Gingerbread on Desire! *WARNING* SENSELESS!

Dave147

Just to let everyone know that Cyanogen is currently doing Nightly CM7 ROMs based on Gingerbread for the Desire, I have installed it and it's running smoothly with no noticeable bugs. Looks very nice so far and love the way the screen turns off!

As it's Cyanogen it is a senseless mod so beware, if you like Sense then wait for one with Sense, maybe from Modaco etc.

Also you need to have ROM Manager Premium to get it straight to your phone, not sure if it's available to non donators on the website.

seanybiker

Handy. I only came on here to find out about this.



You do need premium.

Gryzor

gonna give this a lash...lookin forward to a bit of gingerbread

cullenswood

As its senseless do you need another launcher or something, and if so how does this work, and would it cause problems if I wanted to go back to a sense based ROM?

Gryzor

cullenswood wrote: »

As its senseless do you need another launcher or something, and if so how does this work, and would it cause problems if I wanted to go back to a sense based ROM?

Theres a launcher built in, ADW, i think?? You can switch between sense and non-sense roms as much as you like..just do a full wipe before switching..

seanin4711

for file download
thanks
s

Gonzovision

screenshots would be nice also

Keano

seanin4711 wrote: »

for file download
thanks
s

Here is the link to the thread on xda - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829734

Screenshots on the the first post of that thread

EasyBoy1974

I installed this (oxygen 2.0 RC6) coming from LeeDroid 2.3d (sense froyo)

A weird thing happened to my apps - i was using apps2sd+ and had loads of space. I did a full wipe (i thought) but all my apps were still there after flashing this rom. BUT it was telling me i was low on space - 110/130mb used ... strange - i thought my apps were all on the 1GB ext3 partition ... hmmm

Anyway, a couple of observations

- 3 homescreens is really limiting
- battery life is poor - lost 50% with screen off overnight
- nice visual, transition effects etc
- the stock dialler is not great - love the sense dialler where you can start typing someone's name on the number pad
- no way (that i can find) of combining multiple contacts into one contact (you can with sense)
- the clock widget is ugly and starkly utilitarian
- the little bar at the bottom with 6 commonly used apps available on all homescreens is brilliant
- the power control widget is a big improvement - resizable and has the buttons you choose
- calendar widget is also poor compared to sense (i think it's agenda?)

anyway - in summary - gingerbread was supposed to be the release that made sense and other UI overlays redundant, but for me it still needs a bit of sense!

nedd

EasyBoy1974 wrote: »

Anyway, a couple of observations

- the stock dialler is not great - love the sense dialler where you can start typing someone's name on the number pad
- the clock widget is ugly and starkly utilitarian
- calendar widget is also poor compared to sense (i think it's agenda?)

I have tried a couple of non-sense Roms and the 3 points above are the reasons I always come back to Sense.

I'm looking forward to some Gingerbread Sense Roms.

srsly78

EasyBoy1974 wrote: »

I installed this (oxygen 2.0 RC6) coming from LeeDroid 2.3d (sense froyo)

A weird thing happened to my apps - i was using apps2sd+ and had loads of space. I did a full wipe (i thought) but all my apps were still there after flashing this rom. BUT it was telling me i was low on space - 110/130mb used ... strange - i thought my apps were all on the 1GB ext3 partition ... hmmm

Anyway, a couple of observations

- 3 homescreens is really limiting
- battery life is poor - lost 50% with screen off overnight
- nice visual, transition effects etc
- the stock dialler is not great - love the sense dialler where you can start typing someone's name on the number pad
- no way (that i can find) of combining multiple contacts into one contact (you can with sense)
- the clock widget is ugly and starkly utilitarian
- the little bar at the bottom with 6 commonly used apps available on all homescreens is brilliant
- the power control widget is a big improvement - resizable and has the buttons you choose
- calendar widget is also poor compared to sense (i think it's agenda?)

anyway - in summary - gingerbread was supposed to be the release that made sense and other UI overlays redundant, but for me it still needs a bit of sense!

Ehh just install launcher pro? All the issues you listed above are easily fixed by just installing stuff. This rom is SUPPOSED to be minimal.

Keith186

nedd wrote: »

I have tried a couple of non-sense Roms and the 3 points above are the reasons I always come back to Sense.

I'm looking forward to some Gingerbread Sense Roms.

And copy and paste function (edit: in browser) is another reason for me.

Calendar can be replaced by the launcher pro widget calendar which is probably slightly better than HTC's one.

srsly78

nedd wrote: »

I have tried a couple of non-sense Roms and the 3 points above are the reasons I always come back to Sense.

I'm looking forward to some Gingerbread Sense Roms.

Launcher pro + beautiful widgets (pay) completely replaces Sense, with even better widgets. There is no need to use Sense, it just drains your battery.

EasyBoy1974

srsly78 wrote: »

Ehh just install launcher pro? All the issues you listed above are easily fixed by just installing stuff. This rom is SUPPOSED to be minimal.

My point is that (I thought) Gingerbread was supposed to make all the overlays and launcher screens (sense included) redundant.

Maybe I'm mistaken about that.

Either way, an overlay of some kind is still required - i'll probably stick with sense due to ubiquity (on HTC phones) and familiarity.

As a related aside, RCMixHD 0.15 with new HD sense is looking great - think I'll dip my toe in that next

Professey Chin

EasyBoy1974 wrote: »

My point is that (I thought) Gingerbread was supposed to make all the overlays and launcher screens (sense included) redundant.

Maybe I'm mistaken about that.

Either way, an overlay of some kind is still required - i'll probably stick with sense due to ubiquity (on HTC phones) and familiarity.

As a related aside, RCMixHD 0.15 with new HD sense is looking great - think I'll dip my toe in that next

No it wasnt. That was just a rumour since they hired Palms webos dev but he himself said that Gingerbread was nearly finished when he started so he had very little influence on it. He had a much larger influence on the Honeycomb (tablet) interface and I suppose we'll see how much of that extends to phones in the next few months

srsly78

That's 3.0 Honeycomb you are thinking of, and nothing is confirmed yet.

Professey Chin

I know what im thinking of but what way is nothing confirmed?

Professey Chin

srsly78 wrote: »

Launcher pro + beautiful widgets (pay) completely replaces Sense, with even better widgets. There is no need to use Sense, it just drains your battery.

It doesnt really. It replaces the Rosie launcher but Sense goes much deeper then that.
I only use Sense roms cause I prefer their People application and integration which is reliant on the Sense framework. The stock rom has facebook/twitter integration but is dependent on the actual application.
Same with the dialer, gallery,music player and the other HTC applications

srsly78

Big deal. People only care about the big clock yoke

hidinginthebush

I've just stuck it on. It's my first time rooting (coming from a stock froyo branded to 3). Best thing I like so far is when putting the apps back on my phone with titanium I was able to omit all the useless apps that came pre-installed (my main motivation to do it in the first place). Anything else I have a look at to display the benefits of a rooted, updated phone?

Also, does anyone know how (if you can, that is) you link contacts? I could do it before I rooted, where, say I could have someone's home phone/mobile/facebook all under the same entry in my contacts, but can't seem to do it on the oxygen rom.

edit: found out how in case anyone's interested:
click on the contact in question -> click "menu" -> click "edit contact" -> click "menu" again -> click "join"

evolutionqy7

lol at the title of this.

s_carnage

Just updated to Leedroid 2.3 and a couple things went wrong. I ended up USB bricking the phone but I can work around that. My problem is my battery has been shocking since then. Unplugged it today at 12 and its under 50% gone already and have only made 2 short calls on it and data and wi-fi are turned off all day. Wonder would the USB brick be related to this problem and would anyone have any solutions. I had a look at solving the USB brick but hit a brick wall.

Keith186

I'm on that ROM too carnage and my battery isn't near that bad.

Can you do a nandroid restore to get back to normal then start from scratch again.

I presume you did a nandroid back up before flashing

Gonzovision

s_carnage wrote: »

Just updated to Leedroid 2.3 and a couple things went wrong. I ended up USB bricking the phone but I can work around that. My problem is my battery has been shocking since then. Unplugged it today at 12 and its under 50% gone already and have only made 2 short calls on it and data and wi-fi are turned off all day. Wonder would the USB brick be related to this problem and would anyone have any solutions. I had a look at solving the USB brick but hit a brick wall.

Did you flash with the correct radio?

srsly78

Running Gingerbread on Desire, seems good. Just had a mysterious reboot tho If there are many more I'll go back to a stable rom.

s_carnage

Ya i put the correct radio on it and even changed back to the original one because I thought that was the problem.

I have looked up quite a bit on problems when you USB brick the phone and it seems a rapid decrease in battery is associated with it. I have tried to fix the usb brick but I am been told to "Boot your phone in FASTBOOT mode (back + power), and enter this command: 'fastboot oem enableqxdm 0' . This will re-enable your SD card." My problem is when I go boot it in fastboot there is no option there for me to enter a command. Does anyone know how I can enter a command in this menu?

evolutionqy7

not sure could it work but maybe it would work with droid explorer using the pc if it would pick it up in bootloader mode? was never in that situation so i dont know

Gonzovision

s_carnage wrote: »

Ya i put the correct radio on it and even changed back to the original one because I thought that was the problem.

I have looked up quite a bit on problems when you USB brick the phone and it seems a rapid decrease in battery is associated with it. I have tried to fix the usb brick but I am been told to "Boot your phone in FASTBOOT mode (back + power), and enter this command: 'fastboot oem enableqxdm 0' . This will re-enable your SD card." My problem is when I go boot it in fastboot there is no option there for me to enter a command. Does anyone know how I can enter a command in this menu?

Set in charge only and debugging enabled (if possible). Open cmd prompt on your pc and got to AndroidSDK folder and enter the command there.

heebusjeebus

Installed Cyanogen Mod (2.3) today and I'm liking it. It's my first time loading a new ROM so I feel like I just got a new free phone.
The dialer aint as good as HTC. Pressing the keys does not predict the contact name.
I'm liking the snappiness though as well as the little animations.
Hopefully it will be stable. I've re-installed most of my usual apps and they all work fine.
Will post back with a update when I'm used to it.

Inquitus

Just to summarise for people who miss sense:

Replacement Launcher - Launcherpro (Free)
Replacement Widgets - Launcherpro (Paid) or Beautiful Widgets (Paid)
Sense Clock - Fancy Widget 1.3.0 (Free but you need to google for the apk as it was banned from the market as its a sense ripoff)

srsly78

People miss the facebook integration, how do you replace that? (I hate sense but each to their own)

theteal

heebusjeebus wrote: »

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The dialer aint as good as HTC. Pressing the keys does not predict the contact name.

Dialer One is the closest i've found to the HTC dialer

heebusjeebus

theteal wrote: »

Dialer One is the closest i've found to the HTC dialer

Perfect, I'm now a happy bunny (except for my alarm not working this morning)

EskimoErased

I installed the latest stable Cyanogenmod for HTC Desire (6.something) and found it didn't have Google Apps installed.

I attempted flashing the Google Apps .zip file recommended on the Cyanogen Wiki (the HDPI one), but even though Gmail installed, the Marketplace app didn't for some reason.

Anyone else getting this?

EskimoErased

Ah, never mind, I found the solution - just open the gapps .zip file on your SD card, go into system>app and select "Vending.apk" and uninstall and reinstall that (repeat until it takes, apparently it's just temperamental).

subway

For those missing the sense Dialler, just press search when on the Dialler and you get the same effect.

Been using this for a few weeks and glad I changed. Ginger villain (now at 1.1)

seanin4711

http://www.redmondpie.com/install-android-2.3.3-gingerbread-on-nexus-one-how-to-guide/

Is this possible update nexus one ota update on desire?

subway

i imagine you would, at best, be unable to apply it and, at worst, brick your phone.
afaik, the only way to get 2.3 on desire (at present) is via a custom ROM.

niallb

I've been using Cyanogenmod 7 (nightly build from last week) for a week now,
and am really happy with battery life. I was coming from an Oxygen 1.0.4 froyo
which I found very unstable once the battery got anyway low.

Best thing about the gingerbread upgrade for me is that for the first time since I got my Desire a year ago, Youtube videos are finally in sync with the sound! I had just given up on it after asking a few questions - some people said they never experienced it, but I've always suspected they just didn't notice it as much ;-) Seems to have been a common problem.