[ROM][17/7/23][4.4.4] SlimKat | The slimmest & most secure KitKat ROM for HTC Desire!

[nO.One2]

could you please upload the HBOOT you mention in the first post?
in the thread u link to, the download is removed..

and when i use stock hboot I can't install apps, due to no free space after installing ur gapps.

*edit: ofc i did the su -> a2sd install -> yny...

 

[ze7zez]

could you please upload the HBOOT you mention in the first post?
in the thread u link to, the download is removed..

and when i use stock hboot I can't install apps, due to no free space after installing ur gapps.

*edit: ofc i did the su -> a2sd install -> yny...

Custom_hboots.zip

I also use stock hboot and everything installs correctly.
Before installing the ROM execute "format all partitions (except sdcard)".

 

[_wook_]

I can't believe that my desire is working. Great work! I was just wondering, does xposed work?

 

[ze7zez]

I was just wondering, does xposed work?

This is a thread developer.
Check yourself and share problems.

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[_wook_]

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Check yourself and share problems.

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Tried xposed installer v32 and v33 and i have the message:

Xposed is not (yet) compatible with Android SDK version 19 or your processor architecture armeabi-v7a).
CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE: cannot locate symbol "_ZN7android14AndroidRuntime5StartEPKcS2_" referenced by "/data/data/de.robv.android.xposed.installer/cachke/app_process"...

might be because of my partition layout?
EDIT:
Xposed installs so far (not tested the modules). I used Xposed v2.6.1 by SolarWarez, 20151129
Source: google
+
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45188739 will be useful just in case...

 

[obstacle3]

Many thanks for the ROM, nice'n'snazzy at least upon install! Here's my experience so far:

Bugs:

• I can't adjust widgets/options of the lockscreen - when swiping down the lockscreen clock and clicking the 'settings' button that is revealed next to it I only get "Unfortunately, DashClock Widget has stopped."
• When opening the Camera through some other apps (e.g. WhatsApp) the preview shows wacky artefacts, actually taking a picture works fine though (it looks like the preview image breaks at the wrong point, might have something to do with the changed dpi?)
• Only one random crash/shutdown so far, happened at night so not sure what happened

Performance: I did y/y/y for a2sd, otherwise at least on my previous rom (CM7) I would only have been able to install an app or two because Google Services already took up half of the system memory for its appdata, and with CM7 the external appdata wasn't noticeable at all.

With SlimKat the system got extremely sluggish really quick when installing apps, I'm currently at 780MB apps + 73MB cache (my sd-ext is 2GB) and especially switching between apps is extremely slow. Individual apps can be snazzy once they're running but some background tasks (like installing an app) make the system completely unusable, when waking my phone even the lockscreen can take a few seconds to even render.... There's still 50+MB RAM available, so not sure what's going on.

In any case, looking forward to the next build! I'll see if noxdata helps with the performance and let you know!

Update: I re-did "a2sd install" with y/n/y which indeed left me with a fast ROM but too little space to install new apps, I also tried "a2sd xdata" after that but it gave me the same crazy performance hit as y/y/y, it wasn't anywhere near as bad under CM...

 

[ze7zez]

(...)
With SlimKat the system got extremely sluggish really quick when installing apps, I'm currently at 780MB apps + 73MB cache (my sd-ext is 2GB) and especially switching between apps is extremely slow. (...)

First of all, notice that the OP wrote clearly:

1. Recommendations/Requirements:

- A 512mb - 1.5gb EXT partition (EXT4 recommended) on your sdcard.

 

[obstacle3]

Just did a clean install of the ROM with the updated gapps from 3 January and the Play store is not working for me any more, the black one never even loads my username/google image and I get "Error while retrieving information from server: [RPC:S-7:AEC-0 etc etc]" when trying to install something, with the white one I get RPC:S-7:AEC-7(!) instead.

 

[ze7zez]

It would be best if you include logcat. I propose to do logcat command:

adb logcat -d > logcat_%date%_.txt

You send the file to the OP.

 

[spezi77]

Many thanks for the ROM, nice'n'snazzy at least upon install! Here's my experience so far:

Bugs:

• I can't adjust widgets/options of the lockscreen - when swiping down the lockscreen clock and clicking the 'settings' button that is revealed next to it I only get "Unfortunately, DashClock Widget has stopped."
• When opening the Camera through some other apps (e.g. WhatsApp) the preview shows wacky artefacts, actually taking a picture works fine though (it looks like the preview image breaks at the wrong point, might have something to do with the changed dpi?)
• Only one random crash/shutdown so far, happened at night so not sure what happened

Performance: I did y/y/y for a2sd, otherwise at least on my previous rom (CM7) I would only have been able to install an app or two because Google Services already

I confirm that LockscreenTargets is not working in this ROM. I will add it to the list of known issues. Thanks for reporting.

Camera preview distortion is not a bug in this ROM, but in the kernel. However, I believe that we will never get it fixed in the lifetime of HTC Desire. However, I don't consider it a big pain, as the primary function works.

About Performance:
The HTC Desire is not made for heavy app usage. You can do y/n/y for a2sd, to unlock the best performance in this ancient device, on the cost of limited space for apps. Y/n/y will store app data to the internal NAND and move the apk files to sd-ext as they are not needed frequently by the Android OS. Keeping app data in the internal NAND is beneficial to the app performance as the most read/write operations occur for app data.

Keeping app data in sd-ext (by doing y/y/y for a2sd) will allow you to run more apps on cost of performance. In this scenario, a2sd will store apk files and app data on sd-ext, slightly decreasing the ROM performance and your apps could turn slaggish when your SD card is the bottleneck (class 2). Perhaps if one has an ultra fast SD card, everything stays snappy.

 

[taninos]

....Keeping app data in sd-ext (by doing y/y/y for a2sd) will allow you to run more apps on cost of performance. In this scenario, a2sd will store apk files and app data on sd-ext, slightly decreasing the ROM performance and your apps could turn slaggish when your SD card is the bottleneck (class 2). Perhaps if one has an ultra fast SD card, everything stays snappy.

I tried y/y/y with one of the best inexpensive ultra fast SD-card (Samsung EVO 16gb) and it worked awful over Slimkat but it actually works amazing over your CM11 that the reason I stick on CM11.

Best.

 

[obstacle3]

I tried y/y/y with one of the best inexpensive ultra fast SD-card (Samsung EVO 16gb) and it worked awful over Slimkat but it actually works amazing over your CM11 that the reason I stick on CM11.

Hmm that's interesting, I might try out that CM11 build with the same SD and see what it does for me - I definitely had a fine performance with y/y/y on earlier versions of CM.

Just another bug that I found: USB tethering doesn't seem to be working!

Looking forward to the next build in any case

 

[desireleß]

I tried y/y/y with one of the best inexpensive ultra fast SD-card (Samsung EVO 16gb) and it worked awful over Slimkat but it actually works amazing over your CM11 that the reason I stick on CM11.

Best.

which micro-sd did you use?

 

[spezi77]

New version has arrived!

Have a nice day!

 

[M@c|-|oR]

Great news, mate!

Coming from a previous version, is the full wipe needed, or we can just flash over?

 

[ze7zez]

Coming from a previous version, is the full wipe needed, or we can just flash over?

I looked it up.
Works update from previous version, if A2SD is not installed.
Otherwise, you need to format all partitions (except sdcard).

 

[M@c|-|oR]

I looked it up.
Works update from previous version, if A2SD is not installed.
Otherwise, you need to format all partitions (except sdcard).

Alright then, thank you for the reply.

Downloaded, it's flashing time!

P.S. God, did I miss flashing ROMs

Since I got my self a Z2, I didn't flash anything - One X is using my daughter with SlimKAT, and Desire is using my wife.

 

[M@c|-|oR]

...Add LCD density picker

I might be inpatient, but I can't find this feature.
How do I choose the LCD density?

 

[spezi77]

I might be inpatient, but I can't find this feature.
How do I choose the LCD density?

Settings > Display > LCD density

Was it that hard to find?

 

[M@c|-|oR]

Settings > Display > LCD density

Was it that hard to find?

Obviously... :silly:
I was looking everywhere but there.
Thanks! :good: