yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 Android Development] laloch:
If you want the homescreen to autorotate, you can install Hero 1.1 theme. Worked for me with 1.2b ... not guaranteed to work with 1.3

Edit: don't do this ... bad idea ... forget it
[G1 Android Development] laloch:
I'm running the non-odex version TheDude sent me few hours ago and the performance difference is noticeable too
[G1 Android Development] brandenk:
The Dude's v1.3 [RC1] - 4shared

Mirror - sharebee

Dont flash unless you know what you are doing!

Any and all questions will be answered in The Dudes official post tomorrow so only do this if you are feeling adventurous. I believe apps go to the ext2/ext3 partition automatically.
[G1 Android Development] bhilgeman:
The speed of 1.3 is astonishing.

It auto-rotates extremely fast and scrolling in the browser is greatly improved!

The sheer speed of everything is better than any UI update!

I haven't seen any force closes and everything is functioning as it should... only faster!
[G1 Android Development] dwang:
thats because its using cyanogen's kernel.
[G1 Android Development] overground:
+1 on the rotation speed. Fastest I've seen.
[G1 Android Development] skiptomylou11:
Been toying with this build for about an hour. All I can saw is wow! Sick speed, and I LOVE the theme. I love the theme so much I ditched Open Home. The only thing is that I can't seem to auto rotate anymore. I know there's an option to turn it on, but I can't find it for me since Open Home did it automatically... Anyone kind enough to tell me how to fix that?

I'm loving the camera as well, I still want to disable the shutter sound if possibly. I haven't been able to find out how, beem a while since I used the HTC camera. But I'm definitely happy with this build. Totally worth the wait.
[G1 Android Development] skiptomylou11:
double post, didn't notice until now.
[G1 Android Development] omario117:
In the settings, there's an option for it... I clicked and it disabled the sound for me...
[G1 Android Development] g1junky:
go to sound and display in settings and scroll down to the bottom and enable orientation
[G1 Android Development] inportb:
lol. Has TheDude approved this link post? :D

In any case... I've a bit of time to play with this thing so why not? btw, it's a RC7
[G1 Android Development] fleshdeep:
Care to post screenshots of the new theme?
[G1 Android Development] inportb:
I'd do it but I'm still booting into this shiny new build :D
[G1 Android Development] MontAlbert:
i have themed the HTC_IME.apk to match the theme a bit better....

here it is if anyone is interested.

adb remount

adb pull /data/app/HTC_IME.apk C:\backup (or some other folder on your pc)

adb push E:\android\HTC_IME.apk /data/app

obviously change C:\backup and E:\android to wherever you keep your stuff

if someone could upload to somewhere other than rapidshare in case more than 10 people want it.

http://rapidshare.com/files/241688520/HTC_IME.apk.html
[G1 Android Development] notxel21:
Screenshots:
[G1 Android Development] inportb:
Screenshots!

(btw, this build lacks Teeter and Terminal Emulator)
[G1 Android Development] fleshdeep:
Thanks. So its the hero theme with a diff slider bar. Looks good.
[G1 Android Development] brandenk:
Yes this is approved by The Dude, he is away for the evening but gave it to me to test this morning. If all was good I was to post it and he will provide the full write-up tomorrow morning.

It is out beta as of my post with the link, I was just too lazy to change the file name since the official release will be tomorrow by The Dude. He just gave me the choice to post it early or wait for his write-up tomorrow but I figured you early adopters would welcome the early release. ;)
[G1 Android Development] inportb:
heh heh, it is indeed welcome :p

many thanks for the post.
[G1 Android Development] sino8r:
looks great! BTW, there's a better terminal emu called better terminal in the market. It allows use of the vk and extra commands plus shell commands before use. example su, duh.
[G1 Android Development] ivanmmj:
Ok. I had 1.2b. I wiped. I flashed 1.3. It booted once but the launcher didn't open. So I wiped again. It stopped booting. I tried reflashing. No boot. I tried wiping, reflashing and wiping, no boot. I tried fastbooting my 1.2b backup back and it still didn't boot...

I tried flashing back to 1.2b and now THAT boots. Strange...

I tried flashing back to 1.3 and now that works... o_O

I tried the second time with another sd card... maybe it was my SD card. :p
[G1 Android Development] sino8r:
yup, may be time to re-format your SD card. happens to the best of us...

btw, if anyone needs pdfviewer... i have it.
[G1 Android Development] SpyderMS:
Excellent! Was waiting for this! My EXT2 partition was auto-converted to EXT3 after flashing one of Cyanogen's builds, and after Nandroiding back to Dude's 1.2b, my apps were gone... but no longer! Yet to really check out the build, but I love the reports coming in :) Thanks Dude!
[G1 Android Development] omario117:
It shows as installed for me...

... however Teeter is no longer there. Is this one of those 3rd party apps that we'll receive tomorrow? Or is there a simple way to install it?
[G1 Android Development] abatman:
i would like the .apk for teeter if anyone has it i love that game
[G1 Android Development] inportb:
Yeah, it's an awesome game... but I'm fine with not having Teeter since I've already played all the levels a couple of times :)
[G1 Android Development] sino8r:
Yeah, pdfviewer is there. I just flashed now and noticed. I had heard that 3rd party apps won't be included but since pdfviewer is a pain in the ass to install... I see why it was left in the rom. Btw, teeter is in the resource.zip on the first post.
[G1 Android Development] abatman:
I didn't even check thanks for the heads up!
[G1 Android Development] omario117:
Sweet, thanks. I remember reading something about there being an adb step, or something. Can anybody fill me in on this? I'm pretty sure just installing it as an .apk doesn't work...?
[G1 Android Development] fleshdeep:
Check applications section here on xda and get the app for your pc to install APK from the computer by just duble clicking. It works flawlessly. Have installed touch input and launcher without reboot this way.
[G1 Android Development] fleshdeep:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=521295
[G1 Android Development] TheDudeOfLife:
3rd party apps tomorrow.

Dude = druuunk

Whirleyball = awesome.

Carry on

</off topic>
[G1 Android Development] sino8r:
Lol... whirleyball. Teeter is acting strangely. The top menubar is showing. My guess is the fancy rotation animations. I'll install spare parts to confirm. Have fun!
[G1 Android Development] sino8r:
Yup, I was correct. Turn off fancy animations in screen rotation using spare parts fixes teeter and the lack of full screen issue.
[G1 Android Development] omario117:
thanks for the link, i found it myself and then got caught up browsing around the different topics there heh. but thanks a lot.
[G1 Android Development] bhilgeman:
For those who don't know... It's a Chicago thing...

Whirleyball = http://www.whirlyball.com/what/
[G1 Android Development] bhang:
hey beta7?

I got it the other night and my says beta6 I checked the first page, but only see 1.2, am I missing sumthing in the almost 500 pages in this thread :)

b6 has teter and it works, but there are some qwerks, so Ill wait for the final, have a drink on me DUDE , you deserve it...
[G1 Android Development] Redeye:
So I'm trying out 1.3b7. Dude you have out done yourself on this one. Great work.

The speed ... Unlike any previous build!! :eek:

Theme ... LOVE IT!! :D

Transitions ... LOVE THEM!! :cool:

Camera ... Was B&W and Color thanks to sino8r's tip! LOVING THE CAMERA!!

Can't wait to get the final release.
[G1 Android Development] sino8r:
Reset your camera in manage applications by clearing data or reset defaults. That will fix the black and white image viewer.
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
Here's your forecast widgets

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=511351
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
Here is a megaupload one

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LKI2WTEU
[G1 Android Development] MontAlbert:
thx mate- i was literally just about to PM you the link- happy with this one....
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
Haha nice. From the screenshot it looks good. Thanks for the keyboard, will try when I finish flashing.
[G1 Android Development] overground:
I don't have ADB available to me right now, so I had to terminal it. Thanks for this. I had to install to /system/app to get it to work.

su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
install /sdcard/HTC_IME.apk /system/app/HTC_IME.apk
reboot

make sure your directory is correct for where the app is placed on your phone i.e. might be /sdcard/download/HTC_IME.apk
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
Thank MontAlbert. He was the creator, I merely posted another download link for it. Thanks for the terminal instructions.

The transitions are so damn fast. I have it set on very slow and it still is quick. It looks sick though, wish I could slow it down even more to see it better.
[G1 Android Development] MontAlbert:
yeah- reason i put it in data/app is cos that's where dude had it-

can you reboot for me and see if it keeps your settings? In every dude build where he has had it in /data/app whenever i reboot i lose all settings for this KB.

thx
[G1 Android Development] ivanmmj:
The ROM automatically moved the dalvik cache to the SD card, apparently... this didn't agree with my SD card. (It gets corrupted easily whenever I use it for anything other than storage.... it's a cheap card.)
[G1 Android Development] overground:
I'm sorry, I was thanking MontAlbert. I should have been more specific. But thank you for re-uploading.

All settings intact after reboot.
[G1 Android Development] MontAlbert:
moving mine there no instead of /data/app

"no space left on device" bugger! oh well... just have reset each time....
[G1 Android Development] overground:
Yeah, that SPL's not hurting me in the internal memory dept.
[G1 Android Development] Redeye:
Thanks for the tip! That did the trick. Now things are perfect.
[G1 Android Development] defconoi:
swapper...

swapper seems to work on dudes 1.3b8 and I successfully created a swap file on /sdcard/swap.fil of 33 megs, I can now run a few more apps simultaneously without constant reloading but im not sure if its smart to use swapper...

http://code.google.com/p/a-swapper/wiki/SDCardLife

This is what the developer says:

Expanding life

Program recreates swap file each time swap is enabled. It means large probability of swap file placed in new place (physically). Therefore SD card wears out more slowly.

What does everyone think? Bad idea? How long do you think an sd card would last?
[G1 Android Development] D-e-v-i-l:
were i can find the b8?

I can only find b7.

EDIT:

The "Info Screen" shows all the time please connect carger if you have switched to german language.

The standart date format for the german language are 12-31-2009 instead of 31-12-2009.

EDIT2:

Data Roaming is aktivated by default
[G1 Android Development] beagz:
known issue with German. No fix yet. b8 not out in the wild.
[G1 Android Development] bhilgeman:
Thank you for the link.

I succesfully installed the widget but after I set it up and choose save it force closes on me every time. I'll see if thedude includes it in his final build with all of the 3rd party apps..
[G1 Android Development] bhang:
b7 & b8

I still have the b6, and I had my apps to sd all kinda porked, I wonder if the wipe routine in the JF bootloader can learn to wipe the sd apps as well(or is there a newer version than 1.41 that does this).

I installed the update.zip then wiped and my old apps were there some didnt work, nothing that needed a cache worked, I tried all the apps to move the caches to and from the sd to no avail, I dunno wtf was up, so I wiped again booted the first time w/o my sd in then added my sd and did another reboot and now all is well....

I did all this due to the following bugs(they may or may not be caused by my setup and or the rom beta6):

incoming calls wouldn't show the callerid or anything at all, just ringer and vibe, no visual notification of the call

some of the OS apps were getting force closes (android.home.sumthin)

things got slow with just a couple memory resident(run all the time) apps, basiclly the same 3rd party apps I used on the last build

it doesnt like toggle settings, I had to revert to useful switchers, this one I think could be the rom and the app not playing well together for whatever reason.

that's about all the feedback I have on beta6 over the last few days, anybody who has been lucky enuff to get a beta from Dude, has a civic duty to report bugs, hiccups, compatibility issues.

bhang
[G1 Android Development] alritewhadeva:
like most people here I'm currently on b7 which is available in some page of this thread. I just flashed yesterday from 1.2b and after a successful flash and a reboot, I noticed that i lost all my apps. Note: I did not wipe and i had apps2SD. I went to the adb shell and did "ls /data/app" and i saw apps. I rebooted a couple of times to no avail so i decided to wipe. After a wipe and another flash I got all my apps back. Did this occur to anyone else?
[G1 Android Development] carlosjcar:
Can someone pm me with a link for 1.3b8?

I will appreciated it.

With the dudes permission offcourse:o
[G1 Android Development] stellarman:
Success

I updated to RC7 this morning and everything went well. There were a few small issues with a few applications, but nothing that re-installing an app or two and rebooting didn't solve. Didn't have to wipe at all, or use the new 'fix-permissions.sh' script.

I uninstalled ToggleSwitches and found that it solved some lagging and an issue I was having where the ringtone for a call would not start until after the call had already gone to voicemail. I have re-installed it now and find that the ringtone issue is still gone. I saw somewhere in the forums a person who said that he had gotten in the habit of always re-installing ToggleSwitches whenever he changed ROMs. I am beginning to think that is a wise idea.

Anyway, everything else is working fine now. I like the new camera very much. And I much prefer the new VK. The theme is pretty cool too. But most important to me, this version is MUCH faster. Thank you very much, Dude.

BTW, could someone remind me the procedure for changing to ext3? I have a class 6 card, and think I would like to use that. Thanks.
[G1 Android Development] stellarman:
I tried swapper on Dude's 1.2, and it didn't seem to actually DO anything. It installed correctly and made the swap space. But, every time I checked the statistics, it showed zero swap used. And it didn't seem to have any noticeable effect on the speed of the ROM. So, I uninstalled it. One less variable to worry about if anything goes wrong.

Just my $0.02.
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
I was having that issue also. Then I turned my gps on and enabled latitude and no more force closes
[G1 Android Development] menzo44:
ya im having the same issues with all weather widgets. I have uninstalled and reinstalled them. and they still force close every time

edit 1. also if i go to settings>applications>manage apps> it try's to load the list for about 2 min and then it reboots the phone everytime!
[G1 Android Development] MetalMessiah78:
Dude, I very much enjoy 1.3 RC7. I think it's your best build so far and definitely your fastest. Just a couple of things I noticed coming back to your builds from ION.

The HTC Camera is awesome! I love it and it works well.

I love the theme, but would it be possible to enlarge the font on the lockscreen to the normal size font. It's hard to read anything other than the time and "Power is at XX% / Charging (XX%)". Also, on the stars in the marketplace, could you make them a little clearer and "greener"? It's hard for me to distinguish green from white at a glance.

I noticed a couple of quirks. When charging from almost dead, it seems to stay at 71% unless I reboot, then it magically goes up to 99%. If I unplug the charger and plug it back in, it'll continue from 71% normally. Even if I charge overnight, the magic number is 71%.

Two issues with Browser:

1. I noticed Flash is installed, but it doesn't enable Flash websites. Not sure if this is a problem, or if Flash is for apps or animation. Just thought I would throw it out to break the monotony of people having problems with a2sd or various others that don't know how to read and keep asking the same questions. :)

2. I only experienced this problem when loading the desktop version of MySpace (to test if Flash worked), but the browser stopped responding to any touch at all. Scroll, multitouch, zoom, massage, etc. Could still manipulate with the trackball, but touch would not come back until I rebooted. This included selections from menu.

An interesting thing about the way that your build manages memory as opposed to ION. Sorry I don't know enough about the O.S. that I can explain it in a more intelligent way. W/ ION, if I had a ton of applications and stuff running in the background and I used Advanced Task Manager to kill all running applications, it would seem like nothing happened, but I could tell it worked if I had stuff like music running, as it would automatically kill it, or if I checked browser, it would reload to the homepage rather than the site I was on.

With your build, if I have a lot of stuff open and I kill everything, it seems to hang for a bit and slowly loads up all the icons and widgets. This is not a problem, just a difference in the way both builds handle memory. This might be the missing link between your build and ION's when it comes to speed. Just thought I would mention it since no one else has.

I don't mean anything negative by my comments Dude. I love your build and thank you for all the hard work and time you have put into it. This is by far my favorite of all the builds out there and my phone wouldn't be as sick as it is if it wasn't for your kindness and generosity. I just wanted to point out some things I've never seen anyone comment about in an effort to make your build that much better. I CANNOT thank you enough for everything you have done.
[G1 Android Development] alritewhadeva:
flash is installed? really? i wonder how he ported it..
[G1 Android Development] foebea:
Not completely unbelivable, hero has some flash in it.
[G1 Android Development] osho741:
If it is supported it will not play any flash video requireing flash 9 or better as I have tried 2 sites to test it
[G1 Android Development] MetalMessiah78:
If this is Flash, then the answer is yes. If it's not, then the answer is no.
[G1 Android Development] overground:
Market force closing

I have been getting some sporadic com.android.vending force closes. Sometimes happens while Market is in foreground, sometimes while doing other activities. Other than this, Market is having no problems downloading or doing anything else it's supposed to do. If it fc's while in the Market, the Market reloads and works normally. It doesn't do it all the time. I'm on beta 7. Just reporting cause that's what we're supposed to do. Definitely not *****ing. Thanks
[G1 Android Development] brandenk:
This was the new link I posted yesterday but we are still waiting for The Dudes official writeup.
[G1 Android Development] tranquilchaos:
yeaaa...1.3 was looking amazing, running fast...all that good stuff...till it took a crap on me..now wipes don't fully work...programs are still upon wipe/reflash/wipe/startup....except half of them are in .com format. I click "settings' or anything, it force closes, it's a mess! I guess I'm going to reformat sd card and try again and see if that works.
[G1 Android Development] alritewhadeva:
hm...Whenever i do a nandroid backup it screws up my phone completely on this build
[G1 Android Development] bhilgeman:
I tried what you said, turned on GPS and enabled latitude (actually I already had it enabled) and I still get the force close every time I save the settings in the forecast widget.

Not trying to be a smart ass but, what would the GPS and latitude have to do with my forecast widgets?

I tried all 3 location settings, different languages, and different update intervals, but immediately when I press save it force closes on me. I even tried all 3 different size widgets...
[G1 Android Development] beagz:
I need suggestions

I am working on a new HTC keyboard for this build. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks.
[G1 Android Development] overground:
Try the free Weather Widgets by Android Apps. Working great for me.
[G1 Android Development] overground:
Looks great, Beagz! I want it.
[G1 Android Development] persiansown:
Guys I just ran the terminal command to see my processor speed and it says its running at 528. Did the Dude make 1.3b7 auto OC?
[G1 Android Development] johnp888:
Last time I tried the widget it messed up the HTC IME vk. So no issues for you?
[G1 Android Development] foebea:
Yep, though remember its not really overclocked. The chip is 528, goog just has it underclocked to preserve battery.
[G1 Android Development] TheDudeOfLife:
I believe that's a benefit of cyanogens kernel. i didn't auto oc anything but he did tweak the cpu scaling

Flash is there in case I get browser to enable the plugin...let's say it is there for 'future use'

data apps are gonna come out today a2sd users can easliy flash it to their /data/....regular users would need to make sure they have free space in data first. the reason the apps aren't in there is because i am tweaking where i want the apps for space purposes.
[G1 Android Development] overground:
Nope, no issues. Although I have my vk in /system/app
[G1 Android Development] atlmatt:
I am running 1.2b and i cannot get the stock browser to open, It stops unexpectedly. I wiped, flashed, wiped. Several times, this happens even before I push my apps back so I don't think it is my apps.

any suggestions?
[G1 Android Development] persiansown:
Oh ok. That makes sense. I haven't noticed a drop in battery so all is good on that front.

To clarify though, the browser doesn't have flash yet?
[G1 Android Development] TheDudeOfLife:
i didn't realize my post was unclear.

No.
[G1 Android Development] dayday2009:
hey dudes are you also gonna add the htc hero sounds because the original sounds seems boring i think more sound would be good you can get some here http://www.4shared.com/file/110178493/fc3ed1b8/htc_sounds.html
[G1 Android Development] JazzMac251:
So, what's the deal with ext3? I've heard people saying that it's going to be murder on your SDcard, but cyanogen seemed to imply in his FAQ that it's not really that big of a deal if you have a newer SD card that has wear leveling. I just bought an 8gb Class 6 and i would be pretty pissed if I were to render it useless in a short amount of time.

what do you guys think?
[G1 Android Development] foebea:
Assuming your card has wear levelling, here is an explaination of how it works in human speak from last year for a different manufacturer, but same principal: http://www.stec-inc.com/downloads/AN-0702_STEC_SMALL_CARDS_WEAR_LEVELING_LIFETIME_CALCULATOR.pdf

Lifetime = 2Million x (C – Cs – 1B) / [max(block size, Fs) x Fr]

Example #1

An application uses a 512MB SD card. 100MB of the card are used to store static data (i.e. the operating system). The rest of the card is used for updating 10 times per day a file of 50MB.

The lifetime can be calculated as following:

Lifetime = 2,000,000 x (512MB – 100MB – 128KB) / (50MB x 10/day) = 4,513 years
[G1 Android Development] alritewhadeva:
come again?
[G1 Android Development] foebea:
hahah sorry, human speak is relative. Class 6 card unless it's a fake will last longer than you will, even at extremely high and constant usage. the bigger the card, the longer it lasts. if a 500meg card lasts for 100 years of constant file writing, a 8 gig card lasts for 30,000 years. if you have an 8 gig card, but partition a 500meg block for your ext3, it might only last for 100 years - after that point you will need a new card. If you plan on using 300 megs of applications, make it a 600 meg partition, give it some room to breath.

if your class 6 dies in 6 months, be sure to buy it from someone else next time.