The_B_Man wrote: »

ffs, i just updated to RC3 last night!!

Just update without formatting. That's all I'm doing the last few weeks. Well I formatted once or twice going from one rom to another but not if I'm going from one cyanogen to another.

The_B_Man · 31-03-2011 1:09am

ye but it takes ages to do that nandroid backup every time! I think its about 400mb too, so considering all the music etc I have on my SD, I've only room for the one, so have to go delete the previous one each time too.
It crap too how they dont specify what has been changed in each release, so we can see if we really need the new functionality!

Gryzor · 31-03-2011 8:24am

must have been an some issue with RC3?? Seems a very fast jump to rc4...

mada999 · 31-03-2011 8:32am

what is this HTC Desire Cyanogenmod ??

is it just a firmware type thing?

The_B_Man · 31-03-2011 1:10pm

Ye mada, its just updating the phone software.
Cyanogenmod was made by some bloke in the states, so its different to the official android frmware for the desire.

found the changelogs:
http://cm-nightlies.appspot.com/?device=bravo

LoGiE · 31-03-2011 1:16pm

Installed 7 RC4 this morning. Very impressed so far just need to check the battery life.

ongarite · 31-03-2011 1:44pm

Sounds like the final release of CM7 will be a week from now.

Gryzor · 31-03-2011 2:24pm

LoGiE wrote: »

Installed 7 RC4 this morning. Very impressed so far just need to check the battery life.

Very impressed over an earlier RC release or a different rom??

LoGiE · 31-03-2011 3:58pm

Over the stock vodafone/HTC sense that came on the phone. I really like the new keyboard and the battery life seems a hell of a lot better.

Gryzor · 11-04-2011 1:14pm

looks like final release, 7.0.0 is out :-)

ongarite · 11-04-2011 1:17pm

Final release links for all devices:
http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices

The_B_Man · 11-04-2011 6:21pm

Gonna probably upgrade to 7 final tonight. Any issues from anyone before I do the upgrade?

EskimoErased · 11-04-2011 6:31pm

I upgraded to CM7 earlier today, no issues so far, everything's running well. I particularly like the lock-screen animation - very fancy!

I would, however, advise flashing via the recovery screen and doing a full factory wipe and cache clear, as advised on the Cyanogen Wiki, especially when flashing the Google Apps package.

I had difficulties installing Google Maps the first time around, so did a full wipe and went back again, flashing from the recovery screen instead of from ROM manager.

Gonzovision · 11-04-2011 6:56pm

Hmm tempted, just went back to Leedroid 2.2.3 the other day, and the battery life is fantastic. 68% remaining after a long day at work.

I had been on Android Revolution 4 for about a month, was loving it until when I was checking my calender on Friday, the phone froze and I had to flash a rom to get it working again.

I haven't tried CM7 but am interested, and since it's on final version now, it would be a good time to try. Anyone who used the roms I previously mentioned give me a good reason to change?

Gryzor · 12-04-2011 3:53pm

haven't used leedroid since 2.3d or something, cyanogen was alot more customisable than leedroid at the time, i assume it still is....also i wanted to get away from sense, and chose my own launcher etc...

heebusjeebus · 12-04-2011 4:14pm

I updated yesterday to 7.0 stable and had no issues other than my gps acting a bit funny for a while last night. Seems to have self righted itself.

LoGiE · 12-04-2011 11:14pm

Flashing now.... I tried RC4 for a while before giving coredroid a go.

dingdong1234567 · 13-04-2011 7:53pm

Updated to cm7 last night on my HTC desire. No issues so far, super smooth, quick and would appear to be easier on the battery but need to observe over the next few days to be sure. Leedroid was becoming way to slow and laggy. Happy out with my choice so far.

The_B_Man · 14-04-2011 1:38am

I was getting that problem where CM7 would forget your defauls, and facebook sync, after a reboot, but I think i solved it by just moving all the apps back to the phone.

dlm · 14-04-2011 2:42am

CM7 stable seemed to break the "swipe down for notification bar" option. Apparently it's the new tablet tweaks that screwed it up. I assume there will be CM7.1 soonish

The_B_Man · 14-04-2011 2:36pm

Ye, its a pity they dont have an ability to add patches without reflashing the whole thing!

hardCopy · 14-04-2011 4:02pm

Anybody have any recommendations on a dialer/contacts combination?

I'm using dialer one and stock contacts but dialer one just seems to ignore half the contacts in my phonebook. This is the one aspect of sense that I really miss.

I moved over to cyanogen mainly for the pull down notification bar power widget and would hate to go back to a Sense rom and lose that.

On a HTC Desire

elderlemon · 14-04-2011 6:23pm

I went from sense to cm7 and use GO contacts/dialer. I really like it now and find it more than a match for the Sense dialer.

hardCopy wrote: »

Anybody have any recommendations on a dialer/contacts combination?

I'm using dialer one and stock contacts but dialer one just seems to ignore half the contacts in my phonebook. This is the one aspect of sense that I really miss.

I moved over to cyanogen mainly for the pull down notification bar power widget and would hate to go back to a Sense rom and lose that.

On a HTC Desire

hardCopy · 14-04-2011 10:22pm

elderlemon wrote: »

I went from sense to cm7 and use GO contacts/dialer. I really like it now and find it more than a match for the Sense dialer.

Trying this out now, definitely seems like a runner so far.

Thanks

TheDoc · 14-04-2011 11:25pm

Well ran this cygmod thing last night, happy with it so far.

However cannot install/download google maps or angry birds.

Prettybig deal since I use maps alot and the misses is absolutley raging her angry birds progress is gone.

Anyone any ideas?

seanybiker · 14-04-2011 11:31pm

TheDoc wrote: »

Well ran this cygmod thing last night, happy with it so far.

However cannot install/download google maps or angry birds.

Prettybig deal since I use maps alot and the misses is absolutley raging her angry birds progress is gone.

Anyone any ideas?

if you go onto cynagenmod site you should find the "gapps" apk you need to install market properly.

heebusjeebus · 15-04-2011 8:47am

TheDoc wrote: »

Well ran this cygmod thing last night, happy with it so far.

However cannot install/download google maps or angry birds.

Prettybig deal since I use maps alot and the misses is absolutley raging her angry birds progress is gone.

Anyone any ideas?

I had the same issue. I could not download any large apps.

You need to partition your SD Card with Rom Manager (I used 512mb/64mb swap) and then using Simple2Ext, move the downloads to the new partition. This will give you enough space on the phone for apps.

Check this out for the full solution:

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/20328-solution-of-unable-to-download-big-apps-from-the-market

mono_mac · 15-04-2011 7:14pm

can someone please give me a step by step to do this on htc desire with 4gb memory card

ongarite · 15-04-2011 7:34pm

mono_mac wrote: »

can someone please give me a step by step to do this on htc desire with 4gb memory card

What state is your phone in now? Is it rooted? S-OFF? PVT1,2 or 4?

mono_mac · 15-04-2011 7:37pm

It's rooted and unlocked , the rest I don't know

ongarite · 15-04-2011 7:47pm

mono_mac wrote: »

It's rooted and unlocked , the rest I don't know

Did you root with Unrevoked 3? Do you have a Recovery Menu installed?
To check, power off phone, then hold volume down and power button and see what happens..

mono_mac · 15-04-2011 7:51pm

Yes have that

ongarite · 15-04-2011 8:06pm

I would download SMS Backup+ from the Market and save all your messages to Gmail. Make sure all your conatcts are synced with your Gmail too.

Then download Cyanogenmod 7.0 from their website and copy to your SD card.
Download the GAPPS package too here and copy to SD card.

Boot into Recovery Menu, wipe cache & data/factory defaults.
Then choose install from zip from sdcard, choose zip from sdcard & then flash CM7 and then GAPPS.
Press back and reboot system now.

Keith186 · 15-04-2011 9:01pm

I'm on leedeoid but wouldn't mind a change. Main thing I missed on open desire before leedroid was copy and paste from browser.

Does cm7 have copy and paste like sense roms?

Didn't like android dialer either so.I'd give GO a shot too.

ongarite · 15-04-2011 9:05pm

Copy and paste is working for me in the browser.

unklerosco · 15-04-2011 9:12pm

I've been using the cm7 for the last few days and went back to stock this morn. Was anyone having issues with frozen screens, apps crashing? My lock screen would occasionally just show the background pic. Only way to fix it was to take the battery out and turn the phone back on. If it was that the lock screen would work but when I unlocked it i'd only get the background pic and nothing else.. The camera app crashed on me quite a bit (I updated the radio), the browser, dialler and messaging also crashed quite a bit..

Got annoying so I'm back to sense now.. Shame cause I like the clean look from the cm7. I only use the phone as a phone, email and calendar. Only apps I'd use would be a torch and google maps..

ongarite · 15-04-2011 9:21pm

Never had these issues. A wipe is always recommended for going to a different ROM.
You can't use Titanium Backup without causing some issues when moving Android revisions, 2.2 to 2.3 CM7.

Keith186 · 15-04-2011 9:23pm

^^^^
Did u do a full wipe before installing?

Not wiping causes weird problems like what u have.

Ongarite, nice one might switch over tomorrow. Is it worth getting titanium back up pro for reinstalling apps or does it take for ever anyway?

Edit : looks like you've answered my q already! Whats best for reinstalling apps so?

HTC Desire Cyanogenmod: Starting Out

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