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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] B1nny:
Okay kids little lesson from Binny here,

If you have flashed the zip file from above(1.3.5) it could be your htc widgets disappear and you will be like WTF, nothing is broken.. and can be solved very simple:

1. Open settings

2. Go to "Applications"

3. Go to "Manage applications"

4. Open the tab "All"

5. Scroll down until you see "HTC Sense" (Note: there are 2 of them, you need to click the first one! With the clock and the sun in the icon..)

6. Open "HTC Sense" ..

7. Wait a bit until all the info is loaded....

8. Now first press "Clear cache" and after that press "Clear data"

9. Now you press the home button again, and it should reload sense, if correct with all your widgets back ^^

If you have trouble loading HTC Sense at boot(which I have..) you should try to open another application from your statusbar, like gmail if you have some unread mails, or plug it in your computer and open the usb connection window. Now press the home button again, and HTC Sense should load.

Note: I'm the only one until now who has problems loading HTC Sense, there is a chance one of you also have the problem, or you don't...

Hope I helped a bit =)

This change should fix some performance issues, and improve multitasking.

As you read, it's very experimental, only flash if you know what your doing, and willing to use a rom with a few problems.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gugi_sat:
Thanx Binny

I flashed this about an hour ago.. everything seems fine ... little bit faster .. other than no major difference i noticed so far...

indeed nice work and will keep testing whenever required ...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] player1o1:
Thanks for the rom, it's shaping up really nice. A glitch I noticed is that when I try to add contact pictures(either by creating a new contact or trying to update existing ones), I get to choose a picture, resize it, and after confirming it, a "cropping" notification comes out and the screen goes white. Pressing menu on this screen brings up save/cancel/add photo options...but saving it doesn't actually add the picture. Nor does going through add photo again. So, as of now, if there is a picture added in google contacts it is getting synced, otherwise there is no way to manually add a picture.

Thanks again for putting the hard yards
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] B1nny:
Remember JieeHD made the update and all the changes ;) I only explained a bit.. how to solve some possible problems =)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gugi_sat:
Surely big thanks to JieeHD as well :D

Keep the hard work.. I and sure others are here to test .... and keep on this ROM.... as our HERO got new life now...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] whitealien:
Lockscreen buggy

This exist also in WildeHeroWWE ROM.

Two things:

1. Lockscreen is extremely slow and non responsive. Need to swipe two times before it unlocks.

2. Music artwork is not shown. So it exist in music player or in widget.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Habarug:
I was thinking of flashing the lite rom, but then I realized that I would install about every package anyway :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] JieeHD:
If anyone knows how and wants to, I've been experimenting with the tweaks I've set up in the build.prop. There are two indicators as to what the tweaks change or edit the values of and these are: #tweaks and #dalviktweaks, #tweaks is just a general system-wide change and implements the use of purging of assets and also disables surface dithering(this makes images appear sharper on screen at the cost of performance.) #dalviktweaks increases the size of the dalvik cache to 32m and enables jit.

My build.prop at the moment is set up in the following way;

#Tweaks

persist.sys.use_dithering=0

persist.sys.purgeable_assets=1

debug.sf.hw=0

#dalviktweaks

dalvik.vm.execution-mode=int:jit

dalvik.vm.heapsize=32m

dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=y

If you know what you're doing, try out these values and report back on how well or not so well it works for you, the only way this ROM can progress is through constructive feedback and criticism of it's users.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] JieeHD:
If anyone has tried editing their build.prop, remove the line which contains; dalvik.vm.dexopt, seems to be a considerable speed improvment.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Coedy:
Hey.

Long time user of CronosGinger, I decided I would give this a go.

Unfortunately Ill be jumping ship back to Feeyo's rom. But I must say, for a Beta it looks like its coming along great! :D And I'll be checking back every few updates.

It seemed perfectly usable after the flash. (Locking up for around 20seconds at a time randomly, but I was flying through different menu's and settings exploring a lot)

I mucked about with my wallpaper etc then tried to work out how to do a full reboot (if you choose shut down/reboot in the power down menu it puts it into stupid fast boot mode... had to download an app in the end.. :rolleyes:)

(If anyone could tell me how to easily get to recovery from the rom without the app it will be greatly appreciated... this is my first sense rom since I had modified 1.5 roms!):o

I did a reboot to recovery, wiped dalvik/cache and flashed your 1.3.5 update zip.:)

its taken 10minutes to load to the android system... its taken a further 5 to become anywhere near usable...:mad:

Im about to full wipe again and try the light version as Im pretty sure something MUST have gone wrong somewhere... WIll let you know how I get on... :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Coedy:
Just a heads up it seems much happier with the Light version...

Im just re-setting it all up. will then make a nandroid, flash the test update, then do the build.prop tweaks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Habarug:
You can disable fast boot in settings - > battery (or something similar) :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] riddick541:
Okay, I've played around with the build.prop, changed those values, and deleted that line. And after wiping dalvik & cache I must say that the performance of the rom had a boost. Apps are opening faster and the animations are smoother.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Delta-flasher:
Cool.... 1.4 version coming soon? can't wait yo try it :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Coedy:
Thanks for the heads up with the fast boot issue.

I flashed the update, and altered the build.prop and havnt noticed that much speed improvement. it is a little better though.

seems stable enough though. so ill hang onto it over the weekend and see how battery life is because thats the killer for me :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Coedy:
Sorry, I had to throw in the towel earlier today when I received a SMS and messenger app constantly FC'd and I got an ear full from the lady friend for not getting back to her quickly...

Back on Feeyo's but like i said, I will check back every so often if I spot a new release.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RCOO:
Hey JieeHD...

Can you get bluetooth working using the latest Sebastian rom of Magic (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1025330)?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mifares:
it would be great.

have any solutions to the speakerphone when answering the call?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pkn3000:
That would be awesome to have working bluetooth in this rom and sfm rom is based on the salsa now
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stefpaul:
@ All

Guys wait, because it takes time to work on a ROM... Yes a new version is out, but we have to wait. To be honest i prefer a lite version of the new ROM, because i don't use facebook, tweeter and other thing, so i install only what i want. Even for listening to music i use winamp... after some days of using the SS 1.3 i find the ROM good for a daily use, but need a lot more speed. So if JieeHD has some spare time, i would want him to make a update.zip that disables recent application in the status bar, the rom would be then much faster.

If you people around here have any questions ask me, maybe i can be of service in one way or another:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Brakelseboer:
BT would be great. I'm testing this ROM atm and I am very pleased about the performance and looks of it! Hopefully the BT of our good old Hero will work soon!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Stoosh2:
plus 1, that would be great! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] isaac12:
it is possible install other theme for sense version 2.1? :confused::confused: thanks for reply.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Delta-flasher:
Please read post #1 before asking...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vagdesign:
Thanks for the effort, looks nice on my Hero.

First time I've loaded a custom ROM on my phone, the reason was the Sense 2.1 on Android 2.3.3

I know it's Beta, but I bet within a month, all Hero owners will run it cause will be more stable, without any lag and even more smoothness on it's operation. I'm against overclocking, I tried the ROM with SetCPU 2.10 I had on a backup, if you set the "Load on Boot" option for a custom frequency, then you'll see your phone to delay at startup. Sometimes will reboot itself.

Keep up the good work, and I hope that everything will work soon, depends of your time (all of you) and the luck of finding the right packages.

Greetings from Greece.

VAG
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] isaac12:
i read post on first page. one question please answer it. if is possible.

is possible install this theme http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1048894?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vagdesign:
Just an addition to the "bugs" I forgot to mention:

With Internet browser there is no Flash Player support, the flash files appear with blue boxes (similar to iPhone's browser)

Also the camera crashes when I try to capture a photo. Only when I press the Home button goes at home and no photo has been saved.

EDIT: Also the trackball led, never flashes (it used to flash on RUU Unanswered calls, e-mails etc.)

SalsaSense 1.3 with Las_Venturas-0.4.6 kernel installed (after the ROM installation).

If you have any tips, let me know guys, whenever you have the time to check'em out.

Thank in advance,

VAG
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RCOO:
I confirm all the bugs you pointed out.

The camera is realated to the kernel. If you flash the rom again, it will work, because of FlyKernel but it won't be so fast.

The trackball led is also something I really miss... The other led works though, which is not as bad.

About the browser, maybe install an alternate one?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jonasb:
i would take that bet :p

even though this ROM is pretty awesome, it doesn't simply depend on the effort of the developer, if it will ever be bug free. they try hard, but if something is fundamentally flawed, there is not much they can do on a closed source ROM...

maybe the lag can be reduced with tuning parameters and maybe bluetooth or even the hotspot can be fixed via some smart reassembly, but with no updates from htc for the hero (understandable because its way out of date) and the few developers left, all comments like "hey, please fix xy" seem a bit naive...

really no offense; it just comes into my mind when i read all the requests for fixes... the requests need to be made, but once is enough for the dev to know. probably a reason is that some people dont follow the thread, but im sure the dev knows the issues and is pretty aware that a lot of people would like to see them fixed and would love to finally fix them, but on an experimental ROM like this, things are not so easy.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Delta-flasher:
mmmmmh... Isn't Sense about to become open source?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jonasb:
isn't it just the SDK to become publicly available? like the iOS SDK...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
sense? open source? really? hmmmmmm

would be nice but yea I doubt it's the full sense including source of already-released executables that will be open source. much more likely only future sense stuff and ask that will be open source, so it very likely won't help us much. might, but I doubt it.

still I'm always happy to be proven wrong about these things.... let's wait and see
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sacpe25:
Dude dont give up on this rom .

one of the best roms ive used on my hero.:):):)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Delta-flasher:
I've read that HTC is gonna unlock all bootloaders and publish sdk for different versions of Sense...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Habarug:
The locked bootloader part matters only for the newer HTC products (sensation, flyer, evo 3d) which have locked bootloader. The hero bootloader is already unlocked:-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] JieeHD:
Evening guys, I know you've not heard anything from me for a while, I've been really busy and its not letting up.

I'm working on the ROM in the little moments of time I have, I'm hoping the next release will move us into RC stage. Testing some pre-releases (bluetooth not fixed in them but testing performance) and its going well. So don't think I've given up on this, I haven't yet ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stroobach:
+1 thanks ^^
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vagdesign:
JieeHD nice to see that :) keep it up and we'll buy you cases of beers instead of one ;)

I'll be glad to test the new release(s) and all together help you "complete" the version.

Greets from Greece.

VAG
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Delta-flasher:
I know. It was just to explain that HTC was changing its mind...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ChosSimbaOne:
Hi.

Good to see work is still done on this device :-) I have a couple of question though :-)

How well does this rom OC?

How is battery life?

Does HTC hibernate mode works properly?

I'ts because im going a way for a couple of days, and cant really charge my phone, so therefore I need good battery saving :-)

Hope you can help me :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vagdesign:
The battery life on the full version isn't the best. Normal use for me stays 27 hours uncharged. Maybe the light version keeps more.

I hope this helps.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mrsatan:
I use the lite version with a few things torn out. I can go over a day with normal usage. But I also don't use data, only wifi.

Also I overclock mine to 652 with Las Venturas. My only real complaint right now is performance in a few areas and battery life could always be better.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stefpaul:
Well on my hero, the battery life was 30 Hrs max, because i use data all the time, i don't close the transmission. I use the lite version clocked at 691 Mhz, so i can get a little speed. But i used a lite because i don't use facebook, tweeter, and other stuff. If you only want new version of android try a stock one, but if you like sense 2.1 (and i understand that) use this port. We all have to wait because there is a lot of work to be done at the ROM. If you want sense to run fast, buy a new phone:D. The HTC Sensation rocks...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ChosSimbaOne:
Nic, tanks for the info. Have you tried the shutdown/hibernate feature in this rom? was just thinking about turning of my phone when i dont use it, as i think that the hero uses quite a lot of power during boot.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Seelbreaker:
Bluetooth

Hmm any chances to get Bluetooth ever running on Sense Roms? This is currently the only part which stops me from using this rom :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pkn3000:
Yes because SFM got it working for the magic
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stroobach:
bt will be working soon i hope :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
maybe bt porting tests can be done IF our wonderful developer/porter/builder/cook here hasn't become too busy with life now that his exams are over...

:-D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mrsatan:
You got me there, I didn't even know it had a hibernate feature. How does it work?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stroobach:
lol :P

well he is working on the rom as much as he can so its a matter of wait now :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ChosSimbaOne:
he he. Well it's just that i recalled that with desire hd HTC made a quick boot function, where the phone sort of hibernate/sleeps when you turn it off, instead of shutting totally down.

It should use lesser power and make the phone boot quicker, as it is not 100 % turned off.

So you should be able to test it by turning of your phone and turning it back on again, and see if it boots quicker than it normally will, using a rom without sense 2.1 :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] B1nny:
[CODE][CODE][CODE][CODE][CODE][CODE][CODE][CODE][CODE][CODE]Bluetooth is fixed, release soon

[/CODE][/CODE][/CODE][/CODE][/CODE][/CODE][/CODE][/CODE][/CODE][/CODE]

=)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RCOO:
Nice, nice!!

This rom is becoming great and greater... =P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RCOO:
You guys making a new complete rom? Or just an update?

Making a complete rom requires making a new Lite version aswell... Not very hard, actually.

But reflashing is a pain.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Habarug:
There is a quick boot option on this rom and it is turned on by default, but u can also turn it off :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ChosSimbaOne:
Does it work? make you phone boot quicker?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Habarug:
Yes, it boots in no time at all :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gugi_sat:
Where is this quick boot option...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gkillerx:
Can meby someone make a video of the rom running? I would like to see how it's responses and how it's working overall
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Habarug:
It is enabled by default. You can turn it on/ off in settings - > battery (or something similar)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gugi_sat:
Oh fast boot.. thanx
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stroobach:
if got wifi and BT working on htc sense salsa :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] thiagofbrito:
Amazing ROM for my old Hero though it seems pretty sluggish. Perhaps his poor hardware might be the main reason. Thank you for the hard work!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Brakelseboer:
You mean this ROM? Wifi was already working but BT didn't...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stroobach:
kinda.. jieeHD had trouble fixing BT and i fixed the BT but the wifi broke down somehow

now i got wifi working

http://uploading.com/files/ce94e562/THC_Bandit.zip/

its not an official update still working on it..

but tell me what you guys think about it feedback cus this is my first port and fix

(first boot takes ages)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] JieeHD:
I didn't have problems, it was a straight port from SebastianFM. He fixed BT.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mifares:
I started to have problems

I have no pictures of the camera. picture appears and freezes. only helps the key "home." but the photo is not saved.

Sometimes there is no melody for incoming calls.

time to reflash

really looking forward to 1.4 ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Habarug:
What kernel r u using?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stefpaul:
...

I sometimes wonder, if this rom sometimes is laggy on the little hero, how does it perform on the htc magic, that only has 192 MB of ram, not 288...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Brakelseboer:
The link broke down...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gene83:
When will we have the new update on SalsaSense 1.4 with consolilation of all the fixeds?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] JieeHD:
When everything is working and I feel that it is a strong enough ROM to release.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mifares:
lv 0.4.6.3 from the outset
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gkillerx:
Is it plausible that someone makes a short video how the phone is running?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Habarug:
Then it's not surprising at all. The LV kernel has a really unstable camera and this rom has a kind of unstable camera.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RCOO:
stroobach, does your rom have any flaws that SenseHero 1.3 Beta doesn't?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stroobach:
yeah it is a straight port from sabastian magic rom so almost everything is like his build.. added jit and messed something around with dalvik..

i think its faster then jieecehd rom but maybe a bit more unstable.. (testing it and need people to test it) and the difference is that this rom does have BT and WiFi.. and im for sure that jieecehd fixed and make his rom stronger and more stable then my release.,

so yeas its different but the functionallity is almost the same

try it and see it yourself

(sorry for my bad english but im awake for 25H now x3 so im of to sleep
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] djdavis:
JieeHD have you thought of optimising any of the system apps using APK Manager? I tried it out, and i think it made it faster, more smooth
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] JieeHD:
Optimize? In what way?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] djdavis:
If you download APK Manager from somewhere on this site, you run it in either windows or linux, place the APKs you want to optimize in the correct folder, and then follow the script. You can optimize (png's, and zipalign), decompile and other stuff

Here's the link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=695701
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mifares:
where the reference?:confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gugi_sat:
HI JieeHD

Link is missing for RC1 on first page ....

please relink it

thanx
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] JieeHD:
Sorry ROM is delayed until later today, kernel is playing up.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Habarug:
Nice, I will count this as a birthday present when you post it :P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gugi_sat:
OK waiting desperately
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mifares:
are looking forward to a new ROM

And thanks for the work
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ciprilik:
Ty JieeHD... Is the wake up bug when receiving a call gone? I love your rom but that particular slowdown made me return to the AOSP ones because I was able to answer 1 out of 3-4 calls even on v1.3. LV with 176-614 Mhz smartass on setting is too low for this rom? I haven't tried raising the lower frequency on 1.3. I love Sense, doesn't it just make Sense? :) . Thanks again for your hard work and looking forward flashing RC1 when it's ready for release.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] catsado:
Did you mean the slow wake up when someone is calling you? The phone starts ringing but you don't get a picture of the number or the name of who is calling you. If that is the problem your talking about i think the ppl here can't fix it. It's a bug of android 2.3 gingerbread. All ROM's running gingerbread got it i think...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ciprilik:
yeah but with those settings on Elelinux's GB it takes 2-3 seconds to wake up ... in JieeHD's 1.3 for me it took way way longer and the person calling me was hanging up because I didn't answer as I didn't know who was calling me. I'll try a higher minimum frequency with RC1 when it will be release.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] manachinmaniac:
I'm so excited to see RC1!! btooth finally working!!! woohoo!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] JieeHD:
You need to use LV with RC1, although that's not a problem because it makes this is one of the fastest GB ROM's I've ever used. WiFi doesn't work with fly-kernel but its improving over time so hopefully it should be fixed next release. It'll be up later tonight.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rdejager:
Looking forward to it :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stefpaul:
looking forward to test

i'm curious in testing the nu rom, to see what has improved. a Lite version would be very nice

Have a nice day and keep up the good work :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] B1nny:
When the rom is released, and is confirmed to be stable, I will create another LITE version.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Wupper:
Unless nobody wants that :P.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rdejager:
you to sure folow eachother XD