FroyoSense Defy edition (progress report) (new: youtube video)

[bihariel]

Can this method help to built an aosp ROM?

Sent from my MOTO Defy

what merhod?

 

[NU_User]

it is possible to convert from a signed.zip into a NAND backup? some1 know this?

 

[demolition23]

what merhod?

That way that makes the desire z ROM working on defy.

Sent from my MOTO Defy

 

[Dexter_nlb]

it is possible to convert from a signed.zip into a NAND backup? some1 know this?

i know.. and it is. but its a manual boring process. as all steps within the update.zip needs to be done by hand... so not a preferred way, but of course its possible to create a new yaffs system.img and put all update.zip files into one.

 

[Dexter_nlb]

you can dump your system and then make a .zip with an update-script that copy the system folder to our phones using clck work mod. the problem is if you need to do a nand-backup from froyosene.
one question: do you disabe usb debugging mode before installing the clocwork mod recovery? on the acual froyo roms if you have usb debubbing ennabled you can not enter to clockworccmod recovery.
if you need help on testing the recovery, please send me a P.M. and we can talk.
keep the good progress, the rom looks amazing.

system image dumps are preffered in a beta stage im sure, because all the update.zip work writing a new script for the files with ownership etc, is hard long work, i dont got time for now..

and yes i think i test the "hijack" CWM without having adb running, but yes it was enabled somehow during bootup again.. i might need to try it without adb during bootup.

 

[NU_User]

UFF !!! no no... please "keep it simple"..

 

[008325]

I've had less success with the "mobile data", seems drivers from china rom + beta T-Mobile rom is not helping either...

i might post this during weekend, and then pops the question, does CWM work for you running the china default mod?

i tested with a few different basebands from 2.1 and 2.2 releases all baseband files seems to make no difference, radio has signal but no 3G mobile data at all..
(it is seen on another MS milestone port i did, which were a library problem) and i cannot use drivers from milestone..

add apn maunally is OK. there has no auto apn in china rom

 

[Dexter_nlb]

add apn maunally is OK. there has no auto apn in china rom

that is sadly not the problem here, it says "no simcard found", when you enter APN settings.. (known problem from milestone phone as well).. it got solved with a different ril driver, which i so far has had no luck with..

but on the other hand, i got Bluetooth working, and me saying never gonna work, but i tested so far audio to PC, and it works..
headset is next step when i locate one...

 

[psicodelico]

that is sadly not the problem here, it says "no simcard found", when you enter APN settings.. (known problem from milestone phone as well).. it got solved with a different ril driver, which i so far has had no luck with..

but on the other hand, i got Bluetooth working, and me saying never gonna work, but i tested so far audio to PC, and it works..
headset is next step when i locate one...

Good news about bluetooth and bad news about 3G

You are doing a great job here! Thanks.

 

[Dexter_nlb]

Good news about bluetooth and bad news about 3G

thanks, and yes so far not very good.. 3G is very commonly used now :-(

but ok, ill be leaving the defy project for some days.. i got a XT720 to attend now... but thats during weekend, as im occupied the next evenings not having a chance to do much fiddling with mobiles, becides quick web checks..

but im for sure gonna continue on this one..

 

[NU_User]

I've had less success with the "mobile data", seems drivers from china rom + beta T-Mobile rom is not helping either...

i might post this during weekend..

ok, before you wrote that you would post the rom this weekend, now you let it go for a while?

I think you have nothing to show. sorry

 

[ellendel]

Nu_user the people like you are the trolls of this present time.

 

[NU_User]

Nu_user the people like you are the trolls of this present time.

thx ellendel.

 

[Dexter_nlb]

I think you have nothing to show. sorry

LOL

10chars

 

[chaihg]

ok, before you wrote that you would post the rom this weekend, now you let it go for a while?

I think you have nothing to show. sorry

That is very rude you should at least request him.

Sent from my ME525 using XDA App

 

[bihariel]

i hope you release it this weekend, so we can test it and maybe help you to resolve the few buggs that the rom has, because i think that this rom is usable for day a day use, at least for me, i do not use mobile data and bluetooth.
thanks for you hard work.

 

[Dexter_nlb]

i hope you release it this weekend, so we can test it and maybe help you to resolve the few buggs that the rom has, because i think that this rom is usable for day a day use, at least for me, i do not use mobile data and bluetooth.

a little status update(during my lunch break here)..

I will try to post it this weekend, although mobiledata is an issue, its will for some users be fine i guess, and people can ignore if they dislike not having mobiledata for now, at least wifi is a good replacement for now.

Here comes a little but!.
I upgraded it last night to HTC 1.72.405 and now i lost the speed of the first edtion based on my milestone build, so ill do a quick redo of the initial backup i made and see if i can fix the 3D issue.. i can see the drop from 2000 to 1750, where the last screen in quadrant went from 18-19 frames to now just 15..

but maybe thats a cost of having latest htc build, i dont know yet..
Its still speedy as is, so maybe ill post the newest version AND the faster 3D edition.. as im not sure if its all in the dalvik libs or other libs that got replaced as well in the 1.72 update from htc..

but all in all, there is still much to verify..
. create the yaffs img file.
- install china 2.2 sbf , install CWM and recover my new system partition.
- lastly, restore the new fixed 2.2 boot.img + other like posted in other threads here.. remember modules are for the china edition only, which i saw elsewhere with just sbf just boot+partitions etc included which will probably be how to install this mod..

I have tried replacing all the /etc/motorola/comm_drv & bp_nvm_default baseband drivers with the china, US T-Mobile beta and even taken those from the 2.1 release, they all work and i get a radio signal, but none of them solves the 3G mobiledata issue.

I have patched the location.cfg to point to Google gps servers, to maybe help optimize aGPS speeds. (might be an issue for some, then the location.cfg needs to be replaced with original motorola ones. at least i feel i get a gps lock quickly.

Comparing the build to the htc desireHD/ACE, i removed Laputa and some test tools and few generic packs like twitter/faceboot which all can be downloaded from Market after install. as space in /system was needed for the extras here.
(htc comes with a 500MB partition!!)

Furthermore it seems that i would recommend NOT upgrading flashplayer that comes with this build and ignore using the one from Market, as the new update seems to have problems in fullscreen not being 100% ok, where the one that comes with the build works perfect for me. (so you know)

 

[bihariel]

a little status update(during my lunch break here)..

I will try to post it this weekend, although mobiledata is an issue, its will for some users be fine i guess, and people can ignore if they dislike not having mobiledata for now, at least wifi is a good replacement for now.

Here comes a little but!.
I upgraded it last night to HTC 1.72.405 and now i lost the speed of the first edtion based on my milestone build, so ill do a quick redo of the initial backup i made and see if i can fix the 3D issue.. i can see the drop from 2000 to 1750, where the last screen in quadrant went from 18-19 frames to now just 15..

but maybe thats a cost of having latest htc build, i dont know yet..
Its still speedy as is, so maybe ill post the newest version AND the faster 3D edition.. as im not sure if its all in the dalvik libs or other libs that got replaced as well in the 1.72 update from htc..

but all in all, there is still much to verify..
. create the yaffs img file.
- install china 2.2 sbf , install CWM and recover my new system partition.
- lastly, restore the new fixed 2.2 boot.img + other like posted in other threads here.. remember modules are for the china edition only, which i saw elsewhere with just sbf just boot+partitions etc included which will probably be how to install this mod..

I have tried replacing all the /etc/motorola/comm_drv & bp_nvm_default baseband drivers with the china, US T-Mobile beta and even taken those from the 2.1 release, they all work and i get a radio signal, but none of them solves the 3G mobiledata issue.

I have patched the location.cfg to point to Google gps servers, to maybe help optimize aGPS speeds. (might be an issue for some, then the location.cfg needs to be replaced with original motorola ones. at least i feel i get a gps lock quickly.

Comparing the build to the htc desireHD/ACE, i removed Laputa and some test tools and few generic packs like twitter/faceboot which all can be downloaded from Market after install. as space in /system was needed for the extras here.
(htc comes with a 500MB partition!!)

Furthermore it seems that i would recommend NOT upgrading flashplayer that comes with this build and ignore using the one from Market, as the new update seems to have problems in fullscreen not being 100% ok, where the one that comes with the build works perfect for me. (so you know)

i can help on testing the yaffs img file, but what about the md5 checksum? i think you can calculate it with adb or something like that and the create a txt file named nandroid.md5 with the checksum in order to avoid problems with the CWM.
one question: why not dump the system partion, the make an update.zip and use CWM to flash it. the script may be:

format SYSTEM:
show_progress 0.1 0
copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:
show_progress 0.2 10

or maybe this is better

delete_recursive SYSTEM:app
delete_recursive SYSTEM:framework
delete_recursive DATA:dalvik-cache
show_progress 0.1 0
copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:
show_progress 0.2 10

 

[Dexter_nlb]

format SYSTEM:
show_progress 0.1 0
copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:
show_progress 0.2 10

or maybe this is better

delete_recursive SYSTEM:app
delete_recursive SYSTEM:framework
delete_recursive DATA:dalvik-cache
show_progress 0.1 0
copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:
show_progress 0.2 10

this is just part of the script.. then you need all the ownership rights set and symbolic links in place as well, making the updater-script quite complex
which i somehow want to avoid for now.

 

[Dexter_nlb]

I had luck getting DEFY Recovery(CWM) working on my mod, with custom additions, but now there is problems getting "superuser.apk" to work, so the trigger to run recovery is not working..
it seems latest Sense2.0 build uses a newer Sqlite3 edition and superuser.apk does not work fine with it, at least not always.. (Overlock does work though, really strange)

but a file in /data/.recovery_mode triggers it at next boot for now

as i got the image + md5 made now, i can do a proper upload tonight but it will be late CET+1, early for USA users

and THEN, i am jumping to XT720, as i got another project going here, but all reports on the build is welcome..