[ROM][PRE-ALPHA] Evervolv Kitkat 4.4 - Pre-alpha 1 [19.11.13]

Co.Tibi · Oct 16, 2013

Chromium_ said:
I was for a few minutes until it froze...now im in fastboot waiting for nikez to send me a new zImage.
Best 2 minutes of my life, no doubt...

Awesome... Please keep us updated

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LaidbackNikez · Oct 17, 2013

I remembered to bring my phone back home

So hopefully I can manage to squeeze in some time later today. I am almost positive the error I am currently facing is the same as I had on msm8660. I just need to figure out how to fix it. So if there are some real kernel devs please contact me asap.

stratoll · Oct 17, 2013

So if you were to flash a zlimage which i think is the same as a boot img
Which as i understand contains the kernel
How would you know if its working
Flash on a rom and try to boot?

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abaaaabbbb63 · Oct 17, 2013

stratoll said:
So if you were to flash a zlimage which i think is the same as a boot img
Which as i understand contains the kernel
How would you know if its working
Flash on a rom and try to boot?

Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app

Pretty much.. That's what Chromium did.

stevesuk · Oct 24, 2013

I noticed my battery had been draining a bit quicker since I started using Android 4.3 (which otherwise runs pretty much fine, thanks to Nikez' great work).

I use an app that turns data/syncing off at night to save battery, but I noticed that the battery was still dropping significantly overnight. I looked in the battery control panel, and noticed that WiFi seemed to be consuming battery 24 hours a day, even when it was supposedly switched off.

Apparently this is a new feature that Android 4.3 brings (to help with apps that need your location, WiFi isn't actually "off" even when you switch it to "off"... its always scanning).

I guess on modern hardware, everything is optimised so that the least amount of power is consumed when WiFi is in this state, but I'm guessing this may not apply to our good old HTC Desire

Thankfully, there's an option you can choose from the Advanced WiFi settings page to turn this off (set "Scanning always available" to "off"). This means that WiFi will be properly off when you turn it off.

Going to test and see if this helps with battery life, but thought I'd post this info here in case it helps anyone out.

jukyO · Oct 25, 2013

Any problems with tethering, wifi one? It turns on and its active,but it is not visible to any clients.

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MetinKale38 · Oct 25, 2013

i will use 4.2.2, which one is better for long time usage, ION or not?

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tom0769 · Nov 1, 2013

Just downloaded evervolv repo for compiling from source (make a slim rom,155MB on system, with only two locales).
4.2 works great.
4.3 has problems with mobile data connection (very unstable, also tested latest nightly).

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Nbsss · Nov 2, 2013

I've moved on to a nexus 5, but i can't wait to see what Nikez will do next with this phone - kitkat is meant to be as good as GB for low end phones afterall.

Is evervolv planning on making N5 roms?

nonline · Nov 2, 2013

Nbsss said:
I've moved on to a nexus 5, but i can't wait to see what Nikez will do next with this phone - kitkat is meant to be as good as GB for low end phones afterall.

Is evervolv planning on making N5 roms?

Good for You, Nexus 5 nor any other N device from google is not available in my country :crying:

Holland1994D · Nov 3, 2013

nonline said:
Good for You, Nexus 5 nor any other N device from google is not available in my country :crying:

No worries, the Desire lives forever, 3 1/2 years now, and it still feels quite good actually

LaidbackNikez · Nov 3, 2013

I reckon I will Kitkat booting within the hour.

kostelo · Nov 3, 2013

Thank God you 're back (at least for the moment).

Nbsss · Nov 4, 2013

LaidbackNikez said:
I reckon I will Kitkat booting within the hour.

*takes phone out of draw

LaidbackNikez · Nov 4, 2013

LaidbackNikez said:
I reckon I will Kitkat booting within the hour.

Issues with space and EGL made it take a little while longer. Here it is.

Now I really have to sleep. 3h till work...

Nbsss · Nov 4, 2013

LaidbackNikez said:
Issues with space and EGL made it take a little while longer. Here it is.

Now I really have to sleep. 3h till work...

Wow. Just wow....
I wonder if it's easier on the old desire than jellybean...

darsik · Nov 4, 2013

Tahnk you for finding the time!!
You are the man!

nonline · Nov 4, 2013

LaidbackNikez said:
Issues with space and EGL made it take a little while longer. Here it is.

Now I really have to sleep. 3h till work...

How K3 is going?

Lothaen · Nov 4, 2013

nonline said:
How K3 is going?

amazing work - KitKat running on the Desire!

would have been an epic win if Google had announced they would push KitKat to Nexus One, Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus - specifically mentioning it runs on low end devices - anyway shame on them...

abaaaabbbb63 · Nov 4, 2013

Lothaen said:
amazing work - KitKat running on the Desire!

would have been an epic win if Google had announced they would push KitKat to Nexus One, Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus - specifically mentioning it runs on low end devices - anyway shame on them...

It would have been too much work.

Plus, when Google said that, they were reffering to future low cost phones, with limited hardware. This means that weaker hardwear will be able to run KitKat almost as good as top hardware.

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